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PageDirectory 2Church Services 15Other Services 16Letter from the Rector 17From the Registers 194 Villages Spring Fête 21We need your Articles 22Church Visiting 22Field Notes 23Donhead St Mary Village Hall 25Gold Hill Museum 27Truly Scrumptious: Goulash 29Nextdoor – Donhead St Mary 31Talk – Falklands Conflict 33Berwick winter Talks 33Family Quiz Night 33Fish & Chip Quiz Night 34

PageDATES FOR YOUR DIARY 35The Donheads Gardening Club 37Donhead St Mary Bell-ringers 39Amity Club 41Tisbus Service to Nadder Centre 43Medical Equipment Loan Service 43tea@thechurch 45Alterations to St Andrew’s Church 45Lent Study 45TCSP Meeting 47Bric-a-brac for St Andrew's Fête 47Digi-present isn’t Just for Christmas 47Donhead St Mary Parish Council 48Wiltshire West Community Policing

Team 49Clubs, Societies & Associations In Our Area 51 In & Around Shaftesbury 53The Great British Spring Clean 67INDEX OF ADVERTISERS 68

February/March 2017

CONTENTS

2 • Donhead Digest February/March 2017

DIRECTORY

EDITORIAL TEAM Penny Silverside (Editor) 828935 Peter Lucas (Co-ordinator) 828829 Nick Robson (Advertising) 828032 Philip Danby 828640

CHURCH OF ENGLAND Rev’d Richard Warhurst 830174

CATHOLIC CHURCH Father Robert Miller 870228

METHODIST CHURCH Rev’d Denise Binks 854631

VILLAGE HALLS Charlton New Remembrance Ann Rossiter 828252 Donhead St Andrew Carolyn Hare 828146 Donhead St Mary Richard Ecclestone 829261

AMITY CLUB Ann Danby 828640

HAPPY GATHERING CLUB Diana Valler 852170 Jill Laker 811545

DONHEAD SPORTS CLUB Richard Gray 828769

TISBURY LINK COMMUNITY HELP Sally Naish [email protected]

BELLRINGERS Donhead St Mary Christopher Sykes 828336 Donhead St Andrew Chris Kilner 828621

PARISH COUNCILS Donhead St Mary Gavin Tait 828945 Donhead St Andrew Malcolm Cullimore 828919

FÊTES4 Villages Spring Fête 2017 Chairman 828935Sunday 21st MaySt Andrew’s Summer Fête, Bank Committee Chairman 828833Holiday Monday, 28th August 2017 Michael Hockney

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CHURCH SERVICESFebruary and March 2017

* Book of Common Prayer

5th February – Fourth Sunday before Lent08:30 BCP* Communion Donhead St Andrew09:30 Sung Eucharist Semley09:30 Family Service Charlton09:45 Pilgrim Service East Knoyle11:00 Matins Donhead St Mary18:00 Evensong East Knoyle12th February – Third Sunday before Lent08:30 BCP Communion Sedgehill09:30 Sung Eucharist Donhead St Andrew09:30 Family Service Semley11:00 Matins East Knoyle18:00 Evensong Donhead St Mary19th February – Second Sunday before Lent08:30 BCP Communion Donhead St Mary09:30 Sung Eucharist East Knoyle11:00 Matins Donhead St Andrew11:00 Family Eucharist Charlton18:00 Evening Prayer Semley26th February – Sunday next before Lent08:30 BCP Communion East Knoyle09:30 Sung Eucharist Donhead St Mary09:30 Family Service Donhead St Andrew11:00 BCP Sung Eucharist Semley18:00 Evensong Sedgehill1st March –Ash Wednesday10:00 Common Worship Rite 1 Sedgehill19:00 Imposition of Ashes Donhead St Andrew3rd March – Women's World Day of Prayer14:30 WWDP Service East Knoyle5th March – First Sunday of Lent08:30 BCP Communion Donhead St Andrew09:30 Sung Eucharist Semley09:30 Family Service Charlton


More information on services and the churches of the Beneficeis available on the Benefice website at www.benofbart.org.uk

ROMAN CATHOLIC MASS TIMESSundays 9am at Tisbury, 11am at Wardour, 6.30pm at Tisbury

BELL STREET UNITED CHURCHSundays 10.30am, 6pm at Bell St, Shaftesbury

TISBURY METHODIST CHURCH10.30am at Tisbury

09:45 Pilgrim Service East Knoyle11:00 Matins Donhead St Mary12th March – Second Sunday of Lent08:30 BCP Communion Sedgehill09:30 Family Service Semley09:30 Sung Eucharist Donhead St Andrew11:00 Matins East Knoyle18:00 Evensong Donhead St Mary19th March – Third Sunday of Lent08:30 BCP Communion Donhead St Mary09:30 Sung Eucharist East Knoyle11:00 Matins Donhead St Andrew11:00 Family Eucharist Charlton18:00 Evening Prayer Semley26th March – Mothering Sunday08:30 BCP Communion East Knoyle09:30 Family Service Donhead St Andrew09:30 Sung Eucharist Donhead St Mary11:00 Mothering Sunday Eucharist Semley18:00 Evensong Sedgehill2nd April – Passiontide08:30 BCP Communion Donhead St Andrew09:30 Sung Eucharist Semley09:30 Family Service Charlton09:45 Pilgrim Service East Knoyle11:00 Matins Donhead St Mary18:00 Evensong East Knoyle


LETTER FROM THE RECTOR

Dear Friends

It seems that every February, for magazines, I end up writing somethingabout Lent. That then is where I will briefly start. Easter this year falls onApril 16th (April 23rd being the latest possible). I am sure many of you arevery aware of this fact as it may have implications for work and for thingssuch as school holidays. In this short piece I simply want to flag up that onAsh Wednesday (1st March) there will be a joint Sung Eucharist withImposition of Ashes (isn’t that a lovely phrase?) at 7pm at Donhead StAndrew. For those unable to make that, there will be a said service at 10amat Sedgehill. There will also be a Pancake Party at The Rectory the nightbefore (28th February from 7.30pm)

However, I am feeling that there is a festival that gets missed in Februarythat deserves just a little mention here, if you will indulge me!

You may all know the gospel story of the Presentation (you can find it in StLuke Chapter 2 if you have forgotten the details): Mary and Joseph come tothe temple with their baby to make the offering required under the law for afirst-born son. They are greeted there by an old man and an old woman –Simeon and Anna – who recognise the significance of the young child andsay mysterious and unsettling things. This child brings hope and promise,but he is also ‘destined for the fall and rising of many in Israel’. The wholepoint of celebrating the Presentation of Christ in the Temple – often knownas Candlemas is that it points in two directions at once; back, to theChristmas story of Christ’s birth and forward, to his Passion on GoodFriday.

All through life there are bit-part characters. People pop up from time totime, who don’t seem to have much of a part to play but who, in the cosmicscheme of things, are enormously important people. People like Simeon andAnna.

Both are mentioned only the once in the Bible and they both have only awalk-on part. But it’s such an important part that neither of them has everbeen forgotten. They were elderly people. We don’t know quite how oldSimeon was, but we’re told Anna was 84 and had been a widow for many


years. They had something else in common too. They were both veryspiritual people. Simeon was someone who could listen to God, for he’dalready heard from God that he wouldn’t die before he’d seen the Messiah.Anna never left the temple. She worshipped with fasting and prayer, nightand day. When Mary and Joseph came into the temple with Jesus, Simeonand Anna instantly knew this baby was the long-awaited Messiah. Theremust have been hundreds of little families every year, coming to make theirofferings. Why did Simeon and Anna single out this family as beingdifferent? I think it may be because they’d spent a lifetime waiting upon God– being silent before him, praising him, praying to him, listening to him,reading his word in the Scriptures. Their whole lives had, for many years,been immersed in God, so that when the moment came, they recognised it.

