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Issue no: 228 September 2010

Photo by John Tatchell

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Editor’s notes Welcome back after the break and I hope you’ve had an enjoyable and successfulsummer. We’d like to extend our apologies to the advertisers who were not featuredin the last issue due to a lack of quality control by Creeds, the printers. I’d also like tomention that we do our best to place contributions where you’ve requested them toappear, but it‘s not always possible. Well there’s been a lot happening here at the magazine: we’ve changed to a localprinting company called Remous and hope you like the new look and feel to themagazine; unfortunately due to Stanley Waterfall’s poor health we’ve had to re-organise the distribution of the magazines, which is now being managed by StanDarley and Graham Plaice. As you know Stanley has played a pivotal role in the historyof the WVM and will continue to act in an advisory capacity on the committee. We also have a vacancy for the advertising co-ordinator’s role. Advertising is ourmain source of income to enable us to provide a free magazine and we need someoneto liaise with existing advertisers and deal with any new enquiries. Please contacteither Graham Plaice, chairman, or myself if you would like to find out more. In themeantime we would like to extend our thanks to Rosie Cunningham for all her hardwork and wish her our sincere good wishes in her new role as a school governor. Ginny Goodall, Leigh, starts the first in her series ‘Voices from the Vicarage’ whereshe gets to chat to the residents and relates their stories; I’m sure this will prove to bea very popular addition to the regular features. We’re also hoping to get some youngpeople’s perspective on life in the villages. John Tatchell’s beautiful photo is the first to be featured in colour on the frontcover – will yours be on the next? Keep sending them in. Carol Porter

Contents

News from the Villages

Batcombe 5

Chetnole 5

Hermitage 11

Hilfield 14

Leigh 14

Ryme Intrinseca 20

Yetminster 21

Diary of Events 27

General News 32

St Andrew’s School 38

Gardening 40

News from the Churches 42

Wriggle Valley Services 46

Weather Watch 48

Planning Applications 50

Spotlight ... 53

Club News 56

Readers are invited to make voluntary donations towards the cost of production. These should be forwarded to the treasurer at Mallows House, Church Street, Yetminster, DT9 6LG. Cheques can be made payable to Wriggle Valley Magazine. Thank you.

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What a busy July we have had in Bat-combe. Starting with the marriage on the9th of Karen Beiling and Brad Mear andthen on Sunday 11th the church was filledfor Holy Communion and the baptism ofSarah and Charlie of Warden Hill FarmHouse, with the church filled with sum-mer flowers - it was a joyful occasion.There was great excitement at the Friarywith the wedding of Richard Thornburyand Chantal Meuller, the first time a wed-ding has taken place at the St FrancisFriary and then to round off the weekendthe baptism of little Uriel. Bridget & Derek's barn dance was agreat success and many thanks to all whohelped; £300 was made for church funds.Don't forget that the Harvest Festival willbe at Batcombe Church at 11am on Sun-day 12th September followed by a bringand share lunch . The Council have at longlast informed us that they have the fundsto replace the signs at the cross road andwork should start soon, but don't holdyour breath!Congratulations to Julie & Jonny Gibbs onthe wedding of their daughter Emma toTom Sheford at Piddlehinton Church on7th August. Batcombe monthly coffee morningswill be 1st September at Warden Hill FarmHouse and in October it will be at David &Ivy Perry's home in Weymouth.

We begin on a sombre note, as twoChetnole residents have passed awaysince the last issue of the magazine. It is with great sadness that welearned of the death on 13th June of Dav-id Fogg, who had lived in Mill Lane for arelatively short time. We offer condolenc-es to his partner Kathryn, with best wishesfor her new life in Dartmouth. In early August, after a long illness,Paul Lovell died at his home at Little Kim-ble, Batcombe Road. We offer deepestsympathies to Linda Lovell and her family.

A warm welcome to the recently arrivednewcomers: In Mill Lane, Edwin and Anne Hirstmoved into Gables, - Chris and SharonMurphy and children moved into WriggleCottage – and further South along thevillage, Tony Jones & Jaqueline Boultermoved into Thurlands. We wish you happi-ness in Chetnole and encourage you tojoin in local activities. Please let me knowif anyone has been overlooked.

Wriggles Farm Shop Landlord Mike Lewin reports thatWriggles Farm Produce Shop should beopen for business alongside the pub bythe end of September. Progress has beendelayed by unforeseen extra work, in con-verting the old skittle alley into “ a clean,fresh and exciting shopping opportunity”.

Local Representative: Alan Bastone (01300 341351)Alan@FlowersFarmlakes.co.uk

Local representative: Gordon Ratcliffe (872996) gojan@btinternet.com

The ethos of Wriggles is “Support Lo-cal Producers, Serve Local People andhelp the Local Economy”. In the mean-time, the pub team is to be congratulatedfor reaching the finals of Taste of DorsetAwards 2010. Watch this space….

The ‘Bunfight’ The Big Event of the past two monthswas of course the annual bunfight (sorry,Flower Show & Fete) on Tabor’s Field andin the village hall, which was again a roar-ing success – well done all the organisersand helpers! That will be a hard act tofollow next year.

Basketball The “Good News” of the month mustsurely be that the basketball, donated tothe new area on the playing field by a verykind, anonymous donor - is still there!(much to the amazement of visitors to ourvillage). At least one lady, of mature years,has admitted to interrupting her regularevening dog-walk across the field to prac-tise a few slam-dunks. Guess who? Also Ellery Browne from Newcastlewishes to thank the Playing Field Commit-tee for installing a basket ball net. Ellery,aged 16, was on holiday in Chetnole, stay-ing with relatives. He plays basketball atnational level and therefore needs to trainevery day (usually at 6am!) He was delight-ed to discover the net in the playing fieldswhich meant he could keep up his practiseduring his holiday and was amazed to dis-cover a ball left there for people’s use.Good luck Ellery and what a coup for Chet-nole to have a national player practisingon their playing fields!

Home Watch A mild ripple of concern wentthrough the village on 8th August, as atramp wandered about somewhat un-steadily at dusk, knocking on severaldoors to seek a handout. This is par for thecourse in a rural Dorset, and folk mustrespond as they see fit. Unfortunately this

“gentleman of the road” was not averse totrying door handles and at 10.15pm thelocal police were informed. They did fol-low up by phone, but did not attend. Onthe 15th he was seen again, this time thepolice did attend. It serves as reminder tolock your doors when darkness falls and ifsomeone attempts to gain access to yourproperty uninvited -to phone the policeon 01202 222222 and then your localHome Watch co-ordinator.

Gordon Ratcliffe

St. Peter’s Churchyard St.Peter’s parish has been Very HighlyCommended by Dorset Wildlife Trust intheir Living Churchyard Competition thisyear, a tribute to the efforts of the bandof volunteers (Chetnole Choppers) whomanage the churchyard. Up to four repre-sentatives from Chetnole are invited toattend the prize giving ceremony on 9thOctober at Trust HQ, Forston. Please con-tact me on 873798 if you wish to go.

John Fripp At long last, after seemingly never-ending paperwork, the overreach arm andlantern are finally in position at the maingate. Initial reaction has been very favour-able, and we hope to have a formal dedi-cation during September. Soon, the position of Fabric Officerfor St.Peter’s Church will become vacant.Interested parties should possess bound-less patience, have a strong sense of hu-mour and be able to deal with

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Pilates for Beginners After a short break Pilates for Begin-ners will resume on Tuesday 7th Septem-ber in Chetnole village hall. Two classesare now established – 1.30-2.30pm and2.35-3.35pm. The cost of classes is £5.00per session. From September this will bepayable in advance for 6 sessions. For further details and vacanciesplease contact Debbie on 07970258085 oremail Debbie_knight@talk21.com (pleasenote Debbie’s email address readsdebbie_knight) These classes have proved to be verypopular so there is a possibility of a fur-ther Beginners class being established aswell as a Tai Chi class. These will be de-pendent on level of interest and numbers.If you are interested in either of these twonew classes in the first instance pleasecontact either Debbie as above or Micheleby email aldhousefamily@hotmail.comAdvanced Pilates This new group will start on Thursday9th September from 10.15-11.15am inChetnole village hall. The cost of the classis £6.00 per session and is payable in ad-vance for 6 sessions. This class is suitable for those whohave previously attended Pilates or whohave a good level of fitness. The class willfollow Pilates format but will also includemuscle strengthening and toning exercise.For further details please contact Micheleby email aldhousefamily@hotmail.com

The late Bill Peach Some of you may be aware of ourfather Bill’s passing on the 10th June. Al-though residing for the last 18 years inDorchester, Bill and his wife Maisie, fol-lowing their marriage, lived in Chetnolefor 38 years that left them with many fondmemories, first at Rimpton Cottage & lat-terly Church Cottage. Bill was born 21st April 1925 at Mel-bury Osmond, and when Bill left school,he worked for Bradfords Coal Merchantsat Yetminster prior to being called up tothe Dorset Regiment in 1943. He saw ac-tion in the jungles of Malaya where hisplatoon was ambushed and he waswounded by a sniper and hospitalized inIndia. He rejoined his regiment and contin-ued to Japan going to Hiroshima after theAtomic Bomb, and then Tokyo where hewas a guard at the Emperor’s Palace. After demob he worked for UnigateCreameries in Yetminster as a foremansniffer, - I wonder what some of the farm-ers thought! The firm became UnigateFoods Ltd on 1st April 1970 and in duetime Bill went to work at Maiden NewtonCreameries, and thence to Bookers Cashand Carry at Yeovil, where he retired 20years ago. A great part of Bill’s life was verymuch centred on Chetnole and St.Peter’sChurch. This included initially stoking thechurch fire, then ringing the bell for 8amcommunion, winding and maintaining theclock mechanism, clearing the churchyardand cutting the grass for a £5 note a year.He was also a member of the ParochialChurch Council. Bill was passionate about his gardenand still working in it the day he was takenill. He had an operation, but sadly passedaway two days later. His final resting placewill be a return to Chetnole churchyardwhere his ashes will be interred

