The Lyndhurst Directory - February 2012

NO W O N PE • Dealers in good quality furniture and effects

• Large selection of pictures including pop art

• Specialising in oriental items bronze, porcelain, ivory

• Always buying - single items to complete house clearance

www.stagsheadantiques.com 13 The High Street, Lyndhurst, SO43 7BB T: 02380 282332 M: 07774 635918 E: sales@stagsheadantiques.com

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Canterbury House at The Mews Dental Practice

Cosmetic & Dental Implant Centre Do you need dental implants?

Want to remove wrinkles and facial lines?

Thinking of tooth whitening?

Come and see our friendly & professional team for a complimentary discussion of your personal needs on: The Mews Dental Practice 41-53 Gosport Street Lymington Hampshire SO41 9BB

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Saturday 24th March 9am — 12 noon Telephone 01590 679888 for an appointment Dr. Andrew Girling

www.groupdental.co.uk

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The Lyndhurst Directory

Hello Lyndhurst!

Edition 13

Published by: Stephen & Debbie Corney

Telephone: 01202 894397

Email: info@lyndhurstdirectory.co.uk

Copy deadline for the April 2012 edition: 25th March 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 Lyndhurst 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.

Well we certainly have some cold weather at the moment… though not as bad as that in Russia where I heard it is as low as –32°C! We have been pretty lucky so far this year and I have to admit that, being a Northern lass, I quite like a bit of snow, throwing snowballs and making snowmen. In fact a holiday I have never had and only dreamed of is one in the French Alps surrounded by snow, in a log cabin with a large open real fire. I will put that on my list for Santa next year! Now back to reality, we have a full little book this month. There are many trades people here as well as other shops and services to help you.

Fab Frocks have some really wonderful dresses on pages 14 and 15. Custom World have some wonderful bedrooms on pages 16 and 17. There are plumbers, gardeners, dentists, pet services, hand made toys and even a chimney sweep all inside!

The index at the back gives you a full list of all the services inside. Do mention The Lyndhurst Directory when you make any calls or bookings. This makes all the difference and I thank you for this. If you have an event you would like to promote, we can do that for you for free. If you have a business and would like to be included please give me a call. Our rates are great and we offer free editorial for three month bookings. Congratulations to the winner of the prize wordsearch last time. There is a bottle of wine to win this month. Stephen and I wish you a great month of February.

Best Wishes,

Debbie and Stephen Corney

Useful Telephone Numbers Lyndhurst Police Station Southern Electricity Transco Gas Emergency Southampton Gen. Hosp.

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0845 045 45 45 08457 708090 0800 111999 023 8077 7222

Train Enquires First Bus Company Wessex Water Lyndhurst Library

08457 484950 023 8058 4321 01225 526000 0845 603 5631

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We’re Walking in the Cloud...

The Cloud Hotel, owned and run by Avril Owton MBE, is a small country house hotel that enjoys superb views of the open forest from its perfect location at the edge of Brockenhurst.

The charming Encore Restaurant specialises in traditional English food.

Recently awarded 2 Red Stars by the AA Inspector

Tuesday 14th February Table d’hôte 3 course dinner £29.50 to include coffee

A Perfect New Forest Retreat

“Comfort, Service & Award Winning Hospitality”

Romantic Valentines Lunch for the Young at Heart 2 courses £16.50 — 3 courses £19.50

Candlelit Valentines Dinner £40.00 to include canapés and a glass of champagne

Morning coffee, afternoon teas served daily in our conservatory or in front of a roaring log fire

Cloud Hotel, Meerut Road, Brockenhurst, SO42 7TD enquiries@cloudhotel.co.uk

Tel: 01590 622165 www.cloudhotel.co.uk

Specialist Physiotherapist Specialist in mobility and neurological problems (Muscular/joint problems, stroke, multiple sclerosis and Parkinson’s) Home Visits or Clinic Consultations Available Based in Sway

Rakhee Jethwa, MCSP

T: 07970 469595 rakheejethwa@hotmail.com

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Stunning scenes create a sell-out event at Moors Valley Country Park Nearly 100 keen wildlife enthusiasts gathered at Moors Valley Country Park on 30th January to hear from two local award- winning wildlife photographers, Poole’s Brian Chard and Southamptonbased Alex Mustard.

The sell out event marked the official launch of the British Wildlife Photography Awards exhibition at the Park, which features over 70 stunning shots, ranging from our best loved animals to those seldom spotted. It can be seen at Moors Valley Country Park until 4 March.

