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JUNE 2018 • ISSUE 120 • WWW.FORUMPUBLICATIONS.CO.UK • REACHING 18,750 READERS * STOCKBRIDGE ROMSEY

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Film Showing: Finding your Feet (PG-13) At ChilboltonVillage Hall. On the eve of retirement, 'Lady' Sandra Abbott, discovers her husband has been having an affair with her best friend and is forced into exile with her bohemian sister who lives on an impoverished inner-city council estate. Doors Open at 7pm. Film show commences at 7.30pm.Tickets £5.00 in advance from Beryl Lawrence on 01264 860618. E-mail: dlaw@davidlawrenceassociates.co.uk Or £6.00 on the door (if available).Tea/Coffee and biscuits included in price.Wine, Beer , Orange Juice and Choc Ices on sale.

UNTIL 2 JUNE Karl Martens at the Wykeham Gallery Karl Martens,The Wykeham Gallery, High Street, Stockbridge, Hampshire.

2 JUNE Stockbridge Antiques Fair Held in Stockbridge Town Hall in the centre of the High Street. We offer a wide range of Decorative, interesting and unusual items including good quality Furniture, Silver, Jewellery, Militaria, Motor memorabilia,Textiles and Books. We will also buy. Free Admission & Free Parking. The fair is usually held on the first Saturday of the month. Open: 9.30am - 5.00pm. Contacts: Carol - 01264 335769 / 07870 432805 Steve - 01722 712267 / 07915 663251

9 JUNE Stockbridge Community Fete Recreation Ground 12-5pm.This popular fete offers over 40 stalls with something for everyone from hook-a-duck to bouncy castles to gifts and produce! Refreshments are in the form of a beer tent, hog roast, sausages and burgers, tea and cakes, fresh pizza and icecream. Entertainment includes dog demonstrations, music and dance displays. Our raffle offers amazing prizes donated by local businesses. Come along and join us for a fun afternoon out! Price: £1 entry per adult, free car parking

9 JUNE Wherwell Church Fete 2018 Will be held at 12 noon on Saturday 9 June in picturesque Church Street.The Fete will offer a Pimms Tent and a lunchtime hot dog barbeque. Stalls will include a bouncy castle, tombola, games, plants, cakes, produce, gifts and more. Refreshments in the Village Hall.

10 JUNE Sparsholt Garden Opening NGS From 1.30pm to 5pm. Roses should be looking their best in the walled garden at The Deane House in Sparsholt, SO21 2LR which is opening for the National Gardens Scheme.A wide variety of perennials and shrubs have been added to the terraced borders over the years. Do bring friends and family for an afternoon out to stroll around or to just enjoy a cup

10 JUNE Open Farm Sunday at Broughton Water Buffalo Hampshire Farmers Markets and Broughton Water Buffalo are teaming up to host a market on the farm! Visitors can come and explore a range of stalls selling produce, hot food, drinks and crafts whilst listening to some live music in the background. The farm will be open for Farm & River Walks and our farmers will be onsite to tell you all about buffalo, farming and working life in the Hampshire countryside.We will also have an Outright Adventure Archery area, along with Glitterbugs - Face Painting and Bushcraft activities for children and young people. Come along, explore the farm and meet some extraordinary animals and producers! 10am – 4pm Free Entry

15 JUNE Stockbridge Community Cinema: Loveless (15) Zhenya and Boris are going through a vicious divorce marked by resentment, frustration and recriminations. (In Russian - subtitled) The film will be introduced by Times Newspaper chief film critic Kevin Maher and a Q&A session will follow the screening. Showing at Stockbridge Town Hall SO20 6HE at 7.30pm. Doors open at 7.00pm.Tickets £5.00 from Garden Inn and John Robinson in Stockbridge or online via our website www.stockbridgecinema.org.uk

17 JUNE Kings Somborne Open Gardens 1.pm - 5.30pm. Including Art Exhibition, Open X11c Church. Plant Sale, Cream teas and homemade cakes.Tickets available from theVillage Hall.Adult £7.50 children under 16 free. Proceeds to Cancer Research UK, St Peter & St Pauls Church and Kings SomborneVillage Hall

20 JUNE Stockbridge Community Cinema: Darkest Hour (Cert PG) During the early days of World War II, the fate of Western Europe hangs on the newly-appointed British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (Gary Oldman), who must decide whether to negotiate with Adolf Hitler, or fight on against incredible odds. Showing at Stockbridge Town Hall SO20 6HE at 4.30pm and 7.30pm. Doors open 30 minutes before the start time.Tickets £5.00 from Garden Inn and John Robinson in Stockbridge or online via our website www.stockbridgecinema.org.uk

