February 2013 - The Conduit Magazine

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Issue 144 February 2013
Happy Valentine
Special Feature:
Love Tokens - 7
Regular features on:
Art - 12-14
Beauty - 6
Behind the Counter - 11
Fashion & More - 7
Food & Drink - 8-9
Flower of the Month - 16
Finance - 9
Gardening - 16
Health & Well Being - 11
History - 17
Legal Matters - 17
Motoring - 18
Pet Health - 18
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Friday 22nd February at 7.00pm
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1/2 pint of Meantime beer
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founder and master brewer,
Alistair Hook
£35 per person - booking essential
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Reading Matters - 15
Save on Bills - 15
Sports - 6
Town News - 10
Travel - 5
Village News - 3-5
+
Bargain Hunters Corner - 19
Call an Expert - 19
What’s On in February - 2-3
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What’s On
January/February
*
Hall, South Petherton,
8.00pm
Antiques for All, Westlands
Leisure Complex, Yeovil,
10.00am-4.00pm
‘Rescuing Zeugma from the
Floodwaters of the
Euphrates’ lecture,
Seavington Millennium Hall,
2.30pm
‘Grow Your Own’ talk,
United Reformed Church
Hall, Somerton, 7.30pm
‘Spring Awakening’ play,
Octagon Theatre, Yeovil,
7.30pm
‘New Hall Bat Prints’ talk,
Methodist Schoolroom,
Castle Cary, 2.30pm
Conduit Magazine Dinner Club,
Queen’s Arms, Corton Denham,
7.00pm
‘Reptiles & Amphibians in
Somerset’ talk, Caryford
Hall, Castle Cary, 7.30pm
‘Romeo and Juliet’ play,
7.30pm
Improvers Yoga Class (each
Weds), Hornblotton Village Hall,
7.00pm
Sherborne School Choral
Society Concert, Sherborne
Abbey, 7.30pm
Hatha Yoga Class (each Thurs),
Ilchester Town Hall, 10.00am
Business Networking Group,
Hunter’s Lodge,
Nr Wincanton, 7.15am
‘Behind the Scenes at
Chelsea’ talk, Methodist
Schoolroom, Castle Cary,
7.30pm
3rd
Free admission to all events
marked with an asterisk
4th
30th
31st
1st
2nd
‘The Golden age of painting in
17thc Holland’ lecture,
The Eastbury Hotel, Sherborne,
10.00am-3.00pm
Sinfonia Classica with
Martin Roscoe, Octagon
Theatre, Yeovil, 7.30pm
The Triangle Trust AGM,
Hamdon Medical Centre,
Stoke Sub Hamdon, 7.30pm
‘Fleet Air Arm Museum
Conservation & Restoration’
talk, RNAS Museum,
Yeovilton, 7.30pm
Sherborne Literary Society
AGM & talk by Rachel
Billington, Cheap Street
Church, Sherborne, 7.30pm
Jethro, Octagon Theatre,
Yeovil, 7.30pm
Farmers’ Market, Bear Inn,
Wincanton, 9.00am-12.00 noon*
Burns Night, Church Rooms,
Kingsbury Episcopi, 7.00pm
Barn Dance/Ceilidh, Church
House, Bathwell Lane,
Milborne Port, 7.30pm
UK Pink Floyd Experience,
7.30pm
Rendezvous Meeting,
Coopers Mill, Yeovil,
8.00pm*
Toy Barn Annual Sale starts,
Blackmarsh Farm, Sherborne,
10.00am-5.00pm*
‘The Holy Trinity’ film, David
5th
6th
7th
Sherborne
Farmers’
Market
Levels’ Best & Montacute
Farmers’ Markets
Schedule for 2013
The following Saturdays from10am until 2pm
23 March
27 April
18 May
29 June
27 July
28 September
26 October
23 November
14 December
Free parking and entry
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Third Friday
of Every Month:
Fri
8th
8th-16th
9th
10th
11th
12th
15th Feb
Cheap Street 9am - 1pm
Come along and see the fantastic
range of fresh, quality, local
produce available
Tel: 01258 454510
13th
‘The History of Japanese
Gardens’ talk, Mudford
Village Hall, 7.30pm
Armonico Consort
concert, Octagon Theatre,
Yeovil, 7.30pm
Courtney Pine concert,
The Exchange, Sturminster
Newton, 7.30pm
Chris Addison, Octagon
‘A Royal Affair’ film,
Batcombe Jubilee Hall,
7.45pm
Anna Starushkevych & Justin
Snyder, Ilminster Arts
Centre, 8.00pm
‘The Fairy’ film, David Hall,
South Petherton, 8.00pm
‘Robin Hood’ panto, Parish
Rooms, Somerton, 7.30pm
(+ matinees 9th & 16th)
Special Celebrations,
The Emporium, Princes Street,
Yeovil, 9.30am-5.30pm*
Churches Together Unity
Supper, Constitutional Club,
Castle Cary, 7.00pm
Burns Night, Charlton
Horethorne Village Hall,
7.30pm
‘Gambit’ film, St George’s
Hall, Hinton St George,
7.30pm
‘That’ll Be The Day’ show,
7.30pm
Somerset Potato Day,
Constitutional Club, Castle Cary,
10.00am-2.30pm*
Stained Glass Workshop, Barton
Studio Gallery High Jarmany Rural
Workshops, Barton St. David
10.00am-6.00pm
Fairport Convention concert,
7.30pm
‘Argo’ film, Cerne Abbas
Pancake Day,
Church Rooms, Kingsbury
Episcopi, 12.00 noon-2.00pm
Antiques & Collectibles
Valuation Day, Martock
Primary School, 11.00am3.00pm
‘Wildlife in the Garden’
talk, Martock Primary
School, 7.30pm
‘Gardens & palaces in Renaissance
Italy’ lecture, The Eastbury Hotel,
Sherborne, 10.00am-3.00pm
14th
15th
16th
16th-28th
‘Milkshake! Live: Come Out
to Play’, Octagon Theatre,
Yeovil, 1.00pm
‘Shadow Dancer’ film, Digby
Church Hall, Sherborne, 7.30pm
‘The Origins of the English
Seaside’ WEA course starts,
Methodist Schoolroom,
Castle Cary, 7.30pm
‘Beauty & The Beast’ panto,
Newton, 7.30pm
‘Secrets of a Walled
Garden’ talk, Digby Hall,
Sherborne, 2.30pm
‘Vegetable Growing
Without Digging’ talk,
Queen Camel Memorial
Hall, 7.30pm
‘Buzzards: Territories,
Behaviour & Social
Interactions’ talk, United
Reform Church, Somerton,
7.30pm
Sunset Café Stompers,
Martock Church, 7.30pm
The Kings of Swing concert,
7.30pm
‘Evening of Poetry’,
7.45pm
Sherborne Farmers’ Market,
Cheap Street, 9.00am-1.00pm*
Bartholemew Lafolette &
Alasdair Beatson concert,
7.30pm
Performance Night,
David Hall, South Petherton,
7.30pm
Sherborne Antique Fair, Digby
Hall, Sherborne, 9.30am-4.00pm
Table Top Sale, Mudford
Village Hall, 11.30am*
Ceilidh, Davis Hall, West
Camel, 8.00pm
Julian Dawson concert,
8.00pm
Gardens Open for
Snowdrops, Minterne
House, Minterne, Nr Cerne
Abbas, 10.00am-6.00pm
Sherborne
Country Market
Every Thursday
9.15am-11.15am
Digby Church Hall
Sherborne
Free Admission
January/February Exhibitions*:
Until 15th Mar
‘Love Curiously Wrought’ Exhibition, Courthouse Gallery, Somerton, 10.00am-5.00pm
Until 2nd Feb
Annual Open 2012 Prize Winners’ Exhibition, Ilminster Arts Centre, 9.30am-4.30pm
5th-16th Feb
‘Schools Go Visual’ Exhibition, Ilminster Arts Centre, 9.30am-4.30pm
9th Feb
Open Day, Barton Studio Gallery, High Jarmany Rural Workshops, Barton St. David 10.00am-7.00pm 19th Feb-8th Mar
2
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Digby Church Hall
Sherborne
Tickets £5
Sherborne Tourist Information Centre or on the door
‘Artists 303’, lminster Arts Centre, 9.30am-4.30pm
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Shadow Dancer
Wednesday 13th Feb @ 7.30pm
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17th
18th
19th
20th
21st
22nd
23rd
Antiques for All, Barrington Court,
10.00am-4.00pm
‘Anna Karenina’ film, Leigh
‘Circle of Tales’ show,
Newton, 10.30am
‘20th Century Artists I have
Known’ lecture, Caryford
Hall, Castle Cary, 11.00am
Lent Lunches, Trent Village
Hall, 12.30pm-1.30pm
‘Admission to Hospital’ talk,
Yarlington Sheltered
Housing Scheme,
Wincanton, 2.30pm
‘Rare Plants of the Southern
Counties’ talk, St John’s
Church Rooms, Yeovil,
7.30pm
Gordon Giltrap concert,
Charlton Horethorne Village
Hall, 7.30pm
Richard Alston Dance
Company, Octagon Theatre,
Yeovil, 7.30pm
‘Of Gods and Men’ film,
King Arthur’s School,
Wincanton, 7.30pm
Richard Alston Dance
Company Lecture, Octagon
‘Anna Karenina’ film,
Ditcheat Jubilee Hall,
7.30pm
‘Gambit’ film, North
Cadbury Village Hall,
7.30pm
Meet the Brewer, The Queens
Arms, Corton Denham, 7.00pm
BragaTanga Band concert,
Hornblotton Village Hall,
7.30pm
‘The Art of Propagation’
talk, Tintinhull Village Hall,
7.30pm
‘Anna Karenina’ film,
Davis Hall, West Camel,
7.30pm
Quiz Night, Seavington St
Mary Millennium Hall,
7.30pm
The Demon Barbers,
7.30pm
The Carducci Quartet,
Newton, 7.30pm
‘All Together’ film, David
Hall, South Petherton,
8.00pm
Big Butty Breakfast, Alweston
Village Hall, 9.00am-11.00am
Yeovil Farmers’ Market, Middle
Street, 9.00am-2.00pm*
Saturday Antique & Flea Market,
Digby Church Hall, Sherborne,
9.00am-4.00pm
Blackmore Vale & Yeovil NT
Group AGM, Digby Hall,
Sherborne, 2.30pm*
Tasting Menu with Wine Pairing,
Chasty
Cottage
Antiques
Sunday 3rd Feb 10-4
Antiques for All. Entry £2
Westlands Leisure Centre,
Yeovil, BA20 2DD
Saturday 16th Feb 9.30-4
Antique Fair. Entry £1
Digby Hall, Hound Street,
Sherborne, DT9 3AA
Sunday 17th Feb 10-4
Antiques for All. Entry £3
Barrington Court (National Trust Property),
Barrington, TA19 0NQ
Enquiries 01963 370986
24th
26th
27th
28th
The Orangery Brasserie, Ash
House Hotel, Ash, 7.00pm
‘Gambit’ film, Parish Rooms,
Somerton, 7.30pm
Mark Thomas, Octagon
Kieran Haplin concert,
8.00pm
‘Debussy: A Passionate Life’,
7.30pm
Lent Lunches, Trent Village
Hall, 12.30pm-1.30pm
‘Martock’s Nine Tithings’
talk, Martock Primary
School, 7.30pm
‘Water Gardening’ talk,
Parish Rooms, Somerton,
7.30pm
‘Plant Conurbations &
Associations’ talk, The Tithe
Barn, Merriott, 7.30pm
‘Anna Karenina’ film, St
Andrew’s Hall, Yetminster,
7.30pm
‘The Joy of Specs’ talk,
Senior Lunch Club, Digby
Road, Sherborne, 7.30pm
Camelot Music Night, Davis
Hall, West Camel, 8.00pm
The Old Dance School
concert, David Hall, South
Petherton, 8.00pm
Creating form, depth and aerial
perspective pastel workshop,
The Eastbury Hotel, Sherborne,
10.00am-3.00pm
Marsh’s Sale Finishes, Cheap
Street, Sherborne, 5.30pm
Society Film Night, RNAS
Museum, Yeovilton, 7.30pm
‘Just for You’ floral talk,
Sherborne Youth Centre,
7.30pm
‘William Arnold’ talk, Parish
Rooms, Somerton, 7.30pm
Village News
by Dale Channon
ALWESTON To cheer up your
new year, there will be another of
the super Big Butty Breakfasts
taking place in the Village Hall on
Saturday 23rd February, from 9.00am
to 11.00am. All the usual yummy
breakfasts, also coffees and toast,
and there will be Kiddie Butties
available too. All proceeds go to
the Dorset Historic Churches Trust.
Burns Night has come around
again and you should be heading
for the Village Hall on Saturday 9th
February to join in the revelry. The
traditional Burns Supper will
include a 3-course meal and a wee
dram. There will be toasts to the
Bard and the Lasses, Homage to
the Immortal Memory of Robbie
himself, as well as Scottish country
dancing, poems, songs and a
Scots quiz. The evening begins at
BATCOMBE The Batcombe Film
7.30pm and there will be a
Society will be showing, in the
licensed bar. Tickets at £15 are
Jubilee Hall on Friday 8th February,
available from the Village Store or
the fascinating true story of Danish
on 01963 251093. TakeArt will
life and loves in ‘A Royal Affair’
be presenting a show on Wednesday
with great performances from its
20th at 7.30pm featuring one of the
stars. Doors open at 7.15pm for
leading guitarists in the UK today,
screening at 7.45pm and advance
Gordon Giltrap. With over 40
bookings can be made by
years in the business, Gordon will
contacting Rob Sage on 01749
play his most
well loved
hits as well
as explaining
the history of
his many
STARTS 10am
different
SATURDAY 2nd FEBRUARY
guitars. He
is well known
All demonstration equipment greatly reduced
for his work
Many other bargains in store
for both the
Open Mondays to Saturdays 10am-5pm
BBC and
commercial
BLACKMARSH FARM, SHERBORNE, DORSET DT9 4JX
television and
01935 815040 www.toy-barn.co.uk
‘Heartsong’ is
instantly
850934. More details on films
recognized as the theme to the
from Elizabeth Hunt on 01749
BBC’s Holiday programme.
