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BERE REGIS SCOUT GROUP MILBORNE MOVIES

Group News On February 2nd at Milborne St Andrew Village Hall Milborne Movies will be
showing HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE, called by Empire Magazine 'the best film
In 2007, as part of the Scouting National Centenary celebrations, Bere Regis of 2016', and it's won lots of awards. Doors and Bar are open at 7.00 and the film
Scout Group began a project, 'Remember Them', to find out about the lives and starts at 7.30. Tickets cost £3.50.
circumstances of the 32 men commemorated on the Parish War Memorial. As
part of that project, in Raised on hip-hop and foster care, defiant city kid Ricky gets a fresh start in the
recent years parties of beautiful New Zealand countryside. He quickly finds himself at home with his new
Scouts have visited the foster family: loving Aunt Bella, cantankerous Uncle Hec, and dog Tupac. When a
b a t t l e f i e l d s a n d tragedy strikes that threatens to ship Ricky to another home, he and Hec go on
cemeteries on the Western the run in the bush. As a national manhunt ensues, the newly branded outlaws
Front connected with the must face their options: go out in a blaze of glory or overcome their differences
m e n t h e y h a v e and survive as a family. Equal parts road comedy and rousing adventure story,
researched. The most acclaimed director Taika Waititi masterfully weaves lively humour with
recent trip was a bicycling emotionally honest performances by Sam Neill and Julian Dennison. A hilarious,
trip undertaken by the touching crowd-pleaser, HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE reminds us of growing up
Explorer Scouts in 2015. In (at any age) and those who help along the way.
this way, the youngsters
have gained a greater
knowledge of the men
who died and why we
remember their sacrifice
e a c h y e a r o n
Remembrance Sunday..
Also, the annual Parish Remembrance Service now includes brief summaries of
the lives of the men, read by young members of the Group,
In recognition of the work of the young people in furthering understanding of
the sacrifices made by men from this Parish, the local Wessex Branch of the
Western Front Association recently made an award of £250. This is to be used to
publish the results of the research which now includes, not only the 32 men who
died, but a further 200 or so who went to war from the Parish and returned,
many badly wounded. We hope to publish the research during the 2018
Centenary year of the end of the war. Small load £80 Large load £175

Explorer News

Our final activity evening of last year was the Christmas party – always a very
popular night helped along by Phil’s infamous ‘hat game’! During the evening,
Rosemary, our District Commissioner, presented five Young Leader Belt Buckles
to some of our young people. Well done to Aidan, William, Jordi, Amelia and
Tom who gained these training awards and to Tamsin who received her Bronze
Duke of Edinburgh’s award.

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