Discover Romsey October 2012

October 2012

Hampshire Heritage Florence Nightingale

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Businesses, Services, Useful Numbers, Features, Local Groups ... and more

Local Walk

Lockerley Walk 4.2 Miles

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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, well, rather ‘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 meant to be).

Hang on – that’s new gloves, hat, coat, trousers and shoes. This October’s clothes-shop is beginning to look expensive. Think I’ll stay indoors until the January sales...

Tania

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Local Walk - Lockerley Walk

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Local Groups

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Advertisers Feature - 1st Floor Gallery

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What's On

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Life Begins

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Index of Advertisers

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Short Story - What's In A Name

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Supermarket Hours

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Hampshire Heritage

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Lockerley Walk

Walk Distance 4.2 miles Historical Notes Butts Green is probably the site where local archers practised their art in the sixteenth century. In 1512, King Henry VIII passed an act encouraging the use of the longbow and this was confirmed in 1541 by act of parliament. The act ensured that “Every man being the King’s subject, not lame, decrepid (sic) or maimed nor having any other legal cause or impediment and being within the age of 60 years was to exercise regularly with the longbow and every father was to provide his male children between the ages of 7 and 17 years with bows and arrows”. At the age of 17, every young man was required to have his own bow, being trained from a young age at the Butts.

The field on your left after passing under the railway arch at the start of the walk was the site of a WW II army camp.

Lockerley Hall was built by Francis Dalgety in 1879, but is now owned by the Van Geests.

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The village of Lockerley lies some 5 miles north west of Romsey. On entering the village from the direction of Romsey, turn right at Lockerley Garage and park on the roadside adjacent to the village hall.

Walk along the roadside, with the village hall on your left and Butts Green on your right.

At the last house on the left, turn left onto a signed footpath. Cross the footbridge over the River Dun. Ignore the footpath merging from the right.

Continue straight on under the railway bridge then cross a small wooden bridge over a ditch.

Walk to the right of a stile to enter the National Trust Mottisfont Estate.

At a ‘T’ junction of paths, turn right then immediately left onto a signed footpath across the centre of a field heading towards woodland.

Cross the footbridge spanning a ditch to enter the woodland and immediately turn right along a wide earthen path. The path initially runs parallel to the field boundary then bears left climbing steadily uphill.

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the signed footpath. Ignore the footpaths branching left and right, go straight ahead following the yellow way marker.

The path descends gently to a footbridge over a ditch. Cross the track beyond the bridge and continue straight ahead along the signed footpath.

On reaching a field boundary, cross the stile into the field and turn left.

Walk along the fence-line then cross a stile into second field. Cross this field diagonally right keeping a small clump of trees within the field to your left. The path is indistinct. Head for the far corner of the field adjacent to two oaks growing close together in the fence-line.

With Lockerley Hall in the mid-distance on the right, cross a stile into the field beyond. Head diagonally left towards some conifer trees at the left hand edge of a spinney.

Go through a metal kissing gate and into the spinney following the fence-line on your right. Cross the footbridge over a brook discharging from the lake on your right.

Pass through a kissing gate into a field.

Continue straight ahead across the field towards the left hand corner of a copse.

Cross the stile into the copse.

Follow the path through the woodland keeping the field boundary to your left.

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left towards some buildings in the middle distance. The path is indistinct.

Go through a kissing gate in the cricket ground perimeter fence and walk to the left of The Star public house.

Walk through the pub car park and emerge onto the road.

Turn left from the pub along the road for approximately 50 yards. Cross the road onto a signed bridleway on the right, adjacent to the East Tytherley village boundary sign.

Continue straight ahead keeping the field boundary on your right. At the top corner of the field, at a crossing of tracks, turn left across a stile.

Bear diagonally left along a grass track.

Eventually, walk through a wooden barrier to emerge onto a lane.

Walk along the lane, past Holbury Mill, to join the main road.

