Discover Chandlers Ford Jan/Feb 2013

JAN/FEB 2013

Winter Walk

4 miles around Timsbury & Michelmersh

Gardening, Motoring, Humour, Short Story & What's On

End of an Era

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Hello and Welcome January is typically one of the harder months of the year to live in the UK. The days are gloomy, often cold and wet; coughs and colds are widespread; it’s back to work with any planned holidays still months away. On top of that so many begin the year full of remorse for overindulging at Christmas, and the focus on improving our health is higher at this time than any other.

I’m a real advocate of exercise and believe in it both for the physical and mental benefi ts that it brings. Although Mel and I and our husbands have been lifelong exercisers, for us girls there was always the added incentive that it might help us to lose weight. But on its own – without addressing what we ate – that benefi t always eluded us.

But last year I finally found Utopia: I lost weight, I absolutely know I’ll never put it back on, I wasn’t hungry, it wasn’t (that) hard.

Mel joined me a couple of months down the

line and she agrees that we’ve found the solution.

I’ve had so many people ask me about it I thought it fun to set up a website and blog. For details see page 71 –if you give it a go, let us know how you get on!

Something I think that does make January more interesting is to get a home project underway. Whether it’s something small such as having the garden tidied, or big, such as fi tted furniture or a new kitchen it’s a great time to improve your property. Have a look through this month’s magazine – whether you are improving yourself or your home, our advertisers can help!

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Taxing Times Advertiser Feature - Haywoods Office Services Life List - A Canine Conundrum Advertiser Feature - Eric Robinson Solicitors Life Begins - That Old Thing? I Never Use It Now Motoring - Jaguar F-Type Children's Page Super Duper Science Facts Short Story - The Resolution Advertiser Feature - Hampson Opticians Puzzle Page Humour - You Can't Do That

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Taxing Times Some self-employed people are really organised and keep all their receipts and invoices in a safe place and file them properly and do their books every month and, when it’s time to fill in their tax returns, have everything they need to hand and can sail through it in a morning or less.

Not me. And quite possibly not you either.

Actually, I do have a system of sorts – the euphemistically-named “dump file” system.

Everything related to income tax goes into a big box, and at the end of the year I spend days – two or three, usually – arranging it in some sort of order and turning it into a spreadsheet that bears at least a passing resemblance to what I’ve actually earned and what I’ve actually spent. Then I send it all off to my accountant, who is the rampart that stands between me and HMRC. We all know the quote about death and taxes (although for the life of me I can’t remember who actually said it – Mark Twain?), but in point of fact we very nearly didn’t have income tax.

It was invented in 1799 along with window tax and hearth tax and clock tax and all those other weird taxes that paid for the Napoleonic Wars.

At first it was fairly mild – 10% of all incomes above £60 a year – and as soon as the war was over it was scrapped like all the others.

Even when it was reintroduced in 1842 to recover from a financial crisis, like how never happens nowadays – hah! – it wasn’t expected to be permanent. But it turned out to be one of the easiest of taxes to collect because, in the eyes of the voters (most of whom still didn’t have to pay it), it was the fairest, and – well, we

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still have it. But it was only about 100 years ago that Lloyd George’s Liberal government really started giving it some wellie. In 1874, for instance, it yielded less than 10% of all government income. Then in 1918 Lloyd George whacked the rate up to 30% to pay for World War I, and even though Mrs Thatcher slashed it to 22% it’s still the mainstay of the Treasury’s revenues.

For those of us lucky enough to have a job – or unlucky enough to be chained to a desk, depending on how you look at it – income tax is something that can be taken for granted because since 1944, when PAYE was invented, it’s been docked off wages before you can take it down the bookie’s. For the rest of us – well, it’s not something you want to get wrong. HMRC is actually amazingly patient with dysfunctional arithmophobics like me. They’re always very cheery and patient on the odd occasions when I have to ring them, and although I’m sure they wouldn’t bung me in chokey for an error of a few quid, they do quite reasonably expect to receive any underpayment back as quickly as they refund overpayments (which I’ve always found to be pleasingly quickly). And that can blow quite a hole in my none-too-careful budgeting.

Which is why I have an accountant. She’s not all that cheap, but she’s as comforting as a favourite armchair. No shocks, no surprises, nothing to worry about – and occasionally you even find a 50p stuck down the side..

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Haywood Office Services Choosing an office chair If you are working in a home office you’ll probably spend more time sat in your office chair than you do sitting on your living room furniture. So comfort of your seating is an important consideration but even more so is the ergonomics. An office chair that supports the lower back and promotes good posture will not only help you to avoid aggravating back problems, but will often stop them developing in the first place.

A good chair is adjustable for the height of the seat and arms, the angle of the backrest and the lumbar support. The seat needs to be wide enough for you, but also deep enough from front to back – you neither want to be hanging off the edge, or finding yourself unable to sit

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Then the matter of the material covering the chair and the colour and style are other elements to decide on.

Of course with something like this being so personal, it’s really important to go and try out your chair before you buy. Haywood Office Services have an extensive showroom of office furniture and chairs in their centre in Chandlers Ford. You can try out the chair sat in front of a proper desk, make all the adjustments and sit much as you would if you were at home. Even better, when you’ve found the perfect office chair, they’ll give you £10 for your old chair which is definitely better than throwing it away!

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Your Legal Options For Divorce Q: I left my wife with our two children in the family home and we have decided to file for divorce. I want to get through this with everyone looked after, but just don’t know where to start. What steps do I take?

Steve, Hedge End

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family’s welfare suggests to me that your decision to leave was not an easy one, Steve. Unfortunately, at this time of year there is always an increase in the cases of separation and divorce.

I don’t know whether it is the picture of the ‘perfect family’ all sat round the table at Christmas or the pressure of believing that every moment over the festive season must be one of joyful bliss, but it seems that cracks in relationships that started to show in the previous year can split wide open at this time of year.

There are three key things I want you to do at this stage: 1) give yourself time to think; 2) take things slowly and carefully; 3) get professional advice.

If you have finally made up your mind that the start of the New Year will be the time you want to do something about your personal situation, then my advice is that you should talk to someone who understands the law and legal system. I would choose a lawyer who specialises in family matters and who is a member of ‘Resolution’. Resolution Lawyers are family law specialists, so that you can be sure that you are receiving the right legal advice. Resolution’s Code of Practice encourages solutions rather than confrontation and takes into account the needs of the whole family, particularly those of any children.

You will, of course, find masses of information about divorce, separation, finances and children on

the internet, but it is best to have someone who knows the system, can plot the way through it for you and provide you with options based on your personal situation.

There are essentially four ways to proceed. Firstly, you can try to discuss all matters in relation to income, property, finance and your children with your wife without involving lawyers and reach essentially a ‘DIY’ agreement.

Secondly, you may consider attending ‘Mediation’.

