The Dever September 2022

Dever

First-Sunday-in-the-Month Fund Raising Walk.

Sunday 4th Sept 2022

A leisurely 6 mile walk along the valley of the upper River Test with plenty of opportunity to view the trout as we cross and re -cross this elegant chalk stream. Our route is virtually on the level but we can see the nature & extent of the Whitchurch Hangings rising up as arable downland. The Hangings can also be accessed using Rights-of-Way (but we’ll save those for another day).

We set out along paths between old properties of this historic town and into meadows south of the river. After 1.5 miles there is a short -cut taking you over the river at Bere Mill from where you can return to Whitchurch (3 miles) Our intention is to continue to Freefolk, passing St Nicholas ’ Church and the thatched Arms Houses. Here we head west to cross the river at Bere Mill, follow the north bank to the Town Mill , then return to Whitchurch Silk Mill.

https://whitchurchsilkmill.org.uk - light refreshments. Well worth a visit, another day maybe https://whiteharthotelwhitchurch.co.uk. An Arkells Hotel. Recently refurbished. Must visit.

Dever Valley Contacts

Church Wardens

St. Mary the Virgin Micheldever

Jan Mason 01962 774362

Juliet Pattinson 01962 774399

Holy Trinity Wonston

Sarah Hobhouse 01962 760003

St Margaret's South Wonston

Melinda Samms 01962 761036

Roger Keys 01962 881718

St Mary & St Michael Stoke Charity

Ruth Guy 01962 760259

Websites

St Mary the Virgin www.stmarysmicheldever.co.uk

Holy Trinity www.wonstonchurch.co.uk

The Dever

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Thought For The Month

Wherever one looks nowadays, there seems to be nothing but bad news. Of course, the media in its various forms has enormous control over what we receive and good news never features in large measure. However, globally, there is real and understandable concern about what is happening in Ukraine, what is happening in the South China Sea as China increasingly flexes its muscles over Taiwan, or what is happening in Afghanistan, where any good achieved during the Coalition‘s campaign is rolled back by the Taliban. Closer to home, the huge increase in energy bills is a terrifying prospect for families already hard pressed to pay their bills, and the looming recession grows ever closer.

All this and more besides, capped by the major challenge of addressing global warming, paints a bleak picture. But, thankfully, there are ‘shafts of good light’ which pierce the ‘darkness’ of today’s situation. In one of my voluntary roles, I’ve had the pleasure of reading countless acts of goodness and kindness across communities in Hampshire put forward in nominations for New Year or Birthday Honours. These involve individuals who have contributed on their own initiative or as part of a group or charity. Their response to the Covid pandemic was particularly heartening,

with tremendous acts of helping people in need, yet with no thought of seeking reward for themselves.

Looking across the county, Hampshire has a huge number of charities which support both adults and children with numerous acts of help and kindness. Talking of which, for those who listen to ‘Saturday Live’ on BBC Radio 4 hosted by Revd. Richard Coles, you will be familiar with the feature on acts of kindness when a listener, who was given much needed help during an incident but wasn’t able to thank the helper at the time, describes the incident, concluding with a heartfelt ‘thank you’. It’s often very poignant and reminds me of the parable of the Good Samaritan described in Saint Luke’s Gospel in the Bible. The Good Samaritan didn’t have to help the man who had been attacked and, likewise, people featured in ‘Saturday Live’ need not have provided help but, out of kindness, they chose to do so.

So, among today’s bad news which constantly surrounds us, I think it’s worthwhile to try and unearth the good news, particularly where acts of kindness are involved. Being reminded of the better side of human nature helps to sustain a more positive attitude to life.

Iain Henderson

News from Woodmancote & Popham

The St James Patronal Service was blessed with beautiful weather in a month with the lowest July rainfall for well over 100 years, particularly here in the south. We were delighted to have Revd Rob Rees to lead the service which took the form of Holy Communion – the first time he had celebrated it at Woodmancott, following his

Ordination earlier in the month. It was a most joyful service and we enjoyed singing the hymns played beautifully by Belinda and hearing Rob preach about St James. Afterwards we enjoyed a glass of wine and other refreshments outside in the sunshine, with the sounds of harvest going on in the background.

