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The Vale Pantry Needs Your Help – the only community in North Dorset

A month after the Vale Pantry opened its doors in Sturminster Newton last November to help struggling local families, Rachael Rowe visited to discover...

It kicked off with a great story … | Tales from the Vale

I really enjoyed the column of my fellow scribe Roger Guttridge in the last issue – read it if you missed it first time...

Stalbridge back in the 60s and 70s … | Tales from the Vale

Stalbridge back in the 60s and 70s was a bustling village. Roughly half the size it is now, the main street was full of...

Go up Bulbarrow Hill … | Tales from the Vale

Go up Bulbarrow Hill and at the top, just off Cuckoo Lane, apart from a really beautiful view, you’ll see disused buildings, aerials and,...

Real or not real? That is the question

It appears 2020 is the year many people are switching to a real tree - the British Christmas Tree Growers Association have said there...

Driving from Mappowder … | Tales from the Vale

Driving from Mappowder up to Hazlebury Bryan, you enter Wonston and, thanks to the imagination of one household (and I’m presuming it was the...

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Hunting humans for fun

Lifelong kennelman Jeremy Whaley’s hunting narrative shifts from tradition to innovation, prioritising the hounds’ skill over the hunt’s end ‘I was deeply anti-hunting,’ says Jeremy...

Angela Rebecca Teasdale

5th October 1976 – 14th December 2025 Angie passed away suddenly at home on Sunday 14th December, aged 49 years. Devoted wife to Roger, proud...

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