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editor’s letter Well, here I am! After four and a half years of landing on your doorsteps, I’ve finally decided to brave it and put my mug shot up Cheryl for all to see. I thought you might like to finally meet the face behind the scenes here at Local Eye Magazines! Our event pages are starting to look very busy this month as the weather finally starts to warm up; turn to pages 8 & 9 to find out what’s going on and where. It’s a very exciting month for Christchurch with the fantastic Food & Wine Festival arriving for it’s 15th year on Saturday 10th & Sunday 11th May. The festival brings thousands of visitors to Christchurch, which is great news for many businesses in the area and boosting the local economy; events such as these are so important to our town to help keep it thriving. Turn to pages 19 & 21 to get a taste of what’s happening at this year’s event. I’ll not be far from the Toffee Vodka stall as per usual! Well until next month, happy reading! Cheryl Cheryl Dennett Editor & Publisher Congratulations to Mrs K Goddard & Mrs B Godwin for winning our March competitions! Local Eye Magazines are Members of:

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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 Wednesday 30th April – Thursday 29th May Christchurch Arts Guild will be displaying a wealth of new art at the Kings Arms. They will also be exhibiting at the Christchurch Food Festival on May 11th with “Art for all Tastes” Thursday 1st May ‘The Spice of Life’ a talk by Ron Taylor about herbs & spices. Highcliffe Library. 2.30pm. Refreshments. Phone 01425 272202 or call into the library for tickets: Library Friends £2, Non Members £4

Thursday 1st May until Thursday 22nd May Come and meet any of the 7 artists who take turns to mind the Hayloft Gallery, Wick Lane, Christchurch daily, including Sundays. Open10am-4pm. Unique and hand crafted pottery, jewellery, and textiles. There is an amazing wall display of photography and pointillism art work. Friday 2nd May – Monday 2nd June By the Sea Exhibition of paintings by Anthony Garratt and Peter Kettle, plus pots by Craig Underhill, Hatch Gallery (Next to Soho’s) 7a Church Street Christchurch Dorset BH23 1BW tel 01202 474644 www.hatchgallery.co.uk Saturday 3rd May St George’s Church plant and table sale. 10am -1pm. Jumpers Road Christchurch. Refreshments available. Come and browse for a bargain. Saturday 3rd May Craft and Vintage Fayre, 10am -1pm, Bransgore Village Hall, Burley Road, Bransgore BH23 8AY. A ‘Flower Festival’ theme this month, 30 stalls of local Crafts and Foods and beautiful Vintage finds. Homemade cakes and refreshments. FREE ENTRY (donations to Julias House) Tuesday 6th and Wednesday 28th May Stan’s Blues Jam at The Thomas Tripp, Christchurch BH23 1HX on Tuesday 6th May (and the First Tuesday Every Month) and at The Avon Causeway, Hurn BH23 6AS on Wednesday 28th May (and Last Wednesday Every Month). Details at www.stansbluesjam.co.uk Wednesday 7th May Highcliffe Art Fellowship 2.30-4.30pm in Methodist Church Hall, Lymington Road, Highcliffe. Demonstration by Hashim Akib of his amazing technique painting in acrylics. Close up of his work projected live on large TV. Visitors

