Discover Chandlers Ford

MAY 2012

Hampshire Heritage

Eastleigh's Gordon GT Supercar

The Queen's Diamond Jubilee

Celebrating The Queen’s 60 year reign with local celebrations

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Dear Neighbours I am starting this month’s note with an explanation.

You’ll notice that the logo on the front now says Discover Chandlers Ford, rather than The Chandlers Ford Directory.

We’ve been The Chandlers Ford Directory for nearly eight years, so why change now?

Several reasons in fact. When we started the magazine nearly 8 years ago it truly was a directory as we had little content other than advertising. It is still very much a source of local services and trades, but has grown to include far more community, general and useful information. So it’s not really a directory in the same way as it was.

But actually more than that, behind the scenes, the business has been growing. Together with a friend and business partner we collectively have several magazines in the area (Hedge End, Southampton, Romsey and the Meon Valley) and we wanted a consistent name across all the publications. One of the magazines was already called Discover and had a logo we liked. So – without too much analysis of the name – that’s what we went for. When Apple and Blackberry are names used for computers and meerkats advertise insurance, linking Discover with a community magazine seems more relevant than many brands these days.

So this month’s edition of “Discover Chanders Ford” (I admit, it still feels a bit odd) includes several features related to the Diamond Jubilee celebrations taking place at the beginning of June. Looks to be great fun and I’m sure many of you will be organising a street party, much as last year for the Royal Wedding. On the topic of ‘what’s on’, purely by luck I found out just a couple of hours before going to print this month that there is an event being run by the Chandlers Ford Parish Council on the May Day bank holiday. Disappointingly, despite considerable resources and money being spent on the event, it would seem nobody thought tell us about it so we’ve only been able to include the basic details on the what’s on pages (80 and 81) where you’ll also find details of lots of other May and June events.

If you know of any free, charity or general community events taking place, do please email over details by our deadline (the 19th of each month).

Tania

Tania Houston (editor) 023 8027 6361 Tania@discovermagazines.co.uk Kevin Houston (sales) 023 8027 6396 kevin@discovermagazines.co.uk

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CONTENTS Hampshire Heritage – The Supercar Made In Eastleigh

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Diamond Jubilee Tribute

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Monthly Feature – A Queen By Any Other Name 15 Advertiser Feature – Concorde Club PhoneyFEST

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Advertiser Feature – Mystique Beauty

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Advertiser Feature – Eric Robinson Solicitors

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Advertiser Feature – Life Changing Life Coaching

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A Proverbial Life... - Many Hands Make Light Work

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Working From Home

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Short Story – A Letter From The Queen

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Advertiser Feature – Masala Lounge

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Youth Groups At The Hilt

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Super Duper Science Facts

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Advertiser Feature – The Village Veterinary Centre

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Patrick Lichfield: The Polaroids

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The Way I See It – News Sheet Or Confuse Sheet? 64 Gardening – Keeping Pests At Bay The Natural Way

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Puzzle Page

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Regular Local Events

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What's On

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DISCOVER HERITAGE

HAMPSHIRE HERITAGE The Supercar Made in Eastleigh ‘Supercar’ and ‘Eastleigh’ are words that don’t naturally seem to belong in the same sentence. The Lord Nelson class locomotives made in Eastleigh – of course. The supercar made in Maranello – indeed. But supercar and Eastleigh? Some mistake surely?

No, no mistake. In 1960 John Gordon and Jim Keeble showed a prototype called the Gordon GT at that year’s Geneva Motor Show.

Reviewing the prototype in October 1960, Autocar

magazine wrote, “This journal looks back on the most electrifying vehicle that it has ever tested.”

But it would be another three years before their masterpiece came into production in a hangar at Eastleigh airport.

Three years of struggling with all the difficulties that can beset a small team trying to produce an enormously ambitious new car on a miniscule budget. Their car, renamed the Gordon-Keeble, was heralded by a full-page advertisement in the 13

March 1964 issue of Autocar magazine. The advertisement took the form of a questionnaire. Some of the questions posed by the advert were: Do you like driving really fast? Do you like to have a car which all eyes admire? Do you like, on occasion, to amble along any old how in top gear? Do you like, on occasion, to make full use of a superb four-speed gearbox and go like a scalded cat? And Can you beg, borrow or steal £2,800?

The car was a full four-seater with a decent sized boot. It

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was powered by a 5.4-litre V8 engine, the one used in the Chevrolet Corvette, mounted in a space-frame chassis, and clothed in a stunningly beautiful fibreglass body. The body design was the work of a new recruit to Bertone’s famous automotive styling studio in Turin, a young lad called Giorgetto Giugiaro.

Car enthusiasts will have heard of him! It was only his second design assignment for Bertone. Half a century later, the young Giugiaro’s design still looks simply stunning and attracts admiration wherever the car is seen. As well as looking great, the car’s performance was electrifying (0-60 in about 6 seconds) and it handled well.

The first production car was assembled in late 1963 and shown to the press at London’s Savoy hotel in December of that year. It was now called the GordonKeeble GK1.

Every production car was tested by engineer Jim Keeble himself on a circuit of Hampshire roads that included Winchester, Sutton Scotney and the old Winchester by-pass. In his invaluable history of the GordonKeeble, author Charles

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Giles tells us that “any car which would not exceed an indicated 140 mph would be rejected and returned to the factory for further attention.”

In an attempt to undercut better known makes, the car was initially priced at £2,798, a figure that Jim Keeble always thought was too low.

The price was later increased to £3,626-11s-3d, but it was still too low, and the company was soon in trouble financially. Component supply problems followed and the company went into receivership in 1965.

The GordonKeeble’s emblem is a tortoise, which has always prompted curiosity. The accepted explanation is that during a publicity photo shoot a tortoise walked across in front of the car. Someone picked the creature up and

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placed it on the bonnet of the car, whereupon the tortoise urinated, stripping some of the paintwork. The owners must have felt the incident to be an omen.

In July 2010, I went to Eastleigh’s central recreation ground to see a group of Gordon-Keeble cars parade at the end of a 100-mile rally run by the Gordon-Keeble Owners’ Club. The event was part of a celebration of 100 years flying from Eastleigh airport, where the cars were assembled.

Of the 100 cars produced, about 90 still survive, largely thanks to that rust-free fibreglass body. They still look fabulous. Most, of course, are in expensively exquisite condition. But it is not a car for today’s petrol prices. The Autocar road test returned a figure of 14.5 mpg overall. Those wonderful Lord Nelson class locomotives may yet enjoy a Second Coming.

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DIAMOND JUBILEE TRIBUTE 5 June, Southampton

The world-famous Red Arrows will be an extra highlight of the Cunard's Three Queens Diamond Jubilee Event in Southampton on the 5th June. In what is expected to be the biggest celebration outside London all three ships of the Cunard fleet will sail up the Solent in formation for the first time on the morning, in preparation for a day of special tributes, celebrations and displays. The aerial display team’s focus will be above the Marchwood area of the docks. The display will begin around 6pm and is expected to last almost 25 minutes.

