Test Valley Forum Issue 139 - January 2020

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ISSUE 139 / JANUARY 2020

04 What's On

Local events in the Meon Valley 06 Lucia Foster-Found

Transports Of De-Light

08 Culture The diverse theatre, music, arts and crafts of Hampshire 12 Education

Find local schools and

educational experts 16 Church Services

Local Church Services for

the month ahead 17 Garden

Make your garden dream come true,

or visit local, beautiful country gardens 18 Wellbeing

Looking after your health

and yourself!

23 Home Trades, services, designers.

All you need for your home

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WHAT'S ON? £17.This takes place from 10am - 3pm at Sir Harold Hillier Gardens, Jermyn's Lane, Ampfield, Romsey, SO51 0QA

Thursday 16

Steve Hubble in concert From 7.30pm. (doors open 7pm) at Fairground Hall,Weyhill, Andover, SP11 0QN. An evening of melodic, easy listening, electronic keyboard music.Tickets £5 in advance, from Just Teasin, 40 Bridge Street, Andover - or £6 at the door. A WEOS promotion. Information: 01264 323213. www.weyhill-eos.co.uk

JANUARY Saturday 4

Stockbridge Antiques Fair The Fair is held in Stockbridge Town Hall in the centre of the High Street. We offer a wide range of Decorative, Interesting and Unusual items including good quality Furniture, Silver, Jewellery, Militaria, Motor memorabilia,Textiles and Books. We will also buy. Free Admission & Free Parking.

Open: 9.30am - 5.00pm. Contacts: Carol - 01264 335769 / 07870 432805 Steve - 01722 712267 / 07915 663251

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The Goodwood Story at Beaulieu Join us for an evening with Harry Sherrard as he relates the fascinating life of Freddie March, the 9th Duke, and successful Brooklands racer.

From King Charles II and the creation of the Dukedom of Richmond in 1672, to the purchase of Goodwood by the family in 1697, to what is now England’s premier sporting estate, the Goodwood story spans over 300 years. This talk covers the fascinating life of Freddie March, the 9th Duke, and successful Brooklands racer.You will learn about

Tuesday 7

Stockbridge Amateur Dramatic Society's Curtain Calls Come and be entertained by readings and performances from plays, poems and novels based around the theme of Shifting Perspectives.Tuesday 7th January at 7.30pm at Stockbridge Town Hall.

You don’t have to be a member of SADS to come along, (but we’d love it if you’d join!) We’re always looking for new blood to act, direct and to be part of the backstage team. No experience necessary! stockbridgeamdrams@gmail.com or find us on Facebook

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Introduction to Traditional Calligraphy at Sir Harold Hillier Gardens This creative workshop will introduce you to the wonderful world of calligraphy. Learn how to use a nib and ink to write in beautiful lettering.With lots of demonstrations and warm up exercises you'll learn about letter forms and be writing letters and words in no time. Suitable for beginners as well as intermediates. Equipment and materials are included. It is important to let the tutor know in advance if you are left handed! Booking is essential Price: £85p/p including lunch and a calligraphy kit worth

the elite of English badminton battle it out to be England’s number one. With the Olympic Games being held in Tokyo 2020 the action will be even more competitive in this vital year. The Westgate Badminton Centre allows spectators to get up close to the action in this intimate arena, watch the athletes smash the shuttle at over 250 kpm.

Day 1 Action - Saturday 1st February 2020 Watch: Round 1, Quarter Finals and three Semi Finals. Disciplines: Women’s singles, Men’s singles, Women’s Doubles, Men’s Doubles and Mixed Doubles Day 2 Action - Sunday 2nd February 2020 - Doors open at 8am. Watch: Two remaining Semi Finals & Finals. Disciplines: Women’s singles, Men’s singles, Women’s Doubles, Men’s Doubles and Mixed Doubles Doors open at 8am for both days. Held at Westgate Badminton Centre, Cheriton Road Winchester, SO22 5AZ. Tickets can be brought at www.eventbrite. co.uk/e/english-national-badmintonchampionships-2020-tickets68452947609?utm_medium=partner&utm_ source=visit+hampshire&utm_ campaign=website+listing

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The RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch at Sir Harold Hillier Gardens Bring your binoculars to try and spot the many different wild birds Sir Harold Hillier Gardens have visiting the Gardens. Last year the gardens spotted over 30 species including; fieldfare, redwing and a heron.

