Shoreline winter 16 - Charmouth

“Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it.
Boldness has genius, power and magic in it”
- Goethe
Our New Year, New You feature on the centre pages is a
guide to the diverse health and fitness classes available in
the village. Where else could you be offered such a choice
of activities guaranteed to get you in tip –top condition
after the indulgences of the festive season?
Congratulations to the Charmouth Traders Association for
organising two brilliant events – Bonfire Night and the 3rd
Annual Christmas Fayre. Resurrected after a lapse of 27
years, November 5th was a roaring success. Hundreds of
people descended on the Foreshore to eat, drink and
marvel at the fabulous firework display. No less than 16
guys were entered into the competition!
The village centre was ablaze with Christmas lights and
thronged with people on December 1st. What a wonderful
festive atmosphere there was. All the shopkeepers really
made a huge effort to create something quite magical and
it was certainly appreciated by everyone.
Put Sunday, June 3rd in your diaries right now, as that is
the date for the Charmouth Diamond Jubilee Street Party,
which will be held on Lower Sea Lane in the afternoon,
followed by the wildly popular Party in The Park in the
evening. There will be more details in the spring issue of
Shoreline.
The musical extravaganza on December 3rd in the Village
Hall, put together by concert pianist and choir director Kim
Redford and featuring many local musicians and singers,
was a fabulous showcase for local talent. Tickets sold out
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Shoreline’s second fossil event – Meet the Charmouth Fossil
Hunters II – will take place on Wednesday 16th May – and
is being promoted under the umbrella of the Jurassic Coast
Earth Festival 2012. Plans are now well underway for what
promises to be a bumper evening, so please put the date in
your diary. To update you: so far, Professor Denys
Brunsden, David Sole and Richard Edmonds have kindly
agreed to speak and our locally-based palaeontologists
have been invited to attend with their fossil exhibits.
Geologist and artist Geoff Townson will bring examples of
his cliff section paintings and a series of photographs he
has taken of recent changes to the local coastline. Cherry
Barlow will recall her late father, fossil collector Ray
Jennings, and bring examples from his collection.
Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre will provide a standalone
display. We also aim to bring you some unique early films
of Barney Hansford, including one in which he played
Richard Anning, Mary’s father. Watch this space, as there’s
more to come.
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very quickly, disappointing a lot of people, so plans are
afoot for an even bigger event at St Andrew’s Community
Hall sometime in the spring. See Pete Wild’s review on
page 14 and if you would like to be a part of Charmouth’s
burgeoning music scene then call Pete on 0773322213
We would like to extend a warm welcome to Phil and Angie
Aylett, the new landlords of the Royal Oak. They have
transformed the interior and made the pub a very warm
and welcoming place indeed. Thursdays are quiz nights
(challenging but great fun!) and live music, theme
evenings and traditional games nights are some of the
events planned for the New Year.
It with great sadness and regret that I have to announce
that Sarah is stepping down from her role as assistant
editor and typesetter extraordinaire. We co-founded
Shoreline three years ago and have been on the most
wonderful journey together, expending a huge amount of
time and energy to make the magazine the success that it
is today. I will miss her brilliance, her wit and her
dedication, without which Shoreline would never have
been possible. Lesley and Colin join me in wishing her
every happiness in the future.
On behalf of the Shoreline team I would like to wish our
readers, contributors and advertisers a very happy,
healthy and peaceful New Year.
Jane Morrow
Meet the Fossil Hunters II
The Shoreline Team
Jane Morrow Editor.
Sarah Cooke Assistant Editor and Typesetter.
Colin Pring Advertising Manager and Treasurer
Lesley Dunlop Feature Writer and Diary
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During the evening, we will be launching Shoreline’s
second publication: ‘A Tale of Five Generations of the
Hansford Family: Charles, Samuel, Barney, David &
Davina’. The profits from the sale of the booklet, for which
we have to thank David and Davina Hansford, will be split
between Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre and Shoreline.
It tells the tale of five generations of the entrepreneurial
Charmouth family and encompasses 150 years of life in
and around the village. Barney and his Fossil and Country
Life Exhibition take centre stage.
Work continues apace and we will bring you full details in
the next (spring) issue of Shoreline. In the meantime,
check out the Jurassic Coast Earth Festival website
www.earthfestival2012.org/ Details of Shoreline’s 2012
fossil event are due to be posted on the site. You’ll also
find the background to the planning of our first fossil event
in 2010, the event programme and related photos in the
‘Get Involved’ section.
Lesley Dunlop