The combined sight of Queen Mary 2, Queen Elizabeth and Queen Victoria together with a seven-aircraft Red Arrows squadron will create both an outstanding spectator experience and a fitting commemoration of Her Majesty’s 60 year reign.

The ships will approach the port soon after first light on Tuesday 5 June, sailing in single file up the Solent, with a flotilla of small boats expected to

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welcome them in. As Queen Elizabeth and Queen Victoria tie up at their berths, Queen Mary 2 will follow on, turning in the upper swinging ground and then passing each ship in turn, with crew lining the foredeck of all three vessels, and the ships’ whistles sounding in salute of Her Majesty’s Diamond Jubilee.

After the Red Arrows display, as darkness falls, the celebrations will culminate in an evening spectacular where all three ships will be brought within close proximity of each other, and a fusillade of fireworks and special effects will light up the evening sky beyond them. Queen Mary 2 will then lead Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth in single file down the Solent as all three ships set out on

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their celebratory Diamond Jubilee voyages.

Mayflower Park will provide the best vantage point for those interested in seeing the arrival of the fleet, the fireworks, and the departure of Queen Mary 2, Queen Elizabeth and Queen Victoria. For the Red Arrows display, Hythe Marina and Town Quay will also offer good viewing.

Please note there will be no public parking in Mayflower Park on Tuesday 5 June, please use city centre car parks or public transport.

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A Queen

By Any Other Name There won’t be many republicans in evidence in London this summer. Even non-royalists will be caught up in the pageantry of Her Majesty’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations; an event guaranteed, even more so than the Olympics, to lift the nation’s spirits at a time of general despondency. As part of the celebrations The Queen has granted city status to four UK towns: Perth in Scotland; St Asaph in Wales; Chelmsford in England and Armagh in Northern Ireland.

There was another time in history when the country’s collective spirits needed lifting – sixty years ago. Residential streets were closed to traffic so that local communities could hold street parties.

Bunting and Union flags hung from lines strung from upstairs windows on either side of the streets.

Makeshift tables sagged under the weight of sandwiches, jelly and custard and bottles of Tizer.

Games were organised, one of which consisted of the father of a family threading a needle and cotton which he then handed to his impatiently waiting offspring who would sprint down the road to the mother. The mother would sew a button onto a square of material which the offspring would then rush to the referee. Not all the families could participate in this game; some of the fathers had not returned home eight years previously.

In the evening we sat round our wireless sets to listen to our new Queen’s speech: “…Throughout all my life I shall strive to be worthy of your trust…”

In this speech the Queen also paid tribute to the support of her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, and the speech is as valid and as relevant today as it was sixty years ago.

Times changed. Britain changed; in some cases beyond recognition. But there has been one constant: a tower of strength whose influence will not be fully appreciated until she is no longer with us.

In a much earlier speech, made in Cape Town on her

twenty-first birthday, 21 April 1947, the then Princess Elizabeth declared “… my whole life whether it be long or short shall be devoted to your service…” Well, we all know now that it was to be long. We also know that she meant every word she said.

How differently history would have read had her would-be assassin, Marcus Sarjeant, succeeded in acquiring a real gun and live ammunition. The mentally disturbed teenager fired six blank shots at the Queen as she rode in the Trooping the Colour ceremony on 13 June 1981. He was quickly overpowered by Police Sergeant John Woodcock and St John Ambulance man John Heaseman. He told them “I wanted to be famous. I wanted to be a somebody.” And he had written a diary entry: ‘I am going to stun and mystify the world. I will become the most famous teenager in the world.’

Fortunate not to have been shot on the spot he escaped with five years imprisonment.

But most notable was Elizabeth II’s majestic reaction to the incident. As her horse,

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nineteen-year-old Burmese, panicked and reared she calmly brought him under control and continued with the scheduled ride to Horseguards Parade, comforting him with a few pats on the neck while turning to smile at the cheering crowd.

This was, allegedly, the second attempt on the Monarch’s life. According to a retired senior police officer in Australia he was in charge of an investigation in 1981 after a train carrying the Queen and Prince Philip collided with a large log which had been placed on the track after police and a pilot train had passed along the route. The retired officer, Mr McHardy, who claims to have interviewed suspects including IRA sympathisers says the Australian government issued a suppression order to avoid embarrassment.

There has so far been no comment from Buckingham Palace on the validity of these claims.

True or false I doubt that the Queen loses much sleep over these stories. She has, over the past eight decades, proved herself indomitable.

It was the Queen’s consort, HRH Prince Philip,

who pointed out that sometimes a position is more important than the person who occupies that position.

With typical clarity he had put the concept in a nutshell: if a nation chooses to have a figurehead then there must be a human to give that position substance, but the human is secondary to the position, not vice versa. For the past sixty years we have been fortunate in having a person worthy of that position; a person of supreme dignity and dedication the like of which this country may never see again. God Save the Queen.

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Held 15th to 17th June in the gardens and main club of the famous venue, PhoneyFEST is gathering together some of the top tribute acts from across Europe. But don’t take our word for it, ask the pros: Of Karen Carpenter (Portrait) “Awesome voice” Paul Rodgers, Free. Of Madness (Badness) “Fantastic, a benchmark to other tributes.” Stage Magazine.

Of A-TOM-IC JONES “The closest voice you will ever hear to Tom Jones” Tony Blackburn. The DED Hot Chilli Peppers video was voted by official Chilli’s website as ‘the most impressive video ever created by a Chilli’s tribute band’ and the accolades continue… see the ad for a full line-up.

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'It's Good to Talk' - The Role of Mediation Under legislation that was brought into force last year, the vast majority of married couples who wish to end their relationships and begin divorce proceedings will have to go through a process of ‘Mediation’. Over the past twelve months, a number of people who have come to see me have either been unaware of the term or unsure of what it means, so let me explain.

Mediation is a private and confidential dispute resolution process in which an independent, neutral person, the ‘mediator’, is appointed to support both parties in reaching an amicable settlement before there is a need to spend further time and often a great deal of money in Court.

It is a process which, rather than looking back into the history of their relationship, is focused on each individual and their futures without ignoring the emotion and pain of separation.

Mediation provides the forum to calmly explore the motivations and agendas of parties in order to potentially open up a whole range of solutions that can satisfy both individuals and reach a mutually acceptable, lasting agreement for the future.

Through mediation, a dialogue can usually be established that enables couples to work together.

It can offer not only critical examination of issues but also creative solutions beyond the powers and remit of the judicial process in Court.

At the core of mediation is the concept of confidentiality. Mediation involves not only joint meetings attended by the mediator and both parties, but also private meetings between the

mediator and the individual parties alone.

