I love September, new shoes, new season, sunny days are enjoyed, not expected and still no coat needed! Here’s hoping for a sunny September! Have you been inspired by the Olympics? Keen to test yourself? Could the Stubbington 10K be the event? Details of the 2025 race is inside along with details of how and when you can enter.
RHUBARB CAKE
I coud not believe my luck when the Shore Leave Haslar book landed on my desk! It’s a story of a year in the life of an extraordinary healing garden for veterans run by volunteers. The perfect mixture of thought provoking words, wonderful images and delicious recipes! The book has been beautifully put together and you can get your hands on the book at their Open Days, via their facebook page or at the Alverstoke Michaelmas Fayre on 28th September. All the profits going back in to the gardens. I have included the Rhubarb cake
recipe that is in the book on page and more details about Shore Leave Haslar is on page 44. This month Rita talks about dwarf pomegranate plants that are currently blooming in Crescent Garden. She describes it as not only attractive but useful too! Check out the article on page 14.
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RHUBARB CAKE
credit: Deborah Wastie
This recipe is by Shore Leave Haslar Lead Horticultural Therapist Chris Robson. It’s featured in their book ‘A Garden for Life’. The book is available to purchase.See page 44 for more details.
Ingredients
• 115g butter
• 225g self raising flour, sieved
• Pinch of salt
• 225g rhubarb, cut in 1cm slices
• 115g sugar half demerara, half granulated
• 1 beaten egg
• Few drops of vanilla extract
• Milk to mix
• Juice of ½ lemon
• Icing sugar
Method
In a mixing bowl, rub the butter into the flour and salt until the mixture looks like fine breadcrumbs. Add the sugar and rhubarb, then mix in the beaten egg, vanilla extract and enough milk to make a fairly stiff dough.
Put into a lined 17.5cm square tin (or 20.5cm round). Make sure the mixture is into the corners and fairly smooth on top.
Bake at 200°C or 180°C fan for about 45 minutes, or until firm and golden.
When the cake is cool mix the lemon juice with enough icing sugar to make a thin mix to drizzle over the top of the cake. It should be of a consistency that when it dribbles down the sides of the cake it sticks.
This recipe also works well with blackberries or dessert apple and a sprinkle of cinnamon.
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CROFTON GARDENING CLUB
September 16th 7.30-9pm meeting at the Roman Catholic Church Hall, Bells Lane, Stubbington. Our speaker this month is Jonathan Rogers with the interesting topic ‘Growing Grapes and wine making in England’. Please put this in your diaries and join us for an interesting and informative evening. Refreshment provided. Visitors always welcome £1 per visit.
STUBBINGTON & HILL HEAD WI
Wednesday, 25th September 2pm Baptist Church, Jay Close, Cuckoo Lane, Stubbington, PO14 3TA. Our speaker will be Susan Waldron and we will be jewellery making. Visitors can join us for two meetings before joining.
CROFTON PROBUS CLUB
Retired or semi-retired and missing the cameraderie of the workplace?
We may well be the social outlet for you. Made up of members from Stubbington, Hillhead, Fareham, Gosport and Lee-on-the-Solent members meet monthly for lunch at Lee-on-the-Solent Golf Club followed by a presentation from a speaker with of interest. Why not come along to a trial meeting? Info 07508 711 299 or morton.wouter@gmail.com
STUBBINGTON AND HILL HEAD HISTORY SOCIETY
Meet at the Roman Catholic Church Hall, Bells Lane, Stubbington, PO14 2PL at 7.30 p.m. on the second Monday of the month. Welcome back after the summer break. Monday 9th September. Bomber command. Jeromy Prescott.
STUBBINGTON BELLES W.I.
Monday September 9th 1.30-3.30pm at The Crofton Club, Titchfield Road, PO14 2JH This month’s speaker will be Sarah Delves. The talk is called ‘Lipstick, Powder and Paint’. and is about the history of make-up and the popularity of the powder compact. Visitors welcome.
