Bere Regis Village Diary Archives

October 2003

4th - Concert for Harvest, Parish Church - 7.30pm
7th - Gardening Club - P P Plants
8th - Autumn Leaves, Drax Hall, Slides of Roses - 2.30pm
11th - Pop in Place Jumble Sale & Auction - 3pm
26th - Tea Dance - Drax Hall
31st - 2nd Nov - Annual Craft Fair, Cyril Wood Court

November 2003

4th Gardening Club - Dorset Weather
14th - Pop in Place Children In Need - 10am - 12pm
Autumn Leaves, Drax Hall, Films by David Chubb - 2.30pm
Autumn Leaves Christmas Bazaar, Drax Hall - 2pm

December 2003

2nd - Gardening Club - Christmas Party
6th - Briantspuddle Christmas Fair
6th - Christmas Concert by the Briantspuddle Singers
7th - Bere Regis School Xmas Fayre - 2pm - 5pm
8th - Christmas Bingo, Drax Hall - 7pm
10th - Autumn Leaves Christmas Afternoon with the Woodbury Hill Singers, Drax Hall - 2.30pm
13th - Handel's Messiah, Dorchester Choral Society, St. Mary's Church - 7.30pm
13th - Golf Society Xmas Presentation evening, Bulbury Woods
18th - Pop in Place - Alice in PantoLand, Drax Hall - 7pm
20th - Pop in Place Community Christmas Party - 3pm

January 2004

9th - Ancient Order of Foresters trip to the Lighthouse - Peter Pan
14th - Autumn Leaves New Year Party, Drax Hall - 2.30pm
15th - Twinning Association AGM, Sports Club - 7.30pm
31st - Purbeck School Band Concert in Church
31st - PiP Social evening, karaoke & disco, BLH - 7.30pm

February 2004

11th - Experiences of Lady Brewer, Autumn Leaves - 2.30pm
18th - Coffee morning at the Vicarage - 10.30am

March 2004

2nd - Gardening Club - Val Hurlston-Gardener - My Favourite Gardens
20th - Cancer Research UK Coffee Morning, Cyril Wood Court - 10am
20th - "Thank you for the Music" Charity concert in Aid of Nick White - We need your help - 7pm Drax Hall

April 2004

5th - PiP AGM Drax Hall - 7pm
6th - Gardening Club - Keith Andrews - Plush Orchids
9th - PiP Easter Egg Raffle & Bonnet Parade, Drax Hall - 10am-12pm
12th - A step back in time Exhibition on the Village - 10am - 4pm Drax Hall - Details
24th - Mothers' Union Coffee Morning, Turberville Court - 10am - 12pm
28th - Coffee morning at Charlie & Kath's, Autumn Leaves - 10.30am

May 2004

4th - Gardening Club - Mr Tinsley - Underwater off the Dorset Coast
14th - Fork Supper with Pat & John House at West Court

June 2004

1st - Gardening Club - Mark Read - Vegetables
8th - PiP Village Quiz, Drax Hall - 7.30pm
19th - Bere Regis Church Garden Party

July 2004

3rd - Bere Regis Church Coach Outing to Marlborough
6th - Gardening Club - John England - Iceland
18th - Bere Regis Open Gardens
30th - Vicarage BBQ

August 2004

3rd - Gardening Club - A Summer Evening in a garden
4th - Coffee Morning at Rene & Gordon Phillip's - 10.30am
6th - PiP Childrens' Activities, Drax Hall - 10am-12pm
10th - Holiday club at Butt Lane Chapel - 10am - 12.30pm
11th - Holiday club at Butt Lane Chapel - 10am - 12.30pm
12th - Holiday club at Butt Lane Chapel - 10am - 12.30pm
13th - PiP Childrens' Activities, Drax Hall - 10am-12pm
14th - Autumn leaves talk on Arabian coustume & jewellery - 2.30pm
15th - Holiday club Family Service - Butt Lane - 10am - 12.30pm
20th - PiP Childrens' Activities, Drax Hall - 10am-12pm
27th - PiP Childrens' Activities, Drax Hall - 10am-12pm

