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Welcome to the April issue of ‘your local community magazine’. Our aim each month is to bring you the latest news and information for your area along with interesting articles and features. We have some great local businesses offering a variety of services and products, there is hopefully something for everyone. Like many others, I am extremely proud to live here, and it is amazing watching our communities pull together as one when another part of the world has been torn apart by war. The Isle of Wight, stepped up to the mark and rallied together donating items to be taken to the border of war-torn Ukraine and going one step further by opening their homes and offering shelter. When we all work together so much more can be achieved. Whilst writing this the weather outside is not feeling very Spring like, in fact it’s quite wet and cold. I’m keeping my fingers crossed that the sunshine is on its way, that over the Easter period we will be able to soak up some vitamin D, enjoy some picnics, and dare I say it get the BBQ out ready for the season! There are events happening in both the local area and across the island and our ‘Dates for your Diary’ section on page 11 has a variety of events listed. If you have an event happening in May, please be sure to email the information so we can include it in the next issue. I hope you all have a great Easter, whether it’s the time off or the chocolate you are most looking forward to. I hope it’s a great one and I look forward to catching up with you again next month.

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Totland Parish Council News Spring Fun – Totland Recreation Ground The Parish Council are holding an event on Sunday 1st May 2022 on Totland Recreation Ground. The event will commence at 1pm and finish at 4pm. Many local groups will be attending to show off what they each offer, and we will also be holding some youth CPR training. More details will follow over the next week, come along and support your community and see what is happening in Totland. Jubilee Celebrations - The Parish Council will be supplying a Cream Tea for the residents of all the Care Homes on the Friday. There is a long and unbroken tradition in our country of celebrating Royal Jubilees with the lighting of beacons and Totland will be part of this. Two beacons have been designed and built by students at the Isle of Wight College and will be installed at the Needles Battery and up on Tennyson. More than 1500 beacons will be lit throughout the United Kingdom and the date and times for ours will be confirmed closer to the event. There is lots going on around the Island for us all to enjoy and we will advertise them through our social media and office window.

March. These were very popular, and more people have asked to be involved. We will run some sessions on our Spring Fun day for the youth and early summer run some more for residents. Car Boot Sales – Colwell Common These will commence Saturday 7th May, sellers to arrive at 8.30am and buyers 9.00am. They will run every Saturday until September supporting local charities. Beach Buoys - The popular beach buoys will be out again this year at Widdick Chine, and Councillors have made this area slightly larger. The launching lane and buoys will also be out at Colwell. West Wight Arts Association - Tickets are available to purchase from the Parish Office as well as online. Recycling: Afton Marsh Recycling Centre – This is open, and you can now take household rubbish, however, you MUST book a time online or over the telephone. You cannot just turn up; you will be sent away.

Annual Parish Meeting - This will take place CONTACT DETAILS: Parish Clerk – Mrs on Tuesday 17th May at 6.30pm in the Helen Gibbs - Telephone 756028 Church Hall on The Broadway. Totland Parish Council, Winchester House, The Broadway, Totland Bay, PO39 0AX. Defibrillator Locations: The Waterfront The parish office opening days and times Bar, Needles Battery, Memorial Hall and are Monday – Thursday 9.30am to Colwell Public toilet block, Totland Parish 12.30pm. Office. All are easily accessible 24/7. Email: clerk@totlandparishcouncil.org. Defibrillator Training - The Parish Council uk or follow the Clerk on Twitter @ with West Wight Men in Sheds and IOW TotlandClerk. The parish council also have Defibrillators ran 3 training sessions in a Facebook page which is updated regularly. 4

THE ISLE OF WIGHT PROSTATE CANCER SUPPORT GROUP Are you interested in volunteering to help our Support Group? Speeding is a big issue in Freshwater, made We need a Secretary to work with our team more dangerous by several narrow roads of volunteer Trustees starting from April. and a lack of pavements. Local residents You will need some word processing skills want to make roads safer and are setting up and be able to take the Minutes of our a Community Speedwatch. This will be run Trustee meetings once a month. by volunteers under the guidance and help of If you would like more details, please Hampshire Police. The police assess the roads contact our Chair, Alan Taylor by email at to be monitored, to ensure they can be done iwpcsg@gmail.com or call 075682 45124 so safely, and they also provide training. Three volunteers are needed for each monitoring session which would typically run for one hour. During the session any vehicle exceeding the speed limit will be recorded and the owner of the vehicle will be sent a warning letter from the police. A second incident will result in another warning letter and a third incident will trigger a home visit by the police. Initial funding of equipment has been provided by the Freshwater Bay Residents Association and volunteers are now being recruited.