850304. See Movies Around
Tickets £8 from the Village Store or
the Villages & Towns.
on 01963 220626. Both events
in the Village Hall.
CERNE ABBAS A very interesting
film, based on a true story, will be
DITCHEAT The film ‘Anna
showing in the Village Hall on
Karenina’ starring Keira Knightley
Monday 11th February. The movie,
and Jude Law and based on
’Argo’, is set in Tehran in 1979
Tolstoy’s classic will be showing in
and is a tense and exciting attempt
the Jubilee Hall on Thursday 21st
to extract US diplomats from an
February at 7.30pm. Tickets at £5
increasingly dangerous situation.
are available from Bailey Hill
Doors open at 7.00pm for 7.30pm
Books in Castle Cary or by calling
start and tickets are £5, available
Jim 01749 860348. See Movies
from Shirley on 01300 341839 or
Around the Villages & Towns.
Ghislaine on 01300 3411352.
See Movies Around the
HINTON ST. GEORGE On
Villages & Towns.
Saturday 9th February at 7.30pm the
film showing in St. George’s Hall will
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News and Articles:
Thursday 7th February
Advertisements:
Monday 11th February
be the entertaining romantic comedy
‘Gambit’, starring Colin Firth, Alan
Rickman and Cameron Diaz. A feel
good movie and great fun. Tickets
are £5 in advance from Personal
Service Stores or Dorothy’s Tearoom
or £5.50 on the door. More details
can be obtained from Eric Burgess on
01460 74959. See Movies
HORNBLOTTON The fabulous
BragaTanga Band will be performing
in the Village Hall on Friday 22nd
February at 7.30pm. These four well
travelled musicians are based in
Cornwall but draw experience and
inspiration from all over the world
and have considerable musical and
theatrical experience. There will be
an exotic mix of World Folk Music,
Eastern European Gypsy tunes, French
waltzes, tango, Finnish polkas and
songs from Turkey, Sicily and Africa.
With Syd on double bass, Chris on
violin, Dan on clarinet and Jim on
accordion this will be a concert to
delight everyone. There will be the
usual good food available and take
your own booze. Tickets are £10
from 01963 240282. On
Wednesday evenings from 7.00pm
why not go along to the Improvers
Yoga class in the Village Hall? There
is free parking and group classes are
£7.50 weekly or £24 for 4 weeks.
Just turn up and join in or call Alison
on 07828 625897 for more details.
ILCHESTER You can join a Hatha
Yoga class at the Town Hall on
Thursday mornings from 10.00am.
Group classes are £7.50 weekly or
£24 for 4 weeks. Alison, who runs
the classes, also gives small private
classes for seniors in the comfort of
their own home – either one to one or
up to four people. For further details
call Alison on 07828 625897 or go
to www.positive-postures.co.uk
KINGSBURY EPISCOPI On Friday
1st February, and back by popular
demand, St Martin’s Church will be
hosting another Burns Night in the
Church Rooms at 7.00pm. There will
be, as usual, a superb meal provided
for revellers, together with a wee
dram or two! Go along and enjoy
the fun and maybe join in a Highland
reel. Tickets are £12.50 from Liz &
Graham Beckinsale on 01935
823996 or Barbara Moore on
01935 822889. Then Pancake Day
is on Tuesday 12th February and if you
hurry along to the Church Rooms you
can enjoy some delicious Shrove
Tuesday pancakes, from 12.00 noon
to 2.00pm for just £2.
LEIGH The very popular film ‘Anna
Karenina’ will be showing in the
Village Hall at 7.30pm on Monday 18th
February, starring Keira Knightley and
Jude Law and based on Tolstoy’s
classic book. Tickets at £5 are
available from Bridge Stores (01935
872323) or from John and Fiona
Parks (01935 873603). See Movies
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MARTOCK Lawrences of Crewkerne
will be putting on an ‘Antiques &
Collectibles Valuation Day’ in the
Primary School on Tuesday 12th February
from 11.00am till 3.00pm. This
always creates a great deal of interest
so clear out the attic and take along
your items for valuation. The price is
£5 for up to 2 items and £2 for each
additional item. Of added interest
will be an Exhibition of Photographs
presented by the Martock History
Society. Light refreshments will be
available throughout the day and
there will also be a Raffle. All
proceeds to All Saints’ Church. Also
on Tuesday 12th at 7.30pm in the
Primary School the Gardening Club
have a talk on ‘Wildlife in the
Garden’ by John Horsey. John is well
known for his expertise in all things
horticultural and environmental and
will look at some of the interesting
native animals and plants we may
encounter in our gardens. Annual
membership costs just £8 or visitors
are £1 per meeting including tea or
coffee and biscuits. For more
information contact Jenny Becker on
01935 833144. On Thursday 14th at
7.30pm, there is a special concert by
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the acclaimed Sunset Café Stompers
in Martock Church. This seven piece
New Orleans-style jazz band thrills
audiences everywhere and this
concert marks the 84th Anniversary of
the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre forever associated with notorious
gangster Al Capone. The band is
named after the Sunset Café in
Chicago, where Capone’s liquor was
dispensed throughout Prohibition.
This will be a very popular event, so
get your tickets in advance for £7
from Martock News, Martock Gallery
or from 01935 822706. Tickets are
£8 on the door if still available. On
Tuesday 26th at 7.30pm the local
history group have a talk at the
Primary School by Fergus Dowding
on ‘Martock’s Nine Tithings’.
Admission £2 and all welcome. See
History for more details.
MERRIOTT The Gardening Club
have a presentation and talk on
Tuesday 26th February at 7.30pm on
‘Plant Conurbations and Associations’
by Philip Gamble. Taking place at
the Tithe Barn in Church Street all are
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FREE COMPUTER HELP INC. WINDOWS 8
Classes Monday nights 7.00pm-9.00pm
& Wednesday afternoons 2.00pm-4.00pm
West Camel Village Hall
More details phone Dave Collins on
01935 851039
very welcome to go along. For more
details call 01460 72298.
MILBORNE PORT There is a barn
dance/ceilidh on Friday 1st February
from 7.30pm in Church House,
Bathwell Lane in the village. With the
Milborne Porters Folk Dance Band
and caller Will Antell this should be a
great evening of dancing to live
music. All dances will be walked
through and called and the evening is
suitable for experienced and
beginners alike. For more details call
Colin on 01963 251533. Tickets £5
on the door.
MUDFORD The Gardening Club
has a talk given by David Burgess on
‘The History of Japanese Gardens’ on
Thursday 7th February at 7.30pm. There
is a table top sale with bacon butties
available from 11.30am on Saturday
16th. All events take place in the
Village Hall.
NORTH CADBURY The film
‘Gambit’, a fun-filled romantic
comedy starring Colin Firth, will be
showing in the Village Hall on
Thursday 21st February at 7.30pm.
Tickets at £6 can be purchased from
the Post Office Stores or by phoning
Marion Whitemore on 01963
440911. See Movies Around the
Villages & Towns.
QUEEN CAMEL The Gardening Club
have a meeting on Thursday 14th
February at 7.30pm on ‘Vegetable
Growing Without Digging’ by Charles
Dowding. The talk is at the Memorial
Hall and free admission to members
including refreshments. Guests £2.
SEAVINGTON ST MARY The
Neroche Decorative and Fine Arts
Society have a talk by Louise
Schofield on Monday 4th February
starting at 2.30pm in the Millennium
Hall, Water Street entitled ‘’Rescuing
Zeugma from the Floodwaters of the
Euphrates. (See History pages for
more details.) There is a Quiz night
at the Millennium Hall on Friday 22nd
at 7.30pm. Teams of no more than 6
can book by phoning either 01460
249304 or 01460 249730.
STOKE SUB HAMDON The
Triangle Trust is holding its AGM on
Wednesday 30th January at 7.30pm in
Hamdon Medical Centre. Everyone is
welcome to go and see how the Trust
works. For more information call
Jennie Haris on 01935 881718.
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TINTINHULL The Gardening Club
have a talk by Neil Lovesay from
Picket Lane Nursery, all about ‘The
Art of Propagation’ on Friday 22nd
February in the Village Hall at
7.30pm. Entrance £2 for Club
members and £4 for visitors which
includes refreshments. New members
are welcome and more details can be
obtained by calling 01935 823916.
TRENT The Lent Lunches will again
be held in the Village Hall from
12.30pm to 1.30pm on Tuesdays,
with the first ones being held on
Tuesdays 19th and 26th February and
then 5th, 12th and 19th March. There
will be lovely home-made soup, local
bread, apple, cheese, tea and coffee
– all for just £4.50. There will also
be a Bring-and-Buy stall and an Easter
raffle. This year proceeds are in aid
of The Macmillan Cancer Support.
WEST CAMEL Get on your dancing
shoes, there will be a grand Ceilidh
on Saturday 16th February and you are
invited! Pipe Factory is the band that
will be performing and getting feet
tapping from 8.00pm and continues
till late. There will be a bar and
nibbles and all are welcome.
Entrance is £8 in advance or £8.50
on the door, children £4, two adults
and two children £20. For more
information contact Nicki and
Graham Ford on 01935 851263.
On Friday 22nd at 7.30pm the film
showing is ‘Anna Karenina’, the
sumptuous retelling of Tolstoy’s
classic, starring Keira Knightley and
Jude Law. There is a bar and
refreshments and tickets are £4 on the
door. Contact Rob Gordon on
01935 851214 for more details.
Another Camelot Music Night is on
Wednesday 27th at 8.00pm with lots of
live musicians to entertain. All the
many and varied regular activities are
now up and running again after the
break and you can visit the Hall on a
Thursday morning for details, and for
coffee and cake, a post office, bread,
books and cards or contact Mary
Gordon on 01935 851214 if you are
interested in Pilates, Scottish Dancing,
Sequence & Western Sequence
Dancing, Short Mat Bowls, Model
Railway, Gardening and much more!
All the above events take place in the
Davis Hall. See Movies Around
the Villages & Towns.
YETMINSTER Go along to St.
Andrew’s Hall on Tuesday 26th February
at 7.30pm if you want to catch the
acclaimed film of ‘Anna Karenina’
featuring Keira Knightley and Jude
Law. Tickets £5 includes a choc ice
are available from Oak House Stores
beforehand or on the door. For
more information contact Sue Eadon
on 01935 873699. See Movies
MOVIES AROUND
THE VILLAGES
& TOWNS
ANNA KARENINA (12A) Set in
19th century Russia, this remake of the
Tolstoy classic is a feast for the eyes,
with great performances and oceans of
velvet and silk. Anna (Keira Knightley)
is the aristocratic wife of government
official Alexei Karenin (Jude Law), who
falls into a dangerous affair with a
dashing young officer, Count Vronsky
(Aaron Taylor-Johnson). The hypocrisy
of society is skilfully highlighted by the
fact that whilst Anna’s own brother’s
marital infidelities are brushed under
the carpet, Anna’s passion threatens to
utterly ruin her. This is a daring, risktaking production with superb staging
and breathtaking effects.
Showing at Leigh, Ditcheat and
Yetminster.
GAMBIT (12A) This is a most
enjoyable romantic comedy concerning
an Art Curator (Colin Firth) who
decides to seek revenge on his
abusive, overbearing boss (Alan
Rickman) by conning him into buying a
fake Monet. Unfortunately his plan
requires the help of an eccentric and
unpredictable Texan rodeo queen,
played by Cameron Diaz and
complications ensue. This wickedly
funny take on the 1966 classic also
stars Tom Courtenay and Stanley Tucci.
Showing at Hinton St George,
North Cadbury and Somerton.
ARGO (15) The film is set in Teheran
in 1979, where students, who are
demanding the extradition from the US
of the former Shah to face trial, have
laid siege to the US Embassy, taking
90 people hostage. However, six
American
diplomats
have
managed to
escape to the
Canadian
Embassy and
are in hiding,
hoping for a
miracle.
Ex-filtration expert Tony Mendez
(Ben Affleck) devises a daring ruse.
By posing as the producer of a fake
Canadian ‘Star Wars’ type movie
project filming in the Iranian desert,
he plans to smuggle the six out as
production crew. This is an engrossing
and thrilling movie, and is based on a
true story.
Showing at Cerne Abbas.
A ROYAL AFFAIR (15) Based on a
remarkable true story, this is a
cracking, lavish historical epic set in
the 18th century Royal Court of
Denmark. Having been raised in
England, Caroline Mathilda (Alicia
Vikander) is sent to Denmark to marry
psychologically unstable King Christian
VII. A deep-thinking German
physician, Johann Struensee (Mads
Mikkelsen) arrives at court to advise
the King. Attracted to each other both
physically and intellectually, Caroline
and Johann begin an affair and realise
that by using his influence over the
King they have an opportunity to
reform Denmark for the better.
(Danish with sub-titles).
Showing at Batcombe.
SHADOW DANCER (15) When IRA
Volunteer Colette McVeigh (Andrea
Riseborough who starred in ‘Made in
Dagenham’ and ‘Brighton Rock’) is
arrested for her part in an aborted IRA
bomb plot in London, a British secret
service officer offers her a choice: lose
everything including her little son and
go to prison for 25 years, or return to
Belfast to spy on her own family.
When MI5 agent Mac (Clive Owen)
begins to worry about Colette’s safety
she decides to feign interest in him – a
duplicitous, risky game.
Showing at Sherborne.
Stop Me and Buy One!
Traditional Ice Cream Tricycle
Book for parties, weddings, fetes & fairs
A beautiful eye catching traditional ice cream tricycle that
is environmentally friendly, easy to situate at your event
(inside or out) and is sure to elegantly enhance the day!
