October 2011 Chandlers Ford Directory

The Chandlers Ford Directory, October 11

Dear Neighbours I purchased yet another electrical item for the office this week which needed a power socket. Our house is only 13 years old so was built with quite a few power outlets, but around 10 years ago I had another 8 put in the office (in reality a spare room) so that I could do without extension leads. But over the years we have accumulated more and more technology and have run out again. I’m not boasting a plethora of exciting gadgets here, but even the PC speakers, a desk lamp, a shredder and a mouse charger all need power sockets. I counted 24 powered items today in just one room.

Even if you don’t work from home, I’ll bet the back of your TV looks like a snake pit and there will be more than one socket doubler or extension cable in the house. I wonder if modern homes are built with extra sockets to cope with future requirements? I doubt it somehow being as all properties are built to a price, but if I was starting from scratch, it would be banks of sockets in each room, solar panelled everything (it’s the home improvement du jour, don’t you know) and my own mini substation. Technology moves on apace – smaller, faster, cheaper each year – and yet the power outlets are stuck in the dark ages (if you’ll forgive the oxymoron).

I don’t think I have much else exciting to muse upon this month. I cleaned eight venetians blinds this week (mind numbing and addictive at the same time). I’ve started having lessons to improve my squash playing (arm now falling off but it won’t stop me). I found an old Nectar card with £320 of points on it (now been converted to a new washing machine) which was surprising really because I don’t remember shopping at Sainsburys more than a handful of times. Ooh, and we were invited to a wedding in November the highlight of which - being entirely selfish - is the chance to meet up with all our old friends with someone else footing the bill.

Finally, it’s a bumper magazine this month with local news, new features and some super advertisers both old and new (including electricians and solar panel companies!).

Tania.

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Whether it’s large or small, contemporary or classic, brightly coloured or plain and simple, you can combine the practical and the indulgent to create a bathroom haven that’s as luxurious as it is good-looking, says Katherine Sorrell.

Just add water There are two schools of thought when it comes to bathing, with brisk efficiency at one end of the spectrum and utter hedonism at the other. But why not enjoy both? The modern bathroom can be a well-appointed and agreeable place in which to cleanse both body and mind, a room which is perfectly functional and also a peaceful sanctuary in which to relax, reflect and refresh.

When designing a new bathroom it’s essential to start with the practicalities before moving onto the aesthetics. Consider who will use the room and how frequently, what fixtures you’d like and how much space is available. In a small room, for example, you may need to install a shower-bath rather than a separate bath and walk-in shower, site the loo elsewhere and use specially designed, space-saving fittings. It is always a good idea to plan the room carefully on graph paper, noting the positions of pipes, windows and doors.

Bathroom fittings are available in a multitude of styles and prices, but simplicity is often the best option: plain, inexpensive designs can look wonderful when teamed with interesting accessories, and a sensible option is to invest more in moving parts such as shower doors and taps, while saving (within reason) by buying simple white ceramics. How a bathroom feels is vital, in terms of textures and temperatures against bare skin, and underfloor heating gives an efficient, overall heat while freeing up space against the walls

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Aquaglass space-saving Quad suite, £595,

– perhaps for a statement towel warmer. Lighting is also vital in creating an efficient atmosphere for a quick morning shower, or a more relaxing ambience for an evening bath. You may need two types of lights: bright, directional spots for shaving or applying makeup, and gentle background lighting for relaxing in the tub. You can highlight certain features, shine lights up or down on different areas, and use colour-changing LEDs or a whole range of other effects. As for walls, by varying the colours, shapes or styles of tilework you can highlight or separate different areas, or you could use sheet materials such as Corian or Silestone for a seamless effect that’s pricey but beautiful.

Current trends in bathroom design include walk-in and extra-large showers, coloured baths and basins and sleek, minimal accessories. There’s also a growing demand for storage cabinets that co-ordinate with fitted bedroom furniture, giving a unified look, especially from a master bedroom to an ensuite, while hiding the clutter that you don’t really want to see. With some careful thought and planning, plus a little inspiration, you can combine furniture and fittings, walls and floor, lighting and heating, to create a room that reflects your individual style and offers an experience that is warm and welcoming, comfortable, clean and calm. ...Continued on page 8

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Bathroom checklist Consider all these points when planning a bathroom: • How much space is available?

• Who will use the room and when?

• What fittings would you like to install and, if there isn’t room for all of them, what is the best way to compromise?

• What is your budget?

• What style would you like overall?

• What type of hot-water system do you have?

• Where will you place the water pipes, the soil pipe and the air extraction?

• What are your lighting and heating requirements?

• How much storage do you need, and do you

Antonio suite: free-standing bath + chrome feet, £1,500; closed-coupled toilet, £1400; 1 tap hole pedestal basin, £700

prefer the fitted or unfitted look?

• How will you buy and fit the bathroom – purchase from the internet and do it yourself, co-ordinate the various tradespeople (electrician, plumber, carpenter, plasterer, tiler, painter etc), use a local fitter, or buy an all-in-one package from a showroom?

Bear in mind that delivery times can be up to six weeks.

by Katherine Sorrell

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Nursery Rhymes 1. According to the nursery rhyme, on what day of the week did Solomon Grundy get married?

2. In the nursery rhyme Hey Diddle Diddle, who jumped over the moon?

3. According to the nursery rhyme Hickory Dickory Dock, at what time did the mouse run down the clock?

4. The nursery rhyme Ten Little Indians was the inspiration for which Agatha Christie novel?

5. According to a nursery rhyme, who gave her children broth without any bread, whipped them all soundly and put them to bed?

6. In the nursery rhyme Three Blind Mice, who cut off the tails of the mice?

7. According to the popular nursery rhyme, if Monday’s child is fair of face, then what is Wednesday’s child?

8. Which 1911 children’s book by Frances Hodgson Burnett had the working title of Mistress Mary in reference to the nursery rhyme Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary?

9. In the nursery rhyme There Was A Crooked Man, what did the crooked man buy with his crooked sixpence?

10. In the nursery rhyme Rub-A-Dub-Dub, what are the occupations of the three men in a tub?

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A Proverbial Life...

A place for everything and everything in its place

The Big Clean There are some experiences in life that it’s best not to have. Helping a teenage girl to sort out her bedroom is one of them.

Now in the normal course of events the bedroom of a teenage girl is all pink and sparkly. Perhaps there are a few posters on the wall, a scattering of soft and fluffy things or neatly arranged rows of toiletries, CDs, DVDs and books – you get the idea.

Forget it. This bedroom had little in common with the abode of a Fairy Princess. Think ‘Stig of the Dump’ and you get the general idea; actually that’s incorrect...think of a wild animal lair and you’ll get a more accurate picture.

When you’ve banned the dog from entering this bedroom in case it catches something (the plague/foot and mouth/dysentery?), you know that drastic action is needed. When you’ve run out of cups because they’re all in ‘there’, then you know drastic action is needed. When you can’t get into said bedroom without holding your nose and looking for footholds on the floor, then you know that drastic action is needed.

So I said I would help - that is, I would supervise, provide instruction and direction. On no account would I actually clean, tidy or touch anything; it’s not my room and though I love her madly I have no intention of clearing up after her.

So I supervised whilst sitting on the bed and handing out bin bags.

A strong stomach was needed when peering into the assorted glasses, cups and plates that had been retrieved from under the bed.

Did you know that hot chocolate,

when left long enough, doesn’t just develop mould but develops into a solid lump of mould? Or that chips don’t go mouldy but develop into rock hard batons of fried potato? Or that discarded banana skins actually go slimey?

The clothes were retrieved from where they had been dropped, draped, discarded and flung. Mountains of wrappers, papers, magazines and plastic drink bottles were gathered for recycling. Windows were flung open, dust was dusted, CDs were organised, DVDs put back into their correct cases and everything was arranged, tidied and sorted into correct order.

Finally, three bin bags of rubbish later, it was finished.

The only thing that hadn’t actually needed cleaning was the laptop. It sat in splendid isolation in a little pool of cleanliness on top of her desk. Heaven forbid that the blessed laptop should become dusty or clogged with dirt; how else would she gossip with friends in the small hours?

And the only thing that needed cleaning and didn’t get it was the dressing table mirror: adorned with lipstick kisses and messages from friends it was strictly out of bounds. However, I think we can live with a ‘kissed’ mirror for now.

So when it was finally done it did look all pink and sparkly – a bit like the bedroom of a Fairy Princess in fact. I may even allow the dog to go in there now the plague warning has been lifted.

Will it last?

I doubt it.

I predict that within a fortnight the green miasma will once again be seeping from underneath the door, the mould will have found another home in my cups and yet more calcified chips will be found under the bed.