In September we have our Harvest Festival on Sunday 25th at 11am followed by Harvest lunch, please see the separate advert in this magazine re tickets and pricing. It should be a wonderful day and hopefully lots of you can join us for this.

Jane

Are There Any Francophiles Out There?

Is there anybody who might be interested in becoming a committee member for the Cercle Francais de Winchester, CFW, previously known as the Alliance Francaise. The Winchester branch started soon after WW2 and has been hosting monthly lectures with French speakers, on all subjects French, usually accompanied by slides and sometimes music, since then.

I remember attending their lectures regularly when I was studying ‘A ‘ level French. They are always very enjoyable and are preceded by a glass of wine. Sadly, unless two or three people would be willing to join the Committee, the Cercle will be wound up in October. If you might be interested please telephone me on 01962 774440. Hoping to hear from you.

Christine Finch

Micheldever Parish Council Notice of Meeting

Wednesday 7th September

East Stratton Hall 7.30pm

This will be a full face to face meeting of the Parish Council and residents will be welcome to attend in accordance with any current restrictions . There will be an opportunity for questions from the public at around 8 .00pm

www.micheldeverparish.org.uk

Parish Council Matters–Planning Applications, Meetings–Agendas, Dates & Minutes, Newsletters, Parish Assembly and more

Wednesday 7th September 12.30pm

at Northbrook Hall

Two course lunch for £4.50

If you need a lift or have not been before, please give me a call Tricia Patston on 795028

Farm My Food

Hampshire fare, in partnership with LEAF (Linking Education and farming) asked us, Wheatsheaf Farming, based at Folly Farm to host a special student day on the farm called FarmMyFood. This took place at the end of June.

150 students from Hampshire schools attended including John Hanson, The Costello School, Langtree School near Reading and Testbourne School in Whitchurch.

Key to the event was the opportunity for pupils to engage with business owners and experts, among them local food producers, a nutritionist, a top chef, land agents, bankers, estate managers, farm managers and environment and wildlife conservationists, with the aim of learning about the rural environment that surrounds us, how our food is produced, where our food comes from and the importance of agriculture.

We turned the grain barn into a Food Hall, and welcomed Chalk Stream Trout, Hill Farm Juice, Laverstoke Park Farm, Owtons the butchers, Lyburn Cheese and Fullers who sent a top chef, the pupils took the time to quiz them on their businesses and enjoyed samples of delicious Hampshire produce.

Local businesses who formed our Finance Hub included Simmons and Sons, Savills, Martin and Co Accountants, Barclays Bank and The Little Robot Company. Students were encouraged to learn the key tenets of the business environment for the food, farming and hospitality industry such as short and long term planning, cash flow, logistical challenges of production,

marketing, people management, recruitment and retention and seasonal challenges.

The day included a tour of our own working farm, by David our farm manager, on tractor and trailer with its focus on regenerative farming supported by Alison from the Wessex Farm Wildlife and Deborah from Innovation for Agriculture on board who talked about the challenges farmers face when tasked with producing food, looking after the environment, encouraging diversity in both plant, insect and bird life, dealing with climate change, sustainability and how farming may look in the future.

Whilst judging the group challenge the students listened to a talk led by University Centre Sparsholt about the wide ranging careers available to them in food and farming, the food and drink industry being the biggest manufacturing sector in this country, employing over 4 million people.

It was a full and interesting day, we thank everyone who supported financially or gave up their time to attend and contribute in any way at all, and these sorts of special days don’t happen without the generosity and kindness of many people, so thank you.

We cannot expect young people to understand the relationship between the food, hospitality and farming industries unless we get them out of the classroom and show them and what a fabulous day we had!

Parish Council News

Fly Tipping – Your questions answered

Gary Brown, Winchester City Council

Fly Tipping Officer, has kindly agreed to attend the next Parish Council meeting on Wednesday 7th September at East Stratton Village Hall. The meeting starts at 7.30pm and Gary will be speaking shortly after this. There will also be an opportunity to ask questions or raise concerns with Gary.