Della and John Peach

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63rd Chetnole Annual Flower Show andFete While the judges were viewing thehandicrafts, flowers and vegetables, theweather was showery but by the timeshow opened the clouds cleared. TreacleEater Clog Dancers, Circus Performers,owls, alpacas, and lots of interesting side-shows, stalls and activities and deliciousteas all contributed to making it a superbfamily afternoon. We are grateful to Mrand Mrs Tabor for the use of their field forthe show, and to Mrs Sue Lloyd for gra-ciously presenting the trophies. Thankyou to all who made the effort to enter,and a big THANK YOU to everyone whohelped to make this event such a success.Prizewinners (see photo) were:

RESIDENTS CUP for Vegetables & Fruit:Mal ProdgerVPA CUP for Vegetables & Fruit: AlyKozowykCHILDREN'S SHIELD: Molly JamesCUP (+ book token) for Best Children'sexhibit: Daniel OrtonCHETNOLE CUP for Flowers: Sue KirbyWI CUP RUNNER UP for Flowers: AlyKozowykPENNY DIBBEN AWARD for Best Sweet-pea exhibit: William Dowding

HORSEY CUP for Best single Rose exhibit:Eric BuglerFLORAL ART CUP: Lynn DarleyWI DOMESTIC CUP: Anne AndrewarthaHANDICRAFT CUP: Ruth Sanford &Gudrun TweedyJEAN O'NEAL CUP Best Handicraft exhibit:Shirley MadgwickCHETNOLE INN CUP for Amateur Painting:Rosemary BurdenHENRY GISBORNE CUP for Best Photo-graph: Stan DarleyGORDON HEAVEN TROPHY: The ProdgerFamilyHANGING BASKET COMPETITION: Rose-mary BurdenCHALLENGE (for Bakewell tart): ChristineBlunn

MEN'S CHALLENGE (for lemondrizzle cake): Andy JolliffeCHILDREN'S CHALLENGE (for apizza): Molly James The visitor count was higher thanlast year and we estimate that justover £1,300 was raised on the dayfor donations to charities. This is astaggering 30% increase over the2009 surplus. The local charitiesthat will benefit will be decided atthe next committee meeting.Thank you all for your generosity.

Mary Prodger

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The Chetnole Book Following publication of "Chet-nole - A Brief History of a Dorset Village"in 2007, additional material has been ob-tained from several sources, includingmuch from Australia, and a small supple-ment to the book is in course of prepara-tion. If anyone in the village, not alreadyin contact with us, has any extra items ofinterest to offer, would they please adviseus now. If there is anywhere a photo ofthe Chetnole Home Guard, a very activeorganisation in World War II, it would bethe greatest pleasure to see it.

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St. Mary’s Church Harvest Festival 5thSeptember The Harvest Festival service will beheld on Sunday 5th September. Gifts of vegetables will be very wel-come to decorate the church.The service will begin at 6.30pm and every-one is welcome. Please note that morning servicesfrom October will start at 10.15am.

Liz Cozens

Village Hall Committee AGM – now on28th September The date for the Annual GeneralMeeting of the committee has beenchanged to Tuesday 28th September (putback by one week), still starting at 7.30pmin Hermitage village hall and all are wel-come.

We are always on the look-out fornew blood, so if you are interested injoining the committee, and would like toknow what it involves, please call me on01963 210292.

Ray Dickerson

Bingo – October and December dates Bingo is back at the Village Hall afterits summer lay-off. The first session will beon Saturday 9th October and “Eyes-down”will be at 7.30pm. If you haven’t been before, do comealong. It’s a fun evening and there arechances to win prizes on the Bingo and inthe Raffle. A date for your diary – the Xmas Bin-go will be on Saturday 4th December.

Quiz Night – 20th November There will be a Quiz in the Village Hall,starting at 7.30pm on Saturday 20th No-vember in aid of Village Hall funds. Thecost is £3 per head, and team sizes are amaximum of four people. Please call me on 01963 210292 toregister your team/your interest in takingpart. It is important that we know in ad-vance who is coming, as space in the Hallis limited.

Ray Dickerson

Songs of Praise – 1st AugustWe had a full church for Songs of Praise atSt. Mary’s on 1st August, taken by MichaelAnderson, followed by a glass of Pimms.It was a lovely evening and seemed to begenerally appreciated. The whole eveningmade approximately £300 for the churchfunds.

Faith Hervey

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Family Fun Event – 3rd July This did exactly what it said on thetin! There were lots of families with chil-dren and it was fun, plus it provided anopportunity for friends and neighbours toget-together and to ‘catch up’ with thenews.

The weather was kind and we wereable to enjoy all the activities on offer onthe Green. Rounders and Tug-of-War provedvery popular and, as seen from photo-graph, you didn’t have to be big and beefyto participate in the latter. Thanks go to everyone who help tomake this a success – there are too manynames to mention, and I would run therisk of forgetting someone if I tried to listthem all!

Christian Aid Hermitage raised £143.25 for ourChristian Aid collection. A very big THANKYOU to all who contributed. The totalraised in the Benefice was £1924.71 – amagnificent amount.

Lin Allen

Bible Study each Wednesday A small group of Christians in Hermit-age meet for a short Bible study, hymnsand prayers each Wednesday at 8.30am.The meeting generally lasts for 35-45 min-utes and the venue is Alan Ward’s home,Coasters Cottage in Gunville Lane. If any-body would like to join this informal groupplease ring me on 01963 210953.

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'Welcome Back' our merry readers -well at least they are in Leigh! However itdoes mean that all the 'Fun & Games' ofthe summer holidays have been and goneand September brings a new school year,shorter days and all those other things wedon't want to talk about. But let us dwellon the glorious summer we have enjoyed,the Food Fair, the Hog Roast, the FlowerShow, Leigh Fete, to name but some - anda big THANK YOU to all those who madethem possible with a lot of hard work.We must keep in our prayers those of ournumber not enjoying the best of health,namely Stanley & Ella Waterfall, GraceFudge, Frank James and their families. Al-so let us know if you have any new neigh-bours. Enjoy September.

David ReasonDog Owners Please spare a thought to the volun-teers who maintain the grounds aroundthe village hall, including the car park andover flow car park area. I’m sure you’llagree that it’s unpleasant having to clearup after dogs, especially when they aren’tyour dogs. Apart from the ground’s main-

tenance volunteers having to hose-downlawn-mowers covered in dog’s faeces, it’shorrible for anyone walking in those areas.Children are particularly at risk of contract-ing Toxocara Canis or dog roundworm ifthey come in contact with dog faeces. West Dorset District Council, East Dor-set District Council and Christchurch Bor-ough Council have adopted the DogsFouling of Land Act 1996. This allows dogwardens to issue a fixed penalty ticket toany person responsible for a dog thatfouls and does not clean up any mess leftby the dog in a public place. Owners canalso be prosecuted in the magistrate’scourt where a fine of up to £1,000 can beimposed. So please, bag it up and take it homefor disposal. Thank you.

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News from the Old Vicarage. At the time of writing we are enjoyingsome beautiful summer weather. The rab-bit hutch is in situ awaiting the arrival ofour new additions and the gardening clubhas been busy transforming the littlecourtyard. We had an excellent day of memoriesback in June with four volunteers from theGryphon school and we are looking for-ward to trips to Abbotsbury and Wey-mouth. Gilly Wilson is bringing her horseup for a visit and we are planning somefish and chip suppers through the summermonths and of course we have the gardenparty to look forward to. Natalie’s baby is due on 8th Septem-ber and she will be away on maternityleave until next year. We wish her all thevery best and we hope she will be poppingin to see us with her new baby throughoutthe coming months.

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Charity work in Brazil May I say a big thank you to everyonewho came to support the evening at LeighVillage Hall on our work in Brazil. The turnout exceeded expectations and it was aprivilege to be able to share my under-standing of Brazilian society and especiallyof the plight of the homeless and victimsof domestic violence. Thank you for yourgenerosity and encouragement. On behalf of everyone at Encontrocom Deus in Curitiba, Southern Brazil

Patrick Reason

St Andrew's Church, Leigh As some of you are aware changeshave been made in the scheduling of theservices for St Andrew's and throughoutthe Benefice and unfortunately the Au-gust schedule was not very clear, so apolo-gies to anyone who turned up for a servicewhich did not exist! A new schedule is coming into effectfrom October but I wanted to point outthat the Family Service in Leigh will be onthe 3rd Sunday of the month in Septem-ber (19th), so as not to clash with theCommissioning Service for the new Head-master of St Andrew's School in Yetmin-ster on September 12th at 10am. It wouldbe good for those who have connectionswith the school to be there to support MrPaul Miller who is taking over the head-ship in September.

