Roundabout Verwood October 2013 by Sue West

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Frosty November morning in the Forest

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Welcome G Dear Readers, old seems to be more prevalent than ever this autumn and after the sunniest summer for 7 years (yes - that’s right!) and a very dry August, the weather men are predicting what’s termed a ”fools gold” autumn this year. So get your cameras out! On the same theme, Blashford Lakes are holding a “Going for Gold” walk on 19th November so see if you can spot an amazing 50 different species on your visit. See page 10. It’s probably a lot easier than you think! Halloween is creeping up too! We have a review of some scary books on page 8 to get you in the mood! Past and Present on page 6 looks at how Woolsbridge farm has changed from a humble farmhouse to the current gas-

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October / November 2013

Contents tro pub and on the subject of delicious food we have a travel article on page 36 with mouthwatering details of the delicious seafood one can sample during a trip to the Ligurian coast in Italy. All very tempting! If you would like more members in your club or society, and/or would like us to publish your news, articles or future events, then simply e-mail the details to us. All our current magazines can be viewed online at: www.roundaboutmags.co.uk. Remember - in future when you need a job done or want to treat yourself AND help local businesses, look in here first in the ‘Local Business Directory’ and save yourself time, fuel and most importantly at the moment - money!

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Business features Greenspace UK 2 Local Dorset Hospitals 41 Verwood Business next networking dates 45

Local events and features Community News 4,21,29,32 Past & Present: Woolsbridge Farm 6 The Blashford Bulletin 10 Viewed From My Window: rescued cat stories by Local Author, Patricia Oliver 14 Clubs & Societies 20,21 What’s On Locally 26,28 Portrait of a Dorset Artist: Annie Taylor 40

Feature articles Book Reviews: Nothing To Be Afraid Of Mike’s Motors: Mondeo - King of the Pack Home Interiors: Ten Ways to create a new room in your house Beauty: Quick and Easy beauty ﬁxes A Very British Trade: Smuggling Tech Review: Easy Ways to Protect your PC Travel: Italy’s Ligurian Coast

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Information Advertising 38,45,46 Local Theatres, Concerts & the Arts 9 Useful Local Information 42 Useful Telephone Numbers 44 Local Business Directory 46

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Jean Murray representing Breakthrough Breast Cancer is holding the cheque. Jan Tiller is on her right.

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PAST and PRESENT Woolsbridge Farm

Early 20th Century

reviously the Old Barn Farm Inn and currently The Three Legged Cross, Woolsbridge Farm was the farmhouse where John Henry Joy (1845 - 1922) and his first cousin and wife Mary Jane Orman brought up their nine children. John was an uncle of James Joy. Branches of the Joy family lived in several other parts of Three Legged Cross,

amongst them Gundry’s farm and the site of the Joy’s Farm housing Estate. Three Legged Cross was a sparsely populated hamlet until the 1960’s and 1970’s when the site of the former Joy’s Farm between Verwood and Church Road became one of the housing estates built here. Confusingly Woolsbridge Manor Farm which was opposite Woolsbridge Farm on the north side of Ringwood Road and followed on south of Potterne Farm, was also September 2013 sometimes known as Woolsbridge Farm. Today the farmhouse has become a very welcoming and popular, watering hole with an attractive garden at the front and numerous extensions which have been added over the years. No doubt a far cry from the undoubtedly more basic farmhouse in the original photo but still easily recognisable in its present guise.

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Nothing To Be Afraid Of If you don’t open your door to trickor-treaters, try opening up a book with a terrifying plot-line. There are plenty of great novels and short stories to start your knees knocking and teeth chattering for this time of year…

The Shining

Stephen King For Jack Torrance, taking a new job as caretaker at the remote Overlook Hotel is far from the fresh start he’s hoping for. Off-season at a deserted hotel means a playground for madness, leaving Jack and his unsuspecting family isolated and in danger. Five year old Danny Torrance is the only one who can sense the horrors to come. He’s gifted with ‘the shining’, a sort of sixth-sense for the sinister and the threatening. As the snow begins to fall, the curtain of madness descends.

The Day of the Triffids

John Wyndham Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the garden… If you’ve ever hated that ‘morning after the night before’ feeling then Bill Masen is having the day from hell. He misses a major meteorite shower because his eyes have b e e n bandaged, but the next morning is far from a sight for sore eyes. He wakes to find everyone else has b e e n blinded and the world h a s

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The Enemy

Charlie Higson Your teenagers will either love this book, or it’ll terrify the pants off them. In a postapocalyptic London, all adults have been infected with a sickness, effectively rendering them zombies. They’re hungry and crazed and are running amuck in the capital, leaving everyone under fourteen who have survived the zombie virus to either find a place to hide, or come up with a plan to defeat them. It’s the first in an absolutely cracking series. Just don’t make it your bedtime reading.

The Best Short Stories of Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allen Poe The master of gothic horror, Poe doesn’t fail to send a chill down even the most rigid of spines. He has perfected the art of the psychological thriller with his tales of lunatics, ghosts and murderers all riddled with the human characteristics of jealousy, deviousness, lust for revenge and sometimes just pure hatred. Whether it’s the ‘da-dum, da-dum’ of ‘The TellTale Heart’ or the haunting refrain of ‘The Raven’, his tales of terror will crawl inside your head, make a little nest, and

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1984

George Orwell. ‘Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past’. Winston Smith works in the Record Department at the Ministry of Truth and is beavering away rewriting history to manipulate the present and future. Under the watchful eye of Big Brother, Winston secretly plots to overthrow the totalitarian regime. He’s going to need an ally and he thinks he’s found it in the form of new love, fellow-worker Julia. One of the most influential books ever written, Orwell’s dystopian vision has spawned many an imitator and many a reality TV show. Oh, the irony.

American Psycho

Bret Easton Ellis If this book teaches you one lesson, it’s to screen people thoroughly because even the handsome ones can be absolute nutters. Enter Patrick Bateman: Wall Street yuppie by day and psychopathic serial killer of young ladies by night. Let’s just say, he has a lot of nasty habits he wouldn’t want to list on his dating profile…and they’re all described in graphic detail for us. Proof that the devil takes many pleasing guises.

