Viewpoint March 2013

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Mid March 2013 Volume 37, Issue 5

£5000 reward for hit and run driver

Funeral of Ross Haughey

The reward for information leading to an arrest and charge of the driver of the Volvo XC90 that collided with Jade Clark’s moped on 24 February and left the scene before police arrived, now stands at £5,000. The Ringwood teenager died from her injuries. Call Crimestoppers 0800 555 111 with any information.

Churchill Retirement Living has offered £4,000 and Crimestoppers £1,000. See P14

The funeral of Ross Haughey, the 17-year-old schoolboy who went missing from his home in Frogham, took place on 14 March at Hyde Church (3.30pm) near Fordingbridge. His body was found in the New Forest 72 hours after he went for a walk and did not return. Donations to Stars Appeal c/o John Shering Funeral Directors, 34 Provost Street, Fordingbridge.

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Hello Readers

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f you are incensed by the horsemeat scandal turn to pages 12 and 13 to find out how you can be assured, when it comes to buying meat, that what it says on the label is what you get. Also, we are going to give away a £50 voucher to spend at a local butcher.

There are many business profiles in this issue, to highlight the quality of businesses in the area. We are sure they will inspire you to shop local.

You will also find a super performing arts feature and of course, our new property pages.

On a sad note, the area saw two tragic deaths of teenagers in separate incidents: Jade Clark from Ringwood and Ross Haughey from Frogham.

Jade was sadly killed in a collision on the A31 on 24 February, and Ross had gone for a walk on the same day and did not return home. His body was found three days later in the New Forest. I am sure readers will join with me to offer condolences to both families.

Lastly, my new ebook ‘Anchovy Tree’ has got off to the ground, and Forest FM gave me a boost on the radio on 5 March. It is a frivolous book that could easily bring a smile to your face, so if you want a pickme-up and would like to meet Vanilla, Nanny Fran, Georgina, Orinoco Elpreto, Delmar Anchovy, JJ, Daisy May and the gigantic PC Ingle in size 13 boots, download your copy today from amazon.co.uk I will be in touch again soon,

Janine Editor

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COUNCIL TAX RISES

Campaigners gather at The Stocks Inn before the protest march

East Dorset’s core strategy voted through Despite 200 campaigners marching to East Dorset District Council offices at Furzehill, Wimborne on 25 February, claiming democracy was dead, the full council meeting to vote on the core strategy went ahead without disruption.

Council members voted overwhelmingly in favour of submitting the core strategy to the Secretary of State: 23 for, 4 against and 6 abstentions.

At the full council meeting of East Dorset District Council on 25 February, members set the budget for 2013/14, to include an increase to its share of the council tax.

The 2013/14 budget will see a 1.95% rise in the district council’s share of the council tax. This small increase amounts to 7p per week for a Band D property.

Cllr Spencer Flower, Leader of East Dorset District Council, said, “Over the past two years the government’s formula grant to the council has been cut by 28 per cent.

A further cut in the grant of 11 per cent (£265,000) will be seen by the council in the coming financial year with further cuts planned for the foreseeable future.

“Our joint service strategy with Christchurch Borough Council has generated significant savings of over £700,000 per year to date with a further £300,000 targeted. There is a limit, however, as to how far we can go absorbing both sharp cuts in government funding as well as inflation without the modest increase in council tax we have agreed.”

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ithin the strategy are proposals to build on some of East Dorset’s green belt, including the large field at Parley Crossroads, which is earmarked for over 500 houses. Other green belt housing developments have been identified in the core strategy in Corfe Mullen, Wimborne and Verwood.

Campaigners maintained that the council had made it difficult for them to be involved with the consultation process and felt that the decision-making was not a democratic process. Kieran Ryan from West Parley said, “No one is listening to what we’ve got to say. We’re not against housing because our children will need homes, but it should be limited. Have you seen the core strategy? It is very difficult to read and for people to express their views.”

Leader of East Dorset District Council, Cllr Spencer Flower said, “The core strategy has been subject to extensive consultation and engagement over the last few years, including a 40-week consultation period, and this version of the strategy is the result of that process.

“Despite some comments to the contrary, I am pleased to say that democracy is alive and well in East Dorset. Elected members openly discussed, debated and considered the decision to submit the core strategy at a meeting which was open to the public and where members of the community were given the opportunity to make a presentation.”

Recognising that this item was likely to be of interest to a large number of local residents, the council increased the time usually allowed for public participation and made the meeting available to view over the internet, so that more local residents could follow the process and watch the discussions from their own homes.

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Band pays tribute to musical director The sudden death of Bernard Lawson on Friday, 22 February came as a great shock to members of the Ringwood and Burley Band.

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Bernard was in his second spell as musical director of the band. He had enjoyed a successful period with Ringwood from 1997 until 2003 giving the band several successes in contesting, and came out of retirement to rejoin the band in 2009, when it was going through a difficult period.

Bernard studied at Leeds College of Music and Trinity College London, followed by two years at Huddersfield University.

He was the first student to be awarded an LRAM Diploma in Brass Band conducting and before moving to the south, he had conducted bands and choirs of all levels in his

native Yorkshire for over 60 years. He started playing as an eight-year-old with the Salvation Army Young People’s Band in Leeds and much of his early conducting career was with this organisation.

He led both songsters and bands in Leeds, Bradford, Bolton and London, in recent years he concentrated more on conducting non-SA bands and had successes with contesting bands in the Yorkshire area. Prior to moving to Bournemouth, he was musical director of Clifton and Lightcliff Band.

Bernard was a well known and respected member of the Brass Band World and will be sadly missed by all he knew him.

Ray Alexander spokesperson for the Ringwood and Burley Band said, “Bernard was a highly experienced and knowledgeable musician, he raised the standard of our band considerably over the years he was our musical director. He was always patient and polite with members and will be greatly missed by the band and all who came into contact with him.”

GB’s Great Big Year

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1st Wimborne Girls’ Brigade Company enjoyed a huge balloon launch and a ‘Great Big Party’ to kick start the organisation’s 120th year and to make it one to remember.

Girls’ Brigade (GB) was started in 1893 in Dublin.

GB groups have now grown throughout the world, providing rewarding, stretching and positive opportunities for children and

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young people, between the ages of 4 and 18, to grow and develop in confidence and skills in a Christian environment.

1st Wimborne GB will be celebrating throughout the year with lots of different ‘Great Big’ exciting events. New members welcome. For further information see http://wimborne.gb.net/ or contact Jazz Adams on: 07977 246912.

