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December 2019 December 2019

BERE REGIS SCOUT GROUP BERE REGIS HISTORY SOCIETY

We held our twelfth meeting at the
Explorer News Village Hall on 23rd October at 7.30pm.
Now that the Society has been running
Following on from our summer
trips abroad we prepared for one year, a brief summary of our
and then presented details and photographs on the achievements was presented. Apart from
World Scout Jamboree to America and the discovering two Roman Villas and one
expedition to France and Belgium to visit WW1 ancient farm in the parish, we have also
battlefields and the war graves, to a group of discovered the location of our village
parents, friends and invited guests. We took great burial ground long before the church was
pride in being part of the Remembrance parade and established here during the "Dark Ages".
Evidence has only just been found showing
that the further up Barrow Hill an urn was
buried, the higher status it was. This find is
through the discovery of Samian-type
pottery and richer food offerings being
placed next to the urns.

Since the beginning of our archaeological
work a few years ago a total of 13,172 things
have been found, all of which help to tell
the story of Bere going back well over 4,000
years. Our long-term aim of having a
museum at Bere Regis was discussed briefly, together with a consensus that we
should carry on as we have for our second year.
Next we had a talk on the 1895 Bloxworth whirlwind, while comparing stories of the
1959 whirlwind at Bere Regis. We now know of four of these occurrences in the
service in the church along with the Scouts, Cubs and Beavers. A relaxing local area.
night playing Skittles and eating pizza at the Royal Oak was enjoyed by all, a
night hike and problem solving have also kept us busy. We finished with three films, all made at Bere Regis, one in 1961, the next in 1969
at the village carnival, and lastly of the village firework display of 2015 which a

spectator recorded for us.
Scout News
John Pitfield, Project Secretary
Recently in scouts we have been very busy we
participated in the parade to remember those who

died in wars and other conflicts. This consisted of a
march to the local church where we laid Wreaths on When you respond to advertisers, do please tell them you saw
the memorial and went inside for a church service. their advert in this magazine - it helps them monitor the
On Monday the 4 we had a bonfire night were we
burned Guy Fawkes and raised money for charity by effectiveness of their advert and helps us generate more
designing our own games. On Monday the 18th we
watched a movie and we sat on beanbags and the advertising revenue!!

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