Test Valley Forum Issue 134 - August

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ISSUE 134 / AUGUST 2019 04 What's On

Local events in the Meon Valley

06 Entertainment

Discover local events and days out

in Hampshire.

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08 Literary Lunches at Pittleworth Manor 10 Winchester Heritage Open Days 14 The Alresford Show

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16 Hampshire Open Studios 18 Arts Feature

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Hampshire Open Studios 20 Motoring

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Find local schools and educational experts 24 Wellbeing

Looking after your health and yourself!

26 Retail/Market Square

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Local shopping 28 Garden

Make your garden dream come true.

Or visit local beautiful country gardens 28 Home Trades, services, designers.

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WHAT'S ON? Friday 16

Bexley Phoenix Choir Concert

AUGUST Sunday 4

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.

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Mottisfont & Dunbridge Village Fete

This year's annual village fete will be held at Mottisfont & Dunbridge Village Hall on Sunday 11th August from 1.00 pm - 4.30 pm.

There will be various stalls and games for all ages, demonstrations, a dog show, skittles, dry fly casting, the annual grand draw, ice cream, a licenced bar and barbeque. There's a large car park with free entry and good disabled access.

You'll find Mottisfont & Dunbridge Village Hall five miles north of Romsey on the B3084. Postcode SO51 0LX. For details please phone 01794 340609.

7.30pm at St Mary the Less Church,Village St, Chilbolton S020 6BQ. Programme will include: Look at the world - Rutter, Ecce Novum - Gjeilo, The shadow of your smile - Mandel, Lullaby of Birdland - Shearing, Rhythm of Life - Coleman and lots more.

Come and hear this vibrant young choir from south-east London who are on their concert tour singing in a variety of musical styles from early church music through to classical and romantic era to folk, gospel and popular contemporary songs. Something for Everyone. www.bexleyphoenixchoir.org.uk Tickets £8.00. Students £5.00.

Schoolchildren Free. Available from Lesley 01264 860584 or on the door.

Saturday 17 & Sunday 18

The Cheese & Chilli Festival

The Cheese and Chilli Festival is the only show in the UK which celebrates both Cheese and Chilli within a festival setting. Chilli eating competition, man v food challenge, chilli & cheese tastings, live music and much more. From 10am - 5pm at the North Walls Recreation Ground, Winchester.

Saturday 17 - Monday 26

quARTet Art Group Open Studio

Ali), a highly-educated African-American classical pianist. Together they must rely on “The Green Book” to guide them to the few establishments in the deep south that were then safe for African-Americans. Showing at Stockbridge Town Hall SO20 6HE at 4.15pm 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

SEPTEMBER Saturday 7

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 2019 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

At Stockbridge Town Hall. Liz Dell, Clarissa Russell, Renate West and guest artist showing exciting new work. Abstract, representational art, print and paper. Always popular and stimulating. Open daily 11am - 5pm.

Sunday 25

The Wallop Vintage Gathering and Car Boot sale

Sunday the 25th of August 10am to 4pm free entry Car Boot £7 at Over Wallop Sports Field.For more information: 07771 639879.

Thursday 15

Wehill Electronic Organ Society presents Tim Flint in Concert

Thursday 12

Susie Watson Designs: 'The Magic of Making Things' Book Talk

7.30 p.m. (doors 7 p.m.) at Fairground Hall, Weyhill, Andover, SP11 0QN. An evening of melodic, easy listening, electronic keyboard music. Tickets £5 in advance, from Just Teasin, 40 Bridge Street, Andover - or £6 at the door. a WEOS promotion. Information: 01264 323213. Website: www.weyhill-eos.co.uk

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Saturday 17

Winchester Auto Barn Breakfast Club

From 9am at Winchester Auto Barn, Sutton Scotney, Winchester SO21 3NS. Petrolheads, please join us for a cuppa and a butty. Feel free to bring your pride and joy!

Stockbridge Community Cinema: Green Book (15)

Set in America in 1962, Green Book tells the heart-warming true story of Tony Lip (Viggo Mortensen), a working-class ItalianAmerican bouncer who takes on a job as a chauffeur for Dr Don Shirley (Mahershala

Visit the Susie Watson Designs shop in Alresford on Thursday 12th September and meet Susie, who will give a short talk about our new Book ‘The Magic of Making Things’ and about how we make our beautiful handmade products. Enjoy browsing the huge and beautiful new bedroom at Alresford along with their excellent display of handcarved furniture, hand-printed linens, cushions and ceramics. Alresford’s in-house Interior Designer Laura Pickett and Head of Interior Design, Alex Morrall will also be on hand to offer design advice and inspiration to create the perfect look for your home.

10am – 2pm. Coffee & Cake available to visitors. Books will be reduced to £19 from £25 for the event. www.susiewatsondesigns.co.uk – Susie Watson Designs, 16 West Street, Alresford, Hampshire, SO24 9AT - Tel: 01962 734 171

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FEATURE

LITERARY LUNCHES

AT PITTLEWORTH MANOR

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here was a moment, a couple of weeks ago, when I knew that Pittleworth literary lunches were really doing what I had hoped they would do. As everyone got up to leave at the end of the day, one guest said that she was longing to read The Little White Horse (this was after our children’s literature day) and immediately another guest leant her her her own copy.That is what I wanted: people going away excited to read books, rather than arriving cursing internally because of the hours they had to waste on someone else’s idea of a good book.

And yes, you can have fun and fascinating discussions about literature without having to do homework before hand; I give a short talk and we read extracts on the day and comment on them.

It is hard to believe that it is nearly nine months since my first brave volunteers rolled up for a day here at Pittleworth to road test the idea of literary lunches — discussing country house novels in a country house setting — and I am even more grateful to them now than I was then.

