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Not long until Christmas now folks! Have you done all your Christmas shopping yet? If not, please consider popping into Christchurch & Highcliffe. Not only are there a wide variety of shops but also many unusual gift ideas, some even made by local artisans. I bought a few stocking fillers at the recent Fiver Fest in Christchurch which took me into shops I hadn’t been in for a while and was pleasantly surprised by the wide choice our local shops have to offer. There’s also free parking in the week leading up to Christmas (dates unconfirmed at time of going to press, we will announce on our facebook page when confirmed). Shopping in Christchurch & Highcliffe is a totally different experience compared with your larger shopping malls with great customer service and just knowing that my little bit makes a huge difference to our local community brings me that feel good factor. If we don’t continue to use our local High Street for shopping we will quite simply lose them, so come on, do your bit and give yourself some of that feel good factor too. Wishing you all a very happy Christmas!
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was recently informed that Mr Chris Evans of Radio 2 pointed out there are over 14 empty retail shops in Highcliffe (I think it’s higher). The village, as it is referred to, has lost almost all of its banks over the years and a great many retailers have given up and gone off to pastures new. Market places have been re-developed and other retail shops have recently been transformed into flats, that manage in the process to strip away most of any charm that once existed.
Highcliffe has a huge selection of traders, all working hard at staying in business. Every day in our shop we meet so many characters that remember the village when it was full of vibrant shops, where you could get everything from the steak for your dinner or your keys cut. You still can do those things, but with the high street changing and almost 90% of us getting our food from Chris Evans with Ally the supermarkets, it’s not a brilliant future. The supermarkets pull us all in at the Deli and work very very very hard to ensure that they take as much money out of our wallets as is possible on every turn of an aisle. This in turn means that our local high street shopkeepers who provide a personal and friendly service and are ready to go the extra mile for their customers are sadly losing out and this is happening all over the country; empty shops, disheartened shop keepers and the continuing demise of what was once upon a time a bustling high street. In the very short amount of time we have had our shop here we have seen shops close. However, it’s not all bad news, have you noticed the new shops and the ones that have changed hands and we have another café coming in December called The Paddle. Help our high street, get down to Highcliffe; it really is in your hands! Ally & Sara, The Deli
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Now until Saturday 7th December Penny Simpson and Wendy Scattergood in Hatchling Gallery (upstairs). Winter Exhibition including new artists Stephen Bishop and Robert Amesbury Brooks to continue on into January. Hatch Gallery, 7a Church Street, Christchurch, Dorset, BH23 1BW www.hatchgallery.co.uk Now until Monday 23rd December Christmas at the Hayloft - The Hayloft Gallery, 14 Wick Lane, Christchurch BH23 1HX 10-4 daily. Admission free 01202 428004 www.cadarts.com Locally made arts and crafts unique and affordable Christmas gifts Saturday 30th November and Sunday 1st December Highcliffe Castle Christmas Craft & Gift Fair, 11am–4pm. A beautiful range of high quality crafts and gifts from local artists and suppliers displayed in the Castle’s heritage rooms, an ideal opportunity to purchase unique Christmas presents. Adult Admission £1. Accompanied Children Under 16 Free. Season Ticket Holders Free Sunday 1st December – Wednesday 25th December Christmas Services at the Priory - Sunday December 1st Advent Carol Service (Darkness to Light) 6.30pm Sunday December 8th Christingle Service 3.00pm Sunday December 22nd Nine Lessons & Carols 6.30pm Tuesday December 24th, Christmas Eve Crib Service 3.00pm Tuesday December 24th, Christmas Eve Midnight Mass 11.15pm Christmas Day 8.00am. Holy Communion 9.30am. Sung Eucharist 11.30am. Choral Matins and Sermon Monday 2nd December Christchurch Strollers – Highcliffe Cliff top car park. Meet at the shelter near the Cliffhanger Cafe 10.30am. Everyone welcome, walks are free, no special equipment needed. Tuesday 3rd December & Thursday 26th December Stan’s Blues Jam at The Thomas Tripp, Christchurch on Tuesday 3rd December (and every First Tuesday of the Month) and at The Avon Causeway on Boxing Day evening for this month (and back to normal in 2014 on the Last Wednesday of the Month) See www.stansbluesjam.co.uk for details Thursday 5th December Christchurch Priory - Christmas Music and Community Carols 7.30pm Boscombe Band of the Salvation Army. Thursday, 5th December “A Victorian Christmas” talk at Christchurch Library at 2.30pm.
