Roundabout Ringwood - April 2023

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It is Spring! I do so love this time of year. Flowers, the promise of better weather, lambs, new life - it has a huge sense of hope, which quite frankly I think we could all benefit from! Here at Modern Magazines we won an award! We are so proud of this. We won Best Business to Business company for 2023 in the WeyPort Business Awards. Fabulous! Daichi our wonderful Modern Magazines Campervan tells you all about us inside your local magazine this month. We do hope you enjoy reading this as well as our local and celebrity news articles. There is something for everyone here.

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NOW and THEN

Article

Bickerley Terrace, Ringwood

now the site of Blynkbonnie car park. The Conways became a very influential family in Victorian Ringwood with strong ties to the non-conformist Meeting House in Meeting House Lane.

Bickerley Terrace was built in 1882 as recorded on its central plaque. It was built by the Ringwood & South Hants Building and Investment Society which was a local society much like today’s housing associations. Local businessmen invested money to erect the houses which were then rented out to local people.

The terrace stands on the site of a former tannery owned in the early 19th century by a man named Barnabas Hicks, the father of the proprietor of the drapers in the Market Place, later known as Cox & Hicks (now the Lighthouse cookshop). In the 18th and early part of the 19th century it was not only local animal skins which were tanned to make into leather; Ringwood was then heavily involved in a flourishing trade with Newfoundland, from where cargoes of seal skins were imported to Ringwood via the port of Poole.

Barnabas and his family lived in a large house on this part of the Bickerley which was demolished when the terrace was erected. By the mid 1840s this house and tannery had been acquired by John Conway who ran it in conjunction with his own house and tannery,

It was when Giles Brown Conway, the last member of the family to carry out the tanning business, died in 1880 that the Bickerley tannery closed and the terrace then built on its site. The only part of the tannery site to survive today is Westside cottage, which stands just to the left of the terrace. It was once reputed to have been an alehouse called The Malmer’s Arms, but today is a private house. (Malmers were men who dredged the silt out of the river to spread on the surrounding land to enrich it).

Today the terrace remains much as in the old photograph of c1910 except for some modernisation such as some new front doors and replacement windows. It still consists of eleven slate roofed houses, all of which have long gardens backing onto the Millstream.

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and photo kindly supplied by Mary Baldwin

Taken in 2023

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A thoroughly Modern Monarch

Everything we know about His Majesty’s upcoming coronation.

King Charles III’s coronation will take place on Saturday May 6th 2023, at Westminster Abbey. Eyes around the world will focus their attention once more on this magnificent London institution where the King will be crowned – alongside Camilla, the Queen Consort –in a ceremony overseen by the Archbishop of Canterbury.

This opulent ritual is the last of its kind in Europe and has remained largely unchanged for the past 1,000 years. It is an honour of course, but for a King who wants to be a modern monarch there are a few wrinkles that must be ironed out with Buckingham Palace confirming that although the Coronation will be ‘rooted in long-standing traditions’, it will also reflect the monarch’s role today and look towards the future.

For starters, it will be a relatively modest affair, even compared to Queen Elizabeth’s coronation that came in the recent aftermath of World War II. The ceremony itself is expected to last around two hours – rather than the three for Liz’s ascension to the throne – and guests will be limited to 2,000 due to health and safety restrictions. That’s considerably less than the 8,000 dignitaries from 129 nations who were crammed into Westminster Abbey in 1953.

There will also be less pomp and formality. Prince William is the only Duke expected to carry out the traditional gesture of kneeling and swearing allegiance to the King, and His Majesty has apparently decided to swap the stockings and breeches worn at coronations by his male predecessors for a military uniform, possibly that of Admiral of the Fleet, which he wore for the State Opening of Parliament last May.

As for the crown, Charles will wear the solid gold 17th Century St Edward’s Crown.

It is exceptionally heavy and contains the Cullinan II diamond, sometimes called the Second Star of Africa.

