New Milton Mercury April 2021

April 2021

Issue 49

Delivered FREE by Royal Mail to all 6028 homes in BH25 5 postcode covering: North New Milton, East Barton, Ashley, Bashley and Wootton.

Community Magazine & Local Business Directory

Meet the Locals Paul Paaul Brockman Brockm man BEM BEM

Local History

Living Living Legends Legends -- The The Heritage Heritage Trees Trees of of New New Milton Milton

It’s a Dog’s Life Two’s Two’s Company Company

What’s On Local History Meet the Locals

Going Places It’s a Dog’s Life Fiona’s Real Food

Book Reviews Local Articles Local Clubs & Societies

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Welcome to the April edition.

With Spring in the air and the promise of warmer, longer days, there is definitely a feeling that ‘tomorrow will be a better day’ As the country starts to open up again, we have had an invitation for Bertie to carry out an official engagement ! He will be attending the opening of Clearway Pools new premises on Old Milton Road, New Milton on Monday 12 April. Why not pop along and meet him. (Socially distanced of course) This month, you can read about how he and Bugle are bonding.

Whatever you do this month, we sincerely hope that you all stay well.

If you enjoy our monthly magazine the best way you can support it is to give a call to the businesses listed within.

Please do your best to support local businesses during these difficult times.

Gary & Sally

8/9 Local History 12/13 Meet the Locals 14 Legal Matters 16 Holistic Health 18 Going Places 20 Fiona’s Real Food 22 Neighbourhood Plan 24 Book Review 28 It’s a Dog’s Life 34 Wordsearch 36 Sudoku 38/39 Local History 40 Local groups 38 New Milton Lions 42 NatureonyourDoorstep 44Crossword 50 Index of Advertisers

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Local History

Living Legends: Trees of Heritage Importance planted in Bart rton t Court rtt Road by wart rtime t visitors to Milton Parish.

1894 sale of Barton Court Estate map

Barton Court Avenue and Barton Court Road were created in about 1894 and were clearly visible on the map of the first sale of the Barton Court Estate in that year and in the 1898 Ordnance Survey Map. Travelling from Station Road to the cliff tops you cannot fail to notice that the long, straight road and avenue are bordered by some fine trees. The view, in spring and summer is especially lovely.

the views towards the cliff fff tops.

He appears to have done this at his own expense. He encouraged other residents to fill in gaps and add to the existing specimens.

This probably began just before the First World War. We now know that some of the trees were

In a post-war edition of the Milton parish magazine, Reverend Kellsall wrote that “The ash tree near Bykanor House was planted by a Belgian refugee during the Great War […] and three sycamores near the top of the Avenue were planted by Indian soldiers during the same period”.

Study of the Ordnance Surv rvey v maps of the period combined with a 1934 directory ryy listing house names shows that Bykanor House is halfw fway w along Bart rton t Court rtt Road. There is a pollarded ash tree outside the house today.

Pollarding is method of pruning trees to deliberately keep them to a smaller size and reduce the size and weight of the crown of the tree. This also helps to prolong the life of the tree.

In the parish magazine of December 1915 Reverend Kelsall wrote that “some more memorial trees now stand

The planting of the trees is linked to the Reverend John Edward Kellsall who was the rector at Milton Parish from 1897 to 1924.

He was a truly good man who did much to enhance the town and help the local inhabitants.

The Reverend Kelsall start rted t planting the trees along both the road and avenue to enhance

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Barton Court Avenue postmark 28th Dec 1916. showing saplings planted

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Barton Court Road directory 1934 showing house names.

alongside the Belgian tree in the “Avenue des Nations”, planted by the representatives of four Indian nations, namely Jamadar [Lieutenant] Sita Ram (Marhatt tta) t Niak [Corporal] Gobar Singh (Garw rwali), w Niak Makand Singh (Sikh) and Sepoy [Private] Fateh Noor (Muslman). Two European nations and the English army were represented at the planting ceremony, and a few words were said in three languages of India”.

