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contents Editor’s Letter 4 Local History 6 Adopt a Pet 8 Mindbenders 8 Sopley Village Fete 9 What’s On 10 Highcliffe On Sea Traders Association 13 Clubs, Classes, Groups & Societies 14 Christchurch Chamber of Trade 19 Christchurch Blue Plaques 20 Highcliffe Rotary 23 Teen Column 27 Julia’s House 29 Coffee Break 30 An English Mum 33 Cancer Research Charity Single 35 Kids Page 36 Garden View 38 Recipe 41 Tucktonia 43 Regent Listings 47 Local Gig Guide 47 Dorset POPP 48 Index 49 Puzzle Solutions 49 Useful Telephone Numbers 50
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Dear Reader In mid-June, as we went to press, I was enjoying the 100 summer sunshine that has 95 blessed us! As I wandered along Mudeford Quay and Cheryl 75 watched the small fishing 100unloading their wares, fleet it was good to see so many locals and tourists 25 95 enjoying our beautiful surroundings. I drifted around to the grassy area facing the harbour to 5 75 watch the windsurfers and sailing dinghy’s zigzag 0 across the water, it reminded me of the beauty of our25natural surroundings and how fortunate we are to live here. Fingers crossed for lots more of it 5 this summer! Until next month, 0
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Local History
by Phil Tate
- The Life of Blessed Margaret Pole
Wolf Hall, the recent BBC TV drama based on the political machinations of King Henry VIII and his chief minister, Thomas Cromwell, received much popular acclaim. One woman who became tragically entangled with these intrigues had a close link with Christchurch... Margaret was born of the royal House of Plantagenet in 1473, but her mother, Isabel Neville, died when she was still an infant. Barely a year later her father, George, Duke of Clarence, was accused of treason by his own brother, King Edward IV, and privately ‘executed’ in the Tower of London, reputedly by being held head-down in a barrel of Malmsey wine. A week after her twelfth birthday Margaret’s uncle, King Richard III, was killed at the Battle of Bosworth by Henry Tudor, who seized the crown. Margaret and her younger brother, Edward, thereby became the last of the Plantagenet dynasty. To control this potential threat to Tudor rule King Henry VII had Margaret married to his cousin, Sir Richard Pole. Her brother Edward, however, suffered a far less happy fate and was held captive in the Tower of London for 14 years before finally being executed. Margaret was widowed in 1504, leaving her with five children and very little inheritance. However, when King Henry VIII came to the throne five years later he welcomed her to court as a lady-in-waiting to his first Queen, Katherine of Aragon. Margaret also became a godmother and then governess to their first surviving child, Princess Mary. The King later installed Margaret as the Countess of Salisbury (a title formerly held by her mother). She thereby acquired the Manor of Christchurch. Here she had a fine chantry built in the North Quire Aisle of the Priory Church where the canons would chant or sing the Mass for the souls of her family. Now called the Salisbury Chantry, it is believed that it was designed by a leading Florentine sculptor. It is not clear why Margaret chose Christchurch for her chantry and seemingly also as the intended place of her burial - there is no evidence that she ever visited the town. However, the deeds of a house in Castle Street show that in 1527 she owned the western half of the property, so did she perhaps occasionally lodge there? The house is now the New Forest Tea Rooms, though the part of the building she owned was pulled down in 1884 and rebuilt as a shop, now Ronny’s Cafe. Being a devout Catholic, Margaret was dismayed when King Henry divorced Queen Katherine in 1533 and 6 • Highcliffe Eye • July 2015
declared Princess Mary to be illegitimate. She made her feelings known to him, as did her son, Reginald, a leading theologian (and Dean of Wimborne Minster), who strongly condemned the King’s rejection of the Church of Rome. Reginald was safely in Italy, but his mother and family in England were investigated by Thomas Cromwell (as shown in Wolf Hall). Cromwell initially informed the King that other than being related to Reginald they had ‘little offended’, but he later found evidence enough to have Margaret and her other two sons, Henry and Geoffrey, imprisoned. Under torture Geoffrey gave more evidence and was released, but his brother Henry was executed. After Cromwell’s agents came to assess the value of Christchurch Priory at its dissolution in 1539 they reported that they had defaced Margaret’s chantry by removing all the identifying badges and arms. The damage done to the three carved bosses in the fan vaulted ceiling can still be clearly seen. On 27th May 1541, after over two years of captivity in the Tower of London and aged 67, Margaret was executed. It is said that she refused to place her neck on the block, declaring that she would not die the death of a traitor. Indeed, she seems to have made every effort to ensure that her execution would be seen as a brutal act of murder. She was essentially hacked to death, though this was later blamed on a ‘blundering youth’ of an axeman. With her death, any lingering threat to Tudor rule from the old Plantagenet dynasty was finally removed. Whatever had been Margaret’s hope to be interred in Christchurch Priory, it was her fate to be buried in the Tower’s chapel of St Peter ad Vincula. In 1886 Margaret was beatified as a Catholic martyr by Pope Leo XIII and has ever since been known as the Blessed Margaret Pole.
