This in Drimpton is the first of several opportunities organised by Broadwindsor Group Parish Council, there will be one in Broadwindsor, and possibly Blackdown too.
From 10.30am – 3.30pm, with refreshments available – make your views count or perhaps just find out more and make enquiries as to how our council are approaching the Climate & Ecological Emergency we are facing in our own environment.
Scan the QR code for further information or please direct your questions to the Parish clerk at hello@broadwindsorgroup.gov.uk.
At 7.30pm at the Comrades Hall Friday, 18th October, Broadwindsor’s Community Film Club will be showing…
The Bikeriders (15)
Directed by Jeff Nichols Starring Austin Butler, Jodie Comer and Tom Hardy
The Bikeriderscapture a rebellious time in America when the culture and people were changing. After a chance encounter at a local bar, strong-willed Kathy (Jodie Comer) is inextricably drawn to Benny (Austin Butler), the newest member of Midwestern motorcycle club, the Vandals, led by the enigmatic Johnny (Tom Hardy). Much like the country around it, the club begins to evolve, transforming from a gathering place for local outsiders into a dangerous underworld of violence, forcing Benny to choose between Kathy and his loyalty to the club.
Doors open at 7pm for 7.30pm.
Film Club members – Free entry
Guests – £4 (cash please)
To help estimate numbers, please book your ticket(s) in advance by contacting: Alex Cook, Admin and membership secretary, broadwindsorfilmclub@gmail.com
N.B.: Membership year starts in November renew your membership payable on the door cash/cheque £20 or £15 over 65s
Our sincere thanks to Emma Myers & Margaret Wing 🙂
This dish works at this time of year as it’s not too heavy, yet still warm and comforting. Serve with tagliatelle or mash, plus seasonal greens of choice.
4 medium chicken breasts;
1 tablespoon olive oil;
25g butter;
2-3 cloves of garlic, grated;
1 medium onion, finely chopped;
100ml white wine (or water);
150ml double cream (I use Elmlea);
350ml chicken stock (from a cube); 1 pack tarragon (leaves only, chopped) or 2 tablespoons dried;
1 heaped teaspoon Dijon mustard;
finely grated zest of 1 lemon;
1-2 teaspoons sugar;
salt and black pepper;
1.5 tablespoons cornflour.
Method:
Slice through each chicken breast horizontally so that you have eight fillets. Season lightly with salt.
Heat a large frying pan over a medium heat and then add the olive oil. Fry the fillets in 2 batches until lightly browned and set aside.
Add the butter to the pan and fry the onion until softened but not browned (around 10 minutes – this always takes longer than expected!) then add the garlic for another minute.
Add the wine and let it bubble and reduce for a couple of minutes, scraping all the flavourful bits from the bottom of the pan.
Add the stock, mustard, lemon zest, sugar and most of the tarragon.
Return the chicken to the pan, cover and allow to bubble gently for 10 minutes or until the meat is cooked through. Remove the chicken and keep warm.
Add the cream to the pan. Then mix the cornflour with a little water to make a thin paste, add to the sauce and keep simmering, stirring for about 3 minutes until thickened.
Season to taste with the salt and black pepper, then nestle the chicken fillets in the sauce and reheat gently.
Sprinkle with remaining tarragon (if using fresh. If using dried, parsley is fine). Serve immediately.
Pear and Ginger Upside Down Cake
4 ripe seasonal pears, peeled, cored and quartered (or use 1.5 cans of pears);
4 balls of stem ginger from a jar, chopped (optional);
160g butter, softened (plus extra for greasing);
160g light soft brown sugar; 135g self raising flour;
1 tsp baking powder;
2 teaspoons ground ginger;
1 teaspoon cinnamon;
1 pinch allspice (optional);
3 medium eggs
Method:
Pre-heat oven to 180C/160C Fan/Gas 4.
Grease a 20cm square cake tin and line the bottom.
Mix 25g each of the butter and sugar and spread over bottom of tin.
Slice each pear quarter in half and arrange in tin.