Micheldever Station Railway

Sidings and So Recycle Ltd

Micheldever Station residents were very concerned upon discovering that So Recycle Ltd had submitted a series of Heavy Goods Vehicle Licence applications and

were intending to commence recycling activities at the railway sidings. It has been confirmed by Planning Officers from WCC and HCC that there is not permission for recycling activities on this site and that a planning application would be required. The most recent HGV Licence applications have since been withdrawn. More information is available via the updates posted on the Parish Council website: www.micheldeverparish.org. uk or can be requested from the Clerk.

Jocelyn, the Clerk, can be contacted via micheldeverpc@hotmail.co.uk or on 01794 368951 (office hours if possible please).

YOUR FETE NEEDS YOU!

The Micheldever fete will be taking place on Saturday 17th September between 13:00-16:00 on The Rank Playing Field.

There are still ways you can support the event this year! We're looking for:

Volunteers (to set up & run stalls)

Book Donations

Cakes for the Tea Tent

Bottles of Alcohol

Tombola Items

Bric-a-Brac

Plants

Donations can be collected from you or dropped at the Warren Centre - call or text Ben on 07800 657909

Micheldever Village Store

It really is happeninga village store. Many of you will have seen the preparations being made by Rajeev to get the store up and running, as can be seen in the image here. By the time you read this, Rajeev and Sabina will be close to being ready for business. The anticipated first day of trading is likely to be Saturday 3 September.

I am sure that I reflect the predominant hope from the local community for Rajeev and Sabena to successfully develop an enterprising venture which is in the interests of most of us. Much of that success will be dependent on us using the store. Using the store will become increasingly attractive as Rajeev becomes familiar with the requirements of his market–YOU. Those requirements can be more efficiently addressed if they are actually voiced to Rajeev–he wants to know what you

want to see in the store. Already the returns from the flyer recently distributed have given him some helpful pointers. The key is to keep him informed - either by speaking to him, dropping a note in the store letterbox or emailing him on rajeev.sai24@gmail.com.

He and Sabena plan to operate the store during September as follows:

Monday to Saturday – 8.30am to 6.30pm

Sunday – 10am to 3.30pm.

The hours will then be extended from October as he gets familiar with his market.

To mark the arrival of this enterprising duo, there will be an official opening of the store on Saturday 10th September at 10am conducted by our City Councillor Patrick Cunningham. Keep an eye out on the village website for confirmation of final details. Rajeev and Sabena very much hope that they will see you then–if not before in store

Wonston Community Café

Following a week of record-breaking temperatures, our July café was held on a pleasantly milder sunny day. Visitors enjoyed their coffee and cakes outside in the sunshine as well as inside in the cool of the hall. This month we had many new visitors

rescue service in the UK and Ireland, and seasonal lifeguards look after people on busy beaches. In addition, the RNLI Flood Rescue Team helps those affected by flooding.

from neighbouring Micheldever, as well as the local knitting group. £246 was raised for our charity, Winchester Bereavement Support. Rosemary and Angela from the charity attended and spoke to many of our visitors about the work of the charity. The kitchen was busy all morning, with Melinda, one of our founding volunteers, in charge of the tea/coffee making!

Our next Community Café will be at the Victoria Hall, Sutton Scotney, 9.30am–12 noon on Wednesday 21st September when we will be raising funds for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. The RNLI volunteer lifeboat crews provide a 24-hour

We are a cash only café, last orders 11.45am, lots of free parking. Donations to our monthly nominated charity are always welcome.

2022 dates/charities already confirmed are:

21st September RNLI

19th October

Janis Kinnell

Blood Cancer UK

https://www.hants.gov.uk/transport/transportschemes/20mph-speedlimits-consultation

The deadline for responses will be extended to mid-September.

The Hampshire County Council consultation on 20mph speed limits has now gone live.