This can usually help avoid the raw emotion that is inevitable in a lot of initial face-to-face meetings. What is discussed in those meetings remains entirely confidential, although the financial aspects can be disclosed.

There are great benefits to the process of talking things through in private in order to find ways of moving forward, especially if there are children involved, and Mediation is an ideal mechanism for dealing with disagreements as well as being an aid to the negotiation process.

Each individual should ideally be accompanied by a solicitor to advise, support and help them ensure that, amongst all the discussions and potential emotions, whatever proposed settlements or solutions are put forward are both fair and serve the interests of both parties.

Since last April, anyone contemplating court proceedings must attend a MIAM (Mediation Information and Assessment Meeting) to have the process and options explained to them. If they do not, a judge may refer the proceedings to mediation at a later date. Some mediators offer a free initial meeting, so it is always worthwhile making enquiries.

Mediation is definitely here to stay and I believe it is my job and that of my colleagues in the legal profession to make sure people fully understand this worthwhile process.

by Catherine Maxfield

Catherine Maxfield is Partner and Matrimonial Specialist at Eric Robinson Solicitors on Brownhill Road in Chandlers Ford.

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Most people have something (or several things) in their life they’d like to change. Some feel a general dissatisfaction. Others can pinpoint specifics; work, weight, partner, image, confidence.

Bizarrely, very few make changes; the majority simply accept their situation and enjoy a daily moan instead.

It doesn’t need to be this way. We can’t change the past but we do have control of our future. You can choose to carry on doing the same things and let life follow the same course or you can choose to make changes to your thinking and behaviour and shape your future.

There are many reasons people carry on leading lives they aren’t happy with. It’s often as simple as being so busy they’ve never taken time to stop and think about their life. Or they don’t know how or where to start turning their lives around.

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There are some jobs that you try to ignore, to delay or to offload onto someone else. However, eventually the day arrives when you know that you can’t possibly leave it any longer. That day arrived for me last month the loft just had to be cleared.

It was jam packed full of ‘stuff’ - littered with the detritus of living in the same house for 25 years. As I lay in bed at night, I convinced myself the rafters were groaning under the combined weight of all this junk. I could feel the oppressive bulk of accumulated possessions pressing down on me, threatening to crash through the ceiling and pin me to the bed.

Now, clearing out the loft is - in this house - a controversial issue. No – one wants to do it, or sees the need for it to be done. Apparently, the loft contains priceless treasures that cannot be disturbed, ‘things’ that we may need at some future date or items vital to human life and happiness.

However I do know that once something goes up there it never, ever reappears. If it never reappears then we don’t need it – right?

This has caused several family debates. Adult sons, no longer living at home, protest that all their childhood possessions are stored there. An eighteen year old daughter – still at home - complains that her soft toys from childhood are there and that she wants them.

Well, if she wants them what are they doing in the loft?

Eldest son suddenly remembered the Scalextric set confined to the loft for nearly twenty years. Someone then had the bright idea of getting it down to see if it was still working. So, despite my protests, three grown men (four if you include their father), rushed upstairs in a state of high excitement to see what they could find.

They didn’t bother with a step ladder but stood on shoulders to gain access, then hauled each other up – I think it’s a macho thing.

I stood at the bottom of the stairs, shouting threats of the dire consequences that would befall them if they came crashing through the ceiling.

Several hours later, the living room looked like an advertisement for a car boot sale.

There were toys, games, a scooter, boxes of books, broken electrical equipment and other assorted junk scattered around. The Scalextric set had been rediscovered, tested and found to be wanting.

Looking at the mess, I consoled myself with the thought that at least most of the ‘stuff’ was now out of the loft – the rafters wouldn’t collapse tonight. That was until they began discussing all the other booty still up there; it seemed that this was just a tiny selection of what the loft contained.

However, they did eventually admit that most of it was junk that could be disposed of. We agreed that if there was anything they held dear, then it was to be removed to their own homes. Hurrah.

Finally, it was decided that as there was so much sorting out to do it should be a group effort. A date’s been set for the big clearout. Hopefully, it will be a warm, dry day, as everything will have to go into a ‘holding’ area in the garden for sorting into categories: keep, donate, recycle or throw out.

It’s going to be a mammoth task – I’ve booked a skip. I’m secretly hoping that we may just find something I lost many years ago...I’ve always been convinced it was in a suitcase in the loft.

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Working from home I am a media person. I’ve been a journalist, author, and occasional broadcaster since 1976. In those 35 years I’ve reported on everything from Parish Councils to Parliament. I’ve written everything from news in brief paragraphs to books, under headlines ranging from “spate of bicycle thefts rocks village” to “the Art Nouveau riches of Rennes”. I’ve edited newspapers and magazines.

I’ve been a regular columnist on Radio 4’s Home Truths (I actually met Peelie himself once) and I’ve even done a bit of TV. Yup, I’m a media person all right.

Or at least, I thought I was. Then digital media came along and now I’m beginning to wonder.

Working in the media used to be simple. You wrote news stories about things that had happened, or you wrote longer pieces about things you thought people might be interested in. Then, if you were on radio or TV, you read out what you’d written. Even when computers first came along they didn’t change things much: you just wrote on a screen instead of on an unwieldy sandwich of copy-paper and carbons. It was much easier to do the necessary rewrites on screen than on paper, too. So, a boon all round.

I started losing the plot when mobile phones came along. At first they too were great. Mobile phones meant a desk head could keep track of the reporting team whatever pub they were in; and for the reporter there was no frantic search for a working phone box near the magistrates’ court or council chamber.

The rot started with texting. I never bothered to learn how to text: I rang people; if they didn’t answer I left a message and they rang back. So although I have been shown how to do it I’ve forgotten what I was shown. No big deal. I don’t miss it.

But then unlike many people I rarely need a mobile for work. I’m a wee bit deskbound – a dismissive term used in my trade of lazy hacks who prefer to use the phone rather than getting out and meeting people. The landline, obsolete though it may be, is perfectly adequate – and

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actually, I rather resent those business contacts of mine who have forsaken the landline altogether since calls to mobiles cost more.

As for the Blackberry – it’s nothing more than a laptop for a squirrel! The problem for me isn’t just getting my head round this dazzling piece of technology: it’s getting my fingers to hit one key at a time. So yes, I do have a mobile: it’s a £10 pay-as-you go dead basic Nokia, and it lives in the glove compartment of my car and is used only for telling appointments I’m going to be late, asking for directions to my meeting, or calling the RAC. Facebook, though – that’s another matter. I saw Facebook as a way of marketing my e-book (Lager: The Story of the World’s favourite Beer, £3.34 on Kindle or £2.95 at www.authorsonline.co.uk – a brilliant read even if you’re not interested in lager and the ideal gift!). Since I eagerly started my page I’ve accrued 300+ friends, four of whom have bought the book so far. Friends? Huh. I know there are ways of marketing one’s wares through Facebook, it’s just that as I slip further and further down the digital food-chain I find it harder and harder to work out how to use such media. I guess that’s why teenagers were invented, of which I fortunately possess two.