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welcome; fee £2 Friday 9th May Bransgore Horticultural Society - Annual Plant Sale at the Village Hall, Burley Road, Bransgore, 6- 8pm & Sat 10 May, 9-10.30am. Bedding & basket plants, shrubs, perennials, vegetables, plus Society stall. Quality plants - Bargain prices! Saturday 10th - Sunday 11th May The award-winning Christchurch Food & Wine Festival returns to Christchurch from 10am until 6pm. With over 120 traders in the town centre selling an extensive range of high quality regional and international food and drink and food and drink related produce. Check out the Festival’s website: www.christchurchfoodfest.co.uk Saturday 10th May Christchurch Food Festival at the Red House - Discover some of the unusual objects in our bygone kitchen and a cheese and butter making demonstration. Gingerbread decorating (£1) 11 to 2pm with food themed trails around the museum throughout the 10 May. Sunday 11th May CAR BOOT SALE at Owls Barn, Derritt Lane, Sopley. 10am2pm. (sellers from 9am) £5 cars, £8 Vans/trailers (no caterers). Every 2nd Sunday of month until October. Sunday 11th May Christchurch Lions Car Boot Sales are held on the second Sunday of every month at Stanpit Marsh from 07.30 to 12.30. www.christchurchlions.org.uk for more information. Sunday 11th May “Art for all tastes” is a one day special exhibition by Christchurch Arts Guild and staged in two gazebo’s at the Christchurch Food Festival. Come and enjoy a gourmet selection of paintings! Thursday 15th May Christchurch Priory Tours 6.15 for 6.30pm, approx 2¾ hours Tickets in advance £10.00 from the Verger Tel: 01202 485804 Includes tower (176 steps!) museum, crypts, belfry and roof space Children over 8 welcome. Thursday 15th May Skittles Evening hosted by Cancer Research UK Christchurch Branch at E.Christchurch Sports & Social Club at 7pm. Tickets £10 obtainable from 07925974174. Supper included- choice Chilli with rice, Jacket or Nachos, Ploughman’s cheese or ham. Drinks available for purchase. Thursday 15th May

Museum at Night at the Red House - The Red House is open for an evening of live music, wine and food. 7 to 10pm. Includes a glass of wine and canapés! £10 Friday 16th May The Christchurch Royal British Legion Women’s Section are holding a Barn Dance and Ploughman’s Supper in the Ballroom at the Royal British Legion, Bargates, Christchurch. Val Powis will be the Caller and supply the Music. Tickets £5, from committee members or from the Bar. Saturday 17th May RNLI coffee morning at Highcliffe Methodist Church Hall from 10.00-12.30. Souvenirs, books, cakes, jigsaws, jewellery, bric a brac. Admission free, donations welcome. Saturday May 17th The Salvation Army, 3 Stour Road, Christchurch (next to Bulstrodes) is holding a Spring Sale 10am till noon. Many nearly new items and refreshments. Friday 23rd May – Thursday 5th June The Friday Crafters held their first exhibition last year in the Hayloft, we are about to have another selling all our handmade gifts come along and enjoy lots of new goodies. Saturday 24th May Friends of the Red House Museum coffee morning at the Mayor’s Parlour, High St. 10am-12pm. Tea/coffee & cake £2. All proceeds to our local Museum. Sunday 25th May Highcliffe Castle - Classic Cars on the Prom - 11am-4pm. This year they will be bringing their cars to the vista at Highcliffe Castle (Please note that this event is weather dependent). If you are interested in bringing a car to the event please contact the club directly www.ccotp.com. Free outdoor event. Christchurch Priory - Lunchtime concerts continue every Thursday @12.30.

Table top Sale every Monday & Saturday from 10am to 3pm at THE REGENT CENTRE. a variety of stalls selling: Costume/Vintage jewellery & accessories, Homemade Cakes, Body Shop Goods, Aircraft Models etc.

To see more events in Christchurch visit www.visitchristchurch.info

Community Notices The Priory proudly announces opening of Cloister’s Cafe Bar Monday-Friday 10-4. Two cream teas for £6 until May 23rd. Both Cloister’s Cafe and new shop premises are located in refurbished Priory House. Volunteer car drivers take the elderly out once a month for a little car ride and tea at volunteer host and hostesses homes. The need is for more reserve drivers to cover just once or twice a year. Phone Carolyn on 01202 424482

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 homebaked, homemade and home-grown locally. Every Monday 9.30-11.30. Druitt Hall (behind library). Refreshments available.

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ne of the joys of Christchurch are the fabulous festivals that we hold during the year. Unfortunately two of the most popular are battling for survival following significant Council cutbacks.

Peter As this Eye edition is published, the Christchurch Food Festival is about to start, with its magnificent international food market, cooking demonstrations and surrounding events. It attracts tens of thousands to the town. Later in the year, the Christchurch Christmas Festival is another well-loved event, enjoyed by many local young families. These events involve significant months of planning and are run by hardworking volunteers and, up until last year, had important financial and staff support from Christchurch Council. However Council cut-backs have taken that vital support away.