At its heart however, the ceremony must fulfil its key role as being the symbolic religious ceremony during which a sovereign is crowned, as well as fulfilling the physical act of placing a crown on a monarch’s head. And despite cementing His Majesty’s role as Head of the Church of England, it is thought that representatives of different faiths will also be present – to uphold the King’s wish to reflect the ethnic diversity of modern Britain. He will also still pledge to be “Defender of the Faith”, but further words will be added that allow the King to show he serves all religious faiths.

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9. What is the capital city of Argentina?

10. Kathmandu is the capital city of which country?

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The Full Monty

Even after four decades, green-fingered expert Monty Don’s passion for the outdoors shows little sign of waning, as he explains why gaining new inspiration is so important.

A lifetime of getting green fingers might be taking its toll physically on the 67-year-old broadcaster and writer Monty Don: aside from his bout of peritonitis in 2007, a stroke that could have killed him a year later, and battles with depression – for which he says gardening has been a better antidote than any prescription drug – the everyday rigours of flowering and weeding, pruning and digging have left his body as weathered as one would expect… not that he cares.

“It’s a strange day when you put the visual appearance of your garden over yourself,” he laughs. “For me, that was quite some time ago, but it all relates back to how passionate you are about a subject or a project.

“It’s a big job to keep my garden how I want it, and to keep going – you do that because it’s important not only for the future, but in respecting the effort you have put in previously.”

A renowned writer on all things horticultural since the early 1990s, Don has had over 20 books published and still pens a number of popular newspaper columns.

He became the welcoming, enthusiastic, all-knowing expert on the BBC’s Gardeners’ World

programme between 2003 and 2008, before taking on lead presenting duties for its flagship Chelsea Flower Show in 2014.

Well dressed in his ‘painterly’ style and with a sparkling demeanour, Monty’s garden at Longmeadow in Herefordshire has become something of a national horticultural staple, with fans sharing in the ups and downs of tending to an expansive plot that continues to throw up new challenges. “We’ve had all manner of issues over the past few years, especially some drainage issues.

“Where nature is concerned, you’ve got to expect the unexpected – it’s a fun part of the process… at least, fixing it is!”

When asked about his own inspirations, he admits to having been influenced by

aesthetics

the style and aesthetics of French gardener Nicole de Vesian, who passed away in 1996.

“Nicole had a great feeling for both colour and form, and then for space,” he says. “Her use of colours could look muted and faded at first, but when her gardens were in bloom they looked fantastic when the sun is shining. And she used the space in between plants and sculptures better than anyone. That’s been a blueprint I’ve used for Longmeadow for quite some time.

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“I think it’s important to have heroes and inspiration, no matter who you are or for how long you’ve been in the game.”

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Generators for Ukraine

Last Friday, along with tons of other donated goods, three badly needed generators were loaded on a lorry which set out for Ukraine. Friends from Ringwood U3A raised enough money to send two, and the generator manufacturers, MSS Tools, donated a third for free

By now they will have been allocated to a hospital, an orphanage or to people who are spending every night in an air raid shelter or cellar with no heating, no light or no means of providing hot food because their electricity supply has been cut off by the bombing.

The picture shows Karol Swiaki, CEO of the Ukraine Relief Charity, Ann Duckworth, Chair and Judith Purssell, Vice Chair of Ringwood U3A.

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Fours for thought

For April, an eclectic combination of fiction, non-fiction and poetry to stimulate the mind and appease the soul.

The God Desire

by David Baddiel

David Baddiel has spent a lot of time fantasising about how much better life would be if there actually was a God. Unfortunately for him, there isn’t. Or at least, that is Baddiel’s view in this book, which argues that it is indeed the very intensity of his, and everyone else’s, desire for God to exist that proves His nonexistence. Anything so deeply wished-for we will, considers Baddiel, make real.

The God Desire emerges as a philosophical essay that utilises Baddiel’s trademarks of comedy, storytelling and personal asides, offering a highly readable new perspective on the most ancient of debates. Published by William Collins on April 13th

Homecoming by Kate Morton

Many years ago, a police investigation is called and the small town of Tumbilla becomes embroiled in one of the most shocking and perplexing murder cases in the history of South Australia.

