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Viva Poole Contents

Restaurant Review; Chequers Inn: Page 6Jurassic Jaunts; Swanage: Page 9A Peek Into The Past; November 1991: Page 10Tom Scott; Memories of Old Poole: Page 12Garden View; Bonfires: Page 14Puzzles: Pages 16 & 17Movie Review; Despicable Me: Page 18The Youth of Today: Page 22Julie Says; Eye Lash Perming: Page 24Book Review; Terry Pratchett | Daniel Postgate:Page 25Your Poole Your Say: Page 26Bruce Grant-Braham; St Pauls Cathedral Is TooModern!: Page 27What's On In Poole: Pages 28 & 29COMPETITION; Butterfly Bakery: Page 30Puzzle Solutions & Useful Tel Numbers: Page 31

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This month we have a our first competition whereButterfly Bakery are giving you the chance to win abox of their delicious cup cakes. It’s easy to enter, see page 30.

Tom Scott brings us more memories of Old Poole while Alec Wills takes alook at the new Poole Bridge. Zest Experiences is launching this month so,why not book in an experience day for someone as a special gift. See page13. Please notice the deadline for December’s issue is 10th November forall contributions. This will be a special bumper Christmas issue.

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The Amazing Trick Box12 High Street, Poole BH15 1BP

01202 682757Open Tuesday to Saturday

10.00am until 5.00pm

Fancy That -It’s Christmas

Excellent Home Cooked FoodMon - Sat: 12pm - 3pm. & 6.30pm - 9pm.Sun - British Roast Day. 12 - 3pm

Locally Sourced Seasonal Produce

Traditional Sunday Roast Lunch

Winter Log Fires & Comfortable, CosySeating

Xmas Bookings Now Being Taken

Occasional Live Music

Dee & Her Team Offer a Warm Welcome,Superb Food & Service at

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Restaurant ReviewFOOD GLORIOUS FOOD!

Refurbished & refreshed The Chequers Inn,Lytchett Matravers is reopen for business. Whathad for many years been a thriving busy familyinn/restaurant sadly went rapidly down hillwhen the management changed. All the goodthat gone before was wiped out & people stayedaway. Finally the brewery saw the error of their ways& brought in a new landlord and landlady in the form ofDee & Martyn.

As much as a good clean & lick of paint can revitalise a place, a good reputationis harder to rebuild. Lets face it if you have had bad service & awful food you areunlikely to ever go back. The only way I might be enticed back would be byrecommendation. And that is exactly what I am happy to do now. As a Lytchett localI only recently re-crossed the Chequers threshold.

The first thing I didn’t notice was any smell from the loo, as used to greet you. So farso good.

On entering the restaurant we were greeted with a warm smile by a very pleasant,smartly dressed, young waitress who showed us to a table.

The menu is extensive & varied with reasonable pricing. Our food arrived quickly(though we were apologised to for the delay?) it was well presented & to use aculinary expression, SCRUMPTIOUS!  Compliments to James head chef & his team.

I succumbed to a dessert, (it would be rude not to) of baked mascarpone stem gingercheesecake that surprise, actually tasted like real cheesecake, just like my mum usedto make!

As much as possible seasonal food is sourced locally. Sunday is traditional roast dayfrom 12-3 p.m.. There are light bites for lunchtime or when you’re not so hungry. If Ihad any criticism it would be the lack of ‘healthy options’ for those watching their

weight or on a health kick. To be fair Iwould make the same comment of justabout every eatery around.

On certain nights there is live music to addto the ambiance. Gratuities are at yourdiscretion & not automatically added to yourbill - I hate it when restaurants do that.

All in all a very enjoyable evening, greatfood, great service, a definite thumbs up.

J.C. Rogers

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Local residents were invited to attendthe first in a series of Twin SailsBridge/Regeneration Open Days onWednesday 13 October.

