Valley News September 2019

E E FR Issue 150

September 2019

for Whitechurch, Whatcombe, Clenston, Stickland, Houghton, Turnworth & Milton Abbas

RAINBOW OVER WINTERBORNE STICKLAND Picture by FRANCES ELLIS

Helping to inform and unite the Community

welcome to come along and see what we are up to, as well as enjoy meeting up and discussing over coffee and biscuits. We welcome any suggestions of history topics that people would be interested in although you may find that you have to do some research!

We are continually adding to our website so please have a look: https://miltonabbashistorygroup.com There are many pages of information on the history of Milton Abbas, or you can join our Facebook page.

If you wish to help us fund more research on Milton Abbas then please join our group. We have plenty of ideas that need following up.

Come along to our meetings where you can hear more of our discoveries on the history of the Parish of Milton Abbas and the surrounding areas.

We look forward to meeting you in October, or hearing from you before. Do please get in touch via the "Contact us" page on the website.

Editorial As the autumn arrives - yes, really, it starts on September 1st - we can reflect a little on the summer we have just had, not least of course (and as usual) with the weather! Dramatic scenes of flooding across the country, and at the dam in Yorkshire show just how much we take for granted in all kinds of ways until we can't, and how much we rely on the wonderful services of so many different support services such as the police and Fire and Rescue.

There have been amazing scenes in the sporting world too, with England winning the World Cup in cricket (and losing the first Test against Australia straight afterwards‌), and the ladies' netball team doing really well at the World Cup tournament hosted in Liverpool reaching the semi-finals, the Wimbledon Men's Final being a really tense and close match, and the football season starting with plenty of controversy already as VAR (the video replay system designed to help prevent poor referee decisions) being introduced into the Premier League. There was even controversy in the Athletics Championships where the England team was disqualified in the relay race for putting down the wrong name on the team sheet. The Rugby World Cup starts later this month, too, and we are almost guaranteed to have excitement and disappointment in equal measures during that event in Tokyo.

Sport is a wonderful way to get folk together, whether it be to take part or to spectate. It also makes for very exciting television viewing if, that is, you are fortunate enough to have a subscription to one or more of the paid-for channels! We understand that everything changes and in order to achieve international success these sports need huge amounts of funding, much of which comes from selling the television rights. But just as important as the money, all these sports need a regular number of new and younger players coming through to replace those who retire as they get older. We need to encourage participation in sporting activities at all levels so that we can continue to rejuvenate the teams that we enjoy watching. It's a great way to stay fit both mentally and physically, and whether you take part just for fun or more seriously in a league, it's something to encourage and celebrate.

As schools get ready to reopen after the summer break, we wish all the students and staff a successful year. It has been heartening to hear of recent exam success and for those taking their first steps into the adult world after their education, we hope their choices of work or further study at college or university are fulfilling and successful.

Finally this month we send our condolences to Rose Hennicker, who has delivered the Valley News round Turnworth every month. Her husband Hans passed away in August and we know all those who visited their garden during the Turnworth events will remember the outstanding produce and flowers on display. We send her our sincere sympathy.

The Valley News team

Streamwatch When does a flower become a weed - or to put it another way, when does a bramble become a jewel? We have all wrestled with brambles in one way or another whether as a gardener, a hiker, a forager or as a volunteer on autumn river work.

The common bramble (Rubus fruticosus) is described as being a vigorous, thorny scrambling shrub that can grow up to 8cm each day.

It produces pink or white flowers in July and blackberry fruits in August / September. As we know, the long sweeping stems are vicious in their attack on passers-by and merciless in high winds on the unsuspecting rambler. Somehow by cutting the unwieldy shoots back, growth becomes stimulated and energised for the following season. If left unchecked the brown thorny mesh of previous years is as good as razor wire in deterring intruders.

As foragers, blackberry picking was a must in childhood; together with fallen apples forming the memorable alliance of the Blackberry and Apple Pie which dominated the onset of autumn with a flavoursome and inexpensive dessert. Picking blackberries was an exercise in itself - never picking those from the roadside but always stretching for those large, juicy ripe specimens, almost out of reach on a quiet footpath and usually resulting in entanglement with hedgerow thorns.

