The December 2021 edition of the Bride Valley News can be read HERE
BRIDE VALLEY NEWS
The deadline for copy for any month’s issue is mid-day of the second Thursday of the preceding month. All material for
publication must be sent to the Village Correspondent. For Litton Cheney this is: John Firrell, Tel: 01308 482313
email: jfirrell20@gmail.com
Want to contribute to the well-being of Litton? Why not join the Premier Crew, a group of well-intentioned citizens of our village who
clean and tidy up areas when they need a little bit of care and attention. Your ability to help will undoubtedly depend on your
availability and you are not expected to turn up everytime there is a call to arms. Gender equality is alive and well, as is the
bonhomie or bonfemme on offer whenever we meet. With enough volunteers we could even become the Grand Crew! If you would
like to join us, please contact John Firrell on 01308 482313.
Premier Crew – Come & Join Us
VILLAGE INFORMATION
VILLAGE INFORMATION
NEWS
Plant Sale
Village Newsletter November 2021
Danger - Loose Dogs!
Litton Cheney Parish Council
The next meeting of the Parish Council will take place on Tuesday 11
th
January 2022 when the parish precept for 2022/23 will
be decided. As always local residents are actively encouraged to attend and involve themselves in diplomatic time when you
can have your say.
The Parish Council wishes everyone in Litton Cheney and the Bride Valley a very happy Christmas, and a stay well New Year.
Parish Bench Fund – Take It In Your Stride - Rest Easy
The plan is to place benches are various focal points around the village and surrounding area so that people can dwell a pause
during the course of a walk, rest awhile and take in the scenery prior to continuing their ramble. If you would like to donate to
this worthy cause, perhaps even dedicate a bench to a loved one, please contact either Quentin Blacke or Parish Clerk Maggie
Walsh for more information – more details can be found on village noticeboards.
The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee – The Story So far
The ideas are beginning to firm up amongst the Jubilee (in Excelsis) Community Group. Most of the village celebrations will take
place over the Saturday and Sunday (4
th
& 5
th
June 2022) with several earlier warm up events as the weekend approaches.
More details as we enter the New Year but its looking good – stand by to enjoy yourselves on a very special occasion.
Updates will be published on the village website www.littoncheney.org.uk and on village noticeboards.
Events at LATCH – for December
Weekly
Mondays: 15.30 The Big Q – term time only
Tuesdays: 16.45 -17.45 Short Mat Bowls (Ron Davidson 482661)
Wednesdays: 16.00 – Table Tennis (Ron Davidson 482661)
19.00 – Yoga with Anna Forrest (annaiyengaryoga@gmail.com)
Thursdays 14.00: First Steps Toddler Group (Claire Moore 07796 694052) – term time only
Fridays: 10.00 – Art class in Meeting Room (annvgray@hotmail.com) [3
rd
and 10
th
]
Specials
Thursday 2
nd
– Film Night “Knives Out” Doors 19.00. Film starts 19.30
Monday 13
th
: Allotment Society AGM 19.30 in Meeting Room
Wednesday 15
th
: Thorner’s Christmas production
Village Cafés: It was great to see the return of the Village Café in November. A reminder that the hall is available for hire free
of charge on Saturday mornings for a Café to raise funds for any group.
It’s a good social event for the community and always popular – contact me to book a date.
Hall Bookings: Wendy Firrell 01308 482532 wtlitton@gmail.com
The White Horse – It’s beginning to look a lot like………...
Well, somehow we find ourselves in November and planning Christmas events. Up to date information will, as always, be found
on the White Horse Facebook page, but a few dates to put in your diaries are:-
Saturday, 11th December - Mummer's Play
Friday, 17th December - Fish 'n Chips, Happy Hour and Grand Christmas Meat and Cheese Draw
Saturday, 18th December - Caribbean Christmas with Antigua Joe
Sunday, 19th December - Christmas Dinner Roast, Christmas Draw and Christmas Quiz
Christmas Eve - Cottage Pie Night - come and join us for a bite to eat before the main festivities
Christmas Day - OPEN 12-2pm for drinks
Plans are still in the making for Boxing Day (both of them!) and New Year's Eve/New Year's Day, as well as ideas for a carol
service and post-Christmas walk - all to be confirmed.
Let's hope everyone is able to get together with family and friends for a fantastic Christmas this year and that next year will be
much easier all round. We may well close for a week or two in January and lie upstairs in a darkened room for a few days!
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all!
Liz and Andy
Full Fibre – Rural Gigabit Initiative
We have yet to hear the outcome as to which area in Dorset is to receive full fibre broadband directly installed by Openreach
courtesy of the government – everything is on hold for the moment. More in January’s BVN but it is hugely possible full fibre can
still come about by completion of the voucher pledging scheme we started in September – we await word from Openreach and
Dorset Council. Watch this space!
Village Cafes
The first Village Cafe for two years was held on the 6th November, with exploration of the School Discovery Area, information
about beekeeping, insulation, eco-affairs.... and much talk plus coffee and home baked cakes. Thanks to everyone who came,
helped, and donated. We have sent £160 to Sea Shepherd, £50 for the Discovery Area and £50 for the school.
Artsreach at LATCH - The Syrian Baker
The Syrian Baker drew a capacity crowd to the LATCH on Sunday 17
th
October. On entering, the audience found itself in a quite
different place—a welcoming Syrian meeting-place with ten tables dotted around the central acting area. Coffee was served in
small cups, and draped lights created a café or meeting-point inside a bazaar. Writer Kevin Dyer took the story from interviews
with Syrian refugees in Britain. With just three actors to weave together the story of Amina and Jamal, we saw childhood friends
in Homs who later married but then became victims of the civil war. A portable bread-oven joined the action near the end when
Jamal returned to his city, bidding the audience to stay behind to enjoy both his bread and the Syrian cakes and biscuits baked
by our own village helpers. Pinar Öğün (Amina), Boodi Kabbani (Jamal) and Mohsen Ghaffari (Karim) were superb, seamlessly
making the story come alive both across the years of experience and also across the miles separating war-torn Homs from
London – a sanctuary that will finally be left behind.
