Active couple / partner required.
Secluded new two bed, two bathrooms cottage available.
No rent, no rates, no electricity or water bills and no heating costs.
Duties to include housekeeping, cleaning, cooking, dog walking and some driving of owner’s vehicle. Essential dog lovers.
References required.
Applications in writing, by email to [email protected]
Part-time Court Secretary required:
Meetings currently quarterly to cover Milborne Port & Wincanton.
An honorarium is payable plus travelling expenses.
For further details –
Tel. 01963 250632
We are recruiting Estates Maintenance workers at Margaret Green Animal Rescue.
The role involves working within a team based at the Church knowle centre and looks after 3 sites and 6 shops.
The work includes general repairs, proactive and reactive maintenance and fencing and grounds/buliding maintenance.
The ideal candidtates will have a good level of skills in general maintenace such as, plumbing, carpentry and basic electrics
A;so required will be experience of general grounds maintenance including the use of strimmers, pedestrian mowers and ride-ons.
The role is 37.5 hours per week at £9.50/£10.50 per hour dependant on experience.
For more details and to apply please contact [email protected]
SNADS Pantomime for 2022 is the classic tale of The Little Mermaid. It is brought to life in an action packed, animated show.
A young mermaid (Sirena) enters into a deal with a wicked sea octopus (Iphelia) and swaps her voice for a pair of legs in order to find her handsome Prince. This pantomime is filled with lots of laughs, fantastic colourful costumes and larger than life characters. Excitingly new to SNADS, we will be using animation to make things come to life. Directed by Paula Skinner.
Shows are on from the 16th – 19th February 7.30pm at the Exchange in Sturminster Newton.
There will be a Matinee performance on Saturday 19th Feb at 2.30pm
Plus a ‘Relaxed’ performance (see details below) on Wednesday 16th Feb at 6pm
We will be do a “RELAXED” performance on Wednesday 16th Feb with low level auditorium lights, no loud bangs or flashing lights, it will be particularly suitable for those with Autism, Special Needs and Learning Difficulties who would not normally be able to access live theatre. There will be open access to the Hall during this performance for those needing ‘time out’ and most importantly nobody will mind if your guest makes noises, calls out or chatters! Tickets for this performance only will be at the reduced rate of £5.00. Please phone or call in at The Exchange to book your tickets and to talk to a member of staff – it will be helpful for them to understand your requirements (i.e. raked seating or open area), especially if you will be bringing a wheelchair or push chair/buggy.
Tickets from the Exchange Sturminster Newton – Call the Box office on 01258 475137
Or book directly online at https://stur-exchange.co.uk
SNADS: Facebook : Twitter or https://www.snads.biz email [email protected]
***Sadly due to Covid precautions this event has now been cancelled***
Dave Newton Jazz Trio at Sherborne School.
Thursday 20th January 2022 7.30pm
Tindall Recital Hall, Music School, Abbey Road, DT9 3AP
Tickets £12.50
Telephone: 01935 812249 or [email protected]
Gladys Dennerd
Peacefully at home on 3rd January 2022 with her daughter and sons by her side, Gladys aged 92 years.
Beloved wife of the late Jim, much loved mum of Helen, William and Peter. Devoted nan and Great Nan.
Sadly Missed By all who knew and loved her.
A private funeral will take place on the 18th January.
Donations to the Alzheimer’s Society are greatfully accepted in Gladys’ memory.
Laurence Dowel
Aged 84 years, passed away 28th December 2021 after a long illness at home, surrounded by his family.
Greatly missed by his wife Margaret and all his family.
Private service and cremation Family Flowers only please.
Donations to Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance.
Martin Cowan (Marv)
Another Christmas and another New Year without you here, forever in our hearts and minds.
Love from Mum, Ken and all the family xx
For this month’s property column Brad and Susie from Meyers are considering the myth that mid-winter is a bad time to list your property:
As we move towards the Festive Season, most people are focussed on what to buy their loved ones for Christmas rather than buying a new home. Majority of people assume that the housing market will go quiet during December. It’s what happens immediately after the Christmas lunch has been packed away however, that makes for a good house selling market.
December listing
History and the data crunchers, show that the month of December can be a great time to start to market your home (as long as you take photos without your decorations!).
Rightmove, the biggest online housing portal, claims that there will be something in the region of 41m visits to their
site between Boxing Day and the New Year; known as the ‘Boxing Day Boom’.
Potential buyers are at home, the festivities are largely over and they take this quiet time in the family calendar to see what is out there on the market. This could therefore be one of the best times to be advertising your house for sale.
In addition to that, the housing market continues to see record numbers of potential buyers for each house that comes to market and with the market continuing to be this competitive, having your house on the market, or better still, Under Offer, is a prerequisite for a happy ongoing house hunt.
Some Agents won’t allow buyers even to view a house if they are not proceedable, and whilst getting your house on the market now might seem like an odd time to do it, actually it could be absolutely the right time to
do so if you are considering a move in the first part of next year. You need to get ahead of the game and put yourself in a good position to be able to ‘offer’ on that dream house you fall in love with.
We are always here to help and answer any questions you might have so feel free to get in touch. And in the meantime, if we don’t meet you beforehand, we hope you have a wonderful Christmas everyone – and an even better new year.
Brad at Shaftesbury – 01747 352077 Susie at Blandford – 01258 690553
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