329 October 2020 by Wriggle Valley Magazine

WRIGGLE VALLEY MAGAZINE No 329 October 2020

In this issue: Ride+Stride through the Wriggle Valley Recipe for October â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Hedgerow Jelly Legend of Brounlie Woods

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CONTENTS EDITORIAL 5 Old Chetnole p14

In Good Company – D J Chutter Ltd p49

St. Andrew's clock tower p32

NEWS FROM THE VILLAGES

Batcombe 7 Beer Hackett 8 Chetnole 11 Hermitage 19 Leigh 21 Ryme Intrinseca 31 Yetminster 32

OTHER NEWS

IN GOOD COMPANY

THE BOOK PAGE

POGLES WOOD EXPLORERS 55 OUR CHURCH COMMUNITIES 56

A good read – book review p53

PLANNING 61 REGULAR EVENTS

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OCTOBER 2020

It seems the easing of lockdown restrictions was all too brief and we are likely facing another wave of COVID-19 infections, with localised measures in place to try to curb the spread. The Wriggle Valley villages came together in March to support each other with innovative ways to communicate and reduce isolation, such as the Leigh Lifeline and the Beer Hackett WhatsApp group. The same resilience and community spirit will no doubt continue through whatever is to come in the next few months. Congratulations to all those who took part in the Ride+Stride on 12 September, the weather held and our historic churches looked beautiful. The riders and striders enjoyed the wonderful scenery as they journeyed; Gwen Adair in Chetnole had a great day out – see p.12 The clock of St. Andrew’s in Yetminster dates from 1682, and Brian Rowsell and Geoff Goater have traced its fascinating history through to the present day, with a wealth of facts and figures. Thank you to everyone who has completed and returned the Readers’ Survey in the last issue. There are excellent suggestions and helpful comments and some nice compliments. There will be more on this in the November issue. If you have not yet completed the survey, there is still time – please return it to your village rep. John Ferretter, who has been the Yetminster rep for many years, is now standing down and Graham and Michaela Plaice have kindly agreed to step into the role. My sincere thanks to John for all his hard work and long commitment to the magazine. Lastly, the Wriggle Valley Magazine came to my rescue last week when, having spent several days compiling this issue, my computer died and stubbornly refused all attempts at resuscitation. I had lost every file. While the air turned blue, I turned to the ad pages in the September issue and, within half an hour, Dan from DMDH Computers was at the house with his recovery kit. Although the damage is beyond repair, I am grateful to Dan for his swift response. I also owe a big thank you to Shaun at Remous for picking up the pieces and ensuring this issue has been compiled, printed and delivered on time.

Kathryn Edwards 5

BATCOMBE

REP & DISTRIBUTOR: Johnny Gibbs jg@intramar.co.uk 83187

Batcombe Church There is very little to report this month as the pace of village life has been slowed by Covid 19 restrictions. We have had to lock the church for safety reasons as the whole of the inside of the nave is encased in scaffolding so that the church architect and a structural engineer can assess the death watch beetle damage to the roof timbers and can determine the best way of repairing them. We had a very cheerful churchyard maintenance day late in August with coffee and biscuits provided. It was a great help to have several youngsters there. This enabled us not only to spruce the church up, cut back the hedges, and mow & strim the grass but also to do some of the housekeeping repairs identified in the recent Quinquennial Report.

Thought from the Rise of the Wriggle Wise people learn when they can; fools learn when they must Duke of Wellington

Johnny Gibbs 7

BEER HACKETT

REP: John Parker johnwincanton@gmail.com DISTRIBUTOR: Susan Ferdinand

Photo: John Parker

News from St. Michael’s Church

‘Living Light – this wonderful place’ On the evening before submission of this news, our neighbours Peter and Linda Bell whose home adjoins our churchyard, looked out of their back door and briefly saw the bright light of the setting sun shining on the Wills family memorial, 1885 / 89. Included on the inscription are the words “until the day-break and the shadows flee away”. As more severe Covid restrictions were being announced, this was a moving moment, time to reflect on our good fortune to live in such a beautiful and relatively safe place. St. Michael’s together with St. Mary Magdalene Thornford and St. Mary the Virgin, Bradford Abbas were brought together as the Gifle Valley Benefice in 2009. Now we are all part of the larger Three Valleys Benefice together with churches in the White Hart Vale and 8

the Wriggle Valley. (Sixteen parishes, seventeen churches in total). One of the benefits of this larger grouping is the increased opportunity for friends and neighbours in all the villages to share resources, services and social events more widely. Lockdown stopped many things except the innovative on-line services which were introduced by our clergy and are widely appreciated. As soon as worship in Photo: L & P Bell church was allowed to resume, our three Gifle churches began sharing a three weekly cycle of a 10am Sunday service and this continued throughout September. The services in our three churches have been appreciated and well attended. Now followed by socially distanced own drinks and conversation (and even John Mooney’s birthday cake and Alan Fall’s home-made Welsh cakes!) You would be most welcome.

PS. The Annual Meeting of the Friends of St Michael’s planned for 26 September was postponed. The Annual Parochial Church Meeting on Friday 2 October had to be limited to PCC members only, socially distanced in church. If any parishioners would like to read the reports and discussion details, please email john.jbt@btinternet.com. John Bingham

Jersey Tiger Moth Walking along the Thornford path very recently, with my dog, I happened to notice what I thought initially was a butterfly. It was so pretty and one that I had not seen before. Luckily for me it came to a rest and it was so unusual, with its closed wings resembling a shield. I managed to take some photos on my phone camera. Researching it when I arrived home, I learnt that it was, to my surprise, a moth. Research tells me that it is a moth which is colonising Britain from the South and didn’t spread

Photo: Olive Davison

much for about a century. Apparently it originates in Scandinavia and central Europe and used to be a rare migrant to the British Isles. I have never come across it before and I just felt I had to share the experience with others as I just could not get over its spectacular appearance. I could not get a photo of it in flight, but this one was a definite red colour and really caught my eye as something very different. Research says it is as big as a butterfly and flies during the day. So, if you want to see something unusual, take a walk along the path to Thornford. Olive Davison

Mysterious Brounlie Wood For those villagers and walkers who always suspected that there is something rather magical about Beer Hackett’s ‘Brounlie Wood’ – you may be interested in the following account, recently brought to light by Peter Bell who told this tale over many years to both his children and grandchildren.

Photo: S & B Keene

‘The Legend of the Brounlie Wood Fairies’ In 1966, England won the World Cup 4-2 against Germany. To celebrate, the English ‘Council of Fairies’ announced that four new Fairy Colonies would be established in the following woods: ‘Billy Woods’ – Kippax, Yorkshire (Where Peter Bell grew up) ‘Friday Woods’ – Colchester, Essex ‘The Grunewald Woods’ – Berlin, Germany ‘Brounlie Woods’ – Beer Hackett, Dorset (the family home) To join and dream with the ‘Brounlie Wood’ Colony you must be under five years old and need to write to the Chief Fairy on an old piece of Silver Birch bark. This must be posted in the Silver Birch tree located where the two footpaths cross at the bottom of the woods as you walk towards Thornford. You may only apply on the longest summer days (June 20–23). If your letter is accepted it will be removed and replaced with a ‘Golden Gift’ 10

‘Eric & Sid’ are the small but extremely powerful spider gatekeepers of the colony and will only grant access to those little human beings who believe in magic. If you are lucky enough to be accepted into the Brounlie Wood Fairy World, you will be able to share their magic, dreams and happiness for the rest of your life. Once you enter this mystical world of the fairies you may meet the following entities as you walk through the woods: The Battle Fairy who frightens the Kuide (Naughty Fairies) by shining brightly at dusk. The ‘Light as a feather fairy’ The Swift Fairy Dancing Fairies Cloaked Fairies Mr Pallet the Woodsman The Wriggly Worm Mr Owl Sydney Squirrel Laurence the Woodpecker Ches Nutt – The Conker The Cray Brothers who live in the River Wiggle along with the mysterious Crok And many more magical creatures, some of which have never been seen as yet! Peter Bell NB. Brounlie Woods and all the fairies and woodland creatures are cared for by The Keene Family who live in Church Farm.

Dog Poo Plea A kind request on behalf of Ron Buckland, our local Farmer. Please pick-up and take home your dog waste if using the footpath from the Church grounds down to the footbridge and beyond towards Yetminster as cattle graze in these fields.

CHETNOLE with

Hamlet, Melbury Bubb & Stockwood

REP: Liz Tebbatt 873140 tebbatttowers@gmail.com DISTRIBUTOR: Stan Darley

A very warm Chetnole welcome goes to Jade and Tom Lloyd who moved from Sherborne into Old Barn Cottage recently. Jade’s granny Doreen and the family must be absolutely thrilled to have them so close by. Tess and Pete Betts, formerly of Old Barn Cottage, haven’t gone too far away – Hamlet – and we wish all of you many years of happiness in your new homes. Congratulations to Sarah and Andrew Geldard of Distant Hills on the safe arrival of their baby daughter Bethany, a little sister for Clara. Well done to all our riders and striders who took part in Dorset Historic Churches Trust’s annual fundraiser on 12 September. Gwen Adair has written about her cycle around our village churches and congratulations to Di and Dan Murphy who visited a magnificent eight churches on the day. Thanks very much for returning your survey forms, it’s been really interesting to read your views and heartwarming to receive such lovely comments about

our little mag. They have been passed to Kathryn our editor but it’s still not too late to post it through my letterbox if you still have it. We are now yet again having to comply with another set of Covid guidance to keep the virus at bay unfortunately and as the colder months approach and we spend more time indoors we will all have to be extra careful. Credit goes to Bev Welch and Debbie Knight who refuse to be outdone by Covid and have adapted their yoga and pilates sessions to ensure we continue to have an opportunity to keep fit in a local setting with friendly faces, to Maria and team at the Chetnole Inn, to St Peter’s church and to the Village Hall Committee for all doing their very best to provide and maintain the best services possible to our area, we really are lucky to have you. Things may change again no doubt but I’m sure we will all cope and get through this. Look after yourselves and enjoy the autumn colours this month. Liz Tebbatt 11

