Tag: #WestDorset

Steve Knightley – Friday, 29th September

In a brand new one man show, ‘Unlock Me & other Lockdown Laments‘, Steve Knightley will perform material that surfaced over two years of isolation and inactivity. Songs such as the Bristol Slaver and You’ll Get By were refreshed by headlines and current affairs whilst classic covers such as Forever Young and The Boys of Summer struck a chord with the thousands that tuned in to his hours of online content.

Insights, anecdotes and a bunch of new songs will attempt to chronicle and draw a line under an extra episode in all our lives. BBC Radio 2 commented “Committed and distinctive songs of love, conscience and history” .

Steve will be performing at Broadwindsor’s Comrades Hall (High Street, Broadwindsor, DT8 3QP) on Friday, 29th September 🙂

Doors open at 7pm for a 7.30pm start.

A bar will be available (cards accepted) and there will be an interval.

All tickets £20.00, no concessions – available from:

To purchase 1 ticket…

To purchase 2 Tickets…


  • Broadwindsor Community Stores (CASH ONLY!)
  • The White Lion (CASH ONLY!)
  • Directly from Wendy Shields
  • If you are unable to purchase your tickets locally from Broadwindsor Community Stores or The White Lion – then please transfer your required amount @ £20/ticket with your Name as reference and you can collect them at the door 🙂Paying by BACS – please use your Name as reference.
    Lloyds Account Name: Broadwindsor.Org
    Sort Code: 30-98-97
    Account Number: 34903363   Any queries – email: info@broadwindsor.org

The event is being brought to you by Broadwindsor.Org with 50% of any profit made by Broadwindsor.Org being donated to the Comrades Hall 🙂 The remaining 50% is being reserved to update equipment.

Here is Steve, recorded as part of the 2017 Southdowns Folk Festival on 21/9/17:

Enjoy the show!

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Open More Hours At The White Lion

Broadwindsor’s Community Pub, The White Lion is extending the opening hours beginning this Thursday, 3rd August when they’ll be introducing Coffee & Cake all day, Thursday to Sunday.

  • Mon – closed
  • Tues – (run by volunteers) 6-9pm (until 10pm on monthly Folk Club nights).
    You are welcome to bring in your fish and chips from the van.
  • Weds – 5-11pm.
  • Thurs – 12 noon-11pm.
  • Fri – 12 noon-11pm.
  • Sat 11am-11pm.
  • Sun – 12 noon-11pm.

The kitchen will be open more too:

  • Thurs to Sun = 12-4pm
  • Weds to Sat – 5.30-8.30pm

Clive‘s marvellous cooking and Kerry‘s good use of social media are bringing in custom far and wide 🙂 Please view their menus below…

In order to accommodate more diners, the fortnightly Quiz has been changed from a Wednesday evening to a Sunday evening beginning on Sunday, 13th August.


With Friday nights being Clive’s Rib Night, cooked on his Braai –

Rick Dyke remains as Chairman following the Members Meeting.  The rest of the Management Committee are:

  • Charles Ouin – Legal & Membership Secretary
  • Sandra Burrows – Treasurer
  • Teri Small – Compliance
  • Fraser Hughes – Marketing
  • Sophie Sinton – Pub Maintenance, internal and external.
  • Andrew Hookings, Adam Slater, Paul Denham – to support other committee members, particularly with regards to finance, marketing and pub maintenance.

Keep Up The Great Work Everybody!

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Full Moon -Tuesday, 1st August

According to the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the Full Sturgeon Moon will be full at 19.31hrs. on Tuesday evening. It is also a Supermoon.

The Sturgeon Moon is also referred to as:

  • Full Green Corn Moon, signalling that the corn was nearly ready for harvest.
  • Grain Moon,
  • Fruit Moon,
  • Barley Moon
  • Wheat Cut Moon 
  • Blueberry Moon

August also brings us the most popular meteor shower of the year.  As our planet rotates the sun, every August, the Earth crashes into a cloud of debris left behind by the comet Swift-Tuttle. As the debris burns up in the Earth’s atmosphere, it produces the meteor shower that we call the Perseids.

This year, the Perseid meteor shower is active between 17th July and 24th August. The shower will peak 12-13 August and if skies are clear, it can be one of the most dramatic things to see in the summer sky.
Meteors can appear in any part of the sky so the more sky you can see the better…

  • Reduce the amount of light pollution in your field of view.
    Find an area with a clear view of the horizon and away from trees and buildings.
  • Binoculars and telescopes are not necessary as they will restrict the size of the sky that will be visible to you.

Look up and enjoy the show! 🙂

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Northcombe Lea Open Day – Friday, 18th August

At Netherhay, Drimpton, the Northcombe Lea street name is now in place, as is Broadwindsor Group Parish Community Land Trust‘s 2023 plaque. The site has a mixture of apartments and one, two and three bedroomed homes.

The process by Abri to allocate homes to tenants will get underway tomorrow, 24th July, when the individual units will be advertised on Dorset Council‘s Homechoice website. The tenants will begin moving in during late August.

The Open Day on 18th August is an opportunity to view the 15 high quality, affordable, rural homes before they are occupied.

From 10.00am ’til 1.00pm:
Please park cars at Drimpton Village Hall and walk round to Northcombe Lea on Netherhay Lane, where staff from Abri and members of the BGP CLT Board will be available to talk to and answer any questions.
There will be a few disabled parking spaces available on the site.
Refreshments and facilities will be available at Drimpton Village Hall.