22 JUNE The Romsey Singers entertains Madrigals, Part songs and Pop Romsey Town Hall - 7.30pm. Romsey Singers continue to celebrate their 50 years. Popular arrangements of ‘Deep River,’ ‘Bridge over Troubled Water’ and ‘Under the Sea’ by our conductor, Philip Lawson.Tickets: £10 to include a glass of wine and refreshments. Online at romseysingers.org/ Ticketsource and Romsey Tourist Information Centre, 13 Church Street, Romsey.Tel 01794 512987

24 JUNE Andover Gardening Fair 10am - 3pm in Andover High Street.An exciting new event packed with seasonal inspiration and fresh ideas for your house and garden. Free entry. www.andovergardeningfair.co.uk

27 JUNE Mood Boards for Interior Design Workshop nr. Stockbridge Hands on creative workshop led by Creative Interiors & Claire Gaudion Contemporary British Textiles producing mood boards to bring clarity and focus to decorating your home. £95 includes lunch. For information contact Anna 07957 519923 or Claire 07748 983736

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of tea and homemade cake in the shade of one of the magnificent beech trees near the house. Plants for sale. For more information ring 01962 776 425 or visit www.ngs.org.uk

28 JUNE Stockbridge Community Market Formally Stockbridge Country Market. New name, same fantastic local market experience! Join us on the morning of Thursday 28th June to celebrate our new name with complimentary tea/coffee and cake.We are open every Thursday morning between 9.30 and 11.30 in the Stockbridge Town Hall SO20 6HE from February to December with a great selection of cakes, savouries,vegetables, free-range eggs, plants and crafts made, produced and provided by local people.We also have a pre-loved book stall.

29 JUNE - 1 JULY St Peters Church Stockbridge Flower Festival 2018 Friday 29th and Saturday 30th from 10am6pm, Sunday 12pm - 6pm at St Peters Church, Stockbridge.The theme is celebrating the commonwealth.Teas on the lawn 2pm - 5pm Saturday & Sunday

30 JUNE Sparsholt Village Fete From 1-4pm in the heart of our beautiful village. There will be stalls to stock up on gifts, plants, books, cakes and more.Afternoon tea, BBQ, Pimm’s & beer Bell ringing in the church. Classic cars. Admission to the fete is £2 for adults and free for children.We hope to see you there. For more information contact Hilary: 07786 308934

JULY 7 JULY Over Wallop Fete 12noon - 4pm at St Peter’s Church, Glebe Field, Over Wallop, SO20 8HT Come and enjoy a BBQ, beer and Pimms, cakes and ice creams.There will be an Army assault course for you to try, a tea cup ride, ferret racing, a dog show (enter on the day) and many other stalls and games.

19 JULY David Thomas in Concert presented by WEOS Held in Stockbridge Town Hall in the centre of the High Street. We offer a wide range of Decorative, interesting.An evening of melodic, easy listening music performed on electronic keyboard.Venue: Fairground Hall,Weyhill, SP11 0QN.Tickets £5 in advance, from Just Teasin, 40 Bridge Street,Andover - or £6 at the door. For further information phone 01264 323213 or visit www.weyhill-eos.co.uk 5

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ow in its 21st year, the 2018 Winchester Festival brings nine days of music, drama, talks and the visual arts to the city’s many wonderful venues. Highlights include award-winning choir Tenebrae performing in the Cathedral and Jeremy Paxman and Mary Berry speaking in our series of talks.

Church, 9th to 13th July • Piatti Quartet, Church of St Cross, 10th July • Tenebrae, A Hymn of Heavenly Beauty, Cathedral Nave, 12th July • National Youth Jazz Orchestra Nonet, Great American Songbook, St Paul’s Church, 14th July

In the year that commemorates the centenary of the Armistice in 1918, the opening concert brings together a choir from Hampshire with a choir from Germany to present one of the glories of the choral repertoire, Bach’s Magnificat; over the following eight days there will be music from Allegri and Bernstein to Tallis and Whitacre, talks on spies,solitude, cathedrals and current affairs, an intriguing tale of Winchester’s connection with Alcoholics Anonymous and a series of lunchtime recitals showcasing Hampshire’s exceptional young musicians. It is only possible to present the Winchester Festival each year because of the generosity and enthusiasm of our many sponsors, donors and patrons. We are once again indebted to our Principal Sponsor, Godwins Solicitors, whose commitment for the third year is tremendously appreciated. We look forward to welcoming you to the 2018 Winchester Festival in July and hope that you will find much to interest and entertain you in this year’s programme. Carol Butler (Festival Director) and Ginny Sherriff (Literature Consultant)

