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more exercise which means I OBITUARIES

get additional walks. I like this I
can roll in the grass when its
warm and there is no dew. We Richard George Curtis
go to different places from the
normal morning routine. On the Rich was born on 4 October 1951 at Somerleigh Court. He was the first child
negative side there are no left and only son to Olive and Doug. They lived with Grannie Stainer in
over snacks and I am not fond Puddletown and made good friends, Bill and Freda Gifford and their son
of cauliflower rice or courgetti Steve who went on to be a life long friend.
spaghetti. There is virtually no The family moved around with Doug's job and they went to West Knighton
natural yoghurt left in the pots where Valerie was born, then to Bladen Valley where Diana was born and to
when I am given one to clean out. She has no hope she’s eaten it all. Well we Bere Regis.
shall see, who knows with fewer Christmas parties if she does lose some weight
there may be a chance she won’t put it all on again over Christmas. Happy memories at Bladen Valley as the houses had large grass areas at the
front and they had hours of fun playing football and cricket. There were
At the time of writing there are still two weeks to the hour going back and two happy memories in Bere, playing badminton on the lawn or in the field
weeks to Halloween and then bonfire night. The noise of fireworks does not playing tip n run.
bother me but there will be a lot of dogs who will be very happy if there are no
firework parties this year. Perhaps we will make a lantern out of the pumpkin for Happy times on holidays in Devon, but only after Dad had finished
Halloween. I hope there are no frightening knocks on our door, or children and harvesting.
things going bump and wailing and gnashing in North Street that night. No
Halloween parties in the pub but I suppose we can watch it all on Strictly which Rich went to school at Affpuddle and then on to the brand new secondary
starts this weekend so some things still keep going. at Puddletown. He was good at maths, technical drawing and geography
but struggled with english. Glo said that this was true in his adult life as he
She has donated the hoarded tins of potatoes and carrots to the food bank knew where all the holiday destinations were, where Glo had to start with 'is
rather than keep them in the cupboard going out of date. While there is still it a hot or cold place?' , however she always had to take care of the form
some reasonable weather we have filling.
been going out on expeditions to
Bridport, Cerne Abbas, Tyneham During one maths lesson Rich was distracted and 'Clarky' the teacher said
and Worbarrow, Badbury Rings, that if he didn't pay attention he could leave, so Rich did just that. Slowly
Hans Tout and Okeford Hill. There most of his mates also left the classroom and they ended up playing cards in
are plans to see Autumn colour the cloakroom.
next month. This is good, passes Rich excelled at cricket at school and played for the Dorset Youth team. His
the time and is enjoyable. We are head masters comments were, that if Richard put as much effort into his
lucky, we live here in the country in school work as he did being opening batsman then he could do well. Rich
a county of stunning beauty and also played footbal and when Glo met him he was the proud owner of a
can socially distance easily. We bright yellow pair of football boots.
must hope for a mild winter so we
can keep going. At least the rule Rich did pass his initial entrance exam to go into the
of six allows a reasonable social life at the moment but one has to decide if one navy but the attraction of earning money got the
should enjoy it while it lasts or stay in for safety. better of him and he left school without doing his
exams.
Jenny Stone
He took up a job at South Western Farmers,
Broadmayne but he was stuck indoors and it didn't
really suit him. He then went to Rossmore Saw Mills

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