The Lydden Vale News

April 2020

~ Buckland Newton ~ Pulham ~ Knapps Hill ~ Duntish ~ Cosmore ~ Henley ~

~ Holnest ~ Bookham ~ Brockhampton ~ Cerne Abbas (surgery) ~

Happy Easter

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April's 'Quick' Calendar (additional information and events on following pages)

Feel free to add your own reminders - dentist, birthdays, vet, etc!!!

Mon, Tue & Fri POST OFFICE 9am-12 noon Buckland Newton Village Hall

Tuesdays Sit Down Exercise Class 2pm Buckland Newton Village Hall Sarah Mitchell Tuesdays Takeaway Tuesdays Gaggle of Geese Simon/Sarah Wednesdays Fit Moves 6.30-7.30pm Pulham Village Hall Sarah Mitchell Saturdays Gaggle Waggle Run/Walk 10am Gaggle of Geese Simon/Sarah

Contact Details for above: Sarah Mitchell 01258 817288 Simon/Sarah 01300 345249

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun

1 April Fools’ Day (or Gowk’s Day)

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3 4 Pulham

Coffee Morning (page 5)

5 Palm Sunday

6 7

8 2nd Friday

Lunch Club at the

Rose & Crown (page 5)

--------------------- Supermoon (page 31)

9 Maunday Thursday

10 Good Friday Bank Holiday

--------------------- 2nd Friday Lunch

Club - see Wednesday 8th --------------------- Cerne Surgery

Closed

11 Glanvilles Woot’n

Community Breakfast & Walk

(page 4)

12 Easter Sunday ---------------------

13 Easter Monday

Bank Holiday -------------------- Cerne Surgery

Closed

14 Pulham

T and Chat Group

(page 4) ---------------------

BN Parish Council Meeting

(page 29)

15 16 17

18 5pm

Copy Deadline for May LVN

19 9.30am

Family Service and Activities

Holy Rood, BN

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21 Queen

Elizabeth II’s Birthday

(21 April 1926)

22 Lydden Vale Garden Club “Greenhouse Gardening”

(page 5)

23 St George’s Day

24 10.30am

Village Café BN Village Hall

(page 5) ---------------------

Glanvilles Woot’n Quiz and Supper

(page 4)

25 Buckland Newton Spring Plant Sale

(page 5)

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27 28 7pm

Pulham Parish Meeting (page 5)

--------------------- 5pm

Fish & Chip Van (page 4)

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30 May Eve

(St. Walpurga’s Night)

(page 10)

New Moon

Full Moon

Last Qtr

First Qtr

DUE TO COVID-19, PLEASE CHECK

WITH ORGANISERS FOR EVENTS THAT ARE STILL LISTED AT TIME OF GOING

TO PRESS

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Lydden Vale News Team

Editor Carole Barnett

lyddenvalley@gmail.com

Treasurer Pending

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Advertising Manager

Pending lyddenvaleadverts@gmail.com

Reports/Articles/Interviews

lyddenvalley@gmail.com

Distribution Brian Oldroyd 01300 345535

Distributors Pauline Adams

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Damian Brothers Jane Collins

Jeremy Collins Rose Dennison Lesley Docksey Bridget Fairlie Michelle Foot Jenny Jesty

Thomas King Fizz Lewis

Trevor Marpole David Morris

John Marjoram Dick Sealy

Helen Simpson Jane West

Spare copies available from

The Old Chapel Stores

The Buckland Newton

Community Website

www.bucklandnewton.com

Your local website for up-to-date

news, events, clubs, groups,

directories for businesses and

services - and information about the

village and its surroundings

(and the online version of the LVN!)

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The Bit at the Beginning … … unfortunately, the evolving situation regarding the coronavirus COVID-19 has sadly resulted in the cancellation/postponement of numerous events, including the much anticipated VE Day Street Party. However, the health and welfare of the community comes first and those events “still on” at the time of going to press, might change. It is best to contact the respective organisers directly. Jeremy has kindly forwarded some information regarding COVID-19, received through Neighbourhood Watch, and Public Health Dorset has also sent information (pages 22 & 23). If you have to self-isolate and need assistance, please contact any member of the Buckland Newton Parish Council, (details on page 29) who

will put you in touch with the relevant voluntary groups in the village - contact details for The Old Chapel Stores (already taking orders and arranging deliveries/collections) are also included.

But, we must also try to stay positive and cheerful, especially with Easter Eggs on the horizon!!! And not all things involve crowds … for those of you into Astronomy, or who just love the sight of the full Moon rising, this month’s full Moon (8 April) is the best super Moon this year (page 31). Fingers (and all other extruding appendages!) crossed for a cloudless evening in the garden on the 8th!

In addition to all the ‘Info-y’ and ‘Eggy’ bits in this month’s issue, we have news (page 13) of a Teddy Bear Sleepover in Holy Rood Church (COVID-19 permitting!). I told my ‘agèd chaps’ about it but they all said they are too old, except Katie Koala (who claims she has too many bald patches in her fur to go out!) and Tigger, who is actually a cheetah - because he only speaks Swahili and will not be able to engage in ‘pillow talk’ with all the English speaking bears!

With putting things in, taking things out, then changing things around, this issue has been a challenge (to the 11th hour!) but, hopefully, there are enough interesting and/or fun things to immerse yourselves in - after all, ‘We are British’ and, ergo, must try to keep things ‘upbeat’ amidst all the cancellations and information regarding ‘COVID-19’!

Wishing you all a very Happy Eastertide, Eostre, et cetera! (and if anyone is ‘stock piling’, remember to also stock pile Easter Eggs - as many as you want because, if you are self-isolating, who is going to know how many you eat? !!!). Stay Safe. Carole, LVN Editor

Richard Duijustee

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Given the impact the COVID-19 virus is having, and the recent announcements made by the government, it is difficult to predict what the next few weeks and months mean for the Gaggle. So, certainly for now and at the time of writing (mid March), we are choosing to keep the Gaggle open and operating. We will be reviewing this strategy on a week by week basis. Facebook and our website are the best place to be kept updated on any changes. Our staff team already work very hard at keeping the pub clean. We will asking them to do even more whilst we remain open and will be taking extra measures to ensure the welfare of our team and those that visit us. We have had lots of messages of support and from those asking how they can best help us through this tricky time. It is also important to us that as the only pub in the village, we continue to use the Gaggle as a resource to support the community around us. So ways you can help us or that we can help you include....

Visit the pub – if you are feeling well then we would love to see you for a drink, bite to eat and a natter.

Order a takeaway – we have introduced a takeaway option from the pub or even delivered to your door! This proved to be popular and is a way that we can support the isolated and hungry! Our takeaway menu is available on our website www.gaggleofgeese.co.uk or from the village shop . 01300 345249

Buy a Gift Card / Voucher – even if we have to close the pub at the behest of the government or in the short term, we will be open again in the future and are looking forward to BBQs, pizzas, juicing apples and a splendid summer in the garden. Buy now ... have a drink or meal in the summer!

Leave a tip for the staff – it wouldn’t be the Gaggle without our team. All tips go exclusively to them. Please help to show how much we collectively appreciate them. Look forward to seeing you all soon Much love, positive thoughts and best wishes

Simon & Sarah

News and events from the Gaggle of Geese

Village Café - Buckland Newton

No Village Café

It is with regret we are suspending the Village Cafe, Buckland Newton, March, April and maybe May. Fizz Lewis 345521

Quiz and Supper ?? Evening ??

7.30pm Friday 24 April

@ the hall Glanvilles Wootton, DT9 5QF

--ooOOoo--

Book a table for around 8 persons or book individually and we will find you some team mates.

Tickets bookable in advance @ £9 per person. Call 01963 210562 now to be sure of a place.

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Please bring your own drink and glasses *** Proceeds to Holnest Church Funds ***

Pulham T & Chat Group Our group meet on the second Tuesday of each month, alternating tea in someone's home, by invitation, and lunch at The Halsey Arms.

If you are interested in joining us, or for more information,

Please contact: Rita on 01258 472494.

Easter Trail at Minterne Gardens

Hunt for … Easter Bunnies, Easter Eggs

Follow the clues before heading back to the café for a chocolate prize

Easter Trail £1 for Children; Garden Entry £6 for Adults

Feast on … Cream Teas & Hot Cross Buns in

the Café on the Terrace overlooking the lake; Hot and Cold Lunches

Monday 6 April till Sunday 19 April - Daily 10am to 6pm Minterne Magna, Dorset DT2 7AU

It would be great if you could join us at the

24th Community Breakfast Easter Saturday 11 April

at the hall Glanvilles Wootton (DT9 5QF), 9-10.30am Breakfast £5 under 10’s free with the purchase of a

full price breakfast ~with optional free~ Countryside Walk!

8.30am from the hall car park Approx: 1- 1½ hours – maybe some stiles

stout footwear advised Raffle

For more information on 01963 210562 * A Community Event organised by Holnest Church *

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Second Friday Lunch Club

On a beautiful sunny, though chilly, day the Lunch Club held our regular meeting (Friday 13th March) at the Village Hall. None of us was put off by the coronavirus, we just "kept calm and carried on". Thanks to our cooks, the meal was enjoyed wholeheartedly, and thanks also to our band of helpers. However, in view of recent government recommendations, we have now cancelled our visit to the Rose & Crown on 8th April. Do hope we will be back to normal soon

Susan 345760

Buckland Newton VE Day Street Party, 8th May

Cancellation

In the best interest of our community, we have decided to cancel the proposed VE Day Street Party of Friday 8th May 2020. We hope to reinstate it at some future point

but for now, take care, keep well and continue to support each other as we always have done.

