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COVER STORY Julia Mear met John Forrester Addie at his home in Colyton, East Devon ‘I was born in 1938 near Oswestry, Shropshire where I reckoned I’d be dead within a few years on the number spent my early life until my lovely mother and father, of pain killers I was taking just to get to work, which was Dilys and Robyn, moved the whole family to mid very unfortunate as I loved my job. So, in 1995, when Wales, in 1947. I have one elder sister, Jane, and two Pam retired as well, we moved from LLandindrod Wells younger brothers, Robert and Peter. Father was an in Wales to Colyton, Devon.

Estate manager, Surveyor and Valuer. The origin of our In my marriages, I have had five homes and at all of surname is when, in 1846, Agnes Forrester married John them I have undertaken major alterations; carrying out Addie at Stirling, Scotland. all the work myself. My simple determination to make At the age of nine I was sent to Preparatory School John with conversion of a things was instilled in me by my father who taught us 1936 Austin Seven that there’s no such word as can’t! From my earliest in Scotland. Put on a train at Crewe station with a trunk and a label attached to my collar, I was off to Edinburgh. With years, when I designed and made things like model aeroplanes, valve the aid of a porter I travelled across Edinburgh to Dunfermline where radios and even a 35mm camera, I have continued to make and create.

I telephoned the school for them to fetch me! I went on from there, We were on holiday recently, in Lanzarote, when I watched a chap at the age of 13, to Shrewsbury School which was one of the top playing a harp. I asked him about it in broken Spanish and researched ‘classics’ schools in the country. Classics and I didn’t get on so well it when I got home. It coincided with me having a hip replacement; but I have to admit Latin, Greek and so on gives you a marvellous so when I was hobbling around I designed it. After a few weeks I was base on how to learn and research. I was always very poor academiable to get some bits of wood together and made one. When that was cally. Father expected us boys to follow into his firm; I was to be finished I restored an 1891 Italian mandolin that was falling apart. the architect, Robert the surveyor and Peter the valuer. So, I went Other hobbies include drawing and painting in acrylic and on to University to study architecture; I didn’t complete the course watercolour. I like to do cross stitch and I’ve built a 28ft deepbecause I had a major motorcycle accident but managed to complete water yacht. In the last few years I was given three derelict dinsome exams. I left and went into an apprenticeship in Precision ghies by the local yacht club. I made a simple cover in which to Engineering in Shrewsbury. Unfortunately, two years later, I came off strip them totally, completely rebuilding them and then not doing a horse but still had my foot in the stirrup when the horse galloped too badly with them on eBay! off the other way. I returned home and after convalescence I joined I also love doing work and research for the community in varithe Town and Country Planning Dept. as an Articled Pupil. Earlier ous ways. My keenest interest is in the Colyton Parish History and whilst studying this profession, I had been making my own car.

Society. In the 16th century Henry Courtenay was Lord of the Frank Costin happened to spot it and said ‘wow’. He asked me to Manor of Colyton; he became too outspoken in the Royal housecome and see what he was working on, which was a design for a new hold so, lost his lands and head. Henry VIII then became Lord of car, the Marcos. Frank Costin had been the head of design, stress the Manor. A deputation of men from Colyton went up to London and aerodynamics for De Havillands. He offered me a job which and bought the land back off him. Under a Royal Charter the I couldn’t resist! We were involved in all sorts of exciting work in Chamber of Feoffees was formed which charged them to receive specialist aerodynamic, hydrodynamics and stressing—this is where all income from the properties which was then to be spent for my design skills came in. We even designed and hand-made a modi‘good and godly purposes’ in the community. Since that time they fied front suspension for the famous Stirling Moss 1959 Le Mans have influenced this whole community continuously, which is car. Unfortunately, Costin wasn’t a great business manager and after very important in national terms. The History Society’s exhibition a few years we were working three or four nights a week living on spaces and offices are now in what we are calling the Merchants whisky and sandwiches—he was overworking us and in the end we House, which is the Heritage Centre in Colyton. I have just made left. I went back to Town and Country Planning in Merioneth County an entire costume of a rich, mediaeval Merchant, for the Centre.

Offices then Shropshire and Lincolnshire, where I ended up as We’ve just had approval of £59,000 Heritage Lottery Fund Grant Landscape Architect for the County. Later I moved to Powys County which will go towards upgrading the whole exhibition space as in Mid Wales and worked for the next 20 years as Conservation well as digitising 450 years’ worth of the Colyton Chamber of Officer, for a quarter of Wales, working on historic building, wildlife Feoffees papers. The Chamber has managed to keep all meetings and landscape conservation—I felt I was extremely lucky to have the records and account books since 1545; it is an extraordinarily rich very best job in Local Authority. social commentary and is unique in the whole country.

I met my first wife in Llanberis, North Wales in 1965. She was a I’ve done a lot of work on historic buildings and have written a teacher and we have two lovely boys, Heath and David, but the marbook on Colyton Church after four years of research, to ensure its riage fell apart in the early 70s. In 1976 whilst working in Powys accuracy. It has just been published but due to limited funding only I met Pam who similarly worked for Powys County. We married six have been printed. I have also designed sundry things like the in 1978 and have been happily married ever since. My elder son town map, the parish map and the millennium cast bronze, attached qualified in art and design and now runs his own tattoo studio called to the Town Hall, which illustrates 2000 years of history of Colyton.

Something Wicked in Lincoln. He’s a brilliant artist and people come I did the Parish Map and, with the local primary school, the town from all over the country to him. He married and has a daughter. The guide map. I walked around with them, noted the interesting things, younger son, David, is now a Major with the Royal Artillery, currentthey wrote it up and helped produce it. I have also partly produced ly based near Salisbury and is a specialist in avionics, working with and collated a local history booklet, ‘Colyton through the Centuries’ unmanned reconnaissance drones. Although he started his career in which is on its third print now.

REME, his skills were soon spotted and the Royal Artillery grabbed I continue to make things. I do at least a couple of codeword him. He’s married, 6’6”and has played rugby, for the army, against the puzzles each day; I need to keep the grey cells alive and I like being All Blacks. He has three children; a girl and two boys. occupied. My creative hobbies are extremely important to me alongI retired at the age of 55 because of serious arthritis. The consultant side the community, home and married life.’

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MV UP FRONT According to research done a few years ago, people in America spent more money on slot machines than theme parks, films and baseball put together. It is hard to imagine that pumping coins into machines could be so profitable, but according to Tristan Harris in a TED Talk some time ago, it is the result of ‘Fear of Missing Out’, or FOMO, to use its popular acronym. Harris was trying to find ways to make technology, and more especially digital communication, more useful. He pointed out that FOMO was causing people to refresh their email, social media and any other form of digital contact so often that the end result was a huge distraction from actually achieving anything.

It is the same form of addiction as playing slot machines he explained. Each time you refresh you might find yourself tagged in a photograph, alerted to an inspirational video or even invited to a party.

It doesn’t matter what the result is, it seems the fear of missing out requires us to do the equivalent of putting just one more coin into the slot—just in case. And each time we play that slot machine with our email or other form of digital communication we are sent off on a different thought process. It’s quite a distraction. One shocking observation that Harris cited, was from research by Gloria Mark, Professor in the Department of Informatics at the University of California, Irvine. Her findings show that it can take an average of 23 minutes and 15 seconds to refocus on what we were doing before the interruption. She also found that people change their pattern of work in order to cope with such intrusions. However, that coping mechanism means having to work faster, less efficiently and with more stress. The results, unsurprisingly, mean a loss of quality. This isn’t something that is only applicable to the ‘Y’ or ‘Millennial’ generation— as those that grew up with computers and social media are called—we are all guilty of FOMO. However the Millennials are the first generation to spend their entire lives in the digital environment and how they live and work and what will become of human communication is a source of endless fascination. If only there was an app to help us see into the future—now that would be distracting.

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Cover Story By Julia Mear Italian Ice Cream - with a Twist of Dorset by Fergus Byrne Riding the Waves with Sally and Tally by Margery Hookings When Water Came to Beaminster by Paul Coggins Out and About Her Majesty’s Pleasure Coast & Countryside Events News & Views Laterally Speaking by Humphrey Walwyn

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House & Garden King John By Cecil Amor Vegetables in August By Fergus Dowding August in the Garden By Russell Jordan Property Round Up By Helen Fisher Mackerel Feathers By Nick Fisher

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Food & Dining Oven Roasted Mackarel By Lesley Waters Roasted Baby Beetroot with Walnuts and Yoghurt Dressing

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Arts & Entertainment Sew Far Sew Good By Katherine Locke Museums and Galleries, Performance, Preview and Film

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IMAGINE if the world’s best ice cream was made here in Dorset...

At the moment that might be a bit of a stretch for the imagination, but then could anyone have really dreamed that vodka produced in Dorset, made from the milk of cows reared in Dorset, would one day win a Gold Medal at the prestigious San Francisco World Spirits Competition? Or that wine made in Salway Ash, from vines grown on the edge of the Marshwood Vale would win distinguished awards and glowing praise from top wine aficionados all over the world?

People say that it is those who dare to dream that often reap the benefits and Sam Hanbury, co-founder of Baboo Gelato, believes that his company can one day be known as the producer of some of the best ice cream in the world.

Although less than a year old, the company has already received a Taste of the West Gold Award for their Lemon Sorbet and with a growing reputation for producing a product worth travelling for, Baboo Gelato may be well on its way to joining the many successful food businesses that have made Dorset such a foodie destination.

Perhaps the most important thing to know at the outset is that Baboo Gelato is not ice cream in the traditional sense. Made using an Italian technique it feels very smooth because it is produced using more milk than cream, and so is much lower in fat than traditional ice cream. That may seem odd to those who believe cream is the tasty ingredient in ice cream, but actually it’s the cream that interferes with the flavour. As Annie Hanbury, after whose grandmother Babooshka the brand is named, explains, ‘fat coats your tongue and stops your taste buds from tasting.’

Annie could be described as the heart and soul of the organisation, having studied gelato making at the Gelato University in Bologna in Italy. Here she learned from the world’s master gelatieres the science of ice cream making. She now combines this very precise skill with her flair for flavour to make what may well become known as the perfect gelato. She and Sam work as a team ‘I do all the boring stuff and Annie does all the glamourous stuff’ quips Sam with a smile, but on a serious note, he says that the couple have a perfect alignment of skills.

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It’s true. Listening to them explain how the idea and the product developed into a business it is clear that Annie’s practical and scientific approach balances deftly with Sam’s bubbling enthusiasm—an enthusiasm that he struggles to contain as he explains what is needed to make a great product. ‘There are three things that are relevant to making the world’s best ice cream’ he says.

‘The first thing is great ingredients.’ Sam believes that the quality of their locally sourced organic milk, along with wonderful fruit from their own garden as well as from nearby Forde Abbey, gives them access to ‘phenomenal ingredients—apples, pears, strawberries, raspberries—and other fantastic soft fruits’ that even Italian gelato cannot match.

The second thing is the machinery says Sam. ‘We are an artisanal ice cream maker. This is something you cannot do in your kitchen.’ The machinery is made by a company called Carpigiani which he describes as ‘the Rolls Royce of artisanal ice cream making machinery.’

The third thing that they both agree is needed to produce a great product is great recipes. Annie explains more about the science behind the process: ‘With ice cream it is very important to get the balance of sugar, fat, solids and water right in order to

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get the right consistency. It’s very scientific; you have to know the exact proportions.’ Sam says that this is the culmination of Annie’s life. ‘She has always been obsessed with cooking’ he says. ‘When we were younger she would sit in bed with cook books piled on either side of her. Any time we have moved house I have always been negotiating to throw away 20 years’ worth of different cookery magazines.’

Annie recalls great competition with her brother Ivan in their youth over whose bolognaise sauce was best. She soon learned that cooking was all down to technique and began to study the science behind recipes, carefully weighing out ingredients when others simply used a Keith Floyd ‘splash and a dash’ method— perfect for a fun meal but hopeless if you want to produce a consistent product. Sam points out that because Annie does it so scientifically she can actually make any recipe, recently making Bellini lollies and cider lollies for one restaurant client.

Annie’s time at the Gelato University of Bologna was an entry into a community that she has benefitted from enormously. ‘It was like a mini United Nations’ she says ‘with people from all over the world: Kazakhstan, Chile, Peru, The Philippines, and Thailand—everywhere. We set up a Facebook group and because

everybody is so spread nobody feels that they are competition to each other. We share recipes, tips and help each other with problems.’

However, although they have had input and inspiration from all over the world, getting their core range of products up to perfection has been the focus in the first year and the couple have recently opened a kiosk in West Bay selling hot drinks and gelato. Without over-facing themselves and trying to be too clever with their options, they have produced a range of delicious ice cream flavours, and despite our somewhat unsurprisingly unsettled weather, the West Bay kiosk is doing brisk business. But what happens when the summer is over? It’s a question that Sam grapples with. ‘At the moment there is a completely English attitude to ice cream’ he says. People generally need to be hot and the sun needs to be shining before they will buy ice cream. ‘Whereas in Italy, even if it is December or January they will be queueing up at a Gelateria just because they like a flavour—it’s a different state of mind.’

Sam believes that part of the reason for the different state of mind is the quality of ice cream available and that is something that he and Annie want to change. As Annie explains ‘Gelato is denser and it’s got less air pumped into it. Sometimes industrial ice cream, the cheaper stuff, is very fluffy and you’re eating mostly air. Being denser your flavours are stronger and brighter. I think what people appreciate here more than anything is the fresh flavours.

Because most ice cream that you get is made from concentrated paste. So when somebody eats one of our rhubarb sorbets for example, it’s got real rhubarb in it and they get a “Wow” factor.’

Baboo Gelato was born out of a need to find a use for the abundant soft fruits left over when Sam and Annie bought their house outside Bridport. It was on the site of a market garden which had gone somewhat ‘out of control’.

Now the couple have worked hard to rein in most of the best fruit and developed something that might offer a ray of sunshine for those days when the sun is hiding. Whilst local pubs and restaurants are seeing the benefits of stocking a little bit of something special on their dessert lists, Baboo Gelato is also available at a limited number of local shops including Washingpool Farm Shop outside Bridport and North Perrott Farm Shop near Crewkerne.

This is an ice cream worth seeking out and for those that like to mix their local foods Annie has suggested a recipe that could easily find its way onto the menus of local restaurants. She calls it ‘The Baboo Sgroppino’. The Sgroppino is an alcoholic cocktail originating in Venice, Italy, where it is drunk as an aperitif, a palate cleanser or a light boozy dessert. It is made of lemon sorbet, prosecco and vodka. Annie and Sam have made theirs into a Dorset cocktail by using their own award-winning lemon sorbet, together with neighbour Furleigh Estate’s fantastic sparkling wine, and the renowned Black Cow Vodka.

For more information and a sneak peek at a new product line due to be launched in the Autumn, visit the company’s website at www.baboogelato.com.

THE BABOO SGROPPINO

What you need: 1 scoop of Baboo lemon sorbet 50ml of Furleigh Estate sparkling wine 25ml Black Cow vodka What you need to do: Shake or blend all ingredients until they combine. Once poured, add a dash more sparkling wine to give it extra zizz.

What you need to do next: Serve in a chilled coupe glass, with a lemon twist garnish.

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f you’re ever on the beach at West Bay and cast your eyes out to sea, the chances are you’ll spot Sally Newman, standing up on a paddle board and skimming along the

water.

Her silhouette is distinctive because, invariably, at the front of the board stands Tally the Jack Russell, riding the waves and wearing her own little lifejacket.

Sally (53) took up standup paddle boarding (SUP) about five years ago after being introduced to it by a friend.

‘I used to like canoeing but it was hurting my back,’ she says.

‘A friend had a board and I had a go and I just fell in love with it. On clear days, when I go out, I can see right down to the bottom of the sea bed. In the summer I’ve seen spider crabs between West Bay and Eype. It’s incredibly relaxing, always different and the colours on the cliffs change constantly.

‘There’s something very magical about paddling into the sunset. No-one else around except me and a couple of fish jumping. I think that’s what I love about paddleboarding, the feeling of space, I love the immenseness. It’s very Zen. I look at the light on the cliffs and am in awe of the beauty of the natural world. It’s so calming.’

Sally, a former nurse and a mother to two grown-up sons, moved to Bridport from Somerset over eight years ago, having spent time living and working in London.

Her father is from Dorset and she remembers happy childhood holidays on the coast.

‘I’ve always swum in the sea—some years doing it all year round— now I’ve got my paddle board I try to get out most nights after work. It doesn’t matter if it’s raining—I’d rather be out on my board and cheer up than be sitting indoors in the rain.

‘I love the water. Wherever I go, I always take a bathing costume in my hand luggage. Now when ever possible I pack my inflatable board too. I’m taking the boards to Greece this summer and last year it was the Isles of Scilly.’

She began paddle boarding a few years ago and then, for her 50th, treated herself to a decent board and added a patch of rubber deck grip to the front for Tally to stand on and entered her first eight-mile race, The Exehammer race.

‘I have now entered twice, both times with Tally, and shall be doing it again this September,’ Sally says.

This year, Sally, who is box office manager at Bridport Electric Palace, is a rider in the UK Naish NISCO Race team, taking part in events in the Veterans category.

N1SCO stands for Naish International SUP Class Organisation which is a one-design racing class where all riders compete exclusively on the Naish ONE 12’6” board. N1SCO competitions include sprint, intermediate distance and long distance racing, as well as team relays that are accessible for any level rider.

Says Sally: ‘I’m not in it because I’m a brilliantly fast rider, because against the youngsters I am not, although I am winning medals as a Veteran. N1SCO is more about getting people involved. It’s about encouraging people to get out onto the water in a friendly way.

‘I have to enter six UK SUP club race events (without Tally). It’s a great way to focus the mind on getting fit and a great way to meet other paddle boarders.

They’re a friendly bunch of people and even the best of paddle boarders fall off their boards sometimes for no obvious reason and it always deserves a laugh. Quite slapstick.

N1SCO is an organisation open to all.

‘There are some really competitive people involved and also complete beginners—everyone gets on.’

‘Paddle boarding as a sport has expanded over the last few years. It looks difficult but it isn’t really. You get a real sense of achievement when you get to stand up on the board and that feels so good.

‘All ages are doing it. Boards can be expensive but once you know what you’re doing you can go anywhere to catch some waves, or go out on the river.’

‘The big appeal as a sport for me is that paddle boarding is so simple. Find some water and go. All I need is a board, paddle and a leash (and a picnic). Nothing much goes wrong. I used to cycle race but there was always the hassle of punctures, gears slipping or chains breaking.’

As well as giving the participant a feeling of space and being at one with nature, Sally says paddle boarding is also ‘brilliant’ for core strength.

“And it’s great if you want to get rid of your bingo wings.’

Sally says if anyone spots her on the shore with her board at West Bay and she’s not in a rush, she’s happy to show people how it’s done.

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Like to try Stand Up Paddle Boarding?

Lessons are available at: Boylos Watersports, Lyme Regis boylos.co.uk info@boylos.co.uk 01297 444222 Weymouth Watersports weymouthwatersports.co.uk info@weymouthwatersports.co.uk 01305 776 565 Seaton Bay Watersports sbwatersports.co.uk info@sbwatersports.co.uk 07850 695200 Adventure4All (Weymouth based) www.adventure4all.co.uk 07870 659081 Local clubs on Facebook: Lyme Regis SUP Club Jurassic SUP (Weymouth)

Riding the Waves with Sally and Tally

By Margery Hookings

Photograph by Didier Sajno

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When Water Came to Beaminster

By Paul Coggins

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he small country town of Beaminster lies in a valley five miles North of Bridport in the attractive West Dorset Countryside. A market town it provides a good range of services and light industries while retaining considerable charm and historic interest. There is a thriving hotel and a couple of public houses Beaminster is the product of the AngloSaxon age, the date of origin of the town is unknown. The place name and historic evidence indicates that it was probably the site of a primary Saxon minster church and was at the centre of a large episcopal estate. These are likely to have acted as a focus for a settlement, but evidence of its formation is lacking.

The Romans passed Beaminster, building their settlement in Durnovaria (Dorchester) and built the road that ran westward from Dorchester to Exeter.

Beaminster has an abundance of water making it an ideal place for a settlement.

Two comparatively small rivers rise in the parish of Beaminster and the surrounding area from which both make their way to the sea.

The river Axe rises in Chedington copse, a short distance north of the town and meanders its way some forty miles through Somerset, and flows out to sea at Axmouth near Seaton in Devon.

The smaller river Brit is quite different, rising a mile above Beaminster at Shatcombe springs on the Western slopes of Toller Down. Spending its short life between Beaminster and Bridport eventually entering the sea at Bridport Harbour or West Bay as it is known to-day.

The mains water arrived in Beaminster circa 1908. Towards the end of the 19th century a concrete constructed reservoir was built on land at Shatcombe springs. It is believed the construction company which laid the mains and built the reservoir were McDonalds from Scotland. Local labour would have been used, although larger Victorian companies used “navvies” who often travelled around the country with the company. The reservoir supplied the town with a population of circa 1,800 people via a 4” cast iron main.

The cast iron pipes were reduced to 3” distributing water to the homes in the narrow streets of the town.

Local labour as well as travelling “navvies” helped bring mains water to Beaminster

Most homes would have had a connection to the mains water supply, this probably consisted of a single bib tap over a Belfast sink and a out-side WC. When one of the first council estates was completed at Gerrard’s Green off of North St, Beaminster circa 1954, more modern conveniences’ could be found, this would be a bath, basin, indoor WC, kitchen sink and some form of coal fired back boiler, for hot water.

As the population grew (3,010 in 2010) a 6” cast iron main was laid from the reservoir to Beaminster reinforcing the existing 4” main. As well as the new main to the town, a pipe was laid to a new reservoir which was built circa 1967 at North Warren Hill south of Beaminster, this was to supply Netherbury, Waytown, Oxbridge, Melplash and West Milton.

This was the first time all these villages received mains water.

In the very early days when the reservoir and mains were commissioned the water supply would have been managed

by Beaminster RDC, but the daily operation of the treatment and distribution network was operated

by JWR Newman & Co who were a local company of plumbers and electricians, unfortunately they have ceased trading. This company also operated the gas

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works which was sited at the top of St Mary’s Well Street and eventually closed in 1982.

Subsequent changes with local authorities meant that the Beaminster water supply was managed by the West Dorset Water Board, then Dorset Water Board and now its present supplier is Wessex Water.

Photographs show the reservoir being constructed at Shatcombe springs and the mains being laid in Fleet Street Beaminster. This water main is still in operation to-day.

Alas after some 118 years of service the reservoir at Shatcombe springs known as Langdon Reservoir has now been abandoned. The water supply to Beaminster will now come from Toller Down Reservoir which has a larger and more secure capacity.

(Paul Coggins has worked for Wessex Water for 34 years).

Mains water arrived in Beaminster circa 1908

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Getting Out and About The magic of Melplash. A country show with something for everyone.

DELVING into the past to find the origins of the traditional Country Fair doesn’t really produce a simple answer.

Understandably it is all down to how far back you want to look and of course how much time you want to devote to unearthing treasured history.

If one goes back far enough fairs were associated with trade, festivals, religious feasts and other special days of observation. They were, and still are, an opportunity for people to gather together, exchange ideas and experiences and find ways to progress, especially in the world of agriculture. The agricultural society fairs introduced competition to see who could rear the finest animals and who could produce the best domestic products. Today they still offer the same competition but have expanded way beyond the dreams of our ancesters.

Most agricultural fairs now offer high levels of entertainment and whilst music and food festivals have drawn deeply from the agricultural fair model, the sense of a day out offering shared experiences is the real value.

Pony and Dog show at Buckham Fair

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Here in the South West we are not short of opportunities for shared entertainment and the summer months, with their promise of warm weather and sunshine, are usually packed with shows and events to attend.

For music fans Dorset offers one of the most family friendly festivals at Lulworth Castle. Although essentially a music festival, Camp Bestival has taken the mix of leisure activity to heart and produces a huge selection of entertainment for families who want to camp for a weekend near the coast and enjoy a shared celebration of music, food and adventure. Camp Bestival is on from 28 to 31 July. www.campbestival.net.

Sill in East Dorset the Gillingham & Shaftsbury Show at the Motcombe Turnpike Showground never fails to keep the crowds coming. One of the largest one day agricultural shows in the south, this year’s show looks all set to be one of the best events ever, with a record number of trade exhibitors and a great range of attractions for all the family. The show is on 17 August. www. gillshaftshow.co.uk.

