Life in Petersfield - March 2007 by Life Magazines

ISSUE 3 MARCH/APRIL 2007

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Contents

ISSUE 3 MARCH/APRIL 2007

Contents

Inside Life in Petersfield this issue ... Welcome News From in and around Petersfield Profile Steve Pibworth at The Forge, by Geraldine Onslow Issues The big debate on pedestrianisation, part 1 Personal View Darren Reeves' other life, by Lucy Coates Business Profiles Edward Barnsley Workshops,

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Mimosa Shoes, Tact South, Review New Arrivals Newcomers and movers by Cat Jarman Focus onâ&#x20AC;Ś. Durleighmarsh Healthy Eating Tibetan Loaf, by Melanie Kite Environment 12 tips for householders,

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by Alexandra Hartridge of the WWF Gardening Spring tips from Chris Rawlings Arts Profile of Petersfield Chamber Choir, by Lucy Coates Museum Inside the Petersfield Museum Eating Out Fifty Seven in Liss, by Sarah Parson Petersfield Past Local history, by Kenneth Hick Wine What's good to drink, by Jerry Hicks Property Rolls-Royce service, by Nick Keith Sport Petersfield Rugby Club, by Geoff Litchfield Sport News Young cricketer's success Competition Win Sunglasses Competition Results Arts Diary Essential Classified Directory Useful Contact Numbers Editor: Nick Keith Sub-editor: Lucy Coates Creative director: Andy Burke Art director: Karen Holloway Advertising manager: Sally Puddick Marketing executive: Cat Jarman

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Editor’s View

Photo: Anthony Willoughby

Welcome ocal issues bubble to the surface in the latest edition of Life in Petersfield. In issue three we have the first part of a debate about whether or not Petersfield would benefit from a pedestrian precinct – in part of the High Street and The Square. In last year’s survey of 8000 people and businesses, this question of possible pedestrianisation prompted more comment and potential polarisation of views than any other topic.

So we have sought the views of people from both camps and, in part one on page 12, we examine the benefits of pedestrian schemes. In the May-June issue we will look at the reasons against pedestrianisation. The arguments in favour of pedestrianisation were summed up by a visiting businesswoman from Chichester who told us: “Pedestrianisation would work wonderfully here as we could all potter around to all the shops without the fear of being mown down by traffic. When they pedestrianised Chichester, it transformed the city into a beautiful and charming place to shop.” Our profile feature is of the remarkable Steve Pibworth, who has run the Forge in Petersfield for over 50 years. His business is so well-known locally that the Forge must be just about the only company to have an ex-directory telephone number. The business section, with the usual company profiles and

While we deliver Life in Petersfield to selected homes in the

news from the Chamber of Commerce, also provides

area, copies can be obtained from the following locations:

information about firms which are new to the town, or have recently moved premises (page 24). A new section on the

Waitrose, Petersfield

Environment (page 32) offers 12 tips for saving on waste.

Life Magazines, 22 High Street, Petersfield

Another novelty is the Focus section in the centre pages, where Durleighmarsh is highlighted.

The Folly Wine & Ale House, Petersfield The Co-op, Moggs Mead, Petersfield

The Arts pages feature Petersfield Chamber Choir, Petersfield Museum and the Events Diary. If your interests lie in the garden, cookery or eating out, you will find articles to your taste. There is also sports coverage, with a report from the Petersfield Rugby Club and news from a promising young female cricketer (pages 48 and 50).

Heathside Stores, Durford Road, Petersfield Petersfield Community Centre The Taro Centre, Penns Road, Petersfield Rake Stores Rogate Village Stores Southdowns Hotel

All in all we trust that there is something for everyone, with

Harting Stores

added seasonal spice.

Buriton Stores Magic Box Newsagents, Clanfield East Meon Stores

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Editor

Great Oak Hotel

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News

New co-ordinator for Town project iza Smith has been

and Petersfield to make a

appointed by East

valued contribution to the

Hampshire District Council as

debate about the future of their

the new dedicated Town and

community.”

Village Project Officer for

Councillor Bob Ayer, Town

Petersfield and Horndean. She

Mayor of Petersfield and

will work with residents, parish

Chairman of Petersfield

councils, community groups,

Tomorrow, says: “I am delighted

stakeholders and local

to welcome Liza. We will be

businesses to examine the

working closely with her to

issues affecting both areas and

develop the initial consultation

help them develop their own

that has already taken place

community-led regeneration

and ensure that the

initiatives.

opportunities identified for the

She will co-ordinate the

local community are realised

development and

for the long-term benefits of

implementation of the

the town.”

‘healthchecks’ for the two

Liza joins East Hampshire

towns. This will include

District Council after working

identifying potential sources of

for the Harbour Forum, a

funding and bidding for

partnership of local authorities

resources.

from the South East Hampshire

“I’m really looking forward to

area.

getting to know local residents, community groups and

Contact: Liza Smith,

businesses and hearing their

Town and Village Project

views for the future of their

Officer

towns,” Liza said. “This is a

Direct Tel: 01730 234136 or

unique opportunity for people

living and working in Horndean

liza.smith@easthants.gov.uk Life

Liza Smith, New Project Officer

Meon Valley Travel have moved eon Valley Travel have

arranging holidays from 32

Special offer: Meon Valley

moved while their offices

High Street in 1964.

Travel offer readers of Life In

in Petersfield High Street are

Founder and CEO, James

Petersfield magazine an

rebuilt and replaced with a

Beagrie, who is heading up the

exclusive offer of a £100

brand new three-storey

project, said: “I am delighted

discount voucher upon

building, due for completion

that the move has gone so

presentation of a copy of Life

by September 2007.

well and so many friends have

In Petersfield at Meon Valley

come to see us in The Square.”

Travel, 24 The Square,

Until then, Meon Valley Travel can be found at 24 The

He and the Meon Valley Travel staff look forward to

Telephone: 01730 711010.

MacDonald Oates building)

seeing clients old and new at

(See page 24 for other

where it is “business as usual.”

their beautiful new shop.

business moves and

newcomers)

he Petersfield Youth Theatre is currently

looking for new members to be in their Autumn productions of Wind In The Willows and West Side Story so if you are aged between 5 and 25 and enjoy performing, for more information, contact

Petersfield.

Square, Petersfield (the old

The agency first started

PYT reach for the stars T

Lynn Hill on 01730 266730 or look on their website www.petersfieldyouththeatre.

Life

org.uk Life

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News

chaos and corruption all around them in Kenya. The launch was hosted by Dave Green, managing director of Channel Safety Systems, which is based on the Petersfield Industrial Estate. Channel have already invested in, and achieved results from, Anthony Willoughby’s programmes over four years with their sales more than doubling from £4m to £9m. So far 40 out of the 90 Channel staff have experienced a warrior-style business adventure. Dave Green told the invited

Business Warriors

business audience of 50 people about his key values – Pride, Confidence, Belonging and

A warrior-style business adventure

Winning. He aims to use the etersfield pioneer Anthony

The school designs and runs

reassessing core values for

Warrior School programmes to

Willoughby has launched a

business training programmes

business and personal life.

help Channel to: achieve growth

ground-breaking business

which help companies with

training programme. After 40

sales, personal development,

on Anthony Willoughby’s

establish values and

years of travelling to remote

staff retention and customer

discovery of living tribes such

sustainability; to increase

places of the world and

focus. Part of the training

as the Masai in Kenya. Their

customer focus and staff

experiencing the culture and

process involves an adventure

personal resources include

retention; and to have fun.

lifestyle of the people who live

with the Masai in Kenya, or with

confidence, courage,

there, he has set up the new

remote tribes in Papua New

responsibility, humility, pride,

staff reported how they had

Warrior Business School, so that

Guinea or on the Great Wall of

respect, dignity, clarity and a

developed in personal and

people can rediscover life skills

China, where time will be spent

sense of belonging – all of which

business terms from their

which have been forgotten.

strategy planning and

help them to survive amid the

adventures in Kenya and China.

The Warrior School is based

in sales, people and margins; to

Five members of Channel’s

Rod Cornwell, director of Thomas International, reported

Teddies comfort forces

how he had measured their growth in leadership, management and emotional

clothing, for work, leisure and

intelligence. Thomas are one of

business, which can be

the largest personality profiling

families back in the UK.

3000 teddy bears to troops in

have also sent more than

embroidered on-site with

companies with 35,000

Iraq and Afghanistan for

20,000 items of clothing,

company logos, souvenir

customers.

Christmas. The bears were part

printed and embroidered

designs or marketing messages,

of a major new contract to

specially for the forces with a

using the latest hi-tech

programmes are designed and

supply commemorative

variety of designs to

machines. The Loveheart

delivered by Anthony Willoughby

merchandise to personnel in

commemorate their time on

Bears division also supplies

and Chris Howe, who have many

hot-spots around the world.

active service in the regions.

companies with bears to use as

years of experience in training.

These include 18,000 T-shirts,

gifts in advertising or

look the part, Trademark

2,000 polo-shirts, and 1,000

promotion campaigns for

For more information, contact

Clothing and Gifts kitted him

baseball caps.

companies such as Fairline

Anthony at 01730 823 712.

etersfield-based Trademark Clothing and Gifts sent

To help the Bruno the bear

out in desert camouflage

Trademark Clothing and Gifts

The company has traditionally

The Warrior School business

Marine, Ford Motor Group, ACS

e-mail:

fatigues, featuring an

helped troops stay in touch

International Schools and

anthonywilloughby@compuserve.com

embroidered British flag on one

with loved ones back home

Amberley Castle.

www.territorymapping.net

sleeve and sporting a

through their Loveheart Bears

For further information please

An article on Dave Green and

traditional “boonie” hat. Forces

mail-order division, available to

contact Jim Griffiths,

Anthony Willoughby’s Warrior

stationed in Iraq and

all branches of the armed

Managing Director.

School will appear in a future

Afghanistan could buy him to

forces for over four years.

Tel: 01730 711140.

issue of Life in Petersfield.

send or carry home as a gift for

They sell a wide range of

Email: jim@tm-clothing.com Life

Life

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News

Fairtrade Save the Children Sale Petersfield local action group is set to

people buying Fairtrade in the

make Petersfield the next

area especially from the

lo and behold, someone gave us a stainless steel sink!

in Petersfield Festival Hall in

There’s no entry fee so come

Fairtrade Town in this area.

younger generation. The

as often as you like and try

Having worked on this project

Petersfield School have been

on as much as you want.

for four years, the steering

key campaigners and have

wardrobe! The hall will be

There is something for

group have nearly crossed all

opened a Fairtrade Café on

packed with excellent good-

everyone – even the

the ‘t’s and dotted all the ‘i’s in

campus only selling produce

husbands are happy browsing

their bid to give Petersfield this

which has been proven to have

through the books or having

honour.

been fairly traded.

he Petersfield Save the Children sale will be held

April - the perfect time of year to revamp your

as-new clothes (many designer labels) for men, women and children.

coffee and some homemade

“Our main aim is to raise

cake. It’s a wonderful

awareness of Fairtrade and all

If you would like to register

fundraiser – long may it last!”

the good it can do,” said local

your workplace, committee or

glass, pictures and all manner

campaigner, Seren Boyd. “This

school as a Fairtrade, the

of household items, sports

Thursday 26 April: 9.30am

seemed the best way to do it.

steering committee would

goods and even small

– 8.00pm.

The name Fairtrade Town is not

love to hear from you. Please

Friday 27 April: 9.30am –

given lightly so it is a really big

contact the Chairman, John

6.00pm.

honour to be given such a

Eames via e-mail:

Saturday 28th April:

prestigious award.”

petersfield@tearfund.org

There are also magnificent curtains, bed linen, china,

antiques. All items are vetted for quality. Vice Chairman, Prue Scurfield said “one year I joked that we had everything

There has been a large

9.30am – 2.30pm. Life

Life

increase in the numbers of

except the kitchen sink and,

Advertisement Feature: Arblaster & Clarke

Worldwide leader in wine tours Tim Clarke, Chairman of Arblaster & Clarke Wine Tours, talks to Life in Petersfield TC: Arblaster & Clarke is very much a local privately owned business. We have been in the Petersfield area for 20 years now. I hope we're going to be around for a while yet! Obviously we had to change the name of the buildings from Meon House. We chose Cedar Court as it is similar to the original name of the old part of the building and because we love the huge Cedar of Lebanon in the front garden. Life in Petersfield: Has moving to Petersfield helped Arblaster & Clarke? Tim Clarke: I'm sure it has. It's a great working environment and we are over 50% up on last year, which is remarkable.