I am convinced that what will bring people to God is a genuine love for eachother, inside and outside the Church, and prayer. Prayer not only for peopleto come to Christ, but the very prayerfulness of the community itself. If wewant to be ready, if we too want to begin to recognise the holy in theordinary, the holy in the everyday, then we need to spend regular time alonewith God. And gradually, imperceptibly, as he draws us closer, we too shallbegin to spot God amongst the everyday and others will see him in us.

YoursRichard

[email protected]/beneficeofstbartholomew

FROM THE REGISTERSFunerals05 November Jo Fairbairn Donhead St Mary30 November Joseph Ford Salisbury

Crematorium16 December Charles Cumberledge Warminster/East Knowle09 January Sonia Vichniakov Donhead St Andrew

Baptism26 November Frederick George Holland Hall Semley

St. Andrew’s


The first planning meetings for the nextvillage fête have been held already andit is hoped that all of you who havevolunteered to help with planning andotherwise assisting will be comingalong to the next meeting in DonheadSports Club on:

Tuesday 14th March 2017 at 6pmThere is plenty of room for morevolunteers and you would be mademost welcome at the meeting.

Meantime, we are sure that duringthe spring cleaning (you do, don’t you?)

you could look in your lofts, wardrobes,cupboards and the garden shed forsuitable articles, books, clothes, toysetc and identify seedling plants whichcould make a bob or two for charityduring the fête. In the next DonheadDigest we will give you a list ofstallholders to contact.

If anyone has any queries or offers ofhelp, please contact: David Silverside(828935), Richard Ecclestone (829261),and Richard Gray (828769).

Put both dates in your diary!

Sunday 21st May 2017

A message from the Organisers

Donhead St Mary, Charlton, Ludwell and the Coombes


Firstly, the Trustees give hearty thanks to our faithful, regular, and generallyprompt, contributors who help to make this an interesting communitymagazine. Without them there would be no Digest – BUT we need morearticles of local interest.For the last Digest, the number of contributions received by the deadline hasapproximately halved, with upwards of another 20 arriving in dribs and drabsover the following few days. For this Digest only 12 arrived by the deadlineand the final total was a mere 26 articles, notices etc. This has resulted inthere being two blank pages at the end – now thankfully a little less blank.Generally it is a squeeze to fit everything in!We need to fill 36 or 37 pages with text as we are committed to 34+ pagesof advertisements and do not wish advert pages to outnumber text pages.Whilst some ‘white space’ is desirable too much is not!Please think now about writing something for the next issue or a later one.If you have a story lurking but are reluctant to submit your article, fearingrejection, please speak to or email Peter, Philip or Penny. Incidentally, mostsubmissions are accepted with perhaps some editing.Copy should be sent to [email protected] – the deadline is on theContents page.Peter Lucas Philip Danby Penny [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 828829 01747 828640 01747 828935

We Need your Articles

Church VisitingWe have a trained team of ‘visitors’, both ordained

and lay, who are available to visit anyone whowould like a visit, a chat or some company.

Contact Sandra Henderson, the Pastoral VisitingTeam Co-ordinator, on 01747 830471 or the Parish Office on 01747 830174.


FIELD NOTESOn a cold winter’s afternoon in theCoombes a wren was busily workingthrough some tangled ivy. The ivy grewover the sides and top of the lane bank,among brambles and broken bracken andthe stump of what had once been agatepost. Its long strands climbed halfwayup the rugged trunk of an oak. The wren,with its barred cocked tail and shiningeye, was hunting for insects under itsdark leaves.

Ivy seems particularly fond of oaks,particularly where they grow on the edgesof fields and woods. This oak was a well-established, thriving tree, 20 or 30 feethigh, and the ivy grew up it in a dozenvigorous strands. The leaves near thebase of the oak were beautiful five-pointed shapes, a mosaic of black andgreen fragments held together by anintricate network of veins. They grew onfaintly reddish stems. The leaves higherup were different, shaped like hearts, lessveiny, and covered in a brilliant gloss.

While ivy may like oaks, not everyonelikes ivy. A few years ago someone took ahatchet and chopped through the thick,hairy stem of the ivy near the bottom ofthe trunk of this oak. The act of cuttingthrough ivy is known as ringing. Ivy iswidely seen as an enemy of trees,damaging their growth and even killingthem off, but the supporting evidenceisn’t strong. A diseased tree with ivy in itscrown may be more susceptible to winddamage, but ivy isn’t a parasite andmerely uses the trunk for structuralsupport. It does not strangle trees, and

leaving it to grow and flourish is usuallythe best course. In winter months likethese it is invaluable for insect-hunterslike wrens, while the berries, a dark, dullpurple, are beloved by thrushes andblackbirds. According to the RSPB, anivy berry contains as many calories,weight for weight, as a Mars bar.

That winter’s day I walked to thehighest of the chain of lakes in theCoombes. The water was very still andthe reflections of the reeds and shrubs onthe far bank lay on the surface. Amongthem a few moorhens and coots weresculling, the coots with bright whitepatches on their upper beaks andforeheads, the moorhens with red beaks.There were also several much smallerbirds that kept on surfacing and thendiving almost at once before surfacingagain. These were little grebes, alsoknown as dabchicks. There is no pointfrom which one may easily view the lakeas a whole, and I couldn’t tell how manythere were, but I guessed at two or three.Maybe four. Occasionally I heard theirnoisy cries, which have a quality like thewhinnying of a horse.

The light was fading from the grey sky,but a party of long-tailed tits flitted by,and a green woodpecker called from thethick woods on the steep slope above thelake. As I walked back through the emptyfields I heard an early owl, a tawny, givean exploratory hoot, like a musiciantuning up before a performance.

Chris Nicholson


DONHEAD ST MARYVILLAGE HALL

On a chilly, but mainly dry, Saturdayafternoon in January the hall hosted anamazing Wassail, complete with folkmusic by Tattie Bogle, Morris dancing bythe White Horse Morris Men and theinimitable one man performance by CliffSkey. Huge thanks to Gavin Tait andKevin Wood of Donhead Apple whoorganise and fund this very special event,which is so important for getting villagersand friends together at an otherwiseunpromising time of the year. It is also, ofcourse, absolutely vital for waking up the

apple trees in the Berrywood Laneorchard and chasing away any nastyspirits that may have been lurking within.I am confident that no evil spirit couldsurvive the cacophony that we managedto create with our assorted rattles,whistles, roasting tins and spoons! I am

equally sure that a good cropwill emerge this year after theperformance of the brilliantWassail Princesses, Darcie andOlivia Rees-Score, whomanaged successfully to wakeup the Green Man and helphim place toast in the specialtree and feed the roots withcider – all part of the traditionalceremony. It was very good tomeet up with the 100+ peoplewho came and enjoyed themulled cider and hot sausagerolls after the ceremony andthank you for your generousdonations.

A lot of work is going onapace behind the scenes intrying to secure some matchedfunding for the proposedimprovements to the hall, andspecial thanks go to AnnaMcDowell for leading thiseffort. It is no mean feat tosatisfy all the requirements forobtaining any kind of grantThe Wassail Princesses


money, and I hope to be able to report inthe positive in the next edition.