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Saturday 4th July 2pm Burton Scout Carnival Parade through Burton with the steam engines and tractors. Enter the Fancy Dress - theme Circus. See the dog show, vintage farm equipment, crafts, rope bridge and lots more.
Sunday 5th July 10.30am The Friends of Stanpit Marsh Coffee Morning at the Marsh Information Centre. Pre-coffee stroll around the Marsh at 10am. All welcome! Tuesday 7th July 6.30pm - 8.30pm Christchurch Priory New Tour 2015. ‘Up & Down’ Roof-space (103 steps, some narrow spaces) Ground Floor, 2 Crypts. Meet at Tower door. Tickets £10 (£5 children over 8) in advance Tel: 01202 485804, email vestry@christchurchpriory.org
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Thursday 9th July 2.30pm Christchurch Library - “Lewis & Alice” a talk on Lewis Carroll, Alice Liddell and “Alice in Wonderland” to mark the 150th anniversary of the book’s publication. £2 including refreshments, Friends £1. Friday 10th July 7.30pm Special Evening of Mediumship with Dan Clarke with all the proceeds in aid of the Macmillan Cancer Trust. Tickets are £7 each (Members £5) Contact Phyllis on 01202 463985.
Wed 1st July 2.30pm - 4.30pm Christchurch Priory New Tour 2015. St Michael’s Loft Museum (75 steps), Ground Floor, Malmesbury Crypt. Meet inside entrance. Tickets £10 (£5 children over 8) in advance please. Tel: 01202 485804, email: vestry@ christchurchpriory.org Wed 1st July 10am - 12 noon Christchurch Central WI. A members meeting of WI memories. For further details or enquiries please contact 01202 386 813. Thursday 2nd July 2.30pm ‘The Airfields of the New Forest 1939-1945’, a talk by John Levesley at Christchurch Library. Phone 01202 485938 or call into the library for tickets. Numbers limited. Library Friends £1.50, Non Members £3. Refreshments included.
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Saturday 11th July 12noon - 3pm RNLI Lifeboat Garden Fete at the Red House Museum. A great fun family day with live music from the New Forest Dixieland Band, prizes to be won, food and drinks. Free admission, all welcome. Christchurch and Bournemouth East Branch. Saturday 11th July and Sunday 12th July 10am - 6pm The fabulous Cheese and Chilli Festival returns to Christchurch this year and will be taking place in the spacious grounds of Bournemouth Sports Club, Chapel Gate, right next to Bournemouth Airport.
Saturday 11th July 7.30pm Grange Choral Society. Conductor Marcio da Silva presents a concert in Christchurch Priory of Rutter’s Requiem & Elgar’s cantata Spirit of England, in memory of the fallen of WW1. Tickets £16/£9 from Bookends Christchurch and 01202 399139. Saturday 11th July 12noon - 2.00pm Summer Fete to be held at the
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church of The Immaculate Conception & St Joseph, Purewell. Fair Trade stall, knitwear, homemade cakes for sale, toys, tombola and plants are among the varied array of stalls. Refreshments on sale, entrance free. Tuesday 14th July 2.30pm - 4.30pm Christchurch Priory New Tour 2015. Tower & Bells (176 steps) & short Ground Floor tour. Meet inside entrance. Tickets £10 (£5 children over 8) in advance Tel: 01202 485804, email: vestry@christchurchpriory.org Thursday 16th July 7pm Highcliffe W.I. Highcliffe Day Centre. A talk on the Secrets of Cunard with Patsy Taylor followed by refreshments and a quiz. £4 for visitors. Contact Kate 01202 482230 for further information.
Saturday 18th July 10am - 4pm Vintage/Retro/Collectors Fair Druitt Hall, High street, Christchurch. All things vintage, retro and collectable from china and household items to clothes and records and maybe the unexpected find! Vintage style tearoom, free entry. Saturday 18th July 11am - 3.30pm Christchurch Priory Fete in Priory House gardens. Entrance 50p. Stalls, games, refreshments, cakes, books, and much more. Come along and enjoy the entertainment in the arena. Sunday 19th July 2.30pm - 5pm Christchurch Group of Cancer Research UK (Reg Charity No. 1089464) are holding a Cream Tea. Entertainment, stalls and a raffle. Highcliffe Community Association, Greystones, Waterford Road BH23 5JL. Tickets £5.50 from 07925 974174.
