Yetminster

REP: Michaela and Graham Plaice: gplaice@gmail.com 872921

It is with great sadness that our first duty, after taking over from John Ferretter, is to have to send our condolences and share our thoughts and prayers with him and his family following the sad loss of his wife Judy. She was an example to us all in her battle with her illness and will be greatly missed, both in the village and in village life.

We say farewell to the outgoing Chairman of the Parish Council, David Torrance, who has done a magnificent job during his tenure, and welcome the new Chairman Andrew Perlejewski.

Welcome to the new residents of Upbury Grange, we hope that you will be very happy in your new homes and can take advantage of all Yetminster has to offer. It is unfortunate that you have arrived in the village in the middle of a Pandemic; however, once things improve, I am sure the community will embrace you fully and offer you the usual warm welcome that we give to new residents.

May I appeal to the good people of Yetminster to consider volunteering their, time, enthusiasm and skills to the many organisations such as the Parish Council, St Andrew’s Church, Wriggle Valley Magazine and the Cubs and Scouts. The list of organisations is not exhaustive, but these organisations

Photo: Rufus Fox

make a significant contribution to our village life so please support them.

On a lighter note, Douglas Rice has provided what I think is the photograph of the week: does this remind you of anyone?

The Parish Council has now installed a new Notice Board (it looks very posh!) down at the Hamcrate Allotments and is hoping it will help it to better engage with the allotment holders.

I would be most grateful if the Yetminster community could forward to us any appropriate photographs and articles to include in this section.

Michaela and Graham Plaice

As we all now know Alex and Blanche will leave the White Hart on 3 November and we wish them all the very best for the future. They have worked extremely hard in making the White Hart a busy and popular pub and have won awards to demonstrate their success. Then the Virus struck, which scuppered theirs and many others’ plans.

We would like to reassure everyone that we will make every effort to try and continue with the success that Alex and Blanche achieved. The Pub will not close. We plan to re-open on 11 November along exactly the same lines as present, i.e opening times, beers, menu, until we have had time to settle back in and appraise the situation more fully.

To make the White Hart a successful and vibrant Pub in the future, we need your continued support in these difficult times. The White Hart needs you as much as you need the White Hart. We very much look forward to seeing you all when we re-open.

Carole and Jim Bayfield

Yetminster and Ryme Intrinseca Parish Council

Chairman’s Notes – October Meeting

Before providing an update of our latest discussions, I would like to recognise the significant contribution made by outgoing Chairman, David Torrance, during his two years at the helm. The Parish Council would like to thank David for his tireless work in developing and implementing procedures to ensure that the Council operates in a more businesslike fashion.

As one of the representatives for Ryme Intrinseca since 2012, I am proud to be

one of the longest serving members and I hope to continue David’s good work.

We are very pleased to see the refurbished fingerpost taking pride of place in Ryme Intrinseca as well as a new noticeboard for the allotments: with the allotment holders.

One of the good things to come out of 2020 is that more people have found the time to make the most of our fantastic network of local footpaths. Whereas most paths are in good condition, it has been brought to our attention that remedial attention is needed on some and that some landowners are not reinstating paths after ploughing within the required 14 days. Please draw our attention to any footpaths that require attention so that we can ensure that accessibility is maintained.

Several residents have made contact to raise their concerns over speeding through the village and the lack of appropriate signage. A meeting has been arranged with the Highways Department at which recommendations for improvements will be discussed. It was pleasing that the police responded to concerns by carrying out several speed checks. We are still looking for volunteers to join the Community Speed Watch team which has been found to be an effective speed deterrent. Please contact us if you would like to join the team.

The action plan produced by the Finance sub-group was approved at the meeting. Several of the recommendations have already been put in place and other planned actions will ensure that the Council can scrutinise income and expenditure more effectively.

The new layout of the Parish website has received favourable comments, but we still feel that the content could be more relevant to the local community. We would therefore like to create a small working party to oversee the development of the website and are looking for volunteers who would be willing to be trained in how to edit the site so that they can support content management. Please contact the Clerk if you are interested in joining the group at yetminster@dorset-aptc.gov.uk

Andy Perlejewski

Chairman YRIPC

November..... Remember..... at St.Andrew’s church

Remembrance Events: Please see the article written by David Gould on Page 40.

Our church services continue to follow the same pattern and, in Yetminster, we hope to have at least one service here each month, with other weekly services in nearby villages, and also online via the Facebook/Three Valleys Team link. See the latest updates on www.threevalleysteam.org.

Rev. Tony Gilbert is back each morning with his popular Thought for the Day, and Rev. George Moody publishes his blog called Through the Rectory Window.

Looking Back ... huge thanks go to our four intrepid riders and striders, Alex, Simon, George and Lucy who, at the time of writing, have raised £950 for the Dorset Historic Churches Trust. Half of this will come back to St. Andrews in due course, so if you haven’t yet sponsored them, you can still do so on https://www.justgiving. com/team/4Yetminster

Looking Ahead … We are planning a Christmas Carol Service on Sunday 13 December at 4.30pm. As plans change rather often at the moment, there will be updates via the weekly Yetminster round robin. If you do not already get this, please let me know on the email below. With my best wishes

Churchwarden Clare

Churchwarden.yet@gmail.com

50/50 Club OCTOBER 2020 Draw

1st prize £50 No.19 Mr G Goldsworthy 2nd prize £30 No.50 Mr K Hunt 3rd prize £20 No.15 Mr B Rowsell

Want to join? – forms available at http://yetminsterparishes.gov. uk/a-z/yetminster-fair-association

The Association raises money for local organisations and is nonprofit making and run entirely with voluntary support yetminsterfair@aol.com

St. Andrew’s Church Yetminster Remembrance 2020

There is much to commemorate this year: the 80th anniversary of both Dunkirk and the Battle of Britain, and the 75th anniversary of VE and VJ days.

