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BERE REGIS WI

We are sad to say that due to unforeseen
circumstances we had to cancel our outing to
Minterne House but instead we are lucky enough
to have a Fire Arms Officer living in Bere Regis
who has offered to give us a brief history of
firearms with policing in the UK and Dorset. It
should give us an insight of what our Police have to cope with night and day in
these uncertain times. We are meeting at the Police Headquarters in Wool for
what we are sure will be an interesting evening. Full disclosure in next month's
magazine!

We have been very busy lately starting with
August Bank Holiday Monday when we were
asked to provide tea for the annual cricket
match between Bere Regis and a team -
Leeside - from Essex. This team plus their families
have come most years since about 1980 and
they play local village teams whilst staying in
various Hotels. We were asked to supply tea for
approximately 40 people and a very good
spread of sandwiches, sausage rolls - which
went very quickly - and a variety of cakes were
all gratefully received.
We also had a tombola for the wives and
children which was well supported by several
young boys who
went away with
various items - a
carriage clock, several rather nice vases and lots
of other items - which must have pleased their
mothers! Anyway we did make some money for
our funds so everyone was happy. AND Bere
Regis won the match!
It was also the WI's turn to arrange the flowers in
the Church for the first two weeks of September
and this coincided with the funeral of Phil Robbins
and we were asked if we would like to obtain the
flowers, for which we were given an impressive
sum to spend, and make the Church look as
splendid as possible for this special day. Four
Members of our WI did pedestal arrangements

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