Life: How do you see Arblaster & Clarke's future here having bought the former Meon Villas offices?

Life: Do you have many local clients? TC: Yes, quite a few. Many of our oldest and best clients are local. But apart from our clients, many people in Petersfield have only a vague idea of what we do. Arblaster & Clarke are the UK's leading Wine Tours specialist; in fact we are the leader worldwide

in Wine Tours. We also offer Walking holidays, Gourmet tours, Opera tours and Wine Cruises. We have twice been a runner-up 'Best Special Interest Tour Operator to France' in the French travel awards.

mature and elegant Champagne, Cattier's 'Clos du Moulin'. It's one of only a handful of Champagnes from a 'Clos', which is supposed to be a walled vineyard but the wall fell down quite a long time ago

But we don't sell wine. We work closely with the wine trade and run many tours for wine merchants.

Life: Where are you looking forward to visiting this year?

Life: If you could only recommend one wine for sale in Petersfield what would it be? TC: Probably the Lodi 'old vines' Zinfandel by Ravenswood of California, on sale at Threshers. It is a huge, dark wine, powerful but balanced.

Life: And one wine in one of the wine bars? TC: The Folly Wine Bar has a

TC: Chile and Burgundy. Chile is a really fascinating place to visit and the wines are only just hitting their stride. We're taking the Burgundy Vineyard Walk all the way down the Cote d'Or from Gevrey-Chambertin via Beaune to Puligny-Montrachet with lots of tastings lined up. The 2005 Burgundies are blindingly good and it's a lovely walk. Yes, I'm seriously looking forward to that. Contact: Arblaster & Clarke, 01730 263111. Web: http://www.winetours.co.uk

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Profile

Steve Pibworth at his forge

Forging ahead...in Life The Forge in Petersfield has been in operation for 70 years, and Steve Pibworth has worked there for over 50 years. He talked to Geraldine Onslow left the business to Steve.

alking in to The Forge on

furnace where a man is working

saucepan handle, design a gate,

the corner of Swan Street

on a series of s-shaped pieces

or simply ask his advice.

is like taking a step back in

of metal.

Everyone gets their turn, and

Jenny in Sheet and his two

his attention.

daughters live nearby. He is a

time. The vivid blue-green

The chief blacksmith, Steve

Steve has been working here

Now Steve lives with his wife

familiar sight to many people

corrugated iron exterior

Pibworth, is on the telephone in

contrasts starkly with the inside

his tiny office in the corner of

for 57 years. Born and bred in

riding his bicycle in the town, or

of the building. There are racks

the smithy and the other two

Petersfield, and educated at

driving his Mini.

of iron rods and supplies and

‘smiths’ (Steve’s ‘boys’) are

Churchers College, he got a job

the walls are festooned with a

hard at work. If you want to see

with Joe Smith, the previous

the business has changed.

tangle of metal: gates, fenders,

Steve, you might have to wait a

blacksmith, when he left the

Much of the work in the old

fire-dogs, radiators, and a

few minutes – everyone does.

army after National Service.

days was agricultural. The site

bicycle. Dusty naked light bulbs

On the few occasions I have

Though he thought it would be

had been the workshop of

hang from the rafters, cold

been in, there have always been

a short-term job – “I think I

George Ewans Agricultural

steel vices claw the workbench

one or two people waiting to

thought I might one day be a

Engineers which covered a

and the only colour in the place

see him; to drill a hole, saw

doctor” – he has never left.

much larger area and made

comes from the flames of the

through a bolt, mend a

When old Joe Smith died, he

farm machinery. When the

Over the years the nature of

ISSUE 3 MARCH/APRIL 2007 Photos: Anthony Willoughby

“They are both very skilled,” he says with great pride. He is also man of traditions.

can. But he knows what will work and what won’t. He has

Two flags go up in the yard

such a passion for working with

each morning, the Hampshire

iron and steel and his

flag and the flag of St George,

experience is vast. I can help

and on high days and holidays

with some of the detail, but no

the Union flag goes up too. It

amount of technology can

first went up 30 years ago

compare with his knowledge.”

when his daughter was born.

“Meeting Sam has been such

When we arranged a day to

a godsend,” says Steve. “She’s

meet I suggested coming at

brilliant! Come and see this…”

8.45am? No, he would probably

An impressive pair of steel

be out getting cakes for the

gates was under construction

boys. 9.15? No, they would be in

at the back of the smithy. Steve

a meeting – over tea and cakes.

pointed to a row of square

So I went at 10am.

holes cut into the bars across

When we were talking a

Left to right: Richard Mason, Sam Farrow, Leigh Richards and Steve Pibworth

she says, “and I help where I

the gate. “These holes, cut

woman walked in and handed

through two layers of metal,

Steve a packet of biscuits. “For

would have taken us hours of

you and the boys,” she said,

work,” he said. “But Sam sent

“it’s cold, you must keep your

the measurement off via her

sugar levels up!”

computer to somewhere in Kent

Steve introduced me to Sam

and they came back a couple of

Farrow, who is responsible for

days later, beautifully done – by

nudging the smithy into the

laser!”

21st century with a bit of

It’s wonderful that the romanticism of the smithy, man

factory closed in 1937 Joe

out to be the man in charge of

Smith turned the workshop into

maintaining the line from

The Forge.

Clapham Junction to

grasp of modern technology

metal with fire, hasn’t melted

Portsmouth, Southsea and the

stops shortly after the

away in our fast-moving,

harrows, trailers and other

Isle of Wight, and down as far

invention of the telephone and

technological age. Let’s hope it

machinery for local farmers,”

as Weymouth. We mended all

all his designs and calculations

carries on for years to come.

said Steve, “and we’d build

their hand tools for years.

are created with the aid of a

“We used to repair and make

lorries. We’d open the doors at

Steve is a people person.

technical wizardry. By his own admission, Steve’s

creating beautiful things from

Life

pencil and paper. Sam is trained

the front of the forge, a new

When discussing the business

as a technical illustrator and

chassis would be brought in

he always talks about ‘we’,

moved from London to

and it would leave as a

rarely ‘I’, and refers to Richard

Petersfield four years ago and

Contact

complete new-bodied lorry.”

Mason and Leigh Richards (the

started her own business. When

The Forge, Petersfield,

‘boys’, who have both been with

she came to Steve to discuss

Open Monday to Friday

British Rail. “A charming man

him since leaving school, 29

having a gate made, they

8am to 1pm and

came in one day and asked if

and 22 years respectively) like

became firm friends.

2.45pm to 5pm.

we re-handled tools. He turned

his family.

They also did a lot of work for

“We talk about certain jobs,”

Local Issues

Is pedestrianisation the way forward? The idea of turning parts of Petersfield town centre into a pedestrian precinct was one of the most contentious issues in a Petersfield Tomorrow questionnaire. edestriansiation provoked

could complement the

weekends, for example, or from

the strongest reaction

you care about the future of

pedestrianisation experiment.

10am to 4pm. Those in favour

Town Health Check, entitled ‘Do

between those ‘For’ and those

your town?’ There was an

‘Against’. In this issue of Life in

excellent return of 587

improved in and around the

Petersfield, we have assembled some of the general arguments to support pedestrianisation. In the next issue we will present the arguments against it. Last year 8000 local people and businesses received questionnaires from Petersfield Tomorrow as part of the Market

questionnaires, a response rate

town centre, according to 79%

of over 7%.

of respondents, while 71% of

in town centres can boost

them agreed that car parking in

local businesses and create

the survey supported

Petersfield should be reviewed

a virtuous circle of walking,

experimenting with a

and cars discouraged from the

spending and community

pedestrian scheme for the High

town centre. Pedestrianisation

life. Research shows that the

Street. And 86% agreed with

experimentation could take a

higher the traffic volume,

coordinating delivery vehicle

number of forms and happen

the less time people spend

times in the town centre, which

on certain days and times: at

outside - and the lower the

Almost 75% of respondents to

Pedestrian routes need to be

believe that: • Putting the pedestrian first

ISSUE 3 MARCH/APRIL 2007

The Living Streets

likelihood they’ll know

Manifesto says:

their neighbours.

“Yesterday: …in villages,

• Pedestrianisation should be

towns and cities, the

complemented by

streets were the place for

upgrading and

socialising, children’s

increasing use of the

play, public meetings,

Square.

entertainments, demonstrations and

• Creating good pedestrian

social change. They were

environments

also routes for travel and

outweighs the

the movement of goods,

disadvantages of

but until the motor age,

people being unable to

there was a balance. “Today, the balance is

park outside shops.

lost. Streets are now

• Reducing the number of cars reduces risk for

traffic corridors, literally

pedestrians and drivers

cutting swathes through

alike. Over 4000

local communities. Official attention is

children and 8000 adults are killed or seriously

are always stopping where they

concentrated on passing traffic,

injured every year by cars or

shouldn’t. They would have to

not local lives. Streets have

lorries while walking or

sort out deliveries to the shops

become dirty and dangerous.

cycling.

though if they did do it and

Communities everywhere are

provide good, preferably free

affected, but more seriously in

created to fit all the

parking elsewhere in Petersfield

towns and cities and in low-

demands we make of our

so people would continue to

income areas.”

streets so that people can

come here.”

• A balance needs to be

Living Streets insist that their campaign is not just “another

be free to live, shop and play there as well as driving

A woman visiting Petersfield

chance to bash drivers”. They

through.

on business from Chichester

say it is “about striking a new

said: “Pedestrianisation would

balance between streets as

can increase business,

work wonderfully here as we

traffic routes and streets as

• Greater pedestrianisation rather than reduce it.

could all potter around to all

living space. …and on many

• Opponents are motivated

the shops without the fear of

local high streets, there will be

largely by fear of change

being mown down by traffic. I

far more people on foot than

and the syndrome described

don’t think there would be any

there are sitting in vehicles.

as NIMBY (not in my back

negative differences really as

yard). The reality is that the

when they pedestrianised

the smaller group of people in

pedestrian walkways of

Chichester, it transformed the

cars and lorries. The way the

places like Guildford and

city into a beautiful and

streets are designed and

Chichester throng with

charming place to shop.

managed needs to reflect the

shoppers, because

Visitors to Petersfield rarely

jobs we want them to do and

pedestrianisation has

drive down the High Street

the number of people using

improved the shopping

anyway as they are directed

them in different ways.”

experience.

straight to the car park from the outskirts of town.”

“Yet all the priority is given to

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Best kept secret

The High Street), welcomes

The pro-pedestrianisation

the idea: “Pedestrianisation

lobby seeks inspiration from

Petersfield Tomorrow:

would be a good thing because

organisations such Living

www.petersfieldtomorrow.co.uk

the High Street is lethal at the

Streets, an active body in the

moment as the crossings are

UK, which boasts having “75

If you have views about

not properly labelled so nobody

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My Life

Moving on five times over Local man DARREN REEVES has had five different careers since he left university. Lucy Coates traces his story in Petersfield during the week and then nip out to Hong Kong, Bosnia or South Africa at the weekend.” Pressed to do some namedropping, he told me that he had performed for Michael Jackson with Bjorn Again when doing a gig in Sun City, South Africa. “One of my proudest moments,” explained Darren “was performing to my heroes, arren Reeves grew up in

the players of Portsmouth

Buriton and went to

Football Club.”

Churcher’s College before

Having been spotted by New

reading music at Kingston

York publicist Merle Frimark,

University. “My parents are still

when performing with Bjorn

having seen Darren’s show the

Playhouse – not to mention

members of the Winton

Again on Broadway, Darren

night before and the “lad

Reeves Removals.

received a phone call from her

whose singing was fantastic.”