September 2004

7th - Gardening Club - Harvest Supper
8th - Autumn leaves 33rd birthday lunch - 1pm
11th - PiP Performer of the Year, Drax Hall - 7pm
11th-19th - Dorset Architectural Heritage Week; Church Tours & Tower open
18th - Kingsbere Quilters exhibition at Cyril Wood Court
17-19th - Twinning Weekend - visitors from Cerences
26th - Harvest Festival family Service - Butt Lane - 10am

October 2004

5th - Gardening Club - Pat Haskells - Knoll Gardens
9th - PiP Jumble Sale, Drax Hall - 2pm
13th - Autumn leaves - talk by a meter reader - 2.30pm
16th - Church Gift Day

November 2004

2nd - Gardening Club - Richard Brown - Lambs Tails
5th - Winterbourne Kingston Firework Display
6th - FOBRS - Bonfire & Firework Display - 6.30pm
10th - Safer routes to school exhibition. BR School Hall - 1pm - 8pm
10th - Autumn Leaves - 'Mammals' by Dorset Wildlife - 2.30pm
11th - Special Constabulary open meeting, Bovington 5.30pm - 8.30pm
19th - PiP Children in Need, Drax Hall - 10am-12pm
27th - Christmas Coffee morning at Cyril Wood Court - 10.30am
29th - Christmas Fayre - Autumn Leaves - 2pm

December 2004

7th - Gardening Club - Christmas Party
8th - Autumn Leaves Christmas Afternoon with Woodbury Hill Singers - 2.30pm
11th - Mysto Magic for the Children, Drax Hall - 10.30am
11th - 'Roof Rasing Feast' - Church Tower Appeal
18th - PiP Christmas Party, Drax Hall - 3pm

January 2005

12th - Autumn Leaves, New Year Party - 2.30pm
15/16th - Open Weekend at Cyril Wood Court

February 2005

9th - Autumn Leaves talk on stick making with Steve Barrett - 2.30pm
12th - Bere Regis Scouts - Valentine's Supper
12th - Pop in Place Social Disco, Royal British Legion - 7.30pm
23rd - Church coffee Morning at the Vicarage - 10.30am

March 2005

2nd/9th/16th - Lent Lunches in Church
9th - Autumn Leaves - Jim Waterworth - a Vet - 2.30pm
11th - Barn Dance in aid of St. John the Baptist Church funds - 7.30pm
12th - Briantspuddle Village Hall Curry Supper - 7.30pm
25th - Pop in Place Easter Egg Raffle & Easter Bonnet Parade

April 2005

13th - Autumn Leaves Spring Tour to Stewart's Nurseries - 10.30am
22nd - Pop in Place AGM
23rd - Church coach Outing to Wells Cathedral - 8am
27th - Autumn Leaves coffee morning at 'Larkspur' - 10-12pm
30th - Pop in Place Pip Squeaks in Concert - 7pm

May 2005

11th - Autumn Leaves - Pub signs & stories, Robin Curtis - 2.30pm

June 2005

6th - Pop in Place Village Quiz - 7.30pm
8th - Autumn Leaves Summer Outing to Sidmouth - 10am
11th - Mothers' Union Coffee morning, Turberville Court - 10am
12th - Briantspuddle Open Gardens
18th - Church Garden Party
25th - Affpuddle Church Fete, The Granary - 2-5pm

July 2005

3rd - Bere Regis Open Gardens - 10am - 4pm
13th - Church Coffee morning at Pat Chesney's, Tower Hill
13th - Autumn Leaves Rose competition & exhibition of bud vases. Talk on Croatia by John Griffiths - 2.30pm

August 2005

5th/19th/26th - Pop in Place Children's Summer Activities - 10am - 11.45pm
10th - Autumn Leaves - Guide Dog afternoon - 2.30pm
10-12th - Holiday Club for youngsters - Butt Lane Chapel - 10.15-12 noon
14th - Special Holiday Club Children's service & prizegiving - Butt Lane Chapel - 10-11.30am