Saturday 25th July 2pm Bransgore Horticultural Society Summer Show to be held at the Village Hall, Ringwood Road, Bransgore. Categories for flowers, vegetables & fruit, floral art, cookery, art & photography. Sunday 26th July 10am - 4pm Sopley Car Boot Sale, Owls Barn Farm, Derritt Lane, Sopley. Sellers from 8.30am. Farm shop open and homebred bacon & sausage baps available. Cars £5 Vans £8
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Friday Craft Fair and Table Top Sale every Friday 11am - 3.30pm in the Druitt Hall, Christchurch High Street, behind the library. A variety of stalls selling handmade items: cakes, clothes, jewellery, knitted items as well as dvd’s, books, toys and bric-a-brac. Table Top Sale at The Regent Centre Christchurch from 10am to 3.30pm every Monday & Saturday, selling costume/vintage jewellery etc. Male Carers Social Group, The Galleon, Lymington Road, Highcliffe. Tuesday 7th July from 11.30am to 2.30pm. Christchurch Based Traditional Jazz Band For Hire. Looking for a band with a difference for your event? Have a look at Christchurch Based: James Emmett’s Ragtime Revellers. www.ragtimerevellers.co.uk. Competitive local prices. Tabletop Sale at St George’s Church Hall, Jumpers Road, Christchurch. Saturday 4th July 10am -12noon. Refreshments available. Call 01202 482047 to reserve a table (£5.00 per table).
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The summer is rushing by far too quickly. We’ve all been busy down The Arcade and are pleased that there are Helen now a full complement of shops running through, following the new arrival of Trinity Chiropractic. Dr Audrey Murphy has been practising for over 20 years and offers a comprehensive and holistic approach to her Chiropractic and Acupuncture treatments. We are still anticipating some other arrivals, the eagerly awaited sewing and craft shop and a beautiful new shop selling gorgeous accessories and homeware and furniture, both will be a great addition to the High Street bringing some variety and a touch of glamour! Work is still thrumming away in the background by the Highcliffe Centre Partnership working on a number of larger projects to uplift and improve the amenities of the town. This constant improvement and review is very important to keep up pressure and fight Highcliffe’s corner, we’re a small town on the boundary to Hampshire and we do sometimes get a little forgotten! They do a grand job continually assessing improvements required and contacting the right people to get things done. The HELP volunteers have been trying to keep up with the triffid-like growth of weeds along the High Street; they have another ‘weeding and litter pick’ at the end of this month and are appealing for more volunteers as I think they are struggling a bit to keep up with Highcliffe’s overly healthy weed production… must be all that sea air! Maybe we need a ‘see a weed, pull it up campaign’ to help them out a bit. So if you’re feeling community spirited and a dandelion brushes your ankle, reach down and give it a tug. It’s one less for them. Enjoy the sunshine!
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Summer and Sea Exhibition of Paintings by Alex Morton and Joyce Ringrose at Hatch Gallery, 7a Church Street, Christchurch BH23 1BW from 11th July - 5th September. 07787 517958 www.hatchgallery.co.uk Simon Williams, a member of the Society of Botanical Artists will be painting a botanical subject in Gouache to Christchurch Arts Guild. The demonstration will be at All Saints Church Hall, Mudeford on Wednesday July 8th from 7pm to 9pm. All welcome, visitors £3.
Clubs, Classes, Groups & Societies in Christchurch & Highcliffe Art and Craft Highcliffe Art Fellowship meets in the Methodist Hall, Lymington Road on Wednesday 1st July for a demonstration by Danny Byrne of the skills needed to produce caricature and cartoon images. Live close up on large TV. Visitors welcome. Fee £3 www. highcliffe-art.info Susan Knights - Watercolour Classes ‘Jump in and Get Wet’. Various dates. Small, friendly, informative classes - overlooking beautiful Christchurch Harbour. Contact Sue on 01202 481099 or email susanknights@hotmail.co.uk www.susanknights.co.uk The Friday Crafters who were at the Regent Centre are now at the Druitt Hall. Every Friday 11am - 4pm. Christchurch Floral Society meeting on July 3rd will be a social afternoon with tea and an auction of unwanted treasures. The society meets at Priory Hall, Princess Avenue from 2pm until 4pm. Everyone welcome. Floral Art Show. Locally made arts and crafts with a floral theme. Daily from 10th - 16th July 10am - 4pm. Original work by local artists. The Hayloft Gallery, 14 Wick Lane, Christchurch, BH23 1HX. Admission free.
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Jewellery & Silversmithing classes in the centre of Christchurch. Flexible summer classes available, a range of techniques covered including piercing, soldering, casting & stone setting. Please contact Louise 07789 915694 or www.platinajewellery. co.uk Tuesday Mornings, Thursday evenings & one day workshops.
