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January 2019 January 2019
Pop In Place Little Acorns BERE REGIS HISTORY SOCIETY

A new baby and Toddler group at the Village Hall on Thursday mornings 10am
until 11.30
We had our second meeting at the Drax
£1 per child and 50p for any subsequent children in the same family. Hall on 21st November 2018, and despite
decidedly chilly weather and a number of
Come along to this friendly group you will be made most welcome. Runs all year apologies for coughs-and-sneezes, it was
round. announced that during the summer, and
with confirmation during the last month,
More details call Kelly 07743319856
that Bere Regis does have a Roman Villa.
From field crop marks visible this summer,
followed by field-walking, there was found
Donations to the pound shop
on the surface 153 pieces of Roman
Your kind donations of small items for our pound shop. Kim has been running our pottery, brick and tile. This is after 1,600
new pound shop from January this year and it is going really well, we are always years of the original building becoming disused.
in need of items to sale. Books bric a brac new to you clothing all must be good
Also almost a hundred pieces of
quality items please
Iron Age pottery was shown,
which is about 2,500 years old,

Dates for your diary also found at Bere Regis this
summer, about a metre deep on

the slopes of Barrow Hill. These
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Friday 15 February crafts at the café were once burial urns and some
We welcome Diana along to Pop In Place café to help to create some crafts with pieces fitted together to help
us, everyone is welcome to come and join in this creative session establish their shape and age.
Philip and John gave a talk on

Sunday March 24 Old Bere Regis Photogarphic Exhibition progress with their book on "Bere
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Regis during the Great War", with
10am -4pm in aid of Bere Regis School (see poster in this mag for more details. ) November 2018 commemorating
the centenary of the ending of that war. The book is anticipated to appear next

Good Friday Pop In Easter Event s on Friday 19 April year.
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Two new poster-prints have been made of aerial photographs of the village, one
from 1947 and the other of 2006, and together with other research material and
Please Check out Pop In Place Website popinplace.org Thanks to Rod Osmond documents, there was plenty to peruse during the more relaxed parts of the
who has updated our website and it is looking great check it out meeting.

We have an attendance fee of £1 to cover our basic costs, and for this one now
Alison Bennett Team Leader 01929 472023 gets a free badge with Bere Regis History Society emblazoned.
Our next meeting will be on Wednesday 19th December when a local musical
group will play some Christmassy music and some nostalgic numbers after our
normal first part of the meeting, until we finish.
John Pitfield, Project Secretary

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