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T he Blashford Bulletin Things to look out for in the coming months at the Blashford Lakes Nature Reserve, Ibsley.

Sunset over Ivy Lakes

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learn in the outdoors and find out more about the wonderful wildlife that we have living on our doorstep. As dusk draws in watch out for the spectacular gull roost on Ibsley Water as it starts to build in numbers reaching an incredible tens of thousands of birds at the height of winter. Why not join us for one of our ‘Come in to Roost’ events and look out for some of the more unusual species of gull including yellow-legged and Caspian gulls amongst the thousands of lesser blackbacked and black headed gulls, geese and goosander. The Blashford Lakes Project is a partnership between Sembcorp Bournemouth Water, New Forest District Council and Wessex Water. The reserve is managed by Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust, a charity that aims to protect local Gooseander Drakes

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Viewed From My W indow A small selection of short stories written by Patricia Oliver from Horton near Wimborne, describing the ups and downs of caring for feral cats over the years with photos by J Santana-Martin.

Jasper

e caught the feral cat we now call Jasper so that he could be neutered as part of our campaign to neuter all feral cats who came to us for food and shelter. We had become increasingly concerned about his facial features as it would appear that his jaw was not quite right, it seem to tilt to one side and a canine tooth extended sideways from his mouth rather than in an upright position, his nose was scarred as well. We thought he may have been in a road accident. He was eating well although he was still very thin. The Vet confirmed that at some time he had sustained a broken jaw, as well as a broken hip and his canine tooth position was as a result of his injuries and could not be rectified by surgery without doing further damage to his jaw. We just hoped that at the time of his injury he was being looked after by someone and had not had to fend for himself. He has chosen to stay Everyone needs a friend. Jasper and his friend Mr Tom

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Poor Jasper

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LOCAL CLUBS AND SOCIETIES

THE DORSET WOODTURNERS ASSOCIATION

VERWOOD TRAD JAZZ CLUB

TILAD “There is a life after a death”

OVER 50’S SINGLES FRIENDSHIP CLUB

ADVENTURE IN THE WOODS

CRANBORNE BOWLING CLUB

Meet in the Verwood Area on first Wednesday of the month. 7.15pm-9.30pm. Contact : Trevor Pogson, Chairman on 07825 093832 or Ann Hilton, Secretary on 01202 823212 This friendship/bereavement group meets every Wednesday 2.30-4.30pm in the Community Rooms at Lake Road Surgery. Contact founder: Soozi Cooper 01725 517272 Forest School club for children 4-8 years of age at Edmondsham Forest School, between Verwood and Cranborne. Woodland walks, camp fires, nature crafts etc. Contact Kirsteen McCormick on 01725 517807

VERWOOD EVENING W.I.

Meets in the United Reformed Church Hall, Manor Road, on the 2nd Tuesday of every month at 7.30pm except August when we have our summer break. Contact our President 01202 824781

VERWOOD ARTS AND CRAFTS SOCIETY.

We meet every 2nd Wednesday of the month at 7.30pm. in the URC Hall Manor Road. Contact. Corinne Roberts 01202 821416 or Janet Stride on 01725 517434

The Hideaway, Moorlands Road, Verwood, BH31 7PD on 3rd Thursday of the month. Good Food & Bar. Gigs from 8-11pm. (Doors open from 7pm). No membership required. Contact Geoff 07798 721405 Is for like minded people to meet together and make new friends and are looking for new members. The club meets every third Wednesday of the month at 7.30pm at The Hideaway, Moorlands Road,Verwood, BH31 7PD Contact Jane on 07929 868356 The friendly ‘friendlies’ club. Experienced and novice players most welcome. You’ll always get a game. Contact Steve Clapton for more details 01202 826685

VERWOOD EVENING TG

We meet at The Methodist Church Hall, Vicarage Rd, Verwood at 7.30pm on the second Thursday of the month. For information please contact: Carol Weaver 01202 822201

DORSET STITCHERS

Meets every other Thursday at the Methodist Church Hall, £2 per evening includes refreshments. Contact Marilyn Fisher 01202 814212.

VERWOOD SHORT MAT BOWLING CLUB

VERWOOD METHODIST CHURCH WOMEN’S FELLOWSHIP

VERWOOD PANTOMIME SOCIETY

EDMONDSHAM CIRCLE DANCERS

(Verwood Youth Centre) Short Mat bowls is a scaled down version of indoor bowling seen on television. Thursday 2pm – 5pm Friday 7pm – 10pm. Contact Mike Poulter 01202 826568 all ages welcome The Society hold rehearsals in September for a show at the Hub, Verwood in January. Members also meet throughout the year for various social events. Contact: Sue Gardiner 01202 825731

VERWOOD ROTARY CLUB

Meet each Tuesday evening at Crane Valley Golf Club. We welcome new members. Contact our secretary: Trevor Buck on 01202 821387

VERWOOD FRIENDSHIP CLUB

meets on the first Thursday of the month from 2.00 – 4.00pm at Meadow Court, Newtown Lane, Verwood. All our members, whilst elderly are full of fun and friendship. Contact: Neil Best 01202 814059

VERWOOD FRIENDS OF THE BOURNEMOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Monthly visits by coach (Wednesdays) to the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and also to concerts at Lighthouse Poole during the winter season. Call 01202 824959

CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION

Verwood & Three Legged Cross Branch The Branch holds regular social functions. Contact Mrs Denise Pugh 01202 824549

VERWOOD METHODIST LUNCH CLUB

Come and enjoy a social afternoon - you do not have to be a churchgoer. We meet alternate Tuesdays at 2.30pm for talks etc Contacts Valerie Smith 01202 823993 or Anne Hughes 01202 823327

Traditional and contemporary folk dances from around the world. No partners needed. Meeting on 1st, 3rd and 5th Fridays of each month from 7:30 – 9:45 in Edmondsham Village Hall. Pay as you go. Contact Kirsteen McCormick on 01725 517807.

