WELCOME!

Welcome to the very first parish magazine of 2018. It’s going to be several months until I get used to writing that date, I’m sure. I hope you all had a very merry Christmas and I wish you a happy, healthy and peaceful New Year. We were all so very shocked and saddened to lose Derek Sarling in November. Our thoughts were – and are still – with Sally. In the few years they have lived in Broadwindsor, they have had such an impact on community life. It was lovely to see so many people join in the lighting of the Christmas tree on Bernards’ Place at the beginning of December. Our thanks to Vicar Jo for saying a few words and then leading the carols in the pub afterwards. Many thanks to Spike and Vikki for their warm hospitality, mulled wine and mince pies. It was a very lovely start to the festive season, which continued with the school show and then the atmospheric carol service in our beautiful church. It’s always at that service I really feel Christmas is coming. Thank you to all those who lit up their houses with Christmas trees and lights in and around the Square and beyond. Not all of us can compete with the wondrous lights down at Little Court but it would be lovely if even more of us could light up in the festive season 2018 and make this village the place to visit at Christmas time. Don’t forget that Babylon Morris will be at Comrades Hall car park at noon on New Year’s Day with the traditional Mummers Play and Morris Dancing. Thanks to Brenda Smith for the front cover photo.

Margery Hookings Date for final copy: 12 January for February issue. broadwindsornews@gmail.com

TEAM MINISTRY

Team Rector: Rev David

Baldwin 862150 (day off Friday)

The Rectory, Clay Lane,

Beaminster.

Team Vicar: Rev Jo Neary

867816 (day off Friday)

The Vicarage, Orchard Mead,

Broadwindsor.

Team Curate: Rev Daniel Ingles

867215 (day off Thursday)

Orchard Cottage, Mosterton.

BROADWINDSOR CHURCH NEWS

Thank you for all your Christmas greetings and for the Christmas

services all over the team.

In 2018 in the Beaminster Team of churches we are taking a

sabbatical year. One clergy friend who had got wind of our

sabbatical idea asked me whether we were cancelling all our

PCC meetings. ‘No such luck.’ I replied. Neither are we all

heading off for some winter sun. We are reviewing the way we

spend our time and manage our diaries and we are focusing on

prayer and prioritising time worshipping God. Our sabbatical

year is a time to take stock, to reflect on what we have been

doing over the past few years and to spend time intentionally

listening to God and seeking his vision for the next few years.

Sabbath is about rest, ideally one day of rest every

week. Sabbath is about dedicating time to be refreshed and

time to worship God. Churches, like many other voluntary

organisations, rely on the time and energy of many volunteers

to keep the buildings open, host services, raise money, manage

administration and help people discover God. Sadly, if we are

overstretched or over-committed we can become stressed,

angry and resentful. We spend too much time doing and not

enough time being. It isn't exclusively a church problem - many

of us spend huge amounts of time dedicated to serving the

community in different ways. A sabbatical year gives us all a

chance to think about what we are committed to and focus on

what is really important to us, to the communities we serve and

to God.

We will find time to pray more, to listen to God more and to

learn more about God. We will think hard about where best to

spend our time serving God in our local

communities. Hopefully, we will discover new ideas, new

energy, new vision. Hopefully, by the end of the year we will be

more energised than when we began. Perhaps somethings will

stop? Perhaps new things will grow? Whatever happens I look

forward to discovering more about God, more about myself and

perhaps finding a new rhythm and pattern of life. I will keep you

posted!

With every blessing, Jo

BROADWINDSOR GROUP PARISH COUNCIL Season’s Greetings to you all from Broadwindsor Group Parish Council. The next meeting of the council will take place at 7.30pm on Monday 8 January 2018 at Comrades Hall. Members of the public

and press are very welcome to attend. The agenda will be posted on village noticeboards and online.