St

Church Services for Dever Benefice

September 4th Twelfth Sunday after Trinity

10.00 am Morning Prayer St Margaret’s–South Wonston

Roger Keys

10.00 am Service of welcome for the new academic year St Mary the Virgin–Micheldever

Rev’d Rob Rees, Tom Johnston

11.00 am Morning Prayer Holy Trinity–Wonston

Roland Guy

2.00 pm Holy Baptism St James–Woodmancote

Rev’d Rob Rees

September 11th Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity

10.00 am Holy Communion St Margaret's–South Wonston

The Archdeacon Richard Brand

10.00 am Holy Baptism with Holy Communion All Saints–East Stratton

Rev’d Rob Rees

10.00 am Family Service St Mary & St Michael–Stoke Charity

Ruth Guy

11.00 am Morning Prayer Holy Trinity–Wonston

Peter Russell

6.00 pm Evening Prayer St Mary the Virgin–Micheldever

Rev’d Rob Rees

September 18th Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity

10.00 am Morning Praise St Margaret’s–South Wonston

Peter Russell

10.00 am Holy Communion St Mary the Virgin–Micheldever

Rev’d Rob Rees

10.00 am Holy Communion St James–Hunton

Rev’d Neil Britton

11.00 am Family Service Holy Trinity–Wonston

Campbell Dye

2.00 pm Holy Baptism Holy Trinity–Wonston

Rev’d Rob Rees

September 25th Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity

10.00 am Informal Family Service St Margaret’s–South Wonston Ruth Guy

11.00 am Holy Communion Holy Trinity–Wonston

Rev’d Neil Britton

11.00 am Harvest Festival St James–Woodmancote

Rev’d Rob Rees

6.00 pm Evensong St Mary & St Michael–Stoke Charity

Rev’d Christine Smith

October 2nd Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity

10.00 am Morning Prayer St Margaret’s–South Wonston

Rev’d Jen Holder

10.00 am Harvest Festival St Mary the Virgin–Micheldever

Rev’d Rob Rees

11.00 am Harvest Festival with Holy Communion St Margaret’s–South Wonston

Rev’d Jen Holder

11.00 am Harvest Festival Holy Trinity, St James, St Mary & St Michael Ministry Team Polo Lawn, West Stoke Farm, SO21 3PN

For further information, please contact the Parish Coordinator, email: coordinator .upperdever@hotmail .com

Dever Valley Church Locations

All Saints East Stratton SO21 3XA ruffling.upstarts.disposing Holy Trinity Wonston SO21 3LS grub.dove.unpacked

St James Hunton SO21 3PX lingering.dwistract.improve

St James Woodmancote SO21 3BL scatters.helper.rating St Margaret's South Wonston SO21 3EW diver.guises.tarred

St Mary the Virgin Micheldever SO21 3DA sprays.serenade.gripes

St Mary and St Michael Stoke Charity SO21 3PG evaded.avoid.lyricist

Holy Dusters

St Mary the Virgin Week beginning Monday;

29th Alison and Patricia

5th Helen and Jane

12th Georgie and Alex

St James

Flowers and Cleaning Penny Dixon and Alex Pugh

Sidesmen & Readers ~ St Mary the Virgin

September 4th

Sayings & Excerpts

Collected over the years by Dorothy Knight who died in 2015 aged 100.

Someone buying a lamb for the freezer wanted to know how many legs would they get.

The farmer’s wife told them “we haven’t been able to breed sheep with more than four legs yet – and two of them are called shoulders. Have to try crossing them with a centipede”.

City Councillors’ News

Proposals to start using the sidings at Micheldever Station for recycling by a waste company have caused great concerns among nearby residents. The traffic application seeks permission to base 22 large vehicles in the sidings with development for offices and paper processing facilities. Access would be via New Road. Local residents alerted their neighbours and representatives, including Caroline and MP, Steve Brine. This has led to contact being made with the Parish Council by the applicant’s chief executive. He has been invited to attend a future parish council meeting to outline the proposal. Both the City and County Councils have also been involved and there is a need for a planning application to be submitted and approved before any new use can be made of the sidings. This will take many months to complete, so we will keep you informed as this matter progresses.

The three of us were briefed on emerging proposals for site allocations that may form

part of the Local Plan. We were not allowed to take any information away with us nor were we given access to the detailed policy documents or the underlying rationale for any choices made. We are not able to make any meaningful contribution to the development of the new plan following the briefings, but we reiterated the comments submitted some months ago by our parish councils. We were not shown anything that gave us any confidence that the comments from the parish councils in our Ward have been listened to.