Our next event will be the Fish & ChipQuiz Night to be held at 7.30pm onSaturday 25th March. Christopher Sykeshas kindly agreed to be our Quizmasteragain, so please let me know soonest if youwould like a ticket. We will form teams ofsix but don’t worry if you don’t have awhole team; I will organise people intosuitable groups. Mr Chips will againprovide his excellent fish and chips for theevent, with these being served abouthalfway through the competition at about9.15pm, so do bring your own nibbles totide you over – and your own drinks.

I would like to extend my thanks toTracey Dewey who has stepped down aftermany years’ service as a Trustee – she hasbeen such an enthusiastic supporter of thehall and all our events and we will miss herhappy face at our committee meetings. Itwould be marvellous to have some newfaces as trustees, so if you would like toknow what is involved, please contact meand I will talk you through it. What I cansay is that it is a very rewarding role at theheart of village life.

If you would like to book the hall pleasecontact Karen Ecclestone on 01747829261.

If you need more information aboutbecoming a Friend of the Village Hallplease contact me or Sarah Wright – 01747828316 or email: [email protected]

Richard Ecclestone, Chair01747 829261 or email:

[email protected]

Do you wish to meet new people whoonce had a little spare time on theirhands? Or discuss the price of water inEnmore Green? Attend a few socialevents in daytime? Meet and greetpeople from all corners of the globe?Exercise your specialised skills, taketraining opportunities to expand yourskill base? Or maybe you are interestedin local history, gardening, computeroperation, King Alfred, old fire engines,mummified cats, old coins, buttons,research and a cheap tin tray?GHM needs the help of those with a littletime on their hands to be a volunteer.Become part of our community. Two+hours a session as a steward; times, datesflexible (within reason) or maybe help inother departments. Go on – you can! It’sfree, painless and at the top of Gold Hill.Please▪ call Elaine Barratt on 01747 853874or [email protected]

Registered Charity No. 1156273

Gold Hill Museum


TRULY SCRUMPTIOUSI enjoyed listening to an interview recently with a mobilelibrarian in the Black Country, who drives her convertedtransit van around the country roads, housing estates andvisiting care homes. We might have imagined the walls ofthe van stacked high with dusty books, however this mobilelibrary had a children’s snug area, audio books and kindlesfor customers to borrow, computers and DVDs too. This

amazing lady also talked about the surprising demand for cookery books, thebest sellers (Mary Berry being top of the request list) along with old favourites,like the illustrated All Colour Cook Books, that I for sure cut my culinary teeth on.

Many of us enjoy those hard-backed cookery books reliant on brilliantphotography and creative writing that we can ponder and salivate over on arainy afternoon, yet would never even dream of actually following the recipeor finding the ingredients. These wonderful books compete against thenumerous websites, magazines, tweets and blogs to get our attention for anew food fad or, heaven forbid, yet another diet. Food writers have found newways of reaching us. The food blogger in particular has become an incredibleresource for us food lovers, and for those passionate about origins ofingredients and long lost recipes. Many bloggers write with colour and enquiry,as if they want to dissect a dish, the people who prepared it and the history ofwhy. We don’t ‘know’ these bloggers, but they introduce us to their life’s highsand lows and what food or drink soothes or excites. The photography too isinspiring, yet they are mostly just ‘snaps’ of the moment. Thankfully there isn’tmuch negativity in the world of food blogging although a single blog can crusha young business with its withering criticism, but for those that are following theirpassion it is mostly a joyous exploration. My favourite is ‘Eat Like a Girl’ – aLondon food blogger, voted one of Britain’s top 500 most influential people. Ifollow Ottolenghi’s tweets, of course, as he posts amazing photos from his testkitchen, travels and has interesting foodie ideas. I don’t write a blog but I dotweet occasionally, and I am one of those despicable people who whips outmy camera to photograph my food before devouring it, if it is exceptionallybeautiful, tempting or downright ridiculous.

Phil James from Ludwell Stores may be pleased about this deplorable habit, ashe has turned ‘Truly Scrumptious’ into a blog style section on the new LudwellStores website www.ludwellstores.co.uk. Most back issues of ‘Truly’ are there,going back to the very first column in December 2009 (Venison ragout withchestnuts, port and orange). When you get past the wonderful ingredients andintroductions to Ludwell Stores suppliers, you will find the jottings and recipes ofissues past. Phil is keen to add inspiring photographs to enliven the words andrecipes. Please send in your photos of successful, or otherwise, ‘Truly’ dishes.Just imagine, those mobile library customers in the Black Country can alsoaccess these recipes – ‘Truly’ has gone global! Thank you Phil.

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Beef and Green Pepper Goulash

Serves 6–8 £14.80 when all ingredients purchased in the Donheads.According to the numerous writings about this classic dish, it’s the onionsthat make it so authentic. Traditional Hungarian goulash is more of a soup,whilst other versions are a wet stew – this recipe is the latter, a meal in onewith lots of sweet onion, that dissolve in to the sauce. You can usesausages, pork, chicken or vegetables if you don’t want beef – it will still bea goulash.

Ingredients4 tbsp rapeseed or other plain oil1.25 kg onions, sliced very thinly2 cloves of garlic, grated or finely chopped1.5 kg shin of beef or stewing steak cut into medium size pieces2 tbsp tomato puree2 tbsp paprika (sweet – not smoked)1½ tbsp hot paprika (optional/reduced quantities depending on taste)1 tsp caraway seeds crushed in a pestle and mortar1 tbsp brown sugar4 tsp cider vinegar1 large green pepper, sliced into fingers or chunksSeasoning – black pepper and saltChopped flat leaf parsley and sour cream for serving

To make the Goulash1. Fry (in a very large pan) the sliced onions in the oil, stirring continuously,

until soft and just starting to colour. This will take some time as the onionscaramelise slowly.

2. Add the garlic and cook for a minute or two, then add the tomato.puree, paprika, crushed caraway seeds, sugar and generous seasoning

3. Add the vinegar and 1 litre of water, bring to the boil, then add the beefand stir well.

4. Turn down to a gentle simmer for 2½ hours partly covered, whilstchecking and stirring frequently.

5. Check the meat for tenderness after 2 hours and add the green pepper,adding additional water if required, until the meat is just perfect.

6. Remove the meat from the pan and reduce liquid with peppers untilthickened and peppers soft but not disintegrating.

7. Serve sprinkled with chopped parsley, a dollop of sour cream andchunks of warm crusty bread – Ludwell Stores part baked sourdough orrye bread are perfect.

A truly, truly scrumptious all in one, comfortingwinter meal.


Nextdoor is a private social networkingservice, giving its members access to eachother within the confines of a‘membership only’ system. No oneoutside the membership can access thesystem. Although anybody who lives inthe parish is able to join, verification ofyour address will be required whichincludes a combination of identity checkseither via online details or by postcard. Soit is a very safe system.○ Every neighbour has to verify their

address○ Every neighbour signs in with their

real name. Just like in person○ Your website is protected by

password and encrypted by HTTPS○ Your info is never shared with

advertisers.

Why use it?Because your audience is yourneighbours. You want to find a gooddecorator; ask if anybody has a strimmeryou can borrow; promote upcomingevents such as the 4 Villages Spring Fete

and functions in the Village Halls; informthem of some suspicious movementsaround the neighbourhood at night;advertise your babysitting skills; or hasanyone seen your dog?

Richard Ecclestone and I came across itand thought it offered great potential as atool for the community to use for all sortsof applications and opportunities that areparticular to the village, and a reallysimple way to communicate amongstourselves. Although Nextdoor hasassigned us as ‘Leaders’ the system isopen to you all and you can form yourown groups e.g. ‘Charlton NeighbourhoodWatch’, ‘Donhead Ramblers’ or perhaps‘Parish Council News’.

