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The Christchurch Directory Edition 68

Published by: Debbie & Stephen Corney at Dorset Publications

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Copy deadline for May 2012 edition: 24th April 2012 Disclaimer: Whilst every care has been taken to ensure that data in this publication is accurate, the publisher cannot accept any liability to any party to loss or damage caused by errors or omissions resulting from negligence, accident or any other cause.

The Christchurch Directory does not officially endorse any advertising material included within the publication. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in any retrieval systems or transmitted in any form, without prior permission of the publisher.

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Hello Christchurch, Highcliffe, Mudeford and Burton!

What fantastic weather we have had. It is so good to be able to go out and about for walks easily. How many of you have had early barbecues also? That is a great excuse to get together with family and friends and chill out a bit. Love it! The only problem is the rain, we do need it, so do be a little bit more careful with the use of water.

This month as always there are lots of trades people and services to help you around the house, in the garden and for you personally.

We have many different categories from de nt u re se rv i ce s to ga rde ni n g, fr om chiropractors to boat moorings, from pet services to hot tub hire and many, many more.

When you give any of the advertisers a call do mention The Christchurch Directory. Steve, myself and all of the advertisers thank you for your continued support.

Happy Easter everyone! Hayden, our son did a wonderful power point presentation on the computer this week, all done by himself of The Resurrection. The power point and the story is something they have all been doing at school, and it was very touching. He is only 8 and I thought of what I could do at his age...it certainly wasn’t as much as that. The children learn so much these days don’t they. Leave us standing! I hope you manage to get a break over the Easter Holidays and meet up with the family for a meal or a day out. Failing that give one of our advertisers a call and get some jobs done in the house!

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Get baking for a new event at Christchurch Food Festival!

This year's Christchurch Food & Wine Festival is launching a new and exciting event with “The Great Christchurch Bake Day and Fête”.

It promises to be a great family fun day on the Quomps at Christchurch Quay and takes place on Saturday 19 May from 10.00am. Taking its initiative from the very successful BBC television series “The Great British Bake Off” the day will be hosted by the 2011 series winner Jo Wheatley.

Amateur and professional bakers are being invited to show off their culinary skills by entering the bake day competition. To learn how to participate pick up an entry form from the Captain’s Club Hotel, send an SAE to “Miss Ingredient”, 3 Creedy Drive, Christchurch, Dorset, BH23 1HU or d own load a form at h ttp :/ /m issingredient.co.uk/?page_id=2517.

The finals in each category will be judged on the day (no live cooking involved!) and include chocolate cake (maximum 6” round for amateur bakers), meringues (six meringues for amateur bakers only), light fruitcake (maximum 8” diameter for amateur bakers), dark fruitcake (maximum 6” square for amateur bakers), fruit pie, cold savoury pie, fruit jam preserve and chutney.

For children there will be two “6 decorated cup-cakes” competitions – one for under 12s and one for 12 to 16 yearolds. For professional bakers there will be a Dorset Apple Cake competition.

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Finally there will be a “show stopper cake” which is a tiered iced celebration display cake which can be non-edible.

Entries will be based on decoration.

Jo Wheatley, along with “Miss Ingredient” and Mary Reader, Festival President, will be judging the competition and the winners will be announced in the exhibition marquee at 5.00pm.

The event, co-sponsored by the Captain’s Club Hotel and Frettens Solicitors, will include a vintage tea room serving delicious snacks throughout the day, a “pop-up” Champagne Bar and Captain’s Club restaurant serving lunch and afternoon tea. There will be an opportunity to join a pre-ticketed private lunch or afternoon tea with Jo Wheatley.

Other marquees on the Quomps will house a selection of artisan trade stalls with an array of offerings including breads, cheeses and cakes. There will also be “Frettens fete” arena with exciting and fun opportunities for the young – and young at heart.

So get baking and come and join in the fun!

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Talking about wildlife with

Heard the cuckoo yet?