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Bananarama - unencumbered by EU shape regulations

Over in West Dorset lovers of horses and dogs mustn’t miss Buckham Fair outside Beaminster. Buckham Fair began in 2008 when Martin and Phillipa Clunes realised that their land would be perfect to hold an old-fashioned type Fair, perfect for all the community to have fun and also raise money for local charities. The couple discovered that there is an Ancient Charter that allows the holder of the land to hold a Fair each year—perfect. This year’s Fair will be held on 21 August and proceeds are to be given to the Weldmar Hospicecare Trust. www.buckhamfair.co.uk.

Still in West Dorset, farming and agriculture really are at the heart of the Melplash Show which is held every year at The West Bay Show grounds near Bridport. Featuring an enormous range of activities as well as animal judging and many main ring activties, the show is a great day out and a chance to meet with friends, enjoy the countryside and learn more about West Dorset. It is held on Thursday 25 August. www. melplashshow.co.uk.

Brewery Square in Dorchester is also offering a special event this summer.

Supporting the Diverse Abilities Charity, the Brewery Square Fayre has a great range of attractions lined up for the occasion. Fun for all the family including children’s entertainment, market stalls, live music until 6pm and a beer tent featuring a selection of locally produced brews as well as soft drinks for all to enjoy. The Brewery Square Fayre in on 10 September from 11am to 8pm. www.brewerysquare.com.

Chillin with friends at Melplash

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INSIDE HISTORY

Her Majesty’s Pleasure A look inside Dorchester prison with the help of The Urban Explorer

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t may not have the provenance of a romantic castle but the site for a new residential development in Dorchester certainly has history.

Dorchester Prison was closed down in 2013 and purchased by heritage developer City & Country, whose proposal to build 190 homes along with a museum is currently being considered by planners. The prison was no doubt a grim place for those that served at her majesty’s pleasure but it also has the somewhat uncomfortable honor of being the location for the last public hanging in Dorset, and the announcement that human remains are to be exhumed from the site has been met with a mixture of appreciation and horror—depending on whether you are an archeologist or uncomfortable with the disturbance of the deceased.

The remains of Martha Brown, who was found guilty of murdering her abusive husband and subsequently hanged at the prison, are said to be amongst the bodies buried at the site. Her hanging was witnessed by Thomas Hardy when he was 16 years old and it is said to have inspired him to write Tess of the d’Urbervilles.

But despite its majestic entrance the motto on the tiled steps up to the prison door is chilling in its patronizing arrogance—“Holding the key to a brighter future” it proclaims. Assuming it will soon be transformed into modern residences it’s worth recording how it looks today.

The prison is not open to the public but Dorset’s Urban Explorer has been to visit it and agreed it is a ‘grim’ place.

However he could see the power of its architecture. ‘Pure Victorian detention in all its glory’ he explained on his website ‘and it’s wonderful!’

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It’s not all wonderful however.

Describing one of the cells he said: ‘The tiny cells are a real eye-opener. And my description of grim is all too true.’ He goes on to say that damp and blackspot litter the ‘cold, stone block walls’ and that the only heating source is a pipe running down one side of the cell. He described the metal framed bunk-beds as having ‘an air of torture about their features’, whilst in the corner, a stainless steel toilet had ‘nothing but a curtain to divide you from your cellmate.’ He also described the feeling as the cell door shuts behind you. ‘The whole wing feels very claustrophobic, with cages all around you and just enough room for one person on the walkways.’

Prison life is certainly bleak and the gruesome tales that are often associated with those that live and die within its walls make distressing reading. After taking one last walk around the wings to make sure he hadn’t missed anything, The Urban Explorer left the building. ‘A walk that inmates of Dorchester prison would have enjoyed, I’m sure!’ he said.

No doubt the new development will erase many of the memories of the building’s original use but it is history worth recording.

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Coast &Countryside Events Sunday 30 - Monday 31 July

Martock Garden open at 14 Birch Road, 1pm - 4pm. £3 admission, children free, all funds go to NGS nursing and caring charities. Cream teas and hens crooning in the garden. Ring Brenda Ellis on 826624.

Monday 1 August

Clay An informal, untutored sculpture group that meets weekly at IAC. All abilities welcome. Mondays 9.30am 3.30pm. £7 per weekly session. Ilminster Arts Centre, The Meeting House, East Street, Ilminster. TA19 0AN. 01460 54973. www.themeetinghouse.org.uk.

Every Monday.

Lyme History Walks 11am from the Marine Theatre this and every Mon, Wed and Sat in August. Discover the unique and colourful history of Lyme Regis. Cost: £8 children half www. lymehistorywalks.com 01297443140.

Axminster Carnival Bingo Doors open 7pm eyes down 8pm, Guildhall, Axminster.

Jazz Jam Session Do you play an instrument? Do you enjoy jazz and want to try improvising around jazz standards and other well-known tunes? Come along to this informal group – you can play, or just sit and listen. 7.30pm. £2 to take part.

Bar available. Ilminster Arts Centre, The Meeting House, East Street, Ilminster.

TA19 0AN. 01460 54973. www. themeetinghouse.org.uk. Also 15 August.

Mon 1 - Fri 5 August

Summerthing Children’s Art Festival presents Small Things - creative art workshops and performances for under 12’s based on the theme Fantasy. Events are taking place in The Community Orchard and various venues around Bridport during the week. Small Things programmes are out now and can be found at Bridport Tourist Information Centre, Fruits Of The Earth and Waterstone’s bookstore. Small Things is an off shoot project of Summerthing Children’s Art Festival established in 1994 by Nikki Northover. To book, take your filled out programme to Bridport Tourist Information Centre. Small Things is supported by West Dorset District Council, Bridport Town Council, The Rex Trevett Appeal Fund and Brit Valley Rotary and is co-ordinated by Nikki Northover with Aimee Symes and Sarah Churchill.

Mon 1 - Sat 13 August

JSLN International Ballet Company arrives at Guggleton for a family arts fortnight for the community. This neo classical company is working with local artists and young people telling the story of Guggleton in Dance and Drama with a celebratory production on Saturday 13. Whatever your age if you’d like to be involved ring Isabel de Pelet on 01963 370219 or Loretta Wong on 07857 698980. Guggleton Farm Arts Project, Station Road, Stalbridge, Dorset, DT10 2RQ. www.guggleton.co.uk.

Tuesday 2 August

Bridport Summer Yoga A different Yoga Teacher each week. Tuesday morning 10am - 11.30am @ The Chapel in the Garden, 49 East street, Bridport, Dorset DT6 3JX. Public Car Parking is opposite in East St car park. For information contact Corrie van Rijn on 01308 485544.

West Dorset Ramblers 7.5 mile walk round the Perrotts. 10am start. Bring picnic. No dogs. All welcome. Please call 01308 897702.

Guided Walk of Sherborne Join Blue Badge Guide Cindy twice a week for a gentle stroll around this historic town.

Every Tuesday at 10.30am from the TIC, Digby Road, to explore: The Abbey Green, Almshouse, King’s School. No need to book, just turn up, whatever the weather. £5 per person. Lasts for approximately 1½ hours. Wheelchair friendly. 01935 815341.

Knit & Natter An informal get together for knitters and/or natterers. First Tuesday of every month from 10.30am – 12noon in the Library. Coffee served from 11am – 12noon. Supported by the Library service all are welcome. Enquiries to 01305 777476.

Axminster Probus Club for retired and semi-retired business and professional men meets at 10am for 10.30am in a private room at the A35 Pit Stop, Gammons Hill, Kilmington for a talk by Malcolm Wells MBE entitled ‘Canine Partners’ and an optional lunch. Potential members and guests are very welcome.

For further details ring 01460 220528.

Jamboree - Meet the Monsters with Martin Maudsley & Co 11am. The Lyric Theatre, 9 Barrack St, Bridport, DT6 3LX. £8 adult / £6 child / £25 family of 4 - Ages 4+. www.bridport-arts.com / 01308 424204. Master storyteller Martin Maudsley, acclaimed illustrator Charlie

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Fuge and renowned musician Declan Duffy team-up to present a fabulous feast of monstrous tales, sing-a-long songs and live-action drawings.

Forde Abbey & Gardens Folksy Theatre perform Shakespeare’s “As You Like It” in the gardens at 7pm. www.fordeabbey.co.uk or please contact us info@fordeabbey.co.uk 01460 221290 (information line).

The Weymouth Accordion Club meets 7.30pm Tuesday evenings at St Anne’s Hall Radipole Lane Weymouth DT4 9RP. Visitors are welcome to come at no charge, so please feel free to look in and listen. Further details from 01305 759452 or see http://weymouthaccordionclub.org. uk/.

Old Lyme Ghost Tours 7.30pm from Lyme Regis Museum this and every Tues and Thurs in August. An entertaining jaunt through the dark alleys of Lyme’s past, suitable for all ages. Lasts 1 hour.

Adults £7 children £3, ghosts free. www. ghostwalkslyme.org.uk 01297443140.

Wednesday 3 August

Dorchester Summer Yoga 10am - 11.30am. All levels of ability and experience welcome to drop in classes with a different teacher every week at Dorchester Yoga and Therapy Centre, 14 Trinity Street DT1 1TU www. dorchesteryoga.co.uk. Cost £8 per class.

For more details please contact Sharon Cox - Button scoxbutton@gmail.com or 07742821937.

Jamboree - Aerial Silks & Hoop with Charlie Bicknell 10am - 11.15am. Ages 6-10. 11.30am-1pm Ages 11-14. Bridport Youth Centre, Gundry Lane, DT6 3RL. £13/£15. Max 12 places per session. www.bridport-arts.com / 01308 424204.

Join Aerial performer Charlie Bicknell to study the technique of aerial silks as well as some hoop work. Learn new skills & demonstrate a variety of poses & smoothly achieve transitions from one move to another. Please wear comfortable clothing and bring a bottle of water.

East Devon Ramblers moderate 10 mile circular walk from Hemyock.

10.30am start and bring picnic. Dogs on short leads. 01395 567450.

Lyme History Walks 11am from the Marine Theatre this and every Mon, Wed and Sat in August. Discover the unique and colourful history of Lyme Regis. Hear stories of amazing people and adventures on land and sea. Led by experienced Tour

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Guide Chris Lovejoy, supporting Lyme Regis Museum Mary Anning extension.

Lasts 1+1/2 hours. Cost: £8 children half www.lymehistorywalks.com 01297443140.

Seashore Safari 12.30pm – 2pm. Join at low tide to explore the amazing underwater world of the Fleet Lagoon.

Hunt for the marine wildlife which calls our shores their home, as well as looking for the tell-tale tracks & signs of hidden species. Meet at the Chesil Beach Centre, halfway along the A354 between Weymouth and Portland. Postcode: DT4 9XE. Wellies advised. Adults £3, Children £2. Dorset Wildlife Trust.

‘The Great Summer Plant Hunt’ 2pm – 4pm. Join the Species Discovery Trust, in search of the Heath Lobelia, an extremely rare plant occurring now in only six locations in the UK. It was first discovered in this county, growing on a heath near Shute by Lord Webb Seymour in 1768. We will also look for other summer wildflowers. Location given on booking. Free event. legacytolandscape@ gmail.com or 01404 310012.

The RNLI annual BBQ / Hog Roast held outside The Anchor Inn at Seatown from 4pm. Highlight of the evening is an Air – Sea rescue display at 7pm (subject to weather and operational emergencies). In addition there will be displays from all the emergency services and the Coastguards; delicious food, a host of stalls, games and music, to suit all members of the family.

The Bridport Ghost Walk Wednesdays at 6.15pm from Buckydoo Square. Tours run throughout August. Adults are £7 ea. Children 10-15yrs £4. No under 10’s please. No need to book. Just turn up.

Enquiries please ring Adrian on 07923 074787.

Wyld Morris Dancing 7.30pm Five Bells, Whitchurch Canonicorum.

Thursday 4 August

Family adventure day 10am - 3pm.

Join the Education Ranger for a fun, hands on day at Holyford Woods. An opportunity for families to work and play together and learn outdoor skills.

Den building, fire lighting, crafts and

more. Booking required, £12 per person, eastdevoncountryside.co.uk, 01395 517557 Holyford Woods Local Nature Reserve, parking at Seaton Down Hill Picnic site.

Kingcombe Kids Club runs every Thursday 10am – 12noon. Booking essential. Full details on www.kingcombe. org. Dorset Wildlife Trust.

Jamboree - Odd Bitz Puppet Making with Holly Miller 10am – 2pm. The Lyric Theatre, DT6 3LX. £20 per place – Ages 8+. Max 15 Places. www.bridportarts.com / 01308 424204. Come create, make and construct your very own Odd Bitz puppet. Using recycled materials, cardboard, fabrics. Bring a packed lunch and dress for mess.

St Mary’s Church Fete 2pm onwards in the Rectory Garden, Burton Bradstock, DT6 4QS. Contact: 07786 354403. A traditional village fete with a novelty dog show, Punch & Judy, cake stall, games, plant sales, silver band, cream teas etc. A “Royal” Celebration of Flowers (in the Church).

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Coast &Countryside Rockpool Ramble 2.30pm – 4pm, Fine Foundation Marine Centre, Kimmeridge, Wareham, BH20 5PF. Map Ref: SY 909787 Celebrate Marine Week. Join us at the best rockpooling site in Dorset. £3 adult/ £1.50 child. Short walk involved.

Weather dependent. Dorset Wildlife Trust.

Guided Walk of Sherborne Join Blue Badge Guide Cindy twice a week for a gentle stroll around this historic town.

Every Thursday at 10.30am from outside the Post Office, Cheap St. to explore: Upper Cheap Street, Newland, Saxon Hound Street. No need to book, just turn up, whatever the weather. £5 per person. Lasts for approximately 1½ hours.

Wheelchair friendly. 01935 815341.

Guided History Walks around Colyton ‘The Most Rebellious Town in Devon’ will take place every Thursday until 29 September. Starting at 2pm from the town car park, lasting about an hour. £3 a head but under 16s remain free. Includes visit to the Heritage Centre. Booking not needed and regardless of weather.

Enquiry/contact detail 01297 552514 or 33406.

The last Post Kilter theatre presented by House. Location to be posted on website.

2pm & 6pm. £12/£10/£5 Livefor5. Box office:01305 266926. www.dorchesterarts. org.uk. Step on board the pillar-box red van-atorium known as Mobile Sorting Office 451 where snail mail reigns supreme. Witness the unwrapping of their curious love story, accompanied by live music.

Jurassic Coast Summer Walks Series Guided walks with local Jurassic Coast Trust Ambassadors. Abbotsbury 6pm 9pm, £5 per walk or £20 for all six. Email Guy - g.kerr@jurassiccoast.org for more information, and book online at www. jurassiccoast.org/shop.

Old Lyme Ghost Tours 7.30pm from Lyme Regis Museum this and every Tues and Thurs in August. An entertaining jaunt through the dark alleys of Lyme’s past, suitable for all ages. Lasts 1 hour.

Adults £7 children £3, ghosts free. www. ghostwalkslyme.org.uk 01297443140.

Friday 5 August

East Devon Ramblers leisurely 5.5 mile

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circular walk from Budleigh Salterton.

10am start. Dogs on short leads. 01297 20249.

Hearing Loss Help Action on Hearing Loss information stand, Bridport Community Hospital 10am - 1pm. A wide range of leaflets on display to take home and a volunteer will be available to answer questions and give advice.

Information will be available on hearing loss, tinnitus, equipment, lipreading classes and more.

Jamboree - Play in a Day with Niki McCretton 10am – 5.45pm. The Lyric Theatre, DT6 3LX. £25 per place – Ages 8-12. Max 12 Places. www.bridport-arts. com / 01308 424204. Join local Performer / Director Niki McCretton as she helps you to organise, design & act in your own play – all in one day! Friends & family will be invited to come and watch the play at 5.45pm at the end of the session.

Don’t forget to bring a packed lunch.

Please wear comfortable clothing and bring a bottle of water.

Rockpool Ramble 1.30pm - 3.30pm.

Explore the mysterious world of

Exmouth’s rockpools with the Countryside Rangers – learn where to look and what to look for. No booking required. Suggested donation £2 per person. Exmouth beach, left of the lifeboat station, Queens Drive.

East Devon District Council.

The Living Tree, cancer self-help group 2pm. Tamara Jones, nutritionist. 3.15pm Sue Newell, Wessex Voices Project Manager, followed by tea and chat. Drop in any time between 2pm - 4.30pm at the Friends Meeting House, 95 South Street, Bridport DT6 3NZ. Tel 01308 427851. www.thelivingtree.org.uk.

The 22 Strings Quartet Classical Spanish guitar music, plus Argentine tango, milonga and creole waltz. At 8pm.

Tickets: £12 (£25 with pre-show supper at 7pm – must be pre-booked). Ilminster Arts Centre, The Meeting House, East Street, Ilminster. TA19 0AN. 01460 54973. www. themeetinghouse.org.uk.

Blues Night: Debbie Bond & The Trudats Bridport Electric Palace Doors 7pm / starts 8pm £10.50 (£10 + 50p bf) adv / £12 on door Under 18s £5. Singer, guitar player and songwriter, Debbie Bond has been paying her dues in the Alabama backwoods for over 30 years. Her singing has been compared to Bonnie Raitt and Maria Muldaur but the truth is that Debbie does it her way, playing a dynamic mix of soulful originals and covers.

Saturday 6 August

Seaton Artisan Market Windsor Gardens next to Seaton Town Hall. Beautiful arts & crafts from local artisans. 10am - 3pm free entry. There will be more Artisan Markets on the first Saturday of each month throughout the summer. More information from Facebook/seatonartisanmarket.

Willow rope weave basket making 10am - 4pm. Create a unique willow bowl with an expert from Windrush Willow during a one day workshop. A more advanced course that is not suitable for beginners: two good strong hands required. Booking required, £40 per person including all materials and instruction, eastdevoncountryside.co.uk, 01395 517557, Reed Base, Seaton Wetlands. East Devon District Council.

Wood Turning in Axminster 10am. Come along and see a demonstration of Barley Twist Turning, there will be an opportunity to have a go on a lathe if you want to.

There is no charge for the first two visits so you have time to see if it is for you. Free coffee and lots of chat at a small friendly

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Coast &Countryside club. We meet at Woodbury Community Hall Axminster and the meeting runs from 10am to 1pm. Further information can be had by ringing the Secretary on 01884841162.

Lyme History Walks 11am from the Marine Theatre this and every Mon, Wed and Sat in August. Discover the unique and colourful history of Lyme Regis. Hear stories of amazing people and adventures on land and sea. Led by experienced Tour Guide Chris Lovejoy, supporting Lyme Regis Museum Mary Anning extension. Lasts 1+1/2 hours. Cost: £8 children half www.lymehistorywalks.com 01297443140.

Jurassic Coasters Swing and dance from 1920s to 1960s from 11am. This event forms part of the free Live Music in the Garden Season at the Axminster Arts Café, The Old Courthouse, Church Street.

EX13 5AQ. 01297 631455.

Snorkelling for Softies 3pm – 4.30pm, Fine Foundation Marine Centre, Kimmeridge, Wareham, BH20 5PF. Map Ref: SY 909787 Celebrate Marine Week.

Join us at the best rockpooling site in Dorset. £3 adult/ £1.50 child. Short walk involved. Weather dependent. Dorset Wildlife Trust.

Yarcombe Terrier Racing Gates Open at 5pm. Dog entries to Yarcombe.racing@ gmail.com.

Patsy Cline and Friends 7.30pm Tickets: £15. Tribute Concert to Patsy Cline, Hank Williams and Jim Reeves with five-piece band, The Moonshine Boys. Pure Country Magic! The Beehive, Dowell Street, Honiton EX14 1LZ www.beehivehoniton. co.uk Box office 01404 384050.

The Searchers Bridport Electric Palace, Doors 6.30pm / starts 7.30pm, £21 (£20 + £1 bf) adv / £23 on door. The Searchers are one of the few British pop groups to have maintained their position at the top for well over 45 years. They’re still performing to packed houses around the world. Second only to the Beatles as Liverpool’s finest 60s group.

Saturday 6 – Sunday 7 August ‘What’s on your doorstep’ aims to help you discover the mammals on your doorstep; equipping participants with recording skills for surveying for a wide range of mammals including bats, dormice, and badgers. Two linked weekends take place on Saturday 6 and Sunday 7, Saturday 20, Sunday 21 August with attendance at both essential.

Families are welcome but late night

activities might mean that this event is not suitable for young children. Free event. Full details and booking, contact adrianbayley@btconnect.com.

Nothe Fort goes Medieval The Medieval Combat Society are erecting their tents around the parade ground showing various crafts of the period including weaving, candle making and potage cookery. There are Knights in armour battling each other on foot in spectacular combat clad in plate and chain mail with a variety of weapons, attended by squires and servants and watched by the King’s court and their children, from the period of Edward III. There is also be archery and medieval dancing. The group have performed all over the country including Windsor Castle and many English Heritage and National Trust properties.

The Lorton Scribes are also there to display their beautiful Calligraphy and are running a Workshop for anyone interested in trying to write with a real Swan’s feather nib. This promises to be a fantastic weekend not to be missed.

Entry prices £9 Adult, £8 Concessions, £2 Children, Family Ticket £20, Under 5s Free.

Sunday 7 August

Bridport Jurassic Coast Run 10am.

10k and half-marathon races along the Jurassic Coast up to Thorncombe Beacon.

Start and finish at the Salt House at West Bay. Entrants £15 and £13 (for affiliated runners).

Jamboree - Sculpture on the Beach with Bridport Arts Centre & The National Trust 10am – 3pm.

Hive Beach, Burton Bradstock, DT6 4RF. £3 per team, Suitable for all ages. www. bridport-arts.com / 01308 424204. Join us for our annual Sculpture competition!

There will be prizes for the best and guest judging from National Trust rangers at 3pm. Always a fun-filled day for the whole family.

East Devon Ramblers moderate 8 mile circular walk from Portland Heights.

10.30am start and bring picnic. Dogs on short leads. 01308 456463.

Train and Tractor Event Yeovil Railway Centre, Yeovil Junction, Stoford BA22 9UU. For more details, phone 01935 410420, or visit www.yeovilrailway. freeservers.com. More tractors are always welcome at this growing event.

Monday 8 August

Cruse Bereavement Care Dorchester

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Friendship Group meets the 2nd Monday of the month. Come and join us in an informal setting if you have been bereaved recently and would like to meet others in a similar position. A ‘chat and a cuppa’ any time from 2pm - 4pm in the cafe at The United Church, Dorchester.

More information - Mary 01305 832943.

Fun in the stream 2pm - 4pm. Join the Education Rangers for an afternoon of splashing about in the stream. Go stream dipping, build a mini-raft, construct a dam! No dogs. Booking required, £4 per child, concessions for EDDC tenants, eastdevoncountryside.co.uk, 01395 517557. Seaton Wetlands, entrance through Seaton Cemetery. East Devon District Council.

Merriott Garden Club Annual Flower and Produce Show from 2pm Merriott Village Hall. Cream teas and refreshments. Open to the public. Adults 70p children free. More information Mo Frampton 07967 028277.

Wyld Morris Dancing 8pm, The George, West Bay.

Tuesday 9 August

Martock Youth Play Day 10am – 4pm, a free event on Martock Rec with a skate competition, climbing wall, bouncy castle, face painting etc etc. 01935 826458 or see facebook.

Loders Church Fete 2pm - 5pm. Set in the beautiful grounds of Loders Court, Loders, Nr Bridport, DT6 3RZ. By kind permission of Lord and Lady Hood. £1 Adults, U12’s free, Dogs allowed on lead Free car park (follow the signs). Proceeds to St Mary Magdelene Church, Loders and local youth organisations. Kim Bowring 01308 456222.

Bridport Summer Yoga A different Yoga Teacher each week. Tuesday morning 10am - 11.30am @ The Chapel in the Garden, 49 East street, Bridport, Dorset DT6 3JX. Public Car Parking is opposite in East St car park. For information contact Corrie van Rijn on 01308 485544.

Uplyme & Lyme Regis Horticultural Society Outing Tyntesfield, near Bristol, depart by coach 9am to see this great Victorian estate owned by the National Trust. Cost £12 NT members, £20 nonNT. Bookings: Rose Mock 01297 34733.

St Francis Tea Dance for Childrens Hospice SouthWest, Sidmouth 01395 577122 2.30pm.

Crazy Patchwork Have a go at crazy patchwork and have fun with your scraps.

Relax with hand stitching and no ‘rules’.

With tutor Geraldine Field. 10am-3pm. £23 excluding materials. Ilminster Arts Centre, The Meeting House, East Street, Ilminster. TA19 0AN. 01460 54973. www. themeetinghouse.org.uk.