Milton Abbas Local History Group We recovered from the Street Fair exhibition eventually, and got our brains in gear to think about how to make our history group better for our members.

Our wonderful transcribers have been busy throughout August with wills and inventories of the 17th and 18th centuries. These have thrown up some archaic words which we had to look up in the Oxford English Dictionary (available online for free for Dorset Library card holders).

Words such as 'roder beast', 'trendle', 'limbeck', 'latten' and 'grabble' familiar to any of our readers? The inventories itemise the possessions and values of the 'goods, chattels and credits' of the will makers - very useful for understanding what people had in times gone by, and nothing like the throw-away society we have today. Their possessions were few and treasured and passed down the family.

Testators often left just one shilling to their sons and daughters and all the rest of their goods to grandchildren or nephews and nieces. The mention of one shilling and the recipient's name made sure they could not make any claim on the estate of being forgotten in the will.

When we put together information from the will with all the other documents which concern that individual, then we have a better idea of their life story in Milton Abbas.

Our new season of meetings starts with our AGM on 2 October in the Reading Rooms where we will review our progress so far and see where we need to focus our research next. All of our readers are

PICTURE By R Marchant Brambles are high in vitamin C and are of much value to wildlife: a great food source for honey bees, caterpillars, birds, rodents and some larger grazing mammals. Deer are especially partial to bramble leaves.

The cage of shoots and thorns provide a safe house for birds and smaller wildlife and foiling pursuers such as birds of prey. I've seen a blackbird dashing for cover from a sparrow hawk near Water Lane only to sit in safety whilst consuming blackberries and waiting for the danger to pass.

Seeds are dispersed by wildlife thus furthering the cause of brambles to dominate the world! Another way of propagation is by layering, this is when the bramble hits the ground or other suitable compost and sets down roots enabling this prolific grower to establish another plant and to extend its domination. It is this latter method that creates most difficulty when attempting to prepare the river for winter.

Unless our volunteers wear substantial gloves, hands can be shredded whilst lifting vegetation to the side of the watercourse. Even the timely cutting of the hedgerow with machinery does not tackle the low-lying bramble that's ready to ambush or to trip their invaders.

In addition to the culinary qualities of blackberries there are medicinal uses. Bramble has widely been used in traditional medicine.

Its leaves are used in the preparation of herbal teas and the root, bark and leaves are used medicinally‌ continued on page 6 2

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Continued from page 2 … being strongly astringent with diuretic, healing and detoxifying properties. Gerard's Herbal - a book about the history of plants, gives a remedy made from blackberry leaves 'for fastening the teeth back in'!

Blackberries are known to have other health benefits too. Furthermore blackberry fruits yield a blue dye used in early fashion and the fibre from the stems have been used to make string.

Bramble is both loved and hated for its thorns as well as its delicious fruit and it is deeply embedded in our tradition and folklore. Blackberry bushes can prevent soil erosion on infertile, disturbed sites and the ancient Britons used thorny stems as a boundary or barrier.

Next time you do battle with brambles, which maybe in October as a volunteer to assist the Stickland River Management Group, just think that the battles and benefits have gone on for thousands of years and are likely to continue for thousands of years to come. Offers of help welcomed. (See Valley Organisations & Contacts page of Valley News for details.)

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Cream teas raises £314 On August 3rd the sun and rain were kept at bay while afternoon tea, scones with cream and jam, and cakes were enjoyed at Philipston House in aid of Clenston Church - assisted by a knotty tree quiz.

Mark Hudson

Short Mat Bowls I have recently reduced the hours I work and was looking for a new pastime, so decided to give the Short Mat Bowls Club, advertised in The Valley News, a try. Francis Dennett, who runs the club, assured me that all I needed was a pair of flat soled shoes or thick socks (so as not to damage the mats they use) as all other equipment would be provided.

I was a little apprehensive going the first time, but was made very welcome by the dozen or so regulars who go every week. They lent me a set of bowls to use and went through the (very simple to follow) rules of the game. Before I knew it, I was involved in an actual game! After about an hour's play we broke for a welcome cup of tea and biscuits, before playing another hour.

