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editor’s letter I can’t believe it’s October already! This year really is whizzing by fast it seems. I searched the Internet for interesting dates in October and it seems the US have designated the month to be National Pizza Month! So I thought why not step out of my comfort zone of baking cakes and try cooking a pizza when I stumbled across a great recipe that I thought was worth sharing with you all. Why not turn to page 28 and give it a try yourself? Totally Locally Christchurch are holding another Fiver Fest Fortnight from the 26th October, flick over to page 5 to find out more of how important it is that we try and spend as much as we can within local independent businesses to boost our local economy. Don’t forget to move your clocks backward one hour on Sunday 27th October and a Happy Halloween to you all.
Congratulations to Mrs Mary Whitcher for winning our August competition!
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Totally Locally Christchurch Circle Dancing Greyhound Rescue Local History Clubs & Classes Christchurch Rotary What's On Lateral Thinking Community Notices Peter's Business Column Highcliffe Christmas Carnival Mindbenders An English Mum Coffee Break Kids Page Garden View Recipe Dorset POPP Marie Curie Cancer Care Puzzle Solutions Regent Listings Index Useful Telephone Numbers
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It’s Fiver Fest Fortnight time for Christchurch again!
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he 26th of October sees the second Fiver Fest Fortnight launch for Totally Locally Christchurch (TLC), the shop local campaign run by volunteers from within the local area. The campaign has been initiated to spread the important message of shopping locally and what a big difference just spending a few pounds can actually make. If every adult in Christchurch (all of BH23) tweaked their shopping habits just slightly and spent just £5 of their weekly spend in local independent shops, it would be worth an extra £8.2 million (at least!) per year going into our local economy. This would mean more jobs, better facilities and a nicer place for us all to live. Makes you think doesn’t it? Totally Locally has had a big impact on other towns that have run the campaign. TLC are confident that it can do the same for Christchurch and Highcliffe with Fiver Fest Fortnights being one way to pass on the message of shopping locally and its benefits to everyone. “Totally Locally isn’t anti-supermarket or anti-internet”, said Totally Locally founder, Chris Sands. “There is a place for all these things in our lives. It’s just highlighting how a small change in spending habits can make a huge change to Christchurch and Highcliffe. We have a choice to make the place we live that little bit better by just diverting £5 of our weekly spend back into our local economy. And everyone wants their town to be great, don’t they?!”. Totally Locally Campaign was released as a free kit for towns to download and use in 2012, after demand for it became so huge that the Totally Locally Team had to create a way for anyone to be able to use. Totally Locally is a multi award winning campaign that has a proven record of helping towns to re-assess themselves and work together. Totally Locally is a social enterprise and is based in Sowerby Bridge, West Yorkshire, UK. TLC holds two Fiver Fest Fortnights per year with each one growing bigger and better. Look out for signs in shop windows to see who is taking part this Fiver Fest Fortnight to grab yourself a bargain! Offers are also posted on the website wwwtotallylocallychristchurch.co.uk
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Circle Dance has come to Highcliffe!
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ancing in a circle is an ancient tradition common to many cultures for marking special occasions, strengthening community and encouraging togetherness. Modern Circle Dance draws on the rich and diverse traditional dances of many cultures and there is also a growing repertoire of new dances to classical music and contemporary songs. Dances can be energetic and lively or gentle and reflective. Anyone of any age or ability can Circle Dance. Each dance is taught and there is no audience. You do not need a partner. The atmosphere is friendly and welcoming with no pressure to get the steps right straight away. It promotes a deep sense of wellbeing and the repetitive steps are like a moving meditation. It is excellent for brain health as well as gently improving your level of physical fitness. Circle Dance needs to be experienced in order to find out what it is. Not many people have heard about it but there are many established groups throughout the country, day and weekend workshops and even Circle Dance holidays. Come and experience it for yourself. You will be surprised how much you enjoy it even if you have never danced before. We meet on alternate Friday mornings 10.30-12.30 at Highcliffe Methodist Church Hall. We are also hoping to start a group at Greystones on a Monday afternoon from October. Beginners are welcome at any time and your first session is always free. Contact Nancy on 01425 277920 or email nancyferguson53@googlemail.com.
