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January 2020 January 2020

What you can do Pairs knock out Winners Shaun Eastwood And RusselL French
 Keep moving Consistency Trophy for 2018 went to Tristan Gale

Try not to sit still for more than one hour at a time. Even if just move your arms and The most improved player of 2018 was won by Tristan Gale
legs, it'll help keep you warm.
And as always voted for by all the ROGS the very coveted players player of 2018
 Eat well went to Josh (beef) Eastwood
Aim for at least one hot meal every day as well as warm drinks throughout the I must thank everyone who made the day and evening such a great success, a
day. special mention for my Vice Captain Matt March and his lovely wife Heidi who
did a great job relieving you of cash for the four ball and prize draws.
Having nutritious and varied food is important for good health and wellbeing,
A huge thanks to everyone for their generosity. We raised an amazing £655.00 for
my chosen charity which is The Speedway Riders Benevolent Fund who look after
riders who have had career ending injuries and also the bereaved families of
BERE REGIS HISTORY SOCIETY riders.
Very much looking forward to my term as ROGS captain and look forward to our
first game of 2020 at Ferndown Golf Club on the 6th March first tee 10.30
Our November meeting was held on the 27th at the Village
Hall. We began with the story of the find of our first gold Captain Middlo
Roman coin in the parish. This
was a very late Roman coin,

minted toward the end of the
Empire in the East Empire, but
how it came to be lost at Bere Regis can only be
guessed.

Various new finds were shown and discussed and the
discovery that a members' finds from about 20 years
ago are almost certainly connected to another
Roman Villa in the parish. The Archaeology Section has
found almost 800 things since the last meeting
including roof tiles and imported pottery of the first Century.
Our main discussion was of the English Civil War of the 1640s and included the
national story followed by what happened in Bere Regis in those years. The
burning down of the Turberville Manor House and the manufacture of pistol lead
shot in the Rye Hill area at that time was explained together with the probable
manufacture of gunpowder in an, as yet, unknown location.

We had a number of new donated items to show, particularly from the First World
War, including a warning poster of Allied and German aircraft, an electrical test
box probably used to test telephone lines after repairs, and, more personally, a
miniature set of playing cards used by troops at the more quiet times of the War.
If you haven't attended before, please do come along and join us in our
continuing study of the history of our village.

John Pitfield, Project Secretary

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