Supporters of the Young Gallery Member’s Exhibition 2021.
Salisbury Library, The Market Place, Salisbury. SP1 1BL.
An Exhibition of fine art by the Supporters of the Young Gallery Members
Exhibition Dates 11th September – 2nd October
Please visit the exhibition during normal library opening hours.
For further information about the Supporters of the Young Gallery visit: www.younggallerysalisbury.co.uk
Vernon Eeles
Passed away peacefully at Salisbury District Hospital on 25th August 2021 aged 85.
Husband to Janet, father to Vivienne and Vanessa.
Funeral to be held at Salisbury Crematorium Tuesday 14th Sep at 3pm. Anyone who knew his are welcome, family flowers only and donations to Wiltshire Air ambulance if desired.
We are looking for a keen person to assist Tony our manager at Blandford’s most popular breakfast shop, the Gorge Café.
Experience not essential as full training will be given.
No split shifts
8.00 am – 3.00pm five days a week.
Some weekend work essential
Salary will be above basic rate and will be increased further after training.
Application by telephone –
01598 740 330
or
01598 740 575
Gerry Cook
Husband to Caroline, and father to Stephen and Annabel, died at home in Mere on 22 August.
Short service at Salisbury Crematorium at 1300 on 9th September. Please contact Caroline if you wish to attend or view the livestream.
Donations in lieu of flowers can be sent to Salisbury Hospice Charity: Contact them via www.salisburyhospicecharity.org.uk/get-involved/make-a-donation or on 01722 416 353.
Local established business looking to recruit a number of positions. Working from our Dorchester office.
We offer competitive rates of pay, pension scheme, PAYE and friendly working environment, carrying out various projects across the South Coast.
Self-motivated, driven individual with a background of project management, responsible for delivering projects of various sizes and values. Full driving licence essential.
Team player, able to work on own initiative, flexible approach, good customer communication skills. Full driving licence essential.
With experience of installation of water supply and mains water and general ground works. Full driving licence essential.
Motivated individual, willing to learn our trade within the water industry. Must have a can do attitude.
To join our small service team to undertake various service works around the south. Full driving licence essential.
All applications and CV’s to be sent to [email protected]
Hot on the heels of the Dorset crop circle that appeared on Okeford Hill a few weeks ago, a stunning new design has appeared in a field close to the trailway just outside Blandford. We covered Dorset’s Okeford Hill crop circle last month, and the NFU spokesperson told us it caused over £600 of wheat damage.
There is also always the concern for the landowner over ever more costly damage being caused by visitors to the site trespassing and trampling further crops. The Okeford Hill circle was in a quiet location and didn’t draw massive crowds – however this crop circle in Blandford may be of more concern.
Despite there being no public footpath or legal access to the field, it is easily accessible alongside the popular trailway walking and cycling route, and close to a busy road.
Crop circles and their origins have spawned years of debate and speculation, and continue to hold massive interest – no matter your belief in their mysterious creation. Crop circles are innately beautiful and cryptic, and inevitably fascinate people. Some believe that crop circles are used as a message from a foreign species. That perhaps they represent some sort of alien language. Others believe that they are simply a hoax by creative people who wish to scare or stun the people who view them.
But whatever the belief in their source, crop circles have a long and vibrant history with many legends swirling around them. The first appearance of a crop circle was in England 1678; the “Mowing Devil” was the first reported incident of a crop circle, and the farmer who found the circle said that there was ‘a devilish entity that visited his field’.
Doug Bower and Dave Chorley created hundreds of crop circles in the ‘90s, and openly explained how they did it; yet people continued to believe that it was done by aliens.
In the early ‘70s, when the first modernized version of the crop circle appeared, the best way to complete it was with a rope and plank (creating a centre point with a post, then tying a string to it to work out from there to maintain the symmetry and geometry). However, in modern times, GPS is accepted as playing a role in the creation of the circles. Professor Richard Taylor, director of the Materials Science Institute at the University of Oregon, said that advanced technology could be the source for the shapes.
“The modern patterns which involves elaborate geometric shapes suggests that circle makers have upped their equipment from the simple plank and rope to something more technologically sophisticated. GPS systems could help the circle makers cover vast spaces and keep the pattern intact”.
With the easily-available modern technology, it doesn’t seem unlikely that a human could make such a sophisticated design in crops – but crop circle artists aren’t going to give up their secrets any time soon. Whether the creation is supernatural or not, the mystery behind the creation of the circles is still key to holding people’s interest in the beautiful designs.
Milton Abbey are looking to appoint a qualified and enthusiastic School Farm Manager to support the teaching and delivery of co-curricular activities in the Land Based Studies Department. The successful applicant will be responsible for the management and maintenance of the School Farm. A passion for high standards of animal welfare is essential and we are very interested in applicants with equine or shoot management expertise, although this is not essential.
The role is full time and all year round. The successful applicant will have experience of managing farm livestock and maintaining machinery. Qualifications in land-based subjects is an advantage, as is licenses for equipment like RTV and chainsaw.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Specific responsibilities include the following, although this list is by no means exhaustive:
TERMS OF APPOINTMENT:
Click the link below to download the application form:
Further details may be obtained from Milton Abbey on 01258 880484 or email [email protected].
Applications must be submitted on the School’s application form. The closing date for applications is noon on 12:00 noon on Thursday 2nd September 2021.
Milton Abbey School is committed to safe guarding and promoting the welfare of children. The appointment will be the subject of an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Regular monthly Blackmore Vale property commentary column in the Blackmore Vale from Susie and Brad the North Dorset Team at Meyers
The Post-Pandemic Housing Market
The current property market “resembles a supermarket in the early hours of lockdown: the shelves are bare”.
The demand for houses is still very high; we have a huge list of applicants on our books looking for a home – to no avail.
The ratio of sold to available properties is at its lowest ever level since 2002, and it has been a very difficult few months trying to manoeuvre our way through this new market, which simply cannot be maintained long term.
However, a steady return to normality is predicted after September when the final stamp duty relief ends and the market becomes less frenzied. This should encourage more sellers to list their properties for sale and therefore initiate a greater balance to return. This is welcoming news to those in rented, first time buyers and investors.
Until such time, and while the market remains in its current state, we have a few tips to help you secure your next home:
Get an Agreement in Principle from your mortgage advisors so you are ready to go if the perfect house comes on the market.
Ring around your local estate agents and register as an applicant, at the moment, we are often selling our houses to our registered applicant before they even hit internet portals.
Set up portal alerts (on sites such as Rightmove) so that you are notified as soon as a new property within your budget and location comes on the market.
If you are a current homeowner looking to move, ensure your home is either sold or up together on the market ready to be sold as soon as possible.
On another note, we are delighted to announce that Meyers Shaftesbury won The British Property Gold Award 2021 and have been nominated for a number of further national awards!
Please get in touch for any property advice or a free expert valuation on your home:
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