Mediators are trained facilitators who are neutral and will not take sides. They will meet with you and your wife together, identify the issues and try to help you reach agreement. They can provide broad based legal information, but since they cannot advise you, they usually recommend consulting a lawyer as well.

Another option is for a Resolution Lawyer to consider the ‘Collaborative’ approach. This is a relatively new way of dealing with family disputes, where each person appoints their own lawyer, but instead of conducting negotiations by letter or telephone, everyone meets together to work things out face to face.

The final option for you is to adopt the traditional lawyer negotiation and litigation route, if all other options fail, leading to a Final Hearing in court.

This can be very expensive and a Judge makes a decision at the end of the day.

I cannot emphasise too strongly that you will need a properly qualified lawyer not only to look out for your own interests, but to ensure that the interests of the children are fully considered. It is also useful to have someone who isn’t personally or emotionally involved in your situation, to help you put forward options and explain the consequences of each to you both in the short and long term.

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Open Saturday Mornings Catherine Maxfield is Partner and Matrimonial Specialist at Eric Robinson Solicitors on Brownhill Road in Chandlers Ford.

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Life Begins That Old Thing? I Never Use It Now Whilst clearing out during a recent house move I found something that gave me an odd shock of recognition.

There, at the back of a drawer, was a box containing a small pad of blue writing paper with matching envelopes, a fountain pen and a box of ink cartridges. The box, with its neatly arranged contents, now seemed like something out of a museum and it alarmed me that something so utterly familiar and regularly used could become redundant within the space of a few years.

I use emails all the time now when I communicate with friends and family. Any formal letter look so much better typed and printed on the A4 sized paper that fits in my printer. What use, then, for a tiny pad of ‘proper’ paper and matching envelopes?

This started me thinking about other things that are no longer part of our daily lives. For the last six months my teapot has stood, unused, on a shelf in my kitchen. I love the homeliness of a teapot but nowadays I find I actually don’t like the taste of tea that has stewed in its pot for more than five minutes, so I use teabags.

The photo album is another familiar item that has gone

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the way of the dinosaurs. I miss the ease with which you could simply turn its pages without having to power up, attach cables and turn on monitors. Do I sound oldfashioned? Do I care?

Don’t get me wrong, I think digital photography - and the freedom it offers to take an infinite number of photos - is fantastic, but despite all my good intentions I never seem to find the time to take my digital photos somewhere where they can be professionally printed.

Many other objects - once regarded as the stuff of everyday life - are rapidly disappearing. When did you last make a call from a phone box? Read a printed map in a book? Watch a video cassette? Light a candle that smelt of candle wax rather than ‘fresh linen’ or ‘mango’?

We tend to blame the march of technology for many of these changes but in truth new developments generally happen for two reasons: either someone’s invented a better version (remember all those sharp-edged metal tabs from drinks cans that used to litter beaches and parks?) or we have simply become bored with doing things the old way.

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is a very human quality and one that has served mankind well over the hundreds of thousands of years of human existence, but recently the rate of change has become exponential.

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Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) managing director Jeremy Hicks said that he asked his dealer network to find out just how popular the new sports car would be, and the results came as a nice surprise.

‘We asked how many people were seriously interested,’ said Hicks. ‘What we’ve found is a very strong level of interest. F-Type will draw from performance saloon and coupe buyers because the design credentials are great. We want this car to re-establish the Jaguar brand. It’s a big statement car and returns us to where our roots lie: sports cars.’

Priced from £58,000, Jaguar is aggressively targeting the Porsche 911 and even though it’s a small sector in terms of sales, the British manufacturer is hoping for great things.

‘We have huge expectations of what it can do for the brand,’ added Hicks. ‘It’s not going to be massive in terms of volumes – remember this is a niche sector we are operating in. The good news is we have three positives; it’s well priced, it drives brilliantly and there’s a home advantage.’

The F-Type, arriving in the brand’s 90 dealers in the spring, is the start of a product offensive from Jaguar. The XF Sportbrake will also be arriving soon and other volume sectors are being explored too.

‘We are laying the foundations for growth and that means new cars in new segments,’ revealed Hicks. ‘The obvious place to go is down to the burgeoning area of the market. We need smaller cars, saloon cars and we’re looking at the crossover market. The SUV market is growing and even though we’re there with JLR, the definitive SUV maker, there is scope for Jaguar too.’

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Cat’s out of the bag There’s no shortage of interest in the new Jaguar F-Type, the firm’s boss Jeremy Hicks tells James Baggott

Hicks explained JLR invests £2bn a year in R&D (he claims that’s higher than any UK car manufacturer) and the team are looking at several options including a replacement for the X Type.

‘Jaguar has an opportunity to move down from the XF,’ he said. ‘A Mondeo sized car. We’ve been there with the X Type and did well however the problem with the X and S Types, in my opinion, was that they were too retrospective. The F Type isn’t; it has lineage and clear DNA, but it’s not a retro car.’

JLR has been a fantastic success story. Whilst in 2008 the manufacturer was accepting loans from the government, new products have launched successfully and the maker has bounced back.

‘What’s the secret? Great cars,’ explained Hicks.

‘The crisis was a combination of financial problems and the SUV market being down in general, plus this was immediately prior to the XF launch.’

‘Since then we’ve had the XF and Evoque launches which have transformed things. We are up 30% year on year. I put that down to a passionate team and a real can-do attitude. Even the dealer network can see that.’

Hicks said the dealers are seeing the returns too with profitability up. But the MD has ruled out increasing the size of either the Jaguar or Land Rover networks from their current 90 and 120 points respectively.

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Short Story The Resolution

“Interested in my New Year’s resolution?” Clive asked his daughter as they were eating dinner one evening.

“Mmm”, said Jenny.

“I’ve decided to start going to your Zumba class, so I can spend more time with you”. The statement was rewarded with a sudden clatter of cutlery.

“But you can’t!” she exclaimed.

For weeks now Jenny had been going to Zumba. At first Clive had not given it a thought until he accidentally read one of her text messages: ‘Expecting you at 7.30 tonight. Don’t be late, I’m seeing another girl at 8.30. Brian’.

Clive hated snooping on his daughter. Yet even though she was now eighteen, she was always going to be his little girl.

So who was this Brian? It didn’t sound like a young man’s name, which worried Clive. What worried him more was the cocky tone of the message. And could his lovely, bright Jenny fall for a bloke who had a string of girls on the go? Something was making her lie about where she was going and Clive was determined to find out what, even if he had to call her bluff.

“Why can’t I come to Zumba darling?” Clive asked sweetly. He braced himself for a full confession.

“Because you’ll be completely embarrassing,” Jenny muttered.

And this was how, two evenings later, Clive found himself the only man in a freezing church hall full of ladies wearing leggings.

“Let’s stick near the back,” he whispered to Jenny.

There followed, as Jenny predicted, a completely embarrassing hour of squatting, wiggling, skipping, arm waving and accidentally poking people in the eye. Before the warm up had even finished Clive resolved never to doubt his daughter again.