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From October the services will be as fol-lows:1st Sunday of the month10.15am Holy Communion (CommonWorship)2nd Sunday of the month6.30pm Evensong (BCP)3rd Sunday of the month10.15am Family Service will alternatewith Chetnole (Next one in November)4th Sunday of the month8am Holy Communion (BCP)5th Sunday of the month10.15am Joint Benefice Service Holy Comunion (Common Worship)(Please note that during the wintermonths i.e. starting in November the 8amHoly Communion will start at 9am) Harvest Festival is on Sunday 3rd Oc-tober and will be followed by a Bring &Share lunch in Leigh Village Hall. BrotherDamian from The Friary at Hilfield will bepreaching. This service will be at 11am -not 10am just to confuse you all!

Anne Reason, PCC Secretary

Dorset Historic Churches SponsoredCycle Ride Saturday 11th September All those who enjoy cycling, walking,riding horses, please would you contactme and I will give you a form. If you donot wish to participate but would like tosponsor me, do get in touch! Perhaps wecan all meet up at the end at The Chet-nole Inn for a pint and a sandwich!

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Screenbites Will be on Saturday 9th October at7pm. We will be showing Chocolat.More details next month.

Liz Turnbull

Calling all ‘Do-it-yourselfers’ There are some useful building mate-rials that are surplus to requirementfrom the building of Leigh Village Hall:namely, roofing tiles, roofing slates, brickpaving, building bricks and breezeblocks. All prices are reasonable.Anyone interested please call Julian Turn-bull (01935 873846)

For The Diary The Poppy Appeal Talk will be on Fri-day, 12th November at 7.00pm in LeighVillage Hall. Beverley Harrison who grew up inLeigh and now works for the British Le-gion has kindly agreed to talk on "ThoseMagnificent Women in their Flying Ma-chines".

ANDThe Leigh Village hall has been bookedfor a "MUSIC HALL NIGHT" on Friday,26th November. Tickets and informationon the event in November's Issue. Mean-while pencil it in your diaries.

Julian Turnbull

Leigh Parish Plan 2011 The Working Party received over ahundred suggestions for inclusion in theParish Plan revision that takes effect from2011. Many could be grouped into keywishes for the village, or areas of concern.As a result, we are now in a position toproceed to the next public meeting: wepropose to hold this in Leigh Village Hallstarting at 7.30pm on Tuesday 7thSeptember. Among the many ideas that cameforward there was an interesting balancebetween not losing our Leigh identity and

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a wish to evolve to meet the changingneeds of the village. The most popularsuggestions covered road safety, betterbroadband, better transport, the availabil-ity of appropriate housing for all ages,keeping the older members of the com-munity independent for as long as possi-ble, looking after our roads and footpathsand how our local government works.Co-operating with neighbouring villageswas a common thread within many of thetopics. All but one of the inputs was construc-tive and forward looking, wanting Leigh tocontinue as a good place to live. The meeting should be full of interestand discussion. We plan to move to adraft Plan Revision in November, and toput the final Revised Parish Plan beforethe Parish Council in January for their ap-proval, so this is a good time to comealong to have your say as to what theLeigh Parish Council should be doing overthe next five years. We hope that as many as possiblefrom Leigh will attend to have their say,and there will be the usual tea, coffee,soft drinks and wine available from7.15pm for a 7.30pm start. The Plan Revi-sion is not a secret, so those interestedfrom neighbouring villages are welcome!

Phil Burton

Leigh 5th Food Festival and Classic CarDisplay It seems amazing that this was the5th time we have all met for the FoodFestival. This year was very successful,and the sun shone – at least 900 peopleattended, and we made £3,207.06 whichis an increase of £1,374.36 – amazing. Mat Folas made a very flattering andapt speech, and talked to variousstallholders. There was a wonderful selection ofClassic Cars – about 45 came and as usuala great variety for the aficionados to sali-vate over. Michael Michaud from Pep-pers by Post gave colourful cookerydemonstrations, The Wednesday Club en-tertained the children, and Kate Turnbull(daughter-in-law!) demonstrated her tal-ent of face painting. The Yetminster IrishDancers performed beautifully – what agreat day. A huge thank you to everyone whohelped with car parking and other duties,AND the sign maker (my husband)!!! No-one in the area could escape. I have alsohad great support from the Fudges, andall the stallholders remain remarkably loy-al, for which I am extremely grateful. Next year will be the 6th, so for any-one planning an event in 2011, the FoodFestival will be on Saturday 16th July!!£2,882.06 will go to Leigh Village Hall, and£320 to St Andrew’s Church, Leigh

Elizabeth Turnbull

Cup Winners 74th Leigh Flower Show14th August

Faulkner Challenge CupVegetables, open: Bill JolliffeSelwood Challenge CupVegetables, local: Keith Cranstone

LEIGH PARISH PLAN MEETINGThe next Public Meeting to discuss

THE REVISION TO THE LEIGH PARISH PLANWill be at

LEIGH VILLAGE HALL7.15pm for 7.30pm

Tuesday 7th September

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Flower CupFlower Arrangements: Heather BaldockW.I. CupFlowers: Sylvia Bryan & Sandy BurtonMary Carrell CupBest Flowers: Stanley WaterfallSidney Manning CupBest Sweet Peas: Kevin GoodallJunior Cup (girls)Tilly Vickery (runner-up Miss Jepson)Junior Cup (Boys)Oscar Dimond (runner-up Charlie Attwell)Gillingham Strick Cup & Faulkner CupHandicraft: Bill JolliffeAlan Gray CupBest framed picture: Julian TurnbullGwen Legg CupBest family exhibit, Art: Goodall familyJoan Gray CupBest photograph: Tom WithycombeGwen Legg CupCookery: Lorna GarrettGreta Bartlett CupCookery, men: David HouseIrene Yelling CupCookery: Judy TukeBrunt Challenge CupBest exhibit, Cookery local: Joan GilesGwen Gosney CupBest Dorset Apple Cake: Morag Orchard)

Ryme Intrinseca Village News A big welcome to Christian and GerryStanley who have moved into ‘Brockbury’.Also congratulations to them on the birthof their first child, a daughter, Lucy bornsoon after their move. Christian, already adoctor, is training to be a GP. Gerry wasalso in the medical profession but atpresent has her hands full with Lucy. Theirhobbies include cycling and walking. Our thoughts are with the Lill familyafter the death of Vanessa’s mother Sheilawho had been very ill for a long time.

Dorset Historic Churches Trust: AnnualSponsored Cycle Ride, Walking and HorseRiding – Saturday 11th September Please support this event, either bytaking part or by providing sponsorshipmonies. Liz Ashmead has once againoffered to ride her horse in aid of RymeChurch. Stuart Grant has the sponsorshipforms – Tel No: 873261.

Harvest Service and Supper Wednesday, 22nd September at6.30pm, the Bishop of Sherborne will becoming to preach. This is followed by aHarvest Supper at Church Farm. Ticketsfor the supper can be obtained from MikeBatten - Tel No: 872314.

Local Representative: Gilly Wilson (872982)

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Yetminster & Ryme Intrinseca ParishCouncilSummary of COUNCIL MEETING 23rdJune 2010 The meeting was attended by ninecouncillors, three members of the public,CCllr Bevan, and the Clerk.Finance The Council agreed the 2009/10 ac-counts and annual audit statement. The Council agreed to provide a£10,000 loan to the Sports Club to be usedtowards the cost of the planned extensionof the Club building. The loan will berepaid over three years and the Clubagreed to provide four guarantors whowill cover the loan if the Club defaults The following grants for 2010/11were agreed: Yetminster Fair Association - cost ofinsurance £400 Yetminster Sports Club - cost of grasscutting £450 St Hippolytus Church - churchyardmaintenance £200 St Andrew’s Church - churchyardmaintenance £700Air Ambulance £100Citizen’s Advice Bureau £100Planning Network rail have agreed to paint thenew communications mast - to be sited100metres north of the Mill Lane crossing

- matt green/brown to make it less conspic-uous.Possible Affordable Housing The Council has received an objectionto the possibility of an Affordable HousingDevelopment on land west of the Thorn-

ford Road and north of Coles Lane. Pleasenote that in law neither the Council norany councillors may comment one way orthe other on a possible planning applica-tion. The same is true of District and Coun-ty Councillors. Comment can only bemade after the application has been re-ceived. Individual residents may of courseobject/comment at any time.Additional Points from July MeetingCounty Council Cuts County Cllr Bevan reported that thefirst tranche of cuts by the County Councilwill be £30 million (10%) with the possibili-ty of a further £10 million. This will bepainful!!Loan to Sports Club The Council agreed that the draftagreement produced by the Sports Clubwas unsatisfactory. In view of the timescale, and the fact that there is no councilmeeting in August, a sub committee wasauthorised to agree a satisfactory loanagreement for the Clerk’s signature.Children’s Playground Quotes for the repainting and repairof the equipment are being sought.Grit Bins Two sites (near the Post Office and atthe top of Mill Lane) for grit bins havebeen agreed with the District Council whowill keep them stocked.

