Piddle Valley News and Views September / October 2016 - Blue Lias Marine - Boat Restoration & Repair – Boat Storage - - Unique Spaces & Joinery Commissions “Made to measure, not forced to fit” Please call Rob Murphy, email or visit the website for further details Tel: 07720 254448 Email: [email protected] Website: www.blueliasmarine.co.uk Workshop at Briantspuddle just off the A35 2 www.piddlevalley.info 11th September 2016 A35 www.piddlevalley.info www.piddlevalley.info A31 Coloured arrows - Coloured Course direction All routes highlighted in GREEN offer free flowing travel throughout the event A352 RESTRICTED ACCESS 7:30am – 3:30pm For a full access description please refer to the information overleaf. Contact: T: 03330 116600 E: [email protected] W: www.ironman.com/Weymouth A354 A35 Eastbound access for local residents and businesses Waddock Drove Waddock Moreton Station Rd Dorchester Rd Affpuddle A352 B3390 Redbridge Rd RESTRICTED ACCESS 7:00am – 3:00pm Dewlish Tincleton Athelhampton Rd Crossways Woodsford RESTRICTED ACCESS 7:00am – 2:30pm Poxwell B3390 Cheselbourne Druce Ln Puddletown A353 Warmwell B3143 Higher A353 West Knighton Lower B3142 Osmington West Stafford Piddlehinton Broadmayne Bockhampton Plush Bockhampton A35 RESTRICTED ACCESS 7:45am – 4:00pm RESTRICTED ACCESS 7:00am – 6:00pm Preston Lower Burton Whitcombe Piddletrenthide RESTRICTED ACCESS 8:00am – 4:45pm Buckland Newton Weymouth A354 Bincombe Dorchester Charlton Down A354 Middlemarsh A352 Charminster Broadway Nether Cerne Lyon’s Gate RESTRICTED ACCESS 8:30am – 5:30pm Cerne Abbas A352 RESTRICTED ACCESS 8:30am – 5:30pm Up Cerne Minterne Magna A35 3 RESTRICTED ACCESS 8:30am – 5:00pm A37 4 www.piddlevalley.info Table of Contents ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dates for your Diary 7 Mobile Library Dates 13 Piddletrenthide PO + Stores 24 Services 28-29 From the Vicarage 31 Obituary Eric Groome 32 News from the Villages Alton Pancras 40 Piddlehinton 41-42 Piddletrenthide + White Lackington 43-47 Plush 47 General News & Notices 48-54 Clubs, Groups, Organisations 54-60 Piddle Valley Environment Agency Update 56-57 Piddle Valley Parish Council 60-62 Piddle Valley Losses in the Great War 63-65 Sport 65 www.piddlevalley.info 66 Surgeries 76, 77 Index of Advertisers 94 Event / activity posters are displayed throughout this issue Advertisements are mainly towards the front and back of the magazine Cover: ​​one of Eric Groome’s prize winning arrangements. EXTENSIVE ROAD CLOSURES - 11/09/2016 - see page 3 The Ironman Competition returns to Dorset on the week-end of the 10/11 September. The cycle road race takes place on the 11th September and will travel from Weymouth via Osmington, Warmwell, Crossways, Affpuddle, Puddletown, Piddlehinton, Old Sherborne Rd (C13), Lyons Gate, Cerne Abbas, Charlton Down, Dorchester, Whitcombe, Bincombe and back to Weymouth. The map and details of the roads affected is published on the main page of www. piddlevalley.info. Further information, as available, will also be published there. There will be prohibitions on vehicles using many parts of the route and restrictions on other parts and other roads for most of the day. This will have significant impact on making most journeys in this area, including that the B3142, B3143, Church Hill & Rectory Rd will be closed. Further information can be found on the Ironman website eu.ironman.com/triathlon/ events/emea/ironman/weymouth.aspx#axzz4G0nlP931 www.piddlevalley.info 5 PVNV MAR APR_Full version 20/02/2015 18:51 Page 22 The Bridge Educational Trust The Bridge Educational Trust (Registered Charity No 1068720) was established in 1990 in memory of John Bridge, the last of the family which founded the Piddle Valley School in the middle of the 19th century. The objectives of the Trust are educational, and grants are given primarily to those wishing to study at a school, college, or other educational establishment. Applications are particularly welcomed from residents of the Piddle Valley and its immediate neighbourhood. Normally applicants should be nearing the end of their school careers or have left school, though younger children with special educational needs may be considered. At the Trustees’ discretion, expeditions or travel groups for young people which are organised for scientific or cultural purposes may be eligible, provided they contain an educational element. The Trustees give priority to cases involving