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HOME (APPLIANCE) PANASONIC SD2501 AUTOMATIC BREADMAKER with booklet. Never used. £25. Clanfield TEL: 07732 755327

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home (furniture) DINING SET BY ‘CHURCHILL’ FOR SALE. The Set comprises of: - Tea pot & lid, milk Jug & sugar bowl with lid, soup tureen with lid, 4 cups & saucers, 2 oval platters, 4 dinner plates, and 4 side plates (reasonable condition) but there is a chip on the rim of both the following items – 1 dinner plate, 1 side plate. Dark red & white patterned with a blue patterned edging. It is dishwasher & microwave safe. Offers around £25.00 + Postage or to collect if local to Horndean – please call TEL: 0779 3547857 INDUCTION HOB, STOVES SIH600TC BLACK. 18 months old. £50 (cost £254). TEL: 02392 571792 COFFEE TABLES SIZE 51” X 28” SOLID OAK. Immaculate condition, £75. Matching small one 28” x 23” £50. TEL: 02392 367726 BOOKSHELVES OPEN FRONT size 68” x 21”- 7 shelves, solid oak – domed top. In excellent condition, £95. TEL: 02392 367726

SMALL LANDMANN “CAMPING BARBECUE”, only used twice. Includes some charcoal and fire lighters. Free to good home! TEL: 07960 073867 WEBB CYLINDER MOWER, model H12R. Manual push type with grass collection. Like new, get some exercise while you cut the grass. Bargain at £25.00 TEL: 023 9225 7752

clothes DUBARRY WOMEN’S CLIPPER DECK SHOES. Navy blue size 5.5. Worn twice. £60 (Bosham) TEL: 01243 576565

SHAKESPEARE BOAT ROD, ABU GARCIA REEL + TACKLE BOX with contents (£25 for the lot) TEL: 023 9224 0965

MISC. MOTHERCARE ROAM TRAVEL SYSTEM PRAM WITH ACCESSORIES. In good condition as only used at Grandparents home. Price includes a baby car seat with Isofix base. £150. TEL: 02392 37779 MACLAREN TECHNO XT BUGGY/STROLLER IN CHARCOAL. With matching Cositoes footmuff together with separate harness and reins. Lightly used at grandparents home. £70.00. TEL: 023 9226 8181 SINGER TREADLE SEWING MACHINE COLLECTORS ITEM (very old 1902), in working condition. £120 ONO TEL: 02392 469788 OR 07787 090065

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TICKETS NOW ON SALE FOR THE WEST MEON MUSIC FESTIVAL Preparations for the West Meon Music Festival which will take place in September are well underway and excitement is building among the community towards the event. The festival, which will be held from 14th to 16th September, promises a weekend of music to enchant the entire family. From a sparkling opening concert of “Viennese Treasures”, to a light-hearted children’s concert, great piano quintets and late-night folk music, to an afternoon remembering the end of the First World War, there will be something for all interests.

Now in its eighth year, the event was started by the internationally renowned Primrose Piano Quartet in 2011 – opens with a candlelit concert featuring such favourites as Schubert’s B-flat Piano Trio and Lehár’s Gold and Silver Waltz. Saturday will play host to four concerts, starting with “A Transport of Delight” for children – including the Flight of the Bumblebee – and followed by a colourful programme of trios and quartets for woodwind and harpsichord from Harmoniemusik in the afternoon. The evening concert includes piano quintets by Schumann and Shostakovich, while the day ends at the village’s Thomas Lord pub when local folk band, Head North, makes a return visit to the festival and will also be helping to raise funds for this year’s festival charity – The Rosemary Foundation, which provides a “hospice at home” service. Sunday is expected to offer an array of shows including Edward Elgar’s Violin Sonata, written in 1918 at Brinkwells in West Sussex. Primrose Piano Quartet will

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be joined by leading tenor James Gilchrist and former BBC Radio 3 presenter, Paul Guinery, for “The Lads in their Hundreds”, which takes its name from A E Housman’s poem set to music by composer George Butterworth, who was killed in 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. The concert features instrumental pieces, songs and poems by composers and writers, many of whom served in the War. For more information and tickets visit www. westmeonmusic.co.uk.

VOLUNTEERS DIG IN TO CREATE NEW COMMUNITY GARDEN

The surplus food is then offered to the local community in return for a donation in the Wickham Centre. Sue Cooper, who founded The Project, says the new garden will allow the team tom grow fresh produce in which they can offer to local people. She said: “By building a community garden, where residents can come and help maintain the vegetable patches, we will be able to extend our reach. “The vegetables grown will then be available to everyone in the local area. I would like to thank everyone who got involved to support our exciting new project.” Wickham Primary School pupils and local politicians also supported with the build. A storage container was painted, and hedges were cut back to improve the appearance of the space. George Hollingbery MP says he was impressed with how everyone was supporting the cause. He said: “It’s great to see what’s going on in my constituency and I was very impressed with how everyone got on with the tasks.” Further information on the The Project may be found at: www.wickhamcentre.co.uk

A new community garden has been built in Wickham – thanks to the help of more than 40 volunteers. Villagers will now have access to fresh produce and a beautiful outdoor space at the new garden located at the Wickham Centre. The garden was created in support of ‘The Project’ who collect out of date food from various retailers and supermarkets.

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GAS, ELECTRIC AND FLOODING National Gas Emergency Service 0800 1119 9 9 Electricity Emergency 0800 404090 Floodline 0845 9881188

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HELPLINES Victim Support 0808 1689111 24 hour Domestic Violence Free Helpline 0808 2000 247 Childline 0800 1111 RSPCA Cruelty Line 0300 1234999 Identity & Passport Office 0300 222 0000 National Rail Enquiries 0345 7484950 Samaritans Helpline 116123 TV Licensing 0300 790 6131 Drayton & Farlington Information Centre 02392 380000 Tourist Information Board 023 9282 6722

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COUNCILS AND JOB CENTRE Job Centre Plus 0345 604 3719 East Meon Parish Council 01730 262882 Bishops Waltham Parish Council 01489 892323

CHURCHES Hambledon Church of St Peter and St Paul 02392 632717 St Mary & All Saints Church 01489 877512

LIBRARIES Bishops Waltham Library 0845 6035631 West Wickham Library 0208 7774139 Waterlooville Library 0300 5551387

SCHOOLS Boundary Oak School 01329 280955 Wickham C of E Primary School 01329 833065 Swanmore College 01489 892256 South Downs College 02392 797979

HOSPITALS Queen Alexandra Hospital 02392 286000 Ravenswood House Hospital 01329 836000 Spire Portsmouth Hospital 02392 456000 Bishops Waltham Surgery 01489 892288

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