Sutton Poyntz

The Mission Hall are running a Village Barbecue on 30th June, in the Mission Hall garden, starting 12.30. Tickets, £10 (£5 for children), can be obtained from Maureen Morris (telephone 835533 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ). Bring your own meat/fish/whatever to barbecue, and your own booze - we will provide salads, sweets, and a starting drink, as well as barbecues to do the cooking. (If you have a barbecue you would be willing to lend for the event, please contact Bill Egerton on 833728 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ). Proceeds for Mission Hall funds.

Also, advance notice that Joanna Quinn, the author of the best-selling novel "The Whalebone Theatre", will give a talk at the Mission Hall, on the evening of Friday 12th July (start time to be confirmed). Tickets, £5, from Sue Cottam (telephone 833582 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.). Joanna was brought up in Dorset, and is just in the process of settling in Sutton Poyntz. The Whalebone Theatre, her first novel, was published in 2022 and quickly became a best-seller both in the UK and US. The novel is set in Dorset.