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An article written in “Science Daily March 2010” quotes “That people in developed nations are living in good health as much as a decade longer than their parents did”.

Although this is an amazing step forward in scientific terms, it can present problems for our ageing population, as they often own large homes which become increasingly difficult to maintain both financially and physically.

Jonathan Rees Property Services has the expertise to help you through the transition from the sale of your property to downsizing to either a smaller bungalow/apartment, or alternatively Independent Retirement/Assisted Living.

We are currently working in close co-operation with McCarthy & Stone, who are the Market Leaders for Independent Retirement Living and who are currently building a new ‘Assisted Living’ Development in Eastleigh, which will provide excellent accommodation of one and two bedroom luxury apartments. This site is conveniently located on Leigh Road and is within easy reach of Eastleigh Town Centre and Mainline Railway Station.

‘Assisted Living’ enables you to retain independent home ownership, without the worries and responsibilities of a house and garden and gives you the extra benefit of round-the-clock support, should you need it.

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All apartments have a fitted kitchen, a level access shower, in addition to a bath and full wheelchair access. Facilities include lunch served daily in the waitress service restaurant, a laundry and residents’ lounge, where you can socialise with fellow residents, if you so wish. There is also a hotel style guest suite where visiting friends and family can stay, a function room and lifts to all floors.

One hour of domestic assistance is provided every week as an integral part of the service charge. Assistance can be given with day-to-day chores such as cleaning, washing, ironing and shopping. Additional domestic assistance can be purchased on request, tailored to meet individual needs, either on a short or long term basis.

Personal care can be arranged to suit individual residents’ needs by the on-site care team. As your needs change, personal care can be increased or decreased to meet your needs.

If you are thinking of downsizing into Retirement Living in 2012, or just wanting to move to a smaller apartment or bungalow, then please do contact Pamela Cormacey, who is a specialist in Independent Retirement Living and will be delighted to give you a free market appraisal of your home and, if required, more information about the new McCarthy and Stone Assisted Living development at Eastleigh.

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Morgan Le Fay Drive, Knightwood Park, Chandler’s Ford 5 Bed House

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A well proportioned modern family house with generous room sizes and five bedrooms, two of which have en-suites. The house falls within catchment for Thornden Secondary School.

Monk House, Hocombe Road, Chandler’s Ford 5 Bed Detached

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Hiltingbury Road, Chandler’s Ford 2 Bed Ground Floor Maisonette

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Short Story A letter from the Queen “You know, when I was your age I received a letter from the Queen.” Ellen announced to her son in a transparent attempt to impress him.

Charlie looked up from the book he was reading; his beautiful eyes were alight.

“Wow! Why did the Queen send you a letter?”

Ellen squeezed into the armchair next to him.

“I drew a picture of the Queen and sent it to her. So she sent me a thank you letter.”

“This Queen?” he asked, “this actual Queen we have now?”

Charlie let this news sink in for a moment and then asked, “do you think if I drew a picture the Queen would send me a letter as well?”

Ellen smiled, “why not Charlie? It’s worth a try isn’t it?”

She enjoyed the quiet hour he spent at the dining table, drawing his picture in deep concentration. Once he had finished he proudly presented it to her.

“What do you think Mum? I think she’ll like it.”

“It’s lovely,” she agreed. “I think any reigning monarch would be delighted with a drawing of themselves fighting a dalek, armed with just a sceptre and a corgi.”

“It’s not a sceptre, it’s a sonic screwdriver,” he said, rifling through her purse for the stamps.

The next morning on their way to school Charlie posted his picture. After much deliberation he had addressed it to ‘Her Royal Highness the Queen, care of Buckingham Palace, or Balmoral, if she’s on holiday’.

Ellen popped round to see her parents on the way back.

Her mum was folding a pile of laundry. “Mum do you remember that letter I had from the Queen?”

Her mum chuckled. “That old thing. It took your Dad forever to decide how the Queen would sign her name.”

Ellen’s jaw dropped.

“Dad? You mean it was really from Dad?” Her mum looked surprised.

“Don’t you remember? We’d just exchanged contracts on Sandmere Drive and I suggested you draw a picture for the Queen to keep you quiet while we did the packing.”

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piles of newspaper and tea chests. Her Mum patted her hand. “Did you never wonder how the Queen knew your change of address?”

Ellen let out a heavy sigh and slumped onto the pile of clean washing. “In that case, do you think Dad would mind writing another for me?”

The following week Charlie never once mentioned the letter from the Queen, but Ellen noticed that he was always first into the hallway every time he heard the postman clicking open the garden gate.

Then one day, she heard the clatter of the letterbox followed by a little cry of delight.

She sighed with relief, and mouthed the words “Thank you Dad”.

Charlie came skipping through to the kitchen.

“I’ve got post.” His face was beaming.

“What is it?” she said, knowing full well. He held up a brown manila envelope.

“I don’t know what this is, but it looks like Granddad’s writing.” Ellen’s heart sank. Clearly her son was much smarter than she had been at his age.

“But look at this!” he added.

Charlie held up another envelope. It was crisp and white with Charlie’s name clearly typed on the front. He placed it in Ellen’s hands with a look of awe on his face. She turned it over.

Where it was sealed, embossed in gold, were the lion and the unicorn of the royal coat of arms.

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Masala Lounge opens in Chandlers Ford The venue at the top of the spiral staircase in the Fryern Arcade has been home to a number of businesses over the years. It has recently changed hands again, but if our experience attending the opening night is anything to go by, this one should be here to stay.

In mid-April, the Masala Lounge offering Asian Fusion Cuisine opened its doors for the first time. With what must have been a significant budget not to mention a lot of work, the whole restaurant has been transformed to complement the new dining style. An excellent first impression with a warm atmosphere, tasteful décor and comfortable seating.

On the night we were offered a buffet style selection. We chose our starters from crispy onion potato bhaji, Thai style spring rolls and butterfly prawn tails with a spicy dipping sauce.

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Traditional dishes like Chicken Tikka Masala are always popular and indeed it was delicious.

Kevin’s favourite was what he thought was the Lamb Rogan Josh (in his haste to tuck in, he forgot to ask) which I had to agree was superb with tender pieces of lamb, but it was just beaten for me by the hot Thai chicken green curry with chilli, peppers, bamboo shoots and aubergine.

But honestly, every dish was superb. This style of food is sometimes rather heavy and oily but the dishes at the Masala Lounge definitely weren’t. The freshness of the ingredients really shone through and it was clear that the chef had a real skill. It was some of the best ‘Indian’ food we’d ever had and we are happy to endorse them as a very welcome addition to Chandlers Ford.