LEE PLAYERS NEXT PRODUCTION
A black comedy entitled ‘Caramba’s Revenge’ Crofton Community Centre, Stubbington, PO14 2PP Fri 22nd & Sat 23rd November. Doors open 7:30pm, curtain 8:00pm. Tickets, £10.00, from 01329 662128 or Crofton Community Centre or on the door on the night.
STUBBINGTON STITCH & KNIT
GROUP Every Friday, Foster Room, 2-4 pm.
We meet to make garments and craft items which we sell to support local Hampshire Charities. Next sales are St Columba's Church on Saturday 28th September 10.am-12pm. Our next sale in Stubbington Library on 7th September, 9.30am-12pm.
STUBBINGTON VILLAGE WI
Meet on the second Thursday of each month Methodist Church Hall in Mays Lane 7.30pm. Variety of speakers along with demonstrations of things we may wish to make like Christmas decorations. There is a sales table at most meetings. Why not come and visit us at one or two of our meetings, to see if this would suit you. For info, ring Chris on 07970 826044.
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SEPTEMBER IN CRESCENT GARDEN
In the flower beds in front of the fountain in Crescent Garden there are 6 attractive small bushes with red flowers and some fruits just beginning to form. These are dwarf pomegranate bushes, Punica granata Nana. They are a natural variant of the large pomegranate, Punica granata, with whose fruit we are all familiar. This small variant was discovered in the wild about 250 years ago and first described in Britain in 1803. Although the fruits and flowers are “dwarf”, the bushes themselves can grow quite large and need regular pruning to keep them “dwarf”.
The pomegranate is native to the Middle East and South Asia, but has been widespread in Mediterranean areas for 2,500 years. Given its native area it is not surprising that it enjoys sunny conditions and once established is drought resistant. Its flowers attract pollinators and although very small its fruits are edible, though not as sweet as those of its larger relation. In fact, no part of the plant is toxic, though it does not appear to be attractive to any of the plant eating pests, nor to any fungal diseases. So, an ideal plant for Crescent Garden and an easy care option for your own, so why not try it. It does not enjoy very cold temperatures so would not grow well in more northerly parts of Britain. This may account for the fact that it comes into leaf much later in the spring than any other deciduous
plants in Crescent Garden. Every year we wonder if it has died in the winter, but it eventually bursts into leaf and flower in its own time!
Like many plants that have a long history in cultivation there are a lot of myths attached to pomegranates. It was named by the Romans as Mala punica - the Carthaginian apple, Punica being the Roman name for the area around Carthage and that is where the Romans first found it and brought it to Europe. The name, ‘pomegranate’ comes from old French pome granata, ie apple with many seeds. Shakespeare’s Juliet says to Romeo, “Nightly she sings on yon pomegranate tree, Believe me, love, it was the nightingale.”
This is full of significance for Shakespeare’s early audiences as they would have known that the pomegranate represents true love, forbidden love and sweet innocence.
The fruit was the symbol of life and fertility because of its many seeds. In Ancient Rome the juice was used to cure infertility, but I haven’t found any records of whether this worked! In some early branches of Christianity the pomegranate rather than the apple was in the Garden of Eden. The Virgin Mary is sometimes portrayed with a pomegranate.
Over the centuries and, indeed, into modern times some medicinal properties have been discovered. Extracts from the rind of the fruit and from the bark have been found useful against tapeworm infestation and mouth and throat infections. Modern research has indicated some anti-viral and anti-bacterial activity. A red dye has been made from the flowers and fruit rind.
So, all in all, and attractive and useful plant to have in Crescent Garden and in yours.
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IN THE GARDEN
• Pick apples. They are ready when with a little twist it will leave the tree.
• Pick plums. The plums on the sunny side of the tree will be the first to be picked.
