A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all our friends and family where ever you are from Ken & Josephine Whetlor

This is a Christmas Tree put together by the Turn Lyme Green Group rather beautiful don't you think and just one of the wonderful show this year in the Lyme Regis Baptist Church

Baptist Church by Candlelight

On the evening of 16th December I attended a Carols by Candlelight service at a very full Lyme Regis Baptist Church . In the week before that the church was lined with Christmas trees which unfortunately had to be taken down before the service. A wonderful show and the pictures are here to show it by the kind permission of Peter Miles.

Something for you to see now !

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Live Night at the Royal Lion hear the latest interviews

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Daptc AGM and Conference

Saturday November 3rd
The DAPTC Annual General Meeting and Conference were held in the Council Chamber, County Hall, Dorchester It was an all day affair held for the first time in this format and I believe very successful. Some 70 representatives of Dorset Towns and Parishes attended. Details will be on the information page as soon as possible the pictures shown are DAPTC Chairman Mrs June Salt opening the conference, our quest speaker Mr Oliver Baines and delegates having coffee break.

Lyme Go Zero

28th October

This evening I attended a meeting of Lyme Go Zero at the LRDTrust ,Church Street.

The purpose of this meeting was the final planning of launch events and to outline the next steps to take. For example 8th November the evening launch and the 10th November, the bag give away, street entertainment etc.

A very special visit

Occasionally on a Sunday I visited the Bethany Chapel in Coombe Street, Lyme Regis . Every one is made very welcome .The last Sunday in every month is particulary nice they have tea ,sandwiches and cakes at the end of the service. Most people stay on on and have a chat amongst themselves and try to put the world to rights !

A Family Wedding on Jo's side

The bride and two of the family A very discerning bridesmaid The Marx brothers sorry Lucas brothers and the bride again with the groom . The bride,Josephine and Grandma

NALC Annual Conference and Exhibition weekend at Bournemouth see reports page

Go to reports page for further information

NALC National Seminar I attended at Coventry on the reports page

This was the venue for the Seminar.Originaly the home of a car magnate and the opening of the seminar.

A favourite picture of mine taken by Josephine

Just at the right time ?

Wednesday 15th August. The annual cream tea at Abbeyfield was held indoors this year instead of there lovely garden because of the inclement weather. Never the less it was an enjoyable few hours with the usual speedy waitress service and excellent cream teas. Weight of the cake ,tombola were all there to take part in.

Festival Remembrance Albert Hall

Any members and friends wishing to go to this wonderfull evening in November please contact me for information 01297442811 or email ken.whetlor@talk21.com regarding tickets.
Chairman /Secretary Ken Whetlor

Saturday 11th August I was with the Lyme Regis Radio team in the Carnival procession. We had speakers letting people know who we were and talk to them on route down broad street and on to the Cobb. Massive crowds as usual a great evening. This is me resting before the start .

Wednesday 8th August In the morning I was on the beach with the Carnival and Regatta team

interviewing children and there parents before and during the hunt the small mat game 120 had been hidden in the sand earlier in the morning Nearly 90 children took part. But only fifity seven mats were found . Never mind all the children got a prize it was all good fun .If you look at the photos some of the children were very big ! You will notice the pirate he found some, the young lady sitting next to my friend the sound engineer was the winner with seven mats.The interview is on LRRadio

Tuesday 7th August With the Town Clerk and the Vice Chairman of T & A committee I traveled to Bournemouth on Council business. In the afternoon I went to the Bournemouth eye hospital which turned out to be my final visit and have been discharged . A great relief at long last although not all my sight has returned the hospital have done a great job and I must be very thankful to them for what I have. I shall now be heading for the spec shop !

Euplogia quadripunctaria.

In the past day Josephine and I have had a visitor from Europe a Jersey Tiger but only visits Devon in this country she seems to have strayed a bit, quite beautiful a painted lady if ever there was one. A moth who flies at day as well as night its winter is passed as a small caterpillar.She did not stay long and had somewhere else to go you could say a flying visit. We wished her well and sent her on here way. Double click on the picture .


Monday 6th August This morning I visited the photographic exhibition at the Masonic Hall in Broad Street as usual I was made extremely welcome by the members, had my cup of tea and chatted to a few members as one does. It was up to there usual high standard and well worth visit.