hardship or difficult family circumstances and where, without some assistance, the desired education, course or activity would not be possible. Special consideration is given to older people who may wish to start training for a particular career or other purpose after normal education has been interrupted. During the past year grants made by the Trust have included those to help university students with accommodation costs and equipment; to provide support for children with specific learning difficulties; and to provide training for adults hoping to change career. Meetings of Trustees to consider applications are held in May, September and January. Those wishing to apply should obtain an application form by writing to The Administrator c/o Piddle Valley First School, Piddletrenthide, DT2 7QL or by emailing [email protected]. Applications by post or email should be received not later than the 15th of the month before the meeting at which they are to be considered. Further details of the Trust can be found at www.bridgeeducationaltrust.org.uk but if you feel that you would like to discuss a possible application with one of the local Trustees, please contact one of the following: Hannah Murphy (348564), Richard Drewe (348253), Nick Harland (348272), Olivia Steven (348909) Richard Drewe, Chairman 22 www.piddlevalley.info 6 www.piddlevalley.info Dates for your diary ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SEPTEMBER 1 Thur Piddle Valley Over 60s outing to Isle of Wight. 9 Fri Mobile Library 9 Fri Macmillan Coffee Morning from 10.00am to 1.00 pm at Piddlehinton Village Hall. 9 Fri Coffee morning with Produce Sale, Memorial Hall, Piddletrenthide 10.30–12 noon 9 Fri Hedgehog Hotel, Memorial Hall Piddletrenthide 7.00pm 10/11 Sat/Sun Ironman Competition 12 Mon Gardens Club Discount shopping at Poundbury Garden Centre 6.45pm 23 Fri Mobile Library 23 Fri Piddle Valley Barn Dance, Piddle Valley First School 7.15-9.30pm 25 Sun Piddlehinton Millennium Green Family Rounders, 2.00pm 26 Mon Gardens Club ‘Back to Nature? Some of us never left’ Talk by Jonathan Garrett 27 Tue Piddle Valley Parish Council meeting, Piddletrenthide Memorial Hall, 7.30 pm 30 Fri Lunch Club, Memorial Hall, Piddletrenthide 12.30pm OCTOBER 7 Fri Mobile Library 7 Fri Piddlehinton Harvest Festival at St Mary’s, 7.00pm with Harvest Supper in the Village Hall afterwards 8 Sat Piddle Valley Over 60s. Michaelmas Coffee Morning at Piddlehinton Village Hall from 10.30 am to noon. 14 Fri Coffee Morning with Autumn Raffle Memorial Hall, Piddletrenthide 10.30–12 noon 14 Fri Alistair Bunkall Talks About North Korea, Frampton Village Hall, 6.30pm 14 Fri Piddle Valley Barn Dance, Piddle Valley First School 7.15-9.30pm 15 Sat Gardens Club Harvest Supper with Paul Atterbury 16 Sun Breakfast at Piddlehinton Village Hall from 9.00 until 11.30am 21 Fri Mobile Library 21 Fri Trustees of the Millennium Green Quiz & Puddings Night, Piddlehinton VIllage Hall, 7.30pm 25 Tue Piddle Valley Parish Council meeting, Piddletrenthide Memorial Hall, 7.30 pm 28 Fri Lunch Club, Memorial Hall, Piddletrenthide 12.30pm 31 Mon Gardens Club, From the Pyrenees to the Picos de Europa with Tim Hooker www.piddlevalley.info 7 Piddle Valley News & Views Advertising rates, deadline + contacts Dimensions (w x h) page proportion annual (6 issues) single issue 128 x 180mm Full page (b/w) £95 £25 inside front + back (colour) ----- £35 back cover (colour) ----- £50 128 x 88mm Half page £80 £20 128 x 58mm 1/3 page landscape £60 £15 62 x 120mm 1/3 page portrait £60 £15 62 x 88mm 1/4 page £50 £12 62 x 56mm 1/6 page £40 £10 62 x 42mm 1/8 page £38 £10 Small ads per line £4 Advertising deadline – 2016: 10 Oct, 10 Dec, 2017: 10 Feb, 10 April Editorial deadline – 2016: 10 Oct, 10 Dec, 2017: 10 Feb, 10 April Editorial team Editor: Julie Bennett 07740 083657 [email protected] Webmaster: Andy Howard 01300 348406 [email protected] Treasurer/Advertising: Minnow Walker 01300 348699 [email protected] Distribution: Ann Jordan 01300 348015 Proof reading: Gill Bingham 2016 deadlines: 10th October, December 2017 deadlines: 10th February, April By post / hand PVNV Postbag, PO & Village Stores, Piddletrenthide, DT2 7QF Printed by Creeds of Bridport 8 www.piddlevalley.info PVNV MAR APR_Full version 20/02/2015 18:51 Page 7 Had Enough of EscalatingDo you have Clean Energy Heating Aspirations for yourCosts? home? 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