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AUGUST 2018 • ISSUE 122 • REACHING 18,750 READERS * • WWW.FORUMPUBLICATIONS.CO.UK STOCKBRIDGE ROMSEY

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A stunning open plan 5 bedroom family home with south west facing gardens. Open plan sitting room, kitchen and dining area, utility room, bedroom with en-suite wet room, two double bedrooms and family bathroom. Master bedroom with en-suite shower room and further double bedroom. Landscaped gardens. Garage and ample car parking

An excellent property in a quiet location with a southerly aspect. Hall, sitting room with fireplace, dining room, kitchen and separate utility, cloakroom, internal door to garage. Main bedroom with dressing room area and en-suite bathroom. Two further bedrooms and family bathroom. Parking and gardens to front. Attractive courtyard gardens to rear.

Guide Price: £675,000

Guide Price: £695,000

Upper Clatford

Stockbridge

An excellent building plot on a secluded level site of 0.36 acre. Situated in the heart of the village and formerly part of the garden of Shirley Lodge. The land has the benefit of Planning Consent (Ref; 18/00423/FULLN) for the construction of a dwelling and detached garage.

A period property set in a rural position close to Stockbridge Common. Hall, sitting room, kitchen, study, utility room, WC. Bedroom with dressing room and ensuite, 2nd Bedroom with ensuite, 3rd Bedroom. Gardens of half an acre and a range of outbuildings and double garage.

Guide Price: £375,000

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now been installed in the hall for your added comfort. Tickets £5.00 from Garden Inn and John Robinson in Stockbridge or online via our website www. stockbridgecinema.org.uk

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Tavern Yard Tales Storytelling for grownups and older children with a sausage and cider supper.A Telling of tales, lusty lies and foul fabrications in a manner most uncommon for these times, but once enjoyed by all goodwives and hones jacks with no guarantees of satisfaction hereby given. Evening entertainment provided by Dave Tonge theYarnsmith of Norwich. 6pm-9pm Tickets early bird £6.00 till 21 July then £8.00. King Johns House, Church Street, Romsey, Hampshire SO51 8BT. Contact telephone: 01794 512200

Alresford Show 9.00am – 6.00pm at Tichborne,Alresford, Hampshire, SO24 0PN. A day out in the countryside that will inform, interest and entertain. Join us for beautiful animals, gorgeous local food and drink, plenty of shopping, children’s free entertainment plus much more.We have plenty of free parking at the showground. Be part of this iconic event, compete, trade or visit, we’d love to see you at the 2018 Alresford Show. Please remember to bring cash to the Show as we there are no ATMs on the Showground.Alresford Show is a registered charity run by volunteers.Visit: alresfordshow.co.uk for more information

1 SEPTEMBER Longstock Village Fete At Longstock Recreation Ground - fete begins at 12.30pm. Brass band, dog show, sheep dog handling, book stall, bottle stall, food stalls, plant stalls, kids quiz, kids games, face painting, bouncy castle, adventure tunnel, tea and cakes, pimms bar, bbq. £1 entry for over 12s.

5 AUGUST Trout 'n About Stockbridge's annual food and craft festival returns once again to Stockbridge High Street from 10am - 4pm. Trout 'n About showcases the best of local food, local produce and local crafts, in a family friendly, outdoor market environment. Parking will be provided in fields at either end of the High Street, from which a FREE King Alfred’s bus shuttle service will run you to the centre of the action.

16 AUGUST Ian House in Concert presented by Weyhill Electronic Organ Society 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

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3 SEPTEMBER Bring Joy & Laughter into your Life with Dancing & Yoga this Autum At Performance Hall,Winchester Discovery Centre SO23 8SB from 4.30pm - 10.30pm. Silvia & Max are starting their new Autumn Season of Dancing Fun & Yoga with a week of Drop in Taster Session for all their Dance &Yoga Classes.Their classes are suitable for all ages from 4 - 99 and all levels - they are great fun, social and very welcoming! Contact: Silvia & Max at Salsa y Sol Dance &Yoga. www.salsaysol.co.uk

The Wallop Vintage Gathering At the Over Wallop sports field between 10am and 4pm.All enquiries to: 01264 781571

The Romsey Show At Broadlands, Romsey. Horses, cattle, sheep, polo, falconry, ferrets, fly fishing, terrier racing, horticulture, poultry, rabbits, and much more! Great war flying display - seven aircraft in aerial combat, children's activities with WWI theme, beggars fair music stage and street food village. www.romseyshow.co.uk

9 SEPTEMBER Stockbridge 10k and Fun Run This chip-timed race starts from Stockbridge School (SO20 6EJ) and follows a route around the beautiful TestValley on both quiet roads and trails. Registration open from 9.00am 10k Race starts at 10.30am 2k Race starts at 10.40am.All profits go to local Stockbridge Charities. www.stockbridge10k.webeden.co.uk

13 - 16 SEPTEMBER Winchester Heritage Open Days Heritage Opens Days are an amazing opportunity to discover hidden places and to try out new experiences. Come and explore four days of events celebrating Winchester's rich cultural heritage. It's fun, fabulous and free! For more information on all events, to book online and to find out about volunteer opportunities visit: www.winchesterheritageopendays.org

28 SEPTEMBER Signs & Symbols: The Hidden Messages In Paintings From 7.00 pm at St Mary’s Church, Broughton Wine and Canapés from 6.15 pm.A talk given by Valerie Woodgate, Lecturer and Guide in Tate Britain, Tate Modern and Lecturer for The Arts Society (formerly NADFAS).Tickets £15 each, available from 1 July, from WestView Stores, Broughton & Broughton Crafts, Stockbridge. Proceeds in aid of St Mary’s Church. For more information, contact Gabrielle Tait 01794 301283

OCTOBER 2 OCTOBER Stockbridge Amateur Dramatic Society Curtain Calls Come along and be entertained by readings and performances from plays, poems and novels based around the theme of ‘Arrivals and Departures’ on Tuesday 2nd October at 7.30 pm at Stockbridge Town Hall. Or, even better - we’d love you to take part, so if you fancy having a go, please email stockbridgeamdrams@gmail.com or call Mark Frank on 0773 887 4040. No experience necessary!

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29 AUGUST Stockbridge Community Cinema: Finding Your Feet (12A) On the eve of retirement a middle class, judgmental snob (Imelda Staunton) discovers her husband has been having an affair with her best friend and finds refuge with her estranged, bohemian older sister Bif (Celia Imrie). But could the change in scenery and dynamic be just what Sandra needs, especially when she joins a community dance class? Showing at Stockbridge Town Hall SO20 6HE at 4.30pm and 7.30pm. Doors open 30 minutes before the start time.Air conditioning has

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UNTIL 4 SEPTEMBER Hampshire Art Exhibition The Wykeham Gallery, High Street, Stockbridge, Hampshire: Mixed Exhibition of Gallery Artists: Peter Graham, Julie Collins, Maggie Cochran, Mary Pym and Michael Bennallack Hart. www.wykehamgallery.co.uk

Romsey Male Voice Choir Concert St Peter’s Church are organising a concert featuring the popular Romsey MaleVoice Choir and Rookwood School at St Mary’s Church,Andover at 7pm on Saturday 13th October 2018.The concert is in aid of SwindonYoung Carers and St Peter’s Church, Goodworth Clatford,Tickets £12, children £6, available from Andover Framing, Clatfords and Abbotts AnnVillage Stores and Jane Eastwood Tel: 01264 353320

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TICHBORNE PARK, ALRESFORD

ack in the Spring, a famous weekly farming magazine ran an article about the surging popularity of agricultural shows. This raised a few eyebrows here at the Alresford Agricultural Show HQ where (and we hesitate to sound smug) we count our blessings every year as we survey the beautiful Tichborne Park on the first Saturday in September; it’s a splendid rural scene, and we fully expect to see it once again this year, on the first of the month.

