Save The White Lion NEWS Update #4

A summary of the latest minutes from the Steering Group’s meeting on 30th November, provided by Margery Hookings:

Work is going on behind the scenes to re-open the White Lion in Broadwindsor as a community pub. The community needs to raise at least £30,000 to make it happen.

The Steering Group comprises:

David Leader (Chair)
Elaine Leader
Susanna Newall
Chris Newall
Sandra Burrows
Charles Ouin
Luke Pickering
Andrew Hookings
Margery Hookings
Fraser Hughes
Chris Edgerley
Rick Dyke.

The following is a summary of the latest meeting, excluding commercially sensitive or personal information.

Save the White Lion, summary of meeting 30/11/21

Company structure:
Work ongoing. A set of articles has been drafted for a new company limited by guarantee with Community Interest objects. If acceptable this entity will shortly be registered at Companies House.
Business plan and application for membership almost ready for publication for circulation to donors.

Bank account:
Once the new company is established, a bank account can be set up.

Timescale:
The earliest for us to be ready to go to the public would be the first week of January.
Looking at four weeks for refurb so maybe opening in March.

Call for action:
Public meeting, possibly mid-January, followed by door-to-door around the village, coupled with social media campaign. Unanimously agreed that company membership to cost £30. Like a supporter’s club, people can donate any amount to the appeal (less or more than membership costs). By buying membership, members can attend an annual meeting.

Grant funding streams in addition to public donation:
Ongoing research and submission at any time.

Staff:
Ongoing discussions with applicants.

John Heys:
John is standing down from the steering group because of other commitments. He was thanked for his hard work. He still wants to be involved in practical side of refurb.
Chris E will help with in overseeing quotes etc.

Next meeting:
Date to be confirmed.

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Where To See Broadwindsor’s Advent Windows

Windows should be lit at 4pm until at least 9pm or later if possible. Thanks to everyone taking part!

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Beaminster Area ECO Group Need Assistance This Weekend

Broadwindsor Co-ordinators of Beaminster Area ECO Group, Sheila Hawkins & June Ruffle have a request:

We are contacting you to ask if you would like to take part in a hedge-planting session at Burstock Grange just outside Broadwindsor. The Beaminster Area ECO Group has been invited to help plant 1,500 mixed tree whips to create a double hedge.

This will take place over the weekend of 4th/5th December, between 10.00am-3.00pm on Saturday and continuing, if necessary, on Sunday afternoon from 2.00pm.

Refreshments and instructions will be provided. The weekend of 11th/12th December will be held in reserve should the weather on 4th be too awful. If possible, please bring a spade and gardening gloves, and wear wind /waterproof clothing and wellies/boots.

Please let us know if you will be available to help, even for part of the time. Once we know how many of us there will be, we will send out further details, parking arrangements, etc.

We hope you can join in this community effort to benefit nature, and look forward to hearing from you.

Sheila Hawkins & June Ruffle
Broadwindsor Co-ordinators
Beaminster Area ECO Group

Please contact Sheila: 01308 868806 or June: 01308 867055

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The Bishops’ Kitchen – December 21

This month you have two recipes for Christmas:

CHRISTMAS PLUM PUDDING

350g pitted prunes
100g crystallized ginger
40g walnuts
225g raisins
coarsely grated rind & juice of 2 oranges
125g fresh brown breadcrumbs
125g veg suet
1 tsp ground cloves
3 large eggs
3 tbsp brandy

Method:

Generously butter a 1.7 litre pudding basin. Cut the prunes into fairly small pieces & roughly chop the ginger & walnuts. Put the prunes, ginger, walnuts, raisins, grated orange rind, breadcrumbs, suet & ground cloves in a large bowl & stir to mix.

In another bowl whisk the eggs until frothy & thickened & stir into the dry ingredients. Lastly stir in the orange juice & brandy. Spoon the mixture into the buttered basin & smooth the top. Cover with a double layer of buttered foil & tie very tightly with string & steam gently for 6 hours.

When the pudding is cold put away in a cool place for Christmas day. Replace the foil with fresh buttered foil & steam for 1 hour to serve turn out onto a warmed plate & pour over bubbling brandy & set alight .Serve with rum butter recipe below

RUM BUTTER WITH ORANGE RIND

225g unsalted butter
175g light muscovado sugar
finely grated rind of 1 orange
5 tbsp dark rum

Cream the butter with an electric whisk until soft thoroughly whisk in the sugar, followed by the orange rind, then whisk in the rum a little at a time.

Keep in fridge but take out & bring to room temperature well before you start the meal. Serve with the pudding

All recipes are from village resident, Richard Childs.

Missed a recipe? Click HERE to view Richard’s earlier recipes and other seasonal ideas.

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Buy Local Christmas Cards And Save The White Lion

The picture being used is adapted from an original painting by Hursey resident, John Iveson.

Cards are available in sets of 5 in compostable wraps at Broadwindsor Community Stores now, priced at £2.50.

All profits to the Save the White Lion fund.

Why not use Scout Post too? More HERE.

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Last Call To Take Part In Advent Windows!

In Lockdown last year, there was no hesitation to take part and there were no gaps in the month of December when it came to ‘Choose a Christmas carol and dress your window accordingly‘. Everyone enthused and enjoyed “getting out” to walk around the village as Christmas approached, encouraged by the creativity of those who took part. (Last year’s gallery can be viewed HERE.)