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Established for over 50 years and the oldest in the district, the Fordingbridge Art Club meets at the Avonway Community Centre in Fordingbridge for demonstrations by reputable artists on the first Sunday of the month at 2.30pm. An exhibition and sale of members work is held in late July at the town hall.

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Students’ hard work pays off thanks to the John Thornton Young Achievers Foundation Selected students at Ferndown Upper School were given a total of over £15,000 between them to pursue their ambitions.

The John Thornton Young Achievers Foundation awarded 12 scholarship and 23 bursary awards to a group of pupils at the school who had been recognized for their commitment and dedication.

A recipient of a scholarship, James Meredith said, “I am overjoyed, as it’ll help me massively in contributing towards a new oboe.” Regan Daniels, receiving a bursary, said, “I’m planning to buy a new Nikon camera so I can improve my photography skills.”

The JTYAF supports ambitious and aspiring young people across Dorset, awarding them with scholarships and bursaries to support their personal development and the pursuit of their ambitions. Edward Holly, also receiving a scholarship said, “I can now continue working for my privates pilot licence, since getting a gift of lessons a year ago.”

In a special assembly, Headmaster Alex Wills showed pupils the ways in which the money for the bursaries and scholarships had been raised, including a trip to the summit of Mount Everest and a raffle through local hair salon Scissors.

John Thornton himself had been a pupil at Ferndown Upper School, before his tragic death in Southern Afghanistan in 2008, aged just 22. Saturday, 30 March will mark the fifth year anniversary of his death. Linda and Pete Thornton were in attendance to hand out the awards.

Bursary recipient Jess Fitzpatrick said, “I plan to buy a printer, which I can use with my graphics tablet to allow me to print out my illustrations.” Cameron Brooks added, “With the aid of the bursary, I now have a graphics tablet so that I can now create some professional designs, and really up my game.”

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Verwood Afternoon TG Following a year of fund-raising, Verwood Afternoon TG presented Verwood & District Carers Support Group with a cheque for £754. After the presentation, Jean McMillan gave a talk to members on her visits to Namibia over the years. The guild’s new programme of activities includes a visit to the Winchester Cathedral Flower Festival in June, a Strawberry Tea and a Fashion Show.

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in the female viewpoint - Advertising Feature -

With my skin looking sad and lacking lustre after the effects of winter, it was time for a lift and I was delighted to accept the offer of an Ultra-Sculpt Facial at the Ringwood Aesthetic Clinic, where Alison West has opened her latest establishment.

Ultra-Sculpt Facial A gentle workout for the face - By Janine Pulford -

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aving worked as a Harley Street specialist in London, Alison took the decision to move nearer to her family home three-anda-half years ago and opened the Sherborne Clinic. Following on from its success, she expanded into Ringwood and now works between the two clinics.

The Ultra-Sculpt Facial was introduced last year and takes about 20 minutes. It is different from deep cleansing facials in that it is more like taking your face to the gym for a workout. By using ultrasound technology, the years are sculpted away, the jawline is firmed and cheekbones can be rediscovered.

I lay on the couch wearing a headband to keep my hair dry and Alison coated my face with gel – definitely not the glamorous stage.

But as Alison applied the sculpting tool and started to smooth and massage my face and neck, gently warming it at the same time, I began to look forward to the end result. The treatment was painless and therapeutic.

When I looked in the mirror afterwards, a youthful glow reflected back. My jawline was firmer and some of those ‘necklace lines’ as Alison so politely called them, had disappeared. It was such a lovely feeling that I felt about ten feet tall and it put me in happy mode, even more so because I knew the effects wouldn’t fade over-night. They can last up to four weeks. For my first-time facial, I felt the difference for about eight days.

On talking to Alison, I discovered that she changed career from a veterinary nurse to an aesthetic practitioner after being diagnosed with breast cancer.

Though extremely grateful for having her life saved, the scarring effects of surgery had left her feeling miserable. Eventually, she found someone who could help return her femininity with a medical tattoo and from that moment on,

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she was driven to help others in the same way. She moved to America and trained in the American Institute of Intradermal Cosmetics in Dallas, with more training at Harley Street in the UK, where she opened her own successful practice. She now regularly gets referrals from surgeons at Southampton and Salisbury hospitals.

As well as medical tattoos, which disguise surgical, accident and burn scars, she can recreate the appearance of eyebrows and restore areolas and nipples after breast reconstruction. As a cancer survivor, Alison knows the importance of getting things right and giving aftercare service. To this end she has become a member of many professional organisations including the Royal Society of Medicine and the British Burn Association.

Other treatments at the clinics include semi-permanent makeup, Ultra-Sculpt Slimming to help clients drop a dress size, collagen induction therapy and paramedical micropigmentation. Alison says, “I like to add a new treatment every year. This year it is Thermavein, which uses a revolutionary new technology (non-laser, non-surgical) to remove thread veins without scarring or bruising. The results are instant, permanent and affordable with minimal discomfort.”

So you see, the Ringwood Aesthetic Clinic is all about you, and helping to make you feel better about yourself.

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East Dorset District Council is warning residents to be aware of a potential scam. It comes after a local woman received a telephone call from a person claiming to be from East Dorset District Council, asking her to pay

an outstanding parking fine.

She recognised the call was not genuine and told the caller that she did not have any parking fines to pay.

The council only contacts people about outstanding parking fines

by letter and does not call and ask for payment over the phone. The council advises people not to give personal or financial information over the phone if they receive a phone call of this kind. If in doubt

about whether a call from the council is genuine, ring them on 01202 886201.

Any suspicious phone calls or suspected scams can be reported to Action Fraud on 0300 1232040 or at www.actionfraud.police.uk

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lifestyle Rehab in the heart of the community Lifestyle is run by Verwood Arts & Leisure Amenities, and is delighted to announce it has been successful in a funding bid and awarded £10,000 for a pilot Scheme –‘ Lifestyle Rehab ’ Lifestyle recognises that specific patient care comes to an abrupt end due to the strains of the NHS. ‘Lifestyle Rehab’ is based at the Hub, the heart of the Community, and involves a careful delivery of exercise through a variety of activities.

Lifestyle Rehab will suit most clients that have specific health problems and undergone or currently undergoing medical treatment for Obesity, Diabetes, Chronic Obrustrive Pulmonary Disease, High Blood pressure, Angina, Coronary Heart Disease and Mental Health. The scheme will also benefit clients who may have a physical disability and are at the stage of post - operative rehabilitation.

