100 Club Winners

The Comrades Hall 100 Club draw took place on Thursday, 6th June 2024 at the Comrades Hall Post Office.  The numbers were drawn by the Post Office Outreach Clerk and are as follows:

  • 1st              £75      no. 12              Constance Case
  • 2nd            £50      no. 53              Keith Haggett
  • 3rd             £25      no. 56              Donna Heys
  • 4th             £15      no. 40              David Watson
  • 5th             £10      no. 5                Cheryl Lim
  • 6th             £5        no. 9                Megan Jones

Congratulations to all 🙂  The next draw will take place on Monday, 2nd September 2024 at The Comrades Hall.

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Pop Up Picnic In The Park – Sunday, 2nd June

With the sunshine forecast, the Comrades Hall Committee are inviting you to a neighbourly pop up picnic!
Come to Bernards’ Place (the village green) outside the Comrades Hall on Sunday, 6th June from 2.30pm. Bring your own picnic, chair/blanket and meet other villagers 🙂

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Free Fireworks Display At Cricket Ground – Friday, 3rd November

** Checks have been made by the organisers and the display will go ahead **

All are invited to Broadwindsor’s Firework Display on Friday, 3rd November which is being held for the third year at Broadwindsor’s Cricket Ground on the Beaminster Road.

Free car parking is available at Redlands Yard, the Comrades Hall and in front of the school on the Drimpton Road (so you will have to walk a short distance to the Cricket Ground).

Admission is FREE! 🙂 Please bring cash for the Barbecue and Bar which will be open from 5.30pm. The firework display will begin at 7pm.

All donations and proceeds will be shared with the Comrades Hall Management Committee and Broadwindsor Cricket Club.

** In case of bad weather, it may be held on the Saturday or Sunday – the organisers will post updates on Facebook.

Please keep your pets indoors and enjoy the evening!


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100 Club Winners

The first draw of the newly established  Comrades Hall 100 club took place on Tuesday, 6th September 2023 at The Comrades Hall.
The numbers were drawn by John, the Post Office Outreach Clerk.The winning numbers and names are as follows:

  • 1st £75        No 92           Winner   Jenny Frampton
  • 2nd £50      No 80          Winner   Val Swan
  • 3rd £25       No 94          Winner   Graham Small
  • 4th £15       No 63          Winner    Margery Hookings
  • 5th £10       No 68          Winner   Keith Palmer
  • 6th £5         No 5             Winner   Cheryl Lim

The Christmas draw is due to take place on Tuesday 5th December 2023 at The Comrades Hall.

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Turf Required – Can You Help?

Volunteers from the Comrades Hall Committee have been working on levelling off the area around the shelter and would just like to let it be known locally that if anyone has any turf off cuts left over, or are likely to have in the near future – they would be gratefully received!

Please contact Chair, Megan Jones on 01308 868067 if you can help. Thank you.

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Over £700 Raised For Ukraine Appeal

Village resident Sally Sarling reports on Saturday’s sale for the Ukraine…

‘Well, we did it again!  Thank you all so very much for making our Coffee Morning on Saturday in Comrades Hall such a great success.  We made an amazing £720.00  to date and it is possible that we might have a little more to add but I wanted to say to you all from Philip, Diana & myself a big thank you for your invaluable help and support on Saturday in making this amazing sum.

This amount is made up as follows:-
Donations       =   £180. 80
Cakes              =     122.  50
Pictures          =       30.  00
Plants              =      159.  80
Raffle              =      171.  00
Bric-à-brac    =       55.  90

Fantastic, thank you.

With best wishes and kind regards,’  – Sally Sarling

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Ukraine Fundraiser – Saturday, 1st July

Sally Sarling raised almost £600 from her last Ukraine fundraiser in October ’22 and has now has arranged another for the people of the Ukraine this Saturday morning at The Comrades Hall, Broadwindsor.

There will be refreshments with biscuits, a raffle and stalls selling plants, bric-a-brac and of course, delicious home made cakes.

Sally and her volunteers would be very grateful for any donations that you have, they will be at the Hall from 9am on Saturday setting up or if you wish you can deliver them to Sally directly at Greystones in West Street, Broadwindsor. The front porch will be open each morning from 8am or if you let her know by calling either 01308 867672  or 07731  630546 , Sally will come and collect anything from you. 🙂

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Broadwindsor Group Parish Council Meeting – Tuesday, 9th May

Next Tuesday’s meeting of Broadwindsor Group Parish Council will be held at The Comrades Hall at 7.30pm.  All are invited to attend.

The full agenda may be viewed HERE which includes…

Item 1. Election of Chairman and Vice Chairman.
a. Election and signing of the Declaration of Acceptance of Office.

Item 6. Public Participation.
Residents are invited to give their views and ask questions of the Parish Council on issues on this Agenda.

a. Report from Councillor Christopher, Dorset Council

b. Report from Dorset Police

c. Cooption to Broadwindsor Group Parish Council, Broadwindsor Ward

Item 10. Appointment of Representatives.
a. Broadwindsor School

b. Comrades Hall, Blackdown Village Hall and Drimpton Village Hall Committees

c. Broadwindsor Allotment Group

d. Footpaths Officer

e. DAPTC Western Area Committee

f. Other Representations

Item 12. Planning Applications.
a. Applications Received and Circulated for Consultation

P/LBC/2023/01976, Cambridge House, The Square, Broadwindsor, DT8 3QD

P/HOU/2023/02156, 21 Marksmead, Drimpton, DT8 3RZ

b. Other Applications

Review of WD/D/16/000836, Sikas Valley, Broadwindsor, DT8 3QR

The full agenda may 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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