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Youth Groups at The Hilt Solent Youth Action empowers young people to develop as individuals, enjoy new challenges and make a positive contribution to the community.

As part of this mission there are a number of social and activity youth groups available in Chandlers Ford. Tuesday and Saturdays are particularly open for young people with additional needs, and Wednesday for are open to all youngsters between 11 and 18.

Open Access Youth Club Wednesday’s 7pm – 9pm The open access youth group (11 to 18 years) are a great way for young people to get involved in fun activities such as Wii games, pool tournaments, sports activities and lots more.

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in taster activities such as music, arts & crafts and organising youth club trips Slams & J’s SLAMS: Tuesday’s 6.30pm – 8.30pm J’s: Saturday’s 11am-1pm Slams & J’s our supported youth groups for young people (11 – 19 years) with additional needs, encouraging young people to come along and socialise with their peers in a fun environment.

Young people can get involved in a number of activities including cinema nights, baking and trips to the bowling.

The get-togethers are informal, great fun and free, so just call in and join us. Alternatively visit the website at www.solentyouthaction.org.uk , call Joanna on 02380 650514 or email joanna@ solentyouthaction.org.uk for more details.

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THE VILLAGE VETERINARY CENTRE RE-LAUNCHES ITS PREMIER HEALTH PLAN You can save up to 40% on the routine health care costs of your pet by joining our Premier Health Plan.

You then save a further 10% on all other costs such as veterinary services, food and accessories.

Additional pets are £1/ month cheaper.

Accidental injury insurance cover is only £1.95/ month extra.

It’s really easy to sign up to our convenient interest free monthly direct debit, after which your pet is vet checked twice a year as standard, vaccinated as required, and receives the latest top of the range wormers and flea products.

For unexpected large bills an extended payment scheme is available to plan members. This allows you to pay off the balance over several months.

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Patrick Lichfield: The Polaroids A stunning exhibition of photographs by Patrick Lichfield is being displayed at Mottisfont from the 19 May to the 1 July, offering a unique insight into his glamorous world. It presents fascinating montages of the Polaroids he took on every shoot, on display for the first time.

It also presents a striking group of Lichfield’s iconic photographs of the royal, the rich and the famous, including a young Bob Geldof, Sir John Gielgud and Joanna Lumley. Particularly striking – and timely in this Diamond Jubilee year – is Lichfield’s double portrait of HRH The Queen and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.

Lichfield started out in the 1960s as a photographer’s assistant on £3 a week, but over the next four decades he gained international renown, contributing numerous now-famous photographs to newspapers, prestigious

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magazines and private collections.

Though he was the 5th Earl of Lichfield and cousin to the Queen, in his professional life he was known simply as Patrick Lichfield.

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Over the years Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh – 1971 to 2004 - Lichfield produced thousands of Polaroids – preparatory ‘snaps’ of enormous interest and insight into his sitters.

Lichfield once said, “Polaroids tell us so much of that moment in time, and my own diaries – if ever I wrote them – would contain dozens of them.” Now visitors can gaze into his dazzling world and enjoy this unique record of his illustrious career.

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THE CHANDLERS FORD DIRECTORY LOCAL NEWS & VIEWS

The Way I See It

News Sheet or Confuse Sheet?

I’ve worked on some eccentric publications in my time, including a local paper which banned the title ‘Councillor’.

The editor forbade us to put that word in front of any councillor’s name. So, if someone called Smith was on the council, he could not be described in the paper as ‘Cllr Smith’. Instead, he had to be called plain ‘Mr Smith’ (or Mrs or Miss Smith). The thinking was that councillors were self-important meddlers who didn’t deserve a title.

This absurd rule hindered us reporters in writing about council meetings. It was difficult to differentiate between what was said by people on the council and what was said by members of the public.

More important, the ban on giving council members their historic title was unjust. Council members deserve the status that ‘Councillor’ brings. For most residents, standing for election and risking rejection by voters would be too much to bear. Even if they succeed in getting elected, councillors face years of thankless toil for little or no pay.

You don’t get rich being a councillor, and there aren’t many laughs in it either. I’m not saying they’re all saints, but generally local politicians have my respect.

That’s why it pains me to see councillors sometimes humiliate themselves through inter-party squabbles, rows and misleading propaganda. Nowhere is the inter-party knockabout more embarrassing than in the political news sheets posted through our front doors here in the Chandlers Ford area.

You expect some bias in a political freebie but the distortion in the Tory and Lib Dem papers borders on comedy. Each paper suggests that its party is the sole source of sense on the council, while the other party

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produces only abysmal blunders.

Readers of these propaganda sheets need to be wary of parties seeking credit for policies that were in fact introduced by someone else.

Just describing some new facility on the front page of a paper carrying a Conservative or Lib Dem banner can give the impression that it was that party that made it happen. A similar device is to say that your party is ‘backing’ a popular idea, without mentioning that it wasn’t actually your party which put the idea into action.

Lib Dems and Tories are the only mainstream parties on Eastleigh council, so it’s not surprising that each aims most of its knocking copy at the other. One party newssheet also attacks Labour, which currently doesn’t have a single seat on the council. ‘Labour can’t win here’ is the sort of headline used for this, together with a graph showing Lib Dems and Tories with high numbers of votes, and Labour in a very low third place.

Banging on about Labour not being in the race is a poison. It discourages people from voting for what they want.

If this profoundly undemocratic idea is followed, no new party will ever get a foothold. We’ll be stuck with the Tories and Lib Dems forever.

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Peststheat Bay Natural Way More and more people have become concerned about using chemicals in the garden. Indeed, some gardeners have used chemicals rarely, if at all, for many years. It may be that you are worried about wildlife and conservation in general or you may also be concerned about using gardening pesticides on plants that children or pets might play near, or that you intend to eat.

Greener gardening is not difficult, it is just different. Some of the most infuriating pests are to be found in greenhouses, conservatories and other protected areas, where they can thrive and breed rapidly. It is a great help to know that there are now many ‘natural’ controls available in the form of predators and parasites, which can be purchased from mail order suppliers (including www.pippagreenwood. com) and then released into your greenhouse or conservatory. These insects or mites do a great job of keeping many common pests at bay, including whitefly, red spider mite and mealy bugs. There are also excellent controls available for slugs and for vine weevils, both of which can be used successfully outside too. For those who are troubled by pests such as leather jackets (symptoms are deteriorating patches in the lawn, shortly followed by the lawn being ripped up by birds or badgers searching for the ‘delicious’ grubs) or chafer grubs (also responsible for damage caused by eating plant roots), there are now biological controls available to keep these at bay too. There is also

a fairly new control available, which sends ants off in the other direction – wonderful if you like to lie on the lawn or enjoy meals in your garden without being nipped!

