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CATRIONA CLARK
BOOKKEEPING Saying Farewell to Bishop Peter
Catriona Clark MICB PM Dip Bishop Peter retired as the seventy-ninth
3 Henning Way Bishop of Bath and Wells in an online farewell
MILBORNE PORT service from Wells Cathedral on Pentecost
Sherborne, Dorset DT9 5HN Sunday. Bishop Peter, who is 65, announced he
01963 250928 / 07975 885905 was stepping down earlier this year, following
info@catrionaclarkbookkeeping.com treatment for leukaemia, which he began in
August 2020. Bishop Peter was officially
installed as Bishop of Bath and Wells at a special service at Wells
17935 Cathedral on 7 June 2014 so has been ‘our’ bishop for seven years.
During his time as Bishop, he has seen 1,327 people confirmed and 73
priests ordained. Not only has he been our bishop, but he has also been
the national lead bishop for safeguarding for the Church of England.
Covid restrictions and Bishop Peter's treatment, which prevents him
from going into public spaces, meant that his farewell service from
Wells Cathedral had to be streamed online. We were able to witness the
moment when he symbolically left his crozier – the shepherd’s crook
that signifies his role as leader of his flock. From that moment, he was
no longer Bishop of Bath and Wells and the process for finding a new
bishop begins.
sales@martindodge.com Here are some tributes to Bishop Peter
07836 708888 The Bishop of Taunton, Rt Revd Ruth Worsley, said: “Bishop Peter has
been a wonderful, warm and wise friend and colleague in the past five
and a half years of ministry we have shared together in Bath and Wells.
Justynas Art I shall miss him terribly. Our prayers continue for Peter, Jane and the
whole family. May they know God’s hope, grace and joy as they step
NATURAL ARTIST into the future.”
Canvas Portraits Paying tribute to Bishop Peter at General Synod, Archbishop Justin
The best home to be in
Perfect Gifts Your designs Welby said: “ I pray that you and Jane continue on the path to healing
is your own
and that you will continue in confidence in the God you have served
and in the love that you received from those around you.”
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We have sent a card signed by members of the churches across our Church House 100 Club
benefice thanking Bishop Peter for his ministry and wishing him well
in his retirement. You will be pleased to hear that his treatment has Results of the May Draw
gone well and the cancer is currently in remission. We continue to pray
1st Prize £30 Mr C Laughton
for strength for his body and a return to full health.
We have fond memories of Bishop Peter when 2nd Prize £20 Mrs N Thorp
he visited Milborne Port in November 2018. He 3rd Prize £10 (no. 35) Anon
came to help us celebrate the church sharing
agreement that we had with the Roman
Catholics and to bless them on their journey as
they ended their long association with us. On Moving On
that day hundreds were crammed into Church
House to enjoy breakfast together. We long for I arrived in Milborne Port in June 2014 and I was installed as your
the time when we can meet again in that Rector a few weeks later. At the end of this month I will have been your
number. Rector for 7 years. I have loved living in Milborne Port so I am rather
sad to announce that I will be moving on in the
Autumn. The Bishop of Sherborne has offered
Thank you, Bishop Peter. Go well! me the post of Team Vicar in the Golden Cap
Team and I have accepted. It is a benefice of 12
Rev Sarah
churches so thank goodness it is part of a team
ministry. I’ll be based in Lyme Regis and
responsible for work in schools across the team.
From the Parish The Vicarage is set on the hill overlooking Lyme Bay and has a fabulous
view of the sea. Rev Sarah
Registers
Funeral Congratulations to Brian Tindale, who took this month’s cover
photograph of the Ball Court looking towards the High Street.
18th May Ian Rillie There are so many photogenic locations in Milborne Port! Please
do send your own photos (high res and landscape format) for
consideration as a future cover. No prizes apart from the kudos!
Email them to magazine@milborneportchurches.org.uk
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St John’s Church Events News from the Parish Council
Garden Visits Tour with Ben Smith – our litter picking hero
Cream Tea Congratulations to teenager Ben Smith who
Come and join us on has completed his six-month stint of
volunteering for the Parish Council for his
Thursday 24th June
Silver Duke of Edinburgh Award! Ben has
2.00 – 4.30 p.m. been diligently picking up litter at the
Start in Church House to pick up a map of the Gainsborough and Springfield play parks
beautiful village gardens open for your visit, and to since the start of last October and we are
book a time for your tea extremely grateful for the great job that he has done. What is
(seating numbers may be limited depending on current particularly great, though, is that he has volunteered (no pressure
restrictions) from us – honest!) to continue with this work for the foreseeable future.