Di and Dan Murphy

2020 Ride and Stride for St Peters, Chetnole

Photo: Josie Mitchell

News from St Peter’s Church St Peter’s Harvest Service was on Sunday 27 September. Many thanks to all those who donated items for food banks – especially worthwhile this year. Tins, dry goods etc. were left in church on preceding Wednesdays and Sundays when the church was open; fresh produce was left in the porch on Saturday 26 September, when the flower ladies also left their arrangements to decorate the church. As always it looked beautiful! St Peter’s church annual meeting (APCM) will be held in church at 11:30 am on Sunday 4 October following the 10:30 communion service. Church remains open for private visits on Wednesdays and Sundays from 10am to 4pm, with safety measures in place. Aly Kozowyk 12

This year a number of riders and striders set off to raise funds for Dorset Historic Churches Trust on Saturday 12 September. This was my first Ride and Stride, but it won’t be my last. In previous years Richard Charrington has done much of the fund raising cycling around the Three Valleys Benefice but James Troup, Di and Dan Murphy and I from The Friends of St Peters also joined in this time. The Friends of St Peters had a number of fund-raising activities planned for this year which had to be postponed so this was a way The Friends could help with fundraising. The weather could not have been more perfect; sunny but not too hot as I set off from Leigh. I had a circular route in mind via Batcombe, Holnest Ready for the off

to Bishops Caundle and Lillington, Bradford Abbas and back to Chetnole. I was in some doubt as to how far I would get but thought about the story of the tortoise and the hare and decided to meander around at my own pace!

Hilfield (Gwen Adair)

Holwell (Gwen Adair)

I had a wonderful day. I visited churches I have never been to before and cycled through glorious countryside. I learned more about the local history of the area and saw the font where Sir Walter Raleigh’s son was christened in secret to avoid further displeasure from Elizabeth I. Holwell was a delight and I was told to look out for the oldest post box still in use in Britain at Barnes Cross. It was put up in 1865 and has a vertical slot. I did have to look it up on Google in the end as I managed to cycle past it without realising, ditto the medieval packhorse bridge below Bishops Caundle! Cycling around so many churches did bring home to me how small many of the communities are these days that support

the use of and fabric of the buildings. Organisations such as Dorset Historic Churches Trust are integral to the survival of many of these ancient buildings. It was fun checking the register to see which Chetnolian had been to a church ahead of me and I would like to say a big thank you to those communities who managed to man their church during the day. When you are riding solo it makes a big difference to have a friendly face to sign you in so well done Yetminster, Leigh, Chetnole, Caundle Marsh and Beer Hackett. Although Thornford was not manned, there was a lovely welcome Di and Dan Murphy there so a special mention to Thornford too. I highly recommend Ride and Stride; you can do as much or a little as you like, and it is a lovely way to visit areas that you might not normally. In addition, we have managed to raise more than £700 for the Trust and the maintenance of St Peters too. Most importantly a huge thank you to everyone who encouraged, supported and sponsored the riders and striders! Gwen Adair

LOGS

Tired of searching for a good source of dry logs that require stacking? Chetnole has the solution! For some years we have bought bagged logs at a discount. They come kiln dried in two sizes, suitable for all stoves/grates. Beautifully packed in large bags, they can be delivered to your log store in mid-November. The more bags we order, the better the discount per bag. Present price is £55 per bag but we would expect a discount off that. If you are interested or want further details, please phone Rosemary on 01935 872256 Rosemary Burden 13

Chetnole of the past Linda Carroll has provided these brilliant old photographs of our village – can you recognise where they are? I think most of us will spot the pub instantly! Liz Tebbatt

Andrew, Sarah and big sister Clara would like to introduce the new addition to their family. Bethany Geldard, born on Thursday 3 September at 3.02pm weighing 9lb 13oz. Sarah Geldard 14

HERMITAGE

REP: Keith Warren-Price keithwp@hotmail.com DISTRIBUTOR: Faith Hervey

St Mary’s Church: Welcome back into our church: St Mary’s Hermitage is open again for private prayer all day on Sundays and Wednesdays. Please observe our hygiene and social distancing precautions: If you sit in a pew, please choose one with a Prayer and Information Sheet and take it away with you [even if you aren’t going to read it!]: this enables the next visitor to choose a different pew. Our first service since lockdown is due to be held on Sunday 4 October: We are hoping to hold a Harvest Festival service at 3pm in the churchyard – if weather and Covid regulations permit. Please bring any harvest celebration items: flowers, fruit or any celebration of nature.

Miss Mabel Meech Makes a Memorable Moment: Miss Mabel Meech, 89 years young, visited St. Mary’s Church, Hermitage, on 9 September. She last visited some 70 years ago with her sister, Elizabeth, when she first learned to drive a car. They came to see where their uncle Joe had been married.

Joe Johnstone was born in 1891 and lived at Broadwindsor. He married May Durden who was living and working at Church Farm, Hermitage, where she was employed making cheese and butter. They would have married at St Mary’s between 1911 and 1920. On this occasion Mabel visited with her niece Susannah and husband David (pictured) who were staying with their friend Jocelyn Buck at Long Acre.

Ride and Stride: A glorious September day for Ride+Stride, clear and sunny but not too hot. Twelve riders/striders visited our church at Hermitage, including Geoff and Elizabeth Kenton (and Teazel), who walked with her sister Susan Ross between their homes at Hartley and Frankham. We lost the path at Hilfield, relished our lunch at Batcombe, nearly got stuck in the mud on the way to Melbury Bubb, enjoyed the views from Bubb Down Hill before descending to the tiniest church in Dorset at Stockwood, limped into our old ‘home church’ at Ryme – and then found that the cattle had escaped at Frankham!

The sisters and Teazel tackle the steps at Batcombe

Susan and Elizabeth at Hilfield

Village Hall Macmillan Coffee Morning Owing to the current Covid restrictions we are unable to have an event in the village hall. The committee will, instead, make a donation. As this is normally such an important event that raises so much money for a great cause, you may wish to make an added donation. If so, please put your envelope through Jan Prescott’s letterbox, she will pass it on. 20

LEIGH

REPS: Philippa Toulson philippa.toulson@gmail.com Eddie Upton upton.eddie@gmail.com DISTRIBUTOR: Judy Tuke

As we write this we have just had the news that the virus is on the increase and numbers of people who can safely gather together have been reduced. As a community we did well during the lockdown, keeping an eye on our neighbours and looking out for one another. We probably never stopped doing that anyway but it is certainly time to be extra mindful of people in our community who may need some help. The wonderful Leigh Life Line is still in operation and willing to help and support in any difficulty, not just Covid related. I am sure we will all echo Moragâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sentiment in thanking the Bridge Stores for always being there to help us all. No matter how tricky the last few months have been and the next few months are going to be, it is always good to have new people in the village and we would like to welcome Lorraine at Isles Cottage and Faith at Carpenters. Last month we said a sad farewell to Tessa Hill and wish her all the best in her new adventure in Milborne Port. Philippa Toulson & Eddie Upton

St Andrewâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Church, Leigh This month we celebrate one of the important days of the year. Our Harvest Service will be on 11 October. If we were to follow our normal pattern we would be serving lunch after the service but this year's service is now an evening one, at 6.00pm. This is a real time of celebration in the middle of so much worry and distress, so do come and join our family friendly service. Since we were able to restart services, we have been able to take maximum advantage of our churchyard, firstly by rejoicing in the wonderful display and range of wild flowers, and secondly by holding all of our services out of doors. The churchyard has now been strimmed and mown again and very soon we will have to move our services indoors again. Like all venues, we are obliged to observe appropriate social distancing, so you will be directed to your seat in the church. You can sit with your family but not your friend. This month we move to a revised pattern of services, with new times. 21

Please see how you feel about it after a couple of months and we will pass your thoughts on to the clergy team. The revised pattern is: 1st Sunday of the month Holy Communion at 9.00am 2nd Sunday Evensong at 6.00pm 3rd Sunday Holy Communion at 9.00am 4th Sunday Lay-led morning service at 10.30am It looks unlikely that we will be able to have our monthly Coffee Morning on Tuesday 6 October, but keep abreast of the news and let us hope that the latest set of emergency provisions don’t last for too long. Alaistair Cumming and Eddie Upton Churchwardens

Poised, ready to go …

Ride+Stride Angela and Colin Seabrook covered 12 miles and eight churches on foot and Alaistair made it round 25 churches and 55 miles on his bicycle to raise money for Dorset Historic Churches Trust. It is too early to say how much the kind folk of Leigh contributed but early totting up indicates more than £1000, half of

… and he’s off!