In the meantime I’m still trying to understand how she managed to glide forth from this room groomed, preened and pampered to perfection; giving no hint of the carnage from which this vision of beauty emerged.

It must be a teenage thing.

by A. O’Brien

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A pilgrimage to Florence Nightingale’s burial place The third in our series of articles highlighting some of the fascinating heritage to be found around Hampshire. All these articles are available to view again on our website www.cfdirectory.co.uk.

Hampshire Heritage This morning I went to see Florence Nightingale’s burial place at the tiny church of St Margaret of Antioch in the village of Wellow in Hampshire. When Florence, a national heroine, died at the age of 90, her relatives were offered a state funeral in Westminster Abbey. They declined, preferring the parish church of her home.

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over to photographs of her, along with a wreath, its predecessor donated by an American Florence Nightingale society. There is also a memorial tablet set into the south wall.

Viewed from the south porch, the Nightingale family’s white marble memorial shines conspicuously among the lichened headstones of their less august neighbours.

in the barrack hospital at Scutari. The reality was a woman who had been appointed to the post of Superintendent of Nursing in the hospital at Scutari.

She became a national hero for her tireless efforts to improve the standard of nursing care of the sick and wounded.

The church of St Margaret of Antioch lies down the narrowest of country lanes, well away from the main residences and limited facilities of the village of Wellow. The church is generally described as being in East Wellow, but there is no administrative distinction between East and West Wellow, which are both within the one parish boundary, so the distinction between them is more or less confined to the OS map and popular parlance.

to be probably early C13.

Inevitably, there is a good deal of Florence Nightingale memorabilia.

At the west end, screen panels display various items relating to Florence, including a model of a fair-haired young woman holding a lantern, who bears no resemblance to Florence.

In the nave, on the south side, a window sill is given

Three sides of the memorial commemorate her parents and her elder sister Parthenope. Florence hated any form of publicity and longed for anonymity, which explains the brevity of the fourth side of the memorial, inscribed simply “F. N. – Born 12 May 1820 – Died 13 August 1910”. But her wish for anonymity was doomed. People from all over the globe still make a pilgrimage to this simple country churchyard to pay homage to her.

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October Actually, I like the idea of game better than the taste. I used to inhabit a bucolic dream world where everything was wood smoke and Vaughan Williams, and horsey girls looking awkward in their evening gowns at the Hunt Ball. Pheasant and venison were all part of the fantasy; but most game is a swine to cook. Being fat-free may sound virtuous, but in the hands of a tyro (like me) it usually means impossible to chew. In my younger days I used to pot the odd hare, but it’s strong stuff and actually only my Dad really liked it.

Then I met a girl from Leeds and stopped wearing corduroy.

The gun went back to the shop and it’s, oh, 30 years since I killed anything. The bucolic haze hasn’t entirely ebbed from my daydreaming, though, but nowadays the autumnal whiff of cordite has been succeeded by a richer, sweeter, aroma: that of apples. The apple harvest starts in July with the earliest varieties and goes on until November, but October is the big month and yes: I’ve become a cider nut.

Actually, I’ve been a cider nut for quite some time: in the late ‘90s I edited the Campaign for Real Ale’s Good Cider Guide, ran a quarterly called The Cider Press, and briefly even ran my own cider shop in a farmyard where I made my own cider and sold a range of about 40 farm ciders from plastic barrels. Didn’t do too badly, either, although eventually I had to find a proper job.

By cider, though, I don’t mean the fizzy factory-made stuff that

pretends to be a lot more authentic than it actually is. Made from frozen concentrate, much of it imported; watered down; sterile-filtered; pasteurised; artificially carbonated – well, millions of people like it, so I must be wrong; but to me cider is a vintage product made from 100% apple juice (or pear juice, in which it’s properly called perry), allowed to ferment slowly over the winter until it stops fizzing, and served in its natural form without being filtered, pasteurised, and carbonated.

It’s a very different drink from Magner’s, believe me. One thing people find strange is that it’s still (not flat) rather than fizzy; they’re also intrigued by the incredible range of flavours that come from the different blends of cider apples favoured by each maker. I generally work behind the cider bar at the annual CAMRA beer festivals in St Neots and St Ives, and my experience is that novice

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drinkers are a bit shocked by their first taste of the real stuff, but that nearly all of them come back for more, try a taster of every different cider we have (normally seven or eight), and go home wishing they could find farmhouse cider in their own locals and supermarkets.

You can’t, of course. Some of the ciders you find on the high street are better than others, but even reputable independent makers have had to carbonate and tone down their products to take account of the popular taste for fizz; and genuine farmhouse ciders are too “niche” (horrible word!) for the mainstream retailers.

But perhaps it’s a good thing that you can’t: the very elusiveness of real cider, unless you’re lucky enough to live in the west, is a strong part of its mystique.

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Long live the underdog A lucky serf can, of course, catch the occasional break and The Great British Music Festival has long been an effective platform for doing just this. This year some good friends of ours in a fantastic band called Goldheart Assembly had bagged main support to Stornoway on the Bread & Roses Stage at Kent’s Hop Farm Festival. Our friends, bless them, were facing a perennial festival problem going head-to-head with a high-profile main stage act, in this case, The Eagles.

Rumours had already started flying around about exactly how large a fee The Eagles were commanding for their performance (it ought to remain confidential; however, it could have wiped out the national debt of a small African country), when something unexpected happened. Halfway through Goldheart Assembly’s set, the volume suddenly halved. We discovered later that an Eagles Representative had demanded that the speakers be turned down because they were disturbing the action on the main stage.

Turned down?! The Eagles were playing through a rig so enormous it could have

shattered Mars. Of course, there’s really only one reason why this incident got all our backs up. Neither of our bands are famous enough yet to warrant that kind of carry-on. Would we all imitate this behaviour if we could possibly get away with it?

Of course we would. How I long to storm out of dressing rooms complaining that the hot towels aren’t scented with the right strain of citrus fruit, or explode in an apoplexy of rage at the very idea that the underside of my private helicopter isn’t emblazoned with a massive fluorescent mural of my grinning face.

Problem is, when you’re at the stage of your career where you still have to lace up your own shoes, massive tantrums simply aren’t tolerated.

This flagrant trampling of the little guys reminded me of an unfortunate experience we had with a major music festival (remaining nameless) some years back. UB40 were headlining and we were lucky enough to be offered a coveted slot on the Unsigned Stage.

There was a catch though.

You had to buy forty tickets up-front if you wanted to play, at £40 per ticket. Sure, you’d ‘get the money back’ if you

succeeded in dragging four hundred thousand of your friends along with you - in fact if this happened you’d even make a ‘profit’ of two shillings and a packet of elastic bands - but your slot would remain unconfirmed until upwards of £1500 had cleared in the promoter’s bank account. ‘How can you possibly justify this?’

I demanded down the phone.

‘Well,’ replied the promoter, without remorse, ‘somebody’s got to pay for UB40.’

I’m sure you don’t need me to underline just how wrong this is, but if there is a point to my little rant, it is this next time you see a hungrylooking musician singing for his supper on a tiny stage in the dark recesses of some provincial festival, throw him a biscuit and tell him he has nice hair. One day, when he’s rich and famous, he might just buy you a gold cape to say thanks.

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Fun and friendship Rotary membership is a whole lot of fun! Every club arranges parties and activities that provide a welcome distraction from hectic business life and the chance to forge new friendships with a host of like-minded people who share common goals.

Business opportunities Rotary was founded over 100 years ago as a business networking club – and this is still a major part of Rotary life. Ethical practice is encouraged as a core aspect of our philosophy, and with members drawn from all sectors of business

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Personal growth and development As well as improving cultural and social awareness, membership of Rotary can help develop leadership, public speaking, social, business, personal and vocational skills.

The chance to learn Through guest speakers at club meetings, you’ll learn more about a huge range of fascinating subjects, from the eradication of polio and malaria to child and school disability programmes. And at our national and regional conferences, we regularly welcome top speakers from the worlds of business, sport and entertainment.

Travel opportunities Join Rotary, and you won’t just be a member of your local club – you’ll be part of a vast international family of 1.2 million Rotarians worldwide.

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Have a closer look at our club – you will find our website by entering Chandlers Ford Rotary in your search box. See what we do and how we enjoy Rotary.

There is a facility on the website for you to contact us. You are welcome to come along and try us out.

We meet at the Potters Heron Hotel in Ampfield on Monday evenings at 7.30pm

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Working from home Liquid Lunches When I started out as a reporter back in the mid1970s, journalists were heroic boozers. Epic, even. The stories I was told!