The funding has allowed ‘Lifestyle Rehab’ to purchase specialised equipment,

such as an a AED Defibrillator and a Run Med treadmill that will allow clients to use with a high degree of safety, comfort and ease. The Run Med will be housed in the new state of the art Gym at the Hub. Clients will be referred to Lifestyle Verwood via their GP and will undertake a 6 months programm.

The aim is to allow these members of the Community to enjoy a more active, healthier lifestyle.

‘Lifestyle Rehab’ will start during the first week of September, and patients are welcome to put their names down now.

For more information please contact Carly Howard on 01202821007 or by email carly.howard@lifestyleverwood.com

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Students’ hard work pays off Congratulations to students from Ferndown Upper School (FUS) who have scooped the Company of Year 2013 award in the Enterprise Challenge

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They also received Best Marketing Award, Best Finance Award and Best Managing Director award at the presentation ceremony in February.

Over the last few months, FUS had taken part in the Enterprise Challenge and were up against strong competition from other schools in the area.

Mentored by The Warmer Group, the students had five months to come up with products or services and then sell these ideas to the public in a bid to win awards.

The young entrepreneurs at FUS named their company inFUSed Group. They

decided on the idea of personalised photo frames with customers being able to choose the colour and design of their photo frame. Another product was handmade and environmentally friendly cushions. These were made from recycled t-shirts, and included attractive cartoons and logos. However, by far the most successful initiative was the students’ photography service at Plowmans Garden Centre.

They took pictures of children and their families with Father Christmas and

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printed them off on the day, which was the real success and enjoyment of the competition.

The students from all the participating schools along with many local business leaders gathered for the final to celebrate and award the most enterprising, entrepreneurial and successful students.

The inFUSed Group were relieved that all their hard work had paid off and the students said, “We have been inspired for the rest of our lives.”

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Buy your meat from a trusted source AS THE NATION REELS UNDER THE HORSEMEAT SCANDAL, QUESTIONS ARE BEING ASKED ABOUT HOW IT ENTERED OUR FOOD CHAIN Any cross contamination is likely to have been deliberate, constituting criminal activity in the pursuit of profit.

All meat farmed for human consumption in this country is marked, numbered and has a passport. Our local ruby red Devon beef cattle at Paradise Farm, Horton are classic examples. Chris Tory explains: “Ear tags are put on calves when they are born and the tags stay with them until they are slaughtered. The numbers relate to a passport and whenever a cow travels or moves between farms, the passport goes with it. Passports

contain relevant information on the cow and no cow can leave a farm without both tags. Even when slaughtered, the number stays with it, whether it is a whole carcass or boxed meat.

This is the same throughout the farming industry and is an important part of ‘farm to fork’ food safety controls and highlights the food safety responsibilities of livestock keepers in the meat production chain. It is a transparent system.

It has become abundantly clear when speaking to local butchers that if you want to be sure of what meat you are buying, visit them. Here’s what they have to say: Billy Andrews

Verwood, Est 1957 “The majority of our meat comes from Bridport straight from the abattoir to the door, or through wholesalers. Any manufacturing is done from carcasses. All meat is tagged, even if boxed, with a number that can be traced back to the farm. The Bridport abottoir is not registered for horsemeat, so there is no chance of cross contamination. We make our own mince, sausages and burgers. I consider any cross contamination has been done on purpose. We have got full traceability. We have the EBLEX quality standard mark for guaranteed British meat.”

Billy Andrews

WS Clarke,

Sixpenny Handley Est 1915

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“We have got our own abbatoir.

We buy lamb and beef direct from local farms and slaughter it ourselves so we know exactly what we are providing to the customer.

We make our own sausages and burgers.”

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Ken Allen,

Ferndown Est 1972 “It’s our 40th year in Ferndown this year. Meat comes from Normans in Bridport. We know where it comes from and have full traceability. We make our own faggots, sausages and burgers.”

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Pattersons,

Ringwood Est 1902 “We are a family run butchers shop in its fourth generation. As well as being established around the same time as Norman’s abattoir in Bridport, we have a trading

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history with them that spans the same length of time. The meat comes from Dorset farms and is traceable. We have always had high standards and have always known where our meat comes from. You can’t produce beefburgers for the price the supermarkets do. It can’t be done, We know that. Now we know how they did it. We make all our own sausages and burgers and scotch eggs.”

Chris Patterson

Crow Farm Shop,

Ringwood Est 20-25 years ago “Our meat is slaughtered at Normans in Bridport and is fully traceable. All our pork is free range.

Sausages and burgers are made on the premises.”

John Grant

High Lea Farm Butchery, (formerly Honeybrook), Est approximately 4 years

“We farm the meat that we sell. It is all numbered and is slaughtered

by C&S Meats in Sherborne. It’s fully traceable – what we send for slaughter, we get back at the shop to sell. We know from birth to plate what we are providing. We make our own bacon and we are Sausage Champion of the UK.” Rob Young, Butchery Manager

Paul Keating,

Wimborne Est 1907 “We buy Red Devon beef direct from Kingston Lacy, our lamb comes from Canford Magna and our pork comes from Kingston Lacy and Stour Provost. Sausages and burgers are freshly made and our own pies are now also available. All our meat is fully traceable.”

Paul Keating

Oakley Village Butchers,

Merley Est 1982 Broadstone Est 2005 “I have been a butcher all my working life. All our meat is free range and is carcass meat. It is hung to mature. We make our own mince, burgers, sausages and pies. About 80-90% of meat is sourced within a 9 mile radius of Merley and 12 mile radius of Broadstone. Our Red Devon beef comes from Paradise Farm at Horton, our lamb is from Knighton Farm, Canford Magna and we use Normans abattoir in Bridport, which is family run where the livestock is treated with respect. We are EBLEX accredited.”

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These local butchers are providing exactly what it says on the label.

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All you have to do is visit www.facebook.com/mags4dorset.news and LIKE our page between now and 12 April 2013, and you will automatically be entered into our prize draw. Alternatively you can send your name and address on a postcard to go into the draw. No purchase is necessary. Submit your postcard to: mags4dorset, meat voucher, 1st Floor, King George V Pavilion, Peter Grant Way. Close date is 12 April.

The winner will be drawn from the entries and the £50 voucher will be valid until 31 May 2013. It must be spent at one of the butchers in this feature. The winner must nominate the butcher at the time of winning and must agree to be photographed for publicity purposes. The editor’s decision is final. Employees of Page & Pulford Ltd are not permitted to enter. The value of the voucher if not spent in store is £0.001p.

