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Welcome to the November issue of Island Magazines. I don’t have much to say this month on the weather except that it’s been very wet and it feels like it’s rained for weeks!!! Fingers crossed that by the time you read this the rain will have stopped and we’ll get some nice dry crisp days. Remembrance Sunday is on the 10th of November and the month is packed with Christmas Fayres and firework/bonfire events taking place across the island. Our ‘Dates for your Diary’ section on pages 12 and 13 will keep you busy. Please remember that if you are having a firework display in your garden please let your neighbours know so they can ensure their family pets are kept safe and secure. Inside is packed with news and information including an update from The Friends of St Mary’s. There are some great local businesses advertising and please support them by using their services as much as you can.
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Totland Parish Council News Best Kept Village Awards:- We had an amazing winning week during October and Councillors would like to thank all for being part of this. Firstly, we won the Best Community Initiative with our Community Mosaic Project. This project has been running since October 2017 and is expected to complete by the end of November with the remaining 4 panels being installed. We are very proud of these panels and thank the wonderful volunteers who attend every week to make these. A thank you also to Helen Goodman who has been the tutor of these sessions and designed the panels from all the ideas we gave her. Secondly, we won the Best Extra Large Village and the Overall Best Kept Village for 2019. A couple of highlights from the judges were the public toilets at both Totland and Colwell and the Parish Office washing line window display which is full of up to date information and events. Remembrance Sunday: This year the Royal British Legion West Wight Branch Annual Service of Remembrance will be held at the Freshwater War Memorial on Sunday 10th November. The parade will muster outside the Red Lion, Church Place, in the road outside All Saints Churchyard at 10.45am. The Last Post will be sounded at 11.00am followed by a two minutes silence and Reveille. The wreath laying ceremony will then take place and on completion, there will be a Remembrance Sunday service at St James Church, Yarmouth. All are welcome to attend. In addition, Totland Parish Council will be laying a wreath at its own War Memorial on The Broadway. Friday 29th November 2019– 2pm to 6.30pm:- Totland Christmas Market and Christmas Tree light switch on. There will be many stalls with Christmas gifts, arts & craft, jewellery and several refreshments
stalls in and around the big marquee on Colwell Common. Music and entertainment throughout the day and carol singing around the firepit organised by Churches Together. This year we also have the Horse Box Theatre who will be showing the ‘Bagwitch’s Revolting Christmas Dinner’ for children. Further information is available from the Parish Office. Meet & Eat – Can you believe that this has now been holding a monthly meet for 1 year and this will continue on the first Friday of each month and the next meet will be Friday 1st November and then Friday 6th December will be the last one for 2019. They meet at St Saviours Holy Family Centre which is on the FYTBus route B round. All are welcome. Memorial Hall – Older Persons Lunch will be on Wednesday 4th December. Tickets are available from the Memorial Hall reception only. Reminder: Afton Marsh Recycling Centre open days and times: • Three days a week; Saturday, Sunday and Monday, including bank holiday Mondays. • 10am to 6pm. CONTACT DETAILS: Parish Clerk – Mrs Helen Gibbs - Telephone 756028 Totland Parish Council, Winchester House, The Broadway, Totland Bay, PO39 0AX. The parish office is open Monday & Tuesday 9am – 12noon and Wednesday & Thursday 9.30am–12.30pm. Email: totlandparishco@googlemail.com or follow the Clerk on Twitter @ TotlandClerk. The parish council also have a Facebook page which is regularly updated. .
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The Friends of St Mary’s Hospital Update By Lesley Myland You may have recently heard via various sources about the Friends’ foyer cafe moving to another location within the new outpatients department in the North Hospital. Naturally we are sad about this - we have been serving our customers in the foyer for 32 years. However, our amazing team of volunteers and staff have a very positive approach to this development. We are working hard together to ensure that the Friends’ charity will keep on functioning to support the patients and staff at St Mary’s. We plan to keep our amazing team together as far as we can. We will have a bigger shop and will still be running three cafes. Ward trolley services will still go round daily, sometimes twice daily. So there is still lots to do and we will do our best to maintain our reputation for a caring attitude and good service. In the meantime, here are some of the things we have given grants for, as always with the objective of enhancing care and staff well being. We have provided the maternity unit with 5 relaxing and reclining chairs so that partners can wait in comfort for their new babies to arrive, no matter how long it takes! We are very proud of our contribution of £1500 towards the Memory Room for dementia patients in Colwell Ward. This provides a place to relax and enjoy distraction therapies especially designed to be familiar, calming and absorbing. The room is also used by non dementia patients. Note the twiddlemuffs which were made by Friends volunteers and customers with wool kindly donated by members of the public after an appeal. We gave Children’s Speech and Language Therapy 2 iPads and a range of toys designed to help with speech, attention and listening skills which in turn help with other communication skills. As soon as we are settled in our new home in the North Hospital we hope that all our customers will still come and join us for their cuppa! That way we can continue with this support for the patients and staff at St Mary’s Hospital.