When everyone in the room turned left Clive stumbled right.

When they sashayed forward he staggered back. He had never inadvertently patted so many ladies’ bottoms in his life.

He felt like a bowling ball careering through a room full of skittles. Then he completely misjudged a lunge and fell hands first against the large chest of a lady wearing a pink tee-shirt emblazoned with the words ‘The Fun Starts Here’.

The hour could not end soon enough.

Finally the music stopped.

“Thank you, ladies and gentleman,” the instructor announced.

“And well done to our two new members”.

Everyone in the room turned and looked at Jenny and Clive.

By the horrified expression on Jenny’s face Clive realised the truth - this was Jenny’s first Zumba class as well.

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They had an uncomfortable walk to the car park. Finally Jenny cleared her throat, “Okay Dad, you’ve caught me out,” she confessed. “The truth is I’ve been going to kickboxing classes”.

“Kickboxing!” Clive exclaimed, imagining all sorts of horrible things.

“Before you go mental, it’s not dangerous, it’s…” Jenny searched for the right word, “…disciplined”.

Clive wished he could believe her. At least at Zumba no one got hurt, well apart from all the ladies he’d trodden on that evening.

“Come and watch me Dad, before you make up your mind. I’m good at it”. She hugged his arm. “You did say you wanted to spend more time with me”.

Clive felt himself soften, but he still had one big question. “So who’s this Brian?”

Jenny looked surprised. “Brian’s the instructor.” She sounded suspicious, “How do you know about him?”

Clive decided now was a good time to change the subject, “Shall we get some chips?” He patted his stomach. “All that Zumba has made me hungry”.

“The fun starts here!” Jenny giggled and gave him a hug. Clive pulled his sternest face.

“We shall never speak of that incident again”.

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The really good news is that Roy and his wife Lynne have set up an entirely new practice in Chandlers Ford. Hampson Opticians Ltd is where he continues to fit contact lenses, welcoming new and existing wearers to his skillful care. Hampson Opticians also conducts full eye examinations and has a vibrant range of superb glasses frames all at very low prices.

Roy Hampson, acknowledged as one of the globally acclaimed group of British contact lens pioneers, began fitting contact lenses in Southampton when he opened the first Optique practice in Bedford Place early in 1985. Other practices in Bitterne and Totton soon followed and by the time he sold the business in 2010, Optique had grown to six practices all in the

Roy actively supports the competitive supply of contact lenses especially over the internet.

Consequently he is very shortly going to be launching his website to enable you to do that. In the meantime, please call or pop in and you’ll find you’ll be able to buy now at the prices he will be offering online (prescription details required).

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Jonathan Rees Property Services has the expertise to help you through the transition from the sale of your property to downsizing to either a smaller bungalow/apartment, or alternatively independent Retirement/Assisted Living.

We are currently working in close co-operation with McCarthy & Stone, who are the market leaders for independent retirement living and who are currently selling their new ‘Assisted Living’ development in Eastleigh, which provides excellent accommodation of one and two bedroom luxury apartments. This site is conveniently located on Leigh Road and is within easy reach of Eastleigh town centre and the mainline railway station.

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Downsizing can help you to free up some extra cash to do all those things you’ve dreamed of doing, or just to make life easier by having a more manageable sized home. The prospect of downsizing can be daunting and so Jonathan Rees Property Services are holding a ‘Downsizing’ event to assist you with this transition on Thursday 28th February 2013 between 5 and 7pm.

Representatives from a local solicitors, McCarthy & Stone, an Independent Financial Advisor and a ‘downsizer’ will be present, along with staff from Jonathan Rees, who will be able to help you and answer any queries you may have. If you are interested in attending this event (bring your children, or bring your parents!), then email rr@jonathanrees.com or telephone 02380 276500 to book your place. Contact us soon though, as places will be strictly limited, as this will be a very popular event.

If you are thinking of downsizing in 2013, then please contact Pamela Cormacey, who is a specialist in this area. She will be delighted to give you a free market appraisal of your home and, if required, more information about the new McCarthy & Stone Assisted Living development in Eastleigh..

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You Can't Do That 5th October 2012 marked fifty years since the release of The Beatles’ first single, ‘Love Me Do’ a song and band that, quite simply, changed the world. This period in pop history was recently recreated in a BBC documentary, and a snippet of rare footage showing the Fab Four onstage at the Cavern reminded me of a rather hairy time in my own band’s history that took place on that very same stage.

It was our first appearance at the Cavern, and I recall arriving at the venue in the afternoon and suddenly feeling very… well… posh. We weren’t in Berkshire any more, and I quickly decided that this would be a gig where I would try and keep my increasingly unpredictable mouth shut. More singy singy, less talky talky.

By around 10.30pm we’d finished our set and, to our surprise, gone down really well. As we left the stage, the audience were shouting for an encore, but with this being relatively early in our careers we’d already played everything we knew. Behind the curtain, we huddled for a quick conference and our drummer Tony pointed out that there was one number we could do. A song we had learned recently for a friend’s wedding.

A Beatles song.

But no. You can’t do that, not in the birthplace of The Beatles. In fact, it’s not just that you shouldn’t cover The Beatles at the Cavern, it’s that you DON’T cover The Beatles at the Cavern, for precisely the same reason that you don’t wear a cardboard Queen Elizabeth mask to Buckingham Palace. But this would be okay, Tony insisted, because the track we happened to know was ‘You Can’t Do That’ (originally the B-side to ‘Can’t Buy Me Love’), and the built-in irony of this would cover us in the event of a revolt.

Yeah right it would, I thought.

But before I knew it, we were back onstage, standing in front of an expectant Beatle-mad crowd.

‘I’ve got a fact about The Beatles,’ said Tony suddenly, into the microphone, before I could

“The Lightyears - lucky to be alive...” begin the piano introduction. What was he doing? I looked out at the shadowy sea of faces.

You could hear a pin drop.

‘The Beatles’ first gig,’ continued Tony, ‘wasn’t in Liverpool at all.’

Please don’t kill us, northerners. Please don’t smash us in and mail our body parts to Tunbridge Wells.

‘Lennon and McCartney’s first ever gig wasn’t in Liverpool, it was in Reading. Where we live.’

This is it, I thought. This is, without a single shadow of a doubt, how I’m going to die.

Darkness fell.

For a moment, nobody uttered a sound.

Then, as I opened my tightly scrunched eyes, I found to my surprise a room full of people sagely nodding their heads in agreement. It would appear that not only was Tony’s fact watertight, but of course the kind of musos who hang out at the Cavern Club are so knowledgeable about The Beatles that they knew this to be true.

And the rest is history. We threw out a spirited rendition of ‘You Can’t Do That’, and it went down a storm.

So here’s to you, John, Paul, George & Ringo.

Thanks for starting a band, and for changing the world.

(And thank you to the good people of Liverpool for sparing our lives.)

