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who has an issue to raise or would like to submit a comment about an agenda
OBITUARIES item can contact the Parish Clerk at clerk@briantspuddle.info or by calling 01305
849596 if they prefer.
After more than two years in the field, the caravan was bedded The next meeting of the Parish Council will take place at 7pm on Wednesday the
down in the mud, and the Opel couldn't shift it. The farmer brought 10th June. Please check the Parish Council section of the Community
his pre-war tractor, and attached it to the front of the car, but still nothing Website nearer the time for the agenda and information about how to join the
moved. Then the farmer played his trump card, and brought his cart horse, meeting.
which was attached to the front of the tractor. This worked well, and the
strange procession lumbered across the field into the lane, where the horse Sue Jones, Chairman
and tractor were able to leave the Opel and caravan to start their journey to
Calais.
Affpuddle & Turnerspuddle Parish Council – Contact Details
For the next two years Geoffrey was attached to the Junior Leaders'
Regiment, Royal Artillery, near Nuneaton, and the family had a quarter, Parish Councillor/ Email Address Telephone
where Christopher was born at a time when Geoffrey was on exercise in Clerk number
Wales.
Anna Bendall – Parish Affpuddleandturnerspuddleclerk@outlook.co
There followed more than three years back at Larkhill. During the very bad Clerk m
winter of 1962/3. with twelve foot snowdrifts between Larkhill and Tidworth
Sue Jones - Chairman Sue.jones@silversands.co.uk 01929 471375
Hospital, Elizabeth made her arrival. Joan had been taken into hospital in
advance, and there was no way Geoffrey could get to the birth! Charles Barter – Vice Charles.barter@thewatercresscompany.com 01929 463663
Chairman
The next posting was back to Germany, after a six month wait for quarters,
which Joan and the children spent with her parents in Parkstone. The day Lizzie Guinn lizzieguinn@hotmail.com 01305 848916
after they eventually moved to Germany, Geoffrey was sent to the Arctic, on Graham Lightfoot glightfoot@glightfoot.plus.com 01929 471498
exercise with the Norwegian army for a month!
Sarah Lowman sarah@keepings.plus.com 01929 472702
Three years' later, Geoffrey was posted to Bovington, and it was then that he
and Joan decided to buy a house. They had always planned to retire to Stuart Chorley Schorley30@gmail.com 01929 472869
Dorset, and Tower House, Bere Regis, was the perfect family home. Lucy
joined them nearly a year later, and when Geoffrey was posted to the Ministry Trevor Poole Trevorpoole100@hotmail.com 01929 471496
of Defence in London for his last two years of military service, he commuted
weekly, while the rest of the family stayed in Bere Regis.
PARISH RESPONSE TEAM
In 1974 Geoffrey attended West Dean College for a year's course in antique
clock restoration , again commuting weekly. He set up his own business,
making clock wheels and pinions for other antique clock restorers, posting Turnerspuddle with Affpuddle COVID-19 Response Group.
them to customers from Buckingham Palace to Timbuktu. Occasionally
customers arrived on the doorstep from Australia or The group has continued to support parish residents who are shielding or self-
South Africa, isolating due to Covid19. We help with shopping and prescription deliveries but
also by making telephone calls to residents to help to reduce feelings of loneliness
Christopher joined him for eleven years till he moved and isolation.
to Devon, and together they worked on tower clocks,
including converting the Bere Regis clock to electric As part of our response the group held our ‘together but apart’ VE day cream tea
winding. When that struck 137 times about 2'00am event and we are collecting residents' memories and memorabilia relating to VE
one night, Geoffrey ran down to the church, to day to create a scrapbook that will be on display once the restrictions are lifted.
restore the peace. Many of the memories are already on the Community website.
(www.briantspuddle.info)

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