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1917 (15) Friday 13th March , 7.30pm At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers, Schofield (Captain Fantastic’s George MacKay) and Blake (Game of Thrones’ Dean-Charles Chapman) are given a seemingly impossible mission.

In a race against time, they must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers—Blake’s own brother among them.

F z 2: S - (PG) – Saturday 14th March , 2.30pm Anna, Elsa, Kristoff, Olaf and Sven leave Arendelle to travel to an ancient, autumn-bound forest of an enchanted land.

They set out to find the origin of Elsa’s powers in order to save their kingdom.

B (15) Saturday 14th March , 7.30pm Starring Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, John Lithgow and Margot Robbie, based on the real scandal, BOMBSHELL is a revealing look inside the most powerful and controversial media empire of all time and the explosive story of the women who brought down the infamous man who created it.

T P H D C (PG) Saturday 27th March , 7.30pm From birth to infancy, from adolescence to adulthood, the good-hearted David Copperfield is surrounded by kindness, wickedness, poverty and wealth, as he meets an array of remarkable characters in Victorian England.

As David sets out to be a writer, in his quest for family, friendship, romance and status, the story of his life is the most seductive tale of all..

D (PG) Saturday 28th March , 2.30pmm Robert Downey Jr. electrifies one of literature’s most enduring characters in a vivid reimagining of the classic tale of the man who could talk to animals: Dolittle. After losing his wife seven

years earlier, the famed doctor and veterinarian of Queen Victoria’s England, hermits himself away with only his menagerie of exotic animals for company.

But when the young queen (Jessie Buckley, Wild Rose) falls gravely ill, a reluctant Dolittle is forced to set sail on an epic adventure to a mythical island in search of a cure, regaining his wit and courage as he crosses old adversaries and discovers wondrous creatures.

E (U) Saturday 28th March , 7.30pm

Jane Austen’s beloved comedy about finding your equal and earning your happy ending, is reimagined in this delicious new film adaptation of EMMA. Handsome, clever, and rich, Emma Woodhouse is a restless queen bee without rivals in her sleepy little town.

In this glittering satire of social class and the pain of growing up, Emma must adventure through misguided matches and romantic missteps to find the love that has been there all along.

S T H (PG) Wednesday 8th April , 2.30pm SONIC THE HEDGEHOG is a live-action adventure comedy based on the global blockbuster video game franchise from Sega that centres on the infamously brash bright blue hedgehog. The film follows the (mis)adventures of Sonic with his newfound -- human -- best friend Tom Wachowski (James Marsden). Sonic and Tom join forces to try and stop the villainous Dr. Robotnik (Jim Carrey) from capturing Sonic and using his immense powers for world domination.

L W (U) Saturday 11th April , 2.30pm Writer-director Greta Gerwig has crafted a Little Women that draws on both the classic novel and the writings of Louisa May Alcott, and unfolds as the author’s alter ego, Jo March, reflects back and forth on her fictional life.

Portraying Jo, Meg, Amy, and Beth March, the film stars Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Eliza Scanlen, with Timothée Chalamet as their neighbour Laurie, Laura Dern as Marmee, and Meryl Streep as Aunt March.

J R (12A) Saturday 11th April , 7.30pm A World War II satire that follows a lonely German boy whose world view is turned upside down when he discovers his single mother is hiding a young Jewish girl in their attic. Aided only by his idiotic imaginary friend, Adolf Hitler, Jojo must confront his blind nationalism.

T I M (R TBC) Friday 24th April , 7.30pm Trapped in a violent, controlling relationship, Cecilia Kass (Moss) escapes in the dead of night aided by her sister, their childhood friend and his teenage daughter. But when Cecilia's abusive ex commits suicide and leaves her a generous portion of his vast fortune, Cecilia suspects his death was a hoax. As a series of eerie coincidences turns lethal, threatening the lives of those she loves, Cecilia's sanity begins to unravel as she desperately tries to prove that she is being hunted by someone nobody can see.

T C W (R TBC) Saturday 25th April , 2.30pm Adapted from the beloved literary classic, THE CALL OF THE WILD vividly brings to the screen the story of Buck, a big-hearted dog whose blissful domestic life is turned upside down when he is suddenly uprooted from his California home and transplanted to the exotic wilds of the Alaskan Yukon during the Gold Rush of the 1890s. As the newest rookie on a mail delivery dog sled team, Buck experiences the adventure of a lifetime, ultimately finding his true place in the world and becoming his own master.

M W (R TBC) Saturday 25th April , 7.30pm Thrown together by life on a military base while their partners serve on a tour of duty in Afghanistan, a group of ordinary women find an unexpected way to raise their spirits and combat the isolating realities of being an army wife - by forming the first ever Military Wives' Choir.

essage in a bottle the UK Lions health campaign celebrates 20 years and seven million bottles distributed in the British Isles. It has no connection to the hit Police song of the same name but has had a positive impact on people’s health and it provides essential personal information in an emergency. Radstock and Midsomer Norton Lions club distribute these free. M

Message in a Bottle is where you keep essential personal and medication details on a form in a small bottle stored in the fridge.