It will be a magnificent sight. The parkland will be chock full of farm machinery – everything from the shiniest modern sat-nav guided combine harvester to vintage kit that predates GPS by a dozen decades. Some of the old machines will be sweetly putt-putting their way round the ring, some rural behemoths will be blacking out the hoped-for Autumnal sun as they throb their way round the arena. There will be farm livestock of all sorts: some of it big, some of it small, some of it old, some of it a more recent arrival in the English countryside. Each and every animal will be polished and pampered, ready for the show ring, accompanied by a proud handler just desperate to answer your questions. The quieter rural crafts like horticulture and beekeeping will be well represented, too – horticulture, bee-keeping and a hundred others tucked away in a peaceful corner of the show ground.

You might not want peace and quiet.You might to feast on local food, quaff local ale, have an undignified boogie to a couple of bands, learn to juggle, cuddle a beagle and bet on a ferret race – if that’s your idea of the perfect day out, it’ll all be there.

But most importantly, our visitors will be there. If the Met Office Muppets are right, we farmers will have finished harvest thanks to the promised long hot summer. We’ll be there, having a good moan if harvest was bad, and probably doing the same if it was good (it’s what we do best, after all).

Best of all, though, will be farming’s customers – those who eat our bread, drink our beer, and enjoy our milk and meat. So come along and join them, as Summer quietly turns to Autumn, and enjoy a warm welcome to a little glimpse into our farming world. Get your tickets soon though; something tells me the Alresford Show will be as popular as ever. Tickets prices: Adult £15, Senior £13, Children 11-16 £5. Buy before 25 August and save £2 per ticket. Tickets available online from: www.alresfordshow.co.uk or Six West - Alresford, Mole Country Stores - Winchester & Wickham, Bishops Waltham Post Office, Bishop's Waltham & Alton Herald Offices.

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ALRESFORD 2018 SHOW TICHBORNE PARK 1st SEPTEMBER (9am - 6pm)

A GREAT DAY OUT FOR ALL THE FAMILY • • • • • • • • • • •

The Sheep Show Pony Club Relay Donkey Derby Shire Horse Competition Classic Car Display Carriage Driving Horse Jumping Display of Vintage Machinery Beagle, Hounds & Bloodhounds Bee & Honey Show Birds of Prey & Flying Display

• Farmyard Fun Playground • Grand Parade of Champion Livestock • Mill Cottage Farm Animal Petting • Rural Craft Village • Fit2Cook, Educational fun for children • Food & Craft Tents • The Alresford Ukulele Jam (with free workshops) • Dog Show

• The Thomas Lord Old Gits • Horticultural Show • Juggling Jake (with free workshops) • Punch & Judy • Poultry Tent • Ferrets & Ferret Racing • Cattle, Sheep, Goats & Pigs • Education Tent • Local Ales & Cider • 150+ Trade Stands

SAVE £2 A TICKET BUY YOUR TICKETS IN ADVANCE Advance tickets can be purchased before 25th August from: Six West, West Street, Alresford / Alton Herald Office Market Street, Alton / Bishops Waltham Post Office - High Street, Bishops Waltham / Mole Country Stores - Easton Lane, Winchester / Mole Country Stores - Fareham Road, Wickham

or online at: www.alresfordshow.co.uk

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Winchester Heritage Open Days 2018

13th to 16th September

his September, Heritage Open Days, the nation’s favourite heritage festival, returns to Hampshire with four fabulous days in which to discover, celebrate and experience local history and architecture.

With more than 100 events to choose from, Winchester Heritage Open Days provide a wonderful day out for the whole family and every event is completely FREE! Some you can just turn up to but others need to be booked in advance. This year, our Extraordinary Women theme ties in with the centenary of some women gaining the right to vote but it also allows us to shine a spotlight on some of Hampshire’s own incredible women whose achievements and stories have sometimes been forgotten or overshadowed. The festival programme is now out and, not surprisingly, tickets are already flying out the door for special one-off events as well as the much-coveted behind-the scenes tours of buildings not normally open to the public. Do visit our website now and book early to avoid disappointment. Organised and run entirely by volunteers, the festival relies on the goodwill and generosity of many businesses, organisations and individuals. We are immensely grateful to all of them and particularly to our lead sponsor, Winchester College for its ongoing support and for opening its doors to so many wonderful events this year. However, the festival’s future depends on being able to meet its running costs. We are delighted to announce that Michael Wood will host our special fundraising event on the eve of the festival and chair a discussion with a panel of eminent historians on The Legacy of Alfred: the Anglo-Saxons and the birth of England. We do hope you will be able to join us and show your support. We look forward to welcoming you to Winchester Heritage Open Days. Some of this year’s highlights…

Talks

• Pete Brown - From Orchard to Glass:The Magic of Cider, The Stable, 13th September • Dr Tim Hands - Shakespeare’s First Folio, New Hall, Winchester College, 13th September • Gen Sir Antony Walker KCB - What did you do in the war Mummy?, St Bartholomew’s Church, 14th September • Dr Jane Robinson - ‘Hearts and Minds’:The Untold Story of The Great Pilgrimage, Winchester Discovery Centre, 15th September • Kate Holt - Surviving Afghanistan, Hampshire Record Office, 15th September • Dame Jenni Murray interviewed by The Very Rev'd Catherine Ogle, Dean of Winchester, A History of the World in 21 Women, New Hall, Winchester College, 16th September 8

Walking Tours

• Andrew Bentley - A Garden Walk in Jane’s Footsteps, Chawton House, 13th September • George Saumarez Smith - Architectural Tour of the Cathedral’s Inner Close, 13th & 14th September • Huw Thomas - Peninsular Barracks, 15th & 16th September • Dr Sue Anderson-Faithful, Women of Winchester Historical Walk, 16th September

Performances

• Sir Walter’s Women by 2TimeTheatre, The Great Hall, 14th & 15th September Photo • Fragments of Winchester by Blue Apple Theatre, The Pilgrims’ Hall, Pilgrims’ School, 15th September Photo • Madding Crowd Musical Evening, The Pilgrims’ Hall, Pilgrims’ School, 15th September • Loose Muse Poetry, Church of St Lawrence in The Square, 16th September

Behind the Scenes

• The Grange, Grange Park, Northington, 13th & 14th September • Winchester College Archives, College Street, 13th/14th/15th September Photo • Winchester Book Bindery, P&G Wells Bookshop, College Street, 14th & 15th September • Hursley House, Hursley Park Road, 16th September

Family events

• Hyde900 Tile - Making Workshop, Inner Close Lawn, Winchester Cathedral, 13th/14th/15th/16th September • Medieval Queens Workshop, The Great Hall, 15th September • Tales at the Mill, Winchester City Mill, Bridge Street, 15th September • Chesil Railway Tunnel, Old Station Approach off Chesil Street, 15th & 16th September

Fundraising Event

• Michael Wood and guests, The Legacy of Alfred: the Anglo Saxons and the birth of England, Winchester Discovery Centre, 12th September. Tickets £12.50 www.hants.gov.uk/shop For more information, programme and bookings visit: www.winchesterheritageopendays.org Winchester Tourist Information Centre, Winchester Guildhall, High Street, Winchester, SO23 9GH

HODs are an amazing opportunity to discover hidden places and to try out new experiences.

