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Plans for a controversial new one-way system in Junction improvements to help keep traffic moving Dorchester to help reduce air pollution have been (following Great Western Cross improvements). dropped after huge protests by residents. A report will be prepared for the county The new scheme (DTEP), announced last autumn, council’s asset management group on 28 would have seen High West Street and parts of High October. East Street become one-way. New traffic signals County councillor Trevor Jones said: “After 12 were to be installed at the junction of Princes Street years on and off, I think we’re nearly there. and Albert Road, and there would have been some “While there is a realisation that we’re never banned turns at the junction of Great Western Road. going to get widespread support for redistributing However, many families feared the move would traffic around the town and away from present simply funnel more traffic through residential areas, congestion sites, we believe it is possible to get and hundreds of people staged a public meeting at traffic through the town smoother and quicker the Corn Exchange to protest at the plans. than is happening now. Now Dorset County Council has scrapped the “What we have in mind is replacing the old scheme, opting instead for minor improvements to traffic lights with new linked signals, possible smooth traffic flow through the town centre. peak-hour loading bans on main roads, and some Plans for a one-way system were first drawn up in junction improvements.” 2003, but were later shelved due to funding issues. However, not all Dorchester residents are happy The original scheme involved creating a gyratory with the announcement. system at Maumbury Junction but this would have Robert Lunn, who lives with his wife over their required expensive engineering design. shop, the Box of Porcelain in High East Street, has However the scaled-down scheme announced to put up with continuous traffic noise and fumes. last year drew immediate criticism. “What they doing is absolutely ridiculous,” he In an article they prepared for the Voice at the said. “What they are going to do if they speed up time, residents said: “It was clear that DTEP did not traffic is encourage even more people to come aim to reduce the amount of traffic in Dorchester through town. but rather redistribute it. “The only reason you should be coming into “Air quality was to be improved in the High town is if you are a commercial vehicle to deliver Streets by effectively moving the pollution problem something, and if you are an individual you are south into residential areas around the Borough clearly going to a car park. Gardens.” “All the road systems should be designed to The deferred DTEP junction and pedestrian speed traffic to and from the car park, and then improvements could include: from the car park out of town.” � Top o’ Town: Pedestrian islands widened to com- ply with current crossing standards � Great Western Cross: Signals to be upgraded Advertise from just £30! and pedestrian facilities improved Advertise in the Dorchester Voice from � South Gate: Upgrade of pedestrian crossings just £30 for an advert this size! � Maumbury Cross and link road through car Trade Directory just £20! park: Junction improvements to help keep traffic Other price examples: moving and pedestrian facilities improved 1/4 page = £45 � South Street: Pave the remaining southern sec- 1/2 page = £70 tion of the road Free editorial support for a run of 3-4 ads. � High Street junction with Trinity Street: Up- Call Richard on 07766 996540 grade signals and resurface area or email [email protected] � Damers Road junction with Williams Avenue:

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Sir, kicking. Is Broadview pressing ahead or simply Re the interesting article against wind farms going through the legitimate process? Some ways of (Dorchester Voice, issue 10), as a point of infor- presenting are very pejorative. Majorities may not mation it should be noted that in the planning always be right, but I think it is wrong for minorities application the ‘potential’ photos provided by the to claim to be majorities. developer have to conform to planning guidelines One might well imagine that in the Salisbury re location and angle etc, and cannot be adjusted Nimby Weekly for 22 July 1314, there was an arti- for dramatic effect. The anti-protesters are not so cle decrying the construction of the cathedral tower limited, hence the licence in their depictions. and spire, pointing out that it would dwarf both the All the government surveys on wind farm loca- city and Stonehenge, damage local amenities, and tions show the majority in favour. In the most recent while it might be suitable elsewhere, the marshy Public Attitudes Tracker* from the Department for land of Salisbury would be most unsuitable. Energy & Climate Change (DECC), 70% of people However, 700 years later we have generally got said they support the development of onshore used to it and some even think it beautiful – it’s all wind – the highest ever figure since DECC’s regular in the eye of the beholder. Do we think it despoiled opinion polls began in March 2012. the exceptional environmental surroundings? I saw a pro-wind farm stall in Dorchester and The concept of subsidy is complicated; nobody there was a queue to sign in support – presumably talks of the implicit subsidy to other forms of energy these were local residents, too. So the campaign production when the profits have been taken. The to progress the wind farms appears to be alive and decommissioning bill for nuclear energy is cur- rently £100bn and it costs £1.6bn a year to run the Sellafield site. Wind turbines pay for their cost of production in six months, and that includes all clean-up costs. It’s difficult to compete with that. Len Herbert Poundbury resident

Sir, I picked up the Dorchester Voice as we were there on holiday and I read with interest the local residents thoughts on the broadview energy wind farm proposal nr. Maiden Castle. The calculations on the community fund seem a little off. If what you are saying is correct then each year approx £16.5m will be submitted as a sweetner to the local community and there must therefore be in excess of 8 million people living within 3 miles of the application. I believe the figure should have been stated as £5,000 per megawatt installed not per megawatt hour generated – very different indeed. Sam Clarke

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Dorchester Voice 4 September-October 2014 BT error causes chaos at Casterbridge A catalogue of errors by BT left the owners of Dorchester’s Casterbridge Hotel without their normal business phone number for days. Monica and Melvin Curtis were left fuming in frustration after mistakes over the installation of a new wifi system for hotel guests cut off their adver- tised phone number. They say the fiasco has cost them hundreds of pounds in lost businesses and caused massive in- convenience for both themselves and guests trying to phone the hotel. To add to the chaos, BT did not even know the number of a temporary line they were allocated, and they were unable to have calls forwarded to that, or to their mobile phone. At one point in the process – which also in- Frustrated: Monica Curtis volved removing two of the existing three lines in the building – they even lost their temporary line, anything and we’re going to claim for compensa- and could not make any outgoing calls, either. tion for loss of business. It’s appalling.” “We’re getting no calls. They’ve cut off my main A BT spokesman said: “We are sorry to hear business number,” said Melvin. of the experience of Mr and Mrs Curtis. We are “We’ve had nine weeks of this – I’m going to working to provide a normal service as quickly as put in an official complaint. We’re not paying for possible.”

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Dorchester Voice 6 September-October 2014 Another chance to try something new Following the success of last year’s Try This… project, the organisers are hosting another round of this great skills-enhancing project for the local community. From Saturday 27 September to Saturday 4 Oc- tober inclusive ‘Try This…’ will include a range of free evening and lunch-time activities in Dorchester which will run every day culminating in a day of events and a picnic to be held at the Dorchester Community Farm. All the sessions will be free to attend and the diverse nature of the workshops will vary depending on the given interests and skills of the local people Try This… project founder Hettie Burn who get involved. Hettie Burn, 19, started the project in 2013 as Area Community Partnership. The scheme has also a catalyst to encourage people of all ages to share won the support of local organisations such as the their skills, talents and ideas. Some of the work- Partnership of Older People’s Projects (POPP), and shops involved core life skills, while others were West Dorset District Council. Justin English, POPP run purely as social sessions for fun. Champion for Dorchester, said “The success of the “A lot of hard work has gone into organising Try 2013 project clearly identified that we all have a This… and I’m looking forward to being able to try vast array of knowledge and skills to share across new activities with friends and local people,” said the town.” Pauline Trimming, coordinator of the Dorchester Emma Scott, Community Development Officer at West Dorset District Council, said, “I am really happy to be involved in this project again. Last year we ran 36 activities during the week on subjects as diverse as how to start researching your family his- tory to a beginner’s guide to poultry-keeping. Over 250 people attended the sessions and gave us some fantastic feedback.” And local resident Susan Blake added, “Try This… was a wonderful opportunity to sign up for very different things. “As a result of the bike maintenance workshop I got my bicycle out again after having it adjusted so that it was easier to ride. The tax workshop was ab- solutely fascinating, and as usual Alistair Chisholm was both witty and informative in his presentation on local history. I am looking forward to trying more things this autumn.” Those organising the project are keen for as many people to get involved as possible. If anyone has a skill, talent, experience or idea that they want to share, whether as an individual or as a group, please contact them directly or via their Facebook page, Twitter account or website. Facebook: Dorchester Try This Email: [email protected] Twitter: @dorchestertry Web: dorchestertrythis.org.uk www.dorchestervoice.co.uk 7 Dorchester Voice Seeing the war through soldier’s diaries Vivid frontline experiences of the Great War, as recorded by a soldier from Portland, are being made available online through a new blog. The diaries of Regimental Sergeant-Major George Beck have been published by the Dorset History Centre in Dorchester exactly 100 years after they were written, with regular entries posted online giving a first-hand account of his remark- able story. RSM Beck, originally from the Midlands, mar- ried a Portland girl and settled on the island. He served on the Western Front for the whole of the 1914-18 conflict, and was awarded the Military Cross in April 1918. RSM George Beck with his war diaries His diaries chronicle the daily struggle in the learn about my grandfather’s thoughts and feelings trenches, including several major battles and the as he wrote his diaries 100 years ago,” she said. introduction of gas as a battlefield weapon in May The first blog entry went live on 21 August. As 1915. Sgt Beck also details the famous Christmas well as posting the full diary entries on the blog, truce of 1914, writing on 25 December: “Germans the History Centre will be ‘live’ tweeting entries very eager to exchange almost anything for our from the diaries a century after they were written. ‘Bully Beef’ and jam.” Follow the tweets @RSM_GBeck on Twitter. The diaries have been transcribed over the The centre hosts the joint archives service run course of many months by History Centre volun- by Dorset County Council and Poole and Bourne- teer Alison Schwalm. mouth borough councils. Cllr Colin Jamieson, the “It has been a privilege to transcribe these dia- county council’s cabinet member for community ries written by a courageous professional soldier, services, said: “This is a fantastic project which a non-commissioned officer who obviously cared I hope will bring home the horrors of the First greatly for his comrades as well as his young World War, and the immense bravery of the peo- family at home,” she said. “What a stark contrast ple who fought in it, in a unique fashion. The Dor- between his account of survival in the battlefields set History Centre is a remarkable treasure-trove of France and Belgium, and the occasional leave of information about local people’s involvement in to Portland.” the Great War, and also other conflicts.” Members of RSM Beck’s family still live on Port- The centre has developed World War 1-themed land, and his granddaughter Caroline Milverson exhibitions which illustrate various aspects of the provided the History Centre with his diaries. “I am conflict, which will also be made available online. delighted that more people will now be able to http://news.dorsetforyou.com/rsm-beck-diary