The City Council have launched a consultation website to promote proposals to develop the land owned by the Council and the railway companies around Winchester Station winchesterstationapproach.co.uk. It is unclear what might be proposed, but do view the available information on the website and add your comments in the feedback page.

You can contact your City Councillors at any time or you can catch us at any of the Parish Council meetings. None of our Parish Councils meet during August. Their next meetings are on:

Micheldever PC Wednesday 7th September

Wonston PC Wednesday 14th September

South Wonston PC Monday 12th September

Stephen

Cllr Stephen Godfrey

119 Downs Road

South Wonston

SO21 3EH

Tel: 01962 884477

sgodfrey@winchester.gov.uk

East Stratton Hall.

Victoria Hall, Sutton Scotney.

South Wonston Pavilion.

All meetings start at 7.30pm.

Caroline

Cllr Caroline Horrill

Wheatlands

Woodman Lane

Sparsholt

SO21 3SH

Tel: 01962 776844

chorrill@winchester.gov.uk

Patrick

Cllr Patrick Cunningham

The Corner House

North Drive

Littleton

SO22 6QA

Tel: 07866 367897

pcunningham@winchester.gov.uk

Jackie’s County Corner for September

I hope you have enjoyed the summer months despite the very hot weather. The imposition of water restrictions by Southern Water brings worries about the security of our water supply to the fore. RAPID is the Regulators’ Alliance for Progressing Infrastructure Development. As part of this programme, Southern Water is developing a scheme to supplement the aquifer water they already extract for our use. You can see more online at www.southernwater.co.uk , search ‘Water for life’. Southern Water is proposing to treat our wastewater as usual, but instead of pumping the treated sewage out to sea as it does now, it will be added to the reservoir at Havant Thicket, and that water will be returned to Otterbourne to be cleaned again and processed for drinking water. Southern Water is seeking views on the principles of this from the public this summer- and I’d be interested to hear your views too. Every year a National Highways Transport Survey is carried out to assess the public view of highways across the country. You often make your views known to me- this is your chance to take part!

Go to www.hants.gov.uk/transport/ nht-surveys, And please give your views on 20mph limits too: go to www.hants.gov.uk, search ‘20mph’ deadline 11th September. This month’s photo was taken at ‘Mayors for Peace’ event on the 9th August. Winchester was one of the first cities to sign up to this, and now over 8000 Mayors across the world share a commemoration

of the dreadful effects of atomic bombs dropped in Japan on the 6th and 9th of August. This year a small Ukrainian choir sang of their hope for peace too. It was a moving event. It is a point in the year which reminds us all that those nuclear bombs must be the last. Mayor Derek Green is here joined by the first Mayor for Peace, Eleanor Bell and representatives from Rotary, and the University of Winchester. Read more on www.mayorsforpeace.org

The County Council is the planning authority for waste management where the waste is industrial, not rural and although recycling is vital, the inevitable transport issues make recycling sites a challenge. Experience of several applications in my division shows me that we all want to recycle, but not near our homes. These sites are often large, and although business rates make it cheaper to work from rural sites, we must find economic ways for these much needed businesses to be sited on business parks and industrial estates; not in our countryside. Let me know what you think too. Thank you Cllr Jackie Porter, text/tel: 07973 696 085, more detail on these links on www.jackieporter.co.uk

Wonston Community Café

Victoria Hall, Sutton Scotney

Third Wednesday of the month

9.30 am - 12 noon

21st September - RNLI

21st October - Blood Cancer UK

Cash only café

All donations welcome

The café is staffed entirely by volunteers

Cakes are all homemade We serve real coffee

Plenty of free parking!

Micheldever Community Bookcase

Northbrook Hall–Opening times 2 - 3 pm

Friday afternoon only

Your Organic Garden in September

September sunshine is special – golden and gentle. But the growing days are shorter, with dew drenched mornings and cool evenings. Now is the time to gather your harvest before frosts threaten. And save your seeds before winter sets in. See below for advice on soil, vegetables, fruit, herbs and flowers as well as the greenhouse and conservatory, lawns and ponds. Plus what to sow and plant in September.