Help Sir Harold Hillier Gardens compile a Birdwatch survey using the RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch sheets.The results will be recorded on their Facebook page and available to view at the Gardens. Free, with garden admission. At Sir Harold Hillier Gardens, Jermyn's Lane, Ampfield, Romsey, SO51 0QA

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Pick up a themed trail from the Entrance Desk and explore the Cathedral, followed by craft activities. Free on entry to the Cathedral – admission is free for under 16s. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

English National Badminton Championships 2020 The English National Badminton Championships returns to Winchester. Watch

Half Term Family Fun at Winchester Cathedral

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FEATURE

TRANSPORTS OF DE-LIGHT © LUCIA FOSTER-FOUND 2019 “Six. I counted six on the way home!” He burst into the kitchen, throwing his car keys onto the table. Wading through spaniels he pecked her on the cheek. The dogs wagged their tails hopefully.

‘Six’ sounded promisingly like ‘Snacks’..

“Christmas trees. Still decorated. In windows. It’s the 7th of January! Does no-one understand that there’s a time and place for these things? And after 12th night – which incidentally is not the 12th but the 5th January – the decs should come down. All of them. Otherwise” he looked grim “the goblins will come…”

Catching a glimpse of the little boy he must once have been, she suppressed a snigger, as, with gusto, he continued.

“People don’t realise that if they don’t take them down, they must leave them up until Candlemas.” Blimey – he really was superstitious. Who knew? Although, now she thought about it, he did take the decorations down promptly each and every year.

Most helpful in that department.

“Perhaps put something in the Parish mag. You know, to warn people.” She was joking, but “Yes…” he pondered this a moment with a serious expression. “Good idea..” With renewed enthusiasm he resumed his diatribe. “And the fairy lights. People are leaving them on all year round. It’s like some dystopian Narnia out there – always Christmas but never Winter.”

But she could sympathise with ‘people’. Such a faff to fix these lights all over the front of your house and up your trees. The neighbours had hired a cherry picker to illuminate the poplar in their garden a few years ago. And she wasn’t surprised that it never returned to take them down again – must have cost a fortune. To be fair though, they did switch them off between Christmases.

“Then there’s the pub.” Oh, hello – he was off again. “They’ve got those blue LEDs – not so much Comfort & Joy, more Accident & Emergency. And they’re on all year round.”

Truthfully though, she could totally identify with the reluctance to take down the tree, un-decorate the house and switch off the fairy lights. Calling ‘Time’ on Christmas was to stare into the face of cold, wet, dark and dismal weeks before Spring sprang, or was sprung, or whatever. Weeks devoid of the excuse to have a mince pie with breakfast. And cradle the tub of Celebrations each evening, binge watching box sets. And eat party food, pork products in pastry and turkey seven ways.

They’d already had a stab at Veganuary. Sadly killed off two days in, it was bludgeoned to death with use-by-date pigs-in-blankets. She

WWW.LUCIAFOSTERFOUND.COM sighed deeply and surreptitiously undid the top button of her jeans.

Back in the day, her favourite antidote to the January blues had been a trip to the travel agent. The sleet on the high street forgotten, she would move slowly along the shelves, selecting a magazine here and there. A delicious pick and mix of pure escapism. Lugging the dozen or so glossies home, she’d spread them out on the sitting room carpet and study them assiduously. She’d loved the pre-photoshop pictures of sunburned holidaymakers with angry-looking mosquito bites. And lusted after the out-of-reach all-inclusives with their trendy wristbands, cool activities and, that holiday nirvana for parents everywhere, kids clubs.. Happy days.

And back then, the overindulgence of the festive season was rectified by the perpetual motion of juggling a job and running about after the children. Mourning the metabolism of her youth, she seized her tablet and contemplated the annual January conundrum: To join a gym or not to join a gym. That was the question. Whether it was sound of mind to take membership and strive to use it enough to make the price per visit less alarming.

Mmnnn.

“And on the subject of lights” Crikey, was he still at it? “why do people wait until they’ve driven around the corner, or over the brow of the hill, and dazzled you before dipping their headlamps?

Twin spots burned into your retinas, you cling to your steering wheel and hope, both.” He announced rather dramatically as he stomped off to have a de-stressing soak, spaniels trailing up the stairs in his wake.

Watching him go, his current obsession with all things illuminated sparked a light bulb moment. She’d take him to see the Northern lights – he’d actually look forward to that. The gym… probably not so much. He’d be guaranteed a Narnian-esque helping of snow and bobbing around in the hot springs would be a tonic too – the kind not partnered with copious amounts of gin, like in December.

Her suspiciously omniscient tablet obliged with adverts for cutprice mini-breaks.

Bursting into the bathroom, it must be said that her announcement “We’re going to Iceland!” didn’t initially send him into a transport of delight.. “Must I come? Could you manage on your own, if you didn’t buy too much?” he muttered plaintively, slumping further into his bathwater.