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Tickets from the library £1, Friends of Christchurch & Highcliffe Libraries free, including refreshments. Saturday 7th December Church Fayre and Table sale - St George’s Church Hall, 10am1pm. Raffle, Refreshments, Books, Jigsaws, Christmas Cake draw, Games, Lucky dip and tables to browse for a bargain. We will be pleased to see you Saturday 7th December CRAFT AND VINTAGE FAYRE, Bransgore Village Hall, Burley Road, Bransgore. 10am-1pm. Local handmade crafts, food, and Vintage finds. Ideal Christmas Shopping! Visit from Father Christmas (proceeds to Julias House) FREE ENTRY, Homemade cakes and refreshments available. Saturday 7th December Christchurch Priory - Christmas Concert Christchurch Music Zone at 7.30pm Tickets on the Door. Saturday 7th December RNLI Christmas Fayre in Highcliffe Methodist Church Hall from 10.00-3.30. Admission free. Cakes, books, bric a brac, souvenirs, jewellery, jigsaws. Refreshments all day. All welcome. Thank you. Saturday 7th December Christchurch Infant School Christmas Fair from 12pm to 2.30pm – Addiscombe Road, Christchurch, BH23 2AE – Books, Toys, Cakes, Tombola, Raffle, Father Christmas, Games, BBQ, Refreshments, Face Painting, and more. Come along and join in the fun! Entry 50p. Wednesday 11th December The Cadenza Choir will be performing a Christmas Concert in support of The Priory CE VA School at St.Joseph’s Church, Purewell, Christchurch at 7:30pm.Tickets £8 in advance from The Golf Shop,19 Church St, Town Centre, Christchurch. £10 on the door. To include refreshments afterwards. Thursday, 12th December “Mince Pie Munch” at Highcliffe Library at 2.30pm. Humorous seasonal verse and simple competitions. Tickets from Highcliffe library £1, Friends of Christchurch & Highcliffe Libraries 50p, including refreshments. Thursday 12th December Christchurch Strollers – Tuckton/Wick. Meet 10.30am at car park by Wick Lane toilets. Bus X1 to Christchurch then 1C. Everyone welcome, walks are free, no special equipment needed. Saturday 14th December Family Christmas Barn Dance 7pm at Mudeford Wood Community Centre, Piper’s Drive, BH23 4TR. Live music, jacket
potatoes and desserts available and bring your own drink. Tickets ÂŁ10 adults, ÂŁ5 children. Call 01425 272084 - www. mudefordwoodcommunitycentre.co.uk.
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Saturday 14th December The Performance of Handel’s “Messiahâ€? performed by The Bournemouth Bach Choir at Christchurch Priory at 7.30pm Tickets ÂŁ18.00 & ÂŁ9.00. Tickets from Christchurch Regent Centre, 51 High Street.
The Fridays Crafters are at the Regent Cinema Christchurch for you to purchase your Christmas Gifts for your friends and family 10-3pn on Fridays in the cinema foyer
Saturday 14th December Highcliffe Christmas Carnival, Lymington Road, Highcliffe A well-attended event and great fun for all the family! This year’s Carnival theme is SHOWTIME. The CARNIVAL PROCESSION starts at 6pm, but make sure you get there EARLY - LYMINGTON ROAD CLOSES TO TRAFFIC AT 5PM. For more info: highcliffecarnival.org.uk Tuesday 17th December Christchurch Strollers – Stanpit Marsh. Meet 10.30am at car park. Everyone welcome, walks are free, no special equipment needed. Thursday 19th December Christchurch Priory - Carols with the Mayor 7.30pm Tickets available from Christchurch information centre.