I also know now what I guessed at then; so many of us are fascinated by the country houses in novels. Manderley, Pemberley, Thornfield Hall and all the rest of them are the core of so many favourite reads and, talking of favourite reads, there really are a lot of us Rebecca aficionados out there, aren’t there!

It has been a real joy to welcome so many people to Pittleworth, especially when new faces start to become familiar faces.We’ve held days based round varied themes in country house novels, including the gothic and the country house, women and the country house and children’s books and the country house.

We’ve read bits of everything from The Mysteries of Udolpho to Just William by way of Middlemarch.

As I think back over the days held so far, the thing I remember most is the laughter. ‘There are gusts of laughter coming from

the dining room whenever I go past’ another member of the household commented. Sometimes the veneer of gracious living at Pittleworth has cracked a little. Occasionally, as we talk, a spirited re-enactment of the charge of the Light Brigade seems to be taking place almost overhead — and I know that the children are home from toddler group— and more than once our Newfoundland dog has attempted to put in an appearance (perhaps she wants to offer up her thoughts on Pilot, the Newfoundland in Jane Eyre).

I have learned so much from my guests’ insights and the experiences they bring to the novels.When I started to think about events based around ‘country house novels’, novels where the country house is not simply a setting but virtually a character in its own right, I did wondered if there would be enough novels and enough themes. Now I feel spoilt for choice and will be spending the summer break reading my way through some of the recommendations people have given me.

And this Autumn we will have haunted country houses (in retrospect, rereading The Woman in Black at 2 o’clock in the morning in a dark panelled room was a bad decision).There will be exquisitely furnished (and not so exquisite) country houses, when we look at the interiors of country houses and how novelists create them.

And if you think that a Pittleworth literary lunch might be for you but aren’t sure, why not come along on October 4th? How often do you get to help your local church by being read aloud to?

For more information, please contact Dr Esther Fernandez-Llorente Tel: 01794 301268 www.pittleworthmanor.co.uk

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Pittleworth Manor, a Tudor manor house, just outside of Stockbridge

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The Interior of the Country House

The Haunted Country House

Novels to consider include: Rebecca, Jane Eyre, The Portrait of a Lady.

Novels to consider include: The Portrait of a Lady, The Woman in Black, The Little Stranger.

The rooms inside literary country houses create some of the most memorable images in literature.

What (in literary terms!) are ghosts and how do novelists use them?

What extra dimension does the country house bring to the subject of the supernatural?

How do authors tackle the task of describing the interiors of country houses? How do those interiors reflect and affect the characters? And why are we as readers so effected by these imaginary rooms and the things within them? This subject will enable us to consider the things in literature a little more widely: what do the histories of objects bring to the novel?

Pittleworth itself used to be considered a haunted house: giving us an opportunity to consider how the practicalities of living in a country house contributed to the idea of the haunted house.

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Children of the Country House

The Country House Party

Novels to consider include: The Pursuit of Love, Moondial, The Turn of the Screw, Little Lord Fauntleroy.

Novels to consider include: The Pursuit of Love, The Rising Tide, Mansfield Park, The Shooting Party.

The children who lived in country houses, both in novels and in reality, can be a very ‘unchildlike’ lot: precocious, tragic, frightening or sickmakingly angelic. This is unsurprising, given the strange lives that they led, growing up surrounded by pampered veneration, (benign?) neglect, or almost sadistic treatment, among other experiences. Unsurprisingly, their situation has proved a gift to novelists. When are they victims and when tormentors? How much do they know about the adults around them? How are these young characters affected by their often extraordinary lives in country houses?

Really one wonders why anyone accepts an invitation to a country house party: at least if they read novels. The high possibility of being seduced, ruined financially or socially, robbed or murdered seem rather a high price to pay for the glamour (hopefully), the grandeur and the chance to participate in the upper class ritual par excellence. Yet still, like lambs to the slaughter, some of the best-loved characters in literature go and, judging by the interest in the coming festivities at Downton Abbey, we follow them greedily through the pages. Why? Come and discuss over the champagne …

4/10/2019 ‘A Handful of Readings’ This is an evening event at Pittleworth Manor to raise funds for the churches of St Mary’s, Broughton and St James’s, Bossington. Enjoy listening to a selection of short readings on the theme of ‘The English Country House in Literature’, next to the fire with a glass of something warming, followed by a light buffet supper. There will be an opportunity to view Pittleworth’s historic Tudor murals. All proceeds to the churches. Tickets £32.50 each, or £55 for two. Places strictly limited due to space, please email info@pittleworthmamor.co.uk to book a space and arrange payment.

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ENTERTAIMENT FEATURE

Winchester Heritage Open Days 2019 13th to 22nd September

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hree cheers! Winchester Heritage Open Days are back and are even longer and stronger than before with a bumper packed programme of interesting, exciting and stimulating events to look forward to.

With more than 140 events to choose from, the festival provides 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. Not surprisingly, tickets are in high demand for special one-off events and the muchcoveted behind-the scenes tours of buildings not normally open to the public. Do visit our website now and book early to avoid disappointment.

This year is also Heritage Open Days’ 25th Anniversary and there is much to celebrate. Look out for events on Keats200 remembering the poet’s visit to Winchester, People Power, the First 100 Years of Women in Law, the centenary of Women’s Engineering Society and a Food & Drink theme too. With plenty of activities for children and families, performances, exhibitions, activities, talks and tours, you are bound to find something to appeal to you and your family. Why not invite friends who are not lucky enough to live in Hampshire to come and join in the fun?