Chris plays piano in South London power-pop band The Lightyears. The Lightyears, voted the UK’s BEST POP/ROCK ACT at the Indy Awards, have played Wembley Stadium, toured across four continents and released a record with Sting’s producer. Chris has recently completed his first book, “Mockstars”; a selection of video extracts are available to view at www.ProjectLightyears.com.

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D I S C O V E R THE BET TER L I F E

Confessions of an Eco-Worrier As soon as we adopted our new way of life – in the countryside and living off the land – it became apparent that being ‘green’ came with the territory. We’re novices really though, but I think I’m doing my bit…

In these times of global warming, arctic winters, unpredictable weather and failing crops, many people are asking: “What has the environment ever done for me?”

Well, it’s put up with us human beings, for one thing. And it spends more time in the garden than I do. But I do worry that some of my efforts may backfire. The more I look into it, the less being green seems to be black and white.

I think I have the basics covered. I recycle, I compost; I even Freegle and Freecycle. My paper, cardboard, tins and glass (but not the broken glass, apparently) can all be put out for local council collection. But they won’t take plastics.

So, to make the journey economically viable, I drive everything over to my nearest recycling bank – in the out-of-town supermarket car park.

Which makes sense, when you think about it, as supermarkets have recycled many of our local shops. I also take unwanted clothing there for the charity containers. Then I hide and watch other people filch the items out again, which I suppose is double recycling.

I try to do my bit in other ways too. I use the most energy efficient light bulbs, although the only way I can afford to kit out the whole house, and have spares, is by using cheap UK internal flights rather than expensive trains.

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really supporting the planet in two ways at once.

I opt for organic food wherever possible and I go for minimal packaging. Like the flat-packed mange-tout flown in from Kenya and the stillto-be-ripened apples from New Zealand. Of course, I’d eat more British organic apples if they grew when I actually wanted to eat them.

So much for global warming extending our summers.

I run a two-seater sports car, to discourage other people from travelling by road – in my car.

And I always put my foot down to minimise the time spent pumping out exhaust gases.

Obviously, I’m tempted to put a wind turbine on my roof, but apparently it’s a 25-year payback and it earns me less putting electricity back into the national grid than I pay per unit to use it, which is a bit of a swizz. I’d buy an inverter to use my own electricity off the vine, but I’m not sure the throughput from the turbine could power my dishwasher and Jacuzzi. All in all though, I feel like I’m doing my bit.

So, as I raise a glass of organic Australian Merlot, I feel confident that my lifestyle choices will inspire others. Oh yes, nearly forgot – I know the Scouts appreciate my stamp donations, saved from the hate mail that keeps coming my way.

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Timsbury and Michelmersh Walk Walk Distance 3.9 miles Historical Notes Timsbury derives its name from ‘timber + byrig’ meaning timber fort or manor. Similarly, Michelmersh derives its name from ‘micel + mersc’ meaning a large marsh.

St Mary’s church at Michelmersh is of 12th century origin. It is alleged that Henry V rested his troops in Agincourt Field, situated just below the church, before their embarkation to France as part of the Hundred Years War. These troops it is said were fielded at the famous battle of Agincourt in October 1415.

• Timsbury is situated on the A3057 Romsey to Stockbridge road just a few miles north of Romsey. Park in the Jubilee Hall car park at Timsbury which is sign posted from the A3057. Alternatively, park in the small lay-by just past the hall on the right hand side of the road. The Jubilee Hall should not be confused with the village hall in Heron Lane shown on the OS 131 map.

• Leave the car park and turn right along the road.

• Turn right onto a signed footpath and walk along the gravel track.

• At a fork in the track, keep right and walk past Hunts Farm.

• Emerge onto a road and turn right. Walk past the farm where the road is joined by

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another road from the right. Keep straight on for approximately 50 yards then climb the bank on your right onto a footpath running parallel to the road.

• The footpath descends to the road again adjacent to a pair of metal gates either side of the road. Continue straight on along the road.

• As the road turns sharp right, cross over a stile onto a signed footpath leading into a field.

• Continue straight ahead following the fence line and ignoring any crossing tracks.

• As the track bears left into a field, continue straight ahead onto a signed footpath through a woodland fringe with a field to your left initially then a field on your right.

• Cross a stile into a field walking along the right hand boundary on top of a ridge.

• The path drops down off the ridge to a stile.

Cross the stile into a copse.

• Emerge from the copse into a field. Walk along the left hand fence line.

• Cross a stile at the field boundary, turn left and cross a second stile to follow the right hand fence line of a field.

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• The track goes straight on initially and then starts to veer left away from the fence. As the farm track starts to turn away left, look for a stile slightly diagonally right in the far hedge line. It is situated some 100 yards from the right hand corner of the field.

• Cross the stile onto a gravel track, then cross two further stile directly opposite to emerge into a field.

• The original footpath here has been ploughed out, so follow the left hand field boundary to the field edge then turn right keeping the fence to your left.

• At a ‘T’ junction of paths, turn left onto a signed footpath across the centre of the field.

• Cross a stile into another field and follow the left hand fence line to the opposite side of the field.

• Cross a stile onto a gravel track and turn left.

• Follow the track to its junction with a tarmac road. Turn right to Manor Farm.

• Walk through the farm going straight on along a gravel track as it rises slightly uphill.

• At a pair of private dwellings, the track turns sharp right. Continue straight on into what appears to be the entrance drive to the left hand bungalow. As you reach the gates, cross a stile on the right hand side to walk between the two properties.

• Cross the graveyard to a pair of wooden gates. Go through the gates and turn left away from the church.

• Go through another kissing gate and follow the path across the field to its far boundary.

• Follow the path through copse and emerge onto a grass and gravel track with gardens to your right.

• Follow the track to a kissing gate beside a metal gate. Pass through the gate to emerge onto a road.

• Turn right onto the road. At a ‘T’ junction, turn left and then right. Follow the road back to your car.

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Wrap Up For Winter

by Pippa Greenwood Winter is upon us and even if you think that it can’t become any colder, it’s time to face facts because the lowest temperatures are likely yet to come. Most plants in British gardens are good and hardy, but when conditions become particularly miserable even these may suffer.

So whether your garden is already covered in snow and ice, or simply suffering from a slight frosting, it’s time to make sure that it’s wrapped up warm.

Plants in containers are particularly vulnerable to winter damage as their roots are not protected beneath the soil but instead are relatively exposed with only the container and a layer of compost to protect them. This leaves the roots in serious danger so, if the garden soil is not frozen solid, plunge any pot that can be plunged. If it’s too heavy to move then wrap it up well in several layers of bubble wrap polythene or old curtains – it may not look pretty but it’ll do the job.

Most shrubs and trees in your garden will be ‘hardy’ in the UK, able to withstand all but the most harsh weather but if very harsh weather is forecast or there has been a spell of mild weather which may have encouraged the plant to produce some soft, new growth, then drape a double layer of horticultural fleece over the top growth of the plants and anchor it well.

