NovemberApril 2021 2019 IssueIssue no.no. 255238 Published by Purbeck Media Ltd FREE WHEREYou can DELIVERED also read. POSTAL online SUBSCRIPTION or download AVAILABLE the entire at: www.purbeckgazette.co.uk/catalogue.aspx magazine in book format at: Magazine Archive at: www.purbeckgazette.co.uk PurbeckPurbeckHelp Valley Christmas Save FolkRex TheChallenge!Festival Brave. IS PgPgON! 1223 Pg - 3737 Our Flag Is Now Official! Pg 16 CowsBanish Come Those To WinterStudland Blues! Bay! PgPg 2438 -- 3539 HeartbreakOtter Deaths As Henry On The Loses Increase. Battle. Pg Pg 37 19 SWANAGE & PURBECK TAXI SWANAGE TYRES This spaceCall Martin is now Williams available! Advertise to our readers! on 07969 927424 NOW TESTING CLASS 4 & Let them know you’re QUAY CARS TAXI CLASS 7 VEHICLES! 4-7 seater. Airportsout there! - Docks - Local Tours 6 Victoria Avenue Industrial Estate, Swanage CallCall: KAY07788 on 01929 2345424239 ext.145 01929 421398 2 The Purbeck Gazette Editor’s note... The Purbeck Gazette is elcome to the April 2021 edition of your Purbeck Gazette! delivered by: WFor the first time in our history we have not included one of our famous April Fools in this edition. Why? Our various correspondents had a We distribute 20,000 copies of the Purbeck Zoom meeting and couldn’t come up with anything Gazette every month to properties in Purbeck humourous - not because they are incapable or utilising Logiforce GPS-tracked delivery teams. unimaginative, but simply because this past year has not been a laughable matter, to be frank! Various ideas were mulled (Residents in blocks of flats, or who live up long driveways or in lesser over before the decision was made that we’d give this year a miss populated areas will not get a door-to-door delivery. You will not receive and would save the local population from having to get ‘up in arms’ a copy if you display a ‘no junk mail’ sticker on your letterbox) about something which in this case, would not have even been real! Purbeck has a population of approx. 45,300, we print & distribute 20,000 copies for Purbeck and further afield (Crossways, Broadmayne, Bloxworth etc). Another packed edition for you this month - we’ve seen impressive figures of online readers over the past few months, which is great You will not therefore ALL get a paper copy! 1 in 3 properties get a copy. We news for those who have continued to publish in the Purbeck ensure a good spread of distribution throughout the whole area to get the Gazette whilst we’ve been online. Thanks for your support and best response for our advertisers, who are our business customers. continued encouragment. We are looking at getting back into print as soon as all of advertisers are open again. Get in touch (email: [email protected]) and book your space for next We publish in-full online for those households who do month now - let your customers know what you’re doing and what you’re offering! Communication is key when it comes to building not receive a paper copy through the door. your business back up again, so let’s all work together to keep the See: www.purbeckgazette.com community informed - you’ll also be supporting us by enabling us to publish community editorial, so it’s a wheel of support which The MAY 2021 edition has adeadline of 20th April. needs to keep spinning for the good of all! We’re moving forwards now towards getting back to some sort of The JUNE 2021 edition has adeadline of 10th May. normality. Please continue to be kind to those around you, support our local businesses as they reopen and carry on being safe ! 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All editing, graphic design and lay-up is completed in-house by Purbeck Media Ltd. The Purbeck Gazette is printed by Blackmore Ltd of Shaftesbury and delivered by Logiforce GPS- tracked distribution. The Purbeck Gazette website is managed and edited on-site by Purbeck Media Ltd. Purbeck Media Ltd also publishes The Purbeck Guidette, the Purbeck Visitor Guide. All rights reserved. OUR TEAM: The Gazette team consists of: Nico Johnson, Editor, Kay Jenkins, Sales & Accounts Executive, David Hollister, Columnist, John Garner, Columnist, Regula Wright, Columnist. Purbeck Designs (some graphics), Kim Steeden, Spotlight Diary Editor. VOLUNTEERS: A massive thanks to our volunteers, whose help is invaluable each month. Our proof readers are the very professional: Gerry Norris and David Holman, with volunteer Photographer, Tim Crabb, also on-hand. 