David Gough

Yetminster Fair Association 50 Club

June Draw

1st Prize £100 No. 39Mr. S. Cridland2nd Prize £50 No. 36Mr. H. Drake3rd Prize £25 No. 15Mr. B. Rowsell4th Prize £15 No. 19Mr. C. Goldsworthy

Local Representative: Graham Plaice 01935 872044gplaice@gmail.com

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July Draw

1st Prize £50 No. 50Mrs. V. Jones2nd Prize £30 No. 4Mrs. P. Hassan3rd Prize £20 No. 56Mrs. L. Manaton

Yetminster Film NightsThursday 16th September “It’s Compli-cated” 15 - Romantic Comedy – starring MerylStreep, Alec Baldwin & Steve Martin.Meeting up again at their son’s gradua-tion, Jane and Jake find themselves oddlyattracted to each other after ten years ofdivorce and embark on an affair, clandes-tine because Jake is remarried to a young-er wife and Jane’s eye has been caught bythe romantically-minded architect who isremodelling her house.Thursday 21st October “From Time toTime” PG/12A – Historical Thriller. Written and di-rected by Julian Fellowes. Starring Mag-gie Smith, Timothy Spall, Alex Etel, PaulineCollins, Harriet Walter, Hugh Bonnevilleand Dominic West. In times of war twocenturies apart, two distinct worlds arelinked by a single family and the house inwhich they live. It is 1944 and thirteenyear-old Tolly Oldknow is sent to spendChristmas with his grandmother, whilsthis mother searches for news of his fatherin wartime London. In the old house, hebecomes a witness to events during theNapoleonic wars and finds himself slowlydrawn into participating in the drama.Invisible to most people in the past, yetable to move amongst them, he begins tounravel the mystery which has bewil-dered his family for two centuries. The

solution to the puzzle leads him into hisgreatest adventure yet…Thursday 18th November “Letters to Juli-et” PG – Romantic Comedy – starring Vanes-sa Redgrave and Amanda Seyfried (Mam-ma Mia!) Sophie, on a visit to Verona,goes to the house allegedly inhabited byShakespeare’s Juliet. She learns that foryears lovelorn women have been postingletters to Juliet, asking for advice in mat-ters of the heart. Sophie finds a 50-year-old letter written by a young English girlabout a Tuscan boy she loved and lost.She gets in touch with the writer, Claire.Claire and her grandson Christopher ar-rive in Verona and all three set off on asearch for the long-lost Lorenzo. All ofthis is wrapped up in unimaginably beauti-ful shots of the Italian countryside. Tickets will again be £5 to include achoc ice and will be on sale at Oak HouseStores two weeks before each showing.Although tickets will be available on thedoor, it is most appreciated if they can bebought in advance so that seating can besorted out reasonably accurately andenough wine and choc ices be brought tothe Hall. Doors will open at 7pm (notbefore as Moviola need the time to setup) and films begin at 7.30pm. Look for-ward to seeing you there.

Sue Eadon

Quiz Night Thank you to all those who attendedand supported the Yetminster Fair Associ-ation Quiz Night. The event was an un-qualified success and a very enjoyableevening. Please note your diaries for nextyear’s event which will take place on Fri-day 10 June 2011.

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E-Mail Account Apologies in advance to anybody whosent contributions to my hotmail accountfor inclusion in the September edition.Unfortunately my hotmail account washijacked, therefore I’ve lost access to anydocuments sent to that address. I havehad to create a new e-mail account (de-tails above). I will acknowledge any e-mails with a reply, if no reply is receivedplease contact me by telephone to con-firm I have received your item. Thank you.

Graham Plaice

The Coffee Beans Feeling cold and hungry? How oftendo we take a good hot meal or a soak in asteamy bath for granted? Sadly manypeople are not able to enjoy these basicsand the figures make bleak reading: The Lord’s Larder (TLL) providesaround 60 adults and 30 children foodparcels during a typical month. Thisamounts to over 33,000 items of foodover the last year. The 10 available beds in the YeovilNight Shelter (YNS) are taken up and de-mand is increasing. Happily your response has beenwarm and generous – thank you. We were able to give The Lord’s Lar-der £200, which included an unexpecteddonation from the Yetminster MedicalCentre. Also we have begun to give areally helpful flow of bath items for theYeovil Night Shelter. Matt from TLL andRachel from the YNS are effusive in theirthanks.We look forward to the next coffee morn-ing with grateful hearts.

Great Ride & Stride At the beginning of July, in the pres-ence of the Lord Lieutenant, there was a

splendid service in Sherborne Abbey tocommemorate the first Half-Century ofthe Dorset Historic Churches Trust. Musicwas provided by the Abbey Choir and Or-ganist and the Band of the Royal Corps ofSignals and the sermon was preached bythe Very Reverend Robert Willis, Dean ofCanterbury and a former Vicar of Sher-borne. The Trust has made grants of over£1,000,000 to Christian Churches through-out the County, including many £1,000s tochurches in the Wriggle Valley. Themain fund raising activity nowadays is theGreat Ride + Stride, on Saturday 11th Sep-tember - the national patron is Jon Snow -and this year we hope to top £750,000 forthe 20 years it has been going. Make sureyou join in (sponsorship forms from yourparish organiser or from Patrick Moule -872447) or sponsor someone to cycle,walk or use any other form of non-motor-ised transport. To mark the great occasion the Trusthas produced a fine, fully illustrated book

"Ages Past, Years to Come" - at £7.50 itmakes a fine souvenir or a very acceptablepresent. In Yetminster it can be bought atJolin Gallery in the High Street, as can nextyear's calendar, complete with envelopefor sending it to friends and family over-seas, a lovely reminder of the beauties ofour County.

Patrick Moule

New Bus Route South West Coaches route 68 hasnow been extended to include a bus serv-ice between Yeovil Junction and YeovilPenn Mill Station to enable easier railconnections. The new route will run twiceevery hour between 6.30am and 8pm.For more information contact South WestCoaches on 01935 475872.

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Mon - Fri Wriggle Valley Pre Sch (in term) 8.30-3pm St Andrews SchoolEvery Mon

Leigh Short Mat Bowls 2pm Leigh Village HallWeekday Prayers 6pm St Andrews Church1st Y'minster Guides (in term) 6.45-8.30pm Trim Rm Church HallY'minster Table Tennis Club 7.30-10pm Scout hut Y'minsterY'minster Bell Ringers 7.30pm St Andrews Church

Every Tues Topsy Turvy Toddlers (in term) 9.45-11.45 St Andrews SchoolBeavers 5.45-6.45 Scout hut Y'minsterScouts 7-8.30pm

WinterScout hut Y'minster

Scouts 7-9pm Summer Scout hut Y'minster

Chetnole Art Group 10-1pm Chetnole Village HallEvery Wed Dollywood Dance Class (Sept-May) 2pm St Andrew's Hall, Y'minster

Drop In Coffee morning 10-12pm Chetnole Village HallY'minster Short Mat Bowls 7-10pm St Andrew's Hall Y'minster

Line Dancing 2.30-4.30pm Leigh Village HallWednesday Club (in term) 3.15pm St Andrews SchoolChetnole Chuckers Boules 5pm Chetnole Playing Field

Yoga Class 10.30-11.30am Leigh Village Hall

Yoga Class 7.15-9.15pm Leigh Village HallY'minster Short Mat Bowls 7-10pm St Andrews Hall, Y'minster

Every Thurs Leigh Short Mat Bowls 7pm Leigh Village HallY'minster Short Mat Bowls 2-5pm St Andrew's Hall, Y'minster

Leigh Brownies (in term) 5.30pm Leigh Village Hall Y'minster Cubs (in term) 6.45-8.15pm Scout hut Y'minster

Thursday Club 6.45-8.15pm Scout hut Y'minsterBridge Club 7-10pm Dairy House Ryme

Every Fri Table Tennis 9.30-12.30 Leigh Village HallScouts 7.15-9.15pm Scout hut Y'minster

Every Sat Irish Dancers 10.15am Church Hall Y'minster

Regular Meetings

Advanced Pilates 10.15am Chetnole Village Hall

Beginners Pilates 1.30pm Chetnole Village Hall 2.35pm Chetnole village Hall

Every Sun Chetnole Chuckers Boules 3pm Chetnole Playing Field (weather permitting)

Alt Thurs Hermitage and Hillfield YFC Leigh Village Hall1st Mon Chetnole and Leigh Garden Club 7.30pm Chetnole Village Hall1st Tues Hospice Lunch (winter only) 12.30pm Manor Farm House Y'ster

Wriggle Valley MU (alt mths) 7.30pm Church Hall Y'minsterLeigh Discussion Group Leigh Village HallHermitage and Hillfield WI Hermitage Village Hall

2nd Tues Tuesday Club (senior citizens) 2.30pm Leigh Village HallY'ster and Ryme Garden Club 7.30pm As AdvertisedSenior Winter Lunch Outings Sue Footner 873610

3rd Tues WV Womens group 8pm See Monthly CalendarWriggle Valley Lunch Club 12.15pm Leigh Village Hall

Alt Months 3rd Tues - Leigh Parish Council 7.30pm Leigh Village HallLast Tues Leigh WI 7.30pm Leigh Village Hall1st Wed Y'minster Senior Citizens 3.00pm The Meadens

Coffee Beans Coffee Morning 10.00-12pm Church Hall Y'minster2nd Wed Y'minster Historical Society 2.30pm Church Hall Y'minster