I enjoyed the afternoon so much, I went out and immediately ordered a pair of bowls shoes, and within a month had bought a second hand set of bowls too! Six months down the line I am still enjoying it and have even tried out long mat bowls! I want to thank Francis for introducing me to this lovely game and would encourage anyone looking for a new hobby to consider Short Mat Bowls.

Nick Allen

It's Harvest Lunch Time!

The annual Winterborne Stickland Harvest Lunch will be held on Sunday, 22nd September in the Pamela Hambro Hall. Our delicious 2 course lunch will be served from 12.30pm. This is always a very popular event so buy your ticket soon! Bring along your own choice of drink and a glass and join us for a lovely sociable afternoon with friends and neighbours. Tickets are available from Janet Bown (880015), Hazel Harlock (881290) Pat Oakley (880445) or Sue Close (880457). The price remains the same as last year, £7 for adults and £3 for children under 12.

You do not have to attend Church to come and enjoy the lunch but, if you would like to, there is a service in St Mary's before the lunch. Our flower arrangers will have created some beautiful arrangements in the Church so do pop in to see them as the Church is open from 8am - 4pm daily.

If you are new to the valley, this is always a great way to meet new people and enjoy a relaxing afternoon. Thank you to everyone, within the valley and beyond, who supports St Mary's in so many ways.

The Valley Gardening Club Despite the flower sections being badly affected by the early flowering season, the Pamela Hambro Hall was still full of Summer colour and excellent exhibits.

Thank you to everyone who helped or donated items for the show and congratulations to all the exhibitors (including a few new ones) and the award winners listed below.

It was fitting that Rose Hennicker won the RHS Banksian Medal with some of the produce Hans had grown.

Hans sadly passed away shortly before the show and was a great supporter of the club. He was the one to beat, winning many trophies over five decades of exhibiting. He will be greatly missed by the club and our thoughts are with Rose and his family.

Sweet Pea Shield Jack Rainford Murray Simpson Trophy Jerry Kesley Gladioli Cup Karen Marchant & Hazel Steele Dahlia Cup Hazel Steele Sid Smith Trophy Rose Hennicker General Cup Janet Bown Presidents Vase Janet Bown Jubilee Bowl Chris Fielding RHS Banksian Medal Rose Hennicker Handicraft Cup Philippa Smith Beatrice Watson Cup Angela D’Silva Photography Cup Jerry Kelsey WI Bowl Jerry Kelsey Children’s Cup Sophia & Austin Miller For details of our next talk, please see the events listings.

Winterborne Stickland has a new village trail!

We are delighted to report that our new Winterborne Stickland Village Trail has recently been published thanks to funding from the WS Solar Fund and the support of local villagers.

In the past many local folks have already written about the history of the village and what it must have been like to live there. Many of these 'golden nuggets' are now out of print and forgotten as people are no longer able to pass their stories on.

The trail is offered as another piece of a much bigger picture to continue the telling and help us all to appreciate the lovely place in which we live. It starts from the newly-restored Village Sign and takes a journey around the village revealing a wealth of fascinating history.

We are hoping that residents of the Winterborne Valley will find it interesting and enjoy using it as an illustrated walk to share with friends, family and visitors.

We have certainly enjoyed creating it and have learnt a great deal ourselves in the process!

Residents of Winterborne Stickland will have received a free copy.

It is available to buy from the Crown as well as the tourist information office in Blandford (see advert) We know there are many people with a fund of local knowledge.

There is so much more to capture and too much for one village trail!

One further idea we have had is to develop a website through which to collect and store further information. If you feel you would like to support us further with this or you have other ideas or information to share, please get in touch with us by email history.wvg@gmail.com We would love to hear from you!

Joy McCormick, Anne Donnelly, Carolyn Elliot, Di and Dave Webster (Winterborne Valley History Group)

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made up by village women, but a specialist tailor was paid.