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The dedicated Food Festival Committee should be highly congratulated for keeping the main structure of the Festival going this year; although those who know the festival well will realise that it is in a reduced form. With the Christmas Festival, Kim Skinner (who is also involved with the RNLI fun day) must be thanked for taking on the chair of the Committee running the event â&#x20AC;&#x201C; but lack of funding is a major concern. Even stripped to the bone, essential insurance and health and safety requirements need financing. The Council have been prepared to sponsor the Food Festival for this year and it is likely that they will give some assistance to the Christmas Festival for this year, but if there are any businesses out there wanting some great sponsorship coverage, please get in touch. Both these festivals were started by the Christchurch Chamber of Trade and Commerce to bring people into the town, but have taken on a life of their own as major community events. What a loss to the town it would be if they could not continue. Do please show your support for them and in particular enjoy the forthcoming Food Festival to the full - whilst it lasts.

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Clubs, Classes, Groups & Societies Fitness, Sport and Wellbeing BODYBALANCE Christchurch runs 5 classes per week at St Joseph’s Community Centre, Purewell. 21st century blend of Yoga, Pilates and T’ai-Chi choreographed to music, taught by experienced instructors, suitable for men, women and pregnancy. www.hannahdykes.com/bodybalance or 07876645945 for further details. Yoga Classes - Every Monday 0915-1015 & Wednesday 0930-1030 at the Bay Tree, Saxon Square, Christchurch. Ideal for beginners, busy mums and those preferring a gentler pace! Kindly text/call 07504 823517 or email elainerees@ europe.com to book a space. 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 (Qigong) Exercise Classes - A Chinese exercise system. Come & join us Fridays 10.45 am in the upstairs Studio at Wessex Health, 17 Stour Road, Christchurch BH23 1PL Car parking at rear. Fee £7.50 www.wessexhealthnetwork.co.uk Tutor Poppy 01202 735560 Yoga for Health -mixed ability adult yoga Tuesday 6-7.30pm Highcliffe Comp Thursday 9.30-11am & 11.15-12.30pm and Chair Yoga 2-3pm - all at Highcliffe Methodist Church. LAUGHTER CLUB -first Friday of month - Highcliffe Methodist Church Hall 7-8pm Gentle Yoga & Relaxation - Tuesdays 13:30-14:45 at The Wessex Health Network, Christchurch. Ideal for busy mums and over 50s. British Wheel of Yoga Teacher. Please call (07966) 199875 or email becca@ yogabee.co.uk to book. £39 for six week course (£7 weekly if space available). Yoga classes held in Christchurch for ADULTS, TEENS, CHILDREN & a gentler chair yoga practice. Full details of classes please contact Julia Silva-Perez 07989 971928 or yoga.silvaperez@gmail.com Core & Pelvic Floor 2h Workshops (& support) - If you have lower back problems, a weak core or

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pelvic floor problems (eg incontinence prolapse / hernia) there is an easy non-surgical method called the Hypopresive Method! Learn in a workshop to do simply at home. 07798 941832 Art and Craft HIGHCLIFFE ART FELLOWSHIP Holds meetings on the first Wednesday of the month in the Methodist Hall, Highcliffe. Demonstrations by notable artists enhanced by projection on to large screen TV. Which shows live close ups of the work in progress. Visitors welcome; £2 fee. Exhibition August. See www.highcliffe-art.info or phone Dennis Ford on 01425 275418 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 classes in the centre of Christchurch. Tues and Weds mornings 10-1pm and Thurs evenings 7-9pm. Small classes of 5 covering a variety of techniques including soldering, piercing, Stone setting and enamelling. All abilities welcome. Call Louise 07789 915694 Christchurch Lace Society is a friendly group who meet on the second Saturday of each month to make Lace, chat and exchange views and ideas on all aspects of crafts at Burton Green United Reformed Church. New members welcomed. Carbery Machine Knitting Club meet on the 1st Tuesday of the month at St George’s Church Hall Annex, Jumpers Rd, Christchurch, BH23 2JR from 7-9pm. Our speaker for May is Vivienne Graham who will show her felted jackets. All are welcome. For more information, call Joy on 01202 489614 Highcliffe Horticultural Society will be holding their May monthly meeting on Monday 5th at St. Mark’s Church Hall, Hinton Wood Avenue, Highcliffe at 7-30pm. Mr.Ray Broughton from Wisley gardens will be giving a talk on Useful Plants & Topical Tips. Visitors welcome. Entrance Fee £1-00. Children Musical Steps - Award-winning, educational and inspiring music classes babies, toddlers and preschoolers. Come and join the wonderful world of

