Welcome to our 2006 NewYear Newsletter!
So whats new on the site since we last chatted?

There are plenty of local transport options for villagers to get around without having to use their cars. Click
the photo above for more information...

The Parish Council Meetings Minutes have been archived stretching back to January 1988. You can see them here. The Drax Hall Meetings Minutes have been archived stretching back to April 1993. You can see them here

We
have reached our 5,000th Unique Visitor!!!
A big thank you to all our readers & I hope you have got as much enjoyment out of this site as I have. Since we started in November 2003, the site has grown to over 450 pages with more than 500 photographs...read more here

Now that the temperatures are plummenting, click here to read our advice & tips for making this your most comfortable & safe winter ever...

It is with great sadness that we note the passing away of a much appreciated and admired former vicar of Bere Regis, The Venerable Graham Roblin OBE. A former Archdeacon of the Army and Deputy Chaplain General, Graham was the Vicar of St. John the Baptist church from 1993-2001. He will be greatly missed by the many in the village who knew him and I'd like to extend our sympathies to his wife, Penny & his children and great grandchildren.
Click the photo above to read a few of his Obituaries

We have added a map to our Guestbook page that shows where in the world all our Guests live. Click the world above to see it...

We have added the 12 Photographs of the Village in the 1950's from the Ashley Series of Photographs & Calanders held in the Birkinshaw Archive. They were taken by Donald Ashley Birkinshaw (1922 - 1988). We now have 280 Historical Photographs in our Collection. Click the photo above to see the Birkinshaw Photographs...

We have archived the Village Website News - click the photo above to see them

We have added a New Photograph Gallery showing our Wonderful local Ancient Woodland. Click above for photographs relating to the Village Woods
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