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THE ROTARY CLUB OF FERNDOWN
In this issue
Derricks Ditherings
Christmas Greetings
Julian & Jenny’
Lest we Forget
Literacy Boxes
Rotary Clock
My Favourite Book
Paul Harris Awards
Inner Wheel
Barn Dance
Air Festival part 2
Mike & Chris Webb
Special points of interest:
Meets at Cobhams Sports and Social Club
Merley Park Road Wimborne
Telephone: 01202 885773
E-Mail: cobhamsport@btconnect..com
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Derricks Ditherings
Saturday 1st. November, a sunny morning and George Phillips, Bill Field and I
attended the District Council meeting in Romsey. A well attended meeting with
a great deal of necessary work accomplished. But not the sort of detail that
would be of interest to the readers of ‘Derrick’s Ditherings’ (that’s assuming I
have any readers and that I could remember any details).
Our speaker on the 12th. was District’s “International” representative, Dennis
Meadus who gave us a very interesting presentation on the effectiveness of the
work being done by the Literacy in a Box Trust. The original object of the
Trust was to provide educational and other relevant supplies to ‘enable’ teach-
ers and their pupils in schools in Zambia and in sub-Saharan Africa. Last year
the Charity Commissioners agreed that the Trust could operate World Wide. Currently and as a result of that decision this District is supporting major pro-
jects to educate children in the Philippines and in Zimbabwe. Education is ‘life
enhancing’ for all of us, but especially for those in Third World countries, beset
as they are with all their personal and additional challenges.
On the evening of Monday 17th. I and three other Ferndown Rotarians attended
the Group 1 South meeting held at the RNLI College in Poole. Both Mike Jack-
son DG, and Chris Slocock AG addressed the meeting in general terms. Neil
Hardy, IPP of Swanage and Purbeck and Chair of the meeting provided a brief-
ing on the ‘Father’s Day Sponsored Cycle Ride” which it is hoped will be sup-
ported nationally and on a very large scale. For our district this could translates
into 2,500 cyclists raising £50,000.
Under Items of business from Clubs I gave a presentation in support of Fern-
down’s “Rotary Police Community Awards” project and which was subse-
quently supported quite strongly by Mike Jackson and Chris Slocock.
At Club that evening we were entertained by our very own Jerry Clarke who
had organised a small (but select ) group of Rotarians to present to the club
their favourite books. Jerry was ably assisted by Mike Fenner and Mike Sismey
who had organized a fine selection of books for sale on the night. An excellent
evening, full of fun with £40 raised for the President’s Charity.
Derrick
Merry Christmas
To all our Rotary Friends
And
A Happy and Prosperous New Year
From Derrick & Pam
Merry Christmas
To All Our Rotary Friends
Chris & Diana
Merry Christmas
To All Our Rotary Friends
George & Maddy
Cheers for Xmas
Gerry
Happy Christmas
John & Barbara
Happy Christmas
John & Jean
Happy Holidays
John & Sheila
Best Wishes
Helen
Happy Christmas
Martin & Madeleine
Seasons Greetings
Richard
Christmas Wishes
Norman
Merry Christmas
Lou & Angela
Merry Christmas
John & Val
Merry Christmas
Neil & Pat
Seasons Greetings
Paul & Sue Merry Christmas
Alan & Vera
Seasons Greetings
Malcolm & Janet
Seasons Greetings
Tim & Pat
Happy Holidays
Julian & Jenny
Christmas Wishes
Mike & Doreen
Merry Christmas
Mike & Margaret
Merry Christmas
John & Linda
Christmas Wishes
Gordon
Best Wishes
Bill
Christmas Wishes
Geoff & Pauline
Seasons Greetings
Jim & Lizzie
Happy Christmas
Ove & Cynthia
Seasons Greetings
Mike & Jill
Merry Christmas
Paul & Jean
Merry Christmas
Bob & Maureen
Seasons Greetings
Graham
Seasons Greetings
Peter & Sue
Happy Holidays
Bob
Happy Holidays
Mike & Sue
Christmas Wishes
Howard & June
Christmas Greetings
Chris & Liz
Merry Christmas
To All My Rotary Friends
Eileen
Merry Christmas
Neville & Maureen
SEASONS GREETINGS FROM JULIAN AND JENNY
IN LA BLANCHARDIERE.