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back into it, or if you currently play you are most welcome. Rehearsals Tuesdays 7.30pm call 07074 320122 more info.

Mudeford Wood Active Kids - Established Holiday Club for children aged 4-11 years during May half-term (Tuesday 27th to Friday 30th May) packed full of sports and fun activities. Open 9am to 4pm at Mudeford Wood Community Centre, Pipers Drive, BH23 4TR. 01425 272084. www. mudefordwoodcommunitycentre.co.uk.

Monday Social Club at Portfield Hall. 12 and 19 May - Join us for morning coffee and make new friends. Play table top games, enjoy a freshly cooked 2 course lunch for only £5.00. Taxi transfers can be arranged. Contact Les on 01202 470929

Is your child an aspiring musician? Training Band Brass lessons are FREE under the Christchurch and District Community Band Project. Reduced cost Woodwind lessons also available. Make your child’s music come to life. Sessions :Tuesdays 6.15pm7.15pm Priory School, Christchurch FOR INFO CALL 07974 320122. Sessions Music and Heritage Club for young people 11+ who love music. Every Tuesday from 6pm. All abilities welcome! The Back Room, Old School House, Lymington Rd, Highcliffe (opp the rec) Contact: 07971472768 e:sessionsbh23@gmail.com or just drop in! Clubs and Societies Ukulele Band - Every Wednesday evening 7.30 - 9.30pm. Very friendly mixed ability session for all ages. Come along, have a laugh and learn to play an instrument at the same time. Ukuleles to borrow from Coda Music Centre, Chewton Farm Road, Walkford, Dorset BH23 5QL 01425 276161 or contact@coda.org.uk More info at www.coda.org. uk CHRISTCHURCH PROBUS CLUB - Meets 10.15am 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! Please contact the Secretary, Robin Haggett on 01202-482528. Amberwood-Highcliffe Afternoon Women’s Institute will meet at Methodist Church Hall, Highcliffe, 2 p.m., Wednesday, 21st May. Please come and join us. Speaker is John Crimes ‘Making of Faberge Eggs’. Enjoy tea, biscuits, raffle, and sales table. Christchurch and District Community Band goes from strength to strength. If you used to play a brass or woodwind instrument and would like to get

Christchurch 50+ extends a warm welcome to active unattached ladies & gentlemen over 50 to our lively social/friendship group. Come & enjoy many varied activities. We meet every other Wednesday evening. Please ring for more details. 01202 657914 / 01202 489626 / 01425 611058 Coffee mornings every Tuesday & Wednesday 9-11.30. Clothes, bric a brac and refreshments with homemade cakes and bacon butties. Join us at The Salvation Army, 3 Stour Road, (next to Bulstrodes) where a warm welcome awaits you. Highcliffe WI - Doors open at 7.15pm on Thurs 15 May at the Day Centre, Lymington Rd to hear about the “life of a documentary cameraman”. If you’d like to join us for this, plus quiz, refreshments, & raffle, please ring our secretary on 01425/271995 for more info. Widow & Widowers Meet Up - We meet every Thursday at Stewarts Gardenland Christchurch at 11am for coffee. We are a friendly group and it helps to chat with other people in the same situation as ourselves. Join us. Contact:- Diane 07802934489 Esther 07770947228 Males Carers’ Social Group - If you are a male carer take time out to socialise in a friendly and informal setting at The Galleon, 189 Lymington Road, Highcliffe on the first Tuesday of the month 11:30am to 2:30pm. Call Pat on 07985 088549. Computer Skills Sessions - If you are 60+ come and join us on Thursday afternoons between 2 and 4pm at Homelands Community Hall, Kings Avenue, Christchurch and acquire new computer skills. Nonresidents welcome. Admission only £2 including refreshments Phone Ray on 01202 471110 Entries are listed FREE of charge. One listing per group/organisation. Listed on a first come, first served basis. Visit www.localeyemagazines.co.uk to submit your listing online.

