Sherborne Voices Podcast

Sherborne Abbey tours have restarted / Temporary road closure in Milborne Port / National Theatre Live screenings locally / News of the Sherborne Coronation Weekend / Mapperton Easter Trail on till Friday / Free Morrison's Cafe Breakfast Club till 24 April / Opera in Oborne spring event... and much more

Easter trails at Sherborne Castle and Minterne Gardens / How to get photo ID for voting / Are you recycling correctly? Check the update here / Music at Oborne / Sea Melodies at West Camel and lots more...

Music by Jason Shaw, www.audionautix.com

New Yeovil Repair Workshop on the way, where you can learn new skills / Free Cats Guardian service to look after your cat if you pass away before him/her / Movies in Sherborne / Volunteers needed at Yeovil Hospital / Counter Tenor Alexander Hutton at West Camel church / Volunteer as a Sherborne Ambassador and much more...

Music by Jason Show, www.audionautix.com

New opening hours at Sherborne Post Office / Easter trails at Minterne and Sherborne Castle / Pilates Open Day in Sherborne / On-call Firefighters sought / Guided walk in Sherborne and lots more.

Music by Jason Shaw, www.audionautix.com

CCTV in Pageant Gardens / Pop-up market in Milborne Port / Blood Bikes talk at Sherborne Library / Gardening in Space talk at the Digby Memorial Hall / Sherborne Repair Cafe / SCARS Open Day in Sherborne / Fiver Fest is back this week and much more...

Join Sherborne Tennis Club / Listen to Fieri Consort at Sherborne Girls' School / Try the Henstridge Community Lunch / Fancy a Charity Quiz Night in Milborne Port? / Sherborne Market is looking for musicians to perform at the bandstand in Pageant Gardens / Knit and Natter at the Bake Out in Sherborne and lots more.

Music by Jason Shaw, www.audionautic.com

The Octagon Theatre plans approved for refurbishment / A free weekend for Ukrainian families in Dorset / A free six-week art course in Sherborne / Activities for babies, toddlers and their parents and much, much more.

Music by Jason Shaw, www.audionautix.com

The hardest thing to do is to find a new title every week for the episode. After a week out of action, all I can say is that we have What's On items and public service notices. There are some great things happening this week!

Music by Jason Shaw, www.audionautix.com

Ann Horrocks and Terry Bennett provide an update on CCLL's activities / How clean is your number plate? / Do you close your bedroom door at night? Get help from Doreset and Wiltshire Fire Service to minimise the risk of fire at home / Plenty of What's On items

Music by Jason Shaw, www.audionautix.com

A good number of public service announcements and several new events and activities to get involved in. Tell us what's going on in your village!

Music by Justin Shaw, www.audionautix.com

Catch up on all the fabulous things to do in a number of villages as well as Sherborne and Yeovil, plus some important public information notices.

Music by Jason Shaw, www.audionautix.com

From panto to sign language courses, concerts to networking events, there's lots going on in our wonderful area. Listen in to find something new for you to do.

Music by Jason Shaw, www.audionautix.com

Welcome back to the local info hub for Sherborne and the surrounding area - and Happy New Year! Join us for some events and an interview with local singer/songwriter and music teacher, Rachel Hill.

Music by Jason Shaw, www.audionautix.com

Our main feature is a chat with Carole, a Sherborne resident, who is one of this year's contestants on The Great British Bake Off / Last Open Day at Sherborne Steam and Waterwheel Centre for this year / The Turing Ride / Dementia Awareness Event / Friday Lunchtime Recitals / Open Sherborne... the list goes on!

Change your paper banknotes by 30 September / Use old stamps by January 2023 / Average energy rates from 1 October / Home insulation tips event / Dementia Awareness Day / The Turing Ride 2022 and much more!

A special episode marking the local Proclamations of His Majesty King Charles III following the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, including interviews with the MP for West Dorset, Chris Loder, Councillor John Andrews and Sherborne Town Clerk, Steve Shield.

