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January 2020
CHURCH AND VILLAGE January 2020

ACTIVITIES, SOCIETIES, CLUBS, ASSOCIATIONS and CONTACTS

BERE REGIS BELLRINGERS

Association Contact Tel Address E-mail Meetings/Info Time is about to stand still …….

Have you ever wondered what sort of a clock is responsible
Ancient Order of Andrew Jones 19 Louise Road, andrew@jones Monthly Turberville Court for those hourly chimes? After all, it never shows its face!
Foresters Court Dorchester, DT1 2LT er.freeserve.co. 1st Monday - 7.30 pm
Prospect 6575 uk Well, the answer is a huge, monster piece of Victorian
engineering that weighs a ton and lurks high up the tower
Autumn Leaves Sylvia Bayliss 472697 sbayliss194@ou Monthly - Scout Hut
tlook.com 2nd Wednesday @ 2.30 pm in the bell-ringing chamber. It ticks and tocks away quietly
in the background until the hour approaches. Then suddenly it wakes up and a
Bere Regis Bell Ringers Adrian 471774 Normal practice night - rumbling “Wurra –Wurra – Wurra – CLICK”……… makes even the most seasoned
Standfield Wednesdays 6.30 p.m. to
Jenny Clifford 7.30 p.m. bell ringer jump as it releases the mechanism for striking the hour.
It has been like that since 1878 when the clock was bought at a cost of £140 10s
Bere Regis Book Group Janet Gilpin 01929 First Tuesday of the month
471829 at 2.30 p.m.. Various 0p. Until 1977 it had to be wound daily. Arthur Janes did the winding for 40 years,
locations from 1912 to 1952 with occasional help from Reg Standfield. Then Tom Woolfries
did a 25 year stint till 1977. Tom’s deputy was Dave Gibbs. The bell-ringers still
Bere Regis Primary Rachael Brown 471334 Southbrook office@berereg Pre-school and Primary
School and Pre-School - Headteacher Bere Regis is.dorset.sch.uk School for pupils aged 2+ ‘manage’ the clock but no longer wind it by hand.
BH20 7DB to 11 years
In 1977 Geoffrey Booth
Bere Regis Floral Group Sue Stone 472083 97 North Street, Bere susan97stone@ 2nd Tuesday at
Regis, BH20 7LD gmail.com Winterborne Kingston designed and installed the
village hall system of electrical winding
that is still working today.
Bere Regis Gardening Sue Stone 472083 97 North Street, Bere susan97stone@ Monthly. Drax Hall Geoffrey looked after the clock
Club Regis, BH20 7LD gmail.com 1st Tuesday. 7.30 p.m.
till 2012 when he handed over
to Tim Alford. Tim lives in Wool, is
Bere Regis Strollers Lynda Crisford 471180 11 Bitchams Mead Michael.crisfor Every Tuesday 10.30 a.m.
BH20 7ND d@btinternet.c Bere Regis Car Park married to one of the Wool bell
om
ringers, and runs “Alford Time
Repair”. The clock last had a
Bere Regis Junior Pat Wharf 472246 The Old Vicarage, peterwharf@bti Second Sunday of every
Church West Street nternet.com month in Church 10.000- major overhaul in 2012. The
11.00 a.m.
time has now come for another
Bere Regis Parish Ian Ventham 471480 Wateredge, 5A Monthly, Drax Hall overhaul, which will entail parts
Council Chairman Shitterton, 2nd Thursday
BH20 7HU of the clock being removed for
bench-top inspection and
Bere Regis Sports Club Andy Kent 471079 94 North Street andy@contact. Village football and cricket servicing.
Cricket Herbie Swann 472812 go-plus.net teams for all ages
Football
We have scheduled this work to take place in February 2020 and anticipate that
Bere Regis Swimming Bob Holman 01305 Camelot, Affpuddle bobdiholman@ 5.15 p.m.—7.00 p.m. at the the clock will fall silent from the end of January for several weeks.
club 848262 DT2 7HH btinternet.com Purbeck Leisure Centre,
Wareham
Please be warned !
Bere Regis Wildlife Tony Bates 471563 The Beeches, tonybates19@g Meetings arranged as and
Group Barrow Hill mail.com when Jon
Mike Gee 07759 mike.n.g@outlo
884942 ok.com

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