Poor darling, she thought, as she smoothed his wet, furrowed brow and elaborated, he really does need to lighten up..

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A Few Highlights from the events calendar

MARCH: ANDOVER MUSIC CLUB PRESENT MARTIN ROSCOE

Internationally-renowned pianist Martin Roscoe will give a recital including works by Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Debussy and Chopin at The Lights, Andover.

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APRIL: THE LARA FESTIVAL

Romsey and Andover Libraries are collaborating to host the LARA festival, a week of literary and art events, workshops and courses for all ages including author and illustrator talks, exhibitions and demonstrations from local artists and hands-on workshops.

MAY: STOCKBRIDGE CINEMA PRESENTS: ‘CHALK’

CHALK is a fly fishing film about the past present and future of the chalkstreams of England. We meet the people who continue to fish and care for these rivers, while learning about the techniques involved. As well as visiting the famous rivers and beats, we also travel to some lesser-known rivers.

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JULY: ROMSEY FESTIVAL

A celebration and showcase of the exceptional expressive arts, crafts and musical talent from Romsey and the surrounding villages and a focus for community events. 4-19 July WWW.ROMSEYFESTIVAL.ORG

AUGUST: HAMPSHIRE OPEN STUDIOS

Look out for the Test Valley mini-trail featuring artists from Andover to Romsey, and all the villages in between!

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TAKE PART: MONOLOGUE WRITING COMPETITION

Write a short monologue inspired by the Test Valley. The best six monologues will receive a script in hand reading by professional actors from the Salisbury Fringe at The Lights on 26 June 2020.

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EDUCATION

TEA AND IT - FARLEIGH SCHOOL PUPILS VISIT LOCAL CARE HOMES

GODOLPHIN COMMUNITY EXPANDS BOARDING PROVISION Times are changing at Godolphin and traditional boarding is moving over to accommodate a fresh, more flexible offering in order to meet the demands of modern family life.

Last Autumn, Cooper House at Godolphin opened its doors following an extensive refurbishment and now offers generous accommodation for fulltime, weekly, midweek and flexi-boarders, from years nine to 11.

In addition, Godolphin’s Walters House also provides the same flexibility for junior boarders aged between seven and 13.

From Sept 2020, Godolphin’s Sixth Form will be extending it’s boarding provision to accommodate another 50 weekly boarders as it re-opens Jerred House. This is as a result of the greater demand from current students and Godolphin also hopes to attract new Sixth Form students too.

ART INSTALLATION CASTING LIGHT AT MOTTISFONT

An immersive installation in the Red Room by Anna Heinrich and Leon Palmer, exploring Mottisfonts historic architectural layers. An immersive installation which takes an imaginative journey through the architectural layers of Mottisfont using a combination of lighting, 3D laser scanning technology, video projection and sound.

All students are welcome to stay at any time, (subject to availability) which is great for those involved in late evening or early morning clubs, and many have found this new ad hoc system invaluable in the run-up to their GCSEs and A-levels, when every minute counts and extracurricular support is provided. A dedicated team of house staff maintain a constant presence in all the houses.

Miranda Edouard, Head of Cooper House says “The Godolphin school experience is about far, far more than academic achievement: it is about building friendships and identifying talents, finding inspiration and becoming independent.”

There’s no doubt that boarding prepares students to succeed in the real world and provides them with a stepping stone to life after school, now, thanks to Godolphin’s new boarding menu more and more girls can take advantage of these valuable life skills.

Farleigh School pupils recently visited Winton House Care Home, Nether Wallop, and Harrier Grange Care Home, Andover - the first of several outings to local care homes.The Year 5 children took along printouts of e-Portfolios they have been compiling to discuss with their new friends, and enjoyed a good chat.They discovered one lady had been a racing driver, another a prep school matron, a man who had been a judge, one who had been a prep school headmaster, and another a doctor! The pupils were thrilled to learn about them, and the residents loved the opportunity to chat to the young generation.

For further information please contact Corinna Florence, Head of Admissions, 01722 430545, or alternatively book a visit online at www. godolphin.org

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A National Trust Event - Start 11.00am. End 4pm. Free Event but Normal Admission Charges Apply. The installation is located in the Red Room inside the house. Check website for latest information.

Mottisfont, Mottisfont, near Romsey, Hampshire SO51 0LP Sat 11 Jan 2020 to Sun 2 Feb 2020. Contact telephone: 01794 340757 - Mottisfont. Call to check latest times or cancellations.

The technology was no challenge to their new friends, who found the attached photographs, video clips and work extracts an excellent way to view what the children had been up to. On the way home, the pupils were literally buzzing with excitement as they told each other about their conversations and they are already asking when they can return.Thankfully, further dates have been fixed for March and May, when a new group visit Lion Oak Court in Andover.