Villagers bought their cloth and clothing at the weekly markets and annual fairs from itinerant traders. There were few, if any, shops selling clothing in rural villages. Even in the town of Blandford in 1790 with 144 tradespeople there were no shops where one could buy clothes, but there were several makers e.g. 1 milliner, 1 draper, 1 mercer, 1 mantua-maker, 2 tailors, 1 breeches maker. Remember the innovation when the clothes shop arrived in Candleford around 1890, as told by Flora Thomson.

If anyone is interested in our research on social history then please get in touch, bryan.phillips2010@gmail.com

Local Social History Part 2 Clothing What were people wearing in previous centuries in our villages?

Until recently there was very little information to help us. There are of course, costume museums, including the one at Blandford which show what we might call 'posh frocks', beginning in the 18th century. Very few clothes have survived from earlier times unless they were very special indeed, for example in the Royal collections. This tells us nothing about what the people here were wearing to work, play and pray.

However a recent book has shed some light on this by exploring some surprising sources: court cases where the accused were identified by the clothes they were wearing at the scene of the crime, newspaper advertisements which described stolen clothing, cloth fragments from the Foundling Hospital, artists impressions of country folk, wills, and fire insurance claims.

Putting all these records together we get an idea of how many changes of clothing ordinary people had and the type and cost of cloth and tailoring, at least from the mid 18th century. Earlier ideas of ordinary peoples clothing are almost unknown to us, although the rich and powerful left monuments in churches going back to the 14th century which show what they were wearing, for example the Carlini monument to Lady Caroline Damer in Milton Abbas, Another source of information for the poorest folk is the Overseers of the Poor Accounts where the cost and quality of cloth and clothing is given.

It is clear that clothes were very important to people and were a very large part of their expenditure, hence the frequent thefts. There are many cases where clothes were stolen when left unattended in people's homes or placed on bushes for drying. Also they were frequently mentioned in wills and inventories.

We forget today when we have synthetic fibres and washing machines, how important the practicalities of clothing were - were they easy to keep clean, to wash, to mend and to last? It seems that working clothes for men and women needed to be replaced about once a year.

Working men's boots perhaps twice a year. The women spent much time darning and mending. The people had several changes of clothing so that they could be kept washed. Again soap was a major and regular household expenditure. People took care and pride in their clothes, and of course had a 'best' set to go to church, to market and to entertainments.

In the 18th century, working men wore breeches and stockings, the working women petticoats and stockings. Men's and women's stockings came to just above the knee, and there was generally nothing else for women to cover their thighs beneath their skirts, at least until around 1800. Thus the popularity of swings for swains! All over the south of England, agricultural working men protected their clothes by having a smock over them. For smiths, and glaziers, leather aprons. Most non-labouring men, for example vicars and shopkeepers, would wear wigs and hats during the 18th century, but not after. Undergarments were plain linen, or cotton, because they were much more comfortable than wool. Printed cotton fabrics from India had been available before 1750, imported by the East India Company, but were expensive. Printed cotton for women's dresses and petticoats became much more popular after about 1750. The majority of the cloth samples left by mothers to identify their babies at the Foundling Hospital were printed cottons of many colours. The dyestuffs were still natural products, the first synthetic dye was aniline purple or mauveine in 1856. The first fashion magazine appeared in 1786. It is not the case that country women lagged behind the elite classes in fashion - the country women often adopted styles and colours which were later emulated by fashionable society.

Probably in the 17th century the village women were spinning their own wool and linen. However, this was a tedious process and took an inordinate amount of time. It was especially difficult for mothers of young children (families were often large, with four children under the age of ten). With the introduction of mechanised spinning in the 18th century, home spinning declined dramatically. The wives of the agricultural labourers much preferred 'bywork' as a means to buy cloth and clothing. Bywork was any paid work which could be undertaken at home, for example Dorset button making. Garments were not usually

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A breeze is a riffle of grass, Which gently nods as I pass.

A breeze is a life as it sings, with dandelions seeds on its wings.

A breeze is a soft touch on my skin, and a feel of contentment within.

A breeze is a treasure we share.