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Community Notices Christchurch Neighbour Cars -HOLIDAY CLOSURE. FROM MONDAY DEC.23RD TO FRIDAY JAN 3RD 2014. Please book early for any appointments week beginning Jan 6th, as there will be no answering service over the holiday period. Wishing you all a happy Christmas. French teacher sought for intermediate class at Highcliffe Community Association (Greystones House) Mondays 10am - 12. We are seeking a charitable gesture as this post is non remunerative. HCA is a local asset well worth supporting. Please contact Robert Lucas 01425 272332
Friday 20th December Christchurch Strollers – 10.30am. Saxon Square, with coffee/ mince pies after walk at Cheese and Alfies. Everyone welcome, walks are free, no special equipment needed. Monday 23rd December Mudeford Wood Active Kids - from 9am to 4pm - Popular, established Holiday Club for children aged 4-11 years, includes Christmas Treasure Hunt and fun activities. Mudeford Wood Community Centre, Pipers Drive, BH23 4TR. Call 01425 272084. www.mudefordwoodcommunitycentre.co.uk. Table-top sale at the Regent Centre Christchurch, every Monday & Saturday from 10am to 3pm, selling a variety
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Clubs, Classes, Groups & Societies Fitness, Sport and Wellbeing Forest Fitness and Wellbeing Walking Group - Meets every Tuesday 9.30am-10.30am at Beach Hut Café, Friars Cliff (free parking at Steamer point). A lovely coastal walk with a friendly group. £2 walk. Please contact Lisa 07984 784032. Tea Dance - Come and enjoy ballroom and sequence dancing, make some new friends, we enjoy a good chat with a cup of tea. We are a friendly group of dancing partners. Tuesdays 2pm/4pm. The Hall, Marlow Drive, Christchurch. Contact Maureen 01202 473658. Pregnancy yoga based exercise, breathing & relaxation classes. Stretch & strengthen your body, relieve aches & pains and prepare for birth. Suitable for all abilities including complete beginners, from 14 weeks of pregnancy. Tuesdays in Christchurch. Contact Rosa 07837 218374 www.labouroflove. me.uk Chi Kung Exercise Group - Come and join us on Friday mornings 10.45 - 12.15 in the upstairs Studio 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 Gentle Fitness Class to Music - Come and join us on a Monday afternoon 1.45pm to 2.45pm at Highcliffe Methodist Hall, High Street. Enjoy the music of the sixties, get your muscles moving, improve your coordination and strengthen your body. Cost £4 termly or £4.50 PAYG. All levels welcome call Julie on 07799 650388 for details. Candlelit Hatha Yoga & Relaxation - Thursdays 7:20-8:35pm at The Wessex Health Network, Christchurch. Everyone welcome – mixed ability class suitable for all. British Wheel of Yoga Teacher. £6.50 per week (£7 drop in if space available). Please call (07966)199875 or email becca@yogabee.co.uk to reserve your place. Art and Craft National demonstrator Michael Bowyer will be demonstrating at Christchurch Floral Society Princess Avenue on December 6th at 2pm Competition “Christmas Glory” Bric a Brac stall Come along and see wonderful flower arrangements all welcome.
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Carbery Machine Knitting Club meet on the 1st Tuesday of each month at St George’s Church Hall Annex, Jumpers Rd. BH23 2JR. We have a varied programme and welcome old and new members alike. More details, contact Joy on 01202 489614 SUSAN KNIGHTS ‘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. Jewellery & silversmithing classes - Weekly sessions in the centre of Christchurch. Tuesday & Wednesday mornings 10-1pm and Thursday evening 7-9pm. A variety of techniques covered including piercing, soldering, stone setting, casting and enamelling. New classes starting January 2014. Contact louise 07789915694 Children Creative Ballet Classes for children 3+ at The Portfield Rd, Christchurch, Dorset BH23 2AQ Thursdayfrom 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 Award-winning, inspirational and educational music classes for babies, toddlers and pre-schoolers. Monday mornings at The Regent Centre. Come and join the wonderful world of music, learning and fun! 0845 643 5025 heather.smith@musicalsteps.co.uk www.musicalsteps.co.uk Clubs and Societies WI Book Club - New members wanted. Join a friendly group exchanging opinions on books and authors. Meeting at The Hall, Marlow Drive, Christchurch, second Wednesday every month, 10:15am till 11:30am. THE HEALING TRUST (established 1954) Over 20
years in Christchurch, Healing given on Tuesdays from 1.30 – 2.30 at Portfield Hall, Portfield Road, Christchurch. BH23 2AQ. No appointment necessary. Minimum Donation £4, for more information contact Steve on 01202 478479 anytime. Christchurch and District Band - Are you sitting at home playing a musical instrument alone or are you having lessons and not playing in a band? Come and join the Christchurch and District Community Band to bring your music to life! Call 07974 320122 - www.christchurchanddistrictband.co.uk Music workshop for adults with learning disabilities - Active and fun music workshop for adults with learning disabilities £5 per person, carers go free. Coda Music Centre, Chewton Farm Road, BH23 5QL. 01425 276161 or contact@coda.org.uk to book places. www.coda.org.uk CHRISTCHURCH PROBUS CLUB - Meets 10.30. am on the 1st Tuesday monthly at the East Close Hotel, Lyndhurst Road, Christchurch. A very friendly welcome awaits all retired professional and businessmen. Interesting speakers and excellent lunches! Contact the Secretary, Robin Haggett on
01202-482528. National Osteoporosis Society (NOS) - Next local support group meeting is Tuesday 3 December, 2pm, Howard Suite, Christchurch Hospital. Our Patron, Dr Tristan Richardson, Consultant in Diabetes & Endocrinology will be our guest speaker. All welcome, entry £1.50, Christmas entertainment & refreshments available. Contact 01425 275707. Portfield Christmas Lunch - Social Lunch club for 55+, at Portfield Hall, Portfield Road BH23 2AQ. Christmas Lunch on Thursday 12th December. Roast Turkey and Christmas Pud plus tea/coffee mince pies, raffle and festive entertainment. £5 per person. Served at 12 noon, doors open 11.45. Seat must be booked by Tuesday 10th Dec by calling Beth on 01202 473965 (answerphone).