We think it is a service with greatcommunity potential (although they can'tspell Neighbourhood!).

Please have a look at:www.nextdoor.com and then come andjoin us - and invite your neighbours.

Phil James and Richard Ecclestone

Donhead St Mary


Family Quiz Night

Saturday 1st April 20176.30–10.00pm

Hinton Hall, Tisbury, SP3 6NH

A fun evening for all, withquestions to suit ages

9 to 90 years

Teams of up to 6 people

Prize for winning team

Adults £12, Children £8 withsupper included

To purchase tickets call01747 828525 or 01747 870541

Cash Bar | Raffle

THE FALKLANDS CONFLICT

Lt Cdr David Morgan DSCfamous author of Hostile Skies

relating his personal experiences of the 1982 war

WEDNESDAY 15 FEBRUARY 2017

HINTON HALL, TISBURY

at

6.00 for 6.30 pm

Tickets: £10.00 each from : Katie Page 01747 [email protected] + Kate Good Shop, Tisbury

Refreshments / Bar Raffle

AN ILLUSTRATED TALKby

Berwick Winter TalksThe final two winter talks promise tobe interesting and varied. All talks areon Saturdays in the Village Hall andstart at 6pm. Admission £7. Baravailable.

▪ 18th February – ‘Muleteering in theHigh Yayala’ by Chris Wills

▪ 25th March – ‘Fonthill, the LostHouses and Extraordinary Owners’by Caroline Dakers

David Avrell


Entry only £10 per person to include fish & chips!Six-person teams and individuals welcome

Numbers are limited so please register for your e-ticket &place your food order in advance with:

Richard Ecclestone01747 829261

[email protected]

DONHEAD ST MARY VILLAGE HALLPRESENTS…

SATURDAY 25th MARCH 2016Starts at 7.30pm

(Fish & Chips served around 9.15pm)

• QUIZMASTER •The famous Mr Christopher Sykes

Please bring your own drinks, glasses, cutlery & nibbles


Dates for Your Diary

PageFebruary06 Monday tea@thechurch, Bob’s Quiz, St John’s Church, Charlton, 2.30pm 4509 Thursday Amity talk ‘What Colour Means to You’, 2.30pm * 4110 Friday To Sunday 19th – Shaftesbury Snowdrop Festival see below13 Monday Donheads Gardening Club talk ‘Down to Earth’ by Lois Philipps, 7.30pm †* 3715 Wednesday Talk ‘The Falklands Conflict’, Save the Children, Hinton Hall, Tisbury, 6pm 3318 Saturday Berwick Winter Talk ‘Muleteering in the High Yayala’, Village Hall, 6pm 3321 Tuesday Final day to object to Alterations to St Andrew’s Church 4528 Tuesday Pancake Party, the Rectory, Semley, 7.30pm 17

March04 Saturday Litter Pick – Great British Spring Clean, meet DSM Village Hall, 10am–12 noon 4806 Monday tea@thechurch Hat Afternoon, St John’s Church, Charlton, 2.30pm 4509 Thursday Amity AGM followed by talk ‘The Dark Ages’, 2.30pm * 4113 Monday Donheads Gardening Club AGM plus Talk by Rosie Catherwood, 7.30pm †* 3714 Tuesday 4 Villages Spring Fête meeting, Donhead Sports Club, 6pm 2114 Tuesday TCSP meeting ‘Farm Watch & Rural Crime’, Nadder Centre, Tisbury, 6pm 4725 Saturday Fish & Chip Quiz Night, Donhead St Mary Village Hall, 7.30pm 3425 Saturday Berwick Winter Talk ‘Fonthill, the Lost Houses and ……..’ Village Hall, 6pm 33

April01 Saturday Family Quiz Night, Salisbury Hospice Charity, Hinton Hall, Tisbury, 6.30pm 33

May21 Sunday 4 Villages Spring Fête, Remembrance Field, Charlton 21

* Reminders for club members:The Donheads Gardening Club and Amity meet at Donhead St Mary Village Hall, theDonhead Happy Gathering Club meets at New Remembrance Hall, Charlton

† See the DGC website for details www.donheadsgardeningclub.co.uk/Calendar.html• tea@thechurch is on most Mondays – February 6th (Bob’s Quiz) and 27th, March 6th (Hat

Afternoon), 13th, 20th and 27th and April 4th

Shaftesbury Snowdrop FestivalFriday 10 to Sunday 19th FebruaryWalks, arts & crafts, lantern making, photography &other activitiesSee ‘Snowdrop Herald’ pullout from January 20thBlackmore Vale Magazine


THE DONHEADS GARDENING CLUBAffiliated to the Royal Horticultural Society, The Wiltshire Gardens Trust and The Gardens Group, Sherborne

From all the devotees of the DonheadsGardening Club we wish you the best offun in your garden during 2017 with thehopes for a sunny summer when deckchairs will be to the fore, accompanied bytea and scones. If you are not already amember of the gardening club but enjoygarden tours, the Club has severalspectacular gardens lined up for visitsduring the summer months. The perks ofthe club go way beyond the bonhomie ofmembers to the interests of specialistspeakers and to discounts given by localgarden centres. Do consider the merits ofjoining.

Sifting through ideas for this article,little did I think for one moment that thetopics would range from pests to tea bagsand then on to the perils of accidentallyeating a daffodil bulb mistakenly for anonion! The latter story is an oddoccurrence. Talking to an elderlygentleman at, of all things, a Tea Dance inShaftesbury organised by Age Concern,he recollected how in the 1940s and ‘50sonions were mistakenly eaten by migrantsunaware that the bulb, which lookedsimilar, was in fact a daffodil with adeadly poisonous heart.

Most of us gardeners often moan aboutthe various pests invading our gardensthus creating a nuisance, so here are oneor two tips which may help to eradicatethe problems. The one which comes tomind, which I have, as yet, to prove, isusing cucumbers as a deterrent to pests.Place slices of cucumber on an aluminiumpie dish, or the like and I am told that the

chemicals in the tin will give off a scentundetectable to humans but will drivegarden pests crazy, so they flee.

Slug control is another of the yearlygripes from gardeners. Placing wood asharound vulnerable plants, but not onthem, will greatly lessen the little perishersfrom gorging on your new seedlings orvegetables. Both slugs and snails struggleto cross this barrier and an added bonusis that the ash adds potash so it’s a win-win situation.

So to tea bags – and this could be quitea lengthy paragraph. We in Britain drinksomewhere in the region of 165 millioncups of tea a day with over 90 percentmade with tea bags. Along with our otherkitchen waste, all considered to be greenwaste, consisting of anything from coffeegrounds, egg boxes and cereal packets, teabags are a constant goodness source ofnitrogen and phosphorus. Mostly thebags themselves are made from bananafibre which will break down completely incompost. In conversation with others thejury seems to be out as to whether eggshells are a good or bad addition to thecompost bin. I still consider rats are morelikely to find themselves interested in thecompost if egg shells are available asfodder.

From pests and diseases let us think ofhow to introduce more of the gardeners’good allies, the pollinators. Solitary beesmake their nests in hollow stems in asunny spot. Bumblebees like upturnedflowerpots giving them access throughthe large drainage holes. Compost heaps


give nest sites for hoverflies as theiryoung feed on the rotting matter andlacewings will live happily in rolledcorrugated cardboard perhaps stuffedinto half a plastic bottle. Rotting leaveshouse all kinds of creepy crawlies, soleave some relatively untidy patchesthroughout your garden.

With the weather warming up keepyour eyes peeled for daffodils springingup around village signposts in the

Donheads. The lovely ladies of Amitywere out and about during the latterpart of 2016 planting bulbs, so withluck and no predators to destroy, weshould see a blaze of colour welcomingyou to the villages.