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Book Review Swimming Home, by Deborah Levy This subversive page-turner (short-listed for the Booker Prize) exudes controlled desire and hints at bruised sadness. It draws you in like a Mediterranean pool on a hot day.

A clever, annoying young woman throws herself into the midst of an apparently conventional English family holiday in a rented house in the hills of Provence. The husband and wife are outwardly confident and successful: a well-regarded poet and his tough, war reporter wife.

But Kitty Finch, the young woman, whom the family find swimming naked in their holiday-home pool, is obsessed and potentially dangerous. What does she want? She connects with Joe, the husband, and his edgy teenage daughter, who is almost as bored as she is needy.

The story takes place in the mind-shadows, away from the brightness of a barely-begun plot. Everyone is on edge, trying to remember what 'normal' feels like and struggling to find their part in what might be an agonising break-up. The brief violence at the end seems unnecessary. But overall, this is a powerful cocktail of a book.

The very readable style is the thing, like one of those Hockney watersplash paintings.

Mark Hudson

The Trans Siberian Railway It has been a long held dream of mine to travel on the Trans Siberian train and this year I did it. I travelled with a friend, as Phil did not fancy such a journey, over three and a half weeks. We flew to Beijing for four days then took the Trans Mongolian train to Ulaan Bataar where we were able to experience the Nadaam Festival, the annual cultural festival of Mongolia, which shows off their history at the opening festival followed by competitive games in the disciplines of wrestling, archery and horse racing.

The photo is taken at the horse racing on the Mongolian Steppe outside Ulaan Bataar. From Mongolia we took the Trans Siberian train to firstly Irkutsk and Lake Baikal in Russia, then on to Moscow, finishing in St Petersburg. It was amazing and my dream come true! Hazel Harlock 8

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offenders to justice.

We would also advise these measures to prevent poachers from entering your land: o Keep the gates to your land locked and make sure that the hinges are capped to prevent gates being lifted off the hinges. o Block up unused gateways with tree trunks, old machinery or other heavy objects. o Consider fitting wildlife or trail cameras to detect vehicle or person movement. o Fit gate alarms which can be linked to a mobile phone. o Consider fitting wildlife or trial cameras to fields where livestock are present to detect vehicle or person movement. o Consider fitting early warning intervention alarms that will link to your phone. o Consider digging ditches around the farm when other security measures such as thorny hedges aren't adequate enough to keep out vehicles, ditches should be a meter wide by a meter deep. (Check with the RPA before digging, just in case this interferes with subsidies) If you wish to remain anonymous you can call Rural Crimestoppers on 0800 783 0137 or by visiting www.ruralcrimereportingline.uk Alternatively you can call Dorset Police on 101 or report via email to 101@dorset.pnn.police.uk or you can use the Dorset Police website https://www.dorset.police.uk/do-it-online/ Remember for a crime in progress please call 999.

County Lines Protecting Vulnerable People from Drug Gangs Spot the signs of County Lines - police launch campaign to protect vulnerable people from drugs gangs Dorset Police has launched a campaign urging the public to spot the signs of County Lines and help protect vulnerable people from drugs gangs.

County Lines is the term used to describe urban gangs supplying drugs to suburban areas, as well as market and coastal towns, by using dedicated mobile phone lines.

Criminals across the country use children and vulnerable people of all ages to courier drugs and money. These drug dealers will often take up residence in a person's home - known as cuckooing - to sell drugs in the local area.

Once caught up in County Lines, exploited individuals are at risk of extreme physical and/or sexual violence, gang recriminations and trafficking.

As part of its strategy to safeguard young and vulnerable people, Dorset Police is working to raise awareness of County Lines over the busy summer months.

And although the county remains among the safest places in the UK to live, work or holiday in, police are asking both local people and visitors to stay alert to spot the signs of County Lines - and to report them.

Superintendent Caroline Naughton explains: "Protecting the vulnerable and tackling the supply of drugs is a priority for Dorset Police, and we recognise the detrimental impact it has on local communities.

"We know that County Lines is not a problem that can be solved by police efforts alone, and locally we have developed a successful neighbourhood policing response to drug issues and protecting vulnerable people who are at risk of exploitation linked to drug taking and supply.

