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contents Local History 6 MindBenders 8 Adopt a Pet 8 Christchurch Food & Wine Festival 9 What’s On 10 Highcliffe On Sea Traders Association 13 Clubs, Classes, Groups & Societies 14 Christchurch Chamber of Trade 19 Tucktonia 20 Highcliffe Revival Food Festival 21 Highcliffe Rotary 22 Blue Plaque Trail 23 AOK Rucksack Appeal 25 Teen Column 27 Queensmead Care Home 29 Coffee Break 30 Mum’s the Word 33 Kids Page 36 Garden View 38 Recipe 41 Coda Music Trust 45 Local Gig Guide 47 Regent Listings 47 Index 49 Puzzle Solutions 49 Useful Telephone Numbers 50
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- Christchurch’s Earliest ‘High’ School?
For over 200 years St Michael’s Loft, high over the Lady Chapel at the east end of the Christchurch Priory Church, was a uniquely located schoolroom. It is thought that the Lady Chapel, dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary, was completed in the early 15th century and that its upper chamber was added slightly later. Accessed by octagonal turrets on both sides of the church, this medieval ‘loft extension’ was probably another chapel, presumably one dedicated to St Michael, an archangel commonly associated with hills and high places. It was perhaps originally used for the training of novice canons. When Prior Draper wrote to King Henry VIII in 1538, pleading for him not to dissolve Christchurch Priory, he detailed the benefits it brought to the town. These included ‘a master to teach grammar to children and scholars’. However, he did not specify exactly where these pupils were taught - nor was his plea successful, for in the following year the Priory was shut down by royal decree. In 1662 the Bishop of Winchester gave approval for the ‘great and spacious waste roome’, then known as St Michael’s Loft, to be used as a free grammar school. The boys would access the turret staircase to their schoolroom directly from the churchyard by way of a small door on the north side. One pupil at the school in the 1770s was Richard Warner, who became noted as the author of books on history, geography, and literary topics. In his autobiography, Literary Recollections, he describes how the elevated schoolroom had more than once granted the boys a view of the local smugglers in action as they trundled their contraband away from Hengistbury Head in processions ‘of twenty or thirty waggons, loaded with kegs of spirits... surrounded by a troop of two or three hundred horsemen’.
died in 1840 and was buried in Lymington Church. A 76ft Egyptian-style memorial obelisk erected near his home at Walhampton can still be seen. Another pupil destined for greatness upon the seas was Burton-born Edmond Lyons, who entered the Royal Navy at the age of ten in 1801 and served under Captain Harry Burrard Neale. He was soon engaging in adventurous exploits to rival those of the fictional Hornblower. In 1856, two years before his death, and a hero of the Crimea War, Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons returned to Christchurch to attend a grand reception held in his honour. He was conveyed into the town in an open carriage pulled from Purewell by a team of naval ratings. St Michael’s Loft continued as a public grammar school until a National School opened in the High Street (sited where the entrance end of Christchurch Library is now located) in 1829. It was then run as a private elementary school until that too closed in 1869 soon after a new school opened in Wick Lane (now the Priory Church of England Primary School). In the late 1970s the Vicar, Canon Basil Trevor-Morgan, decided that the many artefacts scattered throughout the Priory Church should be collected together and put on display. The result was the St Michael’s Loft Museum, which opened in 1980. Many people have since climbed the 75 steps to see the assorted exhibits, which include items from the schoolroom, rare medieval sculptures, a wall-sized map of Christchurch (created in the 1840s to record land-tithes), a model of the pre-dissolution monastic Priory, and much more - plus, of course, the splendid views over the town and Christchurch Harbour.
Perhaps inspired by their schoolroom’s splendid view of Christchurch Harbour and the sea beyond, at least two pupils at the St Michael’s Loft school became high-ranking officers in the Royal Navy. One such was Harry Burrard, a life-long friend of Richard Warner, who joined the Royal Navy in 1778. In 1790 he became the commander of the sloopof-war Orestes, which only a few years earlier had been involved in the Battle of Mudeford, a bloody encounter between the Revenue Service and local smugglers. He rose to the rank of Admiral, but was also a long-serving and well-loved MP for his hometown of Lymington. Admiral Sir Harry Burrard Neale 6 • Christchurch Highcliffe EyeEye • May • May 2015 2015
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There will plenty for the family to enjoy at the Festival Village as there will be the children’s entertainer, Jules, on both days as well as entertainment in the band stand. On Sunday 10 May, the Kings Arms will be hosting a Family Fun Day on the bowling green opposite the hotel. Although the main event of the Festival takes place over that weekend, there are events going on in restaurants, cafes and pubs throughout the month of May. There are also a number of ‘trails’ which people can go on throughout May including a coffee and cake trail, a cocktail trail and a real ale trail. All the details of this year’s Festival are on the website at www.christchurchfoodfest.co.uk. You can also follow the Festival on Facebook and Twitter.