Alan Simmons

THE FISH AND CHIP VAN will be at the Old Bus Shelter opposite Buckland Newton School on the 28th from 5pm, with last orders at 7pm

Lydden Vale Gardening Club

Wednesday 22nd

April 2020 7.30 p.m. Buckland Newton Village Hall

Mike Burks of Castle Gardens – ‘Greenhouse Gardening’

Mike Burks, MD of the Gardens Group, will be giving his annual talk which is always entertaining and informative.

All welcome – visitors £3

Amanda (345367) amandat62@outlook.com

NOTICE

PULHAM PARISH MEETING PULHAM VILLAGE HALL

TUESDAY 28TH April 2020 REFRESHMENTS FROM 7.00 PM

MEETING STARTS 7.30 PM

Come for tea and coffee. We shall then be discussing current relevant issues relating to the village. Please attend if possible as there are many things going on that have an impact on our community.

You will be able to hear updates on local issues that are of concern to our village and you will also have the opportunity to address any concerns you have to our local councillor Pauline Batstone, who is also currently Chairman of Dorset Council.

Should you have any issues that you want considered for the agenda as Any Other Business please contact the Clerk to the Meeting;

Mark Pritchard by no later than Thursday 23rd April 2020

telephone 01258 817642 or e.mail Pritchard.pulham@gmail.com

Due to the evolving situation with the Coronavirus COVID-19, all events still listed (at time of going to press) are subject to possible cancellation and/or postponement.

The respective organisers of these events will be able to keep you up-to-date.

Sharon: 01258 817528/Sarah: 01258 817288

VE Day in Holy Rood

Our Church remains open

for all, at all times So, from Friday 8th May the Holy Rood Flower Team

will be presenting a collection of memorabilia, memories, photographs etc

and of course, floral tributes to celebrate this day.

If you have anything which you feel might add

to our displays,

please contact Carol Grant on 345 119

Church Services

Unfortunately the Archbishop has suspended all Church Services/Public Worship until further

notice.

Churches will remain open for private prayer and reflection.

Jon and Wendy

Buckland Newton Primary School is closed until further notice

Please see their website

www.bucklandnewton.dorset.sch.uk

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Wishing you all a Very Happy Easter (or Eostre et cetera!)

With best wishes from the Lydden Vale News

Holy Rood Church

16 May 2020

Curious? ….. more on page 13 !!!

Friday Morning CLEANER REQUIRED

for Holiday Cottages at Buckland Newton

Tel Nicola on 01300345511 or 07900966748

e.mail: nicolafoot@outlook.com

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TO LET – 1 and 2 bed

properties in Buckland Newton

We have bought the Offices at Stevens Walk and are converting them into two houses. We would prefer to let them to local people.

If you are interested please contact

Andy or Nicola Foot for details.

Tel: 01300 345511 or 0797 777 3994

E.mail: andy.foot1@btinternet.com

MESSAGE FROM THE DEFIB COMMITTEE

We’d like to thank all of you who took the time to respond to the post, ‘Is there a need for a Second Defib in Buckland Newton?’ which appeared on the Buckland Newton Community Facebook Page on March 1

st. There was a 50:50 split for and against the

idea of having a second defibrillator in the village from the 8 replies.

The committee feels that this does not give us the mandate to commit the village to raise funds to buy, maintain and eventually replace a second defib. So, we’d like to give you all the opportunity to let us know what you think by the end of August 2020, in time for our next meeting.

If you have not already told us your views, please send any comments to our secretary at froglewis@hotmail.com or on 01300345521.

Annual Training Day This was held in the village Hall on Saturday 29

th

February and 18 people attended, including two children. We had the chance to look at the defib and listen to the instructions as well as to practice CPR on the dummy.

There is no need to know anything about how to use the defib in an emergency because, on opening, it speaks to you and guides you through each stage, but it is always a good thing to hear it again in the relaxed setting of a training session.

Just a reminder - the Defib is always ready to use and is in the UNLOCKED blue cupboard on the right of the kitchen door at the village hall.

Jane Willis, Defib Committee

PESTWRIGHT

Traditional Mole Catcher Rats, Mice, Squirrels etc

BPCA qualified and insured

Call Jim on 01963 362292 or 07854 395112

www.pestwright.co.uk

TEDDY BEAR

SLEEP-OVER

in

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ALLOTMENTS

Available in Buckland Newton from £20 Contact: John Simpson 01300 345401

DORCHESTER PRISON

In response to enquiries following the article by Iain Ferguson regarding the removal of the remains of prisoners at Dorchester Prison (March LVN), no excavations have been made for two and a half years and plans to do so are still pending. The Editor, LVN

CORONAVIRUS If you have to self-isolate and need

assistance, please telephone any member of the Buckland Newton Parish Council, (details

on page 29) who will put you in touch with the relevant voluntary groups in the village.

The Old Chapel Stores in Buckland Newton will take telephone orders for collection and/

or arrange delivery. Tel: 01300 345 336

We are all here to help you

RARE BEETLE IN DORSET

There are reports that the Lesser Yellow Beetle (Scarabaeus falsus) has recently been identified in Dorset. It is recognised by, obviously, its yellow colouring - in a stripe running down its spine. They are about an inch long (as adults) and are very elusive - and quick to run at the slightest disturbance. They are exceedingly rare so if you see one, please tread carefully! Miss April Fool

NEWS FROM CERNE ABBAS SURGERY With the weather getting (slightly) warmer and the evenings lighter, it must mean that the run of Spring Public Holidays are heading our way. Please note that we will be closed on the following dates:

Friday 10th

April (Good Friday) Monday 13

th April (Easter Monday)

and in May on

Friday 8th

May (May Day/VE Day) Monday 25

th May (Spring holiday)

For out of hours care or advice during closures, please call 111. In the case of an emergency call 999.

Gillian Brindle, Practice Manager (additional news from the Surgery on page 30)

EASTER OPENING HOURS THE OLD CHAPEL STORES

BUCKLAND NEWTON

10 April - 8am to 12 Noon Good Friday 11 April - 7am to 6pm (normal) 12 April - 8am to 12 Noon Easter Sunday 13 April - 8am to 12 Noon Easter Monday

Please note that there will be no prescriptions delivered on Good Friday

We wish you all a Very Happy Easter!

Wessex Morris Men E

Energetic and enjoyable practice sessions Every Monday, 8 - 10pm

Pulham Village Hall (opposite The Halsey Arms)

Then over the road to the Halsey Arms for drinks, music and a fun night!

Do you know your three word location code?

The world has been divided into grids of 3m x 3m squares and each one has a unique three word address made up of a random group of words. When you phone 999 in an emergency, as well as giving your address and postcode you can give your three word location code as a backup. This could make it easier and quicker for the emergency services to find exactly where you are – an important fact for us living in our rural setting with few or no road names. To find your code go to: www.what3words.com click on Explore Map and put in Buckland Newton or your postcode then navigate the map until the square is on your home. Help is at hand to find your code if you do not have internet access - just ring: Fizz 345 521 Sandie 345135 Jane 345 477 If you live near a person whom you know doesn’t have access to the internet you might go and see if they’d like help finding their code. The what3words app gives the exact position of a smart phone. This could be really useful in an emergency away from home, perhaps on a walk in the middle of a field.

Jane Willis

LYDDEN VALE NEWS VACANCIES

The roles of Hn. Treasurer and Advertising Manager have recently become available

Anyone interested in committing to, say, a couple of hours a month (often less!), please

email: Diana via lyddenvaleadverts@gmail.com or Carole via lyddenvalley@gmail.com

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PATRICK NEEDHAM NCH & ND in Arboriculture

Tree Surgery, Woodland Management

Hedge Trimming

Chipping Service

N.P.T.C. Qualified (chainsaw & spraying use)

Fully Insured

TEL: 07899 924545 or 01300 348745

Bartletts Carpets

Carpet and vinyl fitting specialists supply and fit or fit only.

Home selection service available.

We offer a whipping service, make your off cuts

into mats.

Office - 01963 365724 Mob - 07968845623

J A S P E R S

HAIR SALON

01300 348 569

Main Street, Piddletrenthide, DT2 7QL

www.jasperssalon.moonfruit.com

A modern Salon providing a friendly

and professional service

OPENING TIMES

Monday: Closed

Tuesday: 9.00am-4.00pm

Wednesday: 9.00am-6.00pm

Thursday: 9.00am-5.00pm

Friday: 9.00am-7.00pm

Saturday: 8.30am-1.30pm

Don’t forget to ask about our

loyalty cards and special offers

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1940 – Major S.W.T. Bentall, MB, RAMC Sydney W T Bentall was born in Wrington, Somerset on 28 February 1903 and married Eleanor Jane of Congresbury on 17 June 1933. They had two children, Jennifer (now Pearson of Buckland Newton) in 1935, and Phillip in 1937. Sydney was a doctor and moved his family to Kent after joining a GP surgery in the village of Rolvenden. With the outbreak of WWII, the practice was soon asked for one of the resident doctors to join the Royal Army Medical Corps and Sydney dutifully volunteered. In 1940 he was posted to a hospital at Bathurst (now called Banjul) in The Gambia, home to a number of military hospitals in WWII, and was on the staff of the 40

th British General Hospital when he was

granted his first ‘leave’ in 1942. Highly respected and considered the epitome of ‘an officer and a gentlemen’ by those who knew and worked with him, Major Bentall was given passage on the SS Président Doumer for his return home - a former French passenger ship that had become a troop transport with cargoes sailing under the British flag – where he joined other military passengers, including many servicemen of the Free French Navy.

His ship was one of five departing The Gambia to join thirty seven other vessels in Convoy SL-125, which had left Freetown, Sierra Leone, on 16 October 1942. These 42 merchantmen, with their escorts, then continued sailing north unaware that a wolfpack of ten U-boats, Operation Streitaxt, had gathered to intercept them – until, that is, the attacks began on 26 October (with the last being on the 31

st). The worst night was that of the 30/31 October, in

stormy conditions, when several of the merchantmen were lost; including Sydney’s vessel.