The Community Land Trust was established in 2016 and it acquired the freehold of a 1.5 ha development site from the Hedditch family.  If you would you like to join the BGP CLT, find out more on their Membership page – click HERE.


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Community Shop Now Belongs To Broadwindsor

Announced on social media, Broadwindsor Community Stores have informed us that the purchase of the freehold of the shop was completed yesterday…

Fantastic news!


Special thanks go to Clerk to the Council, Helen Cudmore and freeholders Mr and Mrs Oldfield. 🙂

Broadwindsor Community Stores: 01308 867922

 


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Sam Starts Charity Cycle This Monday, 17th July

Sam Cochrane sets out from Oslo, Norway Monday morning to start peddling on his journey of an estimated distance of 2,200 kilometres… Destination Poole, Dorset, U.K.

Due to unforeseen circumstances, Sam is unlikely to make it to Broadwindsor after his event but did send this message into the Editor earlier in the week:

With the start date closing in quickly for my cycle, I just wanted to reach out to yourself and the those in Broadwindsor and Beaminster who donated and say thank you for the donations.
I know the charity is very happy with the overwhelming support I have received in undertaking this fantastic opportunity for them. I also want to say a massive thank you to you also for publishing it on the local webpage, without gaining the reach I have so far with this, it would not have been as rewarding for the charity and a thank you goes to the White Lion and The Knapp Inn as well for placing my poster in their pubs for all to see. 
Kind regards,
Sam Cochrane.

If you’d like to keep up with Sam and how he progresses, then follow his blog  – visit https://oslotopoole.weebly.com

If you haven’t donated yet and would like to – you can scan the QR code on the poster above or click HERE to visit Sam’s Just Giving page and make your donation to support the Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance,. Thank you!

We wish you safe travels and good luck with your journey Sam! 🙂


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Local Employment At Anthony Honeyball Racing

Anthony Honeyball Racing at Potwell Farm nr. Mosterton are looking for new team members following their most successful season to date 🙂
‘We are a well-run, organised and professional yard with highly rated horses running successfully at the top festivals, including Punchestown.’
WORK RIDERS – FULL & PART TIME positions available.
The right candidates must ride to a high standard, experience riding work on racehorses a bonus but not essential. All our horses are well mannered, successful horses who deserve the best riders.
* FULL TIME STAFF*
This role is to include all yard duties, from mucking out, taking horses to and from the walker, and most importantly working enthusiastically as part of our existing team.
These are very exciting roles for the right candidates, which offer an attractive wage, with pension and bonuses.
Please send your application, along with your CV and references to: rachael@ajhoneyballracing.co.uk.
Anthony Honeyball RacingPotwell Farm was once a dairy farm and is set amidst our beautiful West Dorset countryside. Anthony and Rachael Honeyball moved there in 2012.
Anthony began his involvement with horses back at his family home on the Quantocks, Somerset. His father John Honeyball, as well as being a Master of the Taunton Vale Hunt was a successful trainer.  His mother Sue was a talented show jumper. From starting to train horses at his father’s home, he then rented a yard from Richard Barber before moving to Potwell Farm in 2012.
Photo credit: Megan Dent Photography

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Summer Village Party – 12th August

Following a successful village party in March this year, John & Lynne Staff are holding a Summer Village Party at The Comrades Hall on Saturday, 12th August.  This is in order to raise funds for our village church which needs a toilet fitted – fully supported by the Church group 🙂

There will be a BBQ offering burgers and bangers.
Enjoy a dance to Solid Sound Disco along with a drink.

Tickets, required for catering numbers, are £5 with your first drink free – available from Broadwindsor Community Stores or directly from John & Lynne Staff on 01308 868584.

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Broadwindsor Group Parish Council Meeting – Monday, 10th July

Monday’s meeting of Broadwindsor Group Parish Council will be held at Broadwindsor Cricket Pavilion at 7.30pm.  All are invited to attend.

The full agenda may be viewed HERE which includes…

Item 4. Matters Arising:
a. Tribute to Dave Chumbley
b. Community Larder Update
c. Surplus Commemorative Mugs Update

Item 6. Correspondence and Notices:
a. Bridport and District Citizens Advice, Letter of Thanks
b. Broadwindsor Resident, Support with Tree Pruning Request
c. Broadwindsor Resident, Village Sign

Item 8. Planning Applications:
a. Applications Received and Circulated for Consultation
P/HOU/2023/02035, Rock House, Clanden Hill, Broadwindsor, DT8 3PX
P/LBC/2023/02036, Rock House, Clanden Hill, Broadwindsor, DT8 3PX
P/FUL/2023/00747, Bridge Farm, Chard Road, Drimpton, DT8 3RF
P/HOU/2023/03602, 8 Trusthams, Broadwindsor, Dorset, DT8 3QB

c. Results
P/LBC/2023/02652, Spring Cottage, Pound Lane, Burstock, DT8 3LL: Granted
P/PABA/2023/02706, Hill View Cottage, Littlewindsor Farm to Blagdon Lane, Littlewindsor, DT8 3QU: Prior Approval Required

Item 13. Highways:
a. Sports Field Maintenance
b. Management of Verges
c. Dog Fouling Notices
d. Update on Letter to Chris Loder MP
e. Speed Indicator Device Volunteers

Item 14. Defibrillator for Seaborough

Item 17. Public Participation
Residents are invited to give their views and ask questions of the Parish Council on any outstanding
issues on this Agenda or raise issues for future consideration.

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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