Helen Cudmore, Clerk to the Council 01308 488440 - hello@broadwindsorgroup.gov.uk

BROADWINDSOR CE VC PRIMARY SCHOOL www.broadwindsor.dorset.sch.uk We had a very successful Christmas period in the run up to the end of the autumn term – starting with the decorating of the 14ft tree in the hall, kindly donated by Potwell Nurseries. It was standing room only, watching the children carefully place their handmade decorations on the tree. Next came the Fair - very busy, raising more than £780 for the school. The Christmas Show, Children of the World, was wonderful and we once again put on two performances during the day, to accommodate all the families and friends of the school. Mrs Killick took the Young Voices choir to Broadwindsor House and the Craft Centre to sing for residents and villagers. We took our annual trip to the pantomime, this year to see Cinderella at the Octagon Theatre, Yeovil, and finished off our Christmas celebrations with a lunch, parties and church service. We have completed our planning and consultation on the new mission and ethos statement for the school. We have based our core school values on Galatians 5:22-23: “The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.” Thanks go to Rev Jo for leading this review and to everyone who has offered their thoughts and contributions. The new statement is “A place for each of us to grow in learning, friendship and faith.”

Nigel Arnold Headteacher

BROADWINDSOR AND DISTRICT OVER 60S’ CLUB

At the November meeting, arrangements for the Christmas

Lunch were discussed and members were asked for volunteers

to provide mince pies and trifles.

Sadly, we have come to the end of the Outing Season but look

forward to May 2018 when it starts once more.

Our speaker was Chris Newall, who lives in the village, and is

the Director of Specsavers, Bridport. He explained many of the

conditions that can affect our eyes, especially as we age. We

were interested to see film of a cataract operation and relieved

to hear that it is done with a local anaesthetic and no pain or

bleeding is entailed. Also the whole procedure is over in under

10 minutes. We also learned that during our lifetime we shed

approximately 98ft of eye lashes! There was only one entry in

the Flower of the Month competition. This was from Connie

Case who brought a very pretty pink geranium. Hopefully we

will have a few more entries in the New Year.

Denny Hughes

BROADWINDSOR NOVEMBER RAINFALL

Rainfall recorded in Orchard Mead, Broadwindsor.

November 2017: 86mm 3.385 inches

November 2016: 56mm 2.204 inches

November 2015: 152.5mm 6.003 inches

Peter Caldwell

COMRADES HALL

I am delighted to report that we now have a defibrillator which

has been generously donated by a benefactor. It is positioned

to the right- hand side of the front door of Comrades Hall. We

are now fortunate to have three defibrillators within the parish

– the others are at Drimpton and Kittwhistle. Look out for details

soon of training, which will take place in the hall in the New Year.

Last year, we have organised several fund-raising events to

provide improved facilities and maintain our fees at their current

level. In fact, we have not increased our fees for three years.

In November, our retiring secretary, Lesley Tibballs, organised a

very successful Race Night to raise funds. The events was very

well supported and raised an amazing £820. Thanks to Lesley

and her race team for organising, and everyone who supported,

the event, including the sponsors Black Cow Vodka,

Broadwindsor Craft Centre, Broadwindsor Stores, P H Hardwill

Ltd, Kitson & Trotman, Lawrences Auctioneers, Linda Paget

Catering and Symonds and Sampson.

Finally, a big thanks to Lesley for her work as secretary. I would

welcome a call from anyone interested in being her successor.

Andrew Hookings

867638 BROADWINDSOR WI As Broadwindsor WI enters its 100th year, the focus of the November meeting was a celebration of the skills and crafts of some of the members. A variety of crafts and skills was on display, most with demonstrations or hands-on workshops with which the other members could engage. Needlecrafts such as crochet, doll making and making small fabric travel pouches were on show as were card making, photo books, watercolour technique and making flowers out of old plastic water bottles! 100 Challenge To mark our centenary year, we have set ourselves the ‘100 Challenge’ to be completed month by month. Our first challenge was to have 100 fingernails painted green, in tribute to the colour of the WI logo. Some members arrived at the meeting already green, but the nail table, complete with varnish in several shades of green, proved popular as nearly everyone joined in. A photo was taken and we will keep track of the challenges on our website (www.broadwindsorwi.weeble.com). If you are a woman over the age of 18, why not consider joining us? New subscriptions are due in January - for £41 you can have a complete year of fun, inspiration and companionship! Information about our WI is available in the noticeboard opposite the White Lion pub.

Donna Heys

PUB CAROLS AT THE WHITE LION, BROADWINDSOR

Keeping the spirit of Christmas alive into 'twelfth-tide',

Beaminster Gallery Quire are singing traditional village carols

from sources in Dorset, Somerset and Yorkshire on Thursday 4

January at 8pm in the White Lion, Broadwindsor.