It is hard to describe just how much the young and old enjoyed their time together, exchanging stories and views with laughter and compassion on both sides. www.farleighschool.com

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CHURCH GARDEN SERVICES

Abbotts Ann St. Mary's

Sunday 5 09.30 Morning Worship Sunday 12 09.30 Holy Communion Sunday 19 08.00 Said Communion 09.30 Morning Worship Sunday 26 09.30 Family Service at

War Memorial Hall

Bossington St. James

Sunday 12 09.30 Parish Communion Sunday 26 18.00 Meditation

Broughton St. Mary's

Sunday 5 09.30 Parish Communion Sunday 12 08.00 Holy Communion 09.30 The Bible Uncovered Sunday 19 09.30 Parish Communion Sunday 26 08.00 Holy Communion 09.30 Family Service

with Baptism

Chilbolton

St. Mary the Less

Sunday 5 10.00 Family Service Sunday 12 10.00 Morning Prayer Sunday 19 10.00 Family Communion

Sunday 26 16.00 Benefice Evensong

Crawley

St. Mary's

Sunday 5 10.00 Family Communion Sunday 12 10.00 Morning Worship Sunday 19 08.00 Holy Communion Sunday 26 10.00 4th Sunday Worship

with Sunday School

Goodworth Clatford St Peter's

Sunday 5 08.00 Said Communion 11.00 Family Service Sunday 12 11.00 Morning Worship Sunday 19 11.00 Matins Sunday 26 11.00 Holy Communion 16.00 Evensong

Houghton

All Saint's Church

Sunday 12 18.00 Evensong Sunday 26 09.30 Parish Communion

King's Somborne Methodist Church

Sunday 5 15.00 Covenant Service/

Holy Communion Sunday 12 10.30 Morning Worship

Sunday 19 10.30 Morning Worship 15.00 Messy Church Sunday 26 10.30 Morning Worship

Leckford

St Nicholas

Sunday 5 08.00 Said Holy Communion Sunday 19 18.00 Evensong

Littleton

St. Catherine's

Sunday 5 16.00 CafĂŠ Church in

Church Room Sunday 12 10.00 Family Communion Sunday 19 10.00 Morning Worship 18.00 Peace & Wholeness Sunday 26 10.00 Family Communion

Longstock

Sunday 26 10.00 Family Communion

Stockbridge Old St. Peter

Sunday 19 08.00 Said Holy Communion

Stockbridge St. Peter

Sunday 5 11.00 All Age Sunday 12 11.00 Parish Communion Sunday 19 11.00 Matins Sunday 26 11.00 Parish Communion

Stockbridge

St. Thomas More (Catholic) Every Sunday 09.00 Mass

St. Mary

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Mottisfont

Sunday 5 09.30 Morning Worship Sunday 12 09.30 Holy Communion Sunday 19 09.30 Holy Communion Sunday 26 09.30 Morning Worship

Sunday 12 09.30 All Age Worship Sunday 19 09.30 Morning Worship Sunday 26 09.30 Parish Communion

St. Andrew's

Sunday 12 11.00 Messy Church &

Christingle Service Sunday 19 09.30 Parish Communion Sunday 26 11.00 Parish Communion

Sparsholt

St. Stephen's

Sunday 5 08.00 Holy Communion Sunday 12 10.00 Welcome Worship Sunday 19 10.00 Matins

All Saints

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WELLBEING the 30th January, into 2020 and beyond.

YOUR WELLBEING EVENT, 30TH JANUARY AT THE GROSVENOR HOTEL, STOCKBRIDGE Do you want to know more about Wellbeing? This is still a relatively new concept to many of us, but it is gaining traction as we understand how important it is for us, our friends, families, and our communities.

The Google definition of ‘Wellbeing’ is “the state of being comfortable, healthy, or happy”.

Join us for this inspiring and informative evening event at The Grosvenor Hotel on Thursday 30th January from 7-9.30pm. Tickets are only £20 incl.VAT and include a non-alcoholic drink and some healthy nibbles. We will also give 10% of our profits to a local charity.

WHY IS THIS EVENT HAPPENING? The goal is to share or re-affirm why and how we need to take care of ourselves. There are different pathways to gaining better Wellbeing, and we will share many of these with you.

You will learn from three leading experts in the Wellness field: Lucinda Miller, Emma Wightman and Patrick Melville. Together we will share the different Wellbeing sides of Physical and Mental Health. These include mental support; nutrition and diet; and physical body support.