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Winchester Heritage Open Days: 13-16 September 2018

Come and explore four days of events celebrating Winchester’s rich cultural heritage. It’s fun, fabulous and FREE!

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The Vine Wedding Drama

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2018

The Vine Yard, High Street, Stockbridge, SO20 6HF

Have fun at the Vine Yard celebrating and join in with our fun: Hen Party, Wine, Canapes, Stockbridge Marquees, Hair, Jewellery, Bridal Gowns, Pianos, Pianist Singers and much much more! With thanks to:

Atelier Jeweller

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Leisure THE ROMSEY SHOW: SEPTEMBER 8TH

Wellbeing BRING JOY & LAUGHTER INTO YOUR LIFE WITH DANCING & YOGA!

ere we are in the height of Summer enjoying the sunshine and the long hours of daylight. Those lazy hazy days of Summer invite us to sit back and maybe reflect a little on our life. Do I like my life the way it is at the moment? Is there anything I could bring to my life to enhance it?

n Saturday 8th September, The Romsey Show will be taking place at Broadlands in Romsey. The Show is one of the largest one-day country shows in the South. Run by a large team of dedicated volunteers, the show provides a fantastic day out with something for all the family to enjoy! In the President’s Ring, cheer on the thrill-seeking Stunt Riders, watch an exciting demonstration from New Forest Polo and look to the sky for the magnificent Bremont Great War Display Team. Airborne Product Support Ltd are sponsoring this glorious display of World War aircraft. Attractions across the Showground include the popular Countryside Area with plenty of ‘have a go’ opportunities, livestock and equine classes, vintage machinery, live music and stunning floral displays. Have a go at fly fishing, hold a chick and bring your dog to take part in the family dog show. The Show welcomes a wide range of local businesses and organisations, with shopping opportunities galore. The dedicated Food Zone, complete with bandstand and picnic area, offers a variety of food and drink from local producers using quality ingredients. The Food Zone is also home to the cooking demonstration theatre, featuring some of the region’s top chefs including Andy MacKenzie, Executive Chef of Lainston House Hotel and James Forman, Executive Chef for New Forest Hotels. With free entry to the Show for children aged 11 years and under, there’s plenty of fun activities for all ages including butter and poppy making, the interactive Longdown Mobile Farm, Kids Kitchen, Twistopher and lots more! The Show is an action-packed day, open from 8am – 6pm with free parking – don’t miss out! For discounted advance tickets from August and more information on what’s on, visit www.romseyshow.co.uk.

We listen to the carefree laughter of children – their joyful chuckles – and say to ourselves: oh, how wonderful it would be to laugh like this again! How wonderful to not have a care in the world and just enjoy the moment! How could I bring this carefreeness back into my life? Well, the answer is right on your doorstep: Silvia & Max’s Dance & Yoga Classes provide you with the opportunity to bring Joy & Laughter back into your Life: they are welcoming, friendly and filled with Joy & Laughter! You may dance your Heart out at their Zumba & Zumba Gold Classes to some fabulous dance tracks you know well! Or maybe Salsa takes your fancy: Latin Music is naturally uplifting – or how about West Coast Swing: being able to dance to all the dance tracks you hear on the radio or play on your phone! You may be at a stage in your life, where you feel ready to take a journey inwards: that deepest part inside all of us is nothing but Joy & Bliss! Life is meant to be enjoyable! Yoga is the most wonderful way of taking that journey back home to that joyful, blissful place inside of you! All the usual benefits of Yoga like becoming more flexible, enhancing your mood, sleeping better, becoming calmer and stronger, and so much more…are just wonderful “side effects”! – it is really all about coming home to that joyful & blissful YOU! Do you feel inspired to bring Joy & Laugher back into your Life? then join Silvia & Max in their Autumn Season of Dancing Fun & Yoga for all Ages starting on Mon 3Sep 2018 with a week of Taster Sessions for all their Dance & Yoga Classes! Salsa y Sol Dance & Yoga www.salsaysol.co.uk

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Tickets £12, children £6, available from Andover Framing, Clatfords and Abbotts Ann Village Stores and Jane Eastwood Tel: 01264 353320

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Wellbeing MOVEMENT ECOLOGY

What are the main diseases we see in captive animals? Cardiovascular disease, musculoskeletal pain, diabetes, obesity, anxiety, depression. Sound familiar? So what can we do, I ask, as I sit here in front of my laptop, only stretching my eye muscles to focus 2 feet in front of me, eating lunch from my delivered Graze box (reality check)? Katy says ‘you need to move more than you do right now.You not only need to move more, you need to move better.You not only need to move more and better, you must move with others, and move through, around and over some natural terrain. Move at your job, or move jobs, move homes or at least move furniture around or out of your home.’ What am I doing to increase my own movement and that of others? I’m going to walk (hop, skip and jump) to my local shops and buy locally produced, in season, organic food and carry it home. Inspired? Intrigued? Curious? Read Movement Matters by Katy Bowman and dive into a world of squats, bare feet, bugs, breathing and why YOUR movement matters.

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tasis and convenience are a prison cell where your body rots’ Ben Pobjoy.Wow, what a powerful statement! I recently attended a truly inspirational workshop in Scotland on movement with the free-thinking, Biomechanist Katy Bowman (go look her up).

I came across Katy about 5 years ago and can credit her with much of my own movement journey. Her work delves deep into the mechanics of our sedentary culture and the vast potential of human movement. Her message is clear, ‘you are how you move.’

Emma Wightman www.the-sop.com

ARE YOU HAPPY IN YOUR ENVIRONMENT?