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• John Humphrys, Theatre Royal, 7th July • Jeremy Paxman in conversation with Alastair Stewart, A Life in Questions, Theatre Royal, 8th July • Chris Packham, Pictures from the Edge of the World, Guildhall, 9th July • Suzannah Lipscomb, The Tudors, Theatre Royal, 10th July • Paddy Ashdown, Game of Spies, Theatre Royal, 11th July • Simon Jenkins, England’s Cathedrals, Theatre Royal, 12th July • Mary Berry in conversation with Kirsty Wark, Guildhall, 13th July • Terry Waite, Solitude, Guildhall, 13th July • Richard Dawkins, Science in the Soul, Guildhall, 14th July

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• Southern Voices and the Choir of St Katharine’s Church Braunschweig, Bach’s Magnificat, Cathedral Nave, 6th July • The Waynflete Singers, Earthly Delights and the Garden of Love, New Hall, Winchester College, 7th July • Winchester Camerata, St Paul’s Church, 8th July • Lunchtime young musicians’ series, St Lawrence’s 6

• An Honest Soldier, Cathedral Lady Chapel, 8th and 9th July • Between the Covers, Winchester in Literature Walk, Tourist Information Centre, 10th to 13th July www.winchesterfestival.co.uk Booking line: 01962 857 276 For events at the Theatre Royal www.theatreroyalwinchester.co.uk Theatre booking line: 01962 840 440

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here’s been a little buzz on our Facebook page recently over a clip we posted in April. It was simply an MRI image of a person breathing, but it has reached nearly half a million people and been shared thousands of times.Take a peek! What seems to have caught the attention is the very visual graphic, demonstrating not just the action of breathing, but the incredible massaging effect the diaphragm has on the organs above and below.The organs visibly rise and fall on breathing. This is something that I regularly both treat and teach about, and to have such a powerful image to demonstrate the power of the breath has really captured people’s imagination. Breathing is not just an exchange of gases, yet, as we do it subconsciously it is easy to think of it in such simple terms. Breathing has the potential to have profound effects on the nervous system, and the function of the organs above and below the diaphragm. Altered breathing mechanics are often the first sign of stress in our patients. It is important to remember that the stress message overrides every other message in the body. It is our ‘fight or flight’ mode, which historically helped save us from predators, but now is just continuously raised in response to our daily life stressors. Being in a state of stress stimulates the part of the nervous system called the Sympathetic Nervous System.This is all about survival, so the heart beats faster, the pupils dilate, the breathing quickens, blood is pumped to the brain and muscles, and digestion and reproductive hormones switch off. The other part of the nervous system is called the Parasympathetic Nervous System.This works at a slower rate and can be nick-named the ‘rest and digest’ mode.When it is activated digestion begins, the heart rate drops, the muscles relax, we de-stress and sleep well. However, they can’t work in tandem, and the ‘fight and flight’ mode will always win over the ‘rest and digest’ mode. To help manage stress we need to encourage the activation of the Parasympathetic Nervous system. Now here is the clever bit: when your out-breath is longer than your in-breath you activate your Parasympathetic Nervous System and switch off your Sympathetic Nervous System. So take a moment to assess how you breathe. Place one hand on your upper chest and one hand on your belly and breathe normally.Which hand is moving the most? For many of us the answer will be the top hand, as this is the quickest route to getting oxygen in when we are in stressed mode. This pattern of breathing becomes a learned habit under chronic stress, and the diaphragm and surrounding organs gradually become dysfunctional.

To stimulate the PNS we need to alter this breathing pattern, and a good way to start is to redirect the breath to the lower chest and lengthen the out-breath. Try this: 4/7 breathing • Sit or lie comfortably with one hand on your upper ribs and one hand on your lower ribs • Take a breath in for 4 seconds, pause, and then slowly let it out for 7 seconds. • As you breath in, direct the breath to your lower hand on the lower ribs and diaphragm. Really feel the 360° expansion of lower ribs, and try to keep your top hand still. • As you breath out really feel your ribs dropping and belly sinking in • Repeat this 10 times. Can you feel your out breath becoming more relaxed and longer as you go through the practice? • Do this morning and evening and any time you feel anxious, stressed or having trouble sleeping. As osteopaths, we love to treat breathing mechanics and the diaphragm, as its effects can be profound. Helping patients manage stress with both treatment and life skills can have such wide reaching effects, from balancing hormones, improving digestion, supporting the immune system and releasing aches and pains. Try the 4/7 Breathing practice regularly, and if you need further help with symptoms of stress, anxiety, hormonal imbalances, low immunity, aches and pains, and digestive dysfunction, just give us a call. Emma Wightman Osteopath www.the-sop.com Facebook: @stockbridgeosteopathicpractice Instagram: @stockbridgeosteopathy

