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Happy New Year to you all! Have any of you made any New Years resolutions I wonder? I’m not normally one for making any but this year I have decided to make one that I know will make a huge difference to many others. I am going to spend £5 of my weekly shop, locally, instead of online or at one of the big supermarkets. It doesn’t sound like a lot does it? Well if everyone in Christchurch & Highcliffe did the same each week it would be worth an extra £8.2 million to the local economy! Now that is a lot! Makes you think doesn’t it? What would Highcliffe be without the shops along lymington Road? We need to use our local shops before we lose them - If we want to continue to enjoy these great independent stores, we only need to make small changes to make a big difference. Okay, we know it is easier to just pop into Sainsbury’s, the parking is easy and they sell so much of what you need, but just remember that for some things there is another alternative and with free parking in the Wortley Road car park behind the Co-op between 1pm and 3pm everyday until 31st March 2014, then there really is no excuse not to pop to your local High Street! So why don’t you join me in making a New Years resolution that would mean so much to so many people? Until next month,
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Burn’s Night Supper at Upper Deck Join us for a Burn’s night Supper on Saturday 25th January, celebrating the life and poetry of Robert Burns. With an evening of Scottish food and wine, including Smoked Salmon and Haggis! £30 per person or £49.50 with wines to match - visit our website for more details and to view the menu.
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To find out more visit www.grwe.com or call 07000 785 092
Who will make sure those you care about are OK? Carers Required – We are looking for people to provide care to the elderly in their homes.
We know the most important things in life are our loved ones but it is not always possible to be near them. This obviously causes anxiety as you are not always sure that they are safe, secure, warm and managing their daily lives. We can provide daily or weekly support that will help alleviate your concerns.
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Chrysler Grand Voyager Mercedes ‘E’ Class Quality Corporate Hire & Private Hire Cruise Ship, Airport & Holiday Transfer Specialists Weddings Coastal Tours & Day Trips Six major works from six prominent Christchurch artists
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ix prominent artists from Christchurch and surrounding areas are starting 2014 with a new exhibition to be staged at the Kings Hotel Christchurch from 4th to 31st January. Entitled 6x6 the self-imposed limit of six works from each artist is a deliberate strategy to provide the audience with the finest examples from their current portfolio taking in aspects of abstract, figurative and impressionism. Size matters and to this end the artists are free to expand their creativity both in picture dimensions and subject matter, a facility not available in an open entry exhibition. Jackie Malley, Creative Director for Kings and one of the participating artists explains the concept more fully, “Within the Christchurch area there are many exhibitions from the various art groups where highly talented people have the awesome task of selecting limited entries which may also be restricted in size. We are trying this new approach of allowing more flexibility to fewer artists with a view to repeating the event if it proves successful. The exhibition will also feature a coffee morning on Saturday 4th January 2014 between 10am and 12noon in the Georgian Suite where visitors can enjoy refreshment, meet the artists and view the paintings in a very relaxed atmosphere. Disabled visitors are most welcome and access is very easy.