Festival Market and the NEW Festival Village on Christchurch Quay Sat 9th & Sun 10th May 10am – 6pm Events at restaurants, cafes and pubs throughout May See the Festival Programme for info on the Cocktail Trail; Real Ale Trail and Coffee & Cake Trail
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Saturday 2nd May 10am - 1pm Craft and Food Fayre. Bransgore Village Hall, BH23 8AY. Over 30 stalls of beautiful local handmade Crafts and Food and Produce. Homemade cakes in our tearoom. FREE ENTRY, free Prize draw. Supporting Julia’s House. Details 07812 555516 Sunday 3rd May 11am - 4pm (Weather dependant) Classic Cars On The Prom Highcliffe Castle is delighted to host this fascinating display of classic cars and motorbikes dating from 1915 to the early 1980’s, will be on show on the Vista in the Castle grounds. Free event. Tues 5th May 2.30pm - 4pm Christchurch Priory Mothers’ Union cream tea in Priory Hall, Princess Ave. £4.50 on door. Raffle stalls. Proceeds to Mothers’ Union ‘Away from it all holiday for disadvantaged families’. Entertainment by Wimborne Voices. Thurs 7th May 6.30pm - 8.30pm Christchurch Priory New Tour 2015.
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Tower & Bells - 176 steps, St Michaels Loft Museum - 75 steps, Roof Space - 103 steps, restricted spaces! Tickets £10 (£5 children over 8) in advance. Tel: 01202 485804, email vestry@christchurchpriory.org. Meet at Tower Door. Friday 8th May 6pm - 8pm & Sat 9th May 9am -10.30am Bransgore Horticultural Society Annual Plant Sale to be held at the Village Hall, Ringwood Road, Bransgore. Large selection of Bedding & Basket plants, perennials and vegetables, plus Society stall. Quality plants at bargain prices! Saturday 9th & Sunday 10th May 10am - 6pm The award-winning Christchurch Food & Wine Festival. The town centre will be buzzing 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. www.christchurchfoodfest.co.uk for more information Sunday 10th May 7.30am to 12noon Christchurch Lions Charity Car Boot Sale, Stanpit Marsh. Full details at www. christchurchlions.org.uk or find us on Facebook. Wednesday 13th May 7pm Christchurch Arts Guild Welcomes back Chris Jones to demonstrate wildlife painting in acrylic. Chris is outstanding in this field and the occasion should not be missed. Commences 7pm, All Saints Church Hall, Mudeford, visitors welcome. Thursday 14th May 10.30am The Christchurch and East Bournemouth Branch of the RNLI will be holding a coffee morning at Christchurch Sailing Club starting at 10.30am with
coffee, biscuits and a raffle. Please come and join us - anyone and everyone welcome. Fundraising in aid of the RNLI. Saturday 16th May 11am - 1pm Highcliffe Scouts Plant Sale. Please come and buy our quality bedding and basket plants and support our Scouts. Sat 16th May 11am - 1pm at the Scout Hut in Chewton Common Road (next to Junior school entrance). Saturday 16th May 7pm Family Fun Quiz Night. Mudeford Wood Community Centre, Pipers Drive, BH23 4TR. Come along and test your knowledge, tickets cost £8 and include Fish & Chip supper, bring your own drink. Call 01425 272084 or visit: www. mudefordwoodcommunitycentre. co.uk for tickets. Saturday 16th May 10am - 12noon Spring Bazaar Don’t miss our exciting new Spring Bazaar held at Stour Surgery, Barrack Road, Christchurch. Raffle, refreshments, books, cakes, brica-brac, nearly new, DVDs, CDs, jewellery, tombola, plants, roll-a-coin, higher or lower? card game. Hosted by Stour Surgery Patients Circle. Saturday 16th May 10am - 5pm Highcliffe Revival Food Festival. The first to take place! Featuring demos from top chefs including Valentine Warner (BBC) and James Golding as well as music and entertainment for the entire family. It promises to be a great day for all. A celebration of food. Saturday 16th May 10am - 12noon Spring Sale at The Salvation Army, Stour Road (next to Bulstrodes) cakes, bric a brac, gifts and refreshments. Tuesday 19th May 7pm Autism Wessex Charity Quiz Night! Win fabulous prizes at the