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Saturday 9 June at 4.00pm in Upper Clatford Village Hall “The Life and Music of Benny Goodman” an illustrated talk by Chris Walker Chris Walker, the highly acclaimed band leader and broadcaster of a weekly Jazz Hour on the radio will talk about the Life and Music of Benny Goodman, his inspiration to take up the clarinet. Tickets £5 to include tea and cake, available from Goodworth Clatford Village Shop, Greenfield Farm Shop in Anna Valley, the Crook & Shears and on line from www.upperclatfordvillagehall.co.uk

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Saturday 9 June at 7.30pm in Upper Clatford Village Hall Chris Walker and the Pedigree Jazzband present their Salute to Trad Jazz Chris Walker and the Pedigree Jazzband present another Salute to Trad Jazz. A fabulous evening of traditional jazz by this very talented and much loved jazz band is guaranteed. Tickets £15 to include a cash bar, available from Goodworth Clatford Village Shop, Greenfield Farm Shop in Anna Valley, the Crook & Shears and on line from www.upperclatfordvillagehall.co.uk

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A degree in Business Law and Law College was to follow and Grant qualified as a Solicitor in 2002. He is accredited as a personal injury specialist by both the Law Society and the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers. Grant has worked at some of the most distinguished law firms in the UK and he is very passionate about helping people who have suffered serious injuries to rebuild their lives. The firm provides a high-quality, ethical service to ensure that each one of their clients receives the very best advice and support. He would be delighted to talk to you about your case; no obligation and in strictest confidence.

All proceeds go to Upper Clatford Village Hall Sunday 10 June at 1.00 – 4.30pm at The Old Rectory, Upper Clatford Jazz in the Garden with The Jubilee Trad Jazz Band and Jake Ward The Jubilee Trad Jazz Band and singer Jake Ward will perform in the beautiful gardens of Mr & Mrs Tom Wilson. Bring a picnic, friends and family whilst enjoying entertainment from these talented local performers. There will also be a bar with wine and soft drinks, and real beer from Test Brewing, a microbrewery in the heart of Test Valley. Adult tickets £10, Family tickets £25 for two adults, three children, £5 for additional child, available from Abbotts Ann and Goodworth Clatford village shops and from jane.wilson@clatford. co.uk and also martinJourdan@dovecot.me All proceeds go to Clatford and Abbotts Ann C of E Schools and the Countess of Brecknock Hospice building Fund. 12

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Community CITIZENS ADVICE TEST VALLEY

itizens Advice Test Valley is a registered Charity which became incorporated in July 2014 and was formed following the merger of the Andover and Romsey Citizens Advice offices. The Chief Officer for the Test Valley is Ange Moon (pictured).

Andover Citizens Advice was opened in 1966 and has occupied various venues throughout the town before moving to 35 London Street, Andover in 2014. Romsey Citizens Advice was opened in 1976 and was formerly housed in the Town Hall before moving into the Former Magistrates Court, Church Street in 2014.

The work we do

Citizens Advice provides free, independent, confidential and impartial advice to everyone on their rights and responsibilities, across a broad range of subjects. We value diversity, promote equality and challenge discrimination. We aim to provide the advice people need for the problems they face and to improve the policies and practices that affect people's lives.

Staffing

Ninety percent of people working within the Citizens Advice Service are volunteers and work as assessors, advisers, administration staff, receptionists and Trustees. We have Welfare and Debt specialists in both offices. Both our offices are a Third Party Hate Crime Reporting Centre and we operate Hampshire Healthwatch.

Outreach

We have Outreach surgeries at King Arthurs Way, Whitchurch and North Baddesley which take our service to rural parts of our catchment area. We provide a home visiting service to those unable to access our service at our offices through disability or care responsibilities.

Funding

Test Valley Borough Council provides the major part of our funding. However, we also attend and organise fund-raising and profile raising events and look for extra grants wherever possible.

You can access our service by a drop-in Gateway assessments Adviceline and email. Please visit our website: www. testvalleycab.org.uk or call 03444 111 306. Appointments can be made if appropriate, following a Gateway Assessment. 14

GODOLPHIN PREP IS PREPARING TO CELEBRATE ITS 25TH ANNIVERSARY IN THE COMING MONTHS

he school is expanding and an exciting new building project is already underway. This will provide the girls at the Prep with two new classrooms and a flexi-space which can be adapted for drama, music, indoor activities and collaborative learning. The first Head Girl of Godolphin Prep, Lucy Barnes, will be returning to the school as Guest Speaker at this year’s Speech Day. Lucy’s return will be the start of the 25th anniversary celebrations with many picnics and parties planned for the new academic year. It has become a tradition at Prep Speech Day to invite those girls from the Upper Sixth who started at the Prep to attend the event. This is the closing of the circle as the Upper Sixth girls attend their final day at Godolphin the following day. For the 25th anniversary celebrations, we will be inviting as many former Prep pupils back to see how the school has “grown up” over the past 25 years. Tel: 01722 430500 www.godolphin.org The Godolphin School, Milford Hill, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP1 2RA