But on the local weekly in the Midlands where I did my training they were just that – stories. The older staffers span yarns of the liquid lunches of yore that had lasted for hours if not days; the lunches over which these tales were told tended to be a sandwich eaten at the desk. Very, very occasionally I would venture, normally alone, sometimes with the sports editor, to the pub next door for a pint of cold, gassy keg beer and a dried-up cheese roll with a copy of the Sun or the Mirror (because in those days the red-tops were comparatively new and all journalists, whatever they told you, secretly admired their braggadocio) and the Stranglers on the juke-box (turned right down so as not to upset the granddads). All very demure.

Then I joined the brewing trade press and life changed dramatically, especially life after one o’ clock. On my induction day the News Editor and Chief Reporter dragged me to the nearest pub. By 2.30pm I was anxious. By 3pm I was terrified.

“Err... shouldn’t we be getting back?”

I said nervously. The News Editor gestured expansively in the general direction of a party of pixillated worthies a few tables away. “That’s the Editor, that’s the Deputy Editor, that’s the Production Editor,” he said. “When they go, we go.”

They didn’t rise until 4 o’clock; by then I could scarcely rise at all.

But these lunches were, if not the norm, certainly nothing unusual, especially if one were being entertained. I remember, vaguely,

a press officer from Grand Met taking me to a restaurant to “explain” why the company was screwing its pub tenants so heartily. A couple of scotches (doubles) at the bar were followed by a bottle of white wine (between us) with the fish, another bottle of white (for him) with the veal and a bottle of red (for me) with the beef, a half bottle (again, between us) of rather good Sauternes with pudding, a glass of port each with the cheese, and a large Calvados (for me) and a Cognac (for him) with the cigars. By the end of it all I agreed with him wholeheartedly, which I suppose was the point of the exercise.

If you could stand any more of my boastfulness I could easily reel off a dozen more lunches like that. But the everyday pub lunches were scarcely less gargantuan – in my favourite Fuller’s pub around the corner from the office I would routinely demolish three pints of ESB, each with an accompanying scotch, in an hour. No wonder I’m so fat.

All this came to an abrupt end the day the paper was relocated from the City to Slough, over an hour’s drive from home. Lunch went back to being a sandwich at the desk. Then I was made redundant – or “went freelance”, in the jargon of the trade – and started Working From Home.

Could I resist the temptation to revisit the fabled lunches of erstwhile? I could not! The wife was at work. The kids were at the childminders. A trip to the butcher’s netted a big sirloin and a punnet of mushrooms (no chips – I was on a diet), while the offie next door yielded a bottle of wellpriced but extremely strong Côtes du Rhône. What a feast!

And how did I feel when I’d demolished all this? Terrible!

In the intervening years my system’s resistance to this magnitude of assault had completely evaporated; and one of the more macho elements of the office liquid lunch was one’s capacity to put in a full afternoon’s work afterwards.

That had gone. All I could manage was sleep. Worse, so had the pleasure. A liquid lunch has to be convivial; sneaked alone, it’s no pleasure unless you have a thing for guilt.

So, no more liquid lunches for me. They belong to the 1980s. And, perhaps, to a rather wistful chapter in my memoirs.

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Without a parental Will, all financial and welfare decisions for a child are made by the courts or according to strict statutory rules. Say, for example, a deceased father had his own company, he may have intended that his children benefit from the profits of continued business, inherit shares or even take over the business if they were old enough. Without a clear and legally binding Will, this legacy could easily be lost, especially if there are partners or senior colleagues in the business.

It is exactly the same principle for guardianship. If a mother specifically wanted her sister, aunt or friend to take care of her children in her absence, it is important she make her wishes known in a Will, otherwise the courts would award guardianship to someone they deem suitable, but whom the mother may have had issue with.

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the younger and would probably succeed in getting it. Similarly these two children could be in control of all the finances. Such young people taking on this sort of responsibility could be far from what the parents wanted.

Maintenance for the children in relation to guardianship also needs attention and thought.

I always advise clients that the executor of a Will (someone who manages the release of funds to support the child) be different to that of a guardian. If an individual is looking after the children and has control of the money left to them, there is a distinct conflict of interest.

Without a Will, children inherit anything from an estate at the age of 18.

Many feel this is too young if large sums of money or property are involved and, in a Will, parents can manage financial provision throughout the course of their child’s life (though there are tax implications in Trusts that go on past the child turning 25 years old).

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a case where a man made his own will and left his estate to his son and any property, which remained, to his grandchildren. It is not clear if this means that the son can do anything with it and leave whatever remains for his family or whether the son only had a life interest and the right only to the income from it.

A Will should put in place a clear structure for a family in the absence of a parental unit and be of a type that gives peace of mind to all parties involved.

Graham Payne is Senior Partner and Head of Wills & Probate at Eric Robinson Solicitors on Brownhill Road in Chandlers Ford.

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Meet Diane Best from Chandlers Ford Over the years I was aware that my weight had crept up and I knew I was not healthy. My weight had to start going down instead of up. I used to play tennis until I had my 2 children, so I tried to get back into that but it did not work. After all with tennis you always need someone else to play against so it became difficult to schedule.

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October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. Curves are waiving the joining fee and all you have to do is make a donation to Breast Cancer Care. This is a perfect opportunity to give your whole body some attention. 30 minutes, 3 times a week helps keep you physically and mentally healthy. Why not call Curves now on 0238065 1651 to arrange a free tour and fitness assessment. You can visit the web site using this link www.curves.com.

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023 8065 1651 Eastleigh 16A Upper Market St Easteligh SO50 9FD (opposite Sainsburys and the bus station) *Between 1 October and 16 October, Curves is waiving the service fee when you make a donation to a breast cancer organisation. Offer based on a first visit enrolment, 12 mo. d.d. programme. New members only. Valid at participating locations. Not valid with any other offer. Registered charity in England and Wales 1017658. © 2011 Curves International, Inc.

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Hursley Road Dental Practice Providing Family Dental Care in Chandlers Ford for over 35 years

• Relaxed, comfortable, modern practice • Preventative dentistry • Cosmetic treatments & whitening • Affordable private care for the whole family • 5 Dentists & 4 Hygienists • Large private car park 157 Hursley Road, Chandlers Ford, Hants. SO53 1JH www.hursleydental.co.uk | Tel: 02380 267141 Email: hursley.dental@btconnect.com

CAROLINE’S BEAUTY SALON

relax • rejuvenate • rebalance

NEW SALON NOW OPEN

Facials • Massage • Manicures • Pedicures • Lash Extensions Make Up • Waxing • Reflexology and Much More

Ample Parking and Competitive Prices

20% discount

on your first treatment when you quote the chandlers ford directory

October Offer

Combine a mini facial with a back/neck/shoulder massage for £40.

20% off any treatment for new clients

For appointments call

02380 277 826 Potters Beauty Barn • The Potters Heron • Hook Rd Ampfield • Romsey • Hampshire • SO51 9ZF gemma@pottersbeautybarn.com

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Guinot Face & Body Treatments ● CACI non-surgical face lift ● Epil-Pro permanent Hair removal ● St Tropez Tanning air & cream ● Waxing-PedicuresManicures-Massage ● Holistic Treatments-Nail Extensions and more ● NOW IN STOCK - Professional teeth whitening kit ●

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68 Hiltingbury Road, Chandlers Ford, Hants. S053 5SS

Tel: 023 8026 6096 email: carolinesbeauty@aol.com

March Hair & Beauty We are proud to announce the opening of our 2nd Salon in September located at

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A better smile

doesn’t have to cost the earth

Cosmetic dentistry isn’t always about major work.

Even small improvements can make a big difference to your smile, and small changes don’t cost big money.

Call Mr Sean O’Hara today for your FREE consultation

Call 02380 262607 www.fryerndental.co.uk Over 20 years experience of private cosmetic and implant dentistry

Mr Sean O’Hara BDS Dip.Imp.Dent.Msc (Implant Dentistry), Fryern Dental Practice 119A Winchester Road, Chandler’s Ford, SO53 2DR

PRIVATE HEALTH CLUB

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Call 023 8025 3536 for further details

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during September & October

VISIT OUR NEWLY EQUIPPED GYM

Bodysound Trafalgar Close Chandler’s Ford SO53 4BW

023 8025 3536 www.bodysound.co.uk enquire@bodysound.co.uk

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Gentle Caring Dentistry Chandlers Ford

Dr Richard Stone B.D.S. (U.Birm) & Dr Derien Pugh B.D.S. (U.Lond) Magic Wand Anaesthetic For Patients Fearing Needles

Half Price Whitening Wednesdays

Cosmetic & Preventative Dentistry • Professional Tooth Whitening • Emergency Same Day Service • Dental Hygienists • Anti Snoring Devices •

All Major Credit Cards, Private Off Road Parking

www.westfielddentalstudio.co.uk

Westfield Dental Studio 023 8026 5233 1 Westfield Road, Chandlers Ford, Eastleigh, SO53 3GT

Getting In Great Shape for Autumn Treatment for problem areas such as:Stomachs

Firvale Clinic also provides a wide range of other medical cosmetic services to meet our needs including:-

Thighs

Wrinkle Smoothing Treatments

Baby Bulge

Sculptra® Juvederm®

Male Boobs - Moobs

Medical Microdermabrasion

Chicken Wings

Chemical Peels

Muffin Tops

Inch Loss Made Easy

And many more

Painless and non invasive fat reduction

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Tel: 02380 267889

PROVIDING NHS DENTISTRY SINCE 1974

VITAL

www.chandlersforddental.com info@nhsfamilydental.co.uk

FAMILY DENTAL CARE Mr M MANSOURIAN (DDS-Sweden) and associates.

