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BERE REGIS NEWS POETRY CORNER

BERE REGIS PARISH COUNCIL Soldier
I used to play with action man, when I was a boy of four.
Camouflage and khaki were the only colours I wore.
Jo
Chairman: n Park 07970 727792 jonparkparish@btinternet.com
I’ve always been an innocent. Some would say a green.
It’s never been a choice of mine. It’s just the way it’s been.
Vice Bryan 07969 770890 bryan@cheapprintingdorset.co.uk
Chairman: Benjafield
Chorus
Parish Amanda 07855 396073 bereregispc@gmail.com I wanted to be a soldier. I joined up at seventeen.
Clerk: Crocker I wanted to drive a tank, but they gave me a tambourine.
I never saw the enemy. I never went to war.
Killing tunes in the army band’s the only death I saw.
Websites: www.bereregisparishcouncil.co.uk www.bereregis.org

Books on guns, I’ve read them all. I’ve read the magazines.
The Parish Council met on Thursday 14 March 2024 in the Village Hall. There were The movies with the soldiers are the only ones I’ve seen.
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two members of the public present. Members of the press and public are I gather the memorabilia and it doesn’t gather dust.
welcome and there is a period for public participation at the start. If you are I keep it clean and polished, so it doesn’t turn to rust.
unable to attend but wish to submit a comment or question, please contact the
Clerk or any member of the Parish Council. I’ve never been aggressive. I bottle it up inside.

When I was a private, I can honestly say I tried.

Village Meeting I stood up to attention and I did what I was told,
Due to the up and coming local elections, we have been advised by Dorset But the officer’s attention was a thing I couldn’t hold.
Council that the Annual Village Meeting should be postponed. We are now With my bush hat and my para boots, the trooper in me
aiming to hold it in July, when we hope to have a draft of the Neighbourhood Plan
Review available to the public to read and discuss. We will announce the exact thrives.
date in the coming weeks. I’ll show them I’m a soldier if the chance to fight arrives.
I’ll show them I’m a soldier, and I’ll show them I’m a man,

D-Day Events And if it means another war, I’ll start one if I can.

We are currently planning for the 80 Paul J Openshaw
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Anniversary of D-Day in June, and
intend to light the beacon on the
evening of Thursday 6 June and have
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some refreshments available. If you
would like to be involved in helping
organise any additional events to
commemorate this, please contact the
Clerk on bereregispc@gmail.com.

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