7 June 2025 - Casterbridge Male Voice Choir
Casterbridge Male Voice Choir & Friends
Saturday 21st June at 7.30pm- Doors open at 7pm
Songs from the 1940’s as we look back to the end of WWII. Bar and nibbles. Flags provided! Tickets £10 from the Church Team Office.
2 June 2025 - Mission Hall news
Dear friends,
AGM
A reminder that the Mission Hall AGM will be held in the Mission Hall next Monday evening, 9th June, starting at 7.30 p.m. Refreshments will be served beforehand. I attach links to the following documents for the AGM:
- Agenda
- Minutes of last year's AGM
- Annual Report and Accounts (the Inspector's Report on the accounts will be added before the AGM).
Summer Picnic
Also, please remember that we are holding a Summer Picnic, with a French theme, on Sunday 29th June. Tickets, £10 per person, are available from Maureen Morris, 835533. AVPA (which may perhaps be the French for BYOB).
Look forward to seeing you there.
Best wishes,
Bill Egerton - on behalf of the Mission Hall Committee
23 May 2025 - Coffee Morning and Raffle in support of Bowel Cancer Research
A follow-up message from Hilary, concerning her Coffee Morning and Raffle today in support of Bowel Cancer Research UK
Dear Friends,I am truly overwhelmed by the incredible support we received at our Coffee Morning and Raffle today! I want to extend my deepest thanks to everyone for contributing to this important cause - whether you helped out behind the scenes, baked delicious cakes, donated raffle prizes, or simply came along to share in the day. Your support has truly overwhelmed me.
I had modest hopes to raise a couple of hundred pounds, but thanks to your amazing generosity, we nearly reached £1500! We've rounded it up and it's already on its way to Bowel Cancer Research UK. This success is a testament to the kindness and generosity of our community.
Thank you for showing that when we come together, incredible things happen. I feel so lucky to be part of such a caring and supportive village. Your contributions are making a real difference, and I am forever grateful.
With heartfelt thanks, Hilary
23 May 2025 - Soldiers and Poppies
You may have noticed on VE Day the two Remembrance silhouettes, Tommy and his sister Flora, standing outside the Mission Hall. We bought these from the Royal British Legion to be used in future Remembrance Sunday displays. One of them will be put on the 'village green' in Mission Hall Lane whilst the other will be located at the junction of Sutton Road and Plaisters Lane opposite the phone box.
Now we are asking for volunteers to help create a fitting tribute to the fallen and those still fighting - wherever that may be. One of our villagers has very kindly offered to support a poppy workshop where volunteers will learn to crochet or knit as many poppies as possible which we will attach to a net and hopefully create a display similar to the one below. If we exceed our expectations then we'll make a copy of the Tower of London display.
We have booked the Mission Hall from 10 am -1 pm on Friday June 13th for people to meet up with Rita Oxby to discuss the designs, sizes etc and hopefully create the first of many poppies to be used in the display. If you are interested in attending, or are unable to but are willing to take part, please let Jon waterman know at
Please bring along Poppy Red wool and crochet hooks or knitting needles if you have them. Rita will have a few hooks and needles available, as well as patterns and extra wool.
Thanks for joining the village volunteer team!
J & S
19 May 2025 - Sutton Poyntz Jumble Trail
"What's a Jumble Trail?" you ask...
Well, imagine a lot of people all plan to have a Garage Sale in the same village on the same day. Someone makes a map of all of the participating locations, advertises the event, and a lot of people come and buy all the stuff people want to sell. That's exactly what happens in Weymouth (Lodmoor) and in Dorchester (Monmouth Road) - and what Gail has in mind, on a smaller scale, for Sutton Poyntz!
It'll be on July 13th, 10am-2pm, and if you'd like to participate please register with Gail as soon as you can via her email:
Closing date to get on the map will be June 28th, i.e. two weeks before the event.
There'll be a nominal £10 fee to participate which will all be donated to the Mission Hall's next renovation project (the floor!) A limited number of tables will be available in or around the Mission Hall for anyone who has a small number of small objects to sell and perhaps lives a bit out of the way. There will also be tea and cakes available there.
I'm going up to the loft now to get all that stuff ready...