At 21:29 hours the Président Doumer was torpedoed and sunk by U-604 (NE of Madeira at 35° 08'N, 16° 44'W) in very bad weather. Of the survivors struggling in the heavy seas, some were picked up by an escort corvette, HMS Cowslip, and others by another merchantman, the Norwegian Alaska who, during the extremely difficult rescue operation, was herself torpedoed and damaged (by U-510). On 1 November, [Großadmiral] Dönitz called off the wolfpack, diverting them to a north Atlantic convoy (by which time they had sunk 12 of the merchant/troop ships, and damaged 7 others).

The survivors from the Président Doumer (78 crew members and 7 gunners) were landed at Gibraltar by HMS Cowslip, and at Lisbon by Alaska where, despite her damage, she eventually berthed on 11 November. Of the Président Doumer‘s compliment of 345, The Master, 173 crew members, 23 Gunners and all of the 63 servicemen were lost on that stormy, fateful night - including, sadly, Major Sydney William Temple Bentall, MB, of the RAMC. Soon after receiving news of his loss, Eleanor and the children returned to her family in the West Country.

He is remembered not only by his family but also on memorials at Rolvenden in Kent, Wrington in Somerset, the CWGC Memorial at Brookswood, Surrey (Panel 18, Col. 1) and in The Winscombe & Sandford Memorial Book, Somerset. In addition to these memorials, Major Bentall’s details have recently been added to the records held by ‘uboats.net’.

Courtesy of Jennie Pearson Photographs: Jennifer Pearson (family album);

Credit to Philippe Ramona (SS Président Doumer)

Editorial research includes thanks to Gudmundur Helgason and the international team at ‘uboats.net’

Major Bentall with his children Jennifer and Phillip. Rolvenden, Kent 1940

and the SS Président Doumer

Can’t get to the surgery, shop, hospital, friend?

Then ring our number.

No journey too short!

To join the scheme, or book a car journey with us, please ring 07733 849264.

Buckland Newton

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May Day and Maypoles!

I know! We are in April, so please consider this a piece about the “31st of April” !!!

Celebrations for May Day were well established by the era of the Roman Republic (BC) and often lasted days, sometimes weeks! Beltane was a long-standing tradition for this time of year in Scotland and England, and this was just one of numerous such festivals throughout Europe. Although May Day has no Christian significance (hence the reason for these festivities being periodically banned!), celebrations commencing on the night of 30 April for St Walpurgis Night (see page 23) and continuing into May Day (from the C8th and C9th) helped to suppress ‘pagan’ nuances in many religious circles.

Festivities now tend to occur on the Spring Bank Holiday (created in 1978), being the first Monday in May, whatever the date is! (although this year, the Bank Holiday has been moved to coincide with the 75th VE Day commemorations!). And 1 May is also the day when the Act of Union is remembered (albeit not by all!) - when Scotland and England were united to become ‘Great Britain’ (1 May 1707). But the best regarded traditions of all the activities on ‘May Day’ are the crowning of the May Queen and of dancing around a Maypole.

By the C14th, this custom of dancing around Maypoles on the first day of May was fully established, particularly in our southern counties and its popularity increased annually – only being interrupted by politics and religion! In numerous towns and villages, Maypoles were permanent fixtures but, in the C16th, rising Protestantism considered Maypoles and all May Day festivities as pagan and, during the reign of King Edward VI and the Reformation, many Maypoles were cut down. Under his successor, Queen Mary I, Maypoles were re-introduced but in the following years, in some areas they stayed banned, in others they were allowed - depending on what local governors/noblemen would allow. Of course, during the years of Cromwell’s ‘Party-Pooping’ Commonwealth, like Christmas, May Day and Maypoles were completely taboo because they were "a Heathenish vanity, generally abused to superstition and wickedness." Unfortunately for the Puritans, the Maypole consequently became a symbol of resistance to their strict rulings and in many areas they were quickly erected for May Day, despite the risks of imprisonment!

Upon the crowning of King Charles II (and the Restoration), May Day and Maypoles (like Christmas!) were reinstated and the old traditions were fully, and very happily, revived – so much so that, by the C19th, the Maypole and its dancing had evolved to the fixing of long ribbons to the poles and the choreographing of very specific dances!

With some towns and villages in England having permanently re-erected Maypoles on their village greens perhaps, given time, they might once again become permanent fixtures in villages closer to home – and thereby result in more celebrations/’fayres’ on May Bank Holiday? A Maypole would be a great addition to the Playing Fields!!!

Pip Squeak

C16th Century Maypole Dancing

30 April - St Walpurga’s Night (also known as St Walpurgis Night)

The origins of May Eve and May Day are from ancient celebrations of fertility rites and the coming of spring, mainly known as ‘Beltane’ in the UK. With advancing Christianisation, these ancient festivities were incorporated into the commemorations for the legend of St. Walpurga (or Walburga, Wealdburg, Walpurgis).

Walpurga was born in Devon c.710AD to a noble family and was the daughter of Saint Richard the Pilgrim, an under-king of the West Saxons, and Saint Wuna of Wessex. She had two brothers, Saint Willibald and Saint Winibald, who left with their father in 721 on a pilgrimage to Rome. Walpurga, then 11 years old, was brought to Dorset and entrusted to the care of the Abbess of Wimborne Abbey, where she remained for the next twenty-six years, being educated to a high standard and later becoming a nun. In 741 she joined her brothers in Francia (now Württemberg and Franconia) to help her uncle, Saint Boniface, in missionary work, becoming a nun at the monastery of Heidenheim am Hahnenkamm - established by Willibald. She succeeded him on his death in 751 (becoming Abbess) and then took the additional role of Superintendent following the death of her other brother, Winibald, in 760.

Walpurga died on 25 February 777 (or 779 - records conflict for the exact year). She was buried at Heidenheim but in c.870 her remains were removed to Eichstätt – and it is this relocation of her ‘relics’, occurring on 1 May (and of her being canonized on 1 May c.870 by Pope Adrian II), that resulted in her ‘feast day’, and commemoration on that day; celebrations for which would begin each year on the evening (often continuing through the night) of 30 April!

Editor

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April Fool’s Day (also known as ‘Gowk’s Day) … and the Famous ‘Spaghetti Tree’!!!

In British folklore, April Fool’s Day is associated with Gotham in Nottinghamshire and an event from the 13th century. According to legend, King John decided to ‘acquire’ some of the land of Gotham for a hunting lodge. Naturally, this was not popular with the townsfolk and so they decided on a cunning plan to dissuade the king. They decided to ‘play the fool’ and when the king’s men arrived in the town, they found the townspeople doing all sorts of crazy things such as trying to drown fish. This was enough for the king’s men to counsel the king to choose somewhere else for his lodge, as Gotham was obviously full of madmen. Ever since then, according to legend, April Fool’s Day has commemorated their trickery.

If so, you would expect to find references to April Fool’s Day from then onwards, whereas the first reference wasn’t until 1686 when the writer John Aubrey referred to “Fooles holy day”. It would appear however that by this time April Fool traditions were well established in Britain.

The edition of ‘Dawks’s News-Letter’ on 2nd April 1698 reported that “Yesterday being the first of April, several persons were sent to the Tower Ditch to see the lions washed”. This unlikely event was a popular prank in London during the 18th and 19th centuries. Unsuspecting gullible folk were invited to view the annual ceremony of the washing of the lions at the Tower of London. They would make the trip to the Tower only to find that, of course, there was no such ceremony and they had been sent on a fool’s errand.

Whatever the original ‘reason’, the idea of April Fool’s Day spread rapidly throughout Britain during the 18th century. It was particularly popular in Scotland where it became a two-day event, starting with ‘hunting the gowk’, gowk meaning ‘cuckoo’ or ‘fool’. It entailed sending folk on phony errands, often carrying messages reading, “Dinna laugh, dinna smile. Hunt the gowk another mile.” The recipient would send the messenger on to another person with the same message, and so on. This was followed by Tailie Day, which rather bizarrely involved playing pranks on people’s bottoms, such as attaching pretend tails or ‘kick me’ notes to them.

Nowadays when someone has an April Fool trick played on them, the prankster will generally shout “April Fool!”. Pranks can be quite simple, such as a small ‘false’ notice or sending people on wild goose chases - or they can be quite involved, as some of the following examples illustrate:

There are many of you who may remember the now famous April Fool prank from 1957, when the BBC apparently showed Swiss farmers picking spaghetti from spaghetti trees. The BBC received so many enquiries from viewers asking where they could buy a spaghetti plant that they had to own up to the hoax the following day!

This prank was a three-minute report broadcast on 1 April, purportedly showing a family in the canton of Ticino in in southern Switzerland as they gathered a bumper spaghetti harvest after a mild winter and "virtual disappearance of the spaghetti weevil". Footage of a traditional "Harvest Festival" was aired along with a discussion of the breeding necessary to develop a strain to produce the perfect length. Some scenes were filmed at the (now closed) Pasta Foods factory on London Road, St Albans, Hertfordshire, and at a hotel in Castagnola, Switzerland.

Cameraman Charles de Jaeger dreamed up the story after remembering how teachers at his school in Austria teased his classmates for being so stupid that if they were told that spaghetti grew on trees, they would believe it. Editor Michael Peacock gave de Jaeger a budget of £100 and sent him off. The report was made more believable through its voice-over by respected broadcaster Richard Dimbleby. Peacock said Dimbleby knew they were using his authority to make the joke work, and that Dimbleby loved the idea and went at it with relish.

