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Defib Runners in order of prox imity to the Defib at Buckland Newton V illage Hall Lisa Peart 01300 34557 8 Keith Darby shire 0 1300 345196 Gill Nell 01300 34582 5 Sandie Stou t 01300 345135 Dav id Morris 01300 34540 2 Geri Aitkenh ead 0 7864 195619

The Ly dden Vale N ew s is deliv ered to ov er four hun dred household s and has an excellent online presence v ia The Buckland New ton Community w ebsite www .bucklandnew t on.c om To promote y our busine ss in thi s sp ace , please see the deta ils on pa ge 3

NOW OPEN EV ERY D AY Break f ast Club available from 8am f or children aged from 2 ye ars . Governm ent Earl y Y ears F unding accepted, non -f unded h ours charge d at £4.50 per hour —3 & 4 year olds £5.00 per hour —2 year olds For m ore inform ation pleas e contact the school of f ice on: 0 130 0 3453 93 office@buckla ndnewton.dors et.sch.uk

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Friday 14th February - 12.15 pm 2ND FRIDA Y LUNCH CLUB Last month the Lun ch Club met in the village hall. Altho ugh c ond itions w ere still icy , ther e w as a good turnout, and the hall w as lovely an d w arm. After a n ex c elle nt lunch Jan M ar pole announced raffle takings amounted t o £38 .The raffle pro ceeds often pa y fo r the ingred ien t s used to make the lunches. On Friday 14 February we are back again in Buckland Newton Village Hall. We tend to arrive between 12.15 - 12.30 pm. The menu this month is as follow s: Baked Gammon w ith Parsley Sauce or Fish pie T reacle Tart or App le S ponge Puddin g If you haven't already done so, please let Br idget Hodges know if you are planning to attend. DO YOU KNOW OF A NYONE WHO MIGHT LIKE TO JOIN OUR VOLUNTEER HELPERS? T he 2nd Friday Lunch Club is l ooking for a few more volunteers to join our lovely team to general ly help w ith our lunches. Lunch events ar e shared betw een Buckland New ton village hall and local pubs. Vill age Hall Lunche s We usually cater for approx imately 30 people, cook and serv e 2 main course and 2 pudding choices. The first duty of the day is to lay up the tables with cutlery and place settings. When everyone has arrived and are settled, each table is then served. Lastly , there is plenty of w ashing up to look forw ard to. Volunteer ing is not an onerous job as our guests truly love and appreciat e getting together and enjoying a good home cooked lunch. M ight you have a few hour s to spare once every other mont h w hen we get together in our village hall? Rubber gloves and tea tow els provided! For mor e infor mation, please contact Bridget Ho dges on 01300 345493. Janet Seal y ***************************************************************************************************************************** *******************

Thursday 6th and 20th February - 2 pm KNIT AND NA TTER Our first session of 2025 w as held in the Village Hall on a snow y but bright afternoon. 16 of us braved the cold and enjoyed a cosy crafting session, catching up following the Christmas and New Y ear festivities. Some of us are knitting T rauma T eddies. We are getting quite a collection now - ready to donate to the E mergency Services. They give them to childr en w ho have been caught up in a tr aumatic situation. Our sessions for February are on Thursday afternoons - 6th and 20th from 2-4 pm at the Ga ggle of Geese. Come along and join us with whatever crafting project you ar e curr ently w orking on. Everyone w elcome If you w ould like to know more, ple ase do give one of us a call Lyn Cox 01300 345739 Jane W illis 01300 345477 ************************* ************** ************* ***** ********* ************* **************

Saturday 8th February – 10.00 - 12 COFFEE MORNING IN HOL Y ROOD CHUR CH (See page 21 for deta ils ) ***************************************************************************************************************************** ********************