"Our local neighbourhood officers regularly patrol areas that are known for street dealing and carry out safeguarding visits on vulnerable people living in our communities.

"However, we rely on members of the public reporting information to us and this campaign is aimed at raising more awareness of the signs that someone could be involved in a county lines drug network."

Police and Crime Commissioner Martyn Underhill says: "County Lines is a growing problem, not just in Dorset but across the country. It is something that the police can't tackle alone.

"We need the support of our communities to continue to provide information to Dorset Police about suspected drug-related offences.

We're asking residents, as well as people visiting the county, to be aware of the signs of County Lines exploitation and to contact the police if they spot anything."

Signs to look for: o A young person going missing from school or home; o Meeting with unfamiliar adults and/or a change in behaviour; o Using drugs and alcohol; o Money or expensive gifts they can't account for; o A neighbour who has not been seen for a while; o More people calling at a neighbour's home - often at unsociable hours; o Suspicious vehicles/people attending a neighbour's home.

If you have spotted the signs - please tell police.

Call 101, report it online at dorset.police.uk/do-it-online, or contact Crimestoppers in confidence on 0800 555111.

If you suspect someone is in immediate danger, call 999.

Valley News around the world Kevin Oakley enjoying the VN by Lake Annecy, below Geneva.

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Noticed anything suspicious in your rural area?

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EVENTS COFFEE MORNING & CHARITY SHOP Mondays, 10.30am-12.00, St. Mary’s Church, Stickland WHITECHURCH YOUTH CLUB (7-14 year olds welcome) Mondays, 6.30pm, Whitechurch Village Hall COFFEE STOP • Tuesdays, 10.30am-12.00, St James, Milton Abbas CUP & CAKE • Wednesdays, 10.30-12.00, Old School Room, Whitechurch ROUND ROBIN RAMBLERS Sun 1st Sep • 2pm • Durweston & Bryanston Wood (4½m) Meet outside Durweston Village Hall Wed 18th Sep • 11am • Fontmell Down (6¾m) Meet near St Andrew's Church, Fontmell Magna. Bring a packed lunch.

Sun 6th Oct • 2pm • The Southern Winterbornes (4½m) Meet near St Nicolas Church, Kingston Milborne Movies presents ‘GREEN BOOK’ (12) Friday 6th September • 7.30pm • Milborne St. Andrew Village Hall Bar open from 7pm. Tickets £3.50 BINGO • Friday 13th September • 7.30pm • Whitechurch Village Hall In aid of the Air Ambulance TALK: SALVIAS by Nigel Hewish (Kingston Maurward) • Wed 18th Sep • 7.30pm • Pamela Hambro Hall, Stickland Raffle, Refreshments. Entrance £3, VGC members free COMPANION DOG SHOW On behalf of Julia’s House.

Saturday 21st September • Winterborne Stickland Sports & Community Club Entries taken from 10am, Judging starts 11am. Entries £1 per class. All enquires to Jackie Grearson 01258 880700, jackiegrearson@btinternet.com

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The Winterborne Valley & Milton Abbas Benefice Dear Reader, By the time this is published, Harriet and I will be settling into the Vicarage in Yealmpton, Devon. Leaving is never as straightforward as it should be. There are many people who we have not been able to say our goodbyes to… time has galloped away.

Life in the parishes covered by the Valley News will, no doubt, continue just the same. In life, we just pass through, hopefully having made a difference for the better.

There are many headstones in churchyards with two dates: the year born and the year died. They are usually separated by a dash. The dash represents the significant part: The life of that person. What are you doing with your dash? I have been reminded this past couple of weeks that our lives should be about doing justice, loving mercy and walking humbly with God. These are the characteristics that make for a well lived dash!