Great news about one local resident who will be in this year's Great British Bake Off starting on 13 September on Channel 4 / Free Herb Walk tonight / Piddle Valley Players audition for Pajama Game / Sherborne Community Kitchen morphs into Sherborne Lunch Club and lots more!

Music by Jason Shaw, www.audionautix.com

Eight tips to save energy and cut your bills / Four tips to avoid wasting water / Do you qualify for a Free Safe and Well check from Dorset & Wiltshire Fire Service? / Foodshare in Milborne Port / What's On items in our area - audition for Swan Theatre, Yeovil and CHAPS in Charlton Horethorne / Free Herb Walk in Sherborne and Open Weekend at Goldberry Herbs in Sandford Orcas / Sherborne Community Kitchen is back for sit-down lunches! / Oborne Village Fete and so much more!

Our feature is about the benefits of singing and where we can join a choir locally / Apples Medical Centre's plea to help their short-staffed dispensary / More road closures around Kit Hill / What's on in the area - Circus Skills Workshop for children / Oborne Village Fete / Yeovil Ukulele Festival / Back to School Disco for children in Bradford Abbas / Haynes Motor Museum Car Boot sale and much more...

A special interview with Vivien Conacher, mezzo-soprano, Stephen Anthony Brown, tenor and Director, and Nigel Masters organiser of Opera in Oborne / Public information notices - free gadgets to help you waste less water / What's On items a-plenty!

Music by Jason Shaw, www.audionautix.com

Our feature this week is an interview with Holly Ridout of Read Easy Blackmore Vale North which coincides with the re-showing of the Jay Blades documentary about learning to read at the age of 51 / Wriggle Valley Jazz Band in Oborne / Yetminster & Ryme Intrinseca walk on Saturday 13 August CANCELLED / Messy Mondays at Sherborne Museum / FREE Herb Walks / The Wind in the Willows outdoor theatre for children / Blackmarsh Farm Maize Maze / Afternoon At The Opera in Sherborne / Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Musical Workshop and much more...

Music by Jason Shaw, www.audionautix.com

Sue interviews Di Tilsley of Wimborne Orienteers who helped to get the two new orienteering courses in Sherborne off to a flying start / lots of activities to keep children busy in the holidays at Sherborne Library, Tinneys Youth Club, Pitcombe Falconry Open day / Honeybuns pop-up shop / Terry Bennett interviews David Sidwick, the Police and Crime Commissioner for Dorset, after the public meeting in Sherborne.

Music by Jason Shaw, www.audionautix.com

Hear Roger Marsh tell us all about the orienteering course that's launching in Sherborne this Saturday / 75th Chetnole Flower Show and Fete / Blackmarsh Farm Maize maze / Afternoon at the Opera / Play On Music Festival at The Grange at Oborne continues / lots of children's activities over the summer / Aber Valley Male Voice Choir / Titanic Exhibition in Exeter and so much more...

The silly temperatures may be over, but Sue learned some good ways to keep cool - for the next heatwave / Dr Rob Childs announces his retirement from The Grove Medical Centre / Have you booked in for breast screening or flu vaccination? Wait for an invitation so you contact the right person / Lots of events to keep you entertained / 75th Chetnole Flower Show and Fete / The Big Blooming Tea party in Yetminster in aid of Marie Curie / Two performances by Illyria Outdoor Theatre Company in Sherborne / Play On Festival of music at The Grange at Oborne continues / Sherborne Steam and Water Wheel Centre Open Day and so much more!

Music by Jason Shaw, www.audionautix.com

Find out how The Original Factory Shop, opening this week in Sherborne, wants to work with our community / Children's book recommendations from Grace at Sherborne Library / Tips for keeping veg fresh / Places children can eat for free or less than usual / Open Art in Sherborne and Sturminster Newton / Join Sherborne Youth Band / Yetminster Fair / The Great Big Blooming Tea Party in Yetminster / Nether Compton Fete ...and so much more!