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Dorchester Voice 8 September-October 2014 Bankes archive wins lottery funding Dorset History Centre has received initial support The archive references hundreds of proper- from the Heritage Lottery Fund for its plans to ties and thousands of people who lived and died allow people to explore the history of the Bankes within the orbit of the Bankes dynasty. The papers family of Kingston Lacy. of William John Bankes include superb drawings The project aims to catalogue the archive of the charting his early 19th century travels in the Mid- Bankes family, former owners of Corfe Castle and dle East. He later went into exile and organised Kingston Lacy, which spans 700 years and con- the re-design of Kingston Lacy from Venice. tains a wealth of information relating to Dorset. As a result of the project, Dorset schools will Working with the National Trust and the Priest’s have access to a range of historical information House Museum in Wimborne, the project will also and, through digital technology, the archive will include a range of activities to engage with audi- also be available to the general public. A heritage ences through exhibitions, volunteer engagement apprentice will also be recruited, offering a young and schools learning. person a detailed insight into the management of The lottery fund is backing the proposal and heritage assets. has given the Dorset History Centre in Dorchester Exhibitions are planned for a range of venues a first-round pass, including £23,500 to help the and oral history will record the memories of it develop its plans with its partners and then to people with links to Kingston Lacy and the Bankes apply for a full grant in 2015. estates. One element of the project will encourage The archive pre-dates the Bankes’ purchase responses to the stories and images in the archive. of Corfe Castle in 1635 and the project will County archivist Sam Johnston said: “This is a catalogue the 800 boxes of historical information, superb opportunity to take a remarkable collec- conserving some of its fragile contents and digitis- tion of international importance out of its boxes ing a range of important documentation. and make it relevant to people today.”

www.dorchestervoice.co.uk 9 Dorchester Voice National Trust buys Hambledon Hill

The spectacular Hambledon Hill, one of the finest cant early Neolithic landscapes in western Europe, Iron Age hill forts in Dorset, has been acquired by dating back almost 6,000 years, and is a place that the National Trust. half of British butterfly species call home. Built more than 2,000 years ago, the massive Standing at twice the height of the white cliffs of earthwork defences overlie one of the most signifi- Dover, Hambledon Hill occupies an area the size of 50 football pitches. From the summit of the hill fort you can see across three counties – Dorset, Somerset and Wiltshire. Jerry Broadway, a National Trust volunteer work- ing on Hambledon Hill, said: “When I come here I feel like someone would when they go into St Paul’s Cathedral. When there is no-one else around and I sit on the top of the hill looking at the view – I feel very privileged. And to play a small part in looking after the hill is a good feeling.” This is the first hill fort acquired by the National Trust in Dorset for 30 years. The trust now cares for seven hill forts in a county which is internationally renowned for these special sites. Simon Ford, National Trust wildlife adviser, said: “The beauty of a magical place like Hambledon Hill is the combination of a rich archaeological story that goes back thousands of years. Wander- ing around a site whose human history predates Stonehenge and takes you back to the early days of farming makes the heart skip a beat. “The sound of a skylark ascending above the rich grassland and sight of a cloud of Adonis Blue butterflies in flight touches the soul. This is a place where you feel totally connected to the world around you.”

Dorchester Voice 10 September-October 2014 Charity is having a ball Free advice for elderly

Volunteers and staff at local charity Home-Start Local people working as Wayfinders and Cham- West Dorset are getting excited at the prospect of pions for the Dorset Partnership for Older People holding a grand ball for the second time at Athel- Programme (POPP) are on hand to provide help hampton House near Dorchester. and advice to older people. Senior Organiser at Home-Start, Helen Horsley Ellis Ford is the POPP Wayfinder for Dorchester explained: “This time we are having a Winter Ball and the surrounding villages, including Charmin- on Saturday 15 November. It will be a lovely way ster and Cerne Abbas, and provides help to indi- to start the Christmas season, and an opportunity viduals or a family member who needs to find out to dress up in posh frocks and black ties. We want about the support available in the area. to raise awareness of our work in the locality and Ellis always tries to find an answer, whatever raise some much needed funds while having a the question. The team has a large list of contacts wonderful evening. and information on a variety of topics, including “Home-Start West Dorset is a local independent Fire Service home safety checks, health services, charity which has been set up to give friendship, support for carers, home aids, home care, food, advice and practical support to families who live transport, and social activities such as lunch clubs. in the West Dorset area, including Weymouth and Meanwhile POPP Champion Julian English is Portland, who have at least one child under the here to listen to older people’s concerns, identify age of five. Last year we helped 69 families and opportunities, work with local organisations and this year we hope to support even more.” develop activities in local communities. Services Tickets are £48 per person and can be pur- funded by POPP and supported by Champions chased from the Home-Start West Dorset office at: include voluntary car schemes, memory cafés, Paceycombe House, Suite B, Paceycombe Way, exercise classes, tea dances and walking groups. Poundbury, Dorchester, DT1 3WB. Ellis Ford: 07825 264346 or [email protected]

www.dorchestervoice.co.uk 11 Dorchester Voice Hidden Dorchester Discovering town’s underground history By Jerry Bird own councillor David Tay- lor has been busy rediscov- Tering Dorchester’s, literally hidden, underground heritage. So far, with Antelope Walk caretaker Terry McGrath, he has investigated cellars and passage- ways beneath the old Antelope Inn and rediscovered the old water supply conduit to the cas- tle, the vertical shaft from which was filled in to avoid a potential escape route when the prison, built on the site in the 1790s, was Cllr David Taylor explores a cellar beneath Antelope Walk rebuilt in the 1880s. He has also explored the 18th- shops and traders’ premises, and the building of the former Unitar- century police station cells which cellars would have been the prin- ian chapel in Colliton Street still exist beneath the town’s Vic- ciple storage areas for many, and ‘a large cavity, flanked by two torian Corn Exchange building. a good way of enlarging these smaller ones’ was found – part It is likely that the existence was to extend them beneath the of the escape route, or ‘postern’, of the cellars and passageways, town’s thoroughfares. which led from the castle towards many of which may have been From time to time, cellars the town, perhaps? interlinked at various times, led to would have been shared between In 1880 an underground the – probably apocryphal – story businesses, or leased to neigh- passage was found beneath the of Judge Jeffreys having used a bours, which would have entailed County Museum cut into the ‘secret tunnel’ to pass between burrowing between them for chalk, with flint walls about his lodgings, at 6 High West St, access. The cellars beneath the 2ft high, and in the late 1890s, and the temporary courtroom old Antelope Inn appear to have sections of another were found used for the so-called Bloody medieval stonework at the lowest at 47 and 50 South Street, the Assizes in 1685 – the Oak Room, levels, with 17th or 18th-century latter running beneath a Roman once part of the Antelope Inn, brickwork in the vaulting above. mosaic. In 1900 the top of a and now a pleasant tea-room. Nowadays most are disused, brick arch, ‘like the crown of In the last century, local his- though over the years some have an ancient arched drain’ was tory enthusiasts Val Dicker and served quite interesting purposes, discovered 10ft below the road David Ashford made a study of such as the large vault behind surface in High East Street outside Dorchester’s cellars, and discov- the Wessex Royale Hotel in High the Kings Arms. ered around 60 beneath High West Street, which became a In 1925, another underground East Street and High West Street, shooting gallery. arch was discovered, suddenly, though some have since been de- The Royal Commission on the when a vehicle broke through stroyed during roadworks, while Historic Monuments of England, it outside what was then Tilley’s others, like the example beneath which published its survey of Garage at 26 Trinity Street. An un- Antelope Walk, are filled with Dorchester in 1970, noted several derground conduit was excavated builders’ rubble and rubbish. interesting historic underground at Colliton Park in the 1930s, The main streets of Dorchester features, most of which were cer- which was probably an overflow have always been lined with tainly not cellars. In 1720, during Continued on p24