Both Brian and Alex received Highly Commended awards in the prestigious competition. Brian for a wonderfully detailed picture called ‘Red Deer in Blizzard’ while Alex’s intriguing shot of a ‘Grey Seal Beneath Cliffs’ was taken off Lundy Island in Devon.

Whilst both answered questions on the night, Alex’s stunning presentation of his underwater photography proved doubly fascinating, not only inspiring the audience by the quality of his images but also offering some understanding into the way in which he captures the beauty of his underwater world.

Alex’s award-winning seal image shows the cliffs of Lundy Island while the bottom of the picture is underwater. “I wanted to create a photo that would allow people who have never looked underwater to relate to the seals” said Alex, “so I designed and had built a large 55cm (almost 2 foot) front element for my

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underwater camera that would allow me to take this photo both above and below the rough surface of the sea at the same time”.

Now in its third year, the British Wildlife Photography Awards exhibition can be seen at Moors Valley until 4 March.

Admission is free but car parking charges do apply.

Entry is now open for the 2012 British Wildlife Photography Awards. For details go to www.bwpawards.org.

Alex Mustard and Brian Chard

Horton Road, Ashley Heath, Nr Ringwood, Dorset, BH24 2ET Tel: 01425 470721

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Home: 01425 654803

PHONE 01202 488091 FOR AN APPOINTMENT

Mobile: 07789 163953 All Major Debit & Credit Cards Accepted

Christchurch Clinic Free Parking At Centre Consultation And Treatment From £35 Home Visits Available From £40

Also available at Fenwick 2

Fenwick 2 is a not for profit social enterprise

GET FIT FOR 2012!

Join the Fenwick 2 gym today at £22 per month unlimited use!

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Join our lottery at £5.00 per month to help fund our assisted bathing service and win some cash!

New for 2012 — Zumba!

Physiotherapy/Homeopathy/Acupuncture Core Stability and Cardio Vascular Classes Yoga Classes & Exercise for the over 50’s Personal Training Available Exercise classes for Parkinson’s and Cardiac Patients Toe Nail Clipping through Age Concern

Free Services Citizens Advice Bureau Phoenix Club for older people – Monday’s 1.30pm NHS Long Term Conditions Centre Stroke and Parkinson’s Disease Carer’s Support Groups Carers Forum and our Fenwick Song Club!

Open: Mon, Wed, Friday 8.30am – 6.00pm, Tues, Thurs 8.30am – 8.00pm Free car parking on site/Meeting rooms available for hire Pikes Hill, Lyndhurst, SO43 7NG

Tel: 02380 282862 Email: info@fenwick2.co.uk Web: www.fenwick2.co.uk

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The Master Builder’s Hotel Appoints New General Manager The Master Builder’s Hotel, in Bucklers Hard on The Beaulieu Estate, is delighted to announce the appointment of Damir Terzic to be their General Manager. Educated in the UK, he has achieved several university degrees including an MA in International Tourism Management at Brighton University, BA Honours in Hospitality Management at Bournemouth University and the AHMA Hotel Management Diploma (with excellence) in San Diego California at the Travel University International.

Damir comes with an enormous amount of knowledge and experience of the hotel industry with an enviable track record of working in top hotels all over the world. These include The Marriot Hotel Group, General Manager of three of the Brown Hotels and Resorts in Stuttgart Germany and in the UK, The Harbour Heights Hotel in Poole and the Kings Hotel in Christchurch.

Damir said “I am absolutely delighted to be appointed General Manager of this great hotel. With 27 bedrooms this Hotel has a stunning location, quirky comfortable luxury, great staff and a wonderful ambience. I feel very privileged to be here and look forward to welcoming everyone to the Hotel.”

Christoph Brooke, Managing Director of Hillbrooke Hotels, commented “We're very pleased to welcome Damir as our new General Manager here at The Master Builders. He brings a wealth of experience with him and has already brought some excellent fresh ideas to the hotel which is great news for us and for our visitors and friends.”

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OLIVER CHIMNEY SWEEP Clean, professional, tidy and reliable chimney sweeps. Offering a wide range of services. Members of the Guild of Master Sweeps.

Also available for traditional good luck appearances at weddings!