The Ile Valley Flower Club AGM at Broadway Village Hall. Starting at 7.30pm anyone interested in joining please come along and meet everyone. Refreshments will be available.

Martock and District Gardening Society 7pm for 7.30pm at Martock Primary School unless otherwise stated. Annual membership £10, visitors very welcome £2 per meeting. Further information from Hon Sec. Mrs Jenny Becker on (01935) 822144.

Glyndebourne Live – Beatrice et Benedict Bridport Electric Palace, Doors 6pm / starts 7pm, £10.50 (£10 + 50p bf) adv / £12 on door. Berlioz’s Béatrice et Bénédict, adapted from Much Ado About Nothing, will have its fully-staged Glyndebourne debut in a new production directed by Laurent Pelly.

Wednesday 10 August

Jurassic Coast Summer Walks Series Guided walks with local Jurassic Coast Trust Ambassadors. Ringstead 10am-1pm, £5 per walk or £20 for all six. Email Guy - g.kerr@jurassiccoast.org for more information, and book online at www. jurassiccoast.org/shop.

West Dorset Ramblers 7.5 mile Toller Porcorum area walk. 10am start. Bring picnic. No dogs. All welcome. Please call 01300 341664.

Policing in Dorset Martyn Underhill, Dorset’s independent Police and Crime Commissioner since 2012, is talking about policing in Dorset and how he sees its future. Coffee served from 10am - 10.45am followed by talk at 11am - 12noon.

Woodmead Halls, Hill Road, Lyme Regis DT7 3PG. Organised by U3A Heritage Coast Lyme Regis – free for members, non-members £2 donation suggested. To join U3A, see website www.lymeregisu3a. org or telephone 01297-444566.

Dorchester Summer Yoga 10am - 11.30am. All levels of ability and experience welcome to drop in classes with a different teacher every week at Dorchester Yoga and Therapy Centre, 14 Trinity Street DT1 1TU www. dorchesteryoga.co.uk. Cost £8 per class.

For more details please contact Sharon Cox - Button scoxbutton@gmail.com or 07742821937.

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Glyndebourne Live – Beatrice et Benedict Bridport Electric Palace Tuesday August 9th.

Jamboree - Fabularium: Reynard the Fox 11am, 1pm & 3pm - 45 mins each show. Bridport Millennium Green, DT6 3JP. £7 adult / £5 child/ £25 family of 4 - Suitable for all ages. www.bridportarts.com / 01308 424204. Reynard is the woodland’s most infamous scoundrel, When the Woodland Court announces the Crown Jewels are missing Reynard must do all he can to prove his innocence!

Outdoor fun for all the family – enjoy with a picnic.

Southleigh Country Fayre and Market 2pm - 5pm. A great family afternoon, at a traditional country fayre in the picturesque village of Southleigh. Set in an area of outstanding natural beauty in East Devon, between Beer and Colyton just 15 minutes drive from Honiton or Axminster. The amazing Johnathan

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Marshall is performing his breathtaking falconry on horseback show. Also Sheep racing, Fun family dog show, Magical musical ride, Livestock and pets corner, Vintage tractors, Modern farm machinery in a silaging demonstration, Live Music and loads more. For the kids; Punch & Judy, children’s games, tug of war, egg throwing, face painting, bouncy castle and lots more. Market selling local and homemade produce such as honey and jams, crafts, cakes, fudge, plants, and more.

There are plenty of refreshments - Devon cream teas, cakes, barbecue, sandwiches, ice cream, and of course a traditional beer tent serving Southleigh cider and Branscombe beer on tap. Entry only £3 for adults, accompanied children under 16 go free. Free parking. Stalls and Games finish at 5pm but after there is Music & BBQ. Landscape Detectives 2pm – 4pm. Join Colin Pady, from Colyton Parish History Society for a relaxed gate-leaning amble to see clues in the landscape that reveal the fascinating past of the Pole estate in Colyton parish. Free event. No booking required. Meet at Hill Head Picnic Site, Colyton, SY 244 934.

Outdoor Theatre: The Canterbury Tales 7pm. The Pantaloons Theatre Company are back! A cast of just five actors present every single one of Geoffery Chaucer’s timeless tales in under two hours! Join the pilgrims for puppetry and poetry, music ad magic, talking chickens and burnt bottoms. Bring a seat and a picnic. Gates open 6pm.

Booking required eastdevoncountryside. co.uk, 01395 517557. £12 adult, £10 concession, £8 U18’s. Manor Gardens, Alexandra Terrace, Exmouth.

The Beehive Acoustic Café 8pm Free.

Come along to sing or listen in the Beehive bar. Plugged or unplugged.

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Coast &Countryside Hosted by Terry Stacey. The Beehive, Dowell Street, Honiton EX14 1LZ. www. beehivehoniton.co.uk Box office 01404 384050.

Thursday 11 August

Lyme Regis Church Garden Fete 2pm.

Many stalls available, fun for all the family. St Michael and St George R C Church, Silver St. (opp Nags Head).

Sherborne and District Gardeners’ Association 73rd Summer Show in Main Hall, 7.30pm. Digby Hall, Hound Street, Sherborne. £2 for visitors.

The Pirates Of Penzance Opera Anywhere. Corn Exchange-High East Street, DT1 1HF. 8pm. £17/£15.

Box office: 01305 266926. www. dorchesterarts.org.uk. The Pirates Of Penzance is one of Gilbert and Sullivan’s most popular operettas. Now Opera Anywhere takes on the mantle and there superb production has been designed to be accessible for all and very family friendly.

Stompin’ Dave Allen at Bridport Electric Palace Stompin’ Dave performs

blues, bluegrass, vintage country, and rock n roll. He sings and plays guitar, banjo, fiddle, harmonica, piano and tap in an old-time flat-footing style, often whilst playing an instrument. A former member of former UK blues band of the year The Producers, Stompin’ Dave was nominated for a British Blues Award in 2014. Tickets are £10.50 (£10+50p booking fee) in advance £13 on the door. Buy online from http://www.electricpalace.org.uk,/ from Bridport Palace Box Office 01308 428354 or Bridport Tourist Information Centre 01308 424901.

Thur 11 - Sat 13 August

Urinetown: The Musical Comedy 7.30pm, plus 2.30pm Sat Matinee Tickets: Adult £10, U16s £8 Performed by Honiton Community Theatre Company.

Tony Award-Winning satirical show about love, greed and revolution, set in a town fit to burst!

Friday 12 August

East Devon Ramblers moderate 6 mile circular walk from Musbury. 10am

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start. Dogs on short leads. 01297 552860.

Jamboree - Recipe for a Story with Ella Burfoot 10.30am - 12noon. The Unitarian Chapel, 49 East St, DT6 3JX. Ages 2-8, £2 per child, Adults go Free. www. bridport-arts.com / 01308 424204. Come stir up a recipe for a story with local illustrator & author Ella. Children will learn to tell unique and original stories and make their very own characters with art and crafty stuff. This event is upstairs with no wheelchair access.

Food on Friday at Clapton & Wayford Village hall 12noon: two course lunch, roll & butter + unlimited tea/ coffee. Open to all ages; very friendly atmosphere, newcomers really welcomed, but please book places in advance by phoning June 01460 77057 or Jackie 01460 72324, who will also provide more information if required.

Monthly special 3 course lunch Hennhayes Centre Crewkerne. Roast Chicken Lunch, Spotted Dick £7.50 incl tea/coffee. 12.30pm booking essential 01460 74340.

The Living Tree, cancer self-help group 2pm Final carnival preparation. Drop in any time between 2pm - 4.30pm at the Friends Meeting House, 95 South Street, Bridport DT6 3NZ. Tel 01308 427851. www.thelivingtree.org.uk.

Readers’ Group Spend an afternoon once a month with like-minded people, a good cup of tea or coffee and a chat about the latest ‘read’. All books are provided by the library service. 2.30pm - 4pm. £4 per session (includes refreshments). Ilminster Arts Centre, The Meeting House, East Street, Ilminster. TA19 0AN. 01460 54973. www.themeetinghouse.org.uk.

Soul Night with DJ Dr Funk Bridport Electric Palace, Doors 7pm / starts 8pm, £5.50 (£5 + 50p bf) adv / £7 on door.

The exquisite musical taste of Bridport musician Mitch Norman, AKA Dr Funk, is guaranteed to get you up on your feet and do some of that old moon stompin’.

Mitch’s soul and jazz funk numbers are all on vinyl - he has one of the largest record collections in the area. Prepare yourself for a club night like no other and groove the evening away.

The Watkins & Swarbrick Band 8pm (doors 7.30pm) Charminster Village Hall.

Pay what you like after the show. Seat reservation essential from Box Office 01305 837299. Having played to packed houses around the region on their rural tour of Dorset, The Weymouth-based Watkins & Swarbrick Band bring their eclectic mix of acoustic music to Charminster near Dorchester for an intimate and cosy night out.

Quiz night 8pm,Whitelackington Village Hall £1.25pp, cash prize for winning team.

Mike Denham’s SpeakEasy Vintage jazz with Mike Denham, Hamish Maxwell and Steve Graham. At 8pm. Tickets: £14 (£27 with pre-show supper at 7pm – must be pre-booked). Ilminster Arts Centre, The Meeting House, East Street, Ilminster. TA19 0AN. 01460 54973. www. themeetinghouse.org.uk.

Saturday 13 August

Bird Ringing Demonstration at Lytchett Bay 7.30am – 9.30am. A chance to see wild birds up close, being ringed by experts of the Stour Ringing Group.

Booking Essential on 01202 692033 or email nhoar@dorsetwildlifetrust.org.uk.

Suggested donation £3. The Great Heath event. Dorset Wildlife Trust.

Charity Table top sale and coffee morning 9.30am – 1pm. Church House,

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Table tops £5. To reserve a table top phone or text 07885 998675.

Axminster Allotment Association Annual Produce Show 10.30am - 1pm approx., in the Minster Church. Light refreshments will be available. If interested in exhibiting, schedules are available from Cloud Nine Florist, Gilly’s or Axminster Printing Co. Entries can be brought to the Church on Friday 12 between 6pm - 8pm or before 9am on the day of the show. For more information, please ring the chairman, Brian, on 01297 32658.

Martock Farmers Market 10am – 1pm in the shopping precinct, North Street.

Find out what temperature strawberry jam sets at, how to cook gluten free pastry, days taken to grow a big fat cauliflower, the time it takes to roll out a croissant and how many goats ti takes to roll a big cheese. Ring Fergus on 01935 822202 for a table.

Shiraz - singer songwriter female duo from 11am. This event forms part of the free Live Music in the Garden Season at the Axminster Arts Café, The Old Courthouse, Church Street. EX13 5AQ. 01297 631455.

Misterton Annual Flower, Veg and Handicraft Show 1.30pm – 4pm at Misterton Village Hall TA18 8NA. With 16 categories and over 80 classes; floral exhibits, vegetables, home bake, preserves, art, crafts, photography, etc.

Some very good, varied and interesting displays at this ever popular annual event, with entries from all ages. Entry on the day is £1 (incl. light refreshments) and there is ample free parking. The auction of goods at the end of the show is well worth waiting for as there’s always a good bargain to be had. Enq. 01460 74808/78931.

Seavington Gardening Club traditional village Flower, Vegetable, Cookery and Craft Show for all ages from 2.30 pm in Seavington Millenium Hall. Further information Telephone 01460 249728.

Leigh Flower Show Leigh Village Hall 2.30pm. Cost: £1.50 - children free.

Come and enjoy a wonderful afternoon looking at the very best of village produce - vegetables and fruit, flowers and crafts, preserves, art, handicrafts, flower arrangements and photography.

Refreshments available along with serious village cakes. www.leighflowershow. co.uk.

Clapton, Wayford, Drimpton & District Horticultural Society Annual

Show Something for the keen gardener, artist, photographer or crafter there will be a class to enter or an exhibit to view.

Special categories for Young People , Children and Families. Dorset Apple Cake competition for bakers. Schedules can be obtained from Barbara Wright email, johnalbertwright@hotmail.com. Excellent local food, teas and cakes. Drimpton Village Hall, Chard Road, Drimpton, Dorset, DT8 3RH. 2.15pm, Presentation of prizes 4.15pm.

Charmouth Gardeners Annual Flower Show 2.30pm in the ‘Community Hall’, Lower Sea Lane and the ‘Village Hall’, Wesley Close. Exhibits include flowers, fruit and vegetables, home produce, photography, children’s sections and Handicrafts. We welcome entrants for all classes although (* fruit and vegetable produce must be grown within a ten mile radius of Charmouth*). Free show schedules detailing all classes (free to enter) and an Entry form are available from Charmouth Post Office (detailing where to return by 10th August). Entry fee to cover both halls on the day is £1 accompanied children free. Please do join us, it’s a fun community day.

Blackmore Vale Scribes 2pm – 5pm.

Workshop with Rosa Parsloe - Creative ways of presenting a short text. Bradford Abbas Village Hall, DT9 6RF. Eileen Dearden (Secretary) 01308 425383.

Flower Festival in St Mary’s Church South Perrott 2pm - 5pm with a stall and teas from 2pm. Contact 01935 891224.

Sherborne Summer School concert 8.15pm, Sherborne Abbey, 01935 812452.

Beer Wurlitzer Theatre Organ Show Richard Monks returns to entertain at the Congregational Church, Fore Street, Beer. The show starts at 2pm, admission is £7 at the door, children under 16 free, includes interval refreshments. Everyone is welcome, 01297 24892, www. beerwurlitzer.org.uk.

Uplyme Village Hall Dance Ballroom, Latin and some Sequence. Entry £4.50 per person in aid of Hall funds. Saturdays 8pm - 10.30pm. For further information 01308 456209.

Sat 13 – Sun 21 August

The 36th Burton Bradstock Festival of Music and Art under the Artistic Director David Juritz has again attracted musicians of the highest calibre. These include amongst others, jazz vocalist Tina May, Kosmos, pianist Caroline Dowdle, Milos Milivojevic, David Gordon, Anna Hashimoto and Craig

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Ogden. The music is complimented by the exhibition of work by local artists that is open throughout the Festival. For full details visit www.burtonbradtockfestival. com brochures from Bridport Tourist Information. For tickets Tel. 01308 897203.

Sunday 14 August

East Devon Ramblers moderate 10 mile circular walk from Dulverton.

10.30am start and bring picnic. Dogs on short leads. 01404 549390.

South Perrott Village Fayre 11am 5pm. Many attractions with free entry and free car parking. Contact 01935 891291 for more information.

Country Walk and Cream Teas Blackdown - Causeway Farm, Causeway Lane DT8 3LE (just off the B3165).

Choice of a long or short walk through the Synderford Valley starting at the dairy farm from 2pm. Cream Teas served from 3pm. In aid of Blackdown Church. For more information contact Helen 01460 30362 / Philip 30661 (day) 30517 (eve).

South Perrott Village Fair11-5pm Free entry and car parking 01935 891291 or 891891.

Annual 5 Pubs Challenge. In aid of local charities. Starting at one of these pubs between 11am and 2pm in the beautiful vale beneath Eggardon visit by foot, horse or pony, or bike the other four, and on return to your starting pub receive an illuminated certificate: The Crown, The Loders Arms, The Marquis of Lorne, The Spyway, and The Three Horseshoes. At the starting pub you will receive a map and instructions. Take your own routeabout 7 miles. Entry £5 for adults; £2 for young people 15 and under. For more details contact David Jones on 01308 485304 Piano Romantic Classics An afternoon recital with tea and cakes by Nina Vinogradova-Biek, including music by Schubert, Chopin and Schumann. At 3pm.

Tickets: £12 (includes tea and cakes).

Ilminster Arts Centre, The Meeting House, East Street, Ilminster. TA19 0AN. 01460 54973. www.themeetinghouse.org. uk.

Festival Songs of Praise in St Mary’s Church, South Perrott from 6.30pm.

Monday 15 August

Jamboree - Make your own Monster with Holly Miller 10am - 2pm. The Lyric Theatre, DT6 3LX. Ages 8+, £20 per place – Max 15 Places. www.bridport-

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Coast &Countryside arts.com / 01308 424204. Join Holly for this fantastic session where she will help you make your very own imaginary monster come to life! Bring a packed lunch and a dress for mess.

Axminster Carnival Bingo Doors open 7pm eyes down 8pm, Guildhall, Axminster.

Mon 15 – Sat 20 August

Arts and Crafts at Weymouth Bay Methodist Church, Melcombe Ave., Weymouth. 10am - 4pm. Chesil Embroiderers, Upwey Stitchers, Royal Manor Workshops, Kenyan Jewellery, Fairtrade Goods and local crafts including wooden articles/cards/floral arrangements/ paintings. Admission Free...and a snack bar. Contact Pete 01305 812637 for more info.

Tuesday 16 August

Bridport Summer Yoga A different Yoga Teacher each week. Tuesday morning 10am - 11.30am @ The Chapel in the Garden, 49 East street, Bridport, Dorset DT6 3JX. Public Car Parking is opposite in East St car park. For information contact Corrie van Rijn on 01308 485544.

West Dorset Ramblers 9 mile Askerswell, Nettlecombe and Powerstock walk. 10am start. Bring picnic. No dogs.

All welcome. Please call 01300 320346.

Wednesday 17 August

Outdoor yoga on the Wetlands 9.30am - 11am. Enjoy breathing, stretching and relaxing exercises in a peaceful environment. All abilities welcome.

Bring a mat and a blanket (some mats available). If wet in the Reed Base, space permitting. No dogs. Booking required, £8 per person, Yvonne Waite, 01297 20326. Reed Base, Seaton Wetlands.

Mosterton Ramblers morning walk (approx 3 hrs) in the Kingcombe & Hooke area, followed by pub lunch.

Meet at Orchard Way 9.30am, transport available. Details from Chris on 01460 76405.

Dorchester Summer Yoga 10am - 11.30am. All levels of ability and experience welcome to drop in classes with a different teacher every week at Dorchester Yoga and Therapy Centre, 14 Trinity Street DT1 1TU www. dorchesteryoga.co.uk. Cost £8 per class.

For more details please contact Sharon Cox - Button scoxbutton@gmail.com or 07742821937.

Scything basics: let’s make hay 10am 3pm. Learn how to cut grass and weeds

without the need of a noisy fossil fuel burning lawnmower or strimmer. This practical day course will cover how to use and maintain a scythe (a traditional mowing tool) and provide you with the skills and knowledge needed to mow anything from a small lawn to a meadow.

During the course we’ll make hay the traditional way to encourage wild flowers in the meadow Tea and cake provided., participants must be 12+. Booking required, £15 per person, concessions to EDDC tenants, eastdevoncountryside. co.uk, 01395 517557. Honiton Bottom Community Nature Reserve, at the junction of Battishorne Way with Honiton Bottom Road.

Music for Toddlers with Sally Vaughan Milborne St Andrew Village Hall (DT11 0JX) (ages 2-4), 10.30am - 12.30pm.

Using an exciting selection of percussive instruments and ukuleles, parents and toddlers can come together and sing, move, dance and play in a fun filled session of music making. Popular children’s songs and nursery rhymes are visited and brought to life as a group.

Children must be accompanied. Tickets £3.00 from Alice & Roger Harrall Telephone 01258 837371 Mobile 07484104926 or alice.harrall@gmail.com.

Numbers are limited so booking advised. www.artsreach.co.uk.

Ukulele Workshop with Sally Vaughan Milborne St Andrew (ages 8-11), 2pm - 4pm. Small in size and perfect for little hands, the ukulele is rapidly becoming one of the most popular starter instruments for children. All instruments are provided in this fun workshop, and children will love the instant success they get from playing the Ukulele and learning to strum and sing along to a tune or two. Tickets £8 from Alice & Roger Harrall Telephone 01258 837371 Mobile 07484104926 or alice.harrall@gmail. com. Numbers are limited so booking advised. www.artsreach.co.uk.

Bridport Probus Club meets at 12noon in the Eype’s Mouth Hotel for lunch at 1pm. This is followed by a talk by Ralph Jerram entitled “History of Desert Island Discs”. Potential new members welcome. Please call Graham Pitts on 01297561569.

Family Foraging Walk – Seashore West Bay. Wander the seashore to track down great wild veg, edible seaweed and possibly more. 10am – c12noon. See www.hedgerow-harvest.com for more details and to book places.

Jurassic Coast Summer Walks Series

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Guided walks with local Jurassic Coast Trust Ambassadors. Ladram Bay 1pm 4pm, £5 per walk or £20 for all six. Email Guy - g.kerr@jurassiccoast.org for more information, and book online at www. jurassiccoast.org/shop.

Thursday 18 August

West Dorset Ramblers 7 mile Beaminster, Mapperton and Langdon walk. 10am start. Bring picnic. No dogs.

All welcome. Please call 01308 863955.

Jamboree – The Whale 11am - 1pm & 2pm - 4pm. Salthouse Green, West Bay, DT6 4HD. Free, Suitable for all Ages. www.bridport-arts.com / 01308 424204.

Climb inside the Whale as you experience the show from the belly of this great big marine mammal. Each performance lasts 3 mins and there is room for approx 5 audience members per performance.

Eco-Crabbing 2pm – 3.30pm, Fine Foundation Marine Centre, Kimmeridge, Wareham, BH20 5PF. Map Ref: SY 909787 Learn how to catch & care for crabs without harm to other rockpool animals. Cost £3 includes crab kit to take home, bait & equipment. Dorset Wildlife Trust.

Knit, Stitch & Crochet Too From casting on to the finished garment. Come and share your ideas and be inspired whatever your level of skill from beginner to master knitter. 2.15pm - 4.15pm. £4 per session (includes refreshments). Ilminster Arts Centre, The Meeting House, East Street, Ilminster. TA19 0AN. 01460 54973. www.themeetinghouse.org.uk.

Friday 19 August

East Devon Ramblers leisurely 5.5 circular walk from West Hill. 10am start.

Dogs on short leads 01395 567450.

Felt Making Come and learn how to make felt flowers, slippers, scarves and waistcoats. Beginners to advanced welcome. 10am - 3pm. £23 per monthly session (excluding materials). Ilminster Arts Centre, The Meeting House, East Street, Ilminster. TA19 0AN. 01460 54973. www.themeetinghouse.org.uk.

Jamboree - The Creative Play Session with Debbie Smith 10.30am – 12.30pm & 2pm - 4pm. The Lyric Theatre, DT6 3LX. £10 Parent & Child, Ages 2-6 – Max 20 Places. www.bridport-arts.com / 01308 424204. Explore, investigate and get creative. Hands-on fun with paint, waterwheels, beautiful bubbles and gloopy goo. Great for small people accompanied by a playful parent, grandparent or teenage sibling.

The Living Tree, cancer self-help group 2pm. Guest activity to be confirmed. Tea and chat. Drop in any time between 2pm - 4.30pm at the Friends Meeting House, 95 South Street, Bridport DT6 3NZ. Tel 01308 427851. www.thelivingtree.org.uk.

Flying Folk Folk evening featuring Jess Vincent, Border Tales & Simon Kempston. At 8pm. Tickets: £10.

Ilminster Arts Centre, The Meeting House, East Street, Ilminster.

TA19 0AN. 01460 54973. www. themeetinghouse.org.uk.

Almeida Live: Richard III (Encore screening) (15) 7.30pm Tickets: £10.

The Almeida Theatre makes its live screening debut. Stars Ralph Fiennes as Shakespeare’s most notorious villain and Vanessa Redgrave as Queen Margaret. The Beehive, Dowell Street, Honiton EX14 1LZ www.beehivehoniton.co.uk Box office 01404 384050.

An evening of Jazz, Soul and Blues with Victoria Klewin and the True Tones who perform around Bristol and appear regularly at Jazz and music festivals all over the country.

A 3 course meal and bar, Chideock Village Hall. 6.30pm for 7pm. Tickets £15 from Christopher Walliker 01297 489545 or Chideock Village Shop. In aid of St Giles Church.

Acoustic Night 7.30pm - 11pm. All types of performance welcome - The David Hall has had music, comedy, poetry, dance.... All performers have the opportunity to deliver for 10-15 minutes with full PA and lighting system. If you wish to perform, please email folk@chriswatts.org to secure a slot. Suggested donation: £1 performer. £2 audience. The David Hall, Roundwell Street, South Petherton, Somerset, TA13 5AA. www.thedavidhall.org.uk 01460 240 340 boxoffice@thedavidhall.org.uk.