At the time, 7 million of the 15.8 million homes (about 44%) in Britain had television receivers. Pasta was not an everyday food in 1950s Britain (which still had rationing of particular foods), and it was known mainly from tinned spaghetti in tomato sauce - and considered by many to be an exotic delicacy. An estimated eight million people watched the programme on 1 April, and hundreds phoned in the following day to question the authenticity of the story or ask for more information about spaghetti cultivation and how they could grow their own spaghetti trees; the BBC told them to "place a sprig of spaghetti in a tin of tomato sauce and hope for the best".

Personally, I am not quite old enough to remember the original broadcast of the ‘Spaghetti tree’ but, growing up, it was mentioned practically every year thereafter!!! Decades later, CNN called this broadcast "the biggest hoax that any reputable news establishment ever pulled".

The Guardian newspaper got in on the act on 1st April 1977 with a seven-page supplement on the entirely fictitious island nation of San Serriffe.

Then in 2008 the pranksters at the BBC reported that during filming for their natural history series ‘Miracles of Evolution’ they had captured footage of flying penguins. Presenter Terry Jones of Monty Python fame was shown walking with the penguins in Antarctica, and then following their flight to the Amazon rainforest where the penguins would “spend the winter basking in the tropical sun.” The video went viral on the internet!

Credits to Historic Britain and, of course, the “BBC and Spaghetti Tree”!!!

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‘Thomas Hardy of Dorset’ is an internationally recognised author and is as big a draw for tourists to this county as the Jurassic Coast. But, what of the other Thomas Hardy of Dorset? As in, the ‘sailor’ ….

Thomas Masterman Hardy was born 5 April 1769 at Kingston Russell House, Long Bredy (although some sources state Winterborne St Martin). He joined the navy on 30 November 1781 as a captain's servant on the HMS Helena, but left after five months to attend Crewkerne Grammar School – however, he retained his naval connection on the HMS Seaford and HMS Carnatic. Joining the HMS Hebe on 5 February 1790 as a midshipman, he began his illustrious naval career, meeting Commodore Horatio Nelson in December 1796 (having by then risen to the rank of First Lieutenant), which proved to be the beginning of a famous friendship founded and maintained upon unwavering professional respect.

Hardy was promoted to Master and Commander of the captured HMS Mutine and, as part of Nelson’s fleet, destroyed the French fleet at the Battle of the Nile in August 1798. On 2 October that year, he was promoted again, to captain of the HMS Vanguard - Nelson's flagship. Following campaigns in the Baltic, Copenhagen, the Mediterranean and the West Indies, Hardy joined Nelson on the HMS Victory 31 July 1803 - blockading Toulon, chasing the French fleet to the West Indies and back and finally arriving at Cadiz on 29 September 1805, becoming Nelson’s Captain of the Fleet as well as being Flag Captain.

At the Battle of Trafalgar (21 October 1805), as the intensity of the battle peaked, Hardy was standing next to Nelson when that fatal shot was fired. Although generally depicted as not leaving his Admiral’s side, this was not the case. Hardy ordered for Nelson to be taken below to the surgeon, operating on other wounded men on the lowest deck of the ship, the Orlop deck. The battle raged on with ships of both fleets firing cannons and muskets at close quarters and, amidst the mêlée, Hardy had to not only continue giving commands on the Victory, still in the thick of the fighting, but also take charge of the British elements in the engagement, with those Captains looking to the HMS Victory for signals. With Nelson asking for him, Hardy had to send a message down, “Circumstances respecting the fleet require Captain Hardy’s presence on deck, but he will avail himself of the first favourable moment to visit his Lordship”. Hardy had been told the wound was fatal, but it was over an hour before he could visit Nelson and inform him that the battle was all but won. Having to return to the upper deck, it was nigh on another hour before Hardy could get back down to the Orlop deck. He informed Nelson that the victory was theirs - and the records state that their final words to each other were: Nelson, “Take care of my dear Lady Hamilton; take care of my poor Lady Hamilton. Kiss me, Hardy” (Hardy kissed him on his cheek and, after a few seconds, kissed him on the forehead) Nelson, “Who is that?” Hardy, “It is Hardy” Nelson, “God bless you Hardy”

Hardy again had to return to the Quarterdeck and was not present when Nelson died twenty minutes later. He continued to command the final engagements and when the battle was over, he then ordered the signals to inform the fleet that the Admiral was dead. HMS Victory was towed to Gibraltar and underwent repairs before returning to England, with Nelson’s body being preserved in a cask of brandy and with a Marine guard constantly present.

Nelson's coffin lay in state at Greenwich for three days (5 to 8 January) and thousands of people filed past. At the funeral on 9 January 1806, Hardy carried one of the banners and Nelson was finally laid to rest in St Paul’s Cathedral.

Hardy remained friends with Emma Hamilton but saw little of her, being at sea for the majority of his life (Emma died in 1815).

Hardy was created a baronet on 29 January 1806 and married Louisa Berkeley, daughter of Admiral Sir George Cranfield Berkeley, on 17 November 1807 (they had three daughters). He continued his life at sea with commands that took him to Portugal, North America and South America before finally returning to land for the last time on 21 October 1827, having been made a Commodore in the Portuguese Navy (1811), appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (2 January 1815), promoted to Rear Admiral (27 May 1825), made First Naval Lord in the Grey Ministry (1830 – when he declined to be a Member of Parliament and concentrated on promoting the development of steam warships) and a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (13 September 1831). He finally resigned in August 1834 and became Governor of Greenwich Hospital, being then promoted to Vice Admiral 10 January 1837.

Sir Thomas Hardy died on 20 September 1839, at the of 70, and was buried in the officers’ vault in Greenwich Hospital Cemetery. In 1844, The Hardy Monument (a 72-foot high ‘pillar’ on Black Down Hill, Dorset – Hardy having lived at his family’s Portesham Estate nearby) was erected in his memory. The family wanted a monument that would be a prominent landmark for ships and, since 1846, it has appeared on navigational charts, being visible from over 100 kilometres.

References: Nelson by John Knox Laughton, MacMillan & Co, 1895; Study Notes of JC Barnett, 1944 Pip Squeak

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In the UK, street parties are mainly known as private residents' events and have a special cultural meaning. The tradition seems to have begun in England and Wales after World War I as residents' own "peace teas" to celebrate the signing of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919. Approaching VE Day, numerous types of celebrations across the country were being planned, including ‘Street Parties’ (mainly in towns and cities), and parties in village halls. Wherever such festivities could occur, households combined rations and ‘larders’ to provide the celebratory ‘feasts’!

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April 1945 – Approaching ‘Victory in Europe’ Day

By 1 April: Allied forces had crossed the Rhine and the Red Army was in Austria, with both fronts heading towards Berlin. In Italy, Allied forces were pushing through the last German lines. The Luftwaffe had been effectively crushed. Generalfeldmaerschall von Rundstedt, (Oberbefehlshaber West), aged 70 and one of the most respected German generals by both the German and Allied forces, had been ‘retired’ by Hitler on 9 March, but stayed with his men. Generalfeldmaerschall Kesselring, commanding forces in western Germany, was retreating. SS groups were moving everywhere, executing anyone, of any rank, who was considering surrender. The last V1 (FZG-76, flying bomb, doodle-bug, buzz bomb) fell on London 29 March (9251 targeted Britain, with 4621 destroyed before impact – c.2400 hit London with the first one being on 13 June 1944). The last V2 (A-4, Rocket) fell on London 27 March. Of the thousands of V2s launched against European cities and ports, 1359 hit Britain with the first one being on 8 September 1944.

9 April – Italy: British 8th Army Assault followed by American 5th Army Offensive. Main German resistance collapsed

15 April – the pinnacle of the German evacuation from Kurland/Prussia - an estimated 1½ million civilians and military, including four army divisions and over 157,000 wounded, had been evacuated to Germany by the remnants of the Kriegsmarine and over 1000 small vessels (sometimes called the ‘The German Dunkirk’).

18 April – Ruhr Encirclement completed. Over 300,000 prisoners taken. Wehrmacht collapsing on all fronts

26 April – British 2nd Army reached west bank of River Elbe, ‘mopping up’. Berlin surrounded. Generalleutnant Adolf Galland, Luftwaffe Ace (who famously angered Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring in 1940, during the Battle of Britain, by asking him for Spitfires!) was shot down and captured

28 April – When fleeing from Italy, Benito Mussolini was captured by partisans and executed

29 April – Italy: Generaloberst Vietinghoff defied Hitler and agreed to the unconditional surrender of all his forces

30 April – Soviet troops entered Berlin. Hitler committed suicide. Großadmiral Karl Dönitz appointed successor,

becoming Reichspräsident, but delayed immediate surrender to continue ‘rescue’ of civilians, and the military Rear Guards, in Kurland and Prussia (seeking to save as many Germans as possible from falling into Soviet hands).

... and all over Britain … people were preparing for ‘victory’ celebrations!!!

75th Commemorations

of

VE Day 8 May 1945

Food Rations in April 1945

In Britain, vegetables, fruits and herbs were mainly restricted only by what could be grown, and were predominantly seasonal. Other vegetables and fruits were occasionally available when arriving via the shipping convoys. Some people raised pigs in their gardens and more kept chickens (mainly for eggs). Although rations fluctuated throughout the war, in April 1945 basic rations per adult were as follows (being the weekly allowance unless otherwise noted):

Bacon and Ham 4 oz Pigs also kept in gardens! Margarine 4 oz

Other meats 1s.2d. Equivalent of two chops Lard 2 oz

Sugar 8 oz Egg 1 plus Dried Egg allowance

Loose Tea 2 oz Marmalade or 2 lb Per month

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Crafters in the Rafters…Egg-Spensive Easters!

There is no doubt that very little surpasses the epitome of crafts and arts at Eastertide than the Imperial Fabergé Eggs! With the egg representing Spring, fertility and resurrection, the collection of eggs created by The House of Fabergé (by Peter Carl Fabergé) in St Petersburg, which also produced jewellery, exquisite tableware, et cetera, became the ‘ultimate gifts’ at Eastertide for the Imperial family!