VERWOOD & DISTRICT HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY Meet in Verwood Memorial Hall at 7.30pm on 1st Thursday of each month with more details on our website: www.verwoodhs.co.uk Contact: Mr Ron Johnstone 01202 814376

RINGWOOD NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY

Indoor meetings throughout the Winter months, 2nd & 4th Thursdays at Greyfriars Community Centre, Ringwood. Visitors & new members welcome.Contact Tony 01202 827294

VERWOOD STROKE CLUB

Are you a stroke survivor or a carer, then join our group at the Community Room, Lake Road Surgery, Verwood from 10am to 12 noon every last Wednesday of the month. Contact Joan Lake 01202 813416 or Ron Collins 01202 822013

EAST DORSET NATIONAL TRUST ASSOC’N

Over 65 talks, functions, outings and special events held throughout the year in Verwood, West Moors and Ferndown. Contact Membership Secretary: Janet Matthews 01202 855001

4th Saturday in the month at 12.30pm at the Methodist Church, Vicarage Road, Verwood. Enjoy a really warm welcome and a tasty 2 course meal VERWOOD AFTERNOON TOWNSWOMEN’S GUILD inc coffee or tea £4.50. Ring for a lift. To Book call: Meets at the Memorial Hall, Verwood, on the first Thursday of the month Jean 01202 825533 or Lin 07906 303212 at 2pm Visitors and New Members welcome. Various indoor activities, outings and visits to the theatre. Contact Jean Honey 01202 827339. THREE LEGGED CROSS SHORT MAT BOWLS Meet at Three Legged Cross Village Hall Friday afternoons 2pm-5pm VERWOOD BOWLING CLUB Friday evenings 7pm-9.30pm Contact: Peter Turnham 01202 823440 (Moorlands Road) First class facilities aimed to encourage the sport of bowling at all levels. Anyone interested in finding out more please VERWOOD PROBUS CLUB contact Geoff Finn on 01202 824945, or just come along. Monthly meetings - 3rd Tuesday at noon in Crane Valley Golf Club for lunch and then a speaker. Membership enquiries welcomed from local HARDY PLANT SOCIETY (Dorset Group) retired prof. & business men. Contact: Secretary 01202 822569 Meets in Memorial Hall, Colehill, every month to hear first-class Non-members welcome Contact Barbara 01202 882590 for RINGWOOD COMMUNITY CHOIR, “SING FOR JOY” speakers. dates and details. Mixed choir, singing harmony songs from around the world-African, gospel, Taize, folk etc. No auditions, beginners as well as experienced RINGWOOD ANTIQUES CLUB singers age 10 upwards. Meet at Greyfriars Wednesdays, 7:30 – 9:30. Greyfriars Community Centre, 4th Wednesday of the month Pay as you go. Contact Kirsteen McCormick 01725 517807. at 7.00pm for 7.30pm. New members & visitors welcome Membership and programme details 01425 471348 MUSIC FOR THE MIND At the United Reformed Church, Verwood. 4th Monday in the Month at VERWOOD CHORAL SOCIETY 10.30am. Singing meeting for people with memory problems. Aim is to We rehearse Monday evenings at 7.30pm in the St Michael’s Church. give carer & cared for quality time together. FREE. Call Carolyn Polden Contact Charmaine Crossley 01202 826050 on 01725 517272 for more details. PLEASE NOTE: For inclusion on the Club Pages, copy must be submitted as an email and/or as an attached MS Word or Works doc. Due to the popularity of these pages publication is currently on a rotational basis. There is now a nominal charge of £36 inc vat per year for 1. new applications and 2. current club advertisers IF you want to ensure your club details appears in EVERY edition of this magazine.

LOCAL CLUBS AND SOCIETIES CRANE ATHLETIC INVESTMENT CLUB

With a modest level of success we like to keep our investments as diverse as possible and therefore would welcome new members with fresh ideas. Contact: Secretary: Bob Tutton 01202 841871

VERWOOD FLOWER CLUB

Meets at the Memorial Hall, Verwood on the 1st Tuesday of each month at 7.30pm. New members & visitors always welcome. You don’t have to be a flower arranger to join-just a love of flowers is enough. Contact Margaret Cannon 01202 824178

THREE LEGGED CROSS W.I.

Meets 2nd Wednesday of each month at 7.30pm in Three Legged Cross Village Hall, between West Moors & Verwood. Contact Audrey Webb 01202 828572

THE BRACKEN CO. OF ARCHERS.

Based in the grounds of Cranborne Middle School in E Dorset. We shoot on Sunday mornings, Tuesday & Thursday evenings in the summer months also shoot indoors in the winter. For info. www.dorsetarchery.co.uk

VERWOOD HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Meets in the St. Michael & All Angels Parish Centre, Manor Road, Verwood on 3rd Tuesday of each month, Sept. to May (not Dec.) Contact Trevor Gilbert on 01202 824176

THE JENNY PORTER SINGERS

VERWOOD EVERGREEN CLUB

Annual Spring concert and a Christmas performance and sing for clubs and associations throughout the year. We are 26 ladies who like to sing for our own, and hopefully, other people's pleasure! Contact Mo on 01202 826134 or Sarah on 01202 884248.

VERWOOD ORGAN & KEYBOARD SOCIETY

We meet on Wednesdays at 6.45PM in The United Reformed Church Hall, Manor Rd.. For further details please contact either 01202 813476 or 01202 821355.