The festival is organised and run entirely by a small group of enthusiastic volunteers who all give up their time for free. We are grateful to them and to the many businesses, organisations and individuals for their goodwill and generosity, particularly our lead sponsor, Winchester College for its ongoing support and for opening its doors to so many wonderful events this year.

The festival’s future, however, depends on being able to meet its running costs. We are delighted to announce that Professor Martin Biddle will host our special fundraising event on the eve of the festival with a talk Why did the Anglo-Saxons build a church in the middle of a ruined Roman City? We do hope you will be able to join us and show your support.

• Dana Denis-Smith, 100 Years of Women in Law, Discovery Centre, 14th September • Dr Tim Hands, Winchester Poet Power, the Path to Keats' Autumn, New Hall, Winchester College, 19th September • Alastair Stewart, Shifting Sands in News Coverage: film, digital & social media, New Hall, Winchester College, 20th September • Jane Devonshire, Food, Masterchef and beyond..., Discovery Centre, 21st September • Rebecca Rideal, To Kill A King:The Regicide of Charles I, Discovery Centre, 21st September PERFORMANCES • Blue Apple Theatre, The Best Words in the Best Order, a Poetry Road Trip, The Pilgrims’ Hall, 21st September • WMOS, Made in Dagenham, St Maurice’s Covert, 21st September • Madding Crowd Musical Evening, The Pilgrims’ Hall, 21st September • 2Time Theatre, Tilly & The Spitfires, Discovery Centre, 21st September BEHIND THE SCENES • Abbey House Open Day, 14th September • Winchester College Archives Tour, 19th, 20th & 21st September • Open Greener Houses, 20th September • Chesil Theatre: Behind the Little Red Door, 21st September FAMILY EVENTS • Tales from Winchester’s Past, City Museum, 21st September • Bespoke Biking: Bike Tour of Winchester, 21st September • The Colour Factory Open Day, 21st September • Weorod Early Medieval Living History, Inner Cathedral Close, 21st & 22nd September

We look forward to welcoming you to Winchester Heritage Open Days. Some of this year’s highlights ...

Fundraising Event • Professor Martin Biddle, Why did the Anglo-Saxons build a church in the middle of a ruined Roman City? Discovery Centre, 12th September. Tickets £14.00 - www.hants.gov.uk/shop

TALKS • Christopher Mulvey, Our Greatest Treasure:The English Language and Winchester, Discovery Centre, 13th September • Jane Robinson, A Force To Be Reckoned With, Discovery Centre, 14th September

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ORIGIN TRAINING PROJECT OPEN DAY - SATURDAY 10TH AUGUST, 12PM - 3PM

At Fullerton Farm, Fullerton, SP11 7LA. We are a smallholding project for adults who have learning disabilities.

THE ROMSEY SHOW – A GREAT FAMILY DAY OUT!

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On Saturday 14th 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 substantial team of volunteers, the show provides a fantastic day out with something for all the family to enjoy!

In the President’s Ring, cheer on the local cadet groups with their exciting drills and watch dog expert Nick Gregory of Misselchalke Gun Dogs demonstrate the full retrieving capabilities of Labradors and handling dogs at a distance. The Stannage International Stunt Team will also be in the ring with a thrill-seeking Show, followed by the Grand Parade of Livestock and popular Heavy Horse display.

All involved in The Origin Project – especially our resident animals - would love you to come along and see the lovely farm we nurture. lots of great stuff to do, see, and eat – lots of lovely people and animals to meet - and heaps of fun family activities!

Look forward to seeing you there! www.originproject.co.uk

All the usual favourites will also be at the Show, including the Family Dog Show, Falconry displays, Terrier Racing, live music, vintage machinery and stunning floral art.

Visit Longdown Mobile Farm opposite the cattle area to hold a chick and meet the goats.

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.

STOCKBRIDGE MUSIC: MAIASTRA STRING QUARTET AT STOCKBRIDGE TOWN HALL, 7.30PM, FRIDAY 13TH SEPTEMBER This String Quartet will be made up of carefully selected post graduate level students from The Royal Academy and other leading Academies, who are planning to make chamber music their career.

The Aidan Charitable Trust provides four ten day courses per ,annum for these students, each course culminating in three public performances, one of which will be in the beautifully refurbished Town Hall in Stockbridge.

Under the supervision of an established professional player, in this case Professor Arisa Fujita of the Guildhall School of Music, they will perform a varied programme of music, containing Beethoven's String Quartet in D major, Op 18, No.3.

The Show Secretary, Alexa Morson mentioned several new attractions for the 2019 Show: “These include Tractor Ted Live which is perfect for younger visitors, featuring ride on tractors, wellie throwing and games.

Other new activities include have a go dog agility area, brought to you by the National Dog Training Academy and Higher Event

With free entry to the Show for children aged 11 years and under, there’s plenty of fun activities for all. 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.

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ALRESFORD SHOW

TICHBORNE PARK, ALRESFORD

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lifetime of visiting the Alresford Agricultural Show has taught me that there are two ways to enjoy a day out at Hampshire’s – and possibly England’s – finest farming show. The first is to enjoy an all action day: turn up at the stunning Tichborne Park on the first Saturday in September and go flat out, hell-for-leather, and do as much as you can. Enjoy a session on the climbing wall, get stuck into the circus workshop (with fire show!), cuddle a beagle, and cheer on the Donkey Derby and the Pony Club relays.You can eat and drink your way round the many refreshment stands – perfect for a refuel before you head out for a boogie to the music, brought to you this year once again by the superb Alresford Uke Jam and the Thomas Lord Old Gits (who have solemnly promised to keep the noise down this year). And when (and ONLY when) your food has gone down a bit, round things off with a turn on the bungee trampoline, and then treat yourself to a 99 flake on the way out.

