Refresh your driving

10:13am Monday 25th August 2008

I HAVE been asked to pass on details of a Refresh Your Driving Skills' course, which is being held in Portesham Village Hall on Wednesday 3rd September.

Summer Barbecue?

2:36pm Thursday 7th August 2008

ISLAND Garden Nurseries was the venue for the Garden Club's summer barbecue, the last event of the 2007/8 programme. Despite weather that felt as though we should be celebrating Halloween it was a great success with good food, friends and wine.

The day the rain came down

1:33pm Tuesday 8th July 2008

BOTH churches were looking splendid, all the gardens looking at their best ready for opening on Sunday morning and then the rains came; not only rain but extremely strong winds as well.

Extra value at Open Gardens

4:02pm Friday 20th June 2008

I wrote recently about the Open Gardens in Portesham on July 6, there is now 50% extra value! Another garden has been added, not on the same scale as Portesham House or Nethergrove House but still full of interest, ideas and fun and has recently been awarded a plaque from the Dorset Wildlife Trust as a Wildlife Friendly Garden'.

Portesham Showcase

2:16pm Thursday 5th June 2008

Most people in the village are aware of the Village Café, which takes place on alternate Saturday mornings in the hall; Saturday, 14 June the Village Hall Committee will be running the café with a special theme of Portesham Showcase with a wide range of hobbies and crafts on display.

Village Cafe goes from strength to strength

2:25pm Sunday 27th April 2008

I don't know whose idea the fortnightly Village Café was but it has proved a great success.

Keep our Post Offices open

3:34pm Thursday 17th April 2008

There will be a public meeting on Wednesday 23rd April in Portesham Village Hall at 7.30pm about a subject important to everyone living in the villages, the closure of rural Post Offices. There will be information and advice from Dorset Community Action, Dorset County Council, Postwatch and the West Dorset District Council. You are asked to come and be counted!' Chesil Bank Gardening Club's April meeting will be held at Upwey Garden Nursery for a hanging basket demonstration on Tuesday 22nd April. Please note that the time is 7.00pm, not as listed in The Chesil Magazine, you are also warned to wrap up warm.

Ideas needed for play area

1:32pm Tuesday 4th March 2008

I HAVE been contacted by Jo Riddiough regarding the Portesham playground.

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