Six decades on, Jess, a journalist in London, who

finds herself laid off from her full-time job and struggling to make ends meet. A phone call out of nowhere summons her back to Sydney, which leads her to begin digging into her past, and that long-forgotten tragedy. Published by Mantle on April 13th

A House for Alice by Diana Evans

Alice wants to go home to her native Nigeria to die, though three daughters are divided on whether she stays or goes, and tasked with realising her dream of a house in Africa, conflict stirs and old wounds rise to the surface. Meanwhile their father wanders the flames of purgatory, unable to pass into the light. Will Alice get back home and complete the circle of her life, or will London be her final refuge?

Set against the shadows of Grenfell and a country in crisis, these ordinary people are faced with fundamental

questions about who they are, what they want and where, and with whom, they want to be. Published by Chatto on April 6th

Divisible by Itself and One by Kae Tempest

A new poetry collection from Britain’s foremost truth-teller, Kae Tempest masterfully steers a path between publicfacing performance, dramatic work and the contemplative voice that came to the fore in Running Upon the Wires.

Questions of integrity are addressed in direct, affecting terms: how can we be true to ourselves while under constant pressure to conform?

Throughout the poems, ideas of form – of the body, gender, and in nature – resurface and resolve, as the poet considers the changes that are sometimes required to be oneself. Published by Picador on April 27th

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ROYAL AIR FORCES ASSOCIATION

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GERMAN CONVERSATION GROUPS

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RINGWOOD COMMUNITY CHOIR, “SING FOR JOY”

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FORDINGBRIDGE CAMERA CLUB

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ASHLEY HEATH WI

Meet monthly 2nd Tuesday at Braeside Village Hall at 2.30pm-4pm.

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RINGWOOD ROTARY CLUB

Meet every Tuesday, 1st & 3rd at 6.15pm: 2nd & 4th at 12.45pm at The GreyfriarsCentre(If5thTues daycall fordetails). Contact the Secretary:TimMoxey01425 470880orwww.ringwoodrotary.org

FRIENDS OF FORDINGBRIDGE HOSPITAL

We raise money to provide extras & equipment. New mem bers and helperswelcomeatour2main annualfundraisingeventsalso volunteerstojointheteamservingmorningcoffee topatients. Contact: Lynette Stanford, 01425 657650 lynette_stanford@btinternet.com

ANGLO ITALIAN SOCIETY

Meet at Greyfriars Comm unity Centre on 1s t Monday evening of the monthforillustrated talksINENGLISHonavarietyofItalian topics Contact:Hazel on01425476091

RINGWOOD FRENCH CLUB

Come and join our French Coffee Mornings every Tuesday 10am-11am at TrinityChurchCentre,Ringwood.All abilitieswelcome, c onversation group, no exams.Nomembershiprequired. AlainJourdan,01202 423318 or info@frenchmatters.net.

HURN ROCK AND ROLL CLUB

Every Sunday evening 7.30pm to 10.30pm at The Hurn Bridge S ports ClubBH236DYBeginnersWelcome. Contact:Alan01202699022

LONGWATER TAI CHI

Monday classes in Avonway Comm unity Centre, Shafts bury Street, Fordingbridge.TaiChi“HealthforLife”Drop-in11am-12.15pm Contact:PatrickFoleyorJaneLaunchbury01725514546 office@longwatertaichi.co.uk.

RINGWOOD U3A areasmall and friendlygroupforthoseno longer in full time employment to enjoy social and educational activities.Monthlymeetingswitharangeofspeakersevery3 rd Thursday from 2 to 4pm at Greyfriars Community Centre. Visitors are always welcome( £2).www.ringwoodu3a.org.ukor callPete–01425478077.

Oddfellows is one of the oldest and friendliest societies in the world. Forfurtherdetails ContactFloMunro01202820965, LoyalAcorn Lodge. The Oddfellows - making friends, helping people.

ITALIAN LANGUAGE CAFE

Our friendly group meets every Thursday 3 to 4pm, upstairs at Nava Cafe, High Street, Ringwood. We enjoy trying to chat in Italian over a cup of coffee. Not a formal lesson, just an informal fun way of trying to converse in Italian! Contact Bobbie Dawson 07903 184545 for further details. A warm welcome awaits you!