LUCINDA MILLER Lucinda is your local Functional Medicine Practitioner and Family Naturopath specialising in mental health and wellbeing. Learn the most up to date research on the gut-brain connection, and how to nourish yourself to feel more positive and upbeat. She is founder of NatureDoc www.naturedoc.co.uk EMMA WIGHTMAN Emma is your physical expert. She is director and osteopathic lead at the Stockbridge Osteopathic Practice, specialising in fitness, women’s health and paediatrics. Learn about how improving your alignment and movement can alleviate pain and bring benefits to all aspects of your life. If you want to change your health, you must change the way you move.You can find out more here www.the-sop. com PATRICK MELVILLE Patrick is your mental health expert. He runs workshops and talks about mental health to educate and take away the social stigma around it. He has experienced his own mental trauma through being diagnosed with a stage 4 brain tumour in 2017. Patrick had to change his approach to life and now shares his experience through workshops and training organisations. He is also a Mental Health First Aider instructor, which is a new national programme, and the mental version of physical first aiders.You can find out more on his website: www. melville-solutions.com We are collaborating and want to help make a positive difference on

WHAT YOU CAN GET FROM COMING ALONG? Education. This can be a start for you, or re-learning or validation that you are doing the right thing. Even just attending can help!

Choice. There is not only one way to create the comfort, positive health and happiness. We are all individuals and have different responses to the different types of Wellbeing activities.You can learn to choose what is relevant for you.

Connection. The event is a social event, bring a friend or family member, or you might want to meet some of the local community and businesses.

Celebration.You might be doing these things and already feeling the difference. Perhaps you know this, or perhaps you don’t, it can give you comfort.

If you want to know more about better mental and physical health, then this might be a good event for you. Bring a friend or two – we look forward to seeing you on 30th January.

Lucinda, Emma and Patrick

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If you have any questions, please do get in touch: reception@naturedoc.co.uk reception@the-sop.com patrick@melville-solutions.com

What Wellbeing Changes are you considering for 2020?

If you are looking into what to change in your lifestyle then come to the Wellbeing evening at the Grosvenor Hotel, Stockbridge on the 30th January.

Event Details Date and Time: 30th January from 7pm – 9:30pm Location: The Grosvenor Hotel, Stockbridge.

Style: Talks, discussion and open questions with experts: Lucinda Miller, Emma Wightman and Patrick Melville.

Ticket price: £20 incl. VAT including a glass of a non-alcoholic drink and nibbles. You can buy these online, just go to Eventbrite: www.yourwellbeing30thjan2020.eventbrite.co.uk or buy them at the door.

We hope to see you there, Lucinda, Emma & Patrick If you have any questions, please do get in touch: reception@naturedoc.co.uk reception@the-sop.com patrick@melville-solutions.com

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WELLBEING

A GREAT TONIC FOR LIFE! As I am writing this we are in the midst of the turmoil of our looming general election in our country and who knows where we find ourselves by the time you read this. This is life in all its glory!

Challenges on a local scale, on a global scale and in our very own personal life.

Yes, it does seem particularly tumultuous at the moment and a lot of us are facing challenges on a personal level at the same time. When this happens, we feel we have to drop everything and just focus on the challenge at hand – putting all our energy into it. And we tend to drop the things we enjoy…somehow feeling indulgent if we continued.Yet, where does this energy supply come from? How come we feel so easily depleted of our energy?

This energy supply has to come from somewhere. There is limitless supply of energy around us – Life Energy. How are we able to tap into

WHAT TO WEAR AND YOUR PELVIC FLOOR Did you know that what you choose to wear can impact your pelvic floor? Remember Tight Pants Syndrome, and the media frenzy covering the story of nerve damage caused by skinny jeans to a woman in 2015?

As well as pressure coming from internal body alignment, it can also come from our external environment. Inside our legs and pelvis are lots of squishy tubes. Tubes that stuff is designed to flow through.

Any compression on these tubes can cause a back up, resulting in congestion and inflammation.

You’re a sealed unit, so you’re pretty much just pushing pressure around, which will inevitably come out as a leak somewhere. Unless you have a medical or sports reason to wear compression clothing, avoid skinny jeans, tight belts, shaping/compression pants and tights and any clothes that are too small.

I think I just gave you permission to wear elasticated waist-bands. And avoid heels. Gosh, I’m becoming a bore aren’t I? Wearing shoes with ANY amount of positive heel tips the body forwards. To stop yourself from falling over, you have to lean backwards at the waist. This tilts the pelvis, forces the low back into extension and puts the abdominal muscles under tension.

