Newsletter june 2014 by Deon Tucker

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From the Editor

Awbridge Primary School

Firstly…a huge thank you to all of you who did your bit at the fete. As I walked around I could see that people were having a good time and enjoying the atmosphere, and everyone who was helping out, in whatever capacity, also seemed to be enjoying themselves immensely. Great to see. I always look forward to the food at events such as these. The wonderful and intense smells created by the barbeque as the burgers and sausages began to sizzle and spit and cook made me instantly hungry. The cheeseburger with onions I asked for was gone in a trice and was delicious, as I knew it would be.

Here at Awbridge Primary School we have been having an exciting time. We all enjoyed the wonderful Easter Fayre from which the ‘Friends of Awbridge’ raised lots of money for our school.

This stood me in good stead for my task for the day which was to try to choose the best car and best bike from the array of wonderful vehicles which are on display at the fete every year. I had been looking forward to this all week. Thoughts of sneaking around like an undercover agent, subtly scrutinising a spoked wheel here, or a nice bit of chrome there, making a few notes, a chat with an unsuspecting owner about a bit of history, thinking about a winner and then making a decision. Easy…or so I thought! The actual reality of the task turned out to be quite different. I could have chosen so many winners from both the cars and the bikes within about ten minutes I knew I was going to have to change my strategy. It seems so obvious now but I honestly thought there would only be a handful which would stand out. Wrong! The vehicles were all so well looked after. How did I not notice this before? Because I had never had to judge them before! Obvious. Doh!!

We have new After School Clubs running this term including French, cricket and tennis – the children are really benefitting from learning new skills.

Choosing the winners in the end came down to something about the vehicle that brought a little smile to my face or a memory from the depths of my 552 month old mind. In addition to being in mint condition and being very well cared for, I chose the Riley because it reminded me of my Dad’s Wolseley Hornet which he owned in the early 70’s, and the XJR because I am a lifelong Yamaha fan and have owned many myself. Oh, and the owners were really nice too! Martin Hailwood-Thomas - Editor Awbridge News

From the Chairman’s Pen Due to the weather this year, we may not have seen such a great footfall as in previous years at our annual fete. It was, however, a great community event, with lots of classic cars braving the rain. It was great to see many of the new families in the village helping with the running of stalls, serving food, working in the bar and serving the teas and coffees. Some quotes from people I met around the fete; “We would not miss Awbridge fete, it always promises to be a good day whatever the weather”

Conifer Class had a trip to Boldrewood in the New Forest and had an exciting time tracking animal prints, spotting deer, searching out flora and fauna and even climbing trees. Willow Class visited Southampton Art Gallery and enjoyed looking at the amazing artwork on display and learning new art skills.

Our Maypolers enjoyed their dancing at the Awbridge Fete and a fun time was had by all! We look forward to our Summer Fete on Friday 27th June – everyone is welcome!

School Dates in June: Inset Day Sports Day

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Induction meeting Yr R parents Summer Fayre

Tue 24th 6.30pm Fri 27th 5.00pm (TBC)

ADVA 100 Club If you enjoy reading this magazine each month, then please join the ADVA 100 Club. The money raised by this helps to keep the magazine running. The editing and distribution is all done by volunteers, but we need to pay for printing each month. Included in this edition is a subscription form for the next year of the 100 Club. As well as supporting this magazine you have a chance of winning a prize - we draw 3 prizes 6 times a year, with bonus prizes twice a year. We had the final draw for the 2013 / 14 period at the fete. The winners were £100 - Liz Stringer £25 - Roberta Clarke £20 - Susan Halliwell £15 - Helen & Robert Wallace

“Great community spirit” “Never miss it and never disappointed” “We will definitely be back next year” Our next event is joining in with the national BIG LUNCH 2014, which is on 1st June 12 noon onwards. Please bring your own picnic lunch and encourage other families, who may be new to the village, to come and meet villagers. Last but not least a BIG thank you for all who came and made it a great fete again. Fred - Chairman ADVA

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The holy spirit at pentecost Sunday 8 June

All Saints Awbridge - June 2014

All Saints would like to thank ADVA on organising such a great village/ community fete in May. Well done to everyone and also thanks to the many church members to helped in various ways on the day. In particular many thanks to Delia and her helpers who raised £535 on the plant and produce stall for churchyard funds.

“All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them” Acts 2 v 4

Braishfield Church Rm, SO51 0QH

We recently received some sad news that Leon Hanson-Vaux, who lived at the School House in the village some years ago, died, at nearly 92 years old. He was a lovely Christian gentleman and spent much of his time working with ADVA to establish the current village hall and running a medical car service in the village before the advent of Neighbourcare. There is a tribute to him, including his experiences in the Navy during WWII, published in this newsletter. His wife Jean has also supplied some of her experiences of being evacuated to Carters Clay during WWII.