Soil matters

Use a low nutrient mulch such as leafmould or straw, or even newly fallen autumn leaves, on any bare areas

If it’s early in the month, sow some green manures such as winter vetch or grazing rye, to protect and improve any bare soil over winter.

Empty the compost bin by bagging up compost from the bottom of the bin/ heap. Store it ready for use next spring. Now you are ready to start a new mix. If you have a worm bin, bring it under cover to protect against frost.

Vegetables

Clear away diseased plant material ie blotched or mildewed leaves. Most can be composted, but if in doubt, dispose of via the green waste system.

Keep weeding to prevent weeds seeding

Brassica whitefly can survive the winter on Brussels sprouts, broccoli, winter cabbage and kale. These tiny, white creatures fly up in clouds when the plants are disturbed. Their sticky honeydew often encourages black ‘sooty’ moulds to grow on leaves. Pick off infested lower leaves; the young whitefly ‘scales’ live on the underside of these. Spray both sides of remaining leaves with insecticidal soap if the infestation is bad, repeating two or three times if necessary.

Pick off any cabbage white caterpillars. Leek rust, a fungal disease with red/ orange pustules on the leaves, turns leaves yellow and stunts the plant’s growth. There is little you can do to counter it, but the good news is that the leeks are quite safe to eat, just remove affected outer growth.

Slugs can be a real problem in a warm wet autumn. Check slug traps daily, especially after damp weather. Nematodes will only work early in the month when soil temperatures are above 10°C.

Fruit

Scatter windfall fruit around the garden as food for wildlife. Plums are a favourite of butterflies–they adore the sugary juice. Clear all weeds around fruit bushes and trees to prevent them seeding. Remove nets from soft fruit to allow birds to clear up pests over the winter. Cultivate the ground lightly around plants to expose pests.

Order new fruit trees and bushes; bareroot plants will be ready for delivery in November. Choose varieties that will suit the site (wind, sun, soil type etc) and cultivars that are resistant to pests or diseases. After picking autumn-fruiting raspberries, do not prune. Wait until late winter/early spring to cut all the canes down to ground level. However, you can remove any weak or damaged canes of summer fruiting raspberries.

Complete pruning of stone fruits (including plums and cherries) by the middle of September to avoid silver leaf disease (Chondrostereum pupureum). Cut out all affected growth and any dead wood.

Brown Rot is an air borne fungal disease affecting pears, apples and plums. It produces concentric rings or white spots on

the fruit and is spread by contact. Remove and destroy all infected fruit whether on the tree or on the ground.Fix a sticky band of grease or glue around a fruit tree trunk to stop wingless adult winter moths getting up into a tree to lay eggs in the bark. Winter moth caterpillars will feed on the leaves, blossoms and young fruitlets during spring.

Herbs

Parsley, rocket and coriander can still be sown this month. Cut herbs for drying and use throughout the winter.

Save seeds of your organically grown herbs for next spring. Make sure they are dry, then store in airtight containers in a cool place

Flowers

Remove dead and dying flower heads daily, to clear away potential sources of disease. Don’t cut back perennials too hard in the autumn ‘clear up’. Hollow stems, tussocky plants and piles of leaves swept under a hedge make perfect overwintering sites for a huge number of beneficial creatures.

Greenhouse

The warm days and cool nights of this month require careful management–remembering to open and close the door/windows.

Water plants less frequently, and avoid wetting the foliage. Damp foliage = fungal spore germination. Throw out any leaves that start to develop a grey fuzz, or become slimy and brown.

If you bring plants into the greenhouse/ conservatory check thoroughly for pests. Look for mottled leaves that would indicate spider mite, and treat with an

organic spray. Remove rolled and webbed leaves, they indicate tiny caterpillars lurking. Shake off the top centimetre of soil to clear out any pests near the surface and replace with a layer of grit. Next spring shake off the grit, and replace with some clean potting compost.

Lawn/hedge care

Lawns can become very compacted during the summer so rake out any thatch, then aerate–either the whole lawn or just compacted areas.

Brush a soil conditioner, such as sieved leafmould, into the holes after aerating. Avoid any lawn food high in nitrogen at this time of year. It promotes growth at the wrong time.

To manage moss, poor drainage and other lawn problems see The organic lawn. Leave some areas of grass long over winter. Many creatures will be hunting for overwintering shelter from now on.