0800 013 3323 / 07889 488010 info@oliver-chimney-sweeps.co.uk www.oliver-chimney-sweeps.co.uk

GET PAID TO SHOP AND KEEP YOUR PURCHASED ITEM

TNS RI Mystery Shopping Urgently need

18-19’s (Think 25), Over 20’s for SUPERMARKET, DIY ASSESSMENT VISITS You must have Internet access, some spare time, own transport (not essential) Please apply using electronic application form at www.tnsmysteryshopping.co.uk

No CV required – please ensure you list where you saw the advertisment

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Prom Perfection

As thousands of teenage girls across the south start to gear up for their school proms, Bournemouth-based boutique – Fab Frocks of Westbourne is getting ready for the ‘Prom Queen’ rush.

The 2012 prom collection is now in stock with a choice of over 500 dresses, one of the largest collections of prom dresses in Dorset. Fab Frocks director Tracie Beardsley says: “A girl's first school prom has to be one of the most important social events in a teenager's calendar so get planning what you’re going to wear now!”

You’ll definitely be spoilt for choice at Fab Frocks with everything from beautiful Cinderella-style ballgowns to short and sassy 1950’s style prom frocks. So whether it’s long or short, fru-fru or plain, trendy or traditional, vintage or vamp – they’ve got the lot!

As well as so much choice, Fab Frocks also has over ten years experience specialising in prom dresses and has even been featured on television. The friendly staff can help you find the dress of your dreams as well as advise you on those all-important accessories such as handbags, jewellery and tiaras.

Tracie Beardsley adds: “Because we know the most important thing is to get you looking a million dollars for your prom night, we offer dresses that suit all shapes and sizes. We are one of the only boutiques in the country, let alone the county, to offer size 2 prom dresses in some of our collections. Our size range goes from 2 through 20 and up to a size 26 by special order.”

“We know how important your prom is so at Fab Frocks we keep a register of every dress we sell for each prom event. To help reduce the risk of seeing another girl in the same dress, we aim not to sell the same style in the same colour to anyone else at your school. And don’t forget – our prices are competitive with the high street stores and you won’t see rail upon rail of the same dress!”

Fab Frocks has also teamed up with top mobile hair and make up consultants Brideshair.co.uk and Model Makeovers to offer prom girls discount when they book a group hair or makeup session for four or more.

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American style prom dresses by Mori Lee are now available exclusively at Fab Frocks

Fun and flirty prom dresses are now available at Fab Frocks of Westbourne

Fab Frocks of Westbourne 17 Seamoor Road, Westbourne, Bournemouth BH4 9AA. Tel: 01202 765352 Visit: www.fabfrocks.co.uk Open: Monday to Friday 10am to 5pm, Saturdays 10am to 5.30pm. Also open every Sunday from 11am to 4pm throughout March, April and May.

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Custom World 30th Anniversary Custom World is a well-known and respected local Company. We are proud to be celebrating our 30th Anniversary this year and we plan to make it a year to remember.

We are also excited to announce an opportunity for anyone living in Dorset, Wiltshire or Hampshire to have a bedroom or home office designed and installed free, up to the value of ÂŁ3000.00.

We would like to invite people to write or email us nominating a friend or family member, telling us why they deserve to have their bedroom or home o ffice transfo rme d with b e a u t i f u l c u s to m m ad e f i t te d furniture.

The lucky person chosen by our panel of judges will receive a Design consultation and work with the designer to create the room of their dreams. Their furniture will then be m anufacture d by o ur te am o f professional joiners and then installed by our in house fitters.

They will be able to choose any colour and design from our vast range and if they wish, they can visit our workshop to see their furniture being made.

Please send nominations to: office@customworldbedrooms.co.uk or 38 Cobham Road, Ferndown Industrial Estate, Wimborne,BH21 7NP, to arrive by 28th May 2012.

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Dedicated to Dentures When investing in a new set of dentures, it is imperative to choose a dental clinic that can offer the time and patience to construct your new smile exactly the way you want it and at Dorset Denture Clinic we are dedicated to providing superior quality bespoke dentures.

I offer a number of different types of dentures, these include a range of acrylic dentures, delicate metal based chrome cobalt dentures, ultra suction dentures and implant retained dentures.

Each denture is individually hand crafted and characterised to look as natural as possible and is precision fitted for maximum comfort.

Other services available include home visits, soft linings, relines of existing dentures, denture repairs, additions of teeth to existing dentures after tooth loss, sports mouth guards and tooth whitening trays.