Sprinkle with a third of the stem ginger.
Sift together the dry ingredients in a large bowl.
Add all remaining ingredients and beat well until combined.
Turn into tin and level top, taking care not to disturb the pears.
Bake for 35 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean.
Allow to cool for 15 minutes then carefully turn out onto a plate.
Drizzle with some of the stem ginger syrup if desired.
On Wednesday, 23rd October at 7pm – you are invited to Drimpton Village Hall to view a slideshow and talk all about hedgehogs!
Admission is FREE and refreshments will be available.
This is being brought to you by the Dorset Mammal Group.
Although reported to be in decline, Broadwindsor has regular sightings of hedgehogs and many welcome them into their gardens…
3 hedgehogs can be seen in the picture above – regular visitors to Fullers in Broadwindsor – and one merrily exploring & munching in the two 20 second videos below (no audio). Thank you to Sheila Deane for the images.
As well as the talk on 23rd October, you can expand your knowledge of our native hedgehogs at:
The British Hedgehog Preservation Society – Click HERE.
Hedgehogs are protected in the UK under the Wildlife and Countryside Act, 1981. Priority Species under the UK Post-2010 Biodiversity Framework.
IUCN Red List for British Mammals – vulnerable to extinction. – Click HERE.
On Friday 11th October, the Jurassic Coast Social Prescribing team will be at Drimpton Village Hall between 9 and 11am to talk about any non-clinical wellbeing issues you may be experiencing.
At its most basic, social prescribing offers the kind of help that doesn’t come in a tube or bottle (non medical). Instead, a ‘social prescribing link worker’ will work with you to provide support, help and information that will enable you to access services or activities that may improve your health, wellbeing and overall enjoyment in life.
SOME OF THE AREAS THEY CAN SUPPORT YOU WITH:
Carer Support
Housing related queries
Welfare benefits & debt advice
Help with daily living tasks
Making lifestyle changes
Combating isolation/loneliness
Living with anxiety/depression
Bereavement support
Frequent attendance GP or A&E
Come along for a coffee and a chat with the team.
Note: This will be alongside FareShare operating that morning but your privacy will be maintained.
The team work across Bridport, Beaminster and Lyme Regis and attend each practice at least twice a week. The team can see patients at their medical surgery, at home or via a telephone or video call.
You can contact the Social Prescribing Link Worker by telephoning: 01308 428943 or 07467 549715.
Monday – Friday, 8.30am – 4.30pm
Beginning this evening, Saturday, 21st, The White Lion are introducing an ‘Early Bird’ menu for diners between 5.30pm & 7pm, Wednesday through ‘til Saturday. This is before and during the pub’s Happy Hour, 6-7pm.
The main menu will run alongside and continue after the Early Bird menu.
On Sundays, there is the one menu offering a selection of delicious roasts…
Booking is always advised to avoid disappointment.
The funeral of Joyce Williamson shall take place at St Andrew’s Church, Burstock DT8 3LJ* this Monday, 23rd September at 12 noon.
After a period of illness, Joyce died at home on Saturday, 7th September, less than 2 weeks before her 98th birthday.
Joyce leaves behind her daughter, Kathy, son, David, her Grandchildren: Tom, Edward and Joseph and her Great grandchildren: Harlow, Archie, James, Ava and Felix – Her sister Susan and nieces. Our thoughts and prayers are with them all at this very sad time.
There will be a gathering to celebrate Joyce‘s life at Drimpton Village Hall afterwards.
Due to the new decision by Dorset Council to include tetrapaks and foil, the recycling bins by The Comrades Hall will be removed at the end of September. There will be a notice in the area to inform people of the change.
This is marvellous news for Sara Dyke and her team who have been maintaing the bins for some considerable time! Our thanks to them all for their hard work and commitment 🙂
Please make sure items are completely empty, flatten them, and pop the lids back on (if possible) before placing in your recycling bin.
For more information or to leave a comment – please visit Dorset Council HERE.
