2019
Winter 2019 - BTV Issue 30
Marshwood Cross - Fingerpost sign restored
Marshwood Cross Fingerpost - Bottom of Mutton Street
The new fingerpost sign at the bottom of Mutton street has now been completed. Most of the funding came from Marshwood CLT, with an addition of £150 from CPRE. The CPRE grant enabled a finial to be made. This was cast by the Bridport Foundry and shows the location of the post as Marshwood Cross.
This name has been confirmed by Dorset AONB from old OS maps.​
David Hayball and David Corneloues led the project with help from Roland Bugler, Brian Holmes and Nigel Gillingham.
Simon Taylor made the timber fingers.
Dodges Orchard - East of Shaves Cross
The CLT has agreed to fund the repair of the signpost on the Broadoak road just east of Shave Cross. This is an older cast-iron design of post and is probably the oldest in the Vale. OS maps refer to this location as Dodges Orchard
2019
Summer 2BTV Issue 20
Marshwood shop plans beset by lack of volunteers
The Marshwood Shop Committee (MSC), was formed in response to the closure of the shop and post office last year and the outcome of a recent public consultation and public meeting. The MSC committee will be working under the umbrella of the Marshwood Community Land Trust.
First meeting in December 2018, where various committee appointments were made. In addition to the provision of a new shop, the committee were keen to have the scope for a small room that could be used by the Post Office for additional outreach facilities, or used by the local PCSO to meet villagers or even a small room for gatherings such as a crafting group
Seasonal café hoped for An area for a small seasonal café was also one of our aspirations. We hoped that the shop could also sell items produced by our local talented artists and crafters, thus creating a central hub for the village which is lacking at present Committee members have visited various potential shop sites and these will be included in the first draft of the Marshwood Vale Neighbourhood Plan. We also visited some of the local community shops to speak to volunteers, see how the shops are run and determine the number of volunteers
Volunteer Questionnaire, In March, we sent nearly 200 volunteer questionnaires to homes in Marshwood and the surrounding area. There has, sadly, been a low response to the questionnaire. This means that there will not be enough volunteers to run a community shop. The committee will now consider other options and ideas for a shop that could include the provision for some volunteer posts
Thank you to those who responded We would like to thank all those who responded to the questionnaire and to Marshwood Garage for being a drop-off point for the forms. If you would like to join the committee or register for future volunteering, please email: marshwoodsc@gmail.co.uk