We wish you all a very happy Christmas and a fun and peaceful 2015.
Everywhere in France is looking very festive with the shops beautifully
decorated and with all sorts of tempting things for sale. Little Christmas
markets are popping up everywhere with accordions playing and mulled
wine for sale. There street lights in all the little villages and houses deco-
rated like Christmas cards. Some of them have taken three months to
complete! Quite different from the France we knew when we used to
spend Christmas with our younger daughter in Paris 25 years ago. In
those days we travelled from village to village (very few autoroutes then)
and the only twinkling lights we saw were of the cars coming towards us on
the other side of the road. We are still waiting with bated breath for the
arrival of turkeys which we are assured will arrive on the 15th December -
not a bit like England. Our family still like a traditional English Christmas
so as soon as the turkeys arrive we buy them because they are generally
available just for a week, the French prefer quail, guinea fowl and other
game birds, as well as their enormous platters of seafood which are gener-
ally ordered in advance and collected on Christmas Eve. I usually buy two
turkeys because they are just about 12 lbs in weight - again quite unlike
those we buy in the supermarket - and,in the time honoured fashion, we all
enjoy the "cold" on Boxing Day. This year we shall have both families
with us for four days so with 9 people including 2 hungry teenagers so
there wont be much left!
This also the season of the Calendars. It is the custom for the firemen, the
person who delivers our daily newspaper, the post lady etc to arrive with
their own Calendars. Following the example of the other villagers, we in-
vite them in and offer them a drink and buy a calendar as a thank you for
their services. The general rule is 5 euros to the Post lady and the newspa-
per lady and 10 euros to the Firemen who then give us an invitation to
their "open morning" which we always enjoy. They explain what they have
done throughout the year and the Mayor gives a speech of thanks, after
which there is the customary bun fight - wine and snacks ad lib!! Firemen
in France do much more than those in England. It is they who arrive if
there is an accident, on the roads or even at the beach and they do a lot of
what the ambulance people do in England. It is amazing to hear the num-
ber of times they are called out in a year. There are also an impressive
number of teenagers of both sexes being trained in the force. So Christmas,
while different, is fun here and a season which we love.
Our very best wishes to you all
Julian and Jenny Daniel
Lest we forget
Vice -President George Phillips and Sue Sismey laying Poppy Wreaths
on behalf of the Club on Remembrance Sunday
Harriet Phillips taking after her Father
Harriet was taking part in a Remembrance Parade
at the Royal Chelsea Hospital were her Grandfather, George’s Father
lived for over twenty years
Literacy Boxes
A Presentation by
Rtn Dennis Meadus of
The Rotary Club of Roborough, Plymouth
Each box contains sufficient materials for 25 children.
The content reflects the needs for school supplies as expressed to the Trust by teachers in
Zambia.
Rotary Clock
President Derrick along with Bill Field, John Smith and Neville
& Maureen at the presentation of the Rotary Clock situated on the
Ferndown Fire Station
On a bright, dry but cold Wednesday morning (19th.) thanks mainly to our secretary
Bill Field’s determination a group of us were able to get together outside the Fern-
down Fire Station to dedicate the new Rotary Clock that Bill had worked so hard to
get installed and commissioned
Well done Bill.
President Derrick
My Favourite Book
A splendid effort by Mike Fenner, Bill Field, Neville Platt, Mike Sismey , Paul Hunter, Tim
Lees , Les Whittingham and President Derrick ,was surpassed by Helen Chiari who opened
the proceedings with her favourite book and Alan Dean whose rendition of the Poem by Pan
Aryes of the Fifty Shades of Grey brought tears to ones eyes and the talking tankard to Alan.
Well done Gerry for organising the evening, I can not wait for the next one.
Paul Harris Fellows by President Derrick
Club members were witness to two of their colleagues receiving a Paul Harris award for their ser-
vice and dedication to the Club and to Rotary International. The first award was made at the Part-
ners evening of the 29th. October when the Club recognised the contribution made to the Club and
Rotary International by Jim Sanders.The second Paul Harris Award (including a second sapphire
was awarded to Past President John Bartholomew in mid- November and was awarded in recogni-
tion of his outstanding commitment to the Club and the Community.