Affordable, high quality NHS dental care Just call, email or pop in > Prevention and treatment in all aspect of general dentistry for the whole family and also for patients nervous of dental work > Friendly, comfortable, modern practice > Hygienist service New and emergency NHS patients are welcome We also provide affordable private treatments including FREE first consultation for smile design, tooth whitening (zoom2), implants and advance root canal treatments.

ON-SITE CAR PARKING

67 Bournemouth Road, Chandlers Ford, Hants SO53 3AP (Next to Curtis Bros Bathroom Specialist)

All About You

Individual 3D Semi-permanent Eyelash Extensions Create longer, thicker yet natural lashes, that darken your own lash, so no need for mascara. Make your eyes ‘bigger’ and ‘sexier’. Lashes come in a range of sizes and thicknesses so each set can be tailored to your own personal look.

Fabulous for weddings, parties, holidays or even everyday.

Specialising in: • threading • waxing • lash and brow tinting • lash perming.

All competitively priced.

Based in Chandlers Ford with plenty of free parking. A relaxed and friendly environment.

Beauty Treatments Nail Technology Holistic Therapies Jessica Manicures Zenspa Pedicures Nail Enhancements Waxing Eye Treatments 3D Lashes Prescriptive Facials Make-up St. Tropez Indian Head Massage Swedish Body Massage A Variety of Beauty Packages

View the website for full treatments details: www.aaybeauty.co.uk Contact fully qualified therapist Karen to plan and book your experience: Mobile: 07739962551 Email: karen@aaybeauty.co.uk 10% off your first treatment 88

How to shape up celebrity style Kettle bell magic

pure me time.

Like Gerri Halliwell and Jennifer Anniston, you too can now experience the power of the kettle bell, for fast fat loss and rapid body toning, burning up to 1000 calories per hour! Many of our class participants have lost a dress size as well as reshaping the entire figure. New starter classes are just £5 to try it. With motivating music, low impact and no complicated steps; look and feel amazing before Christmas!

For guys, keep a beer belly at bay with our super conditioning Kettle Power Circuit.

Pilates

Pippa Middleton attributes her lovely, lithe figure to regular Pilates, so come and try our Pilates & Fab Abs class Mondays and Thursdays. Improve your posture and back health, shape, and strengthen from the inside out. Accompanied by beautiful music, finish with a wonderful relaxation phase to help you de-stress and unwind,

What’s new? *Kettle bell Magic Class *Pilates & Fab Abs *Nordic Fitness Walking *Zumba® Dance *Vibro Quick-tone *Expert fitness & weight loss coaching *Private Studio for One to One

Eva Longoria does it, but if you are size 14 or over, or a mature mover, try Zumba Gold ® first, a Latin dancing, calorie burning, party designed especially for you. Then, move on to our super Zumba ® Fitness sessions in Romsey, Baddesley and Southampton.

Nordic fitness

Natural beauty guru Liz Earle, has revealed her passion for Nordic Walking, log on to: http://uk.lizearle.com/letterfromliz0311. It’s a brilliant body toning outdoor activity with the ‘feels easy factor’. Our private clients now have the benefit of free Nordic walking membership! We also offer fantastic Vibro Quick-tone, in our private studio for exceptional cellulite busting and body toning; bliss!

Booking: www.fitskool.com Email: kate@fitskool.com Call Kate 02380 731698

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Frightened of the

DENTIST? Have you been putting it off?

Dental Phobic? Bad Experience?

Let me restore your confidence in dentistry Dr Emma O'Hara B.D.S. Fryern Dental Practice, 119a Winchester Rd, Chandlers Ford, SO53 2DR From TLC to Intravenous Sedation Available on a Private Basis

Call 02380

262607 For a free consultation

Great South Run Brendoncare, the care charity for older people, has a few spaces available for the Bupa Great South Run, taking place on Sunday 30th October in historic Portsmouth, and is inviting would-be runners to get in touch to secure their place today.

Here’s Community Fundraiser Lisa Fletcher: “Join around 20,000 other runners in this ten mile flat race which will be televised live on Channel 5, and help raise funds to support the region’s older people. We’ll provide you with a T-shirt, sponsorship forms, help with online fundraising to make the process even easier and support on the day. You’ll also get timing chips, course instructions and directions for the run. All you need to do is raise £100 of sponsorship money and get running!”

For more information about Brendoncare visit www.brendoncare.org.uk or to register, contact Lisa Fletcher on lfletcher@ brendoncare.org.uk or 01962 857090.

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St Andrews Florida Villa

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bed, 4 bath luxury home. Fully furnished & equipped. Sleeps 8.

2 master beds inc. spa baths.

Private pool & Jacuzzi with fantastic lake views.

Wireless broadband internet.

Games room including table football & pool table.

Only minutes from Disney, Universal, Sea World etc.

Close to championship golf courses, airports & beaches.

For details contact Shirley on 023 80 270015 or visit www.standrewsfloridavilla.com

Isle of Wight—Seaview Village

 Three delightful 2-bedroom bungalows midway between Ryde & Bembridge  Just yards from the beach with views across the Solent  Newly refurbished with Freeview TV/DVD etc  Fully equipped kitchen, shower room, outside decking area & car park  Very quiet area adjoining a nature reserve  Available March to October Call Colin Moston on 07710 422559 or for full details and photos visit

www.holidaylettings.co.uk/128759

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ws e s l n i ew a c v Lo nd a

News from Winchester and Chandlers Ford MP Steve Brine

Parliament formally returned last month following its Summer recess but as I wrote the piece below I was actually on my way home from Westminster following the August recall in the wake of the recent riots.

It is our first recall in nine years, a measure of the seriousness the Prime Minister attaches to what took place in London and numerous other English cities. We were luckily spared the violence in Chandler’s Ford, but as I made clear to the Prime Minister, that does not mean we were unaffected.

I was overwhelmed by the response from local people who got in touch with me as they watched events unfold on television and the message was clear – this was criminal behaviour that made us very angry, is totally unacceptable and needs to have serious consequences

for those taking part. As I made clear to David Cameron, there is clear support along my constituents in Chandler’s Ford for the police to have tough and robust tools at their disposal when faced with this sort of mob behaviour in the future and that absolutely should involve the use of water cannon and the suspension of unhelpful social media such as Blackberry Messenger.

Longer term I do think we need to address some elements of our society which are broken and it goes right back to the family and schools in my opinion where all too often respect and responsibility have become strangers.

Of course this is a broad statement, and there are many areas with a much bigger problem than ours, but there is a major issue in any society when children grow up seemingly not knowing the difference between right and wrong. The fight back starts here!

While MPs were back at their desks, the Chancellor took the opportunity to update us on the turmoil in the world’s financial markets and what it means for economies here and across the world. This

is not in any way to denigrate the riots we saw last month but I suspect the fiscal crisis engulfing the Eurozone will turn out to be every bit as central to our future. It is going to be incredibly hard for years to come as a result of the inheritance we had but the coalition’s unwavering commitment to fiscal responsibility and deficit reduction remains the only show in town. Abandoning that commitment would plunge Britain into the financial whirlpool of a sovereign debt crisis, at the cost of many thousands of jobs, and we will not let that happen.

August is traditionally a chance for MPs to catchup and reflect before party conference season and the new political year in the Autumn. I had plenty of both to keep me busy this year and I embarked on my first 'Summer Tour'. We were out gently knocking on doors across the constituency and it was a pleasure to take my surgery out and about.

You can find more on all my work locally, book a surgery appointment or just get in touch to have your say via www. stevebrine.com or 01962 791110

by Steve Brine

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Regular Local Events Social Group Mondays, Cleveland Bay, C/Ford Single, Divorced, Widowed, “Loose Ends” for a vibrant social group for 45+ ring Chris 02380861745 or Yvonne 07774043386

Social Group Thurs 8:30pm, King Rufus In-Sync Social Group for singles, divorced, widowed aged 40 to 70 plus.

02380 367814 insync@hotmail.co.uk

Widowed Club 2nd Monday of each month 2-4pm C/F Working Men’s Club Social club for widows and widowers.

