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No 229 • FREE Community Magazine • 9th Dec 2010-6th Jan 2011<br />
Local Lobby on Climate Change<br />
Local representatives of the Stop Climate Chaos<br />
coalition of nearly forty aid agencies and green organisations<br />
met with Dr Julian Lewis MP on 5th<br />
November to press for urgent action on climate<br />
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which saw thousands of people all over the country<br />
lobbying their MP’s on 5th or 6th November.<br />
The group asked Julian to push for strong measures to be<br />
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CROCUSES FOR POLIO<br />
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Golden Jubilee Celebrations<br />
The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife<br />
Trust will be celebrating its golden jubilee<br />
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coming year. Aware of its role in helping<br />
people understand the environment and<br />
wildlife, and the challenge of inspiring and<br />
enthusing the next generation in an increasingly<br />
urbanised world, the first Wildlife<br />
Trust AGM in 1962 with some 450 members,<br />
recommended that the Trust should<br />
secure a series of nature reserves that would<br />
be used primarily for education purposes.<br />
Nowadays, from this early vision, many<br />
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high this November,<br />
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On behalf of the Royal<br />
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Cllr Alexis McEvoy<br />
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Founded in 1997, the<br />
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Cllr Alexis McEvoy presents<br />
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Sellamuthu, Darren Binge<br />
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The members of Hythe<br />
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some simple activities along the way.<br />
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children over 4 years, there is a suggested<br />
donation of £1.50.<br />
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Winter Tales with a warm drink and a<br />
mince pie. Suggested donation £2.50.<br />
The Testwood Lakes Centre is located<br />
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at the building. For more information<br />
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Students Stage Art Exhibition<br />
GCSE Art Students from Hardley School were<br />
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exhibition in the Chichester Room at the<br />
Master Builder’s Hotel in Bucklers Hard.<br />
Officially opened by Julian Lewis MP, the<br />
exhibition showcased the work of these<br />
promising students, and was well attended by<br />
many interested people, including a number of<br />
professional artists who were very encouraging<br />
to the young artists. Belinda Lady Montagu,<br />
the Hon Ralph Montagu and Mary Montagu-<br />
Scott were also able to attend the opening, and<br />
everyone commented on the high standard of<br />
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James Robinson, Head of Art at Hardley<br />
School & Sixth Form, commented: “We are<br />
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students that study Art & Design here. This<br />
exhibition shows examples of their finest work<br />
– final pieces alongside sketchbook investigations,<br />
experiments and developments that our<br />
GCSE students have produced for their course<br />
Student Georgie Reed, with one of her artworks<br />
Santa’s<br />
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Several even asked if they could buy some of<br />
the art, but as it was course work it could not be<br />
sold at that time.<br />
Students attending the official opening were<br />
Faye Argent, Hope Collenette, Kerry<br />
Etheridge, Chrissie Hughes, Jessie Jones,<br />
Keisha Kennedy, Chloe Parsons, Matt Price,<br />
Georgie Reed, Molly Speaight, Poppy Tanner<br />
and Jennifer Thorn.<br />
[The Master Builder’s Hotel is keen to help the<br />
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Julian Lewis MP, The Hon Ralph Montagu and Colin Curran,<br />
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of the exhibition<br />
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Sparkling Success<br />
More than 3000 people enjoyed<br />
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Club President, Tony Marshall, commented<br />
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He went on to say that major events<br />
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and thanked the local groups<br />
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Photographer Mathew Conway takes an<br />
affectionate look at one of the most iconic<br />
regions of southern England in his new<br />
publication ‘The New Forest’. Paying<br />
special attention to the Forest’s unique<br />
and rare flora and fauna, experienced<br />
environmental photographer Conway<br />
offers tips to keen-eyed visitors and locals<br />
on spotting and photographing the distinct<br />
wildlife to be found throughout the<br />
National Park.<br />
He also provides backdrops of history,<br />
including the Norman invaders and the<br />
Forest’s role in providing timber for various<br />
conflicts from the 17th century<br />
onwards.<br />
This fascinating volume illustrates how<br />
vegetation and wildlife are interwoven<br />
with the Forest’s heritage, history and<br />
future. Richly illustrated with 40 mono<br />
pictures, and an additional colour section,<br />
Mathew Conway’s ‘The New Forest’,<br />
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from all good booksellers, including<br />
Chapter One Bookshop in Hythe. (ISBN<br />
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gateway produces calendar<br />
Members of Waterside<br />
Gateway Club for<br />
adults with learning disabilities<br />
have produced<br />
their own calendar for<br />
2011.<br />
Each month features a<br />
different photograph<br />
taken by the members<br />
themselves whilst they<br />
were on various outings<br />
during the year, and the<br />
front cover shows a<br />
group photo of all the<br />
club members. Among<br />
the images is a delightful<br />
penguin taken during<br />
a visit to Marwell, a<br />
stunning shot of a<br />
chameleon, an appealing<br />
pair of donkeys, and<br />
a carefully framed<br />
study of acorns. The<br />
quality of the images is<br />
a real credit to these<br />
amateur photographers,<br />
and proceeds from sales<br />
of the calendars will go<br />
towards the running<br />
costs of Waterside<br />
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pedal power for Heroes<br />
Charity cyclists and<br />
sporting celebrities<br />
turned out in force to<br />
honour Britain’s Armed<br />
Forces heroes on<br />
Remembrance Sunday,<br />
in the unusual setting of<br />
a gym.<br />
More than 180 fundraisers<br />
got on their stationary<br />
bikes at Totton<br />
Health and Leisure for<br />
The Big Spin, a<br />
marathon four hour long<br />
exercise class.<br />
Thousands of pounds are<br />
expected to be raised<br />
from the event, organised<br />
by New Forest<br />
District Council in tribute<br />
to colleague and<br />
charity cyclist Arthur<br />
Platt, who died in July.<br />
More than £1,000 was<br />
raised from the raffle<br />
alone and more money is<br />
expected over the next<br />
few weeks in support of<br />
Arthur’s chosen charity,<br />
Help For Heroes. A second<br />
charity, The Stroke<br />
Association, will also<br />
receive funds raised<br />
from the entry fee.<br />
Former Saints legend<br />
Francis Benali,<br />
Hampshire wicket-keeper<br />
Nic Pothas and Jo<br />
Tessem, (ex Saints and<br />
Norway International),<br />
all attended to support<br />
The Big Spin, which<br />
comprised four 45<br />
minute challenges with<br />
181 people taking part.<br />
Francis joined in the spin<br />
class fun for the first 20<br />
minutes and worked up a<br />
sweat, to a massive<br />
round of applause.<br />
Arthur, a shift manager<br />
at the leisure centre, was<br />
killed in a road accident<br />
while participating in a<br />
cycle ride from John<br />
O’Groats to Land’s End<br />
for Help for Heroes.<br />
The charity has already<br />
Top row, l-r, Francis Benali,<br />
Nic Pothas, Jo Tessem,<br />
Justine Pickford, Shaun<br />
Pickford, Mark Gower.<br />
Bottom row, l-r, Totton<br />
Health and Leisure fitness<br />
team Mike Hill, Michelle<br />
Burden, Toby White and<br />
Lydia Lockheart<br />
received more than<br />
£2,000, collected earlier<br />
this year by NFDC from<br />
friends, colleagues and<br />
well-wishers, in memory<br />
of Arthur.<br />
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replacing Barrie Smallcalder, who is<br />
retiring at the end of January after 15<br />
years of dedicated service.<br />
Harvey has a great deal of experience<br />
in the charity field, having held positions<br />
with The Where Next Foundation<br />
and the Birmingham Community<br />
Foundation, prior to which he was in<br />
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known UK stationery and book store.<br />
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those individuals experiencing hardship<br />
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totton legion remembers<br />
The active members of<br />
Totton & Eling Branch<br />
of the Royal British<br />
Legion attended the ceremony<br />
held at Totton<br />
War Memorial on<br />
Armistice Day and the<br />
Parade and Service held<br />
on Remembrance Day. A<br />
number of other local<br />
organisations, public services<br />
and youth groups<br />
also took part in these<br />
events.<br />
Prior to the<br />
Remembrance Service it<br />
was announced that the<br />
name ‘K Griffiths’ will<br />
be added to the war<br />
memorial. Kinikki<br />
Griffiths died earlier this<br />
year whilst on active service<br />
in Afghanistan,<br />
within days of celebrat-<br />
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Having spent his childhood<br />
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well known in the Totton<br />
area and, although he<br />
and his family moved to<br />
Devon prior to Kinikki<br />
joining the RAF<br />
Regiment, his relatives<br />
and friends approached<br />
the British Legion<br />
branch and local councillors<br />
about having his<br />
name placed on the<br />
Totton Memorial.<br />
Arrangements are now<br />
being made for this to be<br />
done.<br />
Anyone who would like<br />
to contribute to the maintenance<br />
of the memorial<br />
can make donations via<br />
any member of Totton<br />
Royal British Legion<br />
Branch or direct to<br />
Totton & Eling Town<br />
Council at the Civic<br />
Centre. Cheques should<br />
be made payable to<br />
‘Totton War Memorial<br />
Fund’.<br />
For more information<br />
about Totton Branch of<br />
the Royal British<br />
Legion, contact the<br />
branch secretary David<br />
Taylor on 023 8086<br />
3618.<br />
Julian Lewis MP lays a wreath at<br />
Totton War Memorial<br />
tOp aWard<br />
fOr fOreSt<br />
centre<br />
The New Forest Centre in Lyndhurst has proved itself<br />
to be one of the top visitor attractions in the region,<br />
according to ‘the Beautiful South’ awards 2010. The<br />
centre was ‘highly commended’ in the ‘small visitor<br />
attraction of the year’, aimed at smaller attractions<br />
which offer visitors a high quality experience and a<br />
series of activities as part of their visit.<br />
Ednyfed Hudson Davies, Chairman of the Ninth<br />
Centenary Trust that owns and runs the New Forest<br />
Centre, is delighted with the award. “The award is a<br />
great achievement for everyone who works at the centre;<br />
their constant hard work and dedication has paid<br />
off,” he said.<br />
Martin O’Neill, Director of Information and visitor<br />
Services at the New Forest National Park Authority,<br />
added: “The New Forest Centre is also the National<br />
Park Visitor Centre and this award shows that it really<br />
is the perfect starting place for anyone who wants<br />
to learn more about the New Forest.”<br />
The centre is made up of an exhibition are supporting<br />
local artists and organisations, a gift shop and visitor<br />
Information Centre, a New Forest reference library<br />
and the New Forest Museum which is packed full of<br />
displays, activities and a family fun tree. For information<br />
about the New Forest Centre and its events,<br />
visit www.newforestcentre.org.uk<br />
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Opportunity Knocks at Totton<br />
Several groups of Totton College students have been<br />
successful in gaining places on exciting programmes<br />
and projects in a number of different fields. One<br />
group in the ‘Engineering Education Scheme’ will be<br />
placed on the ‘Royal Academy of Engineering’ programme<br />
and work on a ‘live’ project for six months,<br />
with Selex-Galileo, a local electronics company<br />
working in the area of defence, supported by John<br />
Roberts, Head of Physics at Totton College. The project<br />
includes a residential course at the University of<br />
Brighton's Engineering Faculty, ending with a high<br />
profile Presentation Day at HMS Collingwood,<br />
Portsmouth in March 2011.<br />
Another group has gained a place on 'Pathways to<br />
Law', a prestigious programme run by The Sutton<br />
Trust at The University of Southampton, for two<br />
years of extracurricular law-related activities, including<br />
guaranteed work experience placements in law<br />
firms and a summer university residential at the<br />
University of Warwick, ending with a 'Graduation'<br />
from Barristers Chambers, London.<br />
Finally, students have also been successful with<br />
placements on a fascinating activity at the 'Veterinary<br />
Laboratories', Winchester Taster Day, exploring the<br />
Home Electronics Support<br />
VTR, a long established electrical<br />
retailer in Dibden Purlieu, has ceased<br />
trading. It is sad to see a local business<br />
finish, and the difficulty this causes for<br />
its staff and customers. VTR was a<br />
member of the Euronics Buying<br />
Group. One of the Founder Members<br />
of Euronics is Gibbs Home<br />
Electronics, who are based in Shirley,<br />
Southampton. Gibbs have no financial<br />
liability to VTR customers, but are<br />
willing to help with service or underwarranty<br />
problems that may occur.<br />
work of the virology and anaerobic bacteriology laboratories<br />
investigating zoonotic diseases and livestock<br />
management.<br />
June Crump, Student Services Manager, said:<br />
“Students are due to take part in a range of subject<br />
Taster Days at different regional universities ranging<br />
from Healthcare at Southampton, Humanities at<br />
Portsmouth, Childhood/Youth and Community<br />
Studies at Winchester, and Maths at Reading<br />
University. In addition, the college is committed to<br />
encouraging students to enter into volunteering<br />
opportunities. All of these activities greatly enhance a<br />
student's CV and Personal Statement for university<br />
entry”.<br />
PRODUCT RECALL<br />
Unipart has issued a product recall on some of its<br />
portable gas heaters purchased since 1st August 2010,<br />
due to reports that a small number of products have<br />
been malfunctioning, and advises that any Royal<br />
Classic, Calor Classic or Calor Compact portable<br />
heaters bought after this date, should be immediately<br />
switched off and returned to the point of purchase.<br />
The affected heaters were sold through Calor centres<br />
Gibbs have supplied customers in the<br />
Waterside for over 30 years and continue<br />
to do so today. In 2008, the Gibbs<br />
Store in Totton closed when the landlord<br />
would not renew the lease. Since<br />
then, the Head Office Store has continued<br />
to support Gibbs’ customers in the<br />
Waterside area, and they are pleased to<br />
be able to extend this support to VTR<br />
customers as well. For more information,<br />
telephone Gibbs on 023 8077<br />
2475 or email shop@gibbs.tv<br />
and other independent<br />
traders. Any affected<br />
customers will be<br />
offered a replacement<br />
product where stocks<br />
allow, or a full refund.<br />
For any customers worried<br />
about their heater,<br />
there is a hotline 0800<br />
181 4522. More information,<br />
including the<br />
serial numbers of products,<br />
is available at<br />
www.calor.co.uk/recall<br />
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SPORTS AUCTiOn SUCCESS<br />
The Mountbatten School’s 27th annual Sports<br />
Auction and Sports Quiz, was hosted by the<br />
school’s quartet of Platinum and Gold<br />
Ambassadors – Molly Batchelor, Dudley<br />
Mason, Felicity Shaw and Nicky Taylor. A<br />
large audience enjoyed a close contest in the<br />
annual sports quiz between Hampshire Royals<br />
and Southampton FC. The annual contest finished<br />
with a 31-26 victory for the Royals.<br />
The sports auction featured 43 items of sporting<br />
memorabilia from an array of sporting<br />
celebrities and sports organisations from home<br />
and abroad. There was some very competitive<br />
bidding, with a signed Manchester United<br />
football fetching £160. Other items that<br />
attracted good bids were a photograph of<br />
Ascot Gold Cup winner Yeats signed by Aidan<br />
O’Brien and Johnny Murtagh, FIFA 2010<br />
World Cup memorabilia donated by Sepp<br />
Blatter, and a signed bandana by Roger Federer.<br />
The auction realised £1,987. The two beneficiaries<br />
will be Jane Scarth House (Wessex Cancer) and the<br />
MJP Cancer Care Trust Fund. An additional raffle<br />
Hampshire Royals and Saints with Young Ambassadors<br />
Dudley Mason, Nicky Taylor, Molly Batchelor, Quantae<br />
Ramdin and Stephanie Bottell<br />
Lyndhurst Fun Day<br />
The village of Lyndhurst is holding its<br />
Christmas Fun Day on Saturday 11th<br />
December, with activities starting<br />
from 9am. There will be live music in<br />
the High Street, children’s competitions,<br />
fancy dress, singing and stalls.<br />
After making his grand entrance, courtesy<br />
of the local Fire & Rescue Service,<br />
Father Christmas will be in his grotto at<br />
the Fox & Hounds, and there will be a<br />
children’s disco in Lyndhurst Working<br />
held during the interval, raised £170 for Southampton<br />
General Hospital.<br />
Men’s Club.<br />
A raffle, tombola, face painting,<br />
fundraising activities, refreshments,<br />
and special in-store promotions will<br />
ensure that there is something for all<br />
the family to enjoy.<br />
The Fun Day comes to a rousing close<br />
with a Carol Service at 6pm in<br />
Lyndhurst Community Centre, with the<br />
New Forest Choir and the Silver<br />
Jubilee Brass Band taking part.<br />
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Councillor Di Brooks,<br />
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Safer Communities network<br />
Hythe & Dibden Parish<br />
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now receive an email<br />
bulletin advising them of<br />
what is going on in the<br />
area, with special email<br />
alerts to warn of any<br />
problems that they need<br />
to be aware of, courtesy<br />
of the Parish Council’s<br />
Community Safety<br />
Team. It also provides a<br />
mechanism whereby residents<br />
can alert the<br />
Safety Team to any<br />
unsocial or criminal<br />
behaviour and provide<br />
information that might<br />
assist to identify those<br />
responsible.<br />
Following positive feedback<br />
to the monthly<br />
Community Safety<br />
Report from local residents,<br />
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any ‘hot-spots’ of unsocial<br />
or criminal behaviour<br />
in the parish and<br />
posted on the Hythe &<br />
Dibden Parish Council<br />
website, Accredited<br />
Community Safety<br />
Officer, Norman<br />
Bareham launched the<br />
email messaging system,<br />
designed to provide residents<br />
with ‘real time’<br />
information, rather than<br />
waiting until the end of<br />
each month for the<br />
report. He has recently<br />
been out and about locally<br />
putting letters through<br />
residents’ letterboxes<br />
informing them of the<br />
service, and is encouraged<br />
by the growing<br />
number of residents<br />
signing up for the<br />
scheme.<br />
Norman used the system<br />
in his previous post as a<br />
police officer in<br />
Northamptonshire, finding<br />
that this communication<br />
had a very positive<br />
effect in promoting community<br />
cohesion, stopping<br />
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crime and disorder,<br />
as well as giving residents<br />
a simple link to<br />
report problems and to<br />
provide information.<br />
This free service is available<br />
to all residents. The<br />
Community Safety Team<br />
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vice, but it does provide<br />
an additional uniformed<br />
presence in the Parish,<br />
working to promote<br />
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Easily recognisable<br />
in their distinctive uniforms,<br />
the team patrol<br />
the area in their vehicle,<br />
bearing the Parish<br />
Council logo and contact<br />
details, on mountain<br />
bikes, and on foot. As<br />
the officers can only be<br />
in one place at any one<br />
time, this growing email<br />
system provides “eyes<br />
and ears” on the ground.<br />
To receive Community<br />
Safety information, or to<br />
inform the team of any<br />
unsocial or criminal<br />
behaviour, email<br />
Norman at<br />
comm.safe@btconnect.c<br />
om. The Community<br />
Safety Team can also be<br />
contacted by telephoning<br />
023 8084 2111.<br />
HERALD<br />
PUBLiSHinG<br />
DATES<br />
To help advertisers and editorial contributors to plan<br />
their publicity over the holiday season, here are the<br />
dates of the next two issues of The <strong>Herald</strong>.<br />
The New Year issue of The <strong>Herald</strong> will be published<br />
on Thursday 6th January; the last date for booking<br />
advertising space and for submitting editorial will be<br />
Friday 10th December, with advert copy deadline on<br />
Thursday 16th December.<br />
The following issue will be published on Thursday<br />
27th January, bookings & editorial by 7th January,<br />
and advert copy by 13th January.
Highly Commended in ICT<br />
After being one of just<br />
four Secondary Schools<br />
nationally to have been<br />
shortlisted for a BECTA<br />
ICT Excellence Award,<br />
Noadswood School has<br />
achieved second place in<br />
the national awards programme<br />
that recognises<br />
innovative use of computers<br />
and other new<br />
technologies for learning,<br />
in the category<br />
‘Beyond the School’.<br />
This, in itself, was a fantastic<br />
achievement for<br />
the school as the judging<br />
criteria for the award are<br />
very rigorous and wideranging,<br />
covering everything<br />
from e-safety to<br />
how they use their<br />
Virtual Learning<br />
Environment (VLE) and<br />
help parents, and the<br />
quality of staff training<br />
in the use of ICT.<br />
Mr Crowley, E-Learning<br />
D e v e l o p m e n t<br />
Coordinator at<br />
Noadswood, commented:<br />
“We are absolutely<br />
delighted with the<br />
award; we have invested<br />
a huge amount of<br />
resources into enhancing<br />
IT provision in the<br />
school and to finding<br />
new ways of using technology<br />
to help students<br />
learn.” Mr Crowley<br />
continued: “Technology<br />
additionally has massive<br />
potential to free learning<br />
from the confines of the<br />
traditional timetable; we<br />
are using technologies<br />
such as our Virtual<br />
Learning Environment<br />
to engage students and<br />
parents in new and exciting<br />
ways.”<br />
The ‘Beyond the school’<br />
category seeks to identify<br />
those schools who are<br />
using ICT to break down<br />
barriers to learning outside<br />
the school environ-<br />
Learning Development Coordinators, Miss<br />
Stephenson and Mr Crowley, accept the ICT<br />
Excellence Award on behalf of Noadswood School<br />
ment, for example<br />
through encouraging the<br />
use of ICT in the home<br />
as part of family learning<br />
or by offering opportunities<br />
for pupils to access<br />
learning from outside the<br />
school building.<br />
BiD to Beat reCession<br />
There’s a group of 40<br />
people in the Waterside<br />
who are far too busy to<br />
think ‘doom and gloom’<br />
during the current economic<br />
climate. They are<br />
members of the<br />
Waterside Network<br />
Group (WNG).<br />
A year ago, the WNG<br />
was formed by Daren<br />
Leftwich and Simon<br />
Chadwick, to enable<br />
small local businesses to<br />
group together and survive<br />
the recession. At<br />
that time, their target of<br />
40 members seemed a<br />
long way off. But today,<br />
not only has that target<br />
been reached, but an<br />
amazing £150,000 in<br />
business has been generated<br />
through the group.<br />
Why has the group been<br />
so successful? It’s down<br />
to members learning<br />
about one another’s<br />
businesses, getting to<br />
know each other as individuals<br />
and, above all,<br />
being confident in recommending<br />
others for<br />
their friendly, efficient<br />
and personal service:<br />
recognising that people<br />
buy from people they<br />
know, like and trust.<br />
The group includes a<br />
wide range of businesses<br />
– trades, services and<br />
professions. All are<br />
committed to using local<br />
services and ploughing<br />
money back into the<br />
local community.<br />
There’s a lot to be said<br />
for good old fashioned<br />
customer service and<br />
pride in one’s work –<br />
and this is found in<br />
abundance with all<br />
group members. The<br />
result is a group of local<br />
Christmas<br />
tree sales<br />
The Forestry Commission is holding its sales of real<br />
Christmas trees at New Park Farm, near Brockenhurst<br />
through to sunday 19th December, from 10am to<br />
4pm daily. There’s a choice of different sorts of tree<br />
ranging from 4 to 8 feet tall.<br />
Bus Timetables available<br />
free from the <strong>Herald</strong> Office<br />
at 6 High Street, Hythe<br />
business people who are<br />
very positive about their<br />
future.<br />
To find out more about<br />
the Waterside Network<br />
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0845 058 8083, or email<br />
daren.leftwich@travel<br />
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enquiries from people who want<br />
to ‘get away from the TV and the<br />
Fawley Bridge Club meets and plays<br />
duplicate bridge every tuesday at the<br />
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turkey’ and Hazel says: “We<br />
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Wartime memories sought<br />
Well known local historian<br />
and author, John<br />
Leete, is seeking personal<br />
anecdotes and family<br />
stories about the New<br />
Forest and surroundings<br />
areas for recording in the<br />
second of his books<br />
about the area during<br />
WWII.<br />
John, whose book The<br />
New Forest at War was<br />
published six years ago,<br />
hopes to hear from people<br />
who have never previously<br />
shared their<br />
stories, as well as those<br />
who are able to add to<br />
the anecdotes they have<br />
already provided.<br />
“Sharing stories through<br />
books is a good way of<br />
ensuring personal and<br />
family memories are not<br />
lost forever,” he said.<br />
“Taking this information<br />
forward to new generations<br />
also means that the<br />
impact of WWII, and its<br />
effect on all those who<br />
were caught up in this<br />
momentous struggle,<br />
will never be forgotten.”<br />
Anyone who is interested<br />
in being part of this<br />
project can contact John<br />
either by telephone on<br />
077 483 10996, email<br />
southampton.1@btinter<br />
net.com or drop a letter<br />
into the <strong>Herald</strong> office in<br />
Hythe, marked for his<br />
attention. All contact<br />
will be acknowledged<br />
promptly and no personal<br />
information will be<br />
passed on to third parties.<br />
Every contribution<br />
will be credited in the<br />
book and a local launch<br />
is planned, to which contributors<br />
will be invited.<br />
“I look forward to hearing<br />
from <strong>Herald</strong> readers<br />
and friends and to the<br />
opportunity of making<br />
sure your contribution is<br />
preserved as part of this<br />
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added John.<br />
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Table money is 50p per player for<br />
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awards for goodneighbours<br />
Two Waterside<br />
Goodneighbours volunteers<br />
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There are many volunteers<br />
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Pied Piper Panto<br />
Romsey Amateur operatic &<br />
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‘The Pied Piper’ at the Plaza<br />
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January.<br />
When old Hamelin town is plagued by<br />
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Piper, a rat catcher extraordinaire, to<br />
rid the town of the vermin. But the<br />
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piper out of the money he wants for<br />
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all the town’s children away.<br />
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return home safely.<br />
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THINGS TO DO, PLACES TO GO<br />
light anD lanDsCaPe<br />
Textile artist Hilary<br />
Marshall and fine art photographer<br />
Ellie Davies,<br />
have collaborated to present<br />
the exhibition ‘Light<br />
and Landscape’, an exploration<br />
of the Forest landscape<br />
at the New Forest<br />
Centre, Lyndhurst until<br />
sunday 2nd January. The<br />
exhibition is open daily<br />
WatersiDe<br />
methoDist<br />
ChurCh<br />
from 10am until 4.30pm,<br />
although the Centre will be<br />
closed on Christmas and<br />
Boxing Day.<br />
Hilary’s work focuses on<br />
the juxtaposition of the natural<br />
and the scientific<br />
world whilst Ellie’s work<br />
tackles the notion of landscape<br />
as viewed as a cultural<br />
fiction. Both artists<br />
Christmas serViCes<br />
A warm welcome awaits you<br />
Carols by Candlelight<br />
Sunday 19th December, 6.30pm<br />
North Road, Dibden Purlieu<br />
Christingle Service<br />
Friday 24th December, 4.30pm<br />
Chapel Lane, Fawley<br />
Midnight Communion<br />
Friday 24th December, 11.15pm<br />
North Road, Dibden Purlieu<br />
All Age Christmas Day Celebration<br />
Saturday 25th December, 10am<br />
Chapel Lane, Fawley<br />
Christmas Menu £17.95<br />
Includes a choice of<br />
Starter, Main Course and Dessert<br />
Book your Christmas Party Here<br />
There will also be some great offers on<br />
wines with your meal.<br />
For further information<br />
please call 023 8089 1402<br />
have created work which,<br />
whilst diverse in size and<br />
scale, represents a personal<br />
response to the landscape.<br />
By drawing on rich cultural<br />
and historic aspects of the<br />
Forest, each artist has managed<br />
to share a vision of the<br />
Forest that is beautiful and<br />
beguiling as well as challenging,<br />
and even threatening<br />
at times. For more<br />
information contact Hilary<br />
Marshall on 023 8028 6159<br />
or email hilary.mar<br />
shall@newforestcentre.org<br />
.uk or visit www.new<br />
forestcentre.org.uk for<br />
more details.<br />
Langley Tavern, Lepe Rd, Langley,<br />
Southamtpon SO45 1XR<br />
musiCal anD<br />
literaCY genuis<br />
There is a rare opportunity to see musical and literary<br />
genius, Louis de Bernières, author of the famous<br />
‘Captain Corelli’s Mandolin’ and ‘Birds without<br />
Wings’, in person at Minstead Village Hall on<br />
sunday 12th December at 7.30pm In a superb blend<br />
of music, poetry and gentle banter, Louis will read<br />
from his own work and a range of poems. He will also<br />
play mandolin, guitar and woodwind, together with<br />
flautist and keyboard player, Ilone Antonius-Jones.<br />
The show focuses on readings from de Bernières’<br />
most recent novels, with complementary music originating<br />
from Serbia, Eastern Europe, along with classical,<br />
and even some Bob Dylan!<br />
Tickets are £7.50 each, available from Minstead<br />
Village Shop. There will be a licensed bar. Enquiries<br />
and advance bookings to<br />
Jane Pownall 023 8081<br />
3437, or Barry<br />
olorenshaw 023 8081<br />
2178.<br />
Musical Fun at Buckler’s Hard<br />
Following a successful<br />
taster musical evening<br />
at the Master Builder’s<br />
Hotel in Buckler’s Hard<br />
last year, local musician<br />
Amy Marshall offered<br />
to hold a regular monthly<br />
acoustic evening<br />
there during the autumn<br />
and winter months.<br />
The first of these<br />
evenings was a huge<br />
success with a number<br />
of people taking and<br />
playing their own<br />
instruments, and everyone<br />
singing (or hum-<br />
Celebrate Christmas at the Bistro<br />
3 Course lunch £16.95<br />
3 Course Dinner £20<br />
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ming!) to lots of well<br />
known folk and topical<br />
songs. Amy’s musical<br />
background has included<br />
folk festivals, traditional<br />
village<br />
celebrations, fiddle<br />
playing, clog dancing,<br />
and many other related<br />
Enjoy a tea or coffee and<br />
mince pie at a free<br />
Christmas Coffee<br />
Morning at Totton and<br />
Eling Community Centre<br />
on Friday 10th<br />
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Pirates of old<br />
southampton<br />
The Sarah Siddons Fan Club is putting an unusual<br />
slant on Christmas with its roving production around<br />
the streets of Southampton, taking a wry look at some<br />
of the pirates who have featured in the city’s colourful<br />
past.<br />
Those going along to join the walk can meet the<br />
mayor’s private executioner, and the leader of the Sea<br />
Beggars, and hear tales of the Barbary pirates, the privateers,<br />
the Tudor seadogs, and lots of characters<br />
from history and legend.<br />
Performances on monday 13th , Wednesday 15th,<br />
Friday 17th and monday 20th December start at<br />
7.30pm from Holy Rood Church, High Street,<br />
Southampton. Booking is recommended and tickets at<br />
£4 are available from the Tourist Information Centre<br />
in Civic Centre Road (023 8083 3333), or for more<br />
information cal 023 8086 2882 or visit www.sarah<br />
siddonsfanclub.org<br />
CHRISTMAS<br />
COFFEE MORNING<br />
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forms of traditional<br />
entertainment.<br />
The next acoustic<br />
evenings with Amy at<br />
the Master Builder’s<br />
will be on thursdays<br />
23rd December, 27th<br />
January and 24th<br />
February.<br />
December from 10am<br />
until 12 noon. There will<br />
be free activities for children,<br />
and everyone is<br />
welcome. Telephone 023<br />
8086 3769 for more<br />
information.<br />
messiah<br />
Southampton Choral<br />
Society is presenting<br />
Handel’s ‘Messiah’ at St<br />
Mary’s Church,<br />
Southampton on<br />
saturday 18th<br />
December, starting at<br />
7.30pm.<br />
Tickets at £14 (concessions<br />
£12) are available<br />
by phoning 023 8089<br />
4612. If you live in the<br />
Waterside area and transport<br />
to the concert is a<br />
problem, you may like to<br />
take advantage of a special<br />
minibus service<br />
being organised for the<br />
concert. It will pick up at<br />
convenient locations in<br />
Blackfield, Dibden<br />
Purlieu and Hythe, and<br />
the cost is £3 return. To<br />
book a place on the<br />
minibus, call 023 8089<br />
4612.