VERWOOD UNIVERSITY OF THE 3RD AGE

Meet at Greyfrairs Community Centre on the 1st Monday evening of the month for illustrated talks in ENGLISH on a variety of Italian topics. Contact : Hazel on 01425 476091

Meet Every Tuesday at 2pm in The Hub, Verwood. Alternate weeks Whist and Bingo. Occasional Entertainment New Members Welcome Contact Phyl: 01202-824656 We meet monthly, usually the last Wednesday in the month, at the Hub at 7.30pm. Admission £5 for Non members. Secretary: Janetta Lakin 01202 822936

VERWOOD BRIDGE CLUB. ANGLO ITALIAN SOCIETY

Welcomes retired and semi retired people to take part in our groups and VERWOOD & THREE-LEGGED CROSS TWINNING ASSOC. classes of social and educational interest. Meet on the 2nd Wednesday of the month from October to March Contact: Brian Hawkins on 01202 829924 from 7.30 to 10pm Contact: Terry Bright 01202 822959

BETHEL CHAPEL

40, Ringwood Road, Verwood. 10.30 am Coffee Mornings with Gospel Songs & Testimonies. 1st Wednesday in the month except August. Contact Rosemary: 01202-822655

THE LOYAL ACORN BRANCH OF ODDFELLOWS

.Oddfellows is one of the oldest and friendliest societies in the world. For further details contact Flo Munro 01202 820965, Loyal Acorn Lodge. The Oddfellows - making friends, helping people.

VERWOOD & DISTRICT RAMBLING CLUB

Keep fit, have fun & meet new people. We have walks on Tuesdays, Wednesdays & alternate Fridays/Saturdays. For more details visit our website or call John Wadge 01202 822874

VERWOOD MEMORIAL HALL

2 halls for hire Tel: 01202 828943 (answer phone) Bookings now being taken for 2013 - 2015.There is now availability for regular Friday afternoon & evening bookings.

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25 Years of East Dorset National Trust Association

n the spring of 1988, over coffee in Crumbles Restaurant (now Raffles) in Ferndown, the seeds of the National Trust East Dorset Association were sown. In June 1988 a steering committee was formed. The period of time from June to September was extremely busy. A winter programme had to be planned and suitable halls found and booked. Membership cards, programmes and record cards had to be printed. Invitations were sent out to members of the National Trust and from then to the end of August money began to flow in confirming that the setting up of the East Dorset Association was going to be a success. The first AGM was held in November 1989 when membership had reached 850.

Today the Association is still an active group and has nearly 600 members, 22 of them original members. Throughout the year they enjoy a variety of events, including talks, outings, guided walks, skittle and supper evenings, lunches and coffee mornings, and other occasional events, which raise funds for the National Trust. Over the past 25 years the Association has donated approximately £85,000 to the National Trust. For more information please contact: Janet Matthews on: 01202 855001, email: ednta2011@yahoo.co.uk or look at our website: www.ednta.org.

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A Very British Trade: Smuggling Then and Now By James Smith: @jsmithwriter http://jamessmithwriter.wordpress.com

lick through the television channels any time of the day or night and you’re bound to come across one of those customs programmes with men in HiVis jackets trawling through vans and lorries at Dover looking for contraband.This may take the form of tobacco, alcohol, cannabis, or even heroin. Although the drama of these programmes, and the stir caused in the media upon a seized shipment might have you believe it’s more rife now than ever, these activities are actually part of an age-old trade, with an equally aged motive: smuggle goods over borders for financial gain and avoid the arm of the law.

Then The 18th Century antics of the smugglers and revenue men as characterised in J. Meade Falkner’s Moonfleet is a good example of the rather romanticised view many people have of the trade. The book conjures images of rowing boats hauled ashore under the dead of night, with illegal loads of brandy and tea passed manto-man to the beach, and later hauled for concealment within the shadiest confines of a Dorset village. Although this is based on fact, the business was a treacherous

one. Its history dates back to the 13th Century when Britain’s taxes were at an inflated level to support increasingly expensive wars in Europe. Smuggling became a recognised problem in Britain, mainly with the export of wool and hides. By the 18th Century, the smugglers’ modest boats operated in rough seas throughout the year, evading the revenue men who invariably steered cutters - modern, faster craft, which could track down the wily smugglers. The scale of the smuggling operations of the time is astonishing. Even with modern boats, aircraft, and vehicles, the importation of smuggled goods today is modest in comparison to activities of the 18th Century. Indeed, smuggling was rife - a natural part of coastal life from which many towns flourished, and without which their townsfolk might have starved. A game of cat-and-mouse ensued between the revenue men and smugglers, and lives were lost in skirmish and battles, such was the demand and value of the contraband. As well as tea, spirits, silks, and lace imported to Britain, wool was exported to France, often in a convenient and direct exchange with no cash involved. The logistics of these operations

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25 use. Naturally, a van packed with 30,000 cigarettes would struggle to justify personal use, so smaller consignments are often run by individuals hiding tobacco on their person. But of course Her Majesty’s Customs gets wise to such schemes, so the smugglers con day-trippers (often pensioners) to bring back carrier bags of contraband with them for a meagre fee of around £30. Not an honourable pursuit by any means, and a form of exploitation the authorities are keen to clamp down on. The appalling practice of ‘people smuggling’ is another modern blight for the customs officials to confront, with illegal immigrants hidden in cars, caravans, and goods trucks, often for days in terrible conditions. Then we have the serious business trafficking drugs, the ubiquitous modern-day vice. In yesteryear, smugglers would risk their lives to bring spirits

ashore, but today the same is true for the powdery white substance and all manner of other narcotics. The airports battle to deal with ingenious - and sometimes flawed methods of concealment within luggage, or more eye-watering ways within the human body. Meanwhile, the ferry ports employ advanced means to X-Ray and search vehicles including the friendly sniffer dog - popular with everyday tourists, but not so with the lowly backpacker harbouring a joint tucked into his sock. Two hundred years on, the sea continues to attract serious smugglers who make audacious attempts to evade the law. At time of writing, a gang of drug smugglers has been jailed for a £90 million haul of cocaine. They used an ocean-going yacht to transport it from Venezuela to Britain. All was going well until bad weather forced them

to launch a 12-foot inflatable to land the bales of cocaine on a beach on the Isle of Wight. And just like days of old, the men battled up cliffs in the wind and rain to organise safe passage of their load inland. The National Crime Squad and Customs, however, take a dim view of narcotics smuggling into Britain and had secretly been on their tail for months. The gang was apprehended and charged, with their leader, Michael Tyrrell, receiving a 26-year sentence. With the involvement of drugs, smuggling today takes a sinister, and perhaps a more dangerous form. But the lure of riches remains and drives those bold or stupid enough to take on the customs men and claim the prize. The documentary ‘Gentlemen of the Night’ is available on DVD from Christchurch Information Centre www.visitchristchurch.inf