Children Summer Squash Camp for children aged 5 upwards at Two Riversmeet Leisure Centre. Thursday 23rd & Friday 24th July 1.30pm - 4.30pm. Children grouped according to ability. All equipment provided. £9.50 per day. Call Charlie 07952 912732. Award-winning music classes for babies and children up to 5 years old, Monday mornings during term-time at The Regent Centre. Classes to inspire and educate your child with songs, rhymes, instruments and activities. Contact heather.smith@ musicalsteps.co.uk for a trial. 0845 643 5025 www.musicalsteps.co.uk New Beginnings Toddler Group Fridays (term time only) 10am - 11.30am at Christchurch Christian Centre, Millhams Street, BH23 1DN. Play, craft, songs, refreshments. 50p per family - first session free. Just turn up or contact Charlotte on 07979 941100. Priory Toddler Group Priory Hall, Christchurch. Wednesdays 10am-12pm. First visit free, £2 per family thereafter. Play, craft, snacks and singing.
Fitness, Sport and Wellbeing Yoga for All - a variety of mixed ability classes in Highcliffe. Mondays 9.15am - 10.15am, Tuesdays 6pm - 7.30pm, Thursdays 9.30am - 11am, 11.15am 12.15pm and Gentle Yoga 2pm - 3pm. Contact Gill
Taylor on 01425 276792 or www.thehealingplace.co.uk Mudeford Wood Tennis Club, Brabazon Drive. ALL YEAR club play Saturdays, Tuesdays & Thursdays. Friendly, good standard. Astroturf. Floodlights. £60 adult, all year daily tennis (booking), club sessions, Sat 2pm - 4pm, Tues 6pm - 8pm & Summer Thurs 6pm - 8pm. Debbie 07592 014207 or Gail 07973 514036. Iyengar Yoga Classes at local venues in Christchurch, daytimes and evenings. Beginners and Improvers welcome. To find out more, text/call Elaine Rees on 07504 823517 or email elainerees@europe.com Chi Kung exercise classes Come and join us every Friday from 10.45am - 12.15pm in the upstairs Studio at Wessex Health, 17 Stour Road, Christchurch, BH23 1PL. Beginners welcome. Car park at rear. Fee £7.50, Tutor: Poppy 01202 735560. www. wessexhealthnetwork.co.uk Pregnancy yoga, breathing & relaxation classes. Stretch & strengthen your body, relieve aches & pains and prepare for birth. Suitable for all abilities including complete beginners, from 14 weeks of pregnancy. Tuesday’s 9.30am to 10.45am in Christchurch. Contact Rosa 07837 218374, www.labouroflove.me.uk Vitalising Yoga & Relaxation Classes Wednesdays 10-11:15am - Christchurch Harbour Spa. Thursdays 6-7pm - Walkford Reformed Church Hall. Please call for more information. British Wheel of Yoga Teacher. (07966) 199875 becca@yogabee.co.uk
Music Christchurch Music Centre is a wind band for young musicians of all abilities. Rehearsals at Twynham School every Saturday morning during term time 9am - 10am for Junior Band and 10.30am - 12.30pm Senior Band. New members always welcome - contact info@ christchurchmusiccentre.co.uk Highcliffe Youth Choirs. Highcliffe Choirs for children 6-18 years - all welcome. Rehearsals weekly at Highcliffe St Mark Primary School, Greenways Highcliffe. Training Choir Thursdays 4.45pm 5.45pm, Main Choir Fridays 4.15pm - 6.00pm. Contact Ann Guest 01425 276544 for more information. Christchurch and District Concert Band welcome additional brass and woodwind players. Tuesdays from 7.30pm. Interested? Call 07974 320122 www. christchurchanddistrictband. co.uk. Rehearsals in central Christchurch. Fun and friendly band. Talented young music reading kit player welcome.
Other Clubs, Classes & Societies Ever wanted to learn how to dance? Give Modern Jive a try! No need to bring a partner. Every Tuesday 7.50pm to 11pm @ Highcliffe Sports and Social Club, BH23 5EG www. strictlyjivefever.co.uk or call Kev on 07917 115353 for more information Highcliffe Horticultural Society will be holding their Open Summer Show at
St. Mark’s church hall, Hinton Wood Ave. Highcliffe, from 2-4pm. Entry 50p. Refreshments, Raffle & Plant Stall. Details contact Barbara 01425 274845 Saturday 4th July 2015
Christchurch Central WI meet on the 1st Wednesday of the Month, 10am - 12.15pm. Meetings held in the Druitt Hall, off the High Street. Interesting talks, competitions, raffles and sales table. Join us for a coffee. More information please call 01202 386813. Highcliffe (Greystones) Duplicate Bridge Club meets at Highcliffe Community Centre, Waterford Road. Mondays & Wednesdays 6.15pm for 6.30pm start. A host system operates for players without a partner on these evenings. Social Bridge 2nd & 4th Saturdays 6pm for 6.15pm. A friendly welcome awaits new members and visitors. www.bridgewebs.com/highcliffe Parkinson’s UK Club, Christchurch Branch. Friendly get together for Parkinson’s sufferers and their carers in the Community Hall, Marlow Drive, St Catherine’s Hill. Thursday 9th July at 2pm. New members are always welcome. Past Rotarians & Associates Club of the New Forest & District. 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month at 10.30am. We are a dual gender, non-affiliated club whose membership is made up of both past Rotarians and non-past Rotarians (Associates). Hoburne Park, Christchurch. Contact Alan Clark 01590 641270. PTO....