Fri 19 – Sat 20 August

Exhibition and Sale of Art at Uplyme Church Art Exhibition involving over 40 local artists, both amateur and professional. Over 150 paintings on display. Some of the professional artists taking part are Terry Whitworth, Lynda White, Shuna George, Duncan Harris, Jennifer Pearson and Linda Hampson.

Also a display of children’s art work with the theme “Water”. As well as craft making for young people.

The exhibition is free and there will be delicious refreshments available 10.30am - 4.30pm in Uplyme Church, Pound Road, Uplyme DT7 3TT. Raising money for Tearfund Charity.

Saturday 20 August

Wessex Wanderer 10 ½ mile moderately paced linear walk from Chetnole taking in Melbury Bubb, Evershot, Callistock to Maiden Newton. Train: From Weymouth 08.46 arrive Chetnole 09.19 return train 16.47 or from Bristol at 08.39 arrive 10.19 returning on the 17.42.

Contact for information - 0117 933 4998. www.wessexrailwaywalks.org. uk.

Whitelackington Hall Table Top Sale 10am - 1pm. Free entry. A wide variety of stalls selling new & used items.

Jamboree - Learn to Manipulate Puppets with Niki McCretton 10am – 1pm. The Lyric Theatre, DT6 3LX. £15 – Ages 8+ / Max 15 Places. www.bridport-arts.com / 01308 424204. Work with Niki in this class to discover how to make puppets & objects come alive in your hands! You are welcome to bring any puppets you have made or have lying around and Niki will bring a host of her puppets from her shows for you to learn with.

This class will be seriously playful but concentration will be required.

Please wear comfortable clothing and bring a bottle of water.

Black Coffee – Saxophone Jazz quartet from 11am. This event forms part of the free Live Music in the Garden Season at the Axminster Arts Café, The Old Courthouse, Church Street. EX13 5AQ. 01297 631455.

Crewkerne Gardening Club Annual Show of plants, produce, flowers and handicraft. Open to the public in the Henhayes Centre from 1pm – 4.15pm,with delicious refreshments available. Why not enter something in the show? schedules can be collected from the Town Hall, Henhayes or contact Rosemary Prince on 01460 74290.

Broadwey, Upwey & District Horticultural Society Summer Show Memorial Hall, Victoria Avenue, Upwey, Weymouth starting at 2pm. Details on 01305 813942.

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Coast &Countryside Campfire cooking with Sarah Churchill & Alasdair Green, hosting two days of Forest School activities within the glorious setting of The Discovery Area at Thorner’s School in Litton Cheney.

Discover the delights of this two-acre site, nestled inside the beautiful Bride Valley.

10am – 3pm Ages 6 - 11. £20per child.

12 spaces available per day (already booking up fast). The Discovery Area at Thorners School DT2 9AU. (Car parking in the Village Hall Car Park next to the school) The site is at the bottom of the school playing field. Toilet facilities are on site. Bring packed lunch and water fireside snack provided. Wear all weather clothes - sunhat and long sleeves/trousers.

To book a place contact Sarah Churchill sarahchurchill@phonecoop.coop.

Fox & Rabbit’s Idiot’s Guide to The Owl & the Pussycat at The Beehive in Honiton Thursday 25th.

Wednesday 24 August

Adults £1 Children Free. Teas, Coffee and cakes, Prize Giving at 4.30pm. All welcome.

The Great Family Tea Party at St. John the Evangelist Church, Waterlake Road, Tatworth TA20 2NZ. 3pm - 5pm.

With a tea of sandwiches, cakes and drinks. Lots of games and craft activities for the children and the young at heart; come along with your family. Bring your favourite teddy or soft toy and win a prize. Also prizes for most inventive hat — adults and children. It is 150 years since the birth of Beatrix Potter so don’t forget to bring your Peter Rabbit Colouring picture to the tea party. Copies available at the back of Church which is open from 10am - 4pm. More prizes to be won. Adults £3; Children £1.50. Available from Helen Johnson on 01460 220221.

from Seaton Town Development Team at arts@seatondevon.org or Facebook ArtatJubilee. Local artists may request application forms at the email address.

Grand Garden Fete Combe Hill Estate, Combe Raleigh, near Honiton 2.30pm - 5.30pm. Maypole dancing, Cream Teas and entertainment on the terrace. Garden games on the lawn, gardens and woodland walk, Stalls, Sideshows, Bouncy Castle, Pony Rides, Competitions, Raffle and lots more. All in aid of the St Nicholas Church Bell Fund.

Regrettably there is limited wheelchair access and please NO dogs. Telephone 01404 41107/43929 for details.

Stowford Tea Dance opposite Waitrose, Sidmouth for ShelterBox 2.30pm 01395 579856.

Sunday 21 August

Axminster Carnival Bingo Doors open 7pm eyes down 8pm, Guildhall, Axminster.

Family Beetle Drive Hawkchurch Village Hall at 7pm. Adults £2 Children £1 per person to play including refreshments.

Summer Bingo at Misterton Village Hall doors open 6.45pm, eyes down 7.30pm prompt. Good prizes for line, house and flyer, raffle and light refreshments. A popular venue with plenty of free parking.

Still only £1 for a book of 10 games, flyer £1.50 a strip of 6 or sold individually. All proceeds for the upkeep of Misterton W.I. Hall. Enq: 01460 78931/77599.

Dorchester Summer Yoga 10am - 11.30am. All levels of ability and experience welcome to drop in classes with a different teacher every week at Dorchester Yoga and Therapy Centre, 14 Trinity Street DT1 1TU www. dorchesteryoga.co.uk. Cost £8 per class.

For more details please contact Sharon Cox - Button scoxbutton@gmail.com or 07742821937.

East Devon Ramblers moderate 10.5 mile circular walk from Brendon Two Gates, Exmoor. 10.30am start and bring picnic. Dogs on short leads. 01297 23424.

Uplyme & Lyme Regis Horticultural Society 7.30pm Talk ‘Wild Flowers in East Devon’ by Mike Lock of Axe Vale Conservation Society. Uplyme Village Hall. Anita Routley 01297 445257, anita.routley@sky.com, or https://ulrhs. wordpress.com. Non-members are most welcome for a £3 fee each time.

Bingo Try your luck at bingo - eyes down 7.30pm at Hawkchurch Village Hall.

Fleet Explorer Sundown Cruise 7pm – 8pm. Join us for an evening boat trip on the Fleet Explorer to watch the sun go down. Find out about the fascinating wildlife of the Fleet Lagoon, the famous Chesil Beach & the rich local history.

The perfect time of day to relax; & you might even spot the Chesil hares. Adults £6.50, Children £4.50. Booking essential: tel. 01305 206191. Meet at Chesil Beach Centre, halfway along the A354 between Weymouth and Portland. Post code: DT4 9XE. Dorset Wildlife Trust.

Tues 23 - Wed 24 August

Wed 24 - Thurs 25 August

East Devon Ramblers strenuous 11 mile circular walk from Abbotsbury. 10.30am start and bring picnic. Dogs on short leads. 01395 519547.

Seaton Bay Cruises 2pm & 3pm with Stuart Lines, leaving from Seaton seafront. Bar, refreshments and toilets on board. Tickets (£7.50 adult/£5 children) available from Seaton Jurassic (cash/ cheque) or Stuart Lines 01395 222144 / www.stuartlinecruises.co.uk or from the seafront on the day.

Art@Jubilee on Jubilee Gardens, Seaton seafront. Affordable covered art exhibition and sale. 12noon - 4pm and on more Sunday’s over the summer months.

It’s Free to view the art. Come along and chat to the local artists. More information

Monday 22 August

Go Wild – Holiday Club: A day of Nature Connection, Wild Crafts and

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Bash by Neil Labute at 7.30pm The David Hall Roundwell Street, South

Petherton, Somerset TA13 5AA. An amateur theatre production presented by special arrangement with Samuel French Ltd. Bash presents a trio of unforgettable personal accounts.

Directed by Alan Ferguson and Will Poulton. For tickets at £8 each please contact 07712 577019 or 07743 304466 or, email beatniktheatre@ gmail.com.

The Owl & the Pussycat 5.30pm Tickets: Adult £8, Child £5, Family of four £20. The MakeShift Ensemble bring a sense of adventure and humour to Edward Lear’s nonsense poem, with puppetry & live music.

The Beehive, Dowell Street, Honiton EX14 1LZ www.beehivehoniton. co.uk Box office 01404 384050.

Wed 24 - Sat 27 August

East Devon Ramblers leisurely 4.5 mile circular walk from Symondsbury. 10am start. Dogs on short leads. 01308 898432.

Jurassic Coast Summer Walks Series Guided walks with local Jurassic Coast Trust Ambassadors.

Axmouth Undercliffs 10.30am - 1.30pm. £5 per walk or £20 for all six. Email Guy - g.kerr@ jurassiccoast.org for more information, and book online at www. jurassiccoast.org/shop.

Rag Rugs Come and make beautiful rag rugs from recycled materials. Be warned - it’s addictive. 11am - 1pm. £10 per monthly session. Ilminster Arts Centre, The Meeting House, East Street, Ilminster. TA19 0AN. 01460 54973. www.themeetinghouse.org.uk.

The Living Tree, cancer selfhelp group 2pm Jan Farnam from Veggielicious, vegetarian food made in Dorset, followed by tea and chat.

Drop in any time between 2pm - 4.30pm at the Friends Meeting House, 95 South Street, Bridport DT6 3NZ. Tel 01308 427851. www. thelivingtree.org.uk.

Family Rounders Hawkchurch Playing Field starting at 6pm, all Welcome followed by: BBQ & Children’s Disco at the Playing Field - BBQ and Children’s Disco in the marquee on the playing field at 8pm Bring a bottle! All Welcome.

The Dave Newton Trio Award winning jazz with special guests Steve Waterman and Simon Allen.

At 8pm. Tickets: £16 (£29 with preshow supper at 7pm – must be prebooked). Ilminster Arts Centre, The Meeting House, East Street, Ilminster.

TA19 0AN. 01460 54973. www. themeetinghouse.org.uk.

Crazy For You presented by Bridport Musical Theatre Company Bridport Electric Palace Doors 6.30pm / starts 7.30pm, Sat matinee doors 1pm /starts 2pm.

Evening performances £12, Sat matinee £10. Tickets available from Bridport Tourist Information Centre 01308 424901. A high energy musical comedy taking the audience on a journey from glamorous 1930’s New York to the Wild West of Deadrock Nevada with magnificent tap dancing and fabulous music by George and Ira Gershwin.

Thursday 25 August

Crafts around the campfire 10am - 12.30pm. Creative fun for all ages.

Use natural materials to make up a variety of crafts to take home and cook up some tasty snacks over the campfire. Booking required, £6 per child (concessions to EDDC tenants) eastdevoncountryside.co.uk, 01395 517557 Holyford Woods Local Nature Reserve, parking at Seaton Down Hill Picnic site.

West Dorset Ramblers 10 mile walk through the Army Ranges. 10am start.

Bring picnic. No dogs. All welcome.

Please call 01300 320168.

Fossil Dinosaur Skeletons with Darrell Wakelam Milborne St Andrew 25 August (ages 6+), 10.30am -3.30pm. Learn about fossils and fossil collecting and by cutting, sticking, paper mache and painting make your own fossil skeleton artwork to take home and scare your friends and family! Darrell Wakelam has been providing exciting children’s art workshops for over 25 years. Tickets £10 from Alice & Roger Harrall Telephone 01258 837371 Mobile 07484104926 or alice.harrall@gmail.com. Numbers are limited so booking advised. www. artsreach.co.uk.

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Friday 26 August

Saturday 27 August

Mind Body Spirit Fayre 9.30am - 5pm The Mackarness Hall, High Street Honiton EX14 1NP. Free Admission. www.honitonspiritgroup.

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Coast &Countryside co.uk /events. Harry and Pauline Alldritt 01404 548420 / 07870 676138. Over 30 Stalls Healing available, Free Clairvoyant Demonstrations.

Wessex Wanderer for a moderately paced 5 mile Bank Holiday linear walk from Avoncliff, visiting Murhill and Winsley and ending at Bradford on Avon. Trains: From Weymouth 08.46 arrive 10.53. Return train at 15.23. From Bristol TM at 09.49 to arrive at 10.19.

Return trains are frequent. Contact for information - : 0117 933 4998. www. wessexrailwaywalks.org.uk.

Vicarage Garden Party St Paul’s Church, Abbotsbury Road, Weymouth.

10am - 12noon. Home-made cakes and refreshments, stalls, plants and raffle. In hall if wet. All welcome.

Big Breakfast 10am - 12noon at Henhayes Centre Crewkerne. Egg/ Sausage/Bacon/beans or tomato/Toast.

Tea or coffee all for just £4 extra items 50p each. Booking not necessary 01460 74340 for more info.

Chillington Craft Fair 10.30am – 3pm, Speke Hall, Dowlish Wake. Cream Teas, Handicrafts, Plants, Bric-A-Brac, Cards, Paintings, Photographs, Cakes, Homeward Produce, Burgers and lots more. Admission £1.

Friends of Weymouth Library Talk Bonny Sartin - “The Labourer’s Lot”.

Weymouth Library, 10.30am, £2.50 non members includes refreshments. Enquiries 01305 832613.

Jurassic Blue – timeless tunes and songs from the 60s and 70s from 11am. This event forms part of the free Live Music in the Garden Season at the Axminster Arts Café, The Old Courthouse, Church Street. EX13 5AQ. 01297 631455.

Teddy Bear’s Picnic and Parachute Jump 12noon at St John the Baptist Church, Hawkchurch. Decorated parachutes will be judged at 12.30pm and then teddies will parachute off the church tower at 1pm. For parachute instructions contact Meeri Wallace on (01297) 678538.

Halstock Fete and Flower Show Village

Hall & field, 1pm – 5pm. A traditional village fete with live music from ‘Chill’ and the Yeovil Ukelele Club. Hog Roast, Bar, Tea and home made cakes, Silent Auction, Bric-a-Brac, Punch & Judy, Bouncy Castle, books, model railway and much, much more, make it a great family afternoon out. Entry £1, under 12’s and car parking are free.

Martock and District Gardening Society Annual Show at Martock Parish Hall. 2pm. Further information from Hon Sec. Mrs Jenny Becker on 01935 822144.

Whitelackington Hall Car Treasure Hunt 2pm. £8 per car. Free refreshments (tea & cake) upon return.

The 127th Martock Show of all things home grown and home made.

It is growing in popularity each year, and the Parish Hall is filled with fruits of the earth, such as pots of compost, mulberries, pansies, children’s works of art, cakes and photos. Schedules available from the Library and quality shops in town, or on www.martockonline.org.uk/ events. 2pm in the Parish Hall, entry free.

Ring Fergus on 822202 for more details.

Whitelackington Hall Hog Roast 7.30pm £7.50 per person.

Hamlet - The Festival Players Theatre Company 7pm Abbotsbury Subtropical Gardens Bullers Way, Dorset, DT3 4LA John Houston. 01305 871130 john@ abbotsbury-tourism.co.uk. 01305 871130. £14 concs £12. Open air performance.

Grounds open at 6.30pm. Bring your own seating and a picnic.

Sat 27 - Sun 28 August

Forde Abbey & Gardens The Monmouth Rebellion Re-enacted The Taunton Garrison prepares for battle from their encampment at Forde Abbey. www. fordeabbey.co.uk or please contact us info@fordeabbey.co.uk 01460 221290 (information line).

Sat 27 Aug – Fri 2 Sept

Mosterton Art Group 28th Annual Exhibition 10am - 5pm, (4pm last day) at the Skyrm Room, The Public Hall (rear entrance), 8 Fleet St, Beaminster

DT8 3EF. There will be a great variety of artwork by local artists, most of which is for sale and this is your opportunity to snap up some original paintings or prints at a reasonable price. Entrance is free and there is disabled access and adjacent car park.

Sunday 28 August

East Devon Ramblers moderate 10 mile circular walk from Woodbury Common.

10.30am start and bring picnic. No dogs.

01395 278943.

Dorset’s Biggest Fete and Car Boot 12noon - 6pm. Car Boot set up from 7.30am. Symondsbury sports club, Bridport, DT6 6EX. Richard Balson 01308 459163.

Damsels & Dragons of Lorton Walk 1pm – 3pm. Join us for a guided walk via the ponds of Lorton to see robust dragonflies & delicate damselflies, along with a host of other species enjoying life on the reserve. Meet at Lorton Meadows Conservation Centre. Adults £3, Children £2. Dorset Wildlife Trust.

Companion Dog Show at the Playing Field, Hawkchurch. Entries will be taken from 1.30pm and judging commence at 2pm prompt. For a schedule please call Christine Bright on (01297) 678498.

Whitelackington Hall Cream Tea 3pm 5pm. £4.50 per person.

Quiz Fun quiz night starting at 8pm at The Old Inn, Hawkchurch, £1 per person entry fee. Teams no more than 5 people.

Songs of Praise Come and help raise the roof at Songs of Praise in St John the Baptist Church, Hawkchurch at 6pm.

Monday 29 August

Bird watching for children 10am 12noon. Join an expert as they introduce you to the art of bird watching.

Binoculars available to borrow. No dogs.

Booking required, suggested donation £2 per person, eastdevoncountryside. co.uk, 01395 517557. Tower Hide, Seaton Wetlands.

Looking ahead highlights for next month Sat 3 Sept

Bridport Hat Festival On Saturday, South Street comes alive with events including local musicians on the square all day as well as best hat competitions.

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Sat 3 Sept

Thursday 8 Sept

Food Rocks and Guitars on the Forde Abbey & Gardens Concert: Beach Lyme Regis food and guitar Storioni Trio www.fordeabbey.co.uk players as they celebrate their local or contact info@fordeabbey.co.uk food festival and try to break the 01460 221290 biggest band record. (information line).

Charmouth Vintage Fair 10am – 4pm, Community Hall, All Day Catering.

01297-560634.

Hawkchurch Village Fete 2pm in the Playing Field. Main ring entertainment, stalls, games of chance, raffle, coconut shy, Craft Marquee, bouncy castles, ice creams, teas, licenced bar, BBQ and the Church Tower maybe be open (weather permitting) - something for everyone.

Bank Holiday Organ Recital 1pm Ian Curror. Sherborne Abbey. Free entry with retiring collection. 01935 812452.

Flower & Dog Show Whitchurch, Morcombelake & Ryall annual flower and dog show. Entry to the show is £1.50 (children under 16 free). Dog show includes varied classes. There will be a bar, Morris Dancers, music from No Country For Old Men, stalls, refreshments, skittles & classic vehicles.

Held at the Whitchurch Canonicorum Village Hall, Dorset, DT6 6RF, from 2pm - 5pm. Enquires 07979 475120.

Tuesday 30 August

Wessex Wanderer for a moderately paced 9 mile circular walk from Westbury taking in Upton Scudamore

and Imber Range path. From Weymouth take the .8.53 train to arrive at 10.24 or from Bristol, take the 09.49 arriving in Westbury at 10.36. Return trains to Bristol are frequent or return to Weymouthon the 17.38. Contact for information – 0117 933 4998. www.wessexrailwaywalks.org.uk.

Wednesday 31 August

Mosterton Ramblers morning walk (approx 3 hrs) in the Norton-sub-Hamdon area, followed by pub lunch. Meet at Orchard Way 9.30sm, transport available.

Details from Chris on 01460 76405.

West Dorset Ramblers 8.5 mile Musbury and Trinity Hill walk.

10am start. Bring picnic. No dogs.

All welcome. Please call 01297 631130.

Coffee Morning 10am – 12noon.

Pop in for a cup of real coffee and a chat. Look around the book and bric-a-brac stalls and more often than not, listen to some live music. Entry is free. The David Hall, Roundwell Street, South Petherton, Somerset, TA13 5AA. www.thedavidhall.org.uk 01460 240 340 boxoffice@thedavidhall. org.uk.

Caterpillar Kids - Spectacular Spiders 10.30am – 12.30pm. Discover the amazing webs, traps & subterfuge that wasp, hunting, funnel web & crab spiders use to catch their prey, plus crafts & games. Meet at Lorton Meadows Conservation Centre, Lorton Lane, Upwey, Weymouth, DT4 5QH. Booking essential: please phone 01305 816546.

Children £2.50, must be accompanied.

Dorset Wildlife Trust.

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News &Views LYME REGIS

Homes to rent for local people Lyme Regis Community Land Trust has been granted planning consent to build 15 affordable homes for rent to local people, after a three-year fight. The Trust, which will own the site in perpetuity, will work alongside Yarlington Housing Association on the scheme at the top of Timber Hill, near Lyme Regis Golf Club. Project architect is Boon Brown of Yeovil, and the Trust acknowledged the firm’s contribution to a successful outcome. Last year, Lyme Regis Town Council’s planning and highways committee backed the proposals, but raised concerns over drainage at the site. In March, the district council’s executive committee awarded £147,920 to Yarlington Homes to help develop the scheme.

BEAMINSTER

Horserider’s warning over danger A woman ended up in hospital when a horse collapsed with anaphylactic shock after being trapped in nettles near Stoke Abbott, Beaminster. Charlotte Hewlett and her friend Bex Perkins are now warning other riders about the danger of overgrown bridleways.

Charlotte said the horses panicked after getting stuck in nettles down a long, narrow track and were unable to turn around. Her horse collapsed and her friend needed hospital treatment after being trampled. Vet Graham Sherwin, from Dorset Equine in Dorchester, who tended to the stricken animal said riders should avoid large patches of nettles where possible. Charlotte said: “I just wanted to make sure everybody else was aware this could happen.”

BEER

Judge praises community spirit South West in Bloom judge Brenda Wright has praised the seaside village of Beer in its bid to win another gold award. She said it was her first time in Beer and she had ‘really enjoyed it’, and the things she had been shown had taken her breath away. As well as floral displays, the judge was also looking at community involvement and the village’s approach to looking after the environment. She said community spirit played a large part, which came over very loud and clear. She was impressed with the cleanliness of the village, particularly the beach. President of Beer in Bloom Ursula Makepeace thanked volunteers who had spruced up the village.

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DORCHESTER

School award ICT technician Tracy Broadbent has won an award for her innovative teaching at Manor Park School in Dorchester. She was given an Inspirational Educators Award by The Worshipful Company of Educators and RM Education which this year commended educators using ICT in creative ways. Tracy has been using the popular computer game Minecraft which involves building, and the simulation game Cities: Skylines to teach students about building communities and the importance of developing economies. Pupils used Minecraft to build a World War Two Anderson Bomb Shelter, and also recreate Pudding Lane when learning about the Great Fire of London. She said it been her ambition for a long time to bring gaming into schools.

WEST BAY

Award winning play area extended Paralympian Paul Blake has officially opened the West Bay play area extension in a project between Bridport Young Persons Action Trust (BYPAT) and Bridport Town Council. Mr Blake said it was an honour to open the extension in a place where he grew up. BYPAT chairman Arthur Woodgate, said an area had been created that could be used by everybody and it could not have been done without the town council. Local companies had been involved in making it. Representatives of the Sir John Colfox Academy, the Fisherman’s Arms and Flood Lane day centres and the Mountjoy School council were among those at the opening ceremony.

Summer of Surprises

Laterally Speaking by Humphrey Walwyn

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t’s all been quite shocking really—‘never known another summer like it. It all started with Leicester winning the Premier league at odds of 500 to one followed by underdogs Iceland and Wales causing major footie upsets in the Euro finals. England have even done pretty well at cricket (amazingly unusual for them) and the England rugby team whitewashed Australia in their own backyard—something that’s never happened before. And then there was Brexit of course—an event so surprising that even Brexit campaigners were shocked at their own success. Since then, our daily political news headlines have been a fast moving action drama including a new Prime Minister, a new UK Cabinet plus what looks like a new Labour party. With so many shocks and surprises, watching the news each day has been particularly exhausting and I’ve taken to relaxing with regular episodes of Casualty and the odd murder or two in Peaky Blinders to calm me down. Game of Thrones is boring when compared to real life.

If these astonishing events continue for much longer, I won’t be able to stand the strain. I shall sit quietly on the beach with a damp towel over my head and wait until the headlines return to boring humdrum normality—like ‘local councillor in expenses cover-up’ or ‘Devon pensioner comes fourth in lottery windfall’.

In the meantime, here are some astoundingly lateral and truly surprising items of local news that I may unfortunately miss.