Alaistair Cumming ready for the off, with supporters

which will come back to our Church Fabric Fund for future maintenance. Thank you so much for your generosity. We were blessed with fine weather all day and it was so pleasant to be out on almost deserted roads, everyone happy though to pass warm greetings. Alaistair Cumming

Keeping busy during Lockdown Shortly after we were ‘locked-down’ I answered an appeal to make scrubs for the Yeatman Hospital, and was given fabric for one set, having downloaded, printed and put together (with seemingly miles of Sellotape) the pattern. I then heard about the West Dorset Scrubbers. They had just had a request for lots of Scrubs, bags & caps, so I made contact with the group and started sewing, making up old sheets etc into laundry bags. WDS then started sending me ready cut-out Scrubs sets to be made up. My total for WDS is 12 sets of Scrubs, 25 scrubs caps, 50 laundry bags and 60 headbands (buttoned to hook on facemask elastic. Just as WDS was winding down having fulfilled most of the requests for PPE, a friend in the village asked if I would make facemasks – that started a whole new venture for me. With many people, including the wonderful Captain Tom, raising money for the frontline workers, I realised that smaller animal charities were being sidelined. I decided that Ferne Animal Sanctuary (with whom I had catcontact some years ago) should be the ones to benefit. I sent the first £50 to them in the first week of May, and little by little my total increased until in the first week of September I have finally reached an amazing £2,000 which I would not have managed but for help from Brenda at Leigh village shop, and Hamish and Kate at Hamish’s Farm shop, who have generously given space for baskets of facemasks. Ferne Animal Sanctuary near Chard looks after 400+ animals & birds, some for rehoming and many for life – recently about 40 water voles were released into the areas around their ponds and hopefully will start to recolonised the

surrounding watercourses. It’s a great place to visit with walks through 70 acres of woodland, pond areas and animal enclosures, and seeing all the creatures they look after – and there’s a café and shop – a good family day-out. Thank you to all who have supported Ferne by buying facemasks from me – and now, back to the sewing room! Caroline Birdsell

Bridge Garage/Stores and Post Office During the months of lockdown, Bridge Garage has been a lifeline for many of us in the village. Brenda and Steve continued to serve the community in any way they could to keep life as near normal as possible, particularly for those of us who were advised to stay at home or who were nervous about venturing to the supermarkets in Sherborne which is as far as we were allowed to travel. When toilet paper ran out in the supermarkets, Brenda had it on her shelves. When hand sanitiser and TCP ran out even on line, Brenda had it in stock. When flour and yeast ran out Brenda had an amazing supply from Sue Fudge. Sue, with her background in 23

• Pay Bills and Top Up • National Lottery Ticket sales and prize payments

Alaistair Cumming is a COVID-secure customer

baking, found a supply from Shipton Mill and bagged it up in 1.5kg bags which Brenda sold in the shop. If you bought the flour then you were given some free yeast to go with it. Perhaps the best thing of all about the shop was (and remains) the large quantity of books which Brenda has organised into a small library for the use of anyone who was desperate for reading material during the long hours of being housebound. All you have to do is donate a book, pop it on the shelf and help yourself to one of your choice from the varied selection available. If you don’t have a book to donate then it is just 50p for a book and then you can return that one and get the next one for nothing. Personally I read many books from there and discovered some new authors as well. The post office is also a very valuable and useful asset particularly in these days when Banks are closing at an alarming rate. Here are the services she provides: • Cheque Deposits • Post office Card Account Withdrawals • Order foreign currency 24

Steve carries out MOTs as well as all motor repairs, not to mention fixing the wheel on my wheelbarrow when I got a puncture! We are so lucky to have Brenda and Steve and the Pandemic has shown us how very important to the village they are. We must use them or lose them and never take for granted that they will always be there. Thank you Brenda and Steve. Morag Orchard

Steve outside the Bridge Garage

Annual Poppy appeal collection Leigh, Batcombe, Hilfield and Hermitage At about this time of year, I normally recharge and distribute some 15 Royal British Legion collection boxes, so that an ever-faithful group of local volunteers can call on you at your home to offer you a poppy, in exchange for a donation to the RBL who do so much to support those badly injured in the armed service of their country. Our parishes have always been extraordinarily generous, donating around £1,200 each year via our local collectors. Sadly however, the RBL hierarchy has decided that doing door-todoor collection is too high risk while the dreaded Covid 19 still stalks the land. So there will be nobody calling personally at your door this year. However, poppies will I hope be available in the Leigh Village Stores – but at the moment, RBL have forbidden us even placing such a box as this. So quite what will transpire come the beginning of November I do not yet know.

In tandem with the above house to house local effort, I normally organise a talk in Leigh’s Village Hall with proceeds (usually about £800) adding to the sum raised in our parishes. However, conscious of the age of most who attend and with any such gatherings now severely limited (at the time of writing), I’ve very regrettably decided to cancel this event for this year. I’m particularly sorry to have had to do this, as I had Admiral Sir George Zambellas, known personally to many of us as a long-term resident of Leigh until he went over to the other side (of the A352!), lined up to give the talk. I’m sure you will appreciate however that I did not want to expend such high calibre ordinance with the real risk of a rather empty hall. But with a bit of luck, he’ll be available to do us proud for next year. Hopefully by then we will all have access to an effective inoculation, so that normal service can be resumed. In the meantime, I hope you all stay fit and healthy, free from any ailments – of whatever variety. Alan Bennett 25

Leigh Parish Council update Despite the ongoing Covid-19 restrictions, Leigh PC has continued to meet as scheduled (dates are published on the village website and in this magazine), albeit ‘virtually’ courtesy of Zoom. Should this continue to be necessary for PC meetings over the winter, residents and members of the public are welcome to witness all meetings by notifying the parish clerk (leigh@dorset-aptc.gov.uk) 48 hours prior to the event. An e-invitation will then be sent to you so that you can electronically join the meeting. As ever, agenda and minutes are available on the village website (leighvillage.org.uk/ parish-council/documents). It has been good to see people enjoying the Village Green. The associated gates and fencing are now complete, and a litter bin installed at the gate nearest the Church (and there is another at the start of the Village Hall driveway). As well as normal litter, the bins may also be used for disposing of suitably bagged dog waste; if the co-located bag dispensers are empty, please let the parish clerk know. While on the subject of bins, there is now also another opposite the Village Stores. Please do all you can to keep our village tidy – and encourage others to do the same. The playpark was reopened in July, as soon as regulations permitted. Long may that last! The next development is to establish a slide on the mound. The PC remains extremely grateful to Graham Fudge, Gordon Morris, Les Wallis and Bill Jolliffe for progressing work on the restoration of the parish’s finger posts. This is a much bigger job than it might appear at first sight; the work is being undertaken with input 26

from Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, in order that the end product is in keeping with traditional style. The two posts in the worst condition (Totnell Corner and Leigh Cross) will be the first to benefit; thereafter, others will be programmed for attention. If you feel you’d also like to assist, please contact the parish clerk. Alan Bennett

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR SEPTEMBER WINNERS. If you would like to take part, please contact: Julian Turnbull on 01935 873846 or Alastair Cumming on 01935 872401. It is only £1 per month

Winners for the September draw:

1st 2nd 3rd 4th

No 19 No 101 No 25 No 74

J.Dixon M. Stilitano R. Taylor S.Walsh

£40 £20 £10 £5

Wilson 872982 gml.wilson@btinternet.com RYME INTRINSECA REP: Gilly DISTRIBUTOR: Clive & Cindee Taylor 872463

Sadly James, Courtney & Amelia Maunder have left us from Chutters Barn for pastures new nr Axminster. They will be greatly missed, but now we welcome Graham & Charlotte Seaholme to Chutters Barn. Graham works from home in computer software & Charlotte works in a school for autistic children â&#x20AC;&#x201C; they have moved further inland from the New Forest with thier two Boston Terriers Betty & Wilma. Welcome, hope they will be very happy in Ryme. SUNDAY 4 OCTOBER 12.00 noon. we are having a small Harvest Celebration, outside in fresh air with plenty of social distancing. Dogs more

than welcome on leads. Meet in the yard next to church at 12.00. Mike will email more details as plans progress. We are also going to have a zoom Village Meeting on Thursday 22 October at 7.00pm. Watch for Mike's emails. Hopefully by the time you read this the newly refurbished finger post should be in place on the triangle. Many thanks to Sue Footner whose brain child it was but also a big thank you to all the others that played a part in the actual work, I am sure it will be very smart. Don't forget to return the surveys from last month's magazine to me please. Gilly Wilson 31

YETMINSTER

REP: John Ferretter john.ferretter@cloud.com 873812

and paths of today’s Yetminster I came across another dog walker picking up the you know what. However it was not the deposits of her own dog. She was clearing up after other careless dog owners. While I have every admiration for this lady’s community spirit, isn’t it a shame that she had to do such a thing? Come on you anti-social dog owners have sense of pride in the village. Bag it and bin it, as the notices say. If you haven’t completed it yet, don’t forget the Neighbourhood Plan Survey. You have till 19 October to submit your views. The Government is looking at Planning laws again but approved neighbourhood plans will be taken into consideration. This survey is a vital step on the path to approval.

St. Andrew’s clock tower

Stepping out into Church Street on early mornings has been like stepping through a time warp. The tap, tap, tapping of metal against stone coming from the tower of St. Andrew’s Church – often the only sound to be heard – must be how it was in the Middle Ages when churches could take a hundred years to build. A stonemason quite literally could have a job for life. Looking up at the tower one could imagine the scaffolding of wooden poles secured with ropes. No metal secured with clamps. No visi-vests. No hard hats. No health and safety: if you fell off or were hit by falling masonry it would have been “the will of God”. One morning someone turned on a power tool and the fantasy disappeared. Back in the real world of the roads 32

David Torrance is standing down from the Parish Council. (It’s hidden there in the report on p.34.) He has done sterling work over the years for the

community both as councillor and Chair. His departure should not pass without a sincere thank you for all that hard work. Quite by co-incidence I too am stepping down – not from the council(!) but from this post as Yetminster Rep for the Wriggle Valley Magazine. I have really enjoyed writing this piece. Your feedback via phone, email or just stopping me is the street has been terrific. But now it’s time to pass on the baton. Taking over from next month will be Graham and Michaela Plaice. So it’s goodbye from me, and hello to Graham and Michaela (contactable on 01935 872921 or gplaice@gmail.com) John Ferretter

Don’t forget that details of the consultation process and the Plan itself are available online at yrinp.net and at yetminsterparishes.gov.uk. As we don’t all have access to the internet, or if you are unable to get to any of the above for some reason, then please contact Jodie Carter, the Parish Clerk ( tel: 01935 83915 email: yetminster@dorset-aptc. gov.uk) and we will arrange for a copy of the plan to be sent to you on loan although numbers are limited due to the need to quarantine the documents on their return. YRIPC NP Working Group The Consultation started on 7 September and lasts until 19 October so please respond as soon as you can