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into Top Green. Bear left at the fork in the road.

Walk along the road to the far corner of the green. As the road turns back to the right, turn left onto a track.

Follow the track down to a metal gate.

Walk to the left of this gate and walk across Critchell’s Green heading for a pair of metal gates on the other side of the green.

On reaching the gates, turn left across a stile in the hedgerow and into a field. The path is indistinct, but walk diagonally right heading for the far end of a cultivated beech hedge.

Cross a stile and follow the right hand fence line back to the main road.

Emerge by Lockerley Garage. Walk across the road to Butts Green and your car.

Thanks to local resident Mrs J Brace for this walk. We were pleased to donate to her requested charity for this feature. If you have anything you’d like to contribute you could raise money for your charity of choice too.

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1st Floor Gallery Keith Newton, one of the first framers to qualify as Fine Art Trade Guild Commended, celebrates 30 years as a Picture Framer this year, making 1st Floor Gallery one of the oldest independent traders in Romsey. The gallery has recently been refurbished and over 500 picture frame mouldings are now displayed. The upstairs gallery has a light and airy feel, showing a varied selection of prints, limited editions and originals.

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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?

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

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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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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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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

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

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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 building’s design were so poor from a clinical viewpoint that they would work against rather than for the recovery of the patients.

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 set off from her home in Embley Park to nearby Broadlands to ...Continued on page 26

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tell Lord Palmerston in person of her concerns.

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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.

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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.

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Three sides of the memorial commemorate her parents and her elder sister Parthenope.

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ROMSEY JOB CLUB Trying to find a job? If you live around Romsey, why not drop in to our Job Club on a Wednesday morning between 9.30 and 12.30? We can’t offer you a job, but we can offer you help in finding one. You can browse for jobs on our WELLOW FLOWER ARRANGEMENT SOCIETY computers , prepare your cv If you need to brush up your IT Meetings held fourth Monday in the month at Plaitford skills, we can help you with that as well. All in an informal Village Hall at 7.30 pm New members welcome. setting, with a cup of tea or coffee. We’re at Company House, Tel: Sonia on 01794 322205 or Liz on 01794 322263.

Romsey School, Greatbridge, SO51 8ZB. Ring 01794 522106 FLOWER ARRANGEMENT CLASSES/WORKSHOPS. for more information Woodley Village Hall, School Road, Romsey.

WELLOW TEA DANCE Mondays 1.30 - 3.30pm 1st & 3rd Monday - Beginners and intermediates (separate Wellow Village Hall from 3pm to 5pm every second Wednesday in the month except August. tables) The price is £3.25, and the music is provided by a small band, Everybody Welcome Contact: Denise 02380 741299 or and tea, cakes and a raffle are included in the price. The dates Sandy 01794 511335 for details. for 2012 are 12th Sept, 10th Oct, 14th Nov and 12th Dec. BRAISHFIELD FLOWER ARRANGEMENT SOCIETY ROMSEY OPEN GATE STROKE CLUB Meet on the fourth Thursday of the month at Braishfield A social club for anyone who has had a stroke, we meet every Village Hall 7.30pm. New members welcome. Tel: 01794 Tuesday at The Abbey Rooms 2.15pm 368259 / 02380 731162 Welcomes new members Tel: 0845 3033 100 ROMSEY W.I. ROMSEY ARTHRITIS HYDROTHERAPY GROUP The Crosfield Hall Annexe, Broadwater Road, Romsey, Help soothe Arthritic joints, helping to relieve pain in the SO51 8GL Every fourth Wednesday in the month commencing 7.30pm. Hydrotherapy Pool. Join us as a member for £5 per year.