Tickets £5.00, Many, many thanks from all of us, Ben, for making this valuable
available in advance from Wayne’s Butchers contribution to your community.
Reporting crime in our area
MILBORNE PORT ART SHOW Unfortunately, there have been more incidents of anti-social behaviour
in the village, including further vandalism of the drinking tap at
Milborne Port Village Hall Gainsborough and more graffiti and the playing of very loud music at
the skate-park. If you witness or are aware of criminal activity which
July 9th 18.00-21.00 (ticket only*)
does not constitute an emergency, this can be reported easily by
£5.00 including a glass of wine calling 101, or can be reported online at
www.avonandsomerset.police.uk/report. The police welcome any
July 10TH 10.00 – 16.00 £3.00, Children free information that the public has which helps them to build a picture of
Tea, coffee and cake available what is happening in the area.
In aid of
YEOVIL HOSPITAL BREAST CARE UNIT Allotment land wanted!
The Parish Council needs more land for allotments in or close to
*TICKETS FOR FRIDAY EVENING AVAILABLE FROM: Milborne Port. The pandemic has resulted in a significant increase in
MacAndrew ART, 81 Cheap Street, Sherborne parishioners requesting plots and the waiting list is growing… We are
Trouvaille Gallery, 24c unit, 2/3 Cheap Street, Sherborne currently exploring our options and would be interested to hear from
Wayne Pullen, Family Butcher, 6 High Street, Milborne Port
anyone who has or knows of a suitable area of land (with access to a
Or ring 01963 251628
water supply).
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Consultation on Parking Restrictions on the A30 Milborne Port Primary School
Following many complaints to the Parish Council, the District Council,
the County Council and the Police, the Parish Council made a formal Thoughts from Year 6 on life as we
approach to Somerset County Council (as the Highways Authority) to leave lockdown:
see if they could suggest a solution, with the main issue being cars All the children and staff at Milborne
parked along the A30 in dangerous spots, but also to prevent cars from Port Primary school are thrilled that
parking at busy junctions leading onto the A30 and blocking dropped life is beginning to return to normal.
kerbs. Somerset County Council is now running a consultation on the It is so wonderful that our children
proposed remedy. The Parish Council has already approved this can socialise with each other a bit more and give long awaited
approach. Please see our website for more information: hugs to their loved ones. In Year 6 we are very excited about
milborneportpc.org.uk/2021/04/28/consultation-on-parking- going on a residential trip and stage an end of year show.
restrictions-on-the-a30 (Covid permitting of course!) Just two of things that are so
Nathalie Hetherington, Deputy Parish Clerk important to the children as their time at primary school
Find us on Facebook! Search: Milborne Port Community Council comes to an end.
I feel very lucky that we are all at school now and that makes me really
Milborne Port Weather Station happy. (Adriano)
Report for April
Quite an extraordinary month in many ways. School is starting to feel more normal now and it has been confirmed
April turned out to be quite sunny, though that we are going on a residential trip and hopefully putting on a
below average temperatures and low rainfall. production! I really love being able to now play and eat on the field
Mean temperature was 7.5 C with a minimum again. (Sidney)
of -3.2 C on the 7th and a maximum of 19.1C It’s really great being able to go to each other’s houses now and spend
on the 24th. There were a total of 14 air frosts, a lot more time with our friends. We are hopefully going on a
not so good for those delicate plants. residential trip to Hooke Court. I really love being able to hug my
Granny & Grandpa. (Joseph)
Until the 28th rainfall was virtually non-existent with only 2mm, then
along came 22mm on the 28th, eventually the total for the month was It’s lovely being at school as exciting things are happening. I am
24.6mm, about 35% of the average for April. really looking forward to portraying Raffi in our Year 6 production:
Tuishi Pamoja. It’s an African story of friendship. (Poppy B)
Wind direction was mostly from the NE with a maximum gust of Life seems easy now, we can hug our Grandparents and we can meet
26mph on the 25th and the mean wind speed for the month was our friends inside! (Harry)
3.9mph. Alan Whitewick
www.milborneportweather.co.uk
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I am very happy that we can do more with our friends and family Milborne Port Gardening Club
again and I am very excited about our Year 6 production! (Siena)
We can do a lot more now which is great, Throughout April and May the Gardening
especially the school trips. (Will) Club has been having a stall with plants for will
sale in the Saturday morning market on the
So far it has been a great summer term, Weighbridge car park. It has been so nice to
people are allowed to go on holiday now meet so many villagers at these sales and we
and we are doing a lot more things at thank you for all your support. All proceeds from
school. (Matthew) these sales go directly to the Club to support future events. These sales
When everyone heard the news at school that we are going on a trip have been so successful that we have decided to continue for a few more
and putting on a show we were very excited! This has been a weeks in June (or until we run out of plants)!
challenging year but now things feel more normal and that’s great!