A Design for Life… e Kevin McCloud Column

Designer, writer and television presenter, Kevin McCloud leapt into our consciousness with his vastly successful Grand Designs show on Channel 4. This month, the affable architectural business owner talks about his love of modernism in interior design.

I often get people asking me why so many of the build projects on Grand Designs end up being decorated in a modernism style, with sharp lines, slick surfaces, uncomplicated decorative features and a view to celebrate space and light.

The answer to this comes not in the contents of a house, but its exterior. Simply, it follows that the architectural design of a building will often be mirrored by the interior design within it; and while developers may regularly seek to replicate Georgian or Victorian designs styles, most newbuilds still celebrate straight lines, clean shapes and hard edges. Aside from anything else, the build requirements are much easier!

Certainly, with people whose journeys we have followed on Grand Designs, this is very much the trend, although the advent of modernism in home furnishings was something that really took off towards the end of the 19th century. In essence, it was a rebellious response to the years of floral, ornate,

elaborate, elegant and largely curved, flowery styles that had patterned so much of people’s lives.

In modernism the modus operandum became creating something that much more straightforward. Within this, overuse of colour was discouraged, while the invitation was laid out to embrace textures and textiles not previously considered homely – consider steel, concrete, large expanses of glass and other materials once thought of as cold and unwelcoming.

Where colour did prevail, this was to be bold and statementgiving, so perhaps blocks and slabs of shades adjacent to blacks, greys and whites.

Where did this all come from? Well, the Industrial Revolution had a lot to do with a more measured and practical approach to living, and these

modernist statements extended to literature, art, music and more – countless areas where people were expressing a desire to rebel.

Although no end date for modernism has ever been noted, it’s perceived that postmodernism came into being in the late 1970s, and from there society has largely embraced a mass of contrasting and conflicting styles in elegant harmony. Yet modernist architecture has never gone away, and speaking personally, I love the perfection of modernism in interior design –its flow, simplicity, practicality and function.

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Good hearing is healthy living

There’s no shortage of advice when it comes to health - eating the right food, keeping physically active, getting enough sleep. But what’s healthy about good hearing? Taking care of your hearing is shown to have a positive impact on physical and cognitive functions, mental well-being, and social engagement - all of which contribute to the foundation of a healthy lifestyle. Statistics show that two in three adults over the age of 60 experience some degree of hearing loss. While it’s often a normal part of ageing, it can go unnoticed if you don’t know what to look for:

Are you experiencing any of the following?

• Dif culty understanding others especially in places with background noise

• Playing the radio or TV louder than the level others require

• Asking people to repeat themselves

• Not hearing things that are out of the range of sight - people, traf c etc. If these sound familiar to you, now is the right time to take steps to improve your hearing and your well-being.

Taking action on your hearing loss gives you: More energy. Taking part in conversations is less draining. This means more energy for the family, friends and the activities you feel passionate about.

More confidence. Understanding what goes on around you lets you actively participate with assurance and peace of mind.

More enjoyment. Whether you’re hosting a get-together or relaxing with good music, better hearing lets you make the most of any moment.

For a free hearing consultation call us today on 01202 985500.

Understanding Investments:

Hoping to retire within the next 5-10 years?

We work with many clients in their 50’s who start to think about reducing their working hours or retiring. They realise that there are a finite number of working years ahead and want to save tax and maximise their savings during their peak earning years.

Often we see people paying more tax than they need, with the subsequent tax savings we identify helping them build their own retirement fund. Many people have pensions and investments but are invested in default funds with no idea of what the funds invest in and whether they are suitable for their own retirement needs. They often hold a number of pension plans built up over the years and don’t know what they are paying in charges or whether the plans include any guaranteed benefits, which could be very valuable at retirement.

Realising there is less than 10 years to accumulate sufficient capital on which to live once retired, clients want to know “how much will we need?”. This is one of the most important questions which cannot easily be answered unless you have specific, financial planning tools and software (which we do!).

I’ve listed below some of the key information required to help create a plan.

1. Understand what loans (including mortgage) are outstanding, what interest is being charged and when they are due to be repaid. It is important to be debt free at retirement, albeit there are number of ways to achieve that depending on your personal tax situation.