The second way to enjoy the Show is more sedate: yes, you arrive early at Tichborne Park, but you stroll in a more leisurely fashion round the ground.You drop in on a stand, shake a few hands, have a cup of something, exchange a

friendly insult or two (or ten), and move on to the next one, shaking more hands on the way. Drool over the farm machinery that the dealers have brought – at huge effort and expense - from far and wide. Enjoy the fantastic range of farm produce on show: the livestock (both mundane and exotic), and the arable produce. There’s food and drink to suit a slow day, too, with cheeses, honey, breads and charcuteries, and a huge range of wines and exotic spirits to match.

Never forget the inner peace to be found during a session in the horticultural tent, or from maxing your credit card in the craft marquee. Oh, and even a slow day deserves a 99 flake on the way home.

Do it either way – it’s up to you. But make sure you’re here to join us farmers as we welcome you all into our world on September 7th at Tichborne Park. We might join you for a boogie or an ice cream – but we'll give the bungee trampoline a miss, if that’s OK with you.

Tickets available on-line, www.alresfordshow.co.uk, or from Six West, Alresford, Mole Country Stores, Winchester Ticket Prices: Adults £15, Senior £13, Children 11-16 £5. Buy before 31st August and save £2 per ticket.

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• Farmyard Fun Playground • Grand Parade of Champion Livestock • Rural Craft Village • Fit2Cook, Educational for children • Food & Craft Tents • Education Tent • W1 Tent • Dog Show • Alresford Ukulele Jam

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The Thomas Lord Old Gits Horticultural Show Poultry Tent Ferrets & Ferret Racing Cattle, Sheep, Goats & Pigs Local Ales & Cider 150+ Trade Stands Bungee Trampolines Climbing Wall Alton Morris Dancers

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HAMPSHIRE OPEN STUDIOS

SATURDAY 17TH - BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY 26TH AUGUST Hampshire Open Studios is an annual art trail where the visiting public can meet artists in their homes, studios and galleries free of charge.

With over 280 venues open, in the ten days leading up to bank holiday Monday 26th August, visitors get the chance to meet the makers direct, learn more about the work and we offer a range of participatory workshops. If you are a regular Open Studios visitor we have over 100 new venues for 2019 too.

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, including painting, sculpture, ceramics, glass, furniture, jewellery and many more.

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.

SOME HIGHLIGHTS Winchester has over 20 studios in close proximity and includes, new for 2019, The Association for Contemporary Jewellery showing at The Nutshell, Kings Walk, Winchester . The Wessex Group are excited to be showcasing work by over 25 studio jewellers from it’s membership including Georgina Ettridge, Gill Mallett, Jocelyn Tallis, Ruta Brown, Sylvia Tomkinson and Vanessa Sharp alongside other talented artists and makers

including Alix Baxter, Debbie Goulden, Margot Eardley and Elizabeth Hammond In Romsey, Christine Watkins Art House includes work by 40 artists showing textiles, glass, ceramics, furnishings, wood and paintings jam-packed in the quirky 3 floor house, studio and garden. Free children's treasure hunt, refreshments and cakes.

If you want to try your hand at some workshops do visit Ruth Facey, Richard Barnfather, Rebecca Maynard in Andover. They are sharing their inspirations, original works in a variety of media. Workshops on 18th & 25th August in outdoor gazebo, details in Make & Take Part section of the brochure.

There is plenty to see around Eastleigh and Chandlers Ford including, new for 2019, Gemma Donegan Little Glass Robin.

Gemma designs and makes beautiful hand-painted glass landscapes and playful nature-inspired fused glass art. She often incorporates a hint of upcycling in her work with materials such as driftwood. Nearby is painting by Emily Curtis and ceramics by Sheena Bond.

Swanmore has a cluster of five venues including Jerry Smith, Jo Ellis, David Clegg, The Wessex Guild of Craftsmen, Don Richards and Sue Hallway. Also new for 2019 is the artist Margaret Ferrone with Contemporary landscape paintings inspired by coast and countryside. Mixed media, watercolour and pastel, lino prints, collage and collagraphs www.hampshireopenstudios.org.uk 17th to 26th August 2019

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ARTS FEATURE DISCOVER YOUR LOCAL ARTISTS WITH HAMPSHIRE OPEN STUDIOS

ARTLOOK IN THE WALLOPS

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Exhibiting in the Wallops Parish Hall, Over Wallop, SO20 8EG. A group of 13 local artists: Fiona Forbes, Sheila Hunt, Susie James, Wendy Jelbert, Ann Lintonbon, Helen Logan, Sarah Orchard, Sharon Rogers, Paul Robinson, Derek Saunders, Gloria Towers, Sally Tyler and Wendy Willis.

Please visit us to view our Paintings Drawings and Crafts in glass by a mix of artists both attending classes and artist-in-residence, including Kate Measham and Bernard Hodder.

Paintings in different mediums and subjects as well as prints and cards. Two guest sculptors are joining us this year – Margie Rome and Yvonne Steer. Refreshments available, plenty of parking.

OPENING DAYS/TIMES Saturday August 23rd – Monday 25th, 10.00am – 5.00pm.

We are also exhibiting in the gallery at Sir Harold Hillier’s gardens near Romsey, SO51 0QA, Saturday August 3rd – Sunday 18th, 10.00am – 5.00pm (3.00pm last day), guest artist is Sheila Collins

OPENING DAYS/TIMES Open 10am-5pm, Tuesday 20th - Monday 26th August - mixed media local Artists AN EVENING WITH NICK BASHALL In Conversation and Portrait Demonstration: Tuesday 20th August, 2019, 6.30pm-8.30pm. Limited tickets google ‘nick bashall eventbrite’ Travel on A303 towards Andover approach via Bransbury turn off - over bridge and Riverside Cottage is straight ahead, through brown gate - drive in to park. Studio is by the river so will need to come out of gate and across the road.