September 2005

6th - RBL Gardening Club - Harvest Supper - 8pm
10th - Pop in Place Performer of the Year competition - 7pm
14th - Autumn Leaves - 35th Birthday Luncheon - 1pm
16-18th - Twinning Association Visit to Cerences
18th - Harvest Thanksgiving Family Service - Butt Lane Chapel - 10-11.30am

October 2005

2nd - Church Harvest Festival
4th - RBL Gardening Club - Autumn Colour - 8pm
8th - Auction of Promises in aid of Church Funds, Drax Hall
12th - Autumn Leaves - Travel with John England - 2.30pm
15th - Pop in Place Jumble Sale & Mini Auction - 2pm

November 2005

1st - RBL Gardening Club Club - Update on Bestwall - 8pm
9th - Autumn Leaves - The Turkoman, Mr Hawkes - 2.30pm
13th - Royal British Legion Rememberance Service, Butt Lane Chapel - 6.30pm
18th - Pop in Place Children in Need - 10am - 12pm
26th - Church Christmas Coffee morning, Cyril Wood Court

December 2005

6th - RBL Gardening Club - Christmas Party - 8pm
10-13th - Exhibition of Paintings & Sculpture by Charles Tibbey, Cyril Wood Court
14th - Autumn Leaves - Christmas with Woodbury Hill Singers - 2.30pm
17th - Pop in Place Christmas Event - 3pm

January 2006

11th - Autumn Leaves New Year Party, Drax Hall - 2.30pm
18th - Coffee Morning at the Vicarage - 10.30am

February 2006

8th - Autumn Leaves - The Magic of Nature - 2.30pm
10th - Scouts Valentine Spectacular
28th - WI Pancake race, North Street

March 2006

8th - Autumn Leaves - Budgies - 2.30pm

April 2006

29th - Bere regis Church outing to the Isle of Wight & Osborne House

May 2006

2nd - Gardening Club - Chris Hunter - Wall Shrubs
10th -Autumn Leaves - The Donkey Sanctuary by Mrs Rawlings - 2.30pm
13th - Pop in Place Performaers Celebration Concert
27th - Mothers Union Coffee Morning, Turberville Court - 10.30am

June 2006

4th - Briantspuddle Open Gardens event
6th - Garden Club - Visit to be announced
14th - Autumn Leaves - Coach Tour to Sidmouth - 10am
17th - Affpuddle Church Fete
24th - Bere Regis Church Fete

July 2006

9th - Pop in Place Open Gardens event
12th -Autumn Leaves - Rose Competition & Exhibition of embroidered tablecloths - Drax Hall - 2.30pm
16th - Dorset Kidney Fund Garden Party - Honeycombe Cottage, Shitterton - 2.30 - 5pm
25-27th - New Forest & Hampshire County Show
30th - BBQ in the Peace Garden, St Laurence's Affpuddle - 12.30pm

August 2006

6th - Open Garden & rural Crafts - Shitterton Farmhouse - 11am - 6pm
9th - Autumn Leaves - Humorous talk on Camping - 2.30pm

September 2006

9th - Dorset Historic Churches Trust sponsored cycle ride
13th - Autumn Leaves - 35th Birthday Lunch - Drax Hall - 1pm
16th - Pop in Place Community Celebration Day - 2pm - 11pm

October 2006

7th - Auction of Promises in aid of Church funds, Drax Hall - 7.30pm
11th - Autumn Leaves - Dorset Curiosities - Drax Hall - 2.30pm
18th - Purbeck Film Festival - Drax Hall - 7pm

November 2006

8th - Autumn Leaves - Talk by Kate Greenaway - 2.30pm
11th - Table Top Sale Drax Hall - 10am

December 2006

2nd - The Yetties - Drax Hall - 7.30pm
4th - Christmas Bingo - Drax Hall - 7.30pm
13th - Autumn Leaves Christmas Afternoon - Drax Hall - 2.30pm

January 2007

Coming soon!