The soldiers were patients at the Indian Army Convalescent Depot at Bart rton t on sea. The Depot was run for Indian soldiers from 1914 to 1916 and then British and commonwealth troops until 1918.

In a post war parish magazine note Reverend Kelsall once again appealed to local residents to fill in the gaps along the tree line.

He wrote “If the Avenue (for it is really all one avenue) were bordered with fine, well grown and healthy trees, it would be an even more striking feature of the place than it is now”.

From the notes in the parish magazine, we can see that the

Reverend Kelsall referred to both Bart rton t Court rtt Road and Avenue as ‘all one avenue’. He also called it the “Avenue des Nations”.

Confusingly in one note he wrote that the trees the four named Indian soldiers had planted, ‘stood alongside’ the Belgian tree. This would put them somewhere near the centre of Bart rton t Court rtt Road.

His post-war parish note states that three sycamores were planted ‘near the top end of the avenue’.

Is that Bart rton t Court rtt Avenue? Does the top end mean near the Indian Convalescent Depot memorial? If we take note of the Reverend’s comment describing Bart rton t Court rtt Avenue and Road as ‘really all one avenue’ would the ‘top end’ be located in Bart rton t Court rtt Road near to the Station Road end? If the Reverend had named four Indian soldiers in the planting ceremony why were there only three trees mentioned post war?

the Station Road end of Bart rton t Court rtt Road. There is a sycamore tree opposite the ash tree outside Bykanor House and four more sycamores near the cross roads and Pantiles end of Bart rton t Court rtt Road. There are no sycamores visible in an around the area of the Indian memorial. However, in both Bart rton t Court rtt Road and Bart rton t Court rtt Avenue there are tree stumps and evidence of where trees once were.

Sycamore buds.

In conclusion the ash tree planted by the Belgian refugee outside Bykanor House has been identified. There are four sycamore trees located at either end of Bart rton t Court rtt Road. They have been pollarded and their life extended. They are within the right age range to have been planted in 1915. It is probable that at least three of them were planted by the Indian soldiers named in the Parish magazine.

It is hoped that furt rther t research may identify fyy which sycamore trees are linked to the Indian soldiers. These trees are living legacies to the Belgian and Indian guests who stayed in New Milton and Bart rton t on Sea during the First World War and as such are an import rtant t part rtt of our local heritage.

The spring is a good time to identify fyy trees by their buds.

Sycamore trees have bright green buds. Paul Brockman BEM, the renowned woodland educator and conserv rvationist v has identified fift fteen t sycamore trees along the length of Bart rton t Court rtt Road. Four of them are near to each other at

Nick Saunders Nick Saunders is a local historian who would be pleased to hear from any reader who has information relating to local history ry. y In addition he would be interested to see any postcards or photographs of our district.

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Paul is married and lives locally.

He was for twenty-five years a social worker, helping children who were in care, transition into the adult working world. In 2010 Paul had an opportunity for a change in career. He has always loved the outdoors and living in the New Forest. He decided to become qualified as a bush craft instructor.

He studied the subject under the tutorship of John Rhyder, of the Woodcraft School in West Sussex. The course taught Paul about all of the necessary elements of woodland survival, fire, water, shelter, crafting or making items from the natural environment, natural history, first aid, orienteering and lesson planning.

After qualifying Paul started to build up his business as an instructor. He contacted

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Hoburne Bashley caravan park to see if they had any need of his skills. They took him on as a woodland manager and he ran bush craft courses on their site.

Paul found that Hoburne Bashley had about twenty acres of woodland in two parcels.

Sadly it had been neglected for decades and was largely a tangled overgrown wilderness.

Hardly any light was getting to the woodland floor. Holly and other invasive shrubs were stifling growth of different plant species. Paul gave a presentation to the management at the site outlining what he could do to turn this into a lovely woodland area again. The management team backed him and Paul was given the go ahead. Local residents had concerns that the woodlands would be decimated.

Paul was able to assure them that this was not the case and that his work would bring the woodland back to life and help provide habitats for a large variety of species.