From donations raised after the show the sum of £100 was sent to the Hands Up Foundation, a charity which exists to support
health and education projects in Syria.
The next Artsreach drama is called Hefted, which will be performed by the Multistory Theatre Company at LATCH on Saturday
29
th
January 2022.
Photo by Claire Moore 3_7_2021
When in areas where there are livestock present or machinery is in use, keep your dog on a lead and keep to the public
footpaths.
A recent incident whereby a local resident was walking their dog off the lead, away from the public footpath, and cutting
machinery was in use in the vineyard. The resident was advised by the vineyard manager to keep to the footpath and place
the dog on the lead. You do not need much imagination to envisage what could have happened had the dog walked into the
path of the cutting machine!
Ultrafast Broadband – Full Fibre – Pledge Your Voucher
Funding has now been made available for the Community Fibre Partnership set up several months ago to facilitate the
installation of full fibre ultrafast broadband in Litton Cheney, Long Bredy and Kingston Russell. For Litton Cheney, if you live
within the following postcodes Project Gigabit vouchers will be available for you to pledge towards the cost of installation of
full fibre to all these properties : - DT2 9DH; DT2 9AT; DT2 9AU; DT2 9AP; DT2 9AS; DT2 9AR; DT2 9AW; DT2 9AJ; DT2
9AL; DT2 9AN; DT2 9DW; DT2 9EQ; DT2 9AH; DT2 9AQ; DT2 9AG; DT2 9AF; DT2 9TE; DT2 9AE; DT2 9AD; DT2 9AX;
DT2 9DR. Visit https://www.openreach.com/connectmycommunity for more details.
Even if you have an adequate speed for your use, please think of others nearby whose connectivity is pretty dire. Using your
pledge (worth £2500+) will help bring full fibre connectivity to our villages. The opportunity to pledge vouchers is time limited
so please act as soon as you can. Inevitably there are conditions and these should be read carefully, but the process of
actually bringing fibre to your door is all down to the amount of pledges received.
Road Closure Portesham
Closure of Whiteway
TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF WHITE WAY, LITTON CHENEY
DORSET
COUNCIL
has
made
an
Order
under
Section
14
[1]
of
the
Road
Traffic
Regulations
Act
1984,
as
amended.
All
vehicles
will
be
prohibited
from
proceeding
along
White
Way,
Litton
Cheney
from
the
junction
with
A35
Dorchester
Road
to
point
approximately
750
metres
to
the
south
(in
both
directions).
The
order
is
needed
in
order
to
comply
with
health
and
safety
regulations,
which
require
the
provision
of
safe
working
areas
and
to
minimise
the
likelihood
of
danger
to
highway
users.
It
will
come
into
operation
on
13th
December
2021
and
will
remain
in
force
for
18
months.
however
it
is
anticipated
that
the
works
will
be completed by 5th January 2022
This Order will enable Openreach, safe access to lay ducting within the verge and footway and install cables to
improve the Emergency Services Network in the area.
An alternative vehicular route will be signed using Main Street, Chalk Pit Lane, A35 and vice versa.
If you would like further information about the work being undertaken and access arrangements, please call CCN agents on
behalf of Openreach on 01202 091959. For further information concerning this Order please call Dorset Highways Traffic
Team on 01305 221020. Find this information online: dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/roadworks-events 25th November 2021
JOHN SELLGREN, Executive Director of Place, Dorset Council, South Walks House, Dorchester DT1 1UZ.
OVERNIGHT CLOSURE OF GOOSE HILL, PORTESHAM
DORSET
COUNCIL
has
made
a
Notice
under
Section
14
[2]
of
the
Road
Traffic
Regulations
Act
1984
as
amended.
All
vehicles
will
be
prohibited
from
proceeding
along
Goose
Hill,
Portesham
between
Malthouse
Meadow
and
Fry's
Close
(in
both
directions),
a
distance
of
approximately
90
metres.
The
Notice
is
needed
in
order
to
comply
with
health
and
safety
regulations
which
require
the
provision
of
safe
working
areas
and
to
minimise
the
likelihood
of
danger
to
highway
users.
It
will
come
into
operation
on
at
20:00
on
16th
December
2021
and
remain
in
force
for
five
nights,
but
it
is
anticipated
that
the
works will be completed by 06:00 on 17th December 2021.
This Notice will enable Dorset Council to carry out carriageway maintenance and resurfacing works.
A locally signed diversion route will be put in place to enable traffic to travel around the closed section.
For
further
information
about
the
work
being
undertaken,
call
Dorset
Highways
Operations
on
01305
228100.
To
discuss
this
Notice,
call
Dorset
Highways
Traffic
Team
on
01305
221020
or
email
trafficteam@dorsetcouncil.gov.uk
.
Find
this
information
online at
www
.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/roadworks-event
s.
30th November 2021
JOHN
SELLGREN,
Executive
Director
of
Place,
Dorset
Council,
South
Walks
House,
Dorchester
DT1
1UZ.
Any
person
who
uses
or
permits
the
use
of
a
vehicle
in
contravention
of
the
Notice
will
be
liable
on
summary
conviction
to
a
fine
not
exceeding £1000.
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