Jurassic Coast Defence Shock: After the UK becomes an independent country and is no longer a part of Europe, Westminster has decided to bolster our coastline defences to make sure that future potential immigrants are discouraged from trying to land in Southern England by boat. The aptly named Chesil Beach Barrier is to be built along the cliffs between West Bay and Charmouth featuring machine gun emplacements and fortified fossil defences. To help preserve the region’s reputation as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, hand carved

taste for eating the swans whose numbers have declined rapidly over the last few weeks. It is therefore proposed to rename ‘the Swannery’ as ‘the Pterodactylary’ but doubts have been expressed as this name is too complicated to pronounce.

Chard FC in World Cup Surprise: Following Brexit and continuing uncertainty and total confusion in Brussels, Switzerland and elsewhere, FIFA has mistakenly elected Chard Town Football Club (Go Robins!) to the qualifying rounds of the 2018 World Cup to be held in Russia. Tickets are already sold out for next November’s friend‘Giant squid causes alarm on Hive Beach shock’ ly match against Brazil to be held at Denning Sports Field in Chard. wooden ammonites and attractive shiny Lyme Regis Fracking Stunner: After silver fossils will be hung on the mile a trial period of experimental drilling to long strands of barbed wire. see if underground shale fracking might Yeovil To Be Covered Up: According be profitable, most of the western cliffs to official CTC certification, Yeovil of Lyme Regis including Cobb Road is classified as ‘Very Hilly’. On the and the A3052 have fallen into the sea. downside, this is a bit of a problem for Fortunately nobody was harmed but the cyclists. On the upside however, this local council—always renowned for its makes the surrounding hills and their commercial enterprise—is now to develhousing developments an ideal site for op these new found gentle slopes into a wind turbines. South Somerset District Jurassic Ski Resort to attract further tourCouncil has therefore approved a scheme ism. Half a million tons of polystyrene to smother most of the town with a masimitation snow is to be imported from sive wind farm. Said councillor Blowen Finland.

Gale “This opportunity will radically Marshwood Vale Nuclear Waste change our skyline to be an exciting, new Bombshell: With the news that Somerset and refreshingly modern panorama of based Hinkley Point C nuclear power rotating turbines. According to some of station is to be built as soon as possible, our residents, it may be welcomed as an a deal has been agreed with French improvement on our current landscape.”

Partners EDF that radioactive nuclear Abbotsbury Jurassic Jolt: Long waste from the plant will be stored deep established as one of Dorset’s prime underground beneath the Marshwood tourist venues, Abbotsbury Swannery Vale. The area has been chosen because is always keen to develop new features it is a large enough region with relaand remain at the forefront of wildlife tively little going on and few inhabitdevelopment and conservation. In a ants. Current residents of Marshwood, major scientific advance, a graduate from Bettiscombe and Shave Cross are to be Weymouth College has now successfully rehoused in North Dartmoor. Buses will cloned a live adult pterodactyl from a arrive next Tuesday to help move everyfossilised dinosaur egg and this new 15 one out. Residents are advised to pack foot winged reptile will be on display at sufficient clothes for what is officially the Swannery from next month. Although described as ‘rather a long stay away’. it’s bound to be a highly popular tourist The half life of radioactive Uranium-238 attraction, the beast has developed a keen is four and a half billion years.

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House&Garden Crazy for You for BMTC BRIDPORT Musical Theatre Company has chosen the “new” Gershwin show, Crazy For You, to perform at the Electric Palace from Wednesday 24th to Saturday 27th August.

Created in 1992 by Ken Ludwig, based on George and Ira Gershwin’s 1930 musical Girl Crazy, the score includes the classic songs Things are Looking Up, Someone to Watch Over Me, Nice Work if You Can Get It and Embraceable You.

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The story takes the audience from the glamorous New York of the 1930s across America to the Wild West of Deadrock Nevada.

Like so many Gershwin shows, it’s set in the world of theatre, and is all about

the good guy getting the right girl, instead of the one he’s due to marry.

The Bridport show is at 7.30 each night with a 2pm Saturday matinee. Contact the Electric Palace for more information.

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‘Mission Space’ in West Bay FORCE 8, a local artists collective have kindly been offered the Methodist Chapel on the beach at West Bay by Bridport Area Development Trust to host a unique collective art project that gives residents and visitors the opportunity to explore West Bay and it’s culture over the summer holiday period.

Founders of Force 8, Anna Best and Hester Schofield have drawn on their experiences of co-ordinating art and cultural projects in London and internationally to bring an inspiring project to West Dorset that offers residents and visitors the opporthunity to find out more about what is going on in contemporary visual arts culture now.

This thought provoking, progressive project combines cutting edge contemporary art with a number of diverse public art projects to address relevant contemporary issues that affect us all and their impact on our community.

Art, talks, events, performances and discussion will encompasses debate on the environment, climate change, economics, global politics, health and the future of our society.

Drop into the Chapel to watch

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award-winning artists videos and projects, including Tania Kovats, Adam Chodzko, Judith Dean, Lise Autogena and London Fieldworks. Attend curators talks about contemporary art practice, architecture & design or pick and choose between expert talks on a wide range of subjects including an all day symposium on progressive economics, ‘Money No Money’. A mental health workshop for children. ‘Deep Listening’—a call to listen more attentively and The Social History of Dorset.

Join an architectural tour of West Bay, an alternative history trail and uncover little known facts about West Bay. Every Wednesday 2-4 pm throughout the summer holidays there will be anti-art workshops for children aged 5-16 and local artist Jo Burlington will be running a unique under 5’s messy art workshop on Tuesday 9th August 10am-12 noon. The Chapel will be open Wednesdays - Sundays 12-4 pm and open 6-8pm for one off evening events. If you would like to participate in the project in anyway. force8art@ gmail.com For more visit www.force8.org.

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King John

By Cecil Amor

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ood King John, or was he Bad King John? Born in 1167 he was king from 1199 to 1216. He visited Bridport in 1201 and 1204 and in 1211 the Sheriff billed King John for “moneys which he has paid for 3000 weighs of hempen thread, according to Bridport weight, for making ship’s cables and for the expenses of Robert Piscatoris whilst he stayed in Bridport to procure his nets”, according to Luke Over in Bridport, the evolution of a town. Then in 1213 King John sent instructions “also cause to be made at Bridport, night and day, as many ropes for ships both large and small and as many cables as you can, and twisted yarns for ballistae” from Bridport: Burgh his and Borough, 878 to 1974 AD by Richard Hindson. (This was to fight the French navy). So Bridport was recognised by King John for its prowess in its main industry and no doubt the work he placed here must have increased its wealth, prestige and created expansion.

Within a few miles of Bridport is the village of Powerstock, earlier known as Poorstock. Just outside the village is Castle Hill on which it is believed that King Athelstan built a “palace”, followed later by a Norman motte and bailey. In 1205 King John exchanged land at Fordington with Robert de Newburgh for Poorstock Manor including this motte and bailey castle, and its surrounding deer park and forest. Evidence of the castle can be seen in aerial photographs but on the ground only irregular humps and bumps can now be seen. It is thought that much of the stone was robbed for building purposes over the years. King John had a large hunting lodge erected on the site, probably mainly a wooden structure as John ordered the Sheriff of Devon to supply a hundred thousand nails for the buildings at Poorstock in 1205, according to Hindson, who also suggests that they were probably transported by ship to Bridport. Presumably the lodge was later owned by various owners, some absent, it fell into disTomb effigy of King John, Worcester Cathedral

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use and decayed. Maybe the wood was taken for building or firewood. Some of the remaining earthworks, ditches etc., erected to enclose deer may still be seen. It may be that wild boar were also available to be hunted. (Hunting was the sport of kings in those days). King John made several visits, perhaps five, to his hunting lodge, the last being in 1213.

It is not impossible that John also passed through Bridport on some of these occasions. The hunting lodge must also have produced local employment, from its building, to later a housekeeper, cook, ostler and herdsman for the deer. After the death of King John the castle/hunting lodge was passed to his son, King Henry III, who used it infrequently for three years. Some of the information about Powerstock is taken from an article in the Bridport History Society Journal of Jan.2001 by our friend and fellow member Roland Moss following a visit led by Dr. Karen Mew and also from Secret Places of West Dorset, by Louise Hodgson.

So Good King or Bad King?

Popular history favours the latter, but all of the early kings probably regarded the serfs with contempt. He lost Normandy in 1204 and so was known as “John Lackland” and when he left the fight to return to England was also called “John Softsword”.

He also quarrelled with the Pope. I read a more balanced view which said that on one hand John could be considered hard working, presiding “at home” over important administration, but on the other hand he was an oppressor and his military and political success was poor. He had a naval victory preventing a French invasion, but then his allies were defeated in 1214 resulting in the barons rebelling and the Magna Carta. King John signed this “Great Charter” at Runnymede in June 1215, but refuted it soon after. It was reissued in modified form by his son King Henry III and promised that freemen will be judged by their peers.

However it has been considered to be a mainly feudal document, covering narrow baronial interests. Henry III gave Bridport its charter in 1253.

Even if King John is regarded badly there are indications that his actions were good for this area, resulting in work in local business and general expansion.

Bridport History Society does not meet in August, so why not have a walk around Powerstock castle?

Cecil Amor, President, Bridport History Society.

Tel: 01308 456876.

Music and Fun with Artsreach

Sally Vaughan leads Ukelele workshops for Artsreach

ARTSREACH has a host of exciting activities and workshops for children this summer, ranging from adventures in the woods to drawing your own comic strip.

Sally Vaughan leads a Ukelele workshop at Sandford Orcas, Sturminster Newton, Milborne St Andrew and Martinstown, and also offers a fun toddlers music event at Milborne St Andrew on 17th August.

Back to Viking times

There’s an invitation to step back to Viking times on the South Dorset Ridgeway, with the Dorset Forest School, at Litton Cheney and Hardy’s Monument, and Treehouse Theatre will be involving youngsters in musicmaking and dressing up with Giant Boogle at Sturminster Newton and The Hare and the Tortoise at Sandford Orcas.

Arts and crafts activities include Strata Shoe Sculptures with Sarah Butterworth, making Felty Selfies with Penny Blogg, and making wacky head-dresses by recycling and recreating with Fran Quinlan, all at Lower Kingcombe.

Darrell Wakelam leads a dinosaur skeleton workshop at Martinstown and Milborne St Andrew, and Bec Freiesleben will show youngsters how to use traditional tools at stone-carving sessions at Sturminster Newton and Burton Bradstock.

Dan Bendel will talk about the different types of comic and describe some of the myths and legends of the South Dorset Ridgeway, and participants will be able to make their own comic strips, inspired by what they have heard at the workshop at Burton Bradstock.

The Artsreach summer programme ends on 2nd September at Piddletrenthide where Justine Fry will talk about the Dreamtime of the Australian Aboriginal people, with crafts, dancing, singing and storytelling.

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Vegetables in August

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hat a pleasure the deluge of crops has been in July.

It’s now worth ensuring these crops keep yielding.

While most crops in good soil will survive dry periods, crops yield more if watered, although August is often a damp month. About the only crop not watered in the dry July is parsnip: even carrots grown commercially are watered weekly despite their long tap root. Pick carrots only when windy, raining or at twilight to stop root fly smelling them.

Runner beans only set seed with cool nights, so often there is a lull in flowers and fruit in August until the cool returns.

French beans love it warm, and tend to produce one main flush of beans followed by poor and erratic production. This year yields have been poor except in the polytunnel.

Celeriac love it sunny, warm and wet, thin to 13” spacing if you wish for decent sized roots.

Lettuce prefer spring to summer, and leaves are weaker in August.

From now in we grow Little Gem, picking leaves off the rising stems.

Red Salad Bowl is good at this time too. Try sowing Oriental species like pak choi, also rocket, land cress and endive and radicchio for crisp red hearts from September on.

Courgettes are at all times greedy for sun, warmth and moisture, so keep them watered and well composted. Yellowing of leaves is shortage of soil richness, mildew is inevitable but keep the soil damp and fruits picked. Fruiting will reduce as September cools. Squash like the same, but are fine in light shade—we have some enormous fruits on plants grown in the polytunnel under our tomatoes.

August is a dread month for most brassicas as caterpillars all hatch mid-month and soon eat all the leaves. Around here the caterpillar numbers depend on how much neonicotinoid is used on the farm. They also prefer flat leaves to curly or Savoy. We grow our cabbages under Enviromesh, but you may prefer picking eggs and caterpillars off by hand, or squirting twice with Bacillus bacteria.

Potato blight should be with you by now, cut the haulms at ground level and harvest when you can. We grow mainly second early Estima which is ready by now, and a few maincrop such as Pink Fir Apple or Sarpo Mira which repel much blight, but which grow huge and need a lot of space.

Tomato leaders should now be pinched out so that all set fruit ripen before the winter. Take off the bottom leaves to allow air to circulate, draught hinders blight getting hold. While tomatoes do best in shelter and warmth (not needing full sun), the Gardeners Delight (which variety we find repels blight well) grown in a pot outdoors last year did not get blight, because air circulation was good, and blight needs stagnant conditions to establish. Slowly reduce watering (only water roots, not leaves) to slow plant growth and encourage fruit to ripen.

And why did the tomato go out with a prune? Becuase she couldn’t find a date.

Sowings this month Turnips, spring cabbage, rocket, oriental leaves such as red frills mustard and mizuna, coriander, chervil, true spinach and Little Gem lettuce. Early in the month last sowings of chard and radicchio.

In the greenhouse sow oriental salad leaves and lettuce and potatoes for Christmas.

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August in the Garden

By Russell Jordan

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here may be a bit of a lull this month as early summer flowers come to an end and late season contributors haven’t quite built up a head of steam. Regular dead-heading extracts the maximum performance from plants which produce a succession of blooms and will tidy up those which otherwise hold onto faded flowers.

Roses are a case in point; ‘repeat’ flowerers’ need to have their deadheads removed and ‘single flowering’ varieties look messy if not cleaned up. Those which bear decorative hips should be left untouched as their attractive fruits add colour to the garden right into winter.

Annual plants in containers, hanging baskets and borders benefit most from constant removal of dead flowers as they are designed to keep blooming as long as they don’t set seed.

Producing wave after wave of flowers exerts a heavy toll on these bloom laden plants so adding feed, on a weekly basis, to their water is a necessity. Ensuring that their compost never dries out is paramount because, once completely dry, it is very hard to re-wet without submersing a container in water, which is often not possible with decent sized pots. Droughted plants will run to seed, stop flowering and get stressed, or even die, which defeats the object of having annual displays to add colour right up until the first frosts.

August is the traditional time to cut yew hedges as it removes all the extension growth that they have put on and gives them plenty of time to recover before any severely cold weather arrives. I have frequently cut yew at ‘non-traditional’ times and I’ve never noticed any disastrous consequences. I think I may have postulated before that the timing of this task may have more to do with the sheer amount of large, formal, plantings of yew hedges, and topiary, in ‘grand’ gardens than a strict horticultural need.

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able-bodied gardener could be freed for this annual mega-task. In the days when gardeners were employed for very specific skills, be it in the vegetable garden, or specialising in greenhouse work, or solely tending the lawns, then all these tasks could be temporarily suspended, with the owners off shooting, and it was ‘all hands to the pump’ for every member of the garden staff to get the yew clipped and tidied up in the shortest time.

Old hedges can be clipped right back to where they started from; hedges which have yet to reach their desired height can be allowed to keep just a few inches of new growth. Clipping during their ‘formative’ years will promote bushiness and density. I can understand that the impatient gardener may baulk at removing a good proportion of height which his, or her, vigorous young hedge has put on. As with so many things in gardening; being tough now will reap much bigger rewards in the future.

Yew grows surprisingly quickly, once it’s got going, so there’s no point in having a tall hedge, in record time, which has no density or width (which is what taking back the top growth, during establishment, promotes).

By the end of this month you should have ordered spring bulbs for delivery by mail order but, if you ordered these when the catalogues arrived in July, you may well receive your order later this month. In Holland, were the vast proportion of all bulbs are either grown or shipped from, I remember being told that they try to get all their spring bulbs ‘in the ground’ by the end of August—with the exception of tulips whose internment is delayed, by a couple of months, for cultural reasons.

I don’t think I’ve ever managed this feat but it’s good practise because it means the bulbs are out of the ground for as short a time as possible. All the time that they are not in the soil they are potentially drying out, or getting too hot, or too cold, all of which can potentially harm their ability to flower in the spring.

If you want to have ‘prepared hyacinths’ in flower by Christmas then you really do have to start these off soon, in a cool, shady, spot, as they need a gentle start in order to produce a decent root system before launching into flower.

Coming back to the present; it’s actually very hot and dry, as I write this. It reminded me of a very cheerful little patch of flowers that I spotted while on a jaunt (!) to the new Bridport ‘dump’ (the ‘Recycling Centre’, or whatever we’re meant to call it these days). In the patch of ground, beneath newly planted trees, on the traffic island facing the line of skips, is a cheerful ‘meadow’ planting of grasses and annuals. It’s not a native meadow mix, which would be either too dull, or too tall, by this juncture, but has the kind of hardy annuals, for colour, which you could easily replicate in your own garden – Californian poppies, ‘Baby’s Breath’, Nigella and the like.‑ For the council it has the advantage of not requiring cutting, or excessive watering - unlike the turf which might have been used in the past. Of course, even this scheme isn’t ‘maintenance free’ and my worry is that, with the general low public awareness of the managed environment, it could be replaced with permeable hard standing if cutbacks reduce the horticultural skill level of the workforce to a point where even simple ‘greening’ of our built environment becomes a cost that society cannot bear.

Horticulture has always been very poorly paid, compared with other disciplines which require good knowledge combined with long experience, and hence poorly respected. I just hope that people do realise that those joyful little annuals are only there because someone in the council has allocated the resources for their initial planting, regular maintenance and their eventual replacement – and employs skilful enough gardeners to make it all possible.

If we don’t value such things, be they at the local council dump or en masse in great landscaping schemes, then they will quietly go away again and barrenness, or boring monoculture, will return.

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PROPERTY ROUND-UP

Classic Country Cottages

By Helen Fisher

HEWOOD £300,000

HAWKCHURCH £350,000

Stags Tel: 01308 428000

Humberts Tel: 01308 422215

A charming ‘chocolate box’ thatched cottage set in a historic hamlet.

Extensively renovated with new heating system, boiler, kitchen, bathroom, log burner and redecoration. Sitting room with original flagstone floor.

With 3 bedrooms and planning permission to extend. Large gardens with flower boarders and trees.

CORSCOMBE £249,950

A well presented, terraced period cottage with 3 reception rooms and 2 double bedrooms with double aspect master bedroom. Bathroom with claw foot bath. Mature cottage gardens with paved patio and small trees. With off road parking and no onward chain.

Mayfair Properties Tel: 01308 862606

An extremely pretty period cottage with 3 bedrooms. Character features include inglenook fireplace with bread oven, window seat, exposed beams, cottage doors and wood panelling. Good sized mature gardens with a wide variety of trees and paved terrace. Distant countryside views and off road parking.

SANDHILLS £349,950

Thought to have been built originally for the railway in 1830 and now converted from 3 small cottages into this deceptively spacious 4 bedroom cottage. Character period features include fireplaces, beamed ceilings and window seats plus uPVC double glazing throughout.

Large mature rear garden with fruit trees, shed and off road parking.

Greenslade Taylor Hunt Tel: 01305 268786

WHITCHURCH CANONICORUM £545,000

NETHER COMPTON £450,000

Jackson-Stops and Staff Tel: 01308 423133

Knight Frank Tel: 01935 804305

Constructed 18 years ago, an architect designed 3/4 bedroom cottage in a peaceful village location. Bright and spacious with a double aspect sitting room with fireplace. A contemporary home with the character of a traditional cottage. Delightful mature gardens with a trickling stream and copse area with a wide variety of trees. Ample parking.

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An attractive, semi detached, mid 19th Century cottage having been completely renovated to optimise the feeling of space and light. With 3 bedrooms, double aspect sitting room with fireplace and french doors onto a paved courtyard. Lawned cottage garden with central pond. All extremely well presented.

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Funk, blues, pop and Stompin Dave make for a hot August at Electric Palace

Debbie Bond and the Trudats come to Bridport on August 5th

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part of the Blues Night series.

Alabama-based singer, songwriter and guitarist Debbie, often compared with Bonnie Raitt and

Maria Muldaur, has been paying her dues in the backwoods of her home state for three decades.

She is followed on Saturday 6th by The Searchers, still performing to packed houses after more than 45 years on the road. This is the real thing, not a tribute band, and you can expect to hear Sweets for My Sweet, Sugar and Spice and, of course, Needles and Pins-a.

Home grown bluegrass supremo Stompin’ Dave Allen returns to the EP on Thursday 11th August, adding in blues, country, folk and rock to his set. Dave sings, plays guitar, banjo, fiddle, harmonica and piano, as well as dancing in the flat-foot tap style, at the same time as playing an instrument. No surprise

The Searchers 45 years on the road

that audiences love him.

And on Friday 12th August, DJ Dr Funk leads an Electric Palace Soul Night. His soul and funk numbers are all on vinyl, so it’s time to get in the groove.

Stompin Dave photo allenboeckle.com

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Mackerel Feathers

By Nick Fisher

I

f you bought yourself some mind-expanding psychedelic drugs and, while under the influence, invented some surreal word-association game, you’d be hard pushed to come up with a more unlikely matching than ‘mackerel’ and ‘feathers’.

The two things seem worlds apart. The cold sub aquamarine and slimy, married with the soft fluffy and aerodynamic. Yet, everyone who’s ever succumbed to the seaside, hot-dog scented allure of an English harbour skipper, touting for onceround-the-bay mackerel trips, will have been tickled by mackerel feathers.

A string of mackerel feathers is an all-time classic of marine angling design. Three or four or six hooks, tied onto short snood or tippet lines, taken off at right angles to the main line. At the bottom end is a weight to make the string sink through the water, and at the top is a swivel to attach it to the main reel line.

In its purest form, a mackerel feather is simply a medium sized strong stainless hook, which has a clutch of feathers tied to the shank, just below the hook eye.

When I was a boy, mackerel feathers were always white. Simple white feathers; chickens or bantams I guess, lashed onto shiny hooks. Now, a shop-bought string of feathers is a multi-coloured spectral rainbow of delight. Red, green, blue, orange and white are all mixed together on the string and even on the individual hook.

The way a string of feathers works underwater, is to imitate the action or behaviour of a small group of worried fish. The six hooks act in perfect unison. They are a team. They imitate each other in synchronised choreography. They move in perfect parallel. Drop them down in the sea and they descend in formation, then stop and jerk them upwards and the line-dancing team jig and climb like a mini shoal of bait fish, locked in a bizarre but synchronised dance.

If you’ve ever spent a rainy Sunday afternoon watching rerun episode of Jacques Cousteau’s under water adventures on the telly, or even caught more recent repeats of BBC’s epic underwater series, Blue Planet, you’ll know that shoals of bait fish have an uncanny and it seems inexplicable ability to move together, in agitated harmony. They duck and dive, kink and weave as though controlled by one brain. A whole massive shoal can change direction in one breath-taking synchronised movement. Bait fish are sheep. They herd together. Act together. Move in an underwater ballet formation, that is their saving and their downfall.

Like lions hunting a pack of wildebeest, it’s the stragglers; the sick, the old and the slow that get targeted and picked-off. So, for sprat-style self-preservation, it’s important to move with and keep up alongside the main thrust of your shoal. Fall out of step and you’ll get eaten. But it’s exactly this same action and motion which also attracts attention from predators. Six little fish kinking together is much more visible and attention-grabbing than one solitary sprat wending his wary way on his Jack-Jones. There is safety in numbers, but danger too. One fish can hide. A shoal can’t.

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Feathers work because they trigger the impression of a shoal.

A big meal. Worth chasing if you’re a hungry hunting mackerel, because if you miss one, you’re likely to catch another.

The design of mackerel feathers has changed very little over the centuries. These days you can buy cheapo ‘feathers’ that are made of thick silver paper clinched on the hook with a scarlet band. You can buy ones that have silver metallic strands woven together. Or there’s the groovy Japanese Hokai versions, that push the envelope of design, by employing rubber snood heads made out of luminescent glow-in-the-dark materials.

Even the most whizz-bang and pocket-emptying innovative designs are all based around a thick and imposing stainless steel hook. Some even have silver balls attached to the line above and below the team, balls with little bearings inside to rattle and create a noise commotion. But the hook is really the key factor. A shiny hook moving through the water looks like an immature fish.

A glint of silver might be all a mackerel sees at certain depths where visibility is poor. And, when I was a kid, fishing for mackerel on charter boats sailing out of Largs or Arran, we were never given feathers. The hand lines simply had bare stainless steel hooks tied in a team. And when the mackerel shoals were careening around the bay, a bare blinking hook was all it took to catch a mackerel’s fancy.