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Culture

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Bournemouth Bach Choir And Orchestra Saturday 2 June - 7.30pm

Mozart: Requiem, Bruckner: Funeral Music for Queen Mary, Elgar: Serenade for Strings. Reserved: £19, £16, Unreserved: £12; Children under 16 Free

Sacred World - Voices of the Forest Saturday 16 June – 7pm

A programme of acapella sacred choral songs from many cultures and religions plus Celtic religious chants from Ireland (soloist) Unreserved: £10 – Under 14’s: Free

Schools Choir Festival Friday 29 June – 7pm

Joyful choral music from our local schools. Unreserved: £8 – under 12’s: £6. Concert in aid of Jane Scarth House

Winchester Symphony Orchestra: Young Soloists Competition Final Thursday 5 July – 7pm

Von Weber: Clarinet Concerto No 1; Horovitz : Euphonium Concerto; Rosauro: Marimba Concerto No 1 and Mozart: Violin Concerto No 3 in G major. Reserved: £15, £12 Unreserved: £10 – School children under 18: £1

Romsey Choral Society Saturday 7 July – 7.30pm

A variety of classic music including excerpts from Rachmaninov: Vespers. Reserved: £18, £15 Unreserved: £12

Michelmersh Silver Band - Proms in the Abbey Saturday 7 July – 7.30pm

A varied programme for a summer’s evening culminating in a grand finale of patriotic favourites from The Last Night of the Proms (bring your flags).Reserved: £12, £10 Unreserved: £8 For all the concerts above the ticket purchase information is; Online www.ticketsource.co.uk/musicinromsey or contact Romsey Information Centre. Church Street, (Tel: 01794 512987) or at the Abbey door on the night. 16

ut for the programme notes, the audience (the Town Hall was packed) could have thought that this String Quartet had been playing as a group for some years. Not a bit of it. Three young players, already making their own separate marks in the tough, competitive world of classical music, had just completed an intensive ten day course to hone their skills with their leader, recording artist Arisa Fujita, the violin Professor at London’s Guildhall School of Music and Drama and the principal violin teacher at The Yehudi Menuhin School. The three works they played – String Quartets by Beethoven, Shostakovich and Brahms – all demand considerable intensity from the bow. And boy, was it delivered here. From the concert’s first note to the very last, a rich, fulsome sound filled the hall. The precise detail of exactly where the bow should be placed on the string, what pressure applied here, what gentle drawing across the string there; all this was evident. Beethoven’s Quartet in D Opus No.3 has a most beautiful beginning, a fitting start to the concert. Written in about 1799, this is the first of his many quartets (although confusingly numbered). Influenced by his teacher Haydn, its four movements are filled with ingenuity, cleverly contrived and crafted, the work’s ease and flow played with insight here. The 1938 Quartet by Shostakovich (No.1 in C Major) is filled with contrasts. Syncopation, quiet melody and comedy abound. In the second of the four movements the composer gives the viola a haunting, melancholic theme inspired by the Russian folksong tradition. This was played by Oscar Golch with great feeling. The work ends with extremely rapid note play from viola and cello, while the violinists hammer out C Major chords above. Evident enjoyment here from Golch, violinist Gabriella Jones, cellist Emma Bessalaar, and Fujita. The ultra perfectionist Brahms was prone to tearing up so much of his work until he was happy with it. He was forty before he published the C minor Quartet No.1 in 1873. And yet, as the Maiastra showed superbly, it’s awash with energy, power, lightness, colour, nobility and more. At times an orchestra is desperate to burst through the music. There are four Maiastra courses a year for advanced post-graduate students who plan most of their career in chamber music. The final part is always to play alongside their course leader in three public performances. Long may this endure. Words by James Montgomery

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HAMPSHIRE POP UP STUDIOS - FRIDAY 15TH & SATURDAY 16TH JUNE

fantastic new art and crafts event has taken residence in Stockbridge. Hampshire Pop Up Studios brings you quality art and crafts direct from the maker and their next event will take place on Friday 15th and Saturday 16th June 2018.

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CANTORUM CHOIR - FRIDAY 8TH JUNE IN ST PETER'S CHURCH, STOCKBRIDGE

concert of sacred and secular choral music from the Renaissance to the present day having links to Scotland , including works by Carver, Weelkes,Vaughan Williams and arrangements of traditional folksongs.

