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Published by: Debbie & Stephen Corney at Dorset Publications

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Copy deadline for November edition: 25th October 2012 Disclaimer: Whilst every care has been taken to ensure that data in this publication is accurate, the publisher cannot accept any liability to any party to loss or damage caused by errors or omissions resulting from negligence, accident or any other cause.

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Hello Southbourne, Autumn is now truly here, the nights are drawing in and the air is somewhat cooler. Stephen, Hayden and I did in fact get our last dip in the sea just a couple of weeks ago. We have a rubber dinghy, not quite like the yachts we see bobbing in the water, but fun nevertheless. Wet suits are a good idea too! I looked very glamorous in mine… Can I hear you laughing?

This month in The Southbourne Link we have our very important trades and business people to call. I generally think things are looking up—I deliberately don’t listen to the news—so make sure the house and garden are ready for the colder season. Is the boiler working fine? Are the electrics all good? Does the garden need a tidy, does the chimney need sweeping or do you need new fitted wardrobes to cope with all those winter clothes? All the help you will find inside.

Please do keep our local businesses busy! Oh Yes… Sunny’s Fish and Chips has a great Monday offer for you.

If you have a local club you would like us all to know about or have an interesting story to tell, then please let me know. I would love to hear from you. Have you lived in Southbourne a long time and want to share your memories—then do give me a call. We can share them with the rest of the community. I am also looking for a local historian. Do you know of someone?

The lucky winner of the pair of tickets to see Marty Wilde’s Rock ’n’ Roll Party was Mrs M. Scudamore.

Well done! We hope you enjoy the show.

Here’s to a good month of October.

Best Wishes,

Debbie

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Talking about wildlife...

It’s Fungi Time!

Fungi are not classified as either plants or animals, but form a kingdom of their own comprising a broad range of organisms, such as brackets, stinkhorns and puffballs, in addition to the more familiar mushrooms and toadstools. Apart from being a delicious and nutritious addition to our diets, fungi are of great ecological importance, supporting many plants and wildlife. They come in a hugely diverse group of shapes, forms and colours, and many have illustrative names; take for instance the parasol, horn of plenty, amethyst deceiver or destroying angel; extremely poisonous as the name implies!

What we normally call ‘the fungus’, or mushrooms, are actually the fruiting body of the microscopic organisms, the finely threaded mycelia, that live in the soil. Fungi have been around for millions of years and exist ever ywhere on the planet. In the UK, thousands of different species have been recorded, many of them edible.

Autumn is a good time to enjoy a fungus foray in the woods to reap the benefits of this wonderful natural resource. Some of the most common ones such as the chanterelles, wax caps and boletes are delicious, as is the wellknown penny bun, found in coniferous and deciduous woods, but as many fungi are notoriously difficult to identify and can cause ill

FUNGI FORAY WITH EXPERT JOHN WRIGHT Saturday 3rd Nov at Kingcombe Meadows or Sunday 4th Nov at Powerstock Common 10am to 4pm, 4pm join John Wright (of River Cottage fame) to discover the amazing range of fungus species of either of the nature reserves. There will be a brief introduction before a guided walk to find and identify fungi. Each day will end with a taster of some of the edible fungi found.

To book your place on one of these days ring 01300 320684, 320684 or visit www.kingcombe.org. www.kingcombe.org Course fee £50.

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or even dangerous side effects, take care to learn about them first. A fungus foray with an expert is the way to get started. Some fungi, like the fly agaric, are strikingly easy to spot, but m an y ot her po ison ous fungi loo k deceptively similar to edible ones. It is a good goal to learn to identify a few new species every year and there are regular courses and forays each year to help you, or you might pr efer to sim ply enj oy the ir colour ful contribution to autumn, maybe even capturing it on camera or with paint.

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Fly Agaric 'Amanita muscaria' by Ken Dolbear MBE

PAINTING FUNGI & AUTUMN COLOUR 4.30 pm Monday 24th Sept. to 4.00 pm Friday 28th Sept.

There are many utterly fascinating fungi and many species can be found growing around Kingcombe. Join Sheila Mannes Abbot and learn to draw and paint fungi such as fly agaric and orange birch bolete in their natural settings..