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FEATURES Editorial Enquiries: Editor, Nico Johnson Aff ordable Home Consultati on For Langton 28 01929 424239 Blast From The Past - returns next month [email protected] Cannabis Factory Find 13 Advertising Sales: at: www.purbeckgazette.co.uk Cows Come To Studland Bay 40 - 41 Kay Jenkinsor 01929 email: 424239 ext.1 Heartbreak As Henry Loses Batt le 21 [email protected] John Garner writes - Spring Time 36 TO ADVERTISE Nati onal Coastwatch 16 - 17 See our website shop at: Picnic In The Park 2021 10 www.purbeckgazette.co.uk for rate card, booking & payment Purbeck Valley Folk Festi val 2021 IS ON! 41 Prices from £25.80 (inc VAT) Secret Stories For Families 24 Discounts available Telling It Like It Is - David Hollister writes 7 The legal stuff ... Wareham Town Council News 12 Every eff ort is made to ensure FOOD - Godlingston Manor Kitchen Gardens 34 the accuracy of informati on contained in this magazine, but HEALTH & BEAUTY 44 the Editor is unable to accept responsibility for any omissions LETTERS 4 or errors that may occur. The inclusion of any arti cle MOTORING 33 or adverti sement does not consti tute any form of NATURAL MATTERS 36 accreditati on or approval by the Editor. TRADE ADVERTS 49 No part, writt en or visual, of this publicati on may be DIARY SPOTLIGHT 47 reproduced without writt en SPORT 45 permission of the Editor. DEADLINEDEADLINE FOR FOR JULY MAY IS IS NOON, NOON, 20th FRI APRIL10th JUNE 4 The Purbeck Gazette The The clue is in the heading above - these are our readers’ letters. They are NOT articles, they are letters. By you. Our readers. They are not our letters, they are yours - your letters. Simple! Beer, Ale & Cider Specialists Please send all letters to [email protected] with ‘letter to the editor’ in the email subject line. Please do not exceed 350 words. If Food served 12 noon - 3pm, 6pm - 9pm handwritten, please ensure it is short and legible. PLEASE DO NOT DUPLICATE LETTERS TO OTHER PUBLICATIONS - High Street, Swanage. 01929 423533 WE DO NOT PRINT MULTI-PUBLICATION LETTERS. MAY deadline: noon, 20th APRIL Questions For Aster Housing Too Many Killed On Roads Dear Gazette, No 1: Please could someone explain why Aster Housing is allowed to sell quite a lot of rental housing stock in Swanage without the local covenant Dear Gazette readers, on (restrictions on selling to local people) when there are quite a few We wanted to drop you an email to highlight the recent Uswitch Roadkill people on the rental housing waiting list and previous ex-council houses Report. Sadly it shows that there are hundreds of thousands of animals still have the covenant on? killed on UK roads every year and is an issue many Brits are completely No 2: How is Aster Housing allowed to sell the housing stock? When the unaware of. Uswitch wanted to raise awareness to help prevent so many local government sold the housing stock to Synergy (Aster’s predecessor) unnecessary deaths, much the same as what we are aiming for with our in approx 2005, they were sold for a peppercorn amount as the housing campaign. stock was supposed to be held in perpetual rental? Here’s the report: https://www.uswitch.com/car-insurance/guides/roadkill- No 3: Why is everyone being quiet about this? I feel a major injustice is report/ being dealt to local people by reducing local housing being available to rent. We are, of course, concerned with all animal deaths on our roads, hence No 4: Who has made money from this matter? why we created our very own awareness day: https://www.awarenessdays. com/awareness-days-calendar/animal-road-accident-awareness-day-2021/ Please refrain from making my name and address public as I feel that a few heads could roll if it ever becomes public.