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Broadwindsor Group Parish Council Meeting – Monday, 11th July, 7.30pm

BGPC’s meeting will be held at Broadwindsor Cricket Pavilion on Monday, 11th July, 7.30pm.  If the forecast doesn’t look good, they will switch to the Comrades Hall but will confirm a couple of days before. All are welcome to join them! The full Agenda can be downloaded HERE.

The Group Parish Council very recently won a single star award from the Dorset Association of Parish and Town Councils.
The councillors have achieved 40% participation of training and development events to strengthen and update their Council knowledge.

Item 9. This month’s Planning Applications Received and Circulated for Consultation:

c. Results:

  • P/NMA/2022/03380, 12 Marksmead, Drimpton, DT8 3RZ: Granted
  • P/TRT/2022/02919, Brent Paddock, Axe Lane, Drimpton, DT8 3FN: Consent (Tree Works)
  • P/HOU/2022/02617, Island House, High Street, Broadwindsor, DT8 3QP: Granted
  • P/FUL/2022/01699, Comrades Hall, High Street, Broadwindsor, DT8 3QP: Granted
  • P/HOU/2022/00458, 18 Redlands Lane, Broadwindsor, DT8 3ST: Granted
  • P/HOU/2021/04585, Blackbird Cottage, The Square, Broadwindsor, DT8 3QD: Granted
  • P/LBC/2021/04586, Blackbird Cottage, The Square, Broadwindsor, DT8 3QD: Granted

Item 10. looks at the request for a loan from BADCE with a) Community Consultation Update and b) To Resolve to Approve the Request.

The full Agenda can be downloaded HERE.

The press and public are invited to attend. Under the Openness of Local Government Bodies Regulations 2014, members of the public may now film, photograph and make audio recordings of the proceedings of the formal Council meeting, though not, under current legislation, of the Public Participation session, as this is not part of the formal agenda of the meeting. Recording activity should be respectful to the conduct of the meeting and behaviour that disrupts the meeting (such as oral commentary) will not be permitted. Any member of the public shall not speak for more than five minutes. A question asked by a member of the public during Public Participation shall not require a response or debate during the meeting though the Chairman may direct that a written response will be provided subsequent to the meeting.

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West Side Story (12) – Friday, 15th July

Broadwindsor Community Film Club presents West Side Story (12) – 156 mins.  An American musical romantic drama film directed and co-produced by Steven Spielberg from a screenplay by Tony Kushner.
Starring Ansel Elgort, Ariana DeBose, David Alvarez, Mike Faist, Rita Moreno and introducing Racel Zegler

An adaptation of the 1957 musical of the same name, the film tells the tale of forbidden love and the rivalry between the Jets and the Sharks, two teenage street gangs of different ethnic backgrounds. Music by the legendary Leonard Bernstein.

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

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Scam Alert – Dorset Council

Which? magazine reports that fraudsters are impersonating Dorset Council in an email phishing scam. The scam emails, which were predominantly sent out on Friday, 24th June, tempt you to click on a link and attachment by labelling it as an invoice to your account.

The emails come from legitimate Dorset Council email addresses that have been spoofed by scammers. Find out more about the email HERE and please share with friends and family who live in the local area.

There’s now a much easier way to make them aware of scams directly with their Scam Sharer Tool (Click HERE). Tell them your experiences of phishing emails, fake texts, cold calls and other types of fraud.

Sign up to Which’s Scam Alert Service (Click HERE) to keep you updated on the latest scams circulating online and on social media.

#StaySafe

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Council Grants Permission For Play Equipment In Bernards’ Place

The Comrades Management Committee have been granted full planning approval for new play equipment to be installed in Bernards’ Place.

The approved equipment is:

  • Eagles Nest Tree (main photo) – Manufacturer: Huck – Product Code: 4652-40
  • Large Dish Roundabout – Manufacturer: Huck
  • Net Seesaw – Manufacturer: Huck – Product Code: 4587
  • Two Seat Swing – Manufacturer: Spiel.Bau – Product Code: 6.5155-E
  • One Seat Swing – Manufacturer: Spiel.Bau – Product Code: 6.5101-E

Permeable Rubber Grass Mats will be underneath.

To download and read the full decision notice, please click HERE.

 

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Tikka Trak In Village Tonight 4-8pm

Visiting Broadwindsor village tonight and parking in the bay outside the primary school, Tikka Trak‘s mobile Indian Street Food van will be there!

Pre-orders can be made up until 3pm on 07843 199 781

Please note: there is a slight price increase due to rising fuel costs.

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Residue From Aircraft On Car – Anyone Else?

Village resident, Nick Roach has contacted the Editor hoping that someone can shed some light on an occurence last Tuesday, 21st June.