In her more recent work she has expanded this beyond the individual to consider our relationship with sedentarism, privilege and nature.We are pretty familiar with the concept of how the environment in which we live influences how we move (how many chairs v how many bottoms in your home?). But consider this; the way we move will also influence our environment, from our office and home space, to the community, city, country, and even the world in which we live.This is movement ecology. The convenience that you have grown to expect, accept and love is not only driving your own sedentarism and ‘body rot’, but also that of the man, woman or child that is laboring to provide it for you. Being seated is very much linked to consumerism and materialism. If you’re not moving, someone else is moving for you, either directly or indirectly by making stuff to make not moving easier for you. What can you think of that you use that means that you move less? It needn’t be the big stuff like a car or escalator.What about the tiny tea bag,TV remote control, electric tooth brush, electronic car key….? How much movement have you lost by accepting these conveniences and so many others? See how the choice to move (or not) is presented to us everyday, but how often we select the most sedentary choice without a second thought. In order for you to not walk around the car unlocking doors, turning your wrist or getting up to change the channel you have accepted a load of rubbish, plastic (landfill) and a battery. And another human has had to labour and another ecosystem is being destroyed to fulfill our love of convenience.We have a role in the ecosystem, and it is not an immobile one sitting comfortably at the top of the food chain as we have been taught. Our role is dynamic, proactive and integrative, and ultimately critical to all other living things on this planet. The majority of us live apart from nature, and health care practitioners are now dealing with the physical and mental effect of this separation. Our lack of movement, and our lack of movement in nature means we are essentially living like animals in captivity. 14

oes your environment work well for you? Is what you need right where you need it, when you need it? Or do the rooms you live in just accommodate your stuff? Could you do with the equivalent of a pond Sludge Buster, to clear the piles of unsorted papers, unworn clothes, unused recipe books, unfinished lotions in the bathroom, musty spices in the kitchen… all those accumulated reminders of past times and intended futures?

Our homes, if we are fortunate enough to have them, are where we stash our food, sleep, nurture our young, shelter from the weather.They are places to escape to from social pressures, and rest from the daily efforts to survive. Our living spaces feel safe and comfortable mainly because they are familiar.They are where we like to think we can ‘be ourselves’. But once your basic needs are met, you will not feel better to go on filling your space with things you can’t decide what to do with, or don’t have time to use, or which you hardly see any more except to edge around or to look behind when you have lost something else. Our possessions can become a burden and our surroundings confine us, instead of making us feel more calm and free. If your life is feeling empty or stuck, any little change for the better will make you feel livelier; and the place to start is where you already are, or where you spend most time. But the latest in kitchen and bathroom fittings or an even bigger television or sofa will not add up to less stress. For a lasting home improvement, change your mind, not your décor. Do you want to be less anxious, more assertive? Begin with your immediate environment. Do you want more time to devote to what you love and value most? Then consider overhauling the way you manage the spaces you live and work in.You are in your element when nothing in your surroundings impedes or distracts you, but on the contrary, silently supports you in doing and being your best. www.annapowell.com

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STOCKBRIDGE OSTEOPATHIC PRACTICE

Osteopathy and Cranial Osteopathy Emma Wightman, registered osteopath and antenatal teacher. A gentle, hands on approach for newborns through to adulthood and in pregnancy.

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Professional FINALISTS ANNOUNCED FOR TEST VALLEY BUSINESS AWARDS 2018

Hendry Taylor of Taylored IT, judge of this year’s Doing Business Locally Award said of this year’s finalists “With so many entries of such high quality, judging has been a - very welcome! - challenge this year, actually it has been very hard to select the finalists. Congratulations to all the finalists.To have come this far is a wonderful achievement.” Tickets are now available for the Test Valley Business Awards Gala Dinner & Awards Ceremony at the Museum of Army Flying on 13th September; costing just £55 a ticket, to include sumptuous 3-course meal and welcome drink. To book tickets, please visit: https://tvba2018galadinner. eventbrite.co.uk. For more information about this year’s Gala Dinner & Awards Ceremony, please visit: www.tvbawards.org.uk

CITY CENTRE REGENERATION GIVEN CRUCIAL GREEN LIGHT

ith 2 months to go until the fantastic Gala Dinner & Awards Ceremony on 13th September, it is now time to announce the shortlist of 18 finalists across the Test Valley Business Awards’ 6 categories for 2018. More than 220 entries were received, from businesses large and small, the largest number in the awards’ 14-year history. This year’s judges, who represent the Awards’ generous Gold Sponsors, have scrutinised the entries, spoken to and visited some of the most enterprising and inspiring businesses within Test Valley. The judges have grappled with the very difficult task of selecting just 18 exceptional local businesses as this year’s finalists. Commiserations and thanks for entering go to those not selected this year.

The Test Valley Business Awards 2018 finalists are: Businesswoman of the Year Award • Stephanie Barnett of Pure Human Resources • Lisa Armstrong of Active Staff Ltd. • Alana Penkethman of Parker Bullen LLP Employer of the Year Award – sponsored by Simplyhealth • UCPS Learning Ltd. • MOR Solutions Ltd. • VuePoint Solutions Ltd. Small Business of the Year Award – sponsored by Wilkins Kennedy • Martial Art World LLP • Pure Human Resources • Wathen Marine Catering Equipment Services Ltd. Innovation & Technology Award – sponsored by The University of Southampton Science Park • VivaMOS Ltd. • VuePoint Solutions Ltd. • Inflowmatix Ltd. New Business of the Year – sponsored by Test Valley Borough Council • CoCo’s Canine Creche Ltd. • Vista Glaze Ltd. • VivaMOS Ltd Doing Business Locally Award – Sponsored by Taylored IT • CoCo’s Canine Creche Ltd. • The Sheep Shed Gallery • The Greyhound on the Test

entral Winchester’s regeneration has been given the green light with the highly anticipated adoption of a Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) for the area.The SPD incorporates the views of Winchester’s residents, businesses, students and visitors and follows extensive engagement and consultation throughout the district over the last 18 months. The vision for the Central Winchester Regeneration (CWR) area is for the delivery of a mixed-use, pedestrian friendly quarter that is distinctly Winchester and supports a vibrant retail, cultural and heritage offer which is set within an exceptional public realm and incorporates the imaginative re-use of existing buildings. Together with the Local Plan, the SPD will be a material consideration for any Central Winchester planning applications which will ensure aspirations for the area are preserved.The Council will be working with a range of experts and other landowners in the area to incrementally bring the regeneration vision for Central Winchester to fruition.

Throughout the regeneration, the Council will be looking for short and medium term development opportunities to ensure it continues to thrive for residents, tourists and businesses. Some of the improvements include: • Improving the overall look and feel of the public realm, including the Broadway • Refurbishing the Antiques Market to meet the needs of the anticipated locally based children’s theatre company tenant • Redeveloping Coitbury House into modern office accommodation • Negotiating with businesses interested in using vacant office and shop space until the buildings are needed for redevelopment • Working with Winchester School of Art to incorporate artwork on the site, including a mural at the Bus Station. In addition, the eminent archaeologists behind the guidance for CWR’s approach to archaeology will be returning to Winchester to participate in a series of events to enable people to hear more about the Archaeology Advisory Panel’s report and recommendations. www.winchester.gov.uk

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Jane's Kitchen CHICKEN AND SAUSAGE CASSEROLE

Ingredients

∙ 8 - 10 Chicken legs ∙ 8 - 10 good quality pork sausages ∙ 1 large onion ∙ 1 glove of garlic (optional) ∙ 1 tall can of chick peas or cannelloni beans ∙ 440ml dry cider ∙ 225ml apple juice ∙ 1 teaspn. Mixed dried herbs or if available 3 sprigs of fresh thyme. ∙ Oil for frying

Method

Slice the onion and crush the garlic if using. Fry gently without browning until soft, remove to a large casserole dish. Fry the chicken legs and sausages in batches and add to the onions. Pour the cider into the frying pan and

deglaze gathering up any residual juices. Pour over the chicken and sausages, add the apple juice, beans and herbs mixing all together gently. Cover and cook in a moderate oven 150 - 160C for approximately one hour until chicken is cooked and beginning to fall off the bone.