Yetminster & Ryme Intrinseca Parish Council The Yetminster & Ryme Intrinseca Neighbourhood Plan TIME IS RUNNING OUT! Hopefully, you will have recieved the consultation pack and have either read and already commented on the plan, or are about to, as it is essential that we get it right and we need your feedback to do this! Please use the online questionnaire at surveymonkey.co.uk/r/YRINP-Reg14 if you do not feel confident in using this then you can also use the paper copy of the form in your pack which you can complete and “post” back to us using one of our four posting boxes. Should you not have received the consultation “pack” then please contact the Clerk to the Council and you will be sent one – tel: 01935 83915 email: yetminster@dorset-aptc.gov.uk

Chairman's Notes – September Meeting This was a busy and important meeting and it was good to have several members of the community in attendance. DC Councillor Penfold provided a helpful update which included the intention by Dorset Council to purchase and install a number of electric vehicle charging points. The need for these is something that is identified and encouraged within the Neighbourhood Plan both for new and existing developments and it is reassuring that we appear to be on the right track with this. We are awaiting a date for the installation of the refurbished Ryme Intrinseca signpost and we have placed the order for the replacement of the fencing to Boyles path. We are also awaiting delivery of the new allotment notice board so that we can better communicate with the allotment holders 33

and are in discussion with the Friends of Yetminster Station over signage to emphasise where the station is. The path from the railway bridge to the Millennium Woods is in poor condition and we are also looking at how this can be improved as we have been granted funding from Dorset Council. Central government is proposing changes to the planning system based on a new three categories zonal approach â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Growth areas suitable for substantial development, Renewal areas suitable for development, and areas that are Protected. The White Paper recognises that Neighbourhood Plans should be retained as an important means of community input and it is clearly important that we get ours approved so do please read the plan and let us have your comments before 19 October. Following the audit of the Councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s finances for 2019/2020 it is proposed that the Financial Subgroup meet with the Clerk / RFO as a matter of urgency to review this and propose a plan of action to include regular joint reviews and approvals and for this to be brought to the next meeting. We were able to agree the cost of the installation of two new notice boards for Yetminster and the relocation of the existing board to Ryme Intrinseca the intention being that one of the boards in each village will be available to the community and the necessary permissions are now being sought. The Hamcrate Working Group will be meeting to review and implement the results of the recent survey of the Allotment Holders and we have taken on board a suggestion to invite an allotment user to join the working group and will be seeking nominees for this. Having been a councillor for a number 34

of years I have decided to stand down from Council duties and we have elected Cllr Perlejewski as Chairman and he will be assisted by Cllr Hughes as Vice Chairman. Both are experienced Councillors and I am sure that the Parish Council will only benefit from their new roles. Because of his involvement with the Hamcrate Community Sports Club the new Chairman will not be involved in decisions relating to the Club and Sports field although his views as the tenant are obviously likely to be sought. We have had several enquiries about the possibility of utilising the Community Asset procedure should the circumstances with the White Hart change. Having spoken to the planning department at Dorset Council we appear to have received conflicting advice on these which we are endeavouring to clarify, and we will obviously want to discuss any changes with the owners. We continue to receive feedback on the footpaths for which we are grateful, and we hope to meet the Highways Officer informally to discuss the need for signs to alert drivers to potential horse riders. I would like to thank everyone for their enthusiasm, help and support over the last year and express best wishes to the new Chairman, Vice Chairman and the members and the Clerk for the future. David Torrance Outgoing Chairman YRIPC

October at St Andrews..... and Harvest time! How fast the year flies by! October brings in the Harvest and a carnival of colour. Our Harvest Sunday service will now take place on Sunday 18 October at 10.30am. This may well be outside, weather permitting, with more updates to follow in the weekly round robins. October hopefully restarts our regular weekly service schedules, see page.... and also on the website at threevalleysteam.org. At St Andrews this will be as follows: 1st Sunday 10.30 am HC 2nd Sunday 09.00 am HC (BCP) 09.30 am approx, Breakfast 10.00 am Second Sunday Worship 3rd Sunday 10.30 am HC 4th Sunday 10.30 am HC (CW) Please note it is now a legal requirement to wear a face mask in church, however if you have a medical condition which exempts you, just let the Sidesmen know as you come in. We are also required to keep a list of those attending for 21 days, so please let us know beforehand if you are planning on attending. Hopefully these rules and regs won’t last for ever. After each service the church will be closed for three days for cleaning; details for personal prayer will be updated in the weekly round robin. Looking ahead: our Remembrance Sunday service will be held on Sunday 8 November. This will be held outside, possibly in the Hall car park, to accommodate numbers with social distancing rules, so do bring warm coats and brollies!

Carols at St Andrews..... keep the date: Sunday 13 December at 4.30pm As always we are indebted to the help given so willingly by so many volunteers, many of whom are reaching retirement age and well beyond! We always need younger arms, backs and brains, so please let me know if you can offer your help, inside or outside the church or by joining us on the PCC. With my best wishes, Churchwarden Clare churchwarden.yet@gmail.com

St Andrew’s CE Primary School Happily, all children and staff returned to school at the beginning of September for a new academic year. For many children this was the first time they had seen their friends and teachers in a long time. We are currently focused on settling the children back into their daily routine and supporting where they feel anxious or worried.

It is very difficult for school leaders, at the moment who are trying to make informed decisions on a daily basis. Unfortunately, the guidance from the ‘Department for Education’ is conflicting and therefore, unhelpful. At this time of 35

the year, many children have mild colds and sniffles – I worry that the absence rates will be very high because parents are worried that their children may have COVID-19 and keep them at home. Many colleagues share that they feel a significant responsibility to keep all children and staff safe and well in very uncertain times.

The Big Hug Over the summer term, work continued on The Big Hug, which is now in full bloom. The outdoor tables are now complete and the pond is occupied by a variety of little beasties. We received some very helpful material from Malcom Wemyss, a resident of Yetminster who is a butterfly expert. Malcom very kindly visited the site and produced a report for the school. He also produced a butterfly watch guide for the children to use when they are in the Hug. It will be very interesting to see if there is an increase in the number of visiting butterflies because of the Hug. I would like to thank Malcom for volunteering and contributing his time and expertise.

On Sunday 11 October, we are hoping to host the ‘Second Sunday’ worship in the school hall. If you would like to attend the worship, please contact Rev George Moody on the Three Valleys Benefice website. It would be lovely if some of our children were able to participate in the worship with the wider community. Many Blessings Julie Simpson

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We received a very generous donation from Mrs Tessa Hill to buy a fruit tree for the Hug. I would like to thank Tessa for her ongoing support for the project and for taking such an interest in our school. 36

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St Andrew’s Bells and Clock St Andrew’s has an ancient ring of five bells, with the largest, the Tenor, weighing in at about 19 cwt (965 kg). A final bell to complete a ring of six, the Treble weighing in at about 6cwt (305 kg), was added in 1937. The bells are located in the bell chamber just below the tower roof, the louvred windows allowing the sound to come out. They are rung from the chamber above the vestry and like all instruments, they need to be played regularly so as well as an enthusiastic (if small) band of local ringers, the tower is used by visiting bands. The oldest bell is pre-Reformation. The church tower dates from about 1470, so could this have been the original bell that called people to mass? It always amazes to think how a piece of metal about a metre in diameter and weighing half a ton could be made, transported and lifted into place 15m or so in the air. Not so easy today, but then, without any modern equipment, it must have been a real mission. And it’s still there and doing its job 500 or so years later.

The tuning of the 3rd and 4th bells seem to give a real dissonance! St Andrew’s clock was made by Thomas Bartholomew in 1682 and was one of the first that he made. In about 1670, he had set up business in Sherborne as a clockmaker, whitesmith and blacksmith. The first records of the family appear in the Sherborne church records for 1674 with the baptism of Thomas, son of Thomas and Anne. Thomas and Anne, had a large family – 19 children. They continued as clockmakers in Sherborne for three or four generations; the last was Josiah who died in 1792. Thomas’ name is commemorated on a small brass plate attached to the clock, along with the names of the three churchwardens who commissioned him to make it, the rather wonderfully spelt Binjamin Coomes, Thomas Stone and appropriately named William Bishop. The clock was made by hand, all the gears and wheels would have been planned, marked out and cut by hand in Thomas’ workshop (remember he was also a blacksmith !) but he set his new

St Andrew’s Bells Weight UK Bell

Tuned

Treble

2nd

Diameter ft : in

2’7”

78.7

1937

Cast 6.0.18 305 7.2.0

356 2’10”

86.4

1610

8.1.0

407 2’11”

90.2

1595

4th

10.2.0 509

3’2”

97.2

Pre 1540

5th

14.3.0 713

3’6”

107.9

Tenor

19.0.0 965 3’11” 120.7

Notes

1665 Recast 1889 1608 For comparison, the Tenor bell in Sherborne Abbey weighs about 2350kg. It takes four beefy ringers to raise the bell from rest

creation into a frame from a much earlier clock from around 1600. There are no records to show whether this earlier clock was in Yetminster tower if it was or obtained from elsewhere. Due to its age, the old frame would probably have held a verge and foliot movement as the much more accurate pendulum movement invented by Christopher Huygens was not around till about 1656. Despite the turbulent times in England in the 17th century, it is remarkable how new cutting-edge clock technology from the Netherlands caught on so rapidly, but by 1682, Thomas Bartholomew, was able to use it for Yetminster and to make a clock so well that it is still working satisfactorily nearly 350 years later. The old frame of around 1600 is finely decorated and proportioned and its joints accurately constructed to give it the rigidity required for the clock to work accurately. Thomas Bartholomew added relatively heavy straps to the frame to support the weighty mechanism, secured by hand-made nuts and bolts.