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CONT.... Christchurch Probus Club meets on the 1st Tuesday monthly at the East Close Hotel, Lyndhurst Road, Christchurch. A very friendly welcome awaits all retired professional and businessmen. Interesting speakers and excellent lunches! Next meeting Tuesday 7th July commencing at 10.15am. Please contact the secretary, Robin Haggett on 01202 482528. Christchurch Trefoil Guild. A friendly welcome is extended to anyone with or without Guilding connections to join us at 2.15pm on the first Monday of the month at Portfield Hall, Portfield Road, Christchurch. Interesting speakers, activities, holidays and outings. Contact Gill Aslett 01202 485363.
Coffee Morning at Highcliffe Methodist Church Hall in aid of the RNLI. Saturday 11th July from 10am - 12.30pm. Cakes, souvenirs, books, jigsaws, jewellery, bric-a-brac. Highcliffe Death Café. The concept is to enable people to discuss, in a supportive group, their own mortality and the impact of the death of people close to them. Monday 6th July 7.30pm - 9pm and Wednesday 8th 1.30pm -3pm. Friends of St Catherine’s Hill have their summer seasonal walk on Sunday 12th July from 3pm - 5pm. Call 01425 470721 or rharley@ christchurchandeastdorset.gov. uk for more information.
Carbery Machine Knitting Club meet on the first Tuesday of each month (except in August) at St George’s Church Hall Annex, Jumpers Rd, Christchurch, BH23 2JR from 7pm - 9pm. All machine knitters are welcome. The next meeting on Tuesday 7th is our AGM and supper evening. Contact Joy on 01202 489614. Country Dancing in Highcliffe, Thursday evenings at 7.30pm. All abilities welcome, no partner required. Phone Jan on 01202 427523 or email janharris16@hotmail.co.uk for more details.
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Secondly, it brings in thousands of pounds for the charity vendors. Christchurch Round Table alone sold more lager and beer than ever and raised over £5,000 for charity. Its extension into the Quomps this year helped take some of the crowds out of the High Street (although it was still packed) and gave space for local groups and bands to entertain us. It is a great community event and its extension into Highcliffe on the following weekend proved a new development that I anticipate will continue in future years. In addition to all that, over the 16 years it has been running, it has put Christchurch on the map as a great place for foodies. It is no coincidence that the town now has a high number of first class restaurants. This year the Chewton Glen 100 won the best Professional Chef and the Captains Club the Best Bartender – with a special award for the Kings who have been awarded Michelin 95 Bib Gourmand status. 75
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Christchurch Blue Plaques by Stephen Roberts No. 6 - Ye Olde George Inn
It’s time to pop into Christchurch’s oldest surviving pub (purely for research purposes you understand); it’s ‘Ye Olde George Inn’ in Castle Street and it’s plaque no 8 on our trail.
Formerly known as the ‘George & Dragon’, the arch tells us this was a stop for the ‘Emerald’, a green coach, plying between Lymington and Poole (surely Lymington and not Leamington as proclaimed by calligraphic writing above the arch’s interior, which also states the inn is 600 years old). Well, the building may be, but the inn probably not. Deeds show this was a dwelling house in the 15th century. The first reference to it being a pub appears to be 1652, although it may already have been an inn when referred to as ‘St George’ in 1630. Some of the building’s footings appear to have come from the castle, ransacked at the time of the English Civil War; this ironstone would originally have come from Hengistbury Head in Norman times. The inn was conveniently located for the town’s original market square, which stood right here, at the junction of the High Street and Castle Street. In fact, there were three pubs within a spittoon’s distance of the square. That would explain why coaches stopped here, notorious smuggler John Streeter, of Stanpit, craftily using them for disseminating his ill-gotten gains. The George was reputedly a ‘hive’ of smugglers (or whatever the collective noun was). Tunnels reputedly ran from here to the quay and castle. Handily near the court house, the pub included a cell for convicts
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sentenced to deportation. The barred window is bricked up, but a representation shows a hapless individual awaiting the ‘Emerald’ to take him to Poole. Next stop Australia. There was plenty of Stephen accommodation hereabouts for the lawless, as the old wooden town hall in the centre of the square had its own prison at one end. A far more salubrious visitor was Princess Victoria, future Queen, whose carriage horses reposed here while the great lady amused herself at the Priory. At the back of the George’s courtyard, is the ‘Sophie Dawes’, a function-room commemorating a local ragsto-riches tale, the impoverished lass who married into the French aristocracy, was accused of murdering her lover, acquitted, then sought the quiet life, retiring to Mudeford at grand Bure Homage. I wish I could pack as much fun into one life. Meanwhile, the ‘Grey Lady’ is more of the spectral and may be responsible for table accoutrements moving around from time to time. Oo-er. The passageway alongside the George, a convenient cutthrough behind the High Street, once led to Town Mill, one of the town’s Saxon mills, which was on the Mill Stream, close to today’s ducking stool. Steve Roberts - www.steveroberts.org.uk / @SRChristchurch (Twitter)
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Who remembers their dad hosing the garden on warm summer evenings? We always seemed to have a lush lawn when I was a child, apart from the summer of 1976 when hosepipes were banned and we all used stand-pipes for weeks. But nowadays hosepipes are the horticultural equivalent of a bad taste joke: out of style and somewhat frowned upon. But gardens need water to survive so what can we do? Well the truth is, we have more than enough water in the UK to sustain an average garden, but it tends to fall in the winter when all the plants are dormant.