Police Support Unit 2.00-3.00pm The Cross Leigh2nd & 4thWed

High Stoy Bible Study 7.30pm Venue contact 872342

3rd Wed District Council Ward Surgery 11.00-12.00pm Jolin Gallery Y'minster

Police Community Support By church Y'minsterWedFortnightly

Sturminster Mobile Library 11.15am Church Lane Hermitage

11.50am Shearstones Y'minster12.15pm Church Y'minster2.00pm Stonyacres Y'minster

Bridport Mobile Library 11.40am Carpenters Arms Leigh12.20pm Church Chetnole12.40pm Lamb's Plot Chetnole

Whist Drive 8.00pm Chetnole Village HallWed/Thurs Friary Shop 2.30-4.30pm Friary Hilfield

2nd Thurs AltMnth

Chetnole & Stockwood PC 8.00pm Chetnole Village Hall

Last Thurs Y'minster Fair Assoc 8.00pm White Hart2nd Sat YPFSC Wastepaper Coll 12 noon Playing fields Y'minster3rd Sat YPFSC Wastepaper Coll 12 noon Playing fields Y'minster

Fri/Sat

September

3rd/5th Leigh's 17th Annual Art ExhibitionFri 3rd Yet/Ryme GAC coach outingSun 5th Harvest Festival 6.30pm St Mary's HermitageMon 6th Chetnole Leigh Garden Club 7.30pm Chetnole Village HallTue 7th Hermitage/Hilfield WI 7.30pm Hermitage Village HallTue 7th Leigh Parish Plan 7.15pm Leigh Village HallSat 11th Dorset Historic Ride & StrideMon 13th Moviola 7pm Leigh Village HallThu 16th Yetminster Film Night 7pm St Andrew's Hall, YetminsterTue 21st WV Lunch Club 12noon Leigh Village HallWed 22nd Yet/Ryme Parish Council Mtg 7.30pm St Andrew's School, YetminsterWed 22nd Harvest Festival Service 6.30pm St HippolytusWed 22nd Harvest Festival Supper Church Farm, RymeTue 28th Village Hall Cttee AGM 7.30pm Hermitage Village Hall

October

Sat 9th Screenbites/ Chocolat 7pm Leigh Village HallSat 9th Bingo 7.30pm Hermitage Village HallTue 12th Yet/Ryme GAC 7.30pm St Andrew's Hall YetminsterThu 21st Yetminster Film Night 7pm St Andrew's Hall, Yetminster

NovemberTue 9th Moviola 7pm Leigh Village HallFri 12th Poppy Appeal Talk 7pm Leigh Village HallThu 18th Yetminster Film Night 7pm St Andrew's Hall, YetminsterFri 26th Music Hall Night tbc Leigh Village Hall

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BARN OWLS NURSERY,FROME ST QUINTIN

Full day/sessional care, open all year round,for children from 8 months – 8 years.

Home cooked lunches and tea available,small friendly family atmosphere

run by fully qualified staff,exciting activities, including Forest School.

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Jolin GalleryGallery of Local Art and Crafts

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Opportunities for local, gifted artistsand crafts people to exhibit their work

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Come and enjoy somerefreshments or a home madelight lunch in our relaxed and

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Open Mon - Sat 10am - 5:30pmBoyles Old School, High Street,Yetminster, Sherborne, Dorset,Tel: 01935 873044

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AUTOTECH GARAGE SERVICES

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We are pleased to be able to offer all local residents and businesses a specialised servicing,maintenance and repair facility for cars, vans and 4x4 vehicles.

We also carry out plant, equipment and machinery repairs.For professional serviced at reasonable rates

please contact MARTIN NEWMANon (01935) 872239

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Help for Heroes The members of the Royal Naval Asso-ciation, Sherborne Branch, would like tothank most warmly everybody who, in somany ways, supported the Garden Openat Bembury Farm on 25th July in aid ofHelp for Heroes. It was a wonderful afternoon withlovely fine weather and, due to the greatgenerosity of so many, both on the dayand before, the Branch is delighted tohave been able to send £2,136.14 to Helpfor Heroes.

Leaders & Helpers needed We have had a hugely successful cou-ple of years for the Beavers, Cubs andScouts; as naturally happens, there is dueto be some movement amongst leaders,some moving to different groups andsome stepping down after a period of veryhard work and sterling service to thegroup and Scouting. We are therefore approaching ashortage in leaders and helpers; Cubs willbe particularly affected. If there is anyoneout there who would be interested in com-mitting to regular volunteering to ensurethe continuation of the group, please letme know. You may be interested but havereservations; I am most happy to discussthem with you and think of any way youcan be supported to assist with the run-ning of the group. We need more help tostep forward, otherwise we will be in seri-ous difficulties after Christmas. We are a happy, sociable group ofadult volunteers and would welcome anynewcomers to our fold. Here’s hoping!!!!!

Bev Taylor-Wade Group Scout Leader, Yetminster,

01935 873144 / 07796184111

SOS From Your Local Filling StationBridge Garage, Leigh, To enable us to keep the petrol serv-ice going, we ask that you use us on aregular basis. We know you find us usefulfor your mower petrol or if you have runlow on fuel and we do appreciate that youneed to take advantage of the lower pric-es offered in town, which we are unableto compete with. However, it is costly toprovide the service and we need to coverour expenses. Therefore, it would help us greatly ifmore people regularly bought just £10 or£20 worth, which would only be around70p - £1.40 more than in town. We would like to take this opportuni-ty to thank all of our regular, long standingcustomers for supporting us which is verymuch appreciated.

RegardsBrenda & Steve Addison

Boyles Educational FoundationThe Governors would like to receive

application for grants from those livingin Yetminster, Leigh and Chetnole whowill be attending further educationor taking up apprenticeships in Septem-ber 2010. The grant can go towards the costs ofpurchasing course books and other itemsneeded to assist with further education.In the case of apprenticeships we can as-sist with cost of tools etc. We are also able to give assistance toyouth groups in the area. Please apply in the first instance toMrs M Read, Bound Lane Farm, Leigh,Sherborne, DT9 6JA

Alan Hill

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The Wednesday Club Thank you to all those who came andsupported us at our Open Day on June30th. The Rev’d Choi from the MethodistChurch came to speak to us and he gaveout Bibles to our four leavers, Kim Barfoot,Aimee Lauren Gillman, Katy Barton and Annie Brignall who are all off to TheGryphon School this coming September. We also said goodbye to Stephen Wil-liams who has been a faithful supporter ofThe Wednesday Club and we look forwardto working with the new Headmaster,Paul Miller, from September onwards. I am so grateful to all those teachersand helpers who give of their time and Iwould love to hear from anyone whowould like to join the team. It is a greatprivilege to be involved with the childrenand to share our Christian faith with them.If you feel you could help in any way,please contact me on 01935 873726.

Anne Reason

Totals for the Christian Aid Collection Thanks to everyone who contributedso generously in these difficult times, andmost of all to those who helped to deliverand collect the envelopes. The total col-lected was £1,924.47, up by almost £600on last year! Totals by village as follows: Batcombe£27, Chetnole £581.43, Hermitage £143.25, Leigh £381.60, Ryme £191.28and Yetminster £566.15 (plus £33.76 fromlate collections). If Hilfield would like tojoin again next year please contact me.

Sue Footner 873610

Beer Mill Mead Coffee Morning Many thanks to all of the people whocame along to the Beer Mill Mead CoffeeMorning in Leigh, at the end of July. The

day was bright and sunny so we couldspread ourselves out into the garden. Itwas wonderful to see so many peoplesupporting the event and the “Bring andBuy” table was heaving with things to pur-chase. However we all obviously had hadenough of courgettes and marrows asthese were the most difficult items to selland we ended up donating some to TheOld Vicarage. Thanks to all of those who ran stalls,raffles and dashed around with tea, coffeeand biscuits, but most of all our thanks goto Liz & Julian Turnbull for hosting theevent at their house. From the moneyraised we hope to be successful in our bidfor the Beer Mill Mead conservation areathis year. Many thanks.

Kevin Waterfall

THE QUIET GARDEN AT

BEMBURY FARM, THORNFORD

Wednesday, 22nd September 201010.00 for 10.30am – 4.00pm

A QUIET DAY IN THE GARDEN

The Water of Life

will be led by

The Right Reverend Bishop John TaylorBishop of St. Albans 1980 - 1995

Please bring your own picnic lunch.Tea, coffee & soft drinks will be provided

TO BOOK A PLACE, or for more information,please contact: Dodie & John Garnier on01935 873551 or garnierj68@uwclub.net

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Calling All Teenage Actors AndMusicians.... Are you a teenager who needs anoutlet for your talents? Some of theformer members of The Junior WriggleValley Players (now at secondary school)have said they'd love the opportunity toperform again; so we are hoping to put ona production of Romeo & Juliet at thebeginning of December. However weneed more people to make up a full cast. So we are looking for young actors,musicians, artists or technicians whowould like to work with us on a new ver-sion of the great play - a bit of Glee fusedwith a hint of Bollywood. Don't worry ifyou want to be in the Wriggle Valley pantoas well - our rehearsals will be on Sundayafternoons so you could do both (if youhave enough energy!). Our first meeting will be at Yetmin-ster Scout Hut on Sunday 12th September5.00 - 7.00pm. Come along to find outmore - everyone welcome. If you'd likemore information please call Sylvie (01935873707) or Caroline (01935 872471).