Delicious creamy real dairy ice cream made locally by
Craig's of Osmington using whole milk and 20% double
cream served in traditional, waffle cones or tubs.
Indonesian Vanilla, Rich Chocolate, Strawberries
& Cream, Peaches & Cream, Mint Choc Chip,
Toffee Fudge, Raspberry Meringue, Rum & Raisin
To book contact Tim on
07745 858440 or 01963 363389
[email protected]
Travel
Discover Peru
Heather Muir - Manager Yeovil Branch
Miles Morgan Travel
W
ith 2013 now in full
swing I am writing this
month about a fascinating
and inspirational destination
which,here at Miles Morgan Travel,
we have seen a significant increase
in people travelling to Peru in South
America.
From the Andes, Machu Picchu
and the source of the Amazon to
beautiful, vibrant colonial cities, Peru
offers a superb combination of
stunning scenery, fascinating history
and colourful local culture. It is a
place where the Inca culture feels
very much alive, in the wonderfully
preserved remains and in the
Quechan language and colourful
weavings of the Andean people. It
also has more than its fair share of
unforgettable sights, from the
mysterious Nazca lines to colonial
cities and pre-Colombian sites.
First on the list for any visitor to
Peru must be the magical Machu
Picchu, which never fails to amaze
with both its scale and, perhaps
even more remarkably, its setting,
high up in the Andes and a scenic
train journey away
from Cuzco. It is not
difficult to see how the
Conquistadores
completely missed this
significant site.
The industry of the
Incas amazes
elsewhere as well, in
particular with the
precise masonry at
Sacsayhuaman, near
Cuzco and the
ingenious agricultural
terraces in the
beautiful Sacred
Valley. Despite being
the hub for visiting
most of these places,
the ancient Incan
capital of Cuzco
seems surprisingly
unspoilt. It retains a
magical atmosphere
with its clash of Incan
and Spanish colonial
architecture, and is
worth spending a few
days in. The whole of
this region is set against a backdrop
of lush green mountains and big
skies. It is what sets Peru apart from
any other Latin America country. In
the Andes region, the green season
lasts from November to March,
though January and February are
the wettest months. The rain is not
constant or regular but there can be
heavy downpours. In the dry season,
between April and September, days
can be sunny and warm while
spring and autumn can be a little
more varied.
Here at Miles Morgan Travel in
Yeovil we can offer a range of
Peruvian itineraries from tailor-made
private tours to more energetic
activity and adventure tours, which
include trekking the famous Inca
trail. We deal with specialist
companies who feature tours of Peru
along with a vast choice of other
fascinating South American
destinations.
Please call us or call in and talk to
myself, or a member of my team, in
Yeovil to find out more. I look
forward to seeing you soon.
Remember to tell advertisers you saw it in The Conduit Magazine!
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Lessen the visible
effects of ageing…
Looking after our skin is crucial
and having regular facial
treatments is just great as it also
help in boosting skin cell renewal
resulting in younger youthful skin.
However as we get older
sometimes we need just a little bit
more – do you feel as though the
lines are creeping in?
Then Botox or Fillers may be the
answer for you. Botox gives a
natural look, not the frozen look
that many may fear and fillers can
help to restore lost volume
especially around the cheeks and
under eyes resulting in more
youthful looking skin. This in turn
helps with self- confidence and
feeling good from within. Look
Good Feel Great!!
There is a lot of press about
Botox and you must thoroughly
research before going ahead. Spa
Therapy at Lanes works closely
with one of the UK’s Top Cosmetic
Doctor, Dr Ian Strawford of Avalon
Aesthetics – one of the most skilled
experience and trusted Cosmetic
Physicians in the South West
having performed thousands of
treatments since he set up in
2007.
Ageing is associated with the
development of wrinkles, which
are often unwanted and
distressing. Wrinkles develop over
time due to the loss of collagen in
the skin after repeated use of the
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facial muscles and these become
permanent lines and deep furrows,
usually caused by sun, smoking
and even stress.
Botox can visibly smooth and
soften wrinkles and lines on the
face by injecting tiny amounts of
Botox directly into the muscles. The
injections temporarily relax treated
facial muscles helping to reduce
the muscle contractions that cause
these lines and wrinkles.
This treatment has been used
safely on over 1 million people
worldwide for more than 11 years
and still remains the most popular
of all cosmetic treatments due to its
exceptional success rate. Correctly
performed treatment will leave the
face with normal expression but
with a more relaxed and youthful
appearance. Injections take effect
about three to seven days after
treatment and the effect lasts three
to four months initially, but can last
up to six months, after a year of
treatment. Repeat injections will be
required after this period of time to
maintain the benefit of treatment.
Spa Therapy at Lanes in West
Coker have a botox clinic by
appointment. If you are interested
please call on 01935 862555.
There is a £50 booking fee for a
consultation, which is refunded
when treatment goes ahead. For
more in-depth information please
visit www.avalonaesthetics.co
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Beauty Treatment
by Margaret Balfour, B.A.B.Th.C
Threading - For the
removal of facial hair
hreading is one of the
oldest and most effective
methods of removing
unwanted hair from the lips, chin,
cheeks and eyebrows.
This ancient method is a very
popular form of hair removal in
Arabic countries and India and is
growing in popularity in Western
countries and is therefore
becoming available in more and
more beauty salons.
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What is threading and how is
it performed?
A thin cotton thread is taken over
the unwanted hair trapping it and
lifting it out of the follicle. Threading
is a very effective method of hair
removal, and over a period of time
regular threading can lead to a
decrease in the hair growth.
Threading is the least invasive way
of treating facial hair making it
ideal for sensitive skins. Clients who
can not be treated with waxing,
sugaring or electrolysis can still
have threading. It is very hygienic
as the thread is used only once and
thrown away at the end of each
treatment.
Threading has been available at
the Margaret Balfour Beauty Centre
for a number of years and has
become a very popular treatment.
MARGARET BALFOUR
BALFOUR BEAUTY
BEAUTY CENTRE
CENTRE
MARGARET
Swan
Yard, Sherborne,
Dorset, DT9 3AX Dorset,
Telephone: 01935
8161773AX
Swan
Yard,
Sherborne,
DT9
Tel: 01935 816177
www.margaretbalfour.co.uk
Sport
by Gary Shackle Sherborne Sports Centre Manager
Sprint Triathlon 2012
ell hopefully you signed
up for the Fit Club so now
is the time to get really
focused on your fitness. Sherborne
Sports Centre is hosting a Sprint
Triathlon on Sunday 14th July. The
event involves a 500m swim, a
20km cycle and a 5km run and is
open to all adults over 16.
If you have never taken part in the
Sherborne Sprint Triathlon before it is
a fun way of experiencing the
challenge of a Triathlon whether you
are a beginner or a more experience
athlete. The race is limited to 100
competitors so make sure you enter
as soon as possible with the latest
date for registration being Monday 1st
July. A triathlon is a really good way
to have a goal for your fitness and it
does not matter if you are one of the
last – the important thing is for you to
do as well as you can. For more
information, details of how to
prepare for the triathlon or to register
call Alex Cox on 01935 810508 or
e-mail [email protected]
If you really feel that you could not
compete in the Triathlon remember
the Sports Centre are always
interested in hearing from volunteers.
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If you are of two minds whether to
enter, you could help on the day and
maybe try it another year!
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♥
Love
Tokens
own through time
items of sentiment or
tradition have been
given as love tokens to show
intent, affection or commitment.
Things like engagement rings,
promise rings or fraternity pins
have all been used in modern
society.
Customs dating back to the early
Roman times revolved around
events and love tokens. One such
annual event was the feast of
Lupercalia. This annual feast
entailed single men and women
drawing lots and being coupled
with the person drawing the same
lot. Although they might not have
known each other at the beginning
of the feast with the entire year to
come the couple would spend as
much time together as possible
learning about each other and
exchanging tokens and gifts.
In the middle ages during
tournaments, knights would
regularly be given tokens by their
ladies before the tournament to
show their love and commitment.
This could be a lock of hair or even
a braided hair necklace from the
lady’s hair.
Welsh love spoons were another
example given as a token of desire
and affection. Most were
intricately carved with detailed
carvings and this gift would show
the suitor’s intent to court or
“spoon” the receiver of the spoon.
Many times it was not uncommon
for very popular girls to have
several spoons on their wall!
In early America coins were
given as tokens of love. Most times
these coins were sanded smooth on
one side and initials were
engraved and intertwined to depict
love and commitment. Down
through time human hair has been
used to make love tokens quite
often since it doesn’t deteriorate if
kept properly. In early America
many times braided locks of hair
were made part of portraits and
paintings to symbolize love for the
person receiving the picture or
painting.
Around the world today lovers
express their devotion to one
another in many different ways.
China. Young lovers have many
symbols and tokens with which to
express love. A pair of mandarin
ducks signifies romance and
loyalty, whereas a double
carp symbolizes a couple tying
the knot together after
experiencing many ups and downs.
In the Yunnan province, lovers send
different types of leaves to express
specific meanings of love for each
other: the white flower leaf says ‘I
miss you' and the black bean tree
says, ‘I only love you'.
India. When couples announce
their engagement the woman wears
a red dress and people write down
good wishes and stick them on her
along with money for prosperity.
Japan. Girls give their lovers
chocolaes on Valentine’s Day. A
month later, on White Day, the boy
has an opportunity to return the
favour, but it must be far more!
Africa. The Zulus have a long
tradition of glass beadwork that the
women make into delicate purses
for their boyfriends. The main
symbol used is a triangle and how
it is placed will signify status: an
upright triangle symbolizes an
unmarried woman whereas two
triangles joined at the base indicate
someone who is engaged.
Rings, necklaces, bracelets,
precious stones and lockets have all
been used in the past and are still
used today. Although a love token
can be priceless monetarily it can
also be a worthless bauble but
priceless to the giver and receiver.
As long as there is love, desire
and commitment love tokens will
always be a part of close
relationships. Some love tokens are
universal whatever the relationship;
the exchange of rings is very
common and a gift of food or
flowers will speak volumes in any
language. They are as poignant
today as they were hundreds of
years ago.
Happy Valentine.
Fashion & More
Spring Adventure
by Thelma Drabik, Melbury Gallery
A
nother season and
another story of
discovery at Melbury
Gallery. Spring is finally in the
air and we can now follow
Mother Nature’s superb example
and breath new colour into
everything. The new season
brings new beginnings and the
warehouse is full of boxes, which
have arrived from a number of
countries, all waiting patiently to
be prepared and taken to
Sherborne and Dorchester to
commence the Melbury spring
adventure.
Irresistible colours are bursting
forth from the boxes like a Kevin
McCloud paint chart - orchid,
marigold, periwinkle, navy, tulip,
blush coral, mint and zest but do
not despair if your liking leans
more to the Kelly Hoppen paint
chart as we have an abundance
of subtle neutrals like walnut,
seashell, shadow, mushroom and
crockery.
We have taken garment
collections from 26 different
suppliers this season, so we are
positive there will be something
for everyone to be inspired by.
We work tirelessly each season
to find clothes that will be
captivating in their individuality,
designs to flatter sizes 10-22 and
suitable for occasion through to
off-duty separates, and in our
modern world, designs that are
budget conscience. We love to
find clothes that place the
importance on style that is
authentic, timeless, down to earth
but still engrained with
extraordinary elements that
distinguish these pieces from the
high street – giving that extra
special element.
Sandwich is a brand that goes
the extra mile to find that special
element. They use unusual fabrics
and unique construction methods
to create distinctive products
made from the highest quality
materials. They are the masters of
the smart casual, layered look,
which we all aspire to getting
right! Sahara will be arriving instore early. The highlights from
this collection will include textural
3D knits, seersucker checks,
heritage tribal prints and a
distressed washed jersey.
Unusual jacquard linens will be a
‘must’ for the trans-seasonal
dressing required for these
coming months.
Always remember that we have
a mailing-list and a Facebook
page at Melbury Gallery where
you can keep up-to-date with all
our wonderful suppliers like
Oska, Adini, Masai, Noa Noa
and as I mentioned earlier 22
other suppliers as well!
Throughout February the shop
changes almost daily and we
love buying these gorgeous
clothes for our gorgeous
customers, so please come and
see what gems we have found for
you this Spring 2013… We will
be thrilled to show you
MELBURY GALLERY
Half Moon Street, Sherborne
10-11 Tudor Arcade, South Street, Dorchester
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Meet the Brewer
Meet the Founder and Master
Brewer of Meantime, Alistair
Hook, at The Queens Arms in
Corton Denham on Friday 22nd
February at 7.00pm. This is a real
‘treat’ as such a talk has never
been held out of their Brewery
before. Alistair will talk about
American beers and then sit down
to enjoy a five course evening
meal with a Meantime beer to
match each course.
Alastair Hook is owner,
founder, Managing Director and
Master Brewer at Meantime
Brewing, a microbrewery in
Greenwich, London and produces
a number of award winning
beers. In 2008 the brewery won
no less than four of the
International Beer Challenge’s
World’s 50 Best Beers. The
Brewery also supplies beer in the
Last year Tim Hurran started up a
novel new business of a traditional
ice cream tricycle and this year he is
hoping to attend even more events.
The tricycle is environmentally
friendly and can easily be situated at
Sainsbury’s Taste the Difference
range, so if anyone knows their
oats or, more to the point, their
barley, hops, yeast and water
then it is Alastair. Tickets at £35
can be booked on 01963
220317 but be quick as we
suspect this will be booked up
well beforehand.
any event, either inside or out, and
the delicious creamy real dairy ice
cream is made locally by Craig’s of
Osmington using whole milk and
20% double cream which is served
in traditional waffle cones or tubs.
There are 8 different flavours on offer
which includes toffee fudge, peaches
and cream, raspberry meringue and
mint chocolate chip giving a wide
choice. It can be hired for parties
(children and adults) as well as
weddings and christenings - in fact
any event where ice cream might be
enjoyed! Tim is also interested in
hearing from any Street Fairs or
Fetes that have space for him to
book. For more details and to book
call Tim on 07745 858440 or
01963 363389.