February 2007

Coming soon!

March 2007

3rd - Dorset Latvia Link Jumble Sale
6th - Gardening Club - pruning shrubs, Simon Goldsack - 8pm
8th - Talk - Briantspuddle Village Hall, 'The Middle East'
12th - Pop in Place prize Bingo - 10-12pm
13th - Artsreach 'The Gamekeeper', Drax Hall - 7pm
14th - Autumn Leaves 'The Acorn Way' Colin Hunter - 2.30pm

April 2007

3rd - Gardening Club - Talk on colour, Ray Maycock - 8pm
6th - Pop in Place Easter egg raffle & Easter bonnets - 10am
11th - Autumn Leaves Trip to Stewarts, Sainsburys etc - 10.30am
12th - Talk - Briantspuddle Village Hall, 'Sierra Leone'
18th - Coffee morning at Kath & Charlies, Larkspur - 10.30am
21st - Kingsbere Music Trust Muscial Evening - 7.30pm
21st - Hambury Tout - Drax Hall - 7pm
25th - Coffee Morning at the Vicarage - 10.30am
27th - Pop in Place AGM - 10.30am
28th - Annual Church Outing - Hampton Court Palace - 8am

May 2007

1st - Gardening Club, Iris, Ian Smith - 8pm
9th - Autumn Leaves - 'The Inner Sanctum' Rob Curtis - 2.20pm
12th - Conservation group visit to Hyde Woods/Forest Gate - 2pm
12th - Gardening Club coffee morning & plant stall
23rd - Gardening Club - evening visit to Minterne Gardens - 5.30pm
27th - Band Concert - Sailors Return, Chaldon Herring

June 2007

3rd - Briantspuddle Open Gardens
5th - Gardening Club - annual outing
9th - Pop in Place Performers Summer Bring Me Sunshine Show - 7pm
13th - Autumn Leaves trip to Sidmouth - 10am
16th - Strawberries & Cream Teas Garden Party - Honeycombe Cottage - In Aid of Cancer Research UK - 3pm - Details here
23rd - Affpuddle Church Fete - Cruck Cottage - 2-4.30pm
26th - Gardening Club - Afternoon visit to Farrs Lodge, Wimborne

July 2007

3rd - Gardening Club - Kenya Orphans, Ian Ventham - 8pm
7th - Conservation Group - 'Breakfast with Moths', Higher Hyde - 8am
11th - Autumn Leaves Rose Competition & Exhibition of cushions - 2.30pm
15th - Pop in Place Bere Regis Open Gardens Event in Aid of Cancer Research UK. Programmes are £3.50 from the Drax Hall - 10-5pm. Details here
29th - Barbecue in the Peace Garden at Affpuddle Church - 12-3pm

August 2007

7th - Gardening Club - Annual Summer BBQ, Shitterton Farmhouse
8th - Autumn Leaves 22 years on the road with Sooty & Sweep by Connie Creighton - 2.30pm
8th/9th/10th/12th - Holiday Club for children - Congregational Chapel - 10am
12th - Annual RBL Garden Show
17th/24th/31st - Pop in Place childrens Summer activities - 10-11.45am

September 2007

1st - Treasure Auction in aid of Affpuddle Church, Brinatspuddle Village Hall
4th - Gardening Club - talk on pub signs, Rob Curtis - 8pm
8th - Pop in Place Performer of the Year competition - 7pm
8th - Dorset Historic Churches Trust cycle ride
12th - Autumn Leaves 36th birthday lunch - 1pm
12th - Coffee Morning at the Vicarage - 10.30am
19th - Wildlife Talk, Briantspuddle Village Hall - 7.30pm
21-23rd - Twinning Association visit to Cerences
30th - Affpuddle Church Harvest Festival & Lunch
30th - St. John the Baptist Church - Harvest Festival Service & Supper - 6pm
30th - Congregational Chapel, Harvest Family Service
30th - Harvest Lunch, Briantspuddle Village Hall - 12.30pm

