Lawrence’s Online General Auction – Wednesday 13th

Did you know that you can bid online from the comfort of your own home in this week’s Online General Sale at Lawrences Auctioneers from Crewkerne this Wednesday?
The salerooms are closed but you can browse the items in the sale and leave your bids ahead of the sale at their website HERE.
Telephone:01460 73041
or email: enquiries@lawrences.co.uk

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Parish Council Vacancy By Co-Option

Ahead of this evening’s Parish Council meeting on Zoom, on which you can read more HERE, the Town Clerk has issued a notice of the casual vacancy for a Parish councillor by co-option in Seaborough.

The full Notice is below. The closing date for submission is 5pm on 5th February.
Anyone interested should send their CV with a covering letter to the Town Clerk:
Helen Cudmore, The Old School House, Bridge Street, Netherbury, Dorset DT6 5LS
or by email to: hello@broadwindsorgroup.gov.uk.

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Broadwindsor Cricket Club’s History

After successfully securing the funding enabling Broadwindsor Cricket Club to purchase the land and place the Freehold in a Trust – there are several plans and developments in place. In preparation for the Club’s Centenary, Clive Stafford-Smith OBE has carried out some research and is collating the history of the Club.
If anyone has any photographs or information to contribute, please email Clive at: Clive@Reprieve.org.uk. Read what he’s uncovered so far HERE.

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Bernards’ Place Wall Prepared

Parish Councillor David Leader, Chairperson of the Comrades Hall committee led a work party yesterday afternoon and issued the following statement together with the photographs:

“I have just got back from today’s work party at Bernard’s Place. We started working in freezing temperatures but it did warm up to minus 1. Today we were preparing the wall for renovation. This challenging project is being undertaken by Chris Edgerley who is providing all his time free of charge saving the hall committee many hundreds of pounds. We simply can not thank him enough.

Today we cut the overgrown hedge on the top of the wall back, cleared built up soil and removed loads of ivy. The wall is falling down and we have had to cordon the wall off to prevent any accidents. Please do not go inside the cordon. It is clearly marked with cones and tape.

All the essential work was carried out by Chris, Stefan, Amanda, Daren, Margaret, Sally, Bob, John and myself. To these intrepid volunteers I extend a massive thank you, community spirit at its best.

All the work was carried out with rigid social distancing. Hope everyone has a good weekend and stays safe in these difficult times.

With kind regards

David Leader
Chairperson, Comrades Hall”

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Lockdown At Redlands Yard

As the number of COVID-19 cases are increasing in our area and due to Redlands Yard being located so close to the Tier 4 border, Colin and Sarah have decided to not fully re open this January.

Foxy Cottage: Firstly, we would like to wish all our customers a very Happy New Year!
We intended to open on Fridays and Saturdays 10.30am – 3pm. If anybody needs anything outside of these times please do get in touch, we will do everything we can to help. Our email is thefoxycottage@gmail.com. Take care and look after yourselves. – Sarah & Colin

The Wobbly Cottage: We would like to reassure everyone that we will be staying open at both the bakery & market and deliveries are available for anyone that needs them or would prefer not to venture out. The website is a guideline only and not everything is always available. Please call 07488 313857 or email: info@thewobblycottage.co.uk. Thank you all in advance for your continued support. You are all awesome and we feel very lucky to have you all! – Rich & Dani

Sophia’s Choice: Following my previous post, I can now confirm that the shop will be open on Thursdays & Fridays: 10.00am – 1.00pm. All close contact treatments must sadly stop at this time. If you are shielding, I am happy to organise orders for delivery or orders for collection. Please call or text 07525 662888 or email me: info@sophiaschoice.co.uk or you can sign up to my newsletter HERE. – Charlie

Little Boutique In A Box: The shop is closed but Helen is having a Clearance Sale with up to 70% off items online at the shop’s website HERE. Purchase online and arrange collection or delivery.

Tony at The Upholstery Workshop remains open this month. Please just knock on the door and remain socially distanced. You can contact him on: 07745 572196 or by email: tonyoaks13@gmail.com

The following businesses are closed for the remainder of January 2021 due to the National Lockdown:

Stableyard Restaurant, Broadwindsor — Stableyard Restaurant

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Local Employment: Symonds & Sampson Are Recruiting

A New Year – a new career?

Local property agents Symonds & Sampson have five positions available.
All applications must be in by 31st January 2021. However, be aware that if they receive a high volume of applications, the closing date may be brought forward. To avoid disappointment therefore they suggest submitting your application promptly.

Based in Beaminster-Bridport-Axminster area.