God bless and goodbye, Alan

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LAST MONTH’S CROSSWORD ANSWERS CRYPTIC

Across Down

CONCISE

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8. Moderated 9. Album 11. Ketch 12. Oxidising 13. Perusal 14. Invokes 17. Under 19. Bog 20. Goths 21. Babylon 22. Retinal 24. Mont Blanc 26. Remit 28. Ousts 29. Laplander 1. Amok 2. Editor 3. Orchestral 4. Stroll 5. Advising 6. Wadi 7. Smug 10. Brisket 13. Plumb 15. Vegetarian 16. Sisal 18. Debunks 19. Bendable 22. Recipe 23. Nomads 24. Moon 25. Busk 27. Tare 8. Finlandia 9. Yacht 11. Stoat 12. Relaxants 13. Answers 14. Acclaim 17. Balti 19. Odd 20. Masks 21. Tartest 22. Peaches 24. Dress code 26. Tarot 28. Nasal 29. Splendour 1. Efts 2. Unions 3. Battle line 4. Adorns 5. Halliard 6. Lynx 7. Otis 10. Canvass 13. Abbot 15. Combatting 16. Muses 18. Largess 19. Outhouse 22. Paella 23. Harrow 24. Deny 25. Self 27. Tarn

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Valley Organisations & Contacts Abbey Swimming Club Milton Abbey Swimming Pool. Tue 1830-2030, Fri 1930-2030, Sat 1000-1200, Sun 8am-9am, Lynn 881443, Pat 880601, Stephen 881524, abbeyswimmingclub@gmail.com Aquacise and lane swimming for fitness Exercise in the water - safe and fun for all ages. Ladies and gentlemen welcome Fridays 6.30pm Maria 880895 secretary@masportsclub.org.uk Bere Regis Floral Group 2nd Tue each month, 2pm, Kingston Village Hall, Diane Edmunds 01929 472 331 British Horse Society (Dorset) County Bridleway Officer • 01258 880318 carolshoopman@btinternet.com Bus2Go Margo www.bus2godorset.org 01258 837749 / 07917 298321 Dunbury Church of England Academy www.dunbury.dsat.org.uk • 880501 Extend Exercise (to music for 60s+) Fri 10am-11am, PHH, Jilly Spencer 07971 755715 Golf Club Milton Abbey School, Laura Haim 881872 Jan’s Fun Art & Craft Classes 07836 639514 janodesigns@yahoo.co.uk Ladies Keep Fit Wed 7.30pm WVH. Mary Fripp 880416 Milborne St. Andrew Village Hall Events Alice Harrall 01258 837371 msavillagehall@gmail.com Milton Abbas Art Group Mon 7pm-9pm, RRMA, Elizabeth Walker elizziewalker@yahoo.co.uk Milton Abbas Local History Group 1st Wed each month, 7pm RRMA Bryan or Pamela Phillips 880385 Miltonabbashistorygroup.com

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Milton Abbas Neighbourcar For your medical transport needs, 01258 470333 Milton Abbas Riding For The Disabled Friday 10am-12noon Term time, Luccombe Riding Centre, Sue Hodder 880229 Milton Abbas Sports Club Andy Smith 880310 Pamela Hambro Hall 880969 • pamelahambrohall.wix.com/home Patient Voice (the Patient Reference Group for Milton Abbas & Milborne St Andrew Surgery), Sec. Nigel Hodder 880229 Pilates 1 hr classes: Mon 10am; Tue 6.45pm; Wed 10am; Thu 12.00; PHH, Jilly Spencer 07971 755715 POPP Wayfinders for The Winterbornes Sue Inman 07920 650608 Sue.Inman@helpandcare.org.uk Richard Hewitt 07971 338129 Richard.Hewitt@helpandcare.org.uk Round Robin Ramblers Normally 1st Sun & 3rd Wed each month Ian Bromilow 880044 River Stickland Management Group Richard Marchant 881716 (Secretary) r.marchant@btinternet.com Short Mat Bowls Mon 1.00pm PHH Francis Dennett 880129 Sticklebacks Parent & Toddler Group Tue (Term Time) 10am-12pm, PHH Cheryl 07795 687151 cheryl_s84@hotmail.com Tai Chi & Chi Kung Thursdays 7.00 till 8.00pm Blackmorevale.taichi@gmail.com

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Swimming Lessons Juniors and adults. Beginners and improvers.