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Every Pitcher Tells a Story - An exhibition celebrating the museum's ceramic collection. Blashford Buggies! Join us for a buggy walk around Blashford Lakes Nature Reserve. Get outside, get fit and discover the wonderful wildlife living on your doorstep! The site is dog free with buggy friendly paths. We meet on alternative Friday mornings. Avon Valley Concerts presents The Royal String Quartet

Local Entertainment Centres Priest's House Museum & Garden, 23-27 High Street, Wimborne Minster, BH21 1HR. 01202 882533 For more information please contact Michelle on 01425 472760 or BlashfordLakes@hwt.org.uk. Meet at the Blashford Lakes Education Centre, Ellingham Drove, BH24 3PJ United Reformed Church, F'bridge. Tickets at Greyfriars 01425 472613 or online at www.avonvalleyconcerts.com Edmondsham Forest School, Edmondsham, BH21 5RE (between Verwood and Cranborne). Kirsteen McCormick 01725 517807

Forest School Club - Mornings spent in the woods for children from 5-9 years of age. Nature crafts, walks, den building, campfire cooking etc. £60 for 6 weeks Free Folk theatre show by Forest Forge Theatre Company, Tickets £7.50 and £5 for sale at Alderholt Pet Shop, 84 Station Road, Alderholt. This exciting, Alderholt Village Hall. SP6 3RB. imaginative production brings together five charac- www.forestforge.co.uk ters, each struggling to be free to fulfill their own desires in the atmospheric setting of the New Forest. Wildlife Tots: Going on a Bear Hunt! Explore Blashford Lakes using all of your senses! Wildlife Tots are for 2-4 year olds and their parents or carers. Suggested donation £3 per child. Booking Essential.

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Lacy House, Wimborne, 10.30am & 1.30pm Tractor/trailer ride for less mobile - Countryside ride Kingston BH21 4EA 01202 883402 (line 8) Verwood Arts and Craft Society Talk by Peter United Reformed Church Hall, Manor Wed 9 Oct 7.30pm Jameson entitled Boys from the Black Stuff" road Verwood. Riding Lights Theatre Company presents 'A Different Verwood Methodist Church, Vicarage Fri 11 Oct 7.30pm - 10pm Drum' one of its most inspirational plays, recreated Road, Verwood Dorset BH31 6DR. Box Office: 01904 613000 for 2013. £10.00 buy 10 get 11th free Ancient Harvest & Apple Day £4 for adults / £2 for Ancient Technology Centre, DamerSat 12 Oct 10am - 4pm ham Road, Cranborne, Dorset BH21 children (4-16 years, with under 4's free) 5RP tel. 01725 517618 Pay on door Ashley Walk Experimental Bombing Range. The 7.5 mile walk will be supported by many contemporary Godshill Cricket Pitch car park (grid photos and documents recently made available from Ref: SU181150) Hampshire SP6 2LN. Sun 13 Oct 10am - 4pm Ring 023 8028 6840 (Mon-Fri 8.30amthe National Archives. Cost: £10 per person (Min age 12 4pm) to book your space. years). Booking is essential as spaces are limited. Fordingbridge Town Hall, 63 High Megson in concert. Husband and wife duo Stu and Street, Fordingbridge Hampshire SP6 Sun 13 Oct Debbie Hanna draw heavily on their Teesside heri1AS. Tickets from 07980374971 or tage to create a unique brand of folk music. £13. boxoffice@azanialtd.com Verwood U3A Monthly Meeting: Talk by Debra Crut- Verwood United Reform Church, Tue 15 Oct 2pm Manor Road Verwood. tenden "Bees" www.verwoodu3a.org.uk A Red Arrows Talk by John Myers, an ex-Red Arrows Horton & Chalbury Village Hall, Horopen 7.15 Wed 16 Oct Doors ton Road, BH21 7JA. Tickets from display pilot. Tickets £5 to include tea/coffee & pm 01258 841353 or 840294 biscuits. The Hideaway, 17 Moorlands Road, Verwood Trad Jazz Club presents -Golden Eagle Thu 17 Oct 8pm - 11pm. Jazz Band. Tickets, £8 on the door. Meals available Verwood BH31 7PD. Geoff 07798721405 or Derek 01202 820096. in the restaurant or jazz room. Tue 8 Oct

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Tabletop and Craft Sale - A good mix of handcrafted Verwood Memorial Hall, Ringwood Road, Verwood, BH31 7AA. Chris items and bric a brac - Something different every Mudge 07972727536 month. Tables £ 7.00 Booked please in advance The Ancient Technology Centre, Storytelling: The Whispering Road with Serious 7.30pm Damerham Road, Cranborne, Wimkitchen. www.ancienttechnologycentre.co.uk borne, BH21 5RP. 01725 517618 Film: ABOUT TIME (12A) Celebrated filmmaker Rich21, 22 Oct 7.30pm The Tivoli Theatre, West Borough, ard Curtis (Love Actually, Four Weddings and a FuMatinee 24 Oct Wimborne Minster, Dorset. BH21 1LT. neral) writes and directs ABOUT TIME. Adult: £6.50 01202 885566 2pm Evening/£5.50 Matinee U16: £4.50 10am - 5pm (Wed Rockbourne Fair at Salisbury Racecourse. The annual shopping fair, “With Christmas in Mind”. Over 23 Oct) 10am Salisbury Racecourse, The Race 90 stands. Racecourse Restaurant. All proceeds 7.30pm (Thu 24 from the Rockbourne Fair are donated to the Stars Plain, Netherhampton, Salisbury, SP2 Oct) 10am 8PN Appeal, Salisbury District Hospital’s charity. Free 3.30pmpm ( Fri 25 Parking. Entry Wed/Fri £5 Thu £5 (£3 after 4pm on Oct) Thursday). Children FREE Students (12+) £1.50