Dorchester Voice 12 September-October 2014 Green living £3,000 travel grants for businesses ocal businesses are being changing facilities, signage, pool able energy firm has installed an offered another chance to bikes, and more. The council electric-vehicle charging point at L apply for a new travel grant awarded around £30,000 in the its main office in Parkway Farm from Dorset County Council, last round of funding. Business Centre, Poundbury. with up to £3,000 per applica- Dorset County Council’s cabi- Sales and marketing man- tion up for grabs. net member for environment and ager Mark Blunden said: “The The scheme is designed to the economy, Cllr Peter Finney, council’s grant scheme is a great help firms start incentives that said: “We are delighted to be way to help local businesses encourage more people to walk, able to help local businesses improve things for their staff and cycle or use public transport on improve their facilities and help customers. the journey to work. their staff travel more sustainably. “Having an electric charging As well as boosting the local “By encouraging employees point makes it easier for our staff, economy and helping to tackle to walk or run or cycle to work customers and business clients to road congestion, the initiative you are likely to see a signifi- use an alternative travel option also aims to boost the health and cant reduction in sick days and rather than a conventional car.” wellbeing of staff. increased productivity.” The next round of applications Businesses can apply for up One organisation which ben- is open until 10 October. For to £3,000 in match funding efited from the grant scheme is more information and to submit towards the introduction of cycle Futurum Renewable Energy Sys- an application, go to www.dor- parking, lockers, showers or tems in Poundbury. The renew- setforyou.com/business-travel.

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www.dorchestervoice.co.uk 15 Dorchester Voice The ‘Hanging Judge’ who sent 74 rebels to the gallows

ing Charles II died in By Jerry Bird 1685 after converting to KRoman Catholicism on his Devon, and then back into Dorset, deathbed, and his brother James II gathering supporters for his revolt, inherited the throne. which soon became known as Although he was also a Catho- the ‘Pitchfork Rebellion’, due to lic, he did not seek to impose his its army being made up largely beliefs upon his people immediate- from the rural populace, who ly, but most Whigs (members of the were poorly trained and armed. party of the time which opposed When word reached James II of the Tories), who were staunchly his nephew’s insurrection, he sent Protestant, were nevertheless nerv- an army, commanded by Lord ous of him. A Whig faction, there- Faversham, to crush them. fore, supported a revolt by one of On 6 July, the two armies Charles II’s numerous illegitimate clashed at the battle of Sedge- sons, James Scott, the Duke of moor in Somerset, after which The infamous Judge Jeffreys who became known as the ‘Hanging Judge’ Monmouth. Monmouth’s army, along with the The revolt started in June 1685, Duke, fled in panic. The follow- was later discovered hidden in the when the Duke of Monmouth ing morning, disguised as a farm thatch of the Woodyates Inn, and, landed at Lyme Regis, bringing labourer and hiding in a ditch at a probably for many decades, it was with him a small army of trained spot now known as Monmouth’s used as a prop in the Sixpenny soldiers. His aim was to gather Ash, the Duke was captured near Handley mummers play. support from among the disaf- Horton Heath, south of Woodyates The Bloody Assizes were a fected, strongly Protestant, local in Dorset. series of trials, which began on farmers and artisans. He hoped He was hoping to escape the August 25 1685, in which the king to form a force strong enough to country and was heading for sought revenge for the rebellion. march on, and capture, Bristol, Poole, where he knew he could Altogether there were five judges – before assailing London, in a bid to obtain safe passage to France. Sir William Montague (Lord Chief claim the throne. Monmouth was escorted immedi- Baron of the Exchequer); Sir Robert After landing, Monmouth ately to London, tried for treason, Wright; Sir Francis Wythens (Justice marched across the West Country and eventually beheaded on Tower of the King’s Bench); Sir Creswell towards Taunton, into Somerset, Hill on July 15, 1685. His sword Levinz (Justice of the Common Pleas), and Sir Henry Polexfen. The group was under the direction of the Lord Chief Justice, George Jeffreys. Jeffreys was born in 1645 in Acton Hall near Wrexham, into a leading aristocratic Welsh family. In 1668 he began a career in law, and quickly caught the attention of the movers and shakers of the day, including the future King James II when the latter was then the Duke of York. He became the Duke’s Solicitor General in 1676 and was knighted The Oak Room at the Oak Tearooms in Antelope Walk the following year. He became

Dorchester Voice 16 September-October 2014 The ‘Hanging Judge’ who sent 74 rebels to the gallows

and the said four oxen, at the time sageway existed or not, it seems hereafter mentioned for execution, unlikely that such a bellicose, and you yourselves together with a egotistical character would have guard of 40 able men at the least, chosen such a route when the to be present by eight o’clock of spectacle of an armed escort of the morning to be aiding and as- soldiers in the High Street would sisting me or my deputy to see the have appeared so much more said rebels executed. You are also impressive. to provide an axe and a cleaver for In one of the more infamous the quartering of the said rebels.” episodes during the Dorchester The Dorchester assizes opened assizes, Jeffreys inveigled a young on 5 September 1685, allegedly in girl into spending the night in his the Oak Room at the Antelope Ho- bed in exchange for her brother’s tel – now the Oak Tearooms – as freedom. When the girl awoke the local courtroom had fallen into the next morning, she peered out disrepair at the time, and its cells of the window to see her brother The infamous Judge Jeffreys who became known as the ‘Hanging Judge’ were being used to store gunpow- hanging from the neck by a rope in Lord Chancellor in 1685 and took der. The prisoners were, presum- the street below. the title Baron Jeffreys of Wem. ably, stabled at the town gaol, By the time Jeffreys moved on Jeffreys had a reputation for swift which at the time was in High East from Dorchester to Lyme Regis, justice and merciless sentences. Street, next to the (recently demol- 175 men had been sentenced to Some 1,400 prisoners had been ished) White Hart Inn. transportation, nine had been pub- rounded up following the West During his stay in Dorchester, Jef- licly whipped, and 74 had died by Country rebellion. They were freys stayed in the house at 6 High the ‘Bridport Dagger’; only 55 had brought before him at the courts West Street, which is still known been pardoned. of Winchester, Taunton, and as Judge Jeffreys’ lodgings, though Bridport was well known for Dorchester, and some 300 men it is now Prezzo’s restaurant. Local producing not only rigging and were to be put to death during the folklore has it that he made his nets for the Royal Navy and the proceedings. way from there to the courtroom fishing industry, but also the hang- In his ‘Prescript to the Sheriff of through a ‘secret passageway’ (see man’s rope. It was customary to Dorset’, Jeffreys’ intentions were Hidden Dorchester, p12). say therefore, that those who were made clear: “These are, therefore, However, whether such a pas- hanged had died by means of the to will and require of you, im- mediately on sight hereof, to erect a gallows in the most public place to hand the said traytors on, and that you provide halters to hang them with, a sufficient number of faggots to burn the bowels, and a furnace or cauldron to boil their heads and quarters, and salt to boil them with, half a bushel to each traytor, and tar to tar them with, and a sufficient number of spears and poles to fix and place their heads and quarters; and that you warn the owners of four oxen to be ready with dray and wain, Judge Jeffreys’ lodgings in High West Street, Dorchester, now Prezzo’s