2. Obtain a state pension projection to understand what you will be entitled to and when. This can be obtained online via the Government website and will be a valuable source of inflation-protected income at the state pension age. It is possible to top this up with lump sum or regular payments if you haven’t been credited with the full 35 years of National Insurance contributions.

3. Obtain projections from any Defined Benefit Pensions. These can also provide future inflation-protected income and the date they are due to commence will vary depending on scheme rules.

Howard Goodship

4. Quantify your personal assets which include cash, investments and property. Understand what your investments such as ISAS and Pensions are invested in, what you are paying in charges and to what level of risk they are exposed. Is this too low or too high or just right, based on when you plan to retire? Do your pension plans allow full pension freedom flexibility in the way you can access income in retirement (Flexi-Access Drawdown, UFPLS, Annuities)?

It’s possible to switch between pension and ISA providers if it is identified there is a financial advantage (lower charges, wider investment choice or more flexible ways to draw income in retirement). It’s also possible to consolidate multiple plans with the aim to reduce charges and simplify.

We utilise specialist cash-flow tools which help clients identify “how much is enough?”. Once in retirement, we help them maximise their lifestyles by showing them whether their retirement “wish-list” is affordable and if so, encouraging them to do things whilst they are fit and able.

If you’d like to learn more or discuss your personal situation, we would be delighted to meet for a free, no obligation initial chat.

Howard Goodship is an Independent Financial Adviser with Lonsdale Wealth Management, 5 Fridays Court, Ringwood. Tel: 01425 208490 www.lonsdaleservices.co.uk

The value of an investment and the income from it could go down as well as up. The return at the end of the investment period is not guaranteed and you may get back less than you originally invested. The contents of this article are for information purposes only and do not constitute individual advice.

General Knowledge Crossword

Across Clues:

1. Needle grasses (5)

3. Small barrel (3)

5. Right or wrong (5)

7. Long, narrow pieces of wood (3)

8. Cannot be identified (3)

9. Point (3)

10. Poem (3)

11. Guardiola (3)

12. Remove (5)

15. Small hut (5)

18. Noticeable (7)

21. Shallow iron pan (7)

25. Raffle (7)

29. Bland (7)

32. Ample (5)

34. Escape of fluid (5)

36. Long, thin fish (3)

37. Narrow beams of light (3)

38. International Organisation (3)

39. Race (3)

40. Through (3)

41. Made from flax (5)

42. Emphasise a reaction (3)

43. Strong vehicle (5)

Down Clues:

1. Smooth soft rock (5)

2. Cravat with wide squares (5)

3. Sarong like, colourful (7)

4. Pl. Millionfish (7)

5. Changes (5)

6. Worthless (5)

13. Position (3)

14. Vehicle (3)

16. Smooth, thick liquid (3)

17. Adult female sheep (3)

18. Flat face, large eyes (3)

19. Very young child (3)

20. Employ (3)

22. Relatives (3)

23. Rim (3)

24. 2012 bear comes alive (3)

26. Paddle (3)

27. Meal (3)

28. Shouting (7)

29. Make better (7)

30. Unwell (3)

31. Frost (3)

32. Fight (5)

33. Alone or unseen (5)

34. Local law (5)

35. Bakers, 13 (5)

7. Ski, 8. UFO,

Answers: Across: 1. Stipa, 3. Keg, 5. Moral,

9. Tip, 10. Ode, 11. Pep, 12. Eject, 15. Hovel, 18. Obtrude, 21. Skillet, 25. Lottery, 29. Insipid, 32. Broad, 34. Bleed, 26. Eel, 27. Ray, 38. ISO, 39. Run, 40. Via, 41. Linen, 42. Gee, 43. Wagon. Down: 1. Shale, 2, Ascot, 3. Kitenge, 4. Guppies, 5. Morph, 6. Losel, 13. Job, 14. Car, 16. Oil, 17. Ewe, 18. Owl, 19. Tot, 20. Use, 22. Kin, 23. Lip, 24. Ted, 26. Oar, 27. Tea, 28. Yelling, 29. Improve, 30. Ill, 31. Ice, 32. Brawl, 33. Dearn, 34. Bylaw, 35. Dozen