(Sienna D) We are planning some outdoor events during June and July in our own
gardens so that we may all begin to meet again. Existing members will
I love seeing my friends and school feels a lot more normal now. be e-mailed with details. If you have been anxiously waiting to join us
There are still things we can’t do but I’m happy at school and excited or want to know anything more about the Club then talk to whoever is
about the things to come this term. (George) on the stall on a Saturday morning or contact the secretary
(pamalexander@btinternet.com).
Milborne Port in Bloom All being well, and subject to no change in Covid-19 regulations, we
hope to resume meetings in the Main Village with interesting talks,
demonstrations, and some hands-on activities. The first of these indoor
So far this year with Covid restrictions and the events will be on Tuesday, September 14th, 2021 starting at 7.30pm. We
weather the group have not been able to meet up, hope to see many of you then.
but all our volunteers have been doing their bit to
keep areas tidy. Pam Alexander
Thank You
The judging this year will take place on July 14th.
Please can I ask you all to do your bit to help us I would like to thank everyone who bought an “ECO FRIENDLY”
keep the village looking tidy. shopping bag at Easter time, when I hung them on my front gate. The
money all went to two charities: The Donkey Sanctuary and Animals
Many thanks Asia. Both have acknowledged the contributions, and assure me the
Karen Gough money is well spent on painkillers and other medical supplies.
On behalf of the Milborne Port in Bloom Group P.E. Brook
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Milborne Port Cricket Club
Me
Medical research has confirmed that T’ai Chi has a Summer Fixtures
wide range of health-giving benefits (including its
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relaxing effects and promotion of healthy ageing). Mid-Wessex Cricket League Super 11's
I have had students referred by Balance Groups All matches Sundays at 14.00
run by local Physiotherapy teams and the NHS now
impor
recognizes its importance in this specific area. The NHS and Age UK 4th July Away at Yeovil Royal Blasters CC
websites both have information on T’ai Chi. As with any form of 11th July At Home to Chard CC
exercise it is wise to seek medical advice before beginning if in any 18th July At Home to Cranmore CC
doubt (or for current or recent illness/injury)
1st August Away at Street CC
If you are interested in trying T’ai Chi, 8th August Away at Broadwindsor CC
indoor sessions re-started on 19th May, 18th August At Home to TICC Curry Rivel
10.45-11.45 am. They can be joined at 22nd August At Home to Compton Dundon CC
any time but if you are a newcomer, 29th August At Home to Long Sutton CC
please contact me first so that I can
keep to a safe number per session. 5th September Away at Queen Camel CC
There is a more advanced session on Wednesday evenings from 6.00- 12th September Away at Yeovil CC
7.00 pm (the same applies). Further days/times (and different
formats) can be available if there is enough interest. The fee is
currently £5 per session (pay as you go) but the first session for
newcomers is free. For further details please phone Lucy on 07517
183277 or email: taichilessons47@gmail.com.
Please do not attend a session if you think you or anyone in your
household may have Covid19, if you have been in contact within the
last 14 days with someone who has been diagnosed or suspected of
having Covid19,, or been contacted by NHS Track and Trace and
asked to self-isolate, or if you have recently returned from travelling
to a country on the Government’s quarantine list.
Lucy MacArthur
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(including the Principal Service Readings) Sunday June 20th-Trinity 3
2 Corinthians 6.1-13/Mark4.35-41
Any of these details may be subject to change. We are 9.00 a.m. Holy Communion Milborne Wick
complying with government and C of E guidelines for all our services. 10.30 a.m. Holy Communion Milborne Port
Please do not attend if you have any Covid-19
6.00 p.m. Holy Communion Charlton Horethorne
symptoms. Please remember to bring a
face covering with you.