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April Facts and Historical Events. We know it is the fourth month of the year, but that’s only by the Gregorian calendar that we adhere to now. It was previously the fifth month in the earlier Julian calendar. April also only had 29 days, but a 30th day was added when Julius Caesar established the Julian calendar. The etymology behind the word “April” comes from the verb “aperire,” which means “to open.” It’s commonly believed that the word refers to the season of trees and flowers begin to “open” or bloom. Those who were born in April have a diamond as their birthstone, which represents innocence. Their birth flower is either a Daisy or a Sweet Pea. There are two zodiac signs in April. Aries, which is until April 19th, and Taurus, which is April 20th and onwards. April is a great month for meteor showers. One of which is the Lyrids meteor shower, which appears from April 16th to April 26th each year. There are quite a few notable historical people born in April, such as Leonardo da Vinci, Shakespeare, and Queen Elizabeth II. On April 14, 1912, the famous Titanic ship hit an iceberg and sunk on her first and only voyage. George Washington was inaugurated as the First President of the United States on April 30, 1789. Of course, one of the most well-known dates of April, is April Fools’ Day on the 1st of the month. No one is sure where this originated from, but some believe it to be inspired by Geoffrey Chaucer’s story in “Canterbury Tales” called “Nun’s Priest’s Tale.” On April 11, 1970, Apollo 13 was launched and ran into difficulties about two days later. It was then that the famous line “Houston, we’ve had a problem here” was said, and is today usually misquoted. After a 1,500 year break, the first Olympics of the modern era took place on April 6, 1896, in Athens. The explosion of the Chernobyl nuclear plant in Ukraine occurred on April 26, 1986, which forced everyone within a 300-mile radius to be evacuated. And of course, as we all know, “April showers bring May flowers,” so if the rain of April ever gets you down, never forget the silver lining! Source: thefactsite.com

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drinking or eating please wear a face mask. Tea, coffee, biscuits and homemade cake available for a small donation Wednesday 6th April – Freshwater Library Film Night – West Side Story. Tickets £4.50 online in advance. Limited number available and no ‘on the door’ ticket sales. Go to www.fofl.co.uk. Doors open at 7pm for a 7.030pm start. For more info call 01983 752377 Friday 15th and Saturday 16th April – Isle of Wight Spring Art & Garden Fair at Northwood House, Ward Avenue, Cowes from 10am – 5pm. Tickets are £3 per person or £5 per couple with children under 16 free. Proceeds from the event will go to Northwood House Charitable Trust. Saturday 16th April – Open Day at the Royal Solent Yacht Club in Yarmouth from 11am – 2pm. Everyone welcome. Enjoy a tour of the clubhouse by the sea, find out what’s on offer to members both on and off the water. Call 760256 for more information

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News Report from Cllr Chris Jarman - Totland & Colwell Tel: 07905 002834/Email ChrisJarmanforTotland@gmail.com Geoffrey Chaucer once proclaimed, “Time and tide wait for no man” and the proverb has certainly been true over the past weeks with advancing collapses around many of our shores including, most notably, at Brambles Chine in Colwell. The whole of the West Wight coast is designated as sacrificial land and plans are readily available showing the forecast movement of the cliff edges inland as our Island continues to shrink. The winter storms and high tides have taken their annual toll and as a result the chine slipway and path at brambles chine will need considerable restorative works. This will not be the first occasion and certainly not the last and reminds us of the fragility of our beautiful yet dynamic coast. Chaucer was insightful in reminding us all to enjoy it while we can. Our Extra Care Home at Green Meadows has settled into a regular pattern and remains nearly at full capacity with only a few part-own units available. The freeing up of single occupied local flats, bungalows and in one case a 5-bedroom house has helped ease the considerable need for homes for islanders. Occupation of the 75 units has been remarkably rapid, even with the lengthy delays in legal processes and land registry issues. The model now needs to be repeated in other parts of the Island, we trust with similar enthusiasm and benefits, and potentially on a much larger scale. Supporting many in insulated and comfortable units with onsite support provides a sense of community, companionship and security that few enjoyed before. The economics are also easily demonstrated and provide 12

