Stubbington Choice January Edition 2024

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foods! Read about how the humble onion can keep colds at bay on page 34.

Also inside... Rita talks about the lovely perfumed Mahonia aquifolium which can be smelt in Crescent Garden this time of year. We hear about the Fur and Feathers Build at the Stubbington Ark. As always, the sudoku is The small print: Gosport Choice cannot be held responsible for any advertiser or advertisers statements or contents in their advert. Or any other details published.

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HELLO! Happy New Year! I’m hoping you enjoyed your Christmas time and are all set for 2024!

We’ve recently had the winter solstice which means the days are lighter for longer. Some days by just a minute, those minutes add up quite

Good luck to everyone running the Stubbington 10k! See p.35 for a reminder of road closures.

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out of hibernation! In the meantime, daffs on my

I hope you enjoy this months edition. I also hope

desk are bringing me sunshine on a stick!

you have a lovely January! See you next month!

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This months recipe is for Banana, Date and Blueberry Flapjacks by Rebel Recipes. They are vegan and nut free, purely packed wth the good

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stuff and not too sweet. The recipe is on page 6.

If you can brave the cold there is still stuff to do in the garden. However, if you’re like me you’ll be

SID WISHES YOU

sat with a cup of tea planning and thinking about

A WONDERFUL

the garden for the year ahead!

2024!

KEEP COLDS AT BAY! We’ve been chatting to local Apprentice Medical Herbalist Louise Courtney and how many natural plants, herbs and foods can be used for your health. The onion is one of these

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• 1/4 cup coconut flakes • 3 banana mashed • 1/4 cup coconut oil • 1/4 cup almond milk • 1/4 cup blueberries or raspberries • Seeds and coconut flakes to sprinkle Method Add the dates and water to a mini chopper and blitz to a paste Add all the dry ingredients to a bowl, then add the banana, date paste and almond milk.

Heat the coconut oil in a saucepan on a low heat, when melted add to the bowl. Mix everything thoroughly. The mix should be slightly wet.

BANANA, DATE AND BLUEBERRY FLAPJACKS This recipe is by the wonderful Rebel Recipes...

Tasty banana, date and blueberry flapjacks are super easy to make, healthy, sweet and delicious. They make a brilliant breakfast or nutritious snack.

Prep: 5mins Cook: 30mins

Grease a baking tray with a little coconut oil and then add the mix, pressing into the sides.

Press a few blueberries into the top of the mixture and then sprinkle over some coconut flakes and seeds.

Bake in a pre-heated oven (180°C), for 30 minutes. Remove from the oven and allow to cool for a little before dividing into squares.

I added a couple of tablespoons of dessicated coconut because we love coconut in our house!

You’ll need:

You could use whatever berries you have.

• 6 medjool dates

Raspberries tend to be more flavoursome and

• 1/4 cup water

sweeter than the blueberries.

• 2 cups oats • 1/4 sesame, pumpkin and sunflower seed mix

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WHAT’S ON INTERNATIONAL FOLK / CIRCLE DANCING

CROFTON AMATEUR DRAMATICS SOCIETY

Wind in the Willows the Panto to be performed on 18th-21st January 2024 at the Crofton Community Centre, Stubbington. Thurs/Friday performances are 7:30pm, and Sat/Sunday matinee are 2:30pm. Tickets £5 children, £10 adults from 01329 661143, or book online using TicketSource, or buy at Community Centre, or at the door at each show.

January 9th, 16th, 30th 10am-12noon RC Church Hall, Bells Lane, Stubbington £6.50 Dances to beautiful music from around the World. No Partner or experience is required & all dances are taught. New members welcome.

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CROFTON GARDENING CLUB

January 15th 2024 7.30-9pm Roman Catholic Church Hall, Bells Lane, Stubbington. Our

speaker this month is Carol Tilley on the RNLI. Join us for an interesting and informative evening. Refreshment provided. Visitors always welcome £1 per visit. Membership £5.

Thursday 11th January is our Annual General Meeting - followed by cheese & wine.