Monthly meeting and trips out.

Edith Lidstone 023 8026 9101

Flower Arranging 2nd Weds 7 for 7:30 N Baddesley Hall Series of demonstrations and talks on Flower Arranging at North Baddesley Village Hall, Contact Sue Perdue 023 8073 3134

Brass Band Thurs 7:45pm, Sun 6:30pm Otterbourne Village Hall, Cranbourne Drive, Otterbourne Otterbourne Brass playing at fetes, carnivals and agricultural shows in the summer, raising funds for band development and charity at Christmas and performing concerts throughout the year.

New players are always welcome.

Helen Davis, 01489 564716

Knit & Natter Every Thursday 9:30 to 11:00 Methodist Church, Dovetail Cafe A drop in knitting group for all ages. Come along for a knit and a chat over a coffee (a small donation is requested towards refreshments)

Youth Band Thursday 7pm-9pm The Pavilion, Kingfisher Rd, Eastleigh Senators Youth band with brass, keyboard and drums for children aged 9-14. New members welcome – currently free!

Call June Fitzpatrick on 02380 275422 for details or just turn up any Thursday (term time).

Gardeners Club 1st Tues 7-10pm St Boniface Hall Guest speakers on garden and gardenrelated subjects. Some practical demonstrations and a Spring and Annual Show. Contact Valerie Jolley 01794 519919 Rhyme Time 1st Tues 10-10:30 - CF Library Songs & rhymes for children under 3 years and their parents/carers Amateur drama group Every Tuesday Ritchie Memorial Hall, C/Ford New members are always welcome, for both onstage and backstage roles.

Cassiopeia@cassiopeian.co.uk or 0845 644 0496.

Reading Group 2nd Weds 1:45 to 3:30 CF Library Join us for lively discussions about a chosen novel

Social Club 2nd & 4th Wednesday 8.30pm Stoneham Arms in Bassett Green Road, Southampton Phase II Social & Cultural Club meets on the 2nd and 4th Wed of the month from 8.30pm. All welcome, single or couples 40+. Tel:01329 664913 Story Time Monday 2:15-2:45 - CF Library Stories for under 5s and their parents / carers at Chandler’s Ford Library Walking 6 days a week - Various meeting places C.Ford, N Badd, Romsey & other Test Valley Locations Walks are approximately an hour long and a gentler pace is always offered. All walks are accompanied by a trained Health Walk Leader. All ages welcome.

Laura Blake 01794 527 920 Flower & Garden Club The Otterbourne Flower & Garden Club Demonstrations,Speakers & Garden visits.

Meetings at 7-30pm,in the Otterbourne Village Hall, on the fourth Tuesday of the month. New members Welcome.

Liz Farrington 02380 611201.

Men’s Keep Fit Tuesdays 11am to 12pm Age Concern Hall, Brownhill Rd Over 50s men’s keep fit and social group.

Come along, keep fit, make friends. All shapes and sizes welcome. £2 per session.

Call Ted Matthews 8026 6924.

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Over 70s Club Tuesdays 2 pm to 4 pm Age Concern Hall, Brownhill Road The Happy Bunch Club is an over 70’s club for the young at heart. Activities include gentle exercise classes, visiting speakers, musicians or simply tea, chat and laughter.

Plus outings. Transport available.

Call Jayne 02380 269319 languages French - 1st Weds 10am Spanish - 2nd Weds 10am Dovetail Centre Local groups meet to practise French and Spanish conversation. The discussions are always friendly and informal and there are no fees. So come along and join us, whatever your level. For more information, please contact Derek on 023 8026 8953 or Kieran on 023 8026 7107 Social Tennis Club Tues & Thurs 7-9pm Knightwood Leisure Centre Steve Allen Social tennis and league matches. We play all through the year on floodlit courts. www.knightwoodtennisclub1.zoomshare. com or call 07964 789861 Art Group 4th Wednesday 7:30pm Chandler’s Ford Art Group meet at 7.30pm on the 4th Wednesday of the month except August and December in the Community Hall, Hursley Rd, next to St Boniface Church. Visitors and new members welcome. 023 8025 4244 www.chandlersfordartgroup.com Scottish Dancing Wednesdays 7.30 - 10.00pm Saint Francis School, Valley Park Tuition given in steps and formations: Cost £1 .50 Contact Connie Cruden, 02380 267 317 Badminton Sat 09:00 - 10:30 term time Toynbee School For any children interested in taking up badminton, EJBC is looking for new members. The club is run by qualified Badminton England registered coaches.

Minimum age 7 years.

For further information, please contact Bev Ardabili, Club Coach and Treasurer on 02380 266121 or email bevardabili@ gmail.com

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Pandora's Frox

(Ladies Resale Boutique)

Open Afternoons & Wednesday evenings 5pm- 9.30pm Phone to say you are coming!

More quality dresses for resale welcome.

Wardrobe sorting service available.

Telephone Karen on 02380 253387

plaster FORCE All aspects of plastering undertaken

Studwork • Re-skimming • Rendering Repairs • Decorating For a no obligation quote call Will on

Jon Curtis Tree Surgery & Garden Services Trees Hedges

Garden Services Site Clearance

Local Authority Approved Contractor Professional, Reliable & Friendly Service Fully Qualified & Insured

02380 470047 or 07841 516348 jon.curtis@tree-surgeon.biz

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“Putting your Pets First”

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Professional Pet Care Services Cats/Small Pet Home Visits, Dog Walking, All Pets Cared for.

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Painting / Decorating Flat Pack Building / Gardening Brick Walls built or repaired Phone Keith 02380 255 167 • 07899 843204 Small Advert

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ORGAN & PIANO LESSONS Playing the Organ for the first time?

Or is your Piano playing a bit rusty?

Qualified Organ and Piano Teacher Contact Andy Tuckwell on: 023 80 255 826 Excellent rates – All levels Piano – Adults only please

Professional chimney and Call Les Bowering on

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Playing the Organ for the first time?

Or is your Piano playing a bit rusty?

Qualified Organ and Piano Teacher Contact Andy Tuckwell on: 023 80 255 826 Excellent rates – Adults only please

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Scout leader Wanted!

There are 5 very successful Scout groups in the District with great leaders but we have very long waiting lists and can't put youngsters on lists unless they are younger than about 2 years old. We need more adults willing to become trained Leaders. All training provided and Uniform usually provided too. The FUN side is permanent and the experiences for everyone are unforgettable. I will meet with anyone interested and explain further Carolyn Darbyshire District Commissioner Chandlers Ford Scout District 023 8025 4377 • carolyn.darbyshire@ntlworld.com THE CHANDLERS FORD DIRECTORY | kevin@cfdirectory.co.uk

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Batteries Glass Metals Paper Textile

Ampfield Village Hall, SO51 9BJ Asda, SO53 3YJ Bedes Lea Public House Car Park, SO52 9LW Chilworth Arms Public House, SO16 7JZ Eastleigh BC Offices, SO50 9YN Eastleigh HWRC, SO50 9ES Eastleigh Travis Perkins Trading Co, SO50 4EZ Foresters Arms, SO50 6DW Potters Heron Hotel & Bar, SO51 9ZF Tesco, SO50 5PN Valley Park Community Centre, SO53 4ST Waitrose, SO53 2LG Willis Avenue Car Park, SO52 9EP

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The Eastleigh Household Waste Recycling Centre also recycles:

Garden Waste, Cardboard, Construction & Demolition Materials; Liquid & Chemicals (including paint) and Waste Electronics. The centre is open between April and October (BST) from 8am to 7pm and from October to April between 8am and 4pm.

Telephone: 02380 644106.

The following sites recycle glass only:

Combrades Club SO50 9DF, Falkland Road Shops SO53 3GA, Hilton Hotel SO16 3RB, Progressive Club SO50 4HR, Safeway SO53 2GH, The Gateway Pub SO50 9YX, The Hut Pub SO53 3DJ, White Horse Public House Car Park SO51 9BQ

The following sites recycle domestic batteries only: Eastleigh Comet SO50 9NA, Sainsburys SO50 9FH, Tesco SO50 4HP & SO53 4ST

The following site recycles cardboard only: Chandler's Ford Central Club SO53 2FZ

Jamie’s Computers is the social

Charity Shops

Help the Aged (back of the Fryern Arcade) 11 Fryern Arcade, Winchester Rd, Chandlers Ford, Eastleigh, Hampshire SO53 2DQ Tel: 023 8027 1562 Marie Curie Cancer Care (near The Library) 8 The Mall, Winchester Rd, Chandlers Ford, Eastleigh, Hampshire SO53 2QD Tel: 023 8027 1822

Nearly New Clothes

To buy and sell nearly new clothes see Pandora's Frox advert on page 94.