Join us on one of our local ButterflyReserves! It has been a fantastic summer onour butterfly reserve at Alners Gorse,with several reasons to celebrate: wehave recorded small numbers of the rareMarsh Fritillary butterfly there – we arenow hoping that they will have laid eggsand will become established permanently.It also seems that seven (yes, seven!)pairs of Nightingales may have nestedthere. Our events have been well attendedand have been great fun. The moth trap-

ping session on June 20th was especiallynotable for the almost total lack of mothsand the frost we found on our tentswhen we got up! The moth trapping session we heldat Lankham Bottom near Cattistock at thebeginning of July was on a much warmernight – we recorded an amazing 122 spe-cies of moths – at least 30 people includ-ing several families helped to analyse thetraps. Alners Gorse and Lankham Bottomare always open to the public so pleasefeel free to visit at any time – and let usknow what you see there!A date for your diary:CONSERVATION ACTION DAY AT ALNERSGORSESunday September 19th 10am – 4pm Carrying on with our woodland andscrub management work - and if theground is firm enough and the weathersuitable, we will be planking some of thelarger trees we have felled and buildingnest boxes and bat boxes. You will beable to take planks away and/or makeboxes for yourself for a small donation.There will be a bonfire with soup andbaked potatoes for lunch. Do join us ifyou can. All welcome! Alners Gorse reserve entrance is onthe road from Hazelbury Bryan to KingsStag beside the Hazelbury Bryan villagesign and 30mph sign Park on the roadverge well away from the bend. Map ref-erence: ST 736100. For further informa-tion please contact Nigel Spring on 0196323559 or 07981 776767, or emailnigelspring@yahoo.co.uk

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Yetminster Irish DancersThe school holiday is a time when we lookback on the successes of last year andforward to an interesting future: the annu-al concert in the Octagon, this time withthe Irish comedian Jimmy Cricket, who isso kind and talks willingly with the young-sters; the springtime display when we fillThe Digby Hall so friends and family canpraise the progress that the dancers havemade; the trip to The Atlantic Hotel, New-port, South Wales to entertain at a corpo-rate function; No win, no fee!; theovernight stay in Wimborne for the FolkFestival with hundreds of dancers dancingin the street, and then back home to Yet-minster for the Fair.

Most of you will know that we do a30min show at The White Hart, but thisyear we followed it with different perform-ance in the church, which generated anentirely different atmosphere. I think it’swonderful to see the church in this moodand hope more of you will join us next year. This is also the time that age andfurther education makes us lose somefamiliar faces, the juniors become seniors,and vacancies become available for newmembers. It would be nice if some camefrom this immediate area. If you are inter-ested please contact me, SharonSandom, 10, Gainsborough Drive, Sher-borne, Tel 01935 815572

Yetminster Health CentreTravel advice and vaccinations

If you intend to travel to destinations where vaccinations may be necessaryplease obtain a questionnaire from reception or our website. Once completed returnit to reception as soon as possible, and at least two weeks before your initial appoint-ment, this allows the nurses time to assess your travel health risks and devise a travelhealth plan personal to you. Each family member travelling will need to complete thisform.Flu Immunisation Clinics Clinics for patients registered with this practice are at the following venues andtimes It is advised that all patients over the age of 65 years and those who are at riskthrough COPD, MS, stroke, diabetes etc should receive this vaccine.

Please phone reception on 01935 872530 to book an appointment

Date Day Time Venue

13th October Wednesday 9 – 12 and 2 –

5.30

Yetminster Church Hall

2nd November Tuesday 9-12 Yetminster Church Hall

19th October Tuesday 10am to midday Halstock Village Hall

26th October Tuesday 2 – 4 pm Evershot Surgery

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Welcome back and Artsmark Gold Welcome back to one and all, especially to the new little ones in our receptionyear, Acorn Class and to our new Headteacher, Paul Miller. Paul brings with him a realpassion and enthusiasm for education that will continue to motivate and inspire bothpupils and staff in the school. We welcome him to the St Andrew's community and toDorset as he and his family have re-located from Lancashire.We also wish our Willow Class leavers the very best as they move up to the Gryphonand other schools and Steve Williams as he embarks on his retirement from being ourheadteacher. We're delighted to announce that after many years of hard work and ourcommitment to the teaching of the arts, we have achieved Arts Mark Gold status,prestigious recognition from the Arts Council England in recognition of the school’scommitment to, and excellence in, arts education; nearly 20% of our day is spent usingthe arts to enhance and enrich our children’s learning. Paul Miller, Head teacher of St Andrew’s Primary C.E. Primary School, Yetmin-ster, said: “I’m delighted that the Arts Council has recognised St Andrew’s dynamic andoutstanding arts education programme in Art, Music, Drama and Dance. Our childrenenjoy and excel in these subjects and all have the opportunity to participate, exhibitand perform, often sowing the seeds of a lifelong passion. We find the arts stimulatecreativity and imagination in our children by providing visual, tactile and sensoryexperiences and a unique way of understanding and responding to our world. Living in rural Dorset is an inspiring environment; we have been able to use itas an outdoor classroom. St Andrew’s children are lucky to have taken part in amelange of arts activities, visual, dramatic, musical and digital. We are also veryfortunate to have very talented and creative arts teachers on our staff which enhanceand enrich our children’s learning and experience of school life. If there is anyone inthe community who feel they could make a contribution, feel free to contact us!

Check up on this and other stories by looking at our websitehttp://www.standrewsyetminster.org.uk/ .

Use the contact us link to let us know what you think of the site!Bella Neate-Clegg

Hetty and Marley with theirshadow puppets for "three littlewolves and the big bad pig".

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Luxurious 4 Star B & B in a charmingDorset village. 3 rooms (2 king and 1twin); all ensuite; flat screen televisions.Real ales; great homemade food (recentlygained Michelin Recognition); log fi res;garden (with pub ducks); Snug Bar withcouches; board games; relaxation . . .

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September …. the tail end of summer or the beginning of autumn? A time to enjoythe late summer garden and the continuing pleasure of harvesting your own home-grown produce; and to begin thinking about tidying the garden for the approachingwinter as well as planning for 2011. Lots to do this month - including the following ………· Divide herbaceous perennials. Lift and divide any plants that are too large –

prise the plants apart with two forks, then chop into sections with a spade.Replant healthy pieces that have good roots and leaves, firm them in and waterwell. Particularly good for crocosmia and many clump forming Alpines.

· Dig up remaining potatoes before slug damage spoils them. Store sound onescarefuly. Discard others.

· Net ponds before leaf fall gets underway· Take cuttings this month from: lavender, penstemons, heather, fuchsias, hy-

drangeas, rose, clematis, buddleia, alpines, ceanothus and bedding geraniums.To take cuttings pull off side shoots with heels, remove the lower leaves andthen place in compost.

· Cut back flowers of Hydrangeas to a healthy pair of leaves· Prune back rampant climbers and clear away annuals that have finished flower-

ingLook out for black spot on roses – dark spots with yellow edges or dark blotches.Pick off any affected leaves and collect those that have fallen onto the ground.Throw away or burn the leaves to prevent the disease spreading.

· Bring inside any tender perennials, such as Fuchsia, Gazania, Lantana andAbutilon, before frosts cause damage.

· Wait for the first frosts to hit dahlias and cannas before lifting the tubers orrhizomes. If you decide to leave them in the ground, cover the crowns with aprotective layer of straw or bracken.

· Mow less frequently, and raise the height of cut as the growth rate of the grassslows down. This will help the lawn to withstand the last of the warmer, drierweather, and also keep it resistant to treading as the wetter weather arrives.

· Continue to sow vegetables for overwintering, to mature next spring: turnip,spinach, winter lettuce, Oriental vegetables and seed of overwintering onions,both salad and bulb types.

· Plant overwintering onion sets in late September.· There's not a great deal to sow now but, surprisingly, it's the right time to sow

winter lettuces such as Arctic King for spring harvests.· If you have fruit trees then now is the time to put a grease band around them

to stop pests from crawling up and destroying the fruit.Remove apples, pears and plums affected with brown rot to prevent thedisease from spreading

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Lammastide Lammas Day itself is celebrated onthe first day of August and corresponds tothe ancient Hebrew Feast of Weeks, whena sheaf from the first cut of the barleyharvest was offered to God. The word ‘Lammas’ first appears inthe writings of King Alfred and is thoughtto be derived from an English word for

‘loaf’ followed by ‘mass’. In the earlyEnglish church it was customary to conse-crate bread made from the first ripe cornof the year in order to celebrate the begin-ning of harvest time. On the 1st of August, Lammastidewas celebrated in St Peter’s Church, Chet-nole as part of the Prayer and Praise serv-ice. That service therefore marks thebeginning of the harvest season which willcontinue throughout August, Septemberand early October, when the root crops,including potatoes are finally harvestedfrom the fields. In all of our villages across the Wrig-gle Valley benefice, Harvest Thanksgivingservices are celebrated in September andOctober, whilst in August, flower and veg-etable shows are mounted in Chetnole,Leigh and Yetminster. All of these wonder-ful activities and services are planned withone thought in mind. They are designedto celebrate the wonderful fertile soil ofthe Wriggle Valley, the enormous range offruits, flowers, vegetables and grain whichgrow in profusion across the valley, culmi-nating of course in a thanksgiving to Godfor his goodness to us. The time hon-oured words from the 26th Chapter of theBook of Deuteronomy written many hun-dreds of years ago, still hold good, namely,

“You shall take a basket containing the first

fruits of the earth, take it to the priest inthe House of God and set it down beforethe altar of the Lord.” Harvesting is now under way. Wemust never ever forget that the partner-ship between God, who provides the natu-ral resources and the farmers andgardeners who till and husband theground is a finely balanced one. Thephrase ‘balance of nature’ is often used todescribe this partnership. Sadly, in manyparts of the world man has been foolishenough to ignore the balance of nature,the result being that fertile acres areturned into arid land and deserts emergewhere once crops grew. As the food is harvested in the Wrig-gle Valley over the next few weeks, maywe remember all those who work on theland and also give thanks to God in ourHarvest Services for his munificence. Wehave indeed much to be thankful for.