THINGS TO DO, PLACES TO GO<br />
Be Part of the Magic<br />
The magic of Disney’s ‘Beauty<br />
and the Beast’ is coming to the<br />
Waterside Theatre in Holbury –<br />
not a pantomime, but the original<br />
musical which enthralled<br />
Broadway audiences for more<br />
than 13 years, and which will<br />
now be presented by Waterside<br />
Theatre Company. It is adapted<br />
from the Oscar winning animated<br />
feature film and includes all<br />
those favourite characters such<br />
as Belle and the Beast, and a<br />
collection of enchanted characters<br />
in the spell bound castle.<br />
This is an unforgettable and<br />
entertaining family musical<br />
extravaganza, which will dazzle<br />
the senses and touch the hearts<br />
of young and old alike.<br />
Christmas<br />
CoCktail<br />
Nomads amateur dramatic<br />
group is presenting a<br />
‘Christmas Cocktail’ to put<br />
everyone in festive mood. This<br />
evening of music and mirth<br />
takes place at Woodley Village<br />
Hall, School Road, Romsey on<br />
Friday 17th and Saturday 18th<br />
December at 7.30pm each<br />
evening. Tickets at £6 include a<br />
buffet supper and are available<br />
from Nomads members or by<br />
phoning 01794 523578 or<br />
01794 523947.<br />
Members of the audience can<br />
even be part of the story – at<br />
every performance two lucky<br />
children, wearing the best<br />
Beauty & The Beast costumes,<br />
will win the chance to go up on<br />
stage with all the cast at the end<br />
of the show to be presented with<br />
a prize.<br />
Early booking is a must for this<br />
half term treat, which takes place<br />
at the Waterside Theatre,<br />
Holbury from 22nd to 26th<br />
February at 7.30pm each<br />
evening, with a 2.30pm Saturday<br />
matinee. Tickets are £8.50 on the<br />
Tuesday, then £10 (£8.50 concessions)<br />
for all other performances.<br />
For tickets, ring 07743<br />
444819 or visit www.watersidetheatrecompany.org.uk<br />
woodside<br />
CoNCerts<br />
The Woodside Singers have put together<br />
a new concert of Christmas music to<br />
entertain audiences around the Waterside<br />
and New Forest areas. This year’s programme<br />
includes Vaughan Williams’<br />
‘Fantasia on Christmas Carols’, as well as<br />
carols and Christmas songs from across<br />
the years. As well as listening to the<br />
singers, there will be plenty of opportunities<br />
for the audience to join in, making the<br />
Woodside Singers’ Christmas Concert<br />
thoroughly entertaining.<br />
Concerts will be at St Mary’s Church,<br />
Copythorne on monday 13th december;<br />
and at St Matthew’s Church, Netley<br />
Marsh on tuesday 21st december. Both<br />
concerts begin at 7.30pm and tickets will<br />
be available at the door.<br />
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Magical Farmyard Grotto<br />
Longdown Activity Farm is expecting<br />
a very special person this Christmas.<br />
Santa Claus will be in his own special<br />
farmhouse in a magical farmyard grotto,<br />
complete with his tractor sleigh<br />
loaded with presents for the children.<br />
There will also be a nativity scene with<br />
real live animals, a peaceful reminder<br />
of the true meaning of Christmas.<br />
Santa will be ready to meet visitors at<br />
Longdown Activity Farm between<br />
11am and 4pm every day from<br />
saturday 11th until Friday 24th<br />
december. The farm itself is open<br />
from 10am till 4.30pm. Santa has got<br />
his own magic ticket system, which<br />
means that queuing is reduced. There’s<br />
no need to book, just turn up on the<br />
day.<br />
All the usual farm activities will be<br />
taking place, including bottle-feeding<br />
baby goats and calves, handling small<br />
animals, and feeding the larger goats,<br />
ducks and pigs. The farm includes a<br />
tearoom, gift shop and three different<br />
indoor play areas, so no matter what<br />
the weather, Longdown is a great place<br />
for all the family.<br />
All children visiting the farm between<br />
Late Night Christmas<br />
Shopping in Romsey<br />
will be on Friday 10th<br />
december, with lots of<br />
entertainment and special<br />
attractions to help<br />
add a little extra fun to<br />
seeking out those special<br />
festive purchases.<br />
The event, which is coordinated<br />
by Romsey &<br />
District Chamber of<br />
Commerce, will feature<br />
street entertainers,<br />
charity stalls, festive<br />
fare, old fashioned<br />
sweets and lots of<br />
added extras to create a<br />
really traditional<br />
atmosphere. Many of<br />
the shops will be staying<br />
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11th and 24th December get a chance to<br />
visit Santa, tell him what they would<br />
like for Christmas, and receive a gift<br />
from him. Admission prices (including<br />
the gift from Santa) are: £2.50 under 3’s<br />
and child season ticket holders; £6.25<br />
children 3-14 years; £7.25 adults. For<br />
more information visit www.longdown<br />
farm.co.uk or call 023 8029 2837.<br />
romsey late Night<br />
mal closing times and<br />
some will be offering<br />
special promotions during<br />
the evening.<br />
Father Christmas has<br />
again promised to make<br />
an appearance, so make<br />
sure you don’t miss<br />
him as he makes his<br />
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Celebrate in Dibden Purlieu<br />
ConCerT For Toybox The community and businesses of<br />
For excellent pre-Christmas entertainment and to support<br />
a very worthwhile cause, Ann Turner and friends<br />
are presenting a concert entitled ‘Concert for Toybox’<br />
on Saturday 11th December at 7.30pm in St<br />
Andrew’s Centre Hall, Dibden Purlieu. The participants<br />
will consist largely of Ann’s students, and the<br />
concert will be a mixture of vocal and instrumental<br />
music, including a wide of range of music and styles<br />
Music for Christmas<br />
For a really atmospheric start to Christmas, it’s worth<br />
paying a visit to Beaulieu Abbey Church on<br />
Saturday 11th December when Music at Beaulieu<br />
will be staging its festive concert. The award winning<br />
Highcliffe Junior Choir will present ‘Music for<br />
Christmas’, which will include readings, seasonal<br />
songs and even an interval treat of mince pies and<br />
mulled wine. Tickets at £8 can be purchased from the<br />
Box Office on 01590 611404.<br />
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Admission to the concert is free,<br />
with a retiring collection in support<br />
of the Toybox charity.<br />
Following the ‘Never Mind the<br />
Weather’ concert in November, Ann<br />
and David Turner are pleased to<br />
announce that, due to the generosity<br />
of the audience on the night, £370<br />
was collected and has been sent to<br />
the Orpheus Trust.<br />
Dibden Purlieu are coming together<br />
to organise a Christmas celebration<br />
in the village centre, on<br />
Thursday 9th December from<br />
3.30pm to around 6.30pm.<br />
Among the many attractions will<br />
be entertainment from carol<br />
singers, bands and choirs, plus a<br />
puppet show for the children, face<br />
painting and fairground rides. Best<br />
of all, Santa will be in his grotto<br />
ready to meet the children and listen<br />
to their Christmas wishes.<br />
Local groups and charities will be<br />
setting up stalls around the village,<br />
and if you start to feel peckish,<br />
look out for the barbecue, hogroast,<br />
hot chestnuts and warming drinks.<br />
A number of local community<br />
organisations will also be taking<br />
part, including Hampshire Fire &<br />
Rescue, the Ambulance Service,<br />
the RNLI and New Forest Nature<br />
Awareness Unit, as well as charitable<br />
groups such as Age Concern<br />
NFE, Hythe Hospital League of<br />
Friends, and Hythe & Waterside<br />
Rotary Club.<br />
There’s even the promise of snow<br />
in Dibden Purlieu that afternoon,<br />
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THINGS TO DO, PLACES TO GO<br />
Santa Steams into exbury<br />
The Santa Specials at Exbury Gardens<br />
are getting steamed up ready for the<br />
Christmas festivities over six days in<br />
December, as Exbury re-opens on<br />
Saturday 11th, Sunday 12th,<br />
Saturday 18th, Sunday 19th, Monday<br />
20th & Tuesday 21st December, with<br />
the first train leaving at 10.15am and the<br />
last train at 3.15pm.<br />
Visitors can enjoy a musical train ride<br />
through a winter garden wonderland,<br />
with seasonal characters to spot along<br />
the way. Children can visit Santa in his<br />
grotto and receive a gift-wrapped present.<br />
There’s hot punch and a mince pie<br />
for the grown ups and a Christmas<br />
chocolate for the children. Exbury’s Gift<br />
Shop & Plant Centre will be open for<br />
some Christmas shopping and you can warm up with<br />
a delicious hot meal or drink in Mr Eddy’s<br />
Restaurant. For those wanting to stretch their legs, a<br />
winding winter trail takes visitors to see the winter<br />
highlights of the award-winning gardens, including<br />
‘Christmas Cheer’, a late flowering rhododendron.<br />
Palace House and the National Motor<br />
Museum at Beaulieu are offering visitors<br />
a glimpse of Christmas past<br />
between 18th December and 2nd<br />
January. Victorian-style decorations<br />
and a magnificent Christmas tree will<br />
transform Palace House; children can<br />
delve into a Box of Delights and dress<br />
up in period costumes, while there will<br />
be carol singing around the grand piano<br />
in the lower drawing room.<br />
Visitors can talk to characters from<br />
Victorian times and discover what life<br />
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If you want only the best, most delicious fare to grace your table this<br />
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Order for collection from Out of Town Centre, Beaulieu on Thursday 23rd or Friday 24th December<br />
Remember, a happy turkey is a tasty turkey!<br />
Also available from the CET, our range of home-produced products: premier beef, pork and bacon, lamb<br />
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The Santa Specials are very popular and must be prebooked<br />
by calling 023 8024 5750 between 10am and<br />
4.30pm Mondays to Fridays. Train availability and<br />
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TeDDy bear book<br />
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A new children’s book,<br />
featuring the popular<br />
Bartie Bristle teddy bear<br />
from Beaulieu, has been<br />
published just in time for<br />
Christmas. Written by<br />
Julie Tatchell, who runs<br />
the Bear it in Mind shop<br />
in Beaulieu village, and<br />
beautifully illustrated by<br />
local artist Jill Fry,<br />
‘Bartie’s Christmas’<br />
would make a lovely<br />
stocking filler for any<br />
child. Ideal for parents<br />
and grandparents to read<br />
to very young children,<br />
the book is also suitable<br />
for older children to read<br />
for themselves.<br />
The story includes lots<br />
of local references and<br />
Christmas Past<br />
was like ‘upstairs and downstairs’ at<br />
Christmas time; they can warm themselves<br />
in front of the Yule log in the<br />
hearth of the great fireplace, while<br />
enjoying a glass of hot fruit punch.<br />
The Victorian theme continues in the<br />
Motor Museum where visitors can discover<br />
what driving was like in those<br />
early days of motoring.<br />
The Beaulieu attraction is open 10am<br />
to 5pm daily, except Christmas Day.<br />
For more information, visit<br />
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tells of Bartie’s adventures<br />
during a memorable<br />
Christmas time.<br />
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on sale at <strong>Herald</strong><br />
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High Street.
THINGS TO DO, PLACES TO GO<br />
Café Reopens at<br />
Lepe Country Park<br />
After a three month closure for refurbishments,<br />
Lepe Beach Café is now<br />
open for business again and under new<br />
management. Included within the new<br />
cafe is a small shop, the ideal place to<br />
pick up stocking fillers and other<br />
Christmas gifts in a relaxed setting.<br />
Country Park Manager, Alison Steele<br />
says: “We are delighted to be able to<br />
offer this improved facility to our visi-<br />
tors, and will continue to develop the<br />
dining experience as we get feedback<br />
on what our customers want”.<br />
Winter opening times, until the end of<br />
March, are Thursday to Sunday from<br />
10am to 4pm each day, with daily<br />
opening during school holidays. If you<br />
are looking to book something special<br />
for a group, telephone 023 8089 9108.<br />
BEAULIEU CONCERT<br />
The annual Beaulieu<br />
Village Christmas<br />
Concert will be held on<br />
Wednesday 15th<br />
December starting at<br />
7.30pm in Beaulieu<br />
Village Hall.<br />
Beaulieu Band will provide<br />
some seasonal<br />
music, and there will be<br />
a cast of local amateur<br />
performers presenting a<br />
mix of humour, singing<br />
and solo performances.<br />
The recently formed<br />
Beaulieu Warblers choir<br />
will make its debut for<br />
the show, and it is<br />
rumoured that the hilarious<br />
Sand Dancers will<br />
be back again.<br />
Mulled wine and mince<br />
pies will be available,<br />
with a raffle being<br />
drawn at the end of the<br />
evening. Tickets at £7 in<br />
advance can be purchased<br />
at Queensmeade<br />
Village Shop in<br />
Beaulieu High Street.<br />
Feast of Music<br />
Romsey Abbey will be the venue for a Feast of<br />
Christmas Music on Friday 17th December when<br />
Romsey Singers will be joined by Salisbury Brass<br />
Ensemble for a programme of festive melodies. The<br />
evening, which begins at 7.30pm, will include carols<br />
for choir and audience. For ticket information, call<br />
Romsey Visitor Centre on 01794 512987.<br />
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The Lady or The Tiger?<br />
Rownhams House is to<br />
be the venue for a performance<br />
of ‘The Lady or<br />
the Tiger?’ with storyteller<br />
Rosey Tyler. This<br />
timeless and deeply<br />
intriguing tale that you<br />
will never forget will<br />
take place on Thursday<br />
16th, Friday 17th and<br />
Saturday 18th<br />
December starting at<br />
7.30pm (doors open<br />
7pm) in the Old Library<br />
at the magical<br />
Rownhams House.<br />
Completely redecorated<br />
since the last theatrical<br />
performance there and<br />
now looking really beautiful,<br />
the Old Library is a<br />
perfect place for such a<br />
production, as Percy and<br />
Mary Shelley’s papers<br />
were housed there during<br />
the First World War,<br />
including the handwritten<br />
manuscript of<br />
‘Frankenstein’.<br />
Tickets are £8 on the<br />
door (cash or cheque), or<br />
can be booked in<br />
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HAPPY CHRISTMAS IN HYTHE<br />
BOxFULS OF LOVE<br />
Hythe & Waterside Rotary Club collected a record<br />
number of 188 decorated shoeboxes filled with gifts<br />
for some of the world’s poorest and most disadvantaged<br />
children. Club members ferried 19 large cartons<br />
of the shoeboxes full of seasonal gifts to the district<br />
collection point in Southampton Docks, where they<br />
were sorted and packed by a small team of Rotarians<br />
ready for shipment to Tanzania, Montenegro and<br />
Romania.<br />
As well as Hythe Rotary Club members getting<br />
involved by filling, checking, sorting, storing, and<br />
transporting shoeboxes, a number of other people<br />
donated filled shoeboxes including Hardley School,<br />
Hythe Primary School, Wildground Infant School,<br />
and the Ichthus Charity Shop in Totton.<br />
Dave Hoy, the shoebox appeal co-ordinator for Hythe<br />
& Waterside Rotary, expressed his thanks to all those<br />
who contributed to the appeal and helped spread a little<br />
happiness during the festive season.<br />
Hythe & Dibden Parish Council is<br />
again seeking nominations for the<br />
Young Sports Person of the Year<br />
Award. Those nominated must be aged<br />
between 5 and 18, and live in the<br />
Parish of Hythe & Dibden; they must<br />
also meet at least one of the following<br />
criteria:<br />
• Worked hard to make a success of a<br />
sport or sports<br />
• Endeavoured to overcome a handicap<br />
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Re-Stringing, Valuations, Ear Piercing<br />
We also purchase and sell quality secondhand jewellery<br />
BRANCH AT WINCHESTER, HANTS<br />
EST. 1969<br />
• Gained a sporting achievement during<br />
the last year<br />
To nominate a young person for the<br />
award, send their details, together with<br />
your own contact details, to the Deputy<br />
Clerk to the Council, The Grove, 25 St<br />
John’s Street, Hythe, to arrive by the<br />
beginning of February 2011. The winning<br />
nominee will be invited to receive<br />
their award at the Annual Parish<br />
Meeting in May. For more information,<br />
call 023 8084 1411 ext 211.<br />
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HAPPY CHRISTMAS IN HYTHE<br />
Hythe Christmas Tree Festival<br />
The Hythe Christmas Tree<br />
Festival is running in St John’s<br />
Church until Sunday 12th<br />
December. Local groups and<br />
organisations have decorated trees<br />
on their own chosen theme and<br />
these are displayed around the<br />
church.<br />
Admission to see the trees is free,<br />
and all those visiting are invited to<br />
bid for any they particularly like,<br />
in a silent auction – with the highest<br />
bidder for each tree being able<br />
to take it home, complete with<br />
decorations, after the festival closes.<br />
Trophies will be presented for the<br />
best tree entered by a youth group<br />
and the best from an adult organisation.<br />
Money raised by the<br />
Christmas Tree Festival will be<br />
shared by Hythe 2000 and St<br />
John’s Church.<br />
For more details or to enquire<br />
about opening times, contact St<br />
John’s Hall on 023 8084 4336.<br />
CANCER SUPPORT<br />
CENTRE OPEN IN HYTHE<br />
Following its Launch Day<br />
on 29th October, the<br />
Waterside Cancer Support<br />
Centre is now open as a<br />
‘drop-in’ centre at The<br />
Grove, Hythe on<br />
Mondays, Tuesdays and<br />
Wednesdays between<br />
10am and 4pm, for anyone<br />
affected by cancer,<br />
whether they are a patient,<br />
family member or carer.<br />
Trained volunteers, called<br />
Befrienders, offer a warm<br />
welcome and confidential,<br />
listening ear, and help to<br />
provide relevant information.<br />
There is also one-to-one<br />
counselling and a trained<br />
therapist for easing stress<br />
through aromatherapy or<br />
reflexology; a yoga specialist,<br />
who can tailor a<br />
gentle programme to help<br />
breathing and relaxing to<br />
meet each individual person’s<br />
needs; and advice for<br />
hair and wig requirements.<br />
The trustees and all the<br />
team intend to continue<br />
working to extend services<br />
and extend opening days<br />
as soon as there are sufficient<br />
trained volunteers.<br />
Visitors have already been<br />
welcomed to the centre<br />
and the team hopes that<br />
they leave feeling a little<br />
better, and knowing that<br />
they can come again as<br />
often as they choose.<br />
The centre is totally self-<br />
funding, so it is necessary<br />
to raise money and the<br />
team is quite overwhelmed<br />
by the thoughtfulness,<br />
kindness and<br />
generosity that local residents<br />
and organisations<br />
have shown, and would<br />
like to extend its grateful<br />
and appreciative thanks.<br />
With Christmas and New<br />
Year approaching, it is<br />
often a difficult time for<br />
poorly or bereaved people.<br />
The Centre will be open<br />
Beat Surgeries<br />
For the opportunity to meet local officers from the Hythe<br />
and Dibden Safer Neighbourhood Team to discuss any<br />
issues or concerns that you may have in your neighbourhood,<br />
beat surgeries are taking place at Chapter One<br />
Bookshop, High Street, Hythe between 11am and 2pm on<br />
the first and third Wednesday of every month and St<br />
Andrew’s Church, Beaulieu Road, Dibden Purlieu between<br />
10am and 11am on alternate Thursdays, as of Thursday 2nd<br />
December. Alternatively you can contact the Safer<br />
Neighbourhoods team by calling 101 or emailing: new.for<br />
est.east.snt@hampshire.pnn.police.uk<br />
up to and including<br />
Wednesday 22nd<br />
December and will reopen<br />
on Tuesday 4th<br />
January. The centre can<br />
be contacted on 023 8178<br />
0409.<br />
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Coming Events<br />
Saturday 8th January<br />
NEW YEAR LUNCH<br />
Saturday 29th January<br />
BURNS SUPPER<br />
Saturday 19th February<br />
HAMPSHIRE POLICE BAND<br />
Saturday 5th March<br />
MARCHWOOD ORCHESTRA<br />
Wedneday 30th March<br />
WATERSIDE YOUTH ORCHESTRA<br />
at 6pm<br />
Saturday 2nd April<br />
MURDER MYSTERY EVENING<br />
with evening meal, 7.30pm<br />
Saturday 14th May<br />
NEW FOREST BRASS<br />
at 7.30pm<br />
Tickets and details from the church office<br />
023 8084 5005 or the <strong>Herald</strong> Office<br />
HYTHE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH,<br />
NEW ROAD, HYTHE<br />
Tiffany’s Tearooms<br />
Seasons<br />
Greetings<br />
to all our<br />
customers<br />
Proprietor: Lynne Edmunds<br />
OPEN CHRISTMAS DAY<br />
12 Noon to 2pm<br />
£30 for 4 Courses<br />
• Full English Breakfast<br />
• Traditional Lunches<br />
• Daily Specials • Home Made Cakes<br />
• 2 for £10 Dinners<br />
• Buy One Coffee Get Refill Free<br />
2 Pylewell Road, Hythe • Tel: 023 8084 9106<br />
JANUARY DAY TRIPS<br />
Friday 21st January - 9am - CHICHESTER MARKET - £9<br />
Sunday 23rd January - 9am - JANUARY JAUNT - £10<br />
Friday 28th January - 9am - PORTSMOUTH AND GUNWHARF - £9<br />
Sunday 30th January - 9am - VICTORIA & ALBERT MUSEUM - £16<br />
FORTHCOMING<br />
HIGHCLERE CASTLE - Join us to visit this castle which was used in the filmset for Downton Abbey<br />
Sunday 1st May - 9am - Adult £25 CH £18<br />
CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW - The Amazing show is back again. 2 days available (afternoon entrance)<br />
Thursday 26th May - 12 noon - £45<br />
Friday 27th May - 12 noon - £45<br />
New Holiday Listing Available • We Sell Gift Vouchers - Ideal Christmas Present<br />
Please ring 023 8084 4788 or 023 8020 7284 or visit our website: www.watersidetours.co.uk or<br />
call in at our Hythe office at: 1a High Street, Hythe, Hants SO45 6AG for our extensive program<br />
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Graham’s<br />
MOT Workshop<br />
(next to Hythe Pier)<br />
OPENING OFFER<br />
MOT Checkover £20<br />
Don’t have a Festive<br />
Breakdown, ring Graham.<br />
Merry Christmas<br />
• All MOT Work undertaken - Brakes,<br />
Welding, Exhausts, General Repairs,<br />
• MOT’s arranged • Servicing<br />
• Old and New Makes, Models Repaired at<br />
Competitive Rates<br />
Free Estimates<br />
Tel: 07761 635707 anytime<br />
or call at Hythe Garage,<br />
Prospect Place, Hythe SO45 6AU<br />
HAPPY CHRISTMAS IN HYTHE<br />
Treasure in Hythe’s Streets<br />
For an unusual stocking<br />
filler, or for something<br />
different to do with the<br />
children, grandchildren<br />
or visitors, the Hythe<br />
Treasure Trail could be<br />
the answer.<br />
Costing just £5, the trail<br />
pack can be purchased<br />
at the <strong>Herald</strong> office in<br />
Hythe High Street and<br />
will guide you on a fascinating<br />
walking tour of<br />
the village, taking in<br />
points of interest, historical<br />
features and<br />
intriguing facts about<br />
some of Hythe’s former<br />
residents. All along the<br />
route there are things to<br />
look out for and things<br />
Dawkins & Lodge<br />
For the Best in Eye Care<br />
Dawkins & Lodge of Hythe are one of Hampshire’s leading independent<br />
optometrists and dispensing opticians.<br />
Our friendly, trained opticians and staff can offer a range of eye care options<br />
from full NHS or private eye examinations and comprehensive contact lens<br />
options with flexible aftercare packages.<br />
Choose from a wide selection of frames - from budget through to designer -<br />
including Porsche, Janet Reger and Gucci. You can even design your own with<br />
Tom Davies bespoke frames.<br />
Our new Visioffice will design lenses to suit your individual eyes needs, and we<br />
can carry out minor repairs on site.<br />
We also offer Eyeplan, the complete eye-care package, which includes first<br />
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Call in to benefit from our excellent service and advice at competitive prices.<br />
For more information, contact us on 023 8084 3798 or<br />
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Unit 4, The Marsh, Hythe Southampton SO45 6AJ<br />
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to do, with clues to follow<br />
and questions to<br />
answer as you go in a<br />
treasure-trail format.<br />
The Hythe Treasure<br />
Trail is suitable for all<br />
ages, for families, individuals<br />
or groups. It is<br />
all on pavements and<br />
will take about 2 hours<br />
to complete. The trail is<br />
Over the weekend of 4-5th June 2011,<br />
Hythe & Dibden will receive a visit<br />
from residents from Mauves-sur-Loire,<br />
France, the village twinned which<br />
Hythe. The Twinning Association, who<br />
organises accommodation and events<br />
over the weekend, is hoping that there<br />
are non-members in the community<br />
who would like to be involved, and<br />
ensure that it is a visit to remember.<br />
The visitors are individuals, couples<br />
and families and need accommodation<br />
during their stay. Some have good<br />
English, most have a strong understanding,<br />
whilst some may have limited<br />
English. The Association always<br />
know in advance of the visitors’ language<br />
ability and consider this when<br />
matching to the English host families,<br />
as well as matching as far as possible,<br />
individual and family interests.<br />
The weekend normally involves a full<br />
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for all sales and lettings<br />
approximately 2 miles,<br />
and is suitable for<br />
pushchairs and wheelchairs.<br />
As an added bonus, if<br />
you send in your completed<br />
trail card, your<br />
name will be entered<br />
into a free draw with a<br />
cash prize for the lucky<br />
winner drawn from all<br />
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day out by coach to places of interest<br />
on Saturday, with a social evening and<br />
meal on Sunday. Hosting families<br />
entertain their visitors for the remaining<br />
time, although often host families<br />
work together.<br />
If you would like to become involved<br />
by providing accommodation, working<br />
with a host family to support them during<br />
the weekend, or helping with the<br />
organising of the day out or social<br />
evening, Hythe & Dibden Twinning<br />
Association would be delighted to hear<br />
from you. If you or your children are<br />
learning French, this could be an<br />
opportunity to practise whilst having<br />
an enjoyable time. Further information<br />
can be obtained from Graham Parkes at<br />
Hythe Community Centre on 023 8084<br />
4074 during the day, or on 023 8084<br />
7388 at other times.<br />
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the correct entries for<br />
the year.<br />
The Hythe Treasure<br />
Trail, which is sponsored<br />
by Waitrose and<br />
<strong>Herald</strong> <strong>Publishing</strong>, is<br />
one of a series of similar<br />
trails being developed<br />
for towns and<br />
villages around<br />
Hampshire.