Fishing with a team of feathers might seem like a really numpty way to fish. Kids do it. Grannies do it. People who’ve never even seen a fishing rod before, do it. Winding up and dropping down the team through a column of water, either while the boat drifts or stands still at anchor. So basic. Feathers will even work dropped off a pier or a breakwater. They do not require much skill or experience. If the mackerel are in town, they’ll catch regardless of who’s hanging on the other end.

Although there’s definitely a numpty-element to feather fishing, I’ve noticed more and more experienced anglers using them, often with the added thrill of a piece of squid or mackerel flesh threaded onto the hook. Baited feathers have become something of a respectable back-up, or first-look, technique amongst the most beardy and sea doggish of boat anglers. A team of baited feathers is a great canary in the cage approach. A try-out. A toe in the water technique.

Drop a team of baited feathers off a boat in the sea around the south coast and you could catch just about anything. I’ve seen guys catch gurnard, bass, whiting, cod, scad, squid, cuttle fish, pollock, garfish, sand eels, wrasse and black bream on baited feathers.

When you reach a mark and want to know if there’s anything below, a team of feathers will quickly give an indication. I know some guys feel embarrassed about using them because they have a very low tech, low skill, amateur image, but there are also very experienced boat anglers who practically never use anything else.

They may seem a bit naff to the technically minded, but personally, winter or summer, I’d never leave shore without them.

Food&Dining Big name guitar raffle for Food Rocks SIR Paul McCartney and superstar artist Tracey Emin have teamed up to help the celebrated chef and restaurateur Mark Hix in his bid to bring more than 3,000 amateur guitarists to play together on a Dorset beach to set a new record as Britain’s biggest band.

Hix, who owns 11 restaurants and bars across London, turned to his pals for help in raising money for Cancer Research UK, the charity designated to benefit from Guitars On The Beach, the massive guitar event which will run alongside his food festival Food Rocks in Lyme Regis over the weekend of September 3rd and 4th.

Tracey and Sir Paul have donated a world exclusive collectors’ item guitar estimated to be worth thousands of pounds for the event’s charity raffle.

A leading London art collector has estimated that the “Emin & McCartney” guitar could raise as much as £50,000 at auction—but instead the Guitars On The Beach team is raffling it for just £1 a ticket, so that everybody has a fair chance of winning it.

Already one businessman has pledged to buy £1,000-worth of tickets in a bid to win the unique guitar which will be much sought-after by art collectors.

Demand for the guitar is expected to soar because Ms Emin, whose contemporary art is among the most-prized in Britain, has drawn and signed an original illustration on the back of the instrument and Sir Paul has added his signature and a little doodle alongside it.

Hix, who also owns the Oyster & Fish House restaurant in Lyme Regis, is thrilled with the artwork.

Raffle tickets can be bought online at the GOTB website—www.guitarsonthebeach. com—where guitarists can find all the details of the record-attempt event, which is now in its fourth year.

In 2014, the free-entry event attracted 3,000 amateur guitarists from all over the UK and the ensemble claimed the record as Britain’s biggest band. Hix is hoping that this year the band on the sand will beat

its own record as thousands of strummers come together to simultaneously play Buddy Holly’s Rave On and That’ll Be The Day in a nod of tribute to the original guitar star who would have been 80 on September 7th.

“The record bid will take place at 5pm on Saturday September 3rd. A lot of people play guitar at home and dream of being in a band for just once in the lives. So Hix created GOTB so that if you want to be in a band you may as well be in the largest one in the UK,” said the spokesman.

The guitar festival will run alongside Hix’s Food Rocks food festival on September 3rd and 4th. Food Rocks will feature dozens of stands offering the finest food and drink of the West Country, together with cookery demonstrations and tastings by Hix and other celebrity chefs and food experts.

For information about GOTB contact geoffbaker12@btinternet.com 07864 992 274 or for Food Rocks and Mark Hix contact Laura Weir events@hixgoodetc. co.uk 0207 749 0479.

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OVEN ROASTED MACKEREL I would serve this dish simply with brown bread and butter to mop up the juices

INGREDIENTS

LESLEY WATERS

▪ 4 small mackerel, washed & gutted ▪ 1 bunch lemon thyme ▪ 2 large cloves garlic, finely sliced ▪ 3 tblsps cold-pressed rapeseed oil ▪ 1 tblsp cider vinegar ▪ Freshly ground black pepper ▪ Good pinch Cornish sea salt

Serves 4

DIRECTIONS 1

Preheat the oven to Gas Mark 6 / 200C / 400F.

2

Rinse the lemon thyme under cold water and lay out 1/3 of the bunch on a large, lipped baking tray.

3

Using a sharp knife, slash each fish 3 or 4 times on one side and push some garlic slices into the cut flesh. Lay the mackerel, cut side up, on the bed of lemon thyme and scatter over the remaining thyme.

4

In a small bowl or jug, whisk together the oil, vinegar and a good grinding of black pepper. Pour or spoon evenly over the fish and season with salt.

5

Place in the oven and roast for 15-20 minutes until the fish is golden and cooked.

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PANZANELLA This classic Italian combination of tomatoes and stale bread, pepped up with onion, olives, capers and basil, is hard to beat for a summer lunch. There are various approaches to this dish, but I like to ‘sacrifice’ about two-thirds of the tomatoes by sieving them into a fresh pulp, to soak into the bread with the rest of the dressing. Then I add more tomatoes, perhaps a different variety, along with the rest of the ingredients. The tomatoes must be sweet and ripe.

INGREDIENTS

HUGH FEARNLEY WHITTINGSTALL

▪About 700g large, very ripe tomatoes ▪4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil ▪2 tablespoons cider vinegar ▪300–400g (about ½ small loaf) slightly stale sourdough, ciabatta or good country bread ▪About 25 black olives, such as Kalamata (60g or so) ▪1 small cucumber, peeled, deseeded and cut into thick half-moons ▪1 small red onion, halved and finely sliced ▪About 350g cherry tomatoes, halved (or a larger variety, cut into chunks) ▪1 tablespoon baby capers, drained and rinsed ▪A handful of basil leaves, torn ▪Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

DIRECTIONS 1

Put the 700g larger/riper tomatoes into a large bowl and crush them with your hands. Tip them into a sieve over a bowl and rub through. Discard the skin and pips. Add the olive oil, cider vinegar and plenty of salt and pepper to the tomato juice.

2

Tear the bread into bite-sized chunks, put into a large bowl and pour over the tomatoey dressing. Add the olives, cucumber, red onion, cherry/other tomatoes, capers and basil and season well with salt and pepper. Toss everything together well with your hands.

3

If you can, leave the salad to stand for 20 minutes or so to allow the flavours to develop, then toss one more time and leave for a few minutes before serving.

Serves 4 This recipe features in “River Cottage Veg Every Day”, published by Bloomsbury Publishing plc, and available from rivercottge.net.

Pull on your dancing wellies, it’s our first ever River Cottge music festival! This year, we’re thrilled to be making some noise with our first ever family-friendly music festival at River Cottage HQ. So book now for a weekend of brilliant music, the finest local fare and fun in Devon’s beautiful Axe Valley. For more details and to book see www.rivercottage.net or call Lucy in our Events Team on 01297 630302.

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A PLATE OF GIROLLES AND SAMPHIRE Our first girolles, or chanterelles as they are sometimes called, arrived in mid-July this year. They are always a welcome addition to the menu, bright yellow, trumpet shaped and meaty in texture. The slight saltiness of the samphire works well with them as a simple combination for a starter.

INGREDIENTS

▪ 2-3 tbsp rapeseed or olive oil ▪ 200-250g girolles, cleaned but not washed ▪ A handful of samphire (about 120-150g) ▪ Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Serves 4

DIRECTIONS 1

Heat a couple of tablespoons of the oil, add the girolles and keep cooking on a medium heat for 3-4 minutes, turning them as you go.

2

Once they are cooked, stir in the samphire and cook for another 30 seconds or so, then remove everything from the heat. Add more oil if necessary and season to taste. Serve immediately.

MARK HIX This recipe can be found at Hix Oyster & Fish House that overlooks the harbour in Lyme Regis and boasts the most stunning panoramic views across the Jurassic coast – this is easily one of the most picturesque spots to enjoy British fish seafood. To book please call 01297 446 910.

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August 2016 Food Markets Please check dates and times with venues or organisers

Thurs 4th Fri 5th Sat 6th Thur 11th Fri 12th Sat 13th

Thur 18th Fri 19th Sat 20th Thur 25th Fri 26th Sat 27th

Wareham, Church Street - 8.30am - 11am Ottery St Mary, Hind St Car Park, 9am - 1pm Poundbury, Queen Mother Square, 9am - 1pm Shaftesbury, Town Hall, 9am - 1pm Wareham, Church Street, 8.30am - 11am Blandford, Blandford Forum, 9am - 1pm Bridport, Bridport Arts Centre, 9am - 1pm Martock, Moorlands Precinct, 10am - 1pm Yarcombe, Village Hall - 10am - 12noon Purbeck, Commercial Rd, Swanage, 9am - 1pm Honiton, St Paul’s Church, High St, 8.30am - 1pm Wareham, Church Street, 8.30am - 11am Sherborne, Cheap St, 9am - 1pm Wimborne, Market Square, 9am - 1pm Crewkerne, Falkland Square, 9am - 1pm Wareham, Church Street, 8.30am - 11am Weymouth, St Thomas St, 9am - 2pm Dorchester South, High Street, 9am - 4pm Barrington, Village Hall, 10am - 12noon Yeovil, Middle Street, 9am - 2pm

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Arts &Entertainment

Sew Far Sew Good A winner in the 2015 Marshwood Arts Awards Lewis McDonald’s interest in his art came about due to an administrative blunder. Katherine Locke has been talking to the student who is one of only a handful of people working on free embroidery.

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rtists come in many guises, but they don’t usually pose as Ancient History students. Lewis MacDonald is the exception. In his second year at Exeter University, Lewis is no ordinary student, and no ordinary artist. His chosen medium is free embroidery. Unusual enough in itself (he is one of only a handful practising in the country) and even more unusual for being the only male in this field that we know of.

And to think it all started by accident.

‘When I was younger, back in Year Nine at school, I was at a technology college.

We were told that as part of our GCSE’s we must pick a technology subject and I chose food. Unfortunately, I was told that the course was full so I’d have to pick another, but before I handed in my second choice (mechanics) I was put into textiles’. This happy administrative blunder, resulted in Lewis discovering ‘he had

a knack for it’, and a passion was born.

He continued with textiles at ‘A’ Level and this is when he started to see machine embroidery as artwork, rather than just a technical skill. ‘One day I wanted to recreate a pattern that I had seen on a coat that was part of an Alexander McQueen collection.

Unfortunately, the CAD/CAM machine that does the embroidery for you was being used by someone else and I’ve never been known as a patient man. I decided to get a spare piece of fabric and see if I could recreate the design myself.

Surprisingly I did and on that same day I went home to see what else I could turn into free machine embroidery.’

Lewis started ambitiously with an old family photo. He readily admits ‘it wasn’t his best’, but it got him interested in trying more. When asked why he didn’t go down the more conventional fashion route, he replies ‘when I am working on a free piece, it is very intui-

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tive. I almost just see where the line takes me. However, sewing a straight line (as required for fashion textiles), is beyond me!’. Lewis puts this down to his dyslexia and the fact that he just isn’t interested in making clothes.

For him, the process of making a piece usually starts with a photograph. Lewis sews directly onto cotton calico, as ‘it is a hardy material, that doesn’t stretch and warp’. He uses a homemade lightbox (an old drawer fitted with strip lights and lined with tin foil) and draws the basic outline with a colour wash pen. After the preparation, he starts to sew. ‘Each tiny movement creates a different picture’, he explains. ‘I can use the same colour cotton in a different direction or speed to change the final result’. Lewis describes the process of making a piece of work as almost automatic—‘it is as if my brain knows what to do’, he says.

He is particularly keen on making portraits, of people and animals, although

he says that ‘animal’s eyes are easier!’.

He is also drawn to buildings and architecture, while he says his dream is to travel to wild, natural places to take photographs from which he can make his work, ‘At the moment I haven’t even got a studio’, he says, ‘I work out of my messy student bedroom, so it would be amazing to have my own space’.

However, Lewis is a man with a vision and it easy to imagine a studio and travel being part of his future. He already has the backing of Janome, the manufacturer of the sewing machine he uses. ‘I wrote to them to ask their advice on the best machine for the job’, he says, ‘they liked my work so much they gave me a sewing machine’. Janome are very keen to promote sewing and using their machines in new and unusual creative ways. These sewing machines are not like CAD/CAM equipment, where you can computer programme a design and the machine will realise it, Lewis explains. Those

machines hate going over the same line twice and free embroidery is all about building the picture up by the layering of stitches.

When asked why he chose an Ancient History degree, rather than art, he has an interesting reply. ‘My father advised me to study the subject I loved second’, he says. ‘His reasoning was that if you study the subject you love best, there is a danger of it becoming stale and can lessen your passion if you do it every day. He was worried that it would destroy it for me’. In spite of this, one of the reasons Lewis chose Ancient History is the opportunity to deliver an artistic interpretation of the subject for his final dissertation. It sounds as if this is going to really get his creative juices flowing.

‘I am planning a massive tapestry of art through history’, he says. It sounds very ambitious, but there is no doubt that Lewis will pull it off in his quiet, unassuming way.

He says he has been very influenced by Epicurus, the ancient Greek philosopher, who he has been studying as part of his course. ‘Epicurus was concerned with living a good life by living modestly’, he explains. To live a modest life and limit one’s desires would lead to a state of tranquillity, or ataraxia, according to Epicurus and it is a philosophy that appeals to Lewis.

It chimes with Lewis’ attitude to being an artist. ‘Although, technically, I do consider myself to be an artist’, he says, ‘I am very keen to distance myself from the perceived introspective egotism associated with artists and artistic practise’.

It is clear Lewis sews because he loves it and it will take him wherever it will.

Although he has creative ambitions, he is a young man open to what life has to offer and what could be more genuinely creative than that?

‘Not what we have, but what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.’ Epicurus

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Museums&Galleries 1 August – 27 August

Ilminster Annual Open Competition Annual art competition - open to all.

Entry forms available from IAC website or from the Arts Centre. Monday - Friday 9.30am - 4.30pm. Saturday 9.30am 2.30pm. Free. Ilminster Arts Centre, The Meeting House, East Street, Ilminster.

TA19 0AN. 01460 54973. www. themeetinghouse.org.uk.

Sandy Winskill Exhibition at the Axminster Arts Café. She has lived in East Devon for thirty years and loves the surrounding wild life. Always an animal lover she gets great pleasure from painting our fur and feathered friends and takes commissions to paint other people’s favourite pets. Sandy also paints colourful landscapes and has exhibited many times in the Devon area.

In addition, she has had work accepted for the South West Academy Summer Exhibition. Axminster Arts Café, The old Courthouse, Church Street. EX13 5AQ. 01297 631455. Open: Monday – Saturday 9am – 4pm.

5 August - 13 August

Otter Vale Art Society Annual Exhibition, The Institute, Yonder Street, Ottery St Mary, Devon EX11 1HD. 10am - 5pm. Admission £1, accompanied children free. Public parking nearby, disabled access.

Approximately 200 paintings and sculptures by East Devon artists with most offered for sale.

Please see the society’s web-site, www. ottervaleartsociety.com.

6 - 14 August

Licence to Dream An exhibition of work

by Marilyn Rose, Aleathea Lillitos, Judy Tinsley, Imogen Bittner, Elaine Mills,

Justin Orwin and John Bartholomew.

What happens when our dreams come floating to the surface of our waking life?

For the artist they can provide a deeper source of inspiration than the mere act of observation. 11am - 5pm. Eype Centre for The Arts at Eype near Bridport.

13 August – 19 August

Burton Bradstock Art Exhibition (part of Burton Bradstock Festival of Music and Art) Village hall, Church Street, Burton Bradstock www. burtonbradstockfestival.com. 50 artists including Penny Brown, Frances Hatch, Jake Winkle and many more. All the artwork is for sale, at affordable prices, and there are also ceramics and cards.

Until 16 August

Expression: John Hubbard, Patrick Jones and Chris Prindl Bringing together the work of three veteran painters. they all have connections to the USA and currently live in the South West of England. The painting in this exhibition evoke the essence of coastal waters and although the were produced many decades apart they are united by a shared experience and cultural influences. Malthouse Gallery, Town Mill, Lyme Regis, Dorset, DT7 3PU. Open 10.30am - 4.30pm each day. theartroom@eclipse.co.uk.

19 – 20 August

Exhibition and Sale of Art at Uplyme Church Art Exhibition involving over 40 local artists, both amateur and professional. Over 150 paintings on display. Some of the professional artists taking part are Terry Whitworth, Lynda White, Shuna George, Duncan Harris, Jennifer Pearson and Linda Hampson.

Also a display of children’s art work with the theme “Water”. As well as craft making for young people. The exhibition is free and there will be delicious refreshments available 10.30am - 4.30pm in Uplyme Church, Pound Road, Uplyme DT7 3TT. Raising money for Tearfund Charity.

20 - 29 August

Bridport and West Dorset Open Studios annual 10-day celebration of contemporary visual artists who live in Bridport and the surrounding countryside. 50 artists taking part in 30 venues showing a wide range of disciplines including painting, ceramics, print-making, pottery, jewellery, textiles, sculpture and installation art. www. bridportopenstudios.co.uk.

22- 29 August

Dorset Independent Photographers’ Annual Exhibition The group returns to Borough Gardens House, Cornwall Road, Dorchester, DT1 1RG, with their latest blend of film and pixels in styles ranging from landscape and abstract to travel and documentary. Show open each day 10am - 5pm. Further details on 01305 871487 or email ianportesham@hotmail.co.uk.

Until 24 August

Music Architecture Poole (MAP) An exhibition of second year BA (Hons) Architechture student work from AUB that explores the link between music and Architecture. The students are invited to consider the unique space of Poole.

Northwest Gallery, North Building, Arts University Bournemouth. 01202 363272, www.aub.ac.uk/gallery.

‘Keep the Home Fires Burning’ Bridport Home and Abroad WW1,

Part 11, Bridport Heritage Forum Exhibition, Bridport Town Hall. Come along and see the new boards about the War. For more information contact Jane on 01308 425710 or email: jferentzi@ aol.com.

Until 25 August

Jerwood Painting Fellowships 2016 This group exhibition presents fresh new works by the three outstanding early career painters chosen as the 2016 Jerwood Painting Fellows: Francesca Blomfield, Archie Franks and Dale Lewis. The Gallery, North Building, Arts University Bournemouth. 01202 363272, www.aub.ac.uk/gallery.

Until 27 August

THG Open 2016 Celebrating the rich and varied talent of artists living in the South West. It is a perfect opportunity to view and purchase work by some of the best established and emerging artists from across the region. It also gives visitors the opportunity to vote for their favourite work in the exhibition to win the Audience Prize this year. Kindly supported by Bearnes, Hampton & Littlewood Auctioneers.

Open Tuesday – Saturday, 10am to 5pm. Free admission. Thelma Hulbert Gallery, Elmfield House, Dowell Street, Honiton EX14 1LX. T: 01404 45006.

27 August – 2 September

Mosterton Art Group 28th Annual Exhibition 10am - 5pm, (4pm last day) at the Skyrm Room, The Public Hall (rear entrance), 8 Fleet St, Beaminster DT8 3EF. There will be a great variety of artwork by local artists, most of which is for sale and this is your

LOOKING TO INCLUDE A GALLERY? To include your gallery in these listings, please send details to info@marshwoodvale.com before the 10th of the month.

Please check times with organisers or venues.

opportunity to snap up some original paintings or prints at a reasonable price.

Entrance is free and there is disabled access and adjacent car park.

Until 30 August

Ursula Newell-Walker, Holly Webb and Liz Travis Summer Exhibition John Leach Gallery, Muchelney Pottery, Muchelney, Nr Langport TA10 0DW www.johnleachpottery.co.uk.

30 August - 10 September

Three Painters and a Sculptor Sculptor Stephanie Hobhouse joins painters Frances Dale, Marion Sawl and Vanessa Smith for a group exhibition with colour and texture. Monday - Friday 9.30am - 4.30pm. Saturday 9.30am - 2.30pm.

Free. Ilminster Arts Centre, The Meeting House, East Street, Ilminster. TA19 0AN. 01460 54973.

Until 1 September

Found Pop-Up Exhibition in response the theme of ‘The Found Object’. Library

Wall, Arts University Bournemouth.

01202 363272, www.aub.ac.uk/gallery.

Until 4 September

Mission Space: Force 8: A Collective Art Project Force 8 is a creative collective of artists, writers, designers and entrepreneurs founded by Anna Best and Hester Schofield. We hope to promote a culture of thinking and progressive dialogue through contemporary art that will inspire people in Bridport and the surrounding area. Our pilot project at the Methodist Chapel aims to arouse curiosity and interest in the collective.

Check out our programme, collaborate with us, bring your ideas, knowledge, holiday snaps and stories. Many events taking place throughout August and September, to see look at the website.

Also On going through the summer holidays - Thursdays 6pm - 8pm Local Creatives Networking Social - a weekly event. Wednesdays 2pm - 4pm Children’s Anti-Art workshop: 5-16

yr.olds £5. Please see www.force8. org to check for confirmed dates nearer the time. The Methodist Chapel, West Bay, Bridport, DT6 4EN. Wednesday to Sunday 12noon - 4pm. Force 8 is financially supported by The West Dorset District Council art fund, The Bridport and West Bay Car Boot Fund. Force 8 is not financially supported by Arts Council England. Force 8 is supported by the the Bridport Area Development Trust (BADT) and their loan of the Methodist Chapel, The Mothership, Richard Toft and all volunteers. We are a not-for-profit organisation. https://www.facebook.com/ groups/www.force8.org. Anna Best & Hester Schofield force8art@gmail.com.

Cast of Light Recent paintings Alex Lowery, Pottery Richard Batterham at 80, Furniture Petter Southall. Sladers Yard, West Bay, Bridport DT6 4EL 01308 459511 www.sladersyard.co.uk.

Until 24 September

Summer Exhibition Artwave West,

Museums

Please telephone for opening hours ALLHALLOWS MUSEUM

High Street, Honiton.

01404 44966. www.honitonmuseum.co.uk

AXMINSTER HERITAGE

Silver Street, Axminster.

01297 639884.

BEAMINSTER MUSEUM

CHIDEOCK MUSEUM

ILCHESTER COMMUNITY

Church of Our Lady, North MUSEUM High Street, Ilchester Road, Chideock. 01308 488348. (at the side of the Town Hall). www.chideockmartyrschurch.org.uk 01935 841247.

COLYTON HERITAGE CENTRE

Market Place, Colyton www.colytonheritagecentre.org

LYME REGIS MUSEUM

Bridge Street, Lyme Regis.

01297 443370.

NOTHE FORT

Sidmouth.

01395 516139.

THELMA HULBERT GALLERY, ELMFIELD HOUSE

Dowell Street, Honiton.

01404 45006.

THE MILITARY MUSEUM OF DEVON AND DORSET

Whitcombe Road, Beaminster.

01308 863623.

CREWKERNE & DISTRICT MUSEUM

Barrack Road, Weymouth.

01305 766626.

The Keep, Bridport Road, Dorchester. 01305 264066.

www.beaminstermuseum.

The Heritage Centre, Market Square, Crewkerne.

01460 77079.

www.fortressweymouth.co.uk.

www.keepmilitarymuseum.org.

wordpress.com

BLANDFORD MUSEUM

Bere’s Yard, Blandford Forum.

01258 450388.

www.crewkernemuseum.co.uk

www.blandfordtownmuseum.org

High West Street, Dorchester.

01305 262735.

BRIDPORT MUSEUM

DORSET COUNTY

PORTLAND MUSEUM

217 Wakeham Portland. 01305 821804.

ROYAL ALBERT MEMORIAL MUSEUM & ART GALLERY

Tolpuddle, nr Dorchester.

01305 848237.

TUDOR HOUSE

3 Trinity Street, Weymouth.

01305 779711 or 812341.

South Street, Bridport.

01308 422116.

www.dorsetcountymuseum.org.

www.bridportmuseum.co.uk.

Oborne Road, Sherborne.

Sheppards Row, off Exeter Road, SEATON MUSEUM Exmouth.

Top Floor, Seaton Town Hall, 07768 184127.

Fore Street, Seaton. 01297 FAIRLYNCH ARTS CENTRE 21660.