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local Ringwood teenager dies in tragic accident

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wheeled into Beaulieu

Jade Clark, a sixteen-year-old from Ringwood died in a crash on the A31 near Ringwood on Sunday, 24 February.

The teenager was riding a red moped and was travelling between the Verwood slip-road and the Ashley Heath roundabout just before 8.20pm. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

A former pupil of Ringwood School, she had left last year to pursue a career in hairdressing. The bubbly teen was also a much loved and valued member of the Young Firefighters Association in Ringwood.

Police have urged anyone with information about the incident to contact them on 101. The driver of a Volvo XC90 who was involved in the colision is being sought by police.

Another casualty from the new series of BBC Top Gear has been wheeled into Beaulieu – turn up your hearing aids and dig out those walking sticks, the Grannymobile has arrived.

Mindful of Britain’s evergrowing pensioner population, Jeremy and Richard converted a Fiat Multipla into their idea of how a car for old people (such as co-presenter James May) should be.

Once the modifications were completed, the pair took the car out for a test run in the countryside to see what the pensioners of Christchurch thought, stopping along the way for a game of bingo and a nice cup of tea.

The Grannymobile joins a whole host of cars at Beaulieu created by the Top Gear presenters for some of their most ambitious challenges. World of Top Gear can be seen as part of a visit to the whole Beaulieu attraction. Open every day, except Christmas Day, from 10am. For more information telephone 01590 612345 or visit www.beaulieu.co.uk

Wimborne Theatre Group gains Heritage Lottery Fund Support The people, places and stories portrayed in Wimborne Community Theatre’s (WCT) productions over twenty years are to be recorded and made available online thanks to a grant of £10,700 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), it has been announced.

The exciting ‘Archiving Wimborne Community Theatre’ project will enable local volunteers working with Dorset History Centre to create an accessible online interactive archive capturing voices, photographs and visual images from WCT’s site-specific community theatre productions in Dorset between 1991 and 2011. The website will be promoted to schools, relevant cultural organizations and individuals, locally and nationally.

Friends, Romans, Countrymen Fordingbridge Library opened its doors during half term to the Romans of Rockbourne Villa.

Children of all ages could pop into the library and dress up like a Roman, make Roman food, learn about artefacts found at the villa, meet Musa the mistress

of the villa and a Roman soldier who was guarding the entrance of the library.

Over 70 children and their parents/carers attended during the two hour event. Thanks to Laura Bullivant from St Barbes Museum for organising the day.

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No Floats or Carnival Queen Due to lack of support, Verwood Carnival will be a bit different this year. There will not be any floats or associated procession around the town, however, there will be a walking procession for Verwood youngsters from the recreation ground to the carnival field in Crane Drive.

Another major break in tradition is that Verwood will not be choosing a carnival queen. Instead there will be a carnival princess selection only. This will take place on Sunday, 24 March. Candidates must be aged 9-14 and must live in Verwood or Three Legged Cross.

For more information about the princess selection or the carnival, call 01202 826908 or visit www. verwoodcarnival.com The carnival will take place on Saturday, 29 June.

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Charity of the Year

THE OSBORNE CENTRE Dear Readers, Hi again from the Osborne Centre and our branch at West Parley.

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ast month I told you about the facilities available to people whose lives are affected by MS and also about our eight wheelchair adapted vehicles that transport our members to and from the centre.

This month I’d like to tell you about our physiotherapy suite but, before doing so, I should briefly explain about multiple sclerosis (MS) which is a neurological condition affecting at least 100,000 people in the UK. Normally in a healthy body, a substance called myelin protects the nerve fibres in the central nervous system.

This helps messages travel quickly and smoothly between the brain and the rest of the body.

Living with MS, the body’s immune system which normally helps fight off infection mistakes the myelin for a foreign body and attacks it leaving scars known as lesions or plaques. This damage disrupts messages travelling along nerve fibres causing them to slow down, become distorted, or not get through at all.

Depending upon which area of the nervous system is damaged, symptoms can be many and wide-ranging.

Invariably, if or when the condition

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worsens, physiotherapy plays a huge part in keeping joints and muscles loose and free for as long as possible. As with any long-term health condition, it becomes increasingly difficult to obtain physiotherapy from the NHS on a regular basis.

At our centre, after an initial assessment, approximately 60 members each week have programmed supervised treatment carried out by qualified physiotherapists, either as part of a group session or on a one-to-one basis. As with every department within the centre, experienced volunteers supplement the professional team, ensuring the smooth running of a fully equipped very busy department. In addition, yoga, pilates and tai chi classes are run weekly.

Next month: arts and crafts.

Bye for now Alan Lindsay President Bournemouth and District Branch.

MS Society Tel: 01202 570300 www.ms-bournemouth.co.uk

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education They’ll huff and they’ll puff….

Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?

Pupils at Sycamore Base, Verwood First School performed their own version of the favourite children’s classic ‘The Three Little Pigs’ at their class assemblies recently. Miss Clare Murphy’s class performed first to an audience of delighted parents. The five and six-year-olds certainly knew how to charm the crowds. They sang about the nasty wolf and how the little pigs had made their homes. The children thought the best part was the chocolate biscuits after the show and sharing the fun with their parents.

London adventure for Burgate Sixth Formers Last month, fifteen A2 Media Studies students from Burgate School took a two day trip to London to enhance their understanding of the music industry and postmodernism.

Visits to the BFI’s Mediateque, the Tate Modern and Shakespeare’s Globe were first on the schedule, followed by a visit to Brixton, and a backstage tour of the O2 Academy, with stage manager Josh Rosen, including explorations of the audio technology on offer.

Later was a visit to Universal Music, home of artists such such as Rihanna, The Killers and Lady Gaga. The group even met Nick Raphael, the chairman of London Records, who discovered Jay Z. Accompanying the students on their music industry tour was Canadian singer-songwriter Mike Delorey, who talked to them about the live music scene in Nova Scotia, as well as the song writing process.

The ride back to sleepy Fordingbridge from the big city in the minibus took a little under two hours and allowed students to reflect on what had been a very memorable trip.

First hand Victorian experience

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ear One pupils at Hillside First School in Verwood experienced life as a Victorian School child on 15 February.

The day began with a hand inspection, followed by recital of the alphabet and handwriting practise.

During the rest of the day there were lessons in Victorian numeracy, reading, drill and religious studies.

