Calming Spooked Pets On Fireworks Night

Loud bangs, explosions, unexpected noises and darker nights can all contribute to making your pet dog or cat feel extremely stressed and anxious.  The RSPCA estimate that 45% of dogs in the UK show signs of fear when they hear fireworks.

This year Broadwindsor Fun Group are holding a firework display at Broadwindsor’s Cricket Ground at 7pm on Friday, 5th November. Both Councillor Simon Christopher and Broadwindsor House have sponsored this event.

You may already know that your pet is scared of fireworks from previous years or you may have a new pet and this could be their first experience of fireworks.

Tips to calm dogs:

  • Walk them during daylight hours to avoid times when fireworks are likely to be set off.
  • Close windows and curtains to muffle the sound of fireworks.
  • Put on some music or tv to mask the firework sounds.
  • Create a quiet space where your dog can feel in control.
  • Create some hiding places around your home.

Cats:

  • Provide hiding places in your home.
  • Cats can become more stressed if they’re outside during fireworks.
  • Make sure your cats are microchipped in case they’re startled and escape outside.

There are medications (Pheromone diffusers, sprays and collars ) that can be prescribed and purchased, but they don’t have an immediate effect. Talk to your vet as far in advance of Fireworks Night as you can.

The morning after a nearby fireworks display, check your garden for any fallout or shrapnel which may pose a risk. Fireworks contain highly toxic ingredients that can be fatal to your pet if accidentally eaten, so remember to stay extra vigilant during fireworks season.

It’s not just animals in the home that can be scared of fireworks – horses can be too.

  • For top tips on keeping your horse safe and secure during the firework season – please follow the advice from the British Horse Society – Click HERE.

Please don’t let off fireworks in your garden – go to an organised display 🙂

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Attic Gallery Furniture At Redlands Yard

Simon White, a carpenter of nearly thirty years has his business, Attic Gallery Furniture operating in the courtyard at Redlands Yard. From here he makes bespoke free standing and fitted furniture.

Simon trained as a carpenter in 1990, then from ’93 ran a small fitted furniture business in London called Made to Measure till relatively recently. During this time he commissioned numerous bookcases, wardrobes and other furniture across London and the South East.


To contact Simon –
Tel: 07849 237 508
Email: info@atticgalleryfurniture.co.uk

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Today – Free Admission

Read more HERE.

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Midnight Chimes

Midnight Chimes

Hunters on near silent wings
pass like wisps of mist
undersides flashing briefly
in the light from the street
A gossamer spider thread
drifting on the breeze
briefly illuminated
A chromatic parabola
drawn by an eight legged artisan
A black cat on silent paws
does a double-take
At the sight of a poet
standing in slippers
listening to midnight chimes
The Great Bear
sits astride the White Lion
Rides this velvet sky
towards the promise of dawn

   – Peter Roe, October 2021

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Donation To Post Office Users Group

Jacqui Sewell has donated a Buffalo Boiling Water Dispenser to the Post Office Users Group at Broadwindsor’s Comrades Hall.  This will save the volunteers repeatedly boiling kettles.

Before the pandemic, the Group offered regular teas and coffees when the Outreach Post Office services were there Tuesday and Friday mornings.  Jacqui Sewell will be offering drinks when she is there next Tuesday, 19th October.

Photographed with Jacqui are Val & Colin Lawrence from Burstock who timed it right this morning to test it out and to enjoy a cuppa and a chat.

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View All Sport At The Knapp Inn

You’ll never miss a match at the Knapp Inn! Landlady Lesley Waring announced on social media that the pub have now signed up for BT Sports on top of their Sky Sports contract. With several TV’s in the pub – all matches are now available to view 🙂

Happy Hour!

The Knapp Inn has a Happy Hour (which is infact 2 hours) from 5pm – 7pm,
Monday to Friday.

  • £3.00 a pint
  • San Miguel and Guinness £3.50 a pint
  • Medium wine, £3.00
  • Large wine, £4.00

Contact The Knapp Inn on: 01308 862408

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The Prout Bridge Project In Broadwindsor

Beaminster’s Prout Bridge Project do regular outreach services in Broadwindsor, with Gilbert, their outreach van, on the 3rd Tuesday of every month 10am -12noon in the Comrades Hall car park.