Wednesday 23rd
10.30 a.m. Midweek Communion Milborne Port
Sunday June 27th- Trinity 4
Wednesday June 2nd 2 Corinthians 8. 7-end/Mark 5.21-end
10.30 a.m. Midweek Communion Milborne Port 10.30 a.m. Holy Communion Milborne
Port
Sunday June 6th-Trinity 1 6.00 p.m. Patronal Festival Evensong Goathill
2 Corinthians 4.13-5.1/Mark 3 20-end
9.00 a.m. Holy Communion Charlton Horethorne Wednesday 30th
10.30 a.m. Holy Communion Milborne Port 10.30 a.m. Midweek Communion Milborne Port
6.00 p.m. Evensong Stowell
Saturday July 3rd
Sunday June 13th Trinity 2 3.00 p.m. Wedding of Annette and Gary Milborne Port
2 Corinthians 5.6-10,14-17/Mark4.26-34
9.00 a.m. Holy Communion Goathill Sunday July 4th Trinity 5
10.30 a.m. Holy Communion Milborne Port 9.00 a.m. Holy Communion Charlton Horethorne
6.00 p.m. Evensong Charlton Horethorne 10.30 a.m. Holy Communion Milborne Port
6.00 p.m. Evensong Stowell
Wednesday 16th
10.30 a.m. Midweek Communion Milborne Port
Saturday June 19th
1.30 p.m. Wedding of Adrian and Natalie Milborne Port
- 22 - - 23 -St John’s Church Summer Fete Milborne Port Climate and Nature Action
Understanding climate change
31st July 2021
When we dig up and burn fossil fuels, we are
2 p.m. on the Church Lawns wrapping a blanket of carbon pollution around
Cakes, Plants, Books, Bottle Stall, Tombola and the earth. This pollution blanket is trapping
more heat in our atmosphere that would otherwise
BBQ and Pimms Bar eescape back out to space.
Cream Teas and Ice Cream
Grand Draw – Top Prize £150 cash · That trapped heat causes more damaging downpours and
droughts that wipe out farmers’ crops. It powers stronger
Commercial stalls welcome – phone 01963 250529 hurricanes and storms that devastate our coasts. It means
Donations for most stalls will be welcomed nearer the time. Items hotter temperatures that fuel wildfires and cause crippling
for the Toiletries and Unwanted Gifts stall would be much heat waves. It causes sea level to rise, which will flood millions
appreciated by Sue Cooper anytime from now. Ring 01963 of homes.
250503 for collection, or leave on doorstep at 205 High Street. · As for the science, 99 percent of climate scientists agree: it’s
real, it’s human-caused, it’s serious, and there are solutions
that will benefit us all. The faster we cut our carbon pollution,
Friends of Milborne Port Library the better off we’ll all be. The climate has changed in the past
but what’s different is that the rate of change now, over a few
We have received some lovely new books at our decades, is unprecedented and too fast for most of life on earth
library. Do go and browse for a new read. Although to adapt.
Covid restrictions are slowly being lifted some
measures are still in place.
The Future is in our Power
The Summer Reading Challenge starts in July.
The good news is that as the climate crisis is man-made so each of us
See on Facebook under “Milborne Port Community
has the power to address it. There’s lot to do but it can be done.
Library”.
During WWII, we acted collectively for the common good. People
As well as visiting our own library, did you know the British Library
gave up years of their lives or lost their lives to fight for the future,
has a vast reference repository? You can reference almost any subject
food was rationed, everyone contributed. The challenge now is far
including old manuscripts, maps, family histories, sound recordings
greater but involves far less. In fact, the necessary changes will lead to
etc. You will need a “Reader Pass”, which can be obtained online at
a fairer, cleaner, greener, healthier world with nature restored.
https://www.bl.uk/help/how-to-get-a-reader-pass.
Mary Clothier marydmc38@gmail.com
- 24 - - 25 -We’re becoming part of the solution by cutting our greenhouse gas What to Watch for in the June Night Sky
emissions: eating far less meat and dairy, flying and driving far less or
not at all, buying fewer things: reduce, reuse, repair, recycle. “I have only to break into the tightness of a strawberry, and I
Whatever you can afford to do, we hope you’ll join us in doing it. see summer — its dust and lowering skies.” Toni Morrison
Insulating your house, installing a heat pump or swapping to an
June’s astronomical highlight is a partial eclipse of the Sun, the first
electric car too expensive? Then lobby our PM and our MP too to play
eclipse for six years. Unfortunately, it is not total where the Sun is
their large part by stopping pouring money into a fossil-fuelled world
entirely covered by the Moon. Here in Milborne Port, the Sun will
and by doing far more to support clean, green power instead.
have about 20% of its disc hidden.