For further information and advice, please visit our website online at www.dorsetdentureclinic.co.uk or to book your FREE consultation phone 01425 272380.

Dorset Denture Clinic Creating Natural Smiles • • • • • •

New dentures Relines Home visits Denture repairs Free parking Affordable prices

Dentures created within the clinic, offering

THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE SERVICE FOR DENTURE WEARERS FREE CONSULTATIONS ~ FREE DENTURE CHECK

01425 272380 415c Lymington Road, Highcliffe, Dorset, BH23 5EN

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Maybe you should go All in too?

“Firstly, let me say how pleased I am with the building work you did for me. Absolutely worth the money.

The internal door has come out better than I could have hoped for and really transforms my little house, giving total access to all the ground floor.”

C.D.

• Kitchens • Bathrooms • Bedrooms • Windows • Painting & Decorating Colin Butchart at Dorset Denture Clinic in Highcliffe

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Call Ian on T: 01590 623382

M: 07973 168342

www.allinproperties.co.uk

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February’s Gardening Tips From Paul Chatfield of Chatfield’s Garden & Property Services Trees and Shrubs There is still time to plant trees and shrubs if the task has not been already completed. Making sure the holes are dug big enough and deep enough for the root ball, also taking in consideration to use a good tree and shrub compost.

Climbers and Wall-Plants Species and cultivars of Clematis that flower Summer & Autumn on new shoots made in the current season will benefit from a hard prune now.

Roses The main pruning of bush and standard Roses should be carried out between the middle of the month and late March.

Borders and Beds During mild spells weeds will start to grow. Deal with them as soon as they appear as they will be easier to remove.

Bulbs and Corms Dahlia tubers in store for the Winter should be inspected to make sure that they are healthy and plump. Any bad patches should be cut away with a clean and sharp knife and dipped in Sulphur.

Rock Gardens and Pools All leaves should have been removed by now. Mild spells may bring weeds & slugs, remove weeds while small and treat the slugs with slug bait (with suitable containers sunken in the ground, beer is a good tip.)

Fruit There is still time for both planting and pruning but try to complete task before new growth starts.

Vegetables Seed potatoes should be removed from their bags and set to sprout in trays or shallow boxes (shed or greenhouse).

Greenhouse and Frame Greenhouse should have been sterilized.

Carnations and Chrysanthemums can be propagated from cuttings 55-60f (13-15c).

Give free ventilation except on cold nights.

House Plants Plants at home, particularly flowering on es n eed lots of ligh t an d free ventilation not stuck between blinds or curtains kept out of drafts and be careful not to over water, just damp. Always check how your plant looks.

Chatfield’s Garden & Property Services North 2, Sway Storage & Workshops Barrows Lane, Sway, Lymington Hants, SO41 6DD Tel: 01590 682828 Mobile: 07821 610923

Lawns There is still time to lay turf for a new lawn or to repair an old one. Not a good tip to lay in muddy or icy conditions.

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NEW FOREST ART SOCIETY The NEW FOREST ART SOCIETY meets between 7.30 - 9.30pm on the third Wednesday of each month in the Pine Room of the Lyndhurst Community Centre.

On Wednesday 21 March Joe Francis Dowden will demonstrate a Landscape in Watercolour On Wednesday 18 April Hash Akib will demonstrate Animals in Acrylics.

Visitors are always welcome and pay £3 at the door or alternatively visit our website at www.nfasoc.co.uk to see our gallery or contact the Membership Secretary, Christine Sinclair on 02380 848766.

New Forest Fuchsia Society Why not join us!

‘Getting your Fuchsias Started ' with Peter Holloway Wednesday February 29th at 7.30pm Lyndhurst Community Centre Including a Slide Show on Show Varieties, also by Peter Holloway

Check out our website! www.newforestfuchsiasociety.org.uk or email newforestfuchsias@googlemail.com

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Your Best Friend’s Best Friend!

Dog Walking Dog training & Behaviour

Cat & Small animal feeding Free delivery service

Puppy Classes

Nutrition advice

Puppy Visits

Fully insured/DEFRA Registered

Pet and House Sitting

Phone: 07815 867538 www.pet-services-newforest.co.uk

IS IT TIME TO SELL?

