As most villagers will know the Cross Stores will be changing hands on 3rd April. We wish Andrew Stevenson-Hamilton and his daughter success in their new venture. It could not have come at a more difficult time for them. Andrew is setting up his own website www.thecrossstores.co.uk at which you…
CHILD OKEFORD ARCHIVE- No new thing under the sun. Traffic ! Child Okeford Parish Council Minutes: Roads and Traffic: Part 1 In January we looked back to 1895 and the very first parish council meeting. These meetings were held 3 times a year plus an annual general meeting. While the…
In line with government advice the Parish council has decided to cancel the next meeting on the 6th April. The council will endeavour to process its business via email and limited contact. Standard payments and agreed expenditure will be processed as normal and planning application responded to. The council is…
As well as food the Baker Arms and Saxon are also able to provide their excellent beers in take away cartons. Help keep our pubs alive -order today.
It is difficult to know where to go for information about the virus but the official government page may be found here https://www.gov.uk/government/topical-events/coronavirus-covid-19-uk-government-response NHS Advice can be found here, https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/ Dorset council also produces regular updates which can be found here https://www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/emergencies-severe-weather/emergencies/coronavirus/coronavirus-covid-19-latest-advice.aspx
The following has been received today [24th March] from Dorset Council Dorset Council has closed all its household recycling centres (HRCs, or ‘the tip’) until further notice in order to comply with the latest central government guidance on staying at home and away from others. However, your normal kerbside bin…
Transcription of the 1845 Inclosure Award for the Parish of Child Okeford The award was prepared by John Martin, Inclosure Commissioner, Surveyor and Valuer of Evershot Dorset. It is a hand written document, on vellum comprising 11 pages including a map of the lands to be inclosed. It appears…
Can you help assist with maintaining the Child Okeford Village website? The website is provided for the benefit of the village by the parish council but is maintained by volunteers. The site is hosted and supported by Parrot Creative and no technical knowledge is required; it is powered by the…
Child Okeford Recreation Ground Improvements: Communications update! CORGI now has new email address: [email protected] CORGI also has a new Twitter account: @CORGIcommunity1 Send us a message and be part of our on-line group of friends and supporters. We will also keep posting events and news here. See you on Sat…
CHILD OKEFORD PARISH COUNCIL VACANCY for a PARISH COUNCILLOR Due to the resignation of Councillor Martin Rudd there is one vacancy on Child Okeford Parish Council and the position will be filled by co-option at the meeting of the Council to be held on Monday 3rd. FEBRUARY 2020 at 7.00pm…
CHILD OKEFORD PARISH COUNCIL VACANCY FOR THE PARISH CLERK The council is looking to appoint a Parish Clerk to replace our current Clerk, who is retiring. This is a very interesting and stimulating post, which has many aspects of working. You will need to support the councillors in their work,…
Happy 125th Anniversary to the Parish Council In the beginning, or at least from Anglo-Saxon times, was the Manor. Every parish had at least one; Child Okeford had two – Superior and Inferior; the parish governed by a local lord through a system of manorial courts. As the manors declined…
“Nothing, perhaps, has done so much indirectly for the improvement of farming and the increase of food production as has efficient land drainage.” C S Orwin History of English Farming 1949 Water logged land creates numerous problems. Wet ground is heavy ground, difficult and sometimes dangerous for animals to walk…
The final chapter and the original version of Bob Holdemans war time memories can be downloaded here. Drat those pesky vacuees And the full edited version can be found here in docx format. Vacuees Edited version
Western Gazette, Friday, 14th November 1919 CHILDE OKEFORD: DEDICATION OF WAYSIDE CROSS AND MEMORIAL WINDOW A handsome wayside cross has been erected at the junction of the cross-roads in the centre of this picturesque little old-world village as a war memorial. The cross, the cost of which has been defrayed…
After 5 years of service a number of volunteers are standing down at the end of October, which leaves just 6 volunteers to cover all our sites. As 3 are needed to carry out a Watch and we have to allow for volunteers sometimes not being available, without further help…
12:SHOOTING During the High Street period, I made friends with John Highman and Peter Wareham, finding that we were all interested in shooting. Peter had a couple of old American Daisy air-rifles and John two old air rifles. I did not have an air rifle, so would go out with…
Congratulations to Katie Henderson and all involved in the Macmillan Cancer Care coffee morning. A magnificient £300.89p was raised.
