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T h e Pa r i s h M a g a z i n e o f
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THE OKEFORD BENEFICE serving the parishes of:- St. Nicholas , Child Okeford, St Paul, Hammoon , St. Nicholas, Manston, St Andrew, Okeford Fitzpaine, Church of the Holy Rood , Shillingstone.
In the Blackmore Vale Deanery of Salisbury Diocese .
N.B. The closing date for copy is the 20th of the month .
All enquiries about Baptisms, Funerals and Christian marriage should be directed, in the first instance, to the Rev Darren A’Court, 01258 861847
email [email protected]
Benefice Administrator, Diana J Lewis, Benefice Office, Shillingstone Church Centre,
Mon & Wed. 10-2. Fri. noon - 4 pm 01258 860652 Office Hours. Benefice Office e mail:- [email protected]
website www.okefordbenefice.org e-mail [email protected]
St Andrew’s Okeford Fitzpaine.
Churchwarden Keith Bradley 01258 861735
Churchwarden Mrs Zoë Goddard 01258 861046
Church Treasurer
Robert James 01258 860523
P.C.C. Secretary
The Revd Fr Darren A'Court Rector
Off duty Fridays The Rectory Shillingstone
DT11 0SL
01258 861847 Email [email protected]
Mrs Sue le Riche LLM in training
(off Mon, Wed, Sat) 01258 861830
Mrs Sue Clayton Lay Worship Leader
01258 860653
The Ministry Team
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What makes our countryside so compelling and amazing is the unpredictability of the elements that make the Blackmore Vale, in which we live, so profoundly expressive. The Vale has the ability to change it's countenance unexpectedly, compelling us to see its beauty in a new light each day, month and season. It is as if the Vale senses the moods of those living within the villages, hamlets and towns, and seeks to share with us both the joys and melancholy. Those joyous moments of sunshine, when the light dapples between the beautiful summer foliage in the woodland. The beauty of the flowers, that have been blooming since early spring, primroses, bluebells and a myriad of other plants, the bird song that brightens up our daily lives. The melancholy when the gales blow, mists that swirl around Hambledon, Hod and Okeford Hills, the rain that falls on us, usually when we decide to bar-b-cue, so we get wet and end up with a soggy burger. This July, as we look forward to a summer in which we are, hopefully, able to go out and about to walk around and enjoy our beautiful vale, let us thank God that we live in such a beautiful, peaceful and friendly part of God's wonderful creation, that we can daily bathe in this beauty for free. Sue
Church Coffee morning result
Thanks to everyone who supported our coffee morning we were able to add £100 to the funds.
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OKEFORD FITZPAINE ALLOTMENT GROUP
Any villager is welcome to attend meetings of this friendly group, which are normally held in the Pavilion. Dates are announced in the Fippenny News.
For PLOT VACANCIES, please contact: Lynne Hargreaves on: (01258) 861646
Next Meeting: Monday 5th August, 7.30pm, Pavilion
OPEN ALLOTMENT DAY, SUNDAY 11TH AUGUST 10am - 4pm
Please come along!
GOVERNORS NEEDED
The School has vacancies for: 2 Foundation Governors, and 1 Parent Governor.
A governor can be anyone who has a genuine interest
and willingness in supporting the School, and more importantly in the education and future of the children of our village.
For more information or an application form, please contact either:
Helen Sharpe (School Secretary) on: (01258) 860530
or Sarah Browne (Clerk) on: (01258) 861808
Apologies for any thing that is missing from this month’s edition.
I have been having internet & email problems.
This also explains the black thunder cloud over my house for the past few days
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Okeford Fitzpaine Village Hall
After the appalling weather forecasts on the previous day it was decid-ed to re-locate the Fippenny Fayre to the Village Hall and Greenhayes. It so happened that the weather was not as bad as anticipated and the event was very enjoyable. A profit of £657 was made, well down on previous years, but as many people had no doubt been put off by the forecasts, this was a good result.
The Hall Committee would like to give a hearty thank you to the many
stalwarts who turned out to help and also to the brave souls who supported us. We hope that you enjoyed yourselves.
To give you more time to have a good clear out of surplus items there
will be a
Jumble Sale 28th September Village Hall
More details next month All donations will help us to raise the cash to extend the hall kitchen.
Miscellaneous observations on life… Alcohol does not make people able to do things better. It makes them less ashamed of doing them badly. Anon You may get to the very top of the ladder, and then find it has not been leaning against the right wall. A Raine Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind. Anon Anxiety is the fundamental phenomenon and the central problem of neu-rosis. Sigmund Freud Nothing handicaps you so much in golf as honesty. Anon Many people do not leave their footprints on the sands of time, but they do leave their skid-marks at the traffic intersections. Anon Never look back unless you want to go that way. Anon A real friend will not visit you in prosperity unless he is invited, but when you are in adversity he will call without invitation. Anon
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Parish Council A Community Message from Dorset Police.