In the afternoon the classes were split into girls and boys, where the girls learnt how to wash, iron and sew clothes; whilst the boys had a Victorian woodwork lesson.

Even playtime was on a

Victorian theme, playing with hoops and tops. The children said they felt the day had enhanced their understanding of schools in the past, but added that they preferred school life today where they get to make choices in their learning and can work in groups with each other and talk. As a Rights Respecting School, Hillside also looked at children’s rights to an education, their right to play, and have a voice, which Victorian children didn’t benefit from. The pupils appreciated that they would never experience the rigorous forms of punishment meted out by the Victorian teaching staff.

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The Hub with a heart

Catch the bug Music Bugs is a great opportunity for children aged 6 months to 4 years to enjoy the delights of singing and music. It’s educational and great for boosting language and maths skills, social and physical development and confidence building. Held at the Avonway community Centre, Fordingbridge. Email roderickj@btinternet.com

Photos and report by Laurence Jones

Two friends and colleagues of Verwood Hub employee Jackie Smith have really gone the extra mile.

Verwood Afternoon TG Following a year of fund-raising, Verwood Afternoon TG presented Verwood & District Carers Support Group with a cheque for £754. After the presentation, Jean McMillan gave a talk to members on her visits to Namibia over the years. The guild’s new programme of activities includes a visit to the Winchester Cathedral Flower Festival in June, a Strawberry Tea and a Fashion Show.

Denise Craddock and Vicki Gower recently ran the New Forest Marathon, raising money on behalf of Jackie’s granddaughter Josie for the Piam Brown Oncology and Haemotology Centre in Southampton. Josie is currently in remission, after six months of salvage chemotherapy as part of her treatment for Langerhans cell histiocytosis.

Josie’s mother Judith said, “Josie spent four months at Piam Brown, and they gave us fantastic support. The work they do helps children cope with the treatment they are receiving, and really makes a difference.”

Jackie Smith has previously organised events for local children receiving cancer treatment.

Recognising that the contact time with other children is limited in order to prevent the spread of infection due to lowered immune systems, the Hub, with the support of its general manager Jacqui Sainsbury, closed its doors for a short time to accommodate a trip for affected children to visit Father Christmas last December, leaving with a bag of goodies and beaming smiles.

Get painting Established for over 50 years and the oldest in the district, the Fordingbridge Art Club meets at the Avonway Community Centre in Fordingbridge for demonstrations by reputable artists on the first Sunday of the month at 2.30pm. An exhibition and sale of members work is held in late July at the town hall. 01794 390295.

Support from the skies It’s the Royal Air Forces Association’s 70th anniversary this year. Founded on 1 April 1943, it is still going strong worldwide. The Wimborne Branch and Club continues to offer comradeship, welfare and advice to serving and ex-service personnel and their families, over the greater part of Dorset. The Club room at 34 Leigh Road is shortly to be refurbished. For more information please contact chairman Fl Lt Dennis Hart RAFVR(T) on 01202 694 864, or secretary Tom Kelly on 01202 823675.

At the Verwood Hub on 27 February, Denise presented a cheque for £400 raised on behalf of Judith and Josie, to be given to the Piam Brown ward in Southampton

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Award winning company Longham Garden Machinery is a family run business based at Longham. The company has recently received an award for outstanding sales and service and has a newly completed showroom to showcase a comprehensive range of garden machinery.

Longham Garden Machinery has some great offers in store with up to £100 cashback on selected Honda lawnmowers and £200 cashback on selected Kubota ride on tractors.

Flower of the month

Indoor Gardening thrives

April - Lavender

Lavender is a favourite with gardeners not just for its beautiful form and fragrance but also because it attracts essential pollinators such as bees and butterflies.

It’s considered a romantic flower that most gardeners get the urge to plant in their garden sooner or later.

To successfully grow lavender, it needs to be planted in a warm, well drained soil with full sun and can also do well in a container. It is often planted as an edging plant with roses or grown as an informal hedge. However, lavender does not like ‘wet feet’ as it promotes root rot and ‘dampness’ is often the reason that it doesn’t perform well. It’s a tough plant though and once established only requires regular pruning after flowering in the autumn.

If you are over 50 and want to learn new skills and meet new people, there is a FREE 8 week table top gardening course at Fordingbridge Library.

Activities will include - seed sowing, window sill containers for healthy eating and propagating plants. The course starts on Monday, 8 April 2013, 10am-12pm. Open to all abilities, Thrive specialises in gardening for people with disabilities, helping people back into gardening using new methods and tools. To register please call in or telephone Fordingbridge Library on 01425 657524. Thrive is a national charity that uses gardening to change lives.

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Excellent value for money Holly Hedge Nurseries is an established, independent plant nursery selling high quality plants at excellent value for money. Situated on the Verwood Road, between Three Legged Cross and Verwood, with a car park alongside for easy access.

The new range of perennials and alpines are all ready to fill up plant borders and rockeries.

There are plenty of traditional garden shrubs and trees available, including many larger sized specimen plants for ‘instant’ gardening. If you need to plant a new hedge or provide screening and privacy in your garden then perhaps the extensive selection of hedging conifers, laurels, bamboos, etc will give you some ideas. Advice and guidance is freely given and a delivery service to help with the larger, heavier loads is also available.

So if you want colour, pretty foliage, evergreen plants or a beautiful ornamental tree for your garden, then now is a perfect time to pop in to see the wonderful selection of plants.

As an extra incentive there is a Special Offer of 25% OFF ALL PATIO POTS AND BARRELS. Credit cards are accepted and the Nursery is open 7 days a week with someone to assist with your planting needs.

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Annual Creative Writing Awards

This year’s mags4dorset’s Creative Writing Awards are underway “Last year was a huge success with hundreds of entries flooding in,” said editor and author Janine Pulford. “There were far more than we expected. In fact, because we had included articles and poetry, we found the competition rather unwieldy to administer. It was surprising what a lot of extra work it made in the office by adding two more categories and for this reason, we have decided to revert back to running just the Short Story awards this year.”

The theme for the short story in 2013 is: ‘Stars in your eyes.’ It could be a sizzling romance, the quest for stardom or even about stargazers and their accuracy at detecting asteroids on their way to planet Earth. Let your creativity flow, but keep the story to around 1,000 words.

PRIZES: 1 £150, 2 £50, 3 £25. The winning entries will also be published in one of our magazines and will appear on the website, where the magazines can be downloaded.

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RULES • The theme must be followed.