If your garden is inclined to be a bit windswept,

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it may be worth investing in some fleecy jackets for your favourite shrubs.

A double fleece layer can of course be used on plants in beds and borders too. Make sure you weigh down the edges of the fleece well with bricks, or use metal pegs at intervals along its length. Larger individual plants in borders can be given good, individual protection if you use four sturdy canes to create a framework, wrap with netting or chicken wire and fill the central space around the plant with dry bracken, straw or leaves.

Many wall shrubs, for example the pineapple broom, are grown in this relatively warm and sheltered spot because they aren’t the hardiest of plants. To dramatically reduce any risk of cold damage you can make a similar ‘cage’ of mesh around these and again fill it with dry material so that the plant inside remains snug.

It is essential with any such protection that you don’t use materials that cannot ‘breathe’ or else it may become damp inside and the plants will start to deteriorate.

Evergreens in containers and in open ground may suffer from drought as well as foliage or stem growth – during the cold weather they continue to need a fair amount of water and if this is frozen solid in the soil, they soon suffer.

Deep mulch applied to the soil surface on the root area before the ground becomes frosted

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wrap it around and cut to size before clipping or tying in place.

Although most fruit trees such as apples, pears, cherries and plums are definitely hardy, they are also prone to damage. Although quite tough, the newly opened blossom and the buds themselves may be damaged, with late frosts being most harmful because the buds are further developed. A fleece cover will help here too. If you live in a particularly cold part of the country and are planting new fruit plants buy them from a local specialist nursery who know local conditions, and try to buy late flowering varieties where possible.

Outdoor taps and pipework are likely to need protection too, and if left open to the elements could result in burst pipes and expensive bills.

I suggest turning outside taps off at the mains, but if this isn’t feasible or logical, do make sure any exposed pipework is properly insulated.

Your local builder’s merchant or DIY store is worth a visit for this job - well insulated pipes and garden taps could save you a fortune.

If your garden is inclined to be a bit windswept, it may be worth investing in some fleecy jackets for your favourite shrubs. These are made from fleece and are like massive bags, complete with a drawstring at the open end. Just pop them over the plant and tighten the drawstring.

Alternatively use a double layer of ordinary fleece, such as the type we offer on my website,

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Like so many people – women particularly – I’ve always been very conscious of controlling my weight. Despite this, every year I’ve gained an extra pound or two and no amount of exercise or cutting down ever seemed to make a difference. Following a routine health check, I was classified as overweight and the obese grading was alarmingly close.

Obviously, if I carried on as I was (ie dieting plus, I admit, a weakness for sweet food) I’d just continue to grow. I’m a methodical person in nature and love researching the internet so I set out to understand why so many in the West have a weight and appetite control problem. What I discovered has changed my eating pattern/relationship with food.

increase the fat in your diet • Make this your way of eating, not a diet to be given up as soon as possible.

As I was asked by so many friends and family for information on what I discovered I set up a website and blog. Want to know more? Go to www.discoveryourtoes.co.uk.

I began to eat more food, more frequently than I ever did, and week by week the weight just disappeared. This didn’t feel like a diet, it just felt good to eat healthy food, rarely feel hungry, and to be free of thinking about food all the time – it was so liberating. In 3 months, I’ve dropped two dress sizes and I’m confident I’ll never be overweight again – a year ago I’d never had believed I could ever say that Of course everyone wants to know ‘what is it then?’ It’s best to understand why it works but if I could sum it up in a couple of lines I’d say: • Stop eating grains – rice, bread, pasta, leave out the potatoes, don’t eat sugar • Start eating more real unprocessed food, We b: d i s c o v e r m a g a z i n e s .c o .u k , S a l e s : ke v i n @ d i s c o v e r m a g a z i n e s .c o .u k

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New Year, New You It’s January, and you are feeling in need of a quick fix so you can begin to feel healthy again. But how do you decide on a suitable exercise regime to help you lose weight and regain vitality?

Working out at home with the help of a video console has become a popular alternative to going out to a dance class or a gym. The great advantage is that it allows you to design a programme to suit your own needs and preferences.

However if - like me - you’re not a great self-motivator, you may find it hard to keep going without a human instructor to give encouragement. After several attempts to follow an aerobic routine in my lounge I made the decision to join a regular exercise class.

A quick browse round the websites of local clubs brings up an array of exercise styles with exotic-sounding names such as Zumba, Pilates, Ashtanga Yoga, Hatha Yoga and Tai Chi. It’s nice to be spoiled for choice, but there are a few things to consider before you start. How old are you? Do you have any medical conditions? How much exercise do you normally take?

If a leisurely stroll round the supermarket is your main form of exercise then a cardiovascular workout is probably not the place to start. You need to build your programme slowly, so you could begin with a beginners’ yoga class where you will be concentrating on breathing and stretching.

If you are new to structured exercise you will be glad to know that yoga is about doing as much as you feel your own body can manage. Its emphasis on slow movements, posture and deep breathing really helps to build muscular strength and improve balance.

There are a variety of different kinds of yoga, some of which are really quite challenging for a beginner, so do have a chat with the instructor before booking your course.

Pilates borrows heavily from yoga and was originally devised to help injured dancers and athletes. Once again there is an emphasis on good posture and exercises are designed to strengthen the spine, improve circulation and open up the joints. As with Yoga you can look forward to a fantastic sense of release and revitalisation at the end of each class.

However you decide to pursue your new exercise regime, make a promise to yourself to keep it up.

A fitness programme that is currently enjoying huge success

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in this country is Zumba. Invented

by Columbian choreographer Alberto Perez in the 1990s, Zumba combines exercise with dance.

Unlike conventional dance classes where the instructor faces the class and teaches a series of steps, Zumba is a continuous series of free-flowing moves – the instructor stands with his or her back to the class, demonstrating actions for the students to follow.

If you enjoy dancing to music then this is probably a good choice, but do think twice if your movement is restricted or if you suffer from high blood pressure.

However you decide to pursue your new exercise regime, make a promise to yourself to keep it up.

After a few weeks you’ll be surprised to find how much better you feel, both physically and mentally.

It may take a few attempts before you find a class that suits you, but it will be worth it in the end. Make sure the New Year really does mean a new you.

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2. Of all the national football teams taking part in Euro 2012, which one was making their European Championship debut?

3. Whose knighthood, awarded in 2004 for services to banking, was annulled in February 2012?

4. Which famous person gave birth to a baby girl, called Blue Ivy Carter, in January 2012?

5. The 2012 Summer Olympics became the first at which every sport included female competitors due to women competing for the first time in events in which sport?

6. What nationality is Felix Baumgartner, who, in October 2012, became the first skydiver to travel faster than the speed of sound?