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Our next Messy Church will take place on Sunday 8 June at Braishfield Church Room 2 30pm – 5 00 pm celebrating the festival of Other Activities for June Pentecost. This is the amazing story of how the disciples received the Five Alive Fellowship Holy Spirit and were able to communicate the gospel so that all could Monday 2 June, Visit to Romsey Convent TBA understand even those who came from other countries and spoke Craft & Chat other languages. Activities include kite making, messages in different 10-12 Fridays, Hall Committee Messy Church is organised by noon the alternate churches inVillage our group of Room languages, windchimes, boats, making candles, churning butter and BYO craft, contact Sue Franklin 322185 icing biscuits all to experience the images five of windparishes, & fire - elements forofall families to attend. Children to be the Holy Spirit! All families welcome. Contact Pepe 340386 or Mary Prayer Group accompanied bytwice parent/carer. 367908. Meets a month in Romsey, Prayer requests to John Twigg 521966, or via prayer request box in church TOTT: we are once again collecting for Turn on the Tap the water project Awbridge Lunchcontact: Club of Samaritan’s Purse, having taken part in a walk in May andFor givenfurther out information Wed 11 June at Awbridge Church Rooms & Wed 25 June Village Lunch water bottles at Messy Church in March. If you would like to take part Kate Orange 367417 email: mrskateorange@gmail.com at Village Hall, both at 12 noon contact Delia 340395 empty water bottles are available from Choice Plants, Timsbury and All Mary Savage 367908 email: savage@choiceplants.freeserve.co.uk Saints, Awbridge. Bottles of coins will then be collected at a service later Tuesday Housegroup on in the year. You can download a label from the website and customise Tues 17 June 7 45 pm Rosemary Croft, Awbridge, contact John Twigg your own water bottle! www.turnonthetaap.org.uk Thank you. Tel 521966 Wednesday Housegroup Looking ahead to July we have two enjoyable events to take part in. Wed 11 & 25 June 7 45 pm Chanwel House, Romsey Rd, Awbridge. Our annual BBQ with Awbridge First Responders is on Friday 11 July 6 Contact: Fred Tucker 340709 30pm plus fun with water rockets. Another Messy Church on Friday 25 July is at Farley Chamberlayne Church, BYO picnic and enjoy the Thursday Housegroup Next Messy Church: fabulous setting of this ancient and historic church as we explore the Thurs 5 & 19 June 7 45 pm venue 27 Barnes Close, W Wellow. Contact 2 30 pm @ Farley Chamberlayne story of feeding the 5000 at 2 30 pm. Friday 25 July Feeding the 5000! Sue Franklin 322185

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Dates for July: Fri 11 July 6 30 pm BBQ at village hall with First Responders. Messy Church Feeding the 5000 at Farley Chamberlayne, Friday 25 July at 2 30pm. Worship and Events in Awbridge in June Sunday 2 June 9 30 am Holy Communion 6 30 pm First Sunday 8 June Pentecost 9 30 am Morning Worship & Young Church 2 30 pm Messy Church Pentecost at Braishfield Church Room and Church Sunday 15 June 9 30 am Holy Communion Sunday 22 June 9 30 am Family Service Sunday 29 June 10 00 am UB Holy Communion at Farley Chamberlayne Sunday 6 July 9 30 am Holy Communion 6 30 pm First Page 4 | Jun 2014

“The Ark” The All Saints Church Baby & Toddler group meets in Awbridge Village Hall, on Fridays in term-time, 9 30 am – 11 00 am. All toddlers and their parents and carers welcome. Refreshments, craft, singing and other activities provided. Contact: Lynda Tucker 340709. Welcome Pack If you have recently moved into the Awbridge area and would like a copy of our village Welcome Pack please contact one of the churchwardens, see details below. Useful church contacts: Rector: Revd Canon Steve Pittis 01794 368335 email:pittisinc@gmail. com or Benefice Office 01794 878020 email: braishfieldbenefice@ gmail.com Churchwardens: Fred Tucker (01794 340709) or Mary Savage (01794 367908) Young Church: contact one of the wardens The Ark Toddler Group: Lynda Tucker (01794 340709) Awbridge Neighbourcare: 0845 094 6155 Other relevant information can be found on the village website www.awbridge.info

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Awbridge Neighbourcare would like to thank everyone who supported the teddy tombola stall at the village fete . Thank you to everyone who donated teddies and thank you to everyone who bought tickets. The money raised as a result of your generosity is a much appreciated addition to the funds. Thanks must also go to ADVA for organising another successful village fete and for all their hard work before and on the day. The Neighbourcare AGM will take place in the committee room at the village hall on Monday 9th June, starting at 7.45pm. Everyone is welcome to attend. Another date for your diary is Wednesday 25th June, the next village lunch. NEIGHBOURCARE ARRANGEMENTS - 0845 094 6155 Awbridge Neighbourcare volunteers are available to help, as good neighbours, to provide transport for medical appointments, or shopping, or to visit you if you would enjoy a friendly chat. Our volunteers have allocated time to be available to help you, so your requests are vital to the work of this group. All you need to do is call 0845 094 6155 to speak to the co-ordinator to see if they can help you. If you would like to use Awbridge Neighbourcare, please could you try to give at least 48 hours’ notice when you need to book transport so that the duty co-ordinator has time to make the necessary arrangements. Although we will endeavour to help if shorter notice is given, we cannot guarantee the availability of our volunteers. We would very much like to hear from you if you could volunteer as a driver. The more drivers we have to call on, the more people we are able to help. Please contact the duty co-ordinator on 0845 094 6155 if you would like to join this worthwhile organisation.

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A Royal Garden Party The British Red Cross has been given a rare opportunity to host a garden party at Buckingham Palace. It will take place on Thursday 12th June and 6,000 staff and volunteers will be there after taking part in a ballot for tickets. The event will mark 150 years of humanitarian action and a century since the start of the First World War, when the Red Cross played an important role giving humanitarian aid.

Awbridge Evening W.I. The May meeting was, as usual, the Annual Meeting. The outgoing committee was re-elected en bloc with the welcome addition of one member, Sarah Coggon. The resolution on the Donation of Body Parts, which is to be voted on at the National AGM in June, was discussed. Final arrangements were made for the Wine & Water / Home Made Cakes stall at the Fete which was on the following Saturday and despite the weather on the day being very windy and wet, the sales were to help swell our funds. There is to be a Social Evening with an American Supper on Thursday 19th June. The speaker next month is Tricia Goodwin whose talk is entitled “Anything Goes!” It promises to be extremely funny, so do come along and join in the fun at 7.30p.m.on 12th June. Awbridge Evening WI would like to record how proud they are of our former President, May Martin, who not only lectures at Denman College but has become a familiar face on our TV screens. She is the copresenter/ judge on “The Great British Sewing Bee” and has confirmed that there is another series in the pipeline. We hope she will feature in our future programme to tell us some tales of what goes on ‘behind the scenes’. Well done May! Pauline Harris