The first such egg was from an idea Tzar Alexander III had in 1885 as a unique Easter gift for his wife, the Empress Maria Feodorovna. The ‘Hen Egg’ was made of gold and had an opaque white enamelled shell. This opened to reveal a yellow-gold yolk, concealing a multicoloured gold hen. Even the hen opened – containing a tiny diamond replica of the imperial crown with a small ruby pendant attached (the hen and crown were later lost). Alexander’s wife was so thrilled with the gift that he appointed Fabergé a "Goldsmith by Special Appointment to the Imperial Crown" and commissioned an ’egg’ each year thereafter. Peter Fabergé had a free-rein in the designs, which became more intricate – and always featured jewels and precious metals with exquisite ‘surprises’ inside.

Alexander III died 1 November 1894 and was succeeded by his son, Tzar Nicholas II, who continued this family tradition, ordering Fabergé Easter eggs for his wife, Alexandra, and his mother, then the Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna. The only years Imperial Eggs were not made were 1904 and 1905 - the Russo-Japanese War. The fame of the Imperial Fabergé Eggs resulted in a handful of orders for other eggs. About sixty-nine jewelled eggs were eventually made - fifty-seven surviving today. Almost all were crafted 1885-1917, under the supervision of Peter Carl Fabergé, the fifty-two Imperial Fabergé Eggs being the most famous - of which forty-six survive. Russian businessman Viktor Vekselberg has purchased fifteen eggs over the years and established the Fabergé Museum in St Petersburg where his collection is on display, nine of which are Imperial Fabergé Eggs.

Following the Revolution, Peter Carl Fabergé fled from Russia in 1917 and finally settled in Switzerland. The Bolsheviks seized and ‘nationalized’ the Fabergé workshop the same year, confiscating all the stock – thus ending the renowned Fabergé business. Peter never recovered from the revolution (or the execution (17 July 1918) of Nicholas, Alexandra and their children) and died “of a broken heart” 24 September 1920. However, his Imperial Fabergé Eggs are a perpetual testament to his incredible imagination and intricately detailed perfection – and arguably the greatest Easter eggs ever created!

Of course, if you cannot stretch to an original Fabergé egg for your loved one this Easter, take a hard boiled or blown egg, paint it with nail vanish (‘metallic’ mixes are ideal!) and stick on beads and metallic threads to make your own Faberg-égg!!! (I did this donkey’s years ago for an Easter competition, and came second - the winner being an Ostrich egg brilliantly decorated as Humpty Dumpty!!!). Pip Squeak

The most famous of the Imperial Fabergé Eggs: The Imperial Coronation Egg

Egg-chanting, Egg-clesiastical, Egg-cumenical … !!!

For millennia, eggs have continued to be symbolically powerful as representations of birth, rebirth, fertility and life around the world. They are prevalent in ancient beliefs and folklore and have become a much-loved aspect of Eastertide (especially when produced in their yummy chocolate forms!!!).

The idea of Eggs becoming symbols of life has often been attributed to the apparently miraculous phenomenon for prehistoric humans who witnessed this form of ‘birth’ with birds and most reptiles – and, as birds and reptiles thrive around the world, it is hardly surprising that eggs were associated to ‘magical creation’ all around the world. Hence, many ancient cultures acquired the belief that the world itself was born of the Cosmic Egg, or World Egg.

The earliest evidence for this comes from the Sanskrit scriptures of Verdic mythology. In that language, the Cosmic Egg is Brahmanda, from Brahma (the Hindu god of creation) and anda (egg). In the later Greek mythology, Chronos produced the egg from which Phanes (equated to Zeus) hatched, who then made the cosmos. Amidst the numerous creation myths of the ancient Egyptians we find the Cosmic Egg from which all life comes. For the Phoenicians and

Chinese, the creation mythology centres on an egg that breaks, with the two halves becoming the earth and the sky - and in many versions has the additional theme of the yolk becoming the sun and the white becoming the moon, similar to the Finnish epic (the Kalevala). Polynesian, African, Dogon, Maori, Celtic and many other mythologies are all of this style. Eggs were also used in ancient rituals, all pertaining to life and resurrection. In Africa, over 2,500 years ago, eggs were decorated for the Spring rituals and, internationally, eggs became important in rites and festivities for this season. These established traditions influenced the early Christian adoption of the egg to symbolise the Easter Resurrection of Christ.

The mystical aspects of eggs continue to influence the lives of many around the world these days, including Oomancy, the divination by eggs! Of the numerous superstitions surrounding eggs, a personal favourite regards soft-boiled eggs. Once the egg and all the ‘soldiers’ are consumed, I puncture the base of the shell – to stop a witch using it to sail out to sea and claim the life of a sailor! Granted, that was probably one of those tricks to get children to eat breakfast - but I still do it!!! Carole

Punic artwork decorated ostrich egg from Andalusia, 600-300 BC

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Further to the report in the LVN (November 2019) about Bonnie and Daisy, here is an update from Beverley ….

Just thought I would let you know that the dogs did me proud, at our very first Crufts. Daisy (Ardenrun Foolish Whisper) won her Puppy Breed Class and was made Best Bitch Puppy in her breed. Bonnie (Pennydach Mystique) also didn’t let the side down, getting through to the final cut of six, in a very large class. She also came 3rd in the Good Citizenship Class. I still have not come back down to earth! What a weekend we had, I still think I am going to wake up and it will all have been a dream. We are now working our way to hopefully getting Daisy’s Junior Warrant award.

Beverley Rose

May 2020 not only sees the 75th Anniversary and

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Ingredients

3 tablespoons of olive oil

1 lump of butter

1 large onion diced

3 cloves of garlic finely chopped

150g of lardons or streaky bacon

chopped

2sticks of celery chopped

3 chicken breasts cubed

200g of paella rice

1 teaspoon of turmeric

500ml of vegetable stock (Marigold is

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½ a mug of frozen peas defrosted

1 small tin of sweet corn

Asparagus and chives for garnish

Method

Find or borrow your pan and put on low heat

Give your guests a large glass of wine or two

Add the oil and butter

Add the onions, garlic, celery and bacon and cook down until golden.

Add the chicken and stir in

Add the rice and turmeric and stir in

Add half the stock

Simmer for about 20 mins on low heat, adding stock and stirring as

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Sprinkle with chives and serve

Easy One Pot Rizzella

I followed the classic French beef bourguignon recipe precisely but it was inedibly tough and chewy so………

I knocked up a quick impromptu lunch for some friends, out of unmeasured ingredients I just happened to have and, happily, they all enjoyed it and actually asked for the recipe! Well there wasn’t one. So I thought I better write it down before I forget, as others might like to give it a try too – so here goes……

.…to save on washing up I called it ‘Easy One Pot Rizzella’.

This is a cross between paella with no seafood or capsicum and risotto with no parmesan cheese and the wrong sort of rice – but it’s yummy!

You will need a wide and deep pan about 10” x 4 ½” as the rice swells up during cooking Feeds 4+ and takes about 45mins to prep and cook. Chris Hildred

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Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time.

Through the unknown, remembered gate When the last of earth left to discover

Is that which was the beginning.”

Country Ways - Snapshots

Nearly everybody has owned some sort of camera. Sometimes taking snapshots of family events and happy times with friends. These pictures can come to light years later and we say things like, “Oh, don't I look young” or “How slim I was then!” Looking at old photos can be great fun and can even be part of a social activity in care homes called Reminiscing. The human mind seems to be able to make up and store snapshots of its own. Snapshots which also contain moods and feelings. It is often these snapshots which inspire and motivate us. Pictures in the mind of a wonderful holiday where everything seemed right. The right weather, the right place and the right company.

Perhaps a television show has set up an image in the mind and you say to yourself I would really like to go to that place or do that thing one day. I have childhood snapshots in my mind: helping my paternal grandfather with his vegetable garden; visiting farming cousins in Somerset; hands-on rural science lessons at school with the feel of potting soil, the smell of the greenhouse, the excitement of nurturing-on little cactus plants. These are the sort of things which motivate a lot of my activity.

When the 13 part series ‘The Victorian Kitchen Garden’ came on television in 1987 it turbocharged those snapshots in my mind. The program has acquired cult status amongst some people of my generation. Many of my YouTube friends make pilgrimages to Chilton Foliat where it was filmed to try and find what remains of the garden or the greenhouses and boffy. None of us are going to be able to compare with gardeners Harry Dodson, Peter Thody and assistant Alison McKensie.

Although the show was a re-creation, it seemed real. It re-created a time before the 1st World War, when estates

could have all the manpower to create a perfect, weed-free, walled, kitchen garden which was protected from the wind and trapped the sun. I suppose a lot of these remembered images are an illusion of the mind, ideals which were never there in the first place!

All this reminds me of T S Eliot's words in ‘The Four Quartets’, talking about the journey of life:

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Neighbourhood Watch Encourages Protecting the Isolated and Vulnerable During the Covid-19 Outbreak

Dear Neighbourhood Watch supporters, (Forwarded with thanks by Jeremy Collins)

You will all be aware of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. Neighbourhood Watch exists to look out for communities across England and Wales and at a time like this we encourage you to consider ways to keep yourself, your loved ones and those in your community safe, particularly the isolated and vulnerable. We are following the advice from the government and encourage you to do the same:

https://www.gov.uk/government/topical-events/coronavirus-covid-19-uk-government-response

10 ways you, as a Neighbourhood Watch supporter, can protect yourself, your loved ones and your community:

1. Meet with household members, other relatives, friends and neighbours to discuss what to do if a COVID-19

outbreak occurs in your community and what the needs of each person will be.