Come and sing along – music and words are provided. You will

not hear 'Once in Royal' or 'O Come all ye Faithful', but you

might like to try singing While shepherds watched to the tune

we now know as On Ilkley Moor Baht 'At. Lots of other goodies

as well, including traditional dance tunes and some newly

transcribed carols from the Melbury Osmond manuscript.

It's all in aid of the Children's Society (collection box on the bar!)

so put your singing boots on and help us raise the roof!

Ronald Emmet

DRIMPTON NEWS Margaret Prentice The funeral was on 4 December followed by a service of Celebration for the life of Margaret. St Mary’s Church was packed with family and friends who paid tribute to Margaret who had touched many lives in the past 40 years.

Norman Marsden St Mary’s Church, Drimpton - 100 Club Draw November 2017

1st Prize 15 Mr E Gerrard £15 2nd Prize 99 Mrs J Scutt £10 3rd Prize 79 Mr & Mrs Roberts £5 4th Prize 36 Mr P Cresswell £2.50

CLAPTON, WAYFORD, DRIMPTON & DISTRICT HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY In November we were privileged to have a talk by Christine Brain, Head Gardener at Barrington Court. Christine has worked at Barrington since 1978. We were treated to a guided tour of the Garden Rooms at Barrington and Christine was able to illustrate her talk with both past and present photos of the garden. It was fascinating to hear how the famous garden designer Gertrude Jekyll had been involved in the original plans although she had never visited the gardens. She was sent soil samples in a biscuit tin. The National Trust have tried to recreate some of Gertrude Jekyll's original plants although a few of the original plants have had to be substituted with alternative varieties with more disease resistance. Bob and Rosemary Shepherd will be hosting our Annual Quiz and Food Evening on Wednesday 17 January. Bob organises a varied and entertaining quiz with an assortment of questions covering a vast range of topics and interests. Fun for all ages. The entertainment from the quiz is complimented by excellent local food provided by Rosemary and her team. Doors & bar open at 7pm. First questions at 7.30pm. Teams of 4, £8 per head to include main course and infinite choice of puddings, with prizes. Please phone 01308 867694 to book a table and any special dietary requirements. Saturday 3 February is Potato Day. Pennards Plants will make their annual visit to our Village Hall. A wide variety of seed potatoes and other vegetable will be available to purchase as well as heritage varieties, soft fruit and asparagus. Pennards are experts in all aspects of vegetable gardening and will be available throughout the day to provide advice. There will also be potato printing for the children and excellent Drimpton food. It’s from 10.30am to 2.30pm at Drimpton Village Hall. Martin Rowan-Robinson

BURSTOCK NEWS

First I must apologise for not wishing you all a happy Christmas

in my December report but I wish you all a happy, peaceful and

healthy New Year. Thanks to all who have helped with the

running of Burstock Church during 2017 - the clergy for leading

our services, the choir for those great Matins services and all

who read lessons. Thanks to our flower and cleaning ladies,

Andy and William for cutting and keeping the churchyard tidy

and all who helped with our fund raising events. As we start a

new year we are all a year older with many of our

congregation over eighty years old and we are in need of some

younger support to take Burstock Church forward. We held our

Three Churches Coffee Morning on 2 December. It was well

attended and a great social event. Thanks to all who helped in

any way. A total of £661 was raised for church funds.

Our Flower and Cleaning lady for January is Mrs B Hedditch.

John Hansford

BLACKDOWN NEWS

It was lovely to see such a good attendance to remember

Blackdown’s fallen and that they are not forgotten. We celebrate

rural life with our farming community at a Plough Sunday

Service on Sunday 7 January at 11am followed by a Ploughman’s

Lunch at Pipe House.

The annual New Year’s Snowman Drive is on Saturday 20

January at Blackdown Village Hall, 6.30pm for 7pm. To assist

with catering and to make sure we have enough puddings

available, it would help if you could tell Philip if you were coming

– 01460 30661/30517.

Thank you to everyone for supporting the whist drives which

raise funds for the hall. Whist drives for January will be on

Thursday 4 and 18. The WI will be having Soup, Puds and Poems

with discussion on resolution causes and the one they wish to

promote at their meeting on 11 January.