The theme this year set by our Rev. Jo is ‘The Heart of Christmas‘. Perhaps not as definitive but for whatever the reason, there are still 10 dates left unused for next month – this Wednesday being the 1st of December.

Please contact Rev Jo in the first instance at: revneary@gmail.com or tel: 01308 867816 to be involved. You’re not too late to be included on the map if you contact Rev. Jo very soon. An up-to-date list will also be online at Broadwindsor.org.

By taking part, it is taken as permission that you are happy for the date and name/number of your house to be published so people can come and view.

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Bunting For Jubilee 2022

Can you help make the 2022 Platinum Jubilee Weekend really special for Broadwindsor?

Village resident, Parish Councillor and member of Broadwindsor Fun Group, Jacqui Sewell is at the helm of our village’s Bunting Project for our Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations next June.

Jacqui, who is known to be proficient with her sewing machine skills through her work at local craft fairs and with Dawn Newberry at Dorset Designers on Facebook, has this request:

Will you help me make fabric bunting as it would have been in the 1950’s, not noisy plastic flags flapping in the breeze? I want to recycle – repurpose – reuse as much as possible!

Do you have any cotton fabric (flowers, abstract, plain) that you could donate?
Are you able to cut out triangles (template provided)?
Or could you fix the triangles onto the tape ready for sewing?
Perhaps you could sew up the triangles?

If you can help in any way please telephone me on 01308 867145. I’m also starting monthly Bunting Workshops at the Post Office on 2nd Friday of every month beginning on 14th January 2022

– Jacqui Sewell

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Rainbows Over Broadwindsor

Social media was made brighter yesterday with many images of the beautiful double rainbows that covered our village. Visitor Scott Dutton and his wife parked their car in the village and enjoyed a lovely walk around the area and submitted these beautiful images of the rainbows.

Another lovely photograph of the rainbows over Redlands Yard was also released on social media –

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Great News For Broadwindsor Group Parish Community Land Trust

From David Leader, Chair of Broadwindsor Group Parish CLT –

Broadwindsor Group Parish Community Land Trust has exchanged contracts (24th November) and is now the proud owner of the c. 1.5 acre site on Netherhay Lane, Drimpton.

Our project, to build 15 affordable homes for rent to people with a connection to the Group Parish Area, can now proceed and take shape before your eyes. Our development partners Abri (formerly Yarlington Housing Group) have, with the CLT’s agreement, contracted C G Fry to undertake the construction of our development. We anticipate that they will take over on the site from 6th December 2021.

Members of BGP CLT Board will be meeting with Abri and CG Fry in the very near future to agree the programme of works. Near neighbours of the site will be kept fully informed by all parties as soon as details are to hand, as will be the whole of the community.

The CLT will be running a programme of ‘happenings’ in Drimpton for all to participate in celebrating the progress of this project. It will be co-ordinated by Andrew Pastor. Details of what will be taking place will be circulated very soon.

Our thanks to the Hedditch Trust for the land transaction, to the CLT’s advisors at Middlemarch (formerly Wessex CLT Projects), to our legal team, and Housing Officers at Dorset Council. And finally to members of the CLT Board for their hard work and perseverence over many, many months to achieve this fantastic outcome.

We hope you are excited by this great step forward as we are!

– David Leader
Chair, Broadwindsor Group Parish CLT

The principal aim of the Broadwindsor Group Parish CLT is to provide a small development of affordable housing for rent to people with a direct connection to the villages within this Parish:

Blackdown
Broadwindsor
Burstock
Drimpton
Hursey
Kittwhistle
Seaborough

Anyone interested in being part of the current and future CLT community projects are invited to contact Sheila Hawkins (11esgh528@gmail.com) for a CLT membership. Learn more at their website HERE.

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Use Scout Post For Cards This Christmas

With an extensive delivery list, the Scout group are offering to post your Christmas cards for only 30p! Locally, there will be yellow post boxes in Broadwindsor Community Stores, The Royal Oak in Drimpton and Beaminster‘s Co-op. Running from 4th December – 18th December.

No stamp required!
Please check the address you are sending to is in one of their delivery areas.
Please ensure your card is correctly addressed and include the postcode if you know it.
Post your greetings cards in one of our many Yellow Post Boxes together with 30p for each card, we will do the rest 🙂
Deliveries are made by our small army of adult volunteers.
All proceeds will go directly to Scout Funds.

Delivery Areas:

PLEASE NOTE: There are changes to their delivery areas each year and they are unable to deliver outside of these areas or to overseas.

Can You Help?

They need willing volunteers who are able to spend four to five hours spread over a two week period at the beginning of December to sort or deliver Scout Post in our area. Volunteers provide a useful and popular community service as well as raising much needed funds to support your local Scout Groups. You will be making a real difference to local young people and be giving something back to the community. Don’t delay, please contact: scoutpost@dwdscouts.org.uk

Scout Post is run by Dorchester & West Dorset District Scout Council
Charity registration no: 1039833

A list of cards they are unable to deliver will be held until the 12th of January and listed on the District Website – click HERE.
Enquiries to: scoutpost@dwdscouts.org.uk (01305) 852314

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