Music by Jason Shaw, www.audionautix.com

Sue's back from her hols and has loads of What's On items, an Interview with Miranda Heldt after the opening concert of the Play On Festival at The Grange at Oborne, some Public Information and an update on the podcast's launch on Abbey104, Sherborne's community radio station.

Music by Jason Shaw, www.audiionautix.com

A featured interview with violinist Ruth Rogers on the last two concerts in the Sherborne Chamber Music Series / Sherborne Summer Festival / Sherborne Sunday Market / Elias String Quartet at Sherborne Girls' School / Milborne Port Primary School Summer Fete / Play On Music Festival Returns to the Grange at Oborne / Mamma Mia under the Stars at Bradford Abbas / Fiver Fest Returns in July / Howie Casey's Beatles with Wings at Leigh Village Hall and so much more!

Music by Jason Shaw, www.audionautix.com 

Les Miserables Musical in a Day workshop in Buckland Newton / Hinton St Mary Open Gardens / Sherborne Museum Finds Day / Milborne Port Primary School Summer Fete / Tea & Chat in Sherborne for Ukrainian Guests and their Hosts / Oborne Barn Dance / Howie Casey's Beatles with Wings at Leigh Village Hall / Could you Become a Sherborne Volunteer Ambassador, a volunteer driver for Sherborne Voluntary Ambulance, help children with literacy by volunteering for Dorset Reading Partners, to name but a few? There are so many volunteering opportunities in our area. 

Music by Jason Shaw, www.audionautix.com

A special, longer episode this week. Volunteers Week is 1-7 June every year, nationwide. Andrew McElwee talks about the benefits for those who volunteer from his personal experiences of volunteering / Interviews from the Country Fair / What's On items / Exciting news about Sherborne Voices Podcast / GP surgery closures over the Bank Holidays / Supermarket opening times in Sherborne over the Bank Holidays / 

Lots of volunteering opportunities in and around Sherborne / Les Miserables Musical in a Day workshop / Piddle Valley Players Talent Night / Sherborne Castle Country Fair / Jubilee Weekend events and much more.

Music by Jason Shaw, www.audionautix.com

This week Grace from Sherborne Library gives her suggestions for good reads for young adults / New Chatter & Natter table at The Pear Tree, Sherborne / Another Board Games Night at Oliver's Coffee House / Cinema at The Exchange, Sturminster Newton / Read Easy racconteurs at Waitrose, Sherborne / The Science Cafe talk / Sherborne's Repair Cafe / Volunteers needed and much more...

Want to do the Teddy Bear Zip Wire Experience at Sherborne Abbey on Sunday? Just turn up between 11am and 2.30pm / New council powers to issue fines to motorists for entering cycle lanes / Shillingstone Steam Rally / Rendezvous Coffee Morning / Sherborne Sunday Market / Sherborne repair Cafe / Gilbert O'Sullivan live in Yeovil / volunteering opportunities and much more.

A round-up of What's On items and Public Service Announcements. There's always so much to do in and around Sherborne!

Music by Jason Shaw, www.audionautix.com

This week we feature Blackmore Vale North ReadEasy and Lydia talks about the great work they do to help people read more easily. There are lots of events, especially on Saturday, in our What's On section and a few Public Service announcements.

Music by Jason Shaw, www.audionautix.com

Lots to do over the Easter weekend in and around Sherborne / Treasure hunts / Car boot sale / Extended opening hours at Sherborne Museum / Sherborne Abbey tours / Cycle rides / Become a Sherborne Volunteer Ambassador / Sue interviews Sarah about her new venture to help busy mums look after their wellbeing - including a free three day event.

Happy Hour at the Candy Cabin / Sherborne Castle Gardens open again, but there are a few changes for visitors / Junior Kickboxing / Craft nights at Rosefinch Cafe / Old School Gallery, Yetminster celebrates its 10th anniversary - don't miss it! / Titanic Exhibition comes to Exeter in August / Scam alert! / What will a Lateral Flow Test cost you now? / And so much more... 

This month's suggestions for adult fiction from Grace at Sherborne Library / Yetminster historical walk / Sue has fun on her new trike / What's On items / New parking charges come into effect across Dorset - on different dates! / Public service announcements.