Paul did so well in his first years work that the difference was soon noticeable. Hoburne

Bashley decided to take him on as a full time employee in the role of Woodland Manager.

Once the woodland was under proper control Paul set up an outdoor class room in the woods. He started running courses for schools to bring children to the woodland to help them reconnect with nature, learn skills and gain natural history knowledge. (See pictures below left & right) Schools reported back that the courses had helped some children to gain more positive attitudes, overcome communication difficulties and begin to gain the ability to carefully follow instructions.

Paul’s own education progressed as well. He attended a land management course run

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groups. The course ethos is to provide a range of woodland management and nature awareness teaching in the heart of the New Forest. The course consists Paul’s work at Bashley was of five modules recognised with a Campaign for of two-hour the Protection of Rural England sessions each award for his work with helping week. The young people to reconnect with modules cover nature and develop positive life sustainability, skills through working with nature woodland types and the National Park award for and structure, Rural Diversity. woodland Throughout Paul’s time at management, Bashley he was fortunate to have adding value to as a mentor Dave Dibden a local timber, woodsman from Pond Head conservation of habitat and enclosure, who provided species and woodland law. The inspiration and guidance. objective is to motivate, inspire and prepare young people into Covid wreaked havoc with many working in the woodland businesses and Paul was management industry. furloughed from Bashley and then offered voluntary Paul is also developing a two-year redundancy which he accepted.

New Foresters course, again to An opportunity arose for Paul to be taught at Pond Head which set up his own Woodland will help schools and college Consultancy and Teaching students to learn about the New business and also offered the Forest, its history, traditions and post to become the education way of life, experience a range of officer at Pond Head enclosure jobs such as forest keeper, located to the south east of commoner and ranger. All of Lyndhurst. these are vital to the survival of the way of life and traditions of Here, Paul runs courses in woodland management aimed at the New Forest. Paul also offers secondary school year 10 and 11 opportunities for work experience From Ben, Paul learnt how to plan and work with nature to enhance the local woodland environment. He learnt about coppicing and pollarding to keep trees healthy and to make a sustainable living without harming the local eco-system.

Paul now makes hurdles, gates, and a number of other woodland sourced items for sale.

for schools and colleges.

In December 2020 Paul received a phone call from the Cabinet Office in London informing him that he had been nominated for the British Empire Medal for services to woodland management and conservation.

Paul was amazed and humbled to be given this award which was announced in the 2021 New Years honours list and London Gazette.

Paul’s inspiration comes from several sources. First, Dave Dibden at Pond Head who has been Paul’s mentor. Second Ben’s Law’s permaculture principles and third the peoples of the North American first nations who consider themselves custodians of the land and seek to look after it, care for it and hand it on as legacy to the next generation If you would like to visit Pond Head enclosure and meet Paul or are interested in the courses he runs, contact him on 07749242486 or woodlandercoppice@gmail.com

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Intestacy - the risk of dying without a Will In England and Wales, intestacy arises when a person dies without leaving a valid Will. It is estimated that over 50% of the population have not made a Will this is usually because they don’t believe they need one.

A partial intestacy can also happen if part of a Will is invalid, for example if a beneficiary has died without a substitute beneficiary being named in the Will.

Many people don’t realise that getting married automatically revokes or cancels their Will. It is therefore important to make a new Will if you get married.

So if you die without a valid Will what does the law say will happen to your house, savings and investments?

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after that it will go to any living grandparents, if all the above fails it will go to any surviving aunts or uncles, then to your cousins. If none of the above can be tracked down it will go to the Crown, meaning it goes to the government.

If you have a spouse and children then it will be more complicated. Currently the first £270,000 from your estate will pass to your spouse, and the remaining estate will be split so that half goes to your spouse and the other half will be divided equally between all your children.

Here are some examples, which illustrate how the intestacy rules can result in some unintended consequences…

If you die leaving a spouse or civil partner - but no children, then the whole estate will simply pass to your surviving spouse (even if you are separated from your spouse). However an unmarried partner is unlikely to be entitled to anything.