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Mondays & Saturdays 10am - 3.30pm Table-Top-Sale at The Regent Centre Christchurch every Monday & Saturday from 10am -3.30pm, selling a variety of items; Costume/Vintage Jewellery, Lovely Homemade Cakes, Bric-A-Brac, Dvd’s etc… Once or twice a year on a Sunday afternoon: Contact the elderly is looking for reserve drivers once or twice a year in Christchurch to take three elderly people for a little ride out and to be volunteer host and hostesses for afternoon tea. Volunteer hostesses also required to provide tea for up to six elderly people in their private homes, and two car drivers just one Sunday afternoon a year. Call Carolyn 01202 424482 Every Friday from 11am - 3pm Friday Crafters are at the Druitt Hall Christchurch for handmade crafts and Table top sales. 1st Wednesday of the month between 11.30am - 2pm. Male Carers’ meet at the GALLEON, Lymington Road, Highcliffe on the first Wednesday of the month to socialise and, if required obtain information that will assist with their Carer’s role. Take time out to come along and make new friends. Refreshments provided.
Autism Wessex Charity Quiz Night! Only £10 per person for a drink, pizza and fun evening of trivia. Teams of 4-6 people. Money raised supports local families affected by Autism. For more information call 01202 703587 Tuesday 19th May 2.30pm - 4.30pm Christchurch Priory New Tour 2015. Tower, Bells (176 steps) & Ground Floor Tour. Meet inside entrance. Tickets £10 (£5 children over 8) in advance Tel: 01202 485804, email vestry@ christchurchpriory.org Thursday 21st May 7.30pm Bournemouth and Christchurch Dorset Wildlife Trust Group is hosting an illustrated talk entitled ‘The Wildlife of Brownsea Island’ by Chris Thain - Reserve Manager of Brownsea Island. Christchurch Baptist Church, Bargates. £2 refreshments included. Saturday 23rd May 10am - 4pm VINTAGE comes to Christchurch! Vintage/Retro/Collectors Fair, Druitt Hall, High Street, Christchurch. All sorts of treasures from days gone by, Clothing, Home wares, Jewellery, China, Toys, Records and much more. FREE ENTRY, Homemade snacks, cakes and refreshments available. Details: 07812 555516 Tuesday 26th May 2pm - 3pm “The Jurassic’s Got Talent”. Interactive storytelling at the Red House Museum. Suitable for 3 to 8 years. £4 per child. Book on 01202 482860
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Everyone seems to be busy arranging lots of fun things for Highcliffe’s first Revival Food Festival on Saturday 16th May. The day kicks off with an 8am yoga session for all abilities followed by a healthy breakfast at Highcliffe Castle tea rooms. TV chef Valentine Warner is giving a cookery demo at the Sports and Social Club and then he is hosting a 2-course lunch at the Cliffhanger. Tickets are available for this, but do hurry as they are in short supply. There are many cookery demos taking place throughout the day with well known local chefs and with musical performers and foodie related trade stands along the High Street, which is closed to traffic for the day, it promises to be a really fun atmosphere with lots for everyone to enjoy and fill up on. If you’re a big fan of the Great British Bake Off and fancy your cake creating talent; Vanillapink Cakes is hosting the ‘Great Highcliffe Baking Competition’ pick up an entry form from the shop or download one from their website. Entries will be judged on the day.