HAPPY CHRISTMAS IN HYTHE<br />
Ghosts of the Past<br />
The film to be shown at<br />
Hythe’s New Hampton<br />
Cinema for December<br />
will be Julian Fellows’<br />
‘From Time to Time’<br />
(15), a perfect film for<br />
the pre-Christmas season.<br />
In times of war two centuries<br />
apart, two distinct<br />
worlds are linked by a<br />
single family and the<br />
house in which they live.<br />
In 1944, thirteen year<br />
old Tolly Oldknow<br />
(Alex Etel-Millions) is<br />
sent to spend Christmas<br />
with his grandmother<br />
(Maggie Smith), whilst<br />
his mother searches for<br />
news of his father in<br />
wartime London. In the<br />
old house, he becomes a<br />
witness to events during<br />
the Napoleonic wars,<br />
and finds himself slowly<br />
drawn into the drama.<br />
Invisible to most people<br />
in the past, yet able to<br />
move amongst them, he<br />
Art on<br />
the MArinA<br />
Two local artists are holding a pre-Christmas exhibition<br />
in Hythe. Richard Ashford, who lives in the vil-<br />
lage, will be celebrating<br />
his recent invitation to<br />
join the prestigious<br />
Maritime Art Group.<br />
Joining him in the exhibition<br />
will be Hardleybased<br />
artist Brian<br />
Harrild, who has been<br />
coaching and encouraging<br />
Richard since he<br />
decided to take up painting<br />
after his retirement.<br />
Richard and Brian have<br />
put together a collection<br />
of paintings that include<br />
watercolours, oils and<br />
acrylics. The exhibition,<br />
which will also include<br />
work by some specially<br />
invited guest artists, will<br />
be held from Friday<br />
10th to Sunday 12th<br />
December, at 10am till<br />
4pm daily, in the Solent<br />
Community Room<br />
(signposted) on Hythe<br />
Marina, and admission<br />
is free.<br />
begins to unravel the<br />
mystery that has bewildered<br />
his family for two<br />
centuries. The solution<br />
to the puzzle leads him<br />
into a great adventure.<br />
The film also features<br />
Hugh Bonneville,<br />
Timothy Spall, Harriet<br />
Walter and Pauline<br />
Collins.<br />
‘From Time to Time’ is<br />
on the big screen at the<br />
Parish Hall, West Street,<br />
Hythe, on tuesday 14th<br />
December at 2.30pm<br />
and 7.30pm. Tickets at<br />
£5 are available at the<br />
door, or in advance from<br />
The <strong>Herald</strong> office in<br />
Hythe High Street.<br />
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HAPPY CHRISTMAS IN HYTHE<br />
Celebrate Community Spirit<br />
The Hythe & Dibden Community Spirit Award,<br />
sponsored by The <strong>Herald</strong>, seeks to recognise some<br />
of the ‘local heroes’ within our community.<br />
Nominations are now being invited for the 2011<br />
awards which will be presented at the Annual<br />
Parish meeting in the spring.<br />
If you know someone who deserves recognition<br />
because they give up their time voluntarily to help<br />
others within the community or to improve the<br />
local environment for the benefit of others, send<br />
their details to Community Spirit Award, Parish<br />
Clerk, Hythe & Dibden Parish Council, The<br />
Grove, 25 St John’s Street, Hythe.<br />
hiStory WAlkS<br />
For an opportunity to find out more about Hythe’s<br />
fascinating history and some of the personalities who<br />
have played a part in its past, there is a series of Hythe<br />
History Walks, lasting about 45 minutes, led by local<br />
resident Sarah Marsden.<br />
All walks start from the entrance to Hythe Pier and<br />
take place on Mondays<br />
and Fridays at 2pm and<br />
on Saturdays at 11am<br />
during November. A<br />
small donation would be<br />
appreciated. There are<br />
no walks planned for<br />
December at time of<br />
going to press, however,<br />
to find out about future<br />
dates, visit www.hythenewforest.org,<br />
email<br />
HstryTlks@aol.com or<br />
phone 07971 272477.<br />
To qualify for an award, the voluntary work must<br />
be carried out within the parish of Hythe &<br />
Dibden, or directly for the benefit of residents of<br />
the parish. Send in the name and address of the<br />
person you are nominating and a brief outline of<br />
why you think they deserve an award, together<br />
with your own contact details.<br />
For further information about the Community<br />
Spirit Awards, contact either David Shimpe at the<br />
Parish Council on 023 8084 1411 or <strong>Herald</strong> editor<br />
Janice Taylor on 023 8084 5700.<br />
toWnSWoMen’S<br />
GuilD<br />
Hythe Townswomen’s Guild welcomed Ruth<br />
Crouch and her team comprising of Maureen<br />
Powell, Ric Mills and Alec Coates at their<br />
November meeting. Ruth spoke enthusiastically<br />
about the British Red Cross, who support the Fire<br />
Service both night and day, comforting people<br />
who may have lost everything and supplying them<br />
with a welcome hot drink and basic items they<br />
may need. Guild members were invited to look at<br />
their camper van, which was comfortably arranged<br />
and held all the items that they may need, and were<br />
very impressed with the amount of work the Red<br />
Cross take on in this country, staffed by volunteers.<br />
Hythe Townswomen’s Guild’s next meeting is on<br />
thursday 9th December at 7.30pm in St John’s<br />
Church Hall, Hythe. It will be a Christmas Party<br />
with an American Supper. For more information<br />
telephone Joy on 023 8084 8807.<br />
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HAPPY CHRISTMAS IN HYTHE<br />
Help The Hedgehogs<br />
Bees Hedgehog Rescue has been looking after sick,<br />
injured and orphaned hedgehogs in the Waterside for<br />
over 20 years, but is now in danger of closure, due to<br />
lack of funding and food etc. Jackie Bennett, who<br />
runs the Rescue, currently works at the Nationwide<br />
Agency in kings Estate Agents in Hythe, which also<br />
acts as a local drop off point for food, shredded paper<br />
and donations. From the New year, as the Building<br />
Society Agency closes on 31st December, the <strong>Herald</strong><br />
office in the High Street, will become the new drop<br />
off point for tins of cat and dog food (not fish varieties),<br />
towels and donations.<br />
All donations received go towards the care of the<br />
hedgehogs, including food, vets bills, cleaning items<br />
and hoglet milk, which costs £29 per tin.<br />
Bees Hedgehog Rescue urgently needs local support<br />
to enable it to keep helping these endearing and now<br />
endangered creatures. Jackie can be contacted on 023<br />
8042 8112.<br />
CrAFt CluB<br />
Hythe knit & Craft Club meets at Hythe Community<br />
Centre on the third Thursday of each month, starting<br />
at 1.30pm. Members enjoy a busy programme of talks<br />
and demonstrations covering a wide variety of crafts<br />
and interests. They also share their skills and expertise<br />
with each other.<br />
On thursday 20th January there will be a demonstration<br />
of ‘Christmas Card Boxes’, and on thursday<br />
17th February members will be invited to ‘Show and<br />
Tell’.<br />
New members are always very welcome; for more<br />
details phone 023 8081 4309.<br />
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need a<br />
helping hand?<br />
Hythe & Waterside Rotary Club works to help the<br />
local community in a number of ways, both through<br />
financial donations and by giving practical assistance.<br />
Members organise fundraising events throughout the<br />
year to enable the club to support community projects<br />
and to give aid to those in need.<br />
Applications for financial or practical support are<br />
invited from organisations and individuals; if you or<br />
your organisation would like to be considered for<br />
help, send a letter giving details in a SEALED envelope<br />
clearly marked ‘Hythe & Waterside Rotary Club’<br />
via The <strong>Herald</strong>, 6 High Street, Hythe, Southampton,<br />
SO45 6AH or email secretary@hytherotary.org.uk<br />
To find out more about Hythe & Waterside Rotary<br />
Club and its activities, visit www.hytherotary.org.uk<br />
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Est. 1947<br />
Alice & Malcolm at the<br />
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33 New Road, hythe<br />
Give us a call on<br />
023 8084 7422<br />
for appointments,<br />
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Merry Christmas to all our<br />
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“We continue to serve”<br />
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BSc.(Hons.)Podiatry<br />
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07825 796923 or<br />
07863 396856<br />
1ST FLOOR, SOUTH<br />
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promotion at any time. 6. Value of voucher is 0.0001p. 7. Original vouchers only<br />
Promoter: Premier Coffee Ltd<br />
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painter and decorator<br />
2 Waterside, Hythe<br />
Phone 023 8084 9804<br />
or 07867 673627<br />
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• TV Aerials<br />
• Portable Appliance Testing<br />
• Maintenance<br />
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• Showers<br />
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Call us FREE on:<br />
0800 521 520<br />
023 8084 2929 • 023 8084 5825<br />
023 8086 4210 • 023 8086 4346<br />
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Estate Cars ~ Saloon Cars ~ 8 Seater Minibus<br />
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Female Drivers Available<br />
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HAPPY CHRISTMAS IN HYTHE<br />
Meet & Make New Friends<br />
If you are physically disabled<br />
and would like the<br />
opportunity to meet new<br />
people and make new<br />
friends in an informal<br />
group, why not join<br />
MODCATS (Members<br />
of Disabled Community<br />
Aiding Themselves<br />
Successfully)? The<br />
group has been established<br />
for 18 years and<br />
provides a pop-in centre<br />
at St John’s Church Hall<br />
in Hythe on Friday<br />
mornings from 10.30am<br />
until 12.30pm.<br />
Accessible transport can<br />
be provided to collect<br />
Did you know that <strong>Herald</strong> <strong>Publishing</strong><br />
in Hythe is a Local Information Point<br />
for the New Forest National Park? A<br />
wide range of free leaflets and information<br />
is available to help both visitors<br />
and locals to get the most out of this<br />
special part of England, to help conserve<br />
its best features for future generations,<br />
and to learn more about the<br />
members from home if<br />
needed, in the Totton<br />
and Waterside area.<br />
Members enjoy a variety<br />
of talks bi-monthly and<br />
regular outings to interesting<br />
places, as well as<br />
Christmas and annual<br />
birthday parties.<br />
MODCATS is supported<br />
by a much appreciated<br />
group of volunteer<br />
helpers, who assist with<br />
driving minibuses and<br />
providing refreshments<br />
at the weekly meetings.<br />
The group is in need of<br />
more volunteers, including<br />
a new treasurer to<br />
join the committee. If<br />
you can help MOD-<br />
CATS in any way, a<br />
warm welcome awaits<br />
you, so why not call in<br />
for a cup of tea or coffee<br />
on a Friday morning. For<br />
more information, contact<br />
Jo Wastrell on 023<br />
8084 5033.<br />
loCAl inForMAtion<br />
history, nature and heritage of the area.<br />
In addition, <strong>Herald</strong> <strong>Publishing</strong> offers a<br />
variety of other free information<br />
leaflets about attractions, events and<br />
activities in the area. Call in and see if<br />
we can help you to get the best out of<br />
the place where you live. We’re in the<br />
High Street right opposite the Lord<br />
Nelson.<br />
Magpie Fashions<br />
our Pre-ChriStMAS SAle noW on<br />
Between 35% and 50% off<br />
all day dresses and evening gowns<br />
And if you are looking for that special Christmas gift, don’t forget our<br />
wonderful range of costume jewellery from Oceanic, as featured in<br />
Vogue and other high fashion magazines (jewellery is not in the sale)<br />
1 high Street, hythe So45 6AG • tel 023 8084 8829<br />
Opening Hours: 10am-4pm (Closed all day Wednesdays)<br />
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u New and Used 3 piece suites<br />
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HAPPY CHRISTMAS IN HYTHE<br />
Shopping Windfall<br />
Earlier this year, Paul<br />
Jeffreys estate agents of<br />
Hythe celebrated their<br />
18th birthday, and as part<br />
of their celebrations they<br />
put up a selection of<br />
offers for vendors to take<br />
advantage of. One such<br />
vendor was Mrs Clifford<br />
of Hythe, who instructed<br />
Paul Jeffreys to sell her<br />
mother’s maisonette in<br />
Hythe, and opted for the<br />
offer of £350 of John<br />
Lewis vouchers.<br />
Whilst the property sold<br />
quickly, the transaction<br />
took longer than average<br />
to actually complete.<br />
Mrs Clifford commented:<br />
“I was beginning to<br />
think the sale would<br />
never go through and<br />
Shoppers Carols<br />
St John’s Church in Hythe is offering the chance to<br />
enjoy a little more of the real meaning of Christmas<br />
amid all the hustle and bustle of shopping and festive<br />
preparations. On Tuesday 21st december, the church<br />
will host ‘Shoppers Carols’, with sessions starting at<br />
10.30am and 11.30am. Everyone is welcome to take a<br />
break, pop in to the church, and join in or just listen to<br />
the carols.<br />
Mrs Clifford receiving her vouchers<br />
from Paul Dettmer<br />
then I would have the<br />
double disappointment<br />
of losing a buyer and<br />
also not receiving the<br />
John Lewis vouchers!”<br />
After presenting Mrs<br />
Clifford with the vouch-<br />
Bryley Hardware<br />
‘Bah Humbug’ said Scrooge it’s Christmas again<br />
Why buy presents, I have no friends<br />
But behold, what’s this I see?<br />
Tis a store of hardware, Bryley<br />
A fascinating variety of goods therein<br />
I could give as gifts, if I had friends<br />
Trees, Tinsel, Wreaths and Lights<br />
Prices so fair they give me no fright<br />
I shall buy gifts here and perhaps by year end<br />
In my life I shall have an abundance of friends<br />
Now wouldn’t that be nice<br />
ers, Director Paul<br />
Dettmer commented:<br />
“We look forward to seeing<br />
Mrs Clifford modelling<br />
her new range of<br />
clothing!”<br />
C A PARFITT<br />
& SON<br />
T Quality Shoe &<br />
Leather Repairs<br />
T Key Cutting<br />
T Engraving<br />
T Gifts & Leather<br />
Goods<br />
14 Marsh Parade,<br />
Hythe<br />
023 8084 3681<br />
Call in to check us out in<br />
Pylewell Precinct (near the Library)<br />
Also access from car park<br />
Tel: 023 8084 3295<br />
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THE LORD NELSON<br />
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EVE FANCY<br />
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• Curry Buffet<br />
Ticket Only<br />
(On Sale Now)<br />
A VERY MERRY<br />
CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY<br />
NEW YEAR TO ALL<br />
LIVE MUSIC<br />
11th December - Gasoline Alley<br />
• 18th December - Fearne • 29th December - Plus One<br />
Lots of Fun Nights during Christmas Holiday<br />
Sunday Night is Quiz Bingo (Cash Prizes)<br />
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a Scooters a Walkers<br />
a Stair lifts<br />
a Rise-recline chairs<br />
a Bath lifts<br />
a Daily living aids<br />
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Beech Cottage<br />
Dental Practice<br />
R J May & Associates<br />
43 School Road, Hythe,<br />
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www.beechcottagedentalpractice.co.uk<br />
023 8084 3319<br />
HAPPY CHRISTMAS IN HYTHE<br />
arts & Crafts fair<br />
Hythe & Waterside Rotary Club will be running<br />
another Arts & Crafts Fair in Hythe on Saturday<br />
16th april.<br />
The aim is to give local artists and craftspeople a<br />
chance to showcase and sell their work to the public,<br />
and for the Rotary Club to raise some funds to support<br />
local charities. Exhibitors will be by invitation in<br />
order to maintain a high standard of work and to<br />
avoid too much overlap of similar types of work.<br />
Any artists or craftspeo-<br />
ple who would like to be<br />
considered for the event,<br />
which will be held at<br />
Hythe Community<br />
Centre, are invited to<br />
send brief details of their<br />
work (together with photos,<br />
if possible) by post<br />
to Janice Taylor, Hythe<br />
& Waterside Rotary, c/o<br />
6 High Street, Hythe,<br />
Southampton, SO45<br />
6AH, or by email to<br />
jtaylor@silverockenter<br />
prises.co.uk<br />
over<br />
60’S in<br />
hyThe<br />
The Evergreen Club for<br />
over 60s meets twice a<br />
month at St John’s Hall,<br />
Hythe for a programme<br />
of social events, games<br />
and talks. Meetings take<br />
place from 1.45 to 4pm<br />
and newcomers are<br />
always welcome. For<br />
more information and<br />
details of the next meeting<br />
call 023 8089 1721.<br />
NEW LOOK<br />
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for an honest, reliable<br />
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Call Carol on<br />
07920 158726<br />
Kitchens & Bathrooms<br />
u Kitchens and bathrooms designed and fitted by our specialists<br />
u Extensive showroom, the largest in the area. A multitude of<br />
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u Free design and quotation service. All kitchen quotations produced<br />
using latest CAD technology, see your kitchen before it’s fitted!<br />
Helpful Advice<br />
New Forest Disability Information Service holds free<br />
information and advice sessions in Hythe. They are<br />
held at The Grove in St John’s Street every<br />
Wednesday from 12 noon to 4pm. A similar service<br />
is offered at Hythe Library from 10am to 12.30pm on<br />
the first Tuesday of alternate months, the next one<br />
being on Tuesday 11th January.<br />
Confidential advice and information is available on a<br />
wide range of topics, such as benefits, equipment,<br />
transport, holidays, access, home adaptations and<br />
clubs. The information is of interest to people with<br />
disabilities, their carers, families and friends.<br />
For more information, call 01425 628750.<br />
ClairvoyanCe<br />
Hythe Spiritualist Church is holding an evening of<br />
clairvoyance on friday 10th december, starting at<br />
7pm for 7.30pm in the Community Centre in Brinton<br />
Lane, Hythe. Leading the evening will be mediums<br />
Geoff and Alan Potts. All are welcome, and the<br />
admission charge is £2.50.<br />
Charity Concert<br />
A programme of specially chosen Christmas music<br />
will fill the air when Waterside Musical Society presents<br />
a charity concert at Cornerstone (Hythe United<br />
Contact us with any enquiries on 023 8084 3787 or<br />
come and see our showroom for yourself at 2 South Street, Hythe, SO45 6EB<br />
Don’t forget to visit: www.pcbuildingsupplies.co.uk<br />
Reformed Church) on<br />
Wednesday 15th<br />
december, starting at<br />
7.30pm. The concert is<br />
in aid of the Waterside<br />
Cancer Support Centre<br />
which is now open at<br />
The Grove in St John’s<br />
Street, Hythe. Tickets at<br />
£6 are on sale at The<br />
<strong>Herald</strong> office in Hythe or<br />
by phoning 023 8084<br />
8529.<br />
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HAPPY CHRISTMAS IN HYTHE TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT<br />
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healThier lifeSTyleS<br />
During the past few months, Sexual Health sessions<br />
for young people have been held at Netley View and<br />
in Hythe. The Handy Trust team has been working<br />
alongside the Waterside Sexual Health Nurse and<br />
Hampshire Teenage Pregnancy Partnership to inform<br />
local young people about healthy lifestyles and positive<br />
sexual health attitudes. After consultation, the<br />
young people themselves decided on ‘Hen’ and ‘Stag’<br />
night events, and so far more than 60 young people<br />
Floral Sunshine<br />
Hythe Flower Club meets monthly on a Thursday at<br />
7 for 7.30pm in the Parish Hall, West Street, Hythe.<br />
Members enjoy a programme of interesting and<br />
skilled demonstrators who cover a wide variety of<br />
topics and styles of floral decoration. They will begin<br />
the new year on a bright note when Katie Baxter will<br />
present ‘Bring Me Sunshine’ on Thursday 13th<br />
January. Visitors will be very welcome at a charge of<br />
just £4 each. For more information call 023 8084<br />
2672.<br />
youth Club Soccer Challenge<br />
Youngsters from Hythe Youth Club and Totton’s<br />
Garage Youth Club played a friendly football match,<br />
organised by the Handy Trust and local Community<br />
Safety Officers. Hythe & Dibden Football Club<br />
offered their venue at Ewart Recreation Ground at no<br />
charge and also let the Hythe side borrow some kit.<br />
The match went off really well with participants on<br />
both sides thoroughly enjoying it. The winners on this<br />
occasion were Hythe Youth Club, but the Garage YC<br />
have the chance to redress the balance at a planned<br />
return match in Totton.<br />
have attended, with those who are sexually active<br />
being screened for Chlamydia. Follow up evenings<br />
are being planned, with these sessions being termed<br />
‘wedgie’ nights by the youngsters.<br />
For more information, call Handy Trust Youth<br />
Worker, Candy Huxham, on 07718 47032 or email<br />
candy.huxham@btconnect.com<br />
Christmas bag pack<br />
Volunteers from the Waterside Cancer Support Centre<br />
will be in Waitrose, Hythe on Saturday 18th<br />
december offering a ‘Bag Pack’ to assist shoppers<br />
with packing their Christmas shopping. The newly<br />
opened Support Centre, at The Grove in Hythe, is<br />
totally self-funded and relies on donations to run its<br />
service as a drop-in centre for anyone affected by cancer.<br />
The team running the centre is grateful for the<br />
support Waitrose has shown, and to all the customers<br />
who popped their green buttons into the Community<br />
Fund box during November.<br />
BEDS<br />
MATTRESSES<br />
BEDSTEADS<br />
HYTHE<br />
TROPHY<br />
CENTRE<br />
Trophies & Awards<br />
Cups, Shields, Plaques,<br />
Medals, Salvers, Figurines<br />
and Presentation Gifts<br />
IN HOUSE ENGRAVING SERVICE<br />
6 high street, hYthe<br />
(023) 8084 2099<br />
Open Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, Sat 9am-1pm<br />
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USE THE FAMOUS<br />
FOR CAR FREE - CARE FREE<br />
CHRISTMAS SHOPPING<br />
No need to struggle with those heavy bags,<br />
use the FREE* buses to and from<br />
Hythe Ferry Terminal at Town Quay<br />
direct to West Quay.<br />
Ferries depart Hythe at 10 minutes past<br />
and 20 minutes to the hour.<br />
Last Ferry Monday-Thursday 9pm;<br />
Friday-Saturday 10.30pm;<br />
Sunday 6pm<br />
Telephone<br />
023 8084 0722<br />
* Correct at time of print<br />
The CarpeT & bed CoMpany<br />
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Tel: 023 8084 8340<br />
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McNeill’s Catering<br />
Catering for any occasion<br />
We offer imaginative catering of the<br />
highest possible standard, using only the<br />
best ingredients<br />
Being a small company we are more able to<br />
meet most challenges demanded of us<br />
Call Prim McNeill on 023 8084 8242 or<br />
07505 593232 for sample menus or to<br />
discuss your requirements<br />
Email: primmc@tesco.net<br />
HYTHE &<br />
DISTRICT CLUB<br />
DECEMBER ENTERTAINMENT<br />
Friday 10th - Chips<br />
SATURDAY 11TH - HARD SELL<br />
THURSDAY 16TH<br />
THURSDAY LUNCH CLUB PARTY, 12 NOON<br />
GRAND CHRISTMAS DRAW, 8PM<br />
FRIDAY 17TH - THE MARAUDERS<br />
Saturday 18th - Plus One<br />
SUNDAY 19TH - GRAND SUNDAY MEAT DRAW<br />
Meat Draw 2pm, followed by Lucky 7 Cash Prize<br />
Mystery Prizes drawn all afternoon - choose a box!!<br />
Goodies or boobies who knows?<br />
£100 Cash Prize Around 4pm<br />
Friday 24th - Cruisers<br />
SUNDAY 26TH - TBA<br />
Monday 27th - TBA<br />
FRIDAY 31ST - IAN HARVEY ROADSHOW<br />
Saturday 1st January - Ian Harvey Disco<br />
• Bingo Every Tuesday & Sunday<br />
• Ballroom Dancing every Wednesday<br />
• Lunchtime Club every Thursday<br />
• Live Entertainment Fridays & Saturdays<br />
• Pot Luck Competition Every Saturday<br />
• Meat Draw Every Sunday<br />
• Key to Fortune Every Friday<br />
• Free Members Draw every Saturday<br />
• Snooker • Pool • Darts etc<br />
SPORT ON THE LARGE SCREEN<br />
PYLEWELL ROAD, HYTHE<br />
• (023) 8084 5047<br />
HAPPY CHRISTMAS IN HYTHE<br />
Traditional Service<br />
There will be a chance to celebrate Christmas in<br />
Hythe in a traditional way on Sunday 19th<br />
december, at 6.30pm, when the Parish Church of St<br />
John will hold its candlelit service of 9 lessons and<br />
carols. All are welcome.<br />
feSTive MagiC<br />
There will be magical Christmas crafts and activities<br />
for children to join in at Hythe Library from 10am to<br />
12 noon on Tuesday 21st december. There’s no<br />
need to book, just turn up and join in the festive fun.<br />
ToWn Crier Can<br />
help - oyez he Can<br />
Organisers of local events such as fetes, fairs and<br />
charity fundraising activities are always in need of<br />
some additional publicity to help attract more support<br />
for their causes. Having the Hythe Town Crier spread<br />
the word in his very distinctive way could be just the<br />
thing you are looking for.<br />
If you think that your event could benefit from this<br />
traditional way of passing on news and information ,<br />
contact mac1950mclaren100950@fsmail.net<br />
Badgers Holt<br />
Residential Care Home<br />
We offer home from home comfort<br />