Full time, Home based Property Manager to join their Property Management Department.
Immediate start.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Maintaining good relations with Landlords, Tenants and Contractors
Handling Telephone enquiries
Diary and Database management
Responding to emails
Raising works orders and processing invoices
Managing, booking and attending property visits
Processing rent payments
Deposit dispersal

KEY SKILLS:

Good level of customer service skills – verbal and written
Ability to multi-task and prioritise workload
Self-motivation and the ability to work within a team
High level of computer proficiency including Microsoft Office
Full driving license and use of own vehicle required

EXPERIENCE:

Property management experience
High level of computer literacy including experience of software packages (training will be provided)

REWARDS:

Salary – Competitive salary commensurate with experience
Holiday – starting at 28 days per annum including bank holidays and increasing with long service
Hours – Full Time to include some Saturdays
Pension – A work based pension scheme

Please e-mail your CV and covering letter to Rachael James rjames@symondsandsampson.co.uk

The other 4 positions are:

Based in Burraton Square, Poundbury:

Full time Trainee Accounts Assistant to support their busy accounts team. An enthusiastic and conscientious individual with knowledge of Sage and other accounting software. Experience is not required but some relevant skills are preferred. For more information, click HERE. Please e-mail your CV with a covering statement to Andrew Carless acarless@symondsandsampson.co.uk

Based in Burraton Square, Poundbury:

Rural Graduate Trainee/Newly Qualified Surveyor. Suited to a a graduate trainee or newly qualified surveyor The role offers a wide range of experience across many aspects of rural surveying and farm agency. It will also provide the opportunity for the right candidate to progress through APC and/or CAAV to further develop their career. For more information, click HERE. For a confidential discussion please contact Will Wallis on 07833 453482.

Based out of Wimborne:

RICS Registered Valuer to be able to cover the whole of Wessex Region. It is essential that the candidate is RICS qualified; a Registered Valuer; holds a Full UK Driving license and has 2-4 years PQE. For more information, click HERE.

Based in Ilminster, Somerset:

Estate Agency Manager to join their award-winning Residential Sales team. his opportunity would suit a highly motivated, entrepreneurial person with a proven track record of at least five years in residential agency, preferably within the Somerset area. For more information, click HERE.

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Collecting From Broadwindsor Community Stores

A message from the three wonderful ladies who organise our village shop’s Click and Collect service:

“As we go into lockdown again, we want to reassure you that we are continuing to do our best to ensure our customers, staff and volunteers are safe, as we have done at Broadwindsor Community Stores since March 2020.

We will continue to offer our Wednesday Click & Collect service via broadwindsorcommunitystores.co.uk.

However, all collections will now be from Comrades Hall, except a 4pm collection from the shop reserved for working customers who cannot get to the hall before 1pm.

We anticipate that more people will want to use the service, so to provide a safer environment and to maintain a steady flow of customers, collection slots will be at fifteen minute intervals starting at 11:30am and finishing at 1pm.

Please pick up from the side door where we will hand over your order at the entrance. Some customers’ orders are quite large and they will need to take several bags to their car, so can we please ask all customers to wait until the previous customer has finished their collection before entering the porch by the side entrance. May we also ask you to wait in the doorway rather than come into the hall while we get your order ready?

As the Click & Collect service is as safe as can be and meets the needs of the vast majority of people we are not offering a full delivery service as we did in the Spring. However, if you are clinically vulnerable and have been advised to stay in your home, please get in touch with us so we can arrange a delivery. The easiest way to do this is simply email: bwshop.orders@gmail.com

Let’s get through this together best we can. Stay safe.”

– Nat, Sandra & Teri

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Drimpton’s Bunting Bonanza

A colourful and commemorative idea from Drimpton promoting Village Community:

At some point we will emerge from Lockdown and once again be able to come together as a community. In anticipation of that, three ladies in Drimpton are planning to celebrate by decorating Drimpton with bunting made by the village.

So if you’re looking for something to while away a bit of time, why not tap into your creative juices and design one or more flags to represent you, your family, 2020, Drimpton, or anything else you fancy!
It can be drawn, painted, sewn, knitted (pattern below) glued, appliquéd or anything else you can think of – the choice is yours. There are no rules apart from the size (a triangle measuring 20cm x 30cm).

They hope to be able to have a coffee morning in March (restrictions permitting) where you can bring along your completed bunting flags. They’ll then take them away and stitch them together to create the commemorative village bunting that will be a lasting reminder of these extraordinary times for years to come.