Prebendary John Parfitt

Yetminster Methodist Church Yetminster Methodist Church will re-commence the Fellowship Studies whichare held on the first Tuesday of everymonth and are open to everyone. Thenext meeting will be on Tuesday 7th Sep-tember at 2.30pm at The Meadens, Clo-vermead, Yetminster. Refreshments willbe served and we hope to see you there.

Taize ServiceSunday 26th September

at 6.30pm in theMethodist Church

Yetminster"God Provides"

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Sherborne Tennis ClubNew members welcome!

For Junior supervised Club sessionsJunior and Adult Squads

Junior and Adult coachingEaster and summer holiday camps

ContactMatt Long on 07974 964470Stu Wilson on 07825 660781

For Adult and Junior Membership infocontact Meg Crothers on 0845 456 3591Or log on to www.sherbornetennis.com

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Wriggle Valley BeneficePriest in Charge: Rev’d Simon BrignallOffice: St Andrew’s Hall, Church Street, YetminsterTel: 01935 872 600 (24 hour message service) 01935 872 273Email: office@wrigglevalleybenefice.comNote: Simon’s usual day off is FridaySarum Readers:Chole Sadler 01935 872794John Strover 01935 872437YETMINSTER METHODIST CHURCHMinister: Rev. S. Choi Telephone: 01935 815666Stewards: Mr and Mrs J. Nile, Queen Street, YetminsterTreasurer: Mr C. J. Harris, Broadview, East Chinnock, Yeovil.Secretary: Mrs B. Driver, Yetminster Telephone: 01935 873690Lay Preachers: Mr C. Harris, Mrs J. Jones, Mr J. Nile, Mr D. TackleyYetminster Methodist ChurchServices And Preachers For September 20105th Rev. D. Bridge 19th Harvest (See Announcement)12th Rev. S. Choi 26th Mr S Neville (Holy Communion)Services Commence at 10.30am and refreshments are served after each Service, towhich everyone is welcome.Sunday 19th Septmember - Services For Harvest Festival10.30am Preacher - Rev. C. Le MOIGNAN with Holy Communion.6.30pm A brief Service by Rev. S. CHOI will be followed with a Harvest Supper towhich everyone is invited.Services commence at 10.30 a.m. and Refreshments are served after each Service.A WARM WELCOME AWAITS YOU AT SERVICES AND FELLOWSHIPRoman Catholic ServicesChurch of the Sacred Heart & St Aldhelm, Westbury, SherborneRev Father Rodney Schofield, The Parish House, Westbury, Sherborne (Tel: 812021)Mass times:Saturday 6pmHoly Days 10am and 6.30pmSunday 10.30amWednesday 10amSee Notice Board or Newsletter for times of Masses on other daysThe Friary, HilfieldSundays: 8.30am Sung Eucharist 5.15pm Sung Evening Prayer(Mondays Closed – Brother’s Free Day)Weekdays: 12noon Midday Prayer followed by Eucharist 5.15pm Evening

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ADDISON MOTORSBridge Garage, Leigh, Sher-borne, Dorset, DT9 6HW

Tel: 01935 872 323MOTS*TYRES*EXHUASTS*ALL MECHANICALREPAIRS*SERVICING*BODYWORK*WELDING

Leigh Village Stores & Post officeNOT JUST FOR STAMPS THE POST OFFICE NOW DOES:HOME, TRAVEL & CAR INSURANCE, PERSONAL LOANS,FOREIGN CURRENCY, PERSONAL BANKING, INVEST-MENTSYOUR VILLAGE STORE CATERS FOR ALL YOUR NEEDSESPECIALLY THOSE LITTLE THINGS YOU FORGOT INTOWN

OPENING HOURSShop & workshop: Mon-Fri 8am-6pm: Sat 9am-1pmPosy Office: Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri, Sat 9am-1pm. Closed Wed

Goose SladeFarm Shop

A wide range of local produceIncluding quality assured meats, fresh fruit & vegetables,

fine wines, ales & cider, freshly baked bread & cakesAnd much more

Fresh oven ready geese availableMichaelmas to Christmas

10 am - 6 pm Tuesday - SaturdayJust off the A37 Yeovil to Dorchester Road

towards Sutton Bingham ReservoirEAST COKER, YEOVIL. TEL: 01935 863735

CALL: (01935) 41 55 55

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PC users: previous weather reports and other news about Leigh can be found atwww.leighvillage.org.uk

Philip Bryan

June-July 2010"Weather means more when you have a garden.

There's nothing like listening to ashower and thinking how it is soaking in around your green beans."

- Muriel Spark. After an unusually fine spring, the summer got off to a good start in June. As themain holiday season approached July failed to maintain such a high standard forsunshine but it did offset the rain shortfall that was stopping the beans (and, moreimportantly to some, their lawns) from growing.Temperatures The average maximum temperature in June was 10% higher than usual, at 23.5 C(74 F). The hottest day saw 29.2 C (85 F), and the coldest night almost dropped tofreezing point instead of the more normal 3.7 C (39 F).Rainfall Rain seldom fell in June. There were 22 rain-free days but, when it did rain, theshowers were heavy, giving us 25% more rain than usual - 55 mm instead of ouraverage 44 mm (1.8".July was even wetter, and 40% above average, with 63 mm (2.5") instead of 45 mm(1.8"). Total rainfall for the year so far is now only 2% below normal, with 431 mm (17").Sunshine There were only 3 days without measurable sunshine during the 2 months. Junewas the sunniest month recorded during 2000-2010. With 209 sunshine hours it was37% above average. June fell back to only 116 hours, 18% less than usual, but the 2010total so far is still 17% above average.Winds 2010 is proving exceptionally gale-free but July did provide one gust of 45 mph –well above the month’s usual peak speed of 32 mph.

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Batcombe1/D/10/0814; BROOKFIELD FARM, WRIGGLE RIVER LANE. Erect replacement hay barn & stables. (Full) Progress: APPROVED.1/D/10/0900: COURT FARM, STILE WAY. Temporary agricultural dwelling. (Full)1/D/10/1070: BRYN CELYN, BAKERS MOOR LANE. Change of use of agricultural and to residential garden. (Change of use)

Chetnole1/D/10/0790: 2, GROVE COTTAGES, MILL LANE. Internal & external alterations. (Listed Building Consent). Progress: APPROVED.1/D/10/0847: THE CHETNOLE INN. Non-illuminated fascia sign. (Advertisement) Progress: APPROVED.1/D/10/1173: HIGHER FARM, BATCOMBE LANE. Internal & external alterations . (Listed Building Consent)

Hermitage1/D/10/0567: WISTERIA COTTAGE, HERMITAGE LANE. Ground & First floor extension. (Full) Progress: APPROVED.1/D/10/0684: HERMFIELDS, HERMITAGE ROAD. Demolish bungalow. New two-storey dwelling & garage. (Full) Progress: APPROVED.

Hilfield1/D/08/0420: CHURCH FARM. Change of use (including alterations) of building from agricultural use to spring water collection and bottling plant. (Change of use). Progress: REFUSED.

Leigh1/D/10/0488: FUDGES BAKERY,CHETNOLE ROAD. Demolish commercial floorspace & change of use of land to residential. New single & two-storey extensions to dwelling. (Full

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Yetminster1/D/10/0021: R W M LIMITED, CHETNOLE ROAD: Extensions to existing premises and remodelling yard. Extensions to car park including new vehicular ac cess. Form new vehicular access to existing Chetnole House building & infill existing. (Full)1/D/10/0715: THE POPLARS, BRISTER END. Extension (Full) Progress: APPROVED.1/D/10/0990: SUMMER HOUSE, 14, BOWER COURT, Entrance gates. (Full) Progress: APPROVED1/D/10/0991: SUMMER HOUSE, 14, BOWER COURT. Entrance gates. (Listed Building Consent) Progress: APPROVED1/D/10/1000: DOWNS COTTAGE, BRISTER END Erect field store. (Full) Progress: APPROVED.1/D/10/1066: PRIORS CLEVE, HIGH STREET. Garden room & replace roof of outhouse. (Full)1/D/10/1067: PRIORS CLEVE, HIGH STREET. Garden room & replace roof of outhouse. (Listed Building Consent)1/D/10/1263: OAKLEIGH, COLES LANE. Farm shop with kitchen, prep room & cold store. (Full)

The next meeting of the Development Control Committee will be held in theCouncil Chamber, West Dorset District Council, Stratton House, 58/60 High WestStreet, Dorchester on Thursday, 16th September, 2010, commencing at 2.15 pm.