Jeff died suddenly without leaving a valid Will.

His estate was worth £500,000. He was married to Fiona and they had an infant daughter. Jeff had been estranged from his eldest son Tom for 18 years, but Tom was still entitled to £57,500 from Jeff’s estate.

If you are not married, then your estate will automatically be shared by any children (or your grandchildren) you might have. If you don’t have any children or grandchildren, then there is a strict order of entitlement depending upon who is still alive. In the first instance it will pass to your surviving parents.

If they have predeceased you then it will go to your siblings, then to your nephews and nieces. It will then go to your half siblings (where you share either a mother or a father),

Sheila had a valid Will, but her sole beneficiary had died without Sheila naming a substitute beneficiary. After a lengthy search her estate eventually went to her only surviving relative - a cousin who lived in Canada, who Sheila had never met.

Kerry and Hannah had been in a relationship for 9 years. Kerry died suddenly without a valid Will. Her estate went to her elderly father who was in a care home. Hannah received nothing.

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Holistic Health

by Dr Damien T. O’Dwyer BSc, PGDipSc, MChiro, PhD

The Difference Between Dealing with Feeling and Healing What brings people to healthcare is usually what they are feeling: pain, pins and needles, numbness, weakness, poor control, unsteadiness, desperation, hopelessness, or just a feeling of being out of sorts. People often want to feel better and do not consider that to achieve this they need to heal better.

Both what you are feeling, and how you are healing, are controlled by your nervous system.

Your brain communicates with the rest of the body through the spinal cord, and out through a myriad of nerve complexes, to every cell in the body. These nerves then send information back to the brain about the state of play within your body (your health). The quality of the communication between the brain and the body (i.e. the health of the nervous system) largely dictates the degree of healing that can be achieved.

“Pain is all in the Brain”

This is a true statement, but one that annoys me because it is glib and unhelpful without context. The pain sensation is generated in the sensory cortex area of the brain - true. However, this region of the brain takes input and interacts with many other regions of the brain and body. So pain can be a whole body experience.

The Point to Pain

There is a good reason why we feel pain!

It alerts us to danger and is designed to have you change your behaviour.

Unfortunately, many of us have been conditioned to mask pain with pharmaceutical measures rather than deal with the causes of the pain and optimise our healing potential.

How Long Will It Take Doc?

This is the big question that everyone wants the answer to on their first visit.

Not that easy to answer though. Not least because what most people want to know is when they will stop feeling their symptoms – this is something no one can tell you because only you can feel what you can feel! Also, almost all symptoms rely on a threshold that is not measurable in each individual.

Factors Effecting Healing

1. Age – It takes longer to heal as we age.

2. Pre-Existing Conditions – Especially diabetes will slow healing further.

3. Nutrition – Poor nutrition will slow healing; vitamin A, C, D, E and Zinc will promote it.

4. Temperature – The good news (now that summer is coming) is that cold weather can slow healing, while sunny weather can speed it up (this may be because of Vitamin D effects).

5. Drugs – Anti-inflammatories, both non-steroid and corticosteroids, can actually slow down the healing process, as inflammation is actually the first phase of healing!

6. Nerve and Blood Supply – If the damaged tissue is not well-connected to the rest of the body, healing will be slow and incomplete.

Phases of Healing

Healing takes time – Sorry but it does.

Healing is a dynamic process, not an event.

People who say they heal quicker than everyone else just stop feeling quicker. Their pain threshold may be higher than others, but the rate of healing is dictated by the physiological processes involved.

We do know the text-book answer of the healing times of different tissues. For optimum healing, these processes must proceed unhindered over the period of time it takes to turn over the damaged tissues and to lay down new tissues.

A good rule of thumb for most musculoskeletal conditions: if you have not healed within 6 to 8 weeks it is classed as a chronic condition. It is likely that there is an issue with the nerve supply to the damaged tissue and this is where chiropractic can provide the difference.

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Cyprus offers a diverse range of tourist activities to rival any other popular holiday hotspot.