Hopefully everyone remembered to fill in the questionnaire and

return it with regards to the neighbourhood plan. The

Marshwood Vale CLT will hold their AGM at Blackdown Village

Hall on Saturday 6 January at 10am. Anyone can belong to the

CLT after paying a membership fee. The CLT will be discussing

expanding board membership and what new local ventures

should be supported.

We send our sympathy to the family of Mrs Joy Beazer who

formerly lived at Hyde Cottage, Blackdown. After her marriage

to Gerald in 1947 at Chard, she lived at Horn Ash for a short time

before moving to Beaminster in 1948.

Philip would like to thank everyone for their support over the

past year, to the organisers and helpers at our fundraising

events, those who clean and decorate the church and to those

who mow the grass. Thank you for your help and enthusiasm.

Helen Doble

SEABOROUGH NEWS

Christmas Eve carols this year were accompanied by tempting

wafts of cinnamon and red wine from the urn of mulled wine

that Trevor and TC Evans so kindly provided for everyone to

enjoy after the annual service. Thank you for that generosity and

to everyone who made the church look so beautiful.

In January, long after families have swept away the last of

Christmas decorations after Twelfth Night, the eagle-eyed will

see the crib remains in the church. This is the season of

Epiphany, which includes the visit of the Magi and the Baptism

of Christ, hence the crib. There will be a service for this in

Seaborough on Sunday 14th January at 9.30 am at Holy

Communion. As ever, everyone is very welcome.

Looking ahead in 2018, Seaborough Church will be visited

Karen, Bishop of Sherborne on Tuesday 24 April at 6 pm. The

Bishop will be thanking the parish for fundraising for the Dorset

Historic Churches Trust and there will be a celebration

afterwards. I hope as many people as possible will be able to

come.

Steven Loveridge

BEAMINSTER MUSEUM

On behalf of all the museum volunteers, we wish everyone a very

happy New Year.

Our series of winter talks continues on Tuesday 16 January at

2.30pm in the museum with a talk entitled ‘The Real History of

Parnham’. The talk will be given by Brian Earl and will give an

outline of the fascinating history of this famous house.

The next talk will be on Tuesday 30 January at 2.30 pm and the

speaker will be Bruce Upton. His talk will be entitled ‘A Dreadful

Lost Cause – The Awful Story of the Monmouth Rebellion 1685’.

He will be talking about the causes and consequences of this

rebellion.

The admission charge to each talk will be £2.50 per person.

The coffee morning was well supported and very successful with

lots of new people joining us in the museum, many of them

buying gifts and museum publications from the shop.

We will be holding the museum annual general meeting (AGM)

on Thursday 11 January at 2.30pm in the museum.

Everyone is welcome.

Douglas Beazer

THE BISHOP’S KITCHEN Two recipes to serve on Burns Night

HAGGIS SAUSAGE ROLLS 250g haggis, 150g pork sausage meat, bunch of fresh parsley, finely chopped 320g ready rolled all-butter puff pastry, 2 tbsp. Dijon mustard, 3 eggs, poppy seeds to scatter Mix the haggis, sausage meat parsley & mustard in bowl & set aside. Open the pastry out flat, keeping it on its plastic sheet, & cut in half lengthways. Divide the filling into 2 & roll each piece into a long sausage shape, the length of the pastry pieces. Lay the filling along the pastries to one side, then roll each pastry around the filling so the seam is underneath. Press down gently to seal. Brush the roll with beaten egg, then chill for 20mins to firm up. Heat the oven 200c/gas mark 6 & line 2 baking sheets with baking paper. Remove the rolls from fridge then slice into 3cm pieces. Slice the top of each then brush with more beaten egg, then scatter with poppy seeds. Cook in the oven for 20 mins or until golden & cooked through then serve. HAGGIS SCOTCH EGG 8 eggs, 300g pork sausage meat, 300g haggis, 1 litre oil for deep frying, 50g plain flour, 150g breadcrumbs. Boil 6 eggs for 7 mins then refresh immediately in cold water. When cool, peel & set aside. Gently mix together the haggis & sausage meat. Divide the mixture into 6. Take one portion of the meat & press it into a patty in the palm of your hand. Sit the egg on it then gently but firmly start to ease the meat around the egg until it completely covers it. Repeat with all 6 eggs. Add oil to a heavy–based pan so it is at least 5 inches deep. Pre-heat the oven to 180c/gas mark 4. Place the flour, egg & breadcrumbs in separate dishes. Coat the eggs first in flour then eggs then breadcrumbs so that the meat is completely covered with no gaps. Heat the oil, you will know when it is hot if you drop in a piece of breadcrumb & the oil sizzles & turns brown. Gently