Music by Jason Shaw, www.audionautix.com

A longer than usual episode packed full of What's On items and Public service announcements.

Music by Jason Shaw, www.audionautix.com

Well done to Florence, our local mini busker, who has collected donations for Ukraine by playing in Cheap Street / Don't forget local people need help too and you can donate to Sherborne Food Bank / What's On items / Sue checks out the upgraded paths in Paddock Garden / Public service announcements / A follow up to just one thing you can do to improve your health and wellbeing.

Music by Jason Shaw, www.audionautix.com

An update from Jane Wood on the Fiver Fest in Sherborne which starts this Saturday, 12 March / What's On items / Public service announcements / Sue suggests a series of broadcasts on BBC Sounds that will get you thinking about ways to improve your physical and mental wellbeing.

Music by Jason Shaw, www.audionautix.com

There has been a great local response to the call for items needed for refugees on the Polish border with Ukraine. Our feature lists the items needed and local collection points / What's On items / Public service announcements.

Music by Justin Shaw, www.audionautix.com

Photograph credit: Celia Brayfield

Tons of What's On items, eg Beekeeping course, jazz concert, Vivaldi's Four Seasons, Anything Goes in Buckland Newton / a few public service announcements / Sue takes a walk round Quarr Nature Reserve to check out the improvements.

Music by Jason Shaw, www.audionautix.com

Feature interview with Sonia, of Candy Cabin, Sherborne's new sweet shop / What's On items - Sherborne Historical Society talk on Sugar via The Slave Trade tomorrow evening; Abbey104's 9th Birthday Quiz on Friday evening; Sherborne Repair Cafe is back this Saturday; Crimes, Camera, Action! at the Octagon Theatre this Sunday and lots more things to do / Public service announcements - Kitt Hill / Cornhill closure; a plea to cancel surgery appointments if they're not needed and more.

Miranda Robertson and Karen Bate tell us about their new venture, The West Dorset Magazine / What's On items / Public service announcements, including tips for staying safe and well through the winter.

Music by Jason Shaw, www.audionautix.com

A feature interview with Greg Pearson of Hope2Cycle about the Hope2 charity projects / Loads of What's On items and even more Public Service Announcements / A new free magazine for West Dorset.

Music by Jason Shaw, www.audionautix.com

Did you know the oldest pillar box in the UK was in our area? Find our more in today's feature item / Plenty of What's On items to keep you occupied and entertained / Good news about The Repair Cafe and Abbey Pharmacy / Health and Covid-19 information / An idea to get rid of items that nobody wants - and you may see them on screen!

Adult non-fiction suggestions from Grace at Sherborne Library / loads of What's On items / Several health public service announcements.

Music by Jason Shaw, www.audionautix.com

As Sherborne Museum re-opens for 2022, Sue takes a quick visit to see what's new / What's On items / Public service announcements.

The main item covers some of the new rules to be introduced to the Highway Code, plus What's On items and public service announcements.

Music: Jason Shaw, www.audionautix.com

Thank you and well done to Sherborne Community Kitchen and 874 Sherborne Air Cadets / Christmas greetings from Sherborne shops and cafes / A few What's On items for the beginning of January 2022 / Public announcements / A Nostalgic Christmas poem.

Late news: Sherborne Post Office closes temporarily due to unforeseen health issues / Event cancellations due to Covid / Sherborne supermarket opening hours over Christmas / Refuse and recycling collections information over Christmas / What's On items & Public notices.  

A shorter episode this week. Catch up with things to do in and around Sherborne / a few public notices / Children's book suggestions from Sherborne Library and Christmas opening hours.

Endless What's On items / Another Sherborne shop memory / Description of the last panels of Sherborne Community Mural / A Tribute to radio presenter Big Al on Abbey104

Christmas markets and fayres around the area / plenty of What's On items / a report on the Read Easy Open Evening / the sad death of Abbey104's radio presenter Big Al, Alan Mapp / public information notices.