I garden organically so I use these biological controls regularly. If your conservatory is also used as a place where you or the family relax or perhaps enjoy a drink or a meal, I’d say it is especially important not to fill it full of potentially harmful chemicals.

If you want to try these controls then you will need to make sure that your greenhouse or conservatory is not already packed full of chemical residues - otherwise they may kill the beneficial creatures you are introducing.

For whitefly you need a tiny parasitic wasp called Encarsia and for red spider mite you need another mite, this time the predatory Phytoseiulus. Introduce these in amongst the infested plants and they will automatically go in search of the pests, soon getting their numbers under control and all without you having to lift a finger.

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It may sound off-putting to release wasps into your greenhouse or conservatory (or mites come to that) but these little creatures are tiny and will not bite or sting: they are only interested in the pests.

Biological controls, including those for slugs and vine weevils, are all tricky for garden centres to stock, as what you are buying are living creatures which won’t survive if left sitting on a warm shelf for too long. Mail order is therefore the best way to buy generally, with your predators or parasites arriving in the post along with strict instructions for storage (they should usually be kept in the fridge) and for using before the use-by date expires. But don’t let this put you off: biological controls are excellent and are used by many professional growers.

To ensure success you must follow the instructions precisely and make sure you introduce the control when there are a few, but

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not too many, pests around. If you wait until the air is choked with whitefly it can be a bit too much of an uphill struggle for the tiny little wasps. But the great thing is that you can relax in the knowledge that you’re not jeopardising any wildlife and that, in many cases, the biological control becomes self-perpetuating as the ‘critters’ you have bought breed and spread within the greenhouse. Now that’s what I call useful.

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Kiwi Carpentry All aspects of carpentry and joinery work » Kitchens and Bathrooms » Fitted Cabinets » Doors and Floors » Internal and External Alterations » Extensions » Fencing and decking

Kirkcaldy

Accountancy Ltd Chartered Accountants & Tax Advisers • Business and Personal Taxation • Bookkeeping and Management Accounts • Year End Accounts • Company Secretarial Services • CIS • VAT • Self Assessment • Business startups Friendly & professional service

For a complete supply and installation service Call Kevin on 07773-386-029

Reasonable fees to suit all budgets

Tel: 023 8025 1439 Email:info@kirkcaldyaccountancy.co.uk

Norbury Close, Chandlers Ford

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CATS

SEADOWN

Special Care for your Feline Friends at our Cats only Veterinary Clinic in Chandler’s Ford.

At Cats@Seadown we believe in keeping your cat healthy and happy throughout its life. We understand that taking your cat to the vet can normally be a stressful experience which is why our premises in Chandler’s Ford have been designed and fitted in a bespoke manner to benefit your cat. Our small, friendly team of veterinary surgeons and nurses are keen to ensure that the best care and attention are given with the minimum of anxiety.

Tel: 023 8027 5011 www.catsatseadown.co.uk 4 Falkland Court, Falkland Road, Chandlers Ford, SO53 3GA

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DIS COV ER R EG U L A R LO C A L E V E N T S 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 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 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 Story Time Monday 2:15-2:45 - CF Library Stories for under 5s and their parents / carers at Chandler’s Ford Library 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.

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

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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 Creative Writing Group 2nd Friday of each month, 2pm Chandlers Ford Library Wyvern Writers meets on the second Friday of each month, 2-4pm at Chandler's Ford Library. We're a mixture of published and unpublished writers and write in a variety of genres. There's no teacher but we read and critique each other's work and provide help and advice. Come along and join us!

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 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.

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

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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. £3 per session. Call Roy Wreford 02380 268237.

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 8026 5760 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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 Fully furnished with a/c, TV, kitchenette  Twin bed + sofa bed, sleeps 3  South facing balcony  Quiet, near beach (300m) and choice of 4 pools (1 heated indoor -see inset photo), spa, gym, tennis etc  Water sports, organised tours, sight-seeing, culture, restaurants  Reception 24 hours (safe available)  Security patrols 24/7  Rent from £250 per week (for flat) For details visit: www.paphos-apartment.co.uk Tel 023 80276422

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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

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Your Local Odd Job Man Painting / Decorating Flat Pack Building / Gardening Brick Walls built or repaired Phone Keith 02380 255 167 • 07899 843204 Katherine Johnson tel: 023 8061 6910 www.eastleighmassagetherapy.co.uk

Do you suffer from a sports injury, back & shoulder pain, or other muscular Regular massage discomfort?

can help get you active again

“Putting your Pets First” Professional Pet Care Services Cats/Small Pet Home Visits, Dog Walking, All Pets Cared for.

Uniformed, Insured, Police Checked Staff Contact 0845 643 0761 email:eastleigh@petpals.com www.petpals.com

GREEN’S GARDEN & RUBBISH CLEARANCE Sheds, Garages, Soil, Stone, Rubble, Green Waste, Garden Maintenance

House Office Site Warehouse REGISTERED WASTE CARRIER

02 3 8 0 6 9 6187

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Beautiful cakes for birthdays, weddings, christenings and all occasions. Also delicious cupcakes and cookies. All cakes homemade using the finest ingredients.

Visit our website gallery of designs at www.madeforyoucakes.co.uk

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Fabulous Cakes & Cupcakes

• Competitive prices

• Free no obligation quotes

• Domestic and Commercial

Call Alison on 023 80273406 or 07734360609 Email: madeforyoucakes@hotmail.co.uk

Michael Clark T: 023 8178 1537 M: 07966 843030

Jon Curtis Tree Surgery & Garden Services Trees Hedges

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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

plaster force All aspects of plastering undertaken

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

023 8040 6139 or 07841 660171 w w w. p l a s t e r f o r c e . c o m Your local service provider

Distributors wanted to cover Otterbourne & Hursley areas Some routes in Chandlers Ford available (not Knightwood or Valley Park, sorry)

Good rates of pay.

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DIS COV ER WHAT ’S ON workshops with the learning team. Sit back and relax with a beverage in the cafe whilst enjoying the soothing sounds of music played on a lute Richard King-Li.

what’s SPRING RALLY OPEN DAY 6 May 11am to 4pm Twyford Waterworks, Hazeley Rd, SO21 1QA Engines, steam, vehicles, displays and demonstrations, nature trail. Something for everyone at our popular start of season event. £5 entry, under 16s free. 01929 552973 www. twyfordwaterworks.co.uk BUNTING MAKING WORKSHOP 6 & 7 May Mottisfont, Nr Romsey SO51 0LP What can be more British than bunting? Help us create our own Mottisfont bunting celebrating the Queen's jubilee, being British and the beauty of this special place.

The workshops are free and all materials are provided so why not come along and make a patch and add it to our bunting for all to see? Normal admission prices apply. Gates open at 10am, last entry is 5pm www. nationaltrust.org.uk/mottisfont FRYERN FUNTASIA 7th May 12noon to 4:30pm Fryern Recreation Ground

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Big day of activities, food and events organised by Chandlers Ford Parish Council and sponsored by Jonathan Rees.