Leave hedge trimmings tucked under the hedge, where they will provide the perfect hibernation site for a whole range of wildlife including hedgehogs and frogs.

Pond

Clear out your pond of weed, overgrown plants and any dead foliage before hibernation starts. Leave all plant debris in a pile by the side of the pond for a couple of days to allow creatures caught up in the strands to crawl back to the water.

Early in the month, before heavy frosts set in, is also a good time to set up a pond. You can plant it up in Spring.

Annual Bridge Tea

Thursday 6th October 2022 2pm – 5pm

Southampton

To book a table (£80 per table), or to make a donation, please contact: Jo Tyler, email: johanna.tyler@btinternet.com

August Solution

Forthcoming Events 2022 & 2023

October

5th 12 .30pm Micheldever Village Lunch – Northbrook Hall

5th 7 30pm Micheldever Parish Council – Northbrook Hall

14th 7 .30pm Micheldever Harvest Supper – Northbrook Hall

16th 7 30pm Talking Heads – St Mary the Virgin church

November

2nd 12 30pm Micheldever Village Lunch – Northbrook Hall

2nd 7 .30pm Micheldever Parish Council – The Warren Centre

19th tbc pm Quiz with Wendy & Maurelle – Northbrook Hall

December

7th 7 30pm Micheldever Parish Council – East Stratton Hall

14th 12 .30pm Micheldever Village Lunch – Northbrook Hall

2023

January

4th 7 .30pm Micheldever Parish Council – East Stratton Hall

February 1st 7 .30pm Micheldever Parish Council – The Warren Centre

March

1st 7 .30pm Micheldever Parish Council – East Stratton Hall

April

5th 7 .30pm Micheldever Parish Council – Northbrook Hall

19th 7 .30pm Parish Assembly – Northbrook Hall

May 3rd 7 .30pm Micheldever Parish Council – The Warren Centre

June

7th 7 .30pm Micheldever Parish Council – East Stratton Hall

July 5th 7 .30pm Micheldever Parish Council – Northbrook Hall

Hall Booking

East Stratton Hall 01962 774517,

Northbrook Hall 07731 952705, The Warren Centre visit www .thewarrencentre .co .uk/hire

September Diary

5th 8 00pm Micheldever Variety Group AGM – Northbrook Hall

7th 12 .30pm Micheldever Village Lunch – Northbrook Hall

7th 7.30pm Micheldever Parish Council – East Stratton Hall

10th 10 .00am Micheldever Village Store – Opening by Cllr . Patrick Cunningham

17th 1 00pm Micheldever Summer Fête – Lord Rank Playing Field

13th 8 00pm History Society, The Impact of the Black Death – The Warren Centre

21st 9 .30am Wonston Community Café – Victoria Hall, Sutton Scotney

21st 7.00pm MVG, Snow Queen, read through – Northbrook Hall

24th 7.00pm Safari Supper (see advert opposite)

25th 12 30pm St James Harvest Lunch – Woodmancote (see advert page 15)

25th 2 00pm MVG, Snow Queen, Auditions – Northbrook Hall

28th 7.00pm Alpha Taster – Victoria Hall Sutton Scotney

29th 6 .30pm Kiftsgate Gardens – East Stratton Hall

Mobile Post Office

Wednesday morning 9.30 – 10.30 Lord Rank Car Park (please note: times may vary slightly)

Regular Dates and Times – Weekly

SUNDAYS Church Services Details on centre pages

TUESDAYS 8.00–9.00 pm Circuit Training by Toppe from T Fit Training, Micheldever School Hall. contact Jane 07919 018877

WEDNESDAYS 9.30–10.30 am Mobile Post Office, Lord Rank Car Park, Micheldever 9.00–10.00 am Body Control Pilates–Micheldever Village Hall. contact Fredricka Brooks, 07979 254895

THURSDAYS 8.00–10.00 pm Dever Singers Rehearsal–Micheldever or South Wonston churches . contact, ruthironton@gmail.com

FRIDAYS 2.00–4.00 pm Community Library, Northbrook Hall

MICHELDEVER FETE & DOG SHOW