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Country Houses - The Hoy & Chewton Mill The Hoy This is the oldest house in Highcliffe, probably well over 200 years old. It is now a beautifully preserved residence in Lymington Road, opposite the junction with Castle Avenue. It is a large brick-built house, until recently thatched with barley straw but now roofed with Canadian cedar shingles. The house has been extended on both sides in keeping with the original building. On the side wall is a sealed window. It was bricked up to avoid payment of window tax. Now it has been painted to simulate a window. The house is surrounded by a concrete apron as the roof has no gutters and the rain pours off the roof onto the ground below.
In the garden are two curiously carved stones whose purpose is unknown. They may have been brought over from France by Lord Stuart de Rothesay to build the Castle.
rescued and their baggage brought ashore to The Hoy. It is recorded that the villagers had great difficulty in making the shipwrecked seamen understand that they had hospitable intentions. The Hoy’s licence lapsed in 1868. The other inns of Newtown were the Globe and the Victoria. The Globe remains but the Victoria’s licence lapsed in 1886 and the site is now occupied by the shops Lafitte Galleries, Highcliffe Coaches and Lesleys.
Chewton Mill The present Mill House is about 260 years old and stands at the end of Mill Lane down in Chewton Bunny. It was a water-driven corn mill and stands on the same site as an older mill and it is still possible to see the dip made by the Mill Pond to the north of the present house. The Mill was mentioned in Chancery proceedings in the time of Elizabeth I, following a dispute when it was ruled that the Mill had always been part of the Manor of Somerford. The great mill wheel was removed by one of the owners, Miss Clutterbuck, in the late 1920’s so that the wheel room could be used as a rehearsal room for the Gilbert and Sullivan productions in the village. Principal singers were hired from Bournemouth but many local people took part including Harry Lee, a local butcher, Herbie Hann, the manager of Misselbrook and Westons (later Rosencase and now G & T’s), and Ken Whitcombe, the Parish sexton. After General Stuart Wortley died, Mrs Stuart Wortley lived at the Castle for a time but eventually it was sold and she retired to the Mill House where she died three years later. Half way down the footpath that runs above the Bunny towards the sea is a seat on a knoll dedicated to her memory. The site had been carefully selected because from that point is a superb view through the trees of the distant Isle of Wight.
The Hoy takes its name from the Isle of Wight Hoy, a boat which plied between the mainland and the Isle of Wight. In the 19th century ‘Ye Olde Hoy’ was one of three inns in Newtown. Gamekeepers from the estates gathered there. They brought with them their terrier dogs which fought the badger kept by the landlord. Badger baiting was a popular pastime. The gamekeepers smoked clay pipes which were smoked once then thrown away. The garden is littered with remnants of these broken pipes. A large Russian ship was driven ashore at Chewton Bunny in the late 1830’s. The Russian sailors were
We would like to thank Sheila D. Herringshaw for kindly giving us permission to include this article extracted from her book titled ‘A Portrait of Highcliffe’, published by Natula Publications. This book and many others written on local history in Christchurch & Highcliffe can be purchased online from www.natula.co.uk and also at Highcliffe Castle, Avon Beach shop and Bookends.
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Clubs, Classes, Groups & Societies
Bransgore Horticultural Society October Meeting - Lecture and slide show by Richard Thornton - ‘Wisley through the year’. Thursday 3rd October, 7.30 pm,
Fitness, Sport and Wellbeing 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 Classes - Come and join us on Friday mornings 10.45 am - 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. Dorset Laughter Club - Meets every 1st Friday of the month 7-8pm, Highcliffe Methodist Church, Parlour Room, Lymington Road. Laughter is serious business - it lifts moods, good for the immune system and good all round for your health. All welcome. Contact Gill Taylor: 075 388 017 33. www. thehealingplace.co.uk Circle Dance - At Highcliffe Methodist Church Hall, Friday 10.30-12.30 October 18th (no dancing on the 4th). At Greystones Community Centre, Monday 7th and 21st 2-4pm. For further details contact Nancy on 01425 277920 or email nancyferguson53@googlemail.com Tuckton over 55s’ Tennis Club - Players invited to join the above ‘over 55s’ club whose members play (all year round) on Monday and Thursday mornings. Good social atmosphere. Please contact DEREK on 01202 487152 or e-mail :-snoqualmie@talktalk.net
Art and Craft ‘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 - Wednesday 9th October, are inviting you to join them for a demonstration by Diane Norman, ‘History of Ikebana’, at the Methodist Church Hall, Lymington Road. Doors open 1.30pm. Tickets and further information 01425 274595. Christchurch Floral Society will meet on October 4th at Priory Hall Princess Avenue demonstrator Coral Gardiner “Put You on a pedestal” Scarves and Jewellery Stall. Doors open 1-30pm for 2pm start. All welcome. Highcliffe Art Fellowship - Wednesday October 2nd 2.30-4.30. Tony Mercier painting a landscape in acrylic @ Methodist Church Hall, Lymington Road, Highcliffe Tea/coffee & biscuits visitors welcome £2. Carbery Machine Knitting Club - We are a small friendly club who knit with machines, and welcome old and new members to join us. We meet once a month at St Georges Church Hall Annex, Jumpers Road, Christchurch, BH23 2JR. More details from Joy on 01202 489614.
