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village walk 7th June

7th June walk will start 1hr later than originally stated. See details in the events.

Added by Jennifer Bower on May 16, 2017 at 14:47 — No Comments

VANDALS RETURN TO THE COMMUNITY FIELD

ON FRIDAY (12/5/2017) WE HAD A RETURN VISIT FROM VANDALS WHO DECIDED TO, AGAIN, SMASH THEIR BEER BOTTLES AGAINST THE BLOCK HOUSE WALL LEAVING GREEN BROKEN GLASS IN THE GRASS AROUND THE PLAY EQUIPMENT AND ON THE PLAY SAFETY SURFACES. WE ARE 99% SURE THAT WE HAVE PICKED UP THE GLASS BUT PLEASE BE VIGILANT.

AGAIN, LAST NIGHT (13/5/2017) WE HAD A VISIT FROM TWO YOUTHS IN A RED PEUGEOT CAR AT ABOUT 10-30PM / 11.00PM WHO PARKED OUTSIDE THE COMMUNITY FIELD AND LEFT THEIR BEER…

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Added by Sandra Jenkins on May 14, 2017 at 10:00 — 1 Comment

Have you seen this man?

On Tuesday 9 May at around 5pm when a man driving a beaten up dark green or black Golf was seen driving out of the drive of Forest Lodge, away from the house, with a black hoody right down over his face. He sped up and didn’t stop - a delivery man or friend would have stopped. He has been seen on two other occasions on the hill up to the village and has overtaken one of the girls who works for Lucy Nelson in an aggressive fashion. Lucy has reported this to the police and has put locks on all… Continue

Added by geoff parcell on May 11, 2017 at 19:30 — No Comments

ALLERT village walk on Friday 12th May

The walk on Friday starts at 10am not the time I originally stated on the web. Apologies

Jennifer

Added by Jennifer Bower on May 9, 2017 at 9:02 — No Comments

Village Coffee Morning - Saturday 13th May

Pen Selwood Community Association

Coffee Morning

Woodlands, Underhill, Pen Selwood.

Saturday 13th May

10-30am – 12-00noon.

By kind permission of Jeremy & Ann Cox

Proceeds in aid of the…

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Added by Tony Harrison on May 8, 2017 at 18:31 — No Comments

History Society meetings

Nick Hoare will talk about “The History of Stourhead Woods” at 7:30pm on Wed May 17 at Manor Barn. Please let me know if you are planning to attend so we can arrange the chairs and glasses.

Jenny Steadman will talk about "The Great Game. Nineteenth Century British and Russian rivalry in Central Asia.” 7:30pm on Wed 7 June at Woodlands. Please let Jeremy know if you are planning to attend.…

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Added by geoff parcell on May 3, 2017 at 22:16 — No Comments

Pen Conservatives annual Salmon Lunch

Pen Conservatives annual Salmon Lunch will be at Pen Mill Farm on 18th June.

Tickets £15.00

Contact Peter FitzGerald on 01747 840895 or Annie Harvey on 01747 840438

Added by Admin on May 3, 2017 at 16:34 — No Comments

Pen Paper - June issue

Let me have your contributions for the Pen Paper by 15th May please.

Photos, news items, reports of recent events, upcoming events, general interest stories all welcome!

Geoff Parcell

Added by Admin on May 1, 2017 at 13:11 — No Comments

Rural Broadband Newsletter

Newsletter

Added by geoff parcell on April 12, 2017 at 15:00 — No Comments

JUMBLE SALE

The Annual Jumble Sale on Saturday 25th March raised £554.27 for St Michael's Church.

Thank you to everyone who donated raffle prizes, jumble, white elephant , produce and cakes and to all the helpers on the day for making this another successful event

Added by Sandra Jenkins on April 1, 2017 at 11:30 — No Comments

South West Trains: Hong Kong firm MTR to help run rail franchise

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-39403162

Added by Admin on March 27, 2017 at 10:22 — No Comments

BT to be fined £42 million by Ofcom for breaching contracts with telecoms providers

BT to be fined £42 million by Ofcom for breaching contracts with telecoms providers https://www.ofcom.org.uk/about-ofcom/latest/media/media-releases/2017/bt-to-be-fined-for-breaching-contracts

They will also have to pay out an estimated £300 million in compensation.

Added by geoff parcell on March 27, 2017 at 8:50 — No Comments

Village walks

The next 3 walks have been added to the diary.

Added by Jennifer Bower on March 24, 2017 at 13:28 — No Comments

The Critical Global Citizen

Added by Admin on March 24, 2017 at 9:00 — No Comments

Community Field Vandalism

HELP REQUIRED PLEASE

On the evening/night of 15 March the Community Field had a visit from some individuals who decided that it would be a good idea to use the field as a pub and then to smash their empty bottles on the play equipment and against the wall of the 'block house'

This obviously left a considerable amount of broken glass on the play…

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Added by Sandra Jenkins on March 16, 2017 at 18:00 — 1 Comment

Bryan John Young 1929-2017 - "his contribution to farming and the community was legendary"

Bryan John Young 1929-2017 - "his contribution to farming and the community was legendary" BMV article

Added by Admin on March 14, 2017 at 13:11 — No Comments

BRYAN JOHN YOUNG FUNERAL SERVICE

A Thanksgiving Service for Bryan will be held at St Michael's Church Pen Selwood on Thursday 23rd March at 2-30pm.

There will be time during the wake for anyone to stand up and say a few words or tell a short story.

The family have asked if anyone has any nice or amusing photographs of Bryan to lend.Can you please let Caroline have them before Wednesday 22nd. Please put your name on the back so that they can be returned.

Also if anyone has a cork pin board or any other…

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Added by Sandra Jenkins on March 11, 2017 at 11:00 — No Comments

Shaftesbury Hospital beds

Until 28th February 2017 we have a chance to object to the closure of beds in Shaftesbury Hospital and there is a on-line petition we can all sign if we do not want this to happen. The link is:http://saveourbeds.co.uk/fill-in-the-questionnaire/ If you follow the link you can go through the campaign website which explains how not to fall foul of the first question.

For those of you who do not know the Shaftesbury… Continue

Added by geoff parcell on February 26, 2017 at 19:51 — No Comments

Notes of the Broadband Meeting 17th February 2017

Notes of Village Broadband Meeting – Friday 17th February 2017 can be found in the Broadband label under the SERVICES menu.

Added by Tony Harrison on February 24, 2017 at 14:35 — No Comments

Are you interested in Pilates?

PILATES

Would you be interested in joining a

Pilates class in the Village Hall?

I am trying to gauge interest in the village and, if it is sufficient, getting one of the Scott Studio network (pilates training centre) to run a weekly class. …

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Added by Bruce Bower on February 20, 2017 at 15:30 — No Comments