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Bridport Dagger. after large sums of Transportation into money had been slavery in the West handed over, dis- Indies would also creetly, in cash. prove to be a death With the rebel- sentence for many, lion quashed, and this was the and now full of sentence handed confidence, James out to more than II showed his 850 West Country true colours – he rebels. dismissed parlia- The severity of ment in 1685 the sentences and and appointed the brutality of the Catholic officials. executions ensured He also allied they would live himself with the long in Dorchester’s much-despised memory. As was tra- Louis XIV of ditional for those The room reputedly used by Judge Jeffreys at what is now Prezzo’s France. In 1686, convicted of treason, after the condemned men he took measures to restore Catholicism in England had been hung, drawn and quartered, their heads and set up a standing army of 13,000 troops. and other body parts were taken to be displayed A similar army was supported in Ireland, which on spikes at prominent places, including above the created a great deal of distrust among the largely door of St Peter’s church. Rotting body parts hung Protestant English. The execution of the Duke of from makeshift gallows along the main highways Monmouth however, united the Whig opposition and in towns and villages throughout the area for behind the only remaining Protestant claimant to months afterwards. the throne, William of Orange, husband to James’s These gruesome sights were a clear warning daughter Mary. In 1688, Whigs and disenchanted to those who might dare to challenge the king’s Tories invited William to England to drive James authority. Some historians have speculated that from the throne. James II abdicated and fled into Jeffreys’ cruelty came about through a wish to be exile in France, while William ruled jointly with his seen to be extra supportive of the king, as he was wife Mary until her death in 1694. himself actually a Protestant. Others blame his foul Jeffreys’ comeuppance came soon afterwards. As demeanour on the constant pain he endured from a notable and reviled supporter of the exiled mon- kidney stones, which he tried to assuage with a arch he was forced to go on the run. Ironically, he copious daily intake of alcohol. was eventually caught drinking in a Wapping tavern While Jeffreys seemed to almost revel in handing after being recognised, despite being disguised as out harsh sentences to the lower orders, he also a sailor, by a victim of his assizes whom he had, made a fortune by demanding extortionate pay- uncharacteristically, spared execution. ments from his richer ‘clients’. In Bristol, after deal- A search revealed 35,000 guineas and a great ing with the rebels he turned on the Chief Justice, deal of silver stowed aboard the Wapping collier the mayor and the aldermen of the city, who were on which he had planned to make his escape. He in court for the proceedings, and accused them was escorted under guard to London, where the of running a racket supplying kidnap victims and Lord Mayor apparently fainted at the sight of him. transportees as slaves to traders in the West Indies. Afraid of dying at the hands of a mob, Jeffreys asked Clearly Jeffreys had inside information, as after the to be locked up in the Tower of London for his own mayor had paid a fine of £1,000, the trial of the oth- safety. It was here that he died in 1689, succumb- er five was repeatedly adjourned over trivial matters ing to the kidney disease that had plagued him for until eventually the charges were quietly dropped, much of his life.

Dorchester Voice 18 September-October 2014 Folklore & Heritage Spooky legend of the quiet woman By Jerry Bird alloween, or All Hallows Eve, was one of the four great religious festivals of the Hancient Celts. It was their ‘day of the dead’ when the veil between this world and the under- world was considered to be thin – a time to com- mune with spirits and honour the ancestors. Hence the modern custom of dressing up as spooks and phantoms and celebrating all things scary. Surprisingly, perhaps, there are few stories of ghosts walking on Hallowe’en night, the exception in Dorset being the ghost of St Juthware, who is said to appear with her head under her arm in the village of Halstock, where a field was named after her, which is now modernised to ‘Judith’. The name Halstock comes from the Saxon halyngstoka, meaning ‘holy place’. The ghost ap- parently walks up the lane to Abbots Hill at one in the morning. The Sherborne Missal – complete with severed head Juthware’s gruesome story appears in a 14th century text known as the Nova Legenda Angliae, her, so she took him into the wood and showed written by the theologian John Capgrave. She was him the bloodied remains of the carcass. Still Bana born in the village in the 7th century. Unfortunately would not believe, so she brought Juthware to the her mother died in childbirth and she was brought wood and ordered her to remove her vest. Bana up by her father, Benna, who eventually married examined the garment and found what he thought a Welsh widow called Goneril, who brought her were the stains of motherhood. own son, Bana, to the family. Now convinced, and in a rage, he drew his As the years passed Goneril grew jealous of her sword and struck Juthware’s head clean off. stepdaughter, who was both beautiful and pious. Goneril was triumphant, but as she revelled in Pilgrims and wayfarers would often seek shelter her stepdaughter’s death, to her horror Juthware’s at their house. Benna was a good man and was severed head called to her body, which rose to its always keen to show hospitality to strangers. feet, gathered it up and walked down the hill along After his death Juthware carried on her father’s the lane to the church where it placed her head on tradition of hospitality. This angered Goneril who the altar before finally dying. could not bear her stepdaughter’s good qualities In the 11th century, her relics were taken to any longer, and so she contrived a plan to be rid Sherborne Abbey, where a shrine was dedicated to of her. her. The Church of St Mary in Halstock, where the Her chance came when Juthware came to her north chapel was already dedicated to her, became complaining of chest pains. She told Juthware St Juthware and St Mary in 2012. She is also de- that if she smeared soft cheese on her chest and picted in a window at Sherborne Abbey, and in the stomach morning and night the pains would go. Sherborne Missal (circa 1400-1407). Goneril then went secretly into the wood where Juthware was also the inspiration behind several she slaughtered a lamb and left it for the wolves. ‘Quiet Woman’ or ‘Silent Woman’ inn signs in Next morning she told her son Bana that Juth- Dorset, and until recently, an image of her adorned ware had given birth to a child in the wood and the local inn in the village – like many village had fed it to the wolves. Bana would not believe pubs, now sadly closed. www.dorchestervoice.co.uk 19 Dorchester Voice The Bolddog Lings motorcycle display team thrilled the crows with death-defying aerial stunts

Jane Haw (right) and Tasha Beech with Balbithan Hersheys, awarded supreme champion for beef cattle on the Saturday, and Balbithan Hope. Together, Balbithan Hope and Balbithan Hersheys won two classes for a pair of heifers. The animals are from the Balbithan Charolais herd at Worth Matravers

Dorchester Voice 20 September-October 2014 The vintage vehicle display drew big crowds in the main ring Spectacular show draws the crowds Sunny weather brought record crowds flocking to the annual two-day Dorset County Show in Dorchester. Among the highlights of the show were the Bolddog Lings motorcycle stunt display team, who brought gasps from the crowds with their daring aerial acrobatics. Mere Down Falconry brought a medieval sport to life for a fascinated audience, with a display from Harris Hawks and an Eagle Owl. However there was an unbilled disappearing act on Sunday afternoon, when a falcon named Dastardly decided to live up to his name and go for a ‘flyabout’. Owner Allan Gates recovered him on Monday morning near Milborne St Andrew. There was a procession of vintage agricultural vehicles, including a traction engine and an early Fordson tractor, while showjumping and scurry racing were a popular draw. But perhaps the most important part Above: Rachel Giddings from Mere Down Falconry shows a of the show, as always, were the agri- European Eagle Owl to the crowds on Sunday cultural classes, whether it be for best Front cover picture: Grace Denning with best in show Aberdeen home-grown veg from local residents, Angus heifer, Park Wall Rosette from Bridgwater to the sheep, goats, cattle and pigs. www.dorchestervoice.co.uk 21 Dorchester Voice Wine & Dine Discover the Caribbean fish place! Trinity Bistro he Trinity Fish Restaurant is fun. Tucked down Trinity House Walk off Trinity Street, it Tbeckons you with fairy lights twinkling and candles glowing on the bistro tables outside. Inside there is more to surprise and you could be forgiven for thinking you had arrived on a beach bathed in evening sun in a faraway country. This bistro is housed in what had been a printing business, not far from Antelope Walk. The high roof of the building reveals the original roof timbers, while the brick walls are now painted. The spa- ciousness belies the fact that the floor space is lim- ited – it is therefore wise to book ahead. However, each table is nicely spaced to ensure privacy. New owners took over this restaurant earlier this year and it becomes clear something different is happening. Owner-chef Dave is from London, and his Jamaican ancestry has led to him introducing a menu full of spice and unforgettable flavours. Scal- lops, whitebait, sardines, mussels and more titillate the taste buds. Mackerel Angelina is served as a Jamaican-inspired dish of flaked mackerel sautéed with garlic, onion, bacon, cherry tomatoes and a hint of chilli served on toast. Finest fish Caribbean-style at the Trinity Bistro To choose a main course takes time, so top up your wine glass while you try to imagine Portland travelling across the county to eat here. The £5 Crab flambéed in a cocktail of vodka – or you could voucher offered in the Dorchester Voice in this issue consider the grey mullet seasoned with Thai spices should encourage a few more visitors. served on a bed of noodles in a lemongrass and gin- But I haven’t mentioned the sweets. I chose ger broth. After much deliberation and pontificating, peach and apricot pie, and each bite melted in I chose the Trinity fish kebabs. Served with new my mouth. Beautifully presented with the added potatoes and fresh vegetables, two skewers bore a touch of a chocolate spoon on the plate! It was later selection of fish from scallops, cod, salmon, and revealed that one of the team is a chocolatier. whitebait. The kebabs were seasoned and drizzled This delightful little bistro is planning a Caribbean with aromatic oils and the delicious fragrance filled evening on the evenings of the 10-11 October, the air around the table. where there will be starting platters to share, main My companion chose the confit of duck. It came dishes that include curried goat (yes it’s a Caribbean to the table as a large leg of duck flavoured with night), ackee, mhi mhi, stewed bean casserole – all honey and soy sauce, and of course, potatoes and served with yam, pumpkins, green bananas and fresh vegetables in abundance. It looked delicious spinners. I intend to go simply to find out what and I was told it tasted ‘scrummy’. ‘spinners’ are. At £25 for three courses, it’s an ideal Trip Advisor has recorded glowing comments excuse for family or friends to get together at this about this little bistro describing it as ‘What a find’ little treasure in Dorchester town. and ‘A hidden gem’, and it is clear that people are Sheena Dearness-Pain

