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Yetminster
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The YRIWG gets off to a good start
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Well, the G7 is over, the good weather has arrived and numerous events are on the horizon for us to enjoy. I am not a betting man; however, by the time you read this I expect the Prime Minister has announced an amended date for fully opening the economy to July. I am hoping that the good people of Northern Ireland can enjoy a BBQ, relishing the delights of a good British sausage.
I would like to thank the small team overseeing the refurbishment of the Hamlet children’s play area. Paul Hollick has organised a crowd funding page for people of the village and further afield to support this initiative. The link is at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/playarea-renovation. The page closes around 8 July; however, any queries contact Paul Hollick or see the Facebook page.
Yetminster is a village of over 1300 residents and there is enormous potential to make this village outstanding (it is already a fantastic place to live), as there are so many untapped skills and wonderful people with great ideas to promote the village. I sometimes think we operate as three separate villages, top, middle and bottom. I would like to promote (and slightly amend) JFK’s statement, “Ask not what your village can do for you and ask what can you do for your village”. Get involved. Soap box moment over.
The Yetminster and Ryme Walking Group seems to be going from strength to strength, they will have completed their second ramble, three miles, well done. 35
I would love to join a walk if a pub was involved, will keep checking Facebook. However, my good friend Alan Guy says it starts and finishes at the White Hart; also Alan you looked very fetching sporting a fine pair of wellingtons.
The Church Tower tea party will have been held, I do hope this was a major success as I know only too well the amount of work involved to host this event. It is such a beautiful building and the congregation are lovely people.
It is also good to see the cockerel back in its rightful place at the top of the church tower, home from being re-gilded. A huge thank you to Clare Thompson for all her hard work - there is lovely posting on Facebook, which shows the moment of its return.
The pub, gallery, sports club and the Spar continue to support the village. With the ever-changing goalposts regarding emerging from restrictions, all power to their elbow for their ability to provide the facilities we love and deem as vital.
Please send me any village input you would like me to consider using (no matter how trivial you think it may be), via email, post or hand delivered.
Lastly, I am reminded of how lucky we are to live in such a beautiful place,
highlighted by this picture sent to me of an evening sunset in Yetminster.
Signing off for Jul/Aug, back in September. Have a fab summer.
Michaela and Graham Plaice
STOP PRESS: The Yetminster Fair has had to be postponed and will now be held on Saturday 14 August. Put the new date in your diaries!
Yetminster Fair Association 50/50 Club
Result for the Big Quarterly
YFA Draw:
1st prize of £100 No. 29 Mrs B Holloway 2nd prize of £50 No. 30 Mr J Ferretter 3rd prize of £30 No. 60 Mr G Orton 4th prize of £20 No. 22 Mr E Pennington
July and August ... high summer and lovely long holidays!
At the time of writing in early June, services will continue in much the same pattern through the summer. The clergy are planning a new service schedule starting from September, and all up to date details can be found on our website www.threevalleysteam.org and the Benefice pew sheet each week. The Yetminster round robin also continues to be a helpful point of contact for our services, events and local news, so please get in touch with me if you would like either of these emailed to you.
Our Churchyard is humming! Many thanks to Celia Brayfield who has worked so hard organising the Living Churchyard Project and the Bug Hotel over the last year. We now have two no-mow areas as well, and our team of mowers are doing a great job in keeping our large churchyard in trim although, as always, they can do with more help.
Looking ahead ... We hope to have an autumn car boot sale, and a welcome coffee morning for newcomers to the village. St. Andrews Church remains open daily from 8.00am–6.00pm, (although with restricted access for 72 hours following a service, at the time of writing).
Our beautiful Yetminster Millennium cards in aid of the church are now available from the Gallery in the village.
Enjoy the summer months in our gorgeous countryside and gardens, and we all look forward to meeting up again very soon.
With my best wishes
Churchwarden Clare
Churchwarden.yet@gmail.com
Many thanks to everyone who supported our first coffee morning in June, which was a great success. People were seated outside enjoying the sunny weather – and the yummy cakes.
We look forward to seeing everyone on Wednesday 7 July 2021 10.00–11.30am for the next one; there will be outdoor seating again, depending on weather. Thank you once again to everyone for your continued support.