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www.hampshireart.studio The Studio, Bransbury, Nr Barton Stacey, SO21 3QJ

KATE BENNETT & WENDY CASSON

WHITE COTTAGE STUDIO

Two artists whose love of colour, balance, design and drawing creates an interesting and lively exhibition.

You are assured of a very warm welcome at this interesting studio set in a beautiful wild garden in the centre of Andover.

Turning in to Abbotts Ann at the Farleigh crossroads, pass new school on your left, we are second turning on the right, second house on your right.

Keith continues his journey exploring a very personal response to the landscape.

OPENING DAYS/TIMES Saturday 17th - 26th August, 10am - 5pm; closed Tueday 20th.

FOR MORE INFORMATION Tel: 01264 392411 Email: kates.paintbox@gmail.com katebennett.art 2, Catherine's Walk, Abbotts Ann, Andover SP11 7AS

His paintings are more about the experience of having been there rather than a literal representation of what can be seen.

OPENING DAYS/TIMES Saturday 17th - 26th August, 10am - 5pm FOR MORE INFORMATION Tel: 01264 392411 www.keith-pattison.co.uk 15 Winchester Gardens, Andover, SP10 2EH

NORTH END STUDIO Mother and Daughter artists exhibiting in a new location.Visit us in our garden studio and see Ferelith Molteno's stunning paintings and cards, and Vanessa Pease's beautiful silver jewellery.

One mile west of Stockbridge turn LEFT to Broughton. We are on corner of School Lane and High Street. Studio up steps in garden.

Follow pink arrows and Exhibition sign.

OPENING DAYS/TIMES Open 10am - 5pm from Saturday August 17th - Monday August 26th.

Tel: 07802 661406 Email: tim.ashfield@outlook.com www.vpjewellery.co.uk North End Cottages, North End, Broughton, SO20 8AN Regret no wheelchair access Car park in School Lane

QU-ART-ET Qu-ART-et was formed in 2014 by a group of professional fine artists committed to promoting their work within the Test Valley area and beyond. They are a group of professional artists, who exhibit together while continuing their individual practice exhibiting and teaching.

There are three permanent members of the group; Liz Dell, Clarissa Russell, Renate West, and for Hampshire Open Studios a guest artist will be joining them.

OPENING DAYS/TIMES Saturday 17th - 26th August at Stockbridge Town Hall. www.qu-art-et.co.uk Stockbridge Town Hall, High Street, Stockbridge, SO20 6HE

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WINCHESTER AUTO FEST – A NEW CHARITY MOTORING AND MUSIC EVENT FOR THE TEST VALLEY

Sutton Scotney. We hope that Auto Fest will be back next year and become an annual event for the community and motoring enthusiasts in aid of a great cause.”

Over five hundred locals, classic car fans and their families partied the night away at Winchester Auto Barn on Saturday 13th July at their inaugural Winchester Auto Fest.

Motoring enthusiasts came to enjoy the eclectic array of classic and interesting sports cars on display at the countryside garage, including a rare 1972 Lamborghini Muira SV, a 1967 275 GTB/4 Ferrari, a De Lorean, a 1966 Mustang, a 1943 Dodge Truck and a MacLaren 650S to name just a few.

Gemma Rolfe, Fundraising Manager at Naomi House, said “Thank you so much to everyone at Auto Barn especially for the hard work and Saturday’s events in aid of Naomi House & Jacksplace and for allowing us to be part of the evening.”

Held at the new-look Army Flying Museum on 12th September, this year’s Gala Dinner & Awards Ceremony marks a milestone 15 years of celebrating local business excellence; seeing up to 200 local business representatives gather together to find out who of the 18 finalists will be crowned the 2019 winners!

With ample opportunities to network, the Gala Dinner & Awards Ceremony will also see local caterers, Michelin award-winning McCrimmon & Reid, serve up a sumptuous 3 course meal with free welcome drink provided on arrival.

The 2019 Gala Dinner & Awards Ceremony is supported by Special Sponsors Barratt Homes - Britain’s biggest housebuilder by volume.

Jon Green, managing director of Barratt Homes, commented: “Supporting the communities we operate in is very important to us and we’re delighted to sponsor the Test Valley Business Awards. We have seen firsthand some of the exciting and innovative work being done by firms in the region and we look forward to celebrating their successes on the awards evening.”

There were performances throughout the evening on the stage under the stars from Rock band The Reason, Blues Band The 663 Squadron and Acoustic guitar virtuoso Jake Morley.

Guests were treated to tastings of some of Burgundy’s fine wines and artisan French cheeses. Whilst the younger visitors enjoyed the Boaz Project’s Angry Birds stall and free face painting.

Niall Holden, garage owner said “I would like to extend a huge thank you to everyone who joined us for our first Winchester Auto Fest at the weekend. We couldn’t have asked for a better day for it and the turnout, tunes and atmosphere were first class. The event was launched to celebrate our first year at the garage and we are delighted to be able to donate a substantial amount raised on the night to Naomi House and Jacksplace in

Following the announcement of finalists on 19th July, seeing over 200 entrants whittled down to a shortlist of just 18 hopefuls over 6 categories, tickets are now on sale for the Test Valley Business Awards 2019 Gala Dinner & Awards Ceremony.

During the event, there will be a presentation from, and collection for, Jane Scarth House as Charity of the Year.