Annie Strang

In the last issue, I wrote about our outingwhen we rang at other towers in October.Although in essence all belfries are thesame – a number of bells hung in a frame,attached to a full wheel round which abell rope is attached before going downto the ringing chamber – each is differentin character, sound and behaviour.Consequently, ringers need to adapt theirstyle when ringing. The nearest analogy isto driving different cars.

At St Mary’s, our six bells are ofmedium weight, on axles with ballbearings in a metal frame and hang about20 feet above the ringers. They are well intune with each other and the harmonicswithin each bell are also fairly true. Theygo well, sound good and are joy to ring.St Andrew’s four bells are of similarweight to St Mary’s, on axles with plainbearings in a wooden frame and hangabout 12 feet above the ringers. Theceiling is not sound-proofed, so the bellsare very loud. As the heaviest bell (thetenor) is almost the same weight as thatof St Mary’s, and on plain bearings, theyare heavier to ring. Semley has six bells in

a very solidly built tower, and they showthe West Country preference for reallyheavy bells with a 26 cwt tenor (almostthree times heavier than Donhead). Theringers stand in a ‘minstrels’ gallery’ at theback of the church, so you can turn andwatch them ringing from your pew. Asthey are so heavy, they have to be rungslowly and steadily. If you really want tosee ringers in action, you can go toChilmark or Dinton. Their ringers standin the body of the church at the front ofthe pews, just in front of the pulpit. Bothof these churches have central towers andthe ringers need to be adroit to managethe long ropes. The longer the rope, themore it can move about and magnify anytechnical weaknesses in controlling them.And, of course, all in public view! Thebells themselves hang fairly high up thetower and are not any lower just becausethe ringers are at ground level.

So, even in a small locality, the variety isreally interesting.

Christopher Sykeswww.donhead.sdgr.org.uk

See the DGC website for detailswww.donheadsgardeningclub.co.uk/Calendar.htm

DONHEAD ST MARY BELL-RINGERS


Amity Committee

Wiltshire Air AmbulanceWe have donated £5,000 to Wiltshire AirAmbulance! A HUGE thank you to allwho have supported our fundraisingefforts in 2016, namely, the AugustCoffee Morning, November Lunch, ouronline auction and our other fundraisinginitiatives.

And 2017 will see a ‘bucket collection’at Salisbury Races on Father’s Day,Sunday 18th June, for Wiltshire AirAmbulance as well as other events.December – Christmas PartyWe welcomed one of our members,Yvonne Wheeler, who showed us how tomake various Christmas flowerdecorations. She made it look so easy buta number of members still decided toshort cut doing their own by buying hersand yet again supporting our chosencharity! We held a fun quiz which waswon by Eileen Tucker, Marie Gray, JoyceDingley and Theresa Gowers. Before adelicious tea, provided by the Committee,a version of ‘We wish you a MerryChristmas’ – appropriate words suppliedby a member, Sheila Wise – was sung bythe Committee.January – Members’ New Year LunchThis year 22 members went to TheWyndham Arms at Dinton where Pauland Mary not only closed the pub for usbut also laid on a veritable feast. The onlymurmurings were “what an amazingamount of food and so beautifullypresented”. In fact there was the odd‘doggy bag’ seen leaving and I have toadmit that when Paul asked if we would

also like mince pies I made a Chairman’sdecision and said “No”!Forthcoming Events▪ Thursday 9th February – ‘What ColourMeans to You’, a talk by Liz Prest, betterknown locally as Liz Lockwood. Liz, ahighly qualified consultant, not only hascorporate clients but also lectures oncruise ships and at Marlborough CollegeSummer School. We are very fortunatethat she will come and give us her adviceso – men watch out – this could beexpensive!▪ Thursday 9th March – Annual GeneralMeeting followed by a talk ‘The DarkAges’ by Janet Seal. Janet has written anumber of novels including, The King’sChalice trilogy and Colehill. In this talk shegives us an insight into Saxon Life inDorset.

We are always keen to welcome newmembers, so please get in touch with me,or just come along to one of our meetingsand enjoy a stimulating talk followed by adelicious homemade tea – and chit chat!

Our meetings are held at St Mary’sVillage Hall and begin at 2.30pm

To find out more about Amity visit ourwebsite www.donheadsamityclub.co.uk

Ann Danby, [email protected]

01747 828640

Medical Equipment Loan Serviceplease see page 43


There are lots of new and excitingopportunities at the Nadder Centrefor people living in and around theTisbury area. To help you participatein these activities Tisbus is running aregular bus to the centre everyFriday.

Why not pop up and visit ourmuch sought after library andbrowse the bookshelves or DVDsbefore relaxing in our coffee shopfor a delicious slice of cake andcuppa (cafe opening soon)? Or youcould make use of our fully equippedgym. Amongst other activities andclasses we also have an over 50sgroup every Friday morning.

Tisbus is running a regular bus aroundthe Tisbury area, to and from the NadderCentre. For information on times call07500 802525. The cost for any of theruns is £3 return for adults living outsideTisbury (children £1.50), £2 forpassengers living in Tisbury (children £1),children under eight travel free.

Passengers can travel on any of theincoming runs and return on any of theoutgoing runs and vice versa.

The bus will pick you up from yourhome address. To book a seat on the bus(for an incoming pick up) you will need tocall or text 07500 802525. If you aregetting on the first leg of the journeyfrom Tisbury you can tell the driver youraddress when you get on the bus.

More information available by clickingthe links below:www.wiltshire.gov.uk/leisure-nadderwww.tisbus.co.uk

Stephen Harris

New 16-seater minibus, provided by the Department forTransport’s Minibus Fund, restores the TISBUS fleet to four

Tisbus Service to the New NadderCentre

Thanks to our appeal we are pleased tosay that we have the following itemsavailable for loan:▪ Wheelchair▪ Three-wheel walker▪ Perching stools▪ Shower stool▪ Bed cradle▪ Crutches▪ Adjustable bed/chair table▪ And other smaller items.

To borrow any of these items or todonate items please [email protected] or phone AnnDanby 01747 828640


tea@thechurchDecember was a very active month fortea@thechurch.

On 5th December we held a Bring andBuy sale in aid of the Red Cross and aredelighted to have passed on to them thegrand sum of £86.80. A big thank you to allwho so generously donated goods and tothose who purchased them!

The following Monday was ChristmasParty time with a special festive tea. JeanWinchester kindly played seasonal musicon the piano which was especially enjoyedby the young children present as theyaccompanied her with percussioninstruments and much enthusiasm! Thefollowing week, the last before Christmas,a shortened tea session was concluded bya well-attended informal sing-along carolservice.

January has started quietly but, by thetime you read this, we will have had our‘Do You Remember This’ afternoon whenwe bring items from 50 years or so ago tojog each others’ memories. We are hopingthat it will be a very entertainingafternoon.

However, you may be interested intaking part in ‘Bob’s Quiz’ on 6th Februaryor our ‘Hat Afternoon’ on 6th March.

All sessions start at 2.30pm and finish at4.30pm, so do drop in any time betweenthose hours. You can be sure of a warmwelcome.

Dates for February and March are:▪ February 6th and 27th▪ March 6th, 13th, 20th and 27th▪ April 4th

See you there! Phone 01747 829188 formore details.

ALTERATIONS TO STANDREW’S CHURCH

Time Limit for Letters ofObjection

An application is being made to theSalisbury Diocesan Consistory Courtfor permission to carry out work toDonhead St Andrew Church. Outlinedetails of the work are given in apublic notice at the church. Pleasenote that the date by which anyobjections to the proposed work maybe submitted is Tuesday 21stFebruary 2017.