Angela and Grace
Coffee and Cake
News from St. Andrew’s Church primary school
The summer term is flying by and, as I write this, we are only six weeks away from the summer holidays. The most amazing thing about working in a school environment is that no two days are ever
SUMMER SHOW 2021
2-4pm
St Andrews Hall, Yetminster Yetminster & Ryme Garden, Arts & Crafts Society
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More information and schedule of classes available at Yetminsterparishes.gov.uk on the Y&RGA&C Society page. Paper copies will be available from the Old School Gallery in Yetminster from July 1st.
the same, so the weeks pass very quickly as we are always planning ahead.
The downside to this is that we never have time to be still and appreciate the present. I have been really heartened to see the children sitting in the conservation area and marvelling at the beauty around them. Last week, there were many ladybirds, which caused a great deal of excitement, particularly among the younger children, who were very keen to have them crawling over their hands!
“Be still and know that I am God.” Be still, appears seven times in the bible. It is a reminder to us to find time to contemplate the generosity of God in the creation all around us.
I would like to thank Steve from Castle Gardens, who came to our conservation club to share his considerable experience with the children. Steve spent a very drizzly Friday afternoon talking to the children and brought plants for the children to bed in. I learned lots of new facts which will help with my own gardening efforts, at home. The children were fascinated by Steve’s knowledge of slugs and which ones are to be encouraged, as they are less destructive than others. We also learned how to prevent slug damage in a kind and environmentally friendly way.
The STEM classroom is now refurbished on the outside, ready for the internal improvements to be completed. The new windows and cladding have made such a difference to the area. The building now blends in beautifully with the Big Hug.
STEM classroom
We say a fond farewell to our Year Six children on 23 July. It is always a time for reflection and happy memories as they move on to their next adventure. We are holding our own ‘YETFEST’ camp out for them on the school field, to add to their fond memories.
I wish you all a happy summer, making memories with your loved ones. Many blessings.
Julie Simpson Yetminster and Ryme Walking Group
How fabulous so many lovely folks join in our first couple of walks. What an adventure we are all having! It is great meeting you all and really looking forward to seeing you for our next walk, which is Sunday 25 July at 2.30pm. Children are welcome to all walks with an adult. Lily is enjoying taking Charcoal, Sara’s dog, along.
Feedback and requests are very welcome – please email these through to yetpaths@gmail.com There was a request for a walk to the nearest pub –we will see what we can do for the next set of walks.
There was also a plea for a walk with fewer/no stiles. We have been in contact with North Dorset Ramblers Group who have agreed to part-fund a gate, which is a wonderful start to our stile-free walks. We have also had a generous
Email: judygallimore61@gmail.com
offer from Jane Jeans for the funding of a gate in memory of her mother. We hope to have plaques put on the gates, similar to those on benches. If anyone would like to fund an ‘in memory’ gate, please contact us on yetpaths@gmail.com
Jane, Daf, Sara and Linda
Yetminster and Ryme Intrinseca Parish Council
Chairman’s Notes – update
With the ending of the dispensation for us to hold virtual meetings, the Parish Council decided not to hold the June meeting and will look to restart socially distanced faceto-face meetings in July. Nevertheless, council business continues with several on-going projects.
We have been encouraged by the number of suggestions for the way in which we can spend the money received as part of the Community Infrastructure Levy. There are strict criteria for the way in which the money can be used, and the working group will be meeting shortly to consider the suggestions.
We are grateful for the fantastic response we received to our request for Speedwatch volunteers. We had hoped to be operational by now, but due to the time that has lapsed since our last patrol, the sites that we use must be risk assessed and our new recruits need to receive training from our Community Police Officer. We are aware of the growing concerns over the speed of traffic moving through the village and will endeavour to get Speedwatch patrols started as soon as possible, and to press Dorset Highways for the introduction of 20mph speed limits.
A recent post on the Yetminster Facebook page in which we suggested using crowd funding to pay for the replacement of the matting at the children’s play area brought a strong reaction from some residents. To clarify any uncertainty, the Parish Council has already pledged to support improvements to the play area and, as with so many other councils across the country, is inviting the local community to become involved in this project. There will be a new play area adjacent to the new houses at Folly Fields and we will be liaising with the developers to ensure that the two projects are complementary to one another.
I am sure that we are all disappointed that ‘freedom day’ has been put back until 19 July and that this has resulted in the Yetminster Fair being postponed. The new date is 14 August and having witnessed the fantastic commitment of the organising group, I hope you will all support them by making the event a day to remember.
Andy Perlejewski
We have a problem!
Unfortunately, we are having problems with our email address and apologise if residents have tried to contact the Parish Council and have found the mailbox full.
We are working with APTC who host the website to sort things out but if you need to contact the council and your email is returned please use the Contact Form on the parish website (https://yetminsterparishes.gov.uk) and we will be in touch.
