Very many thanks to all those who made cakes for the cake stall at the Bridport Charter Fayre to raise funds for the Puncknowle Playing Field Restoration Fund.

Your generosity and effort is greatly appreciated.

Particular thanks are due to Liz Slater for all her work organising this and to Julie Arak-Newman for helping Liz on the day.

The restoration fund is now better off by £86 – not as much as Liz was hoping for (she made £130 in 2008) but, if anything, the day was too hot and cakes were not top of the buying public’s agenda.

Dorset Countryside Volunteers completed restoration work on the 17 metre stretch of stone wall between the Playing Field and the Old Forge – thereby conserving an important heritage of dry-stone walls in the county in the traditional style and employing traditional methods.

The final delineation of the boundary line between the Playing Field and the Old Forge has not only produced a beautiful dry-stone wall but has given us added security for small children using the playing field.

No-one can ever recall this wall ever being anything but a pile of grass-overgrown rubble (and that goes back over 50 years.) Parish Council Chairman, Tony Edwards, says he has breathed a huge sigh of relief at the conclusion of three years of effort in settling a boundary dispute, procuring/splitting/transporting stone, making arrangements with DCV – and dealing with the inevitable complaints about inaction!) I

Thanks have been expressed on behalf of the village to Douglas Kite, Peter Warren and all the DCV teams who have helped in the reconstruction of this wall over the last few years.

See “before” and “after” photos in Gallery – Local Events

Note that the celebration was only cider (no champagne) – but Elizabeth’s cake more than made up for that!

Pictures can be seen in the Photo Gallery – Events

IN THE GROUNDS OF THE CROWN INN, PUNCKNOWLE – Sunday 27^th June

What an amazingly successful day this was for such a small village. We raised £1326.55 through this event and the Puncknowle Fundraisers have agreed to add a further contribution so that a total of £1500 will be presented to the Help the Heroes Fund. We were blessed with a beautiful sunny day and a very good turn-out of local people and visitors – it could not have been better.

Thanks to everyone for making this such a successful fund-raising event for this very worthy cause. If this village’s results were replicated proportionately around the country at the other 350+ fundraising venues, it would give a great boost to the provision of services for our armed forces personnel.

Grand Draw prize-winners have been listed at the Crown Inn and prizes now distributed – the prize draw itself raising over £400 towards the total – so a special thanks to our local businesses for giving prizes so generously.

The biggest thanks of all must of course go to our event organiser – Mrs Brenda Oliver – who worked tirelessly to get the show on the road!

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The next meeting of Puncknowle & Swyre Parish Council will be held at the Village Hall, Puncknowle on Tuesday 6th July starting at 7.30 pm. The meeting is open to the public to observe conduct of business and there are opportunities given on the agenda for people to make any points about items on the agenda or to raise any other matters affecting life in our community.

Agenda for the meeting and minutes of the last meeting will be placed on the Parish Council notice boards in Puncknowle, Swyre and West Bexington no later than one week before the meeting. In future they will also be published on this web-site. So watch this space!

For any further information, please contact our Parish Clerk, Mrs Carolyn Buckland (Tel. 897726 or e-mail at puncknowle@dorsetparishes.gov.uk .)

Children – start thinking about your fancy dress outfit for the parade from the hall to the Manor grounds. This year’s theme is “Puncknowle past and present”

Any members who have not already ordered their meals, and anyone who wishes to join for the next meeting (membership is £1 per year, and the meal currently costs £4.50 each month) should telephone 897622 before June 11^th.