The Adventures of Daichi The Modern Magazines Camper Van

We won an award! Daichi was delighted. Having never entered any business competition before we did not know what to expect. Customer service and looking after all our valuable advertisers has been at the core of everything we do here at Modern Magazines. I have always had the viewpoint that we get what we give out in life. If we are helpful, want people to succeed and are willing to go that extra mile to make it all happen, the client is delighted. In return we get great local trades and businesses who also want to help their clients. Everyone wins. You the resident can rely on the people inside the magazine, which is after all what you need. Of course, we are not perfect. Daichi will vouch for that! Mistakes happen and sometimes a client gets cross. This happens in life doesn’t it! Well, how do we react to that? What do we say back? Shouting back creates more shouting and everyone gets upset. Listening, understanding and correcting a mistake, or quietly giving a suggestion back usually handles the situation and we all have a better day for it.

So, that was what this award was all about – our business to business ethos and attitude. How do we treat our advertisers? Well, it seems like we won with flying colours. How amazing is that! One area we work really hard is the creation of the adverts themselves. We have a new graphic designer, Jaidan and he is fantastic. He works quickly and professionally which at a young age of just 23 is brilliant. He is also a videographer and we have some exciting news about a new E-Magazine, which will be online and found through Google, Facebook, TikTok, Instagram and even emailed out, where all the adverts will link to business websites, there will be interactive puzzles that can be done within the magazine online, competitions and there will even be talking pages where you will be able to listen to business owners talk about their business and how they can help you. Soon to be released! Keeping up with modern

technology is a must of course, however paper is still in fashion! Yes, print advertising is still seen as the most trusted source of finding a local trades person and business. Combining the two mediums will help all round and create a real hub of the place to go to find all that is local. I am very excited about that… as you can see!

Beth will also be back soon, having had her wonderful baby boy a few months ago. We will then have two graphic designers. Beth has a woman’s touch to her designs (am I allowed to say that?) and I think we will have the perfect balance to get those all-important adverts right, depending on what the customer wants.

Our team of salesgirls… yes we are all girls there I am afraid… are incredible. We really don’t see ourselves in sales. Our purpose is genuinely to get more work for local businesses and to give you, the valuable resident, good trades and services to

Debbie with Cllr Ann Weaving, Mayor of Weymouth at WeyPort Business Awards

help you. Mel has worked with us for over fifteen years! Today this is what she told me,

“I love working at Modern Magazines. I am one of those rare people who looks forward to going to work. Great team. Great customers!”

Julie has been with us for over nine years. This is what she says,

“I just love working with Debbie and Stephen and the whole team. It really feels like we are a family, looking out for each other and looking after our clients. There is nothing better than knowing you helped a client get more business. Most of all the work is fun, getting to talk to lots of interesting people. I look forward to every day!”

Then we have Steph who is a delight to hear talking to customers on the phone and then our newest member is Pippa who runs our office in Weymouth and set up the new “Wonderful Weymouth Magazine”. She has been amazing. Her knowledge of the area and the people has enormously helped and without her that magazine would not be what it is. Pippa says,

“Having worked on the Wonderful Weymouth magazine the past 16 months, winning the WeyPort B2B category and supporting both local businesses and the local community of Weymouth and Portland, in which I’ve always lived, is an honour.

I would like to thank Debbie, Stephen and the rest of the Modern Magazines team for giving me the opportunity to be part of such a fantastic team with a passion to help others succeed.”

Amazing.

Chris, our distribution manager gets the magazines to the distribution company that delivers several of our magazines each month, drops off magazines to local shops, cafes and businesses in their respective areas, delivers magazines to our own distributors in a few areas and when he has some downtime, he posts photos on each of our Facebook pages. He is busy!

I started our first magazine in 2005. At that time Hayden was very young and I needed something to do. I walked around the streets with him in the pram and “touted for business” as Pat at Kingfisher Cleaning Services laughs. She was my first client ever. I will never forget that phone call. It gave me hope and a reason to continue… here we are today. Thank you Pat. Stephen, my husband, gave up his career in computer engineering to work alongside me in 2008 and we have not looked back.