Sunday 5th August 11.00am was an interesting morning. I went along and interviewed the members of the Ambulance service ,the Fire Brigade and the Dorset Police for Lyme Regis Radio. This was held in there combined unit open day at the Woodmead car park . All the interviews will be on LRRadio and I should make a point of listening to them .They gave demonstrations by the responder unit and the Ambulance service .Coffee and Tea and some lovely cakes I wish I could eat them well done everyone on the day you all made LRRadio very welcome . May you carry on the good work in the future.



Today at 11.00am this morning was the start of the first Golf ball derby. 100 hundred golf balls were sold and were raced down the slope from the gardens onto the parade . The winner was a young man from London on holiday. My part in all this was interviewing some of the participants for Lyme Regis Radio on various topics about the Golf ball race there holiday perhaps and how they liked the new style Lyme beach and front. In the evening with my wife Josephine we had a meal at the Bay the Bay restaurant and watched the torch light parade go bye . An excellent turn out with the Junior band and Majorettes leading the way. We met many friends old and new who stopped to chat. All the pictures and music from the evening are on the Lyme Regis Radio site please tune in and hear the interviews and the fun of the day. Thee pictures The programme stall ,the golf ball track and the fantastic support waiting to lose there money .Thank you everyone



I shall be out and about helping Lyme Regis Radio out this week . So lets hope the weather is fine when I interview you !!

Josephine's favourite picture

July Diary

July 2nd Attended two meetings one in London and the other in Royal Leamington Spa on the same day . Read my report page
July 4th attended Full Council.
July 5th Gig Club meeting comments on the Gig page
July 6th Opening of the Jazz Festival in Cobb Square.




Also the Lyme Regis football club dinner . Thats me receiving the award for my son Jonathan being highest scorer of the year.



July 7th Umbrella Parade from the Cinema down Broad Street. Dont forget your Brolly Dolly !
Perhaps while you are looking at the site you would like to look at the Royal British Legion page I have just put togther . I would appreciate any comments.









July 9th Tourism & Advertising meeting in Guidhall
July 10th Committee meeting Apologies Taking a Break
July 11th Planning " Still on Break
July 17th Nalc Policy meeting in London Read Report
July 18th 10.00am T & A meeting An excellent meeting report later
July 18th LRTC Policy meeting in evening LRTC notice board or LRTC website
July 20th Dorset Larger Council Meeting Blandford see my report to the meeting

July 24th I am a trustee of Marder and we will meet at 16.00hrs As usual this was a very good meeting the trust being very sucesfull in the past year.

July 24th A meeting of T & A members to discuss the new lay out for the Lyme Regis brochure took place. Progress was made photos and the layout were discussed with the feedback from the meeting on the 18th . We will be meeting again very soon to make a decision when individually we have looked at the photos and thought about the layout
July 31st Meeting at Dorchester .Extraodinary Executive meeting DAPTC



July 25th
Annual Somers Day Commemoration Parade
I joined the Somers Day Parade meeting at Langmoor Gardens 11.00.I then walked down Broad Street with the Mayor leading with the some of the guests from St Georges Bermuda, fellow councillors and members of the Twinning Association. There were some who travelled in front of the parade by car for whatever reason. A disappointing day with light rain and very windy. With all this the group walked to the Cobb and made the usual declarations in the Twinning ceremony. led by the Junior band. Lunch was taken in the Woodmead Hall with around 80 guests . The Mayor of St Georges, the Lord Mayor Plymouth and his lady were in attendance as was the Mayor of Lyme Regis . Lyme Regis Town Crier and the Crier of St Georges with other quest criers were there. The Chairman of WDDC Council was also a quest. A full day ending with the Red Arrows Aerobatic Display Team at 6.30.



July 25th In the evening I went to a Choral Concert at St Michael's Parish Church in aid of the RNLI. With a choir and musicians of over 50 it was s superb evening . Vivaldi,Mozart Carter Handel and many others were there to listen to I am looking forward to the next one in August


July 27th The RNLI Duck race .I had the pleasure of interviewing for Lyme Regis Radio at this event and to mingle and talk to the visitors and the very excited children. Over a thousand ducks went into the water but unfortunately there could only be one winner. The sun came out for this very exciting spectacle in the RNLI calendar.

July 30th attended WDDC Lyme Regis Environmental improvements. Meeting of the Business Continuity group at WDDC, Lyme Regis Offices on Monday 30th July at 14.30 report will be on the reports page This was to be the last meeting for Phase 2 unless a meeting is found to be necessary. I offered my thanks on behalf of everyone present and the Town for all the work that had been put in by the members of the committe in the past and the present.
July 31st Meeting in Dorchester of DAPTC / Extraordinary Meeting of the Executive .