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What’s On Entries are listed FREE of charge for local groups and events. Submit your listing online at www.localeyemagazines.co.uk
Saturday 18th January Grange Choral Society Concert of Benjamin Britten’s St.Nicolas and Vivaldi’s Gloria at Christchurch Priory 7.30pm Tickets £16 & £9 students £5 from Bookends 67 High street 01202 399139 and H.Scott 01202 479059 Also at door. Monday 20th January Coffee Morning & Book Sale at Christchurch Library, at 10.30 a.m. Tickets from the library £1 including refreshments, Friends of Christchurch & Highcliffe Libraries 50p Table-Top-Sale at the Regent Centre Christchurch every Monday & Saturday from 10am to 3pm, selling a variety of items, incl... Costume/Vintage jewellery, scarves, handbags, bric-a-brac, homemade cakes, art, plus lots more, come & have a look! ‘Made in Dorset’ Craft and Vintage Fayres Bransgore Village Hall, Burley Road, Bransgore - No Fayre in January, back on Saturday 1st February with a Valentines theme and 1st Saturday of each month in 2014. We wish all our customers a very Happy New Year! Red House Museum & Gardens Open Art Show “The Museum’s main gallery will be showcasing local art with its annual Open Art Show until the 25th January. Why not visit the us to admire and purchase new and emerging art. www.hants.gov.uk/redhouse “ To see more events in Christchurch visit www. visitchristchurch.info
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Community Notices Elderly people from the area are taken out by volunteer car drivers for a little ride and tea one Sunday afternoon a month. If you have no family in the area and can get in and out of car then please get in touch, your name can be added to the waiting list. Reserve drivers required a few Sundays during the year and more volunteer host and hostesses who would be willing to entertain up to six elderly people and two drivers just once a year to provide afternoon tea in their homes. Please phone Carolyn 01202 424482 Volunteer Car Service - If you need a car and a driver to take you to your medical appointment, please ring one of the numbers below, between 9.30 -12.30 am. Please give us 48 hrs notice where possible. Mon Cherry Cook 01425 275056 Tue Ann Hart 280083 Wed Pauline Williamson 271520 Thu Avril Carpenter 276346 Fri Kath Kirby 279284 Highcliffe Friends in Need urgently require some volunteer drivers who can take, wait and return local Highcliffe residents to their medical appointments, at the hospitals or local GP.s. In return we can pay your mileage expenses. If you feel you can help or require any further information, please contact me on Cressida Belbin - 01425 279328 - Thank you.
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Clubs, Classes, Groups & Societies Fitness, Sport and Wellbeing Yoga classes available for mixed ability adults on Tuesdays 6-7.30pm Highcliffe School, Thursday mornings at Highcliffe Methodist Church Hall 9.3011am and 11.15-12.15pm. Chair Yoga Thursday 2-3pm same venue. All welcome. 01425 276792 Yoga Classes every Monday 0915-1015am and Wednesday 0930-1030am at The Bay Tree Store, Saxon Square, Christchurch. Ideal for beginners, busy mums and those who prefer a gentler pace. Contact Elaine Rees 07504 823517 or elainerees@ europe.com to book a place. NEW CLASSES - FIRST CLASS FREE!!!! CHAIR Yoga, Every Wednesday, Portfield Hall, Portfield Road, £5.00 per session, 1pm - 2pm. TEENS YOGA - Every Tuesday, The Bay Tree, £5 per session, 3:45pm - 4:45pm yoga.silvaperez@gmails.com Candlelit Hatha Yoga & Relaxation - Thursdays 7:208:35pm at The Wessex Health Network, Christchurch. Everyone welcome – mixed ability class suitable for all. British Wheel of Yoga Teacher. Please call (07966) 199875 or email becca@yogabee.co.uk for more information. £6.50 per week (£7 drop in if space available). Chi Kung Exercise Classes - Come and join us on Friday mornings 10.45 am -12.15 in the Studio, upstairs at Wessex Health, 17 Stour Road, Christchurch BH23 1PL. Car park at rear. Fee £7.50 www.wessexhealthnetwork.co.uk. Please call tutor Poppy 01202 735560.
