Hallowe’en Celebrations At The White Lion

Thursday 27 October at 6pm:

Children! Ask your parents to help you create your Halloween pumpkin and bring it in for judging…
Prizes for best pumpkins –

7s and under.
12s and under.
Winners announced at 12 noon on Sat 29 October.

Then later on Saturday, 29th, from 6pm…

Join them for a spooky themed evening – fancy dress not essential but they’d love it if you joined in the fun.
(Usual menu available.)

On Sunday, 30th at 5pm:

The fantastic local family duo of Phil and Lauren Rosenburg will be performing on Sunday afternoon from 5pm 🙂

Performing songs spanning from the 1970’s through to modern day – be sure not to miss them!

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Ukraine Sale Raises £585

The Coffee morning held on Saturday 8th in aid of the Ukraine raised £585.00 🙂

Sally Sarling reported the breakdown as follows:

Donations, including £25 from the Over 60’s Club: £274.00
Plants: £33.50 + ?*
Cakes: £75.50
Books & Puzzles: £31.00
Raffle: £171.00

Sally added “I just wanted to let you know how much money we made…. Not quite as good as the previous one last May but, knowing now we must be a little more careful with our cash, I am not surprised that we made £575. *However, it is possible that a little more might come our way from Val & Colin Lawrence who kindly put a table with plants for sale outside their cottage in Burstock.
I wanted to say a big thank you from Philip, Diana and myself for your support and invaluable help in making the event a success.
Thank you very much.
With best wishes and kind regards,
Sally Sarling.

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Target Achieved & Work Begins At Bernards’ Place

The play area in Bernards’ Place is now out of bounds for an estimated two weeks as the big machinery moved in today…

Encouraging and uplifting news was received earlier when Dorset Council announced that they are awarding the Broadwindsor Village Green Appeal a grant of £15,000 from its Capital Leverage Fund. The aim of the Capital Leverage Fund is to support community and cultural organisations to deliver capital projects which provide new and improved facilities for our communities and residents. The fund also helps organisations secure additional support from funders outside of their organisation.

This will take the amount above and beyond the £20,000 target of their Crowdfunder appeal which has been extended for a few more weeks so that the grant money can be paid in to qualify for our Sport England pledge of £8,000.

The extra funds mean that electricity will be able to run to the Christmas tree on Bernards’ Place and then to the lovely oak-framed shelter, which has been put up by a team of local volunteers.
It will also help us buy adult exercise equipment for the village green and pay for instructor-led classes in the open air.

The organisers at the Comrades Hall posted their thanks on social media:

“Thank you, Dorset Council for supporting our project and the Broadwindsor community. The same goes for Sport England, whose pledge from the Places and Spaces Fund (a lasting legacy of the 2022 Commonwealth Games) has given the appeal a tremendous boost.

We’ve had support from Broadwindsor Group Parish Council and the local FMR Trust, for which we are extremely grateful. The National Lottery Community Fund has also made a huge difference in getting our fundraising off the ground in the first place. Thank you!

And massive thanks to you – our gorgeous Crowd and our lovely Reward givers – for making this project happen.

Fundraising will continue so that the vision of Bernards’ Place as a village green for everyone – of all ages – becomes reality.

Your support is very humbling and a testament to the goodwill and generosity of local people. You are having such a big impact on this brilliant project.”

You can still donate and claim rewards for your donation Click HERE.

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Local School Transport

Broadwindsor pupil Lottie Banner got a pleasant surprise this afternoon upon leaving school…. on turning the corner, there was Mum Jo standing their with her pony Cindy to take her home 🙂

Cindy attracted a lot of attention and compliments from passers by while she patiently waited.

Lottie wasted no time in putting her hat on and mounting her pony. With a confident smile, her Mum led Cindy back to their home in Hursey.

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P.O. Coffee Club Christmas Raffle – Friday, 9th December

One of the earlier Christmas events: The Post Office Coffee Club will be holding their Christmas Raffle at 12 noon on Friday, 9th December.

The prizes on offer will be a varied selection of Christmas consumables for just a £1 ticket! Tickets are on sale today and only available on Tuesday and Friday mornings during Post Office hours, 10am – 12.30pm.

The Post Office Outreach service will be there as usual at 10am. During this time, Mulled Wine will be offered alongside the usual tea and coffee together with some Festive Nibbles 🙂

People from the parish are invited to have a craft stall for the morning – for further information, please contact Jacqui Sewell on 01308 867145 or email: jacquisewell@me.com.

