Beetle drive raises £352
12:30pm Monday 21st April 2008
THE beetle drive in aid of Cancer Research was great fun and raised £352.42.
Pupils enjoy hybrid puppet show
9:51am Thursday 13th March 2008
WE WERE delighted to welcome The Puppet Lab, a pioneering, dynamic arts charity based in Edinburgh, to Winfrith Newburgh this week.
Senior forum hears about care provision
11:22am Monday 3rd March 2008
THE senior forum met at the D'Urbeville Hall in Wool last week after a break for Christmas.
Free tickets if you can guess the answer!
8:28am Monday 4th February 2008
WINFRITH Drama Group have been holding their Post Panto Party this Sunday evening and everyone turned up with delicious nibbles, drink and an opportunity for Kate Pope to present some special certificates and photos to the children who took part in this year's panto.
Panto players open show with great gusto
10:34am Tuesday 29th January 2008
WINFRITH Drama Group's production of Panto at OK Corral started on Thursday evening with great gusto!
Pat and Jock mark 40 happy years
10:53am Tuesday 15th January 2008
FAMILY and friends gathered at The Snipe, Blacknoll on the 28th of December to celebrate the Golden Wedding anniversary of Pat and Jock Inglis.
Mummers and Minors
9:52am Friday 21st December 2007
AT THE West Lulworth History Group meeting, David Craner, the Crewkerne town crier, talked about Mummers' Plays. These are seasonal folk plays performed by troupes of actors known variously as mummers, guisers, pace-eggers etc. The earliest evidence of mummers' plays as they are known today (usually involving a magical cure by a quack doctor) is from the mid to late 18th century.
A fond farewell to a popular couple
10:29am Wednesday 5th December 2007
WELL, it's goodbye to Bob and Joan.
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