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at the Resource Centre, Ringwood Road, Bransgore. Visitors welcome. Jewellery & Silversmithing Classes - Weekly classes in Christchurch, Tues and Weds Mornings and Thurs evenings. A variety of techniques covered including soldering, piercing, stone setting and enamelling. 5 weekly sessions at £95, availability for Oct and Nov. call Louise 07789 915694
Children YOUNG MUSICIANS WANTED - Are you aged under 18, play a woodwind, brass or percussion and would like to play fun music while making new friends? Then come and play with us at christchurch centre we cater for all standards of playing, rehearsals are on Saturday mornings at Tywnham school please check out our website www.christchurchmusiccentre.co.uk for rehearsal and concert dates. Bransgore Toy Library - Village Hall, second Monday of the month 10-11.30am. Toys for babies and pre-school aged children. £1.50 for one adult and child, £1 each additional child. Includes refreshments and toy hire for a month. Contact 01425 673692 Vocal Group – aged 7 – 11 years - £5, 1 Hour – Saturdays 9am – Coda Music Centre. Vocal group sessions will allow children to learn vocal techniques taught in a one on one session within a group environment. Call 01425 267 161 to book a place. 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 Portfield Bears Toddler Group - Tuesday’s 9.30am - 11.30am at Portfield Hall, Portfield Road, Christchurch BH23 2AQ. £1.50 per family. Play, craft, singing drinks and snacks. First session is free, just turn up. Email info@portfieldhall. co.uk Sessions Music and Heritage Club - Love music? Sessions Music and Heritage Club for young people aged 12 + Tuesdays 5.45 - 9.00pm The Old School House, Lymington Rd Highcliffe (opp the Rec, 2 doors from The Globe). Drop in or contact Charlie: 07971 472768; e:sessionsbh23@gmail.com
Clubs and Societies THE HEALING TRUST (established 1954) Over 20 years in Christchurch, Healing given on Tuesdays from 1.30 – 2.30pm, at Portfield Hall, Portfield Road, Christchurch BH23 2AQ. No appointment necessary. Minimum Donation £4 for more information contact Steve on 01202 478479 anytime. “Trumpets will sound again” at Highcliffe WI’s meeting - Thurs 17 Oct - 7.15pm - Day Centre, Lymington Rd. Colonel Torrent’s return visit, with brilliant trumpet-playing, followed by a music quiz, raffle & refreshments. Come and find out what the WI is like - ring our secretary on 01425/271995 for details. Play a brass or woodwind instrument? Come to Christchurch and District
Community Concert Band. Players of all ages and abilities welcome. Fun,
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activities. We meet every other Wednesday evening. Please ring for more details. 01202 417632 / 01202 489626
Over 60’s Group - Homelands Activity Group extends a warm welcome to nonresidents to their weekly social at Homelands Community Hall, Kings Avenue,
CHRISTCHURCH PROBUS CLUB - Meets 10.30.am on the 1st Tuesday monthly
Christchurch between 2:00 and 4:00 p.m. every Monday. Contact Irene on
at the East Close Hotel, Lyndhurst Road, Christchurch. A very friendly welcome
01202 473489 for further information.
awaits all retired professional and businessmen. Interesting speakers and excellent lunches! Contact the Secretary, Robin Haggett on 01202-482528.
Phoenix Widowers Fellowship If you have lost a love one please come and join our friendly group on Mondays 10.30am - 12.30 at Christchurch Baptist
Monday Social Club at Portfield Hall welcomes new members. Weekly subs are
Church Hall in Bargates. Have a cup of tea or coffee, make friends, have fun,
reasonable and include a two course lunch, morning & afternoon tea/coffee.
play carpet bowls.