Dorset Wildlife Trust’s Kingcombe Centre, Toller Porcorum, Dorchester, DT2 0EQ To book your place on the course ring 01300 320684, 320684 or visit www.kingcombe.org. www.kingcombe.org Course fee: £370.00 (non-residential: £277.00)

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SPARKLE APPEAL GETS FAB SUPPORT Local charity The Sparkle Appeal, which raises mon ey for Poole’s Victoria Education Centre (VEC) for young, disabled people, is set to benefit from a Bournemouth boutique’s unique ‘Dress to Donate’ initiative.

Fab Frocks of Westbourne, which has one of the largest selection of evening and cocktail dresses on the south coast, will be donating to the charity 10% of every full price dress sold to anyone attending the forthcoming ‘Touch of Sparkle’ Ball on Friday 26 October at the Italian Villa at Compton Acres in Poole.

Fab Frocks will also be supporting the event with in-store promotions, an extremely sparkly Sparkle Ball window display plus a web and E-shot campaign.

Tracie Beardsley, director of Fab Frocks said: “ We only launched the Dress to Donate initiative in September and we have already supported the children’s charity Julia’s House through our Dress to Donate scheme. We are delighted to now be supporting the Sparkle Appeal with their first ever ball.”

Diana Newbury, Capital Appeals Manager for The Sparkle Appeal said: “All the children at VEC have to receive regular therapy and in order to truly realise their potential we urgently need to upgrade and renovate the physical facilities for their therapy. The Sparkle Appeal recently completed the fundraising for Phase 1 of our project, to raise £2.8m to build a new hydrotherapy pool.

“Phase 2 will be officially launched at ‘A Touch of Sparkle’ Ball. A new state of the art Therapy Centre (at a cost of £1.2m) will bring together, under one roof,

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physiotherapists, speech & language therapists and occupational therapists to provide integrated, holistic therapy for the greatest benefit to our pupils.”

She added: “Fab Frocks supported the Sparkle Appeal at a fashion show earlier this year which raised over £1000 and we are delighted to have the support of their ‘Dress to Donate’ scheme.“

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50 Shades of Green How to make Estate Agents sexy!

Let’s face facts; the world of Estate Agents tends not to get the pulse racing particularly hard. Buying a house is, for most people, the biggest purchase they will ever make, which makes it scary and daunting and often very expensive. Estate Agents over the years have developed a reputation for adding to the stress and expense in how they conduct their business. But there is one Estate Agent in Bournemouth who might just buck the trend and, whisper it, make Estate Agency sexy.

Mr Green Estate Agents was established in 2009 by Simon Ward. Simon had been working as a Mortgage Broker for a local company, and his role took him into all the local Estate Agents in the area, where he saw firsthand how the market really worked. “What surprised and shocked me” Simon says “is how much money people were charged and how badly they were treated. I started to think surely there must be a better way to conduct business and that’s when the idea for Mr Green took shape”.

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Simon started the business from his mother’s back bedroom, with an advert in the local paper. “It took me 4 months before I secured my first sale” reflects Simon “but the feeling when I did was fantastic”. Three months later Simon was able to move into an office sharing with an independent financial advisor, but to him the office/shop front is not a key part of his business. “It’s all about how you deal with people, how you treat them on a personal level, that’s what makes the difference. I get 90% of my business from word of mouth, which is so much more powerful than what the shop can offer”.

Right from the start, Simon knew he had to do things differently with Mr Green. He comments “it’s such a competitive market, that the slightest change to the norm can make a big difference”. For Simon it is all about how he goes about marketing the properties on his books. “I only use a professional photographer” he claims “and the brochures I produce are very high quality. You only get a brief opportunity to sell a property to a

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potential buyer, and it’s so important to make sure the property looks the best it can”. And Simon has plenty of examples where this approach has been successful: “I had one property recently that had

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been on the market for nine months with three other Agents. We took some new photos, rewrote the description in the brochure and on our website, and sold the property in a few days” says Simon proudly “and the reaction of the seller made my week!”

Mr Green is now celebrating its third anniversary and Simon’s plans for the future suggest there is more to come.

“We have to continue innovating and staying ahead of the competition” he says “we have now developed a reputation for excellent marketing and honest polite customer service, and the challenge is to build and develop on that”. There are plans to open a new shop next year, to add to the current shop in Tuckton, and also Simon hopes to take on new staff as well. “We’ve recently started to offer property to rent and we are applying the same principles in this market, so the future is very green” Simon says. And let it be said, just a little bit sexy!