For further details or queries (and bunting templates if required) contact:

Francesca – 01308 867617
Kate – 01308 868843 or
Rosemary – 01308 867694

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Broadwindsor Group Parish Council – Online Meeting Monday 11th January 2021

Broadwindsor Group Parish Council are meeting online using the Zoom platform at 7.30pm on Monday 11th January 2021. All are welcome to attend.

The full agenda is available to download HERE.

The meeting can be accessed HERE.
The Meeting ID: 874 5530 6004
Zoom is Free! – Sign Up and get it HERE.

Once the minutes of the last meeting have been approved, there are no matters arising. Residents are then invited to give their views and ask questions of the Parish Council on issues on this Agenda. This will be followed by:
a. Report from Councillor Christopher, Dorset Council
b. Report from Dorset Police

There is a Parish Council vacancy for the Seaborough ward.

Parish Councillors will deliver their community updates regarding the COVID-19 pandemic.

There are no new Planning Applications to consider but 2 have been approved:

WD/D/20/001069, Higher Farm, Seaborough, DT8 3QY: Approved
WD/D/20/001070, Higher Farm, Seaborough, DT8 3QY: Approved

There will be reports and updates from Broadwindsor Cricket Club on their fundraising, a Working Group Update on Climate Change Emergency and the Allotment Group.

Items in this month’s Highways section include the formal adoption of named verges in Broadwindsor:

a. Report from the Footpaths Officer
b. Verge Management in the Grouped Parish Area
c. To approve request for formal adoption from Dorset Council of named verges in Broadwindsor
d. Common Water Lane Update
e. Damaged Drimpton Bridge Update

Following a report from the Broadwindsor Group Parish Community Land Trust on Affordable Housing and any items of interest for the next agenda, Residents are invited to give their views and ask questions of the Parish Council on any outstanding issues on this Agenda or raise issues for future consideration.

After the date of the next meeting is established, they will receive the Finance report from the FMR Trust.

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Local Dairy Farmer On Next Saturday Night’s TV

Local dairy farmer and Parish Councillor, Andrew Frampton is making a return to the small screen next Saturday on BBC1 at 8.30pm. He is taking part in Michael McIntyre’s new prime TV show, The Wheel.

The Wheel is a general knowledge quiz show in which seven celebrities are strapped to the circumference of the giant wheel. Each celebrity has brought one area of expertise to the show – and it is on these areas that the contestants must answer questions.
The contestants themselves are underneath The Wheel, on another smaller wheel! This Contestant Wheel is spun, and whichever contestant is randomly selected, rises up on their chair, to take their place at the centre of The Wheel and begin the game. The contestant at the centre of The Wheel is in control – if they can stay there until the end of the show then they could win a life-changing sum of money. However, one wrong answer or spin of The Wheel and they’ll be back down to the Contestant Wheel, and they might never return… Once all seven categories have been completed, whichever contestant is in control of The Wheel faces one final question to try and take home a huge sum of money. They’ve got just 30 seconds to discuss the question with their chosen celebrity expert, before they must lock in their answer. If they get it right, they take home the cash. Get it wrong however, and they’re off The Wheel, opening the door to one of the other players.

As 3 contestants take part in each show, Andrew has a 1 in 3 chance of winning. You will have to watch on Saturday 16th January, night to see how he does.

Andrew is no stranger to television or taking part in TV shows having starred in one of the first reality TV shows called Chained in 2001 where he was chained to a woman and five other men for a week with one man being let off the chain each day until the woman found her perfect match. Andrew reached the final two!
Andrew was also a contestant in Jason Manford‘s game show First and Last in 2019 but was eliminated in the second round.
When asked how he got involved with this latest one Andrew replied, “I saw a flier for the new show back in July and the huge prize money caught my eye! I filled in an online form then the next day had a phone call where I had to talk about myself for three minutes and then answer a 25 general knowledge questions. Following that I had another audition on Zoom where we were filmed and were given very hard quiz questions and had to work out the answers. I got the phone call in September to say I had been offered a place as a contestant subject to a criminal record checks and physiological analysis as a duty of care from the production company. They filmed 10 episodes in Mid October in a converted aircraft hanger in Hertfordshire recording two shows a day. There was an audience there but all were socially distanced and with masks. I met Michael before the show and he told us we weren’t allowed to win any more money than he was getting paid!“.

The seven celebrities on Andrew‘s episode are: Sophie Ellis-Bexter, Greg Wallace, Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson, Jay Blades (Repair Shop), Natalie Cassidy (Eastenders), Dr Alex George (Love Island) & Trevor Nelson (Radio 2).

Catch Andrew at 20:30hrs on BBC 1 next Saturday, 16th January as he tries to get a spot on the wheel and have a chance of winning a huge amount of money.

Good luck Andrew!

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