The Mayor of Gosport, Councillor Martin Pepper and his wife have been invited to attend.

Meetings take place at 7:30pm in Bay House School. New members welcome - telephone Martin Lazell on 01329 314750 for more details.

CROFTON PROBUS CLUB

STUBBINGTON & HILL HEAD WI Will meet on Wednesday 31st January 2pm at Baptist Church, Jay Close, Cuckoo Ln, Stubbington, PO14 3TA. Our speaker will be Sue Spencer "Overflowing Bookcases and Wardrobes Bursting" giving us ideas on decluttering. If you are wanting to start the New Year with new activities come and visit us!

We have a monthly Lunch Club in addition to a Book Club, outings, theatre trips, picnics, Summer and Christmas lunches. We also participate in WI Group activities such as quizzes, skittles and day trips. Come along and try us out! Visitors can come for two taster meetings before joining.

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Lunch Meeting last Wednesday of the month.

The retired and Semi-retired professional/businessmen members meet socially for lunch at Lee-on-the-Solent Golf Club. Followed by a talk from a guest speaker. Throughout the year; “days-out” may be organised across our region.

If you miss the camaraderie of the workplace the Club may be for you. New members welcome.

Come to a trial meeting before joining? For info 023 9235 9365 or timaus29@gmail.com

STUBBINGTON AND HILL HEAD HISTORY SOCIETY

Second Monday of the month at the Catholic Church Hall PO14 2PL Monday 8th January 7.30 p.m.

The History of Salisbury, Part 2 - Andrew Negus New members and visitors welcome.

Enquiries to merrieldixonhistory@gmail.com Website shhhs.co.uk

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are compound, each leaf being about 30cms (12 inches) long and divided into several leaflets. Each leaflet is leathery, shiny and spiny, looking remarkably like a holly leaf. The bright yellow flowers are borne in dense clusters 3-6 inches long and appear any time between January and March. They have a delicate perfume and are very rich in nectar, so they provide good foraging for pollinators for many weeks from winter into spring. The flowers are worked by honey bees and bumble bees on any days warm enough to bring them out of their hives (anything above 10*C). With the milder winters we have been experiencing there are more bees out in the winter, so these winter flowering plants are becoming more and more important for insects.

JANUARY IN CRESCENT GARDEN January can be a very chilly and drab month, but there are several winter flowering plants in Crescent Garden which not only bloom in winter, but have attractive perfumes. One such plant is Mahonia aquifolium. It is native to western North America from Southeast Alaska to Northern California, and is often found growing beneath pine trees. It was given this name in 1818 in memory of an Irish born nurseryman, Bernard McMahon, who settled in Philadelphia. As of 2023, however, Plants of the World Online (POWO) has classified it as Berberis aquifolium. Its common name, however, is Oregon grape; it grows wild there and was created the state plant of Oregon in 1899.

The plant grows to 1-3 metres (3-10 feet) tall and can have a spread of 1.5 metres. The leaves

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The fruits which follow the flowers in spring and summer look like very small black grapes (hence the common name) and provide food for many birds. They can be eaten by humans, too, though rather tart, but can be made into a tasty jelly. The juice can also be fermented to make wine, provided a large amount of sugar is used.

The stems and twigs have a thick, corky bark which can, together with the roots be used to make a yellow die. The berries contain a dye which can be purple, blue pink or green depending on the acidity of the water it is in. In other words it can be used as a pH indicator.

The Oregon Grape plant is very popular in parks and gardens. It grows well in shady or woodland settings; it is resistant to summer drought and tolerates poor soil. It does, therefore, grow well under the shade along terrace walk in Crescent Garden and is an easy to care for plant in any shady garden. Why not try it in yours?

Rita Rundle Crescent Garden, Crescent Road, Alverstoke

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If you are caring for an elderly relative, or are likely to be doing so in the future, a Lasting Power of Attorney will mean that you can provide the support your relative needs and access services on their behalf, without the difficulties, stress and resistance you would otherwise encounter.

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GREENHOUSE • Put any compost you have bought in the greenhouse now to warm up for sowing with next month • Tidy up!

