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The winner of the £30.00 prize for March was ticket no. 42.

became his wife. He also met Mary’s friends Anne and Lesley and
Trustees Lesley’s fiancé Ray. Ray and John hit it off immediately when they
met, and Anne, Lesley and Ray and their children remained lifelong close
As noted last month we have a new booking Secretary now co-opted onto the friends. During this time, John also played for the Newport Hockey club. During
Committee, I can also report that another member of the community has come a tournament in Dorset another player hit him in lip with his stick giving him a
forward and agreed to join the burgeoning ranks of committee members. More scar that would remain for the rest of his life.
on this at the AGM.
In 1964 his daughter Carolyn was born. In 1966 he returned to the Admiralty

Materials Laboratory, Holton Heath where he moved with his wife and small
Finally daughter temporarily to an Admiralty council house in Wyke Regis, Weymouth
and in February 1967 to his bungalow in Bere Regis. His son Andrew was born
On the 9 of April a wake was held in the Hall. This is not usually something that shortly after moving there.
th
would be commented on here. However Mrs Kay Jones had lived in
Briantspuddle for 57 years after she and her husband Ron built their bungalow. He continued to work there for the next 29 years until his retirement. He became
Their family was brought up here and both she and Ron played a part from the involved socially with the AML Social Club and Gardening Club – helping to
beginning of their lives here in fostering the community spirit that is an essential organize dances initially and then Children’s Christmas parties.
part of this place. Kay was good natured, kind, encouraging and considerate
whilst quietly supporting everything she could. This was very obvious from the The site history of Holton Heath became one of his interests and with the scale
number of people who came to pay their respects. We will all miss her. model of the RNCF site made in 1942 a centerpiece. In 1994, 50 years after D
Day a lot of interest was shown of activities in the local area during WW2 and
permission was granted to offer guided tours for the public round the site and
sets of slides were made to record the site history for presentations to local
groups and societies. John was a major player in recording the history and
BRIANTSPUDDLE POST OFFICE AND SHOP providing guided tours and talks. He even was featured on South Today on a
program they did on the Holton Heath site.
Following refurbishment we plan to re-open the PO and Shop on Monday 30 April
at 9am. We are very pleased with the results and hope that you will be too! We On moving to Bere Regis he soon became involved with the church and many
now have a new floor and lighting, a new fridge and the reconfiguration has local activities and groups. During his time here, he has worn many hats:
allowed more shelving so we shall be able to provide a greater selection of  Captain of the Bell Tower, instrumental in refitting the bells in the tower.
goodies.  Raised money for the Church Roof repairs.
The normal opening hours are:  Provided the games for the church garden party for many years.
Shop: Monday –Saturday 9am – noon; Sunday: 10.am – noon.  Church warden
 Played for South Mead football team! Did not
Post Office: Monday – Friday 9am – noon.
know this.
The Post Office provides all the usual PO services (other than car tax) such as  Chairman of PTA at Bere Regis School
postal services, foreign currency and the facility to pay bills and draw cash. The
Shop has an agreement with Sainsbury’s which allows us to sell Sainsbury’s ‘own  Organized Bere Regis Carnival for a number of
brand’ goods at a very small mark-up. We also hold a small selection of meat and years
other essentials such as fruit and vegetables, bread, milk, frozen food, stationery  Choir member
and bird food, so even your feathered friends are catered for. You can order  Gave church tours
newspapers and magazines to collect from the Shop and we have a good
 Chairman of Scouts Committee. Helped build

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