Discover Meon Valley October 2012

October 2012

Hampshire Heritage Florence Nightingale

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Hello and Welcome Well, the last flickers of the Indian summer have finally faded, and bright October days can be chilly, so it’s time to put the shorts and sandals away for a few months and dig out the winter clothes.

Shouldn’t need to buy anything new: I have plenty of stuff left over from previous years. Which is handy as times are tight, and the more I waste on clothes means the less is available to waste on wine. Anyway, who needs to spend a fortune on a new wardrobe every season?

Reviewing the clothes I was wearing last season however, shows some to be looking rather, well, ‘last season’. I’m no slave to fashion, but having bought on impulse because that coat was in the sale, now proves to be a costly error. It was in the sale because by winter 2012 it looks slightly ridiculous rather than cutting edge trendy. So that’s a new coat then.

Trousers then, I can’t go wrong there. Well, how I gloated when by the end of the summer I had actually managed to shift a few surplus pounds.

Pride comes before a fall though, and falling is exactly what my trousers are doing now.

A quick check of the basics…gloves: only one matching pair, but gardening gloves don’t really count do they. Hats? The cat didn’t sit on the mat, it sat on the hat. Eugh. Shoes - surely there’s some reuse there? Yes! Not letting in water yet and a

little tatty but some polish will fix that. But then my 17 year old daughter says “I don’t mean to be rude, but you’re not wearing those out are you?”

(Why does she always say that - rude is exactly what she’s being).

Hang on – that’s new gloves, hat, coat, trousers and shoes just for starters. Fortunately there are two great places I know of in the Meon Valley where I can revamp my wardrobe. Firstly there’s 10% off at the Labels Ladies Dress agency in Bishop’s Waltham with the voucher on page 10.

Also as you will have seen from our front cover and the advert on page 9, there’s a wonderful new shopping area just open in Wickham. Warwick Lane has ladies’ clothes and accessories boutiques, a Rowans Hospice charity shop and some other interesting shops too, as well as a lovely café.

I shall be allowed out in public with my teenager after all!

Tania

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Life Begins Don’t let your dream cottage turn into a nightmare It’s the stuff of Daily Mail competitions. It’s the fantasy that drives the holiday cottage industry: when once a year we satisfy our desire for rural living by renting our own dream cottage. But what happens when – like newly retired couple Gary and Linda Speed from Basingstoke - you decide to live the dream?

Gary and Linda wanted to buy a spacious, detached cottage in the West Country with offstreet parking, original features and countryside views. Having around £300,000 in the bank, they were confident that they would find their perfect home.

However, they were initially dismayed to find that while house prices may have slumped in recent years, the market for period properties in popular areas remains surprisingly buoyant.

The couple eventually found a reasonably-priced cottage that ticked all the right boxes. Located in a quiet village outside a popular Dorset tourist town, the attractive stone-built, thatched property had no central heating and lacked a modern kitchen and bathroom, but it did have a large garden all the period features they wanted.

“We knew that it needed updating,” says Linda.

“But it was absolutely beautiful and we couldn’t understand why someone else hadn’t already snapped it up.”

However, as the various surveys and building reports they had commissioned began to pile up, the true cost of the renovation was revealed.

The stonework needed re-pointing, the electrical wiring had decayed and the damaged thatch would cost thousands to replace, so Gary and Linda reluctantly pulled out. They had incurred costs along the way – solicitors’ fees plus the cost of the surveys and reports – but they had avoided the nightmare of a ‘money pit’ purchase by taking

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professional advice early on.

If Gary and Linda’s dreams didn’t match up to reality, they were not alone. In a recent survey

by AA Home Emergency Response, 2,005 people were questioned about their ideal home. 28% of respondents fantasised about a owning a property in a rural location, with a large, open-plan kitchen/diner and living area featuring high on their ‘must-have’ list. 48% of the sample wanted sea views while slightly more than half prioritised views of mountains or open fields.

As anyone familiar with the British countryside will know, rather than enjoying expansive views, many village dwellings face directly onto a busy road. A large kitchen/diner is also a rare find – particularly if the cottage is Grade II listed and the local authority does not permit structural alterations.

In fact the competition for properties that ‘have it all’ is so intense that in sought-after areas you will need to spend £500,000 plus if you want a property with good internal space that enjoys excellent countryside or seaside views. Buyers on a more modest budget will inevitably have to compromise.