Weekly sessions are subsidised. Transport is not available, but Visitors will be warmly welcomed. We have sections for sessions are held locally. For further information contact Mrs Crafts, Darts, Walking, Scrabble and outings. We also have Linda Hill 01794 323838 trips to the theatre. alan.coltsrd@o2.co.uk ROMSEY HEARING CONCERN ROMSEY MODELLERS, Ampfield Village Hall, 3rd Wed in the month. 8pm – 10pm We 2nd & 4th Tuesdays of the month 2 to 4 pm Appletree Centre, Romsey (behind Romsey Library) are a plastic modelling club catering for all modelling genres and skill levels from beginners to well seasoned gurus. For more The clubs’programme has a wide variety of activities, which includes speakers, social events and outings. Visitors and information please see www.romseymodellers.co.uk new members are very welcome to visit this friendly club, ROMSEY SUB-AQUA CLUB. whose aim is to minimise the restrictions of deafness. You Club night is Tuesday evening at Stanbridge Earls School 7.30 do not have to be deaf to visit or join us, you just need an - 9 pm. Come dive and snorkel with us! We offer try-dives empathetic approach to people with a hearing loss. We and training and welcome new members. (Note: for security are always looking for help, so if you are interested please reasons at the School please contact us before coming along.) contact Anne Gale on 02380735858, alternatively email Email: info@romseysac.com Website www.romseysac.com hearingconcernromsey@gmail.com.

WOODLEY & CRAMPMOOR FRIENDSHIP CLUB MEDITATION AS A WAY OF PRAYER Woodley Village Hall, School Rd, Romsey Every Friday 11am to 12pm starting 4 May 2012. An 1st & 3rd Wednesdays of each month, 2pm opportunity to explore & experience the stillness & silence of contemplative prayer. Wisdom Centre, Romsey, Hants SO51 NOMADS MUSIC AND DRAMA GROUP 8EL. 01794 830206. reception@wisdomhouseromsey.co.uk.

NOMADS meet every Friday 8pm, Woodley Village Hall, www.christian-meditation.org.uk School Road, Romsey. We have been part of the local community for 35 years and new members are welcomed. BIKE RIDES New members needed for our Summer show, all ages Romsey Hares and Tortoises local bike rides. Easy-paced welcome. Come along or phone Rachel: 023 8049 8955 or rides from Romsey. Afternoon rides, with tea stop on the 3rd Clare: 01794 523578 - for more information.

Saturday of each month and day rides, with lunch stop on the 1st Saturday of each month. Social events too. Come and SOUTH HANTS HISTORICAL AVIATION SOCIETY make friends. ‘Taster’participation is free.

The Conservative Club Romsey First Wed in the month Contact Viv, romsey@southhampshirectc.org.uk or telephone 7.30pm. Welcomes new members. on 01794 368207.

For more information visit www.shhas.co.uk.

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ROMSEY SEA CADETS Romsey Sports Field, Southampton Road, Romsey SO51 8AT Tuesdays for 12 – 18 year olds or Thursdays for 10 – 18 year olds Activities and competitions in every area include sailing, rowing, canoeing, swimming, 5-a-side football, shooting and camp craft. 01794 514387 romseyseacadets@gmail.com TEST VALLEY CROQUET CLUB Test Valley Croquet Club play from April to September at Hunts Farm Sports Ground, Timsbury. Founded over 10 years ago the club is thriving, informal and friendly. All the club's facilities and equipment are available to members and their guests every day between April and September. New members of any age or experience are always welcome. Go along to a "mix-in" at 2pm on either afternoon to "have a go" or to watch, or make contact with Julie Gale, Secretary 01794 501043 or the John Smith, Captain 01794 340341 if you are only able to play in the evenings and at weekends ROMSEY MALE VOICE CHOIR Romsey Male Voice Choir’s team of 60 members share a passion for singing and fun. Come along to a rehearsal to hear what we do, all visitors welcome. The choir holds weekly rehearsals on Monday evenings in Romsey. 02380 663263, www.romseymvc.co.uk VIEWFINDERS OF ROMSEY CAMERA CLUB Every Tuesday throughout the year (except August) at Jubilee Hall, New Road, Timsbury, 7.30pm. We have a varied programme of competitions, talks and practical evenings for those with an interest in photography, and we welcome those just starting out in photography as well as more advanced workers. For more information, please see www. viewfinderscameraclub.org.uk or telephone our secretary Pam Watson on 01794 388429.