CHILD OKEFORD PARISH COUNCIL AND QUEEN ELIZABETH II PLAYING FIELD TRUST The Parish Council held our meeting on the 9th September with 5 members of members of the public in attendance. The council welcomed Leo Tandoh as a new Parish Councillor. Celia Ebdon from the Speed Watch group spoke with…
CHILD OKEFORD PARISH COUNCIL NOTICE OF VACANCY IN OFFICE OF COUNCILLOR PARISH OF CHILD OKEFORD NOTICE IS GIVEN that due to the resignation of Cllr J Chetwode, a vacancy has arisen in the Office of Councillor for the Parish Council. If by 2 October 2019 (14 days* after the date…
The Following has been received from the Whitecliff and Eagle House surgeries. As with previous years, to help stay healthy this autumn/winter and prevent the spread of flu to others, it’s time for the annual flu jab. Flu is contagious, and can be passed on through coughing, sneezing or by…
The Blandford Group Practice Patient Group (PPG) Inaugural General Meeting (IGM) Wednesday 9th October at 7.00pm Blandford St Mary Primary School We need you! Can you help! Come and join the new Patient Group (PPG) for the newly merged Eagle House and Whitecliff GP Practices (soon to be the Blandford…
11:POLICE & POACHING I never knew anyone ever being lodged in the cell in PC Clarke’s house although he did make arrests. He patrolled on his Raleigh two crossbars police bicycle. Batteries for cycle lamps were very scarce but carbide lamps were still used. However, the problem with carbide lamps…
After many years at the Saxon Helen and Peter have decided to hand on the Saxon Inn to a younger generation. They have leased the pub to Craig and Emma who have taken over the licence. A warm welcome to them and to Peter and Helen, who will remain living…
CERNE ABBAS FOR SALE 1919 At 1.30pm on 24th September 1919, most of the village of Cerne Abbas was put up for sale at auction in Dorchester Town Hall by the Pitt-Rivers family who had owned it since 1705. With the assistance of a grant from the National Lottery…
I suspect that many people, like myself, never believed that Durweston bridge would be open on the 22nd July when it was supposed to. We were right because it has opened a day early . Congratulations must go to Dorset Highways and the various contracters who have worked so hard…
9: THRESHING Our family moved from Gold Hill to the High Street in a small terrace called ‘Sherburn Cottages’ right next to Walt Hutching carpenters shop and woodyard and opposite Bradley’s Farm. That year saw the beginning of apprenticeship to agriculture work. Haymaking, stocking corn sheaves and helping to build…
As many potential visitors to the website in recent months will have discovered we had a problem with our new security certificate which meant that you had a scary warning each time you visited the website, saying it was hacked. Of course it wasn’t it was just one of those…
Even though the website had been inaccessible for some months Tony Ward’s clip of Hey Day 1990 has had an amazing number of hits on YouTube ; well in excess of five hundred people have seen it. Tony has been rummaging around in his video box again and has found…
We have just had a fantastic Hey Day and it prompted villager Tony Ward to look out this short video that he took on Hey Day in 1990. It’s a wonderful video and we are very grateful to him for digitising it and allowing it to be shared. The weather…
7: THE BELLS During 1940, A Government Decree forbade the ringing of church bells, school bells and such other bells (except for hand held bells) reserving their use to be rung only for a German paratroop drop or invasion landing. The school’s own intact bell hung from the main classroom…
NOTICE OF CONCLUSION OF AUDIT (LOCAL AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT 2014 ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT REGULATIONS 2015) FOR CHILD OKEFORD PARISH COUNCIL NOTICE is hereby given that the audit for the year ended 31 March 2019 was completed on 7th. June 2019 The accounts will be made available on reasonable notice…
In the late 16th century a group of Bishops under the authority of the Archbishop of Canterbury revised the Great Bible of 1839. In 1568 they published a version of the bible that became known as the Bishops Bible. In 1891 a first edition was bought by one John Batten…
Due to the increasing need for support in our local community, Citizens Advice are seeking new Volunteers within North Dorset to help out in our offices in Gillingham, Shaftesbury, Sturminster and Blandford for one whole day or two half days per week If you can help please contact Sadie Sayers…