Country Watch Awbridge - 28/04 - A garage and a shed has been forced open, nothing appears stolen. Lockerley - Criminal damage - Overnight on the 28/04/14 person/s unknown have caused damage to a vehicle parked on Butts Green. Police are appealing for any information please call Romsey police on 101. Any information will be treated in the strictest confidence. Theft - During the day on the 05/05/14 person/s unknown have entered a barn at the rear of the property and stolen a chain saw. Criminal damage - We are still receiving reports of damage caused to a vehicle in Butlers Close. Police are appealing for witnesses or information, police enquiries are still on going, please call Romsey police on 101 Overnight on the 17/04/14 and the 20/04/14 we have received further reports of damage caused to a vehicle in Butlers Close. Police are appealing for witnesses or information, police enquiries are still on going, please call Romsey police on 101

Bluebells... To pick up any magazine at this time of year and start reading about Bluebells may appear strange. That beautiful spring flower, which we all enjoy in April, has a history, and a future that could put it among the top, most precious, sought after blooms ever produced in this country. For generations the Bluebell has been admired as a “pretty” flower that grows in the local woodlands, sometimes without any human help. The law of the land had to put a protection order on the Bluebell because unscrupulous or uneducated people were inclined to pick and at times, dig up the bulbs for transplanting in their gardens or, in some cases try and sell large numbers of the bulbs to Garden Centres for re sale. It is well documented that many people, over the years, have been put through the courts and some have even been given prison sentences because of their greed and their “supposed” lack of knowledge regarding the protection of wild plants. The Bluebell bulb is untouched by animal wildlife, and is un- edible because of the toxic chemicals in its make up. Many of the chemicals, apparently, can only be found in rare and exotic plants which live and breed in the Rainforest. For many years the plant life, herbs etc have been the backbone of the medical profession and I am sure many of us, the more senior readers, have memories of being given various hot drinks and poultices to cure cuts, bruises stings, sore throats, colds and any other ailment that happened to befall children growing up. All of which were the miracle cure of the day and not expensive! I said that the Bluebell could become one of the most sought after and precious plant grown in this country and the word that may give it that status is “cancer”. The wild woodland flower contains in the region of fifteen biological compounds that defend it against animals and insects. Some of those water- soluble alkaloids may have the ability to control and combat HIV and cancer. A Doctor, A senior natural product chemist at the Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research, Aberystwyth claims the Bluebell produces compounds similar to compounds found in Australian plants which scientist are already testing. Apparently it is difficult to produce these compounds synthetically so if the test prove successful the only way forward may be to have Bluebell farms which would grow the Bluebells on a very large commercial scale.

So may I suggest that George Hillier gets back out and plants another two or three thousand flower bulbs. Its a lovely display every March George, and now you could be helping medical science as well! Maurice Hibberd

Lockerley Primary School Invites you to an Open Morning Wed 4Th June 9.30am to 12noon At Lockerley Primary School we are ambitious for all our pupils and deliver an unusually high teacher to pupil ratio. We run a daily Breakfast Club from 8.00am to 8.45am and After School Care until 6pm. We would like to invite the local community and all current and prospective parents to visit our school on Wednesday 4th June. This will be an opportunity to meet the staff, tour the school and see the children in their learning environment. This is also our ‘Bring a Bear’ to school day, so please remember to bring a furry friend! If you would like to stay for our Teddy Bears Picnic from 12 noon until 1.00pm, please bring a packed lunch. For further details or to arrange an alternative time to visit please contact Julie Black the School Admin Officer on 01794 340485 or call into school. Date for you diary Friday 4th July – Lockerley Primary School Bizarre Bazaar – 6.00pm – 7.30pm, BBQ, Bar, Raffle, Games and Stalls.

Be Aware!! A house in Awbridge was recently visited by burglars; they climbed over a high electric gate to try and gain access. On this occasion they tried to break in to a garage and other buildings , without success on this occasion. It is likely that they were disturbed. It does mean that we all have to be diligent during holiday periods and keep a sharp look out for our neighbours’ property also. Fred - Chairman ADVA

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Tribute to Leon Hanson-Vaux Leon was born in Barnsley, Yorkshire on 11 May 1923 but had a sad start to life. When Leon was only a few years old his father died, so he had no real memory of him. His mother died soon after so at the age of 11 Leon was placed in an orphanage, where he trained as a Frame Worker. His older brother was placed elsewhere, so he was quite alone. One day whilst working as a messenger boy for a large hotel in the centre of Birmingham, he was sent out to deliver a message. On his way back to the hotel he saw some warplanes fly overhead. So impressed was he that he went into the nearby Air Force recruiting office and asked to join up. The recruiter told him he’d have to be 18 to fly so he left. However, he didn’t get far because the Royal Navy recruiting office was right next door and their recruiter told him that he should join the navy, as they had planes too. And so began his 24 years in the Royal Navy. (He never became a pilot but did serve on aircraft carriers.) He thus joined the Royal Navy as a boy aged 16, in July 1939, and in August 1940 joined the newly commissioned Light Cruiser HMS Kenya as a Boy 1st Class, promoted to Ordinary Seaman the following year and Able Seaman in January 1942. He served on HMS Kenya until November 1943, and during this period, as a Gunner, Leon experienced an amazing amount of action, escorting convoys with U boat attacks, aircraft attacks and engaging German warships with gun and torpedo attacks. HMS Kenya was also involved in chasing the German battleship Bismark, until it was eventually destroyed. Leon’s wartime experiences could take many hours to relate, but among them were escorting conveys to the Arctic and shelling German held ports in Norway (Leon frequently said he wanted a cruise to Norway as the last time he was there he was shelling it!) His Norwegian experiences included taking part in ‘Operation Archery’, a combined operations commando raid in December 1941. HMS Kenya and other ships entered a fjord during the night, slowly and in silence, until they opened their attack on the German defences, allowing the Commandos to get ashore and complete the destruction. HMS Kenya also took part in escorting convoys to Russia, when extreme ice had to be hammered off the ship and its guns, Leon telling me that it was the coldest he had ever been. Leon deservedly has Russian medals commemorating his experiences. Escorting convoys to Malta, to take badly needed stores to those besieged there, included the famous “Operation Pedestal”, when the Germans and Italians threw everything they had at them, their aircraft coming from Italy and North Africa, as well as every U Boat they had in the area. Out of the convoy of 14 merchant ships, only five, including a crucially needed oil tanker, the ‘Ohio’, managed to reach Malta. Leon said it was the most frightening experience of his service. The Royal Navy lost an aircraft carrier, two cruisers and a destroyer and HMS Kenya was struck by a torpedo that blew a massive hole in its bow. It managed to carry on to Malta where it was repaired. (Malta’s dockyards were one of the reasons why it was operationally so important.) During the war Leon served in every area of operation, Atlantic, Mediterranean, Pacific, Burma, and the Arctic, accounting for his massive array of medals. After the war, in 1950, he met a young nurse, Gwendoline, known as Jean, at the Savoy Ballroom, Southsea. She was stationed at Haslar hospital and it was not long before they were going steady. Leon was still at sea, serving on such famous ships as Implacable and Illustrious, so it was not until January 1952 that they were married. By this time Leon had become a Regulating Officer, ie a ship’s policeman, having been promoted in 1950 Page 8 | Jun 2014

