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TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF PARISH CHURCH AND VILLAGE

MAG PRODUCTION! ACTIVITIES, SOCIETIES, CLUBS, ASSOCIATIONS and CONTACTS

In December 1995, I would never have believed that I Association Contact Tel Address E-mail Meetings/Info
would be still sitting at my desk in December 2020, working
on another issue of this monthly magazine!
Ancient Order of Andrew Jones 19 Louise Road, andrew@jones Monthly Turberville Court
When I responded to an appeal to take over as Editor from Foresters Court Dorchester, DT1 2LT er.freeserve.co. 1st Monday - 7.30 pm
the late Dorothy Briggs, I don’t think I had fully understood Prospect 6575 uk
the task in hand. “How difficult can this be” I thought to myself as I opened my
Autumn Leaves Sylvia Bayliss 472697 sbayliss194@ou Monthly - Scout Hut
laptop on the 06:03 from Southampton Parkway to Waterloo (the earliest train tlook.com 2nd Wednesday @ 2.30 pm
from Poole, didn’t arrive until after 9.00 and I needed to be in the office for 8.00).
“All I have to do is get these articles typed up on the journeys to and from work, Bere Regis Bell Ringers Adrian 471774 Normal practice night -
and I’ll have it done in no time”. I thought it would be a great way of relieving Standfield Wednesdays 6.30 p.m. to
7.30 p.m.
Jenny Clifford
the monotony of the daily journey.
Of course, in those days, our magazine was a much smaller publication, rarely Bere Regis Book Group Janet Gilpin 01929 First Tuesday of the month
471829 at 2.30 p.m.. Various
more than about thirty pages. In recent years we have frequently hit one locations
hundred pages (which is the maximum, as it’s not possible for the printer to staple
Bere Regis Primary Rachael Brown 471334 Southbrook office@berereg Pre-school and Primary
it properly if its any bigger) and there are often full colour centre spreads. School and Pre-School - Headteacher Bere Regis is.dorset.sch.uk School for pupils aged 2+
People ask me why we can’t have the whole magazine in colour, but this would BH20 7DB to 11 years
add so much to the printing costs that we wouldn’t be able to make any ‘profit’ Bere Regis Floral Group Sue Stone 472083 97 North Street, Bere susan97stone@ 2nd Tuesday at
Regis, BH20 7LD gmail.com Winterborne Kingston
contribution to the church finances. In fact, this coming year is going to be quite village hall
difficult to achieve that, as we have, understandably, lost a few advertisers
because the pandemic has impacted their businesses. Bere Regis Gardening Sue Stone 472083 97 North Street, Bere susan97stone@ Monthly. Drax Hall
Club Regis, BH20 7LD gmail.com 1st Tuesday. 7.30 p.m.
Looking back over the January issue from 1996, Dorothy’s last one, it’s really
poignant to see the names of so many people who are no longer with us, in 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
particular, our Vicar at the time - Graham Roblin, who sadly died not long after om
he retired. He delivered a beautiful address at our wedding blessing in 1997,
saying he was nervous that I’d opt to move to Martin’s home location in Clanfied, Bere Regis Junior Pat Wharf 472246 The Old Vicarage, peterwharf@bti Second Sunday of every
Church
nternet.com
month in Church 10.000-
West Street
and that he’d lose his fairly new Editor! Fortunately, Martin came here. 11.00 a.m.
I particularly remember Graham as having a magical way with words, and that’s Bere Regis Parish Ian Ventham 471480 Wateredge, 5A Monthly, Drax Hall
Council
Shitterton,
not to say that his successors haven’t possessed the same talent, but when I look Chairman BH20 7HU 2nd Thursday
back at his monthly ‘letters’ there are several which I know had a significant
Bere Regis Sports Club Andy Kent 471079 94 North Street andy@contact. Village football and cricket
impact on me at the time. For the next few months, I am going to reproduce Cricket Herbie Swann 472812 go-plus.net teams for all ages
some of these, for the benefit of those who will not be familiar with them. So, to Football
kick this off, here is Graham’s piece from January 1996
Bere Regis Swimming Bob Holman 01305 Camelot, Affpuddle bobdiholman@ 5.15 p.m.—7.00 p.m. at the
club 848262 DT2 7HH btinternet.com Purbeck Leisure Centre,
It is such a benefit being able to look back at all the old parish magazines on the Wareham
village website - bereregis.org and our current webmaster, Rod Osmond, has
done a great job in making then more searchable. However, huge credit must Bere Regis Wildlife Tony Bates 471563 The Beeches, tonybates19@g Meetings arranged as and
Group Barrow Hill mail.com when
be given to James Loxton, who originally set up the website from scratch. He Mike Gee 07759 mike.n.g@outlo
884942 ok.com

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