However, the pandemic requires that we do things differently, given the strict rules about the numbers allowed in church. Remembrance Service: This will be held at the normal time (10.50am) on 8 November but will take place outdoors to allow more people to attend. This will be either in the churchyard or the Jubilee Hall car park which offers some protection from the weather. Remembrance Garden: This will be set up on the triangle by the north door of the church from 1 November. Silhouettes: As in previous years, the four silhouettes representing the fallen of Yetminster, Ryme Intrinseca, Batcombe and Hilfield, will be placed on the nave pews from 1 November. However, there will be no name blocks this year, as there is no access to the pews at present. Poppy decoration: As ever there will be poppy decorations in both the church and porch. Armistice Day: The usual short service will be held at 10.50am on 11 November at the triangle.

David Gould

STOP PRESS

Christmas is coming to St Andrew’s! Saturday 28 November from 10.00am to 12 noon in the Church. Cakes, gifts, cards, bric a brac etc. All in aid of the church. COVID rules will apply.

Judy Ferretter

27 August 1944 – 28 September 2020

Judy and I met as students at Exeter University in 1963. On taking her degree in English she stayed on for an extra year to get her postgraduate teaching certificate. We married in August 1967. In the following September she started teaching at Nonsuch High School for Girls in Cheam, Surrey.

After leaving to start a family, giving birth to son, Luke and daughter, Belinda, she later returned to teaching junior children at St. Martin’s School in Dorking. She moved from here to become Deputy Head at Smallfield School, Surrey. After two years in that post she was appointed Head at St. Martin’s School, Epsom. It was after ten years of success at this post she decided to become a freelance Education Consultant.

It was during this phase of her career that we arrived in Yetminster, in March 2007. With her background she was soon spotted as a potential governor for St. Andrew’s School. She served as a school governor, subsequently becoming Chair and taking the school through two Ofsted inspections. On both occasions the school was rated as good although, much to everyone’s amusement, the management team – Judy’s personal responsibility – was rated outstanding!

Retiring from the governors Judy was adamant that she would not let her brain “turn to mush”, as she put it. She set out on an Open University course to study for an MA. This she duly achieved with a double distinction for her course work and a thesis on one of her favourite authors, Thomas Hardy.

She loved Yetminster and was an active member of the community here. Her other great love after English Literature was gardening. She was an enthusiastic member of the Garden Club, serving on its committee for several years. She made quite a name for herself acting with the Garden Shed Players at the club’s Christmas events. She also worked with Moviola Film Nights to keep the village entertained during the dark evenings of autumn and winter.

Outside the village she was a volunteer guide at Max Gate, Hardy’s house, and pursued her interest in botanical painting, usually winning prizes for this at the Summer Shows.

Judy always loved a good joke and having fun. She was particularly fond of quizzes and would always be seen on a quiz team at the village hall or at the White Hart. She was a good friend to many, freely sharing her gardening knowledge or helping out where need be. Her sense of humour and her presence will be much missed.

John Ferretter

1st Yetminster Scout Group

The doors opened again for scouting in Yetminster and everyone has enjoyed getting back to normality albeit with the necessary restrictions imposed by The Scouting Association and the National Youth Agency Framework.

Meetings outdoors are still preferred over indoor meetings but the boys and girls of the Beavers, Cubs and Scouts have settle back into having fun taking part in a wide range of exciting, challenging and fun activities including Village hikes, night hikes, National Apple week, map reading, fire safety, stars and planets and use of the compass.

It was a pleasure to award the Chief Scout Silver Award to three of our Cubs who over the Lockdown period completed the highest award for Cubs.

It was also a pleasure to award three Chief Scout Bronze awards to some very hard-working Beaver Scouts who recently moved to the Cub Section to carry on their work in that section.

A huge well done to them all, they worked hard and it is a great achievement to complete all the different tasks and activities in such difficult times.

A number of other badges were also awarded for work carried out over the break, lots of hard work has been done by them and this included several camps out in their garden under canvas, hikes locally exploring the beautiful Countryside in our District and animal carer badges for looking after their pets and farm animals.

In September, the Scouts and Cubs visited The Tunnel Tree Tops high-ropes course near Charmouth in Dorset and had fantastic fun climbing and zip wiring through the tree tops many feet above the ground, a great place to visit.

The Scout Hut has undergone an upgrade and been decorated inside during the Summer holidays, it is now much brighter and cleaning for both the Young People and Adult Volunteers.

The Scout Group recently featured in the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance magazine for their donation of stamps and old mobile phones. They also have donated 130kgs of used clothing and shoes by parents and friends of the group during the Summer.

All the Sections are thriving, and we have created a waiting list which is filling fast. We really would love to welcome more adult volunteers to our team so that we can expand our Sessions throughout the week as due to the current Framework we can only safely meet with small groups.

Adults from the age of 18 years upwards are welcome to contact me for more information and why not come along for a couple of weeks to see how much you would enjoy it.

Paul Hollick

Groups Scout Leader Gsl.1styetminster@gmail.com 07815135602