• Word length is a guideline, but please keep close to it.

• All content must be your own work and your entry must not have been published, won a prize anywhere else or be entered for another competition at the same time.

• Entries will not be returned, so please keep a copy.

• The correct fee must be submitted.

• Three entries maximum per person.

• No email or handwritten entries are permitted.

• Fill in an entry form. Photocopies accepted.

• Do not put your name on your story but include a title sheet with your name, address, title of story and contact phone number or email address • Close date is Friday, 6 September 2013.

• Entries and fees must be sent to: mags4dorset, 1st Floor King Geo V Pavilion, Peter Grant Way, Ferndown, Dorset BH22 9EN FEES One story £4 Two stories £6 Three stories £8 Rules must be adhered to, otherwise your entry will not be able to win.

Entries will be shortlisted by editor and author, Janine Pulford. Judges have yet to be announced.

Short critiques by Janine Pulford are offered if required and cost £10 per 1,000 words. This service is only available for stories entered in the competition and critiques will be emailed out after the close date of the competition.

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Your chance amateur to win a photographic competition 2013 GE X400 camera Sponsored by Ferndown Photographics, worth £79 26 Victoria Road, Ferndown mags4dorset is running a photographic competition to give local budding photographers the opportunity to produce a front cover shot for 4Dorset magazine.

The theme is wildlife and this includes plants and trees as well as animals, birds, amphibians, insects, fish and spiders.

How to enter: Send your photographs to mags4dorset Photographic Competition, 1st Floor, King George V Pavilion, Peter Grant Way, Ferndown, Dorset, BH22 9EN. Or, email your entry to mags@ mags4dorset.co.uk, or enter online at www. mags4dorset.co.uk.

Rules: There is no age restriction.

Entrants may submit a maximum of three photographs on the theme of ‘Wildlife’.

Minimum size of prints: 7” x 5” (178 x 128mm) max size 10” x 8” (254 x 203mm).

Email submissions must be sent as jpeg images at a resolution suitable for front cover publication, (usually 300dpi). All entries must be taken in Dorset or Hampshire.

Images must not be digitally enhanced and must not have been previously published.

Photographs must have suitable captions identifying the date taken and the locality, but with no identification marks whatsoever on the front of the photograph.

Photographs will not be returned unless a stamped, addressed envelope with the correct postage is included with the entry.

Copyright of the winning photographs remain with the photographer, but mags4dorset reserves the right to publish the images on the front cover and inside the magazine within one year from the date of judging. Also to publish online.

The competition is only open to amateur photographers.

The close date for this competition is Friday, 30 August 2013.

2nd and 3rd place images will also feature on front covers of 4Dorset Magazine.

There is no entry fee.

FREEADS Proceed with caution when buying privately. mags4dorset cannot accept any liablity for transactions carried out as a result of responding to these freeads.

1 HMV old record 1939 series. Tommy Dorsey with Pinetop Smith collectors item. £5. Bournemouth, 01202 518720 2 Swan Back Ercol Dining Chairs. Golden Dawn, VGC, £250. Bournemouth 01202 518720 Standard Lampshade.

Large white pleated. VGC. £8.

Bournemouth, 01202 518720 Dinner Service. Midwinter (Bulrush). 39 pieces inc 2 tureens, meat plate, 6 off dinner plates, 7 bowls. £45.

Ringwood, 01425 470685 Aquatec Bath Lift. With charger 7 battery, very little used. £150.

Fordingbridge, 01425 654474 Hoover Whirlwind Upright Cleaner. Nearly new. £50.

Verwood 01202 821613

New quality wardrobe from Phipps, Unused, width 31” x 16” x 6ft. Can be put together to make 3 door wardrobe. £225.

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Verwood, 07814 673315 Set of Lawn Bowls. Size 4, excellent condition. £30.

West Moors, 07802420864 Mobility Scooter, TGA Mystere. Excellent condition. 8 mph, 25 mile range, horn, lights and walking stick bag. £385.

Verwood, 01202 823066 Panasonic Vacuum Cleaner.

Practically new. Pack of extra bags. Lightweight. £45. West Moors, 01202 892283 Gents Diamond Back On/ Off Road Bicycle and Ladies Raleigh Town/Country Bicycle, both in excellent condition, hardly used £40 each. Fordingbridge, 01425 654496

If you wish to advertise in this section, complete the form and send to mags4dorset, 1st Floor, King George V Pavilion, Peter Grant Way, Ferndown, Dorset BH22 9EN. Free insertions limited to two items per person. Trade adverts must be paid for £30 per item plus VAT, max 25 words.

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Martin & Co Ringwood

introduce sales Director, Darren Loose says, “After nine successful years letting property in the local area, I have decided to develop the office further and introduce sales. We started this in Winchester last year and it has always been in the pipeline for the Ringwood office

and now seems the perfect time to start.

“With banks becoming more and more unstable as well as offering poor interest rates, property has become a safer place for investors to put their money to work and the buy-to-let market is thriving.

“For the first 30 properties, we are offering a fantastic and unrivalled 1% commission fee so don’t hesitate to get in touch!”

Wine and Wisdom success

The winning team

Over £2,500, including matched funding from Barclays Bank, was raised for Wimborne’s ‘In Bloom’ campaign at the recent Wine and Wisdom Quiz. The money raised will be used for this years ‘In Bloom’ campaign. The judging of the town in the Regional Competition, Small Town Category takes place in July.

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BUSINESS COMMUNITY UNITY - PERFORMING ARTS business community unity

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Performing arts include music, dance, opera and theatre and are ways in which artists use their body or voice to convey artistic expression.

If you want to start a career in performing arts, you are in the right place, so read on to find out more.

Sally Adams Danceworks The place for a wide variety of dance styles, including the very popular classes combining Street Dance, Freestyle, Rock n Roll. Classes 3 years to 73 in Fordingbridge and Ringwood.

Anyone Can acT www.swishofthecurtain.com

This acting school offers drama classes for children aged 4-17 years. Your child will grow in confidence, make new friends, learn to perform in front of an audience and join in the fun.

Swish of the Curtain Theatre School Award winning Swish of the Curtain Theatre School are delighted to announce that they have just opened a brand new school in Ringwood. Held at Ringwood School, Parsonage Barn Lane, on Saturday mornings, there are classes to suit all age groups: 9.45-10.45: Baby Ballet & PrePerformers Drama (2-4 years) 10.45-12.15: Introductory Musical Theatre (Act, Dance, Sing for 4-6 years) 9.30-12.30: Musical Theatre (Act, Dance, Sing for 6-15 years) All new students are entitled to 3 FREE WEEKS. Please either go online at swishofthecurtain.com or contact 01202 418999 for full details.