The island offers beautiful beaches like Nissi Beach, many awarded with the Blue flag, impressive ancient ruins, bustling cities & outstanding natural beauty all complete with a distinct traditional flavour. Protaras, another blue flag golden sandy beach is ideal for families & couples with activities include water skiing, parasailing, windsurfing within shallow waters. The magical sea caves at Coral Bay are not to be missed.

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Paphos to Limassol. The legend has it that the Greek goddess of love and beauty was born there. Tombs of the Kings archaeological site is a large necropolis, north of Paphos harbour; the underground tombs date back to the 4th Century BC and are fascinating to walk round.

Love Bridge at the Greco end of Ayia Napa is one of Mother Natures great creations: 20 feet long sloping gently from the cliff to the turquoise blue waters. Easy to access by boat trip, a slightly daring stroll or indulge in snorkelling in the crystal-clear waters beneath.

Reach for your camera and be mesmerised by the beautiful views which are so romantic.

Troodos Mountains are for those wanting to walk or cycle in summer & ski in the winter.

Cyprus has a great climate and is about a 4-hour flight time from the UK to Paphos or

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Vanilla Roulade

This months recipe is a lovely, light and tasty dessert.

You will need a Swiss roll tin, some parchment paper, two mixing bowls and an electric whisk.

Heat the oven to 180c and line the Swiss roll tin with the parchment paper.

Whisk the egg whites in one of the bowls and when stiff add a tablespoon of the caster sugar - beat again and leave to one side. Beat the egg yolks and rest of the sugar till pale and stiff then fold in gently the egg whites and the flour.

6 eggs separated 5oz golden caster sugar 2oz plain flour 1/2 pint double cream 2 tablespoons icing sugar vanilla extract fresh strawberries

Pour the mixture into the tray and level it out gently trying not to knock out too much air. Place in the oven for about 10 to 15 minutes or until golden brown. When it is cooked turn out onto another piece of parchment then slowly peel off the paper it was cooked on and allow to cool.

Whisk up the cream and add the icing sugar and vanilla.

When the sponge is cool I like to sprinkle a little alcohol on the sponge, either sherry or masala is nice but it is optional. Spread the cream on the sponge leaving about a half an inch clear on one long edge.

Slice the strawberries over the cream and using the paper roll up the cake from the full side and gently roll onto the plate. Pull the paper away and it will roll neatly onto your dish. Dust with a little more icing sugar and serve in slices with more strawberries on the slice.

I hope you love this as much as I do, it is light and great for a dessert or an afternoon tea treat.

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NEW MILTON NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN GOES TO REFERENDUM The New Milton community will have their say on whether to adopt the New Milton Neighbourhood Plan at a Referendum on Thursday 6 May 2021. All eligible residents are encouraged to vote.

The Plan, finalised after wide-ranging community and stakeholder consultations, has passed Examination and is now being submitted to Referendum for local people to vote on the adoption of the policies. If, at Referendum, over 50% of those voting support the Plan, then this will become a formally adopted document that will be a material consideration in planning decisions. The Parish will also benefit from increased developer contributions for investment in local infrastructure – known as Community Infrastructure Levy. If less than 50% support the Plan at Referendum, then the Neighbourhood Plan will be dropped.

This ambitious and inspirational Neighbourhood Plan promotes affordable homes, a new Youth facility, new green spaces; and the community’s Vision for a vibrant town centre that is a social and economic hub for shopping, living, working and leisure – with new shops and eateries, a wellbeing centre, an iconic community hub, a heritage centre and flexible office space.

Voting on the upcoming County Council elections, Police Crime Commissioner elections as well as the New Milton Neighbourhood Plan, can be made at a polling station or by postal or proxy vote.

You must register for postal voting by 20th April and proxy voting by 27th April. Details are available on the New Forest District Council website: Vote by post or proxy - New Forest District Council More information on the Plan including supporting documents can be found at www.newmiltonplan.org.uk. The Town Council encourages residents to contact them with their questions.