Any tilt of the pelvis creates tension across the pelvic floor and changes the load through the abdominal muscles, aggravating incontinence and abdominal muscle separation (diastasis recti). It’s not surprising really that as a shoe-wearing, non-squatting, sedentary, tightclothes-wearing, stressed out nation, we have pelvic floor problems.

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it and keep our own energy supply up?

Well, here is the great news: we have all the energy we need inside us already – it’s just that we allow life to deplete us and we cut off our energy supplies. So how are we able to wake up our energy inside us and replenish ourselves?

Two of the most enjoyable ways we can do this is with Dancing & Yoga! Dancing & Yoga are a great Tonic for Life! Both dancing & Yoga stir up our own energy and replenish and nourish us from the inside.

Dancing makes us feel good and makes us smile, our mind is able to switch off while we are dancing and we meet lovely people in the process. Just look at those celebrities on Strictly – dancing literally changed their life and they will 'keep on dancing'.

And as for our 'Feelgood Yoga' – wow! You’ve got to experience it for yourself of what Yoga does for you and you will never look back! Yoga is meant to be simple and it is meant to be for everyone. My role as a Yoga Teacher is to 'empower you' to make Yoga part of your life and have an 'Energising Tool for Life' – as simple as that.

Give yourself a 'Fresh Kick Start' in 2020, embrace Life in all its fullness and make Dancing & Yoga your great Tonic for Life.

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THIS COURSE IS FOR YOU IF YOU HAVE ANY OF THE FOLLOWING: • Fatigue, irritability, stress or anxiety • Back or pelvic pain • Tummy gap/diastasis or prolapse • Loss of strength and mobility • Urinary, bowel or sexual problems • Cycle or menopause symptoms • Loss of motivation, confidence and trust in your body This course creates a supportive space for women of all ages to come together and explore pelvic health, fertility, postnatal recovery, hormones and cycles, returning to fitness, reducing stress, and improving alignment, strength and mobility.

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• Balanced movement: whole-body alignment • Breathing movement: breath and the pelvic floor • Lost movement: strengthening low back, hips, core and more • Bowel movement: nutrition and gut-brain connection • Hormonal movement: stop the battle and go with the flow • Mindful movement: stress solutions The course will have the perfect balance of education, discussion, exercise and homework to keep you stimulated, motivated and provide both immediate and long lasting benefits.

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FRIDAY 17 JANUARY: PAIN & GLORY (15) Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar's semiautobiographical film about an aging film director who reflects on the choices he's made in life as past and present come crashing down around him. (In Spanish with English subtitles). Our 2019 Annual Report is at 7.30pm and the film will follow at 8.00pm

Showing at Stockbridge Town Hall SO20 6HE. Tickets £5.00 from Garden Inn and John Robinson in Stockbridge or online via our website www.stockbridgecinema.org.uk

WEDNESDAY 22 JANUARY: JUDY (12A) Showbiz legend Judy Garland arrives in London in 1968 to perform a sold-out run at The Talk of the Town. It is 30 years since she shot to global stardom in The Wizard of Oz, but if her voice has weakened, its dramatic intensity has only grown. As she prepares for the show, battles with management, charms musicians and reminisces with friends and adoring fans, her wit and warmth shine through.

Showing at Stockbridge Town Hall SO20 6HE at 4.30pm and 7.30pm. Tickets £5.00 from Garden Inn and John Robinson in Stockbridge or online via our website www.stockbridgecinema.org.uk

JANUARY 15TH: SPEAKER: HANNAH SHAW, HEAD OF CONSERVATION AND RESEARCH LIAISON FOR THE HAWK CONSERVANCY TRUST, WEYHILL Vultures are the most threatened group of birds in the world. Many populations are under pressure and some face the very real threat of extinction. The Hawk Conservancy Trust's International Vulture Programme focuses effort on the research and conservation of these vitally important birds, with projects in south Asia and southern Africa.

Hannah Shaw joined the Hawk Conservancy Trust in 2017 as the Conservation and Research Liaison Manager. It came as something of a career (and country) change for her, after 5 years in rural Tanzania. Hannah is responsible for communicating the Trust's conservation and research activities to the wider public. She is also working on her own research projects, including investigating the impact of nature on our well-being.

All are welcome. No booking is necessary.

Entry is £5, and full time students attend free of charge. Please note, no vultures will be present at the talk.

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The first movement has a brooding theme leading to a powerful climax, then follows a more light-hearted Allegretto; after that an Andante with a yearning quality. The Gracioso poco allegretto which normally completes the trio, though it starts with a dark theme is soon gentler in tone. And then we were given an Allegro, which ends the trio, starting quietly and building to a tremendous ending.