The sound of the cuckoo’s song is a traditional sign of spring, announcing the arrival of warmer weather and longer days. The cuckoo has a firm place in British folklore, and is a cherished summer visitor from sub-Saharan Africa, arriving in Britain in late April or early May. It can be seen throughout the country in open woodland areas, and is most abundant in the south. The cuckoo’s summer stay with us is rather brief, though, as the adults head back south in July and August, followed by the juveniles about a month later.

The cuckoo sound of the male’s song is instantly recognisable, but in flight, this medium sized, blue and grey bird can be mistaken for kestrel and sparrowhawk.

Male and female are rather similar in appearance and the juveniles are brown.

Apart from its song, the cuckoo is probably best known for being a brood parasite, as the female lays a single egg to be incubated in the nest of its chosen host species; reed warbler, dunnock or meadow pipit. The youngster, not to be outdone by its mother in the art of deception, ejects its ‘siblings’ as soon as it has hatched, thus securing the foster parents’ full attention at feeding times. The

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cuckoos feed mostly on insects; caterpillars, beetles and ants. Bright coloured, hairy caterpillars are on the top of their list, as their digestive system is well adapted to tolerate them.

The cuckoo is currently a red list species of conservation concern, its numbers having been in steep decline for over two decades. The reasons for the decline are currently being investigated, but there are believed to be multiple factors, such as a reduction in prey species, especially caterpillars, changes in the cuckoos’ habitats here and in Africa, and even climate change.

Niina Silvennoinen Why not join one of our guided walks and events this spring? Visit the website dorsetwildlifetrust.org.uk/events for details.

Cuckoo

Photo by David Kjaer

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Do you Love Fish too?

Fresh seafood fans and foodies have been flocking to Southbourne since Julia Lane opened the doors of Love Fish last December, complete with wet fish counter, deli and café.

Born from a Piscean’s passion for cooking and eating seafood, and inspired by Julia’s travels around the world, Love Fish specialises in the freshest possible seafood, locally sourced wherever possible.

A wide range of fish and seafood is delivered daily according to availability. But if you want something particular for a special occasion, just let Julia know and she will happily source it for you from further afield. She’ll even fix you up with recipe ideas if you need some inspiration.

But Love Fish is not just for seafood lovers.

The deli section contains a constantly changing range of delicious goodies including local, regional and international products, from Dorset ‘Chococo’ chocolates through to Japanese sushi rice.

And when you’ve done your shopping – or just want to chat to Julia and her team, and watch the world go by – they’re now serving Monmouth coffee in the café, alongside homemade cakes and artisan biscuits.

Mention you read about Love Fish here and you can purchase any regular sized Monmouth coffee for just £1.50, until the end April 2012.

Like Fish? Want more fresh fish?

Come to Love Fish @ 38a Southbourne Grove, Southbourne, BH6 3RA Pre-ordering service available, for that special occasion.

Phone 01202 280747 or @LoveFish1 Opening Times: Tues-Sat 9am-5pm

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A cut above the rest HAIRDRESSING talents a cut above the rest were showcased during an alternative show involving more than 80 students at The Arnewood in Hampshire.

Hairdressing students aged 14 to 19 at the New Milton academy took part in The Alternative Hair Show using recycled materials su ch as mag azin es an d newspapers to create a unique hairstyle, make-up and complementing outfit.

Each student had to bring their designs to life – including nails and makeup – within a £10 budget and show how to do this via a story board plan.

Inspiration for their designs included characters such as Edward Scissorhands, Lady Gaga, Downton Abbey and Barbie, while the judging panel came from the competitors’ host schools, the local community and industry representatives as well as examination body VTCT.

NVQ manager, Jo Powell, said: “The show attracted more than 200 people and tickets sold out pretty quickly – so much so we could have probably doubled that.

We wish we had a bigger venue!”

The winning students were awarded trophies and hairdressing equipment.