Dorchester Voice 22 September-October 2014 www.dorchestervoice.co.uk 23 Dorchester Voice Dorchester Arts Scene Concert remembers fallen of two wars Dorchester Choral Society’s This is followed by a celebra- the plight of slaves taken from concert on Saturday 1 November tory choral work – Haydn’s Te Africa to service American and will be a time for remembrance. Deum, which is full of glorious Caribbean plantations. For this Performing Sir Michael Tippett’s tunes and a joy to hear. reason Tippett uses popular A Child of Our Time the choir Then follows A Child of Our Negro Spirituals. will mark 100 years since World Time, a work that rejects revenge The mood warms as fellow- War 1 began and the 70th an- and asks for compassion as the ship revives humanity. The tyrant niversary of D-Day. way to reconciliation. Tippett is crushed and the child atones The programme starts with was a pacifist and great admirer for his vengeance. Only by seek- Bach’s compellingly moving of Gandhi. He wrote it as a re- ing reconciliation can mankind First Unaccompanied Cello Suite sponse to Kristall Nacht in 1938 be whole. performed by international cellist Germany, when Nazi mobs To celebrate continuing peace, Thomas Carroll, a soloist who killed many Jews and burnt their DCS will be joined by choirs teaches at the Royal College of synagogues and shops. from Germany and France. Music and the Yehudi Menuhin Ostensibly to revenge the mur- Dorchester Choral Society concert, Sat- School. der of a German diplomat by an urday 1 November, St Mary’s Church, “It is one of my favourite exiled Polish Jewish boy in Paris, Edward Road, Dorchester, 7.30pm. pieces to play and I love sharing the child became the scapegoat, Tickets, £15 reserved, £12 unreserved, are available on 11 October from Har- my interpretation of this much- the fate of many defenceless mony Music 3-4 Forum Centre, Trinity loved Bach piece,” he says. victims. This oppression parallels Street, Dorchester .

Tunnels give clues to Dorchester’s hidden past Continued from page 12 spillway for the aqueduct, which originally supplied water for the Roman town’s baths and fountains. Rather different is the ‘cut-and-cover’ under- ground passage, which was constructed during the English Civil War when Maumbury Rings was converted into a stronghold and gun-emplacement by Parliamentarian forces in 1642 to guard the Wey- mouth road. This was a flat-bottomed, steep-sided trench about 5ft deep which led from the earthwork to the town gate near the end of South Street. It would have been covered over to prevent discovery in the event of an attack, so that retreating troops would have a hidden escape route to safety within the town walls. Sections of this feature have been found at the old Eldridge Pope Brewery site, and during the building of the old County Police Station in Weymouth Avenue. David Taylor hopes that eventually some of Retired county archaeologist Laurence Keen examines a Dorchester’s underground heritage can be opened cellar beneath the old Antelope Hotel up to visitors to enhance the town’s tourist potential.

Dorchester Voice 24 September-October 2014 Dorchester Arts Scene The Magical Moon tour Lustful Welsh legend Gather round for the Moon’s magical story about a Woman of Flowers is an innovative re-telling of an tippetty-top tap dancer who he has been watching ancient Welsh myth where nothing is quite as it at night in The Tap-Dancing Mermaid. seems. Marina Skippett creeps out of her house every What happens when you want a different life to night to shuffle and stomp on the boardwalk to the the once chosen for you? Rose cannot remember sounds of the sea. what came before the house at the edge of the She can’t tap-dance at home any more since her isolated forest. Gwynne says he magicked her out evil, tractor-sized aunty banned it! But then, one of the flowers, but she’s not so sure. moonlit night, Marina meets a mysterious, watery She has played the part of the perfect farmer’s boy swimming in the sea and her life is never the wife for weak-minded Lewis and accepted her same again! lonely existence. Then a stranger comes to town. Following her sell-out UK tour performing in What lengths will she go to, to escape the life Niki McCretton’s Muttnik: The First Dog in Space, chosen for her? the “truly amazing one woman power house” Using a cross-art form approach, this beautiful Tessa Bide is returning in style with her first de- piece of storytelling will feature live music, dance vised production. and video. Kaite O’Reilly’s work has been per- There are stunning puppets, original live music formed nationally and internationally, and she was to sing along to and tap dancing that will make commissioned to write for the Cultural Olympiad you want to stick 50ps to your shoes and join in! for the London Olympics. Mon 27 October, 4pm. Cerne Abbas Village Hall. 01300 Sat 18 October, 7:30pm. West Stafford Village Hall. 01305 341332. £6, £5 u18s, £18 family. Recommended 3+ 261984. £9, £6 u18s, £25 family

www.dorchestervoice.co.uk 25 Dorchester Voice Dorchester Arts Scene Tim’s on cue in court Help save the Story Giant! In the historic setting of the Georgian Shire Hall courtroom, popular folk singer and concertina player Tim Laycock will perform traditional songs and tell stories of crime, passion and punishment from real court cases tried in the Dorchester As- sizes, as well as tales from Hardy and others. Tim Laycock, Thurs 23 October, Dorchester Shire Hall, 8pm (doors and bar 7:30pm) £7/£5 conc. Bring a cushion to make the historic court benches a little more comfortable! Jazzing it up with Bach The Christian Garrick Quartet created a Bach- styled programme especially for 2013’s Bach Unwrapped Festival held at London’s King’s Place Deep in his castle, the Story Giant is dying. Over and is now touring the show nationwide. the centuries he has gathered all the tales in exist- ‘Beginning with Bach’ includes original jazz ence. All, that is, except one. Tonight his very life compositions based on Bach, arrangements of relies on finding it. some of his compositions, and Bach-based music Join the ingenious Shanty Theatre Company as from George Shearing and Jacques Loussier. they dash through story explosion after turbulent Sat 4 October, 7:30pm. Cerne Abbas Village Hall. 01300 tale in this adventure to find the last story on earth. 341322. £10, £7.50 u18s, £30 family Expect skulls with overdeveloped conversational skills, gremlins playing Johnny Cash, laughs, shocks, and surprises. Adapted from the book by legendary Liverpool poet Brian Patten, The Story Giant is a fun family show that both adults and children will come away thinking it was written for them. The Story Giant, Wed 1 October, Dorchester Corn Exchange, 7pm (doors 6:30pm) £12/£10 conc. Irish prog folk duo hits town Described as somewhere between alt folk and prog folk, and even at times space folk, Tir na nOg still manage to transcend all these categories leav- ing little doubt that they are the most original and influential performers Ireland has ever produced. Championed by the legendary John Peel, this dynamic duo consistently displays a wealth of experience and tireless talent at sell-out gigs. Leo O’Kelly and Sonny Condell will perform a number of classic hits as well as the recent, highly acclaimed, EP, ‘I Have Known Love’, which is the band’s first studio recording since 1973. This is one folk experience not to be missed. Tir na nOg, Sat 11 October, Dorchester Arts Centre, 8pm (doors and bar 7:30pm), £12/ £10 conc.