Art and Craft Carbery Machine Knitting Club meet on the 1st Tuesday of each month from 7-9pm at St George’s Church Annex, Jumpers Rd, Christchurch, BH23 2JR. We are a well-established group of mixed abilities knitters, and welcome any newcomers. For more details, please call Joy on 01202 489614 or just come along! Highcliffe Horticultural Society - Monday 6th January 2014 at St.Mark’s Church Hall, Hinton Wood Avenue, Highcliffe at 7-30pm, an illustrated talk on The Barn Owl-Under the Cloak of Darkness. Talk given by Mr. Mike Read. Visitors welcome. £1-00 Entrance Fee. ‘Jump in and Get Wet’ Watercolour Classes in small, friendly, informative classes - overlooking beautiful Christchurch Harbour. Contact Sue on 01202 481099 or email susanknights@hotmail.co.uk www. susanknights.co.uk Highcliffe flower club. Come and watch a professional flower arranger demonstrate in the Methodist Church Hall, Lymington Road on the second Wednesday of each month at 2pm, doors open 1.30pm. We are a friendly group and visitors are welcome. Children Are you under the age of 18 years old and can you play 5 notes or more on any brass, woodwind , percussion instrument then we are looking for you! We offer 2 windbands to suit all standards rehearsals take place on Saturday mornings at Twynham School from 9am-12.3pm. For more information please go to www.christchurchmusiccentre.co.uk
ADULT YOGA CLASSES in Highcliffe on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Tuesday 6-7.30pm Highcliffe School. Thursday 9.30-11am, 11.15-12.15pm and Chair Yoga 2-3pm all at Highcliffe Methodist Church Hall. Contact Gill Taylor: 01425 276792. www.thehealingplace. co.uk
Award-winning Music classes for babies, toddlers and pre-schoolers. Come and join our wonderful world of music learning and fun with educational and inspiring classes held on Monday mornings, term-time at The Regent Centre. Contact heather. smith@musicalsteps.co.uk 0845 643 5025 www. musicalsteps.co.uk
Circle Dance - Experience World Dance Meditation! No partner or experience needed. Suitable for all ages and levels of physical fitness. All dances are taught. 1st and 3rd Mondays 2-4pm at Greystones, Highcliffe. Contact Nancy on 01425 277920 or email nancyferguson53@googlemail.com for further details.
Sessions Music and Heritage Club for young people aged 11 - 20. All abilities welcome! If you love music, come along Tuesdays from 6.00pm in The Back Room, The Old School House, Lymington Rd, Highcliffe (opposite the rec) tel: 07971 472768 e:sessionsbh23@gmail.com
YOGA class on Mondays 7.15-8.15pm at Wessex Therapy Clinic, Christchurch, with a British Wheel of Yoga Accredited Teacher. Small group class to ensure individual attention to each student. For more information see www.helenayoga.co.uk or call/text 07803-937143.
Creative Ballet Classes for children 3+ at The Portfield Hall, Christchurch, Dorset BH23 2AQ Thursday- from 3.45pm. The classes are fun and creative with an emphasis on building confidence and coordination as well as teaching poise, movement quality, musicality, spatial awareness, strength and flexibility. Call Sally on 07950459119 or email sally.burbage@gmail.com
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AMBERWOOD-HIGHCLIFFE AFTERNOON WOMEN’S INSTITUTE - will meet at Methodist Church Hall, Highcliffe, 2 pm, Wednesday, 15th January. Please come and join us. Speaker is Brian Pettit ‘African Wildlife in Zimbabwe’. Enjoy tea, biscuits, raffle and sales table. National Osteoporosis Society (NOS) - The local support group does not meet in January but details of the February meeting will be issued in due course. For more information call 01425 275707 or go to www.nos.org/Bournemouth. Highcliffe and New Forest Positive Living Group - New group in Highcliffe for inspiring talk with like-minded people (relocated from Lyndhurst) meets every 3rd Thursday of the month at Greystones, Waterford Road, Highcliffe, BH23 4TS. Doors open 7pm. Entrance £5.First speaker January the 16th: Medium Susanne Hall. Contact Lis Horwich 07941043282.
