| ‘People make Places. Places make People’.... In 2011 villagers began an online Open Archive on an informal basis. We have been recording events, logging images, sharing ideas and making comments for several years. You are welcome to browse its entries and view its pictures. The archive was closed for submitting new entries in February 2019. |
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| Submitted by: MargeryH On: 23/3/2011 at: 17:13 Location: Broadwindsor Mad Hatters' Tea Party for Royal Wedding Any excuse for a party, Broadwindsor is gearing itself up to celebrate the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton on Friday 29 April. We're having a Mad Hatters' Tea Party in Comrades Hall from 3pm until 5pm. We plan to deck the hall out so it's like an indoor street party, with lines of tables and lots of pretty china. Everyone who comes has to wear a mad hat and bring a plate of food, with drinks provided. Admission is £2 (£1 for children) and there will be a raffle and games with a royal theme. Any money raised will go to Broadwindsor Church. Tickets will be available from me (Margery Hookings) on 01308 868532 and Megan Jones on 01308 868120. |
| Submitted by: MargeryH On: 23/3/2011 at: 17:01 Location: Broadwindsor Dogs Without Collars Broadwindsor folk and friends rocked the night away when Dogs Without Collars, a band of five Dorset clergymen, performed at Comrades Hall. The event on 11 March raised more than £1,000 for the churches of Broadwindsor, Burstock and Blackdown. Organiser Megan Jones thanked all the helpers for making it such a successful event, both financially and socially. Click on a thumbnail to view the photograph. Click on the photograph when finished. 
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| Submitted by: MargeryH On: 23/3/2011 at: 16:53 Location: Broadwindsor Comrades Hall gets a makeover A team of village volunteers turned out over the weekend of 19-20 March to give the Comrades Hall a makeover. The kitchen, including the floor, was given a deep clean and the main hall and servery were decorated by an army of helpers, led by hall chairman Andrew Hookings. More than 20 people rolled up their sleeves, donned their painting overalls and got busy, breaking for lunch on Saturday, prepared and served up by Andrew, and on Sunday by Jacqui Sewell. The event confirmed that many hands make light work. Click on a thumbnail to view the photograph. Click on the photograph when finished. 
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| Submitted by: School On: 23/3/2011 at: 09:32 Location: Broadwindsor News from School The Sign2Sing World Record attempt was a great success. In fact, it looks like we were part of a new world record. We were one of a number of schools who, at exactly the same time – 2.45pm, on Wednesday 16th February, sang ‘I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing’, signing at the same time. The total number of people across the country doing this was recorded as well over 100000. All our pupils, teachers, some parents and visitors took part. It was a splendid sight! Well done everyone. Earlier in March, we raised £77 for Unicef, one of our chosen charities, by having a non-uniform day, and we celebrated World Book Day by inviting the children & staff to come dressed as their favourite book character. There is always a lot of sport going on within our school and competitively against other local schools. Our football team played very well in the Kenway Cup, beating several teams in the lead up to the final of this stage – we narrowly lost by 1 goal to Greenford School who will go through to the next round. I was pleased to see some excellent passing skills from our team. Also taking place in March - a football tournament specifically for small schools, 2 rugby festivals, a unihoc tournament and ongoing swimming lessons for our KS2 children. Coming up – Beaminster Cluster Choral Festival at Beaminster School – Wednesday 30th March. Easter Service – Friday 8th April 11.00 a.m. Nigel Arnold |
| Submitted by: Heskie On: 22/3/2011 at: 08:07 Location: Drimpton Census Preparation Kate and I will be Census Collectors, which means we start work soon after Census Day (Sunday March 27th) to help at any addresses from which a form hasn't yet been returned. We are part of a team of 35,000 Collectors - which is the same number as 1841, when the population was only 16 million. There is talk that this will be the last Census, because data can be collected in other ways, and there is concern about cost. Actually it costs less than £1 per person per year. This year, for the first time, people will be able to complete their Census Form on-line. So, right through April we will be visiting places in Drimpton, Stoke Abbott, Bridport and Lyme Regis to help and hopefully persuade at addresses where our Co-ordinator directs us. More to follow as we work at the role. |
| Submitted by: Jane On: 18/3/2011 at: 17:31 Location: Drimpton Not the best start to a year What a year this is turning into, first we had floods in Queensland Australia, where three quarters of the state was declared a disaster zone; that was January. At the same time we had revolutions first in Tunisia and then in Egypt resulting in the long time presidents of both being ousted. This caused unrest in Bahrain, Yemen and Libya and a feeling of disquiet in the other Middle Eastern countries. Then in February we have an earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand, having spent time in this lovely city the destruction brought tears to my eyes. Then on March 11th a massive earthquake off the coast of Japan, the quake would have caused enough damage but it resulted in a tsunami which caused destruction along the northern coastline. If that was not bad enough the tsunami has caused explosions and the threat of melt down at the local nuclear power station. The death toll here could be in the tens of thousands, no one seems to be able to work it out yet and probably never will. The scale of this last disaster has brought more than tears to my eyes it’s made me openly weep to see families made homeless and hungry. What can we do? The easiest seems to be give money to the charities helping out there, so the ladies from Light Lunches have sent a donation of £250 from the lunch profits to Shelter Box - just a little gift from Drimpton village. |
| Submitted by: chubb On: 14/3/2011 at: 22:30 Location: Drimpton Emily & Isobel's poultry Both Emily & Isobel have been busy this year going to poultry shows from dawlish to Reading, showing their own birds, it has been a successful year so far with many trophies and rosetts being bought home. Enclosed are a few photos of them both Click on a thumbnail to view the photograph. Click on the photograph when finished. 
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| Submitted by: Norman On: 12/3/2011 at: 19:35 Location: Drimpton A Drimpton Wedding Saturday 12th March saw the marriage of Kate Betts and Mark Tilley at St. Mary's Church. Kate and Mark live in Martock but chose to get married in Drimpton because of connections with the Hooper family (Hedley Hooper is buried in the Churchyard). The service was conducted by the Revd Sue Symons and Anthony Saunders was the organist. Curious onlookers may have wondered why a large farm tractor was parked outside the church before the service, all was revealed when Mark and Kate climbed aboard the tractor after the ceremony and, with Mark at the wheel and Kate at his side in the tiny jump-seat, drove off to the reception in Martock! We wish Kate and Mark every happiness in their future life together. Click on a thumbnail to view the photograph. Click on the photograph when finished. 
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| Submitted by: Pat On: 9/3/2011 at: 17:58 Location: Drimpton Holly Lane Jane asked if anyone knew the reason why the notice had been posted at the end of the lane: According to the Mrs McKay of the County Council somebody has made an application to divert the existing footpath 26 which currently goes over the field. They want to divert the footpath down Holly Lane. I wonder why? Would be a great shame! |
| Submitted by: Jane On: 6/3/2011 at: 19:36 Location: Drimpton David Gordon Trio Friday night saw the David Gordon Trio at the Village Hall, this was brought to the village by the Artsreach promoters Mr & Mrs Watts, Mr & Mrs Marsden and Mrs Pilz. The trio consisted of David Gordon on keyboard, Jonty Fisher on bass and Paul Cavaciuti on drums performing their versions of music from Latin America. It was not our most well attended promotion but it was thoroughly enjoyed by those who did come and, of course, the tea and cakes were as popular as ever in the interval. The present promoters have decided that after doing the job since November 1998 it really is time for someone else to take over. During our time as promoters we have brought to the village a total of 32 shows which included music, drama and comedy; and have raised £6,332 for the hall - which works out an average of £197 per performance. |