• If you have a lawn! Rake thatch from lawns, aerate well-trodden areas by spiking with a garden fork, and re-seed bare patches
• Order bare-rooted roses for delivery later in autumn
• Sow hardy annuals for flowers early next summer
• Clean out water butts and check downpipe fittings in preparation for autumn rains
• Put netting across ponds to stop autumn leaves falling in and rotting
• Bring any houseplants that you moved outside over summer back indoors, before temperatures start to drop
• Lift, divide and replant congested clumps of perennials once they finish flowering
• Take cuttings from fuchsias, salvias and pelargoniums
• Plant spring bulbs, including crocuses, daffodils, hyacinths and bluebells
GREENHOUSE
• Clean out your greenhouse to reduce the risk of pests and diseases overwintering
• Remove shade netting from greenhouses or wash off shade paint.
• Move potted citrus plants and fuchsias inside over winter, keeping them cool but frost free
• Sow sweet peas in deep pots for early flowers next summer
VEG PLOT
• Help squashes and pumpkins ripen by lifting them off the ground slightly on a stone or up-turned seed tray. This increases air flow around the fruits and keeps the base dry.
• Plant onions and garlic
• Sow spinach, lettuce, slad leaves, kale, radish, salad onions, chard, spring cabbage, corn salad, chicory, peas and broad beans.
• Plant spring cabbages
• Stake your brassicas and keep an eye on them for butterfly eggs and caterpillars.
• Carefully dig over the veg bed once you’ve harvested the last potatoes
• Prune out all the fruited canes of summer raspberries, cutting down to the base, tie in new canes to supports
Grinding
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STUBBINGTON 10K LATEST NEWS
The preparations for the Stubbington 10k on Sunday 12th January 2025 are going well.
The event continues to be very popular with the running community as the course is predominantly flat and has some great support along the course. It would be lovely to see the residents of Stubbington and Hill Head coming out to support the runners as they do every year.
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 13:30
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 –
CROFTON WI
Wednesday 11th September 2pm at Baptist Church, Jay Close, Stubbington
Our speaker will be Pam Marsden from the BBC Local Radio. All are very welcome to join us.
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 re-opening the roads as soon as it is safe to do so – the understanding of the residents for these closures is hugely appreciated.
Over the years we have raised significant amounts of money for local charities, and we are intending to do the same for the 2025 race. Look forward to seeing everyone on 12th January 2025 for another successful race.
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Entries open 1st October. For more details visit www.stubbingtongreenrunners.net
ST EDMUNDS (CROFTON OLD CHURCH)
Services are at 9.30 am every Sunday. The 1st and 3rd Sunday of the month is Holy Communion (BCP) and the 2nd and 4th Sunday is Morning Service. This month there is a 5th Sunday and this will be a Communion Service with hymns, in the Common Worship style. Coffee is served after the Morning Services and the 5th Sunday Service. The Church will also be open to visitors on 18th September between 10.00 and 12.00 noon for visitors or for private prayer. We look forward to seeing you then.
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THE MAGIC OF ALCHEMILLA
Early one Friday morning in late July it was a beautiful start to the day, so I decided to have a wonder around the garden with my cup of tea taking in the beauty of the flora and fauna. Happily, I came across a clump of Lady’s Mantle (Alchemilla vulgaris) that I had planted the summer before from a cutting, and I was treated to the spectacular views you can see in the photos. Overnight, little droplets of water formed on the edges of the leaves via a process called guttation and then collected in the middle of the leaf. It is claimed that alchemists in the 16th century would collect this dew and use it for their experiments due to its purity and beliefs that it enhanced longevity. Hence the Latin name Alchemilla meaning ‘little magical one’ or ‘little alchemist’. This plant is native to Europe’s grasslands, roadsides, chalky downs, and mountain terrain and has been used for many centuries to address women’s
gynaecological complaints, as well as for wound healing (both internal and external), and to address any excessive discharge from the body (e.g. diarrhoea) due to its astringent properties that tone and bind damaged or weak tissues. Alchemilla is one of the first herbs I consider when treating women’s health conditions. It is indicated for heavy periods, endometriosis, fibroids and polycystic ovary syndrome. It can be used internally and externally to treat a uterine prolapse and to aid recovery after childbirth. For example, you can add a strong infusion to a shallow sitz bath for frequent bathing of the affected area. Other clinical studies have supported a range of medicinal actions such as: anti-inflammatory, anti-viral, wound healing (e.g. mouth ulcers), antioxidant and antibacterial.