REVIEW OF STOCKBRIDGE MUSIC PATRON’S CONCERT ON 22ND NOVEMBER IN STOCKBRIDGE TOWN HALL This was one of those occasions when everything came together to produce an evening of wonderful music. Our Patron, David Owen Norris, is an outstanding pianist as well as a composer and broadcaster.

He was leading his trio – John Mills on violin and Joseph Spooner on cello – in a recital that was partly familiar, with trios by Haydn and Schubert and between them a fascinating trio by Saint-Saens in which they played all its five movements. This was in the Hurford Hall of Stockbridge Town Hall with its brilliant acoustics and he was playing a superb Steinway grand piano loaned for the occasion. No wonder it was a sell-out two weeks before the day.

The Haydn trio, in F sharp minor (Hob XV 26) is one of three dedicated to Rebecca Schroeter. From the very start we knew we were listening to supreme players. The assurance of each player and their intuitive understanding of each other was a delight. Near staccato moments from the piano would blend with calmer answers from violin and cello. The andante gave us a lovely interweaving of all three instruments. This movement is based on the Adagio of his Symphony No 102, apparently a Schroeter favourite and a tribute to her. It was followed by a Tempo di Minuetto and the dance rhythms were happily rendered.

One of the pleasing features of an Owen Norris recital is his readiness to talk about the music between each piece – he is a natural communicator. He started by explaining that the windows behind acted as a sound reflector – so the curtains were drawn back. And with the Saint-Saens, he said, we were getting, not the four movements promised in the programme, but five.

After the interval we had Schubert’s Piano Trio in E flat major Op 100 D 929. David Owen Norris introduced this by talking about Schubert, who was known as ‘Little Mushroom’ to his friends. Owen Norris said he was very close to Schubert because he was preparing an edition of ‘Building a Library’ for Radio 3 which would be about the ‘Trout Quintet’ and would be broadcast on December 14. This will be worth picking up on BBC ‘Sounds’ if you haven’t already heard it.

The trio begins with what has been described as ‘an assertive gesture of Mozartian simplicity‘, later giving way to a gentler ending. Then, in the Andante, the cello takes the melody – based on a Swedish folk song - to begin with and is gracefully accompanied by the piano; then these roles are reversed, with the violin joining in the accompaniment as they move to a vigorous crescendo. The Scherzo starts with the strings imitating the piano but as it develops the main theme transmutes into a gentle waltz. Then the Finale, allegro moderato, begins with a theme suggesting a rondo until it moves into a sonata form. Then the ‘Swedish’ theme re-appears on the cello as the violin comments with a pizzicato. Throughout all this the trio was held together by the keyboard mastery of David Owen Norris. His smiles at the end showed that he felt the appreciation of a delighted audience.

This was very much an evening to remember.

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Some two years ago, the village of Broughton was faced with the closure of its village shop and post office. With an overwhelmingly positive mandate from the village for a community shop, a small group came up with a plan - and a green metal ‘shipping’ container was ‘dropped’ on to the forecourt of the Village Hall in July 2018. Funded by a Community Share offer and perfectly fitted out by volunteers, this opened as Broughton’s own ‘Shop in a Box’ four weeks later and, for the last 15 months, has served the village brilliantly. Its compact ‘space’ was packed with a wide range of goods – truly a ‘quart in a pint pot’!

But this was just an interim solution. The dedicated space in the extensively refurbished and extended Memorial Village Hall has definitely been worth waiting for – and, on 2nd December,

ROMSEY CITIZENS’ ASSEMBLY MAKES PROPOSALS TO TRANSFORM AREA SOUTH OF THE TOWN CENTRE

Romsey’s pioneering citizens’ assembly has today announced its recommendations to transform the area south of the town centre.

The Romsey citizens’ assembly heard evidence from experts in town centre regeneration,

Broughton Community Shop opened its new doors in the amazing extension at the back of the Hall, gathering up a Post Office counter and coffee shop along the way.

The vaulted ceiling, glass wall and wide aisles give such a feeling of space. The laden shelves carry all the essentials, fresh and frozen produce but now there is room for much more with a real emphasis on local suppliers.

To name but a few, Broughton buffalo sits alongside local free-range pork and the chillers boast a range of Hampshire cheeses, locally made quiches and pies as well as Chalkstream trout. Cheese soufflés, honey and beer made in Broughton have the lowest food miles but the delicious New Forest chocolates and range of chutneys from Pig ‘n’ Pickles are not far behind. Cards and stationery are complemented by beautiful cards from local artists. Artisan breads make Saturdays in the Shop extra special. And, in pride of place, there is a range of dry and liquid refillables: just bring your own container and buy as much or as little as you like, reducing single use plastic and doing that little bit extra for our environment. Broughton Community Shop is also now a stockist for award-winning Laithwaites wine. A high-quality dry-cleaning service continues and, of course, orders can be placed for almost anything – the Shop likes a challenge!

