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about Verwood and the surrounding area and is an independent, non-commercial site
with no paid advertising.
It also hosts the official Websites of
the following:-
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Note: an edited/printed
version of the "WHATS
ON" page can be found in the FREE
magazine :-
Local Societies and event organisers
who have any updates, or event dates, that they
would like included for FREE in the
"WHAT'S
ON" page
(normally local and none commercial). Information/articles may be emailed to the .
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Verwood
Details |
| Post
town |
Verwood |
Constituencies
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Postcode district |
BH31
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| District |
East
Dorset |
UK Parliament |
North
Dorset |
Dialing code |
+44
(0)1202 |
| Shire county |
Dorset |
European Parliament |
South
West England |
OS grid reference |
SU0808 |
| Region |
South
West |
 Why
not listen live to Verwood's Own
Community Radio Station
"ForestFM"
while you browse this site. Select
the AE. |
Police |
Dorset |
| Constituent country |
England |
Fire |
Dorset |
| Sovereign state |
United
Kingdom |
Ambulance |
South
Western |
Latest News & Updates.
- Verwood Dorset UK.
also check the Verwood
Noticeboard. |
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On the 13th
of August 2010 the new
Memorial Hall
Porch
was inaugurated by Verwood's mayor Cllr Jean Hazel
Photo l to r: Peter Hancy, Eric Burton (chairman),
Cllr Jean Hazel (Mayor), Ernest Whatmore & Barrie Collins. |
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A
new book about Verwood has recently been published in 2010,
"Memorial
Hall Jubilee Book"
which
recounts 50 years of memories and anecdotes with photos, some in colour,
of the Verwood Memorial Hall.
It is now on sale priced at £6 at the Verwood Heathland Heritage
Centre (9am – 12 noon, Mon. to Sat. & Sun. from 2 - 4 p.m.) .
Copies can also be ordered by post at £7 inc. post and
packing from:-
Angela Daymond, 24 Aspen Drive,
Verwood BH31 6TE.
(make cheques payable to Verwood Memorial Hall Trust),
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every Friday
from 10 a.m.
to noon. |
Every Friday from 10
a.m. to 12 noon in Verwood Memorial Hall.
This Bazaar replaces the weekly Country Market,
that sadly closed in April, after 34 years. It has stalls
offering,
Crafts, Art, Toys, Cakes, Preserves, Teas, Veg and Plants, etc. |
The
Verwood Community
Club
17 Moorlands Road
Verwood
Dorset
BH31 7PD
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Club31
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Verwood Community Club.
The Old British Legion
club complete with all its fixtures and fittings,has now been bought by a Cambridge developer
and ownership transferred. It will be run as a
separate company limited by guarantee so that all profits will be
ploughed back into the club. Mr Giddings stated that until the details
are finally agreed the following are the salient points.
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Club31 has a 25 year lease. |
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It is a separate company
limited by guarantee. |
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As a Community Club it is open to
all. |
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It will be run purely as a Verwood
Community Club. (It is NOT an RBL Club) |
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A Club membership will be required.
(RBL membership no longer applies) |
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Membership is open to ALL those of 18
and over. |
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Opening will be every day from 11
a.m. till at least 11 p.m. |
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Ringwood Brewery / Marstons will be
the main suppliers. |
Please note that most Verwood RBL
Memorabilia and the "Book of Rememberance" has transfered to
the Town Hall which now has its own flagpole.
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Sunday
Opening of Verwood Heritage Centre
The Heritage Centre is pleased
to announce that it will now open on
Sunday Afternoons
from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
(including the Coffee Shop) |
Verwood
Methodist Church
Womens
Fellowship
To celebrate their
82nd anniverary
members met on
Tuesday the 9th March.
They sat down for
lunch at 12:30 followed by
a talk at 2:30 p.m.
and closed with their birthday tea. |
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Lionel
Jeffries Dies in Poole
BRITISH actor, screenwriter and film
director Lionel (Charles) Jeffries, who had life-long links with Dorset,
died on the 19th February 2010 at the age of 83. He was born in Forest
Hill, London, on June 10, 1926, but lived most of his life in Verwood
and Bournemouth (Westbourne). While in Verwood he
lived in a house near the Crossroads and attended Wimborne Grammar
School. In later life he deeply regretted the loss of the old
school buildings in Wimborne and branded their replacement “like
something out of Belsen.” He was awarded the Burma Star for his World
War II service, before training at RADA. For a time he was also
president of the "Verwood Dramatic
Society". He made his screen debut in 1950 appearing in over
70 films, as well as television in his later years (including Inspector
Morse) and famously directed “The Railway Children” in 1970. William
Allison, his great grandfather had a barbers’ shop in Bournemouth
Square which displayed the royal standard as he had cut the hair of King
Edward VII, the Prince of Wales, during a stay at the Royal Bath Hotel.
His grandmother was born in Bournemouth and his mother lived in
Charminster. He married Eileen Mary Walsh in 1951 and had a son and two
daughters. He died in Poole at the age of 83 after a long illness.
The picture shows Lionel
Jeffries with Aubrey Barrow in Verwood Memorial Hall.
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Verwood
Historical Society are pleased to
announce
the publication of a new book
"VILLAGE TO TOWN"
Written and compiled by
Jill Coulthard.
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Priced at £10 it can
be obtained from
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Verwood Heathland Heritage
Centre |
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Verwood Post Office |
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Three Legged Cross Post
Office. |
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Dorset Family History Society |
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Priest’s House Museum,
Wimborne |
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Fordingbridge Bookshop |
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Paperview Ringwood |
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Please visit the the Historical
Society Website
for information about Postal Copies |
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Snippet
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Some think that Three Legged Cross may have
been named after the gallows,
which were often nicknamed the three legged
mare.
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Verwood
has a namesake ...
... in Saskatchewan, Canada. It appears now to be mainly a Ghost
Town with few families remaining It has many old buildings included houses,
church, grain elevator and an old wooden pavement.
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