The competition that is staged annually as part of the students’ course but it also is raises funds for charity. More than £300 will this year be presented to the Changing Faces charity as a result.

The finished creations were then modelled by students in a glitzy catwalk show before an audience of p aren ts an d commu n ity guests.

“We’ve known about the competition since October so have been able to plan for it and get everything ready we need to make,” said Megan Andrews, 15, “but on the day we only had a few hours to style he hair and pull all our designs together.”

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One of the many creations in the competition

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Barmerose Pet Services Barmerose offer a variety of services all of which can be tailored to meet the individual needs of you and your pet.

Initial Consultation is Free Services include: Dog Walking • Pet Taxi Pet Visits (Dogs, cats & small animals) Holiday cover in the pets own home Puppy & Kitten Packages available Horse Care

Contact Vicky

Tel: 01202 432059 M: 07912 218400 Email: barmerose@virginmedia.com www.barmerosepetservices.co.uk “Where your pet comes first”

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Ye Olde George Inn’s Famous Spring Beer Festival returns. With thirty different craft real ales, ten proper artisanal ciders and a hog roast featuring three little pigs, this year will be unmissable. For three days only: don’t miss out!

Ye Olde George Inn, 2a Castle St., Christchurch, BH23 1DT • 01202 479383 • www.piddlepubs.co.uk

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Please help our bees!

Bees and other pollinating insects are on the decline in gardens, mostly down to our choice of plants.

Low nectar producing plants that have been introduced to the UK, the South Coast in particular, have had a drastic effect on native insect populations.

Encouraging native British plants, such as Cornflower and Scabious, c an dr a ma tic ally i nc r ea s e th e number of insects visiting you g a r d e n . F o x gl o v e , Bo r a g e a n d Hollyhocks do well in shadier places, and two very important plants, Clover and Self-Heal are both found in natural lawns, but killed by many ‘lawn preparations’ I am passionate about improving gardens for wildlife, if you are too, call me!

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Recipe: Rhubarb Crumble Puffs 5 Rhubarb sticks, cut into 3cm pieces 1 Tsp ground cinnamon 3 Tbsp plain flour, plus extra for dusting 5 Tbsp soft brown sugar 1/2 x 500g block puff pastry 3 Tbsp unsalted butter 50g Rolled oats 1. Pre-heat the oven to gas 6/200c/180c.

2. Line a baking sheet with baking paper.

3. Roll out the pastry on a floured surface to about 20x30cm, then cut into quarters and place on the sheet.

4. Rub together the remaining flour and butter until it resembles fine breadcrumbs then add the sugar and oats to make a rough crumble mixture.

5. Divide the rhubarb between the pastry quarters, leaving a 1cm rim.

6. Sprinkle the oat mixture over, then fold and pinch each corner to keep the filling in.

Bake for 20-25 mins and serve warm.

CHRISTCHURCH FLORAL SOCIETY Meet first Friday of the month, except January & August, at Priory Hall, Princess Avenue, Christchurch at 2pm, doors open 1.30pm.

Make new friends and watch floral demonstrations.

For further details Tel: 01202 471443

Elizabeth of Windsor 27 May 2012 A diamond Jubilee concert, inspired by the eras of Her Majesty the Queen’s reign, celebrated in Dance, Drama and Music organised by CADArts at the Regent Centre, High Street, Christchurch 7.30 pm.

Tickets £7 from the Regent Centre.

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Christchurch U3A Vintage Brass Annual Spring Concert with the Hampshire County Youth Choir To be held at 7.30 pm on Saturday 21 April 2012 at the Salvation Army Citadel, Palmerston Road, Boscombe, BH 4HT. Tickets are £6 each and can be obtained by sending a cheque made payable to Christchurch U3A Vintage Brass together with s.a.e., to Jilly Pickett, Vintage Brass Booking Office, 2a Southville Road, Southbourne, Bournemouth, BH5 2JT. (Booking Office Tel. No: 01202 422074).