• Sow leeks, onions, broad beans, hardy peas, spinach and carrots under cover • Sow greenhouse tomatoes for early crop • Sow Swiss chard under cover

VEG PLOT • Prepare your soil • Chit early seed potatoes • Cover rhubarb with forcing jars for early harvest

IN THE GARDEN • Prune grape vines • Take down your bird boxes, remove old bedding and clean out • Deadhead winter bedding (violas, pansies,

• Harvest your winter veg; sprouts, leeks, parsnips, swede, turnips, celeriac, cabbage, cauli, kale • Seek out the slippery little slugs! Check under lower leaves of crops for slugs and snails.

• Keep your cauliflowers protected

polyanthus) to prolong flowering • Water plants and bulbs in containers if sheltered from the rain by their position • Protect plants that are vulnerable to wind and cold • Give panels, trellis and decking a fresh coat of preservative or stain • Clean up fallen leaves • Plant bare-rooted trees • Spread a layer of compost around shrubs and along the base of hedges • Take hardwood cuttings from deciduous shrubs, such as forsythia, willow & viburnum • Check your stored dahlias periodically for signs of disease or rot

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NEWS buildings are damaged, with rotten wood, uneven floors and leaking roofs.

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of defence would be to make an onion syrup. I mean let’s face it we all normally have an onion or two hanging around the bottom of the fridge!

Take a clean jar, peel and thinly slice some onions. Place a layer of onions in the bottom of the jar, then sprinkle a layer of sugar, add another layer of onion and so on until you have reached the top or have run out of onion!

Finish with a layer of sugar and place the lid on

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top ensuring it is airtight. Shortly you will begin

WITH THE HUMBLE ONION

can be used immediately. Keep in the fridge

We’ve been chatting to local Apprentice

after a few days. Take 1 teaspoon 3 times daily

Medical Herbalist Louise Courtney about plant

for adults, and for younger children over 12

medicine! Here she shares the benefit of the

months, ½ teaspoon 3 times daily. Honey can

humble onion...

be used instead, but I have found the sugar

to see the juice releasing from the onions which and decant into a separate bottle if desired

works faster to release the juice!

AN ODE TO ALLIUM CEPA Well, the title is not quite as catchy as the poem

Louise Courtney

by Pablo Neruda, but the onion-loving

(Apprentice Medical Herbalist)

sentiment is the same. The humble onion has

For many years Louise worked as a lecturer in

numerous health benefits particularly for

Applied Linguistics, but her long-held interest

respiratory

coughs,

in herbal medicine and natural health prompted

bronchitis, and asthma, to name a few. Onions

a career change. Subsequently, over the last 4

contain a wide range of constituents such as

years she has been studying for a Diploma in

phenolic acids, flavonoids, and vitamin C, and

Herbal Medicine, accredited by the National

these together can have a relaxing effect on the

Institute of Medical Herbalists, and will be

muscle of the throat and bronchioles, help to

begin her locally-based clinical practice next

thin mucous, regulate the immune system, are

spring.

conditions

including

anti-bacterial, anti-viral, anti-allergic and antiinflammatory.

Sadly, coughs, colds and viral infections are common this time of year and a good first line

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AN INTERRUPTIBLE LIFE? A few years ago, I was travelling with my family through the Peak District in Derbyshire. It was a sunny afternoon and we were on the way home. Our two kids were quite young at the time and the winding roads made them both feel sick. So we pulled over for five minutes to let them have some fresh air. I was in full ‘grumpy dad’ mode, annoyed that our journey home was being slowed down.

Twenty minutes or so after we got going again, to our surprise we came across a cyclist who had just gone over his handlebars, with no helmet on, and was lying motionless in the road in a pool of blood. The place was surprisingly deserted – just us and a couple in the car in front. We jumped out to see what had happened and found the young man in a pretty bad way, his girlfriend distraught by the side of the road. Even worse, it was on a remote road and in a mobile phone blackspot. At first, all we could do was pray for this young man, who we feared was on the brink of death.