As you may be aware we have in the past issued members of the public with a contact number for the offices here at Blandford for contacting the SNT. We are now asking all enquiries to go through 101, the messages on the phones will not be monitored and the facility will be removed. Proposed Temporary Road Closure, Higher Street, Okeford Fitzpaine
An application has been received from A-plant Lux on behalf of BT to close
part of Higher Street, Okeford Fitzpaine from the junction with Fippenney
Hollow to the junction with road to Turnworth Village Road. The closure has
been requested to allow contractors to carry out works to renew poles and
overhead cables. These works are programmed to commence on Monday 29th
July 2013 to 09th August 2013, a period of 10 days, between 09.30hrs and
15.30hrs daily. The road will be open over the weekend. The road closure has
been coordinated to avoid being undertaken during school term times. The road
closure is necessary for safety reasons, as the works will take place within the
whole width of the carriageway. Planning Decision Notices Application No: 2/2013/0423/PLNG – O.S. plot 4456, Higher Street, Okeford Fitzpaine, Blandford Forum, Dorset, DT11 0RQ - Form new agricultural access and close existing entrance – GRANTED Date of next Parish Council Meeting
The next Parish Council Meeting will take place at 7.30 pm on 2 July 2013. All residents are welcome to attend.
Sandra Deary, Parish Clerk, Telephone No: 01258 459863, Email: [email protected]
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Okeford Fitzpaine CE VA Primary School
Dear All,
We were visited by Mr Stephen McShane, Her Majesty’s Inspector on Tuesday 21st May. This visit was a follow up to our Ofsted inspection in March. The visit went very well with a positive result. We recently re-ceived a confirmation letter as follows. 28th May 2013 Dear Mr Acreman Requires improvement: monitoring inspection visit to Okeford Fitz-paine Church of England Voluntary Aided School, Dorset
Following my visit to your school on 21 May 2013, I write on behalf of Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills to report the findings of my visit. Thank you for the help you gave me and for the time you made available to discuss the actions you are tak-ing to improve the school since the most recent section 5 inspection.
The visit was the first monitoring inspection since the school was judged to require improvement following the section 5 inspection in March 2013. It was carried out under section 8 of the Education Act 2005. Evidence
During the visit meetings were held with you, middle leaders, members of the Governing Body, a group of pupils and the school’s effectiveness partner to discuss the action taken since the last inspection. The school action plan was evaluated. Context
One part-time teacher, who is a middle leader, will leave the school at the end of the academic year. The classes will be re-organised with the existing staffing. Main findings
The immediate re-organisation of the Early Years Foundation Stage following the section 5 inspection means that the children have more op-portunities to learn through play and the activities provided for them are more appropriate. The most recent observations of the teaching of literacy
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show pupils are making good progress in lessons. Middle leaders have carried out a review of literacy and mathematics teaching and have devel-oped effective actions in order to improve.
The school has established a School Improvement Group of key gover-nors with the head teacher to respond to the recent inspection and lead im-provement work. Governors are knowledgeable and reflective. They know that the school has to be held to account more. This new group will be im-portant in this. In order to ensure they have the necessary skills an exter-nal review of governance is underway. Challenging targets for pupils to achieve in English and mathematics are in place. The leadership have the necessary tools to analyse progress. However the monitoring and evalua-tion of pupils’ progress needs to be sharper to ensure that any potential underachievement is responded to quickly so that all pupils are making at least good progress.
The school has developed an action plan. It is currently not specific enough to lead to rapid improvement. Some timescales are too long where immediate action is required. Current targets cannot be measured suffi-ciently. Monitoring and evaluation are not clear. Responsibilities for en-suring pupils’ progress, for the quality of teaching and for the school’s improvement are imprecise. Senior leaders and governors are taking ef-fective action to tackle the areas requiring improvement identified at the recent section 5 inspection. The school should take further action to:
quickly refine the current action plan to ensure that there are clear and measurable success criteria
named individuals who are responsible for improvements, including arrangements to hold them to account
timescales that will bring about rapid improvement clear arrangements for monitoring and evaluation clear roles for the local authority to support and challenge.