Studio One (Dorset’s

Centre for Performing Arts) Students are trained by qualified teachers in Classical Ballet, Tap, Modern/Jazz, Acrobatics, Musical Theatre and Singing; and examinations are with the Royal Academy of Dance, British Theatre Dance Association and the London Academy of Music & Dramatic Arts.

Studio One’s next production ‘Strictly Musicals’ is at Pavilion Dance on 3,4,5 & 6 April.

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These classes are for Pre-School Children on Tuesday mornings at Holt Village Hall and Wednesday mornings at Verwood Memorial Hall. Established in 1981, these classes are run by Denise Booth, Principal at Studio One (Dorset’s Centre for Performing Arts) and her staff.

Tots & Tiddlers Classes have a strong emphasis on basic motor skills, social integration, and general enjoyment of the singing and dancing. It’s also a great way for parents and minders to meet others – with coffee and home made cakes each week raising funds for Julia’s House. Classes run through term time only.

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Avon Valley Concerts Avon Valley Concerts was created in 1983 with the aim of providing the Ringwood/Fordingbridge area with classical music recitals performed by renowned musicians.

“Annually, we present 5 concerts.”

Fordingbridge Dance Studios Fordingbridge Dance Studios is a local dance school offering classes from aged three to adult in ballet, tap, modern, acrobatics and stage work. Based at Avonway Community Centre in Fordingbridge five days–a-week.

Now into its 4th year, the name Mainstage is becoming very well known in the Wimborne area. “Our Performing Arts classes are taught by industry professionals, most of whom are still performing. We focus on the art of performing and enhance natural talent, encouraging individual performers.”

Mainstage is proud to be known as a friendly, professional school that boosts confidence in its students in a safe and fun environment. “Our students have the opportunity to perform up to 4 times a year in various productions including a drama show, carol concert, The Dance Connection showcase and our big annual production.”

For more information please visit www.mainstage-pa.co.uk.

The type of diesel multiple units to be upgraded for the Wareham train service © Andrew PM Wright

Elation as Dorset railway is reinstated A Dorset train service is to be reinstated thanks to a £1.47M government grant

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The last British Rail Swanage train at Wareham station on New Year’s Day, 1972

lated Swanage Railway volunteers are celebrating after winning the grant to re-introduce a regular train service from Swanage and Corfe Castle to the main line at Wareham – a long-held ambition since British Rail controversially axed the service 41 years ago.

The grant will give an important boost to the Isle of Purbeck and was announced by Eric Pickles MP, Secretary of State at the Department of Communities and Local Government on 11 February, 2013.

It is estimated that the restored train service will create 40 new jobs indirectly and ten new jobs directly.

It is anticipated that the first regular trains will be running by spring 2015.

As well as paying for upgrading track and bridges, the £1.47m grant will also pay for the upgrading of two 1960s heritage diesel rail bus trains to main line running standards.

A trial rail service between Swanage, Corfe Castle and Wareham is planned for 50 days in 2015 and 90 days in 2016 with the eventual target being an all-year amenity train service after that.

Swanage Railway Company chairman Peter Sills, who rode on the last British Rail train from Swanage to Wareham in January 1972 as a teenager, said, “We are elated at this tremendous and very historic news because the Swanage Railway has been campaigning to bring back regular trains from Swanage and Corfe Castle to Wareham since 1972 when British Rail controversially axed the service…

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“…I would like to say a very big thank you to everyone who has contributed towards reaching this milestone in the history of the Swanage Railway. It took British Rail just seven weeks to lift the seven miles of track between Furzebrook, Corfe Castle and Swanage but 30 long years for the Swanage Railway to relay it.”

The grant bid to the Coastal Communities Fund was supported by the Purbeck Community Rail Partnership composed of Purbeck District Council, Dorset County Council, Poole Borough Council, Network Rail, South West Trains, the Swanage and Purbeck Hospitality Association and Perenco which runs the Wytch Farm oil field north of Corfe Castle.

Purbeck Community Rail Partnership chairman Councillor Mike Lovell said, “I would like to congratulate the Swanage Railway on receiving £1.47 million funding from the Coastal Communities Fund.

“Together with the £3.2 million funding that the Purbeck District and Dorset County councils are contributing to the re-signalling work required between Wareham and Worgret Junction and from there down to Corfe Castle, this means that the operation of a limited train service between Wareham and Swanage in 2015 is now a realistic proposition.”

British Petroleum and Perenco are also paying for a £500,000 level crossing across the Wytch Farm oil field and Norden Park & Ride access road, just north of Corfe Castle, so that regular trains can run from Swanage and Corfe Castle to the main line at Wareham.

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in & aroundACTIVITIES the area EASTER

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Award winning day out

for all ages, you will be surprised!

Soak up the splendid scenery with a wagon or tractor trailer ride around the Dorset Heavy Horse Farm Park. Listen and learn, or join in the fascinating talks and tours throughout the day (history with humour).

Grab the chance and ‘drive’ a real tractor in the off-road arena. Join in feeding the heavy horses in their newly rebuilt courtyard stables and their friendly farmyard friends in their paddocks. Meet Iona our Percheron heavy horse featured in the BBC Two television series ‘Wartime Farm.’

Keep the children happy for hours with pony rides, go-cart arena, giant bouncy castle, mega drop slide, new zip wire, and exciting play areas for tots to teens.

If it’s a little nostalgia that you are looking for then wander around the exhibits from days gone by or admire the showman’s and gypsy caravans.

For a little relaxation you will find a homely cafe serving tasty home cooked food at great prices. Discover the new and exciting pets for those who think rabbits and guinea pigs are too cute and cuddly. If the weather’s not so kind you can find lots to do undercover.

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By visiting, you are helping provide a permanent home to over 20 rescued heavy horses.

All in all this is a great value, and memorable day out for the whole family to enjoy.

Enjoy Easter fun and games

at Dolphin

If you are looking for a way to keep the kids entertained this Easter look no further than the Dolphin shopping centre in Poole where there will be free entertainment galore.

For the duration of the school holidays, children can enter the ‘spot the bunny’ competition, hunting for bunnies in the centre to be in with the chance to win a prize.

Kicking off on Good Friday (March 31), the much-loved Diamond Faces team will be at the centre and offering all children free face painting for the day and returning on Friday, April 5.