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Surviving Christmas Surviving a modern day Christmas can be challenge enough for humans, but just imagine how difficult it is if you’re a plant. You’ve been reluctantly forced to flower, grown in a light controlled polytunnel and you’ve been force fed with growth stunting hormones to ensure you’re not too straggly when flowering on Mrs Cratchit’s table …. and here’s me feeling sorry for the turkey! It seems such a shame that after all the effort, you go and kill the poor thing after just one week of taking custody. This year will be different though, because whether giving or receiving a houseplant this festive yuletide, help is at hand with my top tips for keeping them alive (until New Year at least!). •
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n the 7th November, at a Presentation Evening held at the Kings Hotel, Christchurch Lions used the funds raised at their annual Duck Race to make donations to Caulfield Children, Dorset Blind Association, Macular Disease Group and brave Highcliffe youngster, Charlotte Beasley. President of Christchurch Lions, Howard Knight, said: “ We are really grateful for all the support that we had from the public and local businesses at our Duck Race. We raised a record amount of money and are very pleased that this has enabled us to make donations to these very worthwhile local causes. We’d also like to thank the Kings Hotel for their generosity in sponsoring this evening.” The star of the evening was Brownie Charlotte, who has acute walking difficulties. With a friend she had shown great determination in completing a sponsored walk to raise £1,000 to help fund a motorised wheelchair to give her mobility and independence out of doors. The Lions donation will help to make this dream come true. Christchurch Lions are always keen to hear from people who share their ethos of having fun while helping others and can be contacted through their website: www.christchurchlions. org.uk.
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PRIORY CARVING THE INSPIRATION FOR NEW CHILDREN’S NOVEL
author, Julie Ratcliffe, has published her second children’s novel, The Lsetocal Face of Sam. The novel is in her Smugglers’ Town Mysteries series and is in 18th-century Christchurch when smuggling was rife. The book features a stone carving that can be found in the nave of Christchurch Priory and the tale is of a girl found after a storm and of treasure hidden in the church. Julie’s first novel is The Thirteenth Box, which has become a local best seller.
“The Face of Sam has smugglers good and bad, and some tough times for the characters. The book contains a copy of a cipher that holds the key to the hidden treasure and is a trail that can be followed in the Priory. I have enjoyed featuring the Priory Church in this book and hope that it encourages children and adults to pay a visit,” said Julie. The Face of Sam is another fast-paced adventure with the same characters as in The Thirteenth Box. This time the action takes place following a violent storm. A young girl is found in the Priory Church staring at a stone carving of a face. She refuses to talk and is taken to the Poor House (now the Red House Museum). Word spreads about the wreck and the girl and soon smugglers from Kent arrive in town with talk of hidden treasure and of revenge. The Face of Sam is published by High Sails Publications (HSP) and isavailable at outlets in Christchurch, by order at good bookshops, and through the HSP website:www. highsailspublications.co.uk
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Our next event was the WOW Factor on Saturday 23rd November in conjunction with the Highcliffe School at Hoburne Park. This is the second year of this Spectacular Event, which encourages the pupils to display their musical and artistic talents to a public audience, and we look forward to our third in Autumn 2014. Our Christmas Carol Service at St Marks Church, Highcliffe is on Wednesday 11th December when the Winton Salvation Army provides the seasonal entertainment, free entry, donations only. We shall be providing marshals for the Highcliffe Christmas Carnival parade on Saturday 14th December. We are always on the lookout for new members and I will be delighted to hear from any of you who think you might be interested in joining us on a Thursday evening at Hoburne Park at 6.30pm to listen to an interesting guest speaker followed by a meal, finishing at about 9.00pm. Just call me for a chat on 01425 622658 or visit our website www. highclifferotary.org Finally, on behalf of President John and all the members of Highcliffe Rotary Club, we thank you all for you support throughout the past twelve months and wish you a very Happy Christmas and Healthy New Year. Mike Ackling
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