Index Cantorum is a well established choir that delights in combining their Early Music specialism with other familiar or newly commissioned repertoire, to create stimulating performances. Index Cantorum is celebrating its 30th anniversary year , since the first concerts in the London churches of St Paul’s, Covent Garden, and St Patrick’s, Soho Square. Index Cantorum performs regularly in Winchester Cathedral, singing Evensong, Compline services and the lunchtime concert series. The choir has sung in Salisbury and Chichester Cathedrals and in other venues in Hampshire as part of the Hyde Festival, the Winchester Early Music International Festival and Stockbridge Music in 2016. Index Cantorum makes a welcome return to Stockbridge Music after their captivating performance and dynamic quality singing in 2016. This is a choir not to be missed! Tickets, £14, are on sale from: www.jumblebee.co.uk/stockbridgemusic The Lights Theatre Box Office (01264 368368) The local box offices, (Robinsons butchers & Roger Tym) will open one month before the concert

BROUGHTON AMATEUR DRAMATIC GROUP PRESENT JANE AUSTEN’S SENSE & SENSIBILITY

uilding on the success ‒ but hopefully not repeating the weather ‒ of last summer’s production of ‘Emma’, BADG invite you to come along to see this summer’s production of another Jane Austen classic ‒ Sense & Sensibility. The story of two sisters ‒ Elinor, cool and prudent and Marianne, impetuous and romantic, in a brilliant domestic comedy that portrays the romantic entanglements and joys and sorrows which accompany the sisters on their road towards a desirable match. The production will take place outdoors, in the beautiful setting of the gardens at Broughton House, in the heart of the village. Buy your tickets in advance, either online or at the box office on Saturday 2nd & 9th June 9.30am. Tickets: www.badgproductions.co.uk

With the emphasis on beautifully handcrafted items at affordable prices, the pop up takes place "upstairs at The Vine" in a friendly, gallery style setting. Featuring local artists and makers from across different disciplines, you will be able to purchase skilfully made pieces such as sterling silver jewellery from Kirsty Richardson, local wildlife art from Vicki Hunt and stunning kiln formed glass from Sue Palmer-Simmons. Many other beautiful things will be there to tempt you! Follow Hampshire Pop Up Studios on Facebook or Instagram to get the latest exhibitor and event news plus exclusive offers. This will be held on Friday 15th and Saturday 16th June, 10am to 5pm. "Upstairs at The Vine" 1st Floor, High Street, Stockbridge, Hampshire SO20 6HF tel: 07715 173 169 FB:/hampshirepopupstudios IG: @hampshirepopup

BRITTEN – WAR REQUIEM, THE ANVIL, BASINGSTOKE

ifelong pacifist Benjamin Britten was asked to compose his War Requiem for the consecration of the rebuilt Coventry Cathedral in 1962 after its destruction in World War II. The work weaves together the Latin Mass text of a traditional requiem with the devastating war poetry of Wilfred Owen to produce a powerful denunciation of the wickedness of war and a warning to future generations of the senselessness of taking up arms against one’s fellow man. 2018 marks the centenary of the end of the Great War, the “war to end all wars” according to H G Wells, and many choirs across the country will be giving performances of Britten’s timeless message of peace and denunciation of war in this year. Basingstoke Choral Society, Southampton Philharmonic Choir, Southampton University Philharmonic Choir and the City of Southampton Orchestra combine their considerable resources for this unique performance. They will be joined by a children’s choir from the Pilgrims’ School, Winchester, along with the internationally renowned London Mozart Players at the Anvil, Basingstoke on Saturday 9 June. Full details of the event can be found by visiting www.war-requiem2018.uk There will be a ‘Hampshire Remembers’ remembrance wall, where we extend an invitation to all participants to dedicate their attendance at the concert to anyone of any nationality adversely affected by any war by adding a personal message to the wall. “My subject is War, and the pity of War. The Poetry is in the pity… All a poet can do today is warn.” Wilfred Owen

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Garden

NEW GARDENING EVENT FOR ANDOVER TOWN CENTRE

Gardening Fair will bring together plant producers offering a range of high quality herbaceous perennials, shrubs, ornamental grasses, herbs, ferns and alpines. As well as plants, there will be stalls offering landscaping products, garden furniture and accessories, natural beauty products and delicious home-made cakes, preserves and pickles. Gemma Thompson, Andover Town Centre Manager is organising the event and explains: “at the Andover Gardening Fair you will meet owners and growers who really care about their plants and products, and offer the interesting as well as the unusual.Visitors to the Fair will be able to discuss their gardening requirements with our horticultural experts and then source plants directly from small local suppliers offering great diversity, quality and value for money.” The local Allotment Association will provide information and advice on growing your own Veg and Wyevale Garden Centres Children’s Zone will keep younger visitors entertained with face painting, seed planting and crafts. The Andover Town Band and Sing for Fun will be performing throughout the day with refreshments available from The Gin Stall. Entry for visitors is free.