7. With the real first names of John Thomas, which famous sportsman died in March 2012?

8. What was the name of the dog that danced to victory with Ashleigh in the 2012 series of Britain’s Got Talent?

9. In June 2012, which novel by E.L. James became the fastest adult paperback novel ever to sell one million print copies?

10. What was the title of the song written by Gary Barlow and Andrew Lloyd Webber in 2012 to commemorate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee?

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Cassandra Mortmain’s family is poor. They live in a castle that’s crumbling around them and this is her story, written while she’s sat ‘at the kitchen sink’.

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Imagine 365 blank pages: a brand new year of opportunity stretching before you. 2013 will be full of ‘dear diary’ moments and to kickstart your new year’s resolutions of self-improvement and examination (until February at least) here are some of the best, and most amusing slants on, and windows into other characters’ lives.

Diary of a Nobody by George Grossmith, Weedon Grossmith.

Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Limited Don’t let the fact that this book was first published in 1892 put you off. It may be a year and a half in the life of a lower-middle class Victorian clerk but there are so many parallels with modern life that you can’t fail to be touched by its humour.

Fundamentally flawed by his own over-inflated sense of worth and his desire to climb the social ladder, Charles Pooter’s observations, wit and snobbery will have you laughing out loud.

Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding Publisher: Picador.

With her constant calorie-counting, lusting after her bounder of a boss and remorse over binge-drinking sessions and social faux pas, how can we not love Bridget Jones? She’s become cemented as one of the great literary (or at least chick-literary) anti-heroes.

Enjoyed by singletons and ‘Smug Marrieds’ alike, we love Bridget Jones…just as she is.

Diary by Chuck Palahniuk Publisher: Vintage Told in diary form and mainly through the eyes of hotel maid and self-confessed ‘white trash’ woman, Misty Mary Wilmot, this is a thought-provoking novel from the author of Fight Club. Misty was once a bohemian art student who met the wealthy and enigmatic Peter, so unlike the other students that she thought all her prayers had been answered. Now she lives in a world she doesn’t recognise and her husband lies comatose after a suicide attempt. This is for those of us in a period of self-reflection and examination. If it tells us anything it’s to be true to ourselves.

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what’s THE KING’S NEW CLOTHES Romsey Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society 10-26 Jan 7.30pm (Thur-Sun each week) + Sat & Sun Matinees Plaza Theatre, Romsey, SO51 8JA The King wants some new clothes so the tailors set to work, and the outcome is hilarious. This panto is the biggest and blingiest ever with fun and laughter for everyone. Tickets £8-£10 (with discounts). Group and family tickets available. Online booking http://www.plazatheatre.com/ booking.php or Romsey Tourist Information Centre HISTORY OF A HOSPITAL 19 Jan 1.30pm, optional tower tour 3.30pm Royal Victoria Country Park SO31 5GA Find out about the amazing history behind this country park.

A talk and slide show by the wellloved author and historian, Philip Hoare. Heritage Visitor Centre..

Adult £10 Child £5. Optional tower tour (12 spaces only) Adult £4 Child £2.

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Manor Farm Country Park, Pylands Lane, Bursledon SO31 1BH Come along and see traditional baking being cooked in a farmhouse kitchen. Learn about different recipes and ingredients used in a Victorian Kitchen.

Price is included in normal Farm admission charge. Tel 01489 787055 www.hants.gov.uk/ manorfarm TREASURE ISLAND PANTO 23-26 Jan 7.30 (doors open 7.00) Sat matinee 2.30 (2.00).

Bishopstoke Memorial Hall, Riverside, Bishopstoke ‘Treasure Island, the Panto’ is a marvellous re-telling of the children’s classic adventure novel with all the fun of pantomime!

There’s swashbuckling upon the high seas, treasure on a desert island, pirates and parakeets, a Dame with a vast behind and love and romance. Tickets £7 (£5 under 16s) from 023 8069 3032, e-mail bishplayers@btinternet. com, or link from website.

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and tableware, bric a brac, small furniture, toys and books. To raise funds for local Scout Group. Lots of bargains to be had. Come early to beat the rush. Chairs provided for early queuers! Refreshments available. Entrance 20p STAR GAZING Until 27 Jan 11am, last entry 4.30pm Mottisfont, Romsey Discover sculptures of stars around the grounds and rising stars of the contemporary craft world in the Art Gallery. Booking not needed.

Normal admission charges apply.

No wheelchair access to the Art Gallery. Tel: 01794 340757. www. nationaltrust.org.uk/mottisfont TOY & MODEL COLLECTORS’ FAIR 2 Feb 1030am-2pm Jubilee Hall, Little Shore Lane, Bishop’s Waltham, SO32 1ED A new Saturday Toy & Model Fair in Hampshire ! This event should feature a wide range of collectable toys and models. Road, rail, air etc. Parking at the Hall is limited, so please use the town centre car park. From here it is a short, signposted walk to the Hall. www.traveline.org.uk for bus details. Adults £1.50, seniors and children £1.00.

AIRCRAFT ANECDOTES 1 Feb Museum of Army Flying SO20 8DY The Museum of Army Flying are holding their first National Storytelling Week activity.

Professional Story Teller Fionnaghal Teller of Tales will be illuminating the Museum’s amazing objects and personalities through her wonderful stories.

Face painter on hand to help get you into character ready for the stories. £5 per child, 1 accompanying adult goes free. www.armyflying.com LITTLE COURT - OPEN GARDEN FOR NGS 22, 24 & 25 Feb 2-5pm Little Court, Crawley, nr Winchester Hampshire SO21 2PU Spring bulbs, kitchen garden, alpacas, tree house and beautiful south views. Peaceful, naturalistic and sheltered, many seats.

Admission £4, Children free.

01962 776365. Visitors also welcome by appointment Feb to Oct. Open for charity.

PETER AND THE WOLF 2 Feb 2pm Heritage Visitor Centre, Royal Victoria Country Park, SO31 5GA Head into the dark Russian woods and meet Peter, his grandmother and Sergei Prokofiev's other wonderful characters. Chance to meet the puppets after the show. Suitable for 3+ Supported by 'Hog the Limelight'. £5 per person. 02380 45157 KNIT ONE PEARL ONE Sat 2 Feb & Sun 3 11am - 4pm Manor Farm Country Park, Pylands Lane, Bursledon SO31 1BH If you're a beginner or an expert, come along and join us in the Farmhouse this weekend. Bring your own knitting, ask the experts or maybe give it a go for the first

DIS COV ER WHAT ’S ON time. Price is included in normal Farm admission charge. www. hants.gov.uk/manorfarm 01489 787055 UNDERSTANDING HISTORICAL BUILDINGS 9 Feb 11am–3pm Tudor House and Garden, Oakwood Ct, Brookside Way, West End, SO30 3GZ Learn how to unlock and record the history of a historic building.