Alternatively, book on line: www.christchurchu3a.org.uk/vintagebrass

Or purchase from band members.

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Open Day at Shape n Tone Shape n Tone Club owners Brenda and Peter are planning an Open Day on Friday 20th April for all members and anyone who is interested in giving the system a try. More information can be found on their website www.shapentone.co.uk.

Recently opened in Highcliffe - Shape n Tone is a completely different concept on weight loss and body toning. Shape n Tone is the ideal environment where members can exercise without feeling selfconscious, or out of place.

Each session of safe instructor supervised exercise lasts approximately 30 minutes, and members will not require any special clothes or shoes, normal casual dress is fine. It only takes a few weeks to see great results.

For more information contact Peter Taynton on 01425 278244 or email info@shapentone.co.uk.

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Strange premonitions about The Titanic We’re already being reminded of the sinking of The Titanic, but April sees the actual anniversary day – 15th April, 1912 at 2.20 hrs – when this historic tragedy occurred.

There are so many articles, films, documentaries, memorabilia, etc., but one weird fact may well be ignored: that there were an astonishing number of premonitions by many people - all convinced, as The Titanic set sail from Southampton, that the trip would end in disaster.

One passenger, an American Colonel Archibald Gracie, must have prayed as he realised his danger: and his wife, in bed in New York, woke up suddenly hearing a voice say ‘On your knees and pray.’ She got out of bed, opened a prayer book and her eyes fell on the words, ‘For those in peril on the sea.’

She realised that her husband was in danger and lay awake, convinced that something terrible was happening.

A happier premonition was of a New York woman who had a nightmare in which she saw her mother in a crowded boat in the middle of the ocean. Her husband comforted her by saying that this was ridiculous, as her mother was safe in London. The next day, she heard of this disaster, and read that one of the survivors was indeed her mother.

Later, the mother confirmed that she was in a perilously swaying lifeboat just at the time her daughter had the nightmare. She was making a surprise visit to see her.

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Many similar stories could be told – but two of the weirdest must be told here.

The first concerns an American, Morgan Robertson, a sailor-turned-writer of sea stories. He liked to get into a writing mood by having his study laid out like a ship’s cabin. In 1898 – fourteen years before the Titanic disaster, he was in this study, drifting into a kind of writingtrance, and he ‘saw’ a huge ship looming into his vision. It was a gigantic liner, and as it came into view he saw its name, THE TITAN, and the word ‘unsinkable’ came into his mind. Seeing it more clearly, he realised that there were only twenty-four lifeboats… and just ahead, looming in the fog, he saw a deadly iceberg…

Strange details came to him: spacious cabins… decks like promenades… unsinkable… indestructible.. seventyfive thousand tons… nearly 3000 humans in danger… – In fact, with uncanny precision, he wrote and published his book The Wreck of the Titan in 1898, virtually foretelling the real event by more than a decade.

Even before this, an even stranger premonition occurred. This time, in the

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Find us online at www.thechristchurchdirectory.co.uk 1880s, a well-known London writer, William Stead, wrote an imaginative story in the Pall Mall Gazette about a liner sinking in the Atlantic with far too few life-boats.

Stead was passionately concerned with all sorts of campaigns to help and save others. He was an editor and a lecturer, and one of his concerns was with safety at sea. In 1910 he gave a lecture in London in which he imagined himself desperately floundering in the sea and calling for help.

Chillingly, he visited a famous psychic, who told him he should beware of water and stay away from the sea.

Later, that same psychic, Count Louis Hamon, wrote to him to specify that ‘travel would be dangerous in the

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month of April, 1912.’

Stead even consulted another psychic, W. de Kerlor, who told him – to his great surprise – that he would go to America.. adding ‘I can only see half the ship…

You can guess the rest…

Yes, William Stead did buy a ticket for the maiden voyage of The Titanic.

And drowned.

David Hilliam • • • • • • • • David Hilliam is a local writer and lecturer, and is Secretary of the Southbourne Literary Society. His latest books, The Little Book of Dorset and Tig’s Boys, are available in all good bookshops.