TRANSITION TOWN ROMSEY We are a local not-for profit group run by volunteers, aiming to take action locally to make Romsey more sustainable and a better place to live. We are particularly concerned with the challenges of Peak Oil and Climate Change and encourage people to get involved in our various groups. Website: www. transitiontownromsey.org.uk

Charities, free or very low cost events are listed above without charge and can be submitted by emailing Tania@discovermagazines.co.uk For other events a small charge is made starting from just £7 a month.

For more details email Melanie@discovermagazines.co.uk or call 023 8026 6388

DIS COV ER WHAT ’S ON

what’s QUIZ NIGHT 5th Oct 7:30pm Braishfield Village Hall Romsey & District Branch of the RNLI are holding a Quiz Night with tickets costing £10.00 (including supper) per person. Teams of 4 or 6, or come on your own and we'll fix you up with a team. This is the 5th year we've held this event and questions range from the easy to the more difficult, but enjoyment is the name of the game! Entrance by ticket only - available from Owen Davies on 01794 - 514869.

for yourselves. If you are interested in renting a table or for more information contact:- Julie on 02380 254587. Next two dates are 3rd November and 1st December.

AMPFIELD MARKET 6th October, 10am to 12noon Ampfield Village Hall The Market has gained a great reputation and every effort is made to ensure that the sales tables are varied and display top quality, good value items including Fairtrade and fresh foods, cakes, bread, preserves, plants, books and a wide range of crafts. All proceeds go to Village Hall funds which help to provide a great local venue for all our community activities.

We have worked very hard to create a welcoming, happy and relaxed atmosphere in our Market.

The refreshments are freshly produced, generously donated and served between 10 and 12 by a wonderful team of volunteers without whose help the Market would cease to function. Why don't you make a date to meet friends and sample our hospitality

HILLIER GARDENS AUTUMN FESTIVAL 11th to 14th October, 10am to 6pm (4pm Sun) Hillier Gardens, Romsey Step into a creative world and rediscover the art of enjoyable shopping.Superb Craft Pavilion, specialist Food Pavilion, garden & flower show (schedules available). Demonstrations of besom broom, rake, hurdle making and pottery plus ferret racing and owl display. Adults: £3.00 Children: Free Advance Ticket Offer Purchase 4 tickets and receive a 5th FREE please phone our Hotline 01428 684494.

Presentation of Sir Harold Hillier Gardens Membership card entitles the holder to 50% discount. www. ruralcraftsassociation.co.uk

PHOTOGRAPHIC DISPLAY 6th to 14th October Romsey Abbey, North Transept Display of photographs of the Abbey and scenes around Romsey

by Viewfinders of Romsey Camera Club. Open during normal Abbey opening hours except when services are taking place.

SNAIL RACE 12th Oct 'Snail Race' Crosfield Hall. Romsey

in aid of Jane Scarth House (Wessex Cancer Trust). Tickets £10 to include a Fish and Chip Supper.

For more details and tickets Contact: Jane Scarth House 01794 830374 BARN DANCE / CEILIDH 13 Oct 7:30 to 11:00 (Approx) Crossfields Hall, Romsey A fundraising Ceilidh in Romsey on October 13th for a Southampton based charity called 'Gift of Sight'. Murphy's Lore will be providing the music and songs, so come and join us for a great evenings entertainment and dancing. Organised by Jennie Hurst after receiving treatment at Southampton Eye Unit, she aims to raise £1000 to help them.