T: 01202 387718 E: info@mrgreenhomes.co.uk

“Does everything you’d want from an agent. Found a buyer at a really good price very quickly. Then sorted everything from A to B. We had 7 agents come round and value the property but we went with Mr Green as Simon was polite, had done his research properly and the marketing is head and shoulders above any other agent” Mr K Green, A happy customer

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Green House Hotel gets national recognition Bournemouth hotel The Green House received national recognition the other night when it was named AA Eco Hotel of the Year 2012-13, sponsored by British Gas, at the AA Hospitality Awards held at the London Hilton, Park Lane.

The AA Eco Hotel of the Year award recognises a clear commitment to sustainability, demonstrated through good practice and policy to make a positive contribution to reducing impact on the environment. In addition to the standard eco steps such as energy saving light bulbs and recycling, The Green House in Bournemouth has spent the past four years instigating over 100 eco initiatives to make sure that guest are spoilt without spoiling anything else.

From locally sourced produced including carpets and furniture, which is made from storm or tree surgeon felled timber, to on-site generation of electricity, eco paint and wallpaper and even a company car that runs on used cooking oil from the kitchen, the team at The Green House really do go that extra mile for their guests and the environment.

Speaking of their win, General Manager Olivia O’Sullivan said, ‘We are absolutely thrilled to be recognized by the AA as Eco Hotel of the Year!! At The Green House, we live and breathe sustainability; spoiling our guests without spoiling anything else!’

The AA Hospitality Awards, hosted this year by Kate Silverton, saw the great and good of the country’s hospitality industry come together to celebrate not only the amazing achievements of the individuals and establishments receiving recognition

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for outstanding excellence in their field but also 20 years of the iconic AA Restaurant Guide.

The evening opened with a tribute to the AA Restaurant Guide by Heston Blumenthal and Raymond Blanc before the superb gourmet meal created by chef Jason Atherton and the team at the London Hilton Park Lane and entertainment from glamorous string quartet Siren.

The award event also sees the launch of the 2013 AA guides to UK hotels, restaurants, pubs and B&Bs which contain details of all the winning establishments.

General Manager Olivia O’Sullivan with the award

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Don’t miss out this Christmas It won’t be long before the festive season is upon us. Christmas is just around the corner and it can be a particularly difficult time for those who are challenged with a hearing loss. Not understanding what is being said in a busy or noisy environment can be isolating and make it impossible to join in family conversation.

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Ratty returns Water voles are now being spotted regularly at Moors Valley Country Park, near Ringwood thanks to the success of a long-term reintroduction programme initiated and overseen by Rangers from East Dorset Countryside Management Service.

The first water vole release in the Park took place last summer following an extensive period of riverbank clearance and monitoring for predatory mink. Their successful survival led to a second release this summer, with 120 water voles joining those already established in the river systems, introducing new bloodlines and a boost to the existing population.

Th e p ro je ct h as in vo lv ed a h u g e commitment in terms of time and effort.

This has come not just from the Rangers, b u t al so fro m th e n i n e ad j ac en t landowners, who have worked together to provide suitable habitats and crucially, monitor the rivers for mink activity.

The idea to reintroduce the water vole to Moors Valley Country Park was first conceived back in 2009. Local people fondly remembered sightings of Kenneth Graham’s iconic Wind in the Willows character in the Crane and Moors river system, and the Rangers were keen to bring ‘Ratty’ back to the Park. But with water vole populations struggling to survive across the country the conditions had to be exactly right.

“The water vole is Britain’s fastest declining mammal,” said Senior Countryside Ranger, Matt Reeks. “And that decline has been caused principally by loss of habitat and predation by North American mink.

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Derek Gow with one of the first watervoles released at Moors Valley. Photo: Hattie Miles “For a successful reintroduction we needed not only to ensure they had a suitable immediate habitat but also to monitor a wide area both inside and outside the Park to make sure we were not bringing the water vole to a river system where they would quickly be eaten by mink”.

The team were helped by the UK’s leading water vole conservation specialist and breeder, Derek Gow, and also benefited from the advice and experience of the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust, the inventors of a simple but highly effective ‘mink raft’.