place eggs one at a time & fry for 5-8 mins or until the breadcrumbs turn golden. When you have fried all 6, transfer to oven, without the paper & cook for 15mins, leave to cool 10mins & serve. Most ingredients can be bought in Broadwindsor’s award-winning shop.

KATHRYN ROBERTS AND SEAN LAKEMAN

Drimpton Village Hall

Thursday 11 January 7.30pm

Twice winners of the BBC Radio 2 folk award for best duo – 2016 & 2013 – the couple’s intimacy and strength of passion on stage have won them many fans and an enviable reputation as ‘songwriters par

excellence’.

With a story that includes over 20 years of music, Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman have consolidated themselves as pillars of

modern British folk.

Tickets £9, Under 18 £6, Family £25 From Roger Smith on 01308 867442

New Year Snowman Drive

With a Pudding

Blackdown Village Hall

Saturday 20 January

6.30pm for 7pm start

£5 Adult, £3 Child, £15 family Tickets & Information from

Philip 01460 30661/30517 or 07980 864169

All Welcome

We look forward to seeing you there! Blackdown Church Community Event

In aid of The Children’s Society

The White Lion

Broadwindsor

PUB CAROLS For Twelfth-tide

With

Beaminster Gallery Quire Thursday 4 Jan

From 8pm

Come and raise the roof

With traditional village carols from Dorset and Somerset

And Carols as sung in the pubs of the

Yorkshire Dales

Plenty of audience participation!

Broadwindsor Community Film Club

Presents

Beauty and the Beast (PG) Directed by Bill Condon

Starring

Emma Watson and Dan Stevens

Belle, a bright, beautiful and independent young woman, is taken prisoner by a beast in his castle. Despite her fears,

she befriends the castle’s enchanted staff and learns to look beyond the hideous exterior of the beast, allowing

her to recognise the kind heart and soul of the prince that hides on the inside.

3pm

Sunday 7 Jan

Film Club members and guests only. Children £1. Apply on the day or for further details contact:

Ian Butcher 01308 867644 Brenda Smith 01308 868392

Joyce Chumbley 01308 868286 Wine, beer, fruit juice and soft drinks available

THE GONDOLIERS

The film of Gilbert & Sullivan's romping musical (Can you trampoline while singing?)

Drimpton Village Hall

SATURDAY 27 JANUARY

Doors open at 6pm - film starts at 6.30pm

INTERVAL FOOD Choice of hot dish

BAR

Open before film and during the interval.

TICKETS: £6 Please contact Rosemary in advance for

tickets on 867694

JANUARY EVENTS CH Comrades Hall, BVH Blackdown Village Hall, DVH

Drimpton Village Hall.

Prayer walk from The Square, Broadwindsor, second Saturday

of every month, 10am.

Post Office, Comrades Hall, Tuesdays and Fridays, 10am-

12.30pm.

Mon 1st Babylon Morris, CH 12 noon

Thurs 4th Whist Drive, BVH 7.30pm

Twelfth-tide carols, White Lion 8pm

Sun 7th Film Club ‘Beauty and The Beast, CH 3pm

Weds 10th Film Club ‘Dunkirk’, DVH 7pm

Thurs 11th Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman, DVH 7.30pm

‘Frantic’ Skittles, CH 7.30pm

Fri 12th Youth Club meeting, DVH 6.30pm

Sun 14th Quiz Night, Royal Oak 8pm

Weds 17th Village Lunch, DVH 12.30pm

Weds 17th Garden Club Quiz & Food Night, DVH 7.15pm

Thurs 18th Broadwindsor WI, CH, 7.30pm

Whist Drive, BVH 7.30pm

Sat 20th Snowman Drive, BVH 6.30 for 7.30pm

Fri 26th Youth Club Film Night, DVH 6.30pm

Sat 27th Gilbert & Sullivan:‘The Gondoliers’, DVH 6pm

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