Read her story at www.justgiving. com/see-the-light Contact Ailsa Walter on; 02380 599073 Email: info@giftofsight.org.uk. Tickets £15 Adults and £10 children, to include a ploughmans supper. www.murphyslore.co.uk CONCERT 20th Oct 7:30pm United Reform Church. Romsey This Tercentenary contact will feature accompanist Richard Stannard and the support group of the Thornden Jazz Band. His Worship the Mayor of Romsey, Her Worship the Mayor of Test Valley will be in attendance. Tickets: £10 no concessions. Tickets can be obtained from Romsey Heritage Centre or at the door.

FUNGI FORAY 29th Oct 2pm to 4pm Discover something new - join us on Bramshaw Commons for an Autumn Fungi Foray. £5.00 per person Booking essential. Please call 01794 344003. Meet Half Moon car park, Blackhill Road, East Wellow, Nr Romsey. Hampshire SO51 6AQ FOXBURY FRIGHT NIGHT 31 Oct from 6pm East Wellow Wrap up warm, pull on your wellies and join us at Foxbury for a Halloween trail, marshmallow toasting and storytelling around the campfire. Tickets £6.50 per person Booking essential. Please call 01794 344020. Foxbury, via Half Moon car park, Blackhill Road, East Wellow, Nr Romsey SO51 6AQ CHRISTMAS CRAFT AND GIFT FAIR 24th November Sherfield English Village Hall The perfect place to pick up unusual gifts and stocking fillers at competitive prices. With refreshments, activities for the children and a grand raffle, there's no better place to get in the Christmas spirit. Stalls include jewellery, bags, toys, cakes, accessories,books and Christmas decorations. 50p entrance children go free. Entrance from 10.30am, doors close at 2pm.

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DISCOVER INDEX For Advertisers offering multiple property services look under Property Maintenance, otherwise see specific trade e.g. electrician, carpenter etc.

Aerials: Aerial Fix DJ Satellites & Aerials Appliance Repair: Advanced Appliance Care DJB

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Bathrooms: See Plumbing Blinds: Waterside Blinds

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Cake Equip/Supplies: Cake Kraft Carpenter: J Maguire Carpentry Services Carpet Cleaning: Abbey Cleaning Carpet & Flooring: GE Nicholls Computer Services: Widenet Conservatories: Pennington (HI) Jones Ltd Domestic Appliance: Advanced Appliance Care DJB Double Glazing Inst/Repairs: Penninton (HI) Jones Ltd Windowmenda

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Electrician: Ampfield Electrical Knightwood Electrics Estate Agent: Jonathan Rees

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Fencing: CF Handyman Fencing Services Furniture: Deane

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Garage Doors: Fix Quick Garage Doors Garage Services: Belbins Garage Independent NB Service Station Robinsons Vehicle Maintenance Garden Design & Services: Elcombe and Son Lakewood Tree Surgeons New Forest Garden Machinery R.J.B. Services Gas Services: See Plumbing

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Health Services: Abbey Chiropractic Clinic

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Kitchens: Apple Interiors Dream Doors Liberty Kitchens New Forest Stone

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Mobility: The Discount Mobility Company Picture Framing: First Floor Gallery Plumbing Services (including bathroom installation and gas and boiler services) see also Property Maintenance: Allan Grace Plumbing Services Aquatec D & D Plumbing Services Gair Gas Grahame E Jones Plumbing & Heating Greens Plumbing & Property Maint.

NHP (Romsey) Ltd Pegrum Home Services P & H Property Maintenance & Improvements: Apple Interiors CF Handyman Services Dream Doors DT Interiors Elcombe and Son Greens Plumbing & Property Maint.