“Six thousand mink were released by animal activists from a local fur firm back in 1998 which had a huge impact on the local water vole population. We wanted to make sure our returning water voles would be safe,” said Matt. “The mink rafts have been designed to attract curious mammals, and once ‘on board’ they walk over a clay pad which very neatly records their tracks.”

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Find us online at www.southbournelink.co.uk enabling the Rangers to collect accurate evidence about the local mammal population. After a year of regular monitoring they knew the area was mink free, and the reintroduction could go ahead.

The mink rafts have also played an important role in confirming the survival of the first released population of water voles, regularly revealing the water voles’ distinctive star-shaped four-toed front foot. Otter tracks were also spotted regularly and there is good evidence that they will catch and kill mink. Otters will also eat the voles, but as they cannot enter the water vole burrows the two species can coexist and their presence is confirmation of the quality of both the water in the river system and riverbank habitat.

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some photographs on both the river banks and in the water. Recent surveys have found some well-established colonies in some of the quieter areas of the Park.

“We really couldn’t be happier,” said Clare Gronow, Countryside Manager at Moors Valley. “As the third most visited country park in England we try to strike a careful balance between managing our visitors and ensuring our wildlife thrives.

Of course it’s early days, but it’s wonderful to know that the water vole is now establishing itself again here at Moors Valley and that the work of so many people has been successful. As guardians of the Park we couldn’t be more pleased that we have been able to play a part in maintaining that rich biodiversity”.

For more information on the water vole programme and the full range of naturebased activities available at the Park contact the Rangers on 01425 470721 or visit www.moors-valley.co.uk.

Female water vole carrying young Photo: Brian Chard

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Ebony, the 4 month old labrador cross, is a typical puppy and a very intelligent little girl. She is lucky enough to have found her ‘forever home’ and with that, Waggy Tails Rescue is proud to announce that it has now re-homed its 3000th animal. The vast majority of those helped have been dogs though there are a few kind volunteers who find homes for rabbits and guinea-pigs too.

Sadly, the need for the charity to exist continues, and the number of dogs we can take in depends on how many foster places we have available. We also need to raise money to fund our work and this is done through street and store collections, special events and our three shops. Visit our website: www.waggytails.org.uk or phone the office on 01202 875000 if you would like to know more about our work and, especially, if you would like to volunteer to make more ‘happy endings’.

WAGGY TAILS RESCUE, is a registered charity based in Ferndown. They rescue and re-home dogs that have been abandoned, neglected or otherwise in need of a good home.

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Reface Not Replace, Say Granite Transformations How you can refresh your kitchen décor in just a day or so.

Fed up with the dated look of your old kitchen or keen to put your own stamp on a property, having just moved house? Then what’s better than a complete kitchen makeover There are not that many options for an instant kitchen makeover, but the Granite Transformations showroom in Branksome, Poole can offer exactly that. They can reface your existing work surfaces with beautiful new solid worktops made from Italian granite, quartz or recycled glass, in a single day.

Thanks to their unique ‘top that fits on top’, a tough, slimline and flexible material that’s installed neatly over most surfaces, it’s possible for them to transform your kitchen décor with exciting new colours and finishes, in a virtually instant makeover. It’s also far more affordable than installing a new fitted kitchen.

If you’re tired of your old kitchen cabinet doors and splashbacks, then Granite Transformations can

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reface them too, although that would add another day or so. In each case, there’s no ripping out, no mess, no debris, no camping out in the dining room for weeks and, normally, just two qualified Granite Transformations fitters in the house, with most of the preparatory work carried out offsite.

As to the cabinet doors and drawer fronts, they are made by a process that minimises material and energy waste at source, while the made-to-measure service means they can be tailored to fit any existing units, whatever the age and style. Granite Transformations also provide door handles, drawer pulls and, if you choose, new sink and drainer inserts for your refaced worktops.

Refacing your kitchen doesn’t mean compromising on quality, colour s and finishe s either.

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Complementary or contrasting door styles are also available in high gloss acrylic surfaces, plain or embellished woodgrains, simple Shaker designs and fashionable white, cream and alabaster.