Sutton Poyntz Pumping Station, Sutton Poyntz, Weymouth.

01305 832634

www.castletonwaterwheelmuseum.

AND MUSEUM

www.wessexwessex.co.uk.

org.uk

27 Fore Street, Budleigh Salterton. 01395 442666.

CASTLETON WATERWHEEL MUSEUM

CHARD MUSEUM

Godworthy House, High Street, Chard. 01460 65091. www.chardmuseum.co.uk.

EXMOUTH MUSEUM

GROVE PRISON MUSEUM

Governors Gardens, The Grove, Portland. 01305 715726.

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Queen St, Exeter, EX4 3RX. 01392 665858.

TOLPUDDLE MARTYRS MUSEUM

SHERBORNE MUSEUM

Abbey gatehouse, Church Lane, Sherborne. 01935 812252. www.sherbornemuseum.co.uk.

SIDMOUTH MUSEUM

Hope Cottage, Church Street,

www.weymouthcivicsociety.org.

WATER SUPPLY MUSEUM

WEYMOUTH MUSEUM

Brewers Quay Hope Square, Weymouth. 01305 457982 www.weymouthmuseum.org.uk

Morecombelake, Dorset DT6 6DY. 01297 489746 www.artwavewest.com.

Until 13 October

Perri Scott TheGallery, AUB works with WestBeach on their Off-Site Arts Programme, featuring the work of Perri Scott, designer. www.west-beach.co.uk.

WestBeach, Pier Approach, Bournemouth.

01202 363272, www.aub.ac.uk/gallery.

Until 30 October

Clean Heart: A Landscape Retrospective presents work from internationally acclaimed artist Clare Woods. The exhibition brings together key works from the artist’s career alongside new pieces made in response to Hestercombe, its gardens and landscapes.

Hestercombe Gallery, Hestercombe Gardens, Cheddon Fitzpaine, Taunton, Somerset TA2 8LG. Phone: 01823 413923 www.hestercombe.com.

Beaminster Museum Exhibitions ‘Life Below Stairs’ gives an insight into domestic service in and around Beaminster with real stories and experiences of life as a servant during the 19th and early 20th centuries.

‘Census’ celebrates the 175th anniversary of our first national ‘count’ in 1841 and shows a history of the census with a detailed insight to the records of our local population. Opening times: Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Bank holidays 10.30am - 4pm. Sundays 2pm until 4.30pm. For more details see our website www.beaminstermuseum.wordpress. com. Telephone number 01308-863623 (answerphone message).

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Ten Days of Art in and around Bridport

Amongst around fifty artists taking part in Bridport and West Dorset Open Studios are Nigel Hughes, Paul Blow and David Brooke

BRIDPORT & West Dorset Open Studios is an annual 10-day celebration of contemporary visual artists who live in Bridport and the surrounding countryside. Started by artist Caroline Ireland in 1999, the event has grown over the years to become a distinctive showcase for the thriving West Dorset art scene.

This year’s Open Studios event takes place from 20 - 29 August 2016, with around 50 artists taking part in 30 venues showing a wide range of disciplines including painting, ceramics, print-making, pottery, jewellery, textiles, sculpture and installation art.

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Pick up a free 44-page event guide and explore the great wealth of talent in the towns, villages and hamlets across West Dorset to the Jurassic Coast, including helpful maps to local galleries and dozens of artists in their studios and homes.

This year the event will kick off with a grand launch event at Eype Church Centre for the Arts from 6-9pm on the evening of Thursday 18th August, featuring the 6”x9” exhibition of small collectable works by participating artists. Live music will be provided by the acclaimed Wessex pop trio ‘Design’. For more information visit www.bridportopenstudios.co.uk.

On Screen - In and Around the Vale The Almeida Theatre makes its live screening debut. Stars Ralph Fiennes as Shakespeare’s most notorious villain and Vanessa Redgrave as Queen Margaret. The Beehive, Dowell Street, Honiton EX14 1LZ www.beehivehoniton.co.uk Box office 01404 384050.

Saturday 20 August

Friday 26 August

The Big Short (15) at 8pm. Presented by Petherton Picture Show. Starring Christian Bale, Steve Carrell, Ryan Gosling. The true story of a handful of investors who bet against the US mortgage market in 2006-7. Tickets: £5. No Concessions. The David Hall, Roundwell Street, South Petherton, Somerset, TA13 5AA. www.thedavidhall.org. uk 01460 240 340 boxoffice@thedavidhall.org.uk.

Friday 5 August

Learning to Drive (15) 7.30pm Tickets: Adult £6.50, U16 £5.50. Stars Ben Kingsley as a New York taxi driver who befriends a literary critic. A touching tale of mid-life friendship. The Beehive, Dowell Street, Honiton EX14 1LZ www. beehivehoniton.co.uk Box office 01404 384050.

Friday 12 August

Room (15) at 8pm. Presented by Petherton Picture Show Presents. Starring Brie Larson, Jacob Tremblay, Sean Bridger. Room tells the extraordinary story of Jack, a spirited 5-year-old who is looked after by his loving and devoted mother. Their life, however, is anything but typical - they are trapped in a 10x10ft space that Ma has euphemistically named Room. Ma will stop at nothing to ensure that Jack is able to live a complete and fulfilling life. But, they enact a risky

plan to escape, ultimately bringing them face-to-face with what may turn out to be the scariest thing yet: the real world.

Tickets: £5. No Concessions. The David Hall, Roundwell Street, South Petherton, Somerset, TA13 5AA. www.thedavidhall. org.uk 01460 240 340 boxoffice@ thedavidhall.org.uk.

Saturday 13 August

The Secret Life of Pets (PG) (2016) 90mins Bridport Electric Palace. Two showings: 11am and 7pm. The creators of the Despicable Me movies and Minions show us what pets get up to behind closed doors in this funny and endearing animal adventure. It’s absolutely great and really funny. Because it’s suitable for children and parents alike there are two showings – so everyone has a chance to enjoy it.

Oddball (U) Presented by Hinton St. George ‘Flix in the Stix’ in the Hinton Village Hall at 6.30 pm. Tickets £5 in advance from the Village Shop and Dorothy’s Tea Room, or £5.50p on the door. Children under 12 £2.50. To reserve Tickets please contact Bob Kefford on 01460 72563. ‘Oddball’ is a film for all the family about a misfit dog who helps to save a colony of rare penguins that is under threat on their small island off Australia. A comedy with lots of cute penguins!

Friday 19 August

Almeida Live: Richard III (Encore screening) (15) 7.30pm Tickets: £10.

The Secret Life of Pets (U) 11am & 3pm Tickets: Adult £6.50, U16 £5.50.

The makers of ‘Despicable Me’ show us what our animals get up to when we leave the house. The Beehive, Dowell Street, Honiton EX14 1LZ www.beehivehoniton. co.uk Box office 01404 384050.

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (15) 7.30pm Tickets: Adult £6.50, U16 £5.50.

Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley are back as the iconic Edina and Patsy. The Beehive, Dowell Street, Honiton EX14 1LZ www.beehivehoniton.co.uk Box office 01404 384050.

Friday 26 August

Nostalgic Cinema: Roman Holiday (U) 2pm Tickets: £3.50. Audrey Hepburn dazzles in her first Hollywood role.

All welcome at this dementia friendly screening. The Beehive, Dowell Street, Honiton EX14 1LZ www.beehivehoniton. co.uk Box office 01404 384050.

Elvis and Nixon (15) 7.30pm Tickets: Adult £6.50, U16 £5.50. The untold true story behind the meeting between the King of Rock ‘n Roll and President Nixon. Stars Michael Shannon and Kevin Spacey. The Beehive, Dowell Street, Honiton EX14 1LZ www.beehivehoniton.co.uk Box office 01404 384050.

The Big Short (15) at 8pm. Presented by Petherton Picture Show. Starring Christian Bale, Steve Carrell, Ryan Gosling. The true story of a handful of investors who bet against the US mortgage market in 2006-7.

Through their own research they discovered that the US mortgage backed securities market was a bubble about to burst, and they invested accordingly. What they didn’t initially know was how structurally flawed the MBS system was, the level of corruption in the market...and the impact on the average person when the bubble burst.

Tickets: £5. No Concessions. The David Hall, Roundwell Street, South Petherton, Somerset, TA13 5AA. www.thedavidhall. org.uk 01460 240 340 boxoffice@ thedavidhall.org.uk.

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PERFORMANCE Monday 25 July

SIDMOUTH, Manor Pavilion, George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion, to Wed.

Tuesday 26 July

AXMINISTER, Burrow Farm Gardens, Folksy Theatre in As You Like It, 7.

LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, The Great Train Robbery, 2.30 and 6.

Wednesday 27 July

BRIDPORT, Lyric Theatre, Pharmacy in The Enchanted, 2 and 8.

IFORD, (near Trowbridge) Manor cloister, Iford Festival, Iford Arts, Purcell’s A Fairy Queen, and 29/30 July, 2/3 August, 7.30.

LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, James Blackshaw, guitar, 7.30.

Thursday 28 July

SIDMOUTH, Manor Pavilion, The Ladykillers, and Fri, and 6 to 10 Aug. Festival, Pam Ayres, Steeleye Span.

Friday 29 July

Monday 1 August

ILMINSTER, Dillington House, Dillington Classical Guitar Festival, Latin Impressions, Ginastera, Villa Lobos, etc, The Actic Guitar Trio, 8.

LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Circus Raj, 1.30.

SIDMOUTH, Folk Week, Blazin’ Fiddles, Nancy Kerr, etc.

WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Pirates of the Pavilion, and Tues, 2 and 6pm.

Tuesday 2 August

CHARD, Forde Abbey, Folksy Theatre in As You Like It, 7.

ILMINSTER, Dillington House, Dillington Classical Guitar Festival, The Frontiers Trio, Vivaldi, Paganini, Piazzolla, Albeniz, 8.

SIDMOUTH, Folk Week, Martin Simpson, Le Vent du Nort, etc.

Wednesday 3 August

BRANSCOMBE, Festival, to Sun, classical music, opera, brass bands, at village hall and St Winifred’s Church, with Florilegium, Marian Consort, Miss Hope Springs, Camborne Town Band etc.

DORCHESTER, Museum, Cantamus Choir, 7.30.

LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Chamber Opera Chicago in Jane Austen’s Persuasion, a new musical drama, 7.30.

SIDMOUTH, Folk Week, to 5 Aug, Port Isaac Fisherman’s Friends, Jim Causley.

BATH, Theatre Royal, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, with Phill Jupitus, to 20 Aug. EXMOUTH, Pavilion, Joe Pasquale, 7.30.

ILMINSTER, Dillington House, Dillington Classical Guitar Festival, Prague Guitar Quartet, Britten, Rak, Prokofiev, 8.

SIDMOUTH, Folk Week, Seth Lakeman, Kathryn Tickell and Superfolkus, Oysters 3 etc.

WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Legend of a Band, Moody Blues tribute, 7.30.

Saturday 30 July

Thursday 4 August

SIDMOUTH, Folk Week, Sharon Shannon, Shooglenifty, John Kirkpatrick, etc.

Sunday 31 July

EXMOUTH, Manor Gardens, Rain or Shine in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, open air.

Pavilion, The Dreamers, 7.30.

ILMINSTER, Dillington House, Dillington Classical Guitar Festival, to 4 Aug: Bach and Beyond, Peter Rueffer and Lydia Hepworth, with Adrian Boynton, harpsichord, 8.

SIDMOUTH, Folk Week, Show of Hands and Miranda Sykes, Jamie Smith’s Mabon, Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman, etc.

SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Shooglenifty and Kaela Rowan, and a chance to dance, 7.30.

WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Let’s Hang On, Frankie Valli tribute.

DORCHESTER, various venues Kilter Theatre in The Last Post, 2 and 6.

ILMINSTER, Dillington House, Dillington Classical Guitar Festival, From Serbia with Love, Branco Stoysin and Peter Rueffer, music by Stoysin and Serbian folk music, 8.

LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Spaghetti, a puppet pastiche of spaghetti westerns, 2.30.

SIDMOUTH, Folk Week, Jon Boden, John Kirkpatrick, Mad Dog McRea, etc.

Friday 5 August

BRIDPORT, Electric Palace, Debbie Bond and the Trudats, blues, 8.

EXMOUTH, Pavilion, Country Superstars, tribute, 8.

HONITON, Beehive, Learning to Drive, film, 7.30.

ILMINSTER, Arts Centre, The 22 Strings Quartet, guitars and double bass from

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Spain, 8.

SIDMOUTH, Folk Week, The Young ‘Uns, Watershed Band, Jim Causley, etc.

WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Joe Pasquale, 7.30.

Saturday 6 August

BRIDPORT, Electric Palace, The Searchers, 7.30.

HONITON, Beehive, Patsy Cline and friends.

IFORD, Manor cloister, Iford Festival, Final Fling, with Emily Saunders, jazz, and Jive Aces, 6.

WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Illegal Eagles, 7.30.

Sunday 7 August

WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Be Bop a Lula, 7.30.

Monday 8 August

WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Pirates of the Pavilion, and Tues, 2 and 6pm.

Tuesday 9 August

BRIDPORT, Electric Palace, Beatrice et Benedict, Berlioz opera live by satellite from Glyndebourne, 6.30pm.

YEOVIL, Octagon, Russell Watson, 7.30.

Wednesday 10 August

EXMOUTH, Manor Gardens, Pantaloons in The Canterbury Tales, open air.

LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre (outdoors), Miracle Theatre in The Magnificent Three, 7,30, and Thurs, 2pm.

WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Symphony to a Lost Generation, and Thurs, 7.30, Thurs mat 2.30.

Thursday 11 August

BRIDPORT, Electric Palace, Stompin’ Dave Allen, bluegrass, blues, etc, 8.

DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Opera Anywhere in The Pirates of Penzance, 8.

HONITON, Beehive, Honiton Community Theatre in Urinetown, the Musical, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.

SIDMOUTH, Manor Pavilion, Stone Cold Murder, to Wed. WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Viva Neil Diamond, 8.

Friday 12 August

BRIDPORT, Electric Palace, Soul Night with DJ Dr Funk, 8.

ILMINSTER, Arts Centre, Mike Denham’s Speakeasy, with Hamish Maxwell, vocals, and Steve Graham, trumpet, 8.

PERFORMANCE WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Kast off Kinks, 7.30.

Thursday 18 August

BURTON BRADSTOCK, Festival exhibition, village hall, to 21 Aug. LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Pete Brown and the New Grass Cutters, 8.

MONTACUTE, House, Pantaloons in The Canterbury Tales, open air.

WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Never 42, 7.30.

BURTON BRADSTOCK, St Mary’s Church, Festival, Festival Players, with readers Claire Bradshaw and Sandy Burnett, Tangos and Facades, 7: Natalia Lomeiko, violin, Yuri Zhislin, viola, 9.45pm.

SIDMOUTH, Manor Pavilion, Pools Paradise, to Wed. WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, The Beach Boys Band, 8.

Sunday 14 August

Friday 19 August

Saturday 13 August

BURTON BRADSTOCK, Music Festival, to 19 Aug. St Mary’s Church rectory gardens, Festival, Tea and Music, 3.

St Mary’s Church, Festival Evensong with Colyton Church Choir, Stanford and Mendelssohn, 6.30.

ILMINSTER, Arts Centre, Nina Vinogradova-Biek, piano, Schubert, Chopin, Schumann, with tea and cakes, 3.

LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Philip Clouts and friends, Sunsplash, jazz, 8.

Monday 15 August

BURTON BRADSTOCK, St Mary’s Church, Festival, Kosmos, gypsy, klezmer, Balkan and tango, 7: Craig Ogden, guitar, David Juritz, violin, Adrian Bradbury, cello, Bach Goldberg Variations, 9.45pm.

SWANAGE, Prince Albert Gardens, Rain or Shine in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, open air.

WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Pirates of the Pavilion, and Tues, 2 and 6pm.

Tuesday 16 August

BURTON BRADSTOCK, Festival, Norburton Hall, Caroline Dowdle, piano, David Juritz, Adrian Bradbury, Schubert Piano Trio No 2, picnic lunch concert, 12.30.

St Mary’s Church, Festival, Milos Milivojevic, accordion, David Juritz, violin, At Home with Milos, 6: Tina May, Piaf - celebrating a legend, 8.

LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Whats the Matter, A Quantum Comedy about Love in the Subatomic World, 7.30, and Wed, 2.30.

Wednesday 17 August

BURTON BRADSTOCK, St Mary’s Church, Festival, Caroline Dowdle, David Gordon, pianos, Musical Fun and Games for One Keyboard and Four Hands, 1pm: Festival Players, Respighi, Beethoven, 7: Michael Cox, flute, Milos Milivojevic, 9.45pm.

ATHELHAMPTON, House, Chapterhouse in Sherlock Holmes, open air.

AXMINSTER, Burrow Farm Gardens, Folksy Theatre in The Smartest Giant in Town, 6.30.

BURTON BRADSTOCK, St Mary’s Church, Festival, Shakespeare and Music, Bach, Mendelssohn, Purcell etc, 7.

ILMINSTER, Arts Centre, Flying Folk with Jess Vincent, Border Tales, Hanna Cumming, 8.

LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Atomic Blondie, tribute, 8.

WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Marty Wilde and the Wildcats, 7.30.

Saturday 20 August

PLUSH, Festival, Trio Dali, Jack Liebeck violin, Amandine Savary piano, ChristianPierre La Marca cello, and Adrian Brendel, cello, Bach, Cassado, Martinue, 5.30: Trio Dali, Mendelssohn, Roger Smalley, Schubert, 7.30.

WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, ABBA Revival, 7.30.

Sunday 21 August

WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Rat Pack Revue, 7.30.

Monday 22 August

DORCHESTER, Thomas Hardye School, Combined Arts Week, to Sat. WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Pirates of the Pavilion, and Tues, 2 and 6pm.

Wednesday 24 August

BRIDPORT, Electric Palace, Bridport Musical Theatre Co in Crazy for You, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.

LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Theatre in a Bag in Illyria Ahoy, or Pirate Shakespeare, 2 and 4pm.

SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Beatnik Theatre in Neil Labute’s Bash, and Thurs, 7.30.

WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Jethro, 40 Years the Joker, 7.30.

Thursday 25 August

HONITON, Beehive, Fox and Rabbit’s Idiot’s Guide to the Owl and the Pussycat, children’s theatre, 5.30.

SIDMOUTH, Manor Pavilion, Oscar Wilde’s An Ideal Husband, to Wed. WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, That’ll Be the Day, 7.30.

Friday 26 August

HONITON, Beehive, Roman Holiday, 1953 Audrey Hepburn film, 2pm: Elvis and Nixon, film, 7.30.

ILMINSTER, Arts Centre, The Dave Newton Trio with Steve Waterman, trumpet, Simon Allen, tenor sax, 8.

Saturday 27 August

ABBOTSBURY, Sub-Tropical Gardens, Festival Players in Hamlet, open air.

EXETER, City Centre, new Street Arts festival, 10am to 6pm.

PLUSH, Festival, with Composer in Residence Oliver Knussen, Sounds from the Big White House, film, 5.30: Plush Ensemble - Tim Horton piano, Melinda Maxwell oboe, Clio Gould and Jonathan Morton violins, Sue Knight viola, Claire Booth viola, Adrian Brendel Cello, Zoe Martlew cello/cabaret, Debussy, Knussen, Brahms, 7.30.

WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Cliff Richard and the Shadows - The Golden Years, with Jimmy Jermain and the Knights.: Ocean Room, South Coast Soul Show, 7.30.

Sunday 28 August

EXMOUTH, The Esplanade, The Fab Beatles, free, 4pm.

LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Thank You for the Music, 7.30.

PLUSH, Festival, with Composer in Residence Oliver Knussen, Plush Ensemble, Stravinsky, Knussen, Birtwistle, Mozart, 1pm: Open Rehearsal and talk by Oliver Knussen and Harrison Birtwistle, 3 to 5pm: Review Z, Zoe Martlew, 5.30: Plush Ensemble, Richard Strauss, Knussen, Berg, Schuman, 7.30.

WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Baroque Theatre in Ira Levin’s Veronica’s Room, 7.30.

Monday 29 August

LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Morecambe and Wise Rebooted, 7.30.

WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Pirates of the Pavilion, and Tues, 2 and 6pm.

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PREVIEW On Stage - In and Around the Vale Balkan Celebrations BURTON BRADSTOCK

THERE is a special Balkan aspect to this year’s Burton Bradstock Festival of Music and Art, as the long-established West Dorset event celebrates the music of the young Serbian accordionist, Miloš Milivojević.

The festival runs from 13th to 21st August, with an art exhibition in the village hall, and music, mainly in the village’s St Mary’s Church, from Sunday 14th to Friday 19th.

The opening events are tea with music in the rectory gardens and evensong in the church, led by the Rev Stephen Batty, Rector of the Bride Valley, with the choir of Colyton Parish Church singing Canticles by Stanford and Mendelssohn.

Kosmos, featuring Milivojevic, violinist Harriet Mackenzie and Meg Hamilton, viola, will play Balkan, gypsy and klezmer music in the church on Monday evening, followed by a late-night recital

by Craig Ogden, guitar, Adrian Bradbury, cello and festival director, violinist David Juritz.

At Home With Milos, at 6pm on Tuesday 16th August at the church, will be an informal concert by the 29 year old virtuoso, who has recently been given permission to remain in the UK. He has won many fans and friends in Burton Bradstsock, and at this concert, his tenth at the festival, he will be playing his new accordion bought with the help of local people.

Miloš Milivojević has won international competitions in Germany, France, Italy and Denmark and in July 2007 he became the first accordionist ever to win the RAM Club Prize at the Royal Academy of Music.

Opera and Cabaret at BRANSCOMBE

Miloš Milivojević at Burton Bradstock in August

Other Tuesday events are a lunchtime performance of Schubert’s Piano Trio No 2, by Caroline Dowdle, piano, Juritz and Bradbury, with picnics in the gardens of Norburton Hall; and in the evening the brilliant jazz singer Tina May celebrates Edith Piaf at 8pm.

Wednesday’s events start at 1pm in the church with Caroline Dowdle and David Gordon providing an hour of musical fun and games for one keyboard and four hands, followed at 7pm by the Festival Players in a programme of works by Respighi and Beethoven. The late-night concert features Milivojevic and flautist Michael Cox. Tangos and Facades on Thursday 18th at 7pm features the Festival Players with narrators Claire Bradshaw and Sandy Burnett performing Walton’s Facade, with Edith Sitwell’s poems; followed by a late night recital by the gifted young Russians Natalia Lomeiko, violin, and Yuri Zhislin, viola.

The festival ends on Friday 19th at the church with a gala concert, of music by Bach, Mendelssohn and Purcell, played by the Festival Players joined by the week’s soloists and special guests.

For full details visit www. burtonbradstockfestival.com

A PICTURESQUE East Devon seaside village hosts its fourth festival over the weekend 29th to 31st July, with opera, classical music and cabaret in the village hall and the ancient St Winifred’s parish church.

The festival is curated by Ian Rosenblatt, BBC presenter Petroc Trelawny and renowned pianist Iain Burnside, with Petroc Trelawny presenting all concerts Events include the Marian Consort in the church on Friday 29th, exploring the bloody and tragic life of the Renaissance composer Gesualdo, followed in the hall by the cabaret performer Miss Hope Springs.

Period music ensemble Florilegium perform in the church on Saturday at mid-day, and there is an afternoon of improvisation from Harry the Piano in the village hall.

The evening concert in the hall is duets and arias from Italian opera with Serena Gamberoni soprano, Luca Salsi baritone and pianist Michele Gamba, followed by late-night rhythm’n’blues with The Leo Green Experience and Danny Toeman.

The final events are a Sidmouth Lifeboat display followed by a free concert by Camborne Town Band at 1pm on Branscombe beach with beer by Branscombe Brewery and a barbecue.

For more information visit www. branscombefestival.co.uk

Postal Nostalgia DORCHESTER

WHEN Kilter Theatre drives into Dorchester on Thursday 4th August, the company will be inviting nostalgia for

Holographic Lost Generation IN August, audiences at Weymouth Pavilion can see Symphony to a Lost Generation, described as the world’s first fully holographic production.

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and Lithuanian State Orchestra.

Digital technology has created a depiction of the scale of the human tragedy of the First World War in a way that has never before been possible.

Brought to you by a Oscar­ winning ​and Grammy Award ­nominated team​, whose visual

effects work includes Gravity, ​ Avatar ​​and The Golden Compass The film had its premiere in London earlier this year. It will be shown at Weymouth on Wednesday 10th and Thursday 11th August at 7.30, with a matinee on Thursday at 2.30.