After their experience in Dorset, Gary and Linda seriously considered giving up their dream of a West Country home, but during a weekend trip to Somerset a ‘For Sale’ sign caught their eye.

Their final purchase was a small, terraced town house that faced directly onto the street - a far cry from the ‘roses round the door’ cottage with a large garden they had originally envisaged. As Linda explains: “We knew we had to compromise on our dream, but in the end it didn’t really feel like a compromise. It was different, but we loved the village and somehow the chemistry was right.”

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Happy 1st Birthday!

There’s a special birthday later this month in Bishop’s Waltham. The card shop ‘Best Wishes’ celebrates its 1st birthday on the 27th October. It marks what has been a very successful first year for the shop, which also sells a wide range of gifts and party items. Particularly popular have been ‘my Blue Nose Friends’ of which the shop stocks a large selection. In addition to all of this, the shop sells many different types of helium balloons, including the recently launched bubble balloons. ‘Best Wishes’ is run by Yvonne Payne and Jenny Coombs, who are both very friendly and approachable. It is certainly worth paying them a visit.

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Suited and Booted Otterbourne resident Duncan Holley, has been collecting memorabilia and photos of Southampton FC for 40 odd years. This has been done by going to post-card fairs, internet, agencies etc - all the usual places - but also spending many hours driving around the country visiting old players and their families to beg, steal or borrow their photographs or take photos of their medals and caps.

The club gave him official historian status in 1998 which was a great help when resourcing these photos and the club's history but still, sometimes he had to pay up to £300 to acquire an image. As the club's post war history had already been comprehensively covered by Duncan’s previous book "In that Number" in 2003, he thought it was time to do something for the pre-war period and so he has released “Suited and Booted”. Because the history was comparatively ancient (no one alive who remembers it) he had to include a potted abridged script to accompany the photos, but he realised it would be the photos

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that would make the book attractive as you can see above.

Most of us are fascinated to see images from so many years ago whether football related or not. Every single man in the crowd (it would be easier to find the eponymous character in Where’s Wally, than to spot a woman in this crowd) is wearing a white shirt, a tie, a jacket and a hat. Many are smoking cigarettes or pipes. And it’s unlikely that any of them are still alive today.

But of course it’s the history of the club itself that makes this beautifully illustrated and designed book a must-have for Southampton supporters, especially with the team’s higher profile now they have returned to the Premier League.

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5. Lending its name to a roller coaster at Seaworld in Orlando, Florida, what is the name of the legendary sea monster that is said to have been seen off the coasts of Norway and Iceland?

6. “Monsters Unleashed” is the sub-title to a 2004 sequel to which 2002 film?

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9. Who played the title role in the 1994 film Frankenstein?

10. In which Stephen King novel does a monster take the form of a clown called Pennywise?

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HAMPSHIRE HERITAGE This morning I went to see Florence Nightingaleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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.

The intention was that the hospital should be grander than any such establishment before it, a symbol of national pride. Unfortunately, it was also a symbol of architectural vanity at the expense of functional efficiency. Many aspects of the buildingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s design were so poor from a clinical viewpoint that they would work against rather than for the recovery of the patients.

My interest in Florence Nightingale was triggered by the book Spike Island by Philip Hoare. The book is an extraordinarily detailed account of the construction and subsequent operation of the grandiose Royal Military Hospital at Netley, beside Southampton Water.

From her experience at Scutari in the Crimean war, Florence could see many flaws in the proposed design of the Netley hospital. She took an opportunity to describe her misgivings to Queen Victoria herself and subsequently to figures in the government of the day and their advisers. At one point she

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DIS COV ER H E RI TAG E set off from her home in Embley Park to nearby Broadlands to tell Lord Palmerston in person of her concerns. As a result, Palmerston wrote to his Secretary of State, “It seems to me that all consideration of what would best tend to the comfort and recovery of the patients has been sacrificed to the vanity of the architect…Pray therefore stop all progress in the work until the matter can be duly considered.” This intervention by a woman came a hundred years before feminism and fifty before the suffragettes.

The Florence Nightingale of popular myth is a ministering angel patrolling the wards 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.

The church itself is very small and quite plain.

It has some faded and flaking wall paintings, said by Pevsner 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 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.