2. If your neighbourhood has a website or social media page, consider joining it to maintain access to neighbours,

information, and resources. Alternatively, share phone numbers and email addresses particularly with those who

are isolated or vulnerable.

3. Consider establishing a ‘buddy’ system within your community to ensure everyone stays connected to COVID-19

related news, services and can receive support safely, such as essentials deliveries.

4. Plan ways to care for those who might be at greater risk for serious complications.

5. Choose a room in your home that can be used to separate sick household members from those who are

healthy.

6. Learn how to self-isolate. Guidance can be found on the NHS website:

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/self-isolation-advice/

7. Create a list of local organisations that you and your neighbours can contact in the event that one of you need

access to information, healthcare services, support, or resources. Consider including organisations that provide

mental health or counselling services, food, and other supplies.

8. Create an emergency contact list of family, friends, neighbours, healthcare providers, teachers, employers, the

local public health department, and other community resources.

9. Learn about the emergency operations plan at your child’s school or childcare facility, and your employer’s

emergency operations plan.

10. Practice everyday preventive actions including regular hand washing.

1. The NHS provides guidance on how to wash hands:

https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/healthy-body/best-way-to-wash-your-hands/.

2. The World Health Organisation provides guidance on basic protective measures:

https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public

3. The Centre for Disease Control and Prevention provides guidance on handwashing for families

https://www.cdc.gov/handwashing/handwashing-family.html

Please note: whilst we encourage you to follow advice from UK Government we are also sharing links to organisations such as the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention an agency which works 24/7 to protect the safety, health, and security of America from threats here and around the world. Some of our key points above have been sourced from: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/home/get-your-household-ready-for-COVID-19.html.

The Centre for Disease Control and Prevention also published (14th Feb 2020) Interim Guidance for Preventing the Spread of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Homes and Residential Communities which you may find useful: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/guidance-prevent-spread.html. Regards and keep well, Central Support Team at Neighbourhood Watch NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH NETWORK: Building Safer & Stronger Communities. Email: enquiries@ourwatch.org.uk

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These are the Latest updates from Public Health Dorset:

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

There is so much interest in and talk about coronavirus at the moment, it’s hard to know which sources of information you should keep up to date with. Watch the video: Rachel Partridge, Assistant Director of Public Health, explains where you can go to find health information, travel advice and the latest guidance and response from the government.

This is a rapidly changing situation but we will keep you up-to-date with any new advice and guidance when it becomes available. You can also sign up for alerts to get updates from the government on coronavirus.

New guidance on social distancing

Everyone should begin to minimise social interaction with other people in order to reduce the spread of coronavirus COVID-19. This is known as social distancing.

This includes:

• Avoiding large gatherings and smaller public spaces such as pubs, cinemas, restaurants, theatres, bars, clubs

• Avoiding non-essential use of public transport and varying your travel times to avoid rush hour

• Working from home where possible

• Avoiding gatherings with friends and family Using telephone or online services to contact your GP or other essential services

Everyone should be doing these things, but the government advises that anyone who has an increased risk of severe illness from coronavirus (COVID-19) should be strict in following these measures. Read the full guidance on social distancing including the list of increased risk groups.

Updated stay at home guidance

The guidance on what you should do if you have symptoms of coronavirus has been updated.

If you live alone and you have symptoms of coronavirus (COVID-19), however mild, stay at home for 7 days from when your symptoms started.

If you live with others and you or one of them have symptoms of coronavirus, then all household members must stay at home and not leave the house for 14 days. The 14-day period starts from the day when the first person in the house became ill.

If you have symptoms, or someone in your household does, do not go to a GP surgery, pharmacy or hospital. You do not need to call NHS 111 to tell them you are staying at home. If you feel you can’t cope with your symptoms at home, your condition gets worse, or your symptoms do not get better after 7 days, then use the NHS 111 online coronavirus service.

To support people: Looking after your health and wellbeing

It’s important to know what’s going on, but if you’re finding that the constant stream of news updates and social media is causing you to become worried or stressed, you could limit the amount of time you spend reading or watching things which aren't making you feel better.

Perhaps decide on a specific time to check in with the news, or stick to the trusted sources of information to find out what you need to know. You can find information and tips on looking after your mental health on Every Mind Matters.

LiveWell Dorset have just the thing to support your wellbeing at this time: The Five Ways Challenge. Over the following weeks, Five Ways Challenge participants will join together virtually to take care of our wellbeing. Join the Five Ways Challenge.

I hope this is useful and offers some practical emotional support and tips for people in your villages and areas.

Kind regards,

Naomi Naomi Mason /Health Programme Advisor 01305 225287 / 07776 596701 My usual working days are Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

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DOMESTIC REPAIRS

WASHING MACHINES ­ TUMBLE DRYERS

FRIDGES ­ FREEZERS ­ COOKERS

DISHWASHERS ­ MICROWAVES

No callout charge . Prompt, competitive service

7 days a week, 24 hours a day

IAN COOMBS

07572 918745

Just Sew Your local sewing service

For alterations and repairs to ladies’ and

gentlemen’s clothing and furnishings, including

basic curtain-making. All sewing professionally

carried out at a very reasonable cost.

No task too small.

Collection and delivery arranged if required.

TRADING STANDARDS

New freephone number for the Citizens Advice Consumer Service: 0808 223 1133 for consumer problems, where consumer advice is needed or if you want to report something to Trading Standards

There is a new freephone number (free from mobiles and landlines) for residents to use to call the national Citizens Advice Consumer Service – this service is funded by central Government and is the first point of contact for any consumers needing advice on unfair trading, or unsatisfactory goods and services they have bought, or to report a matter to local Trading Standards, at Dorset Council. This replaces the normal rate 03454 04 05 06 number, which will still work and carry an introductory message to invite callers to make use of the freephone number.

An adviser will answer your call as soon as possible, usually within a few minutes. Once you are speaking to an adviser your call should take an average of 8 to 10 minutes. More details are on the Dorset Council website, Trading Standards pages https://www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/business-consumers-licences/trading-standards/trading-standards-consumer-advice/trading-standards-consumer-advice.aspx .

To enable Trading Standards to investigate offences and intervene in appropriate cases, referrals from Citizens Advice are made electronically overnight or by instant call contact where required.

Rebecca Phillips, Senior Trading Standards Enforcement Officer

PIDDLE VALLEY COMMUNITY SPEED WATCH

The Piddle Valley Community Speed Watch (CSW) was set up in March 2014 so has now been operating for 6 years - in that period there have been marked improvements on the traffic travelling through our villages. Though at times you might want to question that!

Initially the CSW covered Piddletrenthide, Piddlehinton and Alton Pancras, however this was later expanded, with Buckland Newton and Duntish joining Alton Pancras and operating independently.

While it has been difficult with the weather organising a suitable time we have managed to be on the roadside 6 times so far this year in the Duntish / Alton Pancras / Buckland Newton area.

With the success of the CSW the Dorset Police have now been able to provide a dedicated Police Officer to help the CSW teams and we have been fortunate to be out 3 of those times with PC Janice Beck as a Trucam operator. As a PO with the Trucam, she is able to authorise speeding tickets.

It should be emphasised that the primary objective of the CSW is to educate drivers to drive safely, within the 30 mph speed limit in our villages, not to "catch" people speeding. We are always looking for volunteers as we work in a team of 3, so if you can offer an hour a month to help with the CSW it does make a difference. For more information please contact:

Ann Ridell Tel: 348161 or Dorset Police Community Speed Watch website:-

http://dorsetroadsafe.org.uk/

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Preparing to celebrate VE Day often results in remembering, and commemorating, events of WWII, including ….

Living Through the Coventry Blitz in 1940

The sirens sounded and we grabbed coats and blankets to hurry down to the air raid shelter in the garden, but the warning had come too late. The raid had already started and ominous black shapes of planes and the bombs that they were dropping showed clear in the searchlights. We rushed back into the house and stayed in the cloak cupboard under the stairs until morning, listening to the noise of explosions and gunfire and feeling the house shake when a bomb came very close.

At daybreak, we found the water was cut off so we took my doll’s pram (which could carry more bottles) with us to get some at a place some distance away with its own water supply. Along the road we saw lots of gaps where houses had been and now were just smoking ruins (the nearest was just three doors way), and houses with some of their walls blasted off and their private inside rooms open to be seen. This seemed to be especially awful!

Everyone we met was full of stories of lucky escapes but also of tragedies, one of the worst events being that our cathedral had been hit.

On the smoky way back, past fires and rubble, I dropped a precious bottle of water and got shouted at, which made me feel things were getting a bit more normal!

My parents had sent me at the start of the war to stay with my grandmother as it “would be safer”. I was happy with her and it left me with good memories to treasure - but others that I have not been able to forget!

Jean Franklin

The destroyed Coventry Cathedral

Easter Needs More Than Just Eggs …….

….. it Needs its Bunnies Too!!!

Believed to have originated in German traditions, the Easter Hare was depicted as the bringer of eggs to good children at Eastertide – a sort of Spring version of Father Christmas.

The custom was first mentioned in writing in 1682 and over the years the Easter Hare became the Easter Bunny, and is now an internationally acknowledged element of this time of year!

In the UK, the association of hares (and then rabbits after the Norman Conquest) to fertility and new life are often explained by

them being prolific breeders! The hare has also, since ancient times, been considered as a sacred animal by various cultures around the world, which adds to it being considered ‘special’ at Eastertide.

And who can forget one of the best depictions of a ‘Special Easter Bunny’ …… Dawn French dressed as such in the Easter episode of ‘The Vicar of Dibley’!!!!

Happy Easter from all of the Easter Bunnies!!!