he Andover Town Centre Partnership is launching a new event on Andover’s High Street this summer to appeal to both experienced and budding horticulturalists. On Sunday 24th June, the Andover

For more information visit www.andovergardeningfair.co.uk. Stalls at the Fair are just £10 so if you are a producer and would like to get involved please email enquiries@andovergardeningfair.co.uk

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The atmosphere created by long grass and wildflowers is relaxed and can be used to contrast, and sometimes to emphasise, more formal features. A swathe of wildflower meadow can work well around the fringes of a country garden to blur the boundaries between the garden and pasture beyond. It can define shapes in a garden in the softest possible way and without generating the work involved in a formal border. Meadows change through the summer, brimming with white ox eye daisies and buttercups in May and June, and in late summer the pink flushed yarrow, purple knapweed and yellow of lady’s bedstraws or dyer’s greenweed. Even when the meadow has been cut, as it must be to prevent the vigorous grasses overwhelming the flowers, the shape remains. Concern about loss of wildlife habitats is another reason for introducing communities of native plants into our gardens. The Common Blue butterfly lays its eggs only on bird’s foot trefoil and the Marsh Fritillary must have plantain or devil’s bit scabious. Others are dependent on certain grasses and these contribute to the natural look of a meadow, resulting in that wonderful rippling in the wind. Perennial wildflower seed mixes are usually supplied with a large proportion of grasses to flowers to create a natural community which will continue interacting for many years, changing in emphasis from year to year as one species dominates another or is favoured or not by the weather. Some of our favourite wildflowers are annuals, or weeds of cultivation. The field poppy is the most spectacular, painting broad strokes of red TEST FORUM ISSUE 60.indd 27 around the margins of arable fields. To achieve a meadow of cornfield flowers the soil must be tilled annually to remove perennial plants and seeded with a cornfield mix. This will include many flowers rarely seen nowadays, such as the corn marigold, purple corn cockle, blue cornflower and, a favourite of mine, the wild pansy or heartsease as well as the field poppy. These plants grow fast, flower and seed themselves in one summer and make a brief but wonderful show. They are not particularly low maintenance but perfect for an almost instant effect. Why not start by leaving an area of lawn unmown to see what flowers may already be hiding there? www.catherinethomas.co.uk 22

Visit our 90m herbaceous border Beautiful water gardens (restricted opening times) National collection of Buddlejas & Clematis viticellas Impressive collection of Penstemons Specialists in climbing plants, perennials, shrubs. Mature shrubs and trees also available. We stock tools, accessories and a large selection of pots. Highly qualified staff to offer free advice

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Longstock Park Water Gardens Sunday 2nd June - 2pm - 5pm Charity Opening in aid of

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Sunday 16th June - 2pm - 5pm Charity Opening in Aid of the

NATIONAL GARDENS SCHEME An entrance fee of £5.00 for adults and £1.00 for children is payable with all proceeds going to the nominated charity. Members of the three local churches will provide teas at Longstock Park Nursery on these Sundays. Only registered Assistance Dogs will be admitted to the garden and care should be taken to leave no litter.For more information: 01264 810924

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GARDEN WEED CONTROL CAN BE CHALLENGING, LET’S UNDERSTAND WHY

twisting, thickening, elongation, and eventually death. The weed literally grows itself to death. Others target photosynthesis, the process where plants produce energy from sunlight. Blocking photosynthesis is only part of the story. When photosynthesis is blocked, highly toxic oxygen and other compounds form within the plant. These compounds rapidly destroy cell membranes, causing the weed to die. Many selective herbicides target enzymes within plant cells. Enzymes allow complex chemical reactions to occur. When herbicide targets an enzyme it disrupts the sequence of complex chemical reactions, producing highly toxic compounds in the plant and killing the weed. So why don't selective herbicides kill the useful plants we are trying to grow? The main reason is because the useful plants are able to metabolise (break down) the herbicide more rapidly than the weeds, allowing them to survive.

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hen I first began studying plant science I remember a tutor asking me; ‘Kenyon, when is a daffodil a weed’? The answer it seemed was simpler than I knew at the time. Weeds can be described as any plant growing in an area where it is not wanted. If that daffodil is in your rose-bed it might be considered a weed. If your lawn grass is in your flower-bed it most certainly is a weed. You must hold a suitable qualification as a paid professional applying pesticide to control weeds. If you ask your regular gardener to do it, and she doesn’t hold a licence, then you are both breaking the law. The general code of practice covering the use of pesticides states that you should attempt other forms of control before you start to use pesticides to control a weed issue. Weeds can be relatively small like clover, or large like thistles. They are typically fast growing and spread rapidly, impacting on plant growth in and around them. Weeds are characterised as narrow leafed like grasses, broad-leafed liked dandelions or woody like brambles. Large weeds can often be removed by hand, but removing smaller weeds from your lawn may require an effective pesticide. Pesticides used for treating weeds are often called herbicides. There are two types of herbicides; selective herbicides control only certain types of weeds, typically either broad-leafed or grass-like weeds. Nonselective herbicides control and kill all plant types with which they come into contact. The application of a broad-leaf herbicide will affect and control the growth of broad-leaf plants. As such, this herbicide can usually be applied onto existing lawns, but will control only broadleaf weeds. A grass herbicide controls the growth of grass type plants. Grass herbicides can safely be applied to flower beds and will have no impact on broadleaf plants, but will control and impact on grasses.

