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Footpaths and BERE REGIS SPORTS CLUB - CRICKET
Bridleways Bere Regis Village Shop

There have been concerns Website: www.bereregis.com
expressed about the possibility of I would like to thank the
some of our footpaths and Moorse family -Mike and
bridleways being threatened with Anita and Doug and Home Fixtures in May
closure. Obstructing a public right
of way is illegal and this includes Denise, owners of the Saturday 1st - Martinstown
telling people that they can no Spar, who have sold their Wednesday 5 – Charlton Down
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longer use the path and asking shop to me.
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them to leave. Any changes to Saturday 8 – Wimborne/Colehill III
rights of way have to go through They have provided many years of th
a DMMO (Definitive Map service to the village and the local Monday 10 – Dorchester U15
Modification Order) procedure. A community. I would like to say a big Tuesday 11 – Cerne Valley U11
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DMMO is analogous to a thank you to them and wish them all
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planning application and needs the best for the future. Saturday 15 – Cattistock & Symene
submission to Dorset Council and Tuesday 18 – Cattistock & Symene U11
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allows for public consultation. If I am looking forward meeting
you are challenged, please be everyone in due course and hope Wednesday 19 – Puddletown II
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assured that there have been no
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applications for any DMMOs in that we can continue serving the Saturday 22 – Royal Challenger Sports
the parish. If there are any in the village as well as our predecessors. Sunday 23 – Charlton Down (TT25)
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future, the Parish Council will be Jagtar Singh
informed. Monday 24 – Martinstown U15
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Environment and Saturday 29 - Christchurch
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Conservation
It is now 9 years since the Parish Council
bought, with the help of a nature conservation BERE REGIS HISTORY SOCIETY
grant, the Souls Moor/ Bere Stream SNCI (Site
of Nature Conservation Interest) in order to
create a village nature reserve. Time has Driving Cress to the Local Markets
moved on and much has changed which has
benefited wildlife. It is worth reflecting on how I recently found some entries in one of my father's diaries
our nature reserve has developed and what from the late 1940s which referred to how Bedford & Jesty
has been achieved. . transported their cress to the markets in London. The
designated driver usually chose a youngster to help with the
Ponies have been grazing for the past 4 years unloading at the other end, and they had to get there very
and created close cropped grass in the wetter early in the morning. My Dad was aged 18 in 1949. The dates and entries are as
boggy areas where important plants such as follows:-
the Southern Marsh Orchids are now
flourishing. They are not so interested in the 11-12 April 1949: "After supper I went with the cress lorry to London. The driver was
drier parts nearer to the school where longer Fred Dean and we left Bere Regis about 11 o'clock. After driving all night we

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