Ofsted may carry out further visits and, where necessary, provide fur-ther support and challenge to the school until its next section 5 inspection. External support
Since the inspection the local authority has provided training to im-prove teaching. This has been helpful for staff to consider strengths and areas for improvements. The school effectiveness partner has an accurate assessment of what the school needs to do in order to improve. It is now important to ensure that the objectives of all additional support activities are sharply focused and are monitored and evaluated effectively to ensure
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that they are effective in contributing to the school’s overall improve-ment . Head Teacher I am copying this letter to the Chair of the Govern-ing Body and the Director of Children’s Services for Dorset and as below.
Yours sincerely Stephen McShane
Her Majesty’s Inspector September 2013 Staffing Structure
It is with regret that I have to share with you the fact that Mr Andrew Laws is leaving us in July at the end of this school year. Mr Laws has de-cided to leave education, make a career change and move on to pastures new. Andy will be a great loss to Okeford Fitzpaine and to the teaching profession in general and I want to offer our sincere thanks to him for all his hard work and support. We wish him well in whatever the future holds and I know that he will be missed by children, staff and parents.
We have looked closely at the impact of this loss and as usual spent time assessing future budgets and possible staffing structure to offer our children the best deal.. As a result we are restructuring for September and are planning to move to a 3 class system. Not replacing Andy Laws has been a difficult decision but it has provided financial stability for at least the next 3 years, based on our present expected numbers and budget and has provided children with a class structure that offers consistency in teaching both in the morning and in the afternoon. This is the suggested structure Class 1 (14) Reception and Year 1 - Mrs Cook-Paine and Mrs Don-aldson (job share) Class 2 (15) Year 2 and Year 3 – Miss Moriarty Class 3 (26) Year 4, Year 5 and Year 6 – Mr Johnson Benefits of Change 1. The children will be part of one class and be even more familiar with their teacher (s) and teaching assistant 2. There will be 3 teachers and 3 teaching assistants in the morning and the afternoon 3. Our 9 Reception children will have greater opportunity to “learn through play” in the morning and in the afternoon and the new Year 1 children will be able to continue with the correct differentiated support as appropriate – working in their dedicated room and outside area
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4. Flexibility will as always continue and Year 1 will benefit from work-ing with Year 2/3 when occasions suit 5. It will be important to offer Year 3 the challenge required because they will be in class 2 (remaining in Willow classroom – work at level 3 will be necessary to challenge the brighter children in Year 3 from September 6. Year 4 will be stretched by working with Year 5 and Year 6 (one child) as appropriate Beech Class will move up together and work with Mr John-son – again challenge is the key word and opportunities to develop at a faster rate will be provided. This is a great opportunity to push our able children towards a possible level 6 at the end of Year 6 7. There will be greater consistency and continuity for all children 8. As usual, every child will be monitored closely and offered the inter-vention required to support, stretch and challenge them 9. Change can be hard to cope with and does not always suit everyone. However, I believe this structure will offer the greatest opportunity for our children to succeed with the resources we have available in this small school – we work within the budget we have available. 10. Small is beautiful! We still provide amazing resources – smaller clas-ses in most years remain an attraction for many
Our challenge is to work together to move forward together. Future Pupils
It is great that we have 9 new reception children starting in September, more than double the number from last year!
Also the Pre-School numbers are very healthy for September and we continue to work closely with them. Our Thursday morning sessions where the older pre-school children join reception in school are working brilliantly. It makes the transition to big school so much easier. School Governors
We have 3 vacancies for September, one Parent Governor and two Foundation Governors. This is challenging but rewarding. Please speak to Ian Berry or school if you are interested. The children need you! Afternoon Cream Tea – Thursday 18th July 2013
After our successful Cream Tea earlier this year we are keen to end the year with a similar event. Many visitors expressed a desire for this to be repeated – please support us and enjoy cakes, scones with jam and cream and a welcome hot or cold drink.
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We are hoping for some good summer weather and to enjoy each oth-er’s company outside under the gazebo! If you didn’t come last time you are warmly invited to attend. Come early, the cakes are very popular and go quickly. Beech class, with the help of Jack James are organising this event. Please support them! Some Dates for Your Diary
5th July – Y3/Y4 Singing Day 10th July – Y5/Y6 Sporting Challenge Day at SNHS 11th July – Year 6 Induction Day at SNHS 18th July – Afternoon Cream Tea at 3.30pm – All Welcome 19th July – Year 6 Leavers Service in Church
9am (all children to church not school) 19th July – PFA End of Year Disco – Timings to be confirmed Tuesday 23rd July – 1pm finish for summer holidays
Yours sincerely Mark Acreman Head Teacher
US Holiday A couple with three young children went on holiday to America, and
eventually ended up waiting in line at San Francisco's Pier 41, to pur-chase tickets for a boat trip to Alcatraz. Others watched with varying degrees of sympathy and irritation as the young children fidgeted, whined, and punched one another. The frazzled parents reprimanded them, to no avail. Finally they reached the ticket window. "Five tick-ets, please," the father said. "Two round trip, three one way."