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Based in Cornw all, Jacl araba g is a uni que trio of multi-instrumen talists per for ming hear tfel t, eclectic fol k songs from across the world, w ith a good dose of ori ginal mate rial thr ow n in too! Jim Carey (a ccordion, tr ombone, gui tar ) an d Giles Ki ng (clarinet, ba gpipes, w hi stl e, sax ophone) hav e bot h w ritten and per for med music for Kneehi gh and M iracl e Theatre , and w ith Wildw orks , amongs t many othe rs, w hilst Claire In gleheart (fiddle , clarine t, baritone ) is a co mpose r for theatre and a gi ggin g musician w ith a v ast repe rtoire of sty les, including fun k, fol k and shan ties! Tou ring Dorse t w ith Artsr each, the county’s ru ral arts charity , joi n Jacl arab a g as the y i nv i te y ou i nto an ex ci ti ng cabaret w orld of plaintiv e airs, bra ss band mischie f and Balkan deli ghts ! Fri 14 Ma r, 7: 30p m at Buckland Ne wt on Villag e Hal l Tickets: £12.50, £6 u18s from www .artsreach.co.uk or tel: 01300 345455, or 34 54 31 , or from The O ld Cha pe l S tores

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Ly dden Vale Ga rd ening Club Some 30 M embers and gues ts en joy ed a fascina ting tal k by Paul Scriv ens, Head Ga rdener at Car ey’s M anor about “The Secret Garden at Careys M anor, near Wareham. The 3.5 acre garden, together with its gardene rs cottage and storerooms w as originally designed in the late 18 th cen tury, and laid out w ith a view to providing vegetables and flow ers for the larger Tri gon Estate, neighbour to the M anor, in the early 1920s. The garden is enclosed on 3 sides by a high b ric k w all and slopes gently in a southe rly direction dow n tow ards the River Piddle. It en joy s a good climate w ith a sa ndy loam soil. Wi th the s ocial changes en gende red du ring the 1920’s and 30’s the garden w ent into decli ne, subse qu ently su fferin g fro m years of decay and neglect in the pe riod follo wing WW2 . By the late 1 960s gardenin g h ad cea sed entirely and the land rev erted a field for graz ing c attle. The prope rty w as purcha sed in 2019 by the Constantine family, founders of the Lush cosmetics company. Simon Constantine, son of the ow ners, decided to e mbark upon the restoration of the garden and w hat a fabulous re s ult has been achiev ed in the fiv e and a hal f y ears since he and his team fir st embar ked on the pro ject. The ga rden w al l, a class ic of i ts time , has been li sted Grade 2 and the ga r den itsel f has been reinsta ted to incorpora te a mix ture of traditional ideas, a rea s of Rew ilding, Pe rma culture and Natural Ga rdening. Club membe rs v ery mu c h look fo rw ard to v isiting the ga rden as a group la ter in the year , Saturday 15th February sees the club’s AGM held at the Gaggle of Geese follow ed by the Winter Social which will include a tw o-course meal. All members are invited to attend both the AGM and the Wi nter Social a fterw ards. The club commi ttee has put to gether an ex citing progra mme of ev ents for 2025 and this w ill be distributed at the AGM. For the bene fi t of a ny w ho hav e an interest in gardening, enjoy a ttendin g talks or v isiting garden s d uring the su mmer mon ths an d think they migh t li ke to jo in the Club, please con ta ct the w riter at Bladel ey 365@ outlook.co m. Anton y P a rson *********************** *** ********* *** *** *** ******* *** ********* *** *** *** ******* *** ********* *** *** *** ******* *** ******* Friends of Pop Malle rs Coppice - Community Work Day Pop M allers Coppice is a 14-acre w oodland on th e le ft of Sprin g Grov e in betw een Buckland New ton an d Duntish, used re gula rly by a hand ful of local residents w ho hav e 'per missi v e use' . We are holdi ng another Community Work Day w ith our friends fro m Buc kland New ton Env ironmen t Group on Sunday 23rd Februa ry betw een 10.30 and 4pm. We w ould lov e y ou to come along and join us , learn abou t coppici ng, w hy it's importan t, it's hi sto ry an d how to do it . If y ou are handy w ith a b ow saw , billhook, loppers or p runing shears or a re happy to offer y our manu al labour, w hy not co me an d join us? All a ges and a bilities can be acco mmo dated and the re's no obliga tion to s tay for the w hole day . We'll p rov ide tea, co ffee and biscuits and w ill be able to offer pea stic ks , ru nner bean poles, w ashing-line poles and possibly some w ood to ta ke ho me w ith y ou. If y ou're not up to a bit of manual w ork, y ou c ould help by bakin g a ca ke an d comin g along anyw ay to support the o ther v olunteers and see w hat's going o n . If you're inte res ted, please get in tou ch or loo k ou t fo r ou r Faceboo k pos t n earer the time and don't forget y our tool s & gl ov es! // /shape. spar kle. cav al i er ST6903 06 0 8 D amian Bro thers and E mma M unday dami an.bro ther s@phone coop.coop or em mamun day @ btin ternet. com ************************** ********* *** *** *** ******* *** ********* *** *** *** ******* *** ********* *** *** *** ******* *** *********