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Verwood Arts and Craft Annual Exhibition of Crafts Verwood Memorial Hall, Ringwood and Gift Fayre Road Verwood Line Dance Social Disco. £5 entry. B.Y.O. Tea/coffee Verwood Memorial Hall, Ringwood available. Contact Geoff or Lin - 01202 825386 Road, Verwood, BH31 7AA. ‘Guilty Pleasures Party Night’ hosted by DJ Del Sto- The Hub, Verwood* rey. £6 - includes some nibbles! East Dorset NT Association - Talk by Christopher West Moors Memorial Hall. Legrand on Vietnam and the Far East Info 01202 855001 Film: Despicable Me 2 (PG). Animated Comedy The Hub, Verwood* £4 Adult £2 U16 Verwood Organ & Keyboard Society presents MiThe Hub, Verwood*. Tickets - Janette chael Wooldridge. Visitors £5, Members £3. 01202 822936 or Peter 01202 814976 Adventure in the Woods. Whole days or 1/2 days Edmondsham Forest School, Edspent in the woods, campfire cooking, walks and pic- mondsham, BH21 5RE (between Vernics, nature crafts etc. For ages 3-8. £25 per day (inc. wood and Cranborne). Kirsteen food) and £20 for siblings. McCormick 01725 517807 Kingston Lacy House, Wimborne, Hallowe'en spooktacular BH21 4EA 01202 883402 (line 8) High Designs Winter Craft Fair: Including silk paint- Godshill Village Hall, Woodgreen Rd, ing, scarves, cards, handbags, jewellery, dichroic Godshill, Hants. Sheena 01425 glass and woodworked items. All the crafts are 475327 handmade by a small group of local craftspeople. ‘The Voice of Verwood’, sponsored by Absolute Music. For 10+. Are you the voice of Verwood? Can The Hub, Verwood* you sing with the best of them? We are hosting an Adult £5, Child £3.50 all-ages competition to find our area's top talent. Verwood Flower Club Open Meeting. Flower arrang- Verwood Memorial Hall, Ringwood ing demonstration entitled 'Autumnal Festivities' by Road, Verwood, BH31 7AA. Tickets talented National Demonstrator, Pat Dibben. from Club Treasurer, Sue Otton, Tickets £8.50 Including light refreshments 01202 822330. Film: 'Behind the Candelabra' (15). £4 Adult £2 U16 The Hub, Verwood* Avon Valley Concerts presents Martin Roscoe,piano. The Trinity Centre, Christchurch To include Beethoven, Mozart, Brahms, Chopin Road, Ringwood BH24 1DH Wimborne In Bloom Charities Fair, around 40 charity The Allendale Centre, Hanham Road, stalls. 01202 888703 Wimborne Minster, Dorset BH21 1AS. O’Hooley & Tidow in concert. The best act of Cam- Fordingbridge Town Hall, 63 High bridge Folk Festival (Guardian) £12. Tickets Street Fordingbridge SP6 1AS. 07980374971or boxoffice@azanialtd.com Verwood U3A Monthly Meeting: Talk by Howard Verwood United Reform Church. Nichols "Life of Walter Henry" www.verwoodu3a.org.uk (Titanic, World War 1, Liners) Christmas Rainbow Fayre and Art Exhibition with Stalls inc Home Produce, Handicrafts, Books, Cards, Verwood Methodist Church Vicarage Road Verwood Dorset Gifts. Children's Activities and Rainbow Trail, Refreshments and Lunches. £1 including tea/coffee. The Hideaway, 17 Moorlands Road, Verwood Trad Jazz Club presents -Chris Pearce’s Verwood BH31 7PD. Geoff Frenchmen Street Jazz Band. Tickets, £8 on the door. Meals available in the restaurant or jazz room. 07798721405 or Derek 01202 820096. Verwood Methodist Lunch Club, Enjoy a really warm Methodist Church Vicarage Road Verwelcome and a tasty 2 course meal inc coffee or tea wood. Book with Jean 01202 825533 or Lin 07906 303212 £4.50. Ring for a lift. East Dorset NT Association -Talk by Howard Nichols West Moors Memorial Hall. Info 01202 855001 on Chasing the Northern Lights The Hub, Verwood*. Tickets from Verwood Organ & Keyboard Society presents Dirkjan Janette 01202 822936 or Ranzijn. Visitors £5, Members £3. Peter 01202 814976 Crane Valley Ladies Section Annual Xmas Fayre. En- Crane Valley Golf Club. Verwood try 50p. Xmas Fun & Gifts for All the Family. Craft BH31 7LH. Contact Ladies Secretary Stalls. Competitions. Raffles. Club Bar Open for Re- Martina Tait - 01425 673678 freshments. In Aid of The Multiple Sclerosis Society. Tabletop and Craft Sale - A good mix of handcrafted Verwood Memorial Hall, Ringwood Road, Verwood, BH31 7AA. Chris items and bric a brac - Something different every Mudge 07972727536 month. Tables £ 7.00 Booked please in advance The Swans, Verwood but tbc: see Verwood U3A Monthly Meeting: Fordingbridge www.verwoodu3a.org.uk Handbell Ringers The Trinity Centre, Christchurch Avon Valley Concerts presents Claire Jones, harp Road, Ringwood BH24 1DH and Chris Marshall, percussion Verwood Hub Christmas Fair. Free entry to the The Hub, Verwood* Christmas Fair. £5 visit to Santa, includes a Christmas goody bag for your child ANCIENT WINTER DAY. Adults £4, Children £2 See The Ancient Technology Centre, Damerham Road, Cranborne, Wimthe crafts & skills that thousands of winters have borne, BH21 5RP. 01725 517618 seen before. www.ancienttechnologycentre.co.uk

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A further highlight of a visit to Liguria has to be a trip to Portofino. Formerly a sleepy little fishing harbour consisting of attractive dwellings in hues of pinks and yellow. Set in a bay of classic scenic beauty, it became a haven for the the rich and famous ‘glitterati’, lured by its magnetic charms from the 30’s onwards. This

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Portrait of a Dorset Artist Shaftesbury based artist Annie Taylor has been a full time painter for the last eight years.