See www.fryernfuntasia.co.uk PLANT FAIR 7 May 10am to 4pm Longstock Park Nursery Hampshire SO20 6EH Probably the most prestigious Plant Fair in Hampshire, held in conjunction with Longstock Park Nursery. Over 30 specialist nurseries. Hog roast, teas, beer tent, brass band and specialist craft stalls. Ample free parking.

From all directions, follow AA signs. Longstock Nursery open all day. Entry: Free to Plant Heritage members, John Lewis employees and children. £4 to the public.

BOWLING CLUB OPEN DAY 12 May 10am to 3pm Romsey Bowling Club are holding an open day at their site in the Memorial Park, Romsey No cost, no booking, just turn up. Please bring flat shoes to wear on the Green.

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MILLS & MEADOWS GUIDED WALK 16 May 6.30-8.30pm St Catherine’s Hill Take a walk along two branches of the River Itchen alongside historic water meadows and the Iron Age hill fort of St Catherine’s Hill Nature Reserve on this guided 3 mile circular walk led by project officer, Polly Whyte. This event is part of the Wildlife Trust centenary celebrations. Meet at St Catherine’s Hill car park on Garnier Road (Map ref. SU 483 280). Contact Polly on 01489 774413 or email pollyw@hwt. org.uk. Suggested donation £2.

NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM 19 May, 6pm – 11pm Tudor House, Southampton Take the opportunity to visit Tudor House after hours and meet the staff who bring the house to life in present day as well finding out about characters who have lived there in the past. Enjoy tours of the Museum with costumed guides, find out more about the objects from the staff who care for them and take part in free art and object handling

HOUSE AND GARDEN TOUR 19 May, 2-3pm Tudor House, Southampton Join a member of the museum team to find out more about Tudor House and Garden: its fascinating 800 year history and the people that lived there in the past. Please note, tour content may be repeated. £4.50 adult, entrance charge to venue applies.

GLIDERS AND TYPHOONS 19 May, 10am to 2pm Holmsley Walk Car Park A walk back in time across former RAF Holmsley South airfield. This walk covers a distance for 4 miles. £10 per adult and £5 per child.

(Minimum age of 12 years).

Booking is essential as spaces are limited. To book your tickets or for further information please contact the Forestry Commission on 023 8028 6840 (Mon-Fri 8.30am-4pm) www. forestry.gov.uk/newforest ROMSEY ALLOTMENT HOLDERS OPEN DAY 20th May, 2pm – 5pm Open Day for people to visit our allotments and see what is involved in growing your own veg. Allotment holders will be available to show people the allotments and answer their questions. Romsey Allotment Holder Association allotments

DIS COV ER WHAT ’S ON – entrance will be via the Knatchbull Close gate. Note that limited car parking in the road is available and disabled access difficult because of the rough, uneven ground.

NORTH BADDESLEY VILLAGE DAY 26 May North Baddesley Recreation Ground, Sandy Lane Arena events including Dog dancing, falconry, petting farm, community groups, inflatables, live music, make and take crafts and trade stands, refreshments - a great day out for all the family.

NCT NEARLY NEW SALE 26 May 2012 11:00am until 12:30pm. (Members with valid NCT cards may enter at 10.45am) Mountbatten School, Whitenap Lane, Romsey, SO51 5SY A chance to sell and buy well priced, nearly new baby and children’s clothes, equipment, maternity wear & toys. £1 adult admission (in aid of NCT Charity). For more details or information about selling contact: nns@ romseynct.hampshire.org.uk.

If you would like to volunteer at the sale please email us at NCTromseyNNSvolunteers@ gmail.com http://www.nct.org. uk/branches/romsey GARDENER’S & CRAFT FAYRE 3 Jun 10am to 4pm University of Southampton Sports Ground, Wide Lane, Eastleigh SO50 5PE (opposite

Southampton Parkway Station) A visit to Solent Gardeners Fayre has become a must for all keen gardeners and craft enthusiasts.

With over 65 exhibitors, free car parking, brass band & children’s entertainment and refreshments the Fayre provides an excellent day out for all the family. All proceeds go to charities supported

by Rotary. The Fayre will be opened by Georgie Windsor of BBC Radio Solent's The Good Life. Admission Adult: £4.00 Senior Citizen: £3.00 Children under 14 free. No Dogs www. solentgardenersfayre.org.uk JUBILEE EVENT 4 June Noon to 6pm Nursling Recreation Ground Fabulous celebratory event for all the family. There will be arena shows including Newfoundland Dogs & Carriages working to music, a talent show, singers 'Souled Out', a Dog Show, a Jubilee Lunch street party on the Recreation Ground, tug of war, refreshments, cakes stall, burger & BBQ, craft stalls, side shows & much more.

Free, contact Terry Hamer terryhamer@sky.com or call 023 8073 6766.

VINTAGE VEHICLES 9th & 10th Jun, 11am to 4pm Royal Victoria Country Park Explore some brilliant vintage vehicles at this free event, from classic cars to steam rollers.

Free (standard parking charges apply. www.hants.gov.uk/rvcp

RAILWAY GALA OPEN DAY 10 Jun 11am to 4pm Twyford Waterworks, Hazeley Rd, SO21 1QA Railways and trains of all sizes from models and miniatures through to our two foot gauge industrial system in full operation. Plus our popular tea rooms and BBQ, £5 entry, under 16s free. 01929 552973 www. twyfordwaterworks.co.uk VILLAGE FETE 17 Jun 12 to 4pm Avington Park, Winchester SO21 1DB Village fete held every 4 years to support the Church and Heritage of the Village. Held in the beautiful grounds of Avington Park, to be opened by famous actor Robert Hardy who will also crown the Fete Queen.

To include a hog roast and other refreshments, dog show, craft stalls, side shows, bouncy castle etc. Childrens Olympics & Children's competition for best decorated crown and many other attractions. £2.50 per adult including Free Parking (children free of charge). 01962 779429 or 01962 779026 CONCERT – JUBILATION 22 June 7:30pm 24 June 2:30pm West End Singers are holding a summer concert. The concert entitled “Jubliation” will be featuring The Bossard Quartet as special guests and the retiring collection will be in aid of the Alzheimers Society.

Friday 22nd June to be held at The Berry in Hedge End 7.30pm – tickets available from The Berry Theatre Tel: 01489

799499 - £10 (concessions £9) and Sunday 24th June at Thornden Hall in Chandlers Ford 2.30pm – tickets available from Ingrid McIntyre 02380 404881 - £10 (concessions £9). www.westendsingers.co.uk SKY RIDE 1 July Sky Ride is a free, family mass participation cycling event taking place across the city.