Freecycle®

Although small items are always welcomed by the charity shops, they don’t usually take electrical goods, larger items or pieces of furniture. However you can use The Freecycle® Network (online only) to find a new home for your unwanted clutter. This worldwide initiative – with local groups - is a way of giving away goods which you may not need but are still usable by others.

The listings are text only so you don’t need to worry about pictures, and people will mail you via the site if they are interested. You choose one of the replies and the goods are usually collected within 24 hours – often much more quickly so it’s a very efficient way of recycling. It’s also a good place to go if you want something, although you have to have offered something before you can place a ‘wanted’ listing.

You have to register as a Yahoo user first and then you can post messages which must be in the format Offered: Short Description, Location e.g. Offered: Portable TV, Chandlers Ford http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ EastleighFreecycle/messages

Recycling Council Collections

Test Valley – 01264 368000 http://www.testvalley.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=5200 Eastleigh Borough Council – 023 8068 8000 http://www.eastleigh.gov.uk/waste-recyclingenvironment.aspx

enterprise arm of the Society of St James, Southampton’s largest homelessness charity. Jamie’s provides a professional and secure IT disposal service to individuals, schools and businesses which includes data destruction, asset tracking, reuse and recycling.

Jamie’s Computers aims to refurbish as much equipment as possible, preventing usable computers from entering landfill sites. Only equipment that cannot be reused is recycled. Once refurbished, our equipment is then sold to local people or shipped to not-for-profit organisations in the developing world to be used in the fields of health and education. All income generated by Jamie’s is put back into developing our services for homeless and vulnerable people.

Through our IT disposal and refurbishment services, Jamie’s is also able to provide learning and voluntary opportunities to socially excluded adults within the local community.

Disposing of your IT at Jamie’s is a great way of supporting a local charity, decluttering your study and it won't cost you a penny! Our service is free of charge and allows you to dispose of your equipment in a way that is both socially and environmentally friendly.

If you would like any further information about Jamie’s please visit our website www.jamies.org.uk or call us on 02380 632198 If you have equipment to dispose of please visit us at Unit 33, Mount Pleasant Industrial Estate, Mount Pleasant Road, Southampton, SO14 0SP. Monday – Friday from 10am-4.30pm Alternatively, if you are a business and would like to arrange a free collection please email us on disposal@jamies.org.uk

Local Events Blood Donation Session Chandlers Ford Fri 7 Oct 1.30pm St Boniface Church Hall, Hursley Road, Chandlers Ford, SO53 2FT Only 5 out of 100 people who can give blood actually do, yet giving blood is simple, safe and helps save lives. You can also sign up as a bone marrow donor at this session.

0300 123 23 23.

Movie Night – Bridesmaids Fri 7 Oct 7:00 doors, 7:30 start The Hilt, Hiltingbury Rd Cost £5

Little Pickles Market Sat 8 Oct 1.00pm The Pavillion on the Park, 1 Kingfisher Road, Eastleigh, SO50 9LH A children's Market with preloved tables for hire to sell your baby/children's items.

From prams to maternity clothes, clothes to toys, dvds to highchairs and much more. £1 (adults).

Seed Gathering Sunday Sun 9 Oct 11.00am Manor Farm Country Park, Pylands Lane Burseldon, Southampton, SO31 1BH Help the Countryside Ranger collect seeds from the Country Park and plant them to benefit the local wildlife. Booking essential. £4 (adults) £1 (child).

01489 787055.

developing countries while enjoying a complimentary glass of Fair Trade wine. Free admission. 023 8025 2546.

Fungus Foray Sun 16 Oct 2.00pm Manor Farm Country Park, Pylands Lane Burseldon, Southampton, SO31 1BH Guided walk with local expert Phil Budd in search of the many different kinds of fungi to be found at this time of year. Learn tips on mushroom and toadstool identification. Booking essential. £4 (adults), £1 (child). 01489 787055.

Classical Music Concert Sun 16 Oct 2.30pm Royal Victoria Country Park, Victoria Rd, Netley Abbey, SO31 5EY Enjoy a concert of classical Goalposts & Googlies: Sport & music, played by the Southern the English Language Camerata Orchestra, in the Wed 12 Oct 7.00pm wonderful setting of our Winchester Discovery Centre, Heritage Visitor Centre. Includes Jewry Street, Winchester, Shumann's Rhenish Symphony.

SO23 8SB £8 (advance). Children free.

Explore the rich links between 023 80 455157 and 023 80 Autumn Pumpkin Festival and English sports and English 552656.

Scarecrow Avenue words. The lecture will get Sat 8 Oct 12.00 – 5.30pm ready, steady and go with the The Christine Wilde Charity Royal Victoria Country Park, word 'Olympic' and its various Foundation presents 'That's Victoria Rd, Netley Abbey, iterations in British history. £10.

Entertainment' SO31 5EY 01962 873603 Sun 16 Oct 4.30pm Autumnal food, drink, music, Thornden Hall, Thornden dance, Big Draw art, crafts, John Wall's Funfair in School, Winchester Road, flower arranging workshops, Alresford gardening advice and produce, Chandler's Ford, SO53 2DW Thurs 13 Oct 3.10pm storytelling, games, stalls and A celebration of young local Broad Street, Alresford much more. Adults £2, children A huge selection of funfair rides music and dance talent. £5.

50p. Car parking charges apply. and attractions set up in Broad 07860 206466.

Street for a one Day Royal Jewellery Workshop The Romsey NCT Nearly New Charter. Suitable for all ages.

Mon 17 Oct 10.00am Sale Free parking. 07766 115 320.

Eastleigh Library, Swan Sat 8 Oct 10.30 – 12.00pm Mountbatten School, Whitenap Fair Trade Christmas Evening Centre, Eastleigh, SO50 5SF Lane, Romsey Fri 14 Oct, 6.30 - 9.00pm New and exciting creative A chance to sell and buy well St Martin’s Church, Queens jewellery making workshops. priced, nearly new baby and Road, Hiltingbury Each session will feature a new childrens clothes, equipment, Come and buy your Christmas technique. £10 (concessions maternity wear & toys. Donation cards and gifts and make available) and £5 materials. entry. a difference to people in 02380 612646.

Winchester Discovery Centre Craft Fair Sat 8 Oct 10.00 – 4.00pm Winchester Discovery Centre, Jewry Street, Winchester, SO23 8SB Lots of Hampshire designers selling their handmade, not on the high street, jewellery, cards, prints, ceramics and textiles.

Free. 01962 873603

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October Concert: 200th Birthday of Franz Liszt Sat 22 Oct 7.30pm Thornden Hall, Thornden School, Winchester Road, Chandler's Ford, SO53 2DW Full orchestra of current and former Peter Symonds College musicians. £7 (£5 conc).

01962 857592 Gruesome Make-up Workshop Mon 24 Oct 10.00am Royal Victoria Country Park, Victoria Rd, Netley Abbey, SO31 5EY Soldiers on the battlefield?

Patients in the hospitals? How do they make those gory wounds so realistic on TV and in the movies? Come and join in with a fun workshop to see and learn how it is done and become a walking wounded! Booking essential. £4-£5. 023 8045 5157.

Chameleon Theatre Company - ‘Funny Money’ by Ray Cooney Wed 26 – Sat 29 Oct, 7.00pm for 7.30pm Ritchie Memorial Hall, Hursley Rd, Chandlers Ford, SO53 2FT A theatre supper evening! It’s Henry Perkins’ birthday and Jean, his wife, is planning a special dinner for him and their best friends, Vic and Betty.

Henry knows it really is his birthday because he discovers his briefcase doesn’t contain a leftover sandwich but over two million pounds in used banknotes! He’s intent on taking the money and flying to Barcelona, but Jean wants to stay home, despite worries that the villain owning the money might come looking for them." £9.50 adults, £8.50 conc., £7.50 children (incl Ploughman’s supper).

0845 6440 496.

Manor Farm Trick or Treat Thurs 27 Oct 6.00pm Manor Farm Country Park, Pylands Lane Burseldon, Southampton, SO31 1BH Meet witches, warlocks and things that go bump in the night on this light-hearted evening guided tour for children (6-12y).

Booking essential. £6.50 (child, includes goody bag & treats), £3.50 (adult). 01489 787055.

Apple-Tastic Halloween Fun Fri 28 Oct 11.00am Royal Victoria Country Park, Victoria Rd, Netley Abbey, SO31 5EY Join in with a variety of ghostly apple-tastic family fun activities in the Park from archery to apple bobbing. Advance booking essential. £3.50 (advance), £4.50 (on the day), plus additional charges for archery.

023 8045 5157 The Gruffalo Walk Fri 28 Oct 10.30am Manor Farm Country Park, Pylands Lane Burseldon, Southampton, SO31 1BH Join a Countryside Ranger for a guided woodland walk while reading the brilliant story of The Gruffalo and find out more about our British wildlife. Advance booking essential. £2.50. 01489 787055.