To finish

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Stockbridge now has a dedicated Whisky shop We have hand-picked a great selection of diverse Whiskies and Whisky related products to tempt you in for a relaxing experience as you browse and taste our stock. If you cannot find your perfect tipple in stock we will try to get it for you. Competitivley priced, we try to price match the main online retailers where possible and have lots of bottles open to try before you buy. We hold regular formal tasting sessions as well as informal or private.

Our passion for excellence and Whisky is what inspired us in the beginning For more information: e: jenni@thelws.co.uk www.thelws.co.uk the little whisky shop • @thelittlewhiskyshop 1-3 HIGH STREET, STOCKBRIDGE, SO20 6HF

HAMPSHIRE PEOPLE

The Forum talks with James Martin

e lives in both Yorkshire and Hampshire, and now runs The Kitchen, a restaurant and cookery school at the prestigious Chewton Glen Hotel in the New Forest.

Does James enjoy the pressure of cooking live on television? “I love the pressure, it’s no different to working in a professional kitchen. Cooking is a craft you can never master and that’s what makes you strive to be better. For example, last night’s service in the restaurant, (Chewton Glen), was fantastic, really busy. All the customers were happy, so the front of house and back staff were happy too. When it all goes well you can’t believe you’re lucky enough to be doing this job.” When choosing ingredients for the restaurant does James support local producers? “Yes, of course, where possible. But we are cooking for large numbers of people all the time – it was one hundred people last night, so if I need two hundred halibut then I go where I can source best quality product.”

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James Martin needs no introduction. As restaurateur, celebrity chef, author of seventeen books and host of at least eighteen television travel and cookery programs, he is one the nation’s favourite personalities.

Does James despair of our dietary excesses of processed foods? “No, not really. Look at the difference in the food culture compared to thirty years ago. People have so much choice now and it’s up to them to make their decisions.”

“I came to Hampshire twenty-three years ago; I love the coastline, and especially Beaulieu and the Isle of Wight.” From his native Yorkshire, James left Scarborough Technical College and went directly to Hostellerie de Plaisance in France, one of the many Michelinstarred restaurants James has worked in. Was that move a real culture shock? “No, not really. I had been going to France on holiday with my parents for years. Even at the age of ten I was in the French kitchens helping out. I wanted to cook so badly! I left school with one ‘O’ Level in art, but it didn’t matter - cooking was my passion.” That passion served James well. On his return to the UK, he joined Gerard Basset and Robin Hutson, founders of Winchester’s Hotel du Vin, as Head Chef. He was just twenty-two. Can James recollect the most memorable meal he has eaten? “I think The Waterside Inn at Bray. It has Michelin threestar status and is better than anywhere. It’s excellent in both front and back of house.” I asked James for whom he’d like to cook if he had the choice. Despite the fact he must have a wide range of celebrity customers, his choice was heartfelt. “My late grandmother. She was a fantastic cook and passed all her knowledge on to my mother. Sunday lunch was always for ten or twelve people with everything home cooked, the most fantastic and memorable meals.You can’t beat a good roast! My grandmother was also a huge fan of ‘Strictly Come Dancing,’ so she would have loved to see me on that!”

James is well known for his love of cars. Would he describe himself as a ‘petrol-head chef ’? He laughs, “ Yes quite possibly! I learnt to fly at Goodwood in West Sussex and still remember my old Mini! We may well do some more travel food programs when I drive around in a nice car. We’ll see!” So what next for James Martin? “God knows!! I’d be lost without my mother, my phone and my PA, that’s for sure! But listen, I feel very privileged to do my job, I’m so lucky. If I can inspire youngsters to cook then that makes me happy.” James is preparing a meal as we chat, so what’s for supper? “Roast pork-like I say you can’t beat a good roast!” GG 21

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Trout 'n About

Sunday 5th August

rout ‘n About is a thriving local food festival which takes place in the market town of Stockbridge on the first Sunday of August every year. With over 100 stalls showcasing the very best of local food, produce and crafts, it is a great family fun day out – you can even hop on an old 1964 King Alfred Bus to get right to the centre of the action from the free car parks at either end of the high street! The festival is a great fun, free day out with something to enjoy for all ages. Children can visit the Kids Zone on the football field, complete with Juggling Jake, face painting, Test Valley Arts bus and kids rides, whilst adults can sample delicious produce as they sip on a cider and tap their feet to some excellent live music. New for 2018, we’ve even got a ‘mock wedding’ happening throughout the day in the courtyard behind The Vine – an excellent collaboration between the surrounding shops to demonstrate how much of your wedding planning you could get done just on Stockbridge High Street! Stockbridge is a wonderful town to visit; great shops, pubs, restaurants and lovely walks through the local countryside and along the famous River Test. The wide high street and market town history lends itself perfectly to a big street trading event such as Trout ‘n About.

The event is a not-for-profit enterprise and runs entirely on a volunteer committee, sponsorship from local businesses and a mass of volunteers on the day. The festival commenced in 2008 as an initiation by Stockbridge Area Partnership (SAP) in response to demand for a local foodies event, and it has organically grown from there due to the support of the local community, volunteers and stallholders keen to return.

Trout ‘n About has four main objectives: • • • •

To promote regional quality food, produce, local crafts and provide a platform for local businesses To raise money to support the local community To raise the profile of Stockbridge and celebrate its market history To provide an enjoyable event for the wider community and visitors

One of the key attractions of Trout ‘n About is being able to show the public what fantastic produce and fare they can source from the local area, and what amazing works are being created. Seeing all the producers and artisans together really is something very special. These events are also therefore platforms for local businesses to meet and engage with new crowds and hopefully pick up some new customers! Trout ‘n About 2018 is on Sunday 5 August from 10am – 4pm and we look forward to seeing you there!

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Retail STOCKS AT THE VINE, STOCKBRIDGE

Pop in to see our divine cashmeres,

n case you have not discovered us yet we are one of the new shops in Stockbridge in the newly converted old Vine Inn and have been open since the end of October last year and we warmly welcome you to visit.

Our stock range is very wide from lovely Cashmeres, tops and pretty dresses - mainly sourced from Italy, France and U.K. to an extensive range of gifts and unusual cards. Environmentally friendly products such as Chilly bottles which keep their contents piping hot for 12 hours and very cold for 24. They save us using plastic bottles which is very important to protect our precious planet. Recycled coffee cups are now the most beautiful note cards and a lovely gift to receive. Some of our shopping baskets are made of 70% recycled plastic bottles in very soft pretty colours which help support a community in China. Our baby products are French and just so cute! Not to mention our easily addictive, DL jeans, made from Eucalyptus and Beech wood, with a four way stretch, the softest of touches and we will soon welcome our black velvet and Swarovski crystal autumn collection! Also very environmentally sensitively produced. Pashminas and cashmere shawls are available on a twenty four hour service if we do not have the exact colour to match that certain difficult outfit. Customer service is very important to us and we try our hardest to offer only the best. Follow us on Instagram, Facebook and do visit our website www.shopatstocks.com but best of all pop in and see us! Stocks at The Vine High Street, Stockbridge SO20 6HF Tel: 01264 883034

indulgent candles, cards and extensive carefully selected gifts

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N FINE ART AUCTIONEERS & VALUERS

MONTHLY ANTIQUES & INTERIORS AUCTION Saturday 4th August Viewing: Friday 3rd, 10am to 7pm Sale morning from 8.30am Bidding starts 10am on sale days

Illustrated catalogues available to view online at www.the-saleroom.com www.andrewsmithandson.com Enquiries: t:01962 735988 e:auctions@andrewsmithandson.com THE AUCTION ROOMS, MANOR FARM, ITCHEN STOKE, ALRESFORD SO24 0QT

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Community

POCKET THEATRE RAISE £1,000 FOR PLAYGROUND!