The Quicksilver Mail
The
Hendford Hill, Yeovil
at Ash House Hotel, Main Street, Ash, near Martock. TA12 6PB.
Light lunch menu also available, 2 courses for £12.50.
Lunch and dinner served every day.
Valentine's Menu Thursday 14th February
Enjoy a romantic evening with superb food and service.
Tasting Menu with Wine Pairing Saturday 23rd February.
New Innovative Menu.
Butternut squash soup,
sweet potato croquette, thyme oil £5.75
Exmoor venison carpaccio,
roasted beetroot, honey jelly, single estate olive oil £7.00
Locally smoked pollack, celeriac and pancetta chowder £6.25
Ash House cured salmon,
pickled cucumber, goats cheese roulade, white balsamic syrup £6.75
Open fisherman's pie,
fish veloute, winter greens and potato gratin £12.50
Rare breed pork, roasted loin and pressed belly,
parsnip puree, candied apple, Stornoway black pudding rissole and crackling £14.75
Line caught cod
with chorizo picante, red pepper, heritage tomato and saffron veloute £15.50
Ribeye of aged Ashdale beef,
navarin of button onions, twice cooked chips and sauce bearnaise £19.75
Goats' cheese and Jeruasalem artichoke raviolo,
braised fennel, celeriac and truffle puree, red wine poached pear salad £14.50
Callebaut chocolate cheesecake, espresso crumb and vanilla bean ice cream £6.25
Caramelised cox apple tarte tatin, English custard (for two to share) £9.50
Sticky date pudding with banoffee £6.00
Iced peanut parfait with ginger ice cream £5.75
Regional cheese plate, Ash House onion marmalade £8.00
For further details & bookings 0193 5 82203 6
www.theorangerybrasserie.co.uk
The Conduit Dinner Club
Why not come along to one of
The Conduit Dinner Club Evenings and
enjoy some great meals out.
The Club is informal, there is no
joining fee and we send details to
over 140 people. We are normally
30+ people on an evening and
have a cross section of ages.
The evenings are a good way to get
out and meet new people as well as
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Stop Me & Buy
an Ice Cream
try new restaurants – often with
some great deals!
The next meal is at The Queen’s
Arms in Corton Denham on Tuesday
5th February. If you are interested in
coming to this evening in November
or would like more details phone
01935 424724 or e-mail
[email protected] and
details will be sent to you.
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Best Value
Lunch Menu
in Town
10 Different Hot choices @ £5.50
Food served: 11am-2.30pm
& 6pm-9.30pm
Sundays 12.00 noon-3.00pm
Function Room for up to
250 is available for parties,
weddings, training days &
business meetings
New Chef at
The Orangery Brasserie
01935 424721 www.Quicksilvermail.com
Exciting things are happening in
The Orangery Brasserie at Ash
House Hotel. The new chef,
Deruke Tee, formally from the
Greyhound in Sydling St Nicholas
and The Left Bank in Weymouth
has arrived with innovative new
menus and a passion for creating
fantastic food. Deruke, who is a
multi award winning chef, decided
to move to The Orangery not only
because of the wonderful setting
but also due to Gordon
Doodson’s, the hotel owner,
obvious passion to create one of
the leading restaurants in the
South West.
Both Gordon and Deruke
believe strongly in locally sourced
food using the best ingredients
possible and to assist with this
they have a close relationship with
local producers. Gordon has also
created a kitchen garden with
greenhouses in which Deruke can
grow his own vegetables and
fruits. So now, along with eggs
from the resident chickens, there is
a steady supply of very fresh
produce making its way from
garden to the restaurant
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throughout the year.
The Orangery Brasserie has
undergone a refurbishment to give
it a new warmer look creating a
wonderful atmosphere to view and
enjoy the mature garden. Set in a
300 year old ham stone manor
house, it has a relaxed and
friendly feel to it. During the
warmer months the garden is a
great place to sit with a glass of
wine or eat ‘al freso’.
On Saturday 23rd February there is a
special Tasting menu with Wine
Pairing. This includes delicious
food prepared by Deruke and
wines described by Andrew
Kindness, wine consultant to Lesley
Waters. Andrew and Deruke
have selected wines to
complement each course of the
specially prepared menu and
Andrew will present each wine to
give a better insight as to why the
pairing works so well. The cost is
£45 per person and will be a fun
evening for all ages to enjoy.
Tables of 10 or 12 are available
or you can sit with others. Full
details are on their website or to
book just call 01935 822036.
Westcountry Game Fair
The Bath & West Showground,
Shepton Mallet will once again
welcome the ever-popular
Westcountry Game Fair on Saturday
9th and Sunday 10th March. This
important countryside event, which
is supported by the British
Association for Shooting &
Conservation (BASC), will celebrate
17 years of entertaining the public
and creating a platform for
countryside traditions and issues to
be promoted and supported.
The show has a wonderful mix
of have-a-go activities including
archery, air rifles, Terrier and
Lurcher shows, family dog show,
clay shooting. There are also
fascinating demonstrations both
indoor and outdoor – top names in
the areas of falconry, wildfowling,
ferreting, gun dog training and
more. Add in educational insight
into a variety of countryside issues
Competition
Win tickets
to the Westcountry
Game Fair
By answering the following question:
Which organisation
runs lectures on
poultry keeping?
Send your answer by postcard to:
The Conduit Magazine (address on page 3)
Or e-mail the answer along with your
phone number and address to:
[email protected]
by Friday 22nd February
Good Luck
Financial Predictions
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by Andrew Fort B.A.(Econ.) MIFP Dip PFS CFP
and sports and a fabulous
shopping village all under cover in
four halls! There is also a variety
of companies selling a range of
products from country clothing,
guns, deer stalking equipment to
gundog equipment, local food and
drink and crafts.
The Somerset Smallholders will
also host a selection of activities
and lectures including poultry
keeping and canine touch therapy.
BASC (British Association of
Shooting and Conservation) play a
prominent role at each event
providing shooting coaching,
gundog scurries and sharing their
knowledge and expertise on their
trade stand in the shopping village,
with features including a
wildfowlers row. In addition, the
cookery theatre will host a variety
of chefs all with simple, easy to
follow delicious game recipes.
You can keep up to date with
everything happening at the show
or for discounted advanced tickets
on www.contour.uk.net You can
also order tickets from the ticket
office on 01749 813899.
e live in a complex
world. There is so
much information
available to us that it sometimes
seems impossible to make a
decision. This is particularly true
in the world of finance. What is
the right thing to do with an
endowment policy; surrender it
or continue with it until its
maturity date? If there is spare
money available, should it be
invested or should it be used to
pay down debt. How do I
create an investment plan or
strategy? Should I use my cash
ISA allowance or should I use a
stocks and shares ISA? Which
fund should I invest in? Is it a
good idea to buy a holiday
home? Is it a good idea to invest
spare capital in a second
property and rent it out? If you
are offered early retirement, how
do you know if you have enough
to live on? If you are about to
retire should you take the
maximum tax-free lump sum, or
would it be better to take a
higher regular income for the
remainder of your life? What
are the tax implications of these
actions? Which taxes might
affect me? How can I,
legitimately, avoid any of them?
Will my children have to pay
inheritance tax when I die?
These are just some of the
questions that a real financial
planner can answer. A real
financial planner has the skills
not simply to answer the
technical questions but also the
ability to ask smart questions
and to clearly explain the
advantages and disadvantages
of each choice. A real financial
planner has the tools to enable
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Trivia Quiz
Q: What is a baby
oyster called?
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01460 240433
Friday 25th January
Burns Night Supper with Piper
Thursday 31st January
Wine Tasting with Mark Banham
Friday 1st February
Murder Mystery with 3 Course Meal
Answer to January’s Quiz:
Cookery School
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Town News
CASTLE CARY The Ceramics
Group has a talk by Pat Prelier
on ‘New Hall Bat Prints’ at the
Methodist Schoolroom on Tuesday
5th February at 2.30pm. Then in
the evening Somerset Wildlife
Trust has a talk by John Dickinson
on ‘Reptiles and Amphibians in
Somerset’ at Caryford Hall at
7.30pm in the evening. Chris
Smith from Pennard Plants will be
talking to the Gardening
Association on ’Behind the
Scenes at Chelsea, Hampton
Court, Tatton Park & Shepton’ on
Thursday 7th at 7.30pm in the
Methodist Schoolroom. Nonmembers are welcome at £1 on
the door. The Churches Together
Unity Supper takes place at the
Saturday 23rd from 9.00am to
4.00pm in the Digby Church
Hall. The Science Café in the
Senior Lunch Club in Digby Road
has a talk on ‘The Joy of Specs’
by Simon Frackiwicz who is a
Member of College of
Optometrists on Wednesday 27th at
7.30pm. The Sherborne Floral
Evening Group has a talk ‘Just for
You’ by Mrs Jo Jacobs on
Youth Centre
SOMERTON The Gardeners
Club has a talk on ‘Grow Your
Own’ on Monday 4th February at
7.30pm in the United Reformed
Church Hall. The Somerton
Dramatic Society Pantomime is
‘Robin Hood’ and takes place in
the Parish Rooms from Friday 8th
to Saturday 16th at 7.30pm with
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Take Time Out - You Deserve It
Constitutional Club on Saturday 9th
at 7.00pm. The six week WEA
course on ‘The Origins of the
English Seaside’ begins at the
Methodist Schoolroom on
Wednesday 13th at 7.30pm. The
Mid-Somerset Decorative and
Fine Arts Society has a lecture on
Tuesday 19th at 11.00am in
Caryford Hall by Dr Peter Webb
MA on “20th Century Artists I
Have Known”. The talk will cover
artists from Salvadore Dali
through Henry Moore to David
Hockney. Tea or coffee and
biscuits are available from
10.30am. All welcome and for
further information contact
01963 350527.
matinees on Saturday 9th and
16th. Tickets £5 (concessions for
children under 13) from Palmer
Snell Estate Agents. The
Somerset Wildlife talk is on
‘Buzzards: Territories, Behaviour
and Social Interactions’ on
United Reform Church Hall.
Robin Prytarch has been studying
buzzards near Bristol for over 30
years and has found large
changes in their territories.
Everyone welcome and entry £3.
Go along to the Parish Rooms on
Saturday 23rd at 7.30pm and
enjoy the movie ‘Gambit’, with
Cameron Diaz and Colin Firth.
This is a real feel-good film for
cold nights. Tickets £5 from
Cobbs Health Stores in Brunel
Centre or on the door. More
details from Susan Deane on
01458 273265. See Movies
around the villages and towns. The
Green Gardeners meeting is on
Tuesday 26th at 7.30pm in the
Parish Rooms. Tom and Jane
Harper from the Sherborne
Garden Centre will be giving a
talk on ‘Water Gardening’. All
visitors are most welcome at £2
and refreshments will be
available after the talk. The
History Society has a talk by
Peter Hill on ‘William Arnold’ on
Parish Rooms. William Arnold
was the 17th century arcitect who
built Wadham College at Oxford
as well as Montacute House. All
welcome.
WINCANTON The Farmers’
Market at the Bear Inn is on Friday
1st February from 9.00am to
12.00 noon. There is a Business
Networking Group on Thursday 7th
at 7.15am at Hunter’s Lodge
near Wincanton. This is a
chance to meet other businesses
in the area over a continental
breakfast or good old fashion fry
up. Take along business cards
and be ready to tell everyone
what you do best. More
information from 01963 34327.
The Parkinson’s Group has a talk
on Wednesday 20th at 2.30pm at
Yarlington Sheltered Housing
Scheme. The Goodland
Parkinson’s Specialist Nurse from
Yeovil District Hospital will be
giving a talk on ‘Admission to
Hospital’ and informing those
present as to ‘What’s New in
Research’. All are welcome.
YEOVIL Why not join the
Rendezvous Group who meet
every first Friday of the month
from 8.00pm in the Snug at
Coopers Mill. The next one will
be Friday 1st February. This is an
informal friendly and sociable
get-together for 30+ and is ideal
to meet and make new friends.
There is no joining fee and for
more information call Dennis on
07870 764186. ‘Antiques for
All’ takes place at Westlands
Leisure Complex on Sunday 3rd
from 10.00am to 4.00pm. Entry
£2. There is an illustrated talk on
‘Rare Plants of the Southern
Counties’ by Chris Cornell Group
on Wednesday 20th at 7.30pm in St
John’s Church Rooms. Chris is a
well known expert on native
plants in Somerset and great
speaker. Admission £2. On
Saturday 23rd in Middle Street do
not forget the Farmers’ Markets
from 9.00am to 2.00pm.
SHERBORNE The Sherborne
Literary Society has their AGM
on Thursday 31st January at 7.30pm
in Cheap Street Church followed
by a talk by Rachel Billington.
See Reading Matters on Page 15 for
more details. The Gardening Club
have a talk, ‘Secrets of a Walled
Garden’ by David Marsh on
Thursday 14th at 2.30pm in Digby
Hall. The Farmers’ Market is on
Friday 15th in Cheap Street from
9.00am to 1.00pm. The
Sherborne Antique Fair takes
place in Digby Hall on Saturday
16th from 9.30am to 4.00pm.
Admission £1. The Saturday
Antique & Flea Market is on
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•
•
Health and Well Being
by Dr Tim Robinson GP
Integrating Conventional with Holistic Medicine
Eczema – the holistic view
E
czema is a common
inflammatory skin
condition appearing
anywhere on the body but
especially on the hands, inside
the elbows and behind the knees.
Eczema can occur as a result of
direct contact by chemical and
plant irritants. Eczema may be
due to allergies to food or airborn particles such as house dust
mite, mould spores, dog hair and
cat fur.