Richard Lee

Lent StudyAre you interested in attending a

Lent Study Course?If so, or if you could offer a

venue, please [email protected]

The course is called‘RECEIVING CHRISTin five different ways’

We need to know numbers verysoon in order to buy the course book


TISBURY COMMUNITYSAFETY PARTNERSHIP

Next Meeting

Tuesday 14th March 2017Nadder Centre, Tisbury

6.00pmGuest speakers on:

Farm Watch&

Rural CrimePlease join us and express

your views

All Members of the Public andCommunity Groups are very welcome

A Digi-present isn't Justfor ChristmasIf you found a new digi-present –smartphone, tablet, laptop etc. – underyour Christmas tree this year, rememberthat Wiltshire County’s volunteer ‘DigitalChampions’ are ready to help you get themost out of your new digital device. Evenexperienced users can sometimes find anew version of a product a bit baffling atfirst!

The volunteer champions will be at theDigital Inclusion Drop-in sessions,throughout South Wiltshire, on thefollowing dates:▪ Tisbury

'Sacred Heart' Parish Rooms – 2nd &4th Wednesday of each month

▪ WiltonWilton Community Centre, Room 4 –1st & 3rd Thursday of each month

▪ SalisburySalisbury Arts Centre – 2nd & 4thFriday of each monthSt John's Place, Lower Bemerton – 3rdFriday of each month'Truffles', Winterslow – Fortnightlyfrom 17th January.If you can’t make any of these dates,

you can telephone 0300 456 0100 toarrange a personal visit. This is a freeservice from Wiltshire Council aimed athelping local residents to get online.

Happy New Year from the DigitalInclusion Team.

A Call for Bric-a-brac for StAndrew’s Fête

Thanks to the response to our pleain the digest last year, we now have

storage for bric-a-brac for StAndrews Church Fête on AugustBank Holiday Monday. If you are

moving or decluttering, please giveus a call Margaret/Jane Pitman

01747 828761


The next meeting ofDonhead St Mary Parish Council

will take place onWednesday 8th March 2017 at 7.15pm

in New Remembrance Hall, Charlton

An agenda will be displayed on the village noticeboards by the preceding Friday. Please contact the

Clerk for further information.Members of the public and press are welcome to

attend and there will be an opportunity for questionsprior to the start of the meeting.

Litter PickAs part of The Great British Spring Clean, there willbe a community litter pick on Saturday 4th March2017. Please meet at 10am at DSM Village Hall (’til12 noon). Long-handled litter pickers will beprovided but please bring gloves, hi vis vest etc. Formore information contact John Feltham on 01747828115. See also page 67.Parish StewardThe Parish Steward will continue to visit the parishon a regular basis and undertake minor tasks. If youspot any minor issues such as dirty or obstructedsigns or blocked gullies please contact JohnFletham (01747 828115) who collates the task listfor the Steward.PotholesPlease can we remind you to report potholes toWiltshire Council ideally using the MyWiltshire app;this can be used on a smartphone or a computerand the issue is immediately on the system and thebest way to get a prompt response. WiltshireCouncil use a grading system for potholes so themore serious the quicker the response, some minorpotholes can take a while before anything is done.

Emergency number for electricity outagesPlease call 105 if you have a power cut – this is thequickest way to find out how long the power may beoff. Please remember that many phones only work ifthere is power, so it is worth investing in an old styleplug analogue phone for use in emergencies.If you are a vulnerable person (this could be anelderly person, someone who needs electricity formedical equipment or have a new baby) pleasecontact Scottish and Southern Energy as soon aspossible, and they will place you on their list – thismeans that in the event of a power cut they shouldcontact you.Hedges and shrubsA reminder that if you have a hedge bordering thehighway you are responsible for cutting the roadside as well as the part in your garden. This alsoincludes overhanging trees which may causedamage to larger vehicles.PlanningDonhead St Mary PC continues to discuss allplanning applications at a meeting held in public,this may be at the scheduled meeting or at a specialplanning meeting which is held on a Saturdaymorning. All meetings are held at NewRemembrance Hall, Charlton – please check thenotice board for details of planning applications tobe discussed.If you wish to make a comment on a planningapplication, you are most welcome to attend theDSM planning meeting but you should send yourcomments to Wiltshire Council who determine theapplication.

Mrs Clare Churchill, Parish Clerk01722 743027

Donhead St Mary Parish Council


Wiltshire West Community Policing TeamSummary of daily crime updates for mid-December to mid-January

The following items have been selected and slightlyedited from the Daily Crime Updates issued as‘Alerts’ by the local Community Messaging Service.13 January – Tisbury: Burglary. A garden shed has

been broken into and three saws taken fromwithin.

11 January – Tisbury: Burglary. Suspect broke thelock from a garden gate and then ripped throughsome wires disabling the security lights. Anoutbuilding was then forcefully opened and apower tool taken from within.

10 January – Semley: Burglary. Suspects entered asecure compound and gained access to a lockedcontainer from which a large quantity of batterieswas stolen.

08 January – Sedgehill: Vehicle Offences. Unknownsuspect smashed the victim's passenger sidewindow using unknown means. No entry gainedand nothing stolen. No other damage to thevehicle.

07 January – Chicksgrove: Burglary. Unknownsuspects jemmied open an outbuilding door andgained entry. Nothing was removed.

04 January – Swallowcliffe: Vehicle Offences.Unknown suspect entered vehicle by unknownmeans without causing damage and, once inside,pulled the cowling out from under the steeringcolumn. Suspect then tried, unsuccessfully, to"hot wire" the vehicle. Nothing else was moved orstolen from the vehicle.

03 January – West Knoyle: Theft. Suspect(s) stoletwo gas canisters from the property. One was cutaway from the pipe thus causing damage; theconnecter, valued at £30, was removed. Theother canister was not attached.

27 December – Tisbury: Burglary. Unknown personwalked down the path at the side of the house toreach the rear garden. A shed and garage werebroken into and tools and a china pot werestolen.

25 December – Fovant: Vehicle Offences. Unknownsuspect entered the victim's vehicle whist parkedat the location and stole cash

22 December – Semley: Theft. Unknown suspect(s)cut padlock and chain to metal gates and

travelled down track to mainhouse; two caravans werestolen from an open-faced barn.

21 December – Tisbury: Public Order Offences.Officers were called to a disorder at an address.A male was asked to leave but he walked up thestreet shouting and swearing. He was arrestedfor a public order offence.

As you will notice from the above, a number ofthe reported crimes are in the category, ‘VehicleOffences’. Can I please remind you all to:▪ Remove all belongings and valuables from within

vehicles. Many of these crimes are committed by‘opportunist thieves’ who could believe thatsomething is hidden beneath a blanket / emptycarrier bag / coat etc., and will cause damage inorder to gain entry.

▪ Lock the doors, windows, boot and sunroof everytime you leave your car - however briefly.

▪ Not leave anything of value in the vehicle whilst itis unattended. This includes satellite navigationsystems, mobile phones, laptops, handbags andjackets. If it is unavoidable, turn all electricalitems off and place in the boot.

▪ Leave the glove compartment open to show thereis nothing of value stored within.