The WeyPort Business Awards were such fun and we thank all our nominations for acknowledging us as “The Business to Business” business of the year! We love what we do and are here for any business wanting to expand. Most of all we are here to link you the homeowner, resident and VIP of your area, to these very important trades and services. We thank all of you for your support and loyalty. Let’s continue to work together.

www.modernmagazines.co.uk

By Debbie Corney

Pippa with the WeyPort B2B Business of the Year 2023 award

Debbie and Stephen with Daichi

The King’s New Groove

He was raised to one day be king, but can Charles III fully realise his vision for Great Britain? Only time will tell.

They say the best things come to those who wait, and King Charles III’s 70 years spent as heir apparent suggest he is well deserving of the throne. For His Majesty, ascension is bittersweet with the loss of his mother still laying heavy on the royal heart, but he is equally keen to finally execute his master plan to bring the Windsors into the 21st century.

But what does this actually mean? And what are the implications for the country as a whole?

One of the main tenets is to slim down the royal family. Over recent years this has happened somewhat organically anyway with the voluntary stepping back of Prince Harry and the less voluntary removal of Prince Andrew from official duty. However, King Charles III is expected to go one step further as he is reportedly seeking to change legislation that allows

non-working royals to be counsellors of state.

Her Majesty’s passing means that Queen Consort Camilla, as the King’s spouse, and Princess Beatrice, as the next adult in line to the throne, are eligible to fill these roles. But aside from Prince William, three of the five counsellors – Prince Andrew, Prince Harry and Princess Beatrice – are non-working royals. This is thought not to sit well with the King who may change the law to allow his siblings, the Earl of Wessex and the Princess Royal, to take on the duty alongside their current roles as working royals.

Having lived through several tumultuous periods in the monarchy’s history, King Charles III is acutely aware of the Republican sentiment among certain Britons. Queen Elizabeth II was hugely popular, but there are some who are convinced that now is the right time to disband the monarchy and move forward into a fully modern, democratic Britain. Yet when you consider how much the monarchy generates for our economy, not to mention how valuable our traditions and illustrious

history are to us culturally, we would likely lose more than we would gain.

According to Forbes, the House of Windsor is estimated to be worth £19bn. And while the average annual cost for UK taxpayers in royal upkeep comes to around £500m a year, it’s estimated that the monarchy’s brand contributes £2.5bn to the British economy over the same period.

In short, His Majesty knows his worth, but he also respects the need to assimilate more with the everyday people in his kingdom - the recent cost of living crisis, environmental awareness and societal change being issues he must help solve if he is to have a peaceful reign.

Greenfingers… The Alan Titchmarsh Column

He’s a brilliant presenter, accomplished gardener, talented novelist, and all-round horticultural inspiration. is month, Alan Titchmarsh discusses the uniqueness and the survival of our gardens.

ere is an argument to say the more complicated you make something, the more di cult it is to keep things constant. I am certainly guilty of pushing and pushing and adding so much more to an idea when I could have kept things safe and sane.

I think it’s important though to remind people, that whether your garden is some elaborate flourish of colour and texture and shape, or just a bit of grass and some simple shrubbery, absolutely everything about it is unique.

A er all, that space has its own unique history - for some, the flowers in it are a present; they may even come from another country; they might remind us of a special occasion or an event or story. We may just have spo ed them in the garden centre and gone from there.

e point is everything we have is full of memories and stories. e things we put in our gardens remind us of times in our lives, and when that garden is in full colour and full blossom in May, or in its full richness in autumn, or at some other point in the year, it creates and stimulates memories.

I have done so much in my gardens, but I don’t think I could pick one specific thing – everything has been my favourite part at some stage. And I believe the whole beauty of gardening is that it’s personal, and the freedom of choice really is with the person ge ing their hands dirty.

Ultimately, if you want to follow my advice and slavishly do as I say in my books, then that is perfectly fine. However, if you read something and think, ‘I don’t agree with that, I’m doing it my way,’ then that is good too, because it has at least made you think.