Self-help for eczema includes
avoidance of skin irritants and
chemicals that trigger the flare-ups
– soaps, detergents, antiseptics,
perfumes, hair products and
bubble bath. Regularly vacuum
the bedroom and use microfibrous mattress an pillow covers
to reduce house dust mite
exposure. If you suspect food
allergy you could experiment with
milk and/or egg exclusion over 4
weeks to see if the eczema settles
down.
As eczema tends to be a dry
skin condition, conventional
treatment with generous
application of moisturising creams
and lotions will re-hydrate the
skin. Use soap substitute and
emollient in the bath – do not
soak for too long and the water
should be body temperature – not
too hot. Upon getting out pat
yourself dry, do not rub.
Moderate and severe eczema
usually needs steroid cream to
dampen down the inflammation.
However prolonged use should
be avoided as this can lead to
skin thinning and pigmentation.
Antihistamine cream or tablets
can be helpful.
The complementary treatment of
eczema could include nutritional,
homeopathic and herbal
approaches. Studies have shown
omega 3 fatty acids and fish oils
reduce the severity and itchiness
of childhood eczema – this can
be mixed into the food of babies
and toddlers. Probiotics
containing healthy gut bacteria
taken in pregnancy and infancy
may reduce the chance of
eczema developing in childhood
by boosting the immune system
and strengthening the gut wall
against food allergens. A multimineral and multi-vitamin
supplement, especially containing
vitamins B and E, zinc and
selenium should also be
considered for the treatment of
eczema.
Homeopathic medicines such
as Sulphur and Arsenicum Album
can be very effective in the
management of
eczema.
Application of
Calendula cream
sooths as well as
encourages
healing of raw
areas. Seek
advice from a
homeopath who
can match the
type of eczema
with a specific
remedy or better
still the ‘constitutional’ type of the
patient. If an allergy to house
dust mite is suspected the
homeopathic medicine prepared
from the mite itself can bring
relief.
Herbal treatments can control
the symptoms of eczema;
treatment usually requires the
advice and guidance from a
herbal practitioner. The same
applies to herbs given on the
principles of traditional Chinese
medicine and Indian ayurvedic
medicine.
Tension and anxiety can
exacerbate eczema; so often
flare-ups can be linked to some
stressful life event or situation.
Dealing with this is important and
mind-body therapy with
meditation, yoga, hypnotherapy
and counselling, particularly CBT,
will help.
In summary eczema
management should include:
avoidance of trigger factors, look
for an allergic factor, take a fish
oil, probiotics and multi-vitamin or
multi-mineral, consider
homeopathy or herbal treatment
and definitely deal with any
stress!
HOLISTIC MEDICINE
DR TIM ROBINSON
NUTRITION
ALLERGY TEST
HOMEOPATHY
ACUPUNCTURE
General Practitioner 21 Years
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A
Life Behind the Counter
by Graham Hart, The Emporium, Yeovil
s the evenings begin to
slowly draw out and we
can see Spring just over
the horizon, the middle of
February sees the annual
celebration of romance,
Valentine’s Day.
Here at The Emporium we have
planned a very special day on
Saturday 9th February centred
around a celebrity visit by
Britain’s Got Talent semi-finalist,
Beatrix Von Bourbon. One of
Britain’s foremost Burlesque
performers, Beatrix will be
running a one-off workshop.
She will also be giving some
great photo opportunities and a
“family friendly” performance in
the Love Food Café on the first
floor. The workshop has limited
space and reservations are being
taken either by e-mail, phone or
in-store.
This is also the day that our instore beauty salon, “Another Little
World”, will be celebrating its
second birthday with some
special offers, live music and
some complimentary Birthday
Cake! All in all, Saturday 9th
should prove to be a truly
memorable day for The Emporium
and we hope you will be able to
pop in and join in the fun.
Our “Loft”, on the Second
Floor, is continuing to develop
with sessions in Yoga, Pilates, Tai
Chi, Burlesque, Belly Dancing and
a large new Manicure and
Treatment Room.
More exciting services
are on their way and
we will keep you
posted as they come
on-stream.
We are delighted
to announce that our
existing quality preloved childrenswear
outlet, “Maisie Mae”,
is expanding into a
large new space on
the Ground Floor
where a much wider
range including
nursery equipment and furnishings
will be answering a big local
demand.
Of course The Emporium will
be offering a wide range of
Valentine gift ideas and greeting
cards to impress the person you
love, especially if you want
something unusual and
imaginative. Our in-store
businesses have been busy
restocking after Christmas and our
January Sale so there is a wide
array of fresh merchandise to
checking out. We look forward
to welcoming you soon.
39 Princes Street, Yeovil, Somerset, BA20 1EG
01935 579482 www.theemporiumyeovil.co.uk
Vote for your young
volunteer champion
Residents in West Dorset are
being asked to nominate young
volunteers for a special award.
The Chairman’s Awards: Young
Volunteer Champions 2013 is an
award to celebrate the work of the
young people who have given up
their spare time in the West Dorset
area. The awards are run by
West Dorset District Council and
aim to recognise the unpaid
voluntary work done by young
people and youth groups.
Nominations are open from now
until Friday 15th February and the
categories for nomination are:
• Junior Young Champion: an
individual 12 years or under
• Young Community Champion:
an individual aged 13–18 years
• Senior Young Champion: an
individual aged 19–25 years
• Youth Group Champion: any
young people’s voluntary or
community group
The award ceremony will be held at
South Walks House, Dorchester on
Friday 15 March 2013 where each
young champion winner will receive
a small cash prize and a framed
certificate. Nomination forms are
available at West Dorset District
Council's main offices, tourist
information centres in West Dorset,
town council offices and
www.dorsetforyou.com/youngchampion
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Art
by Rachel Mowbray
Local Theatre Box Office Contact Numbers:
David Hall, South Petherton
01460 240340
Octagon Theatre, Yeovil
01935 422884
The Exchange, Sturminster Newton 01258 475137
Ilminster Arts Centre
01460 54973
VISUAL ART
The Somerset Guild of Master
Craftsmen has a new exhibition ‘Love
Curiously Wrought’ which has just
started and continues until Friday 15th
March. The exhibition is an
exploration of love and love tokens
so ideal to purchase a unique
present for ‘your loved one’ for
Valentine’s Day. The gallery in
Somerton is open Monday to
Saturday from 10.00am to 5.00pm.
Admission is free. For more
information call 01458 274653
Ilminster Arts Centre has much to visit
in February. The exhibition featuring
artwork by the prize winners from the
Arts Centre’s Annual Open Exhibition
last spring continues until Saturday 2nd
February. Then on Tuesday 5th to
Saturday 16th February the exhibition
‘Schools Go Visual’ is showing. This
includes a wide range of artwork
created by students from Greenfylde,
Swanmead and Wadham Schools.
Then from Tuesday 19th the exhibition
‘Artists 303’ starts and continues until
Friday 8th March. This group of artists,
formed in Ilminster over 40 years
ago, is now well established. The
group’s reputation for innovation,
diversity and quality means visitors
can expect an inspiring mix of
artwork. The Ilminster Arts Centre is
at The Meeting House, East Street
and is open from Monday to Friday
9.30am to 4.30pm and on
Saturdays 9.30am to 2.30pm.
Admission is free and for more
information call 01460 55783.
On Saturday 9th February Barton Studio
Gallery at High Jarmany Rural
Workshop, Barton St David will be
hosting an Open Day from 10.00am
to 7.00pm. Showing new work by
glass artist Lois Mary Blackburn and
painter Vic Blackburn they will both
be at hand to demonstrate and
discuss their experiences as artists.
The gallery houses a stained glass
studio and kiln room where Lois
makes kiln formed glass and dichroic
glass jewellery. Originally a fine
artist, she is also a glass painter with
30 years experience. She spent 20
years as a glass artist in California,
where she learned hot glass with
Dan Fenton, a hot glass pioneer. Vic
learned how to paint from his
mother, Margaret, who was a
talented and prolific artist. He
currently has an exhibition ‘The
Template Series’ at La Terre
Restaurant in Glastonbury. Drinks
and nibbles will be provided and
admission is free so do go along. 12
PERFORMANCE &
COMEDY
At going to press there were a few
tickets still left to see Jethro on Thursday
31st January at 7.30pm in the Octagon
Theatre. Cornwall’s ambassador of
comedy is crossing the county line to
once again take you on a fun and
wild journey, Jethro style. His unique
irreverent style of delivery provides the
perfect platform from which to regale
audiences with his stories and
mischievous repertoire of material.
Tickets £18 or £19.50.
On Monday 4th February at 7.30pm in
the Octagon Theatre enjoy ‘Spring
Awakening’. Presented by Icarus
Theatre Collective and King’s Theatre
from Southsea this is a powerful
production of this haunting and classic
play about the terrors of becoming an
adult. Set in late 19th century
Germany, the play follows a highly
religious community with straight and
gay teens exploring youth’s furtive
sexual awakenings. These young
people push imposing boundaries as
puberty overtakes them and their lives
are changed forever. Contains nudity
and scenes of an adult nature.
Recommended for ages 14+ with adult
(otherwise 16+). Tickets £11 to £14.
On Tuesday 5th in the Octagon Theatre
see the classic play ‘Romeo and Juliet’.
Performances at 1.00pm and 7.30pm.
Icarus Theatre Collective with King’s
Theatre from Southsea presents a bold
and exciting new production of
Shakespeare’s most tragic tale. Tickets
from £11 to £14.
The comedian Chris Addison will be
performing his show at the Octagon
Theatre on Friday 8th at 7.30pm. The
star of ‘The Thick of It’ and ‘Mock The
Week’ brings his twice extended,
hugely entertaining rock ‘n’ roll
spectacular features knock-out hits from
the 1950s, 60s and 70s, mixed with
loads of new zany comedy routines to
produce a show with a real feel good
party atmosphere. Tickets £21.50 or
£23.50.
’Beauty & The Beast’ is the Sturminster
Newton Amateur Dramatic Society
pantomine at The Exchange on
Wednesday 13th at 7.30pm. Stuart
Ardern’s pantomime is based on the
Brothers Grimm fairy story of the
arrogant prince who is turned into a
beast by a scheming witch. He can
only redeem himself if someone loves
him for what he is. Into the beast’s
castle comes a hapless merchant,
father of the beautiful Belle. The
merchant incurs the beast’s wrath, but
when it is time for him to return to face
justice, Belle goes in his place. Fun
filled family entertainment full of
slapstick, songs and silly jokes. Tickets
from £5 to £8 or family (2+2) £25.
On Thursday 14th at 7.45pm in Johnson
Studio at the Octagon Theatre, the
YCAA presents an ‘Evening of Poetry’
with Annie Freud. Spend a romantic
St Valentine’s evening listening to her
amazing poetry. Annie’s acclaimed
collections of poems have earned her
many awards and her live readings
are memorable. Tickets £7.
Richard Alston and Martin Lawrance
have created yet another diverse and
entertaining programme of dance for
the Octagon Theatre on Wednesday 20th
at 7.30pm. Following his commission
by Scottish Ballet to mark the
Olympics, Martin Lawrance has now
created ‘Madcap’ a startlingly
original, brand new choreography.
The music is by ultra-cool New York
band ‘Bang on a Can All-Stars’.
Tickets from £8 to £16.
Following on from last night see the
Richard Alston Dance Company
Lecture Demonstration on Thursday 21st
at 1.30pm at the Octagon Theatre.
This matinee will be presented by the
Director of Creative Teaching and
Learning, Chris Thomson. The
afternoon will include full
performances of ‘The Devil in the
Detail ‘and ‘Madcap’, a short question
and answer session with the dancers
and an introduction to both pieces.
Tickets £8.
On Friday 22nd at 7.30pm at the
Octagon Theatre, the UK’s No.1 Folk
and Hip-Hop Dance Extravaganza The
Demon Barbers perform ‘The Lock in’.
Some of the UK’s oldest forms of
dance are brought bang up to date as
they collide with some of the youngest
in this exciting new show. The
critically acclaimed tour, ‘The Time Is
Now, Again’ to Yeovil. This is a top
class stand-up from one of the best
stand-ups around. Tickets £20.
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brainchild of award-winning folk band
The Demon Barbers, see a group of
street dancers arrive at an apparently
deserted pub. Local rumour has it that
‘The Fighting Cocks’ is the place to be
‘after hours’ but as the regulars arrive
a clash of cultures turns into a dance
floor stand-off. The Demon Barbers
will be supported by BBC Radio 2’s
Folk Awards nominee Maz O’Connor.
Tickets from £13.50 to £16.50.
After walking the wall in the West
Bank, becoming Guinness World
Record holder for political protests and
chasing arms dealers around the
country, Mark Thomas turns his
attention to matters closer to home with
a show about his father. See him at
the Octagon Theatre on Saturday 23rd
at 7.30pm. Tickets from £10 to £15.
First commissioned by the Royal
Opera House ‘Bravo Figaro’ is the true
tale of a self-employed builder’s love
of opera, degenerative illness and
how to put opera on in a bungalow in
Bournemouth! It is about love, death
and the search for peace in an
imperfect world... with some gags
thrown in for luck and told by one of
the finest storytellers in the country.
On Sunday 24th at 7.30pm in the
Octagon Theatre will be ‘Debussy: A
Passionate Life - The life and time of
Claude Debussy’ with Robert Powell
and Liza Goddard, plus Clive Conway
(flute) and Christine Croshaw (piano).
The year 2012 marked the 150th
Anniversary of the birth of this
On Saturday 9th from 7.30pm at the
Octagon Theatre experience ‘That’ll Be
The Day’. Prepare yourself for a party
as the legendary nation’s favourite
rock ‘n’ roll variety show returns. This
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Penny Black, Chocolate Baroque
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- Tapestry, cross stitch and
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- Wide range of haberdashery
- Knitting yarns and patterns now
including Bergerie de France
- Knit and Stitch Club
Wednesdays 2-4pm
Would you like to learn to
knit or stitch? You will get
free advice and tuition in
this friendly shop.