Winchester Auto Barn holds regular classic car breakfast meetings and also offers MOTs and servicing at competitive rates for all types of modern and classic vehicles. Their next meet is on Saturday 17th August from 9am12pm.

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THE ECO WORRIER “Y ou shouldn’t leave your engine running – it’s bad for the environment.” A silver-haired, diminutive woman thrust her face closer and cocked her head towards the parked car.

True enough, her car was still burbling away. Between the radio’s jolly offering and the fan heater blasting warmth over her chilly passenger, she’d not noticed the engine noise when she hopped out and run into the shop to buy a paper. The car usually switched itself off as soon as she put it into neutral and took her foot off the clutch. Somewhat wrong-footed, she struggled to explain the failure of her vehicle’s environmentally friendly (if occasionally irritating) feature to the elderly lady currently fixing her with a dubious eye.

There was probably some techno-reason why the car hadn’t done its eco-thing, but the accusation of being less than environmentally friendly made her review her own planet-saving impact.

For one, she assiduously went through her rubbish to separate out the recyclables to be deposited in the brown bin, trooping to the bottle bank with her washed glassware too.

When she remembered, which was most of the time, she shopped using her own bags ‘for life’. Although she anti-bac-ed them regularly as she’d read somewhere they could harbour deadly bacteria and, really, bags ‘for death’ didn’t have quite the same jaunty ring..

Deliberately not buying cheap, virtually disposable clothing, she preferred to spend her money in charity shops and car boot sales when her

wardrobe needed a makeover; surely something of a win-win for everyone?

But truthfully, as just a well-meaning, ordinary human, she found trying to be less of a blight on Mother Earth something of a minefield. Here’s one - Old Car versus New Car. An ‘Old Car’ might not be so clean to run, but scrapping it or trading it in for a ‘New Car’ that used goodness only knows how much energy and raw materials to manufacture. Which car takes the chequered eco-friendly flag?

And here’s another - plastic bags versus paper ones. Did she read somewhere that one supermarket was going to offer paper grocery bags? But didn’t she also read that the production and transportation of paper bags contributes more to global warming than plastic ones?

Where had she seen that – and was it true? Reaching for her ‘phone she jabbed and scrolled feverishly, searching.

And if some plastic bags were bio-degradable, she wondered, why weren’t they all? Surely then there’d be a chance they’d naturally disintegrate before reaching the oceans where turtles and whales could eat them.

Then there was palm oil. A viral advert last Christmas rather poignantly highlighted the deforestation caused by palm oil plantations. That supermarket had vowed to ban palm oil from their own brand and she’d vowed to shop there as a consequence. Now she was disappointed in herself that she hadn’t done it more often.

And what about her beloved wood burner? Was she harbouring a soon-to-be-banned polluting monster in her sitting room? If a betting person, she’d have put good money on it being healthier for our planet than burning oil or gas forcibly extracted from the depths of the earth and transported hundreds, if not thousands of miles.

Ditto electric heating. Wasn’t most electricity made by some process that involved… burning fossil fuels or using nuclear power with its accompanying toxic waste? And where did this leave the debate on electric cars? They might be clean to run, but the power to charge them up had to come from somewhere, didn’t it?

She was no eco warrior – just concerned about doing the right thing.

Wouldn’t it be great if she didn’t have to worry so much about her choices? What if only the right choices were available? Like her car.

It made the right decision when it switched itself off – at least it did most of the time. She hoped it was the right decision anyway. As she didn’t actually sit stationary in traffic for long periods, she sometimes wondered if all this repeated re-starting didn’t in fact burn MORE fuel and release MORE pollutants into the atmosphere. Should look that up, along with every other thing she wasn’t sure about.

AAAGGHHHH… the list was endless and it was, to coin a phrase, doin’ her head in.

Neither a ‘chuck-it-all-in-the-same-bin’ barbarian, nor a ‘go-plasticfree’ paragon, it dawned on her she was that middle-ground creature someone who does a bit to save the planet, whilst fretting a lot about the state of the planet. She’d become an Eco-Worrier.

And worrying, as everyone knew, was pointless, achieved nothing – she needed to know more, do more, try harder. And that feisty lady in the shop was quite right. She really shouldn’t have left her engine running… © Lucia Foster-Found 2019 www.luciafosterfound.com

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GET READY FOR FEELGOOD AUTUMN We all enjoy those joyful long warm days of Summer. Bees buzzing, butterflies fluttering about, birds singing their little hearts out, beautiful meadows, the scent of fresh grass – holiday time inside and out. There are ways to make this “holiday feeling” last into Autumn as well with some fabulous Dancing Fun & Yoga.

“Strictly Come Dancing” is back on telly in the Autumn and what a joy to see how much all the contestants enjoy their dancing! Makes us want to put our dance shoes on and head for the next dance floor – doesn’t it.

Autumn is the perfect time to get dancing and lift our spirits! Whether you are a complete novice or your dance shoes have just gathered a little dust over the last couple of years – get dancing! Whether you are on your own or have a partner and like to do something joyful together – get dancing.

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RETAIL and porcelain from a range of famous factories is strongly represented by Jupiter Antiques, David Scriven Antiques, Bottlebrook Antiques and, with English pottery in particular, Roger de Ville. Mark J.West specialises in British and European glass while Shine on Design will be showing Art Deco furniture, lighting and designer pieces.

PETERSFIELD ANTIQUES FAIR: 6TH - 8TH SEPTEMBER - GAMES PLAYERS WELCOME AT PETERSFIELD ANTIQUES FAIR

W.R.Harvey Antiques will be showing a range of pieces including a set of Regency mahogany chairs, a fine William and Mary/Queen Anne period small oak escritoire with secret compartments and an elegant George III period mahogany longcase clock made by Lott Barwise of Cockermouth.

