Big Voice Locks Heath August 2015 by Big Voice Directories

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Over the HEDGE Peering into Pimpernel Close

The new Mitsubishi Shogun

Locks Heath Time Capsule

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COMMUNITY

MOTORING

New Play Equipment

King George V playing fields has a makeover!

Time Capsule News

Locks Heath Infant School have combined a new time capsule with building works at their school. Read on to find out what’s inside.

HOUSE &GARDENS 10

Planning Matters

Check out this months round up of planning applications in and around Locks Heath

Over the Hedge

This month we peer over at the beautiful garden that belongs to Mike in Pimpernel Close. Truly lovely.

New Mitsubishi Shogun.

Tim Barnes-Clay takes a look at the new Mitsubishi Shogun. Is it still a living legend? Take a look at page 6.

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Lucy’s recipe corner

Join Lucy in the kitchen and create a batch of lovely warm and gooey brekkie flapjacks. Share your garden with us to be in with a chance to feature in the beautiful Over the Hedge pages. Your garden doesn’t have to be landscaped, showready or perfectly manicured. It can be a rambling meadow of lavender, full of loved children's toys or hold special places for wildlife. Big or small we want to see them all! Email editor@bigvoicedirectories.co.uk

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Ryun, an American Athlete. It got me thinking that many of us who have set our goals and wishes at the beginning of the year may be finding that now the summer is upon us, and willpower is lowering as we think of slipping into Autumn, that those things we fervently set out to achieve in January may be sliding from our grasp. And perhaps the reason is that we either weren’t committed to doing what we decided all those months ago, or we didn’t get into the HABIT of making that thing happen. Indeed a decision we made last year as a couple was to incorporate a fresh juice into our diet, at least once daily. We enjoyed blending fresh kale from the garden, including thick broccoli stems which would ordinarily end up on the compost, various fruit and other vegetables and chucking in copious amounts of ginger which sent Sean's hayfever packing (an unexpected, but very welcome result!). With the cleaning of the blenders and juicers, and the extra bit of organisation needed to make these each day it would have been easy to stop eventually. But once it became a habit it’s tough to break. So even when we have days out we make sure that we get our juice and do you know, if you look out for them there are juice bars popping up everywhere. So we grabbed one recently in Hyde Park at a festival, in a little street in Ibiza on a holiday and even the kids join in now, despite what can seem a very dubious mix sometimes! If there’s something you want to do, or your resolve has slipped, get started again and we’ll hear no more excuses!

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Auto biographies Naturally, the Mitsubishi keeps its go-anywhere, selfassured and powerfully built presence. This is characterised by its short front overhang, upright windscreen, strong high flanks, flared wheel-arches and rear-mounted spare wheel. These are all key Shogun styling cues that underline its mud-plugging aptitude.

The Mitsubishi Shogun is not only a giant of a 4x4, its cabin feels solidly screwed together and comes crammed with luxury features. As well as improved sound deadening, SG4 trim brings leather seats, Bluetooth, a tyre pressure monitoring system and a five-speed automatic gearbox.