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TUCKTONIA: THE INSIDE STORY (CONTINUED) Written by Alex McKinstry
This month we resume our chat with Paul Taylor, ex-head gardener at Tucktonia, who began work there in 1976 – a year after the site’s purchase by Grand Metropolitan Hotels Ltd. Most days began with him emptying the bins at 6 a.m., after which he would repair to Elford’s Engineering to purchase thirty cans of petrol, used to fuel the go-karts, go-boats and other attractions. Mid-morning, a retired signwriter named Mr Dibley tended to drop in with a consignment of parts for the model village, each new figure having the words ‘DIBLEY DID IT’ inscribed on the reverse. Two of these miniature figures were saved by Paul shortly before the site closed in 1986, and are pictured below – almost the last fragments of Tucktonia to survive anywhere.
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Tucktonia staff how to break into cars, as visitors were always locking themselves out of their vehicles during the summer months. By effectively doing three jobs, Paul regularly notched up a seventy-hour week at the site; only Kim Skinner, the maintenance manager, achieved a similar tally (and could often be found crashed out in Tucktonia’s hidden control room). The longest shift Paul remembers working was ‘thirty-seven hours, flat out’ on 28-29 December 1979, when the River Stour burst its banks, flooding the cellars of The Golfers’ Arms and breaching the site’s control room. Paul spent the shift manning three electric pumps, desperately trying to prevent further damage; luckily, the model village was spared, as most of the floodwater careered down Fairway Drive and into Stour Road. This was the flood that famously devastated the Iford Bridge Caravan Park, sending several caravans floating down the river. One ended up crashing onto the Tuckton golf course; Paul and his colleagues managed to get £80 for it in salvage money, equivalent to two weeks’ wages. The flood was one of many problems Grand Met encountered during its eight-year ownership of the site, and, being short of space, we will look at these in greater detail in next month’s issue. One final anecdote from these years bears repeating, however. One afternoon, a drugs squad officer, holidaying in Christchurch, took Paul aside and enquired as to the provenance of a long-leafed plant in the Tucktonia rockery. It turned out to be a herbaceous plant of the species Cannabis sativa, which Paul thinks had flourished as a seedling in the slurry he routinely purchased from the Christchurch sewage works. ‘I did say to the officer,’ recalls Paul, ‘do you seriously think, if I was to grow cannabis, I’d do it in the middle of a crowded fun park?’ The officer agreed it was unlikely, and the plant was cut down without further incident. Thus ended Tucktonia’s only known run-in with the drugs squad. You read it here first.
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With Christchurch Information Centre Sun 28 & Mon 29 & Tue 30 June 7,30pm & Thurs 2 & Fri 3 July 2.30pm & 7.30pm Set London VE Day ROYAL NIGHT OUT (12A) Princesses join the Celebrations Wed 1 July 7.30pm £16 Concs £14 Live by satellite on screen ENO Live: CARMEN Sat 4 July 10am £5 REGENT CENTRE TOUR Mon 6 - Fri 17 July Regent Audit & Foyer Closed for Toilet Refurbishment - CIC Box Office & Studio remain open Sat 18 July 7pm & Mon 20 July 2pm & 7pm £18 Conc £16 ANDRE RIEU’S 2015 Maastricht Concert Recorded by satellite for the big screen Sun 19 July 7pm £10 Concessions: £8 Stagecoach New Milton - ANNIE JUNIOR Tues 21 July 2.30pm & 7.30pm £3 Film Classic Cliff Richard in SUMMER HOLIDAY (U) Wed 22 July 7pm £13 Concs £12 Live by satellite on screen RSC Live - MERCHANT OF VENICE Thurs 23 July 7.30pm £13 Concs £12 Encore Recorded by satellite on screen with Chiwetel Ejiofor NT Live: EVERYMAN (15) Fri 24 July 7.30pm £13 Under 17s: £9 Wessex Actors Company CANTERBURY TALES - Chaucer made modern Mon 27, Wed 29 & Thurs 30 July 2.30pm & 7.30pm AVENGERS - Age of Ultron (12A) Tues 28 July 7.30pm £17 Concs £16 The Overtures THE BOOTLEG SIXTIES Sight & Sound Tour - Hits of Hollies, Yardbirds Kinks, Beatles, Stones, Who, Doors etc.
