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As many potential visitors to the website in recent months will have discovered we had a problem with our new security certificate which meant that you had a scary warning each time you visited the
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Allen Close – the Parish Council Objects.
Here is the full text of the PC objections to the proposed Allen Close Development. A copy complete with photographs may be found here 2_2019_0318_OUT-CHILD_OKEFORD_PARISH_COUNCIL-563270
CHILD OKEFORD PARISH COUNCIL
Objection to
Proposed 32 new houses at Allen Close.
Many villagers may wish to comment on the planning application for housing at Allen Close. This can be made at https://planning.north-dorset.gov.uk/online-applications/
Commemorative Peal
On Sunday 11th November , Armistice day was marked by the countries church bells being rung. Child Okeford did its bit with the bellringers scoring the peal, thereby bringing the Bell project to a successful
Re-dedication of the Church Bells
Yesterday evening saw the culmination of a mammoth effort to replace the old, and rather heavy, church bells with a new and lighter set. To start the evening a quarter peal was rung by some of the
The Bells, The Bells [Part two]
If you thought that you heard an occasional “dong” today coming from St Nicholas belfry, silent for the last two months, then you would not have been mistaken for the retuned old bells and
A Tale of two Tenors
On the 26th April the Belfry of St Nicholas Church fell silent and empty as the bells were removed, to be replaced in due course. The last bell down was the massive tenor bell [above] which was
Report Bad Driving in the Village
The Village roads seem to be getting busier and busier, a situation which will not be helped by the various road closures around the area that
The Bells, The Bells
The Bells, The Bells
“The project to replace the existing heavy, hard going bells with a lighter, more manageable ring is about to bear fruit. The existing 6 bells are due to be taken down over the 19th/20th