Just as in the Box, enthusiastic teams of volunteers have taken ownership of everything from sorting the newspapers to operating the till and serving customers with a smile as well as their coffee and cake, from cashing up to placing orders from our suppliers. It truly is a team effort and it makes the Shop a great place to volunteer as well as, of course, to shop! Customers range from locals who do their entire weekly shop to those who just pop in to get their newspaper, post a parcel or pick up something missing from a recipe. Passing walkers, cyclists and trades continue to take advantage of snacks and cold drinks – and of course it is already becoming a destination for coffee, tea and cake.

Broughton Community Shop is well on its way to fully achieving its overarching aim of becoming a real hub of this very special village community.

The Post Office counter, staffed by the Manager and Assistant Manager, offers all the services of a local post office in a calm and uncrowded environment. And the addition of the Coffee Shop serving a range of hot drinks and delicious home-made cakes invites customers to stop for a moment, meet with friends or sit and watch the world go by.

Shop opening hours: 8.00-17.30 weekdays, 8.30-12.30 Saturdays and 9.30-12.30 Sundays. For further information, please see www.broughtonvllageshop.co.uk or contact Broughton Community Shop on 01794 502495, email mail@broughtonvillageshop. co.uk or follow us on FaceBook @ broughtonvillageshop.

planning, environmental issues and public health as well as views from local stakeholders and examples from other towns over two weekends in November. The assembly concluded with the 42 members voting on a number of recommendations to transform the south of the town centre, which includes the area around Crosfield Hall and the bus station.

Innovation in Democracy Programme, jointly delivered by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government.

A report outlining the recommendations has been published at www.demsoc. org/2019/12/17/final-report-romsey-citizensassembly/ by The Democratic Society, a nonprofit organisation that supports democratic involvement in the UK and EU and also helped to facilitate the assembly. The report will be presented to the council’s cabinet at a special meeting in January as well as the Romsey Future partnership by some of the members of the citizens’ assembly.

Test Valley Borough Council was awarded £60,000 plus expert support to run the citizens' assembly as part of the government’s

The assembly members were selected at random by The Sortition Foundation, after they sent invitations to 10,000 addresses in Romsey and surrounding parishes. From this, fifty individuals from the pool of responses, who broadly represented a cross-section of Romsey’s demographic profile in terms of age, gender, geography, occupation, travel frequency and ethnicity, were chosen to form the assembly.

The presentations and expert panel discussions from the citizens’ assembly were recorded and are available to view on the Romsey Future website at www.romseyfuture.org.uk/citizensassembly. Further information and frequently asked questions about the process can also be found on the website.

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The officer report prepared for the meeting includes a number of consultee replies that express concerns over issues such as landscape, tourism and air quality. The report therefore recommends that the committee objects to the submission on the basis that the authority has received inadequate information. It also recommends that Wheelabrator, which is the company responsible for the project, conducts further public consultation on their proposals once additional work has been completed.

The proposed facility is a nationally significant infrastructure project and therefore the planning inspectorate will determine whether to issue consent on behalf of the secretary of state. Test Valley Borough Council is consulted as part of the process but it will not make the final decision.

Anyone wishing to submit comments regarding the scheme should visit www.wtiharewood.co.uk/consultation by the close of the current consultation period on December 12 2019. The results of Wheelabrator’s public consultation exercise on the scheme is likely to be submitted to the planning inspectorate for formal consideration next year.

CONTACTLESS MACHINES INSTALLED IN COUNCIL CAR PARKS Drivers are able to tap and go at every council car park in Test Valley after new payment machines have now all been installed. Following the decision to replace all the machines earlier this year, the installations began earlier this month and have now been completed.

It means that car parks in Andover and Romsey now accept payment by contactless cards, smartphones and through cash and coins.

Head of Property and Asset Management at Test Valley Borough Council, Simon Ellis, said: “We’re really pleased that the installations went smoothly and that all of our car parks now benefit from these new machines.

“It’s common knowledge that not everyone carries cash now and perhaps this can go some way to avoid that feeling of wondering if you have a spare pound coin lying around! Hopefully the machines will encourage people to stay longer in our town centres and continue to shop locally, too.”

Paul Betteridge, Sales Director from Inaparc, said: “We are delighted to be working with the council to deliver modern payment pay & display machines across Test Valley. InaParc are looking forward to many years of supporting the borough and it's car park users".

The machines have been provided by Inaparc. As well as the new payment methods, RingGo will also continue to be offered in all council car parks.

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