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his year’s Festival will be held on the weekend of 10 and 11 May with various establishments in the town holding their own events during the month of May. The celebrated Indian chef, Cyrus Todiwala, who recently appeared in the BBC2 series ‘The Incredible Spice Men’, is to return to this year’s Christchurch Food & Wine Festival following his successful appearance in 2010. Cyrus, who runs his own restaurant Café Spice Namaste in London, will be showing his culinary skills in the demonstration marquee on Sunday 11 May. The Festival’s patron, Lesley Waters, will also be back, appearing on Saturday 10 May. The Festival market taking place in the High Street will contain around 120 stalls selling a huge variety of food and drink. Sunday 11 May will see a Bake Day at the Kings Arms bowling green pavilion with competitions to find the best cakes, tarts and pies in Christchurch. New this year will be a Real Ale Trail where a passport can be bought which will allow you to try out a generous sample of 14 different real ales in a variety of local pubs throughout May. Also new this year is the Tasty Trail with special offers and discounts at delicatessens, shops and restaurants throughout the town as well as the Festival Bites, which are events held by eateries throughout Christchurch for the whole month of May. All information and events can be found on the website at www.christchurchfoodfest.co.uk. Check us out too on Facebook and Twitter!

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The High Street and Alley Market (opposite M & S Simply Food) will be filled with more than 100 stalls selling a wide range of delicious food & drink and related items, many of which are produced locally. You will find everything from mouth-watering food to eat during the market to scrumptious food and drink to take away to enjoy at home. From tasty olives to fine oils, locally grown asparagus to organically produced meat, freshly baked bread to locally produced sausages and cheeses… you will be spoilt for choice!

Nearby Druitt Gardens will be used as a picnic area and will feature community organisations as well as activities for children. It will be an ideal place for visitors to sit and relax away from the bustling market and enjoy eating their purchases.

Demonstration Marquee Free cookery demonstrations will be taking place in the Demonstration Marquee in Wick Lane car park, adjacent to the Regent Centre with much-loved celebrity chef and patron of the Festival, Lesley Waters and BBC Saturday Kitchen regular and star of BBC2’s The Incredible Spice Men, Cyrus Todiwala. Many of Christchurch’s excellent local chefs will also be demonstrating over the weekend.

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Italian Market The fabulous Italian Market will be returning to Church Street cobbled area, just in front of the Priory Church gates and the friendly traders will be selling a range of tasty Italian food including freshly baked bread, biscuits, sweets, olives and cheeses.

There’s fun for the kids too! The Festival’s Kids’ Kitchen takes place on both days at the Priory School in Wick Lane, just a few minutes’ walk from the Demonstration Marquee and at the nearby Kings Arms Hotel in Castle Street. There’s something for everyone from the age of 3-14 years with fun workshops taking place on both days, each lasting around one and a half hours. All food and equipment will be provided, just bring your own apron.

Artisan Market The Artisan Market with its interesting array of specialist foods will be returning to NatWest car park, located between the High Street and the Demonstration Marquee in Wick Lane car park.

For more information have a look at the Kids’ Kitchen page at www.christchurchfoodfest.co.uk Sessions can be booked on-line or visit the Regent Centre Box Office in the High Street.