The event was to enable residents to talkdirectly to the contractor for the Twin SailsBridge, Hochtief (UK) Construction Ltd aswell as representatives from the council’sTransportation and Planning Departments.

The first Open Day was held at HamworthyLibrary, Blandford Road, on 13 October. Afurther event has been scheduled forThursday 4 November 2010 in the DolphinShopping Centre between 9am - 5pm.

Jim Bright, Strategic Director, Borough ofPoole, said: "We are aware that residentshave questions relating to the constructionof the Twin Sails Bridge and the impact ofregeneration in their local community. Byholding these open days we hope residentswill take the opportunity of raising anyquestions or concerns they may have.

"We believe the focus of residents’questions may change as the regenerationstarts to take shape. We intend to holdevents in Hamworthy and Poole Town Centre on a quarterly basis to ensure regularcommunication with local people.”

Public consultation events relating to specific planning applications will still take place aspart of the planning process

The Twin Sails Bridge,which is scheduled toopen in early 2012, willprovide criticalinfrastructure for 26hectares of brownfieldland and unlock one ofthe largestregeneration sites inthe South West.

Over the next 10 to 15years, this project isexpected to deliver2,000 homes andcreate up to 5,000jobs.

Twin Sails Bridge/Regeneration Open Day

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Toffee apples are a real treat and very easy to make yourself so why not make a fewfor bonfire night?

Ingredients

12 small dessert apples, Cox’s or Spartan are good.

12 wooden lollipop sticks or short dowels

450g / 1lb Demerara sugar

2 tbsp golden syrup

60g / 2oz butter

4 tsp lemon juice

4 tbsp water

Method

Wash the applesand dry thoroughlywith kitchen paper.

Remove the stalksand push a stickinto the centre ofeach apple wherethe stalk has beenremoved.

Line a baking traywith non-stickbaking paper.

Put half each of thesugar, syrup,butter, lemon juice and water and stir over a very gentle heat until the butter hasmelted and the sugar has completely dissolved.

Bring to the boil and boil rapidly for 5-10 minutes until 130C has been reached on asugar thermometer (or if you haven’t got a thermometer until a teaspoon of thetoffee becomes hard and brittle when poured into a bowl of cold water. Remove thepan from the heat each time before testing.

When the correct temperature has been reached place the pan on a wooden board ortrivet.

One at a time quickly dip six of the apples into the toffee until evenly coated. Lift outand let the excess toffee drip back into the pan.

Stand the coated apples on the prepared tray and leave in a cool, dry place to set.This is important as moisture in the air will cause the toffee to become sticky.

Use the remaining ingredients to make a second batch of toffee. If you try to make itall in one go the toffee will set before you manage to coat all twelve apples...so takeyour time!

Toffee Apples

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Swanage, East Circular Route 1

How to get there: - Grid Reference 022809; On approaching CorfeCastle from Wareham, turn left for Studland just after the NationalTrust car park. After 3 ½ miles, just before Purbeck Golf Club, takethe right turn, signposted Swanage 2 ½ miles.

At the next junction, turn right for Swanage and park in the lay-bye with the large stone plinth saying ‘Welcome to Swanage’.

Walk details:-

On the left, near the start of the lay-bye, take the small swing gate. Fork right here andtake the steep 100 metre ascent to the level path.

Turn right and continue along the path for 400 metres. Cross the stile taking you into theNational trust Ballard Down area and continue ahead, giving you excellent views acrossSwanage to your right.

Avoid any forks to your left and after another 400 metres, ensure you drop down through asmall tree arch to meet another path (here you will have a gate to your right to Swanage)

Turn left here and ascend towards the Ridgeway of Ballard Down (250 metres). You have seatsavailable at regular intervals for resting and taking in the views across Swanage and the bay.

As the path levels off at the top, turn sharp left and walk up to the top of the Ridgeway. At theRidgeway you will get a panoramic view of Poole Harbour as well as Swanage to your left.

You now need to turn left and head along the Ridgeway towards the masts in the distance.

Follow the path through the gate and drop down, past the Obelisk and follow the path down tothe road.

Cross the road carefully and turn left, walking down the grass verge for about 300 metres. Forthe following 300 metres, you will need to walk on the right-hand side of the road until you

meet the road junction on your right.

Cross the road into the small open area (signpost here for the Coastpath 1 ¾ miles), go over the stile, and after about 20

metres, follow the footpath sign to your right.

Continue along the path for 400 metres, through the gate,and about 30 metres after the gate, fork right and follow

the path down to the lay-by.

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Looking Back At Old PooleThe Memories Of Tom Scott The Cane

Memories of Old Poole

From 1940-1945 my schooling was at Henry Harbin School (now Poole High School).The headmaster then was local historian Mr H P Smith.

It was a well run, disciplined school where boys were segregated from girls - meaning nodistractions from the opposite sex! Teachers’ tools of punishment were bamboo cane, chalkboard rubber, measuring rule, slipper or anything else they could lay their hands on. One teacherspecialised in flicking the backs of your ears if he caught you talking to a classmate duringlessons. Detention with 500 to a 1000 lines was a more likely punishment from the kinder tutors,but most preferred the cane as it was swift and positive. The handicap for pupils was having tocontinue to work with painfully stinging hands, for instance dipping the pen into the inkwell andtrying to write.

Teachers who didn’t have the resolve to use the cane would senda boy to the headmaster who would administer it.

Having been caned on numerous occasions I will tell you of a few:

Mr Albert Sharp, who was my teacher, entered the classroom andcalled us to attention.“Good morning boys,” he said and I replied from behind my desklid “Good morning Bert”.I was called to the front and had two strokes of the cane for‘insolence’. What a way to start the day.

The next time, I was chasing a pupil around the classroom during dinner break and the dutytutor was the science master, Mr ‘Milky’ Hartnell. Now this teacher was noted for his accuracywhen caning. He had a long thin bamboo and he would line up your hand with precision and riseright up onto his toes and dispense with lightning speed. At first you thought he’d missed, untilyou felt your hand slowly catching on fire (very painful).

On one occasion, I was caned by the headmaster for back chatting a prefect when I thought hewas wrong.

Then, one morning when entering the school corridor in the required single file column, wepassed the hall and a sudden urge found me nipping in and bouncing down the parallel bars.To my horror, H P Smith was stood watching and, this time, I got two strokes on each hand(four of the best, we used to say).

The most severe caning I ever suffered was administered by Mr ‘Podgy’ Hillier, the woodworkmaster. Myself and another pupil, Raymond, started throwing wood shavings at each other,quickly getting more boisterous. Suddenly, Mr Hillier appeared and we had sawdust and woodshavings in our hair so we knew what to expect. Six strokes of the cane, this time on one hand.It was so painful!

Back at our benches, we watched our hands swell. Raymond’s suffering was worse as the masterwas cross-eyed and, by mistake, twice hit Raymond’s wrist – he cried that day! ‘Podgy’ cameto our benches later.“You two don’t seem to be making much progress.” Surprise, surprise!

We never told our parents, they would conclude we deserved it! My, how times have changed!

Somewhere in old Poole

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Garden ViewThis month - Bonfires

I’m not a huge fan of the garden bonfire. I think that generally there are betterways of disposing of garden waste. Most green waste, such as leaves or grasscan be recycled. Woody waste can be shredded and either composted or usedas mulch, though it may be more cost-effective to hire a shredder rather thanbuy one outright if your garden is small.However, if wood is diseased for example, a bonfire may be the best way to deal withit. So what are the rules regarding bonfires?

Surprisingly there are no specific laws against having a bonfire, or when you can haveone. There may be local by-laws though. These are laws made by a local authority andapplicable only in a defined geographical area. Phone your council, or check theirwebsite for further information. Likewise, if you rent a property, check under yourtenancy agreement to see whether bonfires are permitted.

Laws about bonfires are generally concerned with their potential nuisance value. Soyou can’t burn plastics, or painted household waste which may produce toxic fumes orthick smoke harmful to asthma sufferers. Also, the Highways Act states that it is anoffence to light a bonfire near a road if the drifting smoke may cause a traffic hazard.

Mostly, bonfires are all about common sense. The smoke and smell might annoy yourneighbours, especially if it prevents them from opening their windows or hanging outtheir washing.

Warn your neighbours beforehand—and they’ll be less likely to complain.

Light your bonfire at a time least likely to cause a nuisance - on a warm sunny daypeople are more likely to be out in theirgarden, enjoying it.

Only burn dry material. Damp material createsmuch more smoke.

The other issue with bonfires is, of course,safety.

Bonfire Safety Check-listBuild the bonfire away from sheds, fences andtrees

Don’t build it too large and make sure it’sstable, so it won’t collapse outwards or to oneside.

Check the bonfire for hibernating wildlife.

Don’t use petrol or paraffin to start the fire as these accelerate the flames and maycause the fire to burn out of control.

Keep a bucket of water or a hose handy—just in case

Don’t leave the fire unattended.

Keep small children and pets out of the way.

Once the fire has died down, pour water over the embers to stop them re-igniting.

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Plot

Super-villain Gru (Carell) needs to steal a shrink-ray fromrival Vector (Segel), to secure a loan from the Bank Of Evil.He adopts three cookie-selling orphans to smuggle shrink-ray-stealing mini robots into Vector’s lair. But theresponsibilities of parenthood cause him to question his evilpriorities.

Review

Gru (Steve Carell) rotagonist of this good-natured 3D CGI’toon, is a master-villain out to steal the moon. Though slimmer and beakier, he’sclose to Grimly Feendish, a Brit comic great (“The Rottenist Crook In The World”)created by Leo Baxendale in 1964. Like Grimly, he is bald, has a long black coat andstary eyes, rubs his hands in malevolent glee, is more ambitious than ept, relies onminions who let him down, and enjoys petty wickedness as much as grandBlofeldian schemes.

Grimly and Gru resemble Charles Addams’ Uncle Fester and are parodies of pre-Crisis Lex Luthor — when Superman’s arch-enemy was a pudgy scientist, not acrooked tycoon (if you get this, you pass through the Gate Of Geek Wisdom to jointhe Hallowed Masters Of Comics Trivia, aka Empire Online). Even unranked UScomic characters get big-budget films — seriously, Jonah Hex and the GreenHornet, ha! — yet Brit comic meisterwerke don’t get a look-in (bar St. Trinian’s).But if we can’t have a big-budget Grimly Feendish, Despicable Me is more thansufficient. It’s, you know, for kids… but grown-ups will find they won’t experiencethe drill-through-the-skull effect caused by Alvin And The Chipmunks: TheSqueakquel or Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back.

Though it covers the evil side of things rather than super-heroics, it also descendsfrom The Incredibles. Oddly, Gru’s world — which includes a mad Dr. Nefario(Russell Brand), his uncaring mother (Julie Andrews!) and cloned yellow, nuggetyminions (Toy Story aliens meet Fantastic Four’s Moloids, with a mass persona) — isunguarded by heroes, so his rival is a villain, Vector (Jason Segel), with an unethicalinside track to the Bank Of Evil. The film keeps up the inventive sight gags, oftenusing 3D to amp them up, but finally gets emotional when Gru takes three orphans— sceptical Margo (Miranda Cosgrove), enthusiastic Edith (Dana Gaier) and unicorn-loving Agnes (Elsie Fisher) — into his lair as part of his Grand Evil Plan.

In a story which almost writes itself, Gru is terse and manipulative but warms to thegirls and is soon torn between his moon-stealing and their ballet recital. Cinemaused to bungle cute orphans, but this trio are truly appealing. The process of Grubecoming a parent allows for hilarity and surprising poignancy. Naturally, there’s atrip into space and a spectacular near disaster, but it’s the heart which makesDespicable Me effective.

Verdict

It’s no first-rank CGI cartoon, but shows how Pixar’s quality over crass is inspiringthe mid-list. Fun, with teary bits, for kids; fresh and smart for adults.

Movie Review Despicable Me (U)

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Wet-Blanket - When Your Child Wets The BedIs your child affected?

When my eldest son, George, reached five and was still wetting the bed Iwasn’t worried...he’d soon grow out of it. When it was still happening at sixI instigated a star chart. When he reached his seventh birthday and was stillbed-wetting I sought professional help thinking something must be wrongwith him.

My GP’s response surprised me. She told me that night-time bed-wetting, ornocturnal enuresis, is far more common than people think. 1 in 7 seven year-olds, 1in 5 ten year-olds, and between 1 in 50 and 1 in 100 people over the age of 15(including adults) wet the bed at night, either every night or less frequently.

The development of bladder function control and night-time urine production is agradual process. Very few children are dry at night before the age of three, and bed-wetting is common up to the age of eight. In most of cases it’s caused by a delay inthe development of the normal pathways of bladder function control within the brainand nervous system, which do eventually mature.

Tendency to wet the bed runs in families.Sometimes it can be caused by other factorssuch as anxiety, stress, constipation, a urinarytract infection and occasionally diabetes orkidney disease. Often the child becomes verydistressed.

George had an impending school trip whichnecessitated an over night stay, and wasobviously keen not to have an accident whileaway from home. The GP reassured him that inhis class of 24 there would be at least twoother children with a similar problem. She toldhim that although he was the right age for

medical treatment, there were a few things we could try first.

We tried waking him before we went to bed but George sleeps like the dead and wasimpossible to wake. We had more success with waking him around 5am, taking himto the toilet and returning him to his room. He was still wet on the odd morningthough.

We tried an enuresis alarm. These devices have a sensor which is placed inside thechild’s pants. The sensors are so sensitive that the alarm goes off soon as the childstarts to wee. Thus the child becomes conditioned to wake up and go to the toilet ifhe or she starts to wet the bed and, in time, they are conditioned to wake when theirbladder is full before they begin wetting. For George the alarm worked and withinfour months he was dry…though it’s difficult to say whether that would havehappened anyway.

Alternative treatments for bedwetting include an anti-diuretic hormone calleddesmopressin, which concentrates the urine at night. This is best used on a shortterm basis, for sleepovers and school trips, though occasionally it may be used forlonger periods.

Whatever the cause, be reassured that not only is bed-wetting common, there’splenty of help out there. You just need to ask.

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IF THE SHOE FITSby J C Rogers

There is an adage ‘If it ain’t broke don’tfix it’, & there is something to be saidfor that. But when you have been inbusiness since the 1st world war youreally have to ‘Move with the times’.And that is exactly what Stainersfootwear have done.

From yesteryears cobblers on motorbikes(who collected shoes for repair from the bighouses in Canford Cliffs) to the funkyunmissable V.W. Beetle of today, that canbe seen driving around bearing the Stainersname.

Gone are the days when you had one pair ofwork shoes & another for Sunday best.These days shoes are a national obsessionwith so many women. But why is that? Whydo we buy more pairs of shoes & boots thanvirtually anything else, even clothes &chocolate?

It’s quite simple really, because no matterwhat the scales say or the size label in ourclothes, the shoe always fits! .

So you’ve gained a few pounds, yourfabulous new shoes won’t remind you of that & rest assured they will still fit you next year.

Talking of a little more padding than you would like, one of the easiest ways to shed & tone iswith the innovative new FitFlop Boots. They will not only keep your tootsies warm this winter,but wherever & whenever you walk your muscles will be getting a workout as they are designedto fire up your leg & butt muscles. They start at £125.00 & should your other half think this is alittle pricey (they have no idea do they) explain A. They are an investment in your health.

B. So much cheaper than a gym membership.

C. A much needed pair of winter boots.

Triple bargain!

I hate to use the C word but we are fast approaching the time of year when our nearest &dearest want to know what we would like for Christmas - there I said it!

Top of my ‘to buy’ list as stocking fillers are Boot Hugz. These snazzy little boot decorations willadd style & fun, be it with feathers, furry pom-poms or tassels. A snip at £20.

If you chaps are you feeling a little left out don’t, coz Stainers have a ‘One stop men's shop’dept. This means you don’t have to spend time trying to find what you want, be it a Caterpillarboot, a trainer or day shoe. A selection of all types of men's footwear is displayed in one place.And Stainers even do corporate free local delivery.

You know I’m sure I’ve put on a bit of weight since I started this article! Mmm I feel a new pairof shoes coming on!

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My parents keep telling me that television is not as good as it used to be butI think it's OK.

I spend most of the day watching it in my bedroom as I've got a portable TV there.Well, I say most of the day, as since we got HD TV in the lounge I spend quite sometime watching programmes in high definition now. So to me televisions themselvesare getting better so the programme picture quality is better and you enjoy what youdo watch, only much more.

You could say it's brought the family together as we all sit in the same room forlonger than we're ever normally together. The conversation is sparse, though, as weare all watching the screen and listening to the surround sound.

The only other time that we were all together used to be evening meal times. Mumwould ask me what I was doing at school and, after telling me to stop mumbling,would pretend to understand the subject matter but soon gave up as she never couldunderstand fractions anyway.

We don't eat together now, I eat my dinner from a cushion tray on my lap whilewatching the HD TV, it's great.

Dad never seems to ask me anything about school at home but we do go out forsome fishing at weekends sometimes. He's funny when mum's not around and wehave a good laugh. He talks about school work and how I'm getting on. We nevercatch any fish and this makes mum laugh. She says that she's got the frying panready and everything but knows we'll come home empty handed.

We have been on holiday together and took our gran too. The last time it rained forthe whole week and we just stayed inside the holiday camp watching TV. None of uslike to miss out favourite programs. Gran likes the soaps and the news. She spendsmost of her time watching TV, more than I do but I think that's because when youget older that's all you can do.

We record what we can't see live but most of the family don't ever watch therecordings like I do. When the recorder is running out of space, I delete the oldprogrammes that haven't been watch which annoys the person who wanted to recordit even thought they would never have watched it anyway. We have more argumentsabout TV than anything. There are now so many channels to choose from but dadsays they're all repeats and very few original programmes are made nowadays.My gran has got our old video recorder but doesn't know how to use it even though Ikeep showing her. It's so easy yet older people can't grasp these things.

I tried to not watch so much TV but all my friends talk about is 'what was on lastnight', it seems everyone watches XFactor and stuff so, if you don't watch it, you'releft out of school conversations.

My closest friends at school are OKthough. We can talk about all sortsof things, like Xboxes, Facebook andTwitter. Oh, and HD TVs.

The Youth of Today

Josh is a Poole School boy. If others of a similarage have any comments or thoughts on any

subject, do send them in to Viva! Poole.

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And just when you thought you hadheard it all !

Yes ladies you too can have perfectlycurled eyelashes.

It’s not as scary as it may sound, for a start a perming gel is used, not alotion, so there isn’t any chance of it running into your eyes. But just likeconventional hair perming the lashes are smoothed round a tiny roller.

There are different size rollers depending how long your lashes are, gel isplaced in a line along the lashes where you want them to bend.

So not the whole lash is coated. This is left on for 10 - 20 minutesdepending on the thickness of your lashes. The perming gel is gently wipedaway & neutraliser is applied & left for a further 10 minutes.

When the neutraliser is wiped away the tiny rollers are removed withwater. A lash tint can be done at this point to make even more of youreyes & will only take 5 minutes as lashes are more porous after a perm.

The effect lasts approximately 6 to 8 weeks, but of course during that timeyou will naturally shed eyelashes and grow new ones.

It costs around £30 depending on the area you live.

If all that sounds too much for you but you still fancy having curled lashes,just pop into your local chemist & pick up some eyelash curlers. Alsoavailable are heated lash curlers.

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Book Review by Kath Bennett

Unseen Academicals – Terry Pratchett

It’s hard to believe, but ‘Unseen Academicals’ is Terry Pratchett’s 37th Discworld novel. Wheredoes he find the time? And how does he keep up the exceptionally high standards he hasalready set? Who knows, but here it is, and it’s easily as good as the rest.

When approaching the work of a writer as prolific as Pratchett forthe first time, there is occasionally an element of doubt: do youbegin at the beginning, or can you pick up a later novel and still‘get’ it? Rest assured, you do not have to read the 36 previousstories – but the chances are, when you finish this one, you will goback for more.

The Discworld novels form a loose series, and this instalmentconcerns the wizarding element of the great metropolis, AnkhMorpork, as they attempt to form a football team and win a match –without using magic, of course. The team is managed by Mr Nutt,whose origins become clearer as the novel progresses, and featuresan orang-utan (the Librarian of Unseen University, no less) in goal;plus the most talented player in the city – as long as the ball is nota ball, but a tin can.

As ever with Pratchett, there are laugh-out-loud moments, blink-and-you’ll-miss-them one liners and enough puns to make yougroan repeatedly. The new characters are well drawn and instantlyfit in to the cast of old favourites like Mustrum Ridcully, thePatrician and even, fleetingly, the wonderful Sam Vimes. And somehow, despite being set inan alternate universe, it is a book about the world and the times we live in.

So, all in all, a fantastic read – and I bet you will still be considering trying out the methods forkeeping the pickled onions crunchy in a ploughman’s pie for days after you’ve read it...

Smelly Bill’s Smelliest Stories– Daniel PostgateIt can be difficult to choose books for newly confident readers: they are happy to say that theyare ‘too big’ for picture books, but faced with a paperback novel they can feel out of theirdepth. So, this omnibus edition of Smelly Bill stories is perfect – shaped like an ordinarypaperback, but with a generous balance of pictures and text, it is an ideal ‘halfway house’choice.

The book contains three Smelly Bill stories, each told in livelyrhyme. The first introduces our hero, the scruffiest andstinkiest dog in town, and his arch enemy, the determinedGreat Aunt Bleach, who battle over Bill’s bath. In the secondstory Bill calls on his friends (including Stagnant Stan andPutrid Pete) for support, only to find that an army of auntiesawait, clutching their bottles of shampoo and bars of soap.And, in the final instalment, Bill finds love with PeachySnugglekins, forcing him to clean up his act, if onlytemporarily.

Each story moves along at a rattling pace, keeping thereader’s interest, while slipping in a range of differentvocabulary. Not only will young readers laugh a lot, they willalso learn a range of new words as they go. And, given thecharming nature of every tale, you won’t mind taking over ifit gets too tricky.

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Sir,

Now that work is well underway and it's far too late, a lot of people are onlynow realising where our "iconic" new bridge is going to be situated.

It's interesting to hear the comments from people who are only just wakingup to what we are getting.

Most people have assumed the bridge was going from Holes Bay road asoriginally planned but haven't kept up to date with the various twists andturns of funding and planning so only now are they expressing theirastonishment at the siting.

All our local Councillors talk about how it's a great deal for Poole but I'vespoken to a couple who privately express reservations.

Apart from the fact that the operation of 2 bridges is not workable for largevessels or the volume of boats wishing to enter or leave Cobbs quay, theposition means traffic will still have to go through the centre of Poole toreach Hamworthy and then, when the old power station site has beendeveloped, there will be even more traffic.

Now here's the big problem. All the people responsible for pushing thisthrough and saying how good it's going to be are glossing over the fact thatwhen they started this project itwas because the old bridge waspast its life span.

So, ultimately in a few yearstime, we're going to end upwhere we are now with onelifting bridge but twice as muchtraffic driving through the centreof Poole.

Well done to everyone involved!

Chris Dayman

‘Salt Water Cockle’ says:

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St Paul’sCathedral IsToo Modern!By Bruce Grant-BrahamFormer Mayor and also

chairman of Poole Tourism

The goodly burghers of nearbyLymington recently came underfire. "Lord Snooty is alive andliving in Lymington" claimed theMorning Advertiser.

So how had Lymingtonians attractedsuch noble comparison? They hadmobilised Home Guard-like to resist a proposed invasion by JD Wetherspoon which was threatening toreplace a cherished furniture store with a pub.

To add insult to injury the location was adjacent to the historic and normally tranquil parish church."Intoxicated pedestrians" were anticipated. And this was in a part of the high street where the Argosbrand had already been seen off. People power had spoken and the necessary permissions did notmaterialise from on high.

In one way I have some sympathy with the residents, as the one part of Lymington's high street thathas not so far been exposed to such as 99p shops is where the fuss is centred. A last stand was beingmade.

What I do dislike is the suggestion that those who frequent JD Wetherspoons or Argos are somehowsocially inferior. Both retailers, incidentally, are very successful companies nationally.

The trouble is that like any individual I am prejudiced and can be a Nimby in my locality too. I doworry about people who want to impose their ideas of what is socially acceptable on others - that iswhy we have a Planning Committee in the Civic Centre which is well rehearsed in balancing outextreme views and the associated legalities.

I am forced to admit, though, that such committees are not always right - witness the Imax fiasco.

As the troops mass locally to put the regeneration plans between Poole's two bridges under extremesubjective scrutiny they need to be reminded of history.

They should not forget that Wren's original design for St Paul's Cathedral was rejected as being far toomodern. In 1675 the second design - the classic domed church on the footprint of a Greek cross - wascriticised for being too Italian.......

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Writing groups: I have many years’experience of running and belonging towriting groups. If you’d like me to comealong to run a workshop for your group,let me know.

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November 2nd - 30th Inner Sanctum Ghost WalksScaplen's Court, 4 High Street, Poole, BH15 1BW, DorsetTake a journey through Poole's past. Every Tuesday and Thursday all year round.

Nov 4th - 15th East Dorset Potters with Carol ChildsPeacock Gallery, Upton Country Park, Poole, BH17 7BJAcrylic Paintings by contemporary Poole based artist Carol Childs and ceramics by EastDorset PottersFriday Nov 5th Fireworks on Poole QuayNovember 5th brings a host of street entertainers plus live music to Poole Quay, leadingup to a fantastic free fireworks display on the water at 8 pm.

Nov 20th - Around The World With P&PLighthouse, Poole's Centre for the Arts, Kingland Road, Poole, BH15 1UGJoin P&P as they take you on a journey of musicals around the world.

Nov 20th & 21st Christmas Craft ShowUpton country Park, Poole BH17 7BJHand made crafts and art.

Nov 21st Santa On The QuaySanta arrives by RNLI lifeboat and parades through the town to his grotto in the DolphinShopping Centre. Times to follow, see Viva web site for updates.

Nov 25th - 30th Halloween Fun Week - Farmer PalmersWareham Road, Organford BH16 6EU

Dec 9th Children’s Lantern ProcessionPoole High StreetThe procession of lanterns made by children from local schools will travel down the HighStreet to the Guildhall.

Dec 10th - 9th Jan 11 - Peter Pan Family PantoLighthouse, Poole's Centre for the Arts, Kingland Road, Poole, BH15 1UGPoole's Pan-tastic Family Panto.

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