Note the church clock has no face

the clock was restored, they were hand wound daily by the Sexton with a large key, rather like a lock gate key. This must have been a real chore, extremely heavy work to lift the lead weights on ropes from the church floor below, having first had to climb 57 steps up the spiral staircase! Nowadays, the clock guardians have it easy, the weights are raised by electric motors although they still have to climb the stairs. The motors sometimes have a mind of their own, and not being mechanical, there is little the guardians can do if they go wrong other than phone the maintenance firm in London. There is also the chiming apparatus, the carillon, operating on five of the bells through a system of wires and pulleys which plays the National Anthem at 3, 6, 9 and 12 o’ clock (at night as well!)

Rather old photograph of the 1682 clock. You can see the winding mechanisms and where the winding key fitted

There are two trains, “the going motion”, controlled by the pendulum and “the strike”; which triggers the chiming mechanism. These mechanisms are driven by weights and until 1986 when 38

The carillon mechanism. You can see the pins that engage the levers. These are linked to the bells through a series of wires and pulleys

It was added in 1897 to celebrate Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee. There may have been some kind of carillon before this, maybe made of wood, similar to the one at East Coker, as the mechanism that triggers the carillon appears very much to be a part of the 1682 clock. There is no record of what it played though. The inscription plate records that it was gifted by Arthur Williams of Hill House but does not mention a ‘replacement’ so if indeed there had been a previous carillon, it may have fallen into disrepair. ‘God Save The King’ was a patriotic song first publicly performed in London in 1745, which came to be known as the National Anthem at the beginning of the nineteenth century. In September 1745 the ‘Young Pretender’ to the British throne, Charles Edward Stuart, defeated George II’s army at Prestonpans, near Edinburgh and in a fit of patriotic fervour after the news had reached London, the leader of the band at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, arranged ‘God Save The King’ for performance after a play. It was a tremendous success and was repeated nightly and the practice soon spread to other theatres, and the custom of greeting monarchs with the song as he or she entered a place of public entertainment was thus established. There is no authorised version of the National Anthem as the words are a matter of tradition. Additional verses have been added down the years, but these are rarely used. The manufacturers were clever to fit the tune onto only five bells and when you listen, you can spot where the tune has been altered slightly to fit the notes available. The tune has been borrowed extensively, and around 140 composers including Beethoven, Haydn and Brahms, have used it in their compositions.

But more locally, apparently according to legend, one day, Bob Walker, the then Yetminster and Sherborne town crier moved into a cottage near the church and having had a long day was about to go to bed when the National Anthem struck up. “Good God,” he said, “do I have to stand to attention every night before I go to bed ?” Two village volunteers help maintain the clock - presently it gains about 10 seconds a day although this can vary a bit with the weather and the state of the barometer (and seemingly whether there’s an ‘r’ in the month). The clock can be regulated by altering the length of the pendulum, but it is a very coarse adjustment and we don’t think 10 seconds a day is bad after 340 years ! Brian Rowsell and Geoff Goater We are indebted to the notes about the clock in the Trebles Going series by Gordon Rendell for much of the information.

Coffee and cake Many thanks to everybody that supported the reopening of coffee and cake in September it was a great success and enjoyed by everyone who attended. We look forward to seeing you all again on Wednesday 7 October 10am–12noon when we will be raising money for Macmillan and running a raffle too. If you would like to donate a

prize we would be very grateful but will need these in advance so please get in contact with Angela on 07455102247 to arrange drop off. Unfortunately we will be unable to accept any prizes given

in on the day due to COVID guidelines. Thank you once again for your continued support. Grace Barnett and Angela Alston

Brownies and Rainbows Are Back! We are delighted to say that Rainbows & Brownies will be able to meet again indoors from the 24 September 2020, subject to arrangements with the Jubilee Hall and meeting the Government and England National Youth Agency criteria for youth organisations. Numbers are limited to 15 young members plus an appropriate number of leaders and it has been confirmed that the new limit of six will not apply to youth organisations. We will initially operate each unit on alternate weeks – giving ourselves a chance to make sure we have everything in place to operate safely. We normally meet in Yetminster on Thursday evenings 40

during term time between 5.45 and 7 pm. If your daughter is aged between five and seven we would be delighted to welcome her into our Rainbow unit; and if she is aged between seven and 10, she would go to the Brownies. Just at the moment, while numbers are more limited than normal, there may be a short waiting list. However, spaces will come available and when restrictions are lifted, we will be able to take our normal numbers, so if you think your daughter would like to join us please get in touch. For both units and other options in the Sherborne area – please go to www. girlguiding.org.uk and click on Information for Parents, Register your Daughter.

Caroline Cornelius Rainbow and Brownie Leader

Congratulations Tilly Gets Gold (Again!) At the beginning of September, we held a Backwoods Cooking and Whittling Day in the woods and were very very pleased to surprise one of our Guides, Tilly, with the presentation of her Guide Gold Award by our North Dorset Division Commissioner, Sarah Fricker.

The Gold Award is the highest award achievable in the Guide section and although Tilly completed her award shortly before the lockdown, sadly plans for a big celebration are on hold. Tilly has also completed her Chief Scout’s Gold Award as a member of Yetminster Scouts – a fantastic achievement for which she worked really hard and showed dedication to both organisations – we are really proud of her! Meanwhile, back in the woods…. The Guides tried whittling carrot whistles – there was no waste as they made a great snack! A rather more tricky task was cutting the wood and whittling the parts for the three legged stool shown

here. Massive thanks to our Brownie leader Fiona for helping with this activity. And the baked beans on that plate are not Heinz – the girls had to make up their own recipes and cook without normal utensils. One of the Guides made her very own baked beans from scratch using haricot beans and a number of other secret ingredients; she cooked them in one of the empty tins over the fire and accompanied them with a chicken and vegetable kebab using a whittled hazel ‘kebab stick’. Her friend made baked salmon with avocado. All followed by a banana split cooked in foil in the embers …better than a packed lunch any day. If you daughter would like to join in the fun, we have a few spaces in both Guide (aged 10–14) and Ranger (aged 14–18) sections and would be delighted to welcome new members – please go to www.girlguiding.org.uk and click on Information for Parents, Register your Daughter, for details of these units and others in the Sherborne area. Angela Orton Guide and Ranger Leader 41

OTHER NEWS Hedgerow Jelly (Morag Orchard) Ingredients 1 kg. crab apples or Bramleys 250g blackberries 250g sloes or damsons 250g elderberries or rowan berries 125g hawthorn berries (haws) 125g rosehips (wild or cultivated) 2ltrs cold water Cane granulated sugar (fair trade) Directions • Rinse and chunk the apples. Do not peel or core. • Strip the berries from their stalks • Put the fruit in a preserving pan and add 2 litres of water.

• Bring pan to boil, turn down the heat and simmer for about an hour until fruit is mushy. You can mash it in the pan with a potato masher at this stage. • Strain the pulp through a muslin and leave it to drip through slowly overnight preferably. Do not squeeze it through at any stage or it will go cloudy. • Measure the juice and return to clean preserving pan. Bring to boiling point then turn heat down to half. Add 500g warmed sugar to each 500ml juice and stir until completely dissolved. Bring back to the boil and boil steadily until setting point is reached. This should be checked after five minutes as this is all it may take to reach setting point.

STOP PRESS It is with much regret

• To find setting point you can put a little juice on a cold saucer in the fridge and see if it wrinkles after a few minutes or you can dip a wooden spoon in the juice and turn it in the air for 20 seconds and see if it drips or flakes off the spoon (this is my preferred method). If it forms flakes then it is ready. • Skim off the scum. I use a small strainer to scoop most of it up. A small knob of butter added helps to clear the surface. • Pot into warm sterilised jars (pop them in the oven to warm while you are making the jelly and they should be sterile) and cover with a wax disc (you can dip it in vodka or whisky if you like which will keep the mould away) Cover with a lid when cold and label. • This is my basic recipe but if you cannot find any of the above ingredients then just make up with more of some of the others. I often find that the elderberries ripen before the other fruits so it pays to pick them and pop them in the freezer ready for use when the others are ripe.

that I have to announce that the house to house collections in respect of the 2020 Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal have been cancelled, falling victim to the Covid 19 pandemic. Collecting boxes will be placed as usual in local shops and pubs, St Andrews School and the Yetminster medical centre. If anyone who normally makes a donation would like to do please contact me or, in Chetnole, David Dixon and Roger Excell in Ryme for details. Aubone Pyke PAO for Yetminster, Chetnole and Ryme Intrinseca.