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I have been hoping to write that sentence for the last eighteen months, and in case you missed it, I am very pleased to report that the Council have agreed that they will reduce the Peter two hour parking rate in Christchurch town centre car parks to £1. It will only come in from 1st April 2014, but it’s still great news. Many thanks to all of you who helped in signing the Petition last year and with the recent survey we carried out. And many thanks to the Christchurch Eye who so helpfully supported the Christchurch Chamber of Trade and Commerce’s campaign. And at the end of the day thank you to the Councillors who, despite struggling with major financial cut backs, appreciated the need to support our high street. I do hope the victory in the £1 for two hours parking campaign will encourage you all to venture back to our town centre, and when you have, to stay for a bit, enjoy a coffee or lunch and look around our shops. The high street has plenty to offer, and the busier it becomes the better it will be. In support for Highcliffe, the Council is also providing free parking in the Wortley Road car park behind the Co-op between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. everyday, but this is only as a trial until 31st March 2014. Accordingly I encourage you all to take advantage of that offer so the Council can see how much support the idea has. Although we have the threat of three new supermarkets still on the books, I hope that with the free parking in Highcliffe, the new £1 for two hours parking regime in Christchurch, the gas works finishing in January and the work on the updating of Saxon Square underway, it is still possible to wish our high streets a Prosperous New Year.
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A Shady space Light levels during January are low and the days are short, but now the winter solstice has passed, days are slowly lengthening. There are however, areas of the garden which never receive much sunlight, and these shady spaces are often the conversation starter when I speak to gardeners. A south facing garden is on the priority list of most house hunters, but in reality there must be around the same number of houses built on the dark side of the road! If you’re lucky enough to have a front and back garden, then you should have somewhere to grow the sun lovers, but it’s often a rear shady garden which causes most frustration. So what’s my answer? Embrace the shade! Shady spaces can be much more atmospheric than those open to full sun, they have a great earthy smell and can support a diverse range of plants and mosses. My suggestion is to layer the planting, so that it looks like the creation of shade is intentional. I would probably go as far as to erect a structure, such as a pergola or shade sail over the top, creating a cosy outdoor room, and use lighting to visually warm the space at night. Your layering process begins with the boundaries. The first stage is to paint them black, and before you scream ‘BLACK?!’ out loud, hear me out. Painting the boundaries black will help them to fade into the background once plants mature. The second stage is to clothe the fences and walls with climbers. Although hated by some, Ivy is perfect for this, but other things to try are shade-tolerant Honeysuckles or wall shrubs such as Hydrangea petiolaris and Garrya elliptica. For additional flower colour, why not cram in a couple of Clematis? Introduce height with a small tree such as Amelanchier ‘Robin Hill’ or the evergreen Trachycarpus fortunei. Clump forming bamboo makes a great vertical accent, as does the banana Musa basjoo. Next in our ‘shade lasagne’ are the shrubs such as the purple leaved Acers, Viburnum tinus, Box (which can be clipped into shapes to add formality) and Sarcococca. Smaller perennials such as Astilbe, Aconitum and Hellebores provide colour and finally ferns such as the evergreen Asplenium scholopendrium supply wonderful glossy ground cover. So there you have it, a shady oasis, and as with most things in life, if you fully embrace it, a north facing shady garden can be magical. Until next time, Happy gardening, Lee
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Mike We collected ÂŁ373.73, outside the Methodist Church in Lymington Road and this was made up to ÂŁ500 by the Rotary Club and sent to Shelterbox, who were already in the Phillipines responding to the earlier earthquake disaster. Thank you! On 23rd November, students from Highcliffe Senior School performed in The WOW Factor. The event was a performing arts evening in the style of the X Factor, and was presented by Highcliffe Rotary Club and sponsored by Hoburne Holiday Park where the evening was held in the main ballroom. Ten acts performed to raise money for Life Education Wessex which is a children’s charity working within schools to help children make healthy life choices. This is the second year that Highcliffe Rotary club and the school, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary, have worked together to put on the show. The evening was won by Harpist Emily Rowell who was presented with a shield and trophy by last year’s winner James Mascord who performed as guest artist on classical guitar. The event has proven to be so popular with the students and the local community that plans are already underway for 2014. A big ‘Thank You’ to all the pupils, students and parents from St. Marks and Highcliffe School who provided filled Shoe Boxes so some children in Eastern Europe could enjoy Christmas presents. Together with the Shoe Boxes provided by Rotarians, a total of 534 Boxes were despatched in November. Merry Christmas
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Kings January “‘15 ”Sale 2 course lunch and drink £10
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15 mile menu 2 courses and a glass of wine £15
The £15/15 mile menu just gets better and better. We are now spending more on better quality ingredients and creating new better dishes, with one change………it’s now two great courses and a glass of wine £15 Available every day until 7pm throughout January.