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to the rank of Regulating Petty Officer, a senior position. Immediately after their marriage, as Jean was unpacking in their new Plymouth quarters, Leon announced that he was being posted to Northern Ireland. It was there, whilst getting a lift back to the married quarters in a navy van on Christmas Day that his vehicle came under attack by IRA gunmen, who shot out the van’s tyres. The van left the road and crashed down an embankment causing a severe injury to his leg, with a resulting hospital stay of many months. In 1960 he was posted to HMS Collingwood, where he was responsible for cadet training. It was during this period that he took cadets on walks that just cannot be believed, even though he had an injured leg. The full length of the British Isles was regarded as normal, compared to taking around 20 cadets the entire length of Italy and throughout France and Germany. He often told them “If I can do it at 40, you can do it in your 20s”. Leon’s serious hobby was sailing, and as well as sailing great distances with Jean, he taught many a youngster how to sail proficiently. I cannot do better than quote from his discharge papers, in March 1963, where the commanding officer of HMS Collingwood wrote “Vaux is a most outstanding man, who has the art of exerting firm discipline in a pleasant manner. In consequence he is respected by both his juniors and superiors. His activities outside the normal call of duty, in the form of organising and taking part in Clubs, sailing and Expedition Training, are a bonus on what has been, in any case, an excellent career of service.” It was for this outstanding work that in 1965 he was awarded the crowning achievement of the British Empire Medal. After his retirement, in September 1963, he took up the responsible position of Superintendent of Premises at the newly opened Southampton College of Technology (now the Solent University), living in the East Park Terrace building with Jean, until his final retirement at

the age of 65 in 1988. In 1990 their son Mark, with his wife Julie, gave them a wonderful set of triplets, Adam, Grant and Myles, young men who Leon and Jean absolutely adored.

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They retired to Awbridge, where the following tribute from one of their close friends sums them up: “We remember Leon entertaining children during church services, when no other facilities were available. He would sit with them and make things out of blue tack to amuse them during sermons. He and Jean would hold coffee mornings and undertook a medical car service, i.e. take people to hospital.” Leon was also the Chairman of the Awbridge Village Hall Committee, which through tireless fund raising provided the village with the lovely hall that now stands there. Leon was an enthusiastic Freemason, as a member of Docendo Discimus Lodge (known as D2,) and the Bramston Beach Royal Arch Chapter. Although Leon did not wish to become Master in either degree, because of his work behind the scenes in both organisations he was awarded the very rare distinction of Provincial honours in both. These honours are normally only given to Past Masters. He was also made an Honorary Member of both Lodge and Chapter, another very rare distinction. Marion and I first met Leon and Jean in 2002, when they came to St Andrew’s Methodist Church. We were appointed their Pastoral Carers and when Jean lost her leg in hospital did our best to be there for them. This made for a very close friendship. To say that Leon was not a talkative person is the understatement of the year, but I well remember the way he would pull a face and raise his eyes to heaven when Jean said something he did not agree with. Although in recent years his injured leg became extremely painful, and Leon found it difficult to walk, he never complained, merely wincing when the pain became severe. He still, however, managed to do all the ironing, something he was really proficient at, right up to nearly the end. Truly, he was one of life’s real gentlemen and we all miss him terribly. My good friend Leon Fredrick Hanson-Vaux B.E.M.

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Of interest has been several sightings of purple emperor butterfly in 2010. The purple emperor is rarely seen as it tends to stay high up in the crown of woodland trees however it will sometimes descend to the ground to feed on mineral salts obtained from animal dung. Other high canopy butterfly to watch out for with a pair of binoculars, are the purple hairstreak which is on the wing in August and is to be found up high in the canopy of oak trees. Then there is the brown hairstreak, an autumn species that is on the wing until late October. Watching butterfly can be fascinating, for instance in good years the meadow brown butterfly will roost communally in their hundreds in the boughs of a chosen oak tree, whereas the white admiral fiercely skirmishes to see off other butterfly from his territory. Altogether some 33 species of butterfly have been recorded within the area of the wildlife sanctuary along with migratory species from the continent such as painted lady and clouded yellow. Species of hawkmoth recorded last summer included elephant hawkmoth attracted to willowherb, bedstraw hawkmoth attracted to bedstraw and the hummingbird hawkmoth attracted to honeysuckle. Bird Report. A pair of red kite have taken up residence in the Awbridge area, flying daily sorties over the village since their arrival in March. The red kite is the size of a buzzard but distinguished by its forked tail, pointed wings and brownish red plumage. The red kite was a very common scavenger around the rubbish tips of medieval towns however during Victorian times it was eradicated from the English countryside, by gamekeepers who falsely believed that this bird threatened pheasants and other game. In reality red kite provides a useful function helping to clear up dead animals and road kill. Its return to Awbridge can be attributed to the success of a captive release programme which began in Berkshire about twenty years ago.

