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

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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