Dorchester Voice 26 September-October 2014 Dorchester Arts Scene Cold War comes to Bristol as Matt Woosey kicks off Cuban missile crisis brews… new season for DA Blues It’s 1962 and Kennedy and Khruschev are about to DA Blues starts off the season with a welcome collide over Cuba, but the real trouble is brewing return for the fantastic Matt Woosey, whose blend thousands of miles away in Bristol… of acoustic blues, folk and rock conveyed with an In a top-secret location Skippy Catford, the accomplished vocal delivery has been defined as ninny in the pinnie, cheerily mops away 20 years’ ‘The Woosey Blues’. worth of dust and grime from the BBC’s emergency Much praised and played by the likes of Paul wartime studio. When the Cold War suddenly Jones on Radio 2 and Tom Robinson on BBC6 heats up, Skippy is trapped underground with Music, this is one blues gig not to be missed. nothing but a pair of coconut shells and a swanee Meanwhile on 18 October, 24 Pesos returns whistle to keep herself amused. Listen With Mother with the raw, blues roots sound that has led Mav- will never be the same again as the Ministry of En- erick Magazine to describe it as “the UK’s most tertainment bring its comic theatre to bear on the exciting and original blues band”. Cold War era in Normal Service Will Be Resumed. The upbeat, down-home sound brings an infec- Sat 8 November, 7:30pm. West Lulworth Village Hall. 01929 tious energy to their electrifying live show, that 400790. £8, £6 u18s, £25 family has earned them a great reputation as a live act at Sun 9 November, 7:30pm. Piddletrenthide Memorial Hall. 01300 348247. £8, £6 u18s festivals throughout Europe. Fri 14 November, 7:30pm. Powerstock Hut. 01308 485264. Matt Woosey, Sat 20 September, 8pm; 24 Pesos, Sat 18 Oc- £8, £6 u18s, £25 family tober, 8pm; (doors & bar 7:30pm), Dorchester Arts Centre. Sun 16 November, 7:30pm. Langton Matravers Village Hall. Tickets: £13 / £6.50 conc. in advance, £14 / £7 conc. on the 01929 423834. £8, £6 u18s, £25 family door. 01305 266926. Gripping new play on Great War Queen’s knickers nicked… What would you do if you lost the Queen’s In commemoration of the WW1 centenary year, knickers? Dily, the Queen’s maid is in this very multi-award winning AsOne Theatre presents Pas- dilemma. Being the royal custodian of her high- sion, a gripping new play that follows five stories ness’s “intimate apparel” otherwise known as the of soldiers and families 100 years apart. Queen’s knickers, Dily guards HRH’s smalls as if Interweaving newly gathered original testimony they were the crown jewels. delivered along with live music, Passion is poignant, One day the knickers go missing causing a funny and bravely honest, revealing how the rav- national state of emergency and a diplomatic in- ages of war ripple down the generations. cident of catastrophic proportions. Come and find Passion, Wed 8 October, Corn Exchange, 8pm (doors and bar 7:30pm), £12/£10 conc, £7 under-25s out what happens next in The Queen’s Knickers, this rip-roaring comedy for young children. The Queen’s Knickers, Sat 27 September, Corn Exchange, Wille and the Bandits set to rock 3pm, £12/£10 conc, £7 children /£34 family ticket (2 adults Wille & the Bandits’ music covers a wide range of + 2 children), suitable 3+. genres from rock to world music to blues and roots and has received critical acclaim with a growing Steinbeck’s Pearl on stage loyal fan base wherever they have performed. Dumbshow Theatre brings John Steinbeck’s Wille, considered to be one of Europe’s finest novella The Pearl to life with its trademark visual slide-guitar players, is accompanied by the rhyth- inventiveness and playful theatricality in this time- mic diversity of percussionist Andrew Naumann less fable exploring the allure of wealth, the con- and the sonic range of Matt Brooks’ upright bass fines of class, and the redemptive power of love, and six-string electric bass. as performed to acclaim at Edinburgh Fringe. Wille and the Bandits, Sun 5 October, Dorchester Arts Centre, Fri 26 September, Dorchester Arts Centre, 8pm (doors and 8pm (doors and bar 7:30pm), £8/ £6 conc. bar 7:30pm), £12/£10 conc. www.dorchestervoice.co.uk 27 Dorchester Voice Gig Guide pop, rock, jazz, classical…

September and Dorchester Arts Centre 01305 266926 13 September 2.30pm Adur Concert Band. Bandstand, Borough 12 October 3pm Mike Miller jazz guitarist (jazz duo) -Brewhouse Gardens, Dorchester 01305 267992 & Kitchen, Dorchester. 01305 265551 14 September 3pm Mike Miller jazz guitarist (jazz duo) -Brew- 11 October 9.30pm Howling at the Moon. Tom Brown’s house & Kitchen, Dorchester. 01305 265551 Dorchester 01305 264020 14 September 3-5.00pm Jamie Parker (pop/rock/folk covers). 11 October 7.30pm Tir Na Nog (Celtic folk/rock) Arts Centre, Durnovaria Wine Bar/Café, Dorchester 01305 756019 Dorchester 01305 267992 15 September 8.30pm Traditional Folk Music Session. Goldies, 11 October 7.00pm Jump at the Sun (Barn Dance) Village Hall, Dorchester 01305 458202 Puddletown 01305 848510 17 September 8.30pm Irish Music Session. The Blue Raddle, 12 October 3-5.00pm Mitch Norman (folk). Durnovaria Wine Dorchester 01305 267762 Bar/Café, Dorchester 01305 756019 18 September 9.00pm Open Mic Night. Tom Brown’s Dorchester 12 October 3pm Mike Miller jazz guitarist (jazz duo) -Brewhouse 18 September 8-10.00pm Andy Grant (guitarist). Durnovaria & Kitchen, Dorchester. 01305 265551 Wine Bar/Café, Dorchester 01305 756019 15 October 8.30pm Irish Music Session. The Blue Raddle, 18 September 7.30pm Seth Lakeman (70th anniversary of D-Day Dorchester 01305 267762 Landings concert). Electric Palace, Bridport 01308 424901 15 October 7.30pm Dr Feelgood (classic British r&b). Electric 19 September 7.30pm From The Jam (tribute). Electric Palace, Palace, Bridport 01308 424901 Bridport 01308 424901 16 October 1.00pm Illumine (classical piano & clarinet). Dorset 19 September 9.30pm Tom Clements. Tom Brown’s Dorchester County Museum, Dorchester 01305 756827 01305 264020 16 October 9.00pm Open Mic. Night. Tom Brown’s Dorchester 19 September 8.00pm Jeroka + Caller (Barn Dance). St Andrew’s 16 October 8-10.00pm Alex Wood (tbc). Durnovaria Wine Bar/ Hall, Yetminster 01258 817963 Café, Dorchester 01305 756019 20 September 9.30pm Skatmandu. Tom Brown’s Dorchester 16 October 1.00-2.00pm Lunchtime Concert with Illumine – 20 September noon-10.00pm Veast of Folk (all day folk music & Classical piano and clarinet – Dorset County Museum. dance for RNLI). Three Horseshoes, Burton Bradstock 19 October 3-5.00pm Bitter & Twisted. Durnovaria Wine Bar/ 21 September 3-5.00pm Kipper (Dylan/ Neil Young etc covers). Café, Dorchester 01305 756019 Durnovaria Wine Bar/Café, Dorchester 01305 756019 20 October 8.30pm Traditional Folk Music Session. Goldies, 25 September 9.00pm Open Mic Night. Tom Brown’s Dorchester Dorchester 01305 458202 25 September 7.30pm Sunray Folk Club. Village Hall Broad- 23 October 9.00pm Open Mic. Night. Tom Brown’s Dorchester mayne 07786 654 074 23 October 7.30pm Sunray Folk Club. Village Hall Broadmayne 25 September 8-10.00pm Jack & Benny (duo with fiddle). Durno- 07786 654 074 varia Wine Bar/Café, Dorchester 01305 756019 23 October 7.30pm Tom Etheridge (guitar wizard). Electric 25 September 1.00pm Bernado (baroque guitar). Dorset County Palace, Bridport 01308 424901 Museum, Dorchester 01305 756827 23 October 8-10.00pm Ken Watkins (ukulele covers). Durnovaria 26 September 9.30pm Stealing Whiskey. Tom Brown’s Dorchester Wine Bar/Café, Dorchester 01305 756019 27 September 9.30pm Elija Wolf. Tom Brown’s Dorchester 25 October 9.30pm Vanilla Radio. Tom Brown’s Dorchester 27 September 7.30pm Steve Howe (rock guitar legend). Electric 25 October 7.30pm Ben Rose Big Band + caller (Barn Dance) Palace, Bridport 01308 424901 Village Hall, Frampton 01300 321396 28 September 3-5.00pm Tom Caulfield (pop/rock/folk/blues). 26 October 3-5.00pm Skint Imperials (acoustic folk-rock). Durno- Durnovaria Wine Bar/Café, Dorchester 01305 756019 varia Wine Bar/Café, Dorchester 01305 756019 October 30 October 9.00pm Open Mic. Night. Tom Brown’s Dorchester 1 October 8.30pm Traditional Folk Music Session. The Blue Rad- 01305 264020 dle, Dorchester 01305 267762 30 October 8-10.00pm Andy Grant (guitarist). Durnovaria Wine 1 October 8.30pm Dave Bowen & friends’ jazz session. The Bar/Café, Dorchester 01305 756019 Three Compasses, Charminster 01305 263618 November 2 October 9.00pm Open Mic. Night. Tom Brown’s Dorchester 1 November 7.30pm World Wars memorial concert. A Child of 2 October 8-10.00pm Jerry Bird (folk songs & tunes on fiddle & Our Time – a performance of Michael Tippett’s oratorio by the guitar). Durnovaria Wine Bar/Café, Dorchester 01305 756019 Dorchester Choral Society, St Mary’s Church. Tickets available 11 2 October 7.30pm ‘Beginning with Bach’ – Chris Garrick Quartet October from Harmony Music 3-4 Forum Centre, Trinity Street, – Chetnole Village Hall. 01935 873555 Dorchester, from choir members and from DCS Box Office,1 3 October 7.30pm The Wall of Floyd – Pink Floyd tribute band – Pitcote Lane, Poundbury, Dorchester DT1 3GH Weymouth Pavilion 1 November 9.30pm Amy Mayes. Tom Brown’s Dorchester 4 October 7.30pm ‘Beginning with Bach’ – Chris Garrick Quartet 01305 264020 – Cerne Abbas Village Hall. 01300 341332 1 November 7.30pm Talisman (roots/reggae) Arts Centre, 4 October 9.30pm Mama Feelgood. Tom Brown’s Dorchester Dorchester 01305 267992 4 October 7.30pm The Beat. Electric Palace, Bridport 1 November 7.30pm Mad Dog McRea (folk/roots). Electric 4 October 7.30pm Stick the Fiddler + caller (ceilidh). St Mary’s Palace, Bridport 01308 424901 Church House Hall, Bridport 01308 423442 1 November 7.30pm Bridport Ceilidh with Chris Toyne + caller. 5 October 7.30pm Willie & the Bandits (folk/roots) Arts Centre, St Mary’s Church House Hall, Bridport 01308 423422 Dorchester 01305 267992 2 November 3-5.00pm Kipper (guitarist/world music). Durnovaria 5 October 3-5.00pm Kipper (Dylan/ Neil Young etc covers). Wine Bar/Café, Dorchester 01305 756019 Durnovaria Wine Bar/Café, Dorchester 01305 756019 5 November 8.30pm Traditional Folk Music Session. The Blue 5 October 8.00pm (doors and bar 7.30pm) Willie and the Raddle, Dorchester 01305 267762 Bandits – Dorchester Arts Centre, Dorchester. Tickets TIC 01305 5 November 8.30pm Dave Bowen & friends’ jazz session. The 267992 and Dorchester Arts Centre 01305 266926 Three Compasses, Charminster 01305 263618 7 October 7.30pm Harmony Singing – Northern Harmony – 6 November 9.00pm Open Mic. Night. Tom Brown’s Dorchester Winfrith Church. 01305 852117 01305 264020 9 October 9.00pm Open Mic. Night. Tom Brown’s Dorchester 7 November 9.30pm The Lizards. Tom Brown’s Dorchester 9 October 8-10.00pm Tom & Owen. Durnovaria Wine Bar/Café. 8 November 9.30pm AC/BBs. Tom Brown’s Dorchester 10 October 7.30pm ‘Flute & Harp Fantasia’ – Amalthea – Pid- 9 November 3-5.00pm Tom Caulfield (pop/rock/folk/blues). dletrenthide Church. 01300 348247 Durnovaria Wine Bar/Café, Dorchester 01305 756019 11 October 8.00pm (doors and bar 7.30pm) Tir Na Nog – Alt 9 November 3.00pm Mike Miller jazz guitarist (jazz duo) - Brew- Folk band – Dorchester Arts Centre. Tickets TIC 01305 267992 house & Kitchen, Dorchester. 01305 265551