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Located within Okeford Fitzpaine CE VA Primary School
Opening Times Monday to Friday 8.00am - 3.00pm
Ages 2 – 5 years. Experienced, qualified friendly staff. Safe enclosed outdoor play area. Wide range of indoor
activities
Earlier start or later finish time available if required. Please contact Pre-School Manager Niki Carey on
01258 860023 Email: [email protected]
Bumps, Babes and Bigs Toddler Group part of pre-school meets Fridays 9.15 to 11.15 in the school hall during term time. Please
come and join our friendly group.
NEWS FROM THE PRE-SCHOOL
So far this half term we have again been making the most of the garden, with all of the children busy digging in the sand pit, filling and emptying containers in the sand and in the water. They are also having a lot of fun on the slide, using the dens for some quiet time or as a monsters cave! The older children have been continuing their visits to the Reception class but this time as part of their transition days. We are getting ready for our Sports Morning on July 10th, which will be followed by the Leavers party on Thursday 18th July, when we will be saying “good bye” to all those moving up to Primary School.
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Dorset Historic Churches The Great Sponsored Ride & Stride
10.00am - 6.00pm This is the 23rd year of the Great Cycle Ride to raise money for grants
and loans to churches & chapels of all denominations for help with essential fabric repairs and restoration. All ages can take part by bike, foot, wheelchair or on horseback. Most churches will be open between 10am & 6pm to welcome and validate cyclists sponsorship forms. Many offer refreshments and local information.
Sponsorship is based on the number of churches visited. The route,
area and distance is entirely up to the individual participant. Just what you feel you can manage, easy rider or mile-eater it is your choice
Riders can designate half of their sponsorship money to a church or
chapel of their choice. For more information contact Zoe Goddard on 01258 861046, here in
Okeford or go to the website at: www.dorsethistoric.co.uk/churchestrust/ridstride1
With the Trail Way so near this is a good opportunity to raise some
cash for St Andrew’s, if you wish of course, and enjoy a day or half day well away from heavy traffic. Lots of riders pop into the Cheese Festival on their way for some refreshments. the 23rd year of the ‘Great Cycle Ride’ organised by the Dorset Historic Churches Trust. Since 1991 the event has raised over £800,000 to assist churches and chapels of all . Last year the Cycle
Ride raised £60,000, half of which was, as usual, returned immediately to participating parishes. This year you can clicking 'The Just Giving' button immediately below this. If you wish half your donation to be given to a specific
church, please put the name and place of the church in brackets behind your
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LADIES!! Fancy a regular night out full of gossip and laughter?
The local (all ladies) skittles team, the Royal Oak Ladies, is looking for new players.
We welcome players between the ages of 14 and 104! No experience necessary, just come and have a go..
If you are game for a laugh and normally free on a Tuesday night, please
get in touch. Sorry guys, only girls allowed.
Call Alice on 01258 860329 or text 07904636571
Are you camping this summer? Here are some helpful hints…
When using a public campground, a tuba placed outside your tent will keep the spaces on either side vacant.
You can duplicate the warmth of a down-filled bedroll by climbing into a plastic garbage bag filled with several geese.
Take this simple test to see if you qualify for solo camping: shine a torch into one ear. If the beam shines out the other ear, do not go into the woods alone.
A two-man pup tent does not include two men or a pup. A potato baked in the coals for one hour makes an excellent side dish.
A potato baked in the coals for three hours makes an excellent hockey puck.
The sight of a bald eagle has thrilled campers for generations. The sight of a bald man, however, does absolutely nothing for the eagle.
Sewing Group
Our next meeting is on 15th July, at 2.30pm at 15, Bowey by invitation of Margaret Horton.
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Friars Moor Veterinary Clinic
Sturminster Newton & Shaftesbury
Farm Animal Practice &
Domestic Pets Consultation By Appointment
8.30am-6.00pm
24 hour Emergency Care
01258 472314 01747 850500
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NEW VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE AT THE SturQuest COMMUNITY OFFICE
Volunteering can be such a rewarding and satisfying experience, and here at the Community Office I can confirm such notion is felt by our very dependable and valued helpers. However, such is our popularity, we need to recruit more SturQuest Community Office Volunteers to help in our very busy office. If you can commit to 3 hours (9.30am-12.30pm) once a week, have a keen interest in local activities and helping members of the public with enquiries, then, we would like to hear from you.