Sunday Lunch – 2 courses £15
Introducing a new menu, join us from 12noon – 3pm and throughout the evening every Sunday for a traditional Sunday Lunch with a Kings twist!
15% off a la carte & tasting menu Monday – Thursday To make a reservation call: 01202 588933 View more events online: www.thekings-christchurch.co.uk Rooms
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H O M E F IEL D PA R K Elegant homes for the over 55s
Exclusive two and three bedroom homes Homefield Park is a range of elegant two and three bedroom homes, exclusively for the over 55s. Set within four acres of stunning parkland, these homes offer bright and spacious living in the intimate hamlet of Winkton, just two miles from Christchurch.
ȗ Bespoke Italian kitchen and dining, extra-large living room and study
Designed to be beautiful and practical, these new houses and luxury apartments support your lifestyle, both now and as it changes over time.
ȗ Individually landscaped front and rear gardens
Call us today for a brochure or to book an appointment.
01202 983041 www.homefield-park.co.uk
Salisbury Road, Winkton BH23 7AR
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ȗ Downstairs cloakroom, large master en-suite wet room and an additional bathroom ȗ Generous double bedrooms with large windows
ȗ A refined collection of services and benefits, crafted to enhance your exclusive lifestyle ȗ Prices start from £350,000
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omefield Park is a new luxury development located in the beautiful hamlet of Winkton near Christchurch, of two and three bedroom homes exclusively designed to support the lifestyle of the over 55s both now and as their needs change over time. Offering a range of eight elegant house types, and four luxury apartments in the original Georgian mansion, Homefield Park is set within four acres of mature parkland with a beautifully landscaped communal green exclusively for residents. Homefield Park is by Platinum Skies who design and build premium, luxury homes for those over 55. The emphasis is on delivering high quality homes and making the moving process stress free and seamless with a dedicated point of contact from start to finish. They even offer a customer services team to help once someone has settled in. In addition to beautiful homes, Platinum Skies provides additional benefits and support. The Exchange Pledge takes the stress out of selling a customer’s old house, and moving into a new Platinum Skies home, by simply exchanging homes. They also offer The Lifestyle Collection, a range of exclusive benefits and services that only owners of a Platinum Skies home have access to. With access to a Lifestyle Manager 24 hours a day, free home insurance and emergency protection, in-home cleaning, gardening and window cleaning it is the perfect addition to the Platinum Skies experience. Find out more on the website at www.homefield-park.com or come and visit the show home open Thursday to Mondays 10am to 5pm (until 4pm on a Sunday) or call Paul Smyth, Sales Manager, on 01202 983041.
