In 2015, Nepal suffered a major earthquake. Richard Backwell, who had supported villages in Nepal for a number of years (via the Okhle Village Trust) ran a fund-raising lunch, at the Waterworks. From this and other events, a sum of £12,000 was raised.
Members of the village enjoying a hog roast lunch in the garden of Tony and Erica Ferrari, followed by singing (by Charlie) and dancing (by everyone else) in the rain.
Photos from Flikr, put there by J Sprackling whose grandfather, Walter Sprackling, had been employed by the Popes at Sutton Poyntz.
Photos from John Willows, then of Wessex Water, showing the standpipes provided by Weymouth Waterworks