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VOICES FROM “THE VICARAGE”Bet And Reg Coffin

Bet & Reg Coffin have rooms next to each other and share a lovely garden room,where I sat with them to listen to their memories. Bet’s story - “I was born 1924 on a farm at Bailey Ridge. My maiden name wasJoliffe. My father and grandfather were both farmers; I was brought up doing all thejobs a farmer’s daughter was expected to do, and I loved it. I went to the local schoolin Leigh and Mum took me on the back of her bicycle. My mother worked extremelyhard; she cooked for my grandfather and father at lunchtime and then again for uschildren after school; we always had a good meal. I liked my teachers, they were fairand kind but you knew where you were with them and you didn’t play up tho’sometimes I would get into trouble for playing in the boys’ playground. I left school at14 and started work on the farm which is all I ever wanted to do. At that age I was givenfull charge of a tractor and shown how to drive it. At 15 I drove the farm’s lorry. I nevertook a driving test but I drove all over. I was the eldest of 3 and on Tuesday eveningswe all had to sit and darn our socks and do mending. I hated it but you just had to doit without moaning. There was an Army camp just up the road from us and every evening during theWar servicemen would come down and sit with us around the fire and mum wouldcook them a bit of supper. Summertime they would come and help us make the hay.We were teenagers during the War and we’d sit and watch at twilight as the bombersleft England to bomb Dresden, we would wave to them but I don’t know whether theysaw us or not. They would come back at ten o’clock and we would try to count them. Sometimes, for a holiday, mum would send me to stay with my grandmother wholived in Leigh. There were cousins of my age who would come too. I think it was reallyto give my mum a rest. My parents are buried in the Leigh churchyard.

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I met Reg at a village dance and we got married in Leigh church. We had three children.Reg’s dad owned a 40 acre farm and when he retired we took over as tenants.” Reg was born in 1921 and his father was the blacksmith at Holwell. He was veryproud that one of his uncles had built and run the first car in Dorset. Reg said “I usedto have to do some jobs before school and when I heard the school bell ringing I usedto start running across the fields and got there just as the bell stopped. I really thinkthey kept ringing it until I arrived as they knew my dad needed my help. I left schoolwhen I was 14. My dad worked with a local carpenter to make wheels for guncarriages. He and mother would carry the iron band to fit the wheel. It was very hardwork, especially for my mother. My father was Methodist and my grandfather was apreacher.” Bet told me something of the families who lived in Leigh when she was a teenager.

“There was a family in the village and the mother was a drunk. That little girl wasalways to be found sitting outside the pub on the cold step, Winter or Summer and hermother wouldn’t come out until 10 o’clock it didn’t matter what the weather wasdoing, she had to sit there and wait for her mother.” Thankfully this kind of thing wasvery rare.

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Wriggle Valley Players NewsCalling all Thespians….. The Players are about to launch re-hearsals for the next pantomime to beperformed in Leigh in January and earlyFebruary 2011. Everyone in the Valley willremember the success of “Viva Boudicca”,our last venture, earlier this year and soagain, by popular request, we have abrand new original script crafted here inthe Wriggle Valley for us by Phil Tebbatt.Should you wish to be involved in theperformance come along to the readthrough on Tuesday 14th September inLeigh Village Hall at 7.30pm when we willread through the play and discuss arrange-ments with all who want to participate inany way at all. This year the play is based on a localsmuggling theme and is called “Pirates ofWessex, or, The Curse of the Turtle’sHead”. Hope we will be able to see youthere at the read through. Auditions willtake place on Monday 20th Septemberand rehearsals which will mostly be basedin Leigh will regularly be on a Monday,though extra rehearsals will be neededcloser to the time. Should you be interested in joiningthe society or helping in any way, costume,stage crew etc why not come along andget to know us. We are a very friendlylocal group who take a great deal of enjoy-ment from the productions we mount. Apologies are due to those lookingforward to the performance of “The Mon-key’s Paw” but personal difficulties led tous being unable to perform it during thesummer. Perhaps we will be able to resur-rect the show for Halloween.

Looking forward to seeing you at theread through on the 14th

Jim Aldhouse,Chair Wriggle Valley Players

The Leigh Discussion Club In July members & friends enjoyed acoach trip to Symonds Yat in the WyeValley - every seat was taken on ColinPowell' s coach and we could have takenmore if seats had been available. Whenwe arrived we were given coffee andbiscuits, then some of us walked down tothe river and those unable to walk wentby car to the river for a 45 minute trip andthen back to the hotel for a meal. Wethen had a look around the village which100 years ago would have been a busyindustrial area. We were tired but happywhen we set off for home after enjoying amemorable day.

Alan Bastone Hon Sec

Tuesday Club Our July talk entitled “Cape Town toVictoria Falls” might have led some tothink we were in for another session onthe humiliation of the British Footballteam, but fortunately we were treatedinstead to a beautifully illustrated accountby Christine Shaw of her 3,500 mile Safarithrough seven countries of Southern Afri-ca. This was no Safari staying in posh ho-tels but camping close up to all the wildlife. Even before leaving Cape Town therewas plenty to see with the unusual specta-cle of Jackass Penguins making good useof the suburban swimming pools. Fromthere onwards the creatures seen becameincreasingly exciting and included lions

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and lionesses, leopards, wildebeest, ele-phants, giraffe, zebra, hippo and spring-bok. Christine also enjoyed seeing somemarvellous cave paintings but the high-light of the trip was a helicopter flightover the Victoria Falls. This gave a splen-did view of them in all their glory! As usual we have an interesting pro-gramme of talks for the Autumn beforeour usual Christmas festivities, so docome and join us for a stimulating andsocial afternoon; details are in the calen-dar section of the magazine.

Sylvia Bryan

Leigh WI There was a very successful outing toPoole in June when it appears that a goodtime was had by all who went! The speak-er for our July meeting was Mr Bob Hallwith his "Confessions of a Rural MeterMan". He had been a meter man for 24years in West Dorset and regaled us withlots of funny stories, including several dog-gie incidents. Our meeting on 28th Sep-tember is the WI committee supper for allmembers. The next Branch meeting will be on11th October with the Hilfield & Hermit-age WI and the subject would be "TheStory of Tea".

Anne Reason

Chetnole & Leigh Garden Club Monday, 2nd August saw a goodlyproportion of the membership of the Gar-den Club meet in Chetnole Village Hall tolend rapt attention to a lecture given byMr Alan Edmondson, who shed light onthe subject of “The Shady Garden”. Obvi-ously a man of great education, Mr. Ed-mondson challenged his audience’sknowledge of Latin by regularly referring

to plants by their botanical names in thatlanguage, causing brow furrows to deep-en and eyebrows to rise quizzically. Apartfrom recommending plants which can begrown successfully in deep shade in soiltypes relevant to various parts of Dorset,occasionally including the Wriggle Valley,the address also included detailed infor-mation on how to actually introduceshade in an existing shade free garden.This included the planting of hedges,shrubs and trees under which plants suchas Hederas (Ivies) and Dicentra Spectabilis(Bleeding Heart) could be planted with anassurance of success. The next evening of the Garden Clubwill be of a totally different nature! It willtake place at 7.30pm on Monday, 6th Sep-tember in the village hall in Chetnolewhen the speaker will be the very popularTV personality Paul Atterbury of AntiquesRoadshow renown. Mr Atterbury willspeak on “The Making of a Dorset Gar-den”. This event is sure to be very popularso be certain not to arrive late! Those whoattended Paul’s last talk to the Club inJanuary 2008 will need no reminding ofhow enjoyable it was. Non members andprospective new members are welcome.

Tom Withycombe

Chetnole Chuckers Boules Club The Chuckers have now played alltheir matches in this season’s fixture listfor the Dorset League. The final result wasa welcome 3-1 away win against Piddlehin-ton, following an unexpected 1-3 awaydefeat against Shaftesbury in the previousmatch. The club ended up with 33 points,somewhat lower than last year’s total,and we await notification of our final posi-tion in the league table.

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The Singles Championship is well un-derway. There were 18 entrants dividedfor the first round into three groups of sixplayers. The eight men and four ladieswith the highest scores in the groupmatches then compete to determine theLadies’ and Men’s champion for the year. Sixteen sets of partners initially en-tered the Pairs Knockout Competition,held for the first time this season, and atthe time of writing, the competition is inthe semi-finals stage, to be completed bythe end of August. We look forward to the Inter-villagecompetition on Saturday 11 September at6.00pm, where dress with a French fla-vour is strongly encouraged - this shouldbe an entertaining evening!Ian Wood

Hermitage and Hilfield WI For our August outing we visitedBrotherwood Conversions at Beer Hackett.We were welcomed by Sue Goldsworthywho had kindly laid on Pimms and nibbles.We were shown around by John Danielsand Paul Barber who explained the compa-ny's operation of converting vehicles tocarry wheelchairs. We saw the variousvehicles in different stages of conversionand were very impressed by the large andmodern factory. We all enjoyed a mostinteresting and informative evening.

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