On Saturday, March 30 (Easter Saturday), the Easter Bunny will take a break from her busy schedule to visit the centre and host a tea party for the children of Poole. This is free for all and light refreshments and games will be on offer.

To top off a fantastic week of Easter fun, a Punch and Judy show will be running throughout the day on Thursday, April 4.

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March 29 (Good Friday) – Free face painting between by Diamond Faces March 30 (Easter Saturday) – Afternoon tea party with the Easter Bunny from April 4 – Punch and Judy April 5 - Free face painting between by Diamond Faces

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WHAT’S ON

It’s the Regent Rep

EVERY WEDNESDAY:

THEY’RE GR8!

The GR8 Youth Club at Avonway Community Centre, Fordingbridge meets every Wednesday evening in term time between 6.30pm to 8.30pm. Age 8 to 13.

Activities include artwork, cooking, sport and video games. End of the term specials such as ice skating in Bournemouth and bowling in Salisbury. 01425 653079.

EVERY THURSDAY:

HAPPY TAPPERS

The Happy Tappers is a small group of mature, tap dancing ladies who meet at Avonway Community Centre in Fordingbridge every Thursday at 6.35pm for an hour of fun and exercise – a lot of laughter is obligatory! As they have danced for many years they are not a beginners class, but if you have tap danced as a child and yearn to do so again, why not consider joining them for a trial session? 01425 653079.

CHERRY TREE NURSERY NOW OPEN SUNDAYS

The Northbourne plant nursery, Cherry Tree, is now open between 10am and 3pm on Sundays. To make your plant shopping experience more pleasant, free tea, coffee and biscuits will be provided with live classical music on many occasions. Cherry Tree Nursery is just off New Road roundabout, Whitelegg Way. It is a Sheltered Work Opportunities Project.

Review by Janine Pulford Dad’s Army performed by the Regent Rep was one of the funniest productions I have seen in a while.

Playing to a full house, the three episodes of the classic BBC TV comedy series were re-enacted with a cast of 25 and a full brass ensemble on stage, adding to the vintage atmosphere.

Where this am-dram company managed to find so many people who looked like the original actors is beyond me. The cast was brilliant, without exception, but the stand outs were Captain Mainwaring (David Gillard), Pike, (Karl Stanley) Frazer (Alan Ponting), ARP Warden Hodges (Chaz Davenport) and Godfrey (J Haynes). The U-boat captain (Nick Guy) and crew with their fish and chip episode, (one of the best of the original series), was hilarious and the frivolity of the bells and ribbons of the Morris Dancers in the next episode had the audience in stitches.

But it was real fall about comedy time when the Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard

in & around the area interviewed women with the hope of enlisting a few. All the women were exactly right for the parts, but Ivy Samways (Sharon Burn) stole the show. She brought the house down with her expressions alone. Then followed Captain Mainwaring’s liaison with Fiona Gray (Valerie Gillard) which was superbly handled.

The show was real top-drawer stuff and Christchurch must be very proud to have such a talented amateur dramatic group in its midst.

I thoroughly recommend a visit to the Regent Centre to see them.

WORLD PREMIERE:

MY WIFE AND THE KING

The story of the love triangle that rocked the nation and changed the course of British history.

This new musical covers the developing relationship, political ramifications and subsequent abdication of the King. Ernest Simpson, his bride, Wallis and Edward Prince of Wales feature in this exceptional musical written by Sam Stuckey and directed

by Patricia Richardson.

Playing at Wimborne’s Layard Theatre on 11-13 April (01202 847525) and Verwood’s Hub on 17 April.

01202 828740. Tickets £12, concessions £10.

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TINDERBOX

Award-winning duo, Tinderbox, are hosting a charity concert for Amelia’s Rainbow at the Regent Centre, Christchurch. The children’s charity - based in Bournemouth - raises funds to create memorable activities and days out for Dorset children suffering from terminal or lifelimiting conditions. The concert will also feature the nationally-revered singersongwriter Mike Silver, plus well-known local musician, Bob Burke. All the bands are donating their time for the cause. Tel 01202 499199.

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motoring STEPHEN TURVIL has been writing our Southern Safaris for many years and readers have enjoyed them immensely. But 2013 is time for a change and because Mr Turvil has got such a lot of cars lined up for test drives, he has changed tack slightly and will be giving readers an insight into how the cars perform and what they have to offer. He might also suggest, in his inimitable style, and under the heading Crazy Car Questions, who might be best suited to drive them.

CRAZY CAR QUESTIONS Volkswagen Passat Alltrack

by Stephen Turvil

INDIANA JONES wants a prestigious estate car to whisk his priceless antiques away from glory hunters and into museums - but which one? I suspect he goes weak at the knees for the top of the range Volkswagen Passat Alltrack. Why? Because its cargo capacity is 603-litres rising to 1,731-litres when the rear seats are folded flat. That is far more than some of its competitors so there is plenty of room for the Arc of the Covenant. And this estate has a few more tricks up its sleeve. Dr Jones – as an optional extra – could have the Cargo Management System which would enable him to section-off parts of the boot and restrain his antiques with belts. This could complement the optional net that lies flat on the boot’s floor but lifts so that small items can be held beneath. Perfect for treasure.

Now, Indiana Jones spends lots of time being chased by men who want to steal his treasure. Here the Passat Alltrack 2.0 TDI 4MOTION DSG could help too. As such it produces 177PS which is enough to propel his valuables to 62mph in 8.9 seconds. That is pretty fast. It also has six-speed auto transmission

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to make life easy but Jones could select every gear manually - without a foot-operated clutch - by sliding the gear stick forwards/backwards. And there is more. Despite having a fair turn of speed this diesel load-lugger averages 47.9mpg. Trips to the fuel station are therefore rare which saves Jones enough money to buy new leather jackets – and new leather hats – and new whips.

The Volkswagen Passat Alltrack has four-wheeldrive which could help the antique hunter park on soft surfaces, feel safer on slippery roads, and escape huge circular boulders. This emphasises its rocksolid handling and comfortable ride that make driving more fun than finding the Holy Grail. It has plenty of equipment too. Highlights include climate control, which regulates the air-conditioning and the heater to maintain a pre-defined temperature in the cabin.

The Alltrack also has automatic windscreen wipers, an electric parking brake, and built-in touch-screen sat-nav. All from £31,355 or the equivalent in ancient pottery. What better vehicle to keep his missions “all on track”?

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