Anyone for Chess? A superb Regency games table that offers the owner the chance to play a selection of classic board games will be among the many fabulous items going on sale at The Petersfield Antiques Fair from 6th – 8th September 2019.

The fair has something for every collector, from superb Art Nouveau and Art Deco bronzes and glass belonging to Hickmet Fine Art to European porcelain figures and designer costume jewellery from Twentieth Century Glamour and further collections of traditional Georgian and Victorian furniture and paintings to be shown by Mike Melody Antiques and Wilsons Antiques from Worthing.

Belonging to dealer David Harvey of W.R.Harvey Antiques, who are showing for the first time at this popular Hampshire fair, the games table has a centre panel that reverses as a chess board, with a cribbage board and backgammon facility too. Made circa 1815, this multi-purpose example of fine English rosewood furniture will be on sale for £2,950.

DAVINA'S - FANTASTIC DRESSES IN WARSASH Davina’s of Warsash is a must visit for every discerning lady seeking to stand out in a crowd, or attending a Royal Garden Party, visit to Henley, or Ascot, or on a special day out.

You will also find an ample choice of day wear suitable for every casual occasion, or for work use.

Davina’s remains the leading supplier of Mother of the Bride/Groom wear in Hampshire/ Dorset with over 200 outfits to choose from.

Leading brands of structured outfits are Condici,

Also exhibiting will be fine art galleries Michael St John with traditional English watercolours; Ashleigh House, specialising in British and European oil paintings, and Stuart Boyd with marine art and landscape watercolours. Pottery John Charles and Veni Infantino.There is also a large range of less formal clothes, ideal for beach weddings in warm climates. Customers are offered a ‘one stop shop’ to include hats, hatinators, fascinators, shoes and handbags.

Young ladies wanting to look stunning will also find it a place to visit to see the latest array of prom dresses by Mascara.

Do come and visit. Everyone is welcome including husbands and partners wishing to be included. Davina and her knowledgeable staff of Louise, Hazel and Enola will do their best to give you exemplary service and make your visit an enjoyable experience.

Davina’s is open from 10 – 5 every Monday to Saturday. It is located two doors away from Peter Nash Specialist Cars.There is unlimited free parking opposite.

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Forty specialist dealers take part at this popular twice annual event that offers pieces for every collector, from less than £25 to more than £25,000. All items are labelled with their price, age and description and carefully vetted by experts for quality and authenticity.

The Petersfield Antique Fair has been running for more than forty years, organised by Penman Fairs since 1997. It is a popular fixture in the social calendar in the south of England.Visitors come from across the region and far beyond, seeking high quality pieces for their homes and collections.

Petersfield Antiques Fair, Festival Hall, Heath Road, Petersfield, GU31 4EA. Friday 6th – Sunday 8th September 2019, 10.30am-5.00pm daily. Entry £3.50. Unique and Antique pieces to enhance your home. Organised by: Penman Fairs, E.Sussex. 01825 744074 Facebook: PenmanFairs Twitter @PenmanFairs www.penman-fairs.co.uk Email: info@penman-fairs.co.uk.

THE ANDOVER SHILLING FAIR RETURNS On 11 August 2019, Andover High Street will come to life at the second Andover Shilling Fair – an unmissable free day out celebrating the town’s Georgian heritage. Andover’s Georgian streets will be host to a programme bursting with colourful street performers, Regency dancers, horse and carriage rides, street performers, market stalls, interactive free heritage tours, face painting, traditional fairground rides, donkey rides, local musicians and free fun hands-on family crafts.

Over 40 market stalls will be offering everything from handcrafted marshmallows to unique handmade shilling pins and authentic Regency clothing.

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Photograph Courtesy of www.fishingbreaks.co.uk

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olden, late September sunlight slanted through the beech branches overhanging the road, and the lingering morning mist was swiftly departing as she turned down a lane with a halfhidden entrance. In a wooden cabin by a lake, a welcome, a cup of coffee and a bacon sandwich awaited amongst the assorted fisher-folk who too had bought a ticket - and presumably a rod licence - to fish that day. After brushing the breadcrumbs from her coat, she was led to a bench by the waterside and the lesson began with tying something called a half-blood knot. Applying herself diligently, she attached the recommended ‘green montana’ to her fishing line. Pleased with her achievement, she sucked her bleeding thumb gently as she observed the next step; casting.

Well, that looked easy. And then again looks can be deceptive. That thrashing thing she was doing with her rod, line and fly? - it in no way resembled that effortless thing everyone else was doing. As she, yet again, disengaged her montana from the waterside sedge (and then from her thumb), it was patiently explained that she was not a coachman, the rod not a whip, and the water not a team of reluctant horses. No, it seemed that she should move the rod firmly back and forth as if it were hands on a clockface from ten until two. Tick.Tock.To and fro. Although alien and awkward, this method improved proceedings mightily and her fly actually landed in the water more than two feet from the bank! A little more practice of letting the line out with each forward ‘tick’ and the fly was travelling farther towards the middle of the limpid pool. Pulling the line back, she varied the speed, twitching the fly as if it were a living (although floundering and hopefully soon-to-be-consumed) insect. Totally absorbing. Time ceased to have meaning and the unheeded autumnal sun reaching its zenith warmed her back, as she cast and retrieved and cast again.

“No luck yet? Try a different fly – fish might fancy something else from the menu, so to speak.”