Players,” Darren admitted, “I

As a result, Darren was invited

Despite all this – and a house move to Wimbledon – Darren

did lots of backstage work with

two years later asking him to

the Green A Team and

audition for the part of the

to come to a game and meet

remains down to earth and true

composed a musical adaptation

‘Piano Man’ in the new Billy

the players properly in their

to his Petersfield roots. “I

Joel musical, Moving Out.

changing rooms where he

always joke that Petersfield is

received a signed Portsmouth

great for my golf handicap. I

in America, he was given the

FC shirt. “It was a dream come

come here most Thursdays so I

part in the London West End

true, both to be performing in

can continue to teach piano to

show and was surprised to see

the West End AND meeting all

a girl whom I have taught for

his favourite football team

of my childhood heroes.

years, keep in touch with the

coming to see it with their

Fantastic.”

removals business and have a

of Kenneth Graham’s The Wind

In The Willows for the Petersfield Youth Theatre.” Sincere, warm, charming and passionate, Darren Reeves is a very likeable chap and has stayed close to his Petersfield roots whilst pursuing his dreams of the West End. At 23, he returned home and took over the family business, Reeves Removals, because his father decided to retire. Within five years, he had achieved all he wanted, and was given the chance to audition for Bjorn Again with his good friend, Adrian Muckley. “This was really exciting as we both got in!” Darren enthused. “We performed in Bjorn Again and had gigs all over the world. I would sometimes be working

After a hard year of auditions

manager Harry Redknapp the night before a big away game. “It was totally bizarre to have

Darren gives you the feeling that here is a man for which dreams come true. He happily

round of golf with some of my old school friends.” If that isn’t enough for you, it

them paying to come to see me

noted that “I don’t ever feel like

is fitting to place Darren firmly

perform for a change,” Darren

I’ve done a day’s work in my

on the Petersfield map, as it

laughed, “but brilliant because I

life, I just have fun.” He admits

was here that he got together

went out and met some of the

that he is busy: he teaches

with his wife. They met in the

team and afterwards Kevin

piano; he is the lead singer of a

only club in Petersfield: the

Bond had left me a note saying

band, Saturn; he produces

legendary Vertigo. Now if THAT

‘we absolutely loved it!’ and

another band called iCandy; he

doesn’t make him Petersfield, I

telling me to give him a call.”

composes; he is landlord of

don’t know what does.

Portsmouth then went on to

three houses on Sussex Road;

win their away match against

and he has just finished being

Contact:

Fulham the next day, 3-1. Harry

the musical director of the

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Redknapp, the Pompey

professional production of Dick

manager, put it down to their

Whittington at The Oxford

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Local Business Profile

Edward Barnsley Workshops

Craftsmen of quality “If I can add to the richness of life a few things which give real joy in use and to the eyes, then I am happy enough.” Edward Barnsley 1900-1987 his view was developed into

a tradition of unique and

high quality craftsmanship for which The Edward Barnsley Workshops are internationally renowned. Situated on a beautiful spot overlooking The Hangers Way, Stoner Hill, Petersfield, they design and create bespoke furniture that is inspired by the Arts and Crafts Movement in its construction and style as well as its ideals.

An apprentice hard at work in the workshop

James Ryan, the head designer, said: “The utopian

wood. The wood is cut to

ideals Arts and Crafts still hold

different thicknesses according

Workshops, although run as a

quality and that is what is

true here today along with

to the run and beauty of the

private business during most of

important to them.

much of the creative design

grain. This is not a common

Edward’s lifetime, is now run as

aspects of the movement.

thing to do and is expensive but

a charitable Trust set up in

and Crafts movement believed

Edward Barnsley believed that

worth every penny.”

1980 and its training scheme is

that it is good for your soul to

money was not as important as

The Edward Barnsley

achieved a high standard of

“The key members of the Arts

helped by grants and

achieve high standards through

getting the piece right. He

closest a client will ever get to

donations. Edward’s grandson

working with your hands, and it

would not let a piece leave the

making it themselves.” This is

Peter is still very much involved

is true. It would not matter if

workshop until it met the

essentially because a client is

in the running of the workshop

every one of our apprentices

standard he demanded, even if

included in as many stages of

as a trustee.

worked at MFI for the rest of

money was lost.

the process as they wish.

The magic and direction of

Clients can even go to the

the workshops have not been

in their life, they achieved

but it involves a lifestyle choice:

workshop and watch so that, at

lost since Edward let go of the

quality and they will take this

everyone who works here

the end of the process, they

reins. The standard of work and

with them, wherever they go

wants to make work of

have a piece of furniture that

the unique apprenticeships

from here, and carry it with

extremely high quality as this is

they really want and that has

continue to make it special.

them for the rest of lives.”

what gives us pleasure and

already been a tangible part of

James explained that “we

pride. We could all go and fit

their lives.

provide a unique training

Contact: Edward Barnsley

opportunity as the apprentices

Workshops, Cockshott Lane,

“We maintain this tradition

kitchens for B&Q, for much

James noted that “we are the

“Clients are extremely brave,”

their lives because at one point

higher salaries, but it would not

said James. “Not only do they

are creating real pieces for real

Froxfield, Hampshire.

give us the same rewards in

not have a finished product to

clients with a real need. This

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life.”

look at when they part with

injection of realism makes us

Telephone: 01730 827233,

their money but they also put

unique not only in this country

E-mail: enquiries@barnsley-

craftsmanship, other aspects of

something of themselves into

but probably throughout the

furniture.co.uk

their work stand out as

each piece so that it becomes

world.”

exceptional. Firstly, the wood is

quite emotive. Because the

all personally selected and cut

style and design of the piece

apprenticeships as a ‘finishing

to their specification. “This is

will reflect their (the client’s)

school.’ Applicants are already

Petersfield, contact 01730

important,” James said, “as the

own individual needs they are

qualified technically, having

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colours never match unless all

thus leaving themselves open

qualified as cabinet-makers, but

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sourced from one piece of

to criticism.”

feel that they have not yet

Along with the quality

He describes the

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Business Profile

Mimosa

The shoe fits Mimosa celebrates its first birthday in May, and owner Sarah Peall recounts an exciting and enjoyable first year of trading

arah Peall entered the

lease, and then set about

world of retailing in 2006

transforming the site with the

after 10 years teaching maths

help of her family.

at Fair Oak Junior School. “I

“Some people were surprised

would still teach if I had my

that we chose to open at this

time again,” she said, “but I felt

end of the town, but this is now

it was time for a change.”

a busy area. With shops such as

She chose to go into retail,

20 The High Street, Tricot Too

encouraged by her parents’

and the new Marks & Spencer

experience of 25 years running

around the corner, and Laura

an art gallery. She and partner

Ashley, Monsoon and Phase 8

Andrew Rayner live in Privett,

very close by, it’s worked out

and had no hesitation in

perfectly.”

choosing Petersfield as the

Since the opening, Mimosa

location for the shop. “I have

has flourished. “Because we

always wanted to have my own

were doing something different

business and I love shoes and

in Petersfield, we have found

handbags. My first plan was to

lots of regular customers, and

sell handbags and accessories

I’m really pleased.” So pleased,

Mimosa’s orders. In 2007,

simple court shoe, this looks to

from a tiny shop in Chapel

in fact, that Sarah is already

Mimosa are continuing the

be another colourful year for

Street, but as I went around

talking of starting a second

Spanish connection, stocking

Sarah Peall and Mimosa.

talking to people in Petersfield,

branch of Mimosa.

shoes from companies such as

I soon realised there was a

Keeping tabs on the day-to-

Sarah Peall and Claudia Riley outside Mimosa

Audley, Rebecca Sanver,

glaring gap in the market for a

day health of the business is

Baltarini, Caprice and Ash. The

shoe shop.”

critical to Sarah. “Controlling

styles for this year will continue

Contact: Mimosa, 2 College

Sarah started with a very

stock and managing demand is

to favour wedged heels or

Street, Petersfield.

open mind about the types of

one of the trickiest aspects of

pumps in neutral colours or red,

Tel: 01730 268500.

shoes to stock. “I did a lot of

fashion retailing. We use some

white or blue.

Open 9-5, Monday to Friday

market research and

fairly sophisticated software to

established that my target

track every item we have on

market was women of around

sale, to monitor stock levels

30 and upwards. I therefore

and analyse trends. I can see at

needed good quality shoes at

a touch of a button exactly how

sensible prices, and was lucky

the business is doing, and what

enough to find some great

sizes and styles of shoes are

Spanish ranges which were well

popular during each season. It

suited to the UK market.”

means that we can really tailor

The ranges that Sarah chose

the ranges for our customers -

to stock in the shop were all

something that some of the

made to order, with a delivery

bigger retailers find more

time of over twelve weeks. The

difficult.”

months before the opening in

Sarah works in the shop on

May 2006 were therefore a

most days, including Saturdays,

little stressful. Having located

along with Claudia Riley, her

suitable premises in College

full time assistant. Being

Street (an ex bridal shop),

Brazilian, and therefore able to

Sarah bravely ordered over

speak Portuguese, Claudia

1500 pairs of shoes and boots

often gets called upon to speak

before she had even signed the

to the Spanish factories about

With prices starting at around £30 for sandals and £48 for a

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All Inclusive

Including the disabled in the workplace Bordon-based Iain Speed is the man behind a service called All Inclusive, which aims to increase the opportunities for meaningful employment for disabled people.

ain Speed saw the need for

national level –

a service run and managed

and he has been

by disabled people, and has

asked to give

dedicated the last two years

keynote

to promote the All Inclusive

speeches at

project. Run by TACT South,

various

the service provides Disability

conventions

Awareness Training, Access

across the

Audits and Disability

county as well

Consultancy work.

as contributing

Iain’s expertise is enriched

to several

by having cerebral palsy,

publications on

which gives him personal

disability issues.

insight into many disabled

He has

issues. He says: “Text books

delivered

and professional experience,

several training

giving a factual perspective,

workshops for

can only go so far. Only a

local businesses

person with a disability knows

to show what

exactly what it is like, so only

All Inclusive has

someone with the disability

to offer to new markets. The

1995 in relation to access. He

speaker tends to be an

can be the ‘professional’.”

service focuses on:

helps organisations meet their

academic specialist in the

‘Reasonable Adjustment’

subject, or a health care

Criteria as an Access Auditor.

professional with experience.

Iain Speed has insight into many disabled issues

The All Inclusive project aims to get more disabled people

• Employment and skills

His clients have included: East

“All Inclusive aims to change

and society as a whole. All

• Social Integration

Hampshire District Council;

the perspective from the

Inclusive will employ disabled

• Accessibility

Windsor Castle; the Queen

‘intellectual professional’ to

people from across the board,

• Promotion of disability

Elizabeth Foundation; and

the ‘experiential

Dorset Scope.

professional’,” Iain says.

included in local communities

training

including those with physical

issues through publications

and learning disabilities, and

and network/conferences

statement of “Living the Life

also with mental health issues. To demonstrate the abilities

A leading architect of the

The Access to Service

not the Label”, Iain is an

Contact Iain Speed, Project

of disabled people in the

Awards, a high profile

active advocate of the new

Development Manager,

workplace all services are

business event, will reward

disabled professional. TACT

ALL INCLUSIVE,

delivered by disabled

organisations that treat

South will train and develop

TACT South, Side Suite,

individuals. Iain wants All

disabled customers in an

disabled people to be keynote

10 Chalet Hill. Bordon.

Inclusive to promote

inclusive approach. The

speakers at conferences and

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partnerships with able-bodied

awards will raise awareness of

seminars, particularly on

Tel: 01420 479114

professionals to maximise the

reasonable adjustment under

disability, where the key

www.tactltd.org

resources and skills available.

the Disability Discrimination

Coaching by a former CEO of TACT UK helped Iain to

Act 1995. Iain is an experienced trainer

develop All Inclusive. He has

in disability issues, and has

significantly raised the TACT

extensive knowledge of the

South profile on a local and

Disability Discrimination Act

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It’s not too late. We should send you our prospectus. Dunannie (age 3–8), Dunhurst (age 8–13), Bedales (age 13–18) Tel: 01730 300100. admissions@bedales.org.uk. www.bedales.org.uk

More risks, please: they’re good for you School bans football because balls hurt (Daily Telegraph, January 2007). School bans conkers for fear of allergic reactions to nuts (Daily Mail, September 2006). Schools ban oranges in case children choke on the pips (Mail on Sunday, January 2006). No wonder former CBI director Sir Digby Jones has claimed that an obsessive ‘safety first’ approach to life is stifling the creative spirit of children, saying that it fails to prepare them for a world where success comes from taking risks every day. Bedales Schools agree with him. “Should we stop our students baking bread in the wood-fired ovens, just because the ovens are hot?” said Peter Coates, Head of Outdoor Work. “Of course not. We will assess the risk and take proper precautions, but then we show the students how to work responsibly, and we supervise them as they do so. This is one of the ways in which students gain independence and learn to manage the risks that life throws at them. It’s part of an all-round education. We will protect them from undue risk – but protecting them from every risk does them no favours.” Taking considered risks is part of intellectual life at Bedales as well. “We want to develop independent thinkers,” said Keith Budge, the Headmaster. “We have replaced some GCSE subjects with courses of our own that are more stretching. Students in English, for example, now read more books in two years than some schools teach for A-level. Bedales has broken the mould of the national curriculum, which is a bold step to take, but it is educationally right, and the students actually enjoy being set more demanding work.”

