Master Margery With Merit

Congratulations go to village resident Margery Hookings on her academic achievement. Margery recently gained her degree ‘Master of Arts in Creative Writing with Merit’ through the Open University.

Margery is the editor of the Broadwindsor News, the monthly parish magazine for the Beaminster Area Team Ministry and regularly contributes to the ‘People’s Friend‘ publication as Maddie Grigg. She is on the Steering Group committee and has been campaigning hard, and successfully with many others, for the Save The White Lion Crowdfunder.

Margery is also leading the village project, The Place I Love on Saturday, 12th February which includes the unveiling of our new village map.

Congratulations Margery 🙂

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Meet Rick Dyke – Broadwindsor’s New Councillor

Hursey resident Rick Dyke has been co-opted to Broadwindsor’s Group Parish Council to represent the Broadwindsor ward.

Since moving to Hursey with his wife Sara in 2020, Rick has been a regular volunteer at Broadwindsor Community Stores and is also a member of the Broadwindsor Community Pub Steering Group.

Rick is very interested in environmental issues and assists the local ECO Group in recycling items not currently collected by the council. Rick also supports many charities and is a committee member of the City of London branch of Cancer Research UK and an ambassador for ‘Hand of’, a charity that gives children and young people unique creative opportunities to work alongside professional artists, musicians, archivists, academics and more..

We welcome Rick and wish him the very best for his new role.

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Telephone Box Book Exchange Update #4

Our telephone box is looking magnificent having been completely renovated by village resident Chris Edgerley and his helpers. A magnificent achievement – our sincere thanks to Chris.

The etched glass effect was done by Karen and Godfrey at Bridport Banners.

Purpose made shelves have been constructed by Malcolm Heaver – our sincere thanks to Malcolm.

Wendy Shields & Ruth Stevens will be managing the books on an ongoing basis – NO MAGAZINES PLEASE!!

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Spaces Remaining At 8 Week Patchwork Course

There are spaces remaining at Becca’s Fabric Larder’s 8 week Patchwork course which started on Monday, 24th January at the Comrades Hall in Broadwindsor.

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Week 1. Snail’s Trail.. various versions & colour inspiration.
Week 2. Mini Dreson Plate, or normal if you haven’t done one before.
Week 3. Satin stitch Applique. A butterfly or Rose of Sharon design.
Week 4. Alphabet squares… making initials, design a word or just one letter in squares & triangles.
Week 5. Cut back applique / funky florals.
Week 6. A machine quilting lesson. A main pattern of leaf or tree with background infil.
Week 7. Happy Scrappy. Crazy applique, reflecting on different styles & their effects.
Week 8. Hexagon hues & a honey bee!
Week 9. Bonus week.. Circles & suffolk puffs.

Give Becca a text or call if you’re interested: 07486 062343
or email: info@beccasfabriclarder.com

Follow Becca‘s daily updates on Instagram HERE.
Becca and Florry (her lorry) are at Bridport market every Wednesday and Saturday.

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Save The White Lion Features On BBC Spotlight

Once reaching the target of £30,000, The Save The White Lion campaign has hit the media the past few days, featuring in the Dorset Echo, the Bridport News and on Dorset Live. Today, they featured on BBC‘s lunchtime edition of Spotlight…it is hoped that it may get more air time in this evening’s edition at 6.30pm.

…and it did…

The Crowdfunder campaign runs until 9th February.
Please click HERE to donate.

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Drimpton Film Club – Wednesday, 9th February

At Drimpton Village Hall on Wednesday, 9th February they are showing: “THE LAST BUS” (12) 82 minutes.

Directed by GilliesMacKinnon and starring Timothy Spall and Phyllis Logan.

Tom, an elderly widower, takes a nostalgic journey from John O’Groats to Land’s End using just his bus pass and local buses.

This is a mission to fulfil a promise made to his late wife. There are incidences…good and bad…and Tom finds himself a focus of interest as local people that he comes across are drawn into his progress and he becomes a bit of a celebrity.

Doors open at 7pm for a 7.30pm start.
Drimpton Film Club Members – Free entry.
Guests – £4
Refreshments available: Wine, Beer, Tea & Coffee.

The hall will be ventilated, seats socially distanced and we ask that you wear a mask until seated. For any queries, information etc. please contact Diana Leake on 01308 867172.

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SOLD OUT! Curry Night At The Comrades Arms – Saturday, 19th February

NOW SOLD OUT!

The Comrades Arms’ doors continue to open at 6pm on Tuesdays (Nat’s Chippy Van night), Fridays and Saturdays.