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Clubs, Classes, Groups & Societies in Christchurch & Highcliffe Art and Craft Portraits by Gilson Lavis. 1st - 30th May. Hatch Gallery, 7a Church Street, Christchurch, BH23 1BW. 07787 517958 www.hatchgallery.co.uk jodyton@hatchgallery.co.uk Exhibition of Oil Paintings by Andy Blake in the Regent Centre, free to view in the foyer. All works are originals, mostly on canvas, from his detailed trademark-style to atmospheric. 2nd - 22nd May Daily from 10am. Susan Knights Watercolour Classes ‘Jump in and Get Wet’ in small, friendly, informative classes - overlooking beautiful Christchurch Harbour. Contact Sue on 01202 481099 or email susanknights@hotmail.co.uk www.susanknights.co.uk Christchurch Lace Society would like to invite all lace makers to join us at our monthly meeting. Burton Green United Reformed Church. All abilities welcome. Second Saturday each month 10am - 3pm
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Other Clubs, Classes & Societies Christchurch Trefoil Guild - 1st Monday of the Month 2.15pm - 4.30pm. A friendly welcome is extended to ex Brownies, ex Guides, and ANYONE with or without Guiding connections to join us at 2.15pm on the first Monday monthly at Portfield Hall, Portfield Road, Christchurch. Interesting speakers, activities, holidays/outings. Gill Aslett. 01202 485363 Highcliffe Horticultural Society - Monday 4th May at 7-30pm.Will be holding their May monthly meeting at St.Mark’s church hall Hinton Wood Ave, Highcliffe at 7-30pm when Eric Watson will give an illustrated talk on Wild Flowers at your doorstep. Visitors welcome. Contact 01425 272962 for details. Highcliffe Death Café - Monday 11th May 7.30pm - 9pm and Wednesday 20th 1.30pm - 3pm. Come and join this worldwide group to discuss a subject 70%
of us feel uncomfortable talking about. Today 1,639 Death Cafe’s have been run in 29 countries. Eat cake and drink coffee whilst talking about DEATH and our own mortality. Donations requested. Chess at Arcado Lounge Every Tuesday 2.30pm - 5pm. All ages and skills are welcome, even beginners. Just turn up! Chess is FREE over a drink and/ or food in a relaxed environment. 71 High Street, Christchurch, BH23 1AS. Contact John 01202 427523. Carbery Machine Knitting Club - 1st Tuesday of the month 7pm - 9pm. Meet on the first Tuesday of each month (except August) at St George’s Church Hall Annex, Jumpers Road, Christchurch BH23 2JR from 7pm - 9pm. We are a small friendly group and welcome new members. For more information, please call Joy on 01202 489614. Christchurch Probus Club 1st Tuesday monthly at 10.15am Meets 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 4825428. Past Rotarians & Associates Club of the New Forest & District. 1st & 3rd Tuesday of each month. We are a dual gender, non-affiliated club whose membership is made up of both past Rotarians and non-past Rotarians (Associates). We meet twice monthly at Hoburne Park, Christchurch with a coffee
morning on the first Tuesday of each month and a lunch with a speaker on the third Tuesday. Contact Alan Clark 01590 641270 or more information. Mudeford Wood Tennis Club, Brabazon Drive, Mudeford. Tuesday & Thursday evenings 6pm - 8pm and Saturday afternoons 2pm - 4pm. Friendly social and match tennis, outdoor, all year round. Astroturf surface with floodlights. £60 per year. Contact Debbie 07592 014207 or Gail 07973 514036 Christchurch Central WI 1st Wednesday of the month 10a.m - 12.15pm. Meet monthly, Druitt Hall, off the High Street. Interesting talks, competitions, raffles and a sales table. We are a friendly group. Join us for a coffee. More information please call 01202 386813. Christchurch Arts Guild welcome demonstrator Chris Jones to All Saints Church Hall, Mudeford. Wednesday May 13th 7pm. Chris is a magnificent wildlife artist and will be producing a lifelike study in acrylics. Come early to get a seat! Guests welcome. Amberwood - Highcliffe. Afternoon Women’s Institute will meet at Methodist Church Hall, Highcliffe at 2pm on Wednesday 20th May. Speaker: Joan Roberts “Grandmother’s Workbox”. Enjoy tea, biscuits, raffle, sales table. Please come and join us. Further details: Marina 01425 271426.
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CONT.... Christchurch Group of Cancer Research UK, (Reg No 1089464) Skittles Evening at East Christchurch Sports & Social Club BH23 4JD. Thursday 14th May 2015 7pm. Tickets £10. Choice of Food included. Drinks to purchase at the bar. Telephone 07925 974174 Parkinson’s UK Club, Christchurch Branch. Friendly get together for Parkinson’s sufferers and their carers in the Community Hall, Marlow Drive, St Catherine’s Hill. Thursday 14th May 2pm New members always welcome.
