Chetnole

from October 2021 No. 339

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CHETNOLE with REP: Liz Tebbatt 873140 tebbatt.towers@gmail.com Hamlet, Melbury Bubb & Stockwood DISTRIBUTOR: Stan Darley

Katrina Halford walking on the Liberty Trail

Congratulations go to Dr Paul Kozowyk and Mrs Jelena Kozowyk-Konjicija, and Mr and Mrs Pete and Becca Woodford on their respective August weddings here at St Peter’s. It was lovely to see more weddings after lockdown prevented so many from taking place and we wish all the newlyweds many years of happiness together.

Congratulations to Henry and Jan Woodford on the birth of baby Harry, born 21 August 2021.

Thank you to David Russell for trimming the Playing Field hedge, thus removing the risk of laceration by thorns to people using church path, and also to Stan Darley for his solo litter-pick along the Stockwood Road to the A37. Both volunteers stepped up without being asked.

Read about our much-missed friend Bella’s colleague and friend who walked along the Liberty Trail this summer to raise money for Weldmar which helps so many; well done Katrina, you are fabulous!

Now that we are free again (well for the time-being anyway) the village hall is slowly coming back to life, and you can enjoy Cornish bluegrass music from the Flats and Sharps Band there on Friday 8 October. Another date for your social diaries is Saturday 20 November when the Friends of St. Peter’s host the fundraiser, Chetnole’s Got Talent Part Deux – not to be missed!

Don’t forget to make use of the Post Office and Coffee Morning every Wednesday morning from 9:30am to 12noon – very handy for returning those mail-order parcels whilst catching up with all the gossip and seeing your mates. Have a good October.

Dates for your diary:

Friday 8 October: Cornish bluegrass band Flats and Sharps, at Chetnole

Village Hall, 7.30pm Monday 11 October: Chetnole Village

Hall AGM at the hall, 7.00pm Saturday 6 November: Poetry & Prose evening, Chetnole Village Hall (more details in the November issue) Saturday 20 November: Chetnole’s Got

Talent at the hall, 7.30pm Friday 3 December: Chetnole Village

Hall/Artsreach event – welcome return of Bojangles

Wedding finally goes ahead

The wedding celebration of Dr Paul Kozowyk and Mrs Jelena KozowykKonjicija was celebrated on 19 August at St. Peter’s Church.

We would like to thank Reverend George Moody who endured two years of wedding rescheduling with us: thank you for the beautiful ceremony and your kind words. Moreover, we thank the Churchwarden, Stephanie Fripp, and Bell ringers Di Murphy and Gwen Adair for their services. In addition, we would like to thank all the kind village ladies who grew flowers for our wedding and beautifully decorated the church. Finally, we would like to express our gratitude to all the wonderful villagers who attended our ceremony and the ‘ladies on the wall’ who celebrated with us from a distance.

Paul and Jelena Kozowyk More wedding bells

Marriage of Peter Woodford and Rebecca McLean at St. Peter’s on Saturday 21 August 2021

This wedding was meant to take place on 22 August 2020, but lockdown meant it was postponed until 2021. Pete is from Chetnole and Becca from Reading. They met at Harper Adams University in 2013 and have been together ever since, moving to Scotland for five years

whilst Becca did her PhD and now living back down south in Hampshire.

They had planned to start a family once married in 2020, and the fact that the wedding was postponed for a year did not stop them, so young Lenny Woodford was born in May 2021 – making it a very busy year!

There were 130 guests in Chetnole Church, followed by a reception at Charing Cross Farm. The bride and groom were chauffeured from the church to the reception in a vintage Sunbeam Talbot – with thanks to Bob Owen! Despite an awful weather forecast, the rain held off for most of the time and it was a wonderful day, made even more memorable by the arrival a second nephew to Pete and Becca – little Harry born to Henry and Jan Woodford on the same day!

Pete, Becca and baby Lenny

On Sunday 11 July the Rev George Moody took a beautiful service for the christening of Roman Daniel Vaganov at St. Peter’s Church, son of Gleb and Abbi and great-grandson of John and Ruth Sanford. Thank you to all involved in making this a memorable occasion.

Ruth Sanford

Chetnole’s Got Talent - Part Deux

Saturday 20th November 7.30pm St Peter’s Church, Chetnole

An informal evening to showcase local talent. Come and show off your skills, whatever they may be! Entry free - wine, beer and refreshments by donation.

Friends of St Peter’s

I walked the 31-mile Liberty trail in August for Bella and Tess for Weldmar Hospicecare, because of the amazing support they give.

I’ve raised £1,146.00. The walk took 13 hours start to finish and we were lucky that it was dry and not too warm. Julie Hardy did the first section with me with a 6.30am start from Ham Hill. My sister, Liz Berry, joined us at North Perrott. Julie walked to Misterton and Liz stayed with me to Winsham. My son Jack, who always enjoyed Bella’s lessons, walked with me from Winsham

to Marshwood where Nicola Stone joined me for the last section, which was the hilliest by far. We were cheered by my husband, Adrian, our son Jack and our friends Tess and Pete O’Rourke. Huge thanks to everyone who supported. We shared many memories of Bella along the way.

Here’s the link to my justgiving page if you would still like to donate: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/ Anna-Halford1 Many thanks

Katrina Halford

Chetnole Village Hall Annual General Meeting

Monday 11 October at 7.00 pm

Please come and join the Village Hall Committee for the Hall’s Annual General Meeting on Monday 11 October.

It would be great to see some new faces come along and talk to the Committee about what they would like to see the Village Hall offer to residents of Chetnole. The Committee want to make sure that we are providing services that Chetnole wants, and to keep the Hall relevant and vibrant for everyone in the area.

Wine and nibbles will be served too so, if for no other reason, come and join us for a glass of wine!

Chetnole and Stockwood Parish Council:

September meeting notes

We had a larger public audience than usual due, in the main, to the planning application for land adjacent to Foys House. The architect for the project was available to outline the plan for the site, and to answer any questions from Council members and the public present. A decision on whether, or not, to support the application will be made following further discussion.

Cllr Mary Penfold (Dorset Council) apologised for the shortage of refuse drivers, and if we experience problems with collections, we should contact DDC.

As people will be aware, there is a defibrillator at the entrance to the village hall. We have arranged for White Horse Training to provide training on its use between 6.00-9.00pm on the evening of Tuesday 7 October. Places are limited and interested parties should contact Sue Woodford.

The PC wholeheartedly supports the Queens Canopy initiative raised by the Chetnole Garden Club. Several sites have been suggested around Leigh, Chetnole, and on Stockwood Common.

A Chetnole Neighbourhood Plan has been started on two separate occasions, and both were then abandoned by the Committee at the time. The main reasons were that any requirement for building in Chetnole was not too dissimilar to the Local Plan, and therefore not worth the time and effort required to draw up a separate Chetnole Plan. However, this does not prevent any interested parties resurrecting the Plan if they can muster sufficient interest to form a committee.

The Environment Agency has written to all properties in the village that it thinks might be eligible for a free Property Flood Resilience survey. The Agency will make recommendations for options to install protection measures, and purchase, and arrange for installation of the appropriate measures to the eligible properties. If you believe that your property is eligible, and you have not received a letter from the Environment Agency, please contact me.

The date of the next meeting is 10 November 2021.