John F Heney The Flat Pack People Solar Panels: Energy My Way Tree Surgery: See Garden Window Repair: Windowmenda Worktops: New Forest Stone

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Supermarket Opening Hours Mon Asda, C.Ford Co-op, except

Sevmore Parade

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Co-op

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Sainsburys

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Tesco Tebourba Way Waitrose Romsey

ALDI Romsey

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useful numbers LOCAL DOCTORS NHS Direct (24hr helpline)

Abbey Mead Surgery Romsey SO51 8EN

Alma Road SurgerY Romsey SO51 8ED Lordshill Health Centre Lordshill SO16 8HY Nightingale Surgery Romsey SO51 7QN

North Baddesley Surgery Fleming Ave SO52 9EP

LOCAL CHEMISTS Lloyds Pharmacy 123 The Hundred, Romsey BootsThe Chemist Ltd 1 The Hundred, Romsey Alliance Pharmacy 7-8 Market Place, Romsey Lloyds Pharmacy 16-17 District Centre Lordshill Alliance Pharmacy 7 Rownhams Road, North Baddesley Wellow Pharmacy Lower Common Road West Wellow, Romsey, SO51 6BT DENTISTS Community Dental Clinic Winchester Hill Romsey Abbey Orthodontics 82 The Hundred Romsey Romsey Dental Care 1 Station Road Romsey Heatherstone Dental Practice 65 The Hundred Romsey Wordsworth House Dental Practice 15 Palmerston Street Romsey Rownhams Lane Dental Practice 30 Rownhams Lane North Baddesley R M Sherwin Lordshill District Centre Lordshill Mark Mawer Clover Dental Practice North Baddesley HOUSEHOLD WASTE RECYCLING Bunny Lane, Timsbury Winter (1st Oct - 31st March) 8am - 4pm Summer (1st April - 30th Sept) 8am - 7pm LOCAL LIBRARY Romsey Library Station Rd SO51 8DN North Baddesley 28 Wilis Ave SO52 9EN Lordshill Lordshill District Ctr, Southampton

0845 4647 01794 512218 01794 830888 01794 513422 02380 738144 01794 517878 01794 511513 02380 743401 02380 743400 01794 522716 01794 513143 01794 513193 02380 737161 02380 732438 01794 322554 01794 519589 01794 519589 01794 522222 01794 513100 01794 512319 02380 733324 02380 738916 02380 738787 01794 368548

0845 6035631 0845 6035631 02380 732845

LOCAL SCHOOLS Ampfield C of E Primary 01794 368219 Awbridge Primary 01794 340407 Braishfield Primary 01794 368359 Cupernham Infants 01794 514494 Cupernham Junior 01794 512702 Fairisle Infant & Nursery 02380 731199 Fairisle Junior 02380 733415 Halterworth Primary 01794 512028 North Baddesley Infant 02380 412412 North Baddesley Junior 02380 411100 Nursling Cof E Primary

02380 732289 Oakwood Infants 02380 733337 Oakwood Junior 02380 320360 Romsey Primary & Nursery 01794 512362 Romsey Abbey C of E Primary (aided) 01794 512047 Rownhams St Johns Cof E Primary 02380 736417 Sinclair Primary & Nursery 02380 736663 Wellow Primary 01794 322201 Oaklands Community School &Oasis Academy

Years 7 & 8 - 02380 393660

Years 9 -11 - 02380 771881 The Mountbatten School 01794 502502 The Romsey School 01794 512334 SCHOOL HOLIDAYS All dates taken from - http://www.hants.gov.uk/education/schools/holidays.php Autumn Term Half Term: Mon 29/10/12 - Fri 2/11/12 Christmas Holiday: Mon 24/12/12 - Fri 4/1/13 Spring Term Half Term: Mon 18/2/13 – Fri 22/2/13 Easter: Fri 29/3/13 to Friday 12/4/13 (inc.)

EMERGENCIES Police, Fire or Ambulance Services 999 Police (Incident Reports) 0845 045 45 45 Portsmouth Water - Fresh Water Supply 02392 499888 Portsmouth Water - Leaks to Report (Out of hours 24hr) 02392 477999 Southern Water - Sewage 0845 272 0845 Southern Water - Tech Support 0845 278 0845 Gas – National Grid (If you smell gas, then call us immediately) 0800 111 999 Electricity 0845 7708090

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