Wriggle Valley Womens Group Hope you have all had a good lockdown and have kept fit and healthy. As we are more than six from different households we will be unable to meet together until the new year – this will be with a bit of luck and a good prevailing wind! This is all rather sad but we must all keep healthy and look forward to new beginnings in 2021. Keep safe and stay healthy Best wishes Ruth Sanford

LOOKING FOR BUSINESS ROOMS TO RENT IN YETMINSTER? Re-letting the old Schoolroom, BOYLES SCHOOL The School room, previously The Flying Pig • Size is approx 285 sq feet overall • Has separate electric supply with adequate power sockets etc. • Has mains water, telephone line • access to attached modern toilet block and facilities. • Ideal as office space or small studio/workshop. • Comes with two allocated parking spaces • All applicants should contact Malcolm Wills Chairman of Boyles Educational Foundation on 01935 873000 to register interest

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IN GOOD COMPANY – D J Chutter Ltd. workforce to about 13 men and one person in the office Gunville Lane. He built longstanding relationships with clients: his work on Corton Denham Manor continued on and off for 20 years, with Sir Lindsay Alexander placing such trust in David’s work that he commented, “We don’t really need a surveyor for this.” D J Chutter is also Bradford’s oldest account and David Chutter with his two sons and his father, together with Les Wallis David says they have never Hermitage-based building services and once missed a payment. Mark joined the business in 1982 and joinery business, D J Chutter Ltd, is celebrating its 60th anniversary. It was now runs the day to day operations and founded on simple values that hold contracts. With 20 full time employees true today – good quality work at fair as well as sub-contractors,they regularly work alongside architects honest prices. and designers. They are David Chutter was born proud that a lot of their in Hermitage and went business comes by ‘word of to Boyles Boys School in mouth’ and repeat clients. Yetminster. Finishing his The Company also belongs education aged 14, he to the Federation of Master worked at the Sherborne Builders. Castle Estate as an David decided to slow apprentice joiner, alongside down in 2000 although, a young Les Wallis. After at 89, he is not retired and his National Service with looks in on the office from the air force, David returned to the Estate but, in 1960, time to time. And Joyce still married with two young David on the motorcycle he reminds Mark that she owns had when he met Joyce sons, he decided to set up 3/5ths of the business. on his own. It was a bold move. David David and Joyce continue to live in had £20 and his wife, Joyce, had £30, Hermitage, in a house that he designed enough to feed the family for a month. and built when he was 60. It is one of They put it into the business. his proudest achievements. Initially with his father, and Les Wallis Congratulations to D J Chutter and working in the evenings making the looking forward to the next 60 years! joinery, David gradually increased the Kathryn Edwards 49

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LAWRENCE’S WOMEN IN LOVE WAS PUBLISHED 100 YEARS AGO. WHY READ IT TODAY? Written at a time of violent social and political upheaval, Women in Love continued to explore ideas found in the autobiographical Sons and Lovers (1913). Lawrence was persuaded to divide into two his original concept of ‘The Sisters’, an ambitious, 900 page novel ranging over three generations of the Brangwen family. Women in Love (1920) evolved as the sequel to The Rainbow, published in 1915 and immediately banned for alleged obscenity (suggestions of same sex relationships) or for anti- militarism, or perhaps a combination of the two. The Rainbow introduces us to Tom Brangwen, a farmer, and records his troubled courting of and marriage to a Polish widow, Lydia. Her daughter Anna later marries William, the son of Tom’s brother and it is their daughter, Ursula, who becomes the focus of the book, dealing with her love affairs, first with a soldier, Anton Skrebensky, and then with a local teacher, Winifred Inger. Women in Love continues the story of Ursula and her younger sister Gudrun, now free thinking schoolteachers set in a relatively comfortable middle class milieu. It explores Ursula’s relationship with Rupert Birkin (a partly autobiographical character) and Gudrun’s

with the troubled and repressed Gerald Cricht, son of the wealthy local mine owner. Whereas, tonally, The Rainbow is poetic and soulful, Women in Love, the more expansive and peripatetic novel, is more social and wordly.

Lawrence: smoking jacket, smouldering prose..

What still resonates today is his masterly handling of human conflict: between men and women; between powers - Birkin’s (Lawrence’s) disillusionment can be better understood when the devastation of WW1 is taken into account; between corporatism and workforce; between organized religion and individualism; and, dominantly, between classes: the aristocratic, the middle, the bohemian and the working. Lawrence was once described by one biographer as a man who made a religion out of his emotions. It’s perhaps fairer to say he made conflicting emotions into an art.

Lawrence’s novels and some of his essays and poetry are available in Penguin

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600 NEW BOOKS APPEARED LAST MONTH! HERE’S 5 OF THE BEST Raynor Winn: The Wild Silence Michael Joseph 14.99. The follow up to the Costa-shortlisted ‘The Salt Path’. Along with more visits to the Lake District, the Peak District, and Skye, Winn touchingly records how she and her degeneratively ill husband Moth take on a free farm tenancy. Helen Macdonald: Vesper Flights Jonathan Cape 16.99 A Radio 4 Book of the Week. Macdonald, a Samuel Johnson Prize and Costa Book of the Year award winner with ‘H is for Hawk’, delivers a triumphant blending of observation and poignant memory.

What’s in a name? A series on the origin of Wriggle Valley Village Names Number 1. Melbury Bubb Melbury derives from the Old English 'maele' and 'burh,' an approximate meaning is 'many coloured fortified place,’ suggesting a site for defence in battles fought long ago. The manorial addition of Bubb, to distinguish this Melbury from Melburys Osmond and Sampford, is thought to come from either the Lords of the Manor in mediaeval times or a Saxon named Bubba, who lived there prior to the Norman Conquest.

Hilary Mantel: Mantel Pieces, Harper Collins £16.99. Is Mantel now too ubiquitous to have on your bookshelf? Not on the evidence of this decade-spanning collection of reviews, essays and memoir. Insightful, irrestibly witty writing. Richard Osman - Thursday Murder Club Viking £14.99. The TV quiz-meister’s debut book has been garlanded with 5 star reviews. Strewn with witty one liners, four octogenarian friends turn sleuths to solve a murder. Cunningly constructed and funny throughout. William Dalrymple: The Anarchy The Relentless Rise of the East India Company Bloomsbury £10.99. This brilliant ‘Times History Book of the Year’ is now out in paperback. The East India Company’s mercenary rise to power makes the modern day antics of Trump and Bolsonaro seem benign. The Rural Reader 54

A misty Melbury Bubb

pic:Jennie Greenwood

It has been suggested that the carvings on the font of St Mary (15th/19th C) in Melbury Bubb are upside down. Not so, they are the right way up. It’s the font that’s upside down, being an upturned Saxon cross. A fact which has been known to nonpluss the odd specialist writer on matters architectural.

POGLES WOOD EXPLORERS

September seems to have passed in the blink of an eye! We painted, cut grass and started on our usual autumn jobs. Although everything is a bit uncertain I am hoping to run holiday club from Tuesday 27 to Friday 30 October (Slight change to the dates in last month’s magazine – sorry). It seems likely we will just have groups of 6 children again so do please book in advance. For this reason I’m afraid I have had to put the price up to £20 per session and I hope this does not cause anyone any particular hardship.

I had hoped to restart sessions for pre school children and hold some Saturday woodland craft sessions for primary aged children but it is hard to be sure about what is sensible at the moment so have not fixed any dates. Please keep an eye on the Facebook page where it is easier to respond to changes in the virus situation. Philippa Toulson philippa.toulson@gmail.com Facebook: Pogles Wood Explorers 55

CHURCH NEWS From Yetminster Methodist Church Hello What a beautiful day it was last Sunday 13 September when I drove across to Yetminster Methodist Church to conduct the first service in the building since March. And it was Harvest Festival! Sue had cleaned and decorated the church and June had placed a beautiful arrangement of flowers at the front of church. The weather was kind and we were able to chat outside socially distanced of course. Above all we could be together and share in worship to celebrate the Harvest being safely gathered in. I even followed a tractor to come to church.

Our Church communities Cornwall being my favourite county, I reminded the congregation that the modern British tradition of celebrating Harvest Festival in churches began in 1843 when Rev’d Robert Hawker invited parishioners to a thanksgiving service in Morwenstow. We read, and lamented that we could not sing, Come Ye thankful People Come and We Plough the Fields and Scatter. We explored the parable of the rich young fool who when he had a bumper crop had nowhere to store his crop, so he tore down his barns and built bigger ones. Logical the capitalist in you might say, but what about the poor? Perhaps it was the gloating statement the rich man made afterwards Jesus objected to as the man said to himself, ‘You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.’ You fool says Jesus, what is the point for tonight you will die and what will all your big barns mean then? Verse 14 says, ‘A man’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.’ No one ever said on their death bed they wished that they had spent more time at work. My friend died too soon shortly after her 40th birthday. Experiences and relationships, she said, that is what is important. When we talk of those who have died, we don’t talk about how much money they made, we remember their generosity of spirit, how they acted and interacted with family, friends and the world what their values were. That is what endures to the second and third generations in a family. What should the rich man have done when he had his bumper crop?

Jesus does not say specifically in this passage but throughout scripture we are encouraged to think about the poor, those in need. I am not saying we package up our extra grain and hire a boat to ship it around the world to those who struggle. Although that is sometimes required, the saying give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime means what is more important is using our resources effectively to enable those in need not just to survive but to thrive. All we need is the Methodist relief and development charity. Their present campaign is to provide bicycles to those who need them and there are great videos on their website of the transformation this have brought for example enabling one girl who has a desire to be a nurse, to get to school. Have a look at www. allwecan.org.uk Services in the Methodist Chapel in October are currently planned to be on Sunday 11th and Sunday 25th at 10.30am. Although this is subject to change by the pandemic! May God richly pour out his blessing and provision to you this harvest season. Rev’d Kate Konrad

Harvest Celebrations this year might be down, but not out!! It might not have escaped your attention when I say that any Harvest Celebration that we hold this year will be different. It has to be due to that well-worn phrase, Covid-19! Perhaps the main thing that comes to your mind when we think of Harvest Celebration is the supper. Entering the village hall or even in a farm building and seeing the tables absolutely groaning

with food. Food of every different type, a cooked meal or even a buffet washed down with liberal amounts of homeproduced cider or beer! A good time that everyone enjoys immensely. I know churches where there were far more folk attending the supper than ever attended church. Oh the nostalgia. So what are we really celebrating? It strikes me that both the Service in church and the supper both need celebrating and for God providing all! But who actually provided the food? No, I don’t necessarily mean Mrs Piper who cooked a large meat and potato pie, or Mrs Bramley who gave two apple pies and her daughter Daisy, who gave all the cream to put on them. No, I mean who actually physically provided it all. The farming community really do have a lot to put up with sometimes. I know from my visits to markets and to the farms themselves, that they think that the great British public just take them for granted. There is an old and wellworn saying that still holds true. It is this, “You need a solicitor, accountant or dentist occasionally, but you need a farmer three times every day”! And how true that is. Every year, the 9th September is Back British Farming Day, when we thank farmers for all that they do and the food that they produce. Harvest Celebration is a good time as well. So, go on, if you know a farmer, say thank you and the fact that they do so much with God’s creation on a daily basis, and we will never forget them!! So, even though we may be suffering mercilessly at the hands of the Coronavirus, we can still remember and be thankful. Richard Kirlew Team Vicar Agricultural & Rural Chaplain 57