To explain, Nick has shared the contents of his email to Chris Loder MP, sent on Sunday afternoon. There is also a slideshow of his photographs taken demonstrating the airborne object, the dust trail and the deposits on his car.

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Dear Chris,

I hope you are well.
We have a curious question which I hope you’ll be in a position to at least pass  on with a view or enlightening us please?
We moved into the beautiful area last September. And regularly walk up Lewesdon Hill behind our village of Broadwindsor.

Last week, Tuesday 21st June 2022, when walking on Lewesdon late pm, we were amazed to see overhead an unusual looking plane leaving behind it a very large trail. And as we watched over the next few minutes and hours, this trail expanded to become a cloud stretching across the sky as far as we could see. It was even still present several hours later, after dark. (pics attached. But we have video footage too, as we were so amazed we felt compelled to film it.)
We are of course well familiar with vapour trails left by planes. These quickly dissipate. And we are also aware the UK government have confirmed they support ‘greenhouse gas removal’, ‘Examples include the brightening of marine clouds and injection of aerosols into the stratosphere.’

UK Government: ‘UK government’s view on greenhouse gas removal technologies and solar radiation management’:
www.gov.uk/government/publications/geo-engineering-research-the-government-s-view/uk-governments-view-on-greenhouse-gas-removal-technologies-and-solar-radiation-management

And, by way of further information:
Australian Government: ‘The Snowy Mountains Cloud Seeding Act 2004 enables Snowy Hydro Limited to conduct permanent cloud seeding operations within the Snowy Mountains in accordance with an Environmental Management Plan (EMP) approved by relevant Ministers.’:
www.epa.nsw.gov.au/licensing-and-regulation/legislation-and-compliance/other-nsw-environmental-legislation/snowy-mountains-cloud-seeding-act-2004

And these steps sound like they could be productive. But to obstruct and protect us from the sun, the aerosols would presumably need to be sprayed earlier in the day than when the sun is going down? And I read ‘cloud seeding’ requires that rain clouds already be in the sky. On this day there were none.

The other part of the query is the following morning we found a strange residue evenly covering the entirety of our car, of a sort we’ve never seen before. Is this from the ‘dust cloud’ left by the plane?

The bottom line is of course, should we be concerned?
After all, although the term ‘chemtrails’ is associated with conspiracy nonsense, nonetheless it has been shown that there is history in this matter:
www.theguardian.com/politics/2002/apr/21/uk.medicalscience

I would be most grateful for any time you can spare in enquiring about this please Chris. I’d recently been seeing pictures taken in other areas of strange trails left by planes, and confess to being a little complacent about living out in the country now, away from all that. And then this happens. And I’d love to know what the plane was, what it was doing, and what was this ‘dust cloud’ it was leaving in its wake?

Thank you very much indeed Chris.

Yours sincerely
Nick (Roach)

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At the time of publishing, Nick has not received a reply from Chris Loder MP.

If you click on an image, it will open in a separate window enabling you to magnify it 🙂

 

Mild amusement, or perhaps bemusement? As stated in his email, Nick also has some video footage of the event. Please get in touch if that would be of interest to you. Thank you Nick 🙂


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Dogs Or No Dogs In Comrades Hall?

There is a debate as to whether the Comrades Hall has any official ruling to ban dogs from entering inside the building. No dogs are allowed anywhere in the vicinity of the playground, which includes the footpath and that is not in question.

At the meeting in November 2021, it was thought that dogs had never been allowed in. Those present believed that it was no and that it should remain so.  These minutes were approved in April 2022 as the extract shows:

“There are metal objects i.e. bike rack just by the front door to tie leads to however this exclusion does not apply to assistance dogs of which there are several types nowadays so be mindful if you see a person with a dog before you ask them to leave it outside new signage will be needed to show this both for the hall and Bernards’s Place DC will investigate the Internet.” – these minutes were approved 26th April 2022.

However, it seems from the extract above that no actual vote was taken as nothing beyond a discussion has been recorded.

There are many people in the village who say they’ve always taken their dogs – on a lead – into the Hall.

Nonetheless, members of the Hall Committee put up a sign (as left).

The first sign put up was removed/stolen.

The 2nd sign put up to replace it now looks like this:

Those in favour state that, providing the dog is well-behaved, dogs should be allowed to visit public institutions, such as the Outreach Post Office, which uses the Comrades Hall every Tuesday & Friday morning since January 2010.

Furthermore, as yet, there is no mention to the exclusion of dogs in the old documents* which have recently been uncovered revealing the Comrades Hall will be celebrating it’s own Platinum Jubilee in November this year.
*There remains approximately 100 pages which the Chair is working her way through.