“Pocket Theatre were brilliant and gave everyone a really enjoyable evening – huge thanks go to them and everyone who helped and attended on the night!” said Claudia Rogers of Lockerley and East Dean Playground Committee. We think the playground will cost at least £60,000 so we're firing on all cylinders to try and get it built in the next year or two – in the last four months we have: • Held a bluebell walk and cream tea which raised £470 • Applied for several different grants and are awaiting news! • Started a monthly cake sale at Lockerley Green Stores – local residents are working together to sell homemade cakes in the shop on the first Saturday of every month. So far we have raised £159.50 and will hopefully raise close to £1,200 over the course of a year • Sent out questionnaires to local residents to get their feelings on the playground – all those returned have been very supportive of and excited about the project • Held the Pocket Theatre concert which raised £1,000 • We are running a summer design competition at Lockerley Primary School asking children to design a sign for the playground

n Saturday 30th June the Pocket Theatre company performed their concert of musical highlights in aid of the Jubilee Field Playground for Lockerley and East Dean, successfully raising £1,000 for the cause! Pocket Theatre are an extremely popular local group who perform productions ranging all the way from Shakespeare to pantomime.They enjoyed performing as part of the Romsey Festival last summer and have performed at numerous venues in and around Hampshire.

Education FARLEIGH SCHOOL'S FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS

hree hundred and forty five children took part in Farleigh School's inaugural Arts Week which ran from monday 18th Friday 22nd June. From Year 6's musical, Peter Pan, to the Art Scholars' Exhibition and musical performances galore, it was a true celebration of the children's talents This was a week celebrating the richness and diversity in Farleigh’s arts provision, but first and foremost it was about enjoying the children’s talents and allowing them to express themselves. Pupils took part in 25 different events, drama featured heavily on the agenda with every child in Years 3 to 7 performing.Year 3’s Drama

With all of this and the huge level of support and generosity from local residents and parish councils we have raised £18,000 – with another £42,000 to go we are working hard on an exciting fundraising programme for the rest of the year so watch this space! For more information on the playground or to make a donation: Email: jubileefieldplayground@gmail.com Phone: 01794 340 846 Online donation: www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/jubileefieldplayground

Showcase was based on Roald Dahl’s The Twits,Year 4 performed short plays by Julia Donaldson and Year 5’s presentation centred on the forthcoming centenary of the end of WW1. A real highlight was Year 6’s annual musical: Drewe and Stiles’ adaptation of J. M. Barrie’s Peter Pan. There were numerous Spoken Word events including a Poetry Slam featuring the children’s own compositions, a Public Speaking Showcase and, as the 55th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr’s inspiration ‘I have a dream’ speech draws near,Year 7 presented a fascinating insight into the world of Civil Rights.The highlight of the Art Department’s contribution was undoubtedly the Art Scholars’ Exhibition; a stunning display of talent.That wasn’t it, however, as the whole school was involved in the emerging mural depicting the Georgian house in various lighting conditions. The Recital Hall, in the new Music School, featured performances from soloists and small groups and hosted a ballet performance. A street piano was installed in the courtyard for children to decorate and play upon much to the chagrin of those staff working in the vicinity! The week culminated in the biggest outdoor performance of the year as the Music Department’s 20+ ensembles came together to perform in the annual Summer Soirée. The most ‘hotly’ contested event took place in the Food Technology Room where 15 semi-finalists battled it out to see who would make the final of The Great Farleigh Bake Off.The talent on display was quite astonishing, the winner demonstrating consistently excellent baking in all three rounds. Director of Music, Marcus Reeves sums up the week: “A huge round of applause should be given to the 345 children whose creativity, imagination, flair and brilliance resulted in so many memorable and enjoyable performances.”

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CONTEMPORARY CATHOLIC CO-EDUCATIONAL 3-13

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Hampshire Open Studios 18th - 27th August

Painting by Clive Roberts of Romsey Art Group

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ampshire Open Studios is an annual art trail where the visiting public can meet artists in their homes, studios and galleries free of charge.

The first Hampshire Open Studios was back in 2000 and now 18 years later we have grown in size and offer even more to visitors. With over 250 venues open, in the ten days leading up to bank holiday Monday 28th August, visitors get the chance to meet the makers direct, learn more about the work and we offer a range of participatory workshops. Our colour catalogue has more details or view online – if you are not sure where to start some mini-trails have been suggested for each area around the county. Visitors can also enter a prize draw to win £100 towards artwork from your favourite Hampshire Open Studios artist. There are a wide variety of venues to see along with every type of art and craft on offer in the region. Entry is free and to find your nearest venue check the website or look out for the pink direction arrows that will guide you to the artists’ doors. New for 2018 is Illustrator Jonathan Chapman at Martyr Worthy. Jonathan’s work includes figurative painting and illustration, colourful landscapes and cityscapes inspired by Winchester and popular destinations from around the world. As well as original canvases he will be selling prints and cards. Or travel into the city of Winchester which has over 16 studios to visit in close proximity and within easy access of train or central parking. As usual Romsey, Stockbridge and Andover all have a great wealth of arts and crafts on display. A must see is Romsey Art Group who show at Lee in their beautiful gallery on the Mountbatten

Estate. The exhibition includes paintings, pottery, prints and cards for sale. Another interesting visit would be to Blackstone-Chalk in Dunbridge. Here you can see unique solid pieces of furniture, by Matthew Chalk. Each handmade rustic furniture piece is designed, beautifully hand crafted and made from reclaimed wood wherever possible. Head north of Andover to Upton and visit Rebecca Maynard who is showing unique handmade ceramic sculpture, painting and drawings, inspired by the ocean, light and landscape. Calming seascapes in watercolour and inks, and ceramic heads, owls and vases. Visit Jerry Smith at Swanmore with studio and temporary exhibition space. Jerry paints in a vivid representational style driven by a passion for detail which has always been evident in his work. Also find out more about workshops and private tuition. Something different is available at BellaCrafts - Set within an historic activity and craft barn at the Fair Oak Garden Centre. This venue has a beautiful selection of crafts to tantalise the senses; from sewn projects to mixed media. Mountwood Pottery at Shedfield includes a great mix of arts and crafts. This includes stoneware pottery, handspun and felt by Georgina Hutber, beaded jewellery by Lourentia Doyle, prints and illustrations by Aelfred Hillman. Also, refreshments while you browse! www.hampshireopenstudios.org.uk 18-27th August 2018

with over 250 artist studios and galleries to visit free of charge

HAMPSHIRE open studios

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Arts Feature

DISCOVER YOUR LOCAL ARTISTS WITH HAMPSHIRE OPEN STUDIOS

White Cottage Studio

The Sheep Shed Gallery

Set in a beautiful wild garden in the centre of Andover Keith continues his journey of discovery, presenting a further yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work, his paintings verging on the abstract but with one foot in reality are a delight to behold.