Over the next forty-five minutes, on that remote hillside, we experienced something close to a miracle. Traffic picked up – ably directed by my wife Kathryn – and a nurse, then a doctor and another nurse, stopped to help.

By the time the first paramedic arrived forty-five minutes later, there was nearly a complete A&E team helping the injured young man and we were redundant. I still have the video footage of the Rescue Helicopter carefully lowering itself over the valley floor before banking to land on the narrow road running along the hillside.

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I’ve often thought of that day in the years since and how, if our kids hadn’t made us stop because they felt ill, we would have been home by the time that young man came off his bike.

We would have missed the opportunity to stop, help and pray for him when no-one else was around.

Sometimes, the moments in life when we have the most to offer someone else seem like interruptions to us. In Luke 10, Jesus told the story of a man set upon by bandits and left for dead by the road. The religious leaders passed by but one man – who we now know as the Good Samaritan – stopped to help. He let himself and his plans be interrupted by the need of the person in front of him.

In the modern world, we often start each day with every minute already accounted for.

Whether in work or retirement, we cram our diaries full. Interruptions can be unwanted intrusions in our overstuffed lives.

But what if, this year, we resolved to be more open to interruptions? More open to the person or situation who needs our help, even if it’s an inconvenience? This is a small, but simple way, we can practise Jesus’ command to love one another. So why not make having a more ‘interruptible’ life your resolution for 2024?

As for the young man who was so dramatically airlifted off the hillside in the Peaks? I phoned the hospital the next day to discover that he’d just been discharged with only scratches. As I said, one of the closest things to a miracle I’ve experienced. Certainly worth being interrupted for.

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Good luck to everyone running!

Glyn Jones, at the Crofton Hall Theatre, Crofton Community Centre, Stubbington, PO14 2PP, on Friday 22nd and Saturday 23rd March. Doors open 7:30pm curtains 8pm.

Tickets available from 01329 662128 or Crofton Community Centre or on the door on the night. On her return from a celebration party Gillian finds she has been sent a copy of her own novel ‘The Lady is Dead’. The series of accidents that follow convince her that someone is trying to murder her by one of the methods described in her book.

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The event starts at 10:30am, with Stubbington Village being closed from 08:30 to 13:30. All roads affected by the event will be closed as follows: Park Lane - 10:15 to 10:30 Stubbington Lane (from Bells Lane junction) to Stubbington Village 10:00 to 13:30 Gosport Road (from Roundabout at Mays Lane to Red Lion Roundabout) 10:00 to 11:00 access only after 11:00 to Gosport Road and not Stubbington Lane or Stubbington Village.

Gosport Road (from Red Lion Roundabout to Daedalus Way Roundabout 10:00 to 11:00 Marine Parade West from Hovercraft Museum to Sea Lane 10:30 to 12:00 Sea Lane and Salterns Road 10:30 to 13:00 Hill Head Road (from Knightsbank to Crofton Lane at the roundabout by Bell Davies Road) 10:30 to 13:00 The race will start and finish in Stubbington Village and as per all previous years there will be some road closures and we will ensure we minimise the disruption to residents as much as possible by

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Second Thursday of each month Methodist Church Hall, Mays Lane, 7.30pm. We have a variety of speakers to entertain us at these meetings, along with sub groups who meet up throughout the month to engage in fun activities. We have a craft group, a Natter, Knit and Stitch group, a darts team, a book club and lots of other fun things to have a go at. Why not put this in your January New Year Resolutions to join a WI. We would love you to visit us at one of our meetings, have a chat to some members and see if this is for you. We would make you very welcome, and you can visit for a couple of times, before making any decisions. For more information, please ring Chris on 07970 826044.

ST EDMUNDS (CROFTON OLD CHURCH)

Services are at 9.30am every Sunday. The 1st and 3rd Sunday of the month is Holy Communion (BCP) and the 2nd and 4th Sunday is Morning Service. Coffee is served after the Morning Services. The Church will also be open to visitors on 18th January between 10am and 12 noon. We look forward to seeing you then.

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