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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Wally put his tools away in the van and then went back into the house to collect the bag of off-cuts and rubbish. Some carpet fitters would have left it for the householder to deal with, but that was not his way. The lady paid him by cheque for the work, saying how pleased she was with the fine job he had done.

As he climbed back into his van, it once again crossed his mind that tomorrow was his 65th birthday and the day on which he would be retiring. Thank goodness he had organised a pension all those years ago. He and Mary would be reasonably well provided for and should never be broke.

All the way home, a journey of just under half an hour, thoughts of his long and active working life filled his mind.

He remembered that he had first watched a carpet being fitted when he was only ten years old and had marvelled at what he saw. He was totally enthralled and decided there and then to take up that profession when he left school.

Having achieved only average grades at school, he was extremely pleased to secure a job with a carpet company at the age of 16 in a local firm.

Starting as a general assistant, within a few years Wally had graduated to being a fully-fledged fitter.

He had stayed with that outfit for just four more years before starting his own one man company.

He had always thoroughly enjoyed the job; the process of first cutting and fixing the edging strips, fitting the underlay and finally putting down the carpet itself, stretching and trimming it to be a perfect fit. The sense of achievement when he stood back and eyed up a finished job had never

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left him. Astounding!

Arriving home, he completely unloaded the van, all his tools and everything to do with the carpet business, and put them away in the garden shed.

The empty van reversed into the garage and the offcuts he’d collected earlier were put to one side to taken to the dump in due course.

“Don’t suppose I’ll ever need you again, old dear.

Wonder if I can sell you and make a few quid”, Wally said aloud as he patted the bonnet of his old red Ford Transit.

He went indoors, exchanged greetings and had a cuddle with his wife Mary, who put the kettle on to make a cup of tea. While she was doing that, he changed out of his work clothes for what he sincerely hoped was the very last time. OK, it was not unlikely that he might do some fitting for friends now and again, but not for a living.

When the tea was made he sat down in the kitchen to drink it. He patted Mary’s hand and asked, “are we all packed then, sweetheart?” She, with a mouthful of tea and biscuits, merely nodded and smiled. They would be taking a long flight to South Africa in a couple of days to visit their son and his family. It would be their first flight anywhere and they were both a bit apprehensive.

He breathed out, sat back, relaxed and, as he did so, reflected for the umpteenth time that his parents may well have been under some psychic influence when he was born. Perhaps they’d predicted what he would do with his life when, at the age of eight months, they had had him christened in the local church and thus he had become, would you believe, Walter Wall!

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The Life List Reasons to be kind to your parents when you’re a kid

1. They buy your clothes. And however terrible you think their fashion sense is now, they’re doing that with a sense of care. Just imagine how awful you’d look if they were dressing you with a sense of revenge.

2. They feed you. So indirectly, they’re responsible for deciding whether you grow up with sugar cravings, obesity, sensible eating habits or a perverse fondness for chicken liver smoothies.

3. They could wait until you have a great bunch of friends and then decide to move. You think social services are going to help with your relocation problem? Think again.

4. They tell Father Christmas what presents to leave.

Yep, even that awful jumper from your spinster aunt that you had to wear on Christmas Day for the family photos. Trust me, they had a hand in that too.

5. Who do you think will insure your first car – and probably pay for the garage to fix it when you wreck it? That’s right – those mean folks downstairs who won’t let you do whatever it is you think life won’t be worth living unless you do it.

6. They will demand to see your sweetheart and if you think that’s embarrassing, wait until they bring out the photo album with you on a rug, naked, with your bum in the air. (All parents do this – experts believe it’s a pay it forward revenge tactic.)

7. They’ll pick your schools and they set your pocket money. Ask any gambler – you can’t beat the house rules indefinitely. It’s the way of the world, so get used to it.

8. Bottom line – your inheritance is their scrimping and saving. So, for every penny they don’t give you for the latest computer game, the second it comes out in the shops, a proportion of that saving will one day find its way to you. It’s like a trickle down a mountain, gradually gathering in size.

9. They love you. And the really weird thing is that’s the reason they do all that crazy stuff to you. And the more you learn about their behaviour, the more you can inflict it on your own kids and then say, “Blame granddad and grandma – it’s how they brought me up.” That’s probably what your parents say too. © Derek Thompson “The pen is mightier than the sword and easier to carry in your trouser pocket.” www.alongthewritelines.blogspot.com

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Seasonal Recipe Try this variation on summer pudding making the most of the early Autumn fruits, such as plums, blackberries and delicious English apples. Serve with softly whipped double cream flavoured with a splash of Calvados for a really indulgent dessert.