Maria 880895 or Richard 837402 Table Tennis for Adults Tue 2pm-4pm & Fri 7pm-9pm, PHH Graham Case 880740 Tennis Club Winterborne Sports Club, Stickland Jerry Kelsey 07765 777451 Valley Ringers John Close (Tower Capt, WW) 880457 Ann Fox (Tower Capt, WS) 881156 Valley Computer Club Richard D’Silva 880118 Valley Gardening Club sites.google.com/site/vgcdorset Valley Players 881415, www.valleyplayers.co.uk Whist Drive 3rd Wed of month, 7pm, RRMA. Entry £1 Winterborne Arts and Crafts First Wednesday every month, PHH W. Stickland Sports & Community Club Vaughan Manners 880969 • wssc.club Whitechurch Beavers, Cubs and Scouts Tue, Beavers, Dunbury School Gym Girls & Boys 6-8 years Fri, Cubs 6.30-8.15pm, Dunbury School Gym Girls & Boys 7½-11 years Fri, Scouts, 6.30-8.30pm, WVH Girls & Boys 10½-14 years. Leader: Skip, winterbornewhitechurchscouts@gmail.com Secretary: Anna 880363 anna@annaway.plus.com Winterborne Whitechurch Village Hall See Text Ads Yoga Thu 9.30-10.30am, PHH, Louise Hull 860381 Zumba WVH, Various classes, AM & PM, Tue & Thu Tracy 07971 636437 Parish Council Websites winterbornestickland.org.uk winterbornehoughton.org.uk miltonabbaspc.org.uk. winterbornewhitechurchparishcouncil.org.uk

Compiled by Nick Donnelly.

There are two sets of clues, Cryptic and Concise, but remember, you cannot mix the clues as the cryptic answers are different to the Concise ones.

Answers will be given in the next edition.

CRYPTIC Across 8. Right at the back of a flat boat (4) 9. Dreadful fade in copying (9) 10. Orgy mate he upset with economics premises (4, 6) 11. Woolly story? (4) 12. Fashionable hedge round about conjecture (9) 14. Hair visible in ink coloured reflection (4) 15. Recording, for example, boss moon (6) 17. Insult odd solo advantage (6) 19. Peak current setter (4) 21. Sack then irrigate primitive spirit (4, 5) 24. Industrial area firstly relying upon high rents (4) 25. Thinking over first person getting into odd country (10) 27. Revolutionary ship, five in short period ecstasy, e.g. taking knight (5, 4) 28. Writing on the wall finding Nemo in the mirror (4)

Down 1. Unpredictabilities of fish in changes (8) 2. Object southern fabulous creature making neuter reflexive pronoun (6)

3. Somerset city loses degree after US city strip (4) 4. As far as west then north to reach city district (6) 5. Quiet secular tumbled, expresses pain for team mate (10) 6. Pedalled offer to contain revolution (8) 7. Khan, maybe, wealthy without Henry, produces mushroom (6) 13. Sun god gets lowdown residue to make arboreal environment (10) 16. Near nude infusion not deserved (8) 18. Noble honours sites for rings (8) 20. Grab eggs, for example (6) 22. Straight bang into baton (6) 23. Drumming old clothes as well (6) 26. Genuine epicure has this with tatties?

(4)

CONCISE Across

19. A type of bun (4) 21. Fill too much (9) 24. Game (4) 25. Inconspicuous (3, 7) 27. Was in cahoots (9) 28. Call (4)

Down 1. Ant eater (8) 2. Render (6) 3. One with many siblings (4) 4. Bird (6) 5. Vehicles used outside the earth's atmosphere (10) 6. One surrounded by water (8) 7. Not poisonous (6) 13. Old character (10) 16. Insignificant (8) 18. Decorative fastener (4, 4) 20. Squat - or tall footballer (6) 22. Boy's name (6) 23. Spread out (6) 26. Jaunt (4)

8. Something true (4) 9. Having no one against (9) 10. Selfish (10) 11. Group (4) 12. Ways of getting around something (9) 14. Profound (4) 15. Relative (6) 17. A type of acid (6)

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