Look at building materials, construction techniques and dating methods, using the 800 year-old Tudor House as an example. £20, 18 conc. Pre book 02380 834242 www. southampton.gov.uk HALF TERM FUN ON THE FARM 16-24 Feb 10am-4pm Manor Farm Country Park, Bursledon, SO31 1BH

A week of activities for children including farmhouse arts and crafts, Victorian school lessons, guided farmyard walk and 'Meet the Animals'. Price included in normal Farm admission charge. www.hants.gov.uk/manorfarm 01489 787055 ENCHANTED FOREST TRAIL 16-24 Feb 10am-3.30pm Manor Farm Country Park, Bursledon, SO31 1BH Follow this self-guided trail to find out who lives in the enchanted wood. There's a prize if you find all the inhabitants.

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Meet at Barnfield Kiosk. £3 per person. Booking essential. www. hants.gov.uk/manorfarm 01489 787055

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THE CHANDLERS FORD DIRECTORY LOCAL NEWS & VIEWS

Farewell, Arcade Book Shop

You’ve posted Aunt Mary’s parcel, taken your jacket to the dry cleaners, collected Ben’s prescription and suddenly you think how nice it would be to have a new book to read at the weekend. So you pop into the Arcade Book Shop and almost at once you see a book you hadn’t known about by one of your favourite authors. It’s yours in a trice and you clutch it lovingly as you head for home. How familiar that scenario will be to many of us who live in Chandlers Ford. If you’re among them, brace yourself for bad news. After quarter of a century, the Arcade Book Shop is closing down in the New Year.

Jonathan and Jane started the book shop in 1988 after he retired from his job in publishing. How glad the book lovers among us were to have an independent book shop, intelligently stocked and knowledgeably run. Few communities now enjoy that luxury.

Could it last, we wondered? Many and varied are the enterprises that have come and gone down the years in Fryern Arcade. None of us would have guessed the book shop would run for 25 years. And now it is closing down as Jonathan and Jane seek a well earned rest.

How we shall miss them, their delightful assistant Sue, and the sheer pleasure of browsing round the Arcade Book Shop.

At the time they opened the shop, they ran a competition for children, with books as prizes. Apparently children and their parents queued round the block to take part. The

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Hampshire Chronicle ran a story about one of the winners, and Jonathan still has the photo that accompanied the story. A few years ago, the little boy in the photo, now a man, came in to see them and say Hello.

That’s the sort of shop it’s been.

I asked how many books they have sold in their quarter of a century. They think about 375,000.

In retirement, Jane hopes to acquire a dog to walk. Jonathan wants to become more proficient on his computer. He also enjoys cooking and hopes to do more. Sue looks forward to more gardening and walking. We thank them for what they have brought to Chandlers Ford and wish them a long and happy retirement.

By Stephen Harvey

DIS COV ER R EG U L A R LO C A L E V E N T S Brass Band Thurs 7:45pm, Sun 6:30pm Otterbourne Village Hall, Cranbourne Drive, Otterbourne Otterbourne Brass playing at fetes, carnivals and agricultural shows in the summer, raising funds for band development and charity at Christmas and performing concerts throughout the year. New players are always welcome.

Helen Davis, 01489 564716 Social Tennis Club Tues & Thurs 7-9pm Knightwood Leisure Centre Steve Allen Social tennis and league matches. We play all through the year on floodlit courts. www.knightwoodtennisclub1. zoomshare.com or call 07964 789861 Cyles Rides Romsey Hares and Tortoises local bike rides. Easy-paced rides from Romsey.

Afternoon rides, with tea stop on the 3rd Saturday of each month and day rides, with lunch stop on the 1st Saturday of each month. Social events too. Come and make friends. ‘Taster’ participation is free. Contact Viv, romsey@southhampshirectc.org.uk or 01794 368207 Scottish Dancing Wednesdays 7.30 - 10.00pm Saint Francis School, Valley Park Tuition given in steps and formations: Cost £1 .50 Contact Connie Cruden, 02380 267 317 Badminton Sat 09:00 - 10:30 term time Toynbee School For any children interested in taking up badminton, EJBC is looking for new members. The club is run by qualified Badminton England registered coaches.

Minimum age 7 years.

For further information, please contact Bev Ardabili, Club Coach and Treasurer on 02380 266121 or email bevardabili@gmail.com Walking 6 days a week - Various meeting places C.Ford, N Badd, Romsey & other Test Valley Locations Walks are approximately an hour long and a gentler pace is always offered.

All walks are accompanied by a trained Health Walk Leader. All ages welcome.

Laura Blake 01264 368831

Story Time Monday 2:15-2:45 - CF Library Stories for under 5s and their parents / carers at Chandler’s Ford Library Rhyme Time 1st Tues 10-10:30 - CF Library Songs & rhymes for children under 3 years and their parents/carers Gardeners Club 1st Tues 7-10pm St Boniface Hall Guest speakers on garden and gardenrelated subjects. Some practical demonstrations and a Spring and Annual Show. Contact Valerie Jolley 01794 519919 Amateur Drama Group Every Tuesday Ritchie Memorial Hall, C/Ford New members are always welcome, for both onstage and backstage roles.

Cassiopeia@cassiopeian.co.uk or 0845 644 0496.

Flower Arranging 2nd Weds 7 for 7:30 N Baddesley Hall Series of demonstrations and talks on Flower Arranging at North Baddesley Village Hall, Contact Sue Perdue 023 8073 3134 Social Group Mondays, Cleveland Bay, C/Ford Single, Divorced, Widowed, “Loose Ends” for a vibrant social group for 45+ ring Chris 02380861745 or Yvonne 07774043386 Flower & Garden Club The Otterbourne Flower & Garden Club Demonstrations,Speakers & Garden visits. Meetings at 7-30pm,in the Otterbourne Village Hall, on the fourth Tuesday of the month. New members Welcome.

Liz Farrington 02380 611201.

Widowed Club 2nd Monday of each month 2-4pm C/F Working Men’s Club Social club for widows and widowers.

Monthly meeting and trips out.

Edith Lidstone 023 8026 9101 Youth Band Thursday 7pm-9pm The Pavilion, Kingfisher Rd, Eastleigh Senators Youth band with brass, keyboard and drums for children aged 9-14. New members welcome – currently free! Call June Fitzpatrick on 02380 275422 for details or just turn up any Thursday (term time).

Over 70s Club Tuesdays 2 pm to 4 pm Age Concern Hall, Brownhill Road The Happy Bunch Club is an over 70’s club for the young at heart. Activities include gentle exercise classes, visiting speakers, musicians or simply tea, chat and laughter. Plus outings. Transport available. Call Jayne 02380 269319 Men’s Keep Fit Tuesdays 11am to 12pm Age Concern Hall, Brownhill Rd Over 50s men’s keep fit and social group. Come along, keep fit, make friends. All shapes and sizes welcome. £3 per session.

Call Roy Wreford 02380 268237.