This is a FREE event hosted by Sky in partnership with British Cycling and Southampton City Council. Last year the Sky Ride Southampton event saw more than 10,000 cycling fans flood the streets. The event offers people, of all ages and abilities, the chance to dust off their bikes and enjoy the sights and sounds of Southampton on a traffic free tour of the city and its great landmarks. A unique experience we hope you won’t forget exploring the city on two wheels. There will be loads of activities lined up for you on the day, along the route and in the activity areas, so you can cycle some of the route, take a break, enjoy the entertainment and then get riding again! http://www.goskyride.com

WHERE TO LOOK FOR MORE WHAT’S ON: www.visit-hampshire.co.uk www.hants.gov.uk/events. htm http://www.southampton. gov.uk/news-events/events/ home.asp www.wherecanwego.com

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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, Cooperative 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

First steps towards new Eastleigh recycling facility 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

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

Agreement to go ahead with arrangements to replace Eastleigh's Household Waste Recycling Centre (HWRC) with a new facility in a new location, has been agreed subject to a planning consent.

Hampshire County has been working with Eastleigh Borough Council on plans to build a new Household Waste Recycling Centry at Stoney Croft Rise, off Chestnut Avenue in Eastleigh (near the BMW garage). This would replace the existing facility located at Woodside Avenue.

The split level arrangement planned for the proposed new HWRC would make it easier for local residents to deposit their household waste and recyclables. Instead of having to walk up steps to deposit waste into the container bins, residents will be able to deposit their recycled waste into the bins from upper level walkways in between. In all, it is proposed that there will be seven double bin bays, as well as additional storage for other types of waste.

Another benefit of the split level layout is that full waste containers can be removed and replaced without having to temporarily close the public area (as is the case at the current site), because servicing vehicles can reach the containers directly from the lower level, without disruption, reducing congestion and ensuring that the HWRC can remain open for residents.

The design for the new HWRC includes providing a new access road with an on-site vehicle lane to enable vehicles to queue off the highway reducing congestion to the local road network and car parking including provision for disabled residents.

Subject to satisfactory agreement of terms between both councils, the granting of planning permission and an Environmental Permit, building of a new, split-level HWRC could begin in 2013 Set to cost in the region of £1 million, construction would be funded by Eastleigh Borough Council who, in turn, would become the land owners of the site on which the current facility is located.

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Park Road Stores SPAR (Hursley Rd)

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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

PUZZLE SOLUTIONS PICTOGRAM 1. Room for one more, 2. Town centre, 3. In for a penny, in for a pound

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DROP DOWN Bathtub, Cabinet, Cistern, Flannel, Shampoo

Advertising and Distribution DISTRIBUTION: Discover Chandlers Ford 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@discovermagazines.co.uk 023 8027 6361 or Kevin Houston Kevin @discovermagazine.co.uk 023 8027 6396

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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.

Discover Chandlers Ford 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.

Publisher: The Chandler’s Ford Directory Ltd

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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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Chemist Numbers

Asda Pharmacy, Bournemouth Road Tel: 023 8027 7390 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

School & College Numbers 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 - www3.hants.gov.uk/education/schools/schoolholidaysAutumn term Summer term Half Term: Mon 4/6/2012 - Fri 8/6/2012 Summer Holiday: Tue 24/7/2012 - Fri 31/8/2012 Autumn term Half Term: Mon 29/10/2012 - Fri 2/11/2012

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: Accord Accountants 73 Arlington Accountants Ltd 63/65 Atherton Bailey Chartered Accountants 63 Kirkcaldy Accountancy Ltd 75 Aerials: Aerial Fix 13 DJ Satellites & Aerials 72 Air Conditioning: ALB Electrical 12 Appliance Repair: 123 Domestic Appliances 32 Advanced Appliance Care 12 JP Appliances 14 Premier Electrics 11 Architect: Andrew Johns 65 Auction House: Bonhams 60 Bathrooms: See Plumbing Beauty Treatments: Bobby Dazzlers Nail & Beauty 23 Caroline’s 25 Mystique Beauty 20 Blinds & Curtains: Designing for Style 60 Solent Blinds & Curtains Co Ltd 51 Waterside Blinds 5 Boilers: See Plumbing Cakes: Made for You 79 Car Service/Repair- See Garage Svcs Care Services: Colton Care 3 Carpenter: Crown Carpentry 11 Kiwi Carpentry 75 Oakwood Carpentry & Maintenance 52 Carpet Cleaning: Abbey Cleaning 39 American Truckmount 18 Elliott Carpet Care 34 Carpet & Flooring: G E Nicholls 17 Hyde Carpets 29 Catering Services: Bay Leaves Larder 54 Childcare: Nannies Tailor Made 59 Children’s Tuition: English Upgrades 58 Kip McGrath 58 Southern Education 60 Cleaning Services: Done 'n' Dusted 37 Nook & Cranny Clean.

18 Computer Services: Chandlers Ford Computer Care 54 RSJ Computer Services 58 Widenet 39 Conservatories: Live-in 88 Pennington Jones (HI) Ltd 40 Delicatessen: Bay Leaves Larder 54 Dentist: Fryern Dental 26/27 Smile 21 Vital Family Dental Care 22 Westfield Dental Practice 23 Domestic Appliance: 123 Domestic Appliances 32 Advanced Appliance Care 12 JP Appliances 14 Premier Electrics 11

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Prestige Painting SJ Penney VHN Decorating W.A.G. Decorating Services Ltd Pet Services: Pet Pals Plasterer: A Y Plastering C B Plastering Services Plasterforce Plumbing Services (including bathroom installation and gas and boiler services) see also Property Maintenance: Ace Plumbing Ltd Aqualogic Plumbing & Heating Aquatec DN Plumbing Services First Call Heating Ltd Gair Gas Gas Elite Graham Jones Plumbing & Heating Mike Chivers Premier Bathrooms Tom Mitchell Plumbing TP Watts Podiatrist: Jon Callen Property Maintenance & Improvements: All In One Apple Design A Wilmott CDN Handyman Services CF Handyman Services Complete Refurbs Dell Developments Handy Man Hero KCB Handyman Services M Fyall Design & Co MH Building Services S & R Property Services The Flat Pack People The Handyman Your Local Odd Job Man Restaurant: Masala Lounge Restaurant 54 Service Station: North Baddesley Service Station Singing Lessons: Jan Solar Panels: Apollo Green Energy Ltd Finesse Energy Ltd Solicitor: Eric Robinson Solicitors Tiling & Tile Supplier: AT Ceramics Premier Bathrooms & Tiles Tree Surgery: See Garden Tuition (Children’s): English Upgrades Kip McGrath Southern Education Upholstery: American Truckmount From Old to New Veterinary: Cats@Seadown The Village Vet Waste Disposal: Greens G & R Clearance Window Repair: Windowmenda

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