01935 815361
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extraordinary composer. Debussy was
a revolutionary genius that lived for
love and attracted drama and scandal
wherever he went. Robert Powell and
Liza Goddard celebrate his turbulent
and passionate life with Debussy’s own
brilliantly vivid, sometimes moving,
often humorous writings and those of
his friends (as well as his enemies!)
and fellow artists and musicians
interwoven with musical interludes.
Tickets from £12.50 to £14.
Early Notice: A great evening of
rock and bogies for all ages will be at
East Coker Village Hall on Friday 1st
March at 7.30pm when the band ‘Dogs
Without Collars’ will be performing.
The five Dorset clergymen who play in
this rock band have gained an
enthusiastic following and play classic
favourites from the 60s and 80s.
Tickets £12 adults, under 16s £5 and
family tickets £36 includes supper and
are available now from 01460 72883
or 01460 76450. Arrange a party
and enjoy St David’s Day in style!
MUSIC
On Wednesday 30th January at 7.30pm in
the Octagon enjoy a Sinfonia Classica
with Martin Roscoe. He will peform
piano pieces by Greig, Beethoven and
Mazart. Tickets £20 or £18.50 and
children £14.
On Friday 1st February at 7.30pm at the
Octagon Theatre enjoy UK Pink Floyd
Experience. The nine piece UK Pink
Floyd Experience replicates the line-up
of the full Pink Floyd touring band of
the late 80’s and 90’s. With state-ofthe-art sound and a spectacular light
show, the aim is to perfect the
atmosphere of the great Pink Floyd in
concert. Songs from Dark Side of The
Moon through to Division Bell are
featured, so fans of all ages will find
something from their era. Tickets from
£13.50 - £16.50.
Sherborne School Choral Society’s
Annual performance is on Wednesday
6th at 7.30pm in Sherborne Abbey.
Including the Sherborne Choral Society
Orchestra and conducted by James
Henderson the choir will perform
Elgar’s ‘Dream of Gerontius’ as well as
Strauss’ Horn Concerto No 1 in E flat
major with Toby Cairns on French
horn. They will be joined by Rosie
Aldridge (mezzo-soprano), Mark
Wilde (tenor) and Andrew Greenan
(bass-baritone). Tickets from £10, £12
and £15 and are available from
Sherborne Tourist Information Centre,
Winstone’s Bookshop and Sherborne
School Reception on 01935 812249.
On Thursday 7th at 7.30pm in the
Octagon Theatre Armonico Consort
will be performing the Naked Byrd.
Naked Byrd has become a programme
created in Armonico Consort’s
inimitable style and in the four years
since it was first performed, has
captured the hearts of reviewers and
presenters of both BBC Radio 3 and
Classic FM. The performance includes
works such as Barber’s ‘Agnus Dei’,
Allegri’s ‘Miserere Mei’, Byrd’s ‘Ave
Verum’ and Carissimi’s ‘Plorathe’.
Courtney Pine will be performing at
The Exchange on Friday 8th at 7.30pm.
No musician more embodies the
dramatic transformation in the British
jazz scene over the past 20 years than
Courtney. The ground breaking, multiinstrumentalist has led a generation of
exciting and innovative players who
have broadened their styles to take
jazz out to a wider audience.
Debuting material from his 15th studio
album ‘House of Legends’ sees
Courtney return to the instrument he is
best known for - the Saxophone and
features his soprano sax exclusively for
the first time. Tickets £22.
An outstanding, multi-award winning
mezzo-soprano from the Ukraine, Anna
Starushkevych, is the star of the first
performance of the 2013 Concerts in
the West Season at Ilminster Arts
Centre on Friday 8th at 8.00pm.
Accompanying her will be gifted
young pianist Justin Snyder, who is
currently studying for his second
master’s degree in London. Anna
studied at the Guildhall School of
Guildhall Accompanist Prize, the
Cunard Prize in the Guildhall English
Song competition and the Paul
Hamburger Pianist’s Prize. Anna will
be singing a selection of pieces
by Handel, Scarlatti, Britten,
Shostakovich and Mussorgsky. Tickets
£14 from 01460 54973.
On Sunday 10th at the Octagon Theatre
‘Fairport Convention’ will be
performing from 7.30pm. Fairport
Convention has just celebrated its 45th
anniversary and remains one of the
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The Kings Of Swing Orchestra will be
giving their all at the Octagon Theatre
on Thursday 14th from 7.30pm. This
live concert, under the direction of Paul
Francis, presents some of the best
‘swing’ vocalists currently performing
throughout Europe. Celebrating the
greatest hits of Frank Sinatra, Tony
Bennett, Dean Martin, Bobby Darin,
Nat King Cole and more recent hits by
Michael Buble and Paulo Nutini.
Tickets from £15.50 to £18.50.
Music & Drama with Laura Sarti. Her
list of prizes is impressive - in addition
to the Handel Singing Competition, she
has won the Susan Longfield Award
and was third in the Jackdaws Vocal
Award in the Wigmore Hall. Justin
Snyder is an advocate of new music
and has collaborated and performed
with composers such as Libby Larsen
and William Bolcom. He recently
performed live on BBC Radio 3’s In
Tune programme and has won a
number of awards including the
North Dorset & South Somerset’s
On Friday 15th Bartholemew Lafolette on
piano and Alasdair Beatson on cello
will be performing in the Octagon
Theatre at 7.30pm. Bartholemew and
Alasdair will be playing Beethoven’s
Cello ‘Sonata No.1 in F, Op 5’ and
De Falla’s ‘Suite Populaire Espagnole’.
Tickets from £14 from £17.
On Saturday 16th Julian Dawson will be
performing in the David Hall, South
Petherton at 8.00pm. Julian writes
beautiful and memorable songs, which
he delivers with his clear and
exceptional voice, accompanied by his
wonderful off-the-cuff observations and
humour, and fine guitar and world
class harmonica playing. On this visit
to the David Hall he will be also
readings from, and songs appropriate
to, his acclaimed biography of
legendary Rock pianist, Nicky
Hopkins. Tickets £11 or £12.
The Carducci Quartet is on stage at
the Exchange, Sturminster Newton on
Friday 22nd at 7.30pm. The Carducci
Quartet is recognised as one of
today’s most successful young string
quartets. Based in the UK, the quartet
holds residencies at Cardiff University
and Dean Close School and is visiting
quartet in residence at Trinity Laban in
London, Repton School and the Cork
School of Music in Ireland. Regulars
at London’s Wigmore Hall, they
perform throughout the UK, including
their own festival in Highnam. This
year they will perform Britten’s ‘String
Quartet Op.25 No.1 in D’ as well as
Haydn’s ‘Quartet Op.73 No.4’ and
Debussy’s ‘String Quartet Op.10’.
Tickets £20.
In the last 33 years, the Irish singer
and songwriter Kieran Haplin has
recorded 19 albums, one DVD and
published three songbooks. He is
rightly regarded as one of the hardest
working musicians with upwards of
160 gigs per year. He will be
performing with Yogi Jockusch at the
David Hall, South Petherton on Saturday
23rd at 8.00pm. Yogi is one of the
most respected percussionists in Europe
today. He has been employed in his
native city of Hamburg as the number
one percussion player in the top
German versions of such shows as ‘The
Lion King’ and ‘Mama Mia’. Together
they create an amazing live sound and
constantly receive rave reviews.
Tickets £11 or £12.
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Spring Lunch & Learn at The Eastbury
in conjunction with Artslink
Lecture/workshop
2 course lunch with wine
Refreshments throughout the day
£39 per person
Wednesday 30th January 10.00am-3.00pm
what it seems. Sam
Rich, Ian White and
Alice Browne star in
this enchanting story
about a young man
who finds himself
trapped in an
inescapable
environment inhabited
by supernatural
characters that are
not what they appear.
Tickets £6 or £7.
The golden age of painting in 17th century Holland
with Hendrika Foster
‘The Fairy’ is a French
film with English
Wednesday 13th February 10.00am-3.00pm
subtitles being
Gardens & palaces in Renaissance Italy
screened at the David
with Mary Jacobsen
Hall, South Petherton
Thursday 28th February 10.00am-3.00pm
on Friday 8th at
Creating form, depth and aerial perspective pastel workshop
8.00pm. Dom works
with Richard Turner
as a night clerk at a
Maximum number of attendees for each event is 24 people
small hotel in the
To reserve call 01935 813131
industrial port of Le
The Eastbury Hotel, Long Street, Sherborne, Dorset, DT9 3BY
Havre. One night, a
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strangely dressed
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woman named Fiona
arrives and claims
she is a fairy. She
On Wednesday 27th The Old Dance
grants Dom three wishes and makes
School will be perform in the David
his first two wishes come true before
Hall, South Petherton at 8.00pm.
mysteriously vanishing. By now,
Featuring Robin Beatty (guitar and
Dom has fallen in love with Fiona
vocals), Helen Lancaster (violin and
and he proceeds to embark on a
viola), Samantha Norman (violin),
search for his elusive fairy. Tickets
Laura Carter (woodwind and
£5.
vocals), Aaron Diaz (trumpet), Jim
Molyneux (drums, yambu, bodhran,
Sherborne Flicks is showing at Digby
accordian and vocals) and Adam
Church Hall on Wednesday 13th at
Jarvis (double bass). Championed
7.30pm ‘Shadow Dancer’ (15).
by BBC Radio 2’s Bob Harris and
A brilliant thriller concerning an
heralded by a wide cross-section of
aborted IRA bomb plot in London
the press, this band unleash their
duelling fiddles, soaring brass
crescendos, wind and vocal
harmonies and earth shattering
grooves in a live show. This is folk
music but not as you know it: one
minute rip-roaring, the next,
beautifully delicate. Tickets £14 or
£15.
FILM
On Saturday 2nd February at 8.00pm
‘The Holy Trinity’ will be screened at
the David Hall, South Petherton.
Prepare to go on a romantic
medieval adventure as you enter a
forest wilderness where all is not
Competition
Win tickets to
Me and My Girl
By answering the following question:
Who will be playing
the leading role of
Bill Snibson?
Send your answer by postcard to:
The Conduit Magazine (address on page 3)
Or e-mail the answer along with your
phone number and address to:
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by Monday 25th February
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and the British secret service.
Tickets £6 in advance from
Sherborne Tourist Information Centre
or on the door subject to availability.
See Movies around the villages and towns.
Wincanton Film Society is showing
‘Of Gods and Men’ at 7.30pm at
King Arthurs School on Wednesday
20th. Eight Christian monks live with
their Muslim brothers in a monastery
in North Africa in the 1990s, then
Islamic fundamentalist massacre a
crew of foreign workers. Do the
monks stay or leave? For more
details go to
www.wincantonfilm.co.uk
‘All Together’ will be screened at
8.00pm in the David Hall, South
Petherton on Friday 22nd. Five aging
friends decide to move in together in
Stéphane Robelin’s crowd-pleasing
comedy, starring Jane Fonda (in her
first French-language film since
Godard’s 1972 ‘Tout va Bien’. The
film also stars Geraldine Chaplin
and Claude Rich. Comfortably
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retired, they hire a handsome
graduate student (Daniel Brühl) as a
caretaker and rediscover the joys of
communal living, but when old
secrets and long-simmering
jealousies emerge, discord among
the group begins to grow. Tickets
£5.00.
Somerton’s film in the Parish Rooms
this month is ‘Gambit’ on Saturday
23rd at 7.30pm. Starring Cameron
Diaz and Colin Firth this is a real
feel-good film. Tickets £5 are
available from Cobbs Health Stores
in Brunel Centre or on the door. Bar
and refreshments provided by
Friends of the Parish Rooms. More
details from Susan Deane on 01458
273265. See Movies around the villages
and towns.
FOR CHILDREN
On Wednesday 13th at 1.00pm in the
Octagon Theatre ‘Milkshake! Live;
Come Out To Play’. Channel 5 and
Premier Stage Productions are proud
to announce a brand new live tour.
Starring Milkshake! presenter Amy
and some of the Channel’s favourite
characters, this new show is sure to
have children singing and dancing
in the aisles. Tickets children £10,
adults £12 and a family £42.
On Tuesday 19th ar 10.30am ‘Circle
of Tales: How the first story came to
be told’ is an African myth retold by
Gcina Mhlophe at the Exchange,
Sturminster Newton. It all started so
long ago that it is impossible to
remember when. There were no
stories at that time. One day a
woman, called Mazindaba, set out
to search for stories, asking friendly
and fierce animals if they could
help, but none knew any stories, or
even what stories were. After
hunting up and down mountains,
through thick bush, meeting many
scary and funny creatures
Mazindaba was told by a wise
elephant where to find the secret of
wonderful tales to tell. Tickets
children £4, adults £5 and a family
£16.
COURSES
On Sunday 10th February from
10.00am to 6.00pm Lois Mary
Blackburn will be giving a Stained
Glass Workshop at her studio in
Barton St David. Learn how to cut
glass then design and make a small
leaded panel to take home with you.
Materials and use of tools will be
provided, along with a light lunch.
The workshop is suitable for adults
and children over 12 accompanied
by adults and costs £85. For more
information please call 01458
851563 or e-mail at
[email protected]
The Spring Lunch and Learn Days, in
conjunction with Artslink, start again
at The Eastbury Hotel in Sherborne
with ‘The Golden age of painting in
17th century Holland’ with Hendrika
Foster on Wednesday 30th January.
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Then on Wednesday 13th February
‘Gardens & palaces in Renaissance,
Italy’ by Mary Jacobsen will take
place followed on Thursday 28th
February by Creating form, depth and
aerial perspective pastel workshop
with Richard Turner. All the days
start at 10.00am and on arrival you
have tea or coffee, before the first
hour-long lecture. Then there is a tea
or coffee break with biscuits before
the second lecture, all before a two
course lunch prepared by Eastbury’s
team of award-winning chefs with
wine included. The final one-hour
session completes the day, which
finishes at 3.00pm. You can enjoy
these delicious and enlightening
days, learning from expert lecturers
for just £39. To book or for more
information call 01935 813131.