15 May 2025 - Old reminders and new news
A couple of reminders for you before we get into the real news.
1 - Don't forget Hilary is running a Coffee Morning and Raffle in aid of Bowel Cancer UK. It'll be in the usual place at the usual time but with extraordinary cakes and an amazing raffle (I've seen some of the prizes!) Anyway the date to get firmly engraved in your brains (or at minimum, your diary) is Friday 23rd May at 1030am.
2 - We'll be sending out the bailiffs in a couple of weeks to extract your Society 2025/6 subscriptions, unless you've already paid up! (A fiver per household or half-price for individuals, as you all well know.) If you want to avoid the ignominy of appearing on the wall-of-shame you can pay any committee member, or at any event, or for you modern types, wing it across the internet to the Society bank account:
Account name: Sutton Poyntz Society
Sort code: 60-23-35
Account number: 06822584
Reference: please include your surname, house name / number and road name. Include as much as you can before you run out of space!
Of course membership of the Society is completely voluntary, but without it you risk missing out on all sorts of discounts, special offers, member-only events, etc. Keep with the in-crowd and cough-up!
3 - And now some advance info about a summer event. "What" you say, "isn't it already summer?" Maybe, maybe not, but it is time to think about your entries to the Village Vegetable Show - except - we're winding down the idea of a vegetable show. The participation has been waning, and this summer-like weather has left the scorched earth not supporting a great vegetable crop. (Why do the weeds like it then?) So we're focusing on a few speciality food-focused classes and combining what was the morning Veg Show with the afternoon Cream Teas. More details will follow, but sufficient to say that the date to remember is Saturday 26th July pm, and the competitive amongst you will be revising your skills in: bread-baking, cake-making, cupcake-decorating, spud-in-a-tub (as always), and picking/arranging a vase of flowers. And we'll be supplying the Cream Teas.
4 - As you all know, the unsung heroes of the village keep it looking at its best. That might be gardening the communal areas, repairing bins or planters, wood-treating the benches, etc. Quite a number of Poyntz-little-helpers are committee members (or partners) and we'd like to extend the pool of helpers to anyone with a bent for a bit of DIY who'd be happy to be called-upon occasionally to do a little job here or there. If you've got an itchy screwdriver or a dry paint-brush looking for some exercise, send a message to Jon Waterman (07484 831418,
J & S
5 May 2025 - WI day trip to Highclere Castle
Message forwarded from the Sutton Poyntz Women's Institute:
"We have spaces for people who would like to join us on our daytrip to Highclere Castle where the Downton Abbey series was made.
Highclere is near to Newbury and the trip is booked for Wednesday 9th July.
The coach will be picking us up at The Cart Shed at 8.30 am and will bring us back at approximately 6 pm.
Tickets are £50 to include both the coach and the entrance fee.
There is a cafe at the castle where we can purchase coffee, lunch etc.
The trip is only for adults, it is a WI outing but men are very welcome too!
To reserve tickets please contact either Sue Davis on 01305 568804 or 07952289266 or Val Dawe on 01305 562807 or 07833670439"
1 May 2025 - Coffee Morning and Raffle in aid of Bowel Cancer Research
A message from Hilary:
You're Invited to a Coffee Morning and Raffle in Support of Bowel Cancer Research UK.
Last year, our son was diagnosed with bowel cancer. After major surgery and a gruelling course of chemotherapy (which he tackled like a champ), we’re incredibly thankful to say he is now in remission. The care he received at Dorset County Hospital and from the amazing Macmillan nurses was second to none.
Sadly, bowel cancer is on the rise in younger people - which is why I’ve decided to put the kettle on, bake far too many cakes, and invite you to a Coffee Morning and Raffle to raise funds for Bowel Cancer Research UK.
Please join us on Friday 23rd May at the Mission Hall at 1030am. There’ll be coffee (proper stuff, not the instant kind), delicious cake (probably too much of it), and a raffle with some brilliant prizes (and maybe a few daft ones too)! Every cup and contribution will help support Bowel Cancer Research UK and the fight against this disease.
We’d love you to pop in, have a cuppa, a chat, and help support a cause very close to our hearts.
Hope to see you there - with or without an elastic waistband!
With thanks,
Hilary Davidson