We enjoy Canasta, Scrabble Rummi Kub and Dominos. Volunteers needed to help between 9.30 and 2.pm. Contact Les Denmead on 01202 470929.
NEW SUPPORT GROUP FOR MALE CARERS - A new group has been set up to support male carers. The group will meet on the 1st Wednesday of each
Portfield Hall Lunch Club - Social Lunch club for 55+. Thursday 10th and 24th
month at CASTLE LODGE HOTEL, Lymington Road, Highcliffe 1:30 to 3:30 pm.
October. 2 course meal plus tea/coffee and raffle. £5 per person. Served at
A warm welcome awaits you. Refreshments provided.
12 noon, doors open 11.45. Seat must be booked by Tuesday before meal by calling 01202 473965.
New Support Group - As part of the British Lung Foundation Support Network, a new support group now meets between 1:30 and 3:30 p.m. at Mudeford Wood Community Centre, Christchurch on the 4th Wednesday of each month. Contact Carol on 01202 475042 for more information. National Osteoporosis Society (NOS) Tue 1st Oct - Helena Knowles shows us some Tai Chi. All meetings at 2pm, Howard Suite, Christchurch Hospital, entry £1.50. 01425 275707 for more details.
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A smiling classroom of eager “book worms� If you like what you read then why not come along and take a look at us? Want to know more? Contact : James Morton E:Mail jamesannmorton@sky.com
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Tuesday 1st October & Wednesday 30th October Stan’s Blues Jam at The Thomas Tripp – Tuesday 1st October and Every First Tuesday of the Month and Stan’s Blues Jam at The Avon Causeway – Wednesday 30th October and Every Last Wednesday of the Month. Details at www.stansbluesjam.co.uk Thursdays 3rd October – 31st October Thursdays Lunch Time Organ Recitals 12.30pm -October 3rd Peter King (Bath Abbey) October 10th Cathy Lamb (Lichfield Cathedral) October 17th Paul Derrett (Hull) October 24th Hugh Morris (Christchurch Priory) October 31st Stephen Moore (St Matthew’s Northampton) Refreshments including light lunches are available from 11am to 2pm. Friday 4th to Thursday 17th October A NEW EXHIBITION on 4th - 17th October is to be held at the Hayloft gallery in Wick Lane Christchurch by the Friday Crafters and friends to show and sell their crafts, lots of ideas for Christmas presents for friends and family at reasonable prices. Saturday 5th October St George’s Church Hall Table Sale St George’s Church, Jumpers Road Christchurch 10am - 1pm. Various stalls, refreshments available. Come and browse and find a bargain. To Book a table for Nov 2nd telephone 01202 482047. Monday 7th October Totally Locally Christchurch Meeting at Ye Olde George Inn, Christchurch, 6pm. Come and see what we are up to and help pass the message on! In the meantime you can check out the website at www.totallylocallychristchurch. co.uk Tuesday 8th October Christchurch Priory Special Guided Tours starts at 6.30 meet at Tower Door. Visiting ground floor and the areas of the Priory not usually open to the general public including Tower, museum crypts and roof space. Booking essential. Tickets £10 per person from the Vergers’ Office at Christchurch Priory Tel 01202 485804. Not suitable for children under 8 years. Saturday 12th October RNLI valuation and coffee morning - Antique Valuation Day and coffee morning from 10.00-15.30 in Highcliffe
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Methodist Church Hall. Souvenirs, cakes, bric a brac and books, refreshments. Saturday 12th October – Saturday 16th November Art Exhibition – Trees, Autumnal exhibition by artists including Claire Wiltshire, Russell Frampton, Sue Eaton and Tim Craven. Hatch Gallery, 7a Church Street, Christchurch, BH23 1BW, email jodyton@ hatchgallery, www.hatchgallery.co.uk, tel 01202 474644/07787517958 Sunday 13th October The Lions Club of Christchurch Car Boot Sale at Stanpit Recreation Ground, Christchurch. 7.30am sellers, 8.00am Buyers - 12.00pm close. Sellers cars £5.00, Large vans and cars with trailers £8.00. Free to buyers, Parking, Toilets and Refreshments. Enquiries: 0845 833 9826. Subject to local weather conditions. All proceeds to Charity. Friday 18th October Autumn Craft Fair at Christchurch Junior School on Friday 18th October at 6pm - 9pm. Hot refreshments, 50p entry fee. Sellers £15 a table contact Justine Pateman, jakeart1@virginmedia.com Friday 18th – Thursday 24th October ‘West Country Embroiderers Christchurch Branch’ a Textile Exhibition at the Hayloft Gallery, Wick Lane, Christchurch BH23 1XH, from 10am - 4pm admission free. Saturday 19th October Swing Unlimited perform at Christchurch Priory 7.30pm, Doors open from 7.00pm. Sunday 20th October Highcliffe Castle’s Autumn Wedding Fair - Everything you need for your wedding day with nearly 40 exhibitors from cakes to caterers; dresses to discos; floral displays
Regular Markets Every Monday - Christchurch Market (all year) Up to 100 traders selling a variety of food, clothes, household goods, plants and bric-a-brac in the mainly traffic-free High Street and Saxon Square. Christchurch Country Market. Everything home-baked, homemade and home-grown locally. Every Monday 9.3011.30. Druitt Hall (behind library). Refreshments available.