Staying inside the cabin of the Shogun, its multifunction display has reams of information available. This includes a barometer and an Indeed, standing next to the altitude gauge, indicating that this is Shogun makes you feel pretty a vehicle that has motoring ability stretching way beyond a farmer’s small. The vehicle is field. enormous and looks rather intimidating to drive. But The seats are comfortable and once you haul yourself into the cabin, turn the key, select supportive, and the large glass area provides first rate views of the road ‘Drive’ from the automatic gearbox and get rolling, any or rugged ground around you. Rear FAST FACTS seat space is colossal, and load unease evaporates.  Price: £37,489 capacity seems immeasurably big.  Max speed: 112mph By no means is the brute PROS ‘N’ CONS always a delight to drive on A third row of seats can be popped  0-62 mph: 11.1 secs Pulls well √ the road though. Sure, it’s  Combined mpg: 33.2 up too, turning the Shogun into a  Engine: 3200cc 4 cylinder 16 seven-seater. This is convenient if easy to point the Shogun Off-road ability √ valve turbo diesel you’re taking a group of friends into down a motorway and stay Spacious √  Max. power (bhp): 194 there, but any cross winds do the rough or you’ve got a posse of  Max. torque (lb/ft): 325 Visibility √ knock you about a bit. That’s children you need to drop off at school. no surprise as it’s a tall  CO2: 224 g/km vehicle – and because of that Away from the much commented you can also forget tearing around In 1982 Mitsubishi Motors bends on country roads, unless you luxury soft-roaders, heavy-duty Corporation launched a brand new workhorses such as the Shogun have like lots of lean. breed of vehicle: a 4x4 which was carved out a unique niche in the tough enough to go where others feared to tread, yet enjoyed the sort Instead, the new Mitsubishi Shogun market where ability and is about muscle and ruggedness. The dependability matter first and of sophisticated specification more foremost. top of the range Long Wheel Base normally associated with top end saloons. More than thirty years later (LWB) SG4 model, on test here, pulls Since a price decrease in July 2013 like a train with its 3.2-litre, the Shogun is a living legend. 194bhp,four-cylinder diesel engine. Shogun sales have gone from 0-62mph arrives in 11.1 seconds and strength to strength. With its new The 2015 Mitsubishi Shogun has a design and improved specification, bold new front end, distinguished by top speed is 112mph. More a deeper more integrated grille and importantly it has low-ratio gearing the Mitsubishi Shogun now offers chic LED daytime running lights. The and a differential lock to make sure even better value for money. you’ve got the best chance of design changes for this year represent a progressive evolution of getting it out of even the most the hard-hitting Japanese off-roader. challenging of non-tarmac situations.

New Mitsubishi Shogun

By Tim Barnes-Clay www.carwriteups.co.uk

@carwriteups

New Play Equipment at King George V Play Area A fully inclusive roundabout that enables wheelchair access and the borough’s first snake swing are two of the highlights at the newly refurbished King George V play area in Warsash Road, Locks Heath.

park. It is very timely for it to be complete just at the start of summer and, if the recent sunshine is anything to go by, hopefully they will have plenty of opportunities to make the most of it in the weeks to come.”

Completed just in time for summer the newly-designed park is the result of consultation with local residents and Locks Heath Junior School and now provides a better mix of equipment suitable for both toddlers and juniors of all abilities. There is even somewhere to enjoy lunch following the installation of new picnic tables. Executive Member for Leisure and Community, Councillor Sue Bell said: “I am delighted that both the school and local residents have been involved in deciding on new features for the

P lanning Matters A monthly round up of planning applications submitted since 1 May 2015

FAREHAM COUNCIL REF

LOCATION

PROPOSAL

STATUS

P/15/059 24 Locks Road Locks 9/OA Heath Southampton SO31 6NT

Proposed alterations & additions to existing house, new access and erection of a two storey detached dwelling & parking

Undecided

P/15/020 67 Church Road - Plot 4 7/DP/B Locks Heath Southampton SO31 6LS

Erection of detached chalet bungalow style dwelling with Undecided garage and driveway: details pursuant to condition 11 (landscaping)

P/15/056 12 Raley Road Locks Proposed two storey side extension, first floor rear 1/FP Heath Fareham SO31 6PD extension and elevation improvements including new bay window

Undecided

P/15/055 32 Admirals Road Locks 7/FP Heath

Demolition of existing conservatory and erection of ground floor extension

APPROVE

P/14/116 123 Locks Road Locks 4/MA/A Heath Southampton SO31 6LJ

Minor fenestration changes to plots 1, 2, 3 and add chimney pot to plot 4.

APPROVE

P/15/053 123 Locks Road Locks 7/VC Heath Southampton SO31 6LJ

Demolition of existing dwelling and erection of four dwellings with access road and associated parking variation of condition 16 to achieve code level 4 in energy & water & code level 3 overall

APPROVE

Over the Hedge

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Mike has been living in Pimpernel Close, Locks Heath for the last seven years. editor@bigvoicedirectories.co.uk and He loves the garden, particularly because it was his wife’s favourite you could be featured next month! occupation until she sadly passed away in late 2013 of Myeloma Cancer. Mike says he tries to keep it up to her standard but he’s not sure he quite hits the mark. Having said that, he’s happy for you all to peep over his hedge as it’s blooming very well right now. We feel sure your wife would be very proud of you Mike x