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In the Buck land N ewton Book Corner… One Hundred Satu rday s by Mich ae l F rank This b o o k h a s h a d a p r o f o u n d a n d l o n g - l a s t i n g e f f e c t on me , I c o u l d not s t o p t h i n k i n g a b o u t it l o n g a f t e r t u r n i n g the f i n a l p a g e . I g e n e r ally r e a d m o r e n o v e l s t h a n o t h e r g e n r e s , b u t t h i s b i o g r a p h y of a l i f e r e m a r kably l i v e d h a s s u r p a s s e d m a n y of t h e m . Mi chael Fran k m e t n i n e t y - t wo - y ear-old S t e l l a L e v i at a New Y o r k l e c t u r e abou t m u s e u m s a n d m e m o r i a l s to the p l i g h t of t h e Jew s in t h e S e c o n d W or l d W a r . T h is c h a n c e e n c o u n t e r l e d to t h e t w o of the m m e e t i n g u p at S t e l l a ’ s G r e e n w i c h V illa g e a p a rtme n t o v e r t h e c o u r s e of one h u n d r e d Satu rday s s p a nnin g the n e x t s i x y e a r s . At t h e s e m e e t in gs, S t ella g r a d u ally t o l d Micha e l t h e s t o r y of h e r l i f e , b e g i nnin g w ith he r c hildh o o d in t h e J u d e r i a , t h e Sep h a r d i c J e w i s h n e i g h b o u r hood on the i slan d of Rhod e s w h e r e s h e w a s b o r n . Fr ank ’s wr it ing re-creates the world of Stella’s youth in the tight-knit community , where the dominant langua ge was Judeo-Spanish (a mix of Castilian, Portugue se, Gree k, Turkish and Hebrew ) and w here li fe w as full of ri tuals, la rge famil y gathe rings , stron g friendships and lov e. For a time, Stella thriv ed at an Italian Catholic s chool ju st ou tsi de the Jude ria, whi ch she hoped w ould lead to a univ ersity educati on off-island. However, her dreams, along with her family’s prosperity , were destroyed in 1938, with the Fascist racial law s that f orbade Jew s from ow ni ng businesses and a ttendi ng school s. G r a dually m e m b e r s of h e r m u c h -lov ed f a mily and f r i e n d s , a l o n g w i t h m a n y o t h e r J e w s , b e g a n t o re - l o c a t e as they w e r e a b l e , to A m e r i c a , S o u t h A f r i c a a n d o t h e r p a r t s of E u r o p e . S t e l l a a n d h e r s i s t e r Rene é re m a i n e d on R h o d e s to ca r e f o r h e r e l d e r l y p a r e n t s , a l o n g w i t h s o m e clos e f r i e n d s a l s o c a r i n g f o r e l d e r l y r e l a t i ves. The S a t u r d a y s e s s i o n s h e r e t o o k a d a r k e r t u r n , as F r a n k s e n s i t i v e l y e n q u i r e d a b o u t the e v e n t s t h a t f o llow e d . S t e l l a h a d a l w a y s said she did n o t w a n t to t a l k a b o u t w h a t h a ppen e d at t h e c a m p s as s h e did n o t w i s h to b e c o m e ‘ o n e of t h o s e p e r f o r m i n g s u r v i v o r s ’ . H o w e v e r , t h e t r u s t b e t w e e n t h e m , a n d h e r n e e d to t e l l t h a t s t o r y w a s s u c h , now , t h a t t h e a c c o u n t of h e r f a m i l y ’ s t r a u m a t i c e x ile f r o m R hode s and the t h r e e w e e k j o u r n e y by b o a t a n d t r a i n to A u s c h w i t z a n d t h e f o l l o w ing m o n t h s of s u f f e r i n g and s u r v i v a l a r e t o l d w i t h a m e a s u r e of i n c r eduli t y . A f t e r a l l , it w as by t h e n 1944 , a n d t h e N a z i s w e r e b e g i n n i n g to l o s e c o n t r o l – w h y w ould they c o n t i n u e w i t h t h eir o r d e r s w i t h t h e few J e w s on the i sland s ? On a v i sit to R hode s in h e r l a t e n i n e t i e s , h a v i n g o n l y b e g u n to r e t u r n t o h e r b i r t h plac e in later l if e , she o b s e r ved: “ i t w o u l d hav e b e e n s i m pler to mu r d e r us a l l h e r e and l e t us , at l e a s t , be b u r i e d w i t h o u r o w n kin d ” . W ha t S t ella d i d k n o w w a s t h a t it w a s h e r r e l a t i o nshi p s   —   w i th he r s i s t e r R e n é e , w i t h h e r c ousi n s , w i t h h e r f i r s t l o v e s a n d d e a r f rien d s   —   t h a t s u s t aine d h e r , w h e t h e r she w a s at the T u r k i s h b a t h s , on a f o r c e d m a r c h f r o m o n e c a m p to a n o t h e r , or in N e w Y o r k C i t y ( w h e r e s h e u l t i m a t e l y s e t t l e d a f t e r the w a r ) . They n o u r i s h e d h e r s e n s e of s e l f a n d k e p t h e r a l i v e at c r i t i c a l p o i n t s . They s e r ved a s t h e e m bodi m e n t of a J u d e o -Spani s h p h r a s e t h a t S t ella l e a r n e d as a t o d d l e r: t e n e m e a ki, or “ w a t c h o v e r m e . ” A n d s h e , t o o , b e c a m e t h a t f o r th e m . S t e l l a L e v i is n o w 1 0 0 y e a r s o l d and s t ill l i v i n g in N e w Y o r k . This b o o k is a m e m o i r , a c u l t u r a l i n s i g h t , and a w e a l t h of l i f e l e s s o n s i n t e r w o v e n i n t o a m o s t r e m a r kable l i f e s t o r y . Ka ren Whiter *********************** *** ********* *** *** *** ******* *** ********* *** *** *** ******* *** ********* *** *** *** ******* *** *******