It’s been a really tough spring for wildlife. Please help all you can and
June 2021 Astronomical Events
leave wild plants to flower and set seed until July if you can – to
provide food for butterflies, bees, birds, hedgehogs, bats. Will there be
10th: New Moon and Partial Solar Eclipse. Watch as a bite is
blackberries and sloes this autumn for us? Please be aware that
taken out of the Sun – the partial eclipse starts in Milborne Port at
children enjoy nature and many people take great solace from it and
about 10:04 am and ends at 12:17 pm. The maximum eclipse will be at
are upset, for example, to see needless
11:07 am. Never look directly at the Sun, either with the
verge cutting with all the resulting loss of
naked eye or through binoculars or a telescope. The easiest
wildlife Please avoid using pesticides and
way to watch the eclipse is to use a
watch out for nesting mammals, especially
pinhole camera. Pop into your
hedgehogs which don’t flee from danger.
kitchen and fetch your colander (the
Thank you.
hole type rather than the mesh
We will be starting our hedge survey in June. Do get in touch if you’d variety). Take the colander outside
like to help. and hold it out over the ground. Each
of the colander holes will act as a
Date for the diary: a nature walk on East Hill, with the pinhole camera and you’ll see
kind permission of the owner, on the afternoon of hundreds of images of the crescent sun on the ground, you can watch
Sunday 6th June, led by wildlife expert Nigel Spring. the eclipse unfold safely.
Please email to book in case we need to limit numbers,
and for details to be sent to you nearer the time. 11th: soon after sunset, to the lower right of Venus will be a very
narrow crescent Moon.
milborneportclimateaction@gmail.com 13th: At 10 p.m. the reddish ‘star’ to the left of the Moon is the planet
https://network23.org/milbornecan/ Mars.
21st: Midsummer’s Day – the longest period of Daylight and the
shortest night. The Sun reaches its most northerly point in the sky.
- 26 - - 27 -24th: Full Moon and again it is a Supermoon. In North A brilliant set of four books set in and around Milborne Port and
American, the June Full Moon is called the Strawberry Moon, the Sherborne.
Algonquin knew it as the time to gather the ripening wild
Her interest in Medieval Sherborne began after a visit to
strawberries. Alternative European names include the Honey
Moon and the Mead Moon. Another name is the Rose Moon,
Sherborne Abbey carol service sparked her imagination. A year
many roses bloom during this part of the year. of research followed. Sherborne has an incredibly rich history
which is a gift for the imagination, and so Matthias Barton was
Sunrise and Sunset born, he then sat in a drawer for seventeen years but has now
1st: Sunrise 5.00 a.m. Sunset: 9.15 p.m.
emerged from the drawer to tell his story!
21st Sunrise 4.55 a.m. Sunset: 9.28 p.m. (Midsummer’s Day)
Because of Covid restrictions this will have to initially be a
‘Members Event’ and on a ‘first come/first served’ basis. Please
31st: Sunrise 4.59 a.m. Sunset: 9.27 p.m. contact Lyn on the email or telephone number below. However,
if there are still spaces available on the 14th June we will email
In the Village the first day of June is 16 hours, 15 minutes long,
Midsummer’s Day is 16 hours, 33 minutes long. The last day of the
those on the general email list.
month is 16 hours, 28 minutes. So up until Midsummer’s Day, the If you are unsure if you are a member or not, please contact Lyn
length of the day increases by 13 minutes. After Midsummers Day the on either 07480 143678 or by email to mphhgroup@gmail.com
length of the days shortens by 5 minutes to the end of the month. The
nights are drawing in!! All memberships started anew this May and the cost of
membership is £15 per person or £20 per couple/family.
Good Viewing!
We asked for thoughts on the Pandemic and many of you
BUT do take care if you are watching the eclipse of the Sun. responded but we thought that this poem would be of particular
Ganymede interest!
Milborne Port History & Heritage Group ‘I’d like to be a tortoise ’cos tortoises don’t worry
Their home is always tidy and they’re never in a hurry
Well, we’re nearly there! We are delighted to say that we hope to I think I’ll go and hibernate and not wake up until
hold our first evening meeting, Covid regulations permitting, the world is back to normal with a vaccine or a pill’
since early last year on Monday June 21st at 7.30 p.m. in Church
House.