Dorchester Voice 28 September-October 2014 Out & About September 3 October 7.00pm for 7.30pm Archaeology Lecture – Dorset Up until 28 September Sea Train Adventure – Swanage Rail- County Museum. 01305 756827 way. 01929 425800 3-4 October 11.00am-3.00pm & 6.00pm –11.00pm Beer 13-14 September Civil War Academy – Corfe Castle. Learn Festival – Weymouth Pavilion. 01305 772286 about the Civil War from a different perspective. 01929 4 October 10.30am-12.30pm Young Archaeologist’s Club – For 481294 children aged 8-17. Dorset County Museum. 01305 756827 13 September 11:00am-4pm Joseph Weld Hospice, Dorches- 4 October Poundbury Farmers’ Market ter annual summer fete. Free park & ride from Dorchester Town 4 October 10.00-6.00pm Holistic Lifestyle Fair – Eden Park, Football Club (strictly no parking on site). Buckland Newton www.primroseskitchen.com 13 September 3.00pm onwards World Garlic Eating Competi- 4-5 October Big Painting Weekend – Two day painting tion – The George Inn, Chideock. workshop jointly tutored by Justin and Nicola Cooke.Join us 13 September 7.30pm (doors & bar 7.00pm) Pop Club Fund- at Upwey Old School, Upwey, Weymouth, Dorset. DT3 5QE raiser – Dorset Arts Centre. 01305 266926 and paint a large canvas over two days. All materials and large 17 September Tanks in Action –Bovington Tank Museum. prepared canvas provided. £140.00. To book a place or for 01929 405096 more information phone 01300 320118 or email info@justin- 17 September Breakfast with the Curator – Dorset County cooke.co.uk. Also held at Upwey Old school; new weekly art Museum. 01305 756827 class, Friday mornings, phone for details. 18 September 7.00pm for 7.30pm Talk by Christopher Nichol- 4 October 7.30pm Sean Hughes – Weymouth Pavilion son on his book ‘Winter’ – Dorset County Museum. 01305 7 October 7.30pm Harmony Singing – Northern Harmony – 756827 Winfrith Church. 01305 852117 19-21 September 12.00-6.00pm Inside Out Dorset Arts Fes- 8 October 8.00pm (doors & bar 7.30pm) Passion – AsOne tival – Interactive Art Trail. Suitable for all ages. As part of the Theatre – Corn Exchange. 01305 266926 2014 Inside Out Dorset festival Activate have commissioned 8 October 6.30pm for 7.00pm Geology Lecture: Treasures 9 artists to create an interactive art trail along the ridgeway to from Space by Dr Caroline Smith, Natural History Museum – animate and highlight the wonderful heritage, geological and Dorset County Museum. 01305 756827 historical beauty of this area. Join us for 3 days of fabulous fun! 10 October 8.00pm (doors & bar 7.30pm) The Three Mus- More details www.visit-dorset.com keteers – Patchwork Theatre – Dorchester Arts Centre. 01305 19 September 2.00-3.30pm St Martin’s Broadmayne Com- 266926 munity Market. 10 October 7.30pm ‘Flute & Harp Fantasia’ – Amalthea – Pid- 19 September 7.30pm Bourne2Sing Male Voice Choir – dletrenthide Church. 01300 348247 Winfrith Newburgh Village Hall. Tickets £5 in advance 01305 11 October 7.30pm ‘Flute & Harp Fantasia’ – Amalthea – West 852117 Knighton Church. 01305 854205 20-21 September Paddington Bear – Swanage Steam Railway. 11-24 October Shark Week – Weymouth Sea Life Adventure 01929 425800 Park. 08714232110 20 September Britain at War – Bovington Tank Museum. 11 October Modellers’ Exhibition – Bovington Tank Museum. 01929 405096 01929 405096 20-21 September Civil War Academy – Corfe Castle. Learn 11 October 7.30pm ‘Once upon a time in a Western’ – Le about the Civil War from a different perspective. 01929 Navet Bete – Martinstown Village Hall. 01305 889963 481294 15 October-2 November Dusk-8.30pm The Enchanted Floodlit 23 September 6.00pm Annual General Meeting of the Dorset Garden, Abbotsbury Sub-Tropical Gardens. 01305 8711300 Natural History and Archaeology Society – Dorset County 15 October 1.00pm-3.30pm Adult Craft Workshop – Quick Museum. 01305 756827 and Easy Children’s Costumes. Dorset County Museum. 01305 25 September 1.30pm Lawrence and friends – afternoon enter- 756827 tainment by Tim Laycock – Clouds Hill. 01929 405616 15 October 7.30pm Taiko drums – Weymouth Pavilion 25 September 7.00pm for 7.30pm Wine Tasting Evening at 16 October Dorset Vintage & Classic Auctions – Athelhampton Palmers Wine Store. £32.50 with glass of wine and canapes House. on arrival. 8-10 wines to be presented. Last Thursday of each 16 October 7.30pm An Englishman’s Home: Play Reading – month. Each month will have a theme. 01308 427500 Dorset County Museum. 01305 756827 26 September 7.30pm ‘When Science and Magic Collide’ 16 October 1.00-2.00pm Lunchtime Concert with Illumine – Oliver Meech Company – Burton Bradstock Village Hall. Classical piano and clarinet – Dorset County Museum. 01305 01308 897214 756827 26 September 7.00pm for 7.30pm Poetry Reading by Patricia 16 October 10.00-3.300pm Country House Fair – Lulworth McCarthy. Dorset County Museum. 01305 756827 Castle 26 September 7.30pm The Llantrisant Male Choir – Weymouth 17 October 8.00pm (doors and bar 7.30pm) Shappi Khorsan- Pavilion di: Because I’m Shappi. Dorchester Arts Centre. Tickets TIC 26 September 8.00pm (doors and bar 7.30pm) The Pearl – 01305 267992 and Dorchester Arts Centre 01305 266926 Adapted from the novella by John Steinbeck – Dorchester Arts 17 October 7.30pm ‘The Story Giant’ – Shanty Theatre – Mil- Centre. 01305 266926 borne St Andrew. 01258 837371 27-28 September Civil War – Besieged & Betrayed – Corfe 17-19 October Autumn Steam Gala – Swanage Steam Rail- Castle. Demonstrating all aspects of a 17th century encamp- way. 01929 425800 ment and re-enactment. 01929 481294 18 October 10.00am Workshops: Emma and Thomas Hardy 27 September Dorchester Farmers’ Market Identity Love Loss and Bereavement – Max Gate. 01305 27 September 3.00pm The Queen’s Knickers – Children’s 780078 or 07712 532289 Theatre – Corn Exchange. 01305 266926 19 October 7.30pm Michael Hulmes – Portesham Village 28 September Kinston Maurward Antiques Fair. 01305 215003 Hall. 01305 871925 October 20 October Weymouth Beach Motorcross 1 October 7.00pm (doors & bar 6.30pm) The Story Giant – 22 October 7.00pm for 7.30pm Travellers’ Tales – Ancient Shanty Theatre Company – Corn Exchange. 01305 266926 Mexico by Neil Meldrum – Dorset County Museum. www.dorchestervoice.co.uk 29 Dorchester Voice Out & About