Again, apologies for any inconvenience.
David Torrance
Acting Parish Clerk Yetminster & Ryme Intrinseca Parish Council
Ideas and suggestions please!
Thank you to those residents who have submitted ideas and suggestions on how we can use the monies from the Community Infrastructure Levy, generated from the Folly Farm development – do keep them coming!
Unfortunately, the email address we gave has stopped working, so please now use the Contact Form on the parish website (https://yetminsterparishes.gov.uk) – it is on the right-hand side of the header bar – to give your contact details and a rough outline of what you are proposing.
Ideally your project should help offset the potential demands that will be placed on the ‘infrastructure’ of the parish by the new development, but there is a degree of flexibility in how this is interpreted. The main areas are: green infrastructure and recreation provision serving the needs of the wider area; culture and leisure facilities; waste management facilities; transport, including highway safety and improvements, bus services, walking and cycle improvements.
We look forward to hearing from you.
YRIPC CIL Working Group
1st Yetminster Scout Group
All the Sections have had a hectic few weeks outside in mainly glorious weather, working on the allotment, digging over and preparing the ground and then planting out vegetables and flowers.
The Beavers have had fun completing parts of their sports and athletic badge, as well as going on a scavenger hunt in Millennium Woods and toasting marshmallows on a campfire.
The Cubs have also spent time completing parts of their athletics badge. They had an evening learning about fire safety at home and what action to take in the event of a fire.
The Scouts have been busy planning, designing and making some super wooden planters.
They also spent an evening completing their athletics plus bag and tried a few new sports.
They had a great morning paintballing and played several games in woods near to Dorchester; it was fun, but I think I became their main target!
We are now officially a collection point for Sherborne Food Bank and donations can be dropped off Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings. Please call 07815 135602 to arrange a time as we might well be away from the hut.
We are also collecting clean empty crisp packets for recycling and last week posted approximately 6,000 packets to Terracycle.
We are still looking for adult volunteers to join our team and invite you to complete our four-week challenge https://www.scouts.org.uk/ volunteers/growing-scouts/ready-torecruit/four-week-challenge/ Please contact me by email or mobile.
Paul Hollick
Groups Scout Leader Gsl.1styetminster@gmail.com 07815 135602
YETMINSTER HISTORY SOCIETY
Outing Excitement
Our first outing since July 2019! What a strange sensation it was. A feeling of childish excitement came back. A gang of mates and a picnic lunch. The latter, along with tea and coffees, supplied on site by Sarah Hedin and team. What a pleasure. A great big thank you to Sarah, her husband and Kelly for all the hard work.
Where was this fest? Tyneham Village – frozen in time since 1943. We had the whole village to ourselves and an excellent guide in Major (Rtd) Sterling who has a detailed knowledge of the military history of Tyneham.
Tyneham has been associated with tank training since development of the tank in WW1. Leased from the Bond family, the estate owners, in 1916 it is the oldest tank range in history. But it is perhaps more famous for its role in the preparations for the D-day invasion in WW2. In 1943, around 250 villagers were asked to leave their premises on the promise they could return when the war was over. The majority were re-housed in Sandford and Poole where, in some respects, life was an improvement;
it was the first time they had hot and cold running water, electricity and gas.
Touring the village was quite a poignant experience. The school house brought back memories for many: nursery rhymes on tablets, the cane on the teacher’s desk. Sadly, the school was closed in 1932 for lack of children – not enough to warrant the payment of a teacher. The Laundry Cottages were the only place supplied with running water; the rest of the village had to walk to the church to the pump to fetch theirs. At the church there was a copy of a letter from the vicar’s wife left pinned to the door for the US 1st Division who took over Tyneham:
“Please treat the church and houses with care; we have given up our homes where many of us lived for generations to help win the war to keep men free. We shall return one day and thank you for treating the village kindly.”
It was not to be. The demands of the subsequent Cold War, followed by the continuing needs for military training, meant the properties were never handed back. There was a highprofile campaign in the 1960s/70s led by Rodney Legg. The people never returned but the compromise was that the public could visit on 140 days in a year. And it is well worth a visit.
Next Meeting: 8 September 2021 – AGM followed by Robin Miller on the Battle of Jutland. Hopefully we will meet in the Jubilee Hall at 2.30pm but if any restrictions are still in place, then via Zoom.
New members are always welcome. Come along in September or in the meantime contact us at yetminster8@ gmail.com.
John Ferretter