sufficient demand in larger models for onsite catering, doctors, dentists and other visiting professionals to meet the needs of the residents. As we look forward to Spring and Summer our local parish councils and community groups are beginning to focus on preparation for the Jubilee celebrations in June. Almost every village is arranging street parties, fairs, musical events etc and of course the coastal beacons. This week we reviewed the draft concepts produced by students at our college for the five beacons that will adorn the coast from Compton to the Needles. Each of the five are focussing on themes from our West Wight heritage and notable periods in our history – from our royal and artistic connections to our more warlike periods, and excellent opportunity for the students to combine their imagination, creativity and technical skills in fabricating such magnificent structures. The beacons will be lit on 2nd June and later relocated into the villages for future use. The 3rd June will bring the music stage, fair and jubilation (forgive the pun) to Freshwater and the 4th will see the ‘car boot sale plus’ on Colwell Common. Sunday 5th will see many of us watching the colourful and majestic events in London and across the nation whilst enjoying perhaps one of the many community barbeque events. I can only imagine that the following Monday will see only a slow and steady return to normality after such a glorious celebration.

Out with the old… With Spring now upon us the weather should start getting warmer and it’s time to start thinking about spring cleaning and decluttering. I’m by no means a fanatic but I do like this time of year when I can have a good clear out and a good purge. A tidy house is a tidy mind… or so they say.

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I like changing over my winter clothes for some spring/summer outfits. The main point to remember is when packing away the winter clothes if you haven’t worn it this season then put it in the donate pile, there is no point in keeping it and when lovingly unfolding the spring outfits, if it doesn’t feel like catching up with an old friend again it’s got to go and if you are hanging on to an item in the hope that you will lose weight let me give you one piece of advice… get rid of it… you’re never going to lose that weight. It’s harsh but fair!! Remember to keep a couple of jumpers and cardigans out as some days and evenings are still a bit chilly. Sorting out the wardrobe and shoes is no simple task and will probably take twice as long as you expect it to take but it will be worth it. The next area I work on is the kitchen cupboards, again you must be harsh but fair here. I’ve lost count of the number of times I have to remove the contents of a cupboard just to get to the pile of mixing bowls at the back. Get everything out on the counter and make a decision. Do you need it? Have you used it recently? Would your life fall apart if it was gone? For instance, how many frying pans, saucepans, baking trays and mixing bowls do you really need. Have you got utensils at the back of the cupboard you have never used? Once the clutter is gone you will feel much better… although you might regret it for a day or two, but life goes on. I love sorting the food cupboard and stacking the tins and cartons in order, so I know what I have of everything at a quick glance. I bet you could easily live off the contents of your pantry for a few weeks. If you are anything like me, every time you do a supermarket shop you buy a tin of tomatoes, baked beans, soup, pasta sauce and other staples that just get added to the cupboard. The next time you go shopping you will know exactly what you have and haven’t got. Although it seems boring, decluttering is very therapeutic. Don’t just stop at these, you probably have the contents of an airing cupboard or underbed storage that could do with some TLC and don’t get me started on the shed and garage. Remember it doesn’t all have to be done in a day or weekend. Do one job at a time and feel good for doing it. Happy decluttering and remember to sell, give away, donate, upcycle, or throw away.

