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OBITUARIES
Briantspuddle Amenity Complex
This has been an extraordinary year and the Parish Council would like to thank its auditor. This meant he travelled around the country to the various
tenants for doing all they can to support the community, albeit in different ways. depots. This coincided with his passion for finding the cheapest,
worst produced, quirkiest cars he could find. So, us boys had to suffer sitting
The village shop and the village hall committees have worked together to
facilitate the safe use of the shop as well as extending other offerings, including a in the back of a selection of the finest cars the communist states could
muster namely Skoda’s, Lada’s and the ubiquitous Yugo 45. The 45 on the
Christmas room, into the hall.
brand name indicated the fastest the thing would go and then it would
The village shop has gone from strength to strength and several residents have have to be downhill with a following wind. In true Ivor style he finished his
contacted to make the Parish Council aware of just how much this amenity has driving career with a Romanian Dacia.
meant to them during this difficult year. Volunteers have done a sterling job and
the Parish Council would like to thank them for all their efforts. Ivor proposed to my mum Sylvia at the very gates to this church and they
married here in 1955. Upon their marriage they set up home at Milbourne St
As lockdown lifted and government restrictions eased, we saw the advent of a Andrew before moving to Bere Regis in 1958. That was the year I was born. I
coffee shop run by the village hall committee on a Saturday morning as well as was conceived on the strict understanding he had to be earning £8 a week
during the week. This offered a very welcome opportunity to socialise in a safe so he must have been on really good money in 1962 when Martin turned up.
way. I have seen for myself how comprehensive the safety precautions are and
how time consuming they are to administer. Whist the current lockdown means Mum and Dad gave us strong and stable upbringing for which we are
the coffee shop can’t operate as I write this article, I know it will reopen just as extremely grateful. He was a strict disciplinarian, and the church was an
soon as government guidelines permit. Once again thanks go out to volunteers. important part of the routine, from Sunday school to singing in Bere Regis
choir. Sunday afternoon was sacrosanct, and we were never allowed to
Looking forward to better times the Parish Council has invited the Committees of play outside of our own garden. Although money was tight, I do not ever
the Village Hall and Social Club to participate in a working group in order to remember us going without and we were always turned out smart with food
mutually agree the best way that the facilities can enhance the community in in our bellies.
the future and how the Parish Council, as landlord, can support them in their After finishing his career with Express Dairies, he had another 10 years working
efforts. Positive responses have been received from both parties and the Parish at East Dorset Golf Club as secretary prior to retiring at 65.
Council has decided to extend the invite to representatives from the Village Shop
Committee to join discussions. Once the format of the meetings are agreed they Holidays were starting to become an important part of their lives and
can be scheduled, albeit remotely. Councillors are optimistic about benefits of although coach trips to Spain, Austria and Germany were undertaken their
such cooperation. real passion and love was The Lake District. Mum and Dad holidayed there
year after year at the same place on the same farm, and when Mum died,
This year has been challenging for all organisation in different ways. Meeting to he continued to return to the Lake District. At one time they were extremely
talk about how the future might look, and how the organisation can best work serious and close to moving up north, but their instincts were tapered by their
together, will help ensure the complex can thrive at the heart of our community
for when we emerge from this difficult period. family responsibilities and it remained just a holiday spot and a pipe dream.
Dad has had many hobbies over his life including being part of the

Puddletown Carnival committee, woodworking, the
S133/137 Grants Royal Observer Corp, CAB, Organ Clubs, Camera
Club to name just a few. Ivor being Ivor, he always
The Parish Council considered a revised grant application from Affpuddle PCC.
Councillors were pleased to award £200 to the PCC who will use the money to threw himself in whole heartedly and mum being the
maintain two lawnmowers and purchase other grounds maintenance good wife always supported him.
equipment. But, the biggest passion of all was his love of music,
Reg his father was a church organist at Winterbourne

Anderson and dad learnt the trade there. He took
his music exams to ABRSM grade 8. St Laurence’s

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