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Ferne Animal Sanctuary is set in 51 acres of lovely Somerset countryside. Over 300 animals including horses, donkeys, pigs, goats, sheep, cats, dogs, cattle, terrapins, poultry, ducks, rabbits and guinea pigs are cared for purely by public donations.



UPCOMING NOTABLE EVENTS

JANUARY 2010

01    Duck Race   Woodmead Road Bridge, Lyme Regis, 12 noon.   In aid of Christmas Lights Fund.

01    Lyme Lunge    Sand Bar, Lyme Regis, 1.00pm.    Fancy dress swim.

08    Wake up to the New Year – Pete’s House Charity Country and Western Night  Dorchester Trinity club, Dorchester, 8pm-1am.  Live Country and Western music from  Ridgeway Country.  Tickets £6 . Tel. 01305 269095 or Joseph Weld Hospice 01305 215315

09    West Dorset Group, The Somerset and Dorset Family History Society  Loders Village Hall, Nr Bridport, 2-4.30pm.  AGM followed by Graham Archard “The Archards”.  Members £1.50, Non-members £2 – afternoon tea included

09    The National Trust – The Blackmore Vale and Yeovil Association  Talk   Digby Hall, Hound Street, Sherborne, 2.30pm.  “Bulbs – Showing and Growing  them to Best Effect” by Christopher Ireland-Jones.  Members £3, Guests £3.50.  01747 838810

16    Market at Broadmayne  St Martin’s Community Hall, Broadmayne, 10am – 12pm.  Raffle, crafts, plants, books, jigsaws, cards, local trout, sausages and eggs, cakes and preserves and a cup of tea!  Proceeds for St. Martin’s Community Hall 01305 852886

16    Sherborne Jazz Club – Kairos  Plume of Feathers, Half Moon Street, Sherborne, doors open 7.30pm.  01935 816569

22    Bridport & West Dorset Music Club concert – Jenkinson Farr Duo  Sir John Colfox School, Ridgeway, Bridport, 7.45pm.  Single tickets £12, membership £45  01308 424673

23    Baroque by Candlelight – Christchurch Sinfonia   Sherborne Abbey, 7.30pm   Tickets available from Sherborne Tourist Information Centre 01935 815341

25    Beyond Old Harry  Bridport United Church, East Street, Bridport, 2.30pm.   Illustrated talk by Rob Lawrence.  This walk follows on from last year’s Ecology of the Jurassic Coast.  Presented by the Golden Cap Centre of the National Trust.  Non-members welcome.  01308 863577

25    The Thomas Hardye School Community Lectures -  Boomerangs, Bouncing Balls and Other Spinning Things  The Thomas Hardye School, Coburg Road, Dorchester, 7pm.  Lecture by Dr Hugh Hunt.  Free ticketed entry.

26    Smuggling Tales and Trails  Beaminster Museum, Whitcombe Road, Beaminster, 3.30pm.  A talk by Rob Curtis on some of Dorset’s smuggling history.   01308 863577

26-30    Jack and the Beanstalk  The Electric Palace, South Street, Bridport, 7.30pm plus afternoon matinees at 2.30pm on Thursday and Saturday.  Performed by Bridport Pantomime Players.   Tickets £7 (seniors & children £6) available from the Pets Pavilion, South Street, Bridport.   Tel. 01308 420045

28    Tank Museum Evening  Lecture   Tank Museum, Bovington, 7.30pm.  “From Lincoln to Milan : The development of armour protection and the evolution of the infantry anti-tank weapon threat” – a lecture by Stuart Wheeler.  01929 462359

30    Rhythm of the Night Charity Ball  Digby Hall, Hound Street, Sherborne, 7pm – midnight.  Fundraising event for St. Margaret’s Hospice.  An evening of glitz and red carpet glamour – dress : black tie, ladies : hot frocks – accessorise with sequins.  Drinks reception, 3 course dinner, grand raffle, casino, auction, photographer, disco, music courtesy of band Cloud 10.  Tickets £38 available from 01935 479756, 01935 410091 or 0845 345 967

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