We also require a SturQuest Website Maintenance Volunteer to up-date the SturQuest website and social media sites. Support is needed from a dedicated specialist with experience in this area who would help us by keeping our website up-to-date with the latest news about the organisation and troubleshooting problems on an ad-hoc basis as and when they occur. If you are able to support our team at least once a week, we would like to hear from you. This is an exciting opportunity for someone to utilise their skills and join the SturQuest team.
For more information, telephone 01258 471456 or visit our website – www.stur.org.uk
Could You Be A Young Ambassador? Then join us for the first meeting at the SturQuest Community Office on Wednesday 10th July
at 6.30pm.
Young Ambassadors will bring an important new strand of input to the SturQuest team and its fellow community operations. Come along and have your say what you would like to have for young people in your area.
The role will offer exciting opportunities and provide individuals with chances to make a real difference by working with SturQuest and its asso-ciated local organisations; a chance to help shape the future of the Stur-minster Newton and the surrounding areas.
For more information, telephone 01258 471456 or visit our website – www.stur.org.uk
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Date Time Venue Price
Show Contact |No
Thurs 4th 7.30 Exchange £15
La Boheme - Pocket Version. Nationale Reisopera. (Dutch Na-tional Touring Co)
01258 475137
Sat 6th 8 pm Exchange Boogie Woogie Festival Concert with interna-tional pianists
01258 475137
Fri 19th 7.30 Exchange £12,£10u18,adv Door £14 & £12
‘The Importance of be-ing Earnest’ Wessex Actors Compa-ny
01258 475137
Fri 26th 3.00 Exchange £15
La Boheme - Pocket Version. Nationale Reisopera. (Dutch Na-tional Touring Co)
01258 475137
Mon 29th 17.30 Milton Abbey Free
Choral Evensong Festival Chamber Choir.
01258 881844
Tues 30th 17.30 Milton Abbey Free
Choral Evensong Festival Choral Course
01258 881844
Tues 30th 19.30 Milton Abbey £10
Champagne Reception. Dan Baker, Cham-pagne inc in ticket
01258 881844
Wed 31st 14.00 Milton Abbey £5
Luke Bond Organ Recital
01258 881844
The Entertainemt Page. What’s on in the district in July
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Outdoor Eating.
When the kids are on holiday it’s time to think about picnics. This year it may be in the car, a shelter on the prom or in the lee of a wall shel-tering from the rain so it’s as well to stick to ‘finger food’. More manage-able. As a change from sandwiches here are some pies, pastries and other things to fill those cold boxes. They freeze well too.
Hunter’s Rolls A nice change from Sausage Rolls.
6oz short crust or flaky pastry. 4oz corned beef, 1 apple, peeled, cored & chopped, 2 tspns chopped pickled walnuts (or other pickle to taste), 2 tspns horseradish cream, beaten egg, salt & pepper.
Roll out pastry and cut into 6 pieces, 4in x 3in (10cm x 8cm). Finely chop corned beef. Mix with apple, pickle, horseradish cream and bind with a little egg. Season to taste. Roll into 6 sausage shapes and place one on each piece of pastry, damp edges and roll up pressing edges firmly to seal. Place on baking sheet, brush with beaten egg and cook in hot ov-en 425°F/220C/Gas Mark 7 for 15 mins. Serve hot or cold.
Bacon Picnic Roll
6 back bacon rashers rinded, 1lb sausage meat, 1 apple peeled cored and finely chopped, 2 tbsps finely chopped onion, 1 tspn chopped sage (or ½ tspn dried sage), 3 hard-boiled eggs.
Finely chop 2 rashers. Mix the chopped bacon with the sausage meat, apple, onion & sage. Spread out the mixture on a floured surface to a 23cm (9 inch) square. Place the eggs in a line on the square, then roll up. Wrap the remaining bacon around the roll, wrap in foil and place on a baking sheet. Bake in pre-heated moderate oven (180°C/350°F/Gas mark 4) for about 1¼ hours. 15 mins before the end of cooking fold back the foil to allow the roll to brown . Cool completely before slicing.
Picnic Pies If you don’t fancy or approve of veal use minced pork. 8 oz boneless veal, 4 oz bacon, 8 oz pork sausages skinned, pinch ground mace, salt & pepper, 1lb puff pastry, 2 hard-boiled eggs sliced, beaten egg to glaze.