The risk of racing homemade coracles across a lake? You end up in the lake, not the coracle.

Business

Review

Rave reviews I

t is hard to believe Paul

have failed academically and

Hawes when he confides that

will be poorly paid with no

he is in his 30th year in the

career path. The industry is full

hairdressing business. Born and

of opportunity and needs to be

bred in Petersfield, Paul left

promoted in a positive light by

school (the then secondary

responsible employers to show

modern which is now The

what success can be achieved.”

Petersfield School) at the age of 16. He went to work in a local

Paul uses his membership of the Fellowship of Hairdressers for go on trips to London to

salon where he met his

check out and “learn from

business partner, Elaine

people doing things on a much

Armitage. In 1989 they started

larger scale, both creatively and

Review in Petersfield and five

in business terms.”

years later opened a second

Review have clearly found the

salon in Cowplain, which they

right formula because they

relocated to Waterlooville two

have recently expanded their

years ago.

salon considerably after

Since then Review has gone

acquiring the premises of the

from strength to strength. From

old flower shop which was next

a start-up team of four, it has

door in St Peters Road. “We

developed into a business

needed to expand because we

employing 30 people in

were struggling to find enough

Petersfield and Waterlooville.

seats in the salon, especially on

The secret of their success?

Fridays and Saturdays.

“We have been successful because we look after our

“Hairdressing is our core business,” Paul says, “ but you must include the service

through our training and

element to be successful, and our colour expertise are

promoting organic growth.”

recognised by Wella in training

This has meant high staff

staff to master colour award

retention, with at least 20% of

status.”

employees working with them for nearly 20 years. Paul adds: “The staff is an

East Hampshire Chamber of Commerce & Industry

Free help S

Paul Hawes rejoices in the noticeable change in Petersfield since the arrival of the larger

competitive. Membership is limited to sole traders,

outhern Entrepreneurs

franchisees and companies

have received an

employing less than 10 staff.

extension to a fourth year,

Members can expect access

and there are vacancies for

to around 50 free training

businesses in East Hants.

events and 10 networking

Enabled with a grant from

customers and we have grown recruitment programme

Above: Elaine Armitage and Paul Hawes outside their newly extended salon on St Peter’s Road

events in Hampshire. Places

the European Social Fund,

are limited to 25 in East

Southern Entrepreneurs

Hampshire.

provide free support to small

For more information,

businesses, in training,

contact Andrew Gordon

growing, managing their

(see below).

business or becoming more

Chamber events Question Time! o you have a question for

stores, led by Monsoon.

Committee since 1994; he was

important part of the selling

your MP? Or the leader of

appointed a Privy Councillor in

process and needs to be

“Although business will

East Hants District Council

February 2003 after the Iraq

constant so that they know

continue to become more

about. Be part of our audience

invasion. Cllr Ferris Cowper is

their customers and can relate

competitive, only those who are

at East Hants Chamber’s

Leader of East Hants District

to them. It can be difficult both

prepared to work for their

Question Time. This event is

Council and Portfolio Holder

to recruit and to keep people.

customers will prosper, and this

aimed at those with an interest

for Finance.

will ensure Petersfield will

in issues of South East

Date: 23 March 2007

continue to be a vibrant town.”

Hampshire; organisations of

Time: 12.30pm - Registration &

any size, any sector.

Networking.

“We are hugely into training and we are involved with local schools such as TPS. We take students for work experience,

Contact:

and we can help those who

Review, 2 St Peters Road,

Conservative MP for East

Penns Place, Petersfield. GU31

want to be successful in

Petersfield,

Hampshire, and a member of

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hairdressing.

Telephone: 01730 260346

the North Atlantic Assembly

Cost (to members): £15 pp inc

and the British-Irish

buffet.

Parliamentary Body. He has

Contact Andrew Gordon:

The panel: Michael Mates,

“We work hard to promote vocational training and try to

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educate people who still think

been a member of the

Tel: 02392 591671.

hairdressing is for people who

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Business

New arrivals Cat Jarman visited some of the companies who are new or have recently moved to the area, to find out what they value about Petersfield. Natural Café

Imaginations

High Street

18a Lavant Street

Having opened in Petersfield in

This gift shop opened in

January, the Natural Café in

November. Owner Phil Hayter

the High Street has enjoyed

thinks that Petersfield has a lot

great success selling natural

going for it: “It’s always had

and organic food and drink CEO

potential, people have just

and founder Paul Currie came

taken a while to realise it,” he

up with the idea after visiting a

says.

nutritionist three years ago in Thame, Oxfordshire. Founded two and a half years

Phil is a retired Petersfield policeman, who lives in Waterlooville. He has also been

ago, the company has acquired

an IT consultant for 14 years,

12 outlets across the South

and has always wanted to open

East, mostly in London, and

a gift shop: “All of us have a

employs 130 staff. Most of the

shopkeeper in us somewhere –

staff at Petersfield are local –

Britain is a nation of

Paul believes it is important for

shopkeepers.”

staff to understand the locality of the business. Paul sees opening a Natural

He is pleased with business in Petersfield so far: “Only time will tell if I’ve made the right

Café in Petersfield as an

decision, but I’m certainly

obvious choice. “This is an

enjoying it!”

affluent area where people are

Contact: 01730 267271

used to high quality products and will buy in to the health

Cute

food market,” he says.

Pages Court, High Street

Contact: 01730 261702 Folly Tree Tea Rooms

Cute was established in Chapel Street in 2004 and

Pictured from left to right are: Robyn Butcher, Caron Franshawe, Vincent Mount, Emma Bramley, Lynnette Arblaster, Caroline Stevens (behind), Martin Hird, Gilly Hutchinson, Fione Macmillan, Sophie Billyard (behind), Ben Tabraham and Neil Casson.

Exscitec Cedar Court Working to promote teaching and learning in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM), Exscitec was established in 2000, where Directors Alan and Moira Macmillan-West ran their business from their home on The Causeway. Two weeks ago they moved to Cedar Court – owned by wine tour organisers Arblaster & Clarke who were featured in the last issue of Life in Petersfield. Exscitec now feel they have a great project management and administrative base in the centre of the town. Alan and Moira know they

moved to Pages Court in

have made a sound investment

October. The children’s

in terms of expanding, moving,

The Folly Tree Tea Rooms

clothing retailer needed a

and meeting their growing

opened in October 2006 after

bigger shop to expand their

demands. “Petersfield is great

being taken over by Jo Murphy.

business and local owners

because it is not so big that it

Jo is from Clanfield, and was

Amy Kinally and Debbie

becomes impersonal, yet

originally a financial analyst for

Stevens feel that they are

provides great links with others

IBM in Portsmouth before

now in a better location on

running business here.” says

deciding on a complete change

the High Street.

Alan. “Our development plans

5 Folly Lane

of lifestyle. She has loves Petersfield as a location: “I’ve always visited here to do my shopping. It is a lovely market town steeped in tradition, with a very close community.” “Everything that is important to me has been right here,” she says. “I feel that I am starting to achieve what I set out to do.” Contact: 01730 267432

They chose to open in Petersfield because, like many, they both have young families in Petersfield, and felt there was an obvious market for children’s clothing. “We both love country market

are to increase our offering of courses to teachers and schools in the local area.” Contact: 01730 262927 DVO (UK) Petersfield Office Park

the UK and Southern Ireland. Director Phil Herson, who is from Liphook, says that Petersfield has a great feel about it and is very convenient for the South Coast and London connections. He describes Petersfield as an up and coming town. “There has recently been a change of retailers. With the addition of Marks and Spencers and Fat Face, it now caters for a different market.” He believes that Petersfield Office Park will bring in a variety of new businesses to town, which, he says, can only be healthy. “What will be important for Petersfield in five years’ time is the completion of the Hindhead Tunnel,” he says. “This will open many doors of opportunity for any business located along the A3. It’s a very important time.” Contact: 08701 663300 Other new arrivals and movers will be featured in future issues of Life In Petersfield including: Alice Blue, 38 Station Road, Liss: 01730 892600 (from 10th March) Energy Footprint, Cedar Court: 01730 262703 Multiplex Imaging, Petersfield Office Park: 01730 233332

towns,” says Amy, “Petersfield

DVO (UK) moved to Petersfield

Terra Firma, Cedar Court:

suits the stock we have and the

Office Park four months ago

01730 262040

customers we are selling to.”

from East Horsley.

Contact: 01730 300900

The company distributes office furniture and soft furnishings in

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Focus

Shopping in Durleigh Town Jessica Moon and Mark Wood headed east from Petersfield along the A272 to investigate Durleighmarsh and Pear Tree Barns. These two locations now provide a home to over a dozen businesses.

Ceramic Tile Design by Alex Zdankowicz

shop and a workroom (which

problem, but is also a thing of

was once her late father’s

creative beauty.

painting studio). She set up shop in 1989

Alex’s portfolio is littered with beautiful reproductions of

having worked for a couple of

Moroccan and Roman palace

years in Brighton where she

floors and a recent commission

trained. And when she is very

to stain the floors of a Scottish

busy she has a team of regular

castle which he did by

outworkers to help her.

stencilling onto the stone flag

Louise sells a bright and

directly. He explained: “I don’t

beautiful range of fabrics and

refuse to do any job as a

makes curtains, blinds and

solution is always there and I

loose covers. “I have some

like a challenge.”

lovely customers who like some

Contact: Alex Zdankowicz,

of the outlandish colours I have

01730 810211

in my shop,” she said. Contact: The Peacock Room, 01730 821273 In a small barn on the left of the courtyard, near The Peacock Room, you will find two small kilns, racks of clay tiles and a friendly man, Alex Zdankowicz of Ceramic Tile Louise of the Peacock Room

Design. Alex specialises in what

t Durleighmarsh you will

AnnaRkai Design. “Often a

he describes as “off-the-wall

find: AnnaRkai Design,

customer might come to use

ceramics.”

Ceramic Tile Design, Dorset Hill

the gym but then pop up to the

Organics, Durleighmarsh Farm

farm shop to get their weekly

Chelsea School of Art, he has

Opposite Ceramic Tile Design,

Shop, The Peacock Room,

veg and then up the road to

developed a keen interest in

is another beautifully converted

Positive Lifestyle, Real Flower

buy a child’s birthday present.

creating and designing spaces

barn which houses AnnaRkai

Company. Down the road at

It gives the area a really

using relief tiles rather than

Designs. Anne Rayner and her

Pear Tree Barns, you will find

charming, supportive

plain, flat, patterned tiles. So

daughter, Caroline Henslow,

atmosphere.”

much so, that he has been

both have a design and

Cheeky Monkeys, and Curtain

described as the ‘couture

theatrical training and were

Revival and Hamilton House

Durleighmarsh Farm

ceramicist.’

inspired to start their occasion

Interiors.