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April Services in the Benefice Services in the Three Valleys Benefice SATURDAY 4 APRIL

BISHOPS CAUNDLE SCHOOL

5-6.30 pm

SaturdayLIVE@5

SUNDAY 5 APRIL Palm Sunday

Matthew 21: 1-11, Psalm 118: 1-2 & 19-29

GLANVILLES WOOTTON 9.30 am Family Service

PULHAM 11.00 am Holy Communion - CW

FRIDAY 10 APRIL Good Friday

YETMINSTER 2.00 pm Meditation

SATURDAY 11 APRIL Easter Eve

HOLNEST 6.30 pm Vigil of Light

SUNDAY 12 APRIL Easter Day

Acts 10: 34-43, Matthew 28: 1-10 (OT: Jeremiah 31: 1-6)

BISHOPS CAUNDLE 9.15 am Easter All Age Communion - CW

FOLKE 9.30 am Easter Holy Communion - CW

CAUNDLE MARSH 9.30 am Easter Holy Communion - CW

GLANVILLES WOOTTON 11.00 am Easter Holy Communion - CW

HOLWELL 11.00 am Easter Holy Communion - CW

PULHAM 11.00 am Easter Holy Communion - CW

SUNDAY 19 APRIL 2nd Sunday of Easter Acts 2: 14a & 22-32, John 20: 19-31 (OT: Exodus 14: 10-31 & 15: 20-21) GLANVILLES WOOTTON 11.00 am Holy Communion - CW

HOLNEST 6.30 pm Evensong

SUNDAY 26 APRIL 3rd Sunday of Easter

Acts 2: 14a & 36-41, Luke 24: 13-35 (OT: Zephaniah 3: 14-20)

BISHOPS CAUNDLE 9.30 am Holy Communion - CW

FOLKE 11.00 am Holy Communion – CW

HOLWELL 6.30 pm Evensong

Reporting Issues With

FOOTPATHS or

BRIDLE-PATHS

Stephen White, as a Rights of Way Liaison Officer for the

Dorset Coast & Countryside Service, investigates any issues within the parish of

Buckland Newton, reporting to Dorset County Council.

His contact numbers are

01300 345431 or 07773 283764

If you prefer to report issues

directly to the council, you can do so by calling 01305 224463

or online at www.mapping.dorsetforyou.gov.uk

/rightsofway/reportproblem/

THREE VALLEYS BENEFICE: TEAM RECTOR: Rev. Tony Gilbert , The Rectory, Church Road, Thornford DT9 6QE - 01935 873044 - rector3valley@gmail.com TEAM VICAR, WHITE HART VALE GROUP: Rev. Richard Kirlew The Rectory, Holwell, Sherborne DT9 5LF - 01963 23570, 07966 754110 - richard.kirlew@btinternet.com ASSOCIATE PRIEST: Rev. Anne Budgell LICENSED LAY MINISTER: Keith Budgell 01963 23428, budgells@hotmail.co.uk CHURCH WARDENS: (Bishops Caundle & Holwell vacant) Holnest Jenny Hunnisett 01963 210562 Caundle Marsh Ken Loder 01935 813967 James Hiscock 01963 23712 Folke Ann Hyland 01963 23436 Avril Rolls 01963 23516 Glanvilles Wootton Lucy Parrott 01963 210642 Patricia Harris 01963 21046 Pulham John Virgin 01258 817171 Gillian Elliott 01258 817595

5 April Palm Sunday

Matthew 21:1-11

Godmanstone 9.30am Matins BCP

Minterne Magna 9.30am Holy Communion BCP

Cerne Abbas 11am Holy Communion CW

Buckland Newton 6pm Evensong BCP

9 April Maundy Thursday

Cerne Abbas 6pm

10 April Good Friday

Isaiah 52:13-53:12; Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9; John 18:1-19:42

Buckland Newton 11am ‘Bun Service’

Cerne Abbas 2pm

12 April Easter Sunday

Acts 10:34-43; Matthew 28:1-10

Cerne Abbas 9.30am Family Communion CW

Buckland Newton 11am Family Service CW

Cerne Abbas 6pm Evensong BCP

19 April Easter 2

Acts 2:14a, 22-32; John 20:19-31

Buckland Newton 9.30am Family Service

Cerne Abbas 11am Holy Communion CW

26 April Easter 3

Acts 2:14, 36-41; Luke 24:13-35

Godmanstone 9.30am Holy Communion CW

Cerne Abbas 11am Matins BCP

Buckland Newton 11am Holy Communion CW

Morning Prayer

Cerne Abbas 9.30am Tuesdays

Minterne Magna 9am Wednesdays

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The Archbishop has suspended all Church Services/Public Worship until further notice

Churches will remain open for private prayer and reflection. Jon and Wendy

Information pertaining to services/events have been shaded grey in the event that the COVID-19 situation improves and the services are reinstated in April (trying to be positive!!!) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----

May I thank all who supported the Lent lunches and the church ‘spring clean’. Funds raised from lunches will be confirmed in May edition of LVN.

Paintings by children from Buckland Newton School on an Easter theme will be on display in the church for the Easter week; do pop in and have a look at the children’s work.

SUNDAY APRIL 5th

6.00pm - Jonathan will lead an evensong service for PALM SUNDAY

FRIDAY APRIL 10th

11.00am - GOOD FRIDAY: Jonathan will lead the annual “bun service” with an explanation of the history and significance of the hot cross bun, including hymns for Good Friday

SUNDAY APRIL 12th

11.00am - A celebratory communion service for Easter Day. The church will be full of Spring flowers. During this service a new frontal for the altar will be dedicated. This has been most kindly given to the church by Joan Durrant, who has recently moved to Dorchester. Joan was born in Nether Compton and moved to Buckland Newton on her marriage to Ellis in 1952. They went to live in Duntish Oaks in 1956. Joan was a member of the PCC for almost forty years and she and Ellis contributed a tremendous amount towards the upkeep of the church and churchyard. We are so grateful to Joan for all she has done. The service will end with an “EASTER EGG HUNT”

SUNDAY APRIL 19th

9.30am - Family service, all welcome, songs, stories and activities.

SUNDAY APRIL 26th

11.00am - This service will be followed by refreshments and the ANNUAL PAROCHIAL CHURCH MEETING. 11.45am - Following the service, wine and nibbles will be on offer which will precede the Annual Parochial Church Meeting. All residents are most welcome to attend. Officers of the church council will be confirmed and updates given on progress concerning the provision for toilet facilities for the church. Work is expected to begin on April 7

th; the church will remain open throughout.

SUNDAY MAY 3rd

6.00pm - Evensong BCP

SATURDAY MAY 16th

“Teddy bear picnic and sleepover” - further details in May edition, look out for posters.

NB. Coffee and biscuits now served after most services in Buckland Newton Church.

**April and May are the most uplifting months; let’s look forward with hope and joy** Wendy 345 427

Vicar: Jonathan Still, The Vicarage, Back Lane, Cerne Abbas Tel: 01300 341251

Churchwarden: Jon Sulkin Tel: 07971 277584

Dear Friends,

My telephone directory is a shadow of its former self. Telephone directories used to be torn in half by exceptionally strong men as a proof of power. Now anyone can do it. We have for so long been withdrawing into individual privacy that we have forgotten how to be part of the public forum.

Well, dust off your telephone directory and use it to phone your neighbour. We need to get in touch with one another locally (and safely). Let those around you know your number and get to know theirs. The system we have assiduously constructed to bring every individual in touch with the global, and the global in touch with every individual begins to look less intoxicating than it once did. We have cheaper stuff, faster deliveries, but who do we have to share life with? Which institutions will act as buffers and harbours and refuges when cruel global winds begin to blow?

We are very, very fortunate to live in a part of the world where shops, schools, churches, pubs, societies and businesses know and are known. You can order supplies from the village shops and pay by phone and the shops and volunteers will deliver. Many of our pubs and restaurants will do you meals to take away if you want a more than secluded table, and I know in the past have taken meals round.

In our village communities, committees are springing up and local societies collaborating to make sure that individuals don’t get forgotten.

Suddenly we realise how valuable the local and community are. They are a gateway to health and sanity and safety.

We are each part of it. We make the decision of how involved we will be. We make the decision of taking on social responsibility. We can sit by the phone asking why no one has rung me today? Pick it up and ring a neighbour yourself! We build community for each other, and every single one of us can play our part.

Jonathan

The Rood News ...

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ACROSS

1. City of ancestral suffering (9)

6. Evasive about son being comfortable (4)

9. Sue assumes two fellows in charge to be enough (7)

10. Disrupted most of literary film preview (7)

11. Blades appearing when people have a row (4)

12. Note lack of talk about one displaying toughness (10)

14. B in test characteristic of a certain group (6)

15. Calming drug is vet’s idea possibly (8)

18. Reliable-sounding Scottish city (8)

19. They work with a tool (6)

22. Applaud – yes, one goes wild, see (4,4,2)

24. Encourage some of our generation (4)

26. A complex plot’s beginning to engross Peter

perhaps (7)

27. Loose rocks by church make an unpleasant sound (7)

28. Advance payment for poet first off (4)

29. Former Blue Peter presenter wearing vest? (9)

DOWN

1. Stick it to the end, leaving after the others (4,3)

2. Tent fire destroyed one Egyptian queen (9)

3. A family related by blood (4)

4. Two letters read aloud in tent (6)

5. Crooked Eritrean lawyer may ask for one (8)

6. Generous cleaner’s given one board (10)

7. Ring lost in bar or beauty parlour (5)

8. Country producing oil we hear (6)

13. Middle name put first in place for telephone operator

(4,6)

16. I close home – that’s serious (2,7)

17. E.g. insert mobile numbers (8)

18. For example, American backed Charles (4,2)

20. Chap is to walk with female (7)

21. Relative keeps us in money (6)

23. Decorate for a party with sailors (5)

25. Exam offers alternative to a student (4)

Set by Alberich

This Month’s Quiz ...

