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BRIANTSPUDDLE AND AFFPUDDLE The following year (1993), a party of about 20 Scouts and Leaders from Bere Regis
Scout Group travelled overland to Latvia and helped run the promised Summer
NEWS Camp. During the course of the two week visit, we enjoyed home hospitality with
members of the community in Ikskile.
Phil and Ian Ventham and Derek Boyt were billeted with the village blacksmith.
BRIANTSPUDDLE POST Having admired his craftsmanship, we commissioned him to make two
candelabra for each of the Parish churches. They were duly presented as
OFFICE AND VILLAGE SHOP permanent reminders of the link between Dorset and Latvia which continued for
many years with exchange visits of young people who benefitted from the cultural
links. Think of Latvia and the current unrest in that region when you next look at the
Welcome to both Tim and Brian; Tim is manning the candelabra.
shop on Mondays and Brian has joined the Phil Ventham
Sainsbury’s delivery team and is also collecting the
newspapers one day a week. Many thanks to both of them. However, we would
still appreciate another person joining the newspaper collection team please.

Christmas arrangements
We will have extra fruit and veg in the shop from Wednesday 20 December. Meat Parish Magazine Delivery Subscriptions
and bread will be available on Saturday as usual, ie 23 December. We will also
have some Christmas trees (Nordman Fir) from the market, depending on size In mid-December I will send an email notification to all those
they will be about £25 – that will save you struggling to get one in your car! who have their magazine delivered each month and for whom I
This year we are also offering hampers have an email address. Please don’t make payments until you
made up from the various Dorset have received this - it will show a unique reference number so
produce items in the shop. They are
priced at £15 and will contain: that your payment can be identified correctly.
1 packet of Moores biscuits This is the most cost effective way of advising subscribers that
1 bar of Dorset Chocolate their annual payment of £10 is due for 2024. Bank transfer
1 packet of Dorset Fudge payments are encouraged to reduce administration, record
1 jar of Moonraker Jam/Marmalade/ keeping and to speed up the process. Please ensure that I have
Chutney
1 packet of Dorset Tea your up to date contact information and if you have never
provided your email for this, perhaps you’d be kind enough to
let me have it as soon as possible.

all presented in a gift-wrapped basket; If you do not do internet banking, your delivery volunteer will
there is an example hamper in the shop
so you can see what it looks like. You include a payment notification with the delivery of your
can select different flavours of biscuits, January magazine.
chocolate, preserves and chutneys
from the range in stock. Other sized Many thanks.
hampers can be ordered – leave us
your name and phone number and Jo Alison - Editor - alison@culverdell.co.uk

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