Saturday 26th October Christchurch Library at 11.15am, ‘My Family and Other Smugglers’ a talk by local journalist and author, Roger Guttridge. Numbers limited. Phone 01202 485938 or call into the library for tickets. Library Friends: free, Non Members £4.00 Tuesday 29th October “Halloween Haunting”, an evening of ghost stories, Christchurch Library, Tuesday, 7.00p.m. Tickets from the Library: 50p including refreshments, Friends of Christchurch & Highcliffe Libraries free. Table-Top at the Regent Centre Christchurch every Monday & Saturday from 10am to 3pm, selling Costume/ Vintage Jewellery, Scarves, Handbags, Delicious Homemade cakes, & lots of interesting items. ‘Made In Dorset’ Craft and Vintage Fayres, every 1st Saturday of the month, 10am - 1pm, Bransgore Village Hall, Burley Road, Bransgore. Local Crafts, Produce and Vintage items FREE ENTRY, refreshments available inc. homemade cakes. For bookings call Karen 07812 555516
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CHRISTCHURCH NEIGHBOUR CARS Your friendly local voluntary car service has now got a new telephone number.
01202 989632
Mon - Friday 9am - 12noon
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Community Notices Contact the elderly requires volunteer reserve drivers for once or twice a year on a Sunday afternoon to take two or three elderly people out for a little car ride before going to tea at volunteer host and hostesses homes , ring 01202 424482 for more details. Christchurch Neighbour Cars - Door to door transport by volunteer drivers, for the elderly residents in BH23 area, for health related appointments. 50p per mile donation to cover transport costs. Tel Clare on 01202 989632 Monday Friday between 9 am - 12 noon. If you need a lift to a medical appointment and you live in Highcliffe/Walkford/Mudeford area, please ring these numbers to arrange transport. Please allow 48 hrs notice. Monday Cherry Cook 01425 275056 Tuesday Ann Hart 01425 280083 Weds Pauline Williamson 01425 271520 Thurs Avril Carpenter 01425 276346 Fri Kath Kirby 01425 279284
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y the time you read this, Christchurch and a number of its businesses should be on their way to TV stardom! BBC 3 is in the process of filming a six-part series based on a group of unemployed 18 to 28 year olds keen to find work.
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They chose Christchurch as the place to film partly because of our well known age profile, but also on closer investigation they found such a positive business community here. The first day of shooting was on a sunny day at the beginning of September in the lovely surroundings of the Bowls Pavilion of the Kings Arms when the one hundred shortlisted applicants were whittled down to twenty. Each successful applicant is being placed in established Christchurch businesses for 6 to 8 weeks of work experience under the guidance of an older mentor within the company.
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There is a wide cross-section of local businesses involved, both large and small and many of which are well known local names. All of us who are participating have slight nerves over how the chosen candidates are going to turn out and the way in which the editing might portray our respective businesses, but I am hopeful the overall image will be of an active town and an energetic business community. After the humorous Top Gear portrayal of the area as a place full of geriatrics, I hope that this, together with the recent National Statistics Research finding that Christchurch is the most affluent sea-side town in the country, will exhibit us in a more realistic light. The BBC3 series is likely to be shown in January next year and has a current working title of “New Blood Old Town�. Whilst I doubt it will do for Christchurch what “Broadchurch� did for West Bay, every little helps.