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Friday 3rd - Brass Monkeys Saturday 4th - TBC Sunday 5th - RQT Tuesday 7th - Blue Jams Wednesday 8th - Pete Christie Friday 10th - Jo Burt Saturday 11th - The Lizzards Sunday 12th - Shoestring Blues Friday 17th - Juke Box 3 Saturday 18th - Chill Sunday 19th - The Southern Companion Friday 24th - Dakota Saturday 25th - Mr. Wiseguy Sunday 26th - Clockwork Jukebox Friday 31st - JACKSON 3 THE AMBERWOOD Friday 3rd - The Lizzards Tuesday 7th - Jazz with Bernie Farrenden’s Jazz Quartet Friday 10th - Changes Friday 17th - The Mudeford Crabs Tuesday 7th - Jazz with Bernie Farrenden’s Jazz Quartet Friday 24th - Greg the Axxeman Friday 31st - Relentless
Fri 31 July 7.30pm & Sat 1 Aug 2.30pm & 7.30pm £13.50 Concs: £11.50 Student: £9 BOOGIE NIGHTS Presented by Christchurch Activities for Young People Sun 2 - Thur 6 Aug 7.30pm JURASSIC WORLD (12A) Mon 3 - Thurs 6 & Mon 10 - Thurs 13 Aug 2.30pm MINIONS (TBC)
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FUNERAL DIRECTORS Miller Bros. & F.P. Butler Ltd A privately owned family business established in Christchurch for over 100 years
Personal Service available 24 hours a day Competitive prices to suit your needs Burials & Cremations
Tel: 01202 485439 or 485108 GOLDEN CHARTER PRE-PAYMENT FUNERAL PLANS AVAILABLE
119 Bargates Christchurch BH23 1QH www.millerbrosfunerals.co.uk
Tree and Hedge Care Specialists Local, established family run business • Tree Surgery and Tree Felling to BS3998 • All Debris Removed • TPO Applications • Qualified Workforce • Fully Insured • Approved • Short Notice Work • Hedge Reduction/Maintenance • Tree Stump Removal • Tree Safety Inspections • Tree Planting Email: broadoaktreecare@msn.com 6 Kings Avenue, Christchurch, Dorset BH23 1NB
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Business & Professional Williams Thompson Solicitors BBX Exchange Miller Bros & F.P Butler Ltd Simpkins & Co Solicitors
18 37 48 51
Care Homes/Help & Retirement Queensmead Care home 16 Inter-County Nursing Care & Services 35 Silverways Nursing Home 46 Khaya Care 49 23 49
Food & Drink Fire & Ice Cafe 9 Ye Olde George Inn 17 Blue Sky Deli 19 The Kings Harbour Hotel 40 DINE IN 42 Garden Services Chris Oliver Tree & Hedge Cutting Specialist 1 Apex Tree Surgeons 2 Southern Tree Specialists 4 New Forest Drive Clean 25 Broomhill Garden Buildings 28 Broadoak Tree Care 48
Property Management Humphreys & Orr Estate Agents
39
2, Spotted Dick;
QUALITY AND AFFORDABLE PRIVATE CARE IN YOUR OWN HOME 3, Shrinking violet
Mind Benders: 1, Slap and tickle ;
Puzzle Solutions
Health, Beauty & Lifestyle Foot Rescue 7 Polarity Therapy 8 All Mobility 23 Gem of England Jewellery 25 Kellear Hearing 27
Home Improvement Ashley Blinds UK 3 JP Murphy Electrical 4 Dunkley Tiles 5 Revitalize 12 Beds Are Uzzz 21 Flair Interiors 22 Comfort Rooms 24 WBC 247 Heating & Plumbing 26 Paul Belton Construction 27 Plumbers Online 29 WBC 247 Electrical 31 Plumb Exchange 32 Roof Exchange 32 Build Exchange 32 South Coast Roofing 33 Dream Doors 34 Made 2 Measure Bedrooms 41 Shaun Welling 44 Motoring, Boating and Travel RIBS Marine 7 Kustom Kolors 13 Maarten’s Taxi 49
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Cleaning Services Christies Window Cleaning A Beautiful Clean
Health, Beauty & Lifestyle cont’d Tracey Butchart Foot Health Practitioner 29 Dorset Denture Clinic 33 Specsavers 46 Highcliffe Dental Practice 52
With Khaya care you remain in your own home, enjoying continued independence and total peace of mind with a 24 hour live in carer. • •
Companions • Respite Palliative Care • Home Helps
If we can assist with anything else feel Khaya Care free to talk to us 01202 801980
07788 317748 www.khayacare.net
Local Domestic Cleaning Company
A Beautiful Clean
Landline: 0120 2484 309 Mobile: 0785 4843 350
Email: maartenstaxi@hotmail.co.uk Web: www.maartens-taxi.co.uk To advertise please call 01202 477214
