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Pop In Place Community Christmas Party Fly Tipping
On Friday 8 December 2pm -4pm the Pop In will be holding a Christmas party we This is becoming more and more of a problem
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will providing light festive refreshment and Retro Rita will be performing her with residents dumping their grass cuttings and
wonderful Christmas set, it is sure to be a great afternoon if you want to attend hedge trimmings on land that does not belong
please see Alison Bennett and get on the Party list for Christmas. to them. This leads to the Lengthsman spending
Thanks to the Parish Council we will be able to provide transport in the shape of unnecessary time clearing the areas and
the community bus, so if you want to attend and have transport please let us disposing of the rubbish.
know. Since the start of this financial year, the
Have you checked out our Pop In Place website popinplace.org? Lengthsman has spent over 40 hours picking up
litter and disposing of fly tipping – that’s over
For more information call Alison Bennett 01929 472023 £700 in just five months. If you are unable to
dispose of your garden waste at the local
recycling centre, sign up for the Dorset Council
Garden Waste Collection service here: https://
BERE REGIS THOSE BYGONE DAYS A dorset-self.achieveservice.com/service/
DWP_Garden_waste_Application.
PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION

Christmas Trees

(A trip down memory lane seen through the lens of a camera) Now that August is here in all its blazing glory, it’s time to think about Christmas.
We are hoping to keep them at £10 for a 4’ tree again this year. If you would like
This will be a fantastic photo Exhibition of Old Bere Regis on Saturday 28 October to order a tree, please contact the Clerk as soon as possible. Payment will have
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at the Village Hall in North Street between 10am - 6pm to be made by bank transfer as usual.
Mark Bennett has specially produced a brilliant souvenir booklet of this exhibition
and they will be on sale.
Village Calendar
Many photos from Mark and
The Village Calendar will be on sale at Nisa from September. The chosen charity
Paul’s collections will take you
on a journey back in time to this year will be Dorset Mind. This is a self-funded local charity that helps people in
the Bere Regis of yester year Dorset experiencing mental health problems access the vital support they need.
when the horses and carts Calendars will cost £5 each still.
travelled the roads and bread
was baked in the village. Communibus Trips
There will be Refreshments and These are proving incredibly popular and the bus is now out almost every week.
a wonderful opportunity to The programme for the remainder of the year is as follows:
learn about how the village
used to be in those Bygone Sept 6th Upton Country Park & Poole Quay - £10 Depart 10am
days.
Sept 20th Bournemouth Gardens - £10 Depart 10am
Offers of help with refreshment or stewarding please phone 01929 472023
Oct 3rd Weymouth Home Bargains, B&M & Goulds - £10 Depart 10am
Admission is £3 and children free. Raising funds for Bere Regis Village Hall.
Oct 16th Sherborne - £12 Depart 9am

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