Place the sugar and 200ml of cold water in a large pan and heat gently until the sugar has dissolved. Add the sliced apples and simmer for 5-10 minutes until just tender. Add the rest of the fruit and simmer for a further 2-3 minutes.

Leave to cool.

Remove the crusts from the bread slices.

Use a round cookie cutter to stamp out a circle from one slice of bread to fit the base of a 1.2 litre pudding basin. Cut the remaining slices of bread in half.

Carefully strain half of the fruit syrup from the cooled fruit into a shallow dish.

Lightly dip most of the slices of bread into the syrup and arrange around the side of the pudding basin, overlapping them slightly to completely line the basin. Dip the bread circle into the syrup and press into the bottom of the basin.

Spoon the fruit into the lined basin, pressing down gently with the back of a spoon. Use the remaining slices of bread to cover the fruit filling completely and spoon over any remaining syrup.

Place a saucer on top of the basin and weigh it down with 2-3 food cans. Chill in the fridge overnight. To serve, carefully turn the pudding out onto a plate and decorate with extra sliced fruit.

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Autumn Pudding • 175g caster sugar • 3 small English eating apples, peeled, cored and sliced • 4 red plums, halved, stones removed and sliced • 100g raspberries • 100g strawberries, hulled and sliced • 100g blackcurrants or blueberries • 100g blackberries • 10 slices thick-sliced white bread • Extra fruit, to decorate

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what’s THE MAGIC OF A THOUSAND STRINGS 6 Oct, 7:30pm All Saints’ Church, Denmead, Waterlooville, PO7 6NN The International Harp Ensemble presents the Magic of a Thousand Strings, a performance by 25 young Surrey harpists from their diverse repertoire of Celtic, classical and popular music. "So many massed concert harps - a beautiful sight and sound not to be missed". Tickets for concerts include light refreshments and cost £8.00 and are available from 023 9226 8565 or 023 9225 1674, by calling in person at the Church Office in All Saints Church Hall.

SWANMORE PAST &PRESENT 6 Oct 10am to 5pm and 7 Oct 2pm to 5pm The Paterson Centre, Swanmore An interesting exhibition exploring Swanmore Past and.

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Telephone 01929 552981 CHARITY BEER FESTIVAL 13th Oct 11-4 & 6-11pm The Wickham Centre Mill Lane, Wickham PO17 5AL Wickham Beer Festival is an independently run festival and the money raised from it goes towards local organisations and charities. This year’s Spring Wickham Beer Festival was a great success. Over 500 thirsty drinkers consumed a massive 3000+ pints of real ale and cider from around Hampshire and surrounding counties. In total £7500 was raised for local charities. Join us again this autumn.

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very best of Autumnal treasures with the spotlight on Pumpkins and Scarecrows. Giant Pumpkins, Autumnal food, drink, music, dance, floral art, Big Draw art workshops, crafts, Beekeeping & honey info, gardening advice and produce, storytelling, games, craft stalls and much much more.

Help us with our community art 'Scarecrow Avenue' so please make yours and bring them along to join in the fun. £2 child 50p Normal Country Park Car park charges apply.

GLOBAL RHYTHMS FESTIVAL 14 Oct 12noon to 6pm Royal Victoria Country Park, Netley SO31 5GA An opportunity for the whole family to explore and experience the world of music, dance and food with a day of free workshops and demonstrations featuring from the Caribbean, Africa and India.

12noon - 6pm Price: Free entry.

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STAMP FAIR 20 Oct, Doors open 10am The Wickham Centre Mill Lane, Wickham PO17 5AL Stamp and Postal History Fair with more than 25 dealers and a Junior Workshop. Main

STEAMY & GHOSTLY GOING ON 21 Oct 2012 10am to 4 pm Bursledon Brickworks Industrial Museum SO31 7HB October is when the steam engines that live on our site start getting ready to be put to bed for the winter. Before they do we have a big extravaganza and get as many of them out in the courtyard as possible. It should be a really good display this year as we have visiting engines coming along to make the most of our hard surfaces. Come along and find out about our ghosts.