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l Open visiting hours<br />
v day Care available v<br />
Telephone MrS T rayner<br />
or MiSS g rayner on (023) 8084 9310<br />
www.badgersholtresidential.co.uk<br />
Care Quality Commission - 3 Star Excellent<br />
TTTT<br />
Corinne, Joan, Jane, Ann, Sylvia<br />
and Debbie would like to wish all<br />
our customers a Merry Christmas<br />
& thank you for your patronage<br />
throughout the year<br />
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Ear Piercing<br />
33 New Road, Hythe<br />
023 8084 2118<br />
holiday drop-in<br />
During school holidays, Hythe Youth Club opens its<br />
doors every day from 1pm to 3pm for children and<br />
young people of all ages to drop in with their friends<br />
and use the facilities of the club and Ewart Recreation<br />
Ground.<br />
These sessions are free, due to support and funding<br />
from the Handy Trust, Hythe Youth Club and Hythe<br />
& Dibden Parish Council. So far this year, more than<br />
600 different children and young people have used<br />
the facilities during their school holidays.<br />
To find out more, contact Handy Trust youth worker<br />
Candy Huxham on 077181 47032 or email<br />
candy.huxham@btconnect.com<br />
More Than<br />
JUST Coffee<br />
St John’s Hall in Hythe (opposite the church) has its<br />
own Coffee Shop which is open to the public every<br />
Tuesday (market day) for everything from homemade<br />
cakes to full breakfasts and cooked lunches. There is<br />
also a lunch club from 12 noon every Wednesday,<br />
offering appetising home cooked meals.<br />
For more information about activities and facilities at<br />
St John’s Hall, call in and ask or phone 023 8084<br />
4336.<br />
Parish Council Holiday<br />
Hythe & Dibden Parish Council has announced its<br />
opening hours over the Christmas and New Year<br />
Period.<br />
Friday 24th December – 9am–4pm; Saturday 25th<br />
December to Monday 3rd January – Closed; Tuesday<br />
4th January – 9am–5pm (although the office closes to<br />
personal callers at 4.30pm).<br />
DO YOU KNOW ANYONE IN NEED?<br />
or<br />
SUFFERING HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS<br />
Help may be available to residents of the<br />
PARISHES OF<br />
HYTHE - FAWLEY - MARCHWOOD<br />
and Organisations in the same area<br />
To find out more write to:<br />
Dibden Allotments Fund<br />
7 Drummond Court, Prospect Place,<br />
Hythe, Southampton, SO45 6HD<br />
Tel: (023) 8084 1305<br />
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Live Entertainment<br />
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Fillet Steak<br />
Served with a brandy and mixed<br />
peppercorn sauce<br />
Cheese and Spinach Pancakes<br />
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Gift<br />
Guide<br />
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Festive Entertainment<br />
Christmas is all wrapped up at<br />
Totton’s Hanger Farm Arts<br />
Centre, with plenty of events to<br />
satisfy your festive needs.<br />
On Sunday 19th December,<br />
capella vocal group Delicious<br />
Soundbites provides ‘A Song to<br />
Warm You’. This feast of harmony<br />
will bring cheer to the chilly<br />
winter night with familiar tunes<br />
like ‘Winter Wonderland’, and be<br />
prepared for a little audience participation!<br />
The evening starts at<br />
8pm and tickets are £7.<br />
On Tuesday 21st December at<br />
2pm, ‘Goldilocks’ will provide a<br />
real treat for all the family. This<br />
original adaptation of the wellloved<br />
tale combines traditional<br />
glove puppetry and live music to<br />
create a patchwork of delights.<br />
Tickets are £7.<br />
The final pre-Christmas offering<br />
sees the fantastic AndyCadabra’s<br />
specially designed festive magic<br />
shows at 1pm and 3pm on<br />
Thursday 23rd December.<br />
Tickets are £5 (concessions £3).<br />
Magic Trip Showcase<br />
Performing Arts students at Totton<br />
Totton U3A is organising an Evening<br />
of Magic at The Magic Circle’s headquarters<br />
in Euston, London. This will<br />
be an opportunity to learn something<br />
about the history of magic, to visit the<br />
museum and then take a seat in their<br />
theatre and prepare to be amazed!<br />
The visit takes place on Tuesday 15th<br />
February with the coach leaving<br />
Totton at 4.15pm, and arriving back<br />
home at approximately 12.15am that<br />
night. Seats are available at a cost of<br />
£44, to include refreshments, ticket<br />
and coach. Anyone interested can get<br />
more details from Chris Farleigh on<br />
023 8086 2882.<br />
College will be presenting a showcase<br />
of their work at Hanger Farm Arts<br />
Centre on Monday 13th and Tuesday<br />
14th December, starting at 7.30pm.<br />
Audiences will be treated to an<br />
evening of drama, dance and music,<br />
including a one-act musical based on<br />
the wartime sinking of the Lancastria.<br />
A great opportunity to see the range of<br />
talents and skills offered by these local<br />
students, tickets for the Showcase<br />
Evening cost £6 (concessions £5) and<br />
are available from Hanger Farm Box<br />
Office on 023 8066 7683.<br />
If you want to extend that festive<br />
feeling into the New Year, go<br />
along to Forest Forge Theatre<br />
Company’s performance of ‘The<br />
Wolves of Willoughby Chase’, a<br />
new version of the classic children’s<br />
story which is a perfect<br />
winter tale. It is on Wednesday<br />
5th January at 7pm; tickets are<br />
£9 (concessions £7.50).<br />
For more information or to book<br />
tickets for any of these shows, call<br />
Hanger Farm on 023 8066 7683 or<br />
visit www.hangerfarm.co.uk<br />
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Gentle Exercise<br />
Following a successful 3 week trial a seated exercise<br />
classes are starting at Totton and Eling<br />
Community Centre and will run every Tuesday at<br />
2pm. The classes are gentle exercises for all abilities<br />
and all are welcome to go along and have a go;<br />
the class costs £1 and includes refreshments. There<br />
will be a class on Tuesday 21st December, but not<br />
Tuesday December 28th. It will resume again on<br />
Tuesday 4th January. For details, telephone 023<br />
8086 3769.<br />
Dancing Strictly<br />
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at The Youlton School of Dancing<br />
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Calmore, Totton, Southampton<br />
tel: 023 8086 2058 or 023 8086 6326<br />
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ToTTon’S Big PainT<br />
Thirty young people<br />
from The Garage Youth<br />
Club in Totton, at their<br />
own request, recently<br />
formed the ‘Totton Town<br />
Locals Crew’ and took<br />
part in a challenge to<br />
paint the skate and football<br />
areas at Bartley<br />
Skate Park, giving them<br />
a fresh new look. The<br />
youngsters, following<br />
their involvement in<br />
‘Project Fresh’ over the<br />
summer, are taking an<br />
active role in transforming the park, making it an area<br />
they can take ownership for and be proud of.<br />
The skate park is a Totton and Eling Town Council<br />
facility, whose youth workers in partnership with<br />
Totton’s accredited community safety officers have<br />
spent the summer encouraging young people to take<br />
responsibility to reduce litter and graffiti in the area<br />
with great success. As a reward for their improved<br />
attitude and behaviour, the council has promised the<br />
park users a new large bench with back rest that will<br />
seat over 20 young people, and will continue to carry<br />
out other renovation work over the winter to make<br />
sure the rest of the park is kept in top condition. The<br />
council will also carry out improvements suggested<br />
by the Totton Town Locals Crew, proving that when<br />
young people volunteer and work together they can<br />
make a significant difference to both their own lives<br />
and the lives of others in the local community.<br />
The youth club would like to thank Just Rolls, who<br />
provided the hot food van for lunch, and John and<br />
Kate who played great music during the event.<br />
it’s a Cracker<br />
Members of Totton U3A are planning a festive trip to<br />
London and are inviting other people to join them,<br />
spaces permitting.<br />
The trip will include a visit to the Cadogan Hall in<br />
Sloane Square to enjoy the Royal Philharmonic<br />
Orchestra’s ‘Christmas Cracker’, a glittering selection<br />
of Christmas favourites, plus sing-along carols.<br />
The coach will leave Totton at 9.30am on Tuesday<br />
21st December and return at about 8.30pm. (The performance<br />
starts at 3pm). The cost is £36.75 for concert<br />
ticket and coach. Anyone interested in joining<br />
this trip can get full details from Chris Farleigh on<br />
023 8086 2882.<br />
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Centre of the Community Revival of Totton & Eling Carnival<br />
The Carnival Committee<br />
The Totton and Eling<br />
Community Centre, in<br />
the centre of Totton, has<br />
full disabled access and<br />
free car parking. The<br />
centre is a registered<br />
charity and run by a volunteer<br />
board of Trustees.<br />
From January, the centre<br />
will start showing films;<br />
the first will probably be<br />
“Made in Dagenham” on<br />
Monday 24th January<br />
Preparations are in hand for the 2011<br />
Totton Festival of Drama which will be<br />
held at Hanger Farm Arts Centre during<br />
the week of 21st March. The popular<br />
local festival is a Round One stage<br />
in the All England One Act Theatre<br />
Festival, which could put local am<br />
dram groups on the path to regional<br />
and national glory.<br />
The Totton Drama Festival is open to<br />
all schools and amateur drama groups<br />
Councillor David<br />
Russell, Chairman of<br />
Totton & Eling Town<br />
Council’s Policy &<br />
Resources Committee,<br />
said that he was pleased<br />
that, following the<br />
Policy Resources meeting<br />
on 17th November,<br />
the Committee were recommending<br />
to the full<br />
Council a small reduction<br />
in the Town’s<br />
Council Tax.<br />
The recommendation is<br />
for a reduction of about<br />
0.3% of the existing<br />
town council tax, and<br />
there would be no cuts in<br />
any of the town council’s<br />
services.<br />
Totton & Eling Town<br />
Council will also be one<br />
of the first in the country<br />
to be instigating its green<br />
at 2pm, provided by the<br />
local film group<br />
Movieola.<br />
There are also gentle<br />
seated exercise classes on<br />
Tuesdays at 2.30pm, this<br />
costs £1 and includes<br />
refreshments.<br />
There are many activities<br />
to suit all ages, abilities<br />
and interests. A ‘what’s<br />
on’ leaflet is available, or<br />
details of events can be<br />
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but will be a source<br />
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Councillor Russell said:<br />
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found on the information<br />
boards.<br />
The centre is always<br />
looking for new ideas,<br />
volunteers and new<br />
Trustees, without whom<br />
they could not operate. If<br />
you are interested in finding<br />
out more about the<br />
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023 8086 3769, email<br />
tandeca@hotmail.co.uk<br />
or drop into the office.<br />
Festival of Drama<br />
in the area, and more information is<br />
available from Mike Farleigh on 023<br />
8086 2882 or by emailing tottondra<br />
ma@ntlworld.com If your group<br />
would like a presentation about the festival,<br />
what is required and what the<br />
benefits are, Mike would also be<br />
pleased to arrange one for you.<br />
Meanwhile, make a note in your new<br />
diary – Totton Drama Festival, w/c<br />
21st March 2011.<br />
“With inflation running<br />
at over 4%, Totton &<br />
Eling residents will, I<br />
hope, be pleased at the<br />
proposed Council Tax<br />
for 2011/12. This has<br />
been made possible by<br />
the council, over many<br />
years, having a rational<br />
financial policy”.<br />
and Totton and Eling<br />
Town Council have<br />
announced they are planning<br />
the Totton and<br />
Eling Carnival to take<br />
place on Saturday 25 th<br />
June 2011. This may<br />
sound a long way off,<br />
but there is a lot of<br />
organising and planning<br />
required behind the<br />
scenes of the event and<br />
the committee urgently<br />
needs help from as many<br />
volunteers as possible to<br />
help spread the work<br />
load.<br />
The Carnival Committee<br />
is now up and running,<br />
with sub committees in<br />
place that meet regularly.<br />
Do you want to be a<br />
part of the success? To<br />
volunteer, you do not<br />
need any previous experience<br />
or particular<br />
skills, just enthusiasm.<br />
There are no set rules<br />
and no pressure to do<br />
more than you are happy<br />
with; the main idea is<br />
that it is fun, but ultimately<br />
rewarding.<br />
If you (or anyone you<br />
know) would like to help<br />
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WATERSIDE SPORTS<br />
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Saturday 11th December - Christmas Draw Night<br />
from 7.30pm. Draw tickets on sale at the club, plenty of prizes to be won, hot mince pies and<br />
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New Years Eve - Entertainment by Plus One,<br />
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Boxing Day 12noon- 10.30pm; Monday 27th 11am-10.30pm<br />
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Bingo: Wednesday 12.30pm and Friday 7.30pm<br />
Function Rooms, Theatre & Ballroom available for hire<br />
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FESTIVE FAWLEY<br />
Note Up The Chimney<br />
During their current extensive refurbishment of the<br />
Falcon Hotel in Fawley, landlords Tim and Karen<br />
Hutton came across a broken bottle with a note inside,<br />
placed in one of the old fireplaces in the Lounge Bar,<br />
which is being re-opened as a feature. The note reads:<br />
“Falcon Hotel 2nd October 1973<br />
On the above date, Joy, Maureen and Dot, three<br />
Barmaids from the Falcon Hotel, buried this bottle<br />
with sadness at losing the only fireplace during alterations,<br />
and frustration in having to work under such<br />
awful conditions. This note is signed by Joy, Maureen<br />
and Dot.”<br />
Karen said: “We would very much like to try and<br />
track down the three barmaids and invite them back<br />
to the pub to see that the fireplace has once again<br />
been re-opened. It will not be used as a real fire, but<br />
still I think they may be interested in seeing their note<br />
after 37 years, which we are going to frame and place<br />
on the fireplace. From the note found it would appear<br />
that a refurb was going on at this time. It would be<br />
great to be able to track down these 3 ladies who<br />
obviously felt strongly enough about the fireplace<br />
being bricked up to place a note inside”, she added.<br />
nEw FawlEY<br />
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Calling all teenagers in the Fawley area, as the Parish<br />
Council has launched a new youth club at Gang<br />
Warily. The club, which is open from 7 to 9pm on<br />
Fridays, offers young people of secondary school age<br />
a range of activities such as Wii Fit, XBox 360 and<br />
internet access, along with games, sports, and arts &<br />
crafts. Refreshments are also available.<br />
The youth club will also allow the young people<br />
access to sporting facilities at Gang Warily, as well as<br />
the opportunity of learning how to sail, thanks to the<br />
generous donation of a yacht by one of the councillors.<br />
For more information about the club, contact Debbie<br />
Elliott on 023 8089 0761 or email debbie@fawley<br />
parishcouncil.org.uk<br />
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Fawley village will be full of festive<br />
glow this December as the local businesses,<br />
residents and the Parish<br />
Council have got together to organise a<br />
Christmas Celebration event for all the<br />
family from 4 to 7pm on Saturday<br />
11th december.<br />
With funding from the National<br />
Lottery and local businesses,<br />
Christmas lights are to be put up on the<br />
Jubilee Hall and around The square to<br />
create a colourful festive atmosphere.<br />
Among the many attractions during the<br />
evening will be ‘real reindeer’ which<br />
children will be able to pet. santa will<br />
be in his grotto, helped by his elves, so<br />
make sure the children have their<br />
Christmas wishes ready. The children<br />
can also have fun on the fairground<br />
rides and enjoy the spectacle of guaranteed<br />
‘snow’. A real party atmosphere<br />
is sure to develop with a Christmas<br />
market, bazaar and hogroast.<br />
Fawley Parish Council is delighted that<br />
the community is coming together to<br />
stage this Christmas Celebration,<br />
which they hope will become an annual<br />
event. Anyone who would like to get<br />
involved in the Christmas Celebrations<br />
at Fawley, or who would like more<br />
information about the activities and<br />
attractions, can call the Parish Council<br />
at Gang Warily on 023 8089 0761 or<br />
email clerk@fawleyparishcouncil.<br />
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Many years of<br />
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book, which is<br />
packed with photographs,<br />
maps, documents,<br />
facts and<br />
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memories of events,<br />
people and buildings<br />
that have long since<br />
gone, but are interestingly<br />
clearly recognisable<br />
today, despite a few<br />
changes.<br />
Planned as the first in a<br />
series of similar books<br />
that will eventually<br />
cover the whole of the<br />
Waterside area, this first<br />
volume is ideal for anyone<br />
whose family<br />
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finding out more<br />
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FESTIVE FAWLEY<br />
CoMMunity<br />
Fawley Parish Council’s new Community<br />
Sports Coaches are providing a range of activities<br />
at Gang Warily recreation centre and<br />
offering further activities at local schools during<br />
term time.<br />
During school holidays, children can benefit<br />
from free activities covering everything from<br />
skateboarding and mountain biking to arts &<br />
crafts and cheerleading, all organised by the<br />
Community Sports Coaches.<br />
The coaches are being employed for an initial<br />
period of six months, during which time it is<br />
hope that the demand for their skills and expertise<br />
will be such that they can be kept on for a<br />
further period.<br />
In an extension to this scheme, the Parish<br />
Council is also taking on 6 Park Wardens to<br />
work alongside ground staff and arrange activities<br />
for schools and the local community.<br />
For more details about the coaches, or to<br />
enquire about using their services, contact the<br />
Parish Clerk on 023 8089 0761 or email<br />
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Saturday 11th December,<br />
Madding Crowd will present a<br />
concert in All Saints’ Church,<br />
Fawley, starting at 7.30pm.<br />
There will be a Carol Service at<br />
All Saints’ starting at 6.30pm on<br />
Sunday 19th December. There’s<br />
a choice of three Christingle<br />
Services on Christmas Eve – at<br />
All Saints’, Fawley; The Good<br />
Shepherd, Holbury; and St<br />
Francis’, Langley – all starting at<br />
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The Midnight Communion<br />
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Merry-Go-Round of a Show<br />
Staging Rodgers & Hammerstein’s<br />
‘Carousel’ is always a challenge for amateur<br />
companies, not least because of the<br />
difficulty of effectively representing an<br />
ornate fairground roundabout on stage;<br />
Waterside Musical Society’s set designer,<br />
James Robinson, was certainly up to the<br />
challenge and created a wonderful illusion<br />
that left just enough to the audience’s<br />
imagination.<br />
Not content with devising some excellent<br />
sets for this superb show at the Waterside<br />
Theatre, James also made his debut on<br />
stage in the role of the sinister and manipulative<br />
villain Jigger Craigin; he was very<br />
convincing, but I hope it was due his acting<br />
ability rather than his natural character!<br />
‘Carousel’ is a delightful, but sometimes<br />
tragic, love story and everyone involved<br />
was clearly swept along by the emotions<br />
of the tale, with Dawn Hall and Chris<br />
Wortley making a fine leading pair, both<br />
with memorable voices and an ability to<br />
get inside their respective characters.<br />
Mention should also go to Julie Gower<br />
and David Putley as the other major duo,<br />
both of whom displayed not only polished<br />
acting skills, but also charming<br />
voices. Christobel Thomas gave a strong<br />
performance as the motherly and sensible<br />
Aunt Nettie, with a self-assurance and<br />
lovely voice that brought an added<br />
dimension to the storyline.<br />
The plot calls for a number of children to<br />
take part, and Waterside MS were fortunate<br />
to have recruited two teams of very<br />
Theatre Review by Janice Taylor<br />
competent and appealing young people<br />
from local schools who brought a freshness<br />
to the production. Young Victoria<br />
Sarker, in particular, is a quite outstanding<br />
dancer, gymnast and actor who looks<br />
destined for a future in the world of performing<br />
arts.<br />
The costumes for this colourful show<br />
were an absolute triumph, the majority<br />
having been made in-house by a team of<br />
society members led by wardrobe mistress<br />
Maureen Wills.<br />
Full of haunting melodies and rousing<br />
chorus numbers, ‘Carousel’ is the perfect<br />
show for those who love singing; it features<br />
a surprising number of songs that<br />
have become classics, such as ‘When the<br />
children are asleep’, ‘June is bustin’ out<br />
all over’ and the timeless anthem that<br />
brings the show to a moving finale<br />
‘You’ll never walk alone’. The orchestra<br />
for this production was somewhat larger<br />
than is the norm for this company comprising<br />
6 accomplished musicians who,<br />
under the direction of Ian Peters, created<br />
a beautiful accompaniment to the action<br />
on stage.<br />
Such was the success of this production<br />
of ‘Carousel’ that it would be easy to miss<br />
the fact that one of its co-directors, Robin<br />
Watton, was actually making his very<br />
first foray into the challenges of direction;<br />
but, as he would be the first to admit,<br />
he did have the benefit of the more experienced<br />
Chris Stanway as his co-director<br />
– it was a partnership that quite obviously<br />
paid off.<br />
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the lid on the inner pot and bring it to the boil on the<br />
hob. Skim off any impurities that form on the surface.<br />
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Hampshire Farmers Market is to<br />
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going monthly from January.<br />
Until now, the market has been<br />
held once every alternate month,<br />
but because of the huge success of<br />
the market since the change of<br />
location last February, the deci-<br />
sion has been made to bring local<br />
produce to the town every month.<br />
Hampshire Farmers Market<br />
Business Development Manager,<br />
Alex Handford, said: “We are<br />
really excited about increasing the<br />
number of markets in Romsey and<br />
enabling people in the town to<br />
access our range of locally produced<br />
goods twice as often as they<br />
can now. Since we moved to Alma<br />
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joints and local game,<br />
such as venison, rabbit,<br />
brace (two birds) of<br />
pheasant or partridge are<br />
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range of beef, pork and<br />
lamb joints and cuts,<br />
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chipolatas available to<br />
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There are also seasonal<br />
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The estimated cost to the nation of<br />
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Not all bacteria are harmful – some<br />
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FOOD FOR THOUGHT<br />
waterside Foodbank is two<br />
Waterside Foodbank is celebrating its 2nd birthday,<br />
having provided Emergency Foodboxes to over 2,000<br />
people on the Waterside over the two years. More<br />
than 25 professional agencies now hold Foodbank<br />
vouchers, with churches, schools, supermarkets,<br />
shops and individuals providing support with food<br />
donations.<br />
The charity would like to say a very big “Thank You”<br />
for harvest contributions this year, from almost every<br />
school and church in the Waterside, collecting 2<br />
tonnes of food.<br />
Earlier this year Foodbank received £400 from Radio<br />
Solent’s Community Chest Fund, and was given<br />
some valuable air time to highlight its work and the<br />
very real need in the community. Foodbank has also<br />
been featured on South Today, highlighting the plight<br />
of people dependent on government help, but following<br />
a change of circumstance, finding benefits are<br />
stopped until they are reassessed, which takes up to 6<br />
weeks, and means they have no reserves.<br />
A recent development was the opening of the charity<br />
clothes shop at Foodbank’s premises in Blackfield,<br />
providing clothing at affordable prices from 50p to £2<br />