Before Lockdown

During Lockdown

Before Lockdown, my son Caleb was due to take part in a sponsored walk called the Jubilee Challenge. The umbrella event, the Ten Tors, was cancelled but my wonderful wife, Alison, had the idea of doing the challenge from home. With Caleb the pace was slow, and the first mile took us about an hour and a half, what with dawdling and stopping for a picnic lunch. However, we managed the 5 mile loop of Chetnole and Leigh on day one and did the 3 miles through Beer Hackett and Thornford to Bradford Abbas on day two. Caleb raised hundreds of pounds for local charity Ups and Downs Southwest (see his JustGiving website) and I got an idea: walk as prayer – let’s walk the whole Benefice in one day. So we did. Andrew Graham and I, with the support of a few others, walked the whole way round. We visited 20 church buildings in 23 villages and covered 34 miles of backroads and footpaths, all in 14 hours, walking from dawn to dusk. The views were astonishing, the stiles challenging and the prayer kept building as we travelled. So here’s my thought. It is sometimes wise to walk the path set out for you and not long for a better one. The frustrations of Lockdown sent us down a new route, quite literally, and, by following the way offered, we found something good. I know this is not always the case but it is worth a try. When we welcome our limitations they can become our friend. As St Paul hears God say, ‘My strength is made perfect in weakness’ so we can see hope in ours. Oh and if you want a long walk of prayer, we think we might do it again next year, first week in September, assuming we’re recovered by then. The Rev. George Moody Team Vicar 58

Jennie Greenwood’s son, Luke Hambidge, used the lockdown time of the last few months to learn hand shearing with Ed Goodfellow.

THREE VALLEYS TEAM Team Office:

Team Rector:

Rev’d Richard Kirlew

Yetminster Jubilee Hall, Church Rev’d Tony Gilbert @RuralChaplain Street, Yetminster, DT9 6LG The Rectory, Church Rd, 01963 23570 01935 872600 Thornford, Sherborne. DT9 6QE e: rector3valleys@gmail.com

01935 873044 e: rector3valleys@gmail.com Jubilee Hall Yetminster ENQUIRIES: Three Valleys Opening hours Benefice Office, Team Vicars 01935 872600 Mon, Wed, Thurs & Fri Rev’d George Moody e: 3valleysoffice@gmail.com The Rectory Church St, 9.30am – 12.30pm e:3valleysoffice@gmail.com w:www.threevalleysteam.org

Tues 1.30 – 4.30pm

Yetminster DT9 6QE

01935 873214 e: revgeorgemoody@gmail.com

Yetminster Methodist Church Chapel Lane, Yetminster DT9 6LJ

Treasurer: Mrs S Gilbey

Minister: Rev Kate Konrad 01935-415837 Worship co-ordinator: Mrs Barbara Driver Tel: 01935 873690

All services begin at 10:30am followed by coffee.

Roman Catholic Services Roman Catholic Church

Sundays:

Tuesday to Saturday

7.30am Morning Prayer followed by silent prayer 8.30am Sung Eucharist 12.30pm Midday Prayer 5.15pm Evening Prayer, followed by prayer time Night Prayer arranged at supper

7am Silent Prayer in Chapel 7.30am Morning Prayer 12 noon Midday Prayer and Eucharist 5.15pm Evening Prayer, followed by prayer time 9pm Night prayer (8.15pm -Thurs, 8.45pm-Sat)

The Sacred Heart & St. Aldhelm, Westbury, Sherborne DT9 3EL tel: (01935) 812021

Weekend mass times: Saturdays at 6.00pm Sundays 10.30am Holy Days 10.00am and 6.30pm Parish Priest: Monsignor Canon Robert Draper e: sherbornerc@prcdtr.org.uk w: sherbornecatholicchurch.org.uk

THREE VALLEYS TEAM LOCAL CHURCH SERVICES For complete list see www.threevalleysteam.org go to Services page Because of Covid-19, restrictions are still in place for worshipping in churches and the full schedule of services can not be implemented. Please check with the website and your local church. SUNDAY OCTOBER 2020

4th

11th

18th

25th

TRINITY 17

TRINITY 18

ST LUKE TRINITY 19

LAST SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY BIBLE SUNDAY

10am CW Holy Communion

BATCOMBE BEER HACKETT BRADFORD ABBAS CHETNOLE HERMITAGE

9am CW Holy Communion 9am BCP Holy Communion 10.30am CW Holy Communion 3pm Havest Festival

HILFIELD

THORNFORD

9am BCP Holy Communion 12 noon Harvest Festival 10.30am Welcome2Worship

YETMINSTER

10.30am CW Holy Communion

ON-LINE SERVICES

10am via Three Valleys Facebook page

LEIGH RYME INTRINSECA

10.30am Welcome2Worship 10.30am Village Worship

10am CW Holy Communion

10.30am CW Holy Communion

9am Welcome2Worship 9am BCP Holy Communion

10.30am CW Morning Prayer 4pm Harvest Festival 6pm BCP Evensong

9am BCP Holy Communion 9am BCP Holy Communion followed by breakfast in St Andrew's School 10.30am Second Sunday in the school 10am via Three Valleys Facebook page

9am CW Holy Communion 9am BCP Holy Communion 10.30am CW Holy Communion

10.30am Community Spirit

10.30am CW Harvest Festival

10.30am Holy Communion

10am via Three Valleys Facebook page

10.30am Village Worship

CW= COMMON WORSHIP BCP= BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER EXTRA AND WEEKDAY SERVICES On-line via Three Valleys Facebook page On-line via Zoom See website for details. Please email for link.

MONDAY

Every

6pm

Compline

WEDNESDAY

Every

6pm

Night Prayer

FRIDAY

Every

6pm

Night Prayer

On-line via Zoom See website for details. Please email for link.

10am

Holy Communion tbc

The Old Vicarage Leigh

1st TUESDAY 1st THURSDAY TUESDAYSATURDAY

Every

2.30pm

Lower Covey service Yetminster tbc St Andrew

12 noon

Midday prayer followed by Holy Communion tbc

Hifield Friary

PLANNING APPLICATIONS OCTOBER 2020 BATCOMBE WD/D/20/001497 29/06/2020 PARK HOUSE, STYLE WAY – Erection of first floor extension over existing single storey utility room to create additional bedroom & en-suite. No Decision. WD/D/20/000949 20/04/2020 SCOTLEY FARM, ROAD PAST SCOTLEY FARM TO DYERS FARM – Request for confirmation of compliance with conditions 3 and 4 of planning approval WD/D/19/002854. Decided 28 Aug 20. Decision not available. CHETNOLE WD/D/20/001164 19/05/2020 CHETNOLE FARM – Re-thatching of roof. Approved 14 Aug 20. WD/D/20/000900 14/04/2020 NICKS NEST, BATCOMBE LANE – Erect a replacement commercial store. No Decision. WD/D/19/002939 26/112/2019 LAND AT MANOR FARM WEST OF YETMINSTER ROAD – Formation of gated access. Refused 14 Aug 20 HERMITAGE WD/D/20/001361 98/06/2020 WILLIFORD FARM, WILLIFORD LANE – Residential dwelling without conditions imposed by Outline Planning Permission Ref: B.O/A/517713 and Reserved Matters Application Ref: 1/N/75/0008. Approved 8 Sep 20. HILFIELD Nil LEIGH WD/D/20/001803 05/06/2020 WHITEHALL FARM, SOUTH STREET – Erect new agricultural storage barn. Prior approval NOT required 1 Sep 20. WD/D/20/001478 07/07/2020 DRUMMERS FARM, BATCOMBE ROAD – Erection of a timber cow kennel to house 57 dairy cows. Approved 3 Sep 20. WD/D/20/001416 19/06/2020 LAND SOUTH OF LEIGH – Erection of one dwelling and garaging together with alterations to existing vehicular access. Refused 1 Sep 20. WD/D/20/001296 04/06/2020 FORMER BUNGALOW, THREE GATES – Demolish existing dwelling and erection of new dwelling. Approved 17 Aug 20. WD/D/20/001158 18/05/2020 ILES FARM, SHERBORNE ROAD – Change of use of land from agricultural to a mixed agricultural and equestrian use, (Use Class D2 and Sui Generis) and the construction of a stable block, tractor shed and manege for private use. Approved 17 Aug 20. WD/D/20/000941 20/04/2020 LOWER TOTNELL FARM, TOTNELL – Alterations to the former dairy building which forms additional living accommodation to the main house. No Decision. WD/D/20/000942 20/04/2020 LOWER TOTNELL FARM, TOTNELL – Internal and external alterations to the former dairy building which forms additional living accommodation to the main house. No Decision. MELBURY BUBB Nil RYME INTRINSECA WD/D/20/002051 27/08/2020 OLD SCHOOL HOUSE, RYME ROAD – Change of use from Office Use (Class B1(a)) to a dwellinghouse (Class C3). No Decision.