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Village Appeal Reaches £13,000

This morning (Sunday, 9th October) their donations hit the £5,000 mark. This, together with over 100 supporters meant the £8,000 pledge from Sport England kicked in automatically 🙂

They are now at just over £13,000 which is absolutely tremendous.

You can still donate and claim rewards for your donation Click HERE.

Thanks to everyone who has contributed so far and others for their work behind the scenes and onsite in Bernards’ Place – please help continue to spread the word to all those in the village and further afield…

The Comrades Hall was gifted to the village in 1952, in the same year the Queen acceded to the throne. It will be celebrating its own platinum jubilee on 19th November 2022

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Quiz Night – Friday, 28th October

Broadwindsor and District Horticultural Society are holding their autumn quiz on Friday, 28th October at the Comrades Hall.

It will be a General Knowledge quiz with Quizmaster, Brian King from Castle Gardens, Sherborne.

£5 each / teams up to 4 people.
Includes a cheese supper
Bring your own drinks
Raffle

Please contact Brian Stone: 01308 868092 or email: brianstone851@btinternet.com.

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Full Moon – Sunday, 9th October

The Moon will be at it’s fullest at 9.55pm today. Referred to as the “Hunter’s Moon” it signaled the time to go hunting in preparation for the cold winter ahead. Animals are beginning to fatten up ahead of winter, and since the farmers had recently cleaned out their fields under the Harvest Moon, hunters could easily see the deer and other animals that had come out to root through the remaining scraps (as well as the foxes and wolves that had come out to prey on them).

According to the Farmer’s Almanac, the earliest use of the term “Hunter’s Moon,” cited in the Oxford English Dictionary, is from 1710.

Other names this lunation is known by:

Blood Moon or Sanguine Moon
Falling Leaves Moon
Freezing Moon or Ice Moon
Migrating Moon

The first full Moon to follow the Harvest Moon, means that it can occur in either October or November.

Also look out for the Orionid meteor shower which will peak on the night of 21-22 October between midnight and dawn. However, if you’re out looking, you should be able to see the shower for several days either side of this ‘peak’ date.

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Broadwindsor Film Club – Friday, 18th November

At 7.30pm at the Comrades Hall on Friday, 18th November, Broadwindsor’s Community Film Club will be showing…

Top Gun: Maverick (12)

Directed by Joseph Kosinski and starring Tom Cruise with Miles Teller, Val Kilmer, Glen Powell, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm and Monica Barbaro. Running time: 130 minutes.

“A high-octane spectacle, the likes of which the world has never seen before,” Top Gun: Maverick is “The perfect adrenaline rush”. After more than thirty years of service as a top naval aviator, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Tom Cruise) is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot. Yet Maverick must confront the ghosts of his past when he returns to TOP GUN to train a group of elite graduates and comes face-to-face with Lt. Bradshaw (Miles Teller), the son of his former wingman, “Goose”. Bitter rivalries ignite as the pilots prepare for a specialist mission, which will require the ultimate sacrifice from those chosen to fly it.

Doors open at 7pm for 7.30pm.
Film Club members – Free entry
Guests – £4
Refreshments available, including a bar.
Seats can be booked in advance by contacting:
Emma Myers – broadwindsorem@gmail.com or
Margaret Wing – 01308 867252

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Broadwindsor Film Club – Friday, 21st October

At 7.30pm at the Comrades Hall on Friday, 21st October, Broadwindsor’s Community Film Club will be showing…

The Duke (12)

Directed by Roger Michell and starring Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren. Running time: 96 minutes.

In 1961, Kempton Bunton, a 60 year old taxi driver, stole Goya’s portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London. It was the first (and remains the only) theft in the Gallery’s history. Kempton sent ransom notes saying that he would return the painting on the condition that the Government invested more in care for the elderly – he had long campaigned for pensioners to receive free television. What happened next became the stuff of legend. Only 50 years later did the full story emerge – Kempton had spun a web of lies. The only truth was that he was a good man, determined to change the world and save his marriage – how and why he used the Duke to achieve that is a wonderfully uplifting tale.

Doors open at 7pm for 7.30pm.
Film Club members – Free entry
Guests – £4
Refreshments available, including a bar.
Seats can be booked in advance by contacting:
Emma Myers – broadwindsorem@gmail.com or
Margaret Wing – 01308 867252

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Top Gun: Maverick (12)

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The Duke (12)

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