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ctober is a funny old month, marooned in between the heady days of summer and the excitement leading up to Christmas - nothing much happens! I deliberately choose not to celebrate the now ridiculously over-hyped Rachel festival of halloween due to both my religious beliefs and a strict aversion to the colour orange. In lieu of this, I thought I’d research what I could celebrate instead. I quite like the idea of ‘National Pizza Month’, which appears to have been incepted, unsurprisingly, by a Pizza outlet, although ‘National Popcorn Popping Month’ sounds much more fun! If Wikipedia is to be believed it is also ‘National Squirrel Awareness month’. Yes, dear reader, squirrels. I’m pretty certain I’ve been aware of squirrels for quite some time, although for any blissfully unaware citizens I suggest a quick walk around Christchurch Priory would suffice, rather than dedicating a whole month to it. October also hosts ‘Mole Day’ which apparently is something to do with chemistry and nothing to do with small, poorly sighted burrowing mammals. If it were it would make much more sense, as it is also ‘World Sight Day’ during October. ‘Apple Day’ sounds far too healthy, and whilst I got quite excited at the idea of the USA’s ‘National Sausage Month’ my enthusiasm was soon quashed when I discovered this occurs in September in the UK. Bother, missed it. On further investigation, however, I have found something that is worth supporting; October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Having recently lost a friend to this evil disease this seems a most appropriate cause to join in with. ‘Pink Fridays’ will be taking place throughout the month where you can dress pink, eat pink, party pink or even work pink all to raise money for this worthwhile charity. Why not check out breastcancercare.org.uk to see what else you can do to raise a few pounds?
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The late show Good planning and preparation can make this time of year a dramatic moment in the garden, but if you feel your outside space lacks autumn pizzazz, the work for next year’s spectacle begins right now. You still have time to plant late flowering herbaceous perennials and hardy grasses, both of which have beautiful flowers in bloom right now, but aim to do this at the beginning of the month. Experiment with vivid red Helenium such as ‘Rubinzwerg’ which look fantastic when planted in front of the biscuit coloured flower spikes of Calamagrostis ‘Karl Foerster’, or try the much lower, but no less dramatic double pink flowers of Colchicum ‘Water lily’ towards the front of the border. I would challenge anyone who does not favour grasses to find another species which offers colour and texture to match this diverse range of plants. As I sit in the autumn garden right now, perched on a cold metal bench, I can admire the wonderful tall arching stems of Stipa gigantea swaying in the gentle breeze. Standing proud since July, this majestic grass will carry on performing until the heavy snow flattens the delicate oat-like flower
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spikes. If the subtlety of the grassy flowers are not enough to sustain your need for autumn colour, then try Aster ‘October Skies’ for a splash of late season lilac. The daisy like flowers are produced in abundance over a long period of time, and the great news is that it’s happy growing on dry poor soil in sun or even part shade. It won’t get much bigger than 45cm tall so doesn’t need staking and the colours seem to intensify as the light levels fall. As we progress further into the month, the bright yellows, oranges and reds synonymous with October, slowly deepen before fading to a muddy brown. As the aroma of decay intensifies, I notice the evening light fades faster of late, as the autumn sun sets on another gardening day. Happy Gardening, Lee
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Carer Homes/Help Apex Care Silverways Nursing Home Christchurch Neighbour Cars Inter-‐County Nursing Care & Services Hoemfield Grange Care home Queensmead Residential Care Home
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Children, Pets & Education Highcliffe School Twynham School
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Gardens Southern Tree Specialists Apex Tree Surgeons
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Health, Beauty & Lifestyle Foot Rescue Magnet Private Hire All Mobility Foot Health Practitioner Pinki-‐Red Scissors Christchurch Specsavers Optical Superstores Ltd Highcliffe Dental Practice
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Homes Forest Heating Mitchells Management JT Blinds Made 2 Measure Bedrooms A Beautiful Clean Browning Electrical Services New Forest Conservatories Ltd Paul Belton Construction Tower View Glass Exchange Dunkley Tiles A & S Painting Services Purewell Electrical Comfort Rooms Made 2 Measure Kitchens
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Medical/Health Services NHS Direct Dorset Out-‐of-‐hours Bournemouth A&E Bournemouth Hospital Christchurch Hospital British Red Cross Loan Service
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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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Library Information Christchurch Library 29 High Street, Christchurch BH23 1AW 01202 485 938 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
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