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Working For The Community. Cllr Anne Bamford
Parish Facilities Officer - Shaun has been busy again this time clearing and tidying up Stroud Coppice. He is also making squirrel boxes and feeders and placing them around the area. He has now completed his work on all of the parish seats and he has repaired and refurbished some or completely making and installing new ones. We hope everyone enjoys using these seats when on their walks.
Causeway Bridge - As a parish we are getting concerned with the condition of the bridge, especially with the plastic sandbags which are now degrading and the condition of the railings and poles which have deteriorated badly. Island Roads are going to remove the plastic sandbags and replace them with hessian ones however this does not really solve the problem. Cllr Cameron has agreed to take up the issue of the railings. The parish will call for another meeting with Island Roads over the next few weeks to try to help resolve the problem.
Book Fair - This local event went well this year. The fair was well attended with 70 people attending. The author workshop at the library was also fully booked. The readings at Freshwater Coffee House was also fully booked and the readings done by children was particularly popular. Christmas Crafting Event - The parish has organised a crafting event on Saturday 30th November 10am-1pm at the Memorial Hall on Avenue Road. This is a free crafting event open to all. Under 16 year olds must be accompanied by an adult. There will be Story Time with Rhapsody the Unicorn and light refreshments. Community Orchard - Starting at the beginning of November new fruit trees, including nut trees, will be planted at the Jubilee Close/Cameron Close corner section in The Stroud.
Just Ask Mel - Mel has been supporting the TimeBank and The Real Junk Food War Memorial at All Saints Church Project cooking up lunches using - The parish has had the War Memorial food that has been donated or would cleaned and it does now looks much better otherwise be heading for landfill. Over although we are going to get some of the the last month 45 two course meals were faded lettering repainted served. Thai green fish curry, when the weather is dry. ratatouille, plum crumble and We are also hoping to apple tart were on the menu. reinstate the names Delicious! that are at the moment listed on the plinth and All Saints CE Primary School put them back onto the - On behalf of Freshwater Memorial in an area that Parish Council I would like can be protected from to congratulate the school future wear. It is our turn for getting a Good school in this year for our village to every area of their recent two host the Remembrance day OFSTED inspection. Service.
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DATES FOR YOUR DIARY Every Monday - The Games Lounge for 50+ year olds at the West Wight Sports & Community Centre. Drop in anytime between 1pm and 4pm. Entrance fee £2. Take part for free with table tennis, pool, board games etc. and socialise over hot drink refills.
Saturday 2nd November – Vectis Radio Station Open Day from 10am to 12 midday at the studio based at the Riverside Centre, Newport. Come and see how it all works behind the scenes, meet some of the presenters, have a cuppa and some cake. All we ask is a minimum £1 donation to help keep your community radio station Every Wednesday - Bridge for Beginners running. at the West Wight Sports & Community Centre. From 2pm to 4pm. Turn up and Monday 4th November - Isle of Wight play for £2. Family History Society open meeting,
