News & Notices

The recently formed Cattistock Amateur Dramatic Society (CADS) is pleased to announce its inaugural production which will be ‘Allo ‘Allo! Click here for further details!

Tai Chi was very well attended last week and quite a success.

For women looking to experience something different, check out Cattistock Women’s Institute who meet regularly in Savill Hall with new events each meeting.

Did you know that right here in Cattistock on Wallis Farm exists the largest colony of Blue Adonis Butterflies in Wessex?  Thanks to Rupert Cake and his family, the Wallis Farm has been managing a nature reserve on the edge of Cattistock for years.  Rupert Cake was born on Wallis Farm just over 61 years ago and still runs the farm to this day even offering tours of  this fascinating Nature Reserve.  Click here to read on about his family history and how this once upon a time dairy farm expanded into piece of natural wonder.

You may not have seen anything happening, but behind the scenes work continues on preparing the lamp in Simon’s barn.

Thanks to a splendid effort by James Blunt, the heavy cast base from the original lamp (inscribed with Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee of 1887) has now been primed and painted.  The lamp post has also been painted and a wooden template made of the fixing for the lamp post to the base.  This will then be fabricated in steel.  The lantern has been assembled and will need a little welding and some new glass but is complete.  Another small fabrication will be required for the fitting of the lantern to the post.  Once these jobs have been completed we will be able to start on the electrics and the concrete base.

Thanks to Simon, Wayne, Chris and especially James for the continuing progress towards reinstating our old village lamp.