If you have this plant growing in your garden you can make a tea with fresh or dried leaves, however it is an astringent and bitter plant so you may want to add some honey or agave syrup to taste.
Not only was this encounter with Alchemilla both beautiful and informative, it also served to remind me to take time to really look for and appreciate the sometimes small, but spectacular, shows mother nature puts on for us.
Louise Courtney wildsidehealth.co.uk
Nb. While Alchemilla is a gentle herb, it should be used with caution during pregnancy, especially in the alcohol form, and avoided in the first trimester. Please consult a qualified medical herbalist before internal use (especially with the tincture and if you are taking other medications).
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GOSPORT HERITAGE OPEN DAYS
6-15 SEPTEMBER
Choose from family fun activities, history talks, exhibitions and guided walks.
Gosport Heritage Open Days has organised 72 free events. For the first time Fort Brockhurst will be having two days with soldiers, rifles, canons and Luftwaffe pilots reenacting the Fort’s entire history. Local Victorian philanthropist Henry Cook will be celebrated
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Visitors can enjoy 36 new events this year ranging from navigating Gosport by Nose to hearing about toffs and toilets to learning about the significance of the Gosport Lines. Rowner is celebrated in 4 ways - an exhibition in the church, another in the Rowner Youth Arts & Media Centre, tours of Fort Rowner and a guided walk through Rowner’s history.
D-Day in Gosport will be celebrated with talks of spies and derring do, exhibitions of historical photos of Gosport during WW2, photographic and knitting displays and with radio controlled model ships and tanks showing how Allied forces landed on French soil and attacked a French village occupied by German Forces.
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SHORE LEAVE HASLAR PUBLISHES 240 PAGE BOOK!
As I mentioned in my intro I love a book with a mix of things. The book from Shore Leave Haslar has the most perfect mix; beautiful images, recipes, history and thought provoking words. For those not familiar with Shore Leave Haslar, it is a non-profit community project bringing to life to the Memorial Garden at Royal Haslar providing tri-service veterans who have physical and mental health support needs with a safe haven, where they can come and rehabilitate through horticultural therapy.
You can now learn about the healing garden, it’s veterans, volunteers and history, see it through the seasons from the comfort of your armchair!
The book has been beautifully put together, all 240 pages. The photographs are wonderful, recipes delicious, words are touching, heartfelt and thought provoking. Most importantly it describes the work the volunteers do to support the veterans within the sanctuary of the Memorial Garden. You can get your hands on a copy at their Open Days, Alverstoke Michaelmas Fayre stall or via their facebook page. Cost £15. If you’ve never been to the garden, go. Tell
people about the garden, buy the book. Shore Leave Haslar rely on donations and fundraising to run. So in purchasing a copy you will help to keep this wonderful garden going.
Shore Leave Haslar is open to visit in September on Friday 6th September and Saturday 7th September 11am-3pm as part of the Heritage Open Days. You’ll be able to see the garden. There will be refreshments, the craft stall will be open, and they will have plants and vegetables for sale. Check out veteran Nicks fairy garden creation! Volunteers will be available to chat to about the history of the Memorial Garden and Horticultural Therapy.
Other months they have an Open Day on the second Wednesday of the month. Check out their facebook page to keep up to date on the garden or look in our events listing in this magazine for details!
It is quite incredible how such a wonderful garden is on our doorstep.
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STUBBINGTON BAPTIST CHURCH
Jay Close PO14 3TA
A warm welcome awaits you;
SUNDAYS
Morning Service with Sunday School -10am.