Mince veal and bacon together, then mix in sausage meat, mace and salt & pepper. Roll out pastry and use ⅔ of it to line patty tins. Put a spoonful of the meat mixture into each tin and place an egg slice on top. Cover with the rest of the meat mixture, cover with pastry lids and brush with beaten egg. Bake in hot oven (220C°/425°F/Gas mark 7) for 45 minustes, then reduce temperature to moderate (160°C/350°F/Gas mark 4)
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and continue baking for 25 mins. It’s sometimes rather nice to have a home-made drink to cool down so
why not try one of these.
Apple & Orange Refresher 1lb dessert apples, peeled, core & chopped, juice of 1 lemon and water
equal to ⅓ pt, 1 oz sugagr, juice of 3 oranges. Simmer apples in lemon juice and water until just tender. Blend in
liquiiser until smooth, mix with orange juice. Chill thoroughly. Serve garnished with an orange wedge.
Indian Summer Cider One for the grown ups!
4 level tspns castor sugar, ½ pt freshly made medium strength indian tea (or what you have), ½ pt cider, crushed ice, 4 lemon slices.
Add sugar to tea, stir until disolved. Combine with the cider. Chill. Cover base of each glass with crushed ice. Fill with the tea and cider mixture. Add slice of lemon to each.
Diddy Cup for 12 servings Good for a children’s party.
3 12 oz cans (or cartons) orange juice, 12 cloves, ½ bottle French blackcurrant syrup (or Ribeena is you wish), 2 pts soda water, 6-8 ice cubes, 1 orange cut into rings, 10oz can blackcurrants (drained, sprigs mint.
Put orange juice & cloves into pan, bring slowly to boil. Strain and leave to cool. When cold add syrup and chill thoroughly. Add soda water and ice and stir. Decorate with orange rings, blackcurrants and mint.
When the little toads have gone home add some rum and have a
reviver.
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Holiday Picnics in the 1940’s As kids at some time during the long summer holidays, we would
pester our mums ‘Mum, Mum, can we take our tea to Bennett End Hill, please, please….? Eventually.. ‘Oh, alright then! But behave yourselves!’
Off we went, a motley crew of scruffy kids, trailing through the village,
assorted ages, boys, girls and toddlers, collecting one or two others as we went. The older girls, well trained by their mums, were very much in charge. There was always toddlers in tow. The older children took great care of the tinies. Stuffing them full of ripe blackberries, wiping noses etc. Popping them behind the inevitable bush as needed. Nobody cared about germs in those days.
We loved Bennett End Hill. Rough chalk pasture, gradually going wild, with bushes to hide in, wild flowers to pick and take home for mum. I particulaly loved the wild marjoram, covered with Chalk Hill Blue butterflies. I grow it in my garden now and it always reminds me of those carefee afternoons. We found wild strawberries and blackberries to eat and the boys hunted for adders. They never actually caught one because they made such a racket that any self-respecting snake was soon miles way. The most they found were the shed skins, still a great trophy. No one every got bitten, except for ants, some one always managed to sit on a nest. The picnic was, by modern standards, a frugal affair. Jam or fish paste sandwiches, or if you were really unlucky, bread and marg. All wrapped in greaseproof paper, or old flour bags. Sometimes a piece of cake, but not often, after all there was a war on. Coming from a fruit growing area there was always fruit. Usually Beauty of Bath apples, small rosy and sweet but with a tang to them. Occasionally, I admit, suplimented by anything that we could craftily scrump on our journey. We always kept an eye on Old Springel’s orchard to see was available, but an even more careful eye out for Old Springel himself. He could be a bit quick with his walking stick and although old, he still had a pretty powerful arm. The feast was washed down with bottles of tap oe well water. Other kids sandwiches always seemed more interesting than your own and a lot of swapping went on. After all if your own garden produced mostly greengages and some one elses raspberries, it was nice to have a
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LEWESTON NURSERY Situated just outside Sherborne in 46 acres of beautiful Dorset parkland, Leweston Nursery and Prep offer an inspiring education in a happy and purposeful environment to girls and boys aged 2 to 11.
A Catholic Foundation which welcomes pupils of all denominations
Leweston School Trust Is a registered Charity number 295175
For more information please contact Chiara Damant on
01963 211010 or email: [email protected]
www.leweston.co.uk Morning and afternoon sessions and after school crèche available. Free Parent and Toddler Music
Group every Thursday 9am-11am. Just drop in!
change. Mums gave the kids what they had most of and we weren’t fussy.
After a glorious afternoon spent crawling through the undergrowth, making camps, amusing the tinies by making daisy chains, blowing over grass leaves clamped between your thumbs (remember that?), shooting plantains at each other and generally having a wonderful time with no interferance from any adults for hours, we would wend our grubby way homeward taking it in turns to carry the weary, blackberry stained toddlers. Funnily enough they seldom whinged or cried.