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Lions Clubs provide life saving relief in Philippines
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hristchurch Lions Club is providing life saving relief for local communities affected by the disaster caused by Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines. Lions Clubs throughout the British Isles and Ireland have pledged £200,000 to send 1,000 Lifesaver water filtration systems providing up to 20 million litres of sterile water for drinking and medical use. The local donations support the US $500,000 (over £310,000) pledged immediately by Lions Clubs within Southeast Asia and other global fund-raising activities. This money will deliver vital on the ground relief through volunteer members of Lions Clubs in the Philippines working closely with government officials and other agencies. Lions Clubs in the area, including four in Cebu and one in the disaster epicentre of Tacloban, were already helping those affected by last month’s major earthquake in nearby Bohol, when the latest crisis occurred. “Lions Clubs provide a global network that is able to give immediate practical and financial support when such disasters strike,” explains president of Christchurch Lions Club, Howard Knight. “Though our Lions Clubs International Foundation we maintain a disaster fund enabling the organisation to respond immediately with one hundred per cent of donations going direct to local relief efforts co-ordinated by Lions operating in affected communities. “In addition, local fund-raising in the Christchurch area is going to provide the most basic of human needs, clean drinking water. Typhoon Haiyan has been called the worst storm to make landfall in recorded history, and its devastation is hard to imagine. As Lions, we not only help our local communities throughout the year but are able to respond when relief is required in any local community. ”
For more information contact: Bernard Gilbert. Telephone: 01425 672317. Mobile: 0757 896 7622. Email: bgilbert46@hotmail.co.uk
David Burgess Garden Design from design to full installation service
established 1988 providing a comprehensive garden and landscaping services we can carry out: pruning, clearance and planting schemes natural stone and brick paving decking and walling new lawns from seed Also able to clear leaves, mow your lawn and cut those tall hedges references available no charges for local site visits quotations without obligation 30 HighcliffeEYE
call David on
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(please leave a message if I'm not available) covering Christchurch, Bournemouth and Poole
New Year New Kitchen
This year make a resolution you can keep! Call Dream Doors and get the kitchen of your dreams! • Huge choice of Doors, Worktops, Appliances, Sinks & Taps • Free Estimating and planning • From doors to complete kitchens • Installed in 1-2 days by professionals
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REGENT CENTRE HIGH STREET, CHRISTCHURCH 01202 499199
REGENT CENTRE HIGH STREET, CHRISTCHURCH (01202) 499199 With Christchurch Information Centre (01202) 471780 Fri 3 – Thur 9 Jan 7.30pm. Mats:Fri 3 Sat 4 & Mon 6 – Thur 9 Jan 2.30pm THE HOBBIT: The Desolation of Smaug (12A) 2D Sunday 5 January 3pm £10.50 Concs: £10 Bournemouth Concert Brass - NEW YEAR VIENNESE CONCERT Fri 10 – Mon 13 Jan 7.30pm Mats: Fri 10, Sat 11 & Mon 13 2.30pm Forrest Whitaker is THE BUTLER (12A) to 8 US Presidents Fri 17 Jan 7.30pm, Sat 18 Jan 11am & 3pm, Sun 19 Jan 3pm Mon 20 & Wed 22 – Fri 24 Jan 7.30pm & Sat 25 Jan 2.30pm & 7.30pm Tues 21 Jan 5.30pm Tea Time Show & Meet the Cast. Highcliffe Charity Players Pantomine –TREASURE ISLAND £11.50 Conc £10.50 Child £9.50. Sat 25 7.30pm only: £13.50 all seats Sun 26, Tues 28, Wed 29 Jan & Sat 1 & Sun 2 Feb 7.30pm Mats:Sun 26, Mon 27, Tue 28, Wed 