Awbridge Hill Wildlife Sanctuary Awbridge Hill Butterfly - June 2014 Working in the countryside can be a risky business, for apart from June is a good time to walk around the wild flower meadow located in the vicinity of the stone circle. Here on a sunny day wild flowers and grasses attract in butterfly such as the marbled white, meadow brown, ringlet, common blue as well as large and small skippers. Where there are nettles and thistle, red admiral, small tortoiseshell, peacock and comma are the butterfly to look out for, whereas along the woodland edge, keep an eye out for gatekeeper and the speckled wood. By July the silver washed fritillary can be seen along the sunny woodland fringe feeding on thistle nectar. This is the largest and most spectacular of the fritillary family and is an orange coloured woodland species whose caterpillar feeds on the violet, a plant which thrives in coppiced woodland. Excitingly at Awbridge Hill we also have a rare “valezina” form of the silver washed fritillary, which is distinctive by its dull greenish brown appearance and with it an ability to skulk around in shady glades rather than warmer open clearings. The valezina form of the silver washed fritillary is localized to Hampshire, Sussex and Dorset. Other butterfly worth watching out for along the woodland edge, includes the rare white admiral which feeds on the flower of bramble and lays its eggs on honeysuckle, the sole food plant of the caterpillar. White admiral favour unmanaged woodland where they will seek out a sunny open glade where rampant honeysuckle grows. Page 10 | Jun 2014

For visitors to the wildlife sanctuary, the barn owl has been active at dawn and dusk, hunting voles to feed its young. Having been displaced from its breeding box up an oak tree, by a pair of hole nesting mandarin duck, the barn owl has been forced to move to another location. Mandarin duck are regarded an invasive alien species due to the negative impact they have on native wildlife, by for instance competing with the kestrel and tawny owl for occupancy of other nest boxes within the area of the wildlife sanctuary. The mandarin ducks eggs proved to be infertile and did not hatch. This May warblers such as whitethroat, blackcap, chiffchaff, willow warbler and garden warbler have been in full song along with the lesser whitethroat, a species not previously recorded on site. Bryan Raines

The East Tytherley Country Fayre Saturday 7th June at 12 noon at Oaklands House (SP5 1LE) Commemorating 70 years since D-day - A 1940’s Themed Extravaganza Many Attractions including: Displays by Lockerley Mechanical Society

Children’s Entertainer

including the village’s role in ‘Operation Overlord’

Fun Dog Show

Amy Baker – 1940’s jazz singer Michelmersh Training Band

Falconry Displays Children’s Petting Farm 1940’s Fancy dress

Entrance: Adults £2, Children FREE including children’s ‘prize draw’ trail. The Fayre concludes at 5.30pm, but the entertainment continues with Hog Roast, Music at Oaklands – (free admission) 8pm Live Band ~ The Sulky’s, Grand Prize Draw, Food and Bar.

Scottish Independence I wonder if, or how many Scottish readers manage to see this magazine every month and I wonder what their views are on Scottish independence. Maybe their career, marriage or family has been the reason why they have travelled so far south. My wife, Margaret, and I have recently had a holiday in Malta and it was interesting to meet two Scottish families from different parts of Scotland with differing views on the “Yes” or “No” vote. One family was very pro the United Kingdom and felt that to vote for independence would break up the United Kingdom and would leave the Scottish nation as an isolated nonentity. The second family felt this was the opportunity they, and every other Scot had been waiting for. The chance to make their own decisions without consultation or instructions from London or other parts of England. From my own point of view I hope the United Kingdom remains just that “United”. I was born in South East London! I had nothing to do with it. My father, I am told, worked at the Woolwich Arsenal so I imagine he wanted to live near his employment because in those days very few people could afford their own car. Its strange how we arrive in this world and circumstances way beyond our control are responsible for who we are and what we will be described as for the rest of our lives. If my dad had been living and working in Sheffield I would still be the same age, and a male, but I would be a Yorkshire man or put it another way if my parents had been living and working in Belfast I would be an Irishman.

If the voting rules stop real scots from participating in this national decision it will be a disgrace. I will always be English wherever I live or visit and my Scottish friends feel the same way about the country of their birth.. They may not have chosen to be born in Scotland but they were and from my experience they are proud of it and I hope they will retain that pride when they say they will remain part of Britain and the United Kingdom. If the Scottish vote does go, in my opinion, the wrong way what will happen to the rest of the United Kingdom. I do not believe the Scottish nation is so selfish as to ignore the views and ideal of the Welsh and Irish who still feel the way I do. We are all part of the United Kingdom. We have a lot of history to be proud of, a history that is envied by many other countries and nations and you only have to travel a few hundred miles to realise that Britain still holds a lot of respect in this world... not just as England, Wales or Scotland but as Great Britain.... Please let us allremember that and remain as one. One nation ,One proud body of people, one Great Britain. Maurice Hibberd