and clients who need food, are able to choose clothes<br />
free of charge.<br />
New Hope Debt Advisory Service, under the direction<br />
of Linda Matthews, has also relocated to<br />
Foodbank’s premises, offering a valuable service to<br />
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10am until 2pm<br />
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those experiencing debt problems.<br />
Foodbank has been awarded a grant of £4,000 from<br />
Dibden Allotments Fund and was included in the<br />
Waitrose, Hythe token scheme during November, who<br />
also held a Food Collection day.<br />
For the first time Foodbank is including Christmas<br />
goodies in its Emergency Foodboxes. Donations can<br />
be made at Foodbank’s premises, Hampton Lane,<br />
Blackfield on Mondays 10am–12noon, tuesdays &<br />
Fridays 2pm–3.30pm. Ron the Barbers in Blackfield<br />
will accept donations and pass them on to Foodbank.<br />
The donations requested are: mince pies, tinned ham,<br />
Christmas puddings, Christmas cake, long life cream,<br />
boxes of biscuits, children’s selection boxes, large<br />
bars of chocolate, snacks and nibbles, or Christmas<br />
crackers.<br />
Waterside Foodbank is totally dependent on its team<br />
of some 30+ volunteers.<br />
If you have a spare 1 1 ⁄2 hours and would like to help<br />
call Jan on 077 687 13329.<br />
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a taLE oF<br />
GRowinG up<br />
Theatre Review by Janice Taylor<br />
It was but a short step from the New Forest to rural<br />
Gloucestershire in the early 20th century when<br />
Minstead Players took their audience on a nostalgic<br />
trip back to a gentler, slower time with their delightful<br />
production of ‘Cider with Rosie’.<br />
James Roose-Evans’ stage adaptation of Laurie Lee’s<br />
much loved book about growing up in the little village<br />
of Slad, Gloucestershire, could present amateur<br />
groups with something of a staging challenge; but,<br />
despite the relatively small stage in Minstead Village<br />
Hall and a series of required scene changes, the<br />
Players did a marvellous job, creating a warm and<br />
rustic atmosphere with the bare minimum of props.<br />
Knowing that the play included characters representing<br />
not only the young Laurie Lee at various ages, but<br />
also his five siblings and several schoolmates, I wondered<br />
if this small group would have sufficient<br />
younger members to carry it off. I need not have worried,<br />
because the team of young actors and actresses,<br />
who doubled and even trebled their roles with great<br />
ease, were like a breath of spring. Playing with great<br />
confidence, they did a wonderful job of recreating the<br />
young people growing up in the little village. Full<br />
marks must go to Rupert Ferder, who took the role of<br />
the young Laurie with consummate professionalism,<br />
despite the fact that he was supposed to be just 3 at<br />
the beginning of the play and a young man by the<br />
final curtain.<br />
Of the adult actors, Ingrid Bond had the main role as<br />
Laurie’s mother, and did well to portray the major<br />
influence that she had on her extended family’s life,<br />
holding them and the story together at the same time.<br />
Linking the various scenes as the narrator, Laurie Lee<br />
himself, was Frank Abbott, whose smooth, easy listening<br />
voice added a really personal touch to the<br />
story.<br />
In all, it was a most enjoyable journey into a way of<br />
life that was very different from our own, and yet is<br />
well within living memory. The production was well<br />
directed by Geoff Green, sensitively acted and lovingly<br />
narrated: Laurie Lee would have been well<br />
pleased.<br />
Christmas Basics<br />
New Forest Basics Bank is a scheme that provides<br />
basic food and hygiene items for local people in need<br />
and in dire emergency situations.Through the generosity<br />
of local people, the Basics Bank distributed<br />
795 parcels last year, helping 1803 people.<br />
Non-perishable items required include tins of fruit,<br />
soup, pasta and meat, as well as packets of soup, sugar<br />
and pasta.<br />
Lymington councillor, Cllr Elizabeth Lewis, said:<br />
“The need does not stop at Christmas and donations<br />
are welcome throughout the year.”<br />
Donations are welcome at Basics Bank, rear of United<br />
Reformed Church, Lymington (Tuesday, Wednesday<br />
and Friday mornings). Alternatively, the chairman of<br />
New Forest District Council, Cllr Mrs Pat Wyeth, has<br />
placed collection boxes at Lymington Town Hall,<br />
New Milton Town Hall and the council’s Appletree<br />
Court office, Lyndhurst, and cheques can be sent to<br />
the Treasurer of New Forest Basics Bank, United<br />
Reformed Church, High Street, Lymington SO41<br />
9AG.<br />
Merry Christmas to all<br />
our readers, advertisers and<br />
distributors from<br />
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pink Ladies in Blackfield<br />
Fun and frolics continued for the fourth consecutive<br />
year at the Hairport salon in Blackfield, as the ladies<br />
who work there did their bit to raise money for the<br />
‘wear it pink’ Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign.<br />
Once again in a fun packed week, there were lots of<br />
treats for their clients in the salon including a raffle<br />
with a chance to win a free haircut per stylist, pink<br />
nails, a quiz, wearing something pink and the very<br />
popular ‘bosom’ cakes, all washed down with cups of<br />
tea. A total of £296.09 was raised and the stylists at<br />
Hairport would like to thank all of their clients for<br />
their support.<br />
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Residents should be alert for a carpet cleaning offer<br />
which could prove more costly than advertised.<br />
Following a BBC Watchdog investigation,<br />
Hampshire Constabulary received complaints from<br />
householders about the hard-sell tactics used by a<br />
Dorset cleaning company.<br />
Many local homes have had cold calls offering to<br />
clean any two carpets for a special offer price of<br />
£8.99, but residents have found the technician who<br />
calls at their homes very persistent in trying to sell a<br />
much more costly service.<br />
The hard-sell tactics used by the company include<br />
telling customers that the £8.99 service offered would<br />
“make your carpet look worse” because it brings deep<br />
down dirt to the surface. They then try to sell more<br />
expensive treatments.<br />
NFDC portfolio holder for crime and disorder, Cllr<br />
Goff Beck, warned: “Residents should be on the alert<br />
against this type of hard-sell which seems to be operating<br />
in the New Forest. Cold calling puts unwanted<br />
pressure on householders who may feel overwhelmed<br />
by the salesperson and obliged to sign up for some-<br />
Treat Yourself<br />
For Christmas<br />
The run up to Christmas and the big day itself can be<br />
a hectic time for most people, so if you are feeling a<br />
bit overwhelmed by it all, treat yourself to some ‘time<br />
out’.<br />
Take an hour off.....sounds strange when you think<br />
you have a lot to do, but it can really make a difference<br />
and help calm the mind, enabling you to think<br />
and plan more clearly. Why not put your feet up with<br />
a cuppa and a book, or take a luxurious bath? Spend<br />
time watching a film that appeals to you alone and<br />
lose yourself in the story. Go for a long drive in the<br />
New Forest, and then stop at the first tea room you<br />
find, or wrap up and then walk around the neighbourhood<br />
after dark, to enjoy other people’s Christmas<br />
decorations.<br />
Having a little ‘time out’ can really make a difference.<br />
thing they don’t want. Tell them that you are not interested<br />
and that you will be informing the police of<br />
their call.”<br />
The Safer New Forest Partnership has free No Cold<br />
Calling window stickers available. You can collect<br />
one from the NFDC local offices or telephone<br />
Stephanie Bennett, Safer New Forest Co-ordinator,<br />
on 023 8028 5148 or email<br />
stephanie.bennett@nfdc.gov.uk<br />
If you are being pressurised in your home or feel you<br />
are being overcharged by a cold caller, contact the<br />
police on 0845 045 4545 or the local Trading<br />
Standards department on 0845 404 0506.<br />
watCh youR puRSE<br />
The pre-Christmas shopping frenzy will soon be upon us,<br />
and with it the annual spate of purse thefts. To avoid<br />
becoming a victim of this crime whilst busy buying your<br />
Christmas gifts, follow these tips:<br />
• Use a bag that has a zip and/or shoulder strap<br />
• Keep it closed until you need to pay<br />
• Consider putting your purse separate from your other<br />
belongings, inside an inner zipped coat pocket<br />
• Privilege cards should be carried separately so you are<br />
not tempted to open your purse at the checkout and leave<br />
it vulnerable while you pack your bags<br />
• If your bag has a flap, carry or wear it next to and across<br />
your body; consider wearing a ‘bum bag’, but wear it at<br />
the front, not the back<br />
• Consider wearing your bag under your coat, out of sight<br />
• Put your purse at the bottom of your bag, with other<br />
items covering it<br />
• Be aware of people around you, in case you are jostled<br />
or distracted<br />
• At the checkout, keep your purse secure until you make<br />
payment, then put it back in your bag before you leave the<br />
checkout<br />
wives’ Group<br />
Hythe Wives meet on the 1st and 3rd Friday of each<br />
month from 7.15pm in Hythe Community Centre.<br />
Members enjoy a wide variety of interesting speakers<br />
and also organise outings, socials and charity<br />
fundraising events.<br />
Coming up in December and early January are<br />
Christmas and New Year social evenings, followed on<br />
Friday 21st January by a talk on ‘Doorstep Crime’ to<br />
be given by Jane Gulliver of Hampshire Trading<br />
Standards Service.<br />
New members and visitors are always made very welcome;<br />
for more information, ring 023 8084 5519.<br />
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SPOTLIGHT ON THE YOUNG<br />
Teddies Support Children in Need<br />
Although Pudsey couldn’t be there in person to join in<br />
the fun, there were lots of other bears in Beaulieu High<br />
Street to take part in a human and bear chain in support<br />
of this year’s Children in Need appeal.<br />
Some of the bears and their humans get ready to form<br />
a chain for Children in Need<br />
(Photo credit: John James Photography)<br />
Strutz in Marchwood<br />
Due to the popularity of local dance<br />
school Strutz Stage Dance and Drama,<br />
a new branch will open in Marchwood<br />
in January, with classes including<br />
Jazz/Hip Hop, Ballet, Drama, and, also<br />
new from January, Musical Theatre.<br />
Principal Susan Colclough says: “Our<br />
classes are structured, non-competitive<br />
and fun, and in these financially worrying<br />
times, we pride ourselves on<br />
keeping costs down, with no extra<br />
expenses on top of class fees. We have<br />
twice yearly performances for family<br />
and friends, including our annual<br />
awards concert, and I’m delighted to<br />
be bringing another branch of Strutz to<br />
Marchwood”.<br />
NEW FROM JANUARY 2011<br />
Classes will also be starting at the New<br />
Hall at St John’s Church in Marchwood!<br />
Stage Dance and Drama<br />
DANCE FOR FUN, FITNESS<br />
AND MAKING FRIENDS<br />
CLASSES INCLUDE<br />
JAZZ/HIP HOP - Modern Pop moves to funky music<br />
BALLET - Enjoy Classical Dance while improving posture and strength<br />
MUSICAL THEATRE - Have fun performing Songs from the Musicals<br />
DRAMA - Be inspired while building confidence and self assurance<br />
BABY BALLET - For toddlers developing their movement and musical talent<br />
AT WI COMMUNITY HALL, LUNEDALE ROAD, DIBDEN PURLIEU<br />
AND THE NEW HALL AT ST JOHN’S, MARCHWOOD<br />
FOR CHILDREN FROM 2 1 ⁄2 YEARS TO TEENS<br />
BEGINNERS OF ANY AGE WELCOME - TASTER SESSION FREE!<br />
For details call Susan Colclough A.P.T.D.<br />
(023) 8084 1454<br />
Children and parents from the village school, as well<br />
as business people, local residents and passers-by,<br />
joined in the teddy bear and human chain which<br />
stretched down one side of Beaulieu High Street, with<br />
everyone taking part giving a donation to the charity.<br />
The event was organised by Julie Tatchell, whose<br />
shop, Bear It In Mind, is in the High Street. This<br />
was the second year that Julie had organised this<br />
fun event. Last year £600 was raised for the<br />
appeal.<br />
Julie said: “Thank you to all who got involved and<br />
joined in this fun event. We hope we have helped to<br />
remind everyone of the<br />
fantastic work done by<br />
this charity to change<br />
the lives of disadvantaged<br />
children and<br />
young people throughout<br />
the UK.”<br />
Susan has a wealth of experience, having<br />
taught in the area for many years,<br />
and also teaches at the Eastleigh<br />
branch of Stagecoach Theatre Arts.<br />
Previously she enjoyed a successful 18<br />
year career in showbusiness working<br />
with: Morcambe and Wise, the Two<br />
Ronnies, Tommy Steele, Bob Hope,<br />
and Nigel Lithgoe (‘So You Think You<br />
Can Dance’) to name but a few,<br />
appearing on TV in the West End of<br />
London, and frequently touring the<br />
UK, including Southampton’s<br />
Mayflower Theatre.<br />
For details of all classes and to book<br />
your free taster sessions, call Susan on<br />
023 8084 1454 or 07770 403717.<br />
9th December 2010 • The HERALD • Page 55<br />
THE LINDSEY READ<br />
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Dance for Fun, Fitness and making Friends<br />
BABY BALLET from 2 1 Stage Dance & Drama<br />
⁄2 years<br />
for toddlers, developing their movement and musical talent<br />
TASTER SESSION FREE!<br />
Classes at WI Community Hall, Lunedale Road, Dibden Purlieu<br />
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SPOTLIGHT ON THE YOUNG<br />
Bright Sparks at Hardley<br />
Students from Hardley School and Sixth Form,<br />
along with engineers from Fawley Power Station,<br />
took part in npower’s ‘Enthuse’ day, a programme<br />
designed to inspire and engage students aged 12-14<br />
years old in science, technology, engineering and<br />
mathematics. Over 145 Year 9 students participated<br />
in a range of interactive activities designed to help<br />
them think about the impact science and engineering<br />
has on their daily lives. The students were<br />
encouraged to think of ways to improve an existing<br />
electricity generation idea and product, or to design<br />
a completely new concept, before considering the<br />
problem of meeting and reducing future energy<br />
demands. The activities were followed by a ‘facts<br />
Pupil Lee Pender investigates electromagnetic induction<br />
converting kinetic energy into electrical energy with npower<br />
volunteer at the recent Enthuse day<br />
Day of Languages<br />
Noadswood Secondary School recently held a day of<br />
European languages with numerous activities, including<br />
speaking in a different language when answering<br />
the register. At lunchtime, everyone found that the<br />
menu had changed in the canteen to pastas, croissants<br />
and numerous other delicacies from across the continent.<br />
Students also took part in a spot the country competition,<br />
identifying the clues to the different countries<br />
which the teachers wore on their tops around the<br />
school, as well as a library quiz, which was open to<br />
all. The winner was Aaron Farrant from Year 9. The<br />
Modern Foreign Languages Department would like to<br />
thank all pupils that got<br />
involved in the day and<br />
the Language Leaders<br />
for their help.<br />
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engineering at the Enthuse day<br />
and fiction’ session where students had the opportunity<br />
to meet the engineering team from Fawley<br />
Power Station.<br />
Head of Technology at Hardley, Stephen Coote,<br />
said: “The variety of activities gave the students an<br />
excellent insight into the diversity and challenges<br />
which might face an engineer. It was extremely useful<br />
in helping to dispel the stereotypical notions<br />
some students have about engineering. Also, the<br />
opportunity to meet with staff from the power station<br />
made the day’s activities more relevant and<br />
real. It was wonderful to see how students of all<br />
abilities were engaged in the activities offered. The<br />
staff and students would like to thank the people<br />
from Enthuse and npower for their enthusiasm and<br />
hard work.”<br />
CHRISTMAS<br />
DECORATION<br />
WORkSHOp<br />
Fun for children of all ages will be on offer at a festive<br />
workshop held in the classroom at Lepe Country<br />
Park on Monday 20th December from 1pm until<br />
3pm.<br />
Older children can try their hand at making a tradi-<br />
tional willow star, whilst younger ones can let their<br />
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imaginations run wild<br />
creating unique pine<br />
cone decorations. All<br />
materials will be provided,<br />
including lots of glue<br />
and glitter; and the<br />
rangers will be on hand<br />
to guide and encourage.<br />
Prices from 50p per<br />
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• Large garden with a castle and tower, climbing frame, play house,<br />
pond, large sandpit, picnic tables, pet corner and builder’s yard<br />
• French lessons by visiting tutor every Monday for over 3’s<br />
• Music and movement sessions by Jo Jingles and Amanda fun<br />
• IT room, sensory room, soft play room and<br />
communal dining room<br />
• Consistently Good Ofsted reports<br />
with 3 graduate childcare professionals<br />
raising the standards<br />
Limited vacancies for all ages including babies<br />
Partially funded places for 3–5 year olds<br />
based in turtles with the nursery teacher<br />
Fawley Independent Day Nursery, 1 Rollestone Road, Holbury, Southampton, Hampshire SO45 2GD<br />
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HEALTH & WELLBEING<br />
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Sports Therapist Emily Crawford of<br />
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Recreation Centre, for over a year.<br />
Patients who have undergone joint<br />
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class is to increase joint range of movement<br />
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of arthritis and surgery.<br />
Class participant Annette had a revision<br />
operation to her hip in July 2009,<br />
and has been going to the class since<br />
October 2009, said: “My mobility has<br />
improved beyond recognition; I am<br />
nearly back to normal and able to tackle<br />
most movements. I can’t speak highly<br />
enough of the class”.<br />
The Red and Green<br />
Practice at the Waterside<br />
and Blackfield Health<br />
Centres has announced<br />
its Christmas and New<br />
Year closing times.<br />
The Practice will close<br />
at 6.30pm on Friday<br />
24th December and reopen<br />
at 8am on<br />
Wednesday 29th<br />
December; and will<br />
close at 6.30pm on<br />
Friday 31st December,<br />
1 HOUR<br />
DENTURE REPAIRS<br />
Another participant Valarie, suffers<br />
from osteoarthritis in both knees and<br />
said: “Emily is a lovely person and<br />
very efficient at her job, I have been in<br />
her care for approximately 3 months<br />
and I am really feeling the benefit”.<br />
Jane Rode has previously undergone<br />
knee arthroscopies to her left and right<br />
knees, has been attending the class<br />
since October 2009 added: “I am<br />
delighted to say I rarely have any pain<br />
in my arthritic knees since coming to<br />
the class. I have complete trust in the<br />
staff because of their professional<br />
background… I feel I have taken back<br />
control… I know I am doing everything<br />
I can to improve and maintain my knee<br />
strength”.<br />
For more information on the Hip and<br />
Knee Class visit www.newforest<br />
physio.co.uk or call Gang Warily on<br />
023 8089 3603 to book an initial<br />
assessment.<br />
CHRISTMAS & NEW YEAR<br />
pRACTICE CLOSuRES<br />
re-opening at 8am on<br />
Tuesday 4th January.<br />
For medical emergencies<br />
during these times,<br />
call 0844 811 3060 or<br />
NHS Direct on 0845 46<br />
47.<br />
All at the Red & Green<br />
Practice would like to<br />
wish everyone a very<br />
merry Christmas and a<br />
happy New Year.<br />
HATHA YOgA<br />
cOuRSE<br />
starting again<br />
January 2011,<br />
Tuesday evenings<br />
7.30-9pm at<br />
Hythe & Dibden<br />
Community Centre<br />
call Margriet at<br />
Holistic Youth<br />
Tel: 023 8087 9209 for<br />
more information<br />
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CHANGES IN LOCAL<br />
DEMENTIA SUPPORT<br />
New Forest Alzheimer’s Society<br />
has said farewell to Jennie<br />
Chapman, their first Dementia<br />
Support (Outreach) worker, as she<br />
has left to spend more time with her<br />
Sue Phillips<br />
Oakdene Dental Practice<br />
Quality Dentistry for all the family<br />
Drs. Andrew Girling, Caroline Morgan & Don Cousin<br />
Free New Patient Consultation if you join our<br />
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The Waterside Physiotherapy<br />
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• NECK AND BACK PAIN<br />
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family.<br />
“over the past 3 years, Jennie has<br />
made an outstanding contribution<br />
to the development of services for<br />
people with dementia and their carers<br />
living in the east of the Forest,”<br />
said David High, manager of the<br />
local Alzheimer’s Society.<br />
Taking over from Jennie is Sue<br />
Phillips, a former registered mental<br />
health nurse who has strong local<br />
connections. She is covering the<br />
same area as Jennie did –<br />
Lyndhurst, Totton, Hythe and the<br />
Waterside.<br />
To contact Sue, email<br />
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First Floor, South Street Centre, Hythe, Southampton SO45 6EB<br />
What’s On<br />
THURS 9TH DECEMBER<br />
Thrift Shop, open<br />
9.30–11.30am, Marchwood<br />
Village Hall. Quality secondhand<br />
items for sale, including sparkly<br />
Christmas dresses and toys.<br />
Dibden Purlieu WI Christmas<br />
Party. By invitation only.<br />
National Trust Southampton<br />
Centre, Salvation Army Hall,<br />
Victor Street, Shirley. 2.30pm.<br />
‘The Solent from the Nab Tower<br />
to Portsmouth Harbour’ Dave<br />
Allport. Non members £2. 023<br />
8084 9533.<br />
Christmas Bingo, Crosfield<br />
Hall, Romsey. Doors open 7pm,<br />
eyes down 8pm. 01794 502237.<br />
Hythe Townswomen’s Guild, St<br />
John’s Church Hall, Hythe.<br />
7.30pm. Christmas Party and<br />
American Supper. Telephone Joy<br />
023 8084 8807.<br />
THURSDAY 9TH-<br />
SAT 11TH DECEMBER<br />
Debut Youth Theatre present<br />
Trail by Jury by Gilbert &<br />
Sullivan, Hanger Farm Arts<br />
Centre, Totton. 7.30pm, Saturday<br />
matinee 2.30pm. Tickets £8, £6<br />
concessions. Telephone Box<br />
Office 023 8066 7683. Details<br />
www.hangerfarm.co.uk<br />
FRIDAY 10TH DECEMBER<br />
Waterside Country Market,<br />
10am-12 noon, St Andrew’s Hall,<br />
Dibden Purlieu.<br />
Christmas Coffee Morning,<br />
Totton and Eling Community<br />
Centre, 10am–12 noon. Free<br />
entry. Free activities for children.<br />
All welcome. 023 8086 3769 for<br />
any more information.<br />
Friday Night Bridge Club. 7-<br />
10pm, Chicago Bridge (Acol) at<br />
Hythe Community Centre.<br />
Partner not necessary. All welcome.<br />
Hythe Spiritualist Church<br />
Clairvoyance Evening,<br />
Community Centre, Hythe. 7pm<br />
for 7.30pm. Medium Geoff &<br />
Alan Potts. £2.50.<br />
Railway Club of the New<br />
Forest, Lymington Royal British<br />
Legion Club, 7.30pm. Christmas<br />
Dinner.<br />
Southampton Geology Club,<br />
National Oceanography Centre,<br />
Dock Gate 4, Southampton,<br />
7.30pm, AGM. £2. Telephone for<br />
directions Simon Green 023 8066<br />
3655 or Lawrie Bubb 023 8089<br />
8008.<br />
SAT 11TH DECEMBER<br />
Christmas Celebrations in<br />
Fawley Village, 4–7pm.<br />
Reindeer, Santa’s Grotto, snow,<br />
market, hogroast.<br />
Lyndhurst Christmas Fun Day,<br />
street entertainment, Santa’s<br />
Grotto, competitions, etc, all day,<br />
with Carol Service at Community<br />
Centre, 6pm.<br />
Music for Christmas with<br />
Highcliffe Junior Choir, 7pm,<br />
Beaulieu Abbey Church. 01590<br />
611404.<br />
‘Madding Crowd’ Concert,<br />
7.30pm, at All Saints’ Church,<br />
Fawley.<br />
SUNDAY 12TH DECEMBER<br />
Hythe Spiritualist Church<br />
Sunday Service, Hythe Parish<br />
Hall, 6.30pm. Medium Bill<br />
Roberts.<br />
MON 13TH DECEMBER<br />
Thrift Shop, open<br />
9.30–11.30am, Marchwood<br />
Village Hall. Quality secondhand<br />
items for sale, including sparkly<br />
Christmas dresses and toys.<br />
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Gateway IT for All, informal FRIDAY 17TH DECEMBER<br />
computer lessons, 1.30–3.30pm, Waterside Country Market,<br />
St John’s Hall, Hythe. Just call in. 10am-12 noon, St Andrew’s Hall,<br />
Information 023 8084 7503, 8084 Dibden Purlieu.<br />
6447 or 8084 4336.<br />
Santa’s Sleigh Rides,<br />
Marchwood Parish Council, 3.30–6.30pm at Carlo’s Tea<br />
Planning Committee, 7.30pm, Rooms, West Wellow. £2 per ride<br />
Pine Room, Marchwood Village including small gift. In aid of<br />
Hall.<br />
Cancer Research UK.<br />
MON 13TH & TUES 14TH Friday Night Bridge Club. 7-<br />
DECEMBER<br />
10pm, Chicago Bridge (Acol) at<br />
Totton College Performing Arts Hythe Community Centre.<br />
Showcase Evening, Hanger Partner not necessary. All wel-<br />
Farm Arts Centre, Totton. come.<br />