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Christchurch Floral Society Meeting on May 1st at Priory Hall Princess Avenue. Demonstrator Pam Welch “Enigma variations” Come and see beautiful flowers in lovely arrangements and win one Plant Stall Doors open 1.30pm for 2pm start.
The Highcliffe Branch of The Royal British Legion is holding a Coffee Morning and Raffle at The Methodist Church, Lymington Road. Saturday 30th May 10am - 12noon. Everyone is welcome, come and make some new friends or just a coffee and a chat.
The Friends of St Catherine’s Hill are holding their Reptile Ramble. Saturday 23rd May 11am - 1pm A chance to see some of the six native reptiles. Booking essential. Max 16 people. Call 01425 470721 or rharley@ christchurchandeastdorset.gov.uk
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Business Column The new Christchurch Emporium is the latest business to divide the town.
Following the latest craze for ways of selling bric-a brac, the Emporium is set Peter to become a large indoor market, following the model used by Molly’s Den in New Milton and other such venues in Bournemouth and beyond.
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TUCKTONIA: A SALUTE TO BRITAIN Written by Alex McKinstry
The grand opening of Tucktonia, the model village at the back of the Tuckton Golf and Leisure Park, took place on Bank Holiday Sunday, 23 May 1976, with Arthur Askey presiding. ‘We’d tried to get Bernie Ecclestone,’ recalls Harry Stiller, the exFormula 3 champion who came up with the idea for Tucktonia – and who stayed on, as consultant in the project, after selling the site to Grand Metropolitan in 1975. ‘I’d known Bernie for years, and of course he’s tiny, so that would have fitted with the model landscape. But it wasn’t his sort of thing. Then Ken James, the site manager, said “Why don’t you ask Arthur Askey?” – and he agreed to do it for one hundred quid, plus his train fare.’
The 200 or so models making up the village continued arriving till the last minute, some requiring urgent repairs after suffering damage in transit. As the landscape took shape, a security firm was enlisted to provide 24-hour surveillance: Sentinel Security, consisting of a father-and-son team, Ken and Tony Janes, and their German shepherd, Gretchen. Sue Good, who worked at the leisure park from 1974, remembers patrolling the site with them the night before the grand opening ceremony – ‘leash in one hand, torch in the other, ready to ambush any intruders waiting to blow up the Houses of Parliament!’ Just as the object of Tucktonia was to reproduce ‘the best of Britain in miniature’, the opening ceremony was dubbed ‘a salute to Britain’ and took the form of a carnival through Christchurch, celebrating the more colourful aspects of Britain’s heritage. It took off from the Bridge Street car park at 2 p.m., headed by the seventy-five-year-old Askey – having the time of his life aboard a 1909 open-topped Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost, on loan from 20 • Highcliffe Eye • May 2015
the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu. Accompanying him were ten-year-old ‘Tucktonia princess’ Sarah Ridout; the Mayor of Christchurch, John Morgan; and, bringing up the rear, brass bands, Scots pipers, majorettes, Beefeaters, commercial floats and other vintage vehicles. Amid crowds three deep, the procession trooped along Christchurch High Street, Sopers Lane, Willow Drive and into Stour Road, where, at 2.30, Askey raised the Tucktonia flag – a chirpy robin, with a Union Jack breast – and declared the model landscape open. Crowds then flooded in to view the new attraction while Askey signed autographs, having already posed for photographs with the models, some of which are reproduced here. There were teething troubles that day. The miniature trains showed an unfortunate tendency to crash into each other. The bascules of Tower Bridge got stuck in the ‘open’ position, while the cars on the Tucktonia motorway only moved in fits and starts. More portentously, as The Christchurch Herald reported on 29 May, residents in the flats overlooking the complex ‘were unhappy about the noise from all the merrymaking’. We shall look at these local objections further down the line, but in our next issue we will focus on the employees who smoothed over these initial difficulties, and helped make Tucktonia such a success.
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The team behind the Highcliffe Revival Food Festival have announced details of the baking competition to be held as part of the Festival on Saturday 16 May.