To view the complete Granite Transformations worktop, door and splashbacks collection, call in at the showroom in Branksome, 453 Poole Road, Branksome, Poole, BH12 1DH or visit their website at: www.granitetransformations.co.uk/poole

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The Sensational 60’s Experience www.regentcentre.co.uk

Tel: 01202 499 199 WHAT’S ON AT THE REGENT?

WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND Tues 16–Sat 20 Oct 7.30pm, Mat Sat 2.30pm Andrew Lloyd Webber classic, presented by BBLOC Tickets: £14.50, Concessions: £13.50, Mat: £11.50

TOTALLY TINA UK’s No 1 Tina Turner tribute Sunday 21 October 7.30pm Tickets: £16, Concessions: £15

THE BARRON KNIGHTS Thursday 25 October 7.30pm Tickets: £16.50

Saturday 24 November at 7.30pm The Pavilion, Bournemouth This quintessential 60s line up is packed with nostalgia and hits such as, The Tremeloes: Silence is Golden, Twist and Shout, Here comes my Baby, Do you Love Me , Helule Helule, Even The Bad Times Are Good, Angel Of The Morning.

Hermans Hermits: I’m Into Something Good, Something Is Happening, No Milk Today, I’m Henry The 8th, Silhouettes, Mrs Bro wn You ’ ve Got A Lovel y Daughter. The Union Gapuk, Young Girl, Lady Willpower, Woman Woman, Over You. The Dreamers: I’m Telling You Now, You Were Made For Me, I Love You Baby & I Understand, to name but a few.

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Concert Christchurch U3A’s Vintage Brass Band present a concert with young musicians of The Richard Ely Trust at 7pm on Saturday, 20 October 2012 at the Holy Trinity Methodist Church, Southbourne Road, Bournemouth, BH6 5AQ. Tickets are £6 each and can be obtained via our website: www.christchurchu3a.org.uk/vintagebrass or by forwarding a s.a.e. with cheque, payable to “Christchurch U3A Vintage Brass”, to Jilly Pickett, Vintage Brass Booking Office, 2a Southville Road, Southbourne, Bournemouth, BH5 2JT. Tel: 01202 422074 Email: jillypickett@gmail.com

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Boscombe & Southbourne Probus Club We are a club of retired & semi-retired gentlemen who meet on the second Thursday of each month with a speaker followed by lunch. The speaker for November is Bryan Pinchen and the topic is "Legs, Wings & Carnivorous Things".

Our meetings are held at: The Liston Hotel, 5 Wollstonecraft Rd, Boscombe, Bournemouth We also have outings, coffee mornings, theatre trips and dinner dances.

If you are interested in joining, please contact our Honorary Secretary Chris Freeman on 01202 430265 or via email at chrisnfreeman@gmail.com. www.boscombeandsouthbourneprobusclub.co.uk

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The Lions Club of Bournemouth The International Association of Lions Clubs, District 105D Incorporating Lions Clubs International District 105D Charitable Trust, Registered Number 1072984

World Sight Day Thursday, 11th October At 3.30pm The Mayor of Bournemouth will be leading a procession of visually impaired a n d b l i n d f o l d e d p e o p le , d o w n O l d Christchurch Road from Hinton Road to The Square to raise awareness of the problems of blindness. The Lions Club of Bournemouth will have a Stand in the Square and invite you to come along and have a free test, taken by a qualified pharmacist, for possible signs of diabetes, which can lead to blindness. The Stand will be open from 10a.m. to 5p.m.

Please come along and also bring all your unwanted old spectacles (and hearing aids, too), all of which The Lions Club will re-cycle and send to third-world countries.

Bumper Jumble Sale Saturday, 20th October To be held at:

The Annunciation Hall, 218 Charminster Road, Bournemouth from 10am to Noon.

Admission 50p. Good-as-New, Books, Tombola, Refreshments.

Deaf Awareness Training Session (Free of charge) Date Venue -

Saturday, 27th October, 2012 Time - 10am to 12.30pm The Durley Dean Hotel, 28 West Cliff Road, Bournemouth, BH2 5HE

To book your place please register before Friday, 19th October, 2012 Contact - Tel: 01425 270773 or email babsjere@aol.com The Deaf Aware Training Session is in two parts - the theory and practical activities.

The Training Session starts with a questionnaire - asking questions about what participants know about deafness - before the course. During the training all questions are examined and at the end of the session we look at the questions again. No scores are taken and everybody passes.