Hiltingbury Big Band Night Fri 28 Oct, 7.30pm The Hilt, Hiltingbury Recreation Ground, Hiltingbury Road, Chandlers Ford, SO53 5NP Inner Wheel Club of Itchen Valley present Salisbury Big Band with star vocalist Damian Hayes. Includes a raffle and licensed bar. Profits to Canine Partners for Independence. £15 incl Ploughman’s Supper. 02380 253 463 and 02380 260 609.

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Movie Night – In a Better World Fri 4 Nov 7:00 doors, 7:30 start The Hilt, Hiltingbury Rd Cost £5 Chandlers Ford Joint Charities Christmas Market Sat 11 Nov, 9.30 – 12 noon Methodist Church Hall, Winchester Road, Chandlers Ford SO53 2GJ 13 different Charity stalls selling Christmas cards and gifts plus refreshments and a raffle. To be opened by the Deputy Mayor of Eastleigh. £0.50 (adults).

Knightwood Primary Christmas Shopping Evening Fri 11 Nov, 7.30 – 9.30pm Knightwood Primary School, Bellflower Way, Knightwood Road, Chandler's Ford, SO53 4HW Come along and do some local Christmas shopping with a glass of wine and a few friends. Stalls for Fine Food and Wine, Beauty, Jewellery, Bags and Shoes, Chocolate, Kitchenware, Books and Childrens gifts. Cake and Chocolate Fountain, on-thenight deals, big prize raffle and demonstrations.

St Boniface Autumn Fayre Sat 12 Nov 12.00 – 2.30pm St Boniface Church, Hursley Road, Chandlers Ford Spend a few fun filled hours at your local Parish Fayre The grand draw will take place from 1.30pm with a £200 cash prize and many more quality prizes.

There will be plenty of stalls to browse around and light lunches and a BBQ will also be available.

Raffle tickets available from Parish Office.

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Supermarket Opening Hours Mon 7.30am then 24 hours

Asda

023 8026 8341

Park Road Stores SPAR (Hursley Rd)

Tues 24 hours

Weds 24 hours

Thurs

Fri

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24 hours

Sat

Sun

24 hours 10am-4pm until 10pm

9am-8pm 9am-8pm 9am-8pm 9am-8pm 9am-8pm 8am-6pm 10am-4pm 5.30am 8pm

023 8025 2380

Co-op

5.30am - 5.30am 8pm 8pm

5.30am 8pm

5.30am 8pm

5.30am - 5.30am 8pm 2pm

7am-9pm 7am-9pm 7am-9pm 7am-9pm 7am-9pm 7am-9pm 10am-4pm

023 8026 6561

Tesco (Ash)

7am - 11pm 7am -11pm 7am -11pm 7am -11pm 7am -11pm 7am - 11pm 7am -11pm

Tesco (V.Pk)

6am -11pm 6am -11pm 6am -11pm 6am - 11pm 6am - 11pm 6am - 11pm 6am -11pm

0845 026 9245 0845 026 9209

Waitrose

023 8026 0230

8.00am 8pm

8.00am 8pm

8.00am 8pm

8.00am 8pm

8.00am 9pm

8.00am - 10am - 4pm Browsing from 8pm 9.30am

Bay Leaves Larder is open 8:30 till 5:30 Monday to Saturday.

All opening hours are given as a guide only and are correct at the time of going to press QUIZ - NURSERY RHYMES - 1. Wednesday, 2. The cow, 3.

1 o'clock ("the clock struck one, the mouse ran down"), 4. And Then There Were None, 5. The old woman who lived in a shoe, 6. The farmer's wife, 7. Full of woe, 8. The Secret Garden, 9. A crooked cat, 10. Butcher, baker and candlestick maker

CROSSWORD Across: 1 Mascot, 7 Wrestler, 8 Sum, 9 Marian, 10 Cord, 11 Carat, 13 Snooker, 15 Octagon, 17 Tiger, 21 Epic, 22 Taurus, 23 Kit, 24 Knitwear, 25 Doctor.

Down: 1 Mosaic, 2 Summer, 3 Twain, 4 Pennant, 5 Stucco, 6 Reprieve, 12 Al Capone, 14 Loathed, 16 Alcott, 18 Gasket, 19 Rafter, 20 Guard.

CHILDREN’S PUZZLE PAGE Missing Letters - Wombat Flags - US, Italy, Australia, Switzerland, Germany, India, Japan, Sweden

PICTOGRAM - 1. Robin

Hood, 2. Keeping Up With The Joneses, 3. Paper Over The Cracks

Advertising and Distribution

DISTRIBUTION: The Chandlers Ford Directory is delivered to two alternating areas of the SO53 postcode. On the odd numbered months it goes to: Knightwood, Valley Park, North Millers Dale, South Millers Dale, homes south of Hiltingbury Rd to the Central Precinct, and Hursley Rd. On the even numbered months the directory goes to homes north of Flexford and Hiltingbury Rds, Scantabout, Peverells Wood, Toynbee/ Bodycoats Rd, Chalvington Rd areas also Hursley and parts of Otterbourne.

TO ADVERTISE: Please call or email Tania Houston Tania@cfdirectory.co.uk 023 8027 6361 or Kevin Houston Kevin @cfdirectory.co.uk 023 8027 6396 Whilst every care is taken to ensure accuracy, the publishers cannot accept responsibility for loss, damage or omission caused by error in the printing of an advert. All artwork is accepted on the strict condition that permission has been given for use in the publication. Adverts are accepted on the understanding that descriptions of goods and services are fair and accurate. The Chandler’s Ford Directory does not officially endorse any advertising material included within this publication. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in any retrieval system or transmitted in any form—electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise - without the prior consent of the publisher.

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Doctor Numbers NHS Direct (24 hr helpline) The Brownhill Surgery 2 Brownhill Rd Fryern Surgery Oakmount Rd Knightwood Surgery (Parkside Family Practice) Pilgrims Close Park Surgery (Chandlers Ford Family Practice), Hursley Rd St Francis Surgery (Chandlers Ford Family Practice), Pilgrims Close

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School & College Numbers 0845 46 47 023 8025 2188 023 8025 2414 023 8027 3252 023 8027 3458 023 8025 5118 0844 477 8957 (Emergencies press option 1) (Appointments press option 2)

Chemist Numbers

Asda Pharmacy, Bournemouth Road Tel: 023 8026 0092 Mon/Tues/Weds - 8.00am - 9.00pm, Thurs/Fri - 8am - 10pm, Sat - 8am - 8pm, Sun - 10am - 4pm. Bank Hols - 9.00am - 6pm.

Boots the Chemist, 4-5 Fryern Arcade, Tel:023 8025 2751 Opening hours/rota: Mon/Tues - 8.30am - 6pm, Weds/Thurs/Fri - 8.30am - 6.30pm, Sat -8.30am - 5.30pm.

Day Lewis, 95 Hiltingbury Road, SO53 5NQ. Tel: 023 8025 3063 Mon - Fri - 8.30am - 6pm, Sat - 9am - 1pm.

Falkland Pharmacy, 1 Falkland Court, SO53 3GA. Tel:023 8025 4344 Mon/Tues/Thurs/Fri - 9am - 1pm, 2pm - 6.30pm Weds 9am - 1pm, 6pm - 7pm Sat - 9am -1pm, 2pm - 5.30pm Lloyds Pharmacy, 21 Hursley Road, SO53 2FS. Tel: 023 8025 4252 Mon - Fri - 9am - 6.30pm, Sat - 9am - 1pm Park Pharmacy, 3 Pilgrims Close, Valley Park, SO53 4TQ. Tel: 023 8026 3908 Mon - Fri - 8.45am - 6.30pm, Sat - 9am - 1pm

Church Numbers

New Community Church Methodist Church St Francis Church St Boniface Church (C of E) St Edwards Church St Martin in the Wood (C of E) United Reformed Church Velmore Church Churches Together in Chandlers Ford

07970 804708 023 8026 8803 023 80271152 023 8026 5977 023 8027 3882 023 8026 5977 023 8027 6791 023 8057 1414 www.ctcf.org.uk

Library Times http://www3.hants.gov.uk/library/chandlersford-library.htm Oakmount Road, Chandler’s Ford, 0845 6035631 Mon/Wed/Fri: 9am - 5pm, Tue/Thur: 9am - 7pm Saturdays: 9am - 4pm

Barton Peveril Chandler’s Ford Infant Eastleigh College Fryern Infants Fryern Junior Hiltingbury Infants Hiltingbury Junior John Keble CE Knightwood Primary Lakeside Merdon Junior Otterbourne Primary Peter Symonds Scantabout Primary Sherborne House St Francis Primary St Swithun Wells Primary Thornden Toynbee