7.30pm. Tickets £6, £5 conces- Hythe Wives, 7.15pm, Hythe<br />
sions. Telephone Box Office 023 Community Centre, Christmas<br />
8066 7683. Details www.hanger- Social Evening. 023 8084 5519.<br />
farm.co.uk<br />
Music in Romsey, A Feast of<br />
TUES 14TH DECEMBER Christmas Music with Romsey<br />
Thrift Shop, open Singers & Salisbury Brass<br />
9.30–11.30am, Marchwood Ensemble, 7.30pm Romsey<br />
Village Hall. Quality secondhand Abbey. 01794 512987.<br />
items for sale, including sparkly 17TH & 18TH DECEMBER<br />
Christmas dresses and toys. Nomads Christmas Cocktail, an<br />
Winter Waddlers Toddler Club, evening of music & mirth,<br />
Testwood Lakes 7.30pm Woodley Village Hall,<br />
10.30am–12noon or 1-2.30pm. School Road, Romsey. Tickets £6<br />
“Tremendous Trees” wildlife inc buffet supper, 01794 523578<br />
walks, games and stories for 2-4 or 01794 523947.<br />
year-olds. Details and bookings SAT 18TH DECEMBER<br />
Helen Robinson on 023 8066 Romsey Craft Fair, Crosfield<br />
7929. Suggested Donation £2.50 Hall, Romsey, 10am-4pm.<br />
per child. All children must be Admission free. Catering by<br />
accompanied by adults.<br />
Romsey Carnival Committee.<br />
‘From Time To Time’ (15) Enquiries 01794 677049<br />
2.30pm and 7.30pm, New Stan Seaman’s Musical<br />
Hampton Cinema, Parish Hall, Evening Christmas Party. East<br />
West Street, Hythe. Tickets £5 Boldre Village Hall, 7pm. (Doors<br />
from <strong>Herald</strong> office, High Street, open 6.30pm). £1.50 including<br />
Hythe.<br />
refreshments. 023 8089 3605 or<br />
WED 15TH DECEMBER 023 8089 7563.<br />
RSPB New Forest Group Field Handel’s Messiah performed by<br />
Trip. Normandy Marsh (SZ 328 Southampton Choral Society,<br />
942). 10am-12.30pm. Beginners 7.30pm, St Mary’s Church,<br />
special. Park at end of Maiden Southampton. Tickets £14/£12;<br />
Lane. Wear dark clothes, suitable minibus from Waterside £3 – 023<br />
footwear & bring binoculars. 8089 4612.<br />
01425 622515.<br />
18TH DEC-2ND JANUARY<br />
Beaulieu Village Concert, Victorian Christmas<br />
7.30pm, inBeaulieu Village Hall. Celebrations at Beaulieu. 01590<br />
Scottish Country Dancing, 612345.<br />
7.30–9.30pm, WI Community SUNDAY 19TH DECEMBER<br />
Hall, Lunedale Road, Dibden Waterside Natural History<br />
Purlieu. 023 8084 3786.<br />
Society, outdoor meeting to<br />
Waterside Musical Society Titchfield Haven Nature Reserve.<br />
Christmas Concert, Cornerstone Meet Oak Rd car park, Dibden<br />
(United Reformed Church) Purlieu, 10am. There is no indoor<br />
Hythe, 7.30pm. Raising funds for meeting this month. Tel: 023<br />
the Waterside Cancer Support 8089 3803.<br />
Centre. Tickets £6 including Children’s Christmas Praise, St<br />
refreshments, telephone 023 8084 Andrew’s Church, Dibden<br />
2557 or <strong>Herald</strong> office.<br />
Purlieu.10.30am.<br />
RCTS/Mid Hants Railway, ‘It’s a Boy!’, Christmas produc-<br />
Eastleigh Railway Institute, tion at New Hope Centre,<br />
Romsey Road, Eastleigh. Hardley Green. 6pm. All wel-<br />
7.45pm. ‘Social evening with come. Admission free. 023 8024<br />
slides on three specific freight 3306.<br />
services, Alistair Jeffery. 023 Carols by Candlelight, St<br />
8084 9533.<br />
Andrews Church, Dibden Purlieu<br />
THURS 16TH DECEMBER 6.30pm.<br />
Thrift Shop, open Service of 9 lessons and carols,<br />
9.30–11.30am, Marchwood 6.30pm, Beaulieu Abbey Church.<br />
Village Hall. Quality secondhand Hythe Spiritualist Church<br />
items for sale, including sparkly Sunday Service, Hythe Parish<br />
Christmas dresses and toys. Hall, 6.30pm. Carol Service.<br />
Hythe Knit & Craft Club, Medium Sandie Cox.<br />
1.30pm, Hythe Community Traditional Candle-lit Service<br />
Centre. Christmas Party. 023 of 9 lessons & carols, 6.30pm St<br />
8081 4309.<br />
John’s Church, Hythe.<br />
Evergreen and Topaz Clubs for Carol Service, 6.30pm, at All<br />
over 60’s, 1.45pm, Christmas Saints’ Church, Fawley.<br />
Party. 023 8089 1721.<br />
Carols by Candlelight,<br />
Weyhill Electronic Organ Waterside Methodist Church,<br />
Society. ‘Christmas Concert’ Tim North Road, Dibden Purlieu,<br />
Flint. Fairground Hall, Weyhill. 6.30pm.<br />
7.30pm. £4 (in advance). £5 on A Song to Warm You, a capella<br />
door. 01264 323213.<br />
concert. Hanger Farm Arts<br />
16TH-18TH DECEMBER Centre, Totton. 8pm. Tickets £7.<br />
‘The Lady or the Tiger?’ with Telephone Box Office 023 8066<br />
storyteller Rosey Tyler, 7 for 7683. Details<br />
7.30pm, in the Old Library, www.hangerfarm.co.uk<br />
Rownhams House, SO16 8LF. MON 20TH DECEMBER<br />
Tickets £8 on the door or 07850 Children’s Christmas<br />
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What’s On<br />
Continued FRom Page 59<br />
Decoration Workshop, 1–3pm<br />
Lepe Country Park. From 50p. No<br />
need to book, just turn up.<br />
Gateway IT for All, informal<br />
computer lessons, 1.30–3.30pm,<br />
St John’s Hall, Hythe. Just call in.<br />
Information 023 8084 7503, 8084<br />
6447 or 8084 4336.<br />
TUESDAY 21ST DECEMBER<br />
Magical Christmas crafts &<br />
activities for children,<br />
10am–12noon, Hythe Library.<br />
Just turn up.<br />
Shoppers Carols, 10.30am and<br />
11.30am, St John’s Church,<br />
Hythe.<br />
Hand to Mouth Theatre present<br />
Goldilocks, Hanger Farm Arts<br />
Centre, Totton. 2pm. Tickets £7.<br />
Telephone Box Office 023 8066<br />
7683. Details<br />
www.hangerfarm.co.uk<br />
Totton U3A trip to The Cadogan<br />
Hall, Sloane Square, London for<br />
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra’s<br />
‘Christmas Cracker’. Ticket &<br />
coach £36.75, full details and<br />
bookings 023 8086 2882.<br />
Chill Out Earthwalk Testwood<br />
Lakes 1.30-3pm. Quiet earthwalk<br />
with activities along way with<br />
Assistant Education Officer<br />
Helen Robinson. Suitable for<br />
adults and families with children<br />
over 4 years. Booking essential;<br />
bookings Sam or Helen 023 80<br />
667929. Suggested donation<br />
£1.50. All children must be<br />
accompanied by adults.<br />
WED 22ND DECEMBER<br />
Christmas Past, Present and<br />
Future, Testwood Lakes 10am-<br />
3pm. Create your own Christmas<br />
scene, make a holly wreath and<br />
listen to Winter Tales with a warm<br />
drink and a mince pie. Contact<br />
Sam or Helen 023 8066 7929.<br />
Suggested donation £2.50. All<br />
children must be accompanied by<br />
adults.<br />
FRIDAY 24TH DECEMBER<br />
Christingle, St Andrews Church,<br />
Dibden Purlieu. 3pm and 5pm.<br />
Innocent faces shining in the<br />
Christingle light remind us what it<br />
is all about.<br />
Crib Service, 4pm, St John’s<br />
Church, Hythe.<br />
Christingle Service, 4pm, at All<br />
Saints’ Church, Fawley.<br />
Christingle Service, 4pm, at<br />
Good Shepherd Church, Holbury.<br />
Christingle Service, 4pm, at St<br />
Francis’ Church, Langley.<br />
Christingle Service, Waterside<br />
Methodist Church, Chapel Lane,<br />
Fawley, 4.30pm.<br />
Midnight Mass, 10pm, St Anne’s<br />
Church, Warry’s Close, Butts<br />
Ash.<br />
Midnight Communion, St Andrews<br />
Church, Dibden Purlieu. 11pm<br />
Midnight Communion,<br />
Waterside Methodist Church,<br />
North Road, Dibden Purlieu,<br />
11.15pm.<br />
Midnight Mass, 11.30pm, St<br />
John’s Church, Hythe.<br />
Midnight Communion, 11.30pm,<br />
at All Saints’ Church, Fawley.<br />
SAT 25TH DECEMBER<br />
Holy Communion for<br />
Christmas, 8am, St John’s<br />
Church, Hythe.<br />
Traditional Communion, All<br />
Saints’ Church, Dibden. 9am<br />
Christmas Communion for all,<br />
10am, St John’s Church, Hythe.<br />
Christmas Day Communion, 10am,<br />
at All Saints’ Church, Fawley.<br />
All Age Christmas Day<br />
Celebration, Waterside<br />
Methodist Church, Chapel Lane,<br />
Fawley, 10am.<br />
Family Communion, St Andrews<br />
Church, Dibden Purlieu, 10.30am.<br />
SUNDAY 26TH DECEMBER<br />
Holy Communion with carols on<br />
the Feast of Stephen, 10.30am St<br />
John’s Church, Hythe.<br />
SUNDAY 26TH DECEMBER<br />
New Forest Ramblers. 10am.<br />
6mile. Start: (OL22) SU257172<br />
Bramshaw Wood car park.<br />
Bramshaw, Penn Common.<br />
Leader Pam 01425 674006.<br />
MONDAY 27TH DECEMBER<br />
New Forest Ramblers. 10am.<br />
5mile. Start: (OL22) SZ 162985<br />
Sopley School (outside on road)<br />
Sopley Circular. Leaders<br />
Marguerite & Chris 01425<br />
672060.<br />
TUESDAY 28TH DECEMBER<br />
New Forest Ramblers. 10am.<br />
Start: (OL22) SZ250997 Wootton<br />
Bridge car park, Forest circular<br />
Leader: David 07770 964408.<br />
WED 29TH DECEMBER<br />
New Forest Ramblers. 10am.<br />
6mile +5mile. Start: (E131)<br />
SU316278 Spearywell Wood car<br />
park B3084, Figure of 8 walk<br />
West Tytherley. 1.30pm<br />
Mottisfont. Do one or both. 1<br />
Leader: Peter 023 8086 3529<br />
THURS 30TH DECEMBER<br />
New Forest Ramblers. 10.30am,<br />
8 mile. Start: (E117)ST 908030<br />
Spetisbury School, turn left just<br />
past Spetisbury Church. Leader<br />
Ruth 01258 452283.<br />
FRIDAY 31ST DECEMBER<br />
New Forest Ramblers. 10am,<br />
5mile. Start:(OL22)SZ136976<br />
Avon Causeway PH, Town<br />
Common. Optional drinks/snacks<br />
after. Leaders Chris & John<br />
01202 477309.<br />
SATURDAY 1ST JANUARY<br />
New Forest Ramblers. 10.30am,<br />
6mile. Start:(OL22)SZ321942<br />
Woodside Playing Fields car park,<br />
Keyhaven, sea walls. Finish at<br />
Chequers pub. Leader Ruth 01590<br />
643919.<br />
SUNDAY 2ND JANUARY<br />
New Forest Ramblers. 10am,<br />
10mile. Start:(OL22) SU253007<br />
Wilverley Inclosure car park,<br />
Burley, Markway. Bring lunch.<br />
Leader Ruth 01590 643919.<br />
WED 5TH JANUARY<br />
Keyhaven Birdwatch 9.30am-<br />
12.30pm. Another in the regular<br />
short walks with Steve Lankester<br />
to see wintering birds of the<br />
Keyhaven/Pennington marshes.<br />
Details contact Steve on 01590<br />
682421. Suggested donation £2.<br />
FRIDAY 7TH JANUARY<br />
Blackfield Ladies Circle, 2pm,<br />
Blackfield Baptist Church Hall,<br />
Members Day. 023 8089 3082.<br />
Hythe Wives, 7.15pm, Hythe<br />
Community Centre, New Year<br />
Social Evening. 023 8084 5519.<br />
SUNDAY 9TH JANUARY<br />
RSPB New Forest Group Field<br />
Trip. Pennington Marsh (SZ 319<br />
927). 10am-12.45pm. Meet at end<br />
of Lower Pennington Lane. Wear<br />
dark clothes, suitable footwear &<br />
bring binoculars. 01425 622515.<br />
TUESDAY 11TH JANUARY<br />
Testwood Toddler Club - “Diamond<br />
in the Snow”, Testwood Lakes<br />
10.30am-12noon or 1-2.30pm.<br />
Wildlife walks, games and stories for<br />
2-4 year-olds. Wear wellies and waterproofs.<br />
For details and booking contact<br />
Helen Robinson on 023 8066<br />
7929. Suggested donation £2.50 per<br />
child. All children must be accompanied<br />
by adults.<br />
ANIMAL MAGIC<br />
Cattle Help Restore Land<br />
A herd of cattle has become the National Trust’s<br />
secret weapon to kick-start regeneration of scrub and<br />
heathland at Foxbury Common near Copythorne.<br />
Foxbury consists of 150 hectares of land which is<br />
being returned to heathland and deciduous woodland,<br />
after decades of use as a conifer plantation. Project<br />
Officer Doug England reports that 60 beef cattle,<br />
owned by New Forest Commoners, have been turned<br />
out on 50 hectares of the land.<br />
“the cattle are an important tool in our regeneration<br />
plan” he explained. “they help to control the bracken,<br />
and where they stir up, or poach the ground,<br />
grasses and plants that seed will be able to germinate<br />
and grow, restoring the land to a mix of acid grassland<br />
and heath”.<br />
Doug and the area warden, Ian Bradwell, and their<br />
team have already removed alien species such as<br />
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ian Bradwell and doug england (right) check the<br />
new herd<br />
rhododendron, and have worked to restore three natural<br />
ponds, ditches and streams. They now hope to<br />
see an increasing population of insects such as dragonflies<br />
and damselflies, more insectivorous plants<br />
like sundews and butterworts, and an increase of<br />
woodlark, hobby and nightjar. As the work continues,<br />
the public will be welcome to enjoy access to<br />
Foxbury Common.<br />
HORSE<br />
ACCIDENT<br />
WEBSITE<br />
The British Horse Society has launched a dedicated<br />
horse accidents website, designed to provide statistics<br />
and data which will be used to lobby the Government<br />
for better riding conditions.<br />
The website, www.horseaccidents.org.uk, is to provide<br />
anyone involved in an equine-related incident<br />
with an easily accessible method of reporting it.<br />
Previously, an equestrian-related road incident may<br />
have gone unrecorded unless a human was injured<br />
and taken to hospital for treatment from the scene of<br />
the accident, so statistics were poor.<br />
Now, the website will<br />
record road traffic incidents<br />
involving ridden<br />
and driven horses, and<br />
those relating to low flying<br />
aircraft, road surface<br />
dressings, dangerous<br />
dogs, fireworks, wind<br />
turbines, and issues with<br />
gates. There will be provision<br />
to add other concerns<br />
as they are<br />
identified.<br />
The British Horse<br />
Society would like the<br />
help of anyone who has<br />
fallen victim to any such<br />
incidents; sharing these<br />
experiences could make<br />
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HORSE<br />
ACCIDENT<br />
WEBSITE<br />
a huge difference to all<br />
riders.<br />
Sheila Hardy, BHS<br />
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(Safety), explained:<br />
“Without hard evidence<br />
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impossible to lobby those<br />
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before we can help<br />
them”.<br />
ANIMAL MAGIC<br />
Tails Keep on Wagging<br />
Wagging Tails Ltd is celebrating its most successful<br />
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for dogs, as an alternative to kennels.<br />
Wagging Tails matches dogs and their owners with<br />
one of their specially selected carers, giving the<br />
dogs a loving family home in which to spend their<br />
holiday. This service has proved increasingly popular<br />
with dog owners across Hampshire and, despite<br />
the economic climate, Wagging Tails are seeing<br />
demand for their business continue to grow.<br />
Director Lisa commented: “owners are now looking<br />
for alternatives to traditional kennels and our<br />
personal and family run business is here to meet<br />
those needs. We believe the reason we are so busy is<br />
because of the calibre of our carers, the fact we<br />
don’t mix different families’ dogs together so can<br />
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Feed the Birds This Winter<br />
Last winter people rallied<br />
to help garden<br />
birds survive the record<br />
freezing temperatures,<br />
and the RSPB is urging<br />
people to step up again<br />
as the days grow shorter,<br />
it gets colder, and<br />
garden wildlife needs<br />
help during the colder<br />
months of the year. By<br />
stepping up bird feeding<br />
now, you might<br />
also be rewarded with<br />
some more unusual<br />
characters feeding in<br />
your gardens, as longtailed<br />
tits, blackcaps,<br />
redwings and fieldfares<br />
can visit gardens in<br />
their search for food.<br />
If natural food<br />
becomes covered in<br />
snow and ice, it is<br />
impossible for birds to<br />
get to it and they struggle<br />
to find the food<br />
they need to survive the<br />
winter in a healthy condition,<br />
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visit www.rspb.<br />
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Start of the Gardening Year<br />
By the time you read this, Dibden Purlieu Gardening<br />
Association will have enjoyed its Gardening Quiz<br />
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another year of interesting speakers and activities.<br />
The 2011 programme kicks off on Thursday 6th<br />
January with the Annual General Meeting where<br />
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members about “Plants which changed the world<br />
and the way we live”. Rosina has spoken to the<br />
group before; she researches her subject very well<br />
and makes a lively presentation, so this talk should<br />
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David Beeson, who is a professional horticulturalist<br />
as well as a gardening club chairman, is aware<br />
that many gardeners know very little about the<br />
mechanisms by which plants propagate and grow, so<br />
he has devised a talk entitled “How plants work”,<br />
which he will present on Thursday 5th May.<br />
For details of the meetings of Dibden Purlieu<br />
Gardening Association in the remainder of 2011,<br />
look in future issues of The <strong>Herald</strong>. The association<br />
meets at St Andrew’s Church Centre on the first<br />
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Garden birds use nestboxes to shelter<br />
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urges gardeners to put their nesting<br />
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Nestboxes don’t always sit unused<br />
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looking for a suitable place to<br />
roost or feed. Then they often use the<br />
same box for nesting in the spring.<br />
But it’s no good just putting them up<br />
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birds literally baking to death if<br />
exposed to too much sunlight when the<br />
spring days warm up.<br />
Unless there are trees or buildings<br />
which shade the box during the day,<br />
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them from strong sunshine, and to<br />
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nestbox. Do not locate them too close<br />
to the ground or on a fence or shed<br />
where cats could lurk. Boxes for robins<br />
and wrens, however, should not be too<br />
high and are best placed among greenery<br />
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If you have more than one nestbox, site<br />
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With the Christmas season approaching, New Forest<br />
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have also been announced.<br />
Every household can recycle paper (not gift wrap),<br />
card, plastic bottles, tins, cans and empty aerosols in<br />
the clear sack. Glass bottles and jars, textiles and<br />
shredded paper should be taken to one of the local<br />
recycling centres and put in the designated container.<br />
Changes to household refuse and recycling collections<br />
have been kept to a minimum and will only<br />
affect residents that have collections on a Monday or<br />
Tuesday.<br />
There will be no collection on Monday 27th<br />
december or tuesday 28th december, but a double<br />
collection will take place on Monday 3rd January<br />
and tuesday 4th January 2011.<br />
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday collections will not<br />
be affected.<br />
When the festivities are over, real Christmas trees can<br />
be taken to one of the Christmas tree collection<br />
points, open from Monday 3rd January until<br />
Sunday 9th January, which are:<br />
Fawley: Gang Warily Recreation Centre, Newlands<br />
Road, Blackfield SO45 1GA<br />
Hythe: New Road car park<br />
Lyndhurst: Village car park SO43 7NY<br />
New Milton: Crossmead Avenue car park BH25 6NF<br />
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CoUnCIL taX<br />
SCaM WarnInG<br />
New Forest District Council is warning residents of a<br />
council tax phone scam in which residents are told<br />
that, due to making regular and timely payments, they<br />
are due a one off payment from the government. The<br />
caller quotes values in the £’000’s.<br />
Residents have contacted the council after bogus<br />
phone calls were made to their homes. The residents<br />
were given a phone number to call to receive their<br />
payment and in some cases were asked for their bank<br />
details.<br />
New Forest District Council wishes to make it clear<br />
that the caller is not from the council and the number<br />
given to call is not known by the council.<br />
NFDC portfolio holder for crime and disorder, Cllr<br />
Goff Beck, warned: “Forest residents should be on<br />
the alert for these types of calls. They are a scam,<br />
CONTiNuED ON PAGE 67<br />
BatterY reCYCLInG<br />
Don’t throw away your old batteries with the household<br />
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batteries can be recycled through the BatteryBack<br />
scheme at any New Forest District Council public<br />
building during normal opening hours. Containers are<br />
available at Appletree Court, Lyndhurst; Town Hall,<br />
Lymington; Health & Leisure Centres such as<br />
Applemore and Totton; The Grove, Hythe; and<br />
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Gifts to the Environment<br />
The robin is showing off his bright red chest, houses<br />
are bedecked with colourful lights, and couples are<br />
kissing under the mistletoe – yes, the festive season<br />
has definitely arrived. This is also the time of year to<br />
celebrate and share gifts with the people we value.<br />
But why not spend a little time giving a gift to the<br />
environment as well?<br />
Here are a few simple ideas on reducing, reusing and<br />
recycling your waste this Christmas:<br />
Food<br />
We all love the big feast on Christmas Day, but this<br />
year think about how much food your family can<br />
really eat in just one afternoon. On average, a third of<br />
all food bought is actually thrown away. Try to plan<br />
your meals in advance and only buy what you need;<br />
this will not only reduce your food waste, but will<br />
save you money as well.<br />
Wrapping<br />
Traditional Christmas wrapping, made from a combination<br />
of paper and foil, is not recyclable. Why not<br />
present your gifts in reusable bags or make your own<br />
COUNCIL TAX<br />
SCAM WARNING<br />
ContInued from page 66<br />
which has been operating<br />
around the country<br />
and now it seems the<br />
new forest is being targeted.<br />
the council would<br />
never call council taxpayers<br />
and ask for their<br />
bank details over the<br />
phone, or request that<br />
another telephone call is<br />
made to claim a payment,<br />
so I urge everybody<br />
to be wary if they<br />
do receive such a call<br />
and obviously do not<br />
give any account<br />
details.”<br />
giftwrap by decorating some paper? If you receive a<br />
present in un-recyclable giftwrap, try to save the<br />
wrapping to use next year.<br />
Cards<br />
Christmas cards are recyclable. After you have taken<br />
them down, make sure they end up in your clear<br />
recycling sack. That way you could be giving your<br />
cards the gift of becoming notepaper, newspapers or<br />
even another Christmas card.<br />
Recycling<br />
Carry on separating your card, paper, plastic bottles,<br />
tins and cans ready for your recycling collection, and<br />
use the recycling centres<br />
for glass, textiles and<br />
many other items that<br />
you no longer need.<br />
Don’t just dream of a<br />
White Christmas – make<br />
it a Green Christmas,<br />
too.<br />
Anybody concerned<br />
after receiving such a<br />
call or seeking further<br />
advice can contact<br />
Glenda Chambers, audit<br />
services, on 023 8028<br />
5789 or the Fraud<br />
Hotline 0800 0851 637.<br />
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HYTHE<br />
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SHORT MAT BOWLS<br />
Test Valley Short Mat Bowls Association<br />
held the first of their one-day competitions<br />
recently at Wellow Village Hall,<br />
with 12 members of the League teams<br />
taking part in a round robin competition.<br />
Broughton entered two players: Kathy<br />
Buckman ended in 6th place after a 10–0<br />
win over Mike Percy (Wellow); and in<br />
her very first short mat bowls competition,<br />
Sarah Devall, ended with a 6–4 win<br />
against last year’s Singles Champion,<br />
Stan White.<br />
Winterslow’s player, Ray Hesford was<br />
unlucky, leading during the first half of<br />
the competition, with a 9–1 win against<br />
Pete Senior (Landford), he finally accumulated<br />
14 points, equalising with Nigel<br />
Fox (Wellow Growmore). The final decision<br />
was on total woods scored during<br />
the day, and as Ray had 53 against<br />
Nigel’s 54, with the narrowest of margins,<br />
Nigel Fox came in 3rd place.<br />
Barbara Davies from Landford ended in<br />
fifth place, following a 12–2 win over<br />
Pam Passotti, but the star of the Landford<br />
team was again Stan White, after a 7–2<br />
win over Barbara Davies and a 7-1 win<br />
over Norman Norrish (Landford) helped<br />
him to the runners-up spot overall.<br />
This year’s winner came from Wellow.<br />
Shirley Palmer had an excellent day, losing<br />
only two matches 3–6 against Nigel<br />
Fox and 3–4 against fellow Wellow player,<br />
Mike Percy. Her most convincing win<br />
of the day was against Stan White (9–4).<br />
Surprisingly, although Shirley has<br />
played in all of the previous Singles<br />
competitions, this was the first time that<br />
she had won the competition.<br />
Bramshott Seniors<br />
October Results:<br />
Yellow Peril - 1st Pete Summers,<br />
Peter Paine & Tony Walton; 2nd<br />
George Brown, Dave Campbell<br />
& Colin Peall; 3rd Derek Birch,<br />
Ken Barge & Brian Cox.<br />
Stableford Qualifier - Div 1: 1st<br />
Dave Campbell, 2nd George<br />
Brown, 3rd Johnny Hooper; Div<br />
2: 1st Peter Ennion, 2nd Mike<br />
Hedges, 3rd Peter Paine; Div 3:<br />
Local Adistars<br />
The Youth Sport Trust has teamed up<br />
with Adidas for the new AdiStars<br />
initiative, an online game encouraging<br />
young people to do more sport.<br />
Through the support of Adidas, the<br />