One off clean, clean and tidy or a regular booking Please contact us:
07788 454487 01202 477812 10% Discount for First Clean Highcliffe Eye • July 2015 • 49
Local Libraries Christchurch 29 High Street Christchurch BH23 1AW 01202 485 938 Monday 9.30am to 5.30pm Tuesday 10am to 7pm Wednesday 9.30am to 1pm Thursday 9.30am to 7pm Friday 9.30am to 5.30pm Saturday 9am to 4pm
Highcliffe Gordon Road Highcliffe BH23 5HN 01425 272 202 Monday 10am to 6.30pm Tuesday 9.30am to 5pm Wednesday Closed Thursday 9.30am to 1pm Friday 9.30am to 6.30pm Saturday 9.30am to 4pm
Local Chemists Lloyds 01425 274291 248 Lymington Road, Highcliffe Mon-Fri 8.45-5.30 Sat 9-4 Day Lewis Pharmacy 01425 613222 4 Old Milton Green Parade Christchurch Road, New Milton Mon-Fri 9am-1/2-6pm Sat 9am-1pm Sainsburys 01425 277885 1 Lyndhurst Road, Christchurch Mon-Fri-7am-11pm Sat 7am-10pm Sun 10am-4pm Wessex Pharmacies 01202 482197 186 Somerford Road, Christchurch Mon - Fri 9-1.15/2.15-5.30 Sat 9-1.15 Rowlands Pharmacy 01202 484840 136 Purewell, Christchurch Mon-Fri 8.45-6.30 Sat 8.45-1 Mudeford Pharmacy 01425 272798 94 Mudeford, Christchurch Mon-Fri 9-1/2-5.30 (Weds ‘til 1) Sat 9-1 50 • Highcliffe Eye • July 2015
Police/Crime Police (Emergency) Police (Non-emergency) Crimestoppers Neighbourhood & Home Watch
999 101 0800 55 51 11 01202 222 222
Medical/Health Services Dorset Out-of-Hours/NHS 111 Bournemouth A&E Bournemouth Hospital Christchurch Hospital British Red Cross Loan Service
111 01202 704169 01202 303626 01202 486361 01202 484074
Local Council & Services Christchurch Borough Council 01202 795000 Dorset County Council 01305 221000 Christchurch Information Centre 01202 471780 Regent Centre 01202 499199 Bournemouth Airport 01202 364000 Post Office 0845 722 3344 Dorset Family Information Service 01305 221066 Pet Care RSPCA - Ashley Heath Cats Protection
0870 010 1849 0845 3712 762
Helplines Community Safety Issues Trading Standards Citizens Advice Bureau Childline NSPCC Southern Electric British Gas Gas Emergency Environment Agency National Drugs Helpline National Debt Line Alcholics Anonymous Samaritans Age Concern
01202 495111 01305 224012 0844 245 1291 0800 11 11 0808 800 50 00 0845 071 3953 0800 048 0202 0800 111 999 0800 80 70 60 0800 77 66 00 0808 808 40 00 0207 403 0888 08457 90 90 90 0800 00 99 66
Taxi Services Christchurch Radio Cabs Maarten’s Taxis Chritax
01202 484848 01202 484309 01202 470000
Travel & Holiday claims …for accidents, injuries or illness abroad, including travel by air and sea Travelling by air or by sea, for most of us, is the way we get to our foreign holiday destinations. Whilst both are safe modes of transport, unfortunately individuals can still be injured by accidents or affected by illness when using them. Travel operators must take reasonable measures to ensure the safety of their passengers at all times, however, if rules are breached – resulting in an injury or illness – then you may be entitled to compensation. You may have been affected by illness due to poor hygiene standards on board or even food poisoning. You may make a claim for compensation against a holiday company for an accident, injury or illness which occurred abroad if the holiday was booked as part of a package deal through a travel agent in the UK. Your holiday accident, injury, or illness would need to be the fault of the travel agent or their representatives, such as the hotel staff.
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8 out of 10 adults are affected by gum disease! Avoid your worst nightmare
Get the right treatment call 01425 273 025 AND BENEFIT FROM OUR NEW PATIENT EXAMINATION INCLUDING X-RAYS (INTRA ORAL)
£20
Highcliffe Dental Practice is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority
Diana Court, Lymington Rd (opp The Globe Inn)
www.highcliffedentalpractice.co.uk
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