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July 2019 July 2019
BERE REGIS WI
DORSET COUNCIL- WEST PURBECK REPORT

Have you ever wondered where expressions such
as ‘upper crust’, ‘threshold’ and ‘left on the shelf’
Dorset Council News
come from? If so, just ask the Bere Regis WI Ladies
The first edition of the news who attended this year’s thoroughly enjoyable
magazine has been published Summer Outing in June. Twelve members of the
and should have been delivered group visited the Tudor House Museum in Weymouth where, as well as the
to you by the time you read this derivations above and the seemly countless terms inspired by the humble Tudor
report. Four versions of the table (board room, board games, treading the boards, bed and board etc.),
magazine have been produced they were given a fascinating insight into middle class life in Weymouth, along
which cover northern, southern, with snippets of local history. Many thanks are due to our member Hilly
eastern and western areas of Montgomery for organising the outing and to our two lovely and informative
Dorset. The cost of designing, guides at the museum.
printing and delivering the Festivals and the WI aren’t
magazine has been entirely funded by advertising. You should receive the
southern edition. The magazine contains a list of useful telephone numbers for normally synonymous in
people’s minds. However,
different enquiries. It also contains a questionnaire, this will tell us how useful the
magazine is, what you want in it or whether you don’t want it at all. Please do fill every year, a team of
in the questionnaire and return it to the address provided or submit your answers indefatigable WI ladies
on line. provide sustenance, in the
form of bacon rolls,
sandwiches and, of course,

Purbeck Local Plan tea and cakes, to Camp
Bestival visitors in July. This
The plan is what sets out the vision for planning, housing and infrastructure for the year, we’re pleased that
next 16 years. This has now been submitted and will be the subject of an our member, Nancy Jones,
examination by a Government Inspector during July where residents and is one of the volunteers. We practiced in June, providing a full cream tea for 40
businesses can comment on the plan. The Inspector will then review and will (very appreciative and hungry) members of the Bournemouth Natural Science
report back on the soundness or otherwise of the plan sometime in the autumn. Society!

Although our Stitch and Twitch meeting is taking a breather for July (and August),
Trading Standards this month looks to be almost as busy as June. For our main meeting, we’re
looking forward to learning about the work of the Dorset Wildlife Trust from Bere
Are you worried about rip-offs and rogue traders? If so then Dorset Council Regis’s own Tony Bates. We have our final pre-season skittles practice between
Trading Standards can help identify reliable workers for the job you need doing. 2pm and 4pm on Thursday 11 July 2019 at Winterborne Zelston Village Hall and
th
Businesses across Dorset have signed up to the national ‘Buy with Confidence’ the Lunch Club will be meeting at the Sculpture by the Lakes cafe in Tincleton on
scheme, giving local people a wide choice of established traders committed to Thursday, 4 July.
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fair trading and good customer service. This helps protect you as a consumer of
goods and services and it helps support reputable local. ‘Buy with Confidence’ As usual, these activities are open to non-members as well as members, so please
covers all kinds of work from plumbing and decorating, to car servicing and do feel welcome to join us for one, other or all three.
gardening, from local business all over the County and beyond.
You can find out about future meetings, or get more information about the WI, by
Members have been visited in person and audited by Trading Standards officers contacting Di Pitts on 01929 471322. You can see more about our past meetings
to make sure they comply with consumer protection laws and more recently with and activities on our Facebook page @BereRegisWI.
modern day slavery requirements for the added confidence that vulnerable

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