23 October 8.00pm (doors & bar 7.30pm) Tim Laycock – Weld Hospice. The Firewalk will be the most inspirational Dorchester Shire Hall. 01305 266926 journey you will ever undertake. This is a barefoot walk over 24-27 October 10.00am-4.00pm Annual Book Sale – Dorset red-hot embers measuring around 800 degrees Fahrenheit! County Museum. Registration fee is £20 with a minimum sponsorship of £175. 24 October 8.00pm (doors & bar 7.30pm) Elizabeth I: Virgin Register online today at www.weld-hospice.org.uk/firewalk on the Ridiculous – Living Spit Theatre – Dorchester Arts 31 October Hallowe’en Bistro – Swanage Steam Railway. Centre. 01305 266926 November 24 October 7.30pm The Elvis Years – Weymouth Pavilion 1 November 10.30am-12.30pm Young Archaeologist’s Club – 25 October Dorchester Farmers’ Market Ages 8-17 – Dorset County Museum. 01305 756827 25 October 8.00pm (doors & bar 7.30pm) Woman of Flowers 1 November 5.00pm-8.00pm Hallowe’en Family Activity Even- – Forest Forge Theatre Company – Dorchester Arts Centre. ing – Dorset County Museum. 01305 756827 25 October-2 November Half Term Modern Warfare – Boving- 1 November Poundbury Farmers’ Market ton Tank Museum. 01929 405096 1 November Craft Fair – Corn Exchange 25 October 7.30pm ‘Seven Deadly Sins’ – Tom Jackson 1 November 7.30pm A Child of Our Time – a performance of Greaves – Martinstown Village Hall. 01305 889963 Michael Tippett’s oratorio by the Dorchester Choral Society, St 25 October-2 November Face Your Fears – Weymouth Sea Life Mary’s Church. Tickets vailable 11 October from Harmony Music Adventure Park. 08714232110 3-4 Forum Centre, Trinity Street, Dorchester, from choir members 25 October-2 November Hallowe’en at Corfe Castle. and from DCS Box Office,1 Pitcote Lane, Poundbury, Dorchester 25 October Autumn Apple & Garden Day – Kingston Maur- DT1 3GH ward College. 01305 215003 1 November 3.00pm ‘The Elves & The Shoemaker’ – Silly Boys – Winfrith Village Hall. 01305 852117 27 October 4.00pm ‘ The Tap Dancing Mermaid’ – Tessa Bide 1 November 5.30pm ‘Stay Brave, Brian Gravy – o-region – Bri- – Cerne Abbas Village Hall. 01300 341332 antspuddle Village Hall. 01929 471819 28 October 10.30am-12.30pm Halloween Big Draw – Family 4 November 7.30pm Moscow Ballet – Nutcracker – Weymouth Activity – Dorchester Shire Hall. 01305 266926 Pavilion. 29 October 8.00pm The Lights Out Tour! – Storytelling & 4 November 6.30pm ‘Hansel & Gretel’ – Horse & Bamboo – Ghost Tour – Dorchester Shire Hall. 01305 266926 Portesham Village Hall. 01305 871925 30 October-2 November 5.00pm -8.30pm Hallowe’en Fun 7 November 7.00pm Shakespeare Schools Festival – Weymouth Evenings, The Enchanted Floodlit Garden, Abbotsbury Sub- Pavilion. Tropical Gardens. 01305 871130 7 November 8.00pm (doors & bar 7.30pm) Marcus Brigstocke: 30 October 7.30pm Thomas Hardy Talk – Dorset County Je m’accuse: I am Marcus –Corn Exchange. 01305 266926 Museum. 01305 756827 7 November 7.00pm for 7.30pm Archaeology Lecture – Excava- 31 October 6.00-9.00pm Weldmar’s Firewalk 2014 – Joseph tions on Ham Hill by Niall Sharples of Cardiff University – Dor- set County Museum – 01305 756827 7 November 6.30pm Book Launch – Late Bronze Age pottery production at Tinney’s Lane Sherborne. By J Best, A Woodward Could YOU be a and K Tyler – Dorset County Museum. 01305 756827 8 November 8.00pm Blackadder II – Edmund & Co – Weymouth Home-Start Pavilion 8 November 7.30pm ‘United We stand’ – Townsend Poductions volunteer ? – Burton Bradstock Village Hall. 01308 897214 8-9 November Kingston Maurward Christmas Craft & Gourmet Food Fair. 01305 215003 9 November National Remembrance Day Service – Town War Memorial Could you help make a difference for young 9 November Service of Remembrance for the German Prisoners families in West Dorset by supporting a local of War – Fordington Cemetery independent charity? 9 November Remembrance Sunday Service – Bovington Tank Museum. 01929 405096 Many parents need help, friendship, advice or support during those early years when children are young. Your experience as a 9 November 7.30pm ‘Normal Service will be Resumed’ – parent can help other parents. Ministry of Entertainment – Piddletrenthide Village Hall. 01300 348247 Our volunteers have been parents themselves so they know the challenges and visit families at home each week to help provide non-judgemental, practical and emotional support in situations as diverse as isolation, bereavement, multiple births, illness, disability, depression or those who are just finding parenting a struggle and they help to build the family’s confidence and ability to cope. The commitment required by volunteers who visit families will be to complete a local 40-hour preparation course, at which they can achieve a recognised qualification, after which a 2-3 hour a week commitment is required to visit families. Interested? Call us on 01305 265072 for more details or email [email protected]

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11 November Armistice Day Commemoration Events across the Please send your listings to events@dorchestervoice. town – Various locations co.uk. Visit dorchestervoice.co.uk for more listings! 12 November 1.00pm-3.30pm Adult Craft Workshop – Make a Teddy Bear – Dorset County Museum. 01305 756827 Information in this magazine is published in good faith. The Dorchester 12 November 6.30pm for 7.00pm Geology Lecture – Dorset Voice does not accept any liability for the accuracy of any material County Museum. 01305 756827 included, nor from any losses or claims arising from any such inaccuracies. All contributions are accepted on the basis that they are free from any 12 November 6.30pm for 7.00pm Geology Lecture: Landslides copyright restrictions. No part of this publication may be reproduced in – Dr Helen Reeves, British Geological Survey – Dorset County any form without the publisher’s written permission. Published by New Museum. 01305 756827 Media Horizons Ltd, 7 Durngate Street, Dorchester DT1 1JP. ©2014. www.dorchestervoice.co.uk 31 Dorchester Voice Dorchester Voice 32 September-October 2014