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Christchurch Library Food Week

s part of the Christchurch Food Festival, Christchurch Library is holding its own festival from Saturday 10th May to Saturday 18th May. A full programme includes a visit from Jennie Rakes, author of the novel “Deceptions, Lies and Chocolate Muffins”, a talk - “Cider: an Insider’s Insight into Cider Making” by Burley cider man Barry Topp, a talk on tea with the opportunity to taste various teas at the afternoon tea party which follows, a demonstration and workshop on decorative napkins folding by Luigi Spotorno; a special ‘coffee morning quizzes’; a food survey and children’s activities. Food -related Book Trails for adults and children run from Tuesday, 9th May to Tuesday, 20th May. when competitors scour the windows of the local shops to locate book titles. If you have not yet visited your newly refurbished library, why not call in and collect a leaflet listing details of all events, pick one up at Tourist Information or call the library on 01202 485938. A craft group has just started at the library with ideas for other types of interest groups in the pipeline. There are various book groups, daytime and evening - if you would like to join one, contact the library. In August the library has an event-packed holiday -themed week and is also part of the Christchurch War Week in September. The library supported by Friends of Christchurch & Highcliffe Libraries - information and membership forms are obtainable in the foyer.

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wynham School in Christchurch welcomed the public on Wednesday 9 April for a coffee morning, which raised £2,450 for Pancreatic Cancer UK (charity no. 112708). Local Businesses had generously given raffle prizes and the organizer, Liz Cook, said she was very grateful to them for their donations. She was also grateful to friends and family who made delicious home baked cakes and Wessex Cater Hire who kindly loaned the crockery. The coffee morning was held in memory of Ann James, a popular local lady, who gave many years’ service at Twynham School as a member of support staff. This sum has been supplemented with online donations and the total is now over £2,800.

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HIGHCLIFFE on SEA ROTARY CLUB MUSIC FESTIVAL - The Highcliffe Rotary Club sponsored and organised the Piano Competition part of the New Milton Music Festival and a week later the Gala Concert was held at The Arnewood School on 23rd March 2014,

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where President John Zeale gave a closing vote of thanks to all who were involved. CHARITY GOLF DAY - Plans are progressing well for our Charity Golf Day to be held on Tuesday 20th May 2014 at the Highcliffe Castle Golf Club and our chosen charity is Smile4Wessex in support of the children’s neurological unit at Southampton General Hospital. A team of four will cost £140 and your business could sponsor a Hole for just £50. There will be many other competitions before the prize giving and a fine Highcliffe Castle Golf Club dinner and hospitality. HIGHCLIFFE VILLAGE FETE - Once again, the last Saturday in July will see the Highcliffe Village Fete staged on the Recreation Ground, Lymington Road, Highcliffe and we can report that all pitches are now sold to a mixture of Local Charities, Organisations and Businesses. The Highcliffe Rotary Club has been staging the Fete for some twenty years now having taken over the organisation from the Friends of St Marks Church who, we are delighted to say, continue to bring their stalls. Rotary’s income is from the sale of the pitches and the programme advertising and each of the Organisations make great efforts to raise income from the sale of produce for their respective charities. Apart from the Rotary Information Corner we will be providing excellent BBQ food and our ladies will be selling beverages, cakes and sandwiches with musical entertainment throughout the day and a good number of Arena attractions including the ever popular Children’s Races with Bobby the Clown. So don’t forget – Saturday 26th July 2014 at 10.45am until about 4.30pm, Fun for All the Family. If you would like any more information on the above or Rotary in general then please call me on 01425 622658.

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Garden View

A Thorny Issue

hatever your opinion of roses, there’s no denying that this flower is the epitome of traditional English gardening, and maybe for some that’s just the problem. For some people the memories of insipid flowers sitting above leggy stalks and diseased leaves is enough to put them off ever planting another rose bush again. Classified as a woody perennial, with over a hundred species it is still by far one of Britain’s favourite plants. Native to China, the humble rose grows well in our climate, where the cool moist winters and warm (ish) summers mean that as long as we don’t experience too much rain (which can cause petals to fuse together before fully opening) plants should live happily for many years. That said they are not ‘forever plants’ and should not be held on to for sentimental reasons. I’ve removed no end of beds planted up in the 60’s with nothing more than clumps of baked clay soil as their companion. Roses are best planted bare root between November and February but are most often purchased containerised when in flower during the summer months. If well watered in their first year, roses planted this way should establish well. Plant slightly deeper than you think you need, burying the graft (woody knuckle) fractionally below the soil. Humans are not the only admirers of roses and they can suffer from numerous pests and diseases so prepare yourself for battle. Problems include; brown scale, rose aphids, rose leaf-rolling sawfly, rose dieback, rose powdery mildew,