Footnote: If you are interested in receiving (or justreading) these alerts directly from the CommunityMessaging Service, please accesswww.wiltsmessaging.co.uk and follow theinstructions.Local NewsBefore the Christmas period, PC Porter and PCSOHuntley carried out early morning speed checksaround the area; this resulted in two people gettingtickets for excess speed. Please can you all beaware of your speed and drive to the conditions ofthe road and weather. Last week traffic incidentsaccounted for 44% of incidents in the Tisbury areaalone. Can I also remind you all to make sure thatnumber plates are visible; with the dirty roads andwet conditions cars are getting filthy very quicklyand this is obstructing the rear plates. It is anoffence to not display your registration number, so


please check it is clear of dirt to avoid a fine. Takecare!Tisbury Community Safety PartnershipPlease note that there is a change of venue for thenext meeting of the partnership. See page 47.Team Contacts▪ Sector Head: Inspector 2517 James Brain:

[email protected]▪ Deputy Sector Head: Ps 1801 Louis McCoy:

[email protected]▪ Community Coordinator: Pc 2446 Charly Chilton:

[email protected]▪ Local PCSO: PCSO 6126 Vicky Huntley:

[email protected] NOTE CHANGE!!! Community PolicingTeam Mailbox:[email protected] a detailed breakdown of the crime in your areavisit: www.police.uk/wiltshire

Extracted from:Warminster Sector CommunityPolicing TeamDecember 2016 report to ParishCouncils within the Tisbury CommunityArea

Rogue TradersYou should always be cautious when someone youdon’t know calls at your door. Bogus callers may besmartly dressed and claim to be from the council,the police, health organisations, or from utilitycompanies. Generally, official visitors will alwaysarrange an appointment with you beforehand.

If there is someone that you do not know at yourdoor, keep your door shut and locked and use aspy-hole or window to check who is outside. Do notopen the door if you don’t recognise them or are notexpecting a caller.

If you are persuaded to open the door, always askfor proof of identity, and don’t be afraid to phone thecompany or organisation the caller claims to be from- but, in order to confirm their identity, obtain thetelephone number from the phone book.

If you are at all concerned about the identity ofsomeone or if you see any suspicious people,activity or vehicles or think a bogus caller may have

called at your door, report them to the policeimmediately.

Sometimes, people turn up unannounced, with theintention of tricking their way into a property; theseare called ‘distraction burglars’ or ‘bogus callers’.Their only aim is to trick you into letting them intoyour home so that they can steal money orvaluables. Some can be very convincing andpersuasive; they will use any excuse to distract youand will try to take advantage of your good nature.

Other rogue traders will tell homeowners theyneed work done on the house or offer to carry outbuilding or gardening work at extortionate prices. Sonever buy goods and services from people callingunexpectedly or unannounced at your door.

Often these criminals target the elderly and themost vulnerable members of our communities andwe ask that friends and relatives help communicateour advice to help prevent others from becomingvictims.

Research shows that rogue-trading incidents arefewer in areas where there is a supportivecommunity, so call in on vulnerable neighboursregularly.


CLUBS, SOCIETIES and ASSOCIATIONSwithin OUR AREA

DONHEAD SPORTS CLUB 07147 828130Secretary Richard Gray 01747 828769Crib Team Brian Gray 01747 828160Cricket Team Richard Gray 01747 828769 Wednesday evenings April to JulyFootball Chris Foster 01747 853925 Adults Saturday afternoons September to May Tennis Club Chris Foster 01747 853925Skittles 07147 828130 Men/Mixed Teams (4) Monday & Thursday evenings Ladies Team (1) Tuesday & Wednesday evenings

ACTIVITIES IN NEW REMEMBRANCE HALL Contact Ann Rossiter 01747 828252Art Classes Claire Thomas 01258 456474

FridaysBlackmore Vale Amateur Keith Chadwick 01747 851260

Radio Society Tuesday eveningsHappy Gathering Diana Valler 01747 852170 Jill Laker 01747 811545

3rd Friday each monthPilates Colette Sykes 01747 828497 / 07752 492344 www.pilates-evolution.org

Thursday mornings 9.30–10.30amPilates Sam Whitford 07740 906515 / 01747 811035

Wednesdays 9.15–10.15am & 10.30–11.30amT’ai Chi Sue Marks 01747 838470

Monday afternoonsThe Blackmore Stroke Group Chris Davies 01747 853428

2nd & 4th Tuesday of month in term timeThe Shaston Sequence Dance Mr & Mrs Arthur 01747 854011

Thursday evenings as well as occasional Saturday Group evenings

ACTIVITIES IN DONHEAD ST MARY VILLAGE HALL Contact Karen Ecclestone 01747 829261Amity Club Ann Danby 01747 828640

2nd Thursday afternoon in monthThe Donheads Gardening Club Fran Robson 01747 828032

2nd Monday of monthPilates Classes Tracey Scott-Masson 07866 552421

See advert on page 32 [email protected]’ai Chi Annie Armit details to follow

Thursday evenings


OTHER ACTIVITIESDonhead Ramblers Penny & Rodney Short 01747 828062 1st Saturday in month from September to May/JuneChess Circle Neville Pughe 01747 828084 John Hill 01747 828279 Every Monday afternoon in private housesThursday Club John Hill 01747 828279 This is a men’s gathering on Thursdays at The Forester at midday. No membership, no rules!

All welcome

Berwick St John Country Fayre Mary Sparks 01747 828496Bowls – Short Mat Shaftesbury D Nicholls 01747 852483

(For any additions or amendments to this list or the list below, please [email protected] or contact Penny Silverside on 01747 828935)

CLUBS, SOCIETIES and ASSOCIATIONSin and around SHAFTESBURY & GILLINGHAM

Abbey Shaftesbury, Friends of 01747 852910Age Concern – advice Shaftesbury 01747 853966 Gillingham 01747 825639Agricultural Society, Gillingham & Shaftesbury 01747 823955Archaeological Group, Shaftesbury District Unity Sparrow 01747 852202Archaeology, Junior Archaeology Group B Moore 01747 852073Army Cadets, Shaftesbury Unit 01305 263953Arts Centre Art Group (members only) Unity Sparrow 01747 852202Arts Centre Film Society (members only) Mr P Schilling 01747 853224Ashmore Fillyloo J & C Greig 01747 811413Beekeepers Association, Shaftesbury

& Gillingham Andrew Kneller 07973 385957Bell-ringers, Gillingham 01747 822812Blackmore Vale Ramblers Derek Mott 01935 872123Bridge, Shaftesbury Bridge Club, British Legion Hall 01747 850060Campaign to Protect Rural England Sephen Howard 01747 828249Car Club H Miller 01747 838274Carnival, Shaftesbury 01747 850970 or 858218Chess, Gillingham & Shaftesbury Mr R Adams 01747 823387Civic Society, Gillingham Mr P G Fleming 01747 823011Civic Society, ShaftesburyCivil Service Retirement Fellows R Manning 01747 854880Community Action, Shaftesbury Dr G Tapper 01747 852872Computer Club 01747 824884Contact MagazineCraft, Camelot Group Mrs A Swain 01747 851972Crime Prevention Panel 01747 852231D & FAS, Blackmore Vale Mrs E K Bond 01747 855929Dance Classes Caron Parry 01747 858978Day Centre for Elderly 01747 854959Disabled Group, Shaftesbury Mrs J Lowe 01747 854957Dorset Philharmonic Orchestra David John 01747 841130


First Source, at the Library Cat Simmonds 01747 853182Floral Club, Gillingham 01747 822539Foresters Ancient Order of Foresters Friendly