The event being run in association with Christchurch Food and Wine Festival will be held in a marquee outside Vanilla Pink Cakes at Lymington Road, Highcliffe. Both children and adults are being invited to enter their cakes and bring them along on the day. There are several categories as follows: For adults: Iced chocolate cake, 6 meringues, Dundee cake and a show stopper cake with a beach theme. For children: 6 iced cup cakes, 6 gingerbread men and a novelty cake with a beach theme. Entrants are asked to fill in an entry form which are available from Vanilla Pink Cakes at 417c Lymington Road, Highcliffe or on www.highcliffe village.com/food festival website. They should be returned no later than Monday 11 May for the initial judging. Entrants will then be advised by Wednesday 13 May if they are to bring their cakes along. The cakes will be judged by cake expert Helen Shaw and Alex Aitken chef/patron of the Jetty restaurant. Organiser Mary Reader, President and founder of Christchurch Food and Wine Festival says “As an extension
of the Food Festival I have been working with the team in Highcliffe this year to help to develop a food festival in order take more business into the village. We all felt that the cake competition would fit in well with the local food theme that Highcliffe is going to develop. We hope to have entrants from all over the area not just from Highcliffe.” For those wishing to improve their icing skills, pre-bookable classes for parents and children are being held at Vanilla Pink Cakes on Saturday 16 May. Tickets are available at £7.50 each for a parent and child from Helen Shaw at the shop. Students will learn to decorate cup-cakes using a beach theme and will take away four iced cup cakes in a box. “Helen Shaw from Vanilla Pink Cakes with Abigail and Samuel Clark promoting the Highcliffe Baking Competition” For more information please contact Helen Shaw on 07812 115525.
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Highcliffe-on-Sea Rotary Club QUIZ NIGHT
Highcliffe Rotary Club recently held their Annual Charity Quiz on Saturday 28th of February at Bashley Village Hall.
Mike Quizmaster Rtn John Nicholls had spent some six months compiling eight fiendishly challenging rounds of questions. The quiz was held in aid of Rotary Charities and was attended by over 70 people making up 9 teams of keen quizzers made up from Highcliffe, New Milton and Lymington Rotary members, their families and friends. After a hard-fought four rounds everyone welcomed a break and a chance to charge their glasses and enjoyed a satisfying repast of fish and chips to fuel the enthusiasm for the second half of the quiz. At the end of the night the New Milton Rotary Club were the eventual victors and Rtn Mary Pye graciously thanked her team and the other quizzers for a fantastic evening of fun and fellowship. Once the clearing up was done and dusted the members of Highcliffe Rotary were pleased to announce that just over £1000 had been raised towards their Charity Funds. CHRISTCHURCH FOOD BANK
On Saturday 21st March Highcliffe Rotarians were again seen in the High Street collecting money for the Christchurch Food Bank and £73 was raised. Non perishable food was bought the following week and immediately delivered to their central store. The Food Bank wish to express their gratitude for the donations and thank the Residents of Highcliffe for their continued generosity towards the Charity. Because of the financial support given by the public locally to the Rotary Club, it is now possible to see how this money was spent by reading the Annual Report on the Club’s website www.highclifferotary.org “Our Club” tab. One additional benefit the Club can add is that Gift Aid can be claimed on cash donations received from the public, up to the permitted limit.
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Christchurch Blue Plaques by Stephen Roberts No. 4 - Anyone fancy a cuppa?
So, this is the Court House that wasn’t a Court House and the Perfumery that’s not a Perfumery. Confused? Anyone fancy a cuppa? That’s handy as this is a rather nice tea room today and when confusion reigns it’s best to pop the kettle on (or let someone else do it). This is plaque 5 on our trail (the New Forest Perfumery). This is a Medieval, borough-owned property, dating partly from the 13th century, hence claims this could be the country’s oldest council house as well as Christchurch’s oldest inhabited dwelling. Suggesting the English Civil War wasn’t bad for everyone, the then tenants had their rent reduced on account of losing some garden when the castle moat was recut. There are also tales of smugglers’ tunnels somewhere under today’s café tables. The attractive carved façade in Castle Street is newer (Victorian), dating from the era when the building was famously a butcher’s. Meat hook racks can be seen above the window and there is the odd hook inside too. My wife, always fastidious in matters of food hygiene, would not have appreciated the onetime butcher’s nicknamed Dirty Gert’s. Anyone for a nice bit of pork scratching? The name, ‘The Old Court House’, seems to date from the 19th century, as a backroom was used to elect officials, including the Mayor, Hayward (whose jobs included a lung-busting Town Crier and gathering up stray animals), Bread-weigher, Inspector of Chimneys and Aletaster (nice work if you can get it).