TUESDAYS
1.15pm Baby and Toddler Group - lovely carpeted area with lots to do! (Term time only) restarts 10th September
Pilates 7pm. – Term time only
Evening Life Group Weekly - 7pm.
WEDNESDAYS
1st on month – U3A Gardening group 2nd and 4th in afternoon –W.I meetings
THURSDAY
Snack ‘n’ Chat (Light meal) 1st in month 12.30pm.
£2 donation welcome
Last in Month morning – Friends through pain. Coffee & Cake - 3rd Thursday in month at 11am. Messy Church Thursday 26th – 4pm-6pm. Craft, Celebration and cooked meal. Donations welcome. For all Infant and Junior School Children. Need to be accompanied by an adult. The main hall and smaller rooms available for hire
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MUSICAL SOIRÉE
St Mary’s Church, Alverstoke. 18th Oct 7pm Organised by Alverstoke WI to raise money for local charities. Featuring Jacuzzi Jazz, the Rock Choir, Jennifer Parker-Lummis and the Men’s Shed Ukulele Group. £12 per ticket includes wine/soft drinks. Tickets from Queens Parade News, Alverstoke Village Post Office and Hardware Shop.
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GLOW & GLAMOROUS LADIES SHOPPING NIGHT
Friday 27th September 6-8pm. At Our Ladies Immaculate Conception Church, Bells Lane, Stubbington.
Join us at the FREE event, packed with experts in the field of Welness & Beauty. With product samples, make up, coluor matching and styling tips all available on the night. Follow us on facebook to see who will be attending.
LEE HIGH STREET MINI MARKET
Sat 7th September 10am-3pm Pop along support your Lee on the Solent High Street. Visit various local stalls, selling their wares alongside independent High Street shops and businesses.
LEE PLAYERS
Our next production will be a black comedy entitled ‘Caramba’s Revenge’ at the Crofton Community Centre, Stubbington, PO14 2PP on Friday 22nd and Saturday 23rd November. Doors open 7:30pm, curtain 8:00pm. Tickets, £10.00, from 01329 662128 or Crofton Community Centre or on the door on the night. Four elderly ladies have been living in Violet’s rented house until, after a mugging, Violet dies. Her housemates omit to tell the authorities and, even worse, Violet’s granddaughter start to search for her relative...
SPITHEAD ARTS LECTURE
24th September 7pm. Bay House School, Alverstoke
Olafur Eliasson – Playing with Light. Membership £40 per year, or come along as a guest £7, refunded if you decide to join. www.spitheadarts.co.uk
ALVERSTOKE
MICHAELMAS FAYRE
SATURDAY 28TH SEPTEMBER
The Alverstoke Michaelmas Fayre has become part of the fabric of the Gosport community, and this year’s event on Saturday, September 28th is once again expected to attract thousands of visitors to the village. This will be the 34th running of the Michaelmas Fayre which is organised by Gosport Rotary Club, raising funds for the Mayor of Gosport’s charities, the Alverstoke Church Parish Centre and for Rotary causes. It promises to be a bumper day of excitement with activities spread across the village. On the village green there will be a funfair, and spreading out to the Parish Centre there will be a range of stalls and activities with refreshments on sale inside the Parish Centre.
Green Road will be lined with more than 100 different stalls including many craft and charity exhibitors, as well as refreshment stands. Each occasion. There will also be activities taking place in the grounds of St Mary’s Church.
The Michaelmas Fayre will welcome back the Harry Strutters Jazz Quartet and the Big Noise Samba Band, along with the New Thorngate Singers. The fun-filled day will culminate with a parade through the village centre by the HMS Sultan Volunteer band with a salute taken by the Mayor of Gosport.
Proceedings get under way at 11am and finish by 4pm.
Michaelmas Fairs are a community tradition which go back to medieval time. They can also be known as ‘Goose Fairs’ from the days of Queen Elizabeth, who ate goose to celebrate the nation’s deliverance from the Armada.
The feast of St Michael, who is a celebrated angel in the Bible, signifies the end of the season’s harvest and of nights drawing in.
