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July 2022                                                                           July 2022

                                                                                            AUTUMN LEAVES FIRST
                                                                                            THURSDAY CLUB



                                                                                            We were still in the Jubilee mood for our June Meeting.
                                                                                            Our  tables  were  festooned  with  Red  white  and  Blue
                                                                                            again and we enjoyed a look back over previous royal
                                                                                            celebrations  from  previous  royal  events.    The  show
                                                                                            started with a few black and white pictures from the l935 silver Jubilee of George
                                                                                            V, the coronation, and right up to the recent platinum jubilee.  Wonderful pictures
                                                                                            of Kath Jeeves and the  Woodbury singers, Poems and extracts from  the recent
                                                                                            Happy and Glorious show by the Pop In.  It was interesting to note that our village
                                                                                                                                 celebrations  were  much  smaller  for
                                                                                                                                 the  silver  and  Golden  Jubilees  and  it
                                                                                                                                 was  only  when  we  reached  the
                                                                                                                                 Diamond  Jubilee  in  2012  that  Bere
                                                                                                                                 Regis  really  got  into  the  party  mode.
                                                                                                                                 This could have been that we have a
                                                                                                                                 more active role by the Parish council
                                                                                                                                 in driving forward these celebrations.

                                                                                                                                 What was clear that with all our events
                                                                                                                                 this year Bere Regis really went to town
                                                                                                                                 and  hopefully  that  if  there  is  another
                                                                                                                                 Jubilee  in  the  future  this  presentation
                                                                                                                                 will  show just how we  can party  for  a
                                                                                                                                 royal celebration.  I would like to thank
                                                                                                                                 Ian  Ventham  and  Tony  Bates  for
                                                                                                                                 working  so  hard  putting  this
                                                                                            presentation together in the few days between the end of our celebrations and
                                                                                            our meeting on 9  June.  When there are so many pictures it is often difficult to
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                                                                                            decide what pictures to use.
                                                                                            Next month we are back to our normal day on the  first Thursday 7  July when Tim
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                                                                                            Colquhoun  will  be  talking  to  us  about  the  important  role  of  the  Coast  Watch
                                                                                            volunteers in spotting problems off our coast.  This will take place 2.30 p.m at the
                                                                                            Scout hut  and followed by Tea and sandwiches.  This all for the cost of £3.00 to
                                                                                            include tea and a raffle ticket

                                                                                            In August our speakers will be officers from Dorset Waste Partnership who will be
                                                                                            giving us a talk on Dorset’s recycling strategy, why how Dorset does it and what
                                                                                            can we do to help recycle more.  I’m sure there will be a  recycling games “know
                                                                                            your rubbish” etc.  It will be a fun afternoon with lots of tips to help us.
                                                                                            Please come along.  We now have a full programme for the rest of the year.


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