When I first joined the Rotary Club of Ferndown Jim Sanders was the President and John B. the
IPP and both impressed me with their dedication to the Club and to Rotary principles and so it was
a great pleasure and a privilege to be President when these awards were presented
Past President Dick Bell on a visit from France
Christmas Greetings From
Inner Wheel
Inner Wheel in November
Hello to you all, the IW month of November managed to concentrate itself into the ten days at
the end of the month.
The November District meeting, which has been held in the Bournemouth area ever since I can
remember, moved premises to the Hamworthy Sports Club on the Canford road, which as you
may or may not know, has been our very own meeting place for some years! The move was en-
couraged by District treasurer and club member Ann Edwards and the event was very success-
ful. The official meeting was held in the biggest hall while in the other hall were stalls all selling
goods appropriate to International Charities. Judy Adams the DC chaired the meeting with au-
thority and all the District officers presented their reports. Lunch was held in this same hall and
it was with great planning and precision that the staff managed to serve an excellent cooked
meal to over 200 women. A short break and the International team took over, and the principal
speaker gave an illustrated talk supporting Mary’s Meals, which is a charity dedicated to reach-
ing schools in third world areas. The aim is to organise community led meals for needy children
in school environment. This means that volunteers are trained to prepare and cook a meal for
each child at school, while costs of the food are met by the Mary’s Meals Charity. There are also
plans to provide further help to the children by donating backpacks fitted with educational
items. This charity is a really worthy cause and is being supported by many Inner Wheel Clubs
We made our way homewards feeling proud to be members one of the largest Womens organi-
sation in the world.
Then came the Barn Dance for which we provided the food and some of us actually spent the
evening dancing the night away to the excellent music and the expertise of the “caller”.
Three days later, the my body was still creaking but managed to attend the club’s dinner meet-
ing and thoroughly enjoyed Mike Barrett’s presentation of the family’s Safari trip in Africa.
What an intrepid couple are Mike and Margaret, it was good to see them, they will certainly be
sorely missed when they relocate to Kent.
At the time of writing, our final diary event is to be taking our charity collecting boxes outside
Sainsburys on Sat and Sun 29th and 30th of this month. Keep your fingers crossed for us, fund
raising has had its problems for us recently so we need to generate some income.
All good wishes to you all from all our members for the forthcoming Christmas Festivities.
Sheila Smith
Club Correspondent
BARN DANCE
Friday 21st
. The Inner Wheel / Rotary Barn Dance was held at the St. Anthony’s Church, West Moors. A very enjoyable but exhausting evening. Well done to the ladies of Inner Wheel for organizing the catering and Bob and his Interna-tional Committee for ensuring the evening went smoothly.
The Bournemouth Air Festival part 2
Showtime!
Last month, Phil Holt related how he & Diane built up their famous Miramar functions, which
many members have enjoyed over the years. This month Phil describes what is involved in putting
the show on.
“It’s Wednesday the 27th August. Diane & I are arriving at the Miramar with not a cubic inch of
space left in our Peugeot estate! For the last 3 years it has been necessary to stay at the hotel due to
workload and the need to be close at hand. We do get to relax some of the time. We are Air Festi-
val Patrons and tonight we are invited to the official pre show party at the Marriott West Cliff. We
use the Thursday to put finishing touches to the plans. I also need to attend a briefing with the
Commander in charge of planning for the “Navy Blue Party” on the Friday evening where I am
MC and commentator during “Night Air”. As a thank you, Diane & I were invited on the Thursday
afternoon to a reception aboard HMS Westminster, a Type 23 “Duke” class frigate, at anchor in
Poole Bay followed by taking the salute at beating retreat.
Friday dawns dry with low cloud forecast to lift. We have 143 booked in for the daytime event and
28 in the Ambassador Suite for “Night Air”. This is going to be a busy day! As always the events
begin with coffee and pastries at 10am. Outside the staff are parking the cars like sardines! My
briefing starts at 1030 and I aim to give good background information and feature the most popular
acts. This has always gone down well as it makes everyone feel a part of the event. Getting the
lunch timing right is very important. Diane works hard with Jane Bailey the restaurant manager to
get the ambience right – it is a social occasion with the thrill of the show.