Also see Village News &
About the Towns for more
music & films
ME AND MY GIRL
‘The Sun Has Got His Hat On and
He’s Coming Out To Play’?
Would we not all love the sound
of that? Well you can capture the
joy and toe tapping fun with the
Yeovil Amateur Operatic Society,
when they perform their latest
show at the Octagon Theatre in
Yeovil from Tuesday 12th to Saturday
23rd March. You can even join in
with ‘The Lambeth Walk’ and
‘Leaning on a Lamp Post’, as the
cockneys try to make their way
among the Earls and Duchesses of
Hareford Hall in this 1937 musical
comedy by Noel Gay.
YAOS are very excited to welcome
back Shaun Driver in the leading
role of Bill Snibson. Shaun is a
brilliant all rounder – he sings,
dances, acts and squeezes every
ounce of comedy from the
character. He was drafted onto the
stage by
Thelma Parish
in his early
teens to show
off his
gymnastic and
break-dancing
skills and then
did his first show with YAOS as an
acrobatic waiter in ‘Hello Dolly’.
Since then he has performed up and
down the country, both as an
amateur and professional, in
musicals and plays, most notably in
Cameron Mackintosh’s UK tour of
‘Moby Dick’ in the 90s. Shaun’s last
role with the Society was Pontius
Pilate in ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’
back in 2003. Since then he has
pursued many demanding roles
including at the Swan Theatre in
Yeovil, where audiences will have
seen him in ‘A Man For All
Seasons’, ‘Tess of The D’Urbervilles’
and many others. Tickets for the
YAOS show of “Me & My Girl” are
on sale at the Octagon Theatre box
office or online from their website
from Monday 28th January.
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Reading Matters
by Judith Spelman, journalist and author
have always been a great fan
of Jeffrey Archer ‘s books. He
has that rare gift of being a
natural storyteller and his books
are always a cracking read. A
couple of years ago he began The
Clifton Chronicles, a series of five
books with storylines following the
lives of two Bristol families, the
Cliftons and the Barringtons. The
Barrington Family are wealthy
shipowners; the Clifton family are
poverty-stricken. Jeffrey Archer
cunningly entwines their lives and
along the way, manages to
entwine them with the reader.
The series covers over 100 years
and the settings are all historically
accurate. So far two books have
been published – Only Time will Tell
and The Sins of the Father – but this
month brings the third book in the
series – Best Kept Secret – to the
bookshelves. These are fast-paced
books that make the reader want to
turn the page to see what happens
next. I would recommend them to
anyone setting out on a long
aeroplane journey or to take away
as a holiday read.
Poppy’s Angel by Rachel
Billington is published by Frances
Lincoln Children’s Books £6.99.
Rachel Billington will be
talking about the difference
between writing adult books
and children’s books after the
Sherborne Literary Society’s
AGM on Thursday 31st
January at 7.30pm. Literary
Society members free
admission. Tickets £5 for non
members. Everyone welcome.
‘I think they have such a strong
flavour that people do seem either to
love them or to hate them,’ says
Sophie Hannah about her
psychological thrillers. Two of her
novels were adapted for ITV as Case
Sensitive and now her eighth book,
The Carrier, is due for publication on
14 February. As with all Sophie’s
books, the story develops out of a
situation in which she found herself,
her vivid imagination providing a
compelling story. It begins with a
delayed flight from Germany to
England that forces the heroine,
Gaby, to spend the night in a hotel
with a terrified young woman. It
turns out an innocent man is about to
go to prison for a murder he did not
commit but confessed to having
done. If you like psychological
thrillers, this is for you.
Best Kept Secret by Jeffrey
Archer is published by Macmillan
in hardback £20.
Rachel Billington is generally
thought of as an author of adult
fiction but she has written three
books of non-fiction and ten
children’s books. This year sees
another of her children’s books
published. Poppy’s Angel is a
dramatic sequel to her earlier book,
Poppy’s Hero. It features two kinds
of London kids with Poppy
straddling the gulf between them as
she and her friends are drawn into
a strange, unimaginable world.
Beautifully written, the reader meets
Poppy, her friend Jude, and Angel
in an exciting story.
The Carrier by Sophie Hannah is
published by Hodder & Stoughton
£14.99.
These books, and a huge selection
of other recently published books,
are stocked by Winstone’s in Cheap
Street, Sherborne.
Save on Bills
Heads you win,
tails you still win!
by Edward Covill, Ten Go
I
t is not often that when
confronted with a choice, that
you can win whatever you do.
Here is a challenge to all business
telephone users. Send us a bill and if
we cannot beat that price, we will
send you £100 … and even those
with existing contracts can benefit.
The government is making it
mandatory for energy companies to
publish their lowest tariff for energy.
That is fine but there is no such thing
as a “lowest tariff”. People have
different requirements; one may want
a low tariff for one year while
another may wish to spread savings
over a longer period to give the best
average savings; and others may
wish to have a “smart” meter, which
of course costs money. In any case
prices change frequently and today’s
lowest price may not be the same
next week.
In the business market it is even
more complicated; there are day
tariffs, day and night, day and
evening, day evening and weekend,
limited hour tariffs, etc. Each can be
the cheapest for some consumers.
Many of these change weekly and
some daily. It is difficult for us to
give the best, but our spreadsheets
can cope.
Very often, renewal prices are still
much higher from your supplier than
if you were a new customer. The
supplier reckons that the tariffs are
so complicated that most will not
bother to unravel the best deal from
the 500 options in each area and
can maximise his profits by risking
only a small number changing. The
same principal applies to other
products such as insurance and
mortgages. One should never
accept a renewal price but go
elsewhere to obtain quotes. We will
always find the best deal. Do not
take our word for it. Get
comparisons from others as well as
Abbey
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Cheap Street
Sherborne
Wide selection of Magazines,
Periodicals and DVDs in stock.
New Naxos Classical CDs
Have your daily
paper delivered.
Ask in store for details.
Tel: 01935 816128
01935 812367
us. We make no charge to
customers and changes in the
finance industry will not prevent us
from continuing our service.
People have saved £1,000’s over
the years with glass fibre loft
insulation. Yet sometimes they are a
bit disappointed with the amount of
saving which do not measure up to
claims by the manufacturers. The
reason is that the claims are based
on laboratory tests on the material.
In the real world, there is cold air
flowing through the eaves, which are
vented to prevent condensation and
wood rot occurring. This results in
heat from the roof being sucked out
rather than keeping you warm. To
overcome this problem, consider an
open cell system sprayed between
the rafters, which retains heat
effectively. It comes with a lifetime
guarantee against wood rot and has
no health risks but glass fibre can
cause problems to asthma suffers.
As always, contact us for further
details. We are open from 5.00am
daily.
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February Gardening
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by James Foster-Pegg BSc Hons
Poundbury Garden
hilst thinking ahead to
February on a dull grey
January day my day
was brightened by the emergence
of the gorgeous deep pink
hellebores in our front garden. It
has been many weeks since
venturing down the garden but the
front garden is passed several
times a day. Now it is not the
most exciting arrangement of
plants but it does have a couple of
gems. The hellebores are a great
perennial for a bit of winter colour
and range from pure whites to
speckled to the deepest purples
and doubles also enhance the
range. All of them are perfect for
a slightly shady position and have
deep green architectural foliage
and the stunning nodding flowers
will last for many weeks. The other
gems are far from showy at the
moment as they provide colour at
the end of the summer and they
are the Japanese anemones, but
more about them later in the year.
Other signs of life in the garden
are the tips of bulbs showing
through the soil, if it has been
mild enough the early daffodils
and snowdrops will be showing
off and letting us know that spring
is just around the corner.
With the garden coming to life
there are some key things to do
and a little bit of pruning will help
provide a show later on in certain
plants. Late flowering clematis,
such as the viticellas, can be
pruned hard now and will shoot
away to flower mid-summer on all
the new growth. Another key plant
to prune is the Wisteria.
Hopefully you gave it a tidy up
last summer but the key pruning is
now and the secret is to reduce
the side shoots to a couple of
buds, this will encourage flowers
this spring. Other shrubs that have
flowered this winter can be
pruned now as well. Still outside
protect early blossom on fruit
bushes such as peaches and
nectarines from frost with
horticultural fleece and you can
also help pollinate them using a
paint brush in case there are no
insects around.
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If you want to stay in the warm
and dry there are some great little
jobs to do. Seed sowing, if you
can protect the young plants from
cold nights, can be started for
many vegetable plants, giving you
a head start for planting out later.
If you have stored or recently
bought dahlias and lilies then start
them off in deep pots using a John
Innes 2 compost. You can plant
them out later in the spring or
keep them in the pots and place
on the patio when in flower for an
instant display.
Now is a good chance to check
over your greenhouse and make
sure that heaters are working and
that you have a max min
thermometer so you can monitor
what is going on. If you
keep fuchsias or geraniums
over winter then make sure
the temperature remains
above 5C to prevent the
frosts getting them, but also
on sunny days it is a good
idea to ventilate well as the
temperature will soon rise
during the day.
One job I am looking
forward to this spring is
planting out some wild
flowers I sowed last
summer, they will be a
good size in a few weeks
and will hopefully give me
a good show in the wild area later
this year. However before that I
have some tidying to do to
prepare the space, removing some
of the thick grass that has taken
over to expose the bare soil and
give the wild flowers a chance.
Last year, at all of our centres, we
sowed annual wild flower mixes
and by mid summer they proved to
be a well loved display by all that
saw it - it is low maintenance once
the ground is prepped and gave
one of the best displays of summer
colour, so that is my goal for my
own garden this year!
Flower of the Month – Red Rose
F
by Natalie Gordon, Poppies Florist
ebruary is another busy time
for all of us at Poppies and
with Valentine’s Day fast
approaching there can only be one
flower to focus on this month and
that is the beautiful red rose.
Saint Valentines Day – more
widely known as Valentines Day,
began as a liturgical celebration of
one or more early Christian saints
named Valentinus a priest in about
the year 270AD. It was a time
when the Church was enduring
great persecution. His ministry
was to help the Christians to
escape this persecution and to
provide them the sacraments, such
as marriage, which was outlawed
by the Roman Empire at that time.
Celebrated on 14th February, the
day's association with romantic
love grew in the time of Geoffrey
Chaucer in the High Middle Ages,
when the tradition of courtly love
thrived. During the 15th century, it
became an occasion in which
lovers expressed their love by the
giving of flowers – usually red
roses.
Red roses have many different
meanings across many cultures
and religions. The rose is, of
course, the national flower of
England. This can be traced back
to the reign of Henry VII who
adopted the Tudor rose, combining
a red rose, representing the House
of Lancaster, and a white rose,
representing the House of York, as
a symbol of unity after the English
civil wars of the 15th century
which came to be called the Wars
of the Roses. A traditional custom
on St George's day is to wear a
red rose, though this is not as
common these days. The rose also
appears in the histories of William
Shakespeare and has been the
symbol of England Rugby and of
the Rugby Football Union, since
1871.
So how did the red rose become
the flower best associated with
love and romance? It is said that
in Roman and Greek history it was
linked to the Goddess of Love. The
red rose was used at Greek and
Roman wedding ceremonies and
therefore it became the flower
associated with love and romance.
To this day it is the flower most
often given to express ‘I love you’.
Red roses have long been a
favourite with our brides who like
to include them in their Bridal
work, table centrepieces and
church displays. As florists we
have many different varieties
available to us some of which
include ‘Grand Prix’, ‘Passion’,
‘Black Baccara’ and by far the first
choice here at Poppies – ‘Red
Naomi!’
Why not celebrate your love and
keep up this ancient tradition by
sending flowers this Valentine –
from something as simple as a
single rose gift wrapped to a
stunning bouquet of mixed flowers the choice is yours!
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Legal Matters
History
Public access to land:
Sherborne Museum
keep ahead of the game - preparing for the
History by John Firmin
Jonathan Cheal - Director, Dyne Drewett Solicitors
M
ost land-holdings are either
Do a deposit under S31(6)
affected or threatened by
Highways Act and renew it every
rights of way or other
ten years. This is not just a form
public access. This is likely to get
filling exercise. It needs care and
more acute rather than less. It is a
detailed forethought, both the
huge subject and to find a solicitor
documents and the plan. Validly
specialising in it is unusual but here
done, and renewed, it is a
are some practical tips.
procedure of great value.
When buying land, remember that
It is important to remember that
searches are not sufficient. Your
this process will not prevent “village
solicitor must do a site visit, inspect
green” rights accruing; that is a
the map at County Hall and make
different statutory process
other enquiries.
altogether.
Managing existing land: make
Dyne Drewett Solicitors offers
yourself aware of each route and its
professional legal services in:status. Be vigilant, check boundary
• Agriculture
incursions, repair broken fences,
• Commercial
challenge any abuse, put up signs
• Dispute Resolution
(but take advice on wording), think
• Family
about granting people permission
• Private Client
(which if done properly will prevent
• Residential Property
a right arising). Write down things
that you have done:
records could be
crucial.
Try to avoid putting
stock in fields crossed
by paths. Think about
diversion applications,
but remember the
importance of giving
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side first.