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Mostly Moths - Bordered Beauty I n this series I a m including w hat I thin k a re the mo st be auti ful, colo ur ful M oths y ou can fin d i n Buckland Newton. Each one I choose reminds m e how thrilled I was t o see it for the first time. How once I thought moths w ere brow n and ate your cl othes. I w asn’t prepared fo r the diversity, colour and exquisite patterns that I eventually came t o appreciate when I began moth trapping. Now that I almost take i t for granted, i t i s good t o be reminded o f those early days. This Moth I particularly remember a s a highli ght and its na me say s i t all doesn’t i t. It likes damp woodland, marshy places - willow is its food plant. The intensity of the colours varies. It flies mid-June to the end of September .

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1. In 1943 Irving Berlin won the Oscar for Best Ori ginal Son g for “ Whi te Christmas”. Wh o w as the presente r of the aw ard? 2. What are the Canary Islands named a fter? 3. Wh o is the only US president to hold a pa tent? 4. Which tw o counties regularly sw ap the honour of bein g En gland’s sma llest, by land area? 5. Which coun try has the most na tural lake s? 6. What is the approximate depth of the Challenger Deep in the M ariana Tre nch? 7. Who played in the longest tennis match at the Wi mbledon Champion ships in the Op en e ra? 8. Which company, now known for cars, has a name that translates as “three diamonds”? 9. What is a crepus cular animal? 10 . Which element is most co mmon in the Earth’s crus t? By Si mon Spe nce r

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