29 Jan & Sat 1 & Sun 2 Feb 2.30pm Tom Hanks & Emma Thompson – SAVING MR BANKS (PG) The story of the making of Disney’s smash hit film, Mary Poppins Monday 27 Jan 7.15pm £19 Concs: £17 Live by satellite on screen Royal Ballet - GISELLE Live by satellite on screen: Thurs 30 Jan 7pm Shakespeare Encore recorded: Fri 31 Jan 7.30pm £13 Concs: £12 NT Live – CORIOLANUS from Donmar Warehouse Sat 1 Feb TOURS OF REGENT CENTRE - Sold Out! Tuesday 4 February 7.30pm £25.50 Concs: £24.50 THE STRAITS IN CONCERT plus Support With Alan Clarke (keyboards) & Chris White (sax) Members of the iconic rock group Dire Straits Thur 6 Feb 2.30pm & 7.30pm £10 Conc £8.50 recorded on screen Encore by satellite:PRIVATE LIVES – Noel Coward – West End Friday 7 Feb 7.30pm £10 Conc: £9 Age suitable 12 & over Saltmine Theatre Co – JOHN NEWTON – AMAZING GRACE Moving story of 18th Cent slavery, freedom and the power of love Sat 8 February 5.55pm £22 Concs £20 on screen Live by satellite Metropolitan Opera NY – RUSALKA - Dvorak Tues 11 – Thurs 13 Feb 7.30pm £10 Concs £9 Under 16: £5 Ballard School – GUYS & DOLLS Sat 15 Feb 7.30pm £16.50 Conc £15.50 PURPLE ZEPPELIN 24 Hour Car Park charges. Air Conditioned www.regentcentre.co.uk *Pre-show Dining at The Kings £23. VIP Experience £39.50 inc ticket 32 HighcliffeEYE
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Business & Professional Zero42 Miller Bros & F.P Butler Ltd Highcliffe Dental Practice
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Carer Homes/Help Apex Care 8 Inter-‐County Nursing Care & Services Ltd 16 Queensmead Care Home 23 Estate & Letting Agents Mitchells Management Homefield Park
15 28
Food and Drink Christchurch Harbour Hotel The Kings Arms
5 27
Gardens Southern Tree Specialists David Burgess Garden Design
16 30
Health, Beauty & Lifestyle Foot Rescue Foot Health Practitioner All Mobility Magnet Private Hire Purewell Electrical Dorset Denture Clinic Scissors Christchurch Specsavers
3 7 8 9 12 17 20 29
Home Improvement A & S Painting Services JT Blinds Tower View Classic Design (Bournemouth) Paul Belton Construction Glass Exchange Plumb Exchange Comfort Rooms Dream Doors A Beautiful Clean Forest Heating
13 16 17 19 21 22 22 25 31 33 33
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Medical/Health Services NHS Direct 0845 46 47 Dorset Out-‐of-‐Hours Medical Service 0845 600 1013 Bournemouth A & E 01202 70 41 67 Bournemouth Hospital 01202 30 36 26 Christchurch Hospital 01202 486 361 British Red Cross Medical Loan Service 01202 484074 Local Council & Services Christchurch Borough Council Dorset County Council Christchurch Information Centre Regent Centre Bournemouth Airport Post Office Dorset Family Information Service
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Christchurch Library 29 High Street, Christchurch BH23 1AW 01202 485 938 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
9.30am to 5.30pm 10am to 7pm 9.30am to 1pm 9.30am to 7pm 9.30am to 5.30pm 9am to 4pm
Highcliffe Library Gordon Road, Highcliffe BH23 5HN 01425 272 202 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
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Chemists Sainsburys 01425 277885 1 Lyndhurst Road, Christchurch Mon-Fri 7.00-23.00 Sat 7.00-22.00 Sun 10.00-16.00 Lloyds 01425 274291 248 Lymington Road, Highcliffe Mon-Fri 8.30-18.30 Day Lewis Pharmacy 01425 613222 4 Old Milton Green Parade, Christchurch Rd, New Milton Mon-Fri 9.00-18.00 Sat 9-13.00 Wessex Pharmacies 01202 482197 186 Somerford Rd, Christchurch Mon-Fri 9-1.15/2.15-5.30 Sat 9-1.15 Rowlands Pharmacy 01202 484840 136 Purewell, Christchurch Mon-Fri 8.45-6.30 Sat 8.45-1 Mudeford Pharmacy 01425 272798 94 Mudeford, Christchurch Mon-Fri9-1/2-5.30 (Weds 'til 1) Sat 9-1/2-5 Burton Pharmacy 01202 477771 123 Salisbury Road, Burton Mon-Fri 9-1/2-6.30
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