ST PAUL'S offer their grateful thanks to the June Hornby Dancers, Beechcroft St Paul's school choir, to local shops and businesses, all helpers and everyone who came and gave such fantastic support to their Christmas bazaar, making it a huge success.

I went to the bazaar and it was really buzzing, the raffle tickets had been sold out by 11.30 but reinforcements came just after when someone brought four books of unsold tickets back... but they were soon sold as well.

The Christmas diary at St Paul's Church is as follows: l Carols with the Salvation Army on Sunday, December 16 at 3pm l Christmas Eve: Christingle service at 4pm, parish carol service at 7pm and midnight mass at 11.30pm l Christmas Day: parish eucharist at 10.30am l Sunday, December 30 parish eucharist at 10.30am.

  • THE Westham Youth Forum is holding its first open meeting and it is open to all ages.

It is going to be held at Dorset Close Community Centre on Saturday, December 8 between 3pm to 4pm.

The meeting will be held in five stages.

1. Youth forum welcomes group to the meeting.

2. Brief history of the group.

3. Your views on Westham and what you want us to do.

Break for tea, coffee and mince pies (free) 4. Youth forum plans for copse.

5. Feedback from the group. They are hoping to get many people along as possible, so do go along - children are welcome.

  • Westham 125 are still interested in stories from Westham, particularly stories from the schools.

Cromwell Road School closed around 1986 and it would be really nice to get thoughts from the last youngsters who attended the school before going to Budmouth.

The Monday night football training continues to be well supported and enjoyed.

It is hoped that something can be arranged for the girls of Westham.

If anyone is interested in teaching dancing to the girls or any of the girls are interested in dancing, please get in touch with Lisa Matthews on 770278.

  • I have just been informed that back in the days of the summer holidays Arianna, Megan, Brook and Toby, all young children from the Hereford Road area, decided to hold a table top sale.

They sat outside one of their houses all day selling things and raised the marvellous sum of £37.

They decided that they would use the money to buy toys for the children's Kingfisher Ward at Dorchester Hospital.

The ward provided them with a wish list of toys and the children bought and donated the toys to the hospital.

Well done to the four children.