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Some work by disrupting the fine balance of biochemical processes that occur within the plant. Often causing uncontrolled growth,

Herbicides are most effective on actively growing plants, as the active ingredient is carried by the sap of the plant. The faster the plant is growing, the quicker the solution will be moved through the plant. Application during less active growth periods are also effective, however the results will take longer.

How to use

Weed plants fall into different families. Much like sprouts and cabbage are different plants but within the same group of plants, some weeds are in the same family group and some in different groups. Certain plant groups are susceptible to certain herbicides that other groups might not be affected by. Identifying what weed you need to kill, understanding which plant group it is in and what pesticide needs to be used to treat that specific group is the key to weed killing success. All herbicides have application rates. Much like medication you take at home has a recommended dose. Exceed the dose and you may cause issues, take too little and there may be no effect. Getting the dose right isn’t just about how much you pour out of the bottle, it’s also about how much water you add to the mix and how much of the mix is applied to the weed.

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If you select the correct herbicide for the weed you aim to kill, use the correct dose rate and apply at the right time then often one application is enough. However some weed varieties are more resilient than others. Some have thick leaf coatings or hairs that reduce the contact of the droplets of pesticide that have been sprayed on the weeds. Some weeds are persistent and are not controlled after only one application and several, consecutive applications are recommended. Applications may be necessary throughout the growing season and should continue until the weeds have been successfully controlled. Failing to do so may increase the weed’s resistance to the type of pesticide used – much like the risks of not finishing a course of antibiotics. Often additives can be used along with the pesticide to increase the efficacy of the chemicals present. Remember, weeds are fast growing and quick to set and disperse seed. These seeds germinate to form new weeds, so regular herbicide applications are essential. It’s relatively complex, which is why you need to study for an exam to carry a licence to use pesticides. For effective lawn weed control speak to a lawn care professional. Ian Kenyon owns Shrekfeet Lawn and Garden Services. He is always happy to offer friendly, professional advice and help 01264 570111, 07739 789483 www.shrekfeet.com

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This 2-hour morning workshop will start with a short flower walk around Harmony Woods to help you to discover which flowers you do already know. Our ‘flower guides’ will then help you to pick out features needed to make accurate identifications which, together with art and craft activities, treasure hunt and games will ensure you leave being able to name 6 new wild flowers. In the afternoon you can try out and share your skills with visitors to a community event in the wood. Our annual programme of workshops is free to both existing and new volunteers. If you have not yet donated time to the charity but are interested in doing so we welcome all offers of help, no matter how small and would be delighted to offer you a place on this workshop. For more information and to book a place contact: volunteers@ andovertrees.org.uk

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local chamber choir is commemorating the end of World War 1 a hundred years ago with a reflection in words and music at St Mary’s Church, Andover on Saturday 14th July. The Harmonium Singers are well known for their thoughtful programmes of smaller-scale choral music often combined with powerful words. ‘Beyond War, Music of Peace’ will be no exception and promises to be a moving experience. The main work in the programme will be John Rutter’s Requiem, accompanied by a small, high-quality instrumental ensemble. Other music will feature music by composers directly affected by the war, either as active participants, or influencers of that generation and those influenced by them. Hence there will be music by Stanford, Parry (who died in 1918), lesser known composers like Edgar Bainton and Patrick Hadley, and inevitably some unfamiliar names whose careers were cut short. The choir’s own fundraising means that the costs of putting on the concert have largely been met already. Ticket money will therefore go to the military charity Combat Stress. The choir’s musical director Bruce Randall explains: ‘In 2014 we marked the centenary of the start of the Great War with the Fauré Requiem, and other music interspersed with words from the trenches. Four years on we have a rather different angle, looking at the lives of affected composers, and a different Requiem. It should be a very thought-provoking and memorable event for the town. And we believe it will be a fitting commemoration in this military area, while directly benefiting military personnel in need.’ The performance begins at 7.30pm in the inspiring setting of St Mary’s Church, Andover. Tickets are £10 in advance from Newbury Building Society, The Lights and choir members, or £12 at the door. Further information: Veronica Bacon 01264 771285 www.harmoniumsingers.org.uk 34

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