everyone welcome. Queen Victoria – Tales Every Thursday: Over 50s table tennis takes of the Unexpected - a talk by Mark Earp place at West Wight Sports and Community at Hunnyhill Room, Riverside Centre, The Centre, 1.30 - 2.30 p.m. £2.00 Quay, Newport, PO30 2QR. Doors open 7pm, talk starts 7.30 and lasts about 45 Every Friday – Freshwater Market, minutes. Admission members of the Isle Memorial Hall, Avenue Road from 8.30am of Wight FHS - £1; non-members - £2. til 12 noon. Great range of stalls with something for everyone. Tuesday 5th November – Yarmouth Guy Every Tuesday – Freshwater Chess Club meet at the Conservative Club, Queens Road, Freshwater in the quiet upstairs room from 7pm until 10pm. New members welcome of all grades. Contact Derek Rouse on 752911 for further information. Friday 1st November – Bonfire and Fireworks Night at Arreton Barns, Main Road, Arreton. With fireworks a bonfire, entertainment, tasty food and warming drinks - bundle up and come along. Tickets: £4 per person. Entertainment from 6:30pm and firework procession from 7:15pm Friday 1st November - The Music Playhouse at Freshwater Methodist, Brookside Road. 2:30pm to 4pm. Live vocals and musicians. Song sheets provided for popular War Remembrance and Easy Listening numbers. Royal British Legion - Poppy Appeal 12
Fawkes Night in The Square, Yarmouth from 6pm. Guy competition, entertainment, torchlight parade to The Common to light the beacon and a fireworks display to round off. Friday 8th November – Fun Quiz Night at the Isle of Wight College Restaurant at 7pm. Raising funds for local community radio station, Vectis Radio. Tickets are £10 and include your meal. There is free parking on site, a raffle and a licensed bar. Book your ticket early to avoid disappointment. Email kelvin.currie@vectisradio.fm for tickets and further information. Saturday 9th November – Woman’s Wellness Day from 10am – 4pm at the relaxing form of exercise which will help with your core muscles even if you haven’t used them for a while. Try the relaxing continued over the page
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DATES FOR YOUR DIARY art form of Mandala Art or find out more about Journaling for stress relief. There will be short talks on how to use colour in your life and many more topics. Discover the benefits of Himalayan Salt Lamps plus so much more. This is a FREE event! This is a ladies only event. Saturday 16th November – Christmas Fair at Freshwater Memorial Hall from 11am – 4pm. Everyone welcome to the fair. Handmade crafts, greeting cards, table decoration, soft toys, jewellery, tea, coffee cakes and much more. Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th November – Christmas Fayre from 10am – 4pm. This year Mountbatten are hoho-hosting their Christmas Fayre across the whole weekend so there’s even more time to find the perfect festive gift.
Friday 29th November – Totland Parish Council’s Christmas Market in the big marquee on Colwell Common. Stalls, live music, food, drinks, gifts and entertainment. If you would like a stall call 01983 756028. Saturday 30th November and Sunday 1st December – I Love Wight Christmas Market at The Garlic Farm from 9am – 5pm. As always there will be two rooms plus the beautiful courtyard full of locally made crafts, art, toiletries, jewellery, produce and gifts. Across the whole weekend there will be entertainment for all ages. This really is a wonderfully Christmassy weekend of locally made products. Saturday 30th November and Sunday 1st December – Christmas Fair at Newclose County Cricket Ground, Blackwater Road, Newport, from 10am – 4pm. Handmade crafts, Santa’s Grotto, refreshments and more.
Sunday 24th November – Isle of Wight Donkey Sanctuary Christmas Market from 10am – 4pm at St John’s Road, Wroxall, PO38 3AA. The market is held inside so FRESHWATER LIBRARY even if it rains the event will go on. There EVENTS will be 30 Christmas and Craft stalls, and music from the “Airwaves Childrens Wind” band who will be performing at 12pm. Every Tuesday at 10am - Knit and Natter/ Everyone welcome. Free entry and free Crochet and Chatter Group. Meet up parking. with others regularly with whatever craft appeals to you, and receive help and Wednesday 27th November - Blokes, advice if you need it. Bacon Butties & Banter at Freshwater Methodist, Brookside Road. 10:30am to Rhymetime - Every Friday at 10.30am 12pm. Senior men from all walks of life free weekly half hour session of rhymes, get together and have their own monthly actions and songs that helps your baby or chit chat. Turn up and join in for free. toddler with their language development. No need to book - come along with your baby and have fun!
