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June 2021
pottering round local towns. She goes shopping or just does things she wouldn’t
normally do. You meet new people, hear different gossip and do something
useful as well. They are desperate for additional volunteer drivers, so if you’re
interested, do see the advertisement on page 31. Dorchester County museum
reopens at the end of the month following its substantial refit and there will be
hours of interest in there. This will be a good place for tourists to go on wet days
and us in the winter.
Following the international Black Lives Matter Campaign, the Drax Arms Pub has
been vandalized with Anti-Slavery Slogans. My owner had thought that
Charborough Park might have been vulnerable but it was surprising that the Pub
was targeted. The Pub now has no financial connection with the Drax family
whatsoever. What was the point?

It occurs to her that this might be a good time to change the name of the Pub,
now the Drax family is in the process of divesting itself of so many of its interests in
the village. Now don’t get me wrong, normally she hates the names of pubs
being changed as they are local landmarks and part of local history. In this case
one must remember that the Drax Arms was known as the King’s Head before
1700. Its name may have been changed previously because the village did not
want its pub to be associated with the crime of regicide? More likely the first
name change came when the pub was purchased by the Drax Family and
coincided with the family acquisition of their Arms

My owner being whimsical tried to think of a new modern name and came up
with “The Bere Down” or “The Platinum Crown”. It is probably better it stays as it is.
We don’t want a “Boaty Mac Boatface” name disaster.

It was a record breaking April for lack of rain and cold frosty nights. Apart from
cutting the grass about every two weeks we have done no gardening this year.
She says we are waiting for things to warm up. The ground is hard with 1 cm wide

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