SOUTHBOURNE LITERARY SOCIETY This friendly book-lovers’ society meets monthly in the Trinity Methodist Church Hall, Southbourne, and is open to all.

The next meeting is on Wednesday 18 April, when Stuart Gillespie will be remembering ‘Great Entertainers’. The second half of this meeting will be the Society’s Annual General Meeting.

The Society will be holding its usual May Coffee Morning on Saturday 12 May, with free entry, Book Sale, and Raffle.

All those interested in books and the arts are warmly welcome .

For more information contact David Hilliam by phone on 01202 251356 or by email at davidhilliam@ntlworld.com

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Adhesive Tape Admiral ............................................................. 24 Bathrooms Go Showers ....................................................... 9 Bedrooms Kitchen Insight................................................... 3 The Kitchen & Bedroom Showroom................... 31 Blinds, Curtains & Shutters Ashley Blinds ..................................................... 3 Broadview Blinds............................................... 19 Cars — New & Used Keith Motors ..................................................... 1 Chimney Sweeps Oliver Chimney Sweep....................................... 10 Chiropractors Paul Harris......................................................... 23 Clothing Bournemouth Jeans........................................... 24 Fab Frocks ......................................................... 16 Community News Christchurch Floral Society ................................ 20 Cut above the rest ............................................. 12 Dorset Wildlife Trust ......................................... 8 Get Baking for Christchurch Food Festival......... 6 Open Day at Shape n Tone ................................ 22 Please save our bees ......................................... 18 Premonitions about The Titanic ........................ 26 Recipe: Rhubarb Crunch Puffs ........................... 20 Southbourne Literary Society ............................ 27 Courses Overcoming Ups & Down in Life........................ 28 Denture Services Dorset Denture Clinic ........................................ 22 Electrical Appliance Repairs Quality Electrical ............................................... 21 Electricians D Lowrey ........................................................... 11 Fishmongers Love Fish............................................................ 10 Fitted Furniture Custom World ................................................... 7 The Kitchen & Bedroom Showroom................... 31 Garage Services Keith Motors ..................................................... 1 Garden Services (see also Tree Surgeons) Acer Gardens..................................................... 7 All 4 Seasons Landscaping................................. 23 Brookside Garden Services ................................ 13 Colin Bright........................................................ 19 Deem Garden Services....................................... 29 Rob & Julia Home & Garden Services ................ 11

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Health & Beauty Timeless Beauty.................................................29 Holiday Property Soto Grande Villa...............................................29 Hot Tub Hire Party Tub Hire ...................................................19 Kitchens Kitchen Insight................................................... 3 The Kitchen & Bedroom Showroom...................31 Ladies Fashion Fab Frocks .........................................................16 Landscaping Supplies The Stone Zone .................................................. 5 Lofts Loft Services ......................................................13 Moorings Stride’s Moorings ..............................................21 Painters & Decorators Rob & Julia Home & Garden Services ................11 Party Stores Peeks .................................................................14 Pet Services Barmerrose Pet Services....................................13 Plasterers Absolutely Plastered..........................................18 Plumbing & Heating P.A. Blake .......................................................... 3 Plumbers Online ................................................23 Property Maintenance Rob & Julia Home & Garden Services ................11 Pubs, Cafes & Restaurants Love Fish............................................................10 Ye Old George Inn..............................................15 Puzzles & Competitions Prize Wordsearch ..............................................25 Roofing Broadway Roofing............................................. 7 Shopping Discover Westbourne ........................................17 Solicitors Harold G Walker................................................32 Tree Surgeons Jack’s Tree Services............................................21 Turf & Garden Supplies Sherborne Turf...................................................18 What’s On Christchurch U3A Vintage Brass Concert...........20 Elizabeth of Windsor — Jubilee Concert ............20 Windows, Doors & Conservatories Allglaze.............................................................. 2

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