Arriving home we usually were greeted by
‘Good Grief!.... Just look at the state of you!”
But then, a mucky kid is usually a happy kid!
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DORSET COUNTY MUSEUM
Launch of Hardy Country Initiative Thursday 6 June 2013 at 7pm
On Thursday 6 June 2013 a major new project promoting the world of Thomas Hardy is being launched.
“Hardy Country” is a brand new initiative from a group made up of Dorset County Museum, The National Trust, Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, The Thomas Hardy Society, and Dorset County Council. They have been working together to make Hardy Country into an interna-tionally recognised, high quality visitor destination.
The first objective is to provide a firm link between the two Hardy properties (Hardy’s birthplace and Max Gate), Dorset County Museum (which houses the famous ‘Hardy Collection’) and Clouds Hill, former retreat of TE Lawrence. All are locations strongly associated with Hardy, his life and his novels and poetry and they come together here for the first time to make a co-ordinated visitor “offer”.
Accessed by a joint ticket costing just £20 (a saving of £6 on visiting all the locations separately), the project will inspire intellectual, emotional and physical engagement with the Dorset landscape and its cultural herit-age. For the first time, Thomas Hardy will be properly placed within the landscape and historic built environment that surrounded him during his life. Tickets will be on sale at all four locations plus the Dorchester Tour-ist Information Centre from 6 June. More information is available from the website at www.hardycountry.org.
Jon Murden, Director of Dorset County Museum said, “If Hardy Coun-try works well, we will look to develop the offer further by introducing walking and cycling trails and possibly shuttle buses or cycle hire be-tween all the locations to help bring Hardy’s world alive to our visitors.”
For further info contact: Rachel Cole Dorset County Museum Tel: 01305 262735 or email [email protected]
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FIPPENNY GARDEN CLUB
Wow! What a great talk we had on Kingfishers, stunning pictures with a wonderful story about the development of wildlife photography.
OUR NEXT EVENT:
THE SUMMER SHOW Programme:-
Friday 19th July: 6.00 to 7.00pm – Potato competition weigh-in Saturday 20th July: 10.00 to 12.00noon - Register show exhibits 10.00 to 12.15 pm – Stage your exhibits 12.30 pm - hall closed for judging of exhibits 2.30pm – Show opens to visitors
- Tea, coffee and cakes available - Sale of raffle tickets
3.30pm – Presentation of cups and prizes - Raffle draw
Show programmes (including entry form) are available from the village shop and committee members.
For our show we welcome entries from any resident of the parish. We have a great variety of classes including fruit, vegetables, floral and domestic. This year we have a special section for children’s entries that include making a potato man, three gingerbread men, mixed flower display and a pre-school painting competition. More entries means more fun, so do get involved.
On a practical note, it does help us (and you) if you come early to register and stage your exhibits on the morning of the show. There tends to be a bit of a rush as the closing time of 12.00 noon approaches (Being earlier also gives you more time to stage your exhibits).
I look forward to welcoming you all and having a great show!
FRED PHILPOTT, Chairman
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The Rev Dr Gary Bowness continues his tongue-in-cheek letters from ‘Uncle Eustace’… If you would like a copy of our published booklet of Uncle Eustace’s letters, please email us at: [email protected] On why we don’t bother to lock the church
The Rectory St. James the Least My dear Nephew Darren
Since I happened to be in your area last week, I tried to call in at your church, and was sorry to find it was locked and bolted, with surveillance cameras watching me.
We tend to be a little more relaxed about matters of security. The key to the medieval lock was lost some time during Queen Victoria’s reign and never replaced. How someone managed to misplace a foot long piece of cast iron, weighing about 10 pounds is a mystery. If it had fallen out of someone’s pocket, it would certainly have broken their foot. Ever since, no one has bothered with locking the door – which makes me wish our burglars last year had thought of trying it, before wasting so much energy smashing a stained glass window when they visited in the early hours one morning. On the other hand, were the key still in use, I should probably be arrested these days for carrying an offensive weapon.
As with most rural churches, keys which open just about everything in
the village are hidden in various parts of the church. The vestry key is un-der my seat cushion, the organ key under a vase on the altar, the church hall key on top of the hymn book cupboard, and Miss Simpson‘s spare front door key inside the font. I have never been certain whether the latter is there for safety, or as a general invitation. I am sure someone could use-fully produce a book suggesting the many places keys are likely to be found secreted in churches for the use of vergers, flower arrangers, clean-ers – and thieves wanting to save themselves time and effort.
I suspect that the burdened look that many urban clergy wear is not be-
cause they are weighed down with parish troubles, but because they are obliged to carry with them a superfluity of keys needed to negotiate every door in church, hall, school and vicarage. And why is there always one for which no one has any idea what it opens?