We have our paranormal team on hand to tell you all about their findings to date. We also have lots of ghostly things for children to enjoy..... and because it is nearly Halloween we are going to have some visiting owls and also some experts with a display all about bats. Adults £5, Conc £4, Child £2, Family £12 AUTUMN SPLENDOURS 23 Oct 10:30am to 12 Swanwick Lakes Wildlife Reserve, Sopwith Way, Swanwick Hampshire SO31 7AY Join Reserve Staff for a guided walk to see the fantastic autumn colours at Swanwick Lakes Nature Reserve. Contact Dawn Preston or Jess Daish-Miller on 01489 570240. Please bring warm outdoor clothing and sturdy shoes or boots. Suggested donation £3 per person. ...continued on page 37

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local groups WALKS FOR HEALTH Every Thursday 10.15 BishopsWaltham Square, contact Lydia Lockhart 01962 848725 UNIVERSITY OF THE 3RD AGE Tuesday twice monthly 1.30–3.30 Wickham Community Hall Contact 01329 833384 THE HEALING TRUST Healing Centre, Wickham Community Centre, Wickham. Every 4th Saturday of the month 10am til 12.30pm noon. Marjorie Nutland 01329 832637 SOUL CONNECTIONS – SPIRITUAL GROUP Priory Park Hall, Bishops Waltham. 3rd Sunday each Month, £5.00 Sue Murray 01489 799740 www.suemurrayhealing.co.uk NETBALL GROUP We train every Wed 5.30pm -7pm Swanmore College of Technology.

First session would be free. Call Dee 07979917202 LUNCH CLUB Every Monday Jubilee Hall 1 - 2pm Christine Argyle 01489 894054 Tuesday Gwyn West 01489 891663 Thurs Gill Stainer 01489 893384 JUBILEE WRITERS Thursday (Twice Monthly) 2pm – 4pm Stables Hall, Bishops Waltham Elizabeth Watt 01489 892224 COMMIT TO GET FIT Circuits, Pilates, Zumba and Yoga classes in Bishops Waltham on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

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ART CLASSES Every Wed 9am - 4pm Helena Hines DRAMA GROUP Every Monday at Jubilee Hall 4pm - 5.15pm (Junior) & 5.15pm - 6.30pm (Senior) Second youth centre-Helena Fox 01962 844600

EVENTS AT SWANMORE Swanmore Baby & Toddler Group Every Tuesday (term-time only) 10am-11.30am Swanmore Village Hall Contact Layla Oates 07837 473590

WALTHAM PRIORY PROBUS CLUB We are a mixed Club of retired & semi-retired professional and business men and women. We meet once a month on the first Tuesday of each MEON VALLEY CARERS GROUP The Meon Valley Carers Group is a support group month at Brook House, Brook Lane, Botley at 10.30 a.m. for coffee followed by a Speaker, and for the carers of people with Dementia. We meet every month for a pub lunch and also for a lunch at 12.30 p.m. We have a wide selection support group meeting. Cared for are welcome. of speakers on many interesting subjects, but Phone Debbie on 01489 895444 Mon or Thurs also enjoy ourselves with some social events be it a coach trip, garden party, barbeque, 9.00-13.00 for details. conducted walks led by a guide followed by supper, and a variety of other events. Anyone SCOUTS wishing to find out more would be very Beaver Scouts 6-8, Cub Scouts 8-10, Scouts welcome to contact our Secretary, Barry West on 10-14, Explorer Scouts14-18, Scout Network 18-25, plus Adult volunteers (18+) are always 01489 891663. required as supporters, Leaders, Managers and MEON VALLEY FLOWER CLUB Administrators. Meon Valley Scouting is centred Demos, workshops at Meonstoke Village Hall in Bishops Waltham, Curdridge (inc Durley), Ann Hammant 01730 829469 Droxford, Shedfield, Swanmore and Wickham. for further information, including Scouting in GARDENING CLUB other areas, please contact us via www.scouts. Memberships only £6 org.uk/join call Keith Fry 01489 893755 VT CRICKET CLUB Portsmouth Rd, Sholing, Southampton SO19 9PW tel 02380 341745 WICKHAM CENTRE www.wickhamcentre.org.uk Keep Fit Monday 6 – 7pm Rifle Club Mon 7.30-9pm, Sat 10am-12noon Ladies Circuits Tues 10 – 11am Scallywags Dog Training Tues 6.30pm Wickham Indoor Bowling Tues & Fri 7.30pm Brownies Tuesday 4.45pm Church Room Lunch Club 11.30am Wed, Church Room Cubs Wednesdays 6.30 – 8pm Beavers Thursday 6 – 7pm Home Start Mother & Toddler Fri 9-12 noon Poppins Play Group Thursday Yoga with Paula Wed 10 -11.30am Wickham Community Centre Thu 10 -11.30am Jubilee Hall, Bishops Waltham Paula Dixon 01489 893648