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I am English and proud of it but more to the point I am British. I have many friends, some are Welsh others are Scottish but for me we are all British and should be proud of what we are. One of the Scottish families in Malta loved the package tour we were on, arranged by a British tour company from the South of England. The other family enjoyed the tour, ( I think!,) but had nothing good to say about the company and were insistent that Scotland would be better off when they could make their own decisions without interference from the rest of the UK I have no idea who is responsible for making the rules on the independence vote but it appears that Scots living outside the Scottish borders will not be allowed to vote. Immigrants, living in Scotland will be allowed to vote, and make no mistake their vote could be responsible for a major break up in our.... I repeat “OUR” United Kingdom. I know, in England, we have a set image in our minds when we talk of immigration and various immigrants but let us look at that rule a little closer.... If much of the English population are able to move to Scotland before the voting date we will be, I understand, allowed to vote as a resident immigrant and if the voting population wished to keep the United Kingdom together we may well have to do just that! Of course if one of our European neighbours wishes to lay claim to an independent Scotland, for whatever reason all they need to do is move a few hundred thousand immigrants in to Scotland before the voting deadline and we could have a French, German or Belgium neighbour north of the border. The way things are going we could easily find the Romanians or Bulgarians making up the numbers!! I am sorry Scotland but we have worked pretty well as a United Kingdom for many centuries. I know that much of the power has been in London over the years and you do not have to be Scottish to resent some of the decisions that have been made. We have stood together through several wars ( i know we have also had a few battles of our own in the past) but we are one nation and whatever happens we will always be a single United Kingdom.

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Wartime Memories I was eight years old when the war started, living in Gosport with my parents and 17 year old brother, who was waiting to join the Navy. My 18 year old sister was a Housekeeper nearby, but still living at home. When the first wave of children being evacuated started, a few days before the outbreak, I had refused to go and instead stayed with my Grandmother in Hambledon. After about 6 months, as there were no air raids, I returned home, as did many of the first evacuees. Then the air raids started, so another wave of evacuation took place and sometime in 1940 I was sent, with my friends from school, to Lockerley, near Awbridge. We went by coach to Lockerley School, where we were herded into a hall and placed in groups. Strangers arrived, looked at us and chose one or two children, taking them away. It was all very strange but exciting. A lady, who I soon came to know as Aunty May Hiller, wanted two girls, so she picked out me and my friend Brenda Selway and took us to her home, Carters Clay Farm. I quickly found out that her husband, Uncle Bob, had wanted two boys, to help at the farm, as they already had five daughters, but Aunty May had decided different. One daughter had just gone into the ATS but the others were still at home. I had no experience of farms and was thrilled when we first arrived. But there was no bathroom, only an outside dry toilet in a shed, which meant travelling across the muddy farmyard with a bad tempered dog barking outside the shed door. It was a large house, which we entered by the back door, on the right side of which was a dairy with cooling machinery and milk equipment. The back door led into a hall, on the right side of which was the kitchen, leading straight into a small room then the sitting room. On the left, as you entered, was the dining room, leading into the corn store. I never used the front door and didn’t know it even existed during my first year there. The stairs led up to four bedrooms, one of which I shared with my friend Brenda and Kitty, one of the daughters. We all got on very well together, but I soon became homesick. A coach would arrive once a month with parents, and this was very much looked forward to. Although rationing was severe for most people, we were far better off because of the extra meat and vegetables readily available. There was a large vegetable garden with potatoes and other root vegetables. Aunty May would cut off large thick slices of bread, compared with my Mum’s thin slices. There were some animals on the farm, six cows, three pigs (two of them sows) and two horses, one of which was a large cart horse and the other smaller for riding, Kitty frequently rode it. There was also a large strawberry patch, Uncle Bob told me this was used to supply the Romsey Jam Factory, but the field was reduced by half during the war because of a sugar shortage. Romsey was about five miles from the farm. The first job every morning was to pump water from a well into the dairy, to cool the milk. It was also carried into the house in buckets for washing and cooking. We attended Lockerley School, about a mile and a half from the farm. We walked regardless of the weather, but after the first month we were able to cycle. Brenda’s bike was brought from home and my sister brought hers for me. I remember that the senior lady teacher was a Miss Rossiter. There were not enough teachers to cope with the sudden influx of evacuees, and we were often sent on to the village green opposite the school and given badminton bats and a ball to play Rounders. There was definitely an emphasis placed on teaching the local children rather than the evacuees. Page 12 | Jun 2014

I also recall the local schoolchildren saying “They’ve bombed Gosport to the ground”, after a night of air raids when we could see a glow over Southampton during attacks. Late one evening, around 7pm, were heard two large explosions and Aunty May was terrified. We were later told that a bomb had dropped on Romsey, but we definitely heard two explosions. We cycled the two miles to Lockerley Church every Sunday, where we always saw the other evacuees and teachers, but Aunty May and Uncle Bob didn’t go. After 18 months, during the summer holiday, I went to visit my Aunt Emm at Alresford, but she decided to keep me so I didn’t return to Carters Clay Farm. I did return many years later, when I was an adult and could drive my car. I first saw that the cottage, where ‘Granny Costa’ lived, opposite the farm, was being pulled down. I believe she was Aunty May’s mother. I think there were three cottages in a row, plus a small general store. I saw Uncle Bob, who recognised me, calling me “Jumper Jean”. This was because my Mum always knitted my jumpers and they amused Uncle Bob, who called me ‘Jumper Jean’ from then on. After the war and after Aunty May had died, Uncle Bob married again, to a widow with five sons! Jean Hanson-Vaux née Blackman

Awbridge Village Lunches 2014 Would you like to join friends and neighbours from the village for Lunch?

Menu Main course e.g. Shepherd’s pie Home-made pudding Tea or coffee At 12 noon Awbridge Village Hall Wednesday 25th June - £4 per person Wednesday 24th September - £4 per person Wednesday 10th December- £6 per person, Christmas Lunch Booking and Transport arrangements:

To let us know numbers for catering, please ring the Neighbourcare co-ordinator on 0845 094 6155 by the Monday before the lunch. If you would like transport, at no cost to you, please ask the coordinator at the same time. (If you normally attend the All Saints lunch, arrangements for booking are the same as usual). These lunches are being jointly organised by All Saints Church and Awbridge Neighbourcare with catering provided by a team of cooks and volunteers. We hope that you will come and enjoy these events.