During the theory session, which lasts about 45 minutes, information is exchanged between the Presenter and course participants covering the extent of the problem, causes of deafness and clues for recognising deafness.

The practical activities last for around one and a half hours and it is definitely audience participation time.

Practical ways for the hearing person to communicate with the hearing impaired person are explored, we can have a meaningful conversation - but it is not always using speech. We explore lip reading, signing, finger spelling, signed supported English, cued speech, mime and gesture- i.e. charades, pictures/symbols, written communication. There is no one right way to communicate. The means of communication is dependant on the two parties concerned. The Training Session gives all participants an introduction to different ways to communicate.

It is a theoretical and practical course which provides skills for everyone to improve communication skills with the people who have a slight hearing loss to those who cannot hear anything. Whether those attending directly work with hearing impaired people or they have a relative, friend, etc, who has a hearing problem, they will benefit greatly from this Training Session.

All those attending will have a certificate which can be used in the professional environment as evidence of training

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Index of Advertisers Acupuncturists Jackie Greenwood.................................................25 Bathrooms K&B Installations ..................................................22 The Kitchen Bedroom Bathroom Company...........12 Blinds, Curtains & Shutters Ashley Blinds......................................................... 3 Books Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health.....35 Builders & Carpenters ACP Builders .........................................................40 Ian Jones...............................................................19 Carpet & Upholstery Cleaners The Cleaning Doctor .............................................22 Chimney Sweeps Oliver Chimney Sweep ..........................................16 Chiropodists Karen Lewis-Fry ....................................................35 Chiropractors Paul Harris ...........................................................21 Community News Boscombe & Southbourne Probus Club.................34 Dorset Wildlife Trust: It’s Fungi Time! .................. 6 Green House Hotel gets national recognition .......14 Lions Club of Bournemouth...................................36 Moors Valley.........................................................26 Waggy Tails ..........................................................28 Denture Services Dorset Denture Clinic............................................17 Electricians Blackwell Electrical ...............................................19 D Lowrey...............................................................25 Savage Electrical...................................................12 Estate Agents Mr Green ..............................................................10 Fitted Furniture Custom World.......................................................15 Foster Care Services Enhanced Foster Care ...........................................16 Garage Services Kimberley Garage .................................................18 Garden Services All Seasons Tree & Garden Services ......................18 Green Fingers ....................................................... 1 Spirit Level Fencing ...............................................16 Hearing Aids Clarity Hearing Solutions ......................................24 Kellear Hearing.....................................................21 Home Technology & Audio Systems Sympleway ...........................................................17

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Hot Tub Hire Party Tub Hire...................................................... 19 Kitchens Granite Transformations ..................................... 30 K&B Installations ................................................. 22 The Kitchen Bedroom Bathroom Company .......... 12 Ladies Fashion Fab Frocks............................................................ 9 Landscaping Supplies The Stone Zone .................................................... 5 Lawn Treatments Green Thumb ....................................................... 13 Leisure Attractions Crazy Golf ............................................................ 23 Music & Memorabilia Rosered Records .................................................. 12 Painters & Decorators First Cover............................................................ 18 Gary Bailey .......................................................... 32 GMS Decorating & House Maintenance .............. 3 Party Stores Peeks ................................................................... 20 Personalised Chocolate Chocolate Cover Company ................................... 34 Photographers Image Designs: Daniel Speller.............................. 3 Plumbing & Heating Services Gas BoilerCare ..................................................... 7 Property Maintenance Home Staging for House Sales ............................. 17 Phil’s Handyman Services .................................... 22 Shoreline Property Maintenance ......................... 20 Pubs & Restaurants Ye Olde George Inn .............................................. 29 Puzzles & Competitions Prize Wordsearch................................................. 33 Roofing Services P R Smith Roofing Ltd .......................................... 37 Shopping Discover Westbourne........................................... 39 Solicitors Robert Wrynne .................................................... 2 Turf Supplies & Garden Products Sherborne Turf..................................................... 25 What’s On Bournemouth Pavilion ......................................... 32 Christchurch U3A Vintage Brass Concert ............. 34 Regent Centre, Christchurch ................................ 32 Windows, Doors & Conservatories Richard Thomas ................................................... 21

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