Lemurs are native to which island?

Who formed the ‘Solidarity Union’ in 1982?

William Cody was known as ……….?

Which nun was awarded the 1979 Nobel Peace

Prize?

By what name was Ireland known to the Romans?

Which novelist wrote ‘Don Quixote’?

What is the chemical symbol for chlorine?

Who is the story-teller of ‘The Arabian Nights’?

Who is known as ‘The Father of the Railways’?

The Battle of Austerlitz is also known as the

Battle of ………………...?

Who designed the four bronze lions in Trafalgar

Square?

Langton Herring (Dorset) is a ‘Doubly Thankful

Village’. Why?

Who in 1966 said, “They think it’s all over”?

A Roman General and Statesman whose name is

the nick-name of Portsmouth FC?

Who captained Brazil to the 1992 FIFA World Cup?

What is the first word in the Phonetic Alphabet?

Who was the first British athlete to win a global

multi-events title?

‘Smokies’ are a delicacy from which Scottish town?

Who in the Old Testament built the Ark?

What is the name of the tiger in ‘Jungle Book’?

Good Luck! Set by Scriblerus

Answers on page 30

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BUCKLAND NEWTON PARISH COUNCIL REPORT

Buckland Newton Parish Councillors are: Chair Nicki Barker 01300 345238 Councillors Andy Foot 01300 345511 Vice Chair Jane Collins 01300 345136 Chris Osmond 01300 345326 Chair Vice Mark Needham 01300 345293 Lin Townsend 01300 345306 Flood Warden Doug Morse 01300 345707 John Baker 01300 345386 Parish Clerk Sarah Mitchell 01258 817288 or Sam Sowerby 01300 345721 bucklandnewton@dorset-aptc.gov.uk Roy Godwin 01300 345438 Rights of Way Liaison Officer Stephen White 01300 345341

NEXT MEETING: Tuesday 14 April 2020 - 7.30pm in the Parish Pavilion

PLANNING WD/D/19/002996 - BROCKHAMPTON DAIRY FARM, BROCKHAMPTON, BUCKLAND NEWTON, DORCHESTER, DT2 7DJ Conversion of agricultural buildings to 4 residential dwellings (C3) including associated demolition. Variation of condition 1 of planning approval WD/D/19/000165 24 February 2020 – Approval of Planning Permission

WD/D/20/000123 - BROCKHAMPTON DAIRY FARM, BROCKHAMPTON, BUCKLAND NEWTON, DORCHESTER, DT2 7DJ Conversion of agricultural buildings to 4 residential dwellings (C3) including associated demolition. Variation of condition 1 of planning approval WD/D/15/000166 - Plans list 24 February 2020 – Approval of Planning Permission

WD/D/19/002716 - SUNNYSIDE, BUCKLAND NEWTON, DORCHESTER, DT2 7BX Erection of replacement gate. 14 February 2020 – Approval of planning permission.

WD/D/19/003160 - 1-4 DOMINEYS COTTAGES, DOMINEYS YARD, BUCKLAND NEWTON, DORCHESTER DT2 Comments by 10 March 2020 - Buckland Newton Parish Council support this application as it is appropriate 7BS and an improvement to the existing cottages. It cannot be seen from and does not impact on Domineys in any way

WD/D/20/000363 - LYONS HEAD HOUSE, LYONS HEAD FARM, COSMORE, DORCHESTER, DT2 7TW Erection of single storey glass canopy to rear elevation. Comments by 3 April 2020 – Cllrs to look at plans and circulate thoughts via email.

Planning applications can be viewed on the dorsetforyou website.

POLICE REPORT No crimes were reported in the Parish between the dates 12-02-2020 – 10/03/2020. A Suspicious vehicle was seen in Henley - White Mitsubishi L200 Registration Y*11*KY. The males were asking who owned the land and if they had any quality machinery that could be borrowed. The informant did speak to other locals and the males had stopped in three other places asking similar questions. The males were approximately age 50, one was wearing glasses.

In another village a drone was reported as flying outside of CAA regulations. The laws for use of drones changed in November and people who owns an existing drone or plans to purchase one are required by law to register and get a unique registration number by completing an online course. Below is a link for other useful information.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/drones-are-you-flying-yours-safely-and-legally

Please continue to report any incidents or suspicious circumstances by either calling 101 or reporting online via the Dorset Police website on the “Contact Us” section. Information and advice are regularly posted on the Dorchester Police FaceBook page and via Dorset Alert.

SAND BAGS If you have flooding issues, sand bags/sand are available from the village hall. Contact: Doug Morse 01300 345707

REPORTING POTHOLES To report potholes or anything else you are concerned with on the road, do so via www.dorsetforyou.gov.uk

PARISH PAVILION Please contact the Parish Clerk if you would like to hire the Parish Pavilion.

CORONAVIRUS

If you have to self-isolate and need assistance, please telephone any member of the Buckland Newton Parish Council (above), who will put you in touch with the relevant

voluntary groups in the village. The Old Chapel Stores in Buckland Newton will take telephone orders for

collection and/or arrange delivery. Telephone 01300 345 336

We are here to help you

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All of the men who fought in both WWI & WWII returned safely Kenneth Wolstenholme (commentator, World Cup win by England) Pompey Socrates Alpha Mary Peters (Olympic Gold 1972) Arbroath Noah Shere Khan

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NEWS FROM CERNE ABBAS SURGERY

The surgery is now starting to support patients with ‘social prescribing’. Social prescribing gives people time to focus on what matters through shared decision making or personalised care and supported planning. Social prescribers connect people to community groups and agencies for practical and emotional support. Social prescribing particularly works for a wide range of people, including people:

• with one or more long-term conditions • who need support with their mental health • who are lonely or isolated • who have complex social needs which affect their wellbeing.

There is emerging evidence that social prescribing can lead to a range of positive health and wellbeing outcomes for people, such as improved quality of life and emotional wellbeing. It also may lead to a reduction in the use of NHS services. If you feel you may benefit from this kind of support, please speak to reception.

Finally Claire, one of our nurses at the surgery, will be running in the London Marathon on 26

th April in aid of

Weldmar Hospice. Fund raising information will be displayed in the surgery and I know she will appreciate your support. Many thanks.

Gillian Brindle, Practice Manager (see also page 7)

Madagascar Lech Wałęsa (Welenska) Buffalo Bill Mother Teresa Hibernia Miguel de Cervantes Cl Scheherazade George Stevenson The Three Emperors (2 December 1805) Sir Edwin Landseer

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NOW OPEN EVERY DAY Breakfast Club available from 8am

for children aged from 2 years.

Government Early Years Funding accepted,

non-funded hours charged at £4.25 per hour

For more information please contact the school

office on: 01300 345393

office@bucklandnewton.dorset.sch.uk

5 STREETWAY LANE

CHESELBOURNE

DORSET DT2 7NU

01258 837538

www.jbmasterthatcher.co.uk

ALEX FROST and JOHN BUTLER

MASTER THATCHERS

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Your Night Sky for April

This month’s constellation is Coma Berenices (Berenice’s Hair). This constellation has no bright stars and can be hard to find, but it is a remarkable area of sky. It is a faint sprinkling of stars superimposed on a cloud of galaxies. These are the northern end of the Virgo cluster of galaxies. There are eight galaxies in Coma Berenices which are visible in a small telescope. Each galaxy is as big or is bigger than our own Milky Way galaxy. Coma Berenices can be found in the south east about half way between the horizon and the pole star at about 10pm in the evening. It lies above and a little to the left of Leo, last month’s constellation. It is also right and above of the bright star fairly low in the east which is Arcturus. The first object to look for in Coma Berenices is Melotte 111 which is a star cluster visible with the naked eye on a dark night when there is no Moon in the sky. It is better viewed through binoculars. It is to the right of the numbers “4565” and “4494” on this month’s star chart. It comprises 37 stars about 288 light years away. The second object of interest is M53 which is a fine globular cluster of stars also visible with binoculars. It is close to the brightest star in the constellation, Alpha (a)Coma Berenices. M64, also known as the “Black Eye Galaxy”, is visible in binoculars although you will not be able to see the dark feature which gives it its name. You should be able to see that it is slightly elliptical. M3, which is to the left and slightly above Coma Berenices on our sky chart, is a globular cluster. You should be able to see a fuzzy ball which will resolve into stars with a small telescope.

THE PLANETS THIS MONTH. Venus is spectacular this month when it will be at its brightest, shinning in the West. In Buckland Newton, it won’t set behind the hill until around midnight. Jupiter is bright in the morning sky, rising at about 3 am in the east. Saturn follows about half an hour later to the left of Jupiter, but is fainter. Mars is just below Saturn and rises at about the same time.

THE MOON. Full Moon is on April 8th with new Moon on the 23rd. This month’s full Moon is the best super Moon of the year when the Moon is closest to the Earth at 357,029 Km. It will be 30% brighter than the faintest Full Moon.

SPECIAL EVENTS. On April 3rd Venus will be in front of the star cluster the Pleiades. This should be a beautiful sight with binoculars. The Lyrid meteor shower reaches its maximum on the night of April 21/22. It should be a good year for this meteor shower as the Moon won’t interfere. The meteors will appear to come from the North East. On April 26th the crescent Moon and Venus will be beautiful together in the sky in the West.

If you are thinking about buying binoculars or your first astronomical telescope do take a look at the BBC Sky at Night magazine. If you need further help you can contact me by email at keithmwright@compuserve.com or on 345485.

Don’t forget to lookout for the Space Station. Get the times when you can see it at: www.heavens-above.com.

If you have a Smart phone or Tablet computer, you can download a free App called “Nite Sky” which will guide you around the stars in the sky. Keith Wright

COMA BERENICES

HOW TO FIND COMA BERENICES

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