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The only occasion I have ever thought it would be useful to be able to lock a church is when you have a party of visitors inside. So often, on hearing the words “let us pray” or the start of an appeal for funds, they bolt for the door.
Your loving uncle, Eustace
A Cautionary Tale from Trading Standards In Spring 2012 Dorset Trading Standards received a call from the po-
lice about a gentleman in his 70s who was having some work done on his roof. The gentleman (Mr X) had received a knock on his door from a man who was offering to fit some plastic edging to his roof. Mr X agreed to this work being done. No sooner had they started than the roofer came back to the door and said the wood on the roof was rotten and he could fix it but it would £4500. Fortunately for Mr X a neighbour was concerned and called the police who turned up and arrested the roofer, it turned out he was wanted for crimes elsewhere. Trading standards then employed a surveyor to look at the roof and he confirmed that the wood wasn’t rotten and didn’t need replacing. Mr X had a lucky escape thanks to his neigh-bour and was £4500 better off. There is a piece of law that requires a trader who visits your home to give you a 7 day cooling off period and a notice of right to cancel if the suggested work costs more that £35. If they don’t give you this notice they are breaking the law and can be prosecuted as was the roofer in this case.
We recommend that you do not deal with traders who cold call you and
offer to do work for you. Look out for the Buy With Confidence logo, we check traders so you
don’t have to. Visit the website www.buywithconfidence.gov.uk or call the Citizens Advice Consumer helpline on 08454 04 05 06.
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News from Dorset County Council Trading Standards Service It is estimated that nearly half of people in the UK have been targeted by a scam and that £3.5 billion is lost to scams every year.
Scams are schemes to con people out of their money. Other names for scams include fraud, hoax, con, swindle or cheat. Scams con in a variety of ways such as by post, phone, email, online and sometimes via a knock at the door.
There are hundreds of scams including fake lotteries and prize draws, bogus health cures, dodgy investments schemes, pyramid selling, phishing – to name just a few. These may change as people become aware of them and as scammers attempt to keep one step ahead.
People from all walks of life get conned because scammers are clever and are always on the lookout for dubious new activities. Spot Scams
It could be a scam if: The call, or letter, e-mail or text has come out of the blue. You’ve never heard of the lottery or competition they are talking about
and didn’t buy a ticket. They are asking you to send money in advance. They are telling you that you have to respond quickly so you don’t get
time to think about it or talk to family and friends before you decide. They are telling you to keep it a secret.
Stop Scams Report it. If you have been scammed, or if you think someone has
tried to scam you, report it to Action Fraud on 0300 123 2040 or visit www.actionfraud.police.uk/contact-us
Get advice. The Citizens Advice Consumer Service 08454 04 05 06 can provide advice and pass details of rogue traders to Trading Standards.
Tell someone. Tip off a friend, neighbour or relative about the scams you become aware of.
Look out for the Buy With Confidence logo - trading standards check traders so you don’t have to.
Visit the website www.buywithconfidence.gov.uk or call
The Citizens Advice Consumer Service 08454 04 05 06.
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Flower Rota August
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17th & 24th Mrs S Jay
31st & 7th Sept Mrs L Bradshaw
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Who’s Who
Okeford Fitzpaine School Mr. M. Acreman Head 860530
Mr Ian Berry Chairman of Governors
860656
Parish Council Mr Mike Burt Chairman 807697
Mrs Sandra Deary Clerk 01258 459863
Tree Officer Adam Saberton 01258 861577
Footpaths Mark Paine 861719
Homewatch Mike Wood co-ordinator 860146
Transport Mrs Anthea Calcott 861071
Pre - school Niki Carey Manager 860023
Village Hall Mrs Diane Burt Secretary 807697
Mrs Diane Burt Bookings 807697
Okeford United Mr Stephen Corben Chairman 861327
Football Club Mr Allan Frampton 860083
Fippenny Garden Club Fred Philpott Chairman 863419
Mrs. Marilyn Berry Secretary 860656
Short Mat Bowling Club Mrs Barbara Pluthero
861524
Youth Club Mike Bennett Youth Worker 01258 472368
Allotment Group Robert Loving Chairman 860966
Fippenny News E-mail [email protected]
Mrs Barbara Pluthero
Distribution 861524
Mrs Jane Tapping Editor 860095
Shop The Olde Bell Stores & Post Office 860414
The Royal Oak 861561
Surgery Child Okeford 860687
The Hill C.O. Kate Partridge & Richard Muffett
Editor email:- [email protected]