Report from George Cameron - Freshwater I find it very interesting that the owners of West Bay holiday centre, Halletts Shute have submitted another planning application to demolish the recreational facilities on the site to make way for nearly thirty new units to be built on the site. Freshwater Parish Council dealt with numerous applications for this site in the past, some of them were variations of submitted applications and the Parish Council of course made their comments and objected in the strongest terms. This site, formerly known as The Savoy, was always associated with holiday accommodation and fringe facilities to provide entertainment for the visitors to the site.

It is such a shame that the business could not be sold, and it is proposed to revert the property back to two residential units. We do need facilities like this in Freshwater and to lose one as prominent as this is a shame, but I know that best efforts have been made to transfer the business to a new owner. All the best. Freshwater Parish Council held their Annual meeting on Tuesday 15th March, the meeting was well advertised but poorly attended by members of the public.

But it was business as usual with reports from the Chairman, which was comprehensive and informative. When one listen to reports like this it does fill one with pride as Freshwater Parish Council do Now all of a sudden, the facilities are deliver a good range of services, they act on written out of the book, effectively making issues that crops up frequently and maintain it a residential suburb of Freshwater. the area spotless, all this is with the help of I simply cannot see the sense in this, our clerk and her wonderful team who work especially the fact that existing bungalow relentlessly to maintain a smooth order. / chalet owners are charged a colossal premium for the privilege of having Other reports were from The West Wight facilities on the site. I hope our planning Heritage Centre, again very comprehensive department at their Seaclose offices demand and interesting, if anyone has a few minutes it to be put back to a holiday site so that to spare, please pop into the shop in Avenue we can encourage holiday makers to visit Road and have a look around, it will the West Wight instead of buying second definitely take you back a few years and homes which is not encouraged with the appreciate the work that is being done there. shortage of our housing supplies. The annual FYT Bus report was received Whilst I am on the subject of planning, I and again, a very good community service would like to wish the owners of Ancona run by the community, for the community. Residential Care Home in Freshwater Bay all the best for their future and on Lastly it was the West Wight Sports and behalf of our community, thank them for Community Centre to deliver their report, the wonderful service that they delivered I must say that the centre is run like over the years and more importantly, the clockwork under the supervision of their employment they created locally. continued over the page

Report from George Cameron manager, Clare Griffin. The Sports Centre is run as a charity and rely heavily on donations for its survival and all I can say is that Clare must have a secret recipe to achieve the success the Centre is enjoying, I do feel sad and frustrated that there are absolutely no help or contribution from the Isle of Wight Council who do save a lot of money due to the specialist services that the Sports Centre deliver.

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We’re Looking for DRIVERS If you’d like to volunteer at a regular time each week and have a clean D1 licence you could drive one of our minibuses on a scheduled route But if you’re a bit more flexible and would prefer to drive something smaller then our Medical Car could be the vehicle for you

Or if you like a bit of variety you could do both!

We provide free MiDAS approved training and assessment for our minibus drivers To find out more about driving for FYTbus • See our website www.fytbus.org.uk • Phone us on 01983 752917 • Visit us in The Broadway, Totland Bay

April 2022 FYTbus can take you to the new TESCO in Afton Road, Freshwater

FYTbus runs Route A and Route B buses three time every weekday morning. Timetables are available on our minibuses, and on our website or from our office. Standard adult fare is £2.50 but travel is free if you have a concessionary bus pass. If you have a FYTpass, available at our office, your fare will be just £1.00. MEDICAL TRIPS are available to help you reach appointments in Newport (£10.00) or at Brookside Health Centre, (£7.00) and can be booked via our website or by phoning the office. Our wheelchair accessible car can convey a disabled passenger, and their carer if required, on medical trips in their own wheelchair. Saturday shopping trips to Newport Are available at two-weekly intervals to the Newport shops and Waitrose at East Cowes. April door-to-door shopping trips will be on April 9th & 23rd. The return fare is £6.50 and you can book by calling us on 01983 752917 on weekday mornings. Wight Community Access - FYTbus, Winchester House, The Broadway, Totland Bay. PO39 0AX Web: www.fytbus.org.uk Email: info@fytbus.org.uk