Paramedics, police, fire-fighters and social services know to look in the fridge when they see the Message in a Bottle stickers on the inside of the door.

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This can be really helpful for older and disabled people who live alone or if a person you care for has a condition that can suddenly change so that they need medical help and become unconscious or unable to communicate.

The scheme is run across the UK by Lions Clubs your local club being Radstock & Midsomer Norton. The bottles can be picked up from the Lions stall at the Midsomer Norton farmers market. Your GP or pharmacist may be able to give you one of the bottles or you can contact Lions directly at contact@rmnlions.org.uk or telephone 01761 415137.

Please also use this contact if you are interested in joining Lions or would like to know more about what we do.

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Nature Reserve

he Nature reserve is waking up early this year. In fact it as not been asleep this winter as we have not had any prolonged spell of cold weather. We saw Blue Tits entering the boxes we have provided for them on the first day of February (is this too early?), but they do not seem to care that we may have inclement weather ahead. There is some Frog activity in the pond with more to come I'm sure. T

All the shoots are emerging, including Garlic, Bluebells, Celandine and some trees are coming into leaf also.

We had a winter talk at the end of January in the Town Hall, 35 people came and enjoyed an evening of lovely pictures, bird song and identification. We are lucky to have experts among our members and thanks go to Richard and Chris for their expertise.

There are some jobs that get overlooked but Paul was on the case of our sign at Withies Lane that had become worn and covered with mould, it had been there since 2014 made by Sue Green out of a large piece of seasoned wood.

Some people thought the empty post meant that the sign had been vandalised but Paul restored it to its former glory with enhanced letters, we are lucky having such talented people among our members.

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AT THE Station

he Somerset & Dorset Railway Heritage Trust is looking to re-home one of it’s vehicles. The 22ton ‘Bagged Cement’ Van was built in 1964 and donated to the Trust over ten years ago. The Trust has recently undertaken a review of the wagons and carriages and concluded that a number of items, such as this van, no longer fit within the Trust’s plans to recreate a prototypical freight train from the 1950/60s. T

The Trust has recently purchased two British Railway coal wagons that are more in keeping with the Station.

Trust Chairman Stephen Lacey said,

“These two new ‘Mineral Wagons’ were once a common sight on the S&D. At the coal industries

peak in the 1960’s, hundreds of these wagons could be seen in the collieries sidings on a daily basis. Obtaining the two wagons is a positive step towards the Trust’s ambition to re-create a typical Train of the era.

We now need to raise some funds towards the cost of transporting these wagons from Swanage”

Donations can be made via the website at www. sdjr.co.uk/fundraising. Visitors are welcome to visit the station at Midsomer Norton and view the progress made so far to restore it to the fifties and sixties era. The next event at the Station is the Diesel Gala on March 7th and 8th.

See the website for details www.sdjr.co.uk

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from Pandas

t’s very exciting news that Midsomer Norton has a new Pandas support group open ‘free’ of charge for parents and babies/ toddlers to attend. Pandas support groups are run by trained volunteers, all over the country to support parents suffering from both Pre and Postnatal Anxiety and Depression. The support groups vary in size and structure but all have the same theme, to give parents a safe, nurturing, caring environment where they can talk and feel accepted. The groups also give parents a link to be signposted to gain the help they need, whether it be to a doctor, health visitor, councillor or support worker Pandas can help find the right route. Many Pandas support groups will ask for a voluntary small donation to attend. I

Sally Teall has recently begun working as a voluntary support group leader for Pandas holding the sessions in her workplace at Holly Court. Aside from Pandas Sally works with parents, babies and toddlers as a class instructor teaching baby massage, yoga and sensory play. Sally said ‘ As I struggled with postnatal depression and anxiety after the birth of two of my children I really

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wanted to work with this charity to help others in the way that I was supported, the work is so beneficial and being able to hold a weekly support group is wonderful for parents in this area. Sally went on to explain that she initially learned about Pandas from Kirsty Lanfear. ‘Kirsty has been working with Pandas for a long time and holds sessions every month in Frome on a Monday and Holly Court, Midsomer Norton on a Saturday which is excellent for parents who work to have access on a weekend.

Midsomer Norton Pandas support group sessions are held every Wednesday (term time) from 10 to 11.30. The sessions are warm, welcoming, and friendly and open to anyone struggling mentally pre or postnatally. The sessions are held in Sally Tealls sensory room, where the atmosphere is calm with sensory lights, bubbles, mirrors, balls and lots more baby equipment for little ones to explore whilst parents chat.

Sally says she would love parents to come along and to remember there is nothing to fear, if you are having worrying thoughts, feeling down, finding it hard to cope, please come along, you are not alone.

Contact Sally Teall on 07974 820944 or email sallyteall@hotmail.co.uk. On Facebook you will also find a Frome and Midsomer Norton Pandas Support Group page.