In the mid-Fifties the Henslow

Alex noted that, “There is a

wear business when they

family bought Durleighmarsh

place for normal tiles and I am

designed Caroline’s elder

Farm, which they own to this

happy to design or reproduce

sister’s wedding.

in which you can shop, relax

day. Daughter Louise was born

these for a client, but my real

and potter - all within ten

and brought up there and went

passion has recently grown out

whether it is designing and

to school locally. She was

of creating ‘functional art.” As

making all the outfits for a

among the first in the family to

the name suggests, this means

wedding or hiring out a hat for

about these two plots is the

use two of the many farm

liaising with a client so that the

the races. They specialise in

fact that we all provide custom

outbuildings for her business

piece Alex designs and creates

bespoke, made-to-measure

The Peacock Room. She has a

is not only a solution to a

dress design for evening wear,

Aquafayre, Blue Door Bindery,

Both locations offer free parking and lovely rural views

minutes of central Petersfield. “One of the really nice things

for each other,” said Caroline of

Caroline of AnnaRkai Design

Since reading ceramics at the

They offer a range of services,

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Alison Grange in Durleighmarsh Farm Shop

brides, bridesmaids and mother

pickles, jams, biscuits, cakes, as

of the bride but also do an off-

well as fridges filled with

the-peg range of outfits as well

Jersey cream, cheese, Rother

as waistcoats for men.

Valley Organic meat and

They are clearly a good team,

delicious meat pies. There are

tested one summer when a

also freezers brimming with

bride-to-be left her dress

desserts including roulades,

decision to just 2 weeks before

gateaux and Jersey ice cream.

her big day because she was in

Alison Grange, who runs the

the middle of her Law exams.

farm with husband, Roger,

Caroline reminisced, “Luckily

explained “we try to keep all

we had just finished making our

our produce as local as possible

Summer gowns so we were

and make it clear to our

able to design and make her

customers how far their food

her perfect dress in that time

has travelled. Food miles are a

but we usually prefer having a

concern to all of us.

little more notice than that!”

Throughout the year, our

Anne noted “We tend to be

own fruit and vegetables arrive

inspired by beautiful fabrics but

at the shop via wheelbarrow or

equally inspiration can come

are picked by our customers.

from a customer with an open

We try to source as much

mind and a sense of fun as it

bought-in produce as possible

means we can really be creative

from local producers.”

and produce the perfect outfit

Local small-scale producers

for their special occasion.”

help keep the shop well-stocked

Contact: AnnaRkai Designs,

with delicious treats such as

01730 821765. They will be

cakes and biscuits from

at the Wedding Fair on 25

Farmhouse Cookery in Bosham,

March at Old Thorns Golf

Meadow Cottage Jersey cream

Club, Griggs Green, Liphook

and ice-cream from Headley

GU30 7PE

and very local chutneys from Dwayne of Perfect Pickles in

At the top of the slope, inside

Petersfield, who uses Durleighmarsh Farm produce as

Farm Shop is filled with fresh

ingredients in many of his

fruit and vegetables, shelves of

recipes.

Life

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the log cabin-style building, the

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In the summer, the opening times are extended so that people can enjoy the PYO season after work. It also means that customers can use the cooler evenings to pick as even English summers get rather hot during the middle of the day. Contact: Durleighmarsh Farm Shop, 01730 821626 Opening times: Winter, 9am5pm; Summer, 9am-7pm every day. (Sundays 9-1pm in winter)

Aquafayre’s the Tupmans (l to r) Lee, Jemma, Veronica, Keith

Richard Marsh, Cheeky Monkeys

The Blue Door Bindery

family business, and here

did as an accountant.” Richard

Pear Tree Barns

parents and children are

excitedly moves from toy to toy

Gaynor describes herself as a

Just up the main road, on the

involved.

explaining where they are from,

‘trade binder’ as she has many

what they are for and what

skills to offer and is happy to

right is Pear Tree Barns, which

Keith Tupman has spent 35

of Art lecturer for 17 years.

hosts an equally vibrant and

years in this line of work and he

they are made out of with

take up most challenges

varied set of shopping outlets.

is ably assisted by his wife

obvious passion.

including book/paper repair and

As you enter Pear Tree Barns,

Veronica, their daughter

the barn on your left is the

Jemma and son Lee. They sell

wooden,” he explained as he

book making and binding. “Most

combined outlet of Curtain

everything from pool kits to

showed me a large, red fire

of my work comes from word-of-

Revival and Hamilton House

saunas via accessories,

engine. “Parents often

mouth,” Gaynor explained, “but I

Interiors. This is run by the

cleaners, heaters, pumps,

recognise things they had when

also participate in many fairs

husband and wife team of Clare

maintenance equipment and a

they were young but we do also

and exhibitions to let people

and Iain Hamilton, who have

free water testing service to

have the ‘fun and funky’ like

know I am here.”

been involved in interior

enable customers to balance

the animal alarm clocks which

furnishings for over 30 years,

their water and pinpoint any

‘moo,’ ‘oink’ or ‘cluck’ you

treasures in the past as part of

and now live in South Harting.

problems.

awake.”

her training and for clients.

For 15 years they had a shop

They also recognise that

“A lot of our toys are

There are also educational

cleaning, bespoke box making,

She has worked on many

These include repairing a

and a workshop at Hindhead

customers have different

toys including ant farms, ‘Mind

broken, Art Nouveau photo

Galleries in Hindhead. They

lifestyles and budgets so offer

Blowing Science’, ‘Knit your

album with huge sentimental

moved to Petersfield for a

different maintenance schemes

Own Scarf’ and my favourite, a

value, one of the original prints

couple of years before settling

in order to suit each customer

cardboard, Victorian build-your-

of Fox’s Book of Martyrs and a

in their present premises.

specifically: whether that is a

own Theatre. “Essentially,”

sixteenth century manuscript made out of sheep parchment.

Spring and Autumn Service, a

Richard admitted, “we like to

for secondhand curtains, but

regular maintenance contract,

think of Cheeky Monkeys as a

Gaynor has also done

they must be top quality and

technical advice or merely

‘Barbie-free zone’ and a place

conservation work for the

professionally made.

someone to call if things go

where customers can find really

National Trust, repairs precious

Curtain Revival is an agency

wrong.

special children’s toys which

maths books for children in

is both local and London. “The

Contact: Aquafayre, 01730

are built to last both physically

Zambia (free of charge), and is

two businesses complement

818222

and in each owner’s memories.”

the editor of the Society of

Contact: Cheeky Monkeys,

Bookbinders Newsletter.

01730 821833

Contact: Gaynor Williams

Their widespread client base

each other,” said Clare Hamilton. “Sometimes I get an

Opposite Aquafayre, there is a

01730 266532. For more

order for new curtains at

veritable Aladdin’s Cave of

Hamilton House Interiors

traditional children’s toys and

Opposite Curtain Revival and

information about the arts

because Curtain Revival can

gifts from all over the world,

Hamilton House Interiors, behind

fairs coming soon, do check

take the old ones.”

Cheeky Monkeys. A family-run

a lovely, blue door is the aptly

out Life In Petersfield’s Arts

Contact: Curtain Revival and

business since its inception in

named The Blue Door Bindery.

Diary on page 54.

Hamilton House Interiors,

1992, this branch is managed

Gaynor Williams only opened

01730 818486

by ‘Dad’, Richard Marsh. With

here in mid-October but this is,

Positive Lifestyles, the health

shops in central London, they

in fact, her second major careers

and fitness Club

cover the whole range, from

move. Before training to be a

01730 821177will be featured

ages 0 to 12.

bookbinder and conservator, she

in the May-June issue

Going clockwise to the right is Aquafayre, which provides pool and leisure services and also

Richard said, “I have so much

sell fireworks. This is another

more fun doing this than I ever

worked as an events coordinator for 14 years and then a History

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Healthy Eating

Eastern Promise As the fall-back plan of vegetarian lasagna begins to grate, it is a relief to find a new recipe which is both different and tasty. MELANIE KITE of LIME MOOSE Home Cooking provides some inspiration and tells the story of her new local business.

ost of my dishes are

Method:

inspired by my extensive

Pre-heat oven to gas mark 5, 375F / 190C Heat the oil and fry the buckwheat just until it browns. Add the onion and mushrooms and fry gently then cook for a further 5 minutes with the pan covered. Pour in the stock and wine if using and simmer for about 20 minutes. Blanch the cabbage and when the buckwheat is ready add the cabbage, chestnuts, herbs and seasoning. Mix in the lightly beaten egg. Grease a 450g loaf tin with a little butter and then press the mixture into the tin. Bake for 50-60 minutes until the top is brown and firm to touch.

travels, as well as tried and tested recipes handed down to me by my mother. I was inspired to create this recipe while traveling around the northern regions of China. My friend and I had found a small local guesthouse in which to stay, where ‘mama’ cooked and we ate with the family. The dish was cooked over a wood burning fire, the smoke filling the small room and making our eyes water, but the aroma of it overpowered any discomfort. I have adapted it making it into a loaf rather than a stew as we ate it. I like to serve it with a homemade tomato sauce and steamed, green vegetables. Tibetan Loaf Serves 4-6

My passion for food started in

we didn’t know the names of,

of dishes and special diets.

taking them back home and

The company name aims to

experimenting with cooking

evoke interest and capture the

them. Most of all I remember

essence of what the business is

the food we ate off the hawker

about. One evening my cuddly-

stalls and night markets.

toy moose gave me the idea of

LIME MOOSE home cooking

using a pun on ‘mousse’. Lime

was started in the latter half of

is a wonderful vibrant colour

2006 after giving up my

and the fruit conjures up

London job. I wanted to

memories of my days in exotic

combine my passion for

countries eating aromatic, spicy

cooking with what I saw as a

foods with lime quarters. Thus

gap in the private catering

LIME MOOSE home cooking

market, offering genuine home

was formed.

cooked food for all those who

1 tsp oil

my childhood. Born in India, my

110g buckwheat

family then lived in countries

110g onions, diced

throughout Asia and Africa. I

mums, working couples,

visit my website.

225g mushrooms, chopped

have wonderful childhood

grandmas who have hung up

Tel: 01428 648384

300ml vegetable stock / or

memories of going to market

their wooden spoon and single

Email:

150ml stock and 150ml red wine

with my mother, awe-struck at

people. I cook for all events – a

enquiries@limemoose.co.uk

110g chestnuts, pureed

the live animals and reptiles,

weekend cake, children’s

Website:

225g cabbage, thinly shredded

seeing the vibrant colours and

parties, dinner parties, and

www.limemoose.co.uk

2 tsps herbs (sage, rosemary,

knocked back by the pungent

buffets to boardroom and office

LIME MOOSE Home

thyme)

smells, often of rotting food.

lunches. I have a particular

Cooking - Make Time To

It was always exciting buying

interest in vegetarian food for

Relax & Enjoy Yourself

vegetables, fruits and fish that

which I have a large repertoire

1 egg, lightly beaten Seasoning to taste

were too tired or busy to cook. These include overstretched

Contact me to find out how I can help you and please

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Delights of Django’s Tucked away in an alley between the Waitrose car park and Chapel Street in Petersfield, Django’s Café is run by Briony Ledger and Russell Timmins, and has celebrated its first birthday in February.

jango’s serves up a great

South Harting, have always

mixture of excellent food,

wanted to run a continental-

all locally sourced and home

style café in a Hampshire town.

made. Typical lunch would be:

“When this place came on the

chicken with a tarragon sauce,

market, we just had to take it,”

followed by fruit-filled pancakes

said Russell.

with ice cream (£6.95) with wine and beer available. They also love music; and live

When Life visited, the popular Hanging Tree Band were playing their unique style of

music happens every other

Celtic music with guitar and

Saturday afternoon, on

fiddle.

Farmers’ Market Sundays, and every third Thursday evening.

Contact: Django’s, 01730

Russell describes the music as

269847. Details of events are

mainly acoustic, with many

on the cafe blackboard and

talented local jazz musicians.

also on:

Briony and Russell, who live in

www.mypetersfield.co.uk

Briony Ledger (left) and Russel Timmins (right) with the Hanging Tree Band at Djangos

Life

Local Environment

Think global, act local 12 changes you can make for a cleaner, greener and happier Petersfield in 2007

1. Support your local shops.

each year by leaving TV sets

Reduce your food’s carbon

and other appliances on

footprint by buying locally

standby. Remember not to

produced, seasonal food.

leave gadgets such as your

Buy loose rather than pre-

mobile phone on charge

packed fruit and vegetables

unnecessarily – it will save

and support your local

you money too.

producers. Farmers Markets

8. Get renewable energy.

are fun, check out where

and when they are at

supplies 100% renewable

http://www.hampshirefarmer

electricity. Go to: www.good-

smarkets.co.uk/

energy.co.uk/

2. Keep your dustbin off the

9. Think of the polar bear.

pavement.