You might want to book in for the Curry Night which is happening on Saturday 19 Feb. Looks set to be deliciously good fun, with profits going to White Lion funds. Our village chefs will be Simon, Peter, Val and Malcolm. The menu of choice is below:

Sounds delicious!

Book To Avoid Disappointment!

Contact Andrew Hookings: AndrewHookings@yahoo.co.uk

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Chris Loder MP – Highest Expenses Again!

When he was elected in December 2019, Mr Loder’s claims were the lowest of the five Dorset MPs. Last year Chris Loder claimed higher business costs and expenses than any other new MP during the the 2019-20 financial year, costing the taxpayer around £71,000.

This year, West Dorset MP Chris Loder claimed £256,176 in expenses last year, figures reported yesterday by Dorset Echo & Bridport News’ digital reporter Sam Greaseley-Machin – the eighth highest amount.

That is £52,296 more than the average £203,880 claim from March 2020-March 2021.

South Dorset MP Richard Drax‘s claim was among the lower end nationally at £173,907.63 – around £159,000 of that being staff costs.
North Dorset’s Simon Hoare claimed £212,892.94.
MP for mid-Dorset and North Poole, Michael Tomlinson claimed £217,449.59.

Mr Loder, whose claim was made up of office, staff, travel and accommodation costs –

You can determine how finanacially prudent Chris Loder MP has been and view further details HERE on the IPSA website. The IPSA is the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, the independent body that regulates and administers the business costs and decides the pay and pensions of the 650 elected MPs and their staff in the UK.

Chris Loder MP claimed £256,176 in expenses. This is while our country was in Lockdown. This is in addition to his £81,932 salary as of 2020.

Any questions?

Please contact CHRIS LODER MP, our representative for West Dorset: hello@chrisloder.co.uk.

Photo: Dorset Echo.

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Broadwindsor GP CLT Site At Netherhay Lane

The Broadwindsor Group Parish Community Land Trust Board is absolutely delighted that they have taken a step closer to provision of 15 housing units for affordable rent for our Parish area, with the commencement of work on their development site at Netherhay Lane, Drimpton. Board members and the community have, over a period of 6 years, been very involved with the planning and design of these badly needed homes, and thy are very excited to see things actually happening at last! The CLT took ownership of the site on 24th November 2021. The main contractor CG Fry started work on 13th December, fencing off the site, creating the initial site office and facilities, removing turf and creating a working roadway before Christmas. From the beginning of January 2022, further ground condition surveys have been taking place to inform strategy on foundations, and initial trenches have been dug for drainage. The contract term is set for completion by April 2023.

CG Fry has agreed to the CLT Board’s request for 4-5 site Open Days to be organised across the construction period so that community members can visit the site and talk to staff members of both CG Fry and Abri (our Housing Association partner). They will let you know when these are scheduled in due course.

During the construction phase BGP CLT is running a community project, to include a series of music, arts and crafts events in Drimpton, which will be open for participation to everyone in the Broadwindsor Parish area. This project is being coordinated for us by Andrew Pastor, with the help of Brian Hesketh and Francesca Hurrell.

To be eligible for one of these new homes, please apply now to join the Dorset Council Housing Register HERE notifying them of your interest in this CLT housing development in Drimpton.

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

If you have any questions about the development or the housing, please contact:
David Leader (Chair, BGP CLT) – westhillhousecottages@gmail.com,
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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Broadwindsor Film Club – Friday, 18th February

At the start of the Half term holiday, Broadwindsor Community Film Club’s February offering is ‘Cruella’ (12)

Directed by Craig Gillespie and starring: Emma Stone, Emman Thompson, Joel Fry, Paul Walter Hauser, Emily Beecham, Kirby howell-Baptiste , Mark Strong & John McCrea.

Emma Stone stars as one of cinema’s most notorious and stylish villains, Cruella de Vil. Determined to become a successful fashion designer, a creative young grifter named Estella (Stone) teams with a pair of mischievous thieves to survive on the London streets. But when her flair for fashion catches the eye of the legendary designer Baroness von Hellman (Emma Thompson), Estella rises to become the raucous, revenge-bent “Cruella”.

Film Club members – Free entry
Guests – £4
Refreshments available, including a bar.
Please wear your mask when moving around the hall.
Seats MUST be booked in advance by contacting:
Emma Myers – broadwindsorem@gmail.com or
Margaret Wing – 01308 867252

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Congratulations Margery 🙂

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Sounds delicious!

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