023 8036 7200 023 8025 2655 023 8091 1000 023 8026 5931 023 8025 4155 023 8026 5414 023 8026 1808 01962 775241 023 8026 1900 023 8026 6633 023 8026 5255 01962 712020 01962 857500 023 8026 6892 023 8025 2440 023 8027 1178 023 8026 6210 023 8026 9722 023 8026 9026

School Holidays All dates taken from - http://www.hants.gov.uk/ education/schools/holidays.php Autumn term Half Term: Mon 24/10/2011 - Fri 28/10/2011 Christmas: Mon 19/12/2011 to Mon 2/1/2012 Spring term Half Term: Mon 13/2/2012 - Fri 17/2/2012 Easter: Mon 2/4/2012 - Fri 13/4/2012 Summer term Half Term: Mon 4/6/2012 - Fri 8/6/2012 Summer Holiday: Tue 24/7/2012 - Fri 31/8/2012

Chandlers Ford MP

Steve Brine MP - Member of Parliament for Winchester & Chandlers Ford steve.brine.mp@parliament.uk, www.stevebrine.com 0207 219 7189 (London Office), 01962 791110 (Constituency Office)

Sustainable Transport For all rail, ferry, bus and underground information click on www.traveline.org.uk/ index.htm or call 0871 200 22 33 or visit www. threeriversrail.com For all cycle routes in Chandlers Ford and neighbouring areas visit www.eastleigh.gov.uk/parking-travel--roads. aspx

Last Post Times

Ashdown Rd - Mon-Fri 5pm/Post Office Closes 5:30pm, Sat 11:30/Post Office Closes 12:30 Fryern Arcade Post Office - Mon-Fri 9:00 to 5:30, Saturday 9:00 to 12:30 LAST POST IN CHANDLERS FORD - Brickfield Lane on The Chandlers Ford Industrial Estate (near Hendy Truck) - Mon-Fri 6:30, Sat: 11:45 No collection Sunday

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Accounting: 62 Accord Accountants 64/66 Arlington Accountants Ltd 63 Atherton Bailey 63 Kirkcaldy Accountancy Ltd Aerials: 15 Aerial Fix 70 DJ Satellites & Aerials 35 Air Conditioning: ALB Electrical Appliance Repair: 70 123 Domestic Appliances 68 Advanced Appliance Care 15 JP Appliances 45 Premier Electrics 42 Architect: Andrew Johns 25 Auction House: Bonhams Bathrooms: See Plumbing Beauty Treatments: 88 All About You 88 Amazing Lashes 81 Austen’s Hair & Beauty 84 Caroline’s 87 Firvale Clinic 85 March Hair & Beauty 80 Mystique Beauty 84 Potters Beauty Barn Blinds & Curtains: 8 Designing for Style 9 Solent Blinds & Curtains Co Ltd 3 Waterside Blinds Boilers: See Plumbing Car Service/Repair- See Garage Svcs 25 Care Services: Care Solutions Ltd Carpenter: 31 Crown Carpentry 12 Kiwi Carpentry Oakwood Carpentry & Maintenance 46 Carpet Cleaning: 34 Abbey Cleaning 70 American Truckmount 40 Elliott Carpet Care Carpet & Flooring: 9 Eastleigh Carpets 31 G E Nicholls Childcare: 16 Fun Shine Child Care 16 Hiltingbury Kindergarten Children's Activities: 20 Rebecca's Holiday Club 21 Rhythmajig Children’s Tuition: 20 English Upgrades 16 Kip McGrath 95 Organ & Piano Lessons 95 Chimney Sweep: Green Sweeps Cleaning Services: Nook & Cranny Cleaning 14 Computer Services: 63 Chandlers Ford Computer Care 68 RSJ Computer Services 64 Widenet Conservatories: 28 G&H Windows & Conservatories 104 Live-in 10 Pennington Jones (HI) Ltd 61 Delicatessen: Bay Leaves Larder Dentist: 86/90 Fryern Dental 84 Hursley Road Dental Practice 85 Smile 88 Vital Family Dental Care 87 Westfield Dental Practice

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Domestic Appliance: 70 123 Domestic Appliances 68 Advanced Appliance Care 15 JP Appliances 45 Premier Electrics Double Glazing Inst/Repairs: 28 G&H Windows & Conservatories 104 Live-in Design 10 Pennington Jones (HI) Ltd 40 Windowmenda 62 Driving Instr: Oak School of Motoring Education: 17 Chandler's Ford Infant School 19 Fryern Infant School Electrician: 35 ALB Electrical 68 Ampfield Electrical 9 GJ Rhodes Electrical 12 GR Cheesbourgh Electrical 49-56 Estate Agent: Jonathan Rees 22 Fencing Services: Terry Flynn Financial Services: 73 Dulay Barker Reeves 57 In Partnership 8 Florist: Floral Art by Samantha 60 Fruit & Vegetables: Market Fresh 73 Funeral Direct: Nigel Guilder Furniture: 34 From Old to New 39 Swan Systems Furniture 28 Garage Doors: Fix Quick Garage Doors Garage Services: 74 Auto Assistance 75 Chandlers Ford Body Repairs 76 Independent VW 75 Robinsons Vehicle Maintenance Garden Design & Services: 25 Adapt Landscapes 27 C/Ford Garden Svcs 27 Dragonfly 26 Enviro 28 Garden Designs by Mo Mariner 22 Greenkeeper 94 Jon Curtis Tree Surgery & Gdn Svc 46 Lakewood Logs 23 Lakewood Tree Surgeons 28 Martin Royer Garden Design 23 New Forest Garden Machinery 27 One Man Went To Mow 95 Premier Garden Designs 27 Romsey Stump 22 Terry Flynn 22 Valley Park Landscapes 26 Whittaker Tree Care Gas Services: See Plumbing Hairdressing: 81 Austen’s Hair & Beauty 78 Hot Heads 85 March Hair & Beauty Health & Fitness: 86 Bodysound 83 Curves 89 Fitskool 20 The Diva Academy of Arts Health Services: 25 Care Solutions Ltd 90 Hampshire Hearing Centre 72 Wings 91 Holidays: Holiday Properties 31 Home Cinema: Ugot Ltd 94 House Clearance: The Bookman 95 Ironing Svc: Local Ironing Service 7 Kitchens: Knightwood Kitchens 94 Ladies Fashion: Pandora's Frox 11 Loft Conversions: Charrett & Sons

Office Furniture: Haywood Office Svc 66 Painter/Decorator (see also Property Maintenance): 5 Darren Liggett 40 Landau Decorating Services 48 M Fyall Design & Co 70 Prestige Painting 35 SJ Penney 34 VHN Decorating 45 W.A.G. Decorating Services Ltd 94 Pet Services: Pet Pals Plasterer: 95 A Y Plastering 40 C B Plastering Services 94 Plasterforce Plumbing Services (including bathroom installation and gas and boiler services) see also Property Maintenance: 45 Ace Plumbing Ltd 46 Aqualogic Plumbing & Heating 48 Aquatec 47 Curtis Bros. Bathrooms 35 DN Plumbing Services 103 First Call Heating Ltd 37 Gair Gas 32 Gas Elite 30 Graham Jones Plumbing & Heating 10 JT Plumbing Services 5 Mike Chivers 30 Premier Bathrooms 42 Tom Mitchell Plumbing 47 TP Watts 78 Podiatrist: Jon Callen Property Maintenance & Improvements: 12 Apple Design 5 A Wilmott 68 CDN Handyman Services 4 CF Handyman Services Complete Kitchens & Bathrooms Ltd 32 14 Dell Developments 42 Fletcher John Builders Ltd 14 Handy Man Hero 48 M Fyall Design & Co 95 MH Building Services 5 S & R Property Services 95 The Flat Pack People 10 The Handyman 94 Your Local Odd Job Man Restaurant: 61 Baguetti Junction 59 Natraj Indian Restaurant School: 17 Chandler's Ford Infant School 19 Fryern Infant School 78 Singing Lessons: Jan Solar Panels: 29 Apollo Green Energy Ltd 41 Finesse Energy Ltd 71 Solicitor: Eric Robinson Solicitors 94 Taxi Service: Carlton Private Hire Tiling & Tile Supplier: 32 AT Ceramics 30 Premier Bathrooms & Tiles Tree Surgery: See Garden Tuition (Children’s): 20 English Upgrades 16 Kip McGrath 95 Organ & Piano Lessons Upholstery: 70 American Truckmount 34 From Old to New 60 Vegetables: Market Fresh 61 Venue Hire: Kings Court Centre 30 Veterinary: The Village Vet 40 Window Repair: Windowmenda

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