Gardening is private – it’s intimate. We all have di erent ideas in terms of what we think of as full or minimalist, and I am passionate about people exploring their own narrative, because anybody can do this. Simply decide what you’d like to grow – perhaps something

you want to eat, or smell, or just look at. Buy the seeds and do it. Don’t even worry about the process, just try it out.

When it succeeds, do it again; and most importantly, when it fails, do it again too!

Ringwood Library Spring What’s On

Sewing Club

Every Tuesday, 1-3pm

Bring along your sewing projects and work on them with friends!

Craft Club

Every Wednesday 10am – 12pm

Join a friendly group of crafters to work on your own projects!

Rhyme Time Game On

Every Wednesday 10.30am – 11.00am

Every Thursday 10am – 4pm

Come along and join us for our fun singing session for under 5’s Board Games, Puzzles Make new friends.

Parents/carers must stay with their children.

Veterans Hub Code Club Construction Club

Every Friday 10am – 2pm

Open to everyone that has served; join the group for friendship, advice and trips out together!

Every Saturday 10am – 11am

Learn to code with our Raspberry Pi’s!

Ages 8+, Parents/carers must stay with their children.

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Royal Pastry Chef’s Spiced Easter Biscuits

Back in 2020, Queen Elizabeth’s royal pastry chefs released the family’s sacred ‘Spiced Easter Biscuits’ recipe.

What better way to honour her late Majesty, than by baking these delightful and delicious Easter treats?

Ingredients

Biscuit base:

• 350g plain flour

• 5g bicarbonate of soda

• 10g ground ginger

• 5g cinnamon

• 125g unsalted butter

• 175g light soft brown sugar

• 1 egg

• 60g golden syrup

Icing:

• 2 egg whites

• 600g icing sugar

• Food colouring of your choice

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 170°C/340°F/gas mark 3 then mix together the flour, bicarbonate of soda and spices in a bowl. Add the diced butter and mix until it reaches a crumb-like texture.

2. Add the sugar, then once combined add the egg and golden syrup. Mix until a dough is formed.

3. Roll the dough to a thickness of 5mm then use biscuit cutters to cut into desired shape such as Easter eggs, chicks or bunnies. Place the biscuits on a non-stick mat or baking paper and bake on the middle shelf for 12-15 minutes until they are golden in colour. Leave biscuits to cool completely before decorating.

4. Add 1 egg white to 600g of icing sugar and beat until smooth. Spoon mixture into a piping bag - the icing should pipe smoothly and be able to

Top Tip

If you don’t have biscuit cutters in the shapers you require, simply draw or print the ones you need and cut out the dough around them.

hold when piped as a line – and pipe around the edge of the biscuits. To cover all the biscuits with icing add extra egg white to thin the mixture. Decorate and enjoy!

Recycling

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Helplines

Chemist Opening Times

FORDINGBRIDGE Pharmacy, 01425 654539

22 High Street, Fordingbridge, SP6 1AX

Mon - Sat: 7.30am-10.30pm, Sun: 9am-7pm

Lloyds Pharmacy, 01425 474196

RINGWOOD HEALTH CENTRE , The Close

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Boots, RINGWOOD 01425 474170

11 Southampton Road, Ringwood

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ASHLEY HEATH High Street, Ashley Heath.

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Boots, CASTLEPOINT 01202 549971 / 548139

Castlepoint, Bournemouth.

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Puzzle Page Answers

Quick Crossword Solution #026

Answers:

Across: 2. Sew, 5. Bleach, 7. Earbud, 9. Weave, 10. Carom, 11. Append, 12. Marina, 14. Target, 18. Attire, 21. Leapt, 22. Cubit, 23. Agenda, 24. Noodle, 25. Nod.

Down: 1. Blowup, 2. Shield, 3. Webcam, 4. Summon, 6. Aware, 8. Rarer, 11. Act, 13. Age, 15. Allege, 16. Grain, 17. Titian, 18. Ascend, 19. Taboo, 20. Rattle

Geography Quiz Answers

6. Ireland

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10.

1. Indian rupee

2. Antarctica

3. Denmark

4. 3

5. Mount Etna

Sudan

Toledo

Buenos Aires

Nepal