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The real ‘Court House’ was next door though, over the entrance to the castle, sadly removed in 1888. Perhaps it was after that the Perfumery took on its court house moniker, continuing its functions up to 1920. The popular, Stephen sunny courtyard at the back has a small building, which looks suspiciously like an old lock-up, a relic maybe from those former days of law and order. The building has also been a booksellers (‘lovely jubbly’) and a shoemakers. The ‘Perfumery’ bit came about because New Forest flower perfumes were once mixed and sold here, a business which continued for some 50 years up to the mid-1990s. Today this venerable building is firmly on the Teapot Trail, with friendly staff replete in black and white uniforms recalling a more genteel England, that of the Lyons Tea House, when manners were king, the tea room quintessential and service smiled. Steve Roberts - www.steveroberts.org.uk / @ SRChristchurch (Twitter) References - Christchurch Blue Plaques Millennium Trail Lesser Known Christchurch (S Roberts, 2015- out soon!) Map by Mark Fudge, reproduced courtesy of Dorset Life Magazine
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Rucksacks for Christchurch homeless thanks to £1,000 donation Local charity AOK Rucksack Appeal is set to bring further support to the homeless of Dorset this year, after receiving a £1,000 donation from Saxon Square Shopping Centre in Christchurch, as part of the popular Shopping Centre’s annual community donation campaign.
at AOK Rucksack Appeal is marvellous and certainly deserving of commendation. We’re proud to have been able to help support them through Saxon Square Shopping Centre’s community donation campaign, and look forward to seeing what difference the grant makes. “Christchurch is a really tight-knit community, so it’s great to be able to offer something like this by way of thank-you to the wider community that supports us.” Saxon Square Shopping Centre’s annual community donation campaign, which supported Christchurch Lifesaving Club in 2014, aims to find worthy groups and organisations in the local area to benefit from the £1,000 cash boost, as part of the Centre’s ongoing commitment to giving back to the surrounding community.
The start-up charity lived up to its name this Christmas when it distributed more than 150 rucksacks of essentials – from sleeping bags and clothing, to toothpaste and soap – to those facing life on the streets of Christchurch and Bournemouth.
For more information, as well as details of updates on when 2015’s Community Donation Campaign will be launching, please visit the Saxon Square website at www.saxon-square.co.uk.
This year, the charity hopes to expand its network and offer programmes to encourage personal development amongst homeless people, including poetry and choral activities, in a bid to encourage those on the streets back into society.
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During May, the Christchurch Food and Wine Festival returns! I always enjoy the food festival as the different smells and variety of good food on offer makes it a real treat for the tastebuds! This year it starts on Saturday the 9th and ends on Sunday the 10th from 10am to 6pm both days. The town centre will have 100+ traders selling a range of different foods, which you can also try there and then. One of the things I enjoy to watch are the free demonstrations in the Wick Lane car park by the Regent Centre, where there are great dishes made by first class chefs and this year the headline act is scheduled to be Levi Roots who is famous for his ‘Reggae Reggae’ products (he will be in the tent on the 9th). My favourite stalls at the festival are always the cheese stalls. Every year there have been multiple cheese stalls all with different flavours of cheese. My favourite flavour is Chilli Cheddar. There are plenty of things to do for the whole family, as there is also a kid’s kitchen for ages 3-14. In addition to the Christchurch festival this year, the Highcliffe Revival Food Festival will be starting on Saturday 16th May from 10am to 5pm. Stallholders will be offering you the chance to try and buy the best of locally sourced and produced products. Food demonstrations include Chris Watson (Butcher) showing how to cut and cook the best bits of meat and Stuart Parker who will be showing different seafood recipes. It’s not just food on offer, there is also music and entertainment throughout the day.
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Christchurch care home bids fond farewell to loyal staff member Staff and residents at Care South’s Queensmead care home in Christchurch recently held a special celebration at the home, to bid a fond farewell to Senior Care Assistant, Rosita Foster.
be missed by us all. She is a very caring lady and a fantastic role model for all our staff here; nothing is too much trouble for her. We wish her well in her retirement and would like to thank her for all her hard work.”
A dedicated and much-loved member of staff, Rosita has worked at the home for 20 years. She started work at Queensmead in 1995 as a Care Assistant and progressed to Senior Care Assistant and Relief Care Team Leader over the years.