Turn your thermostat down

They obstruct pedestrians

by 1°C and wear your special

and parents with pushchairs.

Christmas jumper - you’ll

3. Reduce, Re-use and

save energy and money - up

Recycle.

to 10 per cent off your

Recycling helps tackle

annual heating bills.

climate change by reducing

10. Use your car less.

the UK’s carbon emissions

Walk, cycle, car share or use

by 10 to 15 million tons a

public transport and do you

year. Take re-usable bags

really need that 4x4? If

shopping, if you’re

you’re thinking of replacing

concerned about excessive

your car, new cars with

packaging, tell the store

carbon dioxide (CO2)

manager!

emissions below 120 g/km of

4. Take your dog poo home.

CO2 benefit from a reduced

It is unhygienic to leave it on

Vehicle Excise Duty (VED).

the pavement for passers by,

http://www.direct.gov.uk/

particularly children, to tread in. 5. Treat yourself to a

11. Reduce water consumption. Think of ways in which you can reduce the amount of

compost bin.

water you and your family

East Hampshire District

use - put a ‘hippo’ in your

Council offers discounted

toilet cistern. For cisterns

compost bins ranging in

with a 7 litre flush or

price (due to size) from £8 -

greater, insert a FREE Save-

£20 order online and save £1

a-flush to save up to 1 litre

- go to:

per flush.

http://www.recyclenow.com/

http://www.waterwise.org.uk/

compost/

Also have a look at

or phone 0845 077 0757,

www.watertwo.co.uk, who

and quote reference HCA1

sell a valve that diverts used

6. Buy and fit energy-saving light bulbs. They use less energy. Just

bathwater to a water butt for use in the garden. 12. Litter, litter, litter. Put it in

one can reduce your lighting

the bins provided!

costs by up to £100 over the

It is an offence to litter, so

lifetime of the bulb - and

you could end up with a £75

they last up to 12 times

fine, as well as spoiling the

longer than ordinary light

environment!

bulbs. http://www.est.org.uk/ 7. Watch your waste. Britons waste the equivalent

Alexandra Hartridge World Wildlife Fund e: AHartridge@wwf.org.uk

of around two power stations’ worth of electricity

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PETERSFIELD MARKET a wide selection of goods available Market held every Wednesday & Saturday in the Market Square To enquire about pitches, please ring Liz Jackson on (01730) 234289 www.easthants.gov.uk/petersfieldmarket

Gardening

Top 5 tips for spring success Here we are again the spring, one of my favourite times of the year and a time for regeneration of life! With it comes warmer weather and smiling faces, not just on people but in the form of spring bulbs and spring bedding plants. Also more importantly longer days for us to enjoy in the garden! I have put together some handy tips for you to use this spring. sander to bring out the colour

Spanking spuds

of the wood then brush off the

Growing your own

dust ready to apply some good

potatoes is great and you

about 20cm high, earth up the

quality teak or hardwood oil to

don’t have to have a large

stem to block out light, then

the surface.

garden to enjoy the rewards of

harvest first earlies in about 9

On old wood apply one thin

DIY vegetables. All you need is

to 12 weeks from planting and

coat with a brush, this helps to

good quality seed potatoes,

main crop as and when you

get the oil into all those nooks

Unwins do a great range and

need them.

and crannies. Let the oil soak

they are reliable too. You will

in, then use an old flannel to

need to chit the seeds. Do this

you can get a potato barrel so

apply a second coat. Let that

by putting them into egg boxes

you can grow them even if you

soak in before you use the

in the light with any shoots

haven’t got much room. A good

Top tables

table. At this point. it may be

facing upwards and away from

quality multi purpose compost

If you are like me you will want

worth going over the surface

frost and high heat like

is great for growing the good

to make sure that your garden

with a clean dry cloth to

radiators and open fires.

old spud in barrels. For best

furniture is in tip-top condition.

remove any excess oil. Then

It is easier at this time of year

enjoy using your table as you

March/April and your main crop

and Desiree (main crop) these

to do your annual maintenance

normally would. The oil will

in April/May. Plant at about

varieties are reliable and

of wooden furniture due to the

resist any spills and you can

25cm spacing when shoots are

tasty too.

longer day length and warmer

wipe it clean after your first

weather. I tend to use my

garden party of the year.

Plant out early varieties in

If you are pushed for space

results try Rocket (first early)

Save water

garden, like using bark to cover the soil which slows

Feed the birds

will also ensure adult bird’s

The spring is a good time to

Some people stop feeding

good condition ready for

start saving water. We are all

evaporation. You can also get

wild birds in the spring this -

breeding and can also extend

too aware that this area gets

compost additives called

the breeding season of some

a hose ban very early on in

‘water gel’ or ‘crystals’. These

continuing feeding has great

species to allow further

the summer, so if you start

hold water in the compost

benefits, some of which

broods. Attracting birds into

saving now, it will pay off in

and stop it evaporating

include an improved survival

the garden is a good way to

the long run. Last year there

quickly, so that you don’t

control some of those nasty

was a problem with supply

need to water your containers

pests that seem to run rife in

and a demand for water

and baskets so often.

the spring. More importantly

butts. I don’t think that this

birds are great to have

year will be any different so

5 tips useful this spring and

around for you to enjoy!

get them early while there is

that you have great fun in the

still stock.

garden. Most of all enjoy all

can be a mistake as

rate of young birds after they have left the nest. Feeding can supplement adult bird’s diet to aid nourishment of fledglings. It

Path to safety

that you do not have to re

The spring can bring some

apply them for some time.

great weather to our country; it

Using one of the more

can also bring some very wet

modern products ensures they

days and nights. It is important

are bio-degradable and they do

to make sure you are safe in

not harm wildlife. It will also

the garden this spring, so I

make sure that your pathways

always invest in a good path

are algae free so that you don’t

and driveway cleaner. The new

slip and hurt yourself.

ones on the market are so good

You can get what I would

I hope that you find my top

the bulbs blooming and the

call the ‘normal’ 210 litre

new leaves on the trees. If

water butt, or a ‘space saving’

there are any questions you

type if room is at a premium.

want answered in the

These are usually about 100

meantime please feel free to

litres. With all water butts you

contact the editor and I will

can link them together so

gladly help in the next issue.

that you don’t waste any of

Chris Rawlings

that valuable water in the

Garden centre Manager

summer. There are other

Hillier, Liss

ways to save water in the

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Arts Profile

Petersfield Chamber Choir Lise Foster (soprano) joined

The Petersfield Chamber Choir has become greatly respected in Petersfield and the surrounding areas as being a highly proficient and well-managed choir so Lucy Coates went to find out more.

in 2000. “It is really good fun and we sing a good range of often quite challenging music. We are always on the lookout for eligible young men.

Danielle Marsh, above, (soprano) joined in 2005. “Singing here really helps focus my mind – it is

The Petersfield Chamber Choir rehearsing for their next concert in March

went to a rehearsal on a

but I have very high standards

recently been asked to perform,

chilly Monday night in

and like to think I can be a hard

for a second time, with the

January and was welcomed

task master when I need to be.”

Southern Pro Musica conducted

into a warm room with an even

Ann is used to high standards as she studied at the Guildhall

2009. Nicholas Gleed, along

was quite surprised to see such

School of Music with Sydney

with many other professional

a mixture of people and ages

Harrison and in 1952 became

instrumentalists, enjoys

gathering there.

orchestral manager for

working with the choir but Ann

Raymond Leppard. She has

refuses to make audiences pay

chairs and found their places,

worked widely as a music

and instead has a retiring

they laughed and joked with

copyist, assisting composers

collection for a local charity.

each other discussing this and

such as Benjamin Britten and

that and having a pleasant

Malcolm Arnold and conductors

stressed if I charged for tickets

time. The laughs did not stop

Sir Charles Mackerras and Sir

and this way we can make a

once the rehearsal had begun

John Eliot Gardiner.

real difference to local peoples’

but an air of deep focus was

Since moving to Petersfield,

Ann said, “I would get far too

lives.” Her concerts have raised

added to the atmosphere as

she has conducted the

nearly £25,000 over the years

they began to sing.

Thursday Singers and Meon

all of which has gone to local

Consort and has only recently

charities. Their next concert

warm and collected with a

retired as Director of Music at

will have a collection for

beautiful edge to it. The

Lavant House School.

Rowan’s Hospice.

The sound produced was very

sopranos and altos trilled with

Petersfield Chamber Choir

The choir’s next concert is on 24 March at 7.30pm in St.

smaller tenor and bass sections

previous choir run by Ann, the

Peter’s church when they will

sang with gusto led by David

acclaimed Musica Sacra, was

be singing Allegri’s Miserere

Bee whom they fondly referred

too small to withstand the busy

and John Tavener’s Song for

to as ‘Mr Bass’.

lifestyles of many of its

Athene, as well as works by

members as they could not

Byrd, Tomkins and Poulenc.

the Petersfield Chamber Choir

attend every rehearsal. The

but the accuracy and attention

solution was to make a larger

Contact/join: Ann Pinhey,

to detail is inspired by its

choir so it would not make such

01730 267004

enthusiastic and bubbly

a difference if this continued to

Rehearsals: Monday, 8pm-

director, Ann Pinhey, who does

happen: the Petersfield

9.30pm in St. Laurence’s

not stand for mistakes. “I do

Chamber Choir was born.

Church Hall, Station Road,

“I love teaching and conducting

Since its inception it has gained great acclaim and has

Lorna Allured, above, (alto) joined in 2000. “It is a great way to start the week – we are not all old either, as Ann is a brilliant musician so she attracts people of all ages.” Steve Sergeant (bass) “It’s tremendous, high

was set up in 2000 because the

get cross,” Ann persuaded me,

and fun.”

joined in 2000.

accuracy whilst the much

An audition is required to join

exercise as well as sociable

by Jonathan Willcocks in May

warmer, friendly atmosphere. I

As the members put out

challenging and good

quality music and we try to get it right.”

David Bee, above, (bass) joined in 2000. “This is how choirs should be done – though perhaps with a little less Mozart!”

Petersfield. Life

Arts

Bringing the past to the present

Scouts Exhibition: A collection of local scout group items dating back to 1900 including old toggles and uniforms, badges and photographs. This was largely donated by ‘Buster’ Hampton, who joined the Petersfield Wolf cubs in 1932 and continued collecting Scout memorabilia until 1984.

The Petersfield Museum will reopen in March with a whole new exhibition. The curator, Sara Sadler gave Life in Petersfield a sneak preview. themselves,” Sara revealed, “because often young people have never seen one and have to work out how to use them. A child can be there for some minutes attempting to press the numbers rather than using the dials. The phones are also an asset to anyone who is visually impaired, for obvious reasons, which is a wonderful added bonus.” The educational aspect of the Photos (clockwise starting with the above): The original Picketts & Pursers outlet on the High Street 1965; an original Jacobs & Hunt invoice dated 1932; ladies working at The Petersfield Laundry, c1950

museum has recently been recognised for being ‘User friendly for under-5s’ by

Joanne Robinson who was

2005 and is keen to put on

subject. “We are very proud of

exhibitions with a

this,” said Sara. “It is mainly

contemporary feel so as to

due to the fact that we

increase local interest and to

encourage the children to be a

make many of the exhibits

bit noisy and create a very

more relevant to people today.

informal atmosphere. The

Sara noted that “it is very

volunteers are great with young

important to display exhibitions

people and we create

which local people will be

worksheets for the older

interested in so this year we

children to do – ‘How Well Do

ARA SADLER came to Petersfield Museum in

writing a dissertation on the

You Know Your Town?’ - so it

have focused on the Scouts and local businesses as well as the annual focus on a local village. “Some exhibits are never

imagine riding one!” Sara also understands that, in

becomes more of a treasure hunt than a lesson.”

order to be educational,

taken off display because they

museums should also be a fun

The Petersfield Museum, The

have a really nice local history.

place to be. As a result, much

Old Courthouse, St Peters

The Coat of Arms (dating from

of the exhibition is interactive.