Trust has created an additional 7,000<br />
AdiStar Young Ambassadors who<br />
1st Dave Hood, 2nd Richard<br />
Elliott, 3rd Tom McCreadie.<br />
Over 70’s versus Under 70’s<br />
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November Results:<br />
Pairs Stableford – 1st Tim<br />
Dudman & John Cross, 2nd<br />
Dave Lowman & Ed Moseley,<br />
3rd Bernard Easton & Keith<br />
Cartwright, 4th Derek Birch &<br />
Richard Elliott.<br />
will promote the programme and<br />
also the Olympic and Paralympic<br />
values of Friendship, Respect,<br />
Excellence, Determination,<br />
Inspiration, Courage and Equality in<br />
schools.<br />
The Mountbatten School, Romsey<br />
has selected Year 9 students,<br />
Stephanie Bottell and Quantae<br />
Ramdin to be the new<br />
AdiStars. They will launch the<br />
project, which helps 13 to 19<br />
year olds set up fun sporting<br />
challenges and offers rewards<br />
for sustained activities.<br />
Stephanie, an outstanding athlete<br />
and sports leader, represents<br />
many school teams and<br />
is the current Hampshire<br />
Schools AA U-14 200m champion.<br />
Quantae is also an outstanding<br />
sportsman and plays for<br />
Tottonians Rugby Football Club<br />
Both youngsters have already<br />
experienced the excitement of<br />
delivering presentations at conferences<br />
in the county. In June<br />
they made a presentation at the<br />
Hampshire and IOW PE<br />
Conference and took a lead role in<br />
the promotion of the ‘Lighting the<br />
Torch to 2012’ Conference in<br />
July.<br />
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GREEN AND ETHICAL INVESTMENT<br />
by Mark Davis, Waterside Independent Financial Advisers Ltd<br />
Green and ethical investments look at the wider<br />
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Have a Peaceful Christmas<br />
by Jenny Bakewell, Wills & Probate Solicitor, at Eric Robinson Solicitors in Hythe<br />
For me, Christmas has always been<br />
the perfect opportunity for reflection.<br />
It is a time when most businesses take<br />
a rest and there is a genuine pause in<br />
the hustle and bustle of everyday life<br />
for people to spend time with their<br />
friends and family.<br />
Having worked for many years as a<br />
Solicitor in Wills and Probate, I have<br />
seen a variety of ways in which people<br />
in my profession link the importance<br />
of making a Will to the festive season:<br />
‘give your family the ultimate gift this<br />
Christmas’, ‘Look after your loved<br />
ones this Christmas’; or ‘peace and<br />
goodWILL to all men’.<br />
Although I completely understand<br />
these campaigns - and some of them<br />
are very clever - I have personally<br />
always shied away from using a time<br />
of happiness to point out one’s mortality,<br />
especially when Christmas is a<br />
time when people tend to remember<br />
loved ones who are no longer around<br />
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According to Experts In Responsible Investment<br />
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retail green and ethical investment funds available<br />
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in green and ethical<br />
to celebrate the holiday with.<br />
I do agree with the association of<br />
Christmas with calm and resolve. I<br />
think Christmas Day is the one day of<br />
the year, when we are lucky enough to<br />
live in a country where we can feel a<br />
sense of peace, and that is what I truly<br />
wish for everyone. In a year when we<br />
have seen natural disasters abroad,<br />
casualties in Afghanistan, and fearful<br />
speculation over the economy,<br />
Christmas is a time when we can be<br />
thankful for all we do have.<br />
So, on behalf of all the staff at Eric<br />
Robinson Solicitors, I would like to<br />
wish the people of Hythe and the readers<br />
of the <strong>Herald</strong> a Happy Christmas<br />
and best wishes for 2011.<br />
[Jenny Bakewell is a Wills & probate<br />
Solicitor at eric robinson Solicitors<br />
in Hythe and can be contacted on<br />
(023) 8084 4304 or<br />
jenny.bakewell@ericrobinson.co.uk]<br />
investments.<br />
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At the end of a turbulent year, house prices are higher<br />
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number of repossessions at their lowest for 2 1 ⁄2 years.<br />
Council Tax rises may well be more modest in the<br />
future.<br />
So why do we not feel optimistic?<br />
One reason is that the first Coalition budget, together<br />
with the recently announced spending cuts, have left<br />
purchasers and vendors bewildered, not knowing<br />
what to do.<br />
What do most people do?<br />
They sit on their hands and wait.... firstly for the<br />
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secondly, to see whether the Market falls, so as to<br />
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How much does it cost<br />
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there are better<br />
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• Do they have substantial<br />
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• How long will they<br />
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they understand my<br />
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• Do I have to fit around<br />
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Ask those questions first<br />
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v ON THE HOME FRONT v<br />
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two double bedrooms with laminate flooring;<br />
refitted bathroom with heated towel<br />
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prising panelled bath with electric shower<br />
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There is an easily maintained front garden<br />
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Internal viewing of this property, which is<br />
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in a popular residential<br />
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The property, an an area<br />
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naturally landscaped<br />
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Whilst it would appear that the property<br />
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mid-November every property that<br />
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enquiries were being received on a<br />
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Director Paul Dettmer commented that<br />
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On the first floor, the<br />
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Outside, there is a<br />
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The secluded<br />
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tap.<br />
Internal viewing<br />
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a t t r a c t i v e<br />
home, which is<br />
on the market<br />
for £324,950, is<br />
recommended.<br />
For more details and an<br />
appointment to view,<br />
contact Morris Dibben<br />
on 023 8084 3093.<br />
lettING DemAND HIGH<br />
shortage of homes to let, but he could<br />
not remember when their company had<br />
had no properties available. Co-<br />
Director Jeff Shorter added that whilst<br />
they manage in the region of one hundred<br />
properties, they have the capacity<br />
to manage many more, and would ask<br />
current or prospective landlords to contact<br />
them to discuss their circumstances<br />
Continued on Page 73
v ON THE HOME FRONT v<br />
Improved Home with No Forward Chain<br />
Hythe & Waterside Estate Agents are pleased to<br />
announce that an opportunity has arisen to purchase<br />
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Located at Hardley, the property benefits from many<br />
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The improved accommodation includes an impressive<br />
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lettING DemAND HIGH<br />
Continued FRom Page 72<br />
in more detail. In the previous two<br />
weeks a 1 bedroom flat in Dibden, a 2<br />
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Christmas Services<br />
Christmas services to suit everyone take place at St<br />
Andrew’s Church, Dibden Purlieu and All Saints,<br />
Dibden.<br />
Services for the whole family take place at St<br />
Andrew’s Church: on Sunday 19th December at<br />
10.30am there is the Children’s Christmas Praise,<br />
where children and young people of the congregation<br />
lead a lively and engaging service; on<br />
Christmas eve at 3pm and 5pm, the Christingle<br />
service takes place, with innocent faces shining in<br />
the Christingle light to remind everyone what<br />
Christmas is all about; then on Christmas Day a<br />
Family Communion at 10.30am offers a chance to<br />
give thanks and go home in peace. Children are<br />
welcome to take their favourite toy.<br />
For more traditional services at St Andrew’s, Carols<br />
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19th December at 6.30pm, for a perfectly<br />
peaceful atmosphere to be<br />
uplifted by your favourite carols. On<br />
Christmas eve at 11pm, Midnight<br />
Communion provides a fitting start to<br />
the most special day of the year.<br />
A quiet and traditional communion<br />
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Lord takes place at All Saints’ Church<br />
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For more information see www.dib<br />
denchurches.org or call 023 8084<br />
1084.<br />
‘Southampton Sings at St Mary’s<br />
Stadium’, on Friday 17th<br />
December, is a major event in<br />
support of The Southampton<br />
Passion.<br />
The aim is to fill the stadium with<br />
32,000 people and to break the<br />
Facing Christmas<br />
A candlelit service for those who find the Christmas<br />
season difficult to cope with, for whatever reason, is<br />
being held at St Bernard’s Catholic Church,<br />
Southbourne Avenue, Holbury, on Friday 10th<br />
December at 7.30pm. You may have suffered a<br />
bereavement, or family will be coming and you don’t<br />
know how you’ll cope, or you may be feeling lonely,<br />
or may simply want a quiet prayerful time before the<br />
festivities begin. Everyone is welcome.<br />
ReAl CHRIStmAS SpIRIt<br />
Totton Precinct will be alive with<br />
music on Saturday 18th<br />
December from 10am to 2pm,<br />
when musicians from the churches<br />
in Totton will be playing some<br />
well known (and some new)<br />
Christmas carols for people to join<br />
in with.<br />
Also on offer will be a free<br />
A StoRY to tell<br />
by Eddie Boon, Minister, Cornerstone Church, Hythe<br />
By the time you get to read this<br />
edition of The <strong>Herald</strong>, preparations<br />
for Christmas in the<br />
Waterside will be well under<br />
way. There is always a huge<br />
number of special events, performances,<br />
concerts, fayres and<br />
church services on offer, as<br />
well as some lovely shopping<br />
areas lit up and festive to attract<br />
us. I hope that you will support<br />
as many of these events as you<br />
can.<br />
One of my sons has been given<br />
the part of Dermot O’Leary,<br />
World Record Carolling Attempt<br />
Guinness World Record for the<br />
largest crowd singing carols at one<br />
venue. The five concourses at the<br />
stadium will be used from 6pm for<br />
entertainment such as live music,<br />
face painting and balloon modelling.<br />
The Carol Service then<br />
Christmas gift wrapping service,<br />
and a Prayer Tree where people<br />
can write out anything they have<br />
concerns about or, better still, ask<br />
one of the many people on hand to<br />
pray with them there and then. For<br />
young people there will be opportunities<br />
to make a crown or other<br />
festive novelties and to have a go<br />
New Hope<br />
FoR A boY<br />
‘It’s a Boy!’ is the title of a special Christmas production<br />
being presented at New Hope Community<br />
Church, Hardley Green on Sunday 19th December<br />
at 6pm. Everyone is welcome to go along to this free<br />
entertainment. For more information, call 023 8024<br />
3306.<br />
v SAY YOU SAW IT IN THE HERALD v<br />
from the X Factor, in his school<br />
pantomime. It is amazing how<br />
much of popular media and culture<br />
needs a ‘narrator’ to draw<br />
things together. Post-modernity<br />
often argues there is no ‘grand’<br />
story, but I believe that in<br />
Advent and Christmas, and the<br />
real meaning behind it, we have<br />
the greatest story ever told. I<br />
guess I would say that, wouldn’t<br />
I? And my son also quite<br />
fancied being Simon Cowell!<br />
With best wishes to you this<br />
Advent.<br />
begins at 7.15pm.<br />
Tickets are £4 per person, or £12<br />
per family (2+2 or 1+3). For more<br />
information or tickets, contact<br />
Clive Tunley on 023 8090<br />
0111/07722 846528 or email<br />
clive@southamptonpassion.org.uk<br />
at the lucky dip.<br />
A spokesperson for Churches<br />
Together in Totton & The Forest<br />
Edge, who organise the event, said<br />
‘Christmas is not just a commercial<br />
bonanza, it is the celebration<br />
of the birth of Jesus, born to save<br />
us all. Let’s celebrate!’
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the Driving<br />
ON THE ROAD<br />
Standards Agency<br />
(DSA) will no longer be<br />
publishing details of test<br />
routes. The point is to<br />
allow you to demonstrate<br />
your ability to<br />
drive safely in realistic<br />
driving situations, rather<br />
than memorising a particular<br />
test route. The<br />
DSA have published a<br />
short video on YouTube<br />
explaining more about<br />
independent driving.<br />
test within the last 12 months and you<br />
must use one of the registered instructors.<br />
You can register for the scheme online<br />
a t<br />
www3.hants.gov.uk/roadsafety/saferdriving/young-drivers.html<br />
and follow<br />
the link. Once your registration has<br />
been authorised, a list of approved<br />
instructors that are eligible to deliver<br />
the scheme, will be sent to you along<br />
with your authorisation number which<br />
your instructor will ask for.<br />
Hampshire County Council will pay<br />
£75 towards the cost of your Pass Plus<br />
course directly to your instructor, on<br />
completion of the 6 modules. You pay<br />
the remainder of the fee to the instructor<br />
at the beginning of the course.<br />
L<br />
Hampshire County Council is keen to<br />
encourage mature, more experienced drivers<br />
to enrol for a scheme which aims to<br />
keep people driving safely for longer. In<br />
Hampshire older drivers are involved in<br />
fewer accidents that most other age groups<br />
owing primarily to their increased experience,<br />
confidence and patience. Their eyesight,<br />
hearing, reaction time and judgement<br />
of speed and distance, however, may not be<br />
as sharp as it once was and, in the event of<br />
an accident causing injury, their recovery<br />
time can take longer.<br />
Hampshire’s Older Driver Appraisal<br />
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appraisal with an Approved Driving<br />
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carried out from the driver’s home, in<br />
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each driver is given a comprehensive<br />
evaluation, where any concerns or remedial<br />
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Don’t Let Your Car Catch Cold<br />
A little forward planning can ease your car’s way<br />
into the cold weather and make sure that you don’t<br />
get left out in the cold.<br />
• Make sure the vehicle is in good condition –<br />
mechanically and electronically. A full service<br />
should do it<br />
• Check the strength of the antifreeze in the radiator.<br />
Add extra (glycol based) to bring it up to the<br />
strength recommended by the manufacturer<br />
• Replace the wiper blades if they have been in use<br />
for more than a year<br />
• Prepare for frost by arming yourself with a deicer<br />
spray and plastic scraper – better still, park the<br />
vehicle in a garage or closer to the side of the<br />
house to give it some overnight protection<br />
• Check the fanbelt and replace it if in doubt<br />
• If you have had any starting problems, get the<br />
battery and starter motor checked. The battery has<br />
• Be ready to stop –<br />
ponies may step out even<br />
when they’ve seen you<br />
approaching<br />
• Drive slowly, especially<br />
at night and when<br />
other cars are approaching<br />
with their headlights<br />
on<br />
• Give animals grazing<br />
by the side of the road, a<br />
wide berth<br />
• Remember that deer<br />
easily jump the fences<br />
alongside roads like the<br />
A337, A31 and A35 and<br />
when there is one deer<br />
more will usually follow<br />
• The faster you are<br />
going, the greater the<br />
damage will be to the<br />
animal, your car and<br />
your passengers – start<br />
your journey early, so<br />
you don’t have to hurry.<br />
if you witness an acci-<br />
to work extra hard during the winter and should be<br />
checked if it is more than 3 years old<br />
• Top up the windscreen washer and add a little<br />
screen wash additive suitable for winter conditions<br />
• A wet-start spray is useful on damp or rainy days<br />
or if your car isn’t garaged overnight<br />
• Useful things to carry include a set of jump<br />
leads, a tow rope, and snow equipment such as a<br />
small spade and some old sacks or matting in case<br />
your tyres need extra grip<br />
• Car carpets tend to take a hammering in the winter<br />
and can become saturated. Lessen the risk of<br />
corrosion in the floor by placing rubber mats over<br />
the carpet<br />
• Condensation problems on the windows can be<br />
tackled by keeping a dry cloth or chamois leather<br />
handy<br />
forest driving tiPs<br />
dent<br />
• Call 999 in an emergency<br />
or 0845 045 4545<br />
in a non-emergency to<br />
report any road traffic<br />
accident involving a<br />
pony, cow, donkey,<br />
sheep, dog or deer.<br />
• Call the Verderers’<br />
office on 023 8028 2052<br />
(Mon-Fri 9am-5pm) or<br />
the Forestry<br />
Commission on 023<br />
8028 3141 (24 hours) to<br />
report sick commoning<br />
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animals.<br />
be prepared<br />
Carry an animal accident<br />
hotline card; it tells you<br />
who to call, and display<br />
an ‘I go slow for ponies’<br />
car sticker. Both can be<br />
obtained from the<br />
<strong>Herald</strong> office in Hythe<br />
or visit www.newforest<br />
npa.gov.uk/animal_acci<br />
dent_help on how to get<br />
a card and sticker.
ON THE ROAD<br />
stay under 40<br />
in tHe forest<br />
Country Watch officers, working with<br />
the Roads Policing Unit, stopped 15<br />
drivers recently for speeding in the<br />
New Forest as part of the stay under 40<br />
campaign. The drivers pulled over<br />
were caught travelling at speeds of up<br />
to 53mph on a 40mph road. Six of the<br />
drivers were warned about their driving<br />
and four were offered the opportunity<br />
to attend a Driver Awareness<br />
Training course to educate them about<br />
safe driving instead of receiving points<br />
Winter Driving<br />
Checklist<br />
• Make sure that the car has enough fuel<br />
• Ensure the battery is in good condition<br />
• On cold mornings use a de-icer on windows, or a<br />
scraper – never hot water<br />
• Check screen wash bottle is topped up, and with an<br />
additive to stop it freezing<br />
• Check windscreen wipers for wear and tear, and<br />
replace if necessary<br />
• Make sure all heaters<br />
and ventilation systems<br />
are working, so misting<br />
is minimised<br />
• Keep all external lights<br />
and mirrors clean<br />
• Ensure headlamps are<br />
aligned<br />
• Check tyre treads; there<br />
should be no cracks or<br />
cuts<br />
• Spray a special carborundum<br />
powder lock<br />
lubricant into door locks<br />
on their licence or a fine. The remaining<br />
five were issued with a fixed penalty<br />
ticket and given three points on their<br />
licence. All the drivers were spoken to<br />
by the Country Watch officers about<br />
the dangers of speeding on New Forest<br />
roads and were given the opportunity<br />
to view graphic photographs of vehicles<br />
that had collided with New Forest<br />
wildlife resulting in injury or death to<br />
the vehicle’s occupants or the animal.<br />
Police Community Support Officer,<br />
Alan McCaffery, said:<br />
“I’m disappointed to see<br />
that a large number of<br />
drivers are still ignoring<br />
the speed limits within<br />
the New Forest and<br />
showing little consideration<br />
for other road users<br />
and the New Forest’s<br />
wildlife. I hope these drivers<br />
will think twice<br />
before speeding again.”<br />
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12 months commencing 1st January 2011. These can<br />
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district-wide long stay 3 monthly clocks at<br />
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used in all NFDC car parks, including the council’s<br />
amenity car parks.<br />
• Check the level in your<br />
windscreen washer bottle<br />
regularly, especially<br />
before a long journey.<br />
Add screen wash, diluted<br />
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and keep some<br />
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• Never use ordinary<br />
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• Don’t be tempted to<br />
use a scouring pad to<br />
remove stubborn marks,<br />
as this will scratch and<br />
cause poor visibility,<br />
especially at night.<br />
• For motorway driving<br />
With dark evenings and wintry weather,<br />
officers from Hampshire constabulary’s<br />
road policing unit have been out<br />
on the streets in the New Forest, giving<br />
out important safety advice. During a<br />
week-long operation targeting cyclists,<br />
officers worked with Safer<br />
Neighbourhood teams to give advice<br />
and high visibility clothing to riders. A<br />
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short stay clocks at £12, valid for the 12 months<br />
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any town and village NFDC car park, and allow up to<br />
3 hours parking at any one time.<br />
The easiest way to purchase a parking clock is<br />
through the council’s website newforest.gov.uk/parkingclocks<br />
Alternatively, phone 01590 646123 or call in at any<br />
NFDC council office or leisure centre.<br />
(Remember that if you have a 2010 parking clock, it<br />
will not be valid after 31st December 2010)<br />
a vieW on sCreen savers<br />
and on long journeys,<br />
use your screen wash<br />
every 20 minutes to<br />
ensure you maintain a<br />
clear view.<br />
• Don’t try to clean the<br />
inside of the windscreen<br />
with your hand, because<br />
this will cause greasy<br />
smears which will<br />
impair vision.<br />
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• Change your wiper<br />
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• Check your windscreen<br />
for scratches or chips<br />
which could reflect distracting<br />
beams of light,<br />
making a clear outlook<br />
impossible.<br />
ing the operations, which took place<br />
during weekday peak morning travelling<br />
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Keep your Bike<br />
safe & secure<br />
More cycle thefts are reported at this time of year<br />
than at any other, as new bikes have been bought as<br />
Christmas presents. To reduce the risk of your<br />
Christmas present becoming a gift for thieves, follow<br />
this advice:<br />
When it is left unattended, ensure that your bike is<br />
locked securely with a good quality cycle lock.<br />
If your bike is kept in a shed or outbuilding, make<br />
sure it is locked away or chained to something very<br />
heavy inside.<br />
Record details of your cycle, including the frame<br />
number and any distinguishing features or marks, to<br />
enable police to return it to you more easily, should it<br />
be recovered.<br />
Contact your Safer Neighbourhood team at your local<br />
Police Station for advice<br />
on cycle marking and<br />
postcoding.<br />
Classic<br />
Wishes<br />
The Southampton &<br />
New Forest Group of the<br />
Austin A30 & A35<br />
Owners Club has asked<br />
The <strong>Herald</strong> to pass on its<br />
wishes for a safe and<br />
happy Christmas and<br />
New Year to all local<br />
classic car enthusiasts.<br />
The group’s next meeting<br />
will be at Bartley<br />
Lodge Hotel, Lyndhurst<br />
Road, Cadnam, on<br />
thursday 13th<br />
January. For more<br />
information, call 023<br />
8087 0860.<br />
Winter<br />
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• Check your vehicle<br />
• Be prepared for anything<br />
• Be cautious<br />
• Watch your speed<br />
Book your car in for a<br />
pre-winter service to<br />
make sure that it really is<br />
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will throw at it. Your<br />
own essential regular<br />
checks can only go so<br />
far; some elements of<br />
your car need the attention<br />
of the professionals<br />
at your local garage.<br />
Bus Timetables<br />
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in Good voice<br />
Waterside Musical Society members will be carol<br />
singing in the Dibden Purlieu area during the evening<br />
of sunday 19th December, and will be raising funds<br />
for the Waterside Cancer Support Centre. Looking<br />
ahead to the New Year, rehearsals for the society’s<br />
spring concerts will start on Friday 7th January at<br />
Cadland School in Holbury. Anyone who would like<br />
to get involved with Waterside Musical Society’s<br />