History talks
in February
Arts Society have a talk
by Louise Schofield on
Monday 4th February at
2.30pm in the
Millennium Hall, Water
Street, Seavington St
Mary entitled ‘’Rescuing
Zeugma from the
Floodwaters of the
Euphrates. In Spring
2000 an archaeological
drama began to unfold
in Turkey, on the banks
of the River Euphrates
close to the border with
Syria. A small team of
Mosaic floor from Zeugma on the Euphrates French and Turkish
depicting Eros and Psyche (3rd Century AD) archaeologists found a
Roman city, with mosaics
The Blackmore Vale & Yeovil
and wall paintings finer than those
National Trust Group have their
of Pompeii. However just beside
AGM on Saturday 23rd in the Digby
them was the almost completed
Hall at 2.30pm. There is no
Birecik Dam and the Turks had
charge so do go along. If you
begun to flood the great reservoir
would like more details contact
behind it, taking the city under
Brian Harper on 01747 838810.
water. This lecture tells the story of
The Neroche Decorative and Fine
the extraordinary archaeological
new season
O
ne of the principle purposes of
a town museum is to present to
the community a wide range of
aspects of local history. This is all
very well, but any efforts are wasted if
the presentation is not interesting and
attractive. Accordingly, our Curator
has decided that, after many years, it
is now time to redecorate and
refurbish all our exhibition rooms and
the connecting staircase. The aims are
to brighten the reception area, provide
better settings for the artefacts and to
mount simplified texts supported by
more detailed booklets. The collection
will be more accessible and an
incidental outcome of this major
overhaul is the preservation of our
historic building.
Now, this major task, undertaken
entirely by Museum volunteers, is in
addition to our usual winter tasks of
changing approximately 50% of our
exhibits. Early this year, we are
mounting a window display based on
a Christening theme, utilising the many
Victorian and Edwardian christening
gowns held in our collection and the
recently received donation of an
Edwardian christening cape. The
exhibition will be extended into the
Gardner Room once its redecoration is
completed.
A major facility to be launched
when we open in March will be visitor
access to our extensive photographic
collection, displayed on a touch screen
in the Gardner Room. This significant
facility will cover our photographic
rescue excavation that took place
and, as the waters rose at a rate of
two feet a day, it tells of the
fabulous treasures recovered.
Louise Schofield was Curator of
Greek, Bronze Age and Geometric
Antiquities in the British Museum for
13 years. She now works on
international archaeological
projects, principally in Turkey and
Albania, and lectures for a number
of universities and institutions.
Visitors welcome (up to 2 visits) at
£3.
On Tuesday 26th at 7.30pm the
Martock Local History Group have
a talk at the Primary School by
Fergus Dowding on ‘Martock’s
collection, paintings, old projector
plates used for advertisements in the
Carlton Cinema (which closed in
1961) and many other categories.
Continuing the summer season
theme, we are mounting a Benjamin
Jesty display. He was a farmer in
Yetminster, who first experimented with
vaccination against smallpox, having
observed the fine, pox-free skin of the
dairy maids. There will be a window
display based on farming to support
the Jesty theme and also a
Pharmaceutical Exhibition.
The Abbey School is to mount a
silk industry display and there will be
a Fosters School exhibit to coincide
with The Founders’ Day. Our regular
‘Up-Your-Street’ theme will concentrate
on the north side of Coldharbour this
year. Any interest or ideas on this
theme would be appreciated and
should be directed to Graham Stevens
on 01935 812252 or
[email protected]
The Jose Wilson case is being set
up with a new set of manikins to
display children’s clothes and the
camera display is being replaced by a
Children’s Corner. The Sensory Trail
for disabled visitors will be completed,
whilst on the stairs we will display a
series of paintings on local themes
donated by Gerald Pitman.
So you see, this is a busy time for
the Museum team. I am interested in
plans other Museums in our area have
for 2013 and would welcome any
information which I could include in
future editions of this column. Contact
details are as above, with the postal
address Abbeygate House, Church
Lane, Sherborne DT9 3BP.
IF YOU HAVE AN INTERESTING
HISTORY STORY THAT YOU WOULD
LIKE JOHN TO WRITE ABOUT
CONTACT HIM VIA
[email protected]
Nine Tithings’ covering Ash, Bower
Hinton, Coat, Hurst, Long Load,
Martock, Milton, Stapleton and
Witcombe. The talk will discuss
why the tithings are such odd
shapes and who organised it. Light
refreshments from 7.00pm and
admission or membership just £2.
For more information contact Will
Aslett on 01935 822159.
The Society of Friends of the Fleet
Air Arm Museum has a ‘Society
Film Night’ on Thursday 28th at
7.30pm at Yeovilton RNAS
Museum. The Museum’s Curatorial
Department will present a selection
of rare footage from the museum’s
archive. All are welcome.
17
Pet Health
by Matt Saunders BvetMed MRCVS works for the
Newton-Clarke Partnership and runs the Yeovil Surgery
Making a Diagnosis
O
ur approach to your pet’s
health problems are based
on training, experience
and to a degree, probability.
Some health problems are
common, others are rare. Some
problems occur more commonly in
young animals, other problems
are more common in aged pets.
After getting a history of your
pet's problem and examining your
pet, we will usually go through a
mental or written process of listing
all the problems from the history
and physical exam. We then
decide which organ(s) and
disease(s) may be causing the
problems and narrow down the
list based on the age, breed, sex
and the presenting symptoms (or
signs).
It is at this point when we may
decide to use a specific
laboratory test and it always
surprises people at, not only the
amount of equipment we have at
the surgeries but also the speed at
which results become available.
The test we use most commonly
is undoubtedly our blood analysis
machines. These allow us to
assess haematology (red and
white blood cells), biochemistry
(organ function), blood gases;
show metabolic or respiratory
changes in the pH (acidity) of the
blood and electrolytes; changes in
blood sodium, potassium and
chloride.
X-rays enable us to assess
problems in primarily the bones
but also in the chest and lungs
and is very effective at showing
up the golf ball stuck in the dog’s
stomach! Ultrasound gives us a
live, 2-D image inside the body
and with this we can assess the
heart and all the organs inside the
abdomen.
Urinalysis involves dipsticks
(which most people are familiar
with) and the specific gravity (or
concentration) of the urine. This
not only flags up problems in the
urinary tract but also systemic
illness such as diabetes and
kidney disease.
The microscope proves an
invaluable tool; whether it is
finding Demodex mites on skin
scrapes from your itchy dog or
assessing which type of bacteria
are present in your
dog’s smelly ear!
One of our more
unusual pieces of
equipment is the
endoscope. A one and
a half metre long fibre
optic lens we can pass
into your dog (or cat’s)
stomach to look for
diseases of the stomach
or oesophageal lining
or even use to remove
the odd stray sock!
All these tests we use
on an almost daily
basis and undoubtedly
allow us to achieve the correct
diagnosis in a very short period of
time. However, the one tool we
cannot do without is our hands, as
combined with our experience
they prove time and time again to
be our most useful piece of
equipment in the surgery.
A View from the Forecourt
by John Sugg, West Country Cars
Driving in the Ice and Snow
B
efore you can say ‘there’s a
brass monkey crying out there’,
winter will have unfurled its icy
coat and with it caused havoc on British
roads. While we are due a relatively
mild winter (the last three have been
horrendous) there is no excuse for not
taking precautions ahead of the
inevitable cold snap. Below is a guide:
Space - Did you know that around a
quarter of all drivers fail to slow down
in the winter while in heavy traffic? For
many, that means an inevitable glide
across ice or snow followed by the
terrible bang and silence of a winter
prang. There is no way of knowing
what is under your tyre when you are
driving on white roads so SLOW
DOWN, give yourself a bit more space
to brake and avoid having to swap
insults and insurance details in sub-zero
conditions with a similarly cold and
upset motorist.
Time - Making a journey in the summer
and making a journey in the winter are
two different things. When travelling
over the forthcoming months, add
another 20% to your usual trip time.
That added time will give you a chance
to drive in a more controlled manner,
allow your engine to heat up and avoid
damage and allow you to fully defrost
your windscreen. Yes, you do need to
buy some defroster. Driving around
facing the low winter sun without a
clear windscreen is a sure-fire way to
ensure your New Year goes with an
(unwelcome) bang.
Informed - Mobile phone technology
means there is NO EXCUSE for not
knowing what is happening before you
set off. As well as simply ensuring you
have got one ear open for BBC TV
Weather reports or going online before
you leave – especially on longer
journeys – there are plenty of free
‘apps’ for you to download to your
smart phone. The Met Office App is
free and a good starter. You might also
take a look at the AA App, which offers
you information on roads that are
closed for a host of reasons.
Corners - When you are turning a
corner in the winter, clearly, there is a
chance you will lose traction. Again,
around one in four drivers refuses to
slow down going around corners which
is fine if you like to see your car sliding
into fences, running over garden
gnomes or smashing into post boxes
quietly minding their own business.
Kit - Your car is much more likely to
break down in sub-zero temperatures so
it is important that you and your motor
are prepared in the event of a problem.
You would
be wise to
carry an
emergency
kit. The AA
Emergency
kit is £29.99 from Amazon and
includes: a warning triangle, high
visibility vest, first aid kit, 3.5m Tow
Rope, foot pump, emergency camera
with flash and 12 exposures, notepad &
pen, tyre pressure gauge, tyre tread
depth gauge and emergency car
hammer. Seems like a good deal for the
price of half a tank for petrol.
Stranded - If you do become stranded,
stay in your car. It is the safest place
for you to be. To keep warm, you can
run your engine but make sure the
exhaust is not blocked with snow. One
way to avoid becoming stranded is to
keep your fuel tank at least 50% full –
this will severely reduce the fuel line in
your car becoming frozen.
We cannot guarantee that everything
will go perfectly this winter, but
following our ‘STICKS’ guide and you
will certainly reduce the chance of
problems. Be prepared!
The Newton Clarke Partnership Ltd operating from:
Swan House Annimal Hospital
Sherborne 01935 816228
Wyndham Hill Animal Hospital
Yeovil 01935 474415
www.newtonclarkepartnership.co.uk
Think BIG and expand
your business
with the
Sports Cars
Convertibles
Hatchbacks
Prestige
Saloons
Super minis
MPVs
4x4
Conduit Magazine
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Bargain Hunters Corner
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If you have something to sell – send details in the post, e-mail us at
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Call an Expert
If you are a professional
and would like to tell over
31,000 local people about
your business why not
advertise here?
Call 01935 424724
to be included
This section is free of charge, however, does have some restrictions.
You must be a private seller. The item cannot be valued over £200.
Alternatively you can advertise items over £200 in a box from just £10.
The Conduit Magazine reserves the right to decline unsuitable items.
Home & Garden
Display Cabinet Mahogany Stag
Furniture. Two glass panelled doors
& glass shelves. 32" wide x 11"
deep x 39.5" high. As new
condition £100. 01963 33160
Relyon Double Bed. Pocket sprung
mattress 4' 6" w 4 drawers. Good
condition. £60. 01963 33160
Marks & Spencer fringed all wool
Wilton rug. Traditional pattern on
red background. 48” x 70”.
Excellent condition. £30.
01935 872217
Church pew, probably Victorian,
dark rosewood (we think!) L 160 x
H 156 x D 55 cm, red padding on
seat. Victim of de-cluttering! Bruton
area. Offers around £100.
01749 830568
Wall mounted, bathroom,
downwards turbo fan heater.
Cold/1kW/2kW brand new in
box. £18. 01935 872217.
Rocking footstall with floral pattern
footrest. £15; Brown swivel office
chair. £15. 01935 432040
£15; electric fire £10; EBAC
2850E Dehumidifier £100.
Buyer collects. 01935 872329
Victorian Style Cast Iron Fireplace.
New & unused. H 37“+ half x w
24” x overmantle 27” + half. £85
o.n.o. 01963 359618
Solid metal chest. Edwardian £30
ono; Victorian iron £6; Silver &
bamboo blinds 120cm x 120cm.
Offers. 01935 421389
You could be advertising your
business here and reach over
31,000 customers from £10pm
Is your business
just hanging on?
Sports & Leisure
Large trampoline (3.75m x 12ft
4"). £15. 01935 850371
Canon MP750 colour
printer/scanner. £20. VGC. Priced
for a quick sale. 01935 850371
Metro Car Lock with keys £15 or
nearest offer. 01935 424724
Miscellaneous
Wheelchair – Lomax UNI 8, selfpropelling. Nearly new. Offers in
the region of £70. 01963 250183
Beautiful cream stone fireplace and
hearth, £75; cast-iron fire basket
Electric chair full working order green
in colour. £50. 01935 432040
OUT
CHARG
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• Software/Hardware Fault Diagnostics
• On-site Computer Problems Solved
• Internet/Broadband Installation
• New Computers Built to Order
• Wireless Internet
• Virus Removal
17 Sherborne Road, Yeovil, BA21 4HD Tel: 01935 411226
[email protected] www.computerdoctor-online.co.uk
Then you should promote yourself
to our 31,000 local readers in
South Somerset & West Dorset
01935 424724
BARGAIN
HUNTERS
CORNER
DEADLINE:
Thursday 7th
February
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PC & Mac solutions
NO CALL
By Registered Firearms Dealer
Rifles - Shotguns
Air Rifles - Air Pistols
07970 742471
Apollo Transition adult's folding
bike. Lights, 5 gears and carrier.
As new. £100 or nearest offer.
01963 34083
Computer
Doc or
GUNS WANTED
Any condition. We collect in any area
Brass fire guard. Four fold. 32”
high. Curved tops. g.c. £15; Bath
spa unit complete in box. As new
£5. 01935 872217
For all your I.T. solutions
Kindling wood for fire lighting.
Carrier bag full £1.00. 4 bags for
£3.50. 01935 863539 evenings
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New
bigger
venue
& better
parking
8th Annual
SOMERSET POTATO DAY
Sunday 10th February - (10.30am - 2.30pm)
80 plus varieties of potatoes for sale by the single tuber,
onion sets, shallots, garlic, Heritage Seeds, fruit trees,
rhubarb crowns and much more.
ADMISSION FREE
Other stalls selling plants and other items
Refreshments by Friends of the Moat Garden and bar will be open.
The Constitutional Club, Station Road, Castle Cary, BA7 7PF
Refreshments and Bar
www.potato-days.net
SALE
Small also
gets noticed!
Advertise here in colour
from just £30 and reach
32,000+ local people
Call 01935 424724
ENDS 29 February
th
34 Market Place
Sturminster Newton
Tel: 01258 472564
•
59 Cheap Street
Sherborne
Tel: 01935 389665
Marsh’s
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February 2013 - The Conduit Magazine

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