STAMPS WANTED LOTS, COLLECTIONS, ACCUMULATIONS, OLD ENVELOPES POSTCARDS, ENGLISH & WORLDWIDE, VICTORIAN SCRAP BOOKS, ALSO COINS/MEDALS, CIGARETTE CARDS

Free Valuation and offer without Obligation Top prices paid with immediate settlement by cash or cheque Make an appointment now Generous introductory commissions paid - Home visits can be arranged.

WE ALSO SELL - Ask for 144 page Price List of G.B. stamps

Contact: Allan Grant, RUSHSTAMPS, P. O. Box One, LYNDHURST SO43 7PP Telephone: (023) 8028 2044, FAX: (023) 8028 2981 Email: enquiries@rushstamps.co.uk Member of the Philatelic Traders’ Society (London) 50 YEARS OF TRADING AT YOUR SERVICE

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MCVAY ELECTRICAL SERVICES Domestic & Commercial Part P Approved Contractors All works undertaken from an extra socket to a full design and installation New installations Re-wiring/ upgrades

Testing services, including: Condition Reports Landlord Certificates PAT testing

Please call Jim on

07970 686362 01425 402288 info@mcvayelectrical.co.uk

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Lyndhurst Community Groups and Information Volunteering in the New Forest

New Forest Meddlars

Tel: 01425 482773 Fax: 01425 482666

The New Forest Volunteer Centre, run by Community First New Forest, promotes and supports volunteering.

The Volunteer Centre recruits potential volunteers from all sections of the community and seeks to place them with voluntary organisations which are looking for volunteers to assist them with their work.

Email: vol.bureau@cfnf.org.uk Community First New Forest Reg. Charity No: 1068964 • Reg. Company No: 3483827

Lyndhurst and District Community Responders A Community Responder is a member of the public who is a volunteer and is trained by South Central Ambulance Service to respond to certain types of medical emergencies in their own community, pending the arrival of the ambulance. e.g. heart attacks, strokes, falls.

You may already have seen us around the village? We have currently five trained volunteers from the local community and have answered over 1000 emergency calls since we were established in late 2003, throughout the villages of Lyndhurst, Minstead, Bank and Emery Down.

If you would like more information and you could spare a few hours a week or month, and would like to train as a Community Responder for your village, please contact: Lyndhurst and District Community Responder Coordinator: Graham Reeve on 02380 282866 No previous experience required!

“Having the time for your life!”

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The New Forest Meddlars is a mixed Morris dance side, formed in 1990 and based in Lyndhurst in the New Forest. We dance mainly in the Cotswold and Border traditions, but vary our performances with new dances, some collected at festival workshops and some we devise ourselves.

During the coming winter months, we shall be meeting at the Scout Hut in Romsey Road, Copythorne on Tuesday evenings to practise and to learn new dances. Morris dancing is a great social activity so why not join us. New dancers and musicians are always welcome.

Contact: Bob Dodson, Tel: 01962 886132

Do you love the New Forest?

Do you want to protect it?

The New Forest Association is an independent charity which campaigns to protect and preserve the New Forest’s unique ecology, history and traditions. We offer: • Guided walks and other members’ events • Expert information about the Forest via our website and newsletters • Campaigns to protect the New Forest from negative development, such as recent plans to ‘sell off’ the nation’s forests If you want to protect the New Forest or simply learn more about it, why not join us?

The annual subscription is only £17 (£15 if paid by direct debit).

Join the NFA at www.newforestassociation.org or call 0844 2640661

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Lyndhurst Community Groups and Information

New Forest Organ Society Our concerts are monthly (usually 4th Tuesday in the month) and we have professional musicians who come from all over England to give concerts who all bring their own modern electronic organs and play a variety of music, big band, Latin, light classical etc. The Society has been giving concerts for 33 years and our audience is 180-200 each month so very popular.

Visitors are very welcome at £3.50 per concert but please phone either of the 2 contacts listed below to reserve tickets.

Telephone Number: 01590 644724 (Sandra) or 01202 473944 (Malcolm) Email address: sandra_ebbetts@hotmail.com Contact name: Sandra Ebbetts or Malcolm Stone Venue address: All Saints Church Hall, Greenbanks Close, Milford-on-Sea, SO41 0SQ

Get YOUR community group or organisation mentioned here!

You could have your group here with meeting times, requests for new members, details of your next event… Whatever you need or want to get your name and message out to the local residents.

This is a FREE service that we provide in order to help you to communicate into the community.