For more information, please contact the Prout Bridge Project:
by email: info@proutbridgeproject.com.
Telephone: 07802 514171

Click HERE to visit their website 🙂

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75yr old Resident To Do Hallowe’en Fundraising Parachute Jump With Daughter

Not as old and travelling not as far as William Shatner, 75 year old, Broadwindsor resident, Peter Davies and his daughter Emellia have arranged to do a 15,000 feet parachute jump on October 31st for the Royal Navy Association. The duo have launched a Crowdfunder page with all the proceeds going to the RNA who could do with an input. Please show your support by visiting their Crowdfunding page:

If you have any difficulty, try copying the following link into your browser: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/peter-emellias-parachute-jump-for-royal-navy-1

Both parachute jumps have already been paid for privately and 100%* of the money raised will be given to Bridport RNA (*after Crowdfunder fees have been deducted).

Peter has been a full member with the RNA for a number of years and is a Trustee of Bridport Sea Cadets. His daughter Emellia has been a long term supporter of the RNA and indeed she suggested the parachute jump at Dunkeswell Airfield.  The jump is set to take place in the morning of Sunday, 31st October.
The Chairman, Charles Davis, Honoury Secretary, Robin Bickers & all committee members of Bridport’s RNA have pledged their full support for this project.
This project is also being supported by Broadwindsor.org to enable full transparency of all donations received. Please direct any queries to: info@broadwindsor.org

Young people from our Parish and surrounding areas are always welcome to attend Bridport Sea Cadets. Read more about them HERE.

An excited Peter commented:  “It was Emellia’s idea! Even a 50p donation would be great as they’re really poor! Any assistance is greatly appreciated. ”
Broadwindsor.org’s Editor and local photographer Annie Collins will be there to report on the event 🙂


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Broadwindsor’s Rangers Taking Used Ink Cartridges

Broadwindsor’s Rangers are raising funds for their group by collecting Used Printer Cartridges (genuine cartridges only). They have placed a collection box is inside the Comrades Hall Servery (the area used for the Post Office Outreach service).
Thank you in advance for Your Support! 

Broadwindsor RangersServing all of West Dorset, West Dorset Rangers is for girls aged 14-18.
They meet fortnightly (alternate weeks with the Guides) on Thursday evenings at the Comrades Hall in Broadwindsor.

Contact: westdorsetrangers@gmail.com

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Captain Kirk Boldly Goes Where No 90 year Old Has Gone Before

90 year old William Shatner, the actor known best for his role as Captain James T. Kirk, of the U.S.S. Enterprise in the original “Star Trek,” and three others will embark on a brief journey to the edge of space this afternoon.

You can watch the launch LIVE at 2.30pm (BST) on Blue Origin’s YouTube channel – Click HERE. The video will begin about 90 minutes before the flight. (Blue Origin is the name of Jeff Bezos Space company.)

The launch was scheduled for yesterday but windy conditions over West Texas moved it forward 24 hours to today. If more strong winds occur today, the company could choose to delay the flight by another 24 hours, to Thursday.

Three other passengers will join William Shatner on Wednesday’s flight:

  • Audrey Powers, a Blue Origin vice president who oversees New Shepard flight operations; like Mr. Shatner, she did not have to pay for her seat.

  • Chris Boshuizen, a co-founder of Planet Labs, a company that builds small satellites, also known as CubeSats, that are used by assorted clients for monitoring Earth from orbit.

  • Glen de Vries, a chief executive and co-founder of Medidata Solutions, a company that built software for clinical trials.

Dr. Boshuizen & Mr. de Vries are the second and third paying passengers to fly on a Blue Origin flight. The first was Oliver Daemen, an 18-year-old man from the Netherlands. The company has not disclosed how much any of these customers paid for their seats on the flights.

When interviewed on Monday, William Shatner said “I’m thrilled and anxious, and a little nervous and a little frightened, about this whole new adventure.”

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