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Awbridge

Village

Produce Show

2014

Awbridge Village Hall Sat 6th September 2 - 4.30pm

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• Photography • Home Crafts • Children’s section

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Times Past? The history of road development in Awbridge. PART 2B: TOLLGATES, TOLLHOUSES but no TALL TALES To continue our exploration of the infuence of local Turnpikes on the village’s road layout let me tell you about the second and possibly even more important Turnpike which once travelled through a corner of our parish. Set up, like the one to Wallop in the mid 1700s, the Whiteparish, Romsey to Southampton Turnpike followed one of the oldest continuously used routes to Salisbury in our area. One of the several ways from Winchester had been for centuries along Old Salisbury Lane. This was approached either via Romsey, Cherville St and Greatbridge or Jermyns Lane, and then over the old Timsbury Bridge. The new Turnpike standardised this approach. Setting out from the village pond in Whiteparish the route mainly followed the line of the modern A27 through Sherfield as far as the bottom of Dunwood [Shootash] Hill. But here the line of the old road followed a different tack. If we look carefully we can still follow it on Victorian maps or, on foot, through the woods via a footpath [formerly a bridle-way], as far as Danes Rd where it emerges through a gate directly opposite Old Salisbury Lane. [There must have been at some point a tollhouse near the Shootash crossroads but its position isn’t unfortunately recorded]. In the first quarter of the 19th century it was decided that an upgrade was required to improve movement of traffic up the long, steep Dunwood Hill. Thus a brand new section was cut closely following the line of the present road. This naturally resulted in the closure of the old road through the woods and established a very awkward left turn at the brow of the hill to link up again with Danes Rd and then Old Salisbury Lane. But eventually the rebuilding of the Mainstone Bridge in Romsey’s Middlebridge St, some influence from important local landed-gentry and a little nudge in the right direction from the Prime minister - one Lord Palmerston of Broadlands House who owned the land at Greenhill and had the hill dug out to reduce its steepness - resulted in the construction of a fine upgraded section of highway in the mid 19th century. Thus the template was laid out for our modern A27. This ran from Mainstone, up Green Hill, past Embley Park - home of the Nightingale family - and then in a nearly straight line to the Shootash crossroads where it joined that other recently rebuilt section of road. Quite naturally this marked, after so many countless centuries, the final extinction of Awbridge as an important long distant routeway between Winchester and Salisbury and consigned Old Salisbury Lane permanently to the pages of history. This leaves us with one other interesting question. What was the origin and importance of Danes Rd which connects both our local Turnpikes? While I haven’t been able to find a definitive answer several suggestions have been offered. 1. This is probably a long established route with links between Whiteparish and the Wellows to Romsey and Winchester. But it has, over the past 200 years, doubtedlessly been several times, much ‘improved.’

together a rather ‘impressive’ carriage drive for the recently constructed Awbridge Danes. Even today it is possible to note how Newtown Rd emerges directly opposite one of Awbridge Danes gateways. The local ‘peasantry’ were, of course, encouraged to use the steep and rather impracticable alternative route - a short trackway, which cuts off the corner of Newtown Rd to emerge at the Danes Rd/ Upper Ratley [Church] Lane crossroads. Today this is only a bridleway and known to older Awbridge residents by the rather odd name of ‘Ginger’. Why? I haven’t got a clue!!! Do any of you out there have any ideas? 4. Lastly another plausable reason might be offered for the really exceptional and continuously good condition of Danes Rd even during the Victorian period. Was this simply because of its prominent position between our two Turnpikes? Sometimes, where Turnpikes weren’t in direct competition, it seems shareholders actually cooperated and divided the cost of the upkeep of connecting roads between them. This would have been of mutual benefit to both parties as it encouraged the easy transfer of traffic. Such arrangements should, theoretically, have gained Parliamentary approval so were naturally kept on an informal basis and never minuted! Both our local Turnpike Trusts had shut down by the mid 19th century after only a century or so of business though not before they’d left, as I’ve stressed before, a permanent mark on the road layout in our parish. As you know already the one to Whiteparish was initially simply relocated away from the village. But its permanent closure was still, like thousands of others, the result of direct competition from the railways. I’m afraid the Romsey to Wallop Turnpike wasn’t ever destined to be very successful as it always lacked sufficient traffic to make a decent profit. Eventually, in the 1870s, all Turnpike Trusts and the roads managed by them were taken over by the Government - debts were paid off, surplus buildings disposed of and their future upkeep and administration handed over to local authorities. By sheer coincidence, again in the early 1870s, came the Education Act. This introduced compulsory universal schooling and resulted in the urgent need to find suitable sites for local authority schools close to village centres. Here in Awbridge a perfect location was already available. Standing empty on the corner of Danes Rd and Lockerley Rd was that disused 2nd tollhouse from our recently disbanded Romsey, Broughton and Wallop Turnpike. And so it was there, in the mid 1870s, that the newly constructed school opened the doors to its first batch of willing or perhaps unwilling scholars. It’s been doing a grand job ever since!! There was a school in Awbridge prior to the erection of the present building. Do any of you know where it stood? I’ll give you a clue. The building, now part of someone’s home, still exists and is located in a road we’ve just been talking about in some detail. Anne Head-Jones

Historical Awbridge

2. Until the late 18th century Danes Rd ran across Awbridge Common. This can be confirmed from the 1774 estate map of Michelmersh and Timsbury which was used when the Common was enclosed in the mid 1790s. It is clearly shown following much the same line as today and, although then unfenced, we still have those same modern junctions at Newtown Rd, Upper Ratley/Church Lane and the Lockerley Rd - where the tollgate was situated. What is most notable is its width and straightness. But when common land was eventully fenced an opportunity was often taken to straighten and widen the more important rights-of-way. Quite obviously that is what must have happened here. 3. Then, in the early 19th century, Lockerley parish finally enclosed Butlers Wood in Newtown Rd. This time there’s good writtenevidence that the end of this road and part of Danes Rd were rebuilt to form Page 14 | Jun 2014