Music by Jason Shaw, www.audionautix.com

Lots of What's On items and public information notices, some more memories of Sherborne shops and the description of panels 13, 14 and 15 of the Sherborne Community Mural.

Music by Jason Shaw, www.audionautix.com

Do you remember when Abbey Decor was a bakery, when Reeves was Boots and when there was a Turf accountant in Hound Street? Listen to some of Eric Lane's reminiscences in this week's episode. Plus some public information notices and LOTS of What's On items to celebrate six months of Sherborne Voices Podcast.

Music by Jason Shaw, www.audionautix.com

What's on items in our area / What's the local U3A doing these days? / Public Announcements.

Music by Jason Shaw, www.audionautix.com

A report on the Open Sherborne event held by Sherborne School for the community / An interview with Sue Thomas-Peter about the involvement of Rotary Clubs in eradicating polio / Walk-in clinics back at the Minor Injuries Unit, Yeatman Hospital / Public announcements / Yeovil Literary Festival / Performance of The Armed Man - A Mass for Peace at the Octagon Theatre, Yeovil.

Music by Jason Shaw, www.audionautix.com

Sue reports on a visit to the Shell House / Grace from Sherborne Library suggests some adult fiction you can borrow from the Library / Road closures / the new Repair Cafe in Sherborne / lots of What's On items.

Music by Justin Shaw, www.audionautix.com

Opportunities for volunteers / Sherborne Community Mural Panels 10-12 / What's On Items

Music by Jason Shaw, www.audionautix.com

Shout out to Graham and Diana, new members of Sherborne Community Choir / Dealing with Dementia, interview with someone who cared for her Mum / What's On items / What do you know about the bombing of Sherborne in 1940? Sue reports on a historic guided walk about the tragic mistake. 

A report and interviews from the first face-to-face rehearsal of Sherborne Community Choir / Loads of What's On items and Public Notices

Interviews with Jill & Harry at the first sit-down lunch for Sherborne Community Kitchen / Public Notices & What's On Items / Carl Mintern on becoming self-sufficient / Next Instalment of the Sherborne Community Mural.

Listen in to find out what all the excitement's about at Vineyards / Well done to Hunt's for raising £800+ for the Yeatman Hospital / Events update from Grace at Sherborne Library / Sherborne's new promotional video 'Welcome to Sherborne' / Auditions for Sherborne Abbey choristers / Temporary road closure on Thornford Road, Sherborne / Lots of What's On items.

Music by Justin Shaw, www.audionautix.com

So many What's On items, there was no time for anything else! It's great to see so much happening in the Sherborne area again. Listen in to make sure you don't miss anything.

Music by Jason Shaw, www.audionautix.com

What's On Items - Music in the Park, CHAPS Pantomime Read-Through, Friends of the Yeatman Car Boot Sale, Dr Hilary Jones Talk, Lucy Worsley Talk, Playreading Online / Sherborne Community Mural - Panels, 4, 5 and 6 / Friends of the Yeatman donations to local causes / Minor Injuries Unit Survey by Friends of the Yeatman / An Easy Way to Help with Reading / New Banking Rules / New E10 Petrol / Contactless Payments Limit Raised / Universal Credit £20 Uplift Ends 01 October / Firefighters Wanted in Sherborne / Oxley Sports Centre New Swimming Pool Timetable / Hedgehogs! / Temporary Closure Thornford Road, Sherborne on 20 September / Sherborne Community Kitchen to Restart Sit-Down Meals at the Raleigh Hall / Co-op Milborne Port starts online ordering with £20 minimum spend / Trying Out an Electric Bike.

Music by Jason Shaw, www.audionautix.com 

The Sherborne Community Mural / Piddle Valley Players are Looking for Cast members for 'Anything Goes' / New Sherborne Digby Hall Monthly Market / Yetminster and Rhyme Intrinseca Cycle Ride Tonight / How Clean is Your Handbag?? / Final Concerts at The Grange at Oborne / Sherborne Abbey Festival / Stamp Fair / Part-time Sales Assistant Vacancy at Reeve the Bakers, Sherborne / U3A Sherborne Enrolment Day & Examples of Groups Offered / Westland and Yeovil Model Engineering Society Running Day / Sherborne Town Band Returning Soon with Music in the Park. 