Rosita added: “I have thoroughly enjoyed my time here at Queensmead and can’t believe it’s been 20 years, where has the time gone? It’s been lovely to get to know all the residents and to be part of such a supportive team. I am extremely touched at the warm send off I received, both from staff and from the residents.”
Rosita enjoyed an emotional send-off, with staff members old and new joining in with farewell celebrations at the home. She was presented with a number of bouquets of flowers and gifts, from both Care South’s Head Office team and the team she manages at the home. Residents at the home gave her a beautiful fruit basket to enjoy. Janine May, Home Manager at Care South’s Queensmead said: “Rosita is a much-loved member of the team at Queensmead and she will
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The Chelsea Flower Show is to gardening what the Paris catwalks are to fashion. Paris fashions may seem outlandish, but they push certain trends, which in a watered-down version end up in high-street shops. Likewise, though many of Chelsea’s show gardens are fantasy pieces which demonstrate outrageous ideas, the horticultural trends on display will find their way into our own more modest plots. For example; did you know that bonsai specimens and topiary gardens were introduced at Chelsea in 1913? Rock gardens were introduced in the 1940’s and decking in the eighties. All of these can now be bought in garden centres up and down the land. In 2006 James Dyson even produced a water feature in which the water ran uphill. Actually I’m still waiting for my garden centre to stock one of those! Maybe one day... Chelsea isn’t just about high fashion though; it reflects environmental trends too. In recent years there have been hosepipe bans in the great Pavillion and many of the gardens have showcased droughttolerant planting schemes. Chelsea draws over 150 000 visitors each year. For the past ten years it’s been held over five days instead of four, such is its popularity. The sheer quantity and varieties of plants on display to the general public is breathtaking.
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Chelsea really is window-shopping at its finest. It’s like walking through a real-life version of the best garden design catalogue in the world. And if you visit on the last day you don’t have to restrict yourself to window shopping. At 4pm precisely a bell rings and the great Chelsea sell-off begins. The poor designers, after all their hard work, begin the mammoth task of dismantling their creations. The good news is that the public can buy them. It’s perfectly possible to end up owning a little piece of a prize winning garden. So what should you choose? If it were me I’d want something special; a reminder of my visit. I’d go for a species which I know would grow in my garden, but an unusual variety, not available in my local garden centre. In my case it would probably be an unusual lavender or fuchsia. Choose carefully and you could have a little piece of Chelsea gold adorning your plot for many years to come.
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CODA INVITES NEW STUDENTS AFTER EXPANSION
Coda Music Trust, based in Highcliffe, completed its first phase of expansion over Easter and is now looking to recruit new students for the summer term. Based on a former Victorian farm, Coda has undergone phased development of its buildings in recent years in response to increased demand.
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It’s never too early – or too late – to learn or benefit from music tuition. To support any students who may have difficulty affording the full cost of lessons, Coda also offers a bursary scheme. Contact Coda to find out more. Find out more about Coda Music Trust by visiting the website www.coda.org.uk or contact Coda on 01425 276161 or via email contact@ coda.org.uk
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Local Libraries Christchurch 29 High Street Christchurch BH23 1AW 01202 485 938 Monday 9.30am to 5.30pm Tuesday 10am to 7pm Wednesday 9.30am to 1pm Thursday 9.30am to 7pm Friday 9.30am to 5.30pm Saturday 9am to 4pm
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Local Chemists Lloyds 01425 274291 248 Lymington Road, Highcliffe Mon-Fri 8.45-5.30 Sat 9-4 Day Lewis Pharmacy 01425 613222 4 Old Milton Green Parade Christchurch Road, New Milton Mon-Fri 9am-1/2-6pm Sat 9am-1pm Sainsburys 01425 277885 1 Lyndhurst Road, Christchurch Mon-Fri-7am-11pm Sat 7am-10pm Sun 10am-4pm Wessex Pharmacies 01202 482197 186 Somerford Road, 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-Fri 9-1/2-5.30 (Weds ‘til 1) Sat 9-1 50 • Highcliffe Eye • May 2015
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Millions of innocent people are injured in accidents each year In many situations someone or something else is to blame and you may have a right to claim compensation. We are specialist personal injury solicitors advising on claims such as: ■ Road Traffic Accidents ■ Accidents at work ■ Tripping or slipping ■ We will visit you in your home or in hospital if required ■ Funding options are available including “no win no fee”
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