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100 Club

Rules and Procedures

Please join the Awbridge 100 Club. The 100 club exists to ensure the regular publication of the Awbridge News, so if you are not already a member please join today! For a £15 subscription, we will enter you into a prize draw 6 times a year for an annual total of 20 cash prizes ranging from £15 to £100. You will not get better odds anywhere, and will be helping to promote Awbridge events and news! Please fill in the form below together with your subscription (or renewal for those who are already members) before the end of May so as to be eligible for the next draw. 1. The membership will normally consist of 100 people, but is not restricted to residents living within the boundaries of the Awbridge & District Village Association. The first call on net proceeds from the lottery will be to support the publication of a village newsletter (The ‘Awbridge News’) 2. The membership of the Club will be increased beyond 100 if there is a demand. If 110 or more members are registered at the time of each draw, the total sum allocated as prize money will be increased in proportion to the excess (in £1 steps). 3. If fewer than 90 members are registered at the time of each draw, the total sum allocated as prize money will be reduced in proportion to the actual membership (in £1 steps) 4. The membership fee for the whole year, June to May inclusive, is £15, payable annually in advance. (The membership fee will be reduced pro rata for new residents joining during the year). 5. One draw will take place every two months and in public, by a person who is not a member of the 100 Club. Where possible, these draws will be held at an ADVA or other village event. 6. Each bi-monthly draw will be for three prizes: 1st – £25 2nd– £20, and 3rd– £15 in July, September, November, January, March, and May. 7. Twice a year, in November and in May, there will be an additional prize of £100. 8. All members are eligible for each draw. 9. Each prize winner will be announced immediately after each individual draw. If not present, the winning members will be contacted as soon as possible. 10. Membership may be transferred by arrangement with the organiser. 11. Lack of payment will invalidate membership. 12. In the event of a dispute, the elected officers of the Awbridge & District Village Association will have the final arbitration. These rules and procedures should be retained by the member, the completed tear-off reply slip below to be sent to, and retained by the treasurer, together with the subscription.

To Nigel Hemsted (Treasurer) Emmbrook Newtown Rd, Awbridge, Romsey SO51 0GJ I, the undersigned (parental consent and signature must be shown if under age 16), agree to be a member of the ADVA 100 CLUB, and I fully understand the rules and procedures, a copy of which I have received. For the annual membership for 1 June 2014 to 31 May 2015 (please tick which applies): I enclose a cheque (made out to ADVA) for £15.00. I have paid online and sent my details to nigelhemsted@hotmail.com and sent £15 to the ADVA account Awbridge & District Village Association, TSB, Romsey Branch, Sort Code 30-97-14, Account No. 00126298 (Mark the transaction as 100 club and your name) Name Signature Address Postcode Telephone Email

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Diary

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Date

Event

Venue

Time

Sunday 01 June

The Big Lunch

Awbridge Village Hall

12 noon

Sunday 08 June

Messy Church

Braishfield Church Room

2.30pm

Monday 09 June

NeighbourCare AGM

Awbridge Village Hall

7.45pm

Wednesday 25 June

Village Lunch

Awbridge Village Hall

12 noon

Thursday 26 June

Parish Council Meeting

Awbridge Village Hall

7.30pm

Tuesday 01 July

ADVA AGM

Awbridge Village Hall

7.30pm

Thursday 31 July

Parish Council Meeting

Awbridge Village Hall

7.30pm

Saturday 06 September

Produce Show

Awbridge Village Hall

TBC

Wednesday 24 September

Village Lunch

Awbridge Village Hall

12 noon

Thursday 25 September

Parish Council Meeting

Awbridge Village Hall

7.30pm

Kooking with Kate Kate Buchan, Sous Chef at Kimbridge Restaurant gives you your seasonal recipe.

Raspberry and hazelnut bread This is a great bread to have at breakfast This recipe serves 8-10 persons. Shopping List: 2 x 7g sachets fast-action dried yeast 600g ‘00’flour or bread flour 50g caster sugar 400ml warm milk

50g melted salted butter 1 large beaten egg 200g raspberries 50g chopped hazelnuts 1 tablespoon granulated sugar 1 teaspoon salt

How to make it: Mix the yeast with 400g of the flour, caster sugar and 1 teaspoon salt in a large mixing bowl. Whisk the warm milk together with the melted butter and egg, then tip into the dry ingredients and mix well with a spoon. Cover tightly with greased cling film and chill overnight. Heat the oven to 180c / gas 4 / fan 160c. Add the remaining flour to the dough and mix in using your hands. Tip dough onto a lightly floured surface and lightly kneed to bring the dough together. Roll out on a floured surface into a 50 x 30cm rectangle. Scatter the raspberries and chopped hazelnuts over the dough. With the long side facing you roll up as tightly as you can (like a Swiss roll). Using a sharp knife cut the Swiss roll in half lengthwise but not completely through at one end so that the two strips are still joined together, then twist the 2 strips together then bring the ends up to make a wreath pinching the ends together so they hold. Lift onto a baking tray and scatter with the granulated sugar, bake for 30 -40 minutes until golden brown and crusty. Serve warm with butter.

The holy spirit at pentecost Sunday 8 June Braishfield Church Rm, SO51 0QH

2.30 pm - 5pm

Messy Activities Celebration - Feast Messy Church is organised by the churches in our group of five parishes, for all families to attend. Children to be accompanied by parent/carer. For further information contact: Kate Orange 367417 email: mrskateorange@gmail.com Mary Savage 367908 email: savage@choiceplants.freeserve.co.uk

EVENT IS FREE BUT DONATIONS ARE WELCOME Next Messy Church: Friday 25 July Feeding the 5000! 2 30 pm @ Farley Chamberlayne Page 17 | Jun 2014

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