nnie started painting when she lived in America for three years. “I opened a studio and art gallery on the North Shore of Long Island with a local artist,” she recalls. “The studio enabled me to study and work alongside established professional painters.” On her return to the UK with her young daughter Beth, financial pressure forced her to put the brushes aside and she established a PR and event management company in London. Specialising in film, theatre and television she represented clients at the Cannes Film Festival for a number of years. International clients included Warner Bros, CNN, Thames TV, Central Television, S4C, TV-am, Hanna Barbera, Playboy and Jim Henson Productions Inc (The Muppets and the Fraggles). In 1990 she moved out of London, back to her roots in the west of England and started producing large outdoor festivals. Finally, when Beth went off to art school, the temptation to get back to painting was overwhelming. “In 2003 I took the decision to work at it full time,” says Annie. “I have now been working full time as a painter since 2005 and have exhibited in one woman and group shows in London and the South West of England.” She adds: “I have been passionate about the natural world since I was very small. My work is about that passion: not just the silence, the peace, the nurture for the spirit that the countryside can provide, but also its opposite face which can be harsh, threatening and wild. It is this sensuality in the natural environment that attracts me for which the very physical sensation of working with oil paint is perfect.” Annie is participating in A Sense of Place, part of the Dorset Visual Arts trail in October. Her work is also shown at Fisherton Mill, Salisbury and Courcoux & Courcoux, Stockbridge. www.annie-taylor.com

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Poole, the Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch hospitals provide respected and highly regarded NHS care to hundreds of thousands of patients in East Dorset every year.

In national assessments and reports, these hospitals consistently perform at a high level against a range of key standards and quality indicators. Comprehensive surveys of patient views also paint a positive picture of how hospital care is viewed by those who receive it. Achieving these high standards requires a continued commitment to quality from the board of directors to the wards, and a sharp focus on providing truly patient-centred care. The tragic consequences of losing sight of these basic objectives were highlighted earlier this year in a damning report which examined the causes of substandard care provided by Mid-Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust. The Francis Report, published in February, marked the culmination of a year-long public inquiry into the systemic failings at that trust, and sent reverberations throughout the NHS and further afield. At the heart of the report, its author, Robert Francis QC, called for a re-emphasis on ensuring the needs of patients come first. So how did hospitals in East Dorset respond to this report? At Poole, the Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch hospitals, it provided an opportunity to re-evaluate the fundamentals of how quality care is delivered and whether genuine emphasis was placed on each and every patient and their individual needs. In short, were they getting the basics right?

The report’s 290 recommendations were reviewed in detail as a matter of urgency in order to provide assurance that the failures identified at Mid Staffs could not be repeated here.

Each hospital also held a series of listening events, providing an opportunity for more than 300 staff working in a wide range of roles to discuss the Francis Report with members of both trust’s management boards. In addition, patient and public involvement groups were asked to give their views on the report and the care offered at their local hospitals. Understanding individual patient experiences and where care exceeds or falls short of expectations is vital, says Martin Smits, Director of Nursing and Patient Services at Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. “It is all too easy in the wake of the terrible stories which emerged from Mid Staffs to forget the excellent work taking place in the NHS,” said Martin. “Locally, we know from national surveys that our patients rate both our hospitals highly, which is a huge encouragement to us and spurs us on to deliver even better care and service.” “What I believe is essential is peering underneath these headlines, to look at the factors that make an individual patient’s experience in hospital good, and where it could have been improved.” “We can only do that by listening to patients and our staff.” Paula Shobbrook, Director of Nursing at The Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, agrees. “No one knows more about what is happening at the

forefront of patient care than those responsible for delivering it and those receiving it,” said Paula. “These experiences and viewpoints - good and bad - are essential in order for us, as board members, to know how we are doing.” “Trust boards receive a vast amount of information on quality and performance. Coupling this with the views of staff, as we have done through our postFrancis Report listening events, and the experiences of our patients, provides invaluable insight.” “Our ‘putting patients ﬁrst’ commitment is just that - it’s a highly visible declaration that our aim is to ensure that at all times our focus remains on our patients and nothing else.” Martin cites Poole Hospital’s longstanding commitment to patients - the Poole Approach – as a key factor in ensuring standards at his hospital remain consistently high. “The Poole Approach may have been introduced more than a decade ago, but its central tenet has never been more true - ‘patient centred care with dignity and respect for all’,” he said. Whichever way this commitment to the needs of patients is packaged, both Martin and Paula are in complete agreement on one issue - when it comes to high quality care, complacency is simply not an option. If you would like to have your say on care at Poole Hospital, visit www.poole.nhs.uk and click ‘give us feedback’, or for the Royal Bournemouth or Christchurch hospitals, visit www.rbch. nhs.uk and click on ‘patient and visitor’ section.

USEFUL LOCAL INFORMATION

Doctors’ Numbers The Verwood Surgery, 15 Station Road

01202 825353

The Cranborne Practice 01202 822825 (Verwood) Lake Road/Newtown Road

Fire Stations

EMERGENCIES ONLY: Dial 999 Cranborne Fire Station 01725 517200: Non emergencies

The Cranborne Practice (Cranborne)

01725 517272

Verwood Fire Station 01202 823082: Non emergencies

Three Legged Cross Surgery 67/71 Church Road, Three Legged Cross

0844 5769435

EMERGENCIES - 999 and ask for ‘police’

Dr H J L Morris And Partners 01425 653430 The Surgery, 12 Park Lane, Alderholt Dorset Emergency Care

08456001013

Dentists’ Numbers Forest Lodge Dentist Surgery Vicarage Road, Verwood

01202 827272

Verwood Dental Care 35 Ringwood Road, Verwood

01202 824177

Lakes Dental Practice 01202 823345 Unit 4a, The Old Crossroads, Verwood Fordingbridge Dental Highfield House, Bartons Rd,

01425 652331

Dorset Dental Helpline

01202 854443

Emergency care (after hrs)