Cllr Steve Clarke, Chair of the Neighbourhood Plan Working Group: “By adopting the Neighbourhood Plan, the community can influence the way New Milton develops to ensure a strong and sustainable future for our Parish: with affordable new homes, new community buildings, new green spaces - while driving innovation and new employment opportunities. Something for everyone of all ages.”

For further information contact: Suna King Town Development Manager & Neighbourhood Plan Project Lead Suna.king@newmiltontowncouncil.gov.uk

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Highcliffe Castle - The Visitors

I’ve been on my travels during lockdown. No, don’t misunderstand me, as I’ve followed the rules and stayed at home as I’m sure you have.

I mean, of course, I’ve been on my travels in my columns, often to Bournemouth, as I’ve been writing ‘fillers’ to compensate for not been able to flit about and do my usual interviewing, photographing, researching and generally getting into mischief on your behalf.

I’m coming home this month though. It occurs to me I’ve not written about Highcliff ffe f Castle much, which is an omission, this resurgent phoenix being regarded in some circles as ‘the most import rtant t surv rviving v house of the Romantic and Picturesque style of architecture’ (late-18th, early-19th centuries). Who am I to argue? Buildings are made by the people who inhabit them, so I thought I’d ponder some of the castle’s famed visitors.

Royalty has featured prominently, unsurprisingly given Highcliff ffe’s f handiness, looking out at the Solent and Isle of Wight. The first to rock up was the impressively titled Queen Adelaide of SaxeMeiningen (1792-1849). The year was 1842, Victoria had been on the throne five years, and Adelaide was her aunt by marriage, having been the queen of William IV, Victoria’s uncle, who’d preceded her on the throne. If you’re wondering, we usually regard William (the ‘Sailor King’ as the last of the Hanoverians, or Georgians (the German lot). Apparently, Adelaide was considering leasing the castle as a winter pad, had a nose about, but didn’t commit.

Oh, and Adelaide (Australia) is named aft fter t her.

the castle with their presence.

Regular Highcliffe visitor ‘Bertie’ (right), the future Edward VII, pictured in September 1896, just over 4 years before he acceded.

Queen Victoria (centre) never made it to Highcliffe. The Russian Tsar, Nicholas II, his Tsarina and eldest child, Olga, are also pictured (Robert Milne).

It was amazing really that all Victoria’s nine children lived to adulthood. I digress, but it’s a rth point wort t making. Most notable among the clan was eldest son ‘Bert rtie’, t Prince of Wales and Edward VII to be (1841-1910) who visited and stayed numerous times as prince and monarch. We know when he visited in 1880, he was accompanied by his sons, ‘Eddy’ (1864-92) and the future George V (1865-1936).

Queen Adelaide, the first royal visitor to Highcliffe Castle (Martin Archer Shee, Royal Collection).

Highcliffe Castle – its stones could tell a tale or three about the castle’s visitors (Steve Roberts).

Adelaide did bett tter t than her niece. Victoria planned to visit in that same year of 1842 but couldn’t wrench herself away from Osborne House. Her brood did her proud though, with five of her nine kids, and 15 grandkids gracing

Albert Victor (‘Eddy’), the eldest son of ‘Bertie’ (Edward VII) who visited Highcliffe Castle with his dad and brother (the future George V) in 1880. This etching dates to 1887 (Christian Wilhelm Allers).

The future George V pictured in 1893. He’d visited Highcliffe with father ‘Bertie’ about a dozen years earlier. George bore a stunning resemblance to Russian Tsar Nicholas II. Their mothers were Danish sisters (US Library of Congress).

All these royal visits were overshadowed though by the three-week stay of the German Kaiser, Wilhelm II (1859-1941), in 1907. Wilhelm was immensely popular during his stay, visiting Christchurch Priory ry, y where he signed the visitors’ book, and heading via motorised cavalcade into Bournemouth. A lot of Brits still clung to the hope that we had more in common with the Germans than the French. Seven years later, however, Britain and France would be allied against Germany in WW1 WW W and Wilhelm’s standing in this country ryy went from hero to zero as he became utterly reviled.