Society Ms Krautschneider 01747 85325841 Club, Shaftesbury & Gillingham M Ford 01747 822046Gardening Association, Shaftesbury Mrs Val Saunders 01747 851822Gardening Society, Gillingham Mrs S Hague 01747 826672Gillingham Arts Workshop 01747 826184Gillingham Bowling Club 01747 824140Gillingham in Bloom Mrs S Hunt 01747 840333Gillingham Football Club 01747 823673Gillingham Imperial Silver Band Mr C Birchall 01258 860999Gillingham Leisure Centre 01747 822026Gillingham Library 01747 822180Gillingham Youth Community Centre 01747 822267Gold Hill Museum 01747 852157Guides, Gillingham Mrs D Trevor 01747 813402Guides, Shaftesbury Mrs C Coney 01747 853429Historical Society, Shaftesbury & District R Simpson 01747 828229Independent Order of Oddfellows Mr J Rutter 01747 852903Inner Wheel, Gillingham Mrs S Curbishely 01747 851770Inner Wheel, Shaftesbury Mr I Homes 01747 852727King Alfred’s Housing Assoc G Hughes 01747 852328Karate: (Southern Shotokan), Shaftesbury

& Blandford Leisure Centre 01793 690642Ladies Circle, Shaftesbury & Gillingham T StanleyLions, Gillingham, Mere & Shaftesbury Deborah Clarke 01747 854537Local History Society, Gillingham Mr D Lloyd 01747 823507Manor Musicians E Tolfree 01747 851434Meditation Non-denominational 01747 852164Medical Equipment Loan Service Ann Danby 01747 828640Mothers Union St Peters United Church Hall Mrs Stanley 01747 850720

(1st Wednesday 2:45 pm)Music for Enjoyment Group Mrs Thomas 01747 853716

(meets at Friends Meeting House)National Trust, Blackmore Vale & Yeovil Centre S Evans 01747 841041North Dorset Ramblers 01935 813809Orbit Club, North Dorset Mrs J Parks 01747 823096Palladwr Bowmen Anthony Rayner 01747 853810Pigeon Racing Club, Gillingham & District Mr C Glaze 01258 472433Probus Ladies Mrs E Wellwood 01747 850945Probus, Gold Hill Probus Ione Homes 01747 811532Quilters, North Dorset Mrs Pickard 01747 855243Quilters, Blackmore Vale, British Legion Hall J Ripper 01747 853989

(on various days)Railway Society, Shaftesbury & Gillingham D Nicholls 01747 852483REMAP, Shaftesbury Health Centre Mr H W Hardy 01747 826424Revellers Carnival Club Heidi Anderson 01747 825344Rolt Millennium Green Mr P Schilling 01747 853224Rotaract Club, Shaftesbury Mr C Hill 01747 852254Rotary Club, Shaftesbury Mr P Deakin 01258 450861

(meets at Fleur de Lys Monday evenings)Round Table, Shaftesbury & Gillingham Rob Curtis 01747 824338Royal Air Forces Association Mrs Mary Chesterfield 01747 853231Royal British Legion, Gillingham (Womens) Mrs F Mason 01747 822408Royal British Legion, Gillingham 01747 822439 or 823384


Royal British Legion, Shaftesbury 01747 853484Scout, Bourton Mrs E Dunn 01747 822031Shaftesbury & District Historical Society 01747 852157Shaftesbury Arts Centre, Box Office 01747 854321Shaftesbury Community Choir Julia Markus 01747 854225

(meets in Town Hall Wednesday evenings)Shaftesbury Club for Young People 01747 853195Shaftesbury Flower Club, Shaftesbury Town Hall Eileen Woodward 01258 820537

(3rd Monday – not August)Shaftesbury Football Club, Coppice Street 01747 853990Shaftesbury in Bloom Mr D Beer 01747 853178Shaftesbury Leisure Centre 01747 854637Shaftesbury Orchestra T Crump 01747 854420Shaston Social Club, Bleke Street 01747 852348Silver Band 01747 850598 or 852377South Wilts Ramblers 01722 334329South Somerset Ramblers 01935 421235St James Brass 01747 856070Stour Valley Search and Recovery Club Mr M Hann 01202 738248Talking Newspaper (Shaftesbury Area) Ven. JJ Holliman 01747 853637Tisbury & District Sports Centre see Contents 01747 871141Toby’s Young Peoples Project 01747 850860Town Crier, Shaftesbury Mr C Skey 01747 852420Trefoil Guild Mrs C Davies 01747 853428Twinning Association Mr J Nizan 01747 852421

University of the Third Age www.sgu3a.org.uk/index.htmlWeaving and Spinning Mrs P Simmonds 01747 853182Wessex Highlanders (Pipes and Drums) 01747 853182Wessex Military Band 01308 425010WI, Gillingham Mrs B King (afternoon) 01747 825086 Mrs B Setchall (evening) 01747 826149WI Gillingham & WI Shaftesbury Country

Markets Mrs C Norton 01747 828048WI, Milton on Stour Mrs C Alexander 01747 824655WI, Shaftesbury Lesley Frost/Catherine 01747 853375 Woolford (evening) 01747 850322WI, Shaftesbury Mrs M Pennell (morning) 01747 854869Young Farmers Club, Gillingham & Shaftesbury Julia Trim 01747 855906

The views expressed in the are those of contributors.We cannot guarantee their accuracy.

All contributions submitted for inclusion in the digest may be subject to editing.As far as possible, spellings are according to the

ary.


I am sure most of our readers areaware of the NHS Dorset ClinicalCommissioning Group (CCG)consultation. Please read the following,extracted from various pages in theBlackmore Vale Magazine January 27th2017, get hold of the CCG document‘Improving Dorset’s healthcare’,complete the questionnaire and have asay on the future of services.On page 41 ‘Letters to the Editor’○ ‘Have your say on NHS proposals’,

Tim Goodson, Chief Officer NHSDorset CCG“With only a few weeks to go tomake your views known ……....I urgeyou to pick up a copy of ourdocument Improving Dorset’shealthcare, complete thequestio nnaire and have a say onthe future of services.” It is availablefrom GP practices, hospitals andlocal libraries and onlinewww.csr.dorsetsvision.nhs.uk

○ ‘Save Shaftesbury Hospital beds’,Steve Unwin, ShaftesburyHe points out that a significantnumber of users of the hospital arefrom across the border in Wiltshire –and their views must have equalweight. Also a petition from over

3000 people to keep the ‘beds’ willnot be counted as it was submittedbefore the 6-week officialconsultation began!

○ ‘Sign Up to Save our beds’, JulianPritchard, Save Our BedsA team of volunteers is aiming toknock on doors in SP7 area andinform residents about the NHSreforms and asking them to sign thepetition demanding the beds stay.

On page 24○ ‘It’s Your NHS – let’s keep it healthy’,

Keith Harrisson, Patient & PublicInvolvement Development worker,NHS Dorset CCG

And on page 7○ ‘Prime Minister backs hospital

campaign’Theresa May has expressed supportfor Shaftesbury’s WestminsterMemorial Hospital during PrimeMinister’s Questions in the House ofCommons.

Please make sure you have yoursay and encourage everyone you

know to do so

The deadline for responses is 28thFebruary 2017

Westminster Memorial Hospital – Save our Beds

STOP PRESS


The Great British Spring CleanAs you may already know Wiltshire Council is supporting theGreat British Spring Clean, a campaign launched by KeepBritain Tidy to bring people together to clear up litter.Groups, organisations and individuals in your parish areencouraged to take part by organising a litter pick during theweekend of Friday 3 to Sunday 5 March 2017. South WestWiltshire Area Board funded litter picking kits to parisheswho engaged with the Clean for the Queen initiative in 2016.For more information contactSteve HarrisCommunity Engagement Manager(South West Wiltshire)01722 434211

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Are you interested in organising a litter pick? A PDFexplaining how to go about this along with aRegistration Form and FAQs are available fromStephen Harris [email protected]

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