News from Sherborne Antiques Market / Local Events not to be Missed / U3A Sherborne Enrolment and Gala Picnic / Volunteers Needed / Libraries West e-books Update / Proposed Sale of Manor House by Sherborne Town Council / Yummy Fruit Loaf Recipe with Less Sugar.

Photo of Sherborne Abbey by Kayleigh Harries

Music by Jason Shaw, www.audionautix.com

All about Tai Chi with Tracey Lindsay / Job Vacancies / Local notices / Yetminster and Sturminster fairs / What's On items.

Music: Jason Shaw, www.audionautix.com

Are Mr Motivator's 12 minute fitness sessions the way to get moving? / Or is it yoga with Libby that will help you physically and mentally? / Children's book recommendations from Grace at Sherborne Library / What's On locally.

Music by Jason Shaw, wwwaudionautix.com

The Impact of the Loss of the Tourist Information Centre / Temporary Road Closures in Sherborne / Congratulations to Vineyards Wine shop in Sherborne / How to Record an Audio Message to Submit to the Podcast / Music Festival at the Grange at Oborne update / Sherborne Walks Tours in August / What's On items.

Music by Jason Shaw and www.audionautix.com

The Mayor of Sherborne, Anne Hall, talks about being a Volunteer Ambassador / Shelagh O'Neill explains what the Feldenkrais Method can do for you / What's On items / Public information items.

Covid-19 update from Dr Rob Childs / Dorset Citizens Advice / Road closures in Yetminster and Milborne Port / lots of What's On items, including the Mayoral Community Get Together in Sherborne / adult non-fiction book suggestions from Sherborne Library / Laura Jones of Espokes Bicycles tells us about Breeze Rides and why she set them up.

Music by Jason Shaw, www.audionautix.com9

The opening of The Beat and Track independent vinyl record store in Sherborne is owner Paul's dream come true / job vacancies / news items / free healthy activities.

Music by Jason Shaw, www.audionautix.com

Lots of important local matters, What's On events and the Summer Reading Challenge in and around Sherborne.

Music by Jason Shaw, www.audioautonix.com

Anna Stiles, local potter interview / Public information announcements / Job opportunities / What's On items / Fiction suggestions from Sherborne Library.

Music by Jason Shaw, www.audionautix.com

Sherborne Beekeeping Association and what we can all do to protect bees / Volunteers needed to create a bee-friendly garden at The Grove Medical Centre, Sherborne / Denmark's attempt to protect bees / Sherborne Market / Sherborne Wellbeing Walks / Josie Wells - local shopkeeper, painter and writer.

Sherborne Community Kitchen goes from strength to strength and we can all help each other by buying a meal from them. Find out how in the interview with Jill Warburton / Upcoming events and opportunities for volunteering.

The Countrymen's Club at Rylands Farm / Sherborne Abbey reopens for visitors / New water features for Pageant Gardens / Amateur Players of Sherborne rehearse a new play / What's On items.

A scoop for Sherborne Voices Podcast! / Half term activities / How was the first week of eased restrictions? / Sewing tips from Laura

Milborne Port's Scarecrow Festival/ Update from Grace at Sherborne Library/ News flashes and What's On items/ Tinneys Youth and Community Centre, Sherborne re-opens/ new chess club for the area, anyone?

Maps for the Scarecrow Festival from 7 Victoria Terrace and 26 Wheathill Way, Milborne Port plus the Saturday market, Wayne's the Butcher and the Library.

Tinneys phone number with answerphone: 01935 814202

As we edge ever closer to our first episode of Sherborne Voices Podcast, listen to the kind of information we will be giving you and how you can take part. The more the merrier!

Find out about this new podcast for Sherborne, Dorset, and how you can get involved. Especially if you're a local musician!