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Click here or toggle down for June 2009
FARM RADIO IS AT THE CROSSROADS!
If you enjoy your visits to this site or if your enterprise has been featured here with positive effects, please could you take a moment to tell us. We need to be able to demonstrate your support in order to attract the resources to take Farm Radio on to the next stages of development. Statistics are one thing but nothing is as good as personal testimonials.
Do you think that you may have something to contribute to the future of the site? We are planning to start up a steering group that will have a rôle in the development of this site and would welcome expressions of interest in this from our visitors.
ANNOUNCEMENT
Forde Abbey Summer Fair, 30th July
Marie Curie Cancer Care are organising this event at Forde Abbey, near Chard, between 11.00am and 4.00pm.to raise funds for their nursing service in Dorset and Somerset. Attractions include stalls offering local produce and craftmanship, a falconry display, dog agility and even belly dancing!
Entry is £5.00 for adults and £1.50 for children. Alternatively you can buy a family ticket for two adults and three children in advance for only £10.00, just phone Irene Glynnor or Julia Chapman on 01460 271230 or e-mail irene.glynn@mariecurie.org.uk.
Tombola prizes are still required so if you are having a bit of a clear out of all those unwanted gifts do get in touch.
Forde Abbey is easy to find. It is situated 4 miles South East of Chard. It is signed with brown tourist signs off the main roads between Chard, Axminster and Crewkerne. (A30, A358 and the A3165). For the GPS the post code is TA20 4LU
ANNOUNCEMENT
New radio programme for Dorset
A new BBC radio programme for Dorset, called "Big Dorset Brunch", starts Saturday 15th July, 8:00 - 11:00am on 103.8FM, initially for the areas of Dorchester and Weymouth.
Farm Radio's John Holman will be appearing on this first edition and every three weeks there will be a Farm Radio feature.
Tolpuddle Rally
FRIDAY 17TH - SUNDAY 19TH JULY
The annual celebration of Dorset's major contribution to world history. Six farm workers changed things . . . for ever!
For details click here
For a Farm Radio feature on the Tolpuddle Rally click here
Farm Radio correspondent, Colleen Jackson, has recently returned from a trip to Australia with a recorder full of farming stories from down under.
Frampo's Glasto
Farm Radio's very own gonzo-agro-journo, Frampo, will be sending in reports from the recent Glastonbury Festival. He promises us, amongst other things, "lots of pretty girls"!
Yvonne Dobson of the Intelligent Health Clinic
Yvonne Dobson is a therapist who treats a wide range of conditions and would like to extend her care beyond the humans and horses that she has currently on her books to include farm animals. John Holman went to find out more, but before he could get very far he was put on the treatment couch for a bit of maintenance . . .
The Intelligent Health Clinic Website
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listen(03/07/09)
Would you like to work with Farm Radio?
Are you considering an oral history or media based project for your community? The Farm Radio team has many years experience of all aspects of community media work, audio and video production and has a long record of involvement in such projects so, if we can help in any way, contact us. Also, we are always keen to find new volunteers to train and support as correspondents for Farm Radio.
The Wessex Ridgeway Trail, 3, Dorset Gap to Maiden Newton
The Wessex Ridgeway Trail stretches 62 miles from Ashmore on the Dorset/Wiltshire Border in the east to Lyme Regis in the west. To mark the opening of this route for walkers, riders and cyclists, which is the culmination of much hard work by Demelza Hyde and her colleagues from Dorset Countryside (the countryside service of Dorset County Council), Farm Radio team members created an audio journey in five parts along its length, meeting the people who live and work there and celebrating the scenery, flora and fauna, history, archaeology and culture of the area.
This is the third part and starts with discovery of an unusually sited visitors' book . . .
Click for Part 1, Ashmore to Shillingstone, Part 2, Shillingstone to Dorset Gap
To find out more about this trail, click here
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listen(03/07/09)
Would you like to see the name of your enterprise/business/organisation here . . . ? Contact us to find out what we can offer.
Heart of the Vale, Soul of the Town, Part 10, The Trader and Butch
It is now more than ten years since the livestock market at Sturminster Newton closed down, bringing to an end 700 years of tradition. We were involved in a project gathering views and ideas on video from the users of the market as part of the effort to keep it open. The realisation of what the closure meant to the people who used it was part of the inspiration behind the concept of "Farm Radio". So, therefore, it seems fitting to post some of the footage that we shot here.
I was thinking of calling this section "Where Are They Now?" but, given the age of some of the contributors and the passing of time, the answer to that would be all too obvious in so many cases. However, it would be great to hear from our listeners with any stories of the subsequent adventures of the folk featured here so we could follow up their stories. Perhaps we should call it "What Happened Next?" Video shot and edited by John Holman.
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(03/07/09)
Click for Part 1, Pat and Ted, Part 2, Ian and Paul, Part 3, The Auctioneers, Part 4, Ernie, Part 5, Clar, Part 6, Jenny and the Pigs, Part 7, The Drovers, Part 8, Stan Harris, Part 9, Len and Cecil
FARM RADIO IS AT THE CROSSROADS!
If you enjoy your visits to this site or if your enterprise has been featured here with positive effects, please could you take a moment to tell us. We need to be able to demonstrate your support in order to attract the resources to take Farm Radio on to the next stages of development. Statistics are one thing but nothing is as good as personal testimonials.
Do you think that you may have something to contribute to the future of the site? We are planning to start up a steering group that will have a rôle in the development of this site and would welcome expressions of interest in this from our visitors.
Heart of the Vale, Soul of the Town, Part 9, Len and Cecil
It is now more than ten years since the livestock market at Sturminster Newton closed down, bringing to an end 700 years of tradition. We were involved in a project gathering views and ideas on video from the users of the market as part of the effort to keep it open. The realisation of what the closure meant to the people who used it was part of the inspiration behind the concept of "Farm Radio". So, therefore, it seems fitting to post some of the footage that we shot here.
I was thinking of calling this section "Where Are They Now?" but, given the age of some of the contributors and the passing of time, the answer to that would be all too obvious in so many cases. However, it would be great to hear from our listeners with any stories of the subsequent adventures of the folk featured here so we could follow up their stories. Perhaps we should call it "What Happened Next?" Video shot and edited by John Holman.
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(22/06/09)
Click for Part 1, Pat and Ted, Part 2, Ian and Paul, Part 3, The Auctioneers, Part 4, Ernie, Part 5, Clar, Part 6, Jenny and the Pigs, Part 7, The Drovers, Part 8, Stan Harris
STOP PRESS On Tuesday, June 23rd., there will be an open afternoon at Higher Ground Meadow, the natural burial site. Visitors will be very welcome to view this beautiful site and to ask any questions about the project. Click on picture to find out more.
To hear more about Higher Ground Meadow, click here.
(22/06/09)
Promotional company Beatwax (the people that brought Homer Simpson to visit the Cerne Abbas giant some time ago) are looking for a field, preferably viewable from a major route to the Glastonbury Festival site, for a John Deere promotional stunt. Anyone interested can get in touch with us or contact Chris at Beatwax directly.
Owen Yeatman's Anærobic Digester
You may have heard about these things on "The Archers" but how do they work out in the real world? John Holman went to Belchalwell in north Dorset where Owen Yeatman gave him a guided tour of the plant on his farm which went on stream last year.
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listen(17/06/09)
Would you like to work with Farm Radio?
Are you considering an oral history or media based project for your community? The Farm Radio team has many years experience of all aspects of community media work, audio and video production and has a long record of involvement in such projects so, if we can help in any way, contact us. Also, we are always keen to find new volunteers to train and support as correspondents for Farm Radio.
Dorset NFU's Chairman, Andy Foot
Farm Radio's John Holman paid a visit to Andy Foote who is just at the beginning of his term of office as Chairman of the Dorset Branch of the National Farmers' Union. Sitting outside during the recent spell of fine weather, he discussed his vision of the role and issued a timely reminder to any farmers who have not taken action so far that the midges carrying Bluetongue are currently on the wing and suggests that stock should be vaccinated forthwith.
DEFRA's Bluetongue information
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listen(09/06/09)
Would you like to see the name of your enterprise/business/organisation here . . . ? Contact us to find out what we can offer.
A New Face at Dorset Young Farmers' - Josie Sollis
There has been quite a long interregnum at Dorset Young Farmers', during which time there has not been a county administrator. County Chairman, Louise Trim, has been filling in admirably. She was recently recognised as the South West Young Farmer of the Year and awarded the Silver Sickle at the Bath and West Show. However, she has now been relieved by the appointment of a new administrator, Josie Sollis, and John Holman went to interview her at her base at the Stinsford Business Centre on the Kingston Maurward campus.
For more about the YFC/LANTRA survey and to download or complete the questionnaire on line, click here. Don't leave it too long as the questionnaire has to be completed before June 30th if you are to be included in the prize draw for £100 worth of vouchers.
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listen(09/06/09)
The Wessex Ridgeway Trail, Part 2, Shillingstone to Dorset Gap
The Wessex Ridgeway Trail stretches 62 miles from Ashmore on the Dorset/Wiltshire Border in the east to Lyme Regis in the west. To mark the opening of this route for walkers, riders and cyclists, which is the culmination of much hard work by Demelza Hyde and her colleagues from Dorset Countryside (the countryside service of Dorset County Council), Farm Radio team members created an audio journey in five parts along its length, meeting the people who live and work there and celebrating the scenery, flora and fauna, history, archaeology and culture of the area.
This is the second part and takes us from the Somerset and Dorset Railway Station at Shillingstone to Dorset Gap.
Click for Part 1, Ashmore to Shillingstone
To find out more about this trail, click here
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listen(02/06/09)