The helpful advice gave her the opportunity to choose something colourful and attractive from the tin. A red, black and white striped affair with a gleam of silver tempted her. Utterly dissimilar from the little drab thing she’d snipped from her line with the titchy scissors, she attached it after a couple of attempts and a bit more thumb sucking.

A half decent cast – the furthest yet - and there was a wondrous great ripple of water as her cheery fly was snatched from beneath. The line streaked away and the reel let out a genteel scream. Suddenly, instruction was forthcoming from all quarters; “Keep your tip up and your rod’ll act like a spring.” “Keep the line tight.”

“Give it line.” “Reel it in…”

And she learned to give and to take, to let the fish swim and then to reel it back towards her. Slowly, slowly, she allowed the fish to tire, let it swim away less and brought it back towards her more, until she was able to use a proffered net to land it. With an audience, she dispatched the four pound trout using a weighted antler ‘priest’ and removed the fly from its mouth with forceps, thankfully no thumb sucking required. Something primeval within her stirred and her inner hunter-gatherer was elated.

Much later, as dusk deepened and the air turned damp and cool with the returning mist, she sat in a deckchair, sipping hot tea, reflecting upon the day. The evening rise had yielded a three pound brown trout. She’d bake this one in the oven with butter, silky fronds of dill and slices of lemon – to be eaten with hollandaise, baby potatoes and peas, mmn… For the earlier, larger rainbow she had other designs; given the number of a local smokery, she planned to enjoy that catch for longer.

It had been an exciting, extraordinary day. A day of firsts: First fish caught, something she’d dreamed about as a child – literally. In the bizarre way of dreams she’d fished at a swimming pool and caught a sturgeon. She supposed she might have been a strange kid. With her barbecued steak lunch, a first slice of giant puffball fried in olive oil. Delicious – who knew? And the most surprising first; akin to some tropical serpent, a grass snake seen swimming across the lake, lazy, sinuous.

A double-take, a look around. Still England.

Driving home in the dark, favouring her tender thumb, she planned a tetanus booster and added fly fishing kit to her virtual Christmas list.

Along with the trout, it seemed that she too was hooked… © Lucia Foster-Found 2019 www.luciafosterfound.com

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CHURCH SERVICES

Crawley

St. Mary's Sunday 4 10.00 Family Communion Sunday 11 10.00 Morning Worship (Matins) Sunday 18 08.00 Holy Communion Sunday 25 10.00 4th Sunday Worship with Sunday School

Abbotts Ann

St. Mary's

Sunday 4 09.30 Morning Worship Sunday 11 09.30 Holy Communion Sunday 18 08.00 Said Communion 09.30 Morning Worship Sunday 25 09.30 Morning Worship

Goodworth Clatford St Peter's

Sunday 4 08.00 Said Communion 11.00 Morning Worship Sunday 11 11.00 Morning Worship Sunday 18 11.00 Matins Sunday 25 11.00 Holy Communion

Bossington

Houghton

Sunday 4 09.30 Holy Communion

Sunday 11 09.30 Holy Communion Sunday 25 18.00 Evensong

St. James

Broughton St. Mary's

Sunday 4 08.00 Holy Communion Sunday 11 09.30 Holy Communion Sunday 18 08.00 Holy Communion 09.30 Family Service Sunday 25 09.30 Family Communion

Chilbolton

St. Mary the Less Sunday 4 10.00 Family Service Sunday 11 10.00 Morning Prayer

with Baptism Sunday 18 10.00 Family Communion Sunday 25 18.00 Benefice Evensong

All Saint's Church

King's Somborne Methodist Church

Sunday 4 10.30 Holy Communion Sunday 11 10.30 Morning Worship Sunday 18 10.30 Morning Worship Sunday 25 10.30 Morning Worship

King's Somborne

St. Peter & St. Paul Sunday 4 10.00 Parish Communion Sunday 11 08.00 Holy Communion 10.00 Worship For All Ages Sunday 18 10.00 Parish Communion

Sunday 25 08.00 Holy Communion 10.00 Matins 18.00 Alive!

Wednesday 3 & 17 10.15 Holy Communion

Leckford

St Nicholas Sunday 4 08.00 Said Holy Communion Sunday 18 18.00 Evensong

Littleton

St. Catherine's Sunday 4 08.00 CafĂŠ Church in

Church Room Sunday 11 10.00 Family Communion Sunday 18 10.00 Morning Worship 18.00 Peace & Wholeness Sunday 25 10.00 Family Communion

Longstock St. Mary

Sunday 18 09.30 Morning Worship Sunday 25 09.15 Parish Communion

Mottisfont

St. Andrew's Sunday 18 09.30 Holy Communion Sunday 25 11.00 Family Communion

Sparsholt

St. Stephen's Sunday 4 08.00 Holy Communion Sunday 11 10.00 Welcome Worship Sunday 18 10.00 Matins Sunday 25 10.00 Family Communion

Stockbridge Old St. Peter

Sunday 18 08.00 Said Holy Communion

Stockbridge St. Peter

Sunday 4 10.45 Open Air Service

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(Trout and About) Sunday 11 10.45 Parish Communion Sunday 18 10.45 Matins Sunday 25 10.45 Parish Communion

Stockbridge

St. Thomas More (Catholic) Every Sunday 09.00 Mass

Upper Clatford All Saints

Sunday 4 09.30 Holy Communion Sunday 11 08.00 Said Communion 09.30 Morning Worship Sunday 18 09.30 Holy Communion Sunday 25 09.30 Morning Worship 18.00 Evensong

Wherwell

St. Peter & Holy Cross Sunday 4 10.00 Holy Communion Sunday 11 18.00 Benefice Evensong Sunday 18 10.00 Family Service Sunday 25 08.00 Holy Communion