Rosie Lear, a Shaftesbury author, will be talking to us about her
life and in particular ‘The Matthias Barton Medieval Mysteries’.
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Richard Duckworth’s Local History
that the children of the working classes would have somewhere safe to
The Remembrance Garden play. The area was also known as the Fives Court, an old game played
(The Ball Court) with a ball onto a wall that had two sides, which was played between
the two large buttresses, which fitted the game perfectly. The Court was
also used as a meeting point, by the two local Friendly Societies,(The
The last article that I wrote in this Magazine was about the many fires
Whit Monday and Whit Tuesday Clubs) These two clubs were able to
in the Village over the years. In many of these fires, the properties were
help people in the village, who had fallen on hard times. Also in 1905,
burnt down to their shells, as it took so long for any sort of Fire Brigade,
the then newly formed Fire Brigade, used the area for their training,
to get there, let alone Milborne’s old hand drawn and hand pumped
and to try out their Hoses !
contraption. Many times someone had to cycle into Sherborne to raise
the Alarm, then it was catching the Horses, and then getting to
During warm summer nights, the village people often got together, and
Milborne Port with the Horse- drawn appliance.
Ballroom Dancing would take place, under the stars, it was said, where
the locals Danced many evenings away to their hearts content, with a
man with a Concertina, playing the music. It was said the stars were
acting as Hanging Chandeliers. How lovely that must have been!
In the late 1940’s the land was given over, by Sir Hubert Medlycott, to
the local Parish Council, who then decided that it was the perfect place
for a Garden of Remembrance, to remember those who lost their lives
in the Two World Wars. The local Toc H branch and British Legion, did
a lot of the work to turn this space into the Garden of Remembrance
that we know today !
On Sunday 27th May 1951 at 3 pm, a Dedication Service took place,
with the Service of Dedication held in the Garden of Remembrance
itself, the service was taken by the Milborne Port Vicar of the day, the
The gap here in the High Street opposite the old Bank House, was due Rev A. N. S. Holbrook.
to a fire around 1830/40, as the 1817 Map shows Cottages here, but on
the 1860’s maps there were no cottages ! The land at that time was Many thanks to the Milborne Port in Bloom Group, for keeping the
owned by the Medlycott family, and after the fire, the Medlycotts Garden of Remembrance looking so colourful !
allowed the Church grounds to be enlarged, and the path called ‘The
Grove’ was laid, to meet the end of Church Street. Richard Duckworth
- 30 - - 31 -Advice from our PCSO Do YOU feel Safe at Work?
Hopefully we are now experiencing some warmer weather. Please think Covid 19 has changed all our lives and there
about your security when leaving windows and doors open and/or are now many aspects of daily living that are
unlocked. If you are working in your garden, consider locking the new and potentially confusing, for example thee rules and
house. A burglar only needs a few minutes to relieve you of your mobile regulations around employment. One issue is how to make sure you
phone, iPad or laptop. Do not leave windows open overnight if they are safe at work. The government has said that you should try to work
could be used to access your house. Even small windows that are left from home wherever you can, but clearly this is not feasible for many
open may allow a burglar to open larger windows in the same frame. types of employment.
Ensure that all large windows are locked and the keys removed. Fitting
If you can’t work from home, your employer must do everything
an alarm may appear expensive but think about the cost to your
possible to keep you safe from coronavirus. All employers are required
irreplaceable possessions if you become the victim of burglary. If you
to undertake a Covid 19 risk assessment and the government website
require any Crime Reduction advice, please contact your
www.gov.uk explains how this should be done. The website also gives
Neighbourhood Team who will be happy to visit your home and suggest
detailed guidance on a wide range of different kinds of jobs, for
ways to improve your security.
example construction, factories, warehouses, hotels, offices, contact
Please stop either myself, Will or Stefan for a chat if you would like to centres, performing arts, shops and restaurants as well as what are
discuss the above or have any other policing queries. described as close contact services such as
hairdressers, beauticians, tailors and sports
Wincanton Rural East therapists. The specific advice will differ
PC Stefan Edwards, PCSO Tim Russell and PCSO Louise Perry according to the type of work, but the basics
include making sure staff stay socially
distanced; reducing face to face contact with the
public; cleaning more often; ensuring staff and
Current Policing Issues in Milborne Port: customers wear face coverings; providing
Thefts of power tools from vans. adequate ventilation and hand sanitisers; and enabling staff to travel
Anti Social Behaviour at the skate park and allotments - please call to work at quieter times of day.