Locks Heath Time Capsule! There is much excitement at Locks Heath Infant School as the building work that started last October is nearly completed. This is part of a joint building project with Morgan Sindall carrying out major developments on the Junior School site too. Earlier this year, Mrs Cullum and Miss Burden, the Co-Headteachers, met with the school’s ‘Helping Hands’ to get their ideas on what they think should go into a Time Capsule. Since then the school has been busy collecting lots of things. Inside are newspapers, photos, building work plans, school uniform and much, much more! Year 2 children have written postcards to the children of the future and these also went in to the Time Capsule. The children have told them about life in 2015 and what they think life will be like in the future. Marcus in Class 10

wrote: “When you read this I will be a grown up and I will probably be in the armed forces or a wildlife producer!” The children had some weird and wonderful ideas about what the future would hold. Rylee from Early Years, Millie from Year 1 and Max from Year 2 helped pack the things in and are pictured with the Time Capsule just before it

was buried. The Time Capsule is marked with a plaque so that future generations can easily uncover the ‘treasures’ in years to come.

Lucy’s recipe corner

Brekk Bre kkie ie Flap Flapjacks jacks INGREDIENTS

85g chopped mixed nuts 200g rolled oats 12.5g sunflower seeds 85g self raising flour 40g dried cranberries 70g demerara sugar 125g butter 3tbsp golden syrup 2 mashed bananas 1 egg

METHOD

Put the oven on at 180°c (160°c fan), gas mark 4. Pop everything into a mixing bowl, except for the sunflower seeds, and mix it all up (make sure the butter is softened first so it’s easier to stir). Once it’s all mixed up, put the mixture into a 22cm square shallow tin. Bake the flapjacks in the oven for about 20 minutes. Allow to cool slightly and then slice up.

Introducing St John’s Church, Locks Heath My thanks to Sean and the editorial team at Big Voice, for offering to St John’s Church this monthly opportunity to tell you about what’s going on at St John’s Church, Locks Heath. As you maybe recognise from the photo, we are on the corner of Church Lane and Locksheath Park Road. I am the current vicar and my name is Rev Charles Sugden. Today is just an introduction, but I hope in the coming issues to be able to tell you about other Christian churches in Locks Heath, and the work we aim to do together in the Western Wards of Fareham Borough. I will also hand over to different leaders in St John’s to tell you about exciting ventures with youth, music, outreach to the elderly and lonely, courses to help people enquiring about the Christian faith, etc.

We are ‘A Christian community seeking to know God and make God known’ (our motto). Some of you who read this article may have been to baby -weighing, or weight watchers, slimmers world, U3A, yoga, WI, sea cadets or some other activity on our church premises. Some of you may have come to St John’s for a family occasion like a wedding, baptism or funeral or at Christmas time.

Though we may look old-fashioned from the outside, we’re full of life and fun really. You are guaranteed a warm welcome!

What I really want to say is : ‘Come on in and join us for one of our activities’. I include a couple of our fliers for youth and weekday adult activities below. Even if you just want to take time out to be quiet and pray, we’re open every morning during the week, as well of course for Sunday services (8am, 9.30am and 6.30pm).

About St John’s Open Mon-Fri, 09:30 - 12:30, Friday evenings 7:00pm - 8:00pm 01489 578082, www.stjohnslocksheath.org.uk, 7 Church Road, Locks Heath, SO31 6LW

Rev Charles Sugden

In the week at St John’s Craft Café - 4th Thursday - coffee, chat and crafts in the Church Hall 10-12 Mainly for Men - A variety of activities with men in mind. 2nd Tuesday of each month in the Church Hall with a curry and a beer from 7p m - 9pm Lunch Club - 3rd Tuesday each month in the Church Hall. Begins at 12:40 with a short service followed by a simple soup lunch (nominal charge). Sunday Café - 1st Sunday every second month. Don’t eat alone but join with our Church family for a delicious two course meal. Tickets £5. U3A - Last Friday of every month at 2pm in the Church Hall. For those who want to keep active in mind and body and find new friends and interests. Notelets - Children’s Activity Choir each Tuesday (term time only). Notelets is for children from 5-15 years of age in Church 6-7pm. More information from the Church Office. Play Together - For babies, toddlers and their carers. Friday mornings at 10 - 11:30am. £1 per child or £1.50 per family. Lots of toys in a safe and enjoyable environment. Choir - St John’s Church Choir practice each Friday in Church at 6:15pm in preparation for the 09:30am Sunday Service (11:00am on first Sunday). We enjoy a very wide range of musical styles. New members would be most welcome. Why not come along one Friday?

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