COMMUNITY / PROFESSIONAL
Joyful Jubilee Celebration at Rotary Wheel House On Saturday, 3rd June, thirty guests from the Fareham based charity ‘The Friday Night Club’ were invited to the Wheel House for a celebratory tea. Rotarians Mike Hurley, Rebecca Traynor and other Club members provided refreshments including a cream tea. It was a special community event to ensure our guests had a superb Jubilee experience. Also in attendance were Councillor Katrina Trott (who is a Trustee of the Friday Night Club) and two visitors from France (Thierry and Anna) who were in Fareham as part of the Vannes visiting team. ‘The Friday Night Club’ is a charity that aims to improve the wellbeing of individuals with a learning difficulty (who may or may not have a mental health issue) through achievable activities in their community. It meets at the Scout Hut in Highlands Road, Fareham, but some activities are also available on other days of the week, run by volunteers and support staff. From the very beginning of our event, there was an air of excitement in the Rotary Club of Fareham’s Wheel House facility at Hill Head the large pink Jubilee themed cakes (thanks to Tesco Fareham) were particularly popular. There was live music, singing and dancing and the Wheel House was decorated in Jubilee themed displays. Our guests were happy and excited to be part of this community event and ‘The Friday Night Club’ said that a brilliant afternoon was had by all. Councillor Katrina Trott thanked the Rotary Club of Fareham for holding the event and said she was proud to be able to bring her French visitors who could see that Fareham was a caring community. The Rotary Club of Fareham is a volunteer organisation where members use their skills and time to improve the lives of others. Membership details can be found on our website.
Welsh tour for Aviation Group members Sixteen members of the Daedalus Aviation and Heritage Group went from their Gosport base to the Vale of Glamorgan near Cardiff for a special visit to the South Wales Aviation Museum at Barry. Members visited the former St Athan RAF station which is where the RAF’s non-aircraft, ground engineering technicians are trained.
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Mr Mac - Support for Apple & Windows Apple’s newly announced OS 16 operating system for iPhones has many new features and will be available in the autumn, usually at the same time as this year’s new iPhone, the 14, is announced. It is compatible with many of the phones able to run the current IOS 15, but it is will not be available for some older devices including the iPhone SE, the iPhone 6s, the iPhone 6s Plus, the iPod touch, and the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus. FYI, the first iPhone 6 was released in 2014 and the iPhone 7 in 2016. These phones will continue to function normally, they will not benefit from any of the new features available in IOS 16. It is not just Apple; WhatsApp have just announced that older iPhones, specifically the iPhone 5, will no longer work with their software programme as these models will not be able to update their operating software to IOS 12 or any later version. The iPhone 5 is quite an old phone now having been introduced back in 2012. Handy Tip. Taking a screenshot on an iPad can be fiddly. It really is such a useful feature to be able to share the picture with other people. It is automatically saved into your Photos library and here you can send the whole screen shot or edit it and just send the part you want to share. To make it much easier to do go to Settings > Accessibility then tap on Touch > turn on AssitiveTouch > here you will see a section CUSTOM ACTIONS, the first option is SingleTap > in the list you will see Screenshot, touch this and a small rectangle appears that stays on your screen. Now, when you touch this, it takes a screenshot. It is home to No 4 School of Technical Training that provides continued training to personnel from all three Services and MOD civilian staff. Their mission is to deliver flexible, affordable, modern and effective technical training that meets the requirements of the UK’s Armed Forces. The base is also home to the University of Wales Air Squadron. Terry Coombes, Chair of Daedalus Aviation & Heritage Group said, “we went particularly to see the many ex-Fleet Air Arm aircraft familiar to us at Lee-on-the-Solent, in the shape of the Fairey Gannet, Wessex and Sea King helicopters, Sea Prince and Sea Devon on display amongst several ex Royal Air Force jets including a Vampire, Hunter and a Phantom, plus a Shackleton under restoration.” Members ages ranged from 16 to 80 who all enjoyed the experience and many photographs were taken despite the long journey. Training types were also evident with Folland Gnat and BAC Jet Provost, and locally produced light and microlight aircraft were also on display. Thanks to one of the members of Daedalus Aviation and Heritage Group, there was a privileged look into the Horizon Aircraft Services hangar, where ex-Soviet Bloc fighters and trainers were kept alongside examples of the Percival Pembroke and Chipmunks plus 2 Harriers being restored to fly. This was a massive highlight of the trip and not one afforded to the casual museum visitor.