Just give Stephen or Debbie a call on 01202 894397 or email: info@lyndhurstdirectory.co.uk

New Forest Scottish Country Dancers Invite you to Our Fun & Friendly Classes for Beginners & Improvers At the Methodist Hall, Avenue Road, Brockenhurst, SO42 7RT Wednesday Evenings – term time from 14 September Beginners & Improvers 7.45 for 8.00 – 9.15pm More experienced dancers stay until 10.00 pm Class fee £3 per session Country Dancing is Excellent Aerobic Exercise Why Not Come Along & Give it a Try? It doesn’t matter if you… “have never done it before...”, “haven’t got a partner...”, “think you can’t dance...”, “have two left feet...”

We can change all that!!

Want to find out more?

Look on the www or call 07977 095357 Warning: Dancing is Fun and Seriously Healthy www.wessex-scd.org.uk/new-forest-SCD

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We are a registered charity established in 1975 devoted to countryside and environmental education in all its varied forms. We have grown over the years in stature and scope to become an organisation running a residential centre, the Out of Town Centre, a field studies centre, the inspirational Treehouse Study Centre, a farm and educational garden and a broad community programme. Our particular emphasis is on children and those at a disadvantage within our society.

For more information call us or visit our website:

www.cet.org.uk

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When Princess Elizabeth became Queen You’ve got to be at least 65 if you can remember when the Queen succeeded her father, King George VI on 6 February 1952. And what a different world it was then!

I vividly remember the moment on that cold February day when I switched on my radio at midday and heard absolutely nothing! Turning up the volume I could just hear the muffled noise of a bell tolling. Telling a neighbour my radio had gone wrong, I received the answer: ‘Oh, the King is dead!’ Oddly, that was how the radio ‘Home Service’ dealt with that momentous news!

Today, of course, televisions and radios would be jabbering non-stop – but in those days everything was so, so different.

N ot on ly was it a world with ou t televisions (except for a very few), but also a world without supermarkets, motorways, credit cards, detergents, microwave ovens, central heating,

Radio in 1950s was a family affair

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washing machines, computers, plastics, mobiles - and most people didn’t even have phones in their homes either.

It was a world when everything closed up on Sundays (and most shops had an ‘early closing day’ in the week as well). It was a world when sugar was still being rationed, although it was almost seven years since the war had ended. Murderers were still being hanged ‘by the neck until they were dead’, young men were being called up for National Service, people still had Identity Cards, and of course we all paid for our goods in good old pounds, shillings, and pence (remember those little robins on our farthings?)

There were so few cars on the roads at that time that anyone lucky enough to have a car could park anywhere they wanted – right outside any shop or building for as long as they pleased.

Rather naively, a Salisbury town planner in 1949 – just three years before the Queen’s accession – spoke of a novel idea of making ‘car stands’ (we would call them multi-storey car-parks), adding that ‘when these facilities are provided, the standing of cars in the central streets and in the market place should no longer be necessary.’ Notice that even the words ‘park’ and ‘car park’ weren’t in use! He quaintly calls them ‘car stands.’

In those days, of course, everyone used trains much more, even to get to the remotest villages – because almost every hamlet was within striking distance of our incredibly large and complex railway

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A 1953 farthing n etwork. Dr B ee ch in g h ad n ’t y et perpetrated his ruthless demolitions.

Steam trains were still pulling first, second, and third class carriages. What a class-system!

Clothes, especially for men, were dull and unimaginative, with white or grey shirts only. Menus were strictly noncontinental. No Chinese take-aways. Or Indian. Or anything else. Wives, on the whole, stayed at home and never had

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independent careers. Kids left school at 14. Sainsbury’s still had counters where you ordered your food from shop assistants.

As for world leaders, President Truman, Stalin, Tito, Mao Tse Tung, and Winston Churchill were still in office. And maps still showed countries such as the USSR, Ceylon, Jugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, and Rhodesia. But people hardly ever went abroad for their holidays.

What will another sixty years bring?

Watch this space!

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.

Hampshire Ornithology Society Whether you simply like garden birds, or you are a professional ornithologist, or maybe enjoy guided walks in Hampshire and beyond, then we would welcome you at Hampshire Ornithological Society. Our President is Chris Packham and we have a booming group of over 1500 individual or family members, supply a free colour book every year, 4 glossy magazines, a free Open Day with professional speakers, and a full events diary. All of this for £12 a year. We also have some of the best photographers in the UK: For further details see our website: www.hos.org.uk Ian Julian

A car advert from 1953

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