Postal nostalgia comes to Dorchester on August 4th.

the days when the Bristish postal service was a national treasure.

The precise location of the pillar-box red van-atorium won’t be announced until the day—look on the website for directions.

But what we do know is that Mobile Sorting Office 451 will be there to transport you to a time when snail mail reigned supreme and love stories evolved at the speed of the stamp. Audiences will squeeze into the intimate space for The Last Post.

Verity, the irrepressible heiress who inherits an international pen-pal agency, and Red, the redundant post master, might be an unlikely couple, but their romance unfolds accompanied by live music provided by Tomaz.

After the play is over, the audience can rummage through stationary supplies, try a vintage typewriter or pick up a quill and start to compose that letter they’ve been meaning to send.

Performances are in Dorchester at 2 and 6pm.

Satirical Music HONITON

FUTUROLOGISTS have long predicted that water will be the critical resource as climate change increasingly affects the planet.

The impact is widely predicted to be conflicts between people in water-depleted areas and opportunities for exploitation and profits by global corporations— the unlikely theme of Urinetown, the hit musical created by satirist Greg Kotis.

The Beehive at Honiton gets the first regional staging of the hit satirical musical, Urinetown: The Musical, from 11th to 13th August when Honiton Community Theatre Company puts on the show which had its UK premiere in 2014.

Originally staged in the US in 2001, the show, with music by Mark Hollmann and lyrics by Hollmann and Kotis, satirises the legal system, capitalism, social irresponsibility, populism, bureaucracy, corporate mismanagement, and municipal politics.

The show opens with a grim welcome from Officer Lockstock, a policeman, assisted by the street urchin Little Sally.

A 20-year drought has caused a terrible water shortage, making private toilets unthinkable. Public toilets are controlled by a megacorporation called “Urine Good Company” (or UGC).

There are harsh laws ensuring that people pay to urinate; if the laws are broken, the offender is sent to a penal colony called “Urinetown”, never to return.

Don’t let the title put you off. This show is funny, topical and thought provoking.

Performances are at 7.30pm with a Saturday matinee at 2.30pm.

The Pirates of Anywhere DORCHESTER

OPERA Anywhere will be performing Gilbert and Sullivan’s ever-popular The Pirates of Penzance at the Corn Exchange in Dorchester on Thursday 11th August at 8pm.

This is the final date of a spring and summer tour which has given young professional singers the chance to demonstrate their skills to audiences around the UK. For more information, visit their website, www.OperaAnywhere.com or contact Dorchester Arts.

Folk Week SIDMOUTH

FOR more than 60 years, East Devon has been the centre of the folk music world, with singers, musicians and dancers heading for Sidmouth FolkWeek, a weeklong seaside celebration in this Regency coastal resort.

There has been a folk festival in Sidmouth in the first week of August every year since 1955 attracting tens of thousands of visitors for more than 700 events.

With an ear to the past and an eye on the future, the festival features established stars and emerging talent; major concerts and intimate sessions; ceilidhs, folk dancing and lively roots parties; storytelling; fun family entertainment and youth-centred sessions; hands-on workshops and spectacular dance displays; the best in South West crafts and the tastiest of local food and drink.

The eve of festival special events, on Thursday 28th July, feature Pam Ayres and Steeleye Span, and on Friday 29th, there is a concert with Fisherman’s Friends, Jim Causley, the John McCusker Band, Jez Lowe and more.

Over the weekend 30th-31st July, the line-up includes Sharon Shannon and Band, Shooglenifty, John Kirkpatrick, Show of Hands, Jamie Smith’s Mabon and Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman.

Whatever your folk favourites, there is something for all tastes at Sidmouth with several of the big names in the town all week, with solo concerts or gigging with other musicians—look out for the great Kathryn Tickell and Superfolkus, Blazin’ Fiddles, Nancy Kerr and James Fagan, Oysters 3, the Melrose Quartet, Martin Simpson and Dom Flemons, Le Vent du Nord, Lady Maisery, Seth Lakeman, Jon Boden, The Young ‘Uns and The Watershed Band— and many more.

For full details and information visit www.sidmouthfolkweek.co.uk.

Classical Guitar Festival DILLINGTON

SERBIAN virtuoso Branco Stoysin is among the guest soloists at the 22nd Dillington Classical Guitar Festival at Dillington House, Ilminster, from Sunday 31st July to Thursday 4th August.

Stoysin will give the final recital, playing some of his own lyrical compositions and Serbian folk music, with festival director Peter Rueffer.

The festival opens with Bach and Beyond, music for guitars and harpsichord, with Peter Rueffer, harpsichordist Adrian Boynton and special guest Lydia Hepworth. The programme spans 300 years including works by Bach, Marcello, Boccherini, Brouwer and Michel Legrand.

There are Latin Impressions on Monday 1st August, from the Arctic Guitar Trio—Trond Davidsen, Jarl Stromdal and, with music by Ginastera, Guastavino and Villa Lobos.

On Tuesday 2nd, the Frontiers Trio— Mark Ashford, David Le Page (Violin) & Nick Stringfellow (Cello)—play works by Vivaldi, Paganini, Piazzolla and Albeniz.

On Wednesday 3rd, the Prague Guitar Quartet—Marek Veleminsky, Vaclav Kucera, Matej Fremi and Patrick Vacik—in a programme of works by Britten, Prokofiev and Stepan Rak. All concerts begin at 8pm.

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Health&Beauty Yeatman milestone MORE than 160 people turned out to celebrate the 150th birthday of the Yeatman Hospital in Sherborne.

A grand garden party marked the occasion, attended by current and former staff and patients, local residents and generations of families.

Matron Anne Hiscock and her colleagues organised the event. They carried out hours of research and sourced an array of old photographs and artefacts

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from years gone by at the historic venue to display at the spectacle.

She said: “We were looking through some old books about the hospital when we realised the date it was founded. We felt it would be great to celebrate the milestone and bring the local community together.

“The hospital means so much to so many people.

The majority of those living in the area were either born here, have had treatment here or know someone who has. The fact so many have attended our celebration highlights how passionate they are about it.”

The Yeatman was founded in 1886 by the friends of Reverend Harry Farr Yeatman, a local squire and magistrate who was well respected in the local community. He died in 1881 at the age of 75.

It is one of the oldest hospitals in Dorset and

originally housed just eight beds, compared to 30 now.

Jenny Jesney worked at the hospital from 1985.

She said: “It’s lovely to see so many people coming together to share their memories, look back at some old photographs and enjoy reminiscing with old acquaintances. The hospital really has come a long way since the early days.”

Local resident Rosemary Lowcock, 89, is currently a patient and gave birth to her two children at the Yeatman. She said: “This hospital means everything to me and staff have always been so kind. I couldn’t cope without it and it is an honour to mark its 150th anniversary.”

The garden party was officially opened by Josie Langmead, the step great great great-granddaughter of Harry Yeatman, and she paid tribute to the hard work and dedication of staff over the years.

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Services&Classified SITUATIONS VACANT

Bookkeeper (paid) required 10 hours a month for local sustainability centre/charity. Please contact Catherine on 01297 560342.

FOR SALE Apollo Portable Fridge operates AC/DC good condition £25 Tel for details and photos 01935 863954 or 07977104018 New/boxed Dartington Crystal modern plain glass decanter/carafe RRP £40 selling at £20 01297 631330 Road Angel Professional safety camera for cars and vans covering accident black spots etcetera £75 ono 01297 631330 Suffolk Punch 12 Cylinder Electric Lawn Mower. Excellent condition.£55. 01297 560402.

Hand made romanian bucharesti rug gold ground 1mt 40 x 076 o i r o £40 belguim wilton rug 1mt 20 x 060 dk blue/cream as new £10 01297 24138 TV - Panasonic Viera LCD flat screen 26” and Panasonic DVD recorder. Good working order £50.00. Tel: 01404 549503 78 The Marshwood Vale Magazine August 2016 Tel. 01308 423031

BUSINESS FOR SALE

Established successful retail business in Bridport for sale due to retirement.

For more information please contact dorsetbusinessforsale@ aug 16 gmail.com.

FOR SALE

Freesat recorder (Manhattan) 2 years old.

Excess to requirements. £60 ono Telephone 01297 442991 Aga/Rayburn 480K parts comprising 4 doors in British Racing Green, 2 hotplate chrome lids + 1 chrome front bar, all in A1 condition. Tel : 07766759525 Electric mobility scooter. Rascal388s...only 2 years old, barely used, consequently vgc £450 ono. 01297 489546 Folding pedestal dining table, seats up to 6, mahogany veneer. £35 ono. 01297 489546 Singer 1507 Sewing Machine 2yrs. old, Bought New, used regularly, perfect for new Sewer or Student, good basic machine, easy to use.perfect condition. selling to upgrade too advanced modal £90 new,

COMPLIMENTARY HEALTH

Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy in Bridport town centre. A gentle non-manipulative therapy that can benefit a range of acute and chronic conditions, treatingt body, mind and spirit. Contact Harriet on 07796 447134.

DECORATING Painter & Decorator, interior and exterior work. All jobs undertaken, large or small, please call 07833 136278.

oct 16

ACCOMMODATION WANTED

Retired lady, no pets, seeks furnished self-contained accommodation while she house hunts AGAIN due to sale falling through.

Excellent references.

07740427812.

FOR RENT Office to let. Central Crewkerne £330 p.c.m. inclusive. Email carl@ veryold.co.uk Crewkerne Antiques Centre. Units and cabinets now available to rent from £65 monthly.

Call 01460 77111 or 07824 115889

GARDEN HELP Mandy Cave garden maintenance. If you need help please ring 01460 221319. MJ. 07855 250382 mandy_cave@ btinternet.com Aug 16

FOR SALE Mirror dinghy plus spare sails, trolley, road trailer, good mast-up cover, oars. Kept in dry conditions. £285.00.

01404 881565, can email pics.

To advertise here telephone 01308 423031

FOR SALE will sell for £40 contact 01297 489166 buyer collects.

Combi Microwave Oven - Russell Hobbs RHM 2507 (900W ) Silver : £20 ono Combi Microwave Oven - Panasonic Dimension 4 Genius (800W) White : £20 ono Tel : 01308 427370 Piano – John Brinsmead upright, v.g.c., good tone, keeps tune very well £100. Tel: 01404 871602 Solid Pine dining tableCentral pedestal. Circular with extension leaf. easy care matt finish. v.g.c. £60.Tel: 01404 871602 Walking boots, Meindl ladies 7B azure/blue Gore-Tex. Cost £199.

Hardly worn, too tight. £80. 01460 77058 Ekornes Stressless “Mayfair” reclining chair.

Cream leather, light wood base, matching footstool.

Immaculate condition.

Bargain. £350.00 Telephone: 01308 459712 Thule Motion 200 410 Lt Car Roof Box plus Wingbar Edge Set 959X. Only used 3 times. Cost £500 new. Now £190.

Power Plus Portable Air Compressor for most inflatables. Still in guarantee. Cost £88. Now £40. Men’s Billabong

shortie wetsuit size XL. Fits 42” chest and 6ft to 6ft 2” man. As new £25 Tel 01460 61068 Chard Travel cot (Mothercare) vgc, £15. Travel cot mattress (for extra comfort), L95cm, W65cm, D5cm, foam with removable, washable cover, vgc, £10. Travel cot sheets, 2 white fitted (Mothercare) vgc, £5.

Will accept £25 for the lot. Tel: 01460 74464 Garden chairs - with headrest cushions and separate foot stools. Dark Green. 2 for £15.00. TEL: 01404 549503 4 X Alloy Wheels with Hankook Ventus V12 EVO tyres 205/45Z R 16 87W £130-00 Suit Peugeot 206 and others.

Bridport Tel: 01308 281200 Electric chainsaw, titan,very good condition, £25 tel 07930 396 165.

Gazebo 3mtr x 3mtr green material never used £35 gazebo spare cover 3mtr x 3mtr £10 gazebo front screen blue material £5 pressure washer £20 01297 33745 Soft Padded Classical Guitar Bag Little Used £15.00 01297 33745 Porch awning for caravan. Lightweight.

PEOPLE AT WORK

Jonny Jeffery Photograph by Jennie Hill

Apache Monaco 240.

One pole slightly split but still usable. £38.

Caravan Bulldog QD33 wheel clamp. £25. Tel: 01395 515783 G-plan 2-seater sofa, Malvern style, stylised floral pattern in creams and duck egg. W1473 x D953 x H1029 cms. £75 Tel:01308 423273 Vintage dressing table, solid wood, 4 dovetailed drawers on each side of kneehole, one across top.

Kidney shape, original wood handles. Currently painted off-White. W122 x H 80 x D70 cms. £55 Tel: 01308 423273 One pair unused wooden louvre doors – each 21”x36” - £5 for the pair. tel 01308 867104 Garden shredder, Macallister Quiet 2800W £60. 7 Winemaking gallon glass jars £5 each.

01460 77058 3-Seater Sofa 7ft wide, 3ft 5 deep. 2ft 6 high, red.(have photos) Offers under £50 acceptable.

01308 898230 Easy stow ladder system for a transit van £250 tel: 01308 485365 Lawnmower webb witch 12inch push pull gwo a classic. £45 ono. 01984 640465

JONNY JEFFERY WAKING up and making himself a tisane of freshly squeezed lemon with crushed ginger Jonny Jeffery, General Manager of Seaside Boarding House starts his day. If he’s not working early he’ll practise some yoga and walk the dog. At home he cooks a lot, as it was his first love, leaving school to go to catering college and spending many a year doing the chalet seasons in the Alps.

But then Jonny got into Front of House, finding it was useful to know both sides of the restaurant coin. He was successful, opening the Chop House and running Bridisa in London (among others) before opening Hix in Lyme Regis, thinking it would only be for six months. However, the lure of Lyme worked its magic and Johnny is still in Dorset eight years on.

Jonny has just finished overseeing their first wedding at The Seaside Boarding House. The terrace doors were open, making the open expanse of the sea seem even closer, the sun shone and the couple had a wonderful day. Job done, for Jonny it is one of the best bits, “Meeting people, and seeing them enjoy themselves in an informal and friendly atmosphere.” Although, he credits former Groucho Club owner Mary-Lou Sturridge with creating the beautiful space to work in, which he says makes his job easy.

And if Jonny wasn’t busy enough, he also set up ‘Jonny Does Dinner’, a pop-up dinner event in unusual places where he did the cooking. Locations such as a polytunnel at Trill Farm, Fagan’s Antique Emporium and Sidmouth Bandstand. Dorset’s tendrils are losing their purchase on Jonny though. He seeks even more sunshine and laughter in Ibiza and has plans to run a villa and return to his first love; cooking. His guests will be in for a treat.

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2 Routers TP-Link 5 ports also Speed Touch 536 by Thompson with DSL/USB/Ethernet plus 2 power trains and connector £25 01297 631330 Wood burning fire by Yeoman, built c1999 with new fire bricks, still in working £75 ono 01297 631330 Enigma wheeltech selfpropel lightweight folding wheelchair with cushion and seat belt. £55.00. tel.

01297 35117 Tent 2 person plus 2 sleeping bags. built in ground sheet and flysheet. £45. Can email picture.

01305 833523 Four alloy Wheels with Hankook Ventus V12 EVO tyres 205/45Z R 16 87W £130-00 Suit Peugeot 206 and others.

Bridport Tel: 01308 281200 10 Solid oak planks - L 2.5 metres plus W 14 and 19 cm (all cut from larger oak beams 2 yrs ago).

£100 - for collection only.

Tel 01460 30932 Danish Teak Sideboard/ Cupboard A very solid Danish made and designed teak useful cupboard. Very good condition. 120cm long, 51cm deep and 81cm high. A statement piece for any home. Photos available. £85 01460 55105 Life jacket, adult. with top up tube and whistle. £20. tel 01305 833523 Sherborne dual motor riser recliner arm chair Excellent condition Height 98 cm, width 76 cm, depth 94 cm, seat width 50 cm, seat depth 55 cm. £75 01308 424291 Large jute rug. 5’3 x7’u.

New in its wrapping.

Cost £179 accept £75.

01460 30312.

Music Cabinet. Very unusual vintage music cabinet by Richard Hornby of Fyne Ladye furniture. Made around

Win a book from Little Toller Books

Send in your answer on a postcard, along with your name and address to: Hargreaves Quiz, Marshwood Vale Magazine, Lower Atrim, Bridport, Dorset DT6 5PX. Study the clues contained in the rhyme and look carefully at the signposts to work out which town or village in South Somerset, West Dorset or East Devon is indicated. The first correct answer drawn out of a hat will win a book from local publisher Little Toller Books.

There is no cash equivalent and no correspondence will be entered into.

Last month’s answer was Sydling St Nicholas. The winner was Mrs O Hara from Bridport.

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FOR SALE 1960’s in Afromosia wood which is no longer available to use for furniture making it even more of a collectors find. The drawer fronts drop down to make a flat platform. Brass handles and in very good condition. Carved detail to the front and on cabriole legs, most of these pieces are on straight legs.79cm wide, 38 deep 80 high. £75 Photos available. 01460 55105 Girl’s bike, 12.5 inch wheels, front basket, back doll’s seat, stabilisers, for 3-6 years, pink. VGC. £20. Tel: 01305 778026 Pair wooden oars for dinghy, 170cm long, £40.

Pair aluminium/plastic dinghy paddles 130cm L, £15. Phone 01460 220593 Electric Guitar Stratocastet style & Amplifier. Soft guitar case, guitar strap. Guitar Cable. Tremolo arm.

Allen Key for truss rod adjustment.

10 Watt Amplifier GM210. The Guitar is in immaculate condition & only been played in the home No knocks or scratches. £65 ONO Phone 01308 424797 2-in-1 Long-Reac hedge trimmer/pruner. Trimmer used only once, Pruner never used. Excellent condition. £50 ONO Phone 01308 424797 Royal Albert plates Limited edition Flowers from the garden of the Queen Mother. 4 Plates in the Royal Albert Collectors Plate Series created as a tribute to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother in her ninetieth year. Fine bone china painted by Sara Anne Schofield SBA. All plates in Mint Condition with certificates of Provenance, packed in original boxes as supplied. £24 ONO Phone 01308 42797

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FOR SALE Mahogany Repro bedroom furniture.

Dressing table. Stool wardrobe and side cabinets. Immaculate.

Photos available.

07952033746.

Mahogany Repro. console table with drawer. Immaculate. £45 .

07952033746 Childs highchair Mamas & Papas - Little Land Very little used.

WANTED Vintage & antique textiles, linens, costume buttons etc. always sought by Caroline Bushell. Tel. 01404 45901.

sept 16

Good quality costume jewellery and small pieces of silver. Tel. Jane Barnes 01404 861300

Brother LW-20 Word Processor. 01395 568345 July 16

Dave buys all types of tools 01935 428975.

Aug 16

Postage stamps. Private collector requires 19th and early 20th century British. Payment to you or donation to your nominated charity. 01460 240630.

Box clever. Wanted by collector and restorer.

Old wooden boxes, trunks, chests, coffers, writing boxes, games boxes, jewellery boxes.

Any inlaid boxes or caddies. Any condition considered. Please phone 01297 553399. Top cash paid for right items.

Jan 17

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Excellent condition. £25 ONO Phone 01308 424797 Bang and Olufson beovision TV Iconic design complete with stand and Freeview digital box. £100 Buyer collects.

01308 459034 Mahogany Repro sideboard with glass doored illuminated drinks cabinet above.

Immaculate. £85.

Location Seaton Hole.

07952033746 Bed settee with matching armchair and footstool.

Sprung mattress unused.

Arm caps. Raspberry and gold colour pattern.

Ex.con. No wear.

07952033746.

New World S/Steel Gas Double Oven As New £100.00 1x Large Settee (Very Comfy) £50.00 1x Dark Wood Welsh Dresser Good Quality &50.00 2x 4 draw Chest Draws Dark Wood Good Quality £50.00 0r £30.00 each 2x

Matching Single Divans with Draws £20.00 each As New Black Wood Bunk Beds Good Unmarked Mattresses £100.00 Wood Garden Table & 4 Folding Chairs £20.00 Large Ironing Board £10.00 Buyers to Collect 01300 320687 Greden / lawn roller excellent condition 19inches £20 07790 932007.

Lovely cream 3 piece suite. Was £2000 except £400. 3 seater settee,

3[or2] armchairs and a foot stall. All vgc. Moving sale. 0780 3835474 Moving sale. Fridge/fr £120 Washing machine £120 Cooker £120 Dish/w £150 all good makes. vgc.

0780 3835474 Electronic Foot massager and circulator for better health hardly used £50.

Garden Groom small hedge trimmer £15. 01308 456830.

Huge deep red Japanese maple in huge dragon pot approx 11ft wide. Approx

FOR SALE 20yrs old. Offers around £450. 07511 683991.

Armchair, winged, very comfortable £15 ono tel 01460 279687.

Three arm rotary dryer seldom used new £30 slae £15 onco in bag 01308 421282.

LERVIA sewing machine used once £20 01460 65277.

Massage table deluxe lightweight black portable £69 100x75x20 01297 22081.

Flymo 330v electric lawnmower imaculate as new condition £45 01460 74028.

Pair Weavo Windcheater overlap gates 4’x6’ high unused £50 01823 480610.

Belle Mini-Mix Mk3 working order £75 01823 480610.

Nine Weavo Closeboard panels 3’6” high unused but stored undercover for few years £110 01823 480610.

Beautiful boots handmade in Tibet size 6, £60 never worn. Beautiful Indian mirrored beaded waitcoat size 14 £25, white shoes never worn small heel pointed toe brand new size 5 £10, vintage red cordray ladies jacket maybe 1940s size 10-12 £25, leather trousers in black and

brown size 10 £20, 01308 863454.

Wallpaper by Nina Campbell, ten rolls, ivy green on cream trellis background £15 per roll 01308 423143.

Minelab X-Terra 705 Metal Detector, rain cover, detector holdall hardly used VGC + manual £325 phone 07933210041, 01305 265225.

Agfa slide projector vintage portable screens slide trays stand. Further info ring 01460 240624 £55. 01460 240624.

Free flive glass panels 5cm thick 13inches by 2ft10. Once chipped corner each panel, otherwise good. Chard 01460 64392.

Pair lamp (or bedside) tables. Black metal with thick glass tops. VGC. 20”x20”x23”H £45 01297 489020.

Eurohike beach tent with groundsheet £10.

Kitchen table and two stools 36”x24”x34”H £20 01297 489020.

John G Hardy Tweed hacking / hunting jacket size 46 pure new wool, beige / brown cheque tweed hardly worn £100 07895677512.

Woodblock flooring 37.5sqm approx in 3 styles. Reclaimed but

never laid. Mainly solid hardwood £350 ono the lot or will split 07973 772404.

Antique pine double bed with mattress nearly new £75 01308 456517.

Flymo Venturer Turbo 350 Roller Rotary Mower £30, Black and Decker 12” Command Feed Strimmer £15, 4 arm roatary line choice of 2 £20 each, Hozelock fast reel thru-flow 40m garden hose (boxed never used) £65, Garden / Beach parasol choice of 2 £5 each. Phone 01460 68203.

Rangmaster classic 90 green duel fuel age 6 years very clean working £350 01308 456014.

Set of Srixon ladies golf clubs 1, 3, 5 woods Rescue club 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 irons SW + PW + putter bag included £250 01305 257652.

Old Sewing machine table with machine under that rotates up £40. Mahogany bedside cabinet £20. Phone 01297 443930.

Mini Enthusiast box unused. Spares probably from sons C REG mini found clearing garage £25 for details phone 01297 443930.

Old oak cabinet 2 doors Barleytwist legs formally held gramaphone

36”wx30”h £45. G Plan teak cabinet 48”hx30”w £45. Details 01297 443930.

Petrol lawnmower Briggs & Stratton 3.5HP engine 21” cut old but works well £30. Long handled edging shears £10. 01297 443930.

Ten triple seating units blue padded metal framed, free. 01297 33461.

Filing cabinet metal two drawer 18”wide 28” high 24”deep dark green £10 DT2 9DN 01308 898174.

Reproduction 3 drawer sideboard brass locks and keys very good condition £40 ono. Barbara 01935 863924.

Brother industrial

sewing machine Overlocker. As new, excellent condition £395 01297 21721.

Superb mahogany table 5ft. dia. quadruped base brass tipped feet made by dodge of sherborne ex.con. £ 375 o.n.o. 01300 341878 Soft Padded Classical Guitar Bag Little Used £15.00 01297 33745

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