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News report from Cllr Steve Hastings. Mobile: 07870127024 E-mail: steve.hastings@iow.gov.uk Twitter - @cllr_hastings St. Mary’s Roundabout Controversy At a Newport and Carisbrooke Parish Council Meeting recently there was a vote to stop the scheme going ahead although the proposers are not qualified engineers nor did they have any advice from an engineer against the scheme. I voted against the proposal to stop this scheme in its tracks because any further delays will cost tax payers more money with further losses from the £9.6m which is strictly for the St. Mary’s roundabout and as it has been delayed already for a year the value of the Government grant has reduced to the tune of £0.5m and I don’t want to see that grant further devalued. This money was awarded for this section of the scheme due to the future development of Camp Hill and cannot be used for any other purpose so if we don’t go ahead with this we would have to hand the money back to the Government. The start point was deemed necessary at St. Mary’s due to potential development at Camp Hill which would need updated infrastructure to cope at that point and often we get complaints over developments coming forward without having the infrastructure in place first. The traffic lights will also be intelligent and synced with those at Coppins so that it will keep the flow of traffic towards Coppins and allowing traffic through by traffic lights at Coppins cooperating with the flow. 14
This is but one part of the whole scheme and Coppins will be dealt with as part of that scheme as well as St. Georges Way. The Cabinet Member Cllr Ian Ward sent a letter to all Councillors for their information on September 12th and members have attended briefings on the subject, as well as a consultation-taking place. When this scheme was given approval at a Cabinet Meeting there were no objections from members. One Councillor stated that he did not feel qualified to pass on information he received from engineers in a members briefing and wanted engineers to come to a public meeting with residents and on this I agree it should happen however the same Councillor then proposed that the scheme should be stopped but still with no engineering qualification or competence. I have asked the Leader of the Council and Chief Executive to please organise a public meeting to explain the scheme to residents and now this will go ahead. There have also been full-page notices of explanation placed in the local newspapers. I could not say whether this scheme is going to work or not as I am not a qualified engineer either but as a Cabinet Member, when making a decision you have to state what is a required outcome and then rely on
News report from Cllr Steve Hastings continued the professionals that we employ to design a scheme for that outcome. I can imagine some people would say, what like the floating bridge but the truth is we were starting to get problems with floating bridge five and this was due to the change in tides and not boat design although there have been some design faults that are being addressed and most have now been sorted out so that most of the time recently it has been running at 100% efficiency. Of course when this administration came to County Hall the floating bridge had already been designed and ordered and we just had to deal with what was in front of us which we have done and a final solution is in sight. I hope this helps for residents understanding of my position with this particular proposal at the Newport and Carisbrooke Parish Council Meeting and subsequently at County Hall due to an Extraordinary Full Council Meeting. Island Plan and Housing Numbers It was good to have residents attend recent public meetings at both Rookley and Newport alongside our MP Bob Seely. Bob is right when he says we should have an opt out on the methodology used for housing numbers as we have special circumstances to overcome with regard to affordable housing due to being an Island.
I feel that if Scottish Islands can have an opt out because they can only be reached via a ferry then what part of only being able to be reached by a ferry don’t the Government understand about the Isle of Wight. I am reminded of a Benny Hill sketch when Benny said he was going abroad and his sidekick asked him where he was going and he said the Isle of Wight to which the sidekick stated but that’s not abroad and Benny retorted, well you try walking there cookie boy! I think we do have a good case and I am pleased that Councillors and our MP are now working together through a process to reduce numbers in the plan and to get the right affordable homes built in the right places to reduce our housing waiting list of Islanders needs.
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Your Local Independent Minibus Service
NOVEMBER 2019
FYTbus TIMETABLES, including our NEW CREDIT-CARD SIZED version,
are available on our buses and on our website (see below), or you can pick one up from our Totland office, Brookside Health and Leisure centres, libraries, pharmacies and shops in Freshwater, Totland and Yarmouth.
FYTbus ALWAYS NEEDS VOLUNTEERS TO DRIVE OUR MINIBUSES AND ACT AS PASSENGER ASSISTANTS - Are you interested in joining us
to help your community’s access to local amenities and events ? We can train you to the required standard for a community minibus scheme. You can obtain an application form from our office or download it from our website (see addresses below) Don’t want to work on the bus but would still like to help out? Contact our office if you would like to volunteer in our charity shop, or help out at the garage or at the office, or assist with fundraising, or advertising,, putting up posters or delivering timetables etc. You’ll be welcome.
FYTbus EXCURSIONS Our excursions and shopping trips are always on a door to
door basis, with the minibus picking you up from and delivering you back to your home. If you would like more information, give us a call, between 09.45 and 12.30 any weekday, or leave a message on our answering machine and we’ll call you back. Remember to book early if you would like to travel on one or more of our trips, by phoning our office on 01983 752917. If a minimum number of bookings is not achieved for an excursion, we might have to cancel it (as you will appreciate, we have to cover our costs), but we will always let you know. Excursions will be confirmed (or cancelled) by phone, one day before departure. Please note that bus passes are not accepted on our excursions.
NOVEMBER EXCURSIONS 2 9 16 23 30
Sainsbury’s/Morrisons/M&S/Lidl Sainsbury’s/Morrisons/M&S/Lidl Newport (£6) & Waitrose, E.Cowes Sainsbury’s/Morrisons/M&S/Lidl Sainsbury’s/Morrisons/M&S/Lidl
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And don’t forget our Charity shop on Totland Broadway – We have bargains for everyone. Call in and have a browse – you might find the perfect gift for a friend. Wight Community Access – FYTbus, Winchester House, The Broadway, Totland Bay. PO39 0AX Tel: 01983 752917
Web: www.fytbus.org.uk
Email: info@fytbus.org.uk