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rose blackspot and rose rust. That said there are disease-resistant varieties, and prevention is always better than cure. If planted in good soil (they don’t mind heavy clay) and in a well prepared hole with some homemade compost or manure, then fed in March with a special rose fertiliser before another layer of compost or manure is placed on top, and watered well they will provide you with a long lasting combination of colour and scent. For added interest, why not grow two varieties together which complement each other, or flower at different times for lengthier impact. On a sunny wall try; Rosa ‘Blush Noisette’, a great repeat flowerer with small double pink flowers, ‘Lady Waterlow’ for silky pink blooms and healthy foliage, ‘Gertrude Jekyll’ for exquisite scent, or ‘Etoile de Hollande’ for a splash of rich scarlet red. Ground cover roses such as the ‘flower carpet range’ are great for covering banks and are extremely low maintenance, or try an avenue of standard roses such as ‘Winchester Cathedral’ which look fabulous when under planted with lavender or lush low growing evergreens. Finally for a wonderful thornless variety try Rosa ‘Mortimer Sackler’. Happy gardening Lee

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Make a meaningful positive impact on your community and help save local clubs!

esidents in and around Highcliffe are being asked to volunteer to ensure that 2 popular clubs for older people keep running. People belonging to the weekly Alpha and Haven Clubs in Highcliffe and Mudeford are hoping that the local community will not let them down. The Alpha Club meets at Greystones Hall, Waterford Road, Highcliffe every Wednesday between 2 and 4 pm and is desperately in need of a Treasurer. The Haven Club, which meets at All, Saints Church Hall, Stanpit, Mudeford each Thursday between 2 and 4pm is looking for more volunteer supporters. These popular clubs need more volunteers to keep them going as without that help the club members run the risk of losing them. For many of the members, the fun and friendship they enjoy at the club is the highlight of each week. “Highcliffe has a strong sense of community and we need local people to help save our clubs.” says Tony Hanson, Locality Manager for local charity Brendoncare Club Dorset. “If it is important to you to solve a community problem and to develop as a person, volunteering at one of our clubs will offer many benefits in appreciation for the gift of your time and expertise.’ Tony continued. Volunteers will receive training and ongoing support from Brendoncare and anyone interested in helping with the weekly meetings in any way should contact Tony at the Brendoncare Poole office on 01202 722211. Volunteers are also needed for clubs in Poole and Christchurch. Brendoncare is the only charity in the UK with Investing in Volunteers accreditation from Volunteering England for both its Care Centres and Community based volunteer teams. For more information, contact Tony Hanson on 01202 722211.

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hristchurch Angels Project is led by Christchurch Community Partnership and is funded by Christchurch Borough Council, Dorset Community Foundation, the Dorset Clinical Commissioning Group and Sovereign Housing. Christchurch Angels aims to reach those in our community who don’t have a network of family/friends to give that practical help and support in times of crisis or illness for a couple of months. The kinds of things a volunteer Angel can help with are: • • • • • • • • •

Visiting people in their homes and providing regular contact if needed Helping and supporting people to use local facilities, activities and resources Assisting with information and advice regarding other agencies who can provide support Acting as an advocate when necessary Helping with paperwork and correspondence Helping with practical tasks, e.g. getting prescriptions, mowing the lawn, walking the dog. Helping to develop a better social life Shopping transport via Dial a Bus Accompanied walks with the Strollers Volunteers will not be expected to carry out personal care or housework.

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INDEX OF ADVERTISERS Business & Professional Job Vacancy Distributors Wanted Miller Bros & F.P Butler Ltd

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Carer Homes/Help Inter-‐County Nursing Care & Services Silverways Nursing Home

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Children, Pets & Education Little Pickles Markets Sophie's Pet Care

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