Social Club 2nd & 4th Wednesday 8.30pm Stoneham Arms in Bassett Green Road, Southampton Phase II Social & Cultural Club meets on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of the month from 8.30pm. All welcome singles or couples 50+. Come and find out about our varied social programme.

Tel: 01329 664913.

Languages French - 1st Weds 10am Spanish - 2nd Weds 10am Dovetail Centre Local groups meet to practise French and Spanish conversation. The discussions are always friendly and informal and there are no fees. So come along and join us, whatever your level.

For more information, please contact Derek on 023 8026 8953 or Kieran on 023 8026 7107 Art Group 4th Wednesday 7:30pm Chandler’s Ford Art Group meet at 7.30pm on the 4th Wednesday of the month except August and December in the Community Hall, Hursley Rd, next to St Boniface Church. Visitors and new members welcome. 023 8026 5760 www.chandlersfordartgroup.com

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Hocombe Wood Women's Institute 3rd Tuesday of each month 7pm - 10pm The Hilt, off Hiltingbury Road, C/Ford Monthly Meetings except August.

Speakers, Walks, Scrabble, Social Activites. Visitors and new members welcome. Contact: l.m.n@btinternet.com

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DIS COV E R USEFU L N U M B ER S

Doctor Numbers NHS Direct (24 hr helpline) The Brownhill Surgery 2 Brownhill Rd Fryern Surgery Oakmount Rd Knightwood Surgery (Parkside Family Practice) Pilgrims Close Park Surgery (Chandlers Ford Family Practice), Hursley Rd St Francis Surgery (Chandlers Ford Family Practice), Pilgrims Close

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0845 46 47 023 8025 2188 023 8025 2414 023 8027 3252 023 8027 3458 023 8025 5118 0844 477 8957 (Emergencies press option 1) (Appointments press option 2)

Chemist Numbers

Asda Pharmacy, Bournemouth Road Tel: 023 8027 7390 Mon/Tues/Weds - 8.00am - 9.00pm, Thurs/Fri - 8am - 10pm, Sat - 8am - 8pm, Sun - 10am - 4pm. Bank Hols - 9.00am - 6pm.

Boots the Chemist, 4-5 Fryern Arcade, Tel:023 8025 2751 Opening hours/rota: Mon/Tues - 8.30am - 6pm, Weds/Thurs/Fri - 8.30am - 6.30pm, Sat -8.30am - 5.30pm.

Day Lewis, 95 Hiltingbury Road, SO53 5NQ. Tel: 023 8025 3063 Mon - Fri - 8.30am - 6pm, Sat - 9am - 1pm.

Falkland Pharmacy, 1 Falkland Court, SO53 3GA. Tel:023 8025 4344 Mon/Tues/Thurs/Fri - 9am - 1pm, 2pm - 6.30pm Weds 9am - 1pm, 6pm - 7pm Sat - 9am -1pm, 2pm - 5.30pm Lloyds Pharmacy, 21 Hursley Road, SO53 2FS. Tel: 023 8025 4252 Mon - Fri - 9am - 6.30pm, Sat - 9am - 1pm Park Pharmacy, 3 Pilgrims Close, Valley Park, SO53 4TQ. Tel: 023 8026 3908 Mon - Fri - 8.45am - 6.30pm, Sat - 9am - 1pm

Church Numbers

New Community Church Methodist Church St Francis Church St Boniface Church (C of E) St Edwards Church St Martin in the Wood (C of E) United Reformed Church Velmore Church Churches Together in Chandlers Ford

07970 804708 023 8026 8803 023 80271152 023 8026 5977 023 8027 3882 023 8026 5977 023 8027 6791 023 8057 1414 www.ctcf.org.uk

Library Times http://www3.hants.gov.uk/library/chandlersford-library.htm Oakmount Road, Chandler’s Ford, 0845 6035631 Mon/Wed/Fri: 9am - 5pm, Tue/Thur: 9am - 7pm Saturdays: 9am - 4pm

School & College Numbers Barton Peveril Chandler’s Ford Infant Eastleigh College Fryern Infants Fryern Junior Hiltingbury Infants Hiltingbury Junior John Keble CE Knightwood Primary Lakeside Merdon Junior Otterbourne Primary Peter Symonds Scantabout Primary Sherborne House St Francis Primary St Swithun Wells Primary Thornden Toynbee

023 8036 7200 023 8025 2655 023 8091 1000 023 8026 5931 023 8025 4155 023 8026 5414 023 8026 1808 01962 775241 023 8026 1900 023 8026 6633 023 8026 5255 01962 712020 01962 857500 023 8026 6892 023 8025 2440 023 8027 1178 023 8026 6210 023 8026 9722 023 8026 9026

School Holidays

All dates taken from - www3.hants.gov.uk/ education/schools/schoolholidays Spring Term Half Term: Mon 18/2/13 – Fri 22/2/13 Easter: Fri 29/3/13 to Friday 12/4/13 (inc.)

Summer Term Half Term: Mon 27/5/13 - Fri 31/5/13

Chandlers Ford MP

Steve Brine MP - Member of Parliament for Winchester & Chandlers Ford steve.brine.mp@parliament.uk, www.stevebrine.com 0207 219 7189 (London Office), 01962 791110 (Constituency Office)

Sustainable Transport

For all rail, ferry, bus and underground information click on www.traveline.org.uk/ index.htm or call 0871 200 22 33 or visit www. threeriversrail.com For all cycle routes in Chandlers Ford and neighbouring areas visit www.eastleigh.gov.uk/parking-travel--roads.aspx

Last Post Times

Ashdown Rd - Mon-Fri 5pm/Post Office Closes 5:30pm, Sat 11:30/Post Office Closes 12:30 Fryern Arcade Post Office - Mon-Fri 9:00 to 5:30, Saturday 9:00 to 12:30 LAST POST IN CHANDLERS FORD - Brickfield Lane on The Chandlers Ford Industrial Estate (near Hendy Truck) - Mon-Fri 6:30, Sat: 11:45 No collection Sunday

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DIS COV ER I N D E X For Advertisers offering multiple property services look under Property Maintenance, otherwise see specific trade e.g. electrician, carpenter etc.

Accounting: Accord Accountants Arlington Accountants Ltd Kirkcaldy Accountancy Ltd Knightwood Accountancy Svcs Ltd Aerials: Aerial Fix DJ Satellites & Aerials Air Conditioning: ALB Electrical Appliance Repair: 123 Domestic Appliances Advanced Appliance Care JP Appliances Premier Electrics Architect: Andrew Johns Babysitter: Hailey Tinson Bathrooms: See Plumbing Beauty Treatments: Aapka Beauty Salon Amazing Lashes by Jacqui Caroline’s Mystique Beauty Bedrooms: Swan Systems Blinds & Curtains: Designing for Style Shading Places The Curtain Design House Waterside Blinds Boilers: See Plumbing Bookkeeper: Gibbons Bookkeeping Service Ltd Helen Boyd Ltd Butcher: