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| Mayor
Making Wed 14 May 2008 in the Council Chamber of the Town Hall. |
| 6th
June 2008 new Play Boat at St Mary's First School |
| 7th
June 2008 Mayor's Coffee Morning |
| 15th
June 2008 Wareham Civic Parade |
| 26th June
2008 Mayor & Mayoress visited with High Sheriff Mr John
Raymond and his wife Jenny at Witchampton House. |
| 28th June
2008 Attended Carey Hall trust 20th anniversary celebration and cream
tea. |
| 3rd July 2008
at the Purbeck School for Arts and Crafts exhibition. |
| 4th July 2008
attended the opening of Sandford Fower Festival |
| 5th
July 2008 Wareham Carnival & Gugge Festival |
| 8th
July 2008, 2185 Squadron ATC Wareham |
| 9th
July 2008 Boy's Brigade awards |
| 11th July
2008 Police Civic Day at Winfrith. Very interesting with the Chief
Constable giving a strong message of just how great our Police are. |
| 12th
July 2008 spent most of day as guests with the Roman Catholics
at St Edward King & Martyr Church, celebrating their 75th Anniversary.
Good company, good food and great entertainment. Slipped off to open
Stoborough School Fete. Again this was well attended and good weather.
Judging the Fancy Dress was a novelty for the Mayor! |
| 13th
July 2008 FA Cup comes to Wareham |
| 18th
July 2008, 100 years of Wareham Golf Club |
| 19th
July 2008 Mayor's Bazaar at the Town Hall |
| 22nd July
2008 Second visit to 2185 Sqn. ATC |
| 26th
July 2008 New Livery for the X53 bus service |
| 1st August
2008 Attended the opening of the Dorset Arts & Crafts at Bovington
Middle School. That was a treat not to be missed. |
| 6th
August 2008 Wareham/Britain in Bloom, judges inspect the town |
| 8th
August 2008 Wareham Mayor's Civic Day |
| 12th August
2008 the Mayor & Mayoress and Sgt at Mace meet up with the Poole contingent
in the Mayor's Parlour to discuss the first ideas on a possible Beating
of the Poole Land Bounds next April 4th 2009. The organisers in the
main being the Society of Poole Men. It is hoped to get a coach for
this fab day ending in cream tea. All will be invited at nominal cost
per head to cover essential overheads only. |
| 28th
August 2008 North Dorset Civic Day at the steam rally |
| 28th August
2008 Evening spent welcoming the Hemsbach visitors. Mayor gave an
enlightening speach in best schoolboy German. |
| 3rd
September 2008 Purbeck District Council Function |
| 5th September
2008 Weymouth and Portland Civic Day |
| 10th
September 2008 West Dorset Civic Event |
| 11th
September 2008 'Litter Pick' |
| 12th
September 2008 Poole Civic Day |
| 13th September
2008 Sturminster Newton Civic day. Unfortunately due to the weather
the cheese festival had been cancelled. The town itself made up for
this with a splendid do in their new Civic Centre. We were a little
green with envy! |
| 16th September
2008 Wareham and Poole Mayors met up to discuss the coming Beating
of the Land Bounds of Poole early in April next year. |
| 18th September
2008 Commodore Mike Toombs invited the Mayor and Mayoress to lunch
at the RYMC and discussed Wareham philately. Wareham PO had the first
post stamp in Dorset in 1709. This was before sticky stamps of today. |
| 21st
September 2008 Ghurka Restaurant Anniversary |
| 26th September
2008 Wimborne Civic day with Mayor and Mayoress Cllr Robin and Mrs
Sue Cooke. Then in the evening: Wareham
Scouts AGM |
| 28th
September 2008 Carnival Float Judging and Procession |
| 1st
October 2008 Argentinian Rotary Visit |
| 6th
October 2008 Mistover Road and Tiny Tots Playgroup |
| 8th October
2008 DAPTC Chairman’s evening Seminar at Dorchester. |
| 10th October
2008 Attended Purbeck Film Festival at the Rex cinema. Saw the film
‘Breaking and Entering’. |
| 12th October
2008 Beaminster Civic Day. Delightful service in a really old church. |
| 17th October
2008 Dinner with Ann & John Lynn, new proprietors of the revamped
Courtyard Restaurant at Worgret Manor Hotel. |
| 18th October
2008 Mayors Charity Coffee Morning in the Corn Exchange. As successful
as previous mornings. |
| 19th
October 2008 HMS Illustrious liberty boat disaster 60th Anniversary
on Portland. |
| 24th
October 2008 60th Anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of
Human Rights. |
| 24th
October 2008 Evening. Wareham in Bloom Local Awards. |
| 26th
October 2008 Short Mat Bowls Wareham Town Council Millennium trophy.
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| 30th
October 2008 British Red Cross seminar in the new RNLI College Poole. |
| 31st
October 2008 NAFAS at Purbeck School. |
| 8th
November 2008 Carnival Fireworks Display on Wareham Quay. Foulest
of weather but good turn-out. |
| 8th
November 2008 Remembrance Sunday |
| 11th
November 2008 Armistice Parade at Sandford. |
| 12th
November 2008 Purbeck District Council Chairman Meeting. |
| 13th
November 2008 Wareham Town Trust AGM meeting in Corn Exchange |
| 19th
November 2008 Poole for Beating of Bounds meeting, with Court Leet
member, representing town and Council. |
| 23rd
November 2008 Verwood Civic Reception all day. |
| 27th
November 2008 Area Citizenship Ceremony.
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| 29th
November 2008 Dorset Association for the Disabled Carol Service |
| 2nd
December 2008 Dorset Association for the Disabled Christmas party |
| 5th
December 2008 Blandford Civic Carol Service |
| 6th
December 2008 Wareham Choral Society Christmas concert in Lady St.Mary's
church. |
| 7th
December 2008 Wessex Hash House Harrier Big Red Run Run |
| 9th
December 2008 Denys Lavender's (Poole Mayor's husband and Escort)
Funeral at St Johns church Poole. |
| 9th
December 2008 Wareham Middle School Carol Service in Lady St.Mary's
church. |
| 11th
December 2008 Mayor's Christmas Charity coffee morning and Bazaar. |
| 12th
December 2008 Meet the Radio station 2CR Black Thunderer |
| 12th
December 2008 Poole Lighthouse Rotary Club 50th Anniversary Carol
Concert. |
| 13th
December 2008 Wareham Hospital Rotary outside Christmas Service |
| 14th
December 2008 Wareham's 50th Anniversary of Father Christmas. |
| 15th
December 2008 Purbeck Upper School Christmas Concert in Lady St.Mary's
church with Head of Music Sarah Dymond, Tony Nash and others involved. |
| 17th
December 2008 Wareham Town Council Volunteer of the Year. |
| 19th
December 2008 East Dorset District Council Christmas celebration held
in their chamber north of Wimborne. |
| 21st
December 2008 Gillingham Civic Carol service. |
| 25th
December 2008 Christmas Day at Wareham Hospital |
| 8th
January 2009 Senior Citizens Xmas Party. |
| 16th
January 2009 Dorchester Corn Exchange Public Meeting - Communications. |
| 24th
January 2009 Wareham Middle School - Singing and Swinging 2 - Second
superb evening of music and singing. Tremendous expertise exhibited,
in many ways, by our young musicians. |
| 27th
January 2009 Tank Museum - Viridor Committee meeting. LSM Window and
Wareham Scouts benefitted. |
| 30th
January 2009 Wareham Camera Club - Judging Photo Competition. |
| 31st
January 2009 Wareham in Bloom Coffee Morning and Photo Competition
awards presentation. |
| 31st
January 2009 Vikings invading Wareham yet again on Wareham Quay. Helly
Down. Mayor and Town Crier repelled marauders and saved Wareham.
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| 21st
February 2009 EDDC Wimborne Minster - Police Male Voice Choir. |
| 25th
February 2009 Beating Bounds Meeting at Poole with Town Crier and
Sgt at Mace. |
| 25th
February 2009 Council Annual Group Photo. |
| 25th
February 2009 South Meadows Display, Quay. |
| 27th
February 2009 Rex Players Gala Evening. |
| 28th
February 2009 Fair Trade Breakfast and Walkabout. |
| 12th
March 2009 Wareham Town Trust AGM and 'Wareham Walls' talk by Lillian
Ladle and Mark Sturgess. |
| 13th
March 2009 Red Nose Day Coffee Morning - Pam Bowyer-Davis. Delicious
cakes and company. |
| 15th
March 2009 Litter Pick around the 'Walls'. |
| 18th
March 2009 Judging the Easter Bonnet Parade in Anglebury Court. |
| 19th
March 2009 Mr Roy Anderson's Funeral in Lady St Mary Church |
| 23rd
March 2009 Official opening of Boots the Chemist shop in North Street.
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| 23rd
March 2009 Streche Almshouse Charity meeting. |
| 24th
March 2009 Presentation Morning at Wareham Middle School. |
| 27th
March 2009 Mistover Road Play Area Official opening. |
| 28th
March 2009 Beating of Land Bounds with Poole. |
| 1st
April 2009 Swanage Rail. Train from London to Swanage via Wareham. |
| 2nd
April 2009 Repeat of 1st April except train stopped at Wareham. |
| 2nd
April 2009 East Dorset District Council Civic day at Furzehill. |
| 3rd
April 2009 PDC Spring Reception with the new Dorset High Sheriff in
attendance. |
| 4th
April 2009 French Twinning group from Conches-en-Ouche. |
| 8th
April 2009 PDC Volunteer Award for 2008. |
| 11th
April 2009 Mayor's Charity Bazaar and coffee morning in the Corn Exchange. |
| 19th
April 2009 RBL Sandford Women's Section Anniversary Parade celebrating
60 years. |
| 21st
April 2009 Swanage Civic Day. |
| 22nd
April 2009 Wareham TC Annual Town Meeting using PowerPoint presentation. |
| 23rd
April 2009 Wimborne Minster Concert. Bournemouth Male Voice Choir. |
| 24th
April 2009 Yeovil Civic Day. |
| 24th
April 2009 Lavender Ball at the Thistle Hotel Poole. Mayor Cllr Mrs
Joyce Lavender held her annual charity ball. |
| 26th April
2009 Portland Civic Day. |
| 28th
April 2009 Bournemouth Civic Day. |
| 29th April
2009 Bridport Civic Day |
| 1st May 2009
Dorchester Civic Day |
| 2nd
May 2009 First Steam Train London to Swanage via Wareham for 42 years. |
| 4th May 2009
Wimborne Town Crier competition. |
| 6th
May 2009 Opening of the Guppy Bench. |
| 7th
May 2009 Wareham Youth Club visit. |
| 8th
May 2009 Redcliffe Yacht Club visit. |
| 8th
May 2009 Mayor of Poole visit to Wareham. |
| 10th
May 2009 Christian Aid, Sponsored Walk. |
| 10th May 2009
Wimbourne Civic Service. |
| 11th May 2009
Girl Guides visit. |
| 13th May 2009
Mayor Making. |
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