Road, Petersfield, GU32 3HX.

1660 – 1685) takes pride of

Classic old telephones can be

Open: (March-November)

place above the bench. This

used to listen to oral accounts

Tuesday – Saturday, 10am -

would have been in place when

from local people. For example,

4pm, FREE ENTRY

the courthouse was fully

this season, you can hear Mr

Contact: telephone

functioning. Of course the

Pickett (of Picketts and Pursers)

01730 262601 or e-mail

penny farthing is a constant

describe how his business was

curator@petersfieldmuseum.co.uk .

exhibit too because it is too big

started and developed.

to put anywhere else and is fascinating for people to

“These telephones are a learning experience in

Life

Local Business Exhibition: This includes profiles on some of the oldest existing businesses in Petersfield including photographs, histories and objects from their archives such as receipts spanning their histories which are all over 100 years old. The local businesses included are Picketts and Pursers, Jacobs and Hunt, and The Petersfield Laundry. Local Village Exhibition – Froxfield and Privett Every year, the museum focuses on a local village in the environs of Petersfield and this year it is Froxfield and Privett which is at the top of Stoner Hill. The exhibition has been created by the villagers and includes a separate display of children’s school work. Petersfield Fashion Exhibition: Bedales School has recently donated their vast wardrobe of vintage clothing to the Petersfield Museum. A ball gown from 1890 will be on display in order to whet your appetite for next year’s grand scale exhibition of these beautiful clothes. Volunteers The Petersfield Museum could not operate without the huge help from its volunteers. Sara would like to take this opportunity to thank all those who have helped with this year’s exhibition and to invite more people to get involved. There is always loads to do whether it is cataloguing, archiving or stewarding so why not give up an hour (or more!) a week as it is a great way to make new friends, learn new skills and contribute to your local community.

ISSUE 3 MARCH/APRIL 2007

Eating Out

his sister Janet and her husband William, and by a young team who seemed imbued with Trevor’s infectious love of Italy. He has also been assisted from the start by Susie White, a school-friend of Janet’s who has lived in Rome for more than 30 years and acts as agent, problem-solver and PA. Nowadays at Fifty Seven he creates and serves delectable

Taste Italy in Liss Fifty Seven in Liss offers superb Italian food and wine. This might come as a surprise to first time visitors if – it would be unlikely – you booked without personal recommendation. (You will need to book to avoid disappointment, Fifty Seven is incredibly popular.)

he restaurant stands by the

“My mother was a seriously

Trevor Ford stands outside his restaurant, fifty Seven

Italian food and wine, with tender loving care. “I am a

immersing myself in things,” he

practical man, not an

says. And he quickly became

academic,” he says modestly.

immersed in Italy. “I have always preferred

You pay a fixed price of £24.95 which includes two

Italian wine from the beginning

glasses of wine. When four of

because the indigenous grape

us ate there we enjoyed the

varieties are more interesting

menu below:

for me. It’s personal taste.” By the time he entered the

Starters

restaurant business he had

Butter bean soup with

developed relationships with

fortina cheese

many potential suppliers in the

Marinated Peppers

wine industry. “I have a very

Crab meat wrapped in

strong bond with everybody I

smoked salmon

do business with. They are like

Grilled aubergines with mozzarella

good cook. She was a

friends, and I don’t do business

the outside more like a fish and

housewife – she was from

with people if I don’t like them.”

chip shop than the unique

farming stock – and she made

Italian restaurant you will find

good, simple food. I used to

Italians because they are

Braised beef

inside. Owner Trevor Ford

help her and she was a great

interesting. “I am receptive to

Risotto made into a ball

acquired the premises at 57

influence in making me realise

emotion and personal contact,

Rigatoni with a four cheese

Station Road 10 years ago,

the importance of food.”

and their emotional levels are

sauce

similar to mine.”

Braised calamari.

railway line and looks from

having previously cooked at the

At one time she prepared

He enjoys doing business with

Hawkley Inn. And in 2007 he is

traditional dishes for a London

He has found that the “bond

celebrating his 57th year, so it

restaurant called Paddington’s

of trust” has gone a long way.

Main courses

In April this year Fifty Seven

is a time of double celebration

Table where Trevor was

Having met Stefano Barbero in

will expand its trade. The

at Fifty Seven.

working. “One day Albert and

Piedmont on an early visit to

restaurant will become slightly

Michel Roux came into the

Italy, the wine-maker arrived

smaller allowing Trevor to offer

loved Italian wine and food for

restaurant; one of them

unannounced on the doorstep

his customers a section to buy

as long as he can remember;

ordered my mother’s steak and

of Fifty Seven one day – and

Italian foodstuffs and wine to

and he also enjoys the

kidney pudding and then asked

carrying a case of wine. As

take home. “All the wines come

company of people. All are

me who had made it. So I

Trevor looked surprised,

from smaller winemakers who

important requirements for

introduced my mother to the

Stefano explained to him

are quality conscious. It is a

anyone seeking an Italian

Roux brothers, and I remember

simply: “If you sell wine, I want

privilege for me to market

model of running a restaurant.

how she and Albert sat and

to sell the best to you.”

something which other people

Liss born and bred, Trevor has

He entered the restaurant trade relatively late in life, moving from wood working and

talked about food for four hours. It was not until the early

Trevor also discovered that his visits to Italian wine makers

are good at producing.” So, if you want only the best

involved more than merely

Italian food, you need look no further than Liss.

carpentry when he was in his

Nineties that a friend

sampling their wine. “ I went for

forties. But this is less

persuaded Trevor to visit his

tastings, I ate with the wine

surprising when you learn that

beloved Italy and experience

makers and I helped out in the

Contact: Fifty Seven,

his mother used to make food

Italian culture and cuisine first

kitchen.”

57 Station Road, Liss.

for the Roux brothers.

hand. “I am a great one for

At Fifty Seven he is helped by

Tel: 01730 894751

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eal Nappy Week aims to

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Petersfield Past

bit ‘special’ were needed. Ale brewing & smuggling The name ‘ maltings’ is one sure clue to the fact that the brewing of ale and beer has taken place in a town, and Petersfield is no exception. Amey and Luker were two very well-known brewing names within the town, but they were not alone. Many small public houses would brew their own beer. There is an oast house among the outbuildings at Lords Farm in Sheet, and the old maltings still exists in Dragon Street and at Hattons Mead in Heath Road. Photo: David Monger

During most of the 18th century the export of wool was

The centre-piece of Rams Walk in Petersfield by Andrew Cheese one Spring morning this year

Trade Secrets Kenneth Hick describes the economic history of Petersfield and the surrounding areas.

forbidden, and with human nature being what it is, there

as a ‘pounding mill’. At the end

was money to be made. In all

of the 13th century, these mills

probability, Petersfield would

were referred to as ‘instruments

have been one of the inland

of a veritable industrial

focuses of smuggling.

revolution’. The site of all this activity was

Wool would have been gathered from the area of the

heep could be said to have

produced blankets for beds in

in an area on the edge of the

Downs around the town and

been the basis for the

the cold of winter or were shorn

town and by the south stream,

transported under cover of

economy of the town for many

to make delicate sheepskin

the present site of Tesco’s car

darkness to the coast at

years. It was the sheep that had

gloves.

park, but no signs of medieval

Emsworth or Warblington.

denuded the downs of what

Petersfield was famous for the

industry remain. The reason is

Tobacco, brandy, wine and, for a

scrub they had and turned

manufacture of woollen cloth

that William Joliffe decided that

time, salt were very sought-

them into a sheep’s paradise.

called kersey. After the wool had

he wanted the area cleared away

after in London and they all

been fulled, carded and spun,

from the front of his new 1720

attracted customs levies -

dining table of the well-to-do.

long yarns were woven into a

house and an ambitious water

important to a balanced

Later the valleys were cleared

coarse ribbed cloth and this was

garden substituted. The house

national budget.

of forest, and cattle, which also

called kersey. It was very popular

only lasted some 73 years - it

provided meat for the

in London where some

was demolished

goods along the road to London

trenchers and plates of the

merchants from the town were

in 1793.

could be very profitable for all

wealthy, were grazed on the

prosecuted for selling sub-

resulting fields, Where there was

standard bolts of the cloth. (The

centre for tradespeople of all

the squire and the priest, not to

slaughtering of these animals,

name kersey has no known

persuasions. Some of the trades

mention the farmer, the carter

there followed the manufacture

connection with Kersey, the town

have vanished into antiquity,

and even the shepherd. There

of wool and of leather:

in Suffolk).

while others are very

was always a way of earning a

recognisable even after 700

dishonest penny for people in

shearing of the sheep. Before

years. Cooks, butchers,

the country, even if it was only

being spun into wool, the thick

carpenters, thatchers,

for turning a blind eye.

placed in curing pits full of

oily lanolin would have to be

wheelwrights, carriers,

tanning liquid; this was water to

extracted from the fleece. The

cordwainers, bakers, coopers,

19th Century Petersfield

which small pieces of oak bark

process was called fulling; it was

basket makers, ropemakers,

The end of the Napoleonic Wars

had been added, thereby

carried out in a pit into which

roofers and so on would be well

[1815] with France resulted in

producing a mild form of tannic

fuller’s earth , and possibly

established in a town such as

hardship for many in and

acid. The skins then had to be

ashes, would interlayered with

Petersfield. People from a large

around Petersfield. The army

neutralised by the use of lime.

the wool, and the pit then

surronding area would then, as

and the Royal Navy threw many

The skins of the sheep were

flooded with water. Sometimes

now, be talking about the town

of the combatants back into the

treated differently in that they

this arrangement is referred to

as a place to go if something a

lives they had previously left.

They were slaughtered for the

Petersfield’s first industrial estate was born. The cattle hides would first be

Wool was produced by summer

The town would have become a

The transport of smuggled

concerned, and that included

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Many from the Royal Navy were

total population of these

20th century

recruited into the ranks of the

parishes in 1911 was 12,561.

Industry was making itself felt

excise men, where they

On 4 January 1859 the railway

children all over the world. The 1950 Korean War brought

in the town. One of the first was

a need for improved boots for

contributed successfully to

arrived… Now it was full steam

the Petersfield Laundry, built in

the British army, and Itshide

drastically reducing this

ahead. If we look at the shop

1905 in Frenchman’s Road,

responded by developing the

particular form of tax evasion.

premises of Chapel Street and

where it still functions today.

Commando sole, which is still

The troops who left the army

Lavant Street, we will see many

Flextella was set up by its

regarded as the best product of

appear to have swelled the

dates of 1880s. A whole new

parent company, Portsmouth

its kind. After the death of the

number of footpads along the

horizon beckoned with officials

Steel. To this day they are hard

ITS chairman Arnold Levy in

road to London … the number

able to travel every day from

at work, manufacturing 21st

1955 the company became a

of people living on the parish

destinations such as London

century commercial fencing for

subsidiary of the Michael

increased alarmingly. These

[only two hours by train],

the Middle East. Today sports

Colston Group, producing

people were not just poor, they

Guildford and Portsmouth

centres are key customers of

components for Colston

were destitute, and were often

Dockyard. Within 10 years

the company now known at J B

dishwashers and the automotive

pushed from parish to parish.

Petersfield had a railway

Corrie.

industry. The factory is no

Petersfield Workhouse, still in

station, a police station (built in

In 1919 the ITS (Ingwar, Tufford

longer there and has been

Love Lane, was built in 1835 to

1858) a corn exchange and

& Smith) Rubber Company was

replaced by housing. There is no

construct a worthwhile

street lighting. The gasworks

founded. They manufactured

commemoration of the

accommodation for the

opened in 1862.

concave-convex rubber steel

company save the Town Mayor’s

shoe heel under licence from

badge of office which was

destitute. The union which built

Together with the bold

the Petersfield Poor Law

Victorian developments went

ITS Rubber Company Inc of

donated by the company in

Institute consisted of the

new urban demands for better

Ohio. Itshide, a product of the

1969 to celebrate 50 years of

[ecclesiastical] parishes of

standards of hygiene. Two

comapny, was developed as a

manufacturing in Petersfield.