activities is invited to call membership secretary<br />
Karen on 07876 714182 or Robin Watton on 023<br />
8084 8529.<br />
Wheels of Fire<br />
The use of vehicles and equipment used by the fire<br />
service during and after the Second World War is<br />
explored in a new book by Alan House, retired<br />
Deputy Chief Fire officer of Hampshire Fire and<br />
Rescue Service. It has taken Alan, a keen historian,<br />
five years to research and complete, and is his 19th<br />
book.<br />
‘Wheels of Fire’ describes the fire engines of the<br />
Auxiliary Fire Service and the National Fire Service<br />
between 1938 and 1948, highlighting the problems<br />
with supply, the variety of vehicles and equipment<br />
that was used by the fire service as it dealt with the<br />
ravages of fire due to the many air raids on the UK<br />
during the war.<br />
Alan served with HFRS for more than 40 years and<br />
was Deputy Chief Fire<br />
Officer at Service headquarters<br />
in Eastleigh, a<br />
post he held for 17<br />
years, and where he<br />
maintains a small museum<br />
and archive collection.<br />
He is also an<br />
archivist for the<br />
Firefighter Memorial<br />
Charitable Trust and the<br />
British Fire Service’s<br />
Association, as well as<br />
national Chairman of the Fire Heritage Network and<br />
the Hampshire Retired Firefighters Association.<br />
‘Wheels of Fire’ is available at £22 (+£5.70 p&p)<br />
from Alan or Carole Hobbs at Hampshire Fire and<br />
Rescue Service, Leigh Road, Eastleigh SO50 9SJ or<br />
email carole.hobbs@hantsfire.gov.uk or telephone<br />
023 8062 6836. It is 596 pages long with 910 photographs.<br />
Proceeds from the book’s sale go to the<br />
HFRS Heritage Collection, which includes the HFRS<br />
‘Final Salute’ Firefighter Memorial located outside<br />
HFRS headquarters in Eastleigh.<br />
Festive<br />
FAmily stress<br />
Christmas should be a time to switch off and relax,<br />
and maybe to eat, drink and be merry, while spending<br />
time with family and friends. But Christmas can be an<br />
extremely stressful time for some families, particularly<br />
with the added financial and other pressures that<br />
the festive season brings.<br />
This year, the purse strings are likely to be pulled<br />
even tighter as a result of the country’s economic difficulties,<br />
which may mean that Santa won’t be bringing<br />
as much as he has done in previous years.<br />
Children can get over-excited at this time, which can<br />
push parents’ patience to the limit.<br />
Sometimes children’s behaviour or demands, coming<br />
on top of everything else in life, are simply too much.<br />
The NSPCC urges parents and carers to call the<br />
NSPCC Helpline on 0808 800 5000 if they are feeling<br />
stressed and at the point of lashing out.<br />
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If you want to<br />
know more<br />
about us<br />
phone<br />
023 8089 2511<br />
INFORMATION
metAl tHeFt WArninG<br />
New Forest residents are being alerted<br />
to a new outbreak of metal thefts in the<br />
Waterside area, including Hythe, to<br />
Beaulieu, Brockenhurst and<br />
Lymington, which have been targeted<br />
in a recent spate of lead and copper<br />
thefts. Various premises, including<br />
large country houses, churches and<br />
schools, have been hit by thieves stripping<br />
their roofs.<br />
Police are calling on the public to stay<br />
alert for any suspicious activity in their<br />
neighbourhoods. Earlier this year,<br />
Ringwood was badly hit by lead thefts,<br />
but these were successfully tackled by<br />
the use of DNA grease-marking kits<br />
funded by the Safer New Forest<br />
Partnership Joint Action Group.<br />
Hampshire Constabulary, with support<br />
from the Partnership, is proposing to<br />
distribute more of the kits to fight back<br />
against the trend.<br />
Police are raising awareness in local<br />
communities and increasing patrols.<br />
They also send out police ‘e-alerts’ to<br />
everyone on their mailing list to be<br />
extra vigilant and call police if they see<br />
anything suspicious.<br />
Police are also appealing to the metal<br />
trade to be vigilant, and have issued<br />
local scrap yards with ultraviolet scanners,<br />
which can detect stolen metal<br />
marked with the DNA grease, and<br />
report any suspicious activity immediately.<br />
Anybody convicted of lead theft faces<br />
a maximum term of imprisonment of<br />
seven years and an order to pay costs<br />
and compensation.<br />
Residents should call the Police on 101<br />
for general information, but if they<br />
think an offence is actually happening,<br />
call 999 immediately and if possible<br />
make a note of any vehicle and<br />
descriptions of suspects.<br />
60th Wedding Anniversary<br />
Local residents, Mary and Tony<br />
Woodhouse celebrated their 60th<br />
Wedding Anniversary on 6th<br />
December. Married at St John’s<br />
Church in Hythe in 1950, they have<br />
always lived in the area. Mary (nee<br />
Bell) was born and grew up in Hythe.<br />
Tony was the cinema projectionist<br />
when they first met. He went on to<br />
work in Esso Refinery, where he<br />
stayed until retirement in 1990. The<br />
couple both have a long association<br />
with Hythe & Dibden Sports Club<br />
and Tony is still involved with the<br />
Cricket section.<br />
Their 3 daughters, 6 grandchildren<br />
and 6 great-grandchildren, all helped<br />
Mary and Tony celebrate their special<br />
day.<br />
Poppy<br />
Thanks<br />
Margaret Dagnall, the<br />
Royal British Legion<br />
Poppy Appeal organiser<br />
for the Hythe North area,<br />
has asked The <strong>Herald</strong> to<br />
pass on her thanks to all<br />
the volunteer collectors,<br />
participating shops,<br />
schools, and Barclays<br />
Bank Hythe Branch for<br />
their support, and the<br />
people of Hythe North<br />
for their generous donations,<br />
which resulted in a<br />
record figure of<br />
£1,940.94 being raised<br />
for this year’s Poppy<br />
Appeal.<br />
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OUT ON 6TH<br />
JANUARY<br />
JOIN AVON<br />
• Earn Extra Cash<br />
• Meet New Friends<br />
• Hours to Suit You<br />
Call Zoe Longland (Sales Leader)<br />
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Trans Medical Ambulance Service requires<br />
AMBULANCE DRIVERS<br />
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Young Dancers in Panto<br />
Twenty four young performers, aged<br />
7 to 12 years, from Lindsey Read<br />
School of Dance, are taking part in<br />
the Mayflower Theatre’s seasonal<br />
Pantomime, Aladdin, which stars<br />
Paul O’Grady as ‘Lily Savage’, who<br />
plays Widow Twanky. Selected by<br />
audition held locally at Applemore<br />
Sports & Leisure Centre, they all met<br />
height and age requirements, and had<br />
to sing and dance to gain a place.<br />
The girls, split into 2 teams of 12(blue<br />
& pink team) will be acting, singing<br />
and dancing in the show on alternate<br />
nights, playing the parts of workers in<br />
Widow Twankee’s laundry, pieces of<br />
dirty laundry, ragamuffins and brides-<br />
maids in the Finale.<br />
Opening night is Friday 10th<br />
December, and the show runs until<br />
Saturday 8th January.<br />
Blue Team: Chloe medley, maisie<br />
sheffield, Georgia Holland,<br />
Georgina vaughan, sophie<br />
Hayward, ellen smith, Harriet<br />
mintram, sophie Powell, lucy<br />
Whetren, Olivia Haynes, melissa<br />
Jenner, mollie towers.<br />
Pink Team: stacey White, Aimee<br />
Francis, Keira Geary, Kirstie<br />
lodge, lucy Hawkins, Hannah<br />
O’Hara, ella Clark, Charlotte<br />
King, Hayley Green, sophie Cole,<br />
Alexandra Holmes, Deanna lilof.<br />
PArCel sCAm WArninG<br />
With Christmas fast approaching, residents<br />
should be aware of a parcel delivery<br />
scam, which has been confirmed by<br />
Royal Mail and which Trading Standards<br />
Office are making people aware of, particularly<br />
at this busy time of ordering<br />
items for Christmas or receiving parcels<br />
from relatives.<br />
If a card is posted through your door from<br />
a company called PDS (Parcel Delivery<br />
Service) suggesting that they were unable<br />
ALL IN A DAYS WORK<br />
ADVERTISE<br />
YOUR JOB<br />
VACANCY<br />
IN THE<br />
HERALD<br />
CALL 023<br />
8084 0815<br />
to deliver a parcel and that you need to<br />
contact them on 0906 6611911 (a<br />
Premium rate number). DO NOT call this<br />
number, as this is a mail scam originating<br />
from Belize. If you call the number and<br />
you start to hear a recorded message you<br />
will already have been billed £315 for the<br />
phone call.<br />
If you do receive a card with these<br />
details, then please contact Royal Mail<br />
Fraud on 020 7239 6655 immediately.<br />
STAFF REQUIRED FOR<br />
FOR NEWLY REFURBISHED<br />
BAR IN TOTTON<br />
STARTING EARLY DECEMBER<br />
EXPERIENCED PART TIME BAR STAFF<br />
Various hours including evenings and weekends<br />
Must be able to cover Christmas period<br />
We are looking for someone with good manners,<br />
is able to chat to customers and provide good<br />
customer service at all times<br />
Pay above minimum wage<br />
EXPERIENCED COOK<br />
Various hours including weekends<br />
We are looking for someone that is able to cook<br />
homemade foods<br />
Pay above minimum wage<br />
Please call for more details about<br />
either vacancy on...<br />
Nick 07789 853323 or Lucy 07786 015910<br />
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PAssenGer sHiP mOvements<br />
10th Dec – independence of the seas – arr 5.15am, dep 4.45pm<br />
10th December – Black Watch – arr 6.30am, dep 4.30pm<br />
14th December – Artemis – arr 6.30am, dep 4.30pm<br />
14th December – Queen elizabeth – arr 6.30am, dep 4.30pm<br />
15th December – Queen victoria – arr 6.30am, dep 4.30pm<br />
(ALL DETAILS AS SUPPLIED BY ABP ARE PROVISIONAL AND MAY BE SUBJECT TO ALTERATION WITHOUT NOTICE)<br />
AUDIO VISUAL<br />
RECORDS for sale, LP’s and 45’s, 60’s, 70’s, 80’s and 90’s,<br />
excellent condition. Call 023 8084 5394.<br />
LARGE AMPLIFIER, very powerful piece, two large speakers<br />
with swivel stands, two very good microphones with stand,<br />
karaoke CD player with 50 graphics, CD’s mixed music, 60’s,<br />
70’s, 80’s and 90’s and a TV set, all as new, played twice,<br />
£1,200 ono. Call 023 8084 5394.<br />
CARPET FITTING<br />
ADAM TABRETT – fitting and supplying of carpets<br />
and vinyls. Re-adaptions, re-stretches, repairs. Free<br />
estimates. Tel: 023 8089 2034 or 07771 521243.<br />
CLOTHING & ACCESSORIES<br />
CLOTHES DON’T FIT? Donate them to the Cancer<br />
Research UK Shop, Church Street, Romsey. 92p in every £1<br />
raised goes towards research.<br />
BOOTS ON skates, Bauer Toronto, men’s size, vgc. Tel: 023<br />
8084 9157.<br />
REGATTA JACKET and trousers, size M/L, brand new/never<br />
worn. Tel: 023 8084 9157.<br />
LEATHER JACKET, chest 38”, dark brown, vgc, £25. Tel:<br />
023 8084 9157.<br />
RUCKSACK, Berghaus, vgc, £20 ono. Tel: 023 8084 9157.<br />
COMPUTERS<br />
COMPUTER – tower/screen, Acer Aspire T180-1972,<br />
Windows Vista Home Basic, AMD Semprom 3200X, 80gb<br />
data, 512mb DORII, DVD RW Dual, double layer, flat<br />
screen, £170 with computer table. Contact 07540 938295<br />
COMPUTER TUITION<br />
1-ON-1 Computer Tuition for beginners/improvers<br />
using Word, Excel, Graphics, e-mail, Internet. Phone<br />
023 8089 7793 or 07801 817928 for details.<br />
DISABLED EQUIPMENT<br />
LITTLE TIGER mobility scooter, 4 wheeled, foldable for carrying<br />
in car, brand new, ££700 ono. Tel 023 8084 1493.<br />
MOBILITY SCOOTER, suitable for fitting in car boot, 4mph,<br />
£200. Mobility walking frame with seat storage, £50.<br />
Surround toilet frame, to aid rising, brand new, £20. Tel: 023<br />
8089 1604.<br />
BREEZE 4 mobility scooter, 8mph, captains seat, 1 year old,<br />
hardly used, £1,850. Phone 023 8086 8442.<br />
16th December – saga Pearl ii – arr 6.30am, dep 5pm<br />
17th December – Aurora – arr 6.30am, dep 4.30pm<br />
17th December – Oriana – arr 6.30am, dep 4.30pm<br />
17th December – Black Watch – arr 7am, dep 4.30pm<br />
19th December – Arcadia – arr 6.30am, dep 4.30pm<br />
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eleCtriCAl<br />
WOrK<br />
NICEIC<br />
Registered<br />
Part P<br />
023 8089 0376<br />
07889 187820<br />
GARAGE DOORS<br />
HOUSEHOLD<br />
SEND YOUR<br />
FREE<br />
ADVERTS<br />
TO 6 HIGH<br />
STREET,<br />
HYTHE<br />
COMPUTER EQUIPMENT HEALTH & BEAUTY<br />
TONING TABLE, Shape Master, for home use, multi func-<br />
Computaplace<br />
Computer Servicing & Accessories<br />
Inks & Consumables<br />
New Laptops & Desktop Computers<br />
from stock or built to order<br />
Mobile Call Out Service<br />
Help Setting up Broadband & Wireless<br />
02380 002 002<br />
info@computaplace.com<br />
75a long lane, Holbury SO45 2nd<br />
digiserv ltd<br />
GARDEN<br />
10 FOOT living Christmas tree in large pot. FREE but collection<br />
required. Phone 023 8084 9389.<br />
GARDEN GROOM hedge trimmer, cuts, shreds and collects,<br />
hardly used, as new, £20. 023 8052 7803.<br />
LARGE GARDEN rake, light weight, £4. Garden Claw, £5.<br />
both very little used. Phone 023 8086 2269.<br />
tional, little used, fitted with cycling exercise attachment,<br />
£500 ono. Multi-Gym Tunturi, never used due to disability,<br />
folds flat against wall for easy storage, £95 ono. Cycling<br />
Exerciser, electrically driven, with remote, relax in armchair<br />
whilst exercising legs, feet, ankles and hips, £30 ono, call<br />
after 6pm please, no reasonable offer refused on any item.<br />
Tel: 023 8084 5761 (Southampton).<br />
HISTORY TALKS<br />
HISTORY OF HYTHE, The Pier & Ferry.<br />
Southampton – A Tale of 3 Cities. New – The<br />
Beaulieu River. All talks illustrated. History Walks<br />
Around Hythe! Visit www.hythe-newforest.org. Call<br />
07971 272477.<br />
HOBBIES & CRAFTS<br />
CROSS STITCH books, as new, £2-£5. 023 8084 3739.<br />
HOLIDAYS & OUTINGS<br />
BOOKINGS NOW being taken for Holiday Cottages<br />
in Northern Brittany. Peaceful rural location, self<br />
catering, beautifully furnished, fully equipped. Close<br />
to old market towns, 12 miles from beaches, sleep up<br />
to 6 people. For details phone 01202-873211.<br />
BEDSIDE TABLE, £10. 3 Pine Shelves, 2 @ 3’ x 8.5” and 1<br />
@ 4’ x 8.5”, £5 each. Tel: 023 8084 4215.<br />
CHILDREN’S READY BED, Sleeping bag, pillow and air bed<br />
all-in-one. Machine washable cover, hand pump, carry bag,<br />
instructions. Pretty purple flower/butterfly design. Suitable<br />
3+. Dimensions 155Lx67Wx20D cm. £5. Tel: 023 8084<br />
8640.<br />
REFECTORY STYLE dining table, 66” x 30”, dark oak effect<br />
in repro Jacobean design, plus 4 dining chairs and 2 carvers,<br />
£50. 023 8084 7325.<br />
FRENCH STYLE wardrobe, 48”w x 21”d x 69”h, cream<br />
colour with ‘Limoges’ style plaques and gold effect decorative<br />
mouldings, £20. Matching double headboard with<br />
attached tables/drawers also available. 023 8084 7325.<br />
20th December – Queen victoria – arr 6.30am, dep 4.30pm<br />
20th December – Black Watch – arr 7am, dep 11.59pm<br />
21st Dec – independence of the seas – arr 5.15am, dep 4.45pm<br />
21st December – Artemis – arr 6.30am, dep 4.30pm<br />
21st December – Balmoral – arr 7am, dep 4.30pm<br />
PALEWOOD CD tower rack, holds 40 cds, £5. Call 07974<br />
204536<br />
WOOLLEN CARPET, 12’ x 9’6”, warm colours, vgc, £95<br />
ono. Tel: 023 8084 9157.<br />
SOLID BEECHWOOD TABLE, 39” x 24”, with drawer and<br />
detachable legs, £25. Tel: 023 8084 9157.<br />
MORPHY RICHARD breadmaker, hardly used, £15. 023<br />
8084 7489.<br />
3 SEATER settee and 2 armchairs, maroon, good condition,<br />
buyer collects, £20. 023 8084 7489.<br />
TWO oak lounge corner units, glass door top with panelled<br />
door bottom, good condition, £30 each or £50 the pair. 023<br />
8084 2288.<br />
IRONING SERVICES<br />
IRONING SERVICE - Fed up with slaving over a hot<br />
iron? Let me smooth things over for you, £6 per<br />
hour. Tel: 023 8020 7629.<br />
JEWELLERY<br />
GENUINE PANDORA charms, worn so few times so good<br />
as new, now surplus to requirements. Various designs from<br />
£18 each. 023 8084 8446.<br />
LEISURE<br />
SPORTS TROPHIES, wide range at keen prices, catalogue<br />
available, expert engraving on the premises.<br />
Hythe Trophy Centre, 6 High Street, Hythe. Tel: 023<br />
8084 2099.<br />
LOGS<br />
QUALITY HARDWOOD<br />
FIREWOOD<br />
MAN & VAN<br />
strADA vAn<br />
serviCes<br />
(formerly “Hythe Man & Van”)<br />
Need Something Moving?<br />
Checkatrade Registered/Fully Insured<br />
Family Business • Competitive Rates<br />
Phone/Quotes: 07811 641877<br />
www.stradavanservices.com<br />
MOTOR<br />
LHD 4WD Geo Tracker, 1999, recent service and MOT, 5<br />
months tax, UK reg, great run-around, fitted towbar, cheaper<br />
than airport taxis or car hire. Idea for France or Spain,<br />
Superb stocking filler, £200 ono. Tel 023 8084 4805<br />
Email your news to the <strong>Herald</strong> on<br />
editor@herald-publishing.co.uk<br />
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Tel: 07506 888578
PACKAGING<br />
PETS & ACCESSORIES<br />
SOFT FURNISHINGS<br />
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MUSIC SPEAKERS<br />
MARCHWOOD ORCHESTRA established nearly 20 years,<br />
is always pleased to welcome new members in the main<br />
orchestra (subject to balanced sections) or our new team<br />
two group which is for less experienced players. Both groups<br />
meet on Thursday evenings at Hounsdown School, Totton.<br />
To find out more: browse our website www.marchwoodor<br />
chestra.co.uk or contact The Secretary:<br />
caroline.quinn2@ntlworld.com or telephone 023 8057 9061.<br />
THRIVING local orchestra requires leader. This exciting<br />
opportunity has arisen for a new leader to join us. It could<br />
suit an ‘ex pro’ looking for a low stress position or an up and<br />
coming musician looking to gain experience. Rehearsals<br />
Thursdays. For more information apply to: Caroline Quinn<br />
Tel: 023 8057 9061 or email: caroline.quinn2@ntlworld.com<br />
ANY MUSICIANS/Singers out there would like to get<br />
together to form rehearsal/recording band. Mature attitude<br />
and easy going nature essential, age and experience unimportant,<br />
male or female. Female vocals would be useful, r&r,<br />
country, rock, blues, soul etc, I have a small home based studio<br />
so any studio experience would be an advantage. Hythe<br />
area, contact or leave message on 07974 823199 or 023<br />
8089 8433.<br />
THE LYMINGTON Town Band are looking for new players<br />
– Brass, Woodwind and Percussion. The Band has a number<br />
of vacancies in all sections. The Band rehearses on Monday<br />
evenings between 7.30pm and 9.30pm at the Literary<br />
Institute, New Street, Lymington. For further information<br />
contact Frank Weller on Southampton 023 8084 6702 or<br />
email: frank.weller@which.net<br />
YAMAHA KEYBOARD PSS140, 3 octaves drum pad, voice<br />
box, stand, power pack, £30. Call 07974 204536.<br />
PEARL SNARE drum and stand, 2 brushes, 7 sticks, stick<br />
clamp, rubber ‘silent’ top, 4 books, £75. Call 07974 204536.<br />
CARDBOARD BOXES for packing, house/office removals or general<br />
purpose. Pre-used, from 20p to 99p. Tel: 01590 626374.<br />
PERSONAL<br />
HYTHE BADMINTON CLUB – we are a friendly group who<br />
are looking for players of all ages and abilities to join us on a<br />
Thursday evening from 8-10pm at Gang Warily Recreation<br />
Centre, Blackfield. For more details contact Yvonne 023<br />
8089 3851 or Marion 023 8089 1157.<br />
HEDGEHOG RESCUE needs dog and cat food and towels.<br />
Tel: 023 8042 8112.<br />
RABBIT RESCUE. Rabbits and guinea pigs needing loving<br />
homes for life. Tel: 023 8084 8835.<br />
CATS ‘R’ US - CAT & KITTEN RESCUE have lovely cats of<br />
all ages awaiting suitable homes. Neutered & healthy. We will<br />
readily accept unwanted kittens into our care. Tel: 023 8025<br />
3563.<br />
BIRD RESCUE – we take in unwanted cage and aviary birds,<br />
but cannot pay anything. Tel: 023 8024 3079.<br />
PRE-SCHOOL<br />
FAWLEY PRE-SCHOOL, Jubilee Hall, Fawley.<br />
Spaces available. For details contact 07565 955696.<br />
SITUATIONS VACANT<br />
JOIN AVON in time for Christmas. Earn Extra Cash. Meet<br />
New Friends. Hours to suit you. Call Zoe Longland (Sales<br />
Leader) on 07748 011619. Email:<br />
zoelongland@myavon.co.uk<br />
Tel: 023 8084 1190<br />
Mobile: 07751 166512<br />
11 Douglas Way, Hythe<br />
Email: sallyghijben@hotmail.co.uk<br />
AVIATION and other subjects. The Red Arrows, Schneider<br />
Air Races, Calshot – The Flying Years, Sign of the Times. All<br />
illustrated with slides. Also The Census – Did I Count?<br />
Amusing and entertaining presentations from Colin van<br />
Geffen. Tel: 023 8089 7793.<br />
DISCOVER the history of Dibden and Dibden Purlieu, with<br />
an illustrated talk from a life long resident and experienced<br />
speaker. Will give presentations to large or small groups for<br />
any length of time; and at relatively short notice; if required.<br />
Telephone Gordon Chambers on 023 8084 4749.<br />
NEW TALK by Gordon Chambers in conjunction with Alan<br />
Lines. ‘From a Photograph to a War Memorial – 7 boys’. The<br />
story of lads from Hythe and Dibden who lost their lives in<br />
the 1st World War, and whose names appear on the Lych<br />
Gate of Dibden Church the parish War Memorial. Tel: 023<br />
8084 4749.<br />
CHARITY SPEAKER – available to talk about local charity<br />
‘The Honeypot Charity’. Telephone Adrienne 023 8089<br />
0002.<br />
BRITISH RED CROSS Fire & Emergency Support Service<br />
(FESS). Talks available on this service for donation. Can also<br />
signpost to speakers on other BRC Services too. FESS Coordinator<br />
Hampshire & Isle of Wight Ruth Crouch 07801<br />
672679.<br />
ENTHUSIASTIC SPEAKER available to give illustrated talks<br />
on Vintage Vehicles, Steam, Commercials, Fairground, etc.<br />
Could be available short notice, call Bob on 023 8081 3341<br />
for list of titles and fees etc.<br />
SPORTS EQUIPMENT<br />
LADIES GOLF clubs and bags, £50 ono. Tel; 023 8084 3739.<br />
HOCKEY STICK, Gunn & Moore, 36”, £10. Call 07974<br />
204536.<br />
TOYS & GAMES<br />
VTECH SLIM PAD, children’s electronic learning computer.<br />
121 activities, including maths, English, French, touch screen<br />
& keypad, USB, activity cartridges, instructions. Age 8+. All<br />
complete. £15. Tel: 023 8084 8640.<br />
TROPHIES & ENGRAVING<br />
HYTHE<br />
TROPHY<br />
CENTRE<br />
Trophies & Awards<br />
Cups, Shields, Plaques,<br />
Medals, Salvers, Figurines<br />
and Presentation Gifts<br />
IN HOUSE ENGRAVING SERVICE<br />
6 HIGH STREET, HYTHE<br />
(023) 8084 2099<br />
Open Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, Sat 9am-1pm<br />
TUITION<br />
FRENCH TUITION, one to one basis, flexible hours.<br />
Hythe 023 8084 5964.<br />
VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITY<br />
WATERSIDE SCRAPSTORE supplies donated materials to<br />
its members for art and craftwork. Trustees plan to expand<br />
the business and are seeking more volunteers to assist with<br />
a choice of tasks including fundraising, publicity, trusteeship<br />
and helping in their shop in Totton. If you think you might be<br />
interested, or would like to know more, or have materials to<br />
donate contact 023 8081 4314. If you or a group that you<br />
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WOOL WANTED for Calmore Womens Group<br />
who knit items for various charities. Telephone Jean<br />
Trinder on 023 8086 8455.<br />
RECORDS WANTED – 60’s, 70’s and 80’s LP’s and<br />
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vate collector. Please call 023 8089 2422.<br />
WANTED – old unmade plastic model kits, Airfix,<br />
Revell, Tamiya etc, private collector will pay cash for<br />
odd items or complete collections. Phone Paul 07976<br />
533384.<br />
WANTED –antique clocks in any condition, working or not,<br />
especially skeleton and fusee clocks, also clock parts, clock<br />
cases, keys & spares, barometers, pocket watches or clockmaking<br />
tools etc, by enthusiastic amateur restorer. Good<br />
cash prices paid. Please call 023 8066 6966.<br />
USED POSTAGE STAMPS collected for Guide Dogs for the<br />
Blind. Send or bring your stamps to <strong>Herald</strong> <strong>Publishing</strong>, 6 High<br />
Street, Hythe, Southampton, SO45 6AH.<br />
OLD SPECTACLES collected for Lions Club. Send or bring<br />
them into <strong>Herald</strong> <strong>Publishing</strong>, 6 High Street, Hythe,<br />
Southampton, SO45 6AH.<br />
GOOD QUALITY bric-a-brac and children’s toys wanted by<br />
Faith Hope & Charity shop. Contact Tina Bowler 023 8020<br />
7882 or take goods to the shop in St John’s Street, Hythe.<br />
FRIENDS OF the Cancer Research UK (Romsey & Wellow),<br />
welcome donated goods, (especially for raffle prizes, tombola<br />
etc), unwanted gifts, crafts, bric-a-brac. Tel 01794 516392.<br />
TOOLS FOR village development projects in Africa. Tools<br />
must be of good quality but may be in poor condition; wonders,<br />
(but not miracles) can be done in the workshops.<br />
Phone Edward on 023 8089 8706 for collection or drop<br />
them into the workshops at Netley Marsh – on the north<br />
side of the A336 just 1/4 mile west of its junction with the<br />
A326. Lots of opportunities for volunteering, various jobs to<br />
choose from, good working conditions, training available.<br />
Some opportunities for working at home. Contact Tools for<br />
Self Reliance, Netley Marsh, SO40 7GY 023 8086 9697,<br />
info@tfsr.org. Visit www.tfsr.org<br />
WANTED – Fountain Pens wanted, Conway Stewart,<br />
Parker, Waterman etc. Also old ink bottles. Please phone<br />
Alain on Southampton 023 8051 1385.<br />
WANTED – Sixty something male seeks to regain youth by<br />
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