PLANNING APPLICATIONS OCTOBER 2020 WD/D/20/001057 05/05/2020 LAND KNOWN AS, CLIFTON FARM, CLIFTON FARM LANE, CLIFTON MAYBANK – Installation of a renewable energy scheme comprising ground mounted photovoltaic arrays together with substation; onsite connection to grid network; transformer stations; access; internal access track; landscaping; biodiversity measures; security measures; access gate and ancillary infrastructure. No Decision. YETMINSTER WD/D/20/001892 13/08/2020 MEADOWAY FARM, CHETNOLE ROAD – Erection of agricultural building. Prior approval NOT required – 4 Sep 20. WD/D/20/001863 11/08/2020 MEADOWAY FARM, CHETNOLE ROAD – Construction of a concrete yard base. Withdrawn 17 Aug 20 WD/D/20/001864 11/08/2020 MEADOWAY FARM, CHETNOLE ROAD – Form agricultural access track. Prior approval NOT required 27 Aug 20. WD/D/20/001387 15/06/2020 SANDERS, CHURCH STREET – Replacement of existing double glazed window with French doors and sidelights at rear. No Decision. WD/D/20/001388 15/06/2020 SANDERS, CHURCH STREET – Replacement of existing double glazed window with French doors and sidelights at rear. No Decision. WD/D/20/001367 09/06/2020 SUGARLOAF HOUSE, CHURCH – Change the roof covering from concrete tiles to natural slate. Clad the reconstructed concrete blocks in natural render with some oak or larch cladding in places with one small area in brick. No Decision. WD/D/20/001340 05/06/2020 YEW TREE COTTAGE BRISTER END – Erect extension and alterations to existing annexe/holiday let known as Bothy Cottage and use as a separate dwelling. No Decision. WD/D/20/001341 05/06/2020 YEW TREE COTTAGE BRISTER END – Erect extension and alterations to existing annexe/holiday let known as Bothy Cottage and use as a separate dwelling. No Decision. WD/D/20/001281 02/06/2020 ABP FOOD PRODUCTS, CHETNOLE ROAD – Construction of covered by-products, peltstore, extended workshop and site ancillaries. Approved 14 Aug 20. WD/D/20/000694 18/03/2020 STAKE FORD BARN, STAKE FORD CROSS – Amendment to planning permission reference WD/D/19/000711 – Addition of windows and a workshop. Approved 17 Aug 20. WD/D/20/000244 30/01/2020 SUSSEX HOUSE, BRISTER END – Erect 1no. dwelling (accessed off Whittles Lane). Refused 23 Aug 20. WD/D/19/002011 07/08/2019 LAND NORTH OF CLARE COTTAGE, HIGH STREET – Erection of 1 No. Dwelling. No Decision. WD/D/18/000819 23/04/2018 THE OLD COURT HOUSE, HIGH STREET – Request for confirmation of compliance of conditions 3,4,5,6,7 and 8 of planning approval WD/D/14/000548 (Compliance with Conditions). Under consideration. The next Dorset Council – Northern Area Planning Committee meeting will take place on the 15 October at 10.00am, these meetings are being held remotely as an MS teams live event. A full register of all past and present planning applications can be found at: www.dorsetforyou.com/planning applications. Note: due to publication deadlines these details only reflect the website records up to 12.09.20

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I longed to love a full-boughed beech And be as high as he: I stretched an arm within his reach, And signalled unity. But with his drip he forced a breach, And tried to poison me. I gave the grasp of partnership To one of other raceâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; A plane: he barked him strip by strip From upper bough to base; And me therewith; for gone my grip, My arms could not enlace. In new affection next I strove To coll an ash I saw, And he in trust received my love; Till with my soft green claw I cramped and bound him as I wove . . . Such was my love: ha-ha! By this I gained his strength and height Without his rivalry. But in my triumph I lost sight Of afterhaps. Soon he, Being bark-bound, flagged, snapped, fell outright, And in his fall felled me! Thomas Hardy

Regular Meetings, Events & Activities Name Every Mon Table Tennis Bev’s Core Vinyassa Flow Yoga Cummunifit Sit & Strengthen Leigh Short Mat Bowls Yetminster Table Tennis Club Bev’s Core Vinyassa Flow Yoga Yetminster Bell Ringers Every Tue Topsy Turvy Toddlers Chetnole Art Group (until Easter) Beginners Pilates Cubs (in term) Every Wed Drop in Coffee Morning & PO Community Coffee morning Morning Yoga Class Croquet Coach/Play Wednesday Club (in term) Chetnole Chuckers Pétanque Club Women’s Table Tennis Croquet Junior WV Players (in term) Beavers (in term) Scouts (in term) Beginners yoga Yetminster Short Mat Bowls Every Thur Tai Chi Advanced Pilates Yetminster Short Mat Bowls Leigh Rainbows (5–7yrs) Leigh Brownies (7–10yrs) Guides Dance Fit Wriggle Valley Voices Every Fri Table Tennis Croquet Club (May – Oct) Croquet Every Sun Second Sunday Informal worship Chetnole Chuckers Pétanque Club

Time 9.30–12.30pm 9.30–10.30am 11am–12 noon 2–5pm 10–12noon 6.30–7.30pm 7.30pm–10pm 9.30am–11am 10am–1pm 1.10–2.10pm 6–7.30pm 9.30–12 noon 10.30–11.30am 10.30–11.30am 3pm (until Oct) 3.15pm–4.05pm 3pm 2–4pm 5.30pm summer only 6–7pm 6–7pm 7–9pm 7pm 7–10pm 10am 10am 2–5pm 5.45–7pm 5.45–7pm 7–8.30pm 6.30pm (term time) 7.30pm 9.30–12.30pm 3pm 3pm 9 for 9.30am 3pm

Venue Leigh Village Hall Chetnole Village Hall Yetminster Jubilee Hall Leigh Village Hall Scout Hut, Yetminster Chetnole Village Hall St Andrew’s Church St Andrew’s Primary School Chetnole Village Hall Chetnole Village Hall Scout Hut Yetminster Chetnole Village Hall Old Vicarage Care Home Leigh Village Hall Yetminster Playing Fields St Andrew’s Primary School Chetnole Playing Fields Leigh Village Hall Church Farm, Hermitage Leigh Village Hall Scout Hut Yetminster Scout Hut Yetminster St Andrew’s Primary School Yetminster Jubilee Hall Leigh Village Hall Chetnole Village Hall Yetminster Jubilee Hall Trim Room, Yetminster Yetminster Jubilee Hall Yetminster Jubilee Hall St Andrew’s Primary Sch Chetnole Village Hall Leigh Village Hall Yetminster Sports Club Yetminster Sports Club Yetminster Jubilee Hall Chetnole Playing Fields

Regular Meetings, Events & Activities Name

Time

Venue

1st Mon

Chetnole & Leigh Garden Club

7:30pm

Chetnole Village Hall

1 Tue

Leigh Discussion Club (wint)

7.30–10.30pm

Leigh Village Hall

2 Tues nd

Wriggle Valley MU (alt months) 7pm

Church Hall, Yetminster

Yetminster & Ryme Garden Soc. 7.30pm

Yetminster Jubilee Hall

Senior Winter Lunch Outings

Sue Footner 873610

7.30pm

(not July/Aug) Halstock & Distr. British Legion

3 Tues rd

Sheaf of Arrows

WV Women’s Group

7.30pm

Wriggle Valley Lunch Club

12.15–3pm

Leigh Parish Council – alt mnths 7.30pm Last Tues Leigh Women’s Institute Pub Quiz 1 Wed st

Gable Court Leigh Village Hall Leigh Village Hall

7.30–11pm

Leigh Village Hall

7pm

The White Hart, Yetminster

Coffee ‘n’ Cakes

10–11.30am

Yetminster Jubilee Hall

Batcombe Coffee Morning

11am

tba

[not Aug & Dec]

Yetminster & Ryme Intrinseca PC 7.30pm

St. Andrew’s Primary School

2 Wed

Yetminster Historical Society

2.30pm

Yetminster Jubilee Hall

Police Support Unit

2–3pm

The Cross, Leigh

Chetnole & Stockwood PC

7.30pm

Chetnole Village Hall

2nd/4th Wed High Stoy Bible Study

7.30pm

Venue contact 872342

Last Wed Woodland Wednesdays

12.45–2.45pm

Pogles Wood nr Leigh

2nd Wed/alt mth

Police Community Support Yetminster Fair Association

By Church, Yetminster 7.30pm

Meadens Hall, Yetminster

Wed – Sat Friary Shop

2.30–4.30pm

The Friary, Hilfield

1st & 3rd Thu Yetminster Scribblers

6.30–8pm

Old School Gallery, Yet

Meadens Coffee Morning

10.30am

The Meadens

Leigh Short Mat Bowls

7–10pm

Leigh Village Hall

Pub Quiz

8pm

The White Haart

2 Thurs nd

Last Sat

District Council Members serving you in 2020 Cllr Mary Penfold Dorset Council e: mary.penfold@gmail.com Councillor for: Yetminster Representing the villages of Yetminster, Ryme Intrinseca, Chetnole,

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FUNERAL SERVICES 69

BED & BREAKFAST

Brister & Son

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Grassby Funeral Services

JJP Plumbing

Pearce Energy Heating Oil

Chetnole Inn

AJ Wakely & Sons

Hound House

GARDEN & OUTDOOR MAINTENANCE

Sellick & Saxton

TS Boiler Services

Burrow Water Treatment Plants 45

Spearbuild

CARE HOMES Old Vicarage Care Home, Leigh

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JS Gardening Services

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Addison Motors

Autotech Garage Services

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Dalaric Managed Internet Services 42

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Wriggle Valley Fencing

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DMDH Computers

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EDUCATION Barn Owls Nursery

Lower Covey Montessori Nursery 4

EVENT VENUES Chetnole Village Hall

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The Marquee Hire Company

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Upstairs & Downstairs Interiors 44 CM Furniture

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LEGAL SERVICES

66 6

Will’s Walls, Dry Stone Walling 27

POST OFFICES

HEALTH & WELL BEING

Chetnole Village Hall (Wed am only) 6

Robert Frith Optometrists

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Yetminster

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Mallows Cottage, Yetminster

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Chocolate Art School

Hilfield Herefords

Leigh Village Stores & PO

Stuart Goodier Boiler Servicing 64

5 Star Bars & Catering

M Harris

On the Boyle Café

Steve Jones, Carpentry & Joinery 4

Heart Of Wessex Railway

Knott Roofing

Spar Stores & PO Yetminster

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Tu Casa Tapas Takeaway

Lawrence Electricals

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