Note: You still cannot put in Blister packs as the plastic/foil combination means they can’t currently be separated by their facilities. Any branch of Superdrug will accept them for recycling.
These two recipes are both firm family favourites, and go well together or served separately. The tacos are more of an assembly job than a recipe, (apart from the salsa), and make a great light lunch. Increase quantities shown, according to hunger levels. (Tinned peaches are a decent substitute for mango in this recipe). Make the goujons from scratch if you prefer; I usually use the ready-made ones for less faff. Cholula hot sauce is so good – fruity and not too fiery. – Ann
Fish Tacos with Mango Salsa (serves 4 – 2 tacos each)
16 fish goujons or 16 frozen fish fingers,
8 small soft tortillas or taco shells (e.g. Old El Paso),
1 tub onion and chive dip (or sour cream),
1 small iceberg lettuce, shredded.
For the salsa –
4 tomatoes,
1 red onion,
1 large, ripe mango or 2 medium (or tinned peaches,
1 green pepper,
1 small bunch coriander,
1 lime (juice only),
1 red chilli, seeded and finely sliced (optional).
Cholula.
Method:
De-seed, core and finely dice the tomatoes and green pepper. Finely dice red onion. Dice mango into slightly larger chunks. Roughly chop coriander leaves.
Combine veg, mango, coriander and sliced chilli if using, and add around 2 tbsp of lime juice. Set aside.
Cook the fish, bake or fry, as per your usual method and keep warm.
If using soft tacos, warm through in oven or microwave and cover with a clean tea towel. Season the salsa with a little salt to taste.
To assemble, first place shredded lettuce, then salsa and fish in a taco then top with dip or sour cream and chilli, if using.
Add Cholula (optional) plus some guacamole, if desired.
Guacamole (serves 4)
This is just my take on guacamole, so please tweak it to make it right for you. Great as a dip with tortilla chips or crisps, also for breakfast, heaped on toast with a fried egg on top. If you have any left over, store in a jar or mug, covered with a layer of cold water (gently poured over) to keep it from oxidising. – Ann
2 large ripe avocados, pitted and flesh scooped out into a bowl,
juice of ½ a lime or to taste,
2 spring onions, finely chopped,
1 tomato, seeded and finely diced,
half a small pack coriander, leaves and stalks finely chopped,
1 small clove of garlic, ground to a paste,
half a teaspoon of salt,
1 teaspoon of sugar,
a drizzle of olive oil.
Method:
Mash the avocado in a bowl and mix in the lime juice.
Add all other ingredients and taste to check seasoning.
Add a splash of Cholula or other hot sauce if you like a little warmth.
At 7.30pm at the Comrades Hall Friday, 20th September, Broadwindsor’s Community Film Club will be showing…
The Colour Room(PG)
Directed by Claire McCarthy Starring Phoebe Dynevor, Matthew Goode, Kerry Fox, David Morrissey & Bill Paterson.
In the grey industrial British midlands of the 1920s, creative young factory worker Clarice Cliff (played by Bridgerton star Phoebe Dynevor) makes the bold move to take a lower paying job at a prestigious pottery factory owned by Colley Shorter (Matthew Goode). Driven by imagination and ambition, she fights her way through the deep prejudice of an industry caught in devastating economic hardship as she defies expectation and circumstance to become the designer of her own unprecedented ‘Bizarre’ range, ensuring the factory’s survival and becoming a trailblazer of Art Deco.
Doors open at 7pm for 7.30pm.
Film Club members – Free entry
Guests – £4 (cash please)
Please be advised there will be NO REFRESHMENTS at this film as Emma is working alone. Please feel free to bring your own, however do remember this is not the norm, as the bar revenue does pay for the films and support the village hall.
To help estimate numbers, please book your ticket(s) in advance by contacting: Emma Myers – broadwindsorem@gmail.com or Margaret Wing – 01308 867252
** The Film Club do need your active help! Click HERE. **
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Hedgehogs are protected in the UK under the Wildlife and Countryside Act, 1981.
Joyce Williamson 19.09.1926 – 07.09.2024 