Bramshott, Buriton, East Meon,

artesian bores were drilled at

rubber-based boot and shoe

Excerpt from Kenneth Hick 's

Empshott, Colmore, Froxfield,

Sheet to provide drinkable

soling material and sold

“Petersfield: A History &

Greatham, Hawkley, Langrish,

water and a reservoir was built

worldwide. It was joined in 1927

Celebrations” published in

Liss, Petersfield, Priorsdean,

at the top of Reservoir Lane.

by Minibrix, best-selling rubber

2005 by the Francis Frith

building bricks enjoyed by

Collection, price £15.99.

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Wine

A couple of classics Jeremy Hicks, of Folly Wine & Ale House, suggests a couple of favourite bottles for good drinking

Maule Valley has lemon and

produced wines for

gooseberry aromas, with a tang

generations in Paarl in South

of tropical fruit. In the mouth it

Africa. The youngest son, Daan

is crisp, ripe and acidic, and the

Joubert, is producing award-

finish is full of flavour.

he Joubert family have

wining wines for the future. The Folly Wine & Ale House

Established upstairs in 1993, we moved downstairs in 1997 to

have been selling the Niel

an area which was once part of

Joubert Pinotage (2003) for

the Folly Market. And in 2004

four years to their customers to

we opened the wine shop. We

drink at the bar or to take home.

sell wine locally to pubs,

This is a fabulous wine with a

restaurants, schools and private

deep mulberry colour and a full-

clients. We will sell wine by the

fruited finish. Fantastic with red

case, or in bottles over the bar

meats, it costs ÂŁ5.75 at the bar.

to all customers.

A popular white is the Valle

Andino Sauvignon Blanc (2006)

Contact: Jerry Hicks, Folly

from Chileâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Central Valley. This

Wine Shop, College Street,

lively, zesty white from the

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Property

The mother (right) and daughter team from Corniche Estates

Rolls Royce real estate

constrained by narrow

to come on the market. Often

boundaries and in 2006 sold

finding it very hard to then find

properties as far afield as Bath.

the right property and fearful

Most estate agency purchases

of ‘’missing the boat”.

and sales are all now internet-

Loukia, who commutes from

based and we are living in a

Brighton every day, is also a

very global world. Their

people person, having spent

services also include rentals,

time as an actors’ agent in

ost estate agents start life

partner in the last two years.

new development, (Greece and

London. She thoroughly enjoys

in city and town centres

“Customers acknowledge that

Portugal) and holiday lets.

life at Corniche and this is very

and spread out to smaller

we care and we feel special

Audrey also runs the small

evident in her positive attitude

satellite offices. Corniche

about them. We have received a

commercial division with great

and keen and honest approach

Estates have taken the opposite

lovely unsolicited testimonial,

success.

to building good relationships

route and are busy expanding

which you will see on our

Members of the WSA (West

with her clients. She is in the

from their rural headquarters in

website. It says: ‘We have found

Surrey Association of Estate

office at 8.15am and never

Milland. In the last six months

the Corniche Estates team to

Agents and Surveyors), NEAE

leaves before 6.30pm.

they have opened offices in

be the best we have ever dealt

and The Ombudsman Scheme,

Petersfield High Street and in

with anywhere in the world.

Corniche are always very keen

coastal road with wide views’

Elstead, Surrey.

They accomplished more in 2

to support local businesses and

and includes a hint of glamour.

“We believe that we now need a

months than 3 nationwide firms

have also been strong

After all, Rolls-Royce named

town presence,” explains

did in one year. Highest

supporters of local charitable

one of their cars Corniche.

Audrey Campbell who runs

possible recommendation’.

events as well as our local

There is certainly plenty of

Corniche from Milland with a

“We deliberately keep only a

village school. Audrey, who was

international glamour and style

lot of help from her close-knit

select portfolio of properties,

born in Zimbabwe, lives in

about the family partnership

family and her daughter Loukia

which we take great care in

Borden Wood, only 1 mile from

which runs Corniche Estates.

Avvakoumides (who has a

valuing, undertaking detailed

the Milland office.

Greek father).

research and investigation

Their market is for either

Corniche Estates: Campbell

The firm prides itself on

before we suggest a price. Sixty

character or new-build homes,

Park, Fernhurst Road, Milland,

discretion, attention to detail

percent of our sales are

but there is a huge demand for

Liphook, GU30 7LU.

and care for clients “I love

discreet and don’t even come

– and a big shortage of –

Tel: 01428 741646 or

people and property,” Audrey

onto the open market and

houses between £1m and £4m.

Petersfield, 01730 710 200

Campbell says, “and I have

many of our sales come from

“Most of the people looking in

been in this business for many

London, through our associate

this category are cash buyers.

years. Having originally bought

agency in Notting Hill.”

Whereas it used to be an

and sold for the family and

Corniche Estates specialise “in

advantage to be a cash buyer,

private clients, I set up a

the sale of town and country

the big City bonuses mean that

boutique agency 4 years ago

homes within West Sussex,

there is more serious money

and after a little cajoling my

Surrey and Hampshire.” But

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Sports

Pride in their progress

By Geoff Litchfield

Petersfield RFC can feel justifiably proud of their achievements on and off the pitch over the last calendar year.

inclusion of

Fiona Pocock was selected at 17

Charlie’s brother

to play for the England team on

George in the

a tour Canada and scored a

senior squad.

hat-trick on her debut.

The big drive is

The 2nd XV did well with a

league, to give coach Billy May a handsome farewell present as

now towards recruitment and

sport to people of all ages at

he moved onto Reading Abbey

developing the senior XVs to

Hampshire senior Merit Table,

Penns Place. Under the

in London One. He has been

the playing levels of last

competing against and beating

replaced by Brian Richardson, a

season. Fortunately, Trevor

teams whose firsts play two or

Wilcock, the former club coach,

three levels above them. The

he rugby club continues to grow, providing high quality

guidance of club President Cliff Fairley it has

former RAF coach.

mid-table finish in the

has stepped forward to

3rd XV won promotion to

consolidating their

underpin the player

Hampshire Merit Table One

position in London

management and subscription

under the captaincy of Gary

on time and

South West 4, with

roles.

Harfield. But he has had to step

pretty well on

Scott Chesney in his

budget.

third year as skipper,

thrive in the competitive

captaincy caused some

and were placed fourth

environment developed by the

disruption, so we all hope for

in the table at the turn

Hampshire Union, with youth

an improvement in results in

of the year. The loss of

teams usually competing in the

2007.

completed a superb expansion of their clubhouse

The magnificent new £450,000 changing facilities

The 1st XV are

The junior XVs continue to

down, and an early change of

The New Year brings new

a number of players in the

final stages of league and cup

achievement during the year.

early part of the season has

tournaments and, indeed,

challenges to all at Penns

They have transformed Penns

affected the seniors’

bringing home the silverware.

Place, but Petersfield RFC is

Place into a county class venue

performance, with the club

Players from under 14 level

well equipped to deal with

and provided superb sporting

sometimes struggling to get all

upwards are regularly selected

them. In the next six months,

four XVs out. They have done

for the senior club XVs and for

Petersfield RFC will launch a

well to maintain the positions

Hampshire.

major drive to attract more

represent the biggest single

facilities for the whole town. We compete in Divisional Leagues and the higher County

they have in the various

Leagues; so a player with

competitions.

serious aspirations to improve

Some go on to play senior

The women’s section operates

players and we will ask

on a reduced level, with

everybody to help in this effort.

numbers falling in the early

Please do not be backward in coming forward. We welcome all rugby people to the club.

need look no further than

rugby at a higher level – such

part of the season, and the club

Penns Place. There is always a

as Charlie Amesbury, who now

has had to withdraw

place for players, coaches and

plays for Harlequins in the

temporarily from the league.

supporters at every level.

Guinness Premiership and has

Players continue to train and

Geoff Litchfield is secretary

The senior club rounded off

represented England in the IRB

will launch a major recruiting

of Petersfield RFC. Contact

the 2005-2006 season with a

Sevens tournament in February.

initiative to get back to league

him at: 01730 265072

flourish. The 1st XV won the

Incidentally, it is a delight to

rugby next season. In the past

Hampshire Bowl in April and

see another famous name

players have progressed to the

return to 1st XV duties with the

county and national squad.

finished a creditable third in the

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Sports News

Howzat! Local 15 year old, Catherine Swan has recently been invited to try out for the Hampshire Ladies Cricket Squad.

atherine admitted that the

Club and, from here, at just 11

trials were quite daunting

years old, was invited to try out

as there was a woman who

for the Hampshire U13s team.

plays for England trying out as

She was successful and was

well as several SW England

awarded ‘Player of the Year.’

players. The trial consisted of a

Catherine is now the opening

20 minute warm-up and then

bowler and the 3rd or 4th

circuit training to test aim,

batsman for the Hampshire

but I would be really happy

caters for whatever feeling you

fitness and catching abilities.

U15s team and earned ‘Best

coaching cricket in Australia.”

have. You can get all your

Then there was an hour of net

Bowler’ at an awards ceremony.

Catherine’s family’s support

“The awards ceremony is all

might flounder at the point of

and calm down a bit when you

part of the social life that

her emigration perhaps but so

are fielding.”

cricket at a young age because

comes with playing in a team,”

far, it has never wavered as

her father and older brother

said Catherine. “We all get on

Catherine’s parents always

Catherine’s Cricket Fact

were keen players. “My brother

really well and go out for meals,

come to every match they can,

File:

has now moved onto football,”

have team trips, award

despite some of them being in

Right-handed bowler

Catherine noted, “but we used

ceremonies and a residential

Cornwall and Devon. “I really

Right-handed batsman

to play cricket together in the

tournament in Sussex.”

appreciate it,” Catherine said.

Cricket Idol: Freddie Flintoff

practice and finally, a game. Catherine started playing

garden. It was my dad who

When asked about playing

When asked for a final

stress out when you are batting Life

Best Batting Score: 58, not

really encouraged me though

Test cricket one day, Catherine,

comment, she noted that

out against Surrey

as he is a cricket coach.”

rather modestly noted, “IF I

cricket is wonderfully emotive.

Best Bowling Score: 5

Catherine was soon playing

EVER got the chance to play

“More people should play

wickets for 23 runs and was

for Liphook and Ripsley Cricket

for England, I wouldn’t say no

cricket as it is a sport which

1 ball off a hat-trick

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Thursday 29 March

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Monday 12 March

Venue: Bedales Gallery

The Craft Box Workshop:

Thursday 22 – Saturday

Saturday 7 – Monday 9 April

Mothers Day Card Embroidery

24 March

Craft Carnival Event

Venue: Petersfield Community

The Exam by Andy Hamilton

Venue: Somerley House,

Centre

Petersfield Youth Theatre

nr Ringwood,

Stiff Promotions HUGH

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Stranglers plays a full solo

Tuesday 13 March

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A2 Theatre Studies

Starting Out, a cabaret

Bag Folding

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Examination

Petersfield Youth Theatre

Venue: Petersfield Community

Time: 7.15pm for 8pm start

Venue: Bedales Olivier Theatre

Venue: Petersfield Festival Hall

Centre

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Time: 8.15pm

Time: 7.30pm-9.30pm

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Wednesday 14 March

Monday 26 March

Thursday 19 - Saturday

Tuesday 6 March

Trestle Theatre Company :

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Easter Cards

Rebecca

Dvorák Piano Trio in F minor

Venue: STUDIO@tps

Venue: Petersfield Community

Winton Players

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B flat op. 97 (‘Archduke’)

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Rosamunde Trio piano, violin,

21 April

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Friday 16 March

Venue: Bedales Olivier Theatre

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Monday 23 April

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Thursday 26 April - 10th May

Alton Organ Society Organ

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Monday 19 March

Concert

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Friday 9 March – Saturday

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17 March

Phoenix Stitchers

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Venue: Bedales Gallery

Petersfield Musical Festival

Venue: Petersfield Community

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