0845 7010401

Chemists

Lloyds Pharmacy, VERWOOD 01202 822364 23 Station Road, Verwood. Mon - Fri: 9-6:30, Sat: 9-1, Sun: Closed Lloyds Pharmacy, FORDINGBRIDGE 01425 652300 1 Salisbury Street, Fordingbridge Mon - Fri: 9-6, Sat: 9-5.30 Boots, RINGWOOD 01425 474170 11 Southampton Road, Ringwood Mon - Fri: 8:45-5:30, Sat: 9-5:30 Boots, CASTLEPOINT 01202 549971/548139 Castlepoint,Bournemouth. Mon - Fri: 9-8, Sat: 9-7, Sun: 10:30-4:30 Bretts Pharmacy, ASHLEY HEATH 01425 470982 High Street, Ashley Heath. Mon - Fri: 9-5:30, Sat: 9-1 Morrisons (in Store),VERWOOD 01202 826555 Chiltern Drive, Verwood Mon - Fri: 9-1, 2-8, Sat: 9-1, 2-6, Sun: 10-1 Verwood Pharmacy, VERWOOD 01202 828499 Lake Road Surgery, Lake Road, Verwood. Mon: 7am-11pm, Tue-Fri: 6.30am-11.30pm, Sat: 7am-11pm. www.pharmland.co.uk V-10/13

Police Stations

Verwood Police Station Non emergencies - 01202 222222 verwood@dorset.pnn.police.uk

Recycling

VERWOOD RECYCLING 01202 828083 www.newforest.gov.uk Somerley, Verwood Road, Ringwood 1 April - 30 Sept: 8am - 7pm 1 Oct - 28 Feb: 8am - 4pm 1 March - 31 March: 8am - 5pm

Samaritans

1 Durrant Road, Bournemouth, 01202 551999 / 0845 790 9090

Verwood Age Concern

Verwood Concert Brass Band Hall, Moorlands Rd Mike Daymond 01202 822549 mike_daymond@talktalk.net Monday: 10am - 3.30pm Wednesday: 10am - 3.30pm

School Terms & Holidays

Please Note: School term and holiday dates are usually set over 14 months in advance of the academic year. They are based on a school year of 195 days although individual schools can use 5 of these days for staff training. Parents should contact the individual school to find out when their training days will be. All dates taken from www.dorsetcc.gov.uk and www.hants.gov.uk for Dorset and Hampshire dates that are in white are where days differ for Hampshire. Term/holiday Autumn Term: 2 (3) Sept - 20 Dec 13 Half Term: 28 Oct - 1 Nov 13 Christmas Holidays: 23 Dec 13 - 3 Jan 14 Spring Term: 6 Jan - 4 April 14 Half Term: 17 Feb - 21 Feb 14 Easter Holidays: 7 - 21 April 14 Summer Term: 22 April - 22 (23) July 14 Half Term: 26 May - 30 May 14 Summer Holidays: 23 (24) July - TBC (1 Sept 14) UK holidays Christmas: 25 & 26 Dec 13 New Year: 1 Jan 14 Easter: 18 - 21 April 14 May Day: 5 May 14 Spring Bank Holiday: 26 May 14 Summer Bank Holiday: 25 Aug 14 More useful information overleaf

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USEFUL LOCAL PHONE NUMBERS Police / Crime

Verwood Police Station Wimborne Police Station Crimestoppers Verwood & 3 Legged Cross Neighbourhood Watch

Utilities / Emergencies

01202 222 222 01202 882 345 0800 55 51 11 01202 82 14 14

Local Councils & Agencies

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0800 36 59 00 08000 72 72 82 0800 11 19 99 0800 80 01 51 01202 590059 0845 2720845 0845 600 3600 08702 41 46 80

East Dorset District Council Dorset County Council Verwood Town Council Wimborne Town Council Colehill Parish Council Environment Agency Floodline(warnings & Advice)

01202 88 62 01 01305 22 10 00 01202 82 08 80 01202 88 16 55 01202 88 77 86 0800 80 70 60 0845 988 11 88

Sewerage – Southern (& water)- Wessex National Emergency

Bournemouth A&E NHS Direct Bournemouth Hospital Poole Hospital Salisbury Hospital

01202 70 41 67 0845 46 47 01202 30 36 26 01202 66 55 11 01722 33 62 62

Train Times / Enquiries National Express Coaches Bournemouth Airport Traveline (Bus, Coach, Ferry & Rail) AA (Automobile Association)

Southampton Hospital

023 8077 72 22 01202 85 64 10

RAC (Royal Automobile Club)

0800 82 82 82

Wimborne Hospital

Wilts & Dorset Bus Enquiries

08457 09 08 99

Samaritans Drinkline Careline (Counselling) Carers Line National Debtline RSPCA -Ashley Heath Al-anon (10am-10pm) year round Relate-Dorset & South Wilts

0845 790 90 90 0800 917 82 82 0208 514 11 77 0808 808 77 77 0808 808 40 00 0870 010 18 49 0207 403 0888 01305 26 22 85

Hospitals

Information

Citizens Advice Bureau 01202 88 47 38 Visitor Information—Wimborne 01202 88 61 16

Travel 0845 748 49 50 0870 580 80 80 01202 36 40 00 0870 608 26 08 0800 88 77 66

Helplines

Post Offices

VERWOOD 01202 829712 11 Manor Road, Verwood, BH31 6DS. Mon,Tues, Thurs & Fri 9 - 1, 2 - 5.30; Wed: 9 -1, Sat 9 - 12.30 CRANBORNE 01725 517221 3 Wimborne Street, Cranborne, Dorset, BH21 5PP Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri 9am – 5.30pm Wed, Sat 9am – 12.30pm. Lunch 1pm – 2pm THREE LEGGED CROSS 01202 822002 Verwood Road, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 6RJ Mon – Fri 9am – 5.30pm. Sat 9am – 12.30pm

Library

VERWOOD 01202 822972 1, Manor Road, Verwood, BH31 6DS ◄More useful information overleaf

Childline NSPCC National Drugs Helpline Age Concern Seniorline Community Legal Advice Direct Alcoholics Anonymous, 24 hours:

0800 11 11 0808 800 50 00 0800 77 66 00 0800 00 99 66 0808 800 65 65 0845 345 43 45 0845 769 75 55

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