101 (non-emergency/999 (emergency) if you observe or are a victim If you are unable to work from home and feel concerned about your
of ASB. safety, check the guidance for the type of work you do and if necessary
PCSO Tim Russell ask your employer to ensure that the required arrangements are in
place. If you would like help with this or any other subject our website
at www.citizensadvice.org.uk has up-to-date information on Covid 19
issues as well as information on many other day to day topics.
Alternatively call 08001448848 to speak to an adviser.
- 32 - - 33 -Type 2 diabetes - It’s Time to get Serious MILBORNE PORT CONTACTS
PARISH CHURCH: ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST
Every two minutes someone finds out that they have Type 2 diabetes,
Staff
which can lead to sight loss, kidney failure, loss of a limb, and makes Vicar Revd Sarah Godfrey 250248
you at least twice as likely to have a heart attack or stroke. Reader
Churchwardens
Mrs Pat Elliott
Mrs Jacquie Hall
250353
250328
Mrs Nicki Edwards 251505
. The South Somerset Diabetes Prevention programme is a free Other Useful Church contacts
service for people who are at high risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Organist Mrs Rachel Willetts 01935 813958
Vergers Mr & Mrs Ronnie Goodman 250964
Magazine Editor Mrs Linda Mumford 33495
Normally, people access the programme through their GP; however, Magazine Advertising Mr Robin Bawtree 251359
& Magazine Treasurer
due to the pandemic and the subsequent pressure that our GP Parish Secretary admin@milborneportchurches.org.uk 250326
practices are facing, for a limited time we have enabled a self-referral Tower Captain & Sec:
PCC Secretary
Mr & Mrs David Wales
Mrs Susan Wales
250660
250660
option via the Diabetes UK 'Know Your Risk Score' . Church Treasurer Mr Robert Hall 250328
The risk tool can be accessed via the link below: & Stewardship Recorder
Church House Treasurer Mr Ben Grundy 01747 854873
https://riskscore.diabetes.org.uk/start Parish Church of St Peter, Goathill: Church Warden: Mrs Trudy West 01935 815342
Milborne Wick Church: Prowarden: John Sprake 250243
More information about the programme can be found Church House Bookings: www.mpchouse.org.uk or Christine Porter 250821
at https://preventing-diabetes.co.uk/somerset/ OTHER LOCAL CHURCHES
Roman Catholic Church (Wincanton) Father Louis Beasley-Suffolk 34408
ReBorne Community Church Minister Adrian Bright 07975 755032
OTHER INFORMATION
MAGAZINE DEADLINES
Doctors Drs Beattie, Bulley, Wyer, Smith, Esteves and French 250334
Vet Southhill Veterinary Group, The Old Glove Factory,
1-2 North Street, Milborne Port 250255
Primary School Mrs R. Eyres 250366
All entries for the July issue of the magazine to Clerk to Parish Council Mr Simon Pritchard, Town Hall 251268
District Councillor Sarah Dyke 07979 535542
the editor please by Saturday 19th June at 12 Registrar Ms S Shire 435008
noon latest. Spirit of Milborne Port Claire Andrews 07729 582 669
Andy Maidment 07973 987523
Village Hall Booking Clerk: Mr M Lancaster 251217
Distributors on Friday 25th June at 2 p.m. WI Secretary: Mrs Pam Burr 251757
Police Non Emergency 101
Emergencies 999
Editor’s email : PCSO on duty (Wincanton)
Library The Jolly Book Bus in East Street Car Park
101
07396 587767
Tuesday 9-12.30 and 2-4.30, Friday and Saturday 9-12.30
magazine@milborneportchurches.org.uk Pharmacist
Over 65s Tuesday Lunch Club
Ty and Mansur Lawal, Milborne Port Pharmacy
Maureen Lock
250259
250433
Linda will acknowledge all email contributions. If you do not receive Sue Scott 250333
a reply, or if you are unable to use email, please ring her on 01963 Milborne Port community website and diary www.milborneport.org.uk
33495 Parish Council website www.milborneportpc.org.uk
Benefice website: www.milborneportchurches.org.uk
To have a copy of this magazine delivered to your house each month,
Please contact Mrs Liz Redman, 4 Higher Kingsbury Close (251145)
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