The Sheep Shed Gallery and Tearoom host Andover Arts & Crafts society from 14th August to 1st September.

Following on from his success in St Barbes, Lymington, and the Five Arrows Gallery in Exbury this will be an opportunity to see not just what he does, but how and where. Opening Hours: 10am-5pm from Saturday 18th - 27th August

There is ample, free parking onsite, as well as 12 other craft studios to visit. Opening Hours: Tuesdays: 10am-3pm Wednesdays to Saturdays: 10am-4pm

For more information: Tel: 01264 392411 www.keith-pattison.co.uk 15 Winchester Gardens Andover SP10 2EH

www.sheepshedgallery.co.uk Sheep Shed Gallery, Fairground Craft & Design Centre Weyhill, SP11 0QN

Rosie Tatham Carpet Tales

The Workshop Gallery

Come and see the amazing painted carpet by Rosie Tatham at Riverside Cottage before going to the Riverside Studio to see Bernard Hodder and Kate Measham's work.

I am showing expressive works in a variety of media, and a new range of jewellery. Joined by Annette, who enjoys exploring paint, print, textiles and yarn, we welcome you to our lively collaboration. Refreshments for charity.

It all started with a battered floor and the search for an elegant solution. I painted it with a carpet of flowers, inspired by an oriental rug.This was so successful that I was inspired to continue painting unsuitable surfaces all over Hampshire!

Opening Hours: 10am-5pm from Sunday 18th - Tuesday 21st August & Friday 24th - Monday 27th August

You can see more on my website at www.maryrosetatham.co.uk. Commissions welcome.

For more information: Tel: 01264 353058 Mob: 07794 440769 (Ruth) Mob: 07747 021912 (Annette) ruth@ruthfacey.com annetterhobbs@aol.com www.ruthfacey.co.uk

Riverside Cottage, Bransbury, Nr Barton Stacey, SO21 3QJ

The Workshop Gallery, 2a Bishops Way, Andover, SP10 3EH

Opening Hours: 10am-5pm from Monday 20th - Monday 27th August

We pride ourselves on providing a haven of arts and crafts by local artists; all alongside a delicious array of cakes, treats and homemade lunches.

A Family Affair Ferelith Molteno- vibrant water colours, collages & cards.Vanessa Pease- handmade silver jewellery Gillian Pugh- pen & wash scenes. Guest artist Timothy Brown- stoneware & porcelain ceramics. Wheelchair access to entrance, 2 steps inside. Ample parking. One mile west of Stockbridge on A30 turn LEFT to Broughton. One mile further turn LEFT signposted The Buildings and follow pink arrows. Opening Hours: 10am-5pm; from Saturday 18th - Monday 27th August For information: 07802 661406 Email: tim.ashfield@outlook.com www.vpeasejewellery.co.uk The Barn @ The Buildings, Broughton, Stockbridge, SO20 8BH

Kate Bennett & Wendy Casson Kate Bennett works with watercolour and pattern creating balance with colour and design to produce botantical paintings. She is heavily influenced by textile design as there is always a lot of pattern and an attempt to balance colour and tone. Wendy Casson creates images with textiles and mixed media. Opening Hours: 10am-5pm Sunday 18th - Monday 27th August For more information: Tel: 01264 712028 www.katebennett.art kates.paintbox@gmail.com 2 Catherine's Walk, Abbotts Ann, Andover, SP11 7AS Directions: pass Abbotts Ann school on your left, we are the second turning on the right - then second house on the right

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Culture

STOCKBRIDGE MUSIC: ROGER OWENS IN ST PETER'S CHURCH, STOCKBRIDGE - SATURDAY 15TH SEPTEMBER FROM 7.30PM

EVENTS AT THE SHEEP SHED GALLERY THIS AUGUST Exhibitions at The Sheep Shed Gallery in August ‘Elements’ – an open exhibition of works by local artists from 31st July to 11th August Hampshire Open Studios exhibition from 14th August to 1st September The Gallery will be holding a ‘Delft-Tile Painting’ workshop on Sunday 26th August from 10am to 1pm. Cost is £40pp (including all materials and firing/delivery costs).To book your place, email sheepshedgallery@gmail.com or call 01264 773838 Exhibitions at The Sheep Shed Gallery in August Wand Making – Wednesday 1st August Felted Dragonflies and Butterflies – Wednesday 8th August Paint a Canvas – Wednesday 15th August Felted Unicorns – Wednesday 22nd August For more information, contact Caro at birdtreedesign@mail.com Eco Products at Love & Joy Home Love + Joy Home is an eco-shop at The Fairground which gives customers the chance to reduce their plastic consumption and introduce an eco-friendly ethos into their home. This month, Love + Joy has a great selection of plastic free alternatives including metal straws, bamboo coffee cups and cutlery – perfect for your Summer camping trips! Pop into Love + Joy at Unit 9 of The Fairground to see what other delights you can find for your eco-friendy self!

tockbridge Music brings high quality classical music to Stockbridge at affordable prices. whether performed by professional musicians, top quality students seeking opportunities to perform in public, or local musicians keen on furthering their careers. Our concerts take place in the recently restored Stockbridge Town Hall, or the historic St Peter's Church. Stockbridge.

Programme Scarlatti Sonata in C Kp.132 Mozart Sonata in C, K330 Debussy Pour le Piano Liszt Sonetto 123 del Petraca Sonetto 104 del Petraca Tchaikovsky Nocturne in C sharp minor, Op 19, No.4 Waltz in F sharp minor, Op.40 No. 9 Chopin Etude in B minor, Op. 25, no.10 Etude in C sharp minor, Op.25, no.7 Scherzo No.3, in G sharp minor, Op 39 Tickets: £14 Box Offices: Robinsons Butchers, Stockbridge www.jumblebee.co.uk/stockbridgemusic The Lights Theatre Box Office (01264 368368) Roger Tym (01264 810363) Sponsored by: Hildon Water www.stockbridgemusic.uk 32

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s the seasons move from the fresh abundance of May and June into late summer the garden can begin to feel tired. However, if you have planned ahead the curtains are about to open on a dramatic performance.