The Miramar’s setting however is the icing on the cake. The terraced front lawn must have one of
the best views of the show. I try to make this very personal by doing a dedicated commentary. It’s
not easy juggling the microphone with intently listening to ex Manchester ATC colleague Ian Rev-
ell, who is controlling the show. I often have to wait for confirmation of the next item, as there are
frequent changes – then ensure all my notes are ready plus my anecdotes and stories. The Red Ar-
rows commentary can be the most challenging. The team has 3 versions of the display, dictated by
cloud amount and height. Red 1 can swap from one version to another during the display if the
cloud conditions change. So I listen carefully to “the boss” on their dedicated frequency for
quickly spoken “starting full” or “going flat”. Timing of when and how to introduce the next ma-
neuver is vital especially for those wanting that special photo – from the left – or right?
Most aircraft are based at Hurn and marshaled after departure to one of two visual holds. The “east
hold” is Hengisbury Head whilst the “west hold” is Brownsea Island. These are just outside the
rectangular “TRA” - temporary restricted airspace that has a regular height of 5000ft, but extends
to 7000ft for the Reds and 11,000ft for Noel Rees’ departure “party piece” Typhoon rocket climb
plus parachutists.
Out in the bay are 2 display lines encased in a rectangular safety area 800 metres wide between the
piers. One line, 150 m from the beach is for aircraft flying at up to 200 knots. The second line is
230 m from the beach for high performance aircraft and formation aerobatics. These rules are laid
down by the Civil Aviation Authority and anyone sailing into the area will cause a suspension of
flying, as will aircraft straying into the TRA. At Eastbourne in 2000, a display pilot became disori-
entated during a “Cuban Eight” maneouvre and hit the sea. At Lowestoft in 2002, a Harrier GR7
descended into the sea when the pilot inadvertently moved the nozzle control forward at the same
time as the throttle.
Back on the lawn it’s time for the cream tea. Meanwhile Diane and her team of helpers are organ-
ising the raffles, which help so much towards our chosen charity (this years it’s Ferndown Blind
Club). It’s always a relief when I can announce a safe conclusion to the programme. On the Friday
evening the Navy descended on us for the “Navy Blue Party”. I began my commentary on the
“Night Air” flying including airborne pyro’s. It was then time to introduce both the Mayor of
Bournemouth and Admiral Sir George Zambellas, the First Sea Lord. The band of the Royal Ma-
rines then beat retreat invaded the lawn. Our heads had barely hit the pillow before we were sound
asleep – ready to do it all again – twice more!
This year was perhaps the best display in the events history, with the Red Arrows all 4 days, the
Vulcan twice and a marvelous finale of classic jets on the Sunday. The location, catering, thrills
and ambiance make it so worthwhile and so here’s to the future of our event!”
Phil & Diane with the Red Arrow Pilots
Mike & Chris Webb
With Members of
Rotary Club of Bakewell
During their visit to
Harrow Carr Gardens.
Chris who is now the editor of their
Newsletter said it can be viewed
on line
The Object of Rotary
The object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as
a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and fos-
ter:
1. The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service.
2. High ethical standards in business and professions, and the
recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations and the
dignifying of each Rotarian’s occupation as an opportunity to
serve society.
3. The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian’s
personal, business and community life.
4. The advancement of international understanding, goodwill
and peace through a world fellowship of business and
professional persons united in the ideal of service.
The “Four-Way Test”
First: Is it the truth
Second: Is it fair to all Concerned?
Third: Will it build goodwill and better friend ships
Fourth: Will it be beneficial to all concerned
Business Partners of Ferndown Rotary Club Helping Our Community
Haskins Garden Centres
Henderson’s Opticians
Hendy Group Motor Dealers
Insley & Partners,Solicitors
A.E.Jolliffe & Sons, Funeral Directors
Merlo UK Ltd
Moors Pharmacy
Simon R Puddle, Certified Accountant
Swift Body Repairs
The Practice at Ferndown, Osteopaths
The Roman Group Printers
Wellstead & Wellstead Estate Agents
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