October 2007

1st - Bere Heath Chapel, Harvest Auction - 7.15pm
2nd - Gardening Club - Annual Harvest Supper
6th - Canzonetta in Concert, Bere Regis Church - 7.30pm
6th - Briantspuddle Village Skittles
10th - Autumn Leaves Anecdotes & Monologues (humorous) by Babs Doswell - 2.30pm
11th - Green Energy talk, Mike Menzies, Briantspuddle Village Hall - 7.30pm
13th - Purbeck Film Festival, Miss Potter, Drax Hall
20th - Pop in Place Jumble Sale & Mini Auction - 2pm
20th - Purbeck Film Festival, Monsoon Wedding, curry supper - 7.30pm

November 2007

6th - Gardening Club - Talk on Wild Flowers, Eric Watson - 8pm
14th - Autumn Leaves - Italy & Sicily by John England - 2.30pm
22nd - From the Andes to the Antarctic talk by Shirley Critchley - 7.30pm
24th - Braintspuddle Christmas Fair, Village Hall

December 2007

4th - Gardening Club - Christmas mulled wine & mince pies
8th - New Scorpion Band, Holly & the Ivy & Supper - 7.30pm
12th - Autumn Leaves - Christmas Afternoon - 2.30pm

January 2008

7th - Pop in Place re-opens - 10am
8th - Gardening Club - New Year Party
11th - Pop in Place Bring & Buy Sale - 10am
12th - Pop in Place New Year Disco - 7.30-11pm

February 2008

5th - Gardening Club - Daffodills - John Blanchard. AGM
15th - Concert by the Denner Ensemble, Affpuddle Church - 7.30pm
21st - Puppet Show, Head in the Cloud

March 2008

4th - Organic Vegatables - Sara Cross
11th - Forest Forge, The Marrow, Drax Hall
21st - PiP Easter Egg Raffle & Easter Bonnet Parade - 10-12pm

April 2008

1st - Gardening Club, Romantic Italian Gardens, Rosemary Le Grand
5th - "Ahoy There" - an entertainment by Woodbury Hill Singers - 7pm
9th - Autumn Leaves - Tour to Christchurch - 10.30am
12th - Briantspuddle Hall, Book Swap Club
16th - Coffee Morning at Larkspur, Snow Hill, Kath & Charlie - 10-12 noon
18th - Bournemouth Gilbert & Sullivan Society at Bere Regis Church
25th - PiP AGM - 10.30am
26th - Bere Regis Church annual coach outing to Windsor Castle
26th - Gardening Club, Coffee morning & plant sale

May 2008

3rd - Church Coffee morning at Wareham Town Hall with cakes & plants
3rd - The Yetties in concert, Drax Hall - 7pm
6th - Gardening Club, European Alps & Flowers - Richard Collier
10th - Wildlife Watch - visit to Higher Hyde Nature Reserve - 10am
10th Briantspuddle Hall, Book Swap Club
14th - Autumn Leaves - Lake District by Richard Collier - 2.30pm
14th - Church Coffee morning - 102 North Street - 10.30am
17th - PiP Performers Summer Concert - 3pm & 7pm
17th - Coffee Morning at Launchfield House

June 2008

tbc - Gardening Club, annual outing
6-8th - Flower Festival at Affpuddle Church
11th - Autumn Leaves - Tour to Sidmouth - 10am
14th - Briantspuddle Hall, Book Swap Club
23rd - PiP Village Quiz - 7.30pm

July 2008

1st - Gardening Club, Lady Brewer, Babs Dodwell
5th - Affpuddle Church Fete & Dog Show
9th - Autumn Leaves - Rose Competition & Exhibition of Plates - 2.30pm
13th - PiP, Bere Regis Open Gardens - 10am-5pm
27th - Wareham Town Band & Cream Tea, Drax Hall - 2.15-4.15pm