Scarlets, oranges and warm yellows are much in evidence at this time of year, creating high impact, excitement and joyful exuberance. Another quality shared by many late summer plants is their stature. Among the giants are the Inulas the largest of which is Inula magnifica, bearing massive leaves and golden yellow daisies. Silphium perfoliatum hails from the American prairies and can reach a towering eight feet high. Other plants of prairie origin are the helianthus such as H. Moerheim Beauty, and Rudbeckia which can vary in size from the giant R. laciniata “Herbstonne” which can achieve a height of 2.5m to the more diminutive R. deamii which flowers reliably for months. Shrubs such as Cotinus coggygria 'Royal Purple' can bridge the seasonal divide with smoky pink flowers in early summer and yellow fruits in August, the leaves being purple with red tinges. Annual sunflowers are now available in some wonderful warm burnt oranges and branch dramatically to produce many flowers. Warm evening light enhances these hues and if you can arrange for low sunlight to illuminate the leaves of a Crocosmia from the back it’s even more thrilling.You can intensify colours by contrast: try Crocosmia “Lucifer” near a deep purple Lobelia “Hadspen Purple” or with a backdrop of Clematis “Etoile Violette” or, for subtler effect, Echinacea “Arts Pride” with Eryngium tripartitum. Finally, all this drama must be accompanied by a supporting cast of cooling green foliage if the eye is not to become tired. Written by Catherine Thomas Tel: 01722 339936 www.catherinethomas.co.uk 34

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awn ants can be a real nuisance, let’s take a look at what can be done to reduce their numbers. Ants, like bees, live in a colony. An ant colony is made up of one or more fertile, egg-laying females and many hundreds, if not thousands of worker ants. The job of the queen, once she has mated, is to stay in the nest and lay eggs. The workers care for the queen and her eggs, protecting and feeding them. House-keeping the nest and foraging for food.

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The eggs are laid deep down in the nest, in a specialised brood chamber. The tiny larvae are fed a liquid diet by the worker ants and when this stage of development is complete they pupate before becoming adult ants – and the circle of life continues. At certain times of year some species of ants produce winged females en-mass which fly off in search of a mate and once mated then find a suitable place to establish their own colony.You’ve probably witnessed this phenomenon yourself, typically on a hot and humid summer’s day. Why are ants in lawns a problem? Most ants in the garden are more of a nuisance than a damaging pest. However, in the UK a number of garden ant species will attack when under threat. Whilst this is unlikely to cause anything more than an unpleasant reaction, it can certainly be enough to spoil a picnic or make you think twice before sitting on the lawn with bare legs. It can be particularly unpleasant for small children wanting to play outside. Other than their bites or the spray of their acid, the other major concern that I come across related to ants in lawns is the damage they cause by bringing soil to the surface whilst excavating their nests. This causes two main problems – the first is that over time their excavations make the lawn uneven and cause ant-hills which are easily scalped as you mow the grass. Secondly the soil they bring to the surface is often flattened under foot or when mowing and can cause the grass to die back through lack of light. In both instances the result is a bare area ideal for the germination of weed seeds or moss spores. Killing lawn ants As gardeners we should be doing all we can to work with nature and not be heavy handed in our approach. However, focussed and

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Sunday 5 August 09.30 Holy Communion

Sunday 12 August 09.30 Holy Communion Sunday 26 August 18.00 Evensong

BROUGHTON O St. Mary's Sunday 5 August 08.00 Holy Communion Sunday 12 August 09.30 Holy Communion Sunday 19 August 08.00 Holy Communion 09.30 Family Service Sunday 26 August 09.30 Family Communion

CHILBOLTON O St. Mary the Less Sunday 5 August 10.00 Family Service Sunday 12 August 10.00 Morning Prayer Sunday 19 August 10.00 Family Communion Sunday 26 August 18.00 Benefice Evensong

CRAWLEY O St. Mary's Sunday 5 August 10.00 Family Communion Sunday 12 August 10.00 Morning Worship Sunday 19 August 08.00 Holy Communion Sunday 26 August 10.00 4th Sunday Worship with Sunday School 44

GOODWORTH CLATFORD O St Peter's Sunday 5 August 09.30 Said Holy Communion 11.00 Family Service Sunday 12 August 11.00 Morning Worship Sunday 19 August 11.00 Matins Sunday 26 August 11.00 Holy Communion

KING'S SOMBORNE O Methodist Church Sunday 5 August 10.30 Morning Worship Sunday 12 August 10.30 Morning Worship Sunday 19 August 10.30 Holy Communion Sunday 22 July 10.30 Morning Worship Sunday 26 August 10.30 Morning Worship

O St. Peter & St. Paul Sunday 5 August 10.00 Parish Communion Sunday 12 August 08.00 Said Communion 10.00 Morning Worship Sunday 19 August 10.00 Parish Communion

Sunday 26 August 08.00 Said Communion 10.00 Matins 16.00 Songs of Praise followed by cream teas

LECKFORD O St Nicholas Sunday 5 August 10.00 Said Holy Communion Sunday 19 August 18.00 Evensong

LITTLETON O St. Catherines Sunday 5 August 16.00 CafÃ© Church in Church Room Sunday 12 August 10.00 Family Communion with Presentation of Confirmation Certificates Sunday 19 August 10.00 Morning Worship 18.00 Peace & Wholeness Sunday 26 August 10.00 Family Communion

LONGSTOCK O St. Mary Sunday 12 August 09.30 All Age Worship 12.00 Baptism Service Haworth Family Sunday 19 August 09.30 Morning Worship Sunday 26 August 09.15 Parish Communion

MOTTISFONT O St. Andrew's Sunday 19 August 09.30 Holy Communion Sunday 26 August 11.00 Family Communion

SPARSHOLT O St. Stephen's Sunday 5 August 08.00 Holy Communion Sunday 12 August 10.00 Welcome Worship Sunday 19 August 10.00 Matins Sunday 26 August 10.00 Family Communion

STOCKBRIDGE O Old St. Peter Sunday 19 August 08.00 Said Holy Communion

O St. Peter Sunday 5 August 11.00 Open Air Service on church lawn (Trout 'n About) Sunday 12 August 10.45 Parish Communion Sunday 19 August 10.45 All Age Worship Sunday 26 August 10.45 Parish Communion

O St. Thomas More (Catholic) Every Sunday 09.00 Mass

WHERWELL O St. Peter & Holy Cross Sunday 5 August 10.00 Holy Communion Sunday 12 August 18.00 Benefice Evensong Sunday 19 August 10.00 Family Service Sunday 26 August 08.00 Holy Communion

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Community FOUR FUN FRIDAYS COMING SOON TO ANDOVER!

Round Storytelling will be narrating the folk tale of the Awongalema Tree and classic fairy tales such as Three Billy Goats Gruff. The popular Heritage Trail Tours will return on the second week, guiding families around the fascinating history of Andover. Places are free but must be booked in advance through The Lights box office on 01264 368368. This year will feature an array of children’s creative workshops from The Artroom and Kaz Trinder, where visitors can make giant flowers and animals from under the sea, in the sky and on the land. Andover Library will be encouraging people to take part in the Summer Reading Challenge and the Army Welfare Service will host a creative writing corner.There will also be a chance to take part in some fun activities with Andover Vision and Test Valley Borough Council’s Recycling Stars. Community and Leisure Portfolio Holder, Councillor Tony Ward, said: “The Four Fun Fridays events have been incredibly successful in recent years.The idea resulted from feedback from local residents and businesses requesting more High Street events. It is set to be a great summer in Andover.” The project has been funded by Section 106 developer contributions for Public Art from Andover Business Park and supports the Council’s ambition for public art in Test Valley to involve, inspire and intrigue. Any local businesses interested in getting involved should contact Faye Perkins, Arts Officer, on 01264 368844. Follow the fun on Facebook to keep up to date with the plans at: www.facebook.com/fourfunfridays.

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