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HALLOWEEN FESTIVAL 27 Oct to 4 Nov Marwell Wildlife, Colden Common SO21 1JH Prepare to be spooked…Meet all manner of creepy crawlies and even see a python up close, enjoy spooky storytelling with our resident witch and visit our pumpkin emporium – where you can buy a pumpkin (or bring your own) then draw on and carve your very own design. Our experts will be on hand to assist, so don’t be shy! Plus, throughout the week, different animals will be enjoying pumpkin treats – from meerkats to monkeys and many more – so come and join the Halloween fun!

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CRAFT FAYRE AND EVENTS 3rd & 4th Nov, 10:30 to 4pm Peter Ashley Activity Centre, Portsdown Hill Road, Cosham, PO6 1BJ “CRAFTS” at Fort Purbrook includes handmade crafts, food ideas and quality gifts from Britain and around the world. Including live demonstrations, free children's entertainment, live music, tours of the Fort, “hands-on” crafts and so much more. With everything from unique and beautiful jewellery to stylish hand-made fashions, from mouth-watering foods to inspiring artwork, Crafts at Fort Purbrook has something for everyone.

Adults: £3.00, Seniors: £2.50 Accompanied under 16s FREE DENMEAD BRASS AUTUMN CONCERT 24 Nov 12, 7:30 Hart Plain Church, Hart Plain

Avenue, Waterlooville A traditional brass band with strong community links the concert will have something for everyone in the programme.

Tickets £7.50 (concessions £5) available on the door or in advance from Sarah on 07776 420535. www.denmeadbrass. org.uk CONCERT 24 Nov & 25 Nov 7:30 St John the Evangelist Church, West Meon (24th) All Saints Church, Botley (25th) Botley Choral Society is celebrating its 90th birthday with concerts of The Messiah.

Please come and join us. Tickets £12 and £10 concessions (under 16s free). Tickets from 01489 890007 enquiries@botleychoral. co.uk or www.botleychoral.co.uk.

BIRD WALK 25 Nov 10am to 3pm Meet in the Yacht Club car park, Cliff Road, Hill Head PO14 3JT Join John Clark for a winter bird walk at this Hampshire County Council reserve. Contact Mary 01962 864440. Entry charges to the reserve apply; we should get a group rate for entry.

Refreshments are available in the café but this can get busy so bring a packed lunch. Suggested donation £2.50. Sorry, no dogs.

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Sir Harold Hillier Gardens In the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee year, the Sir Harold Hillier Gardens is celebrating the completion of its redesigned Centenary Board which is set to become one of the Gardens most iconic features.

At an impressive 250 metres long it is believed to be the longest Double Border in the country and possibly Europe.

Head of Collections at The Gardens David Jewell said: “This is one of our most ambitious projects which will help lead the Gardens into the next 25 to 50 years. As well as traditional perennial and woody plantings for the summer there are plenty of surprises including many newon-the-scene plants. We hope the plant combinations will inspire our visitors and provide thought provoking ideas for their own gardens”.

“This project has been five years in the planning and taken two years of dedicated work by landscape designers Julia Fogg Associates and The Gardens’ horticultural team plus many of the Gardens’ 150 volunteers.”

With over 30,000 plants, the border will provide an extravaganza of colour, textures and shapes. Starting with spring bulbs and hellebores followed by an encyclopaedia of summer flowering perennials such as lupins, peonies, irises and geraniums, autumn- flowering asters and a

range of grasses.

A key element of the new design, for the first time, is the stunning white granite paving which provides a front edge detail to the beds.

Importantly it also allows visitors to enjoy the border all year round and in all weather conditions. Walking on the paving in winter, while enjoying the soft grass centre during summer time strolls.

Together with the wonderful annual Art in the Garden displays which run to the 30th October, a trip to the Gardens makes for a wonderful day out. www3.hants.gov.uk/hilliergardens.

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