If no democratic vote was recorded, then it suggests that any Criminal Damage was done, not by the removal of the sign, but by the installing of the sign.  One village resident stated – “The installation and ban of dogs sign on the outside wall of the CH will be reported, as requested by the fitter, to Police.” Many residents feel very strongly and it has to be acknowledged that we do live in a village with many dogs. We all live in a democratic society and we all strive to abide by that principle.

In need of funds to complete their Playground Development plan, the Comrades Hall Management Committee additionally risk losing potential income from dog training classes, which are proving increasingly popular and are already offered in some neighbouring village halls.

The signs cost £5.28 to purchase on Amazon and cannot be repeatedly afforded.

The new Chair of the Comrades Hall Management Committee, Jacqui Sewell (who had left the November meeting prior to the discussion about dogs took place) commented that “…on matter of dogs – no form of approval was minuted for the signs to be put up & this will be raised at our 12th July meeting“.
It will appear in ‘Matters Arising‘ – to be discussed.

Do you have strong views on this issue? Do you own a dog? Are you affected by this decision ?

Let your voice be heard, please contact Jacqui Sewell before Tuesday, 12th July, directly by email at: jacquisewell@me.com.
Alternatively, you may make your comments to this post on Broadwindsor’s Facebook page, which is on view to all members of the public.


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Refurbished Bench In Bernards’ Place

The bench, to the left as you enter Bernards’ Place through the gate, was donated by village resident, Megan Jones in memory of her late husband, Ian who died in 2001.

Megan has recently made good on an offer made some 18 months ago to the Comrades Hall committee and organised her brother in law, Keith Jones to replace the worn out wood. The wooden planks had been prepared (the correct type of wood for park benches being used) and were fitted last week.

All work was carried out at their expense. It is a lovely improvement to that area 🙂

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MCC Traffic Through Common Water Lane

Yesterday afternoon the rain held off while over 60 cars and motorcycles drove up Common Water Lane on Day 1 of the The Motor Cycling Club (MCC)’s 120th Anniversary 3 Day Trial.  Read more about the 3 day event HERE.

For those unable to attend, here is a slideshow of some of the vehicles and bikes that passed through…
(Clicking on the image will open it in a separate window allowing you to enlarge it further).

 

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Celebrating Pride Month

With most of the final celebrations happening tomorrow, Saturday, 25th June, Monday, June 28th, is ‘Pride Day‘ when the International LGBTQIA+ community are celebrated. During the Pride, different marches and collective events are organised to make the fight for equality and dignity of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people visible.

LGBTQ stands for Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans, Queer or Questioning.
More recently, I and A have been added to the acronym to represent Intersex and Asexual.
The + represents those not included in the original acronym, in terms of gender identity or sexual orientation e.g. Pan and Nonbinary.

Other Awareness Days this month are:

  • June 26th |  LGBT Equality Day
  • June 26th |  Anniversary of the Legalization of Same-Sex Marriage in the U.S
  • June 27th |  National HIV Testing Day
  • June 28th |  Stonewall Riots Anniversary

Next month:

  • July 14th |  International Non-Binary People’s Day

And in October 2022:

  • October 11th |  National Coming Out Day
  • October 19th |  Spirit Day; LGBT Center Awareness Day
  • October 26th |  Intersex Awareness Day
  • Last full week in October |  Asexual Awareness Week

In the UK, inspired by this movement and founded in 1989 to lobby for equal rights for LGBT people, Stonewall is now the biggest LGBTQ+ rights organisation in Europe. Describing themselves as “a team of bold, passionate people fighting for the freedom, equity and potential of LGBTQ+ people everywhere.”

They stand for lesbian, gay, bi, trans, queer, questioning and ace (LGBTQ+) people everywhere. They imagine a world where all LGBTQ+ people are free to be themselves and can live their lives to the full.

Please view their list of organisations that can provide support and help HERE.
You can also ring the LGBT Switchboard every day 10am-10pm on 0300 330 0630 if you would like to talk to someone.
Contact them on FREEPHONE 0800 0502020, lines are open 9:30am – 4:30pm Monday to Friday (an answerphone is available outside these hours).
Email them at info@stonewall.org.uk.
Write to them at: Stonewall, 192 St. John Street, London, EC1V 4JY.


This is the 1st Pride Flag designed by Gilbert Baker, which appeared in 1977. Commissioned by a gay politician, he was inspired by Judy Garland’s ‘Over The Rainbow‘ and the colours symbolised the following: Hot pink for sex, red for life, orange for healing, yellow for sunlight, green for nature, turquoise for magic/art, indigo for serenity, and violet for spirit.
Click HERE to read an article published last year in Marie Claire showing the 30 Different Pride Flags and stating what each one represents.

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