That famous picture of Kaiser Wilhelm II planting a tree in the grounds of Highcliffe Castle, 1907 (Red House Museum).

It wasn’t always royalty and I’m going to give a shout out to William Ewart rtt Gladstone (180998), four-time Liberal Prime Minister who apparently enjoyed ‘a real comfort rtable t rest’ when he visited in 1889. Our area featured in the great man’s story ryy again in 1898 when he gave his last impromptu public address at Bournemouth station, before heading home to die. He’s one of only two individuals whose coffi ffin fi has been conveyed on the London Underground, the other being Thomas Barnardo. Another digression.

Drawing of the young Nellie Melba (Frank Haviland).

Authoress Nancy Mitford (1904-73) was the eldest of the ‘Mitford sisters’, six siblings who included four writers, a fair of fascists, a communist and a duchess among their number.

Quite a cocktail. Nancy, who was considered an authority on ‘manners and breeding’ (much like myself) f)) rated her visits to Highcliff ffe f ‘among the truly happy times of my life’.

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Gladstone in 1886, about three years before he visited Highcliffe (Franz von Lenbach).

Other visitors who perhaps would be referred to as ‘celebrities’ today (but hopefully not ‘influencers’) included Dame Nellie Melba (1861-1931), the Australian-born soprano, who sang in St Mark’s. She was born Helen Mitchell but adopted the nom-de-plume ‘Melba’ from her home town of Melbourne and had the peach melba named aft fter t her.

Steve Roberts Steve Robert rts’ t first book, ‘Lesser Known Christchurch’, was published in August 2015, by Dorset book specialist Roving Press. His second book, ‘Lesser Known Bournemouth’, was published in November 2019.

For more information visit the publisher’s website www ww ww. w rovingpress.co.uk or the author’s website www ww ww.steverobert w rts.org.uk t (Twitter: @SRChristchurch)

Railway Club of the New Forest meet on Friday 30th April Online via Zoom, when Henry Goodall presents “New Forest Airfields” Non-members may apply for an invitation via the website www.railwayclubofthenewforest.org

RSPB NEW FOREST LOCAL GROUP The New Forest local group of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds are hosting an on-line Zoom talk at 7.30pm on Weds 14th April. Guest speakers will be Marcus Ward and Russell Wynn who will talk about “Wild New Forest 2020 in 2020,” their challenge to find 2020 species of birds, mammals, insects, fungi, plants and trees in the New Forest National Park in 2020.

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Further details can be found on our website highcliffe-art-info The Arts Society New Milton The April 2021 talk is: John Singer Sargent: Power of the Portrait given by Alexandra Epps. This talk takes place via Zoom on Thursday 8th April at 10.30am. The link will be sent out in good time. New members and visitors are welcome. For more information please contact Chris Davies on 07768 648604 or Membership Secretary Wendy Hazell on 07766 073096. Thank you.

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Nature on your Doorstep

“And Spring arose on the garden fair, Like the Spirit of Love felt everywhere And each flower and herb on Earth’s dark breast rose from the dreams of it’s wintry rest.”

Percy Bysshe Shelley, The Sensitive Plant At last! Spring has sprung and nature is back to its full splendour of life, growth and colour. The birds are singing, the flowers are in bloom and butterflies, bugs and insects are all emerging.

On a serious note, this is a critical time, most garden birds will now have their first brood in the nest. Any efforts you have made to fill your birdfeeders over the winter months should now be rewarded with visits from resident robins, sparrows, and blue-tits and great tits.

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intensity, and the shift in our March clocks takes us toward summertime.

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Flowers are the most obvious sign of spring; their variety, fragrance and colour are noticeable everywhere. In woods and hedgerows, it’s easy to spot splashes of yellow primrose, marsh marigold and cowslips. For me, the crown jewels of spring are the sapphire blankets of bluebells and April is usually the best time to see them. These indigo gems can be appreciated in many wooded areas in the New Forest at this time of year.

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