The document summarizes various upcoming community events in the area, including: 1) A history group in Whiteparish welcoming new members for the start of their new season, with a talk on deer hunting. 2) A local history society in Redlynch holding an exhibition remembering soldiers from the area who served in WWI. 3) Various other upcoming community events like a goose fair, coffee mornings, try-outs for short mat bowling, and a film screening.

1. 96 THE JOURNAL, September 18, 2014 Newsdesk: Salisbury 01722 426511 • Advertising 426500 email: newsdesk@salisburyjournal.co.uk
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n NEW members can join
Whiteparish’s History Group,
whose new season starts tonight.
Stephen Ings will be giving a
Shot for a White Faced Deer talk
in the Memorial Centre at 7.30pm.
Membership is £10 and guests
are charged £3 per talk.
n REDLYNCH and District Local
History Society is remembering
the First World War with an exhi-
bition.
Displays about soldiers who
served for their country and lost
their lives from 1914 to 1918 will
be on show in Morgan’s Vale and
Woodfalls Village Hall.
Pupils from Morgan’s Vale and
Woodfalls CE Academy will stage
a display and sing songs in con-
junction with the project.
It will run in the village hall
tomorrow from 7pm to 9pm and
Saturday between 10.30am and
3.30pm. Admission is free.
For details call 01725 511583.
n THE Goose Fair is returning to
Downton on Saturday.
At St Laurence Church there
will be stalls selling crafts and
jewellery, vintage items and food.
Children’s games, tombola, an
exhibition of prisoners’ art, and
refreshments will also be on offer.
Doors are open from 10am to
2pm.
n A COFFEE morning in aid of
Macmillan Cancer Support is at
West Dean Village Hall on
Saturday from 9am to 12 noon.
n WHITEPARISH Short Mat
Bowling Club is holding an open
day.
The club is hosting a free trial
day for beginners on Saturday.
Two sessions are running at the
Memorial Centre, one from 2pm
to 4pm and the other at 6pm to
8pm.
Contact david.bryant1@mypost
office.co.uk or ring 01794 884597 for
more information.
n AN American fantasy film is
being screened by Downton
Movies on Saturday.
Maleficent, starring Angelina
Jolie as the villainess, re-imag-
ines Walt Disney’s 1959 hit
Sleeping Beauty.
Tickets are £6. The Memorial
Hall doors open at 7pm for a
7.30pm start. For details call 01725
510035 or email sbdavies@rescon-
sortium.com.
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WE resumed after our summer break with a
very interesting talk by Alex Godden on
‘Folklore of Archaeological Sites in
Hampshire’.
Alex is a professional archaeologist, who
also enjoys studying folklore.
Using examples from Hampshire sites, he
described how people throughout history
have tried to explain the landscape and the
presence of artificial mounds and barrows,
with tales of dragons, fairies, giants, ghosts
and other mythical creatures, as well as of
buried treasure.
In Anglo Saxon times it was thought that
treasure in a barrow was guarded by mon-
sters, whereas in the Middle Ages, fairies
were said to inhabit artificial mounds.
Stone circles have always had a mystical
element and were often linked to worship, as
at Stonehenge.
Stones with holes were believed to have
healing powers.
Legends also often developed around his-
torical characters such as King Arthur,
Oliver Cromwell, Robin Hood and Sir Bevis of
Hampton, a medieval hero who was supposed
to have lived in Arundel Castle. Bevis’s Grave
is a long barrow near Havant.
In more recent times alternative archaeolo-
gy has looked at ley lines and earth energy.
Alex’s talk was thought-provoking and we
were left thinking about how other legends
elsewhere may have evolved.
Next meeting: AGM followed by ‘Alice in
her Wonderland’ – the story of Alice Liddell
by Georgina Babey.
It takes place on Tuesday, October 7,
7.30pm at Morgan’s Vale & Woodfalls village
hall.
For further information call Carolyn Birch
on 01725 511583
NEIGHBOURHOOD
AND CLUB NEWS
JENNY welcomed Katrina Squires from Code
Image Consultancy, who gave us an interest-
ing and entertaining talk on how we can
improve our appearance by choosing suitable
colours for both clothes and make-up.
She explained how she had started her
business, which provides clients with a range
of services covering advice as to which sea-
son their skin tone represents, flattering
colours for their complexion and clothing,
consideration of suitable outfits for different
body shapes and use of appropriate
hosiery/jewellery items to complete the fin-
ished look.
She also mentioned her connection to
Neals Yard, suppliers of organic cosmetics,
which she uses when giving facials and
makeovers for special occasions.
Members, who represent a wide spectrum
of ages, shapes and colourings, found this
information most useful and in the question
and answer session which followed discov-
ered that garments in a favourite shade and
frequently worn may not give a flattering
result if they happen to clash with personal
colouring.
Our next meeting on Wednesday, October 1
will be a craft evening.
New members are always welcome to come
along.
To find out further information about the
group please go to the website at
newsarumwi.co.uk.
A colourful display at Mere Garden Club
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Redlynch Local
History Society Exhibition to commemorate
soldiers who served in WWI
n MERE Garden Club Show took place on
September 6.
There were entries in a variety of cate-
gories, including fruit, vegetables, flowers
and arrangements at the Lecture Hall.
The winner of the largest number of chill-
ies from the same plug plant and pot was Tom
Snook, who had 196 chillies on his plant.
n PEOPLE are being encouraged to give blood
at Winterslow Village Hall today.
There are about 40 spaces at this session, by
appointment only.
Donors can book by calling 0300 123 23 23 or
online at blood.co.uk.
n THE next meeting of Pitton and Farley
Book Club is on Wednesday, September 24.
The group will be discussing The Cuckoo’s
Calling by Robert Galbraith at Cranbourne,
White Way, Pitton, at 8pm.
n THERE is a coffee morning at the Methodist
n WILTON Group Riding for the Disabled has
been shortlisted for the Lloyds Bank
Community Fund 2014.
By encouraging the public to vote, Riding
for the Disabled at Wilton has a chance to be
awarded a grant of up to £3,000 from Lloyds
Bank to enable it to continue doing good work
in the community.
Wilton Group RDA is a local charity provid-
ing a unique form of therapy for more than
200 children and adults from South Wiltshire
who have disabilities.
Riding is a challenging and stimulating
experience, which builds confidence and
works wonders on muscle strength, balance,
co-ordination and general fitness.
Vote at lloydsbank.com/communityfund or
text RMD to 61119. Alternatively visit your
local participating Lloyds Bank Branch and
ask a member of staff for a voting token.
Voting closes at midnight on Friday,
October 10.
n A WHITE chicken has been found at
Nunton House. Paula Gribben will be happy
CHALKE VALLEY, WILTON &
WYLYE VALLEY
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Disabled riding
group make list n WOODFORD village hall in Middle
Woodford has had the makeover treatment
this summer with a complete redecoration of
the main hall, new heating and lighting, a
kitchen re-vamp and new committee room as
well as vital structural work to the 100 year
old building.
Made possible by £10,000 raised by the
Woodford Valley community and a great deal
of voluntary skills and labour, including the
community response team ServeOn, the proj-
ect has rejuvenated the busy hall.
In response, several new groups have been
set up offering yoga, Zumba, drama, quilting,
a book club, coffee morning and film nights to
add to the existing Pilates, table tennis, gar-
dening club and community cafe. The hall can
also be booked for private functions.
More information is available at
www.wvhall.uk.
n NOW is the time to sign up for a new yoga
class in the Woodford Valley. Woodford Valley
Yoga is a six week yoga class that starts on
Thursday, November 6 in the village hall.
It is suitable for complete beginners and
those who have done some yoga before.
For more information, see wvhall.uk/yoga
or contact Katie Rogers
at kmc_rogers@hotmail.com or 07886 235 663.
n MEMBERS of the Amesbury Heritage
Trust took the opportunity to explain more
about the town’s ancient past with two special
talks at the Salisbury Contemporary Craft
AMESBURY & WOODFORD
VALLEY
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TISBURY, MERE, NADDER
VALLEY, WINTERSLOW,
PITTON & FARLEY
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New Sarum WI
Church in Mere on Wednesday.
The event is at 10.30am in the school room
with Brian Collis.
n A BRING and buy and a coffee morning in
aid of Suchana is taking place on Tuesday.
Everyone is welcome at 48 Bramley Hill
from 10.30am to noon, to help raise money for
a community group in India which aims to
create solutions to education and health.
n VOLUNTEER co-ordinators are needed for
the Mere & District Linkscheme.
For more information, contact a current co-
ordinator from the transport scheme, on 01747
860096.
n A PROJECT to set up a university in south
Sudan is the subject of a talk at the next meet-
ing of Nadder Valley Women Who Lunch on
September 24.
Ruth Eade and John Foster will be at the
Wyndham Arms in Dinton to speak about the
project at noon for 12.30pm.
To book a place, call 01747 840600.
to receive a call on 07775 585449 to arrange its
return home.
n ST Andrew’s Church, Nunton will be hav-
ing its autumn clean on Saturday from 9.30am
until noon.
All are welcome for as much time as they
can spare.
There will be jobs for all and refreshments
will be served.
n BRITFORD Memorial and Community Hall
will host its annual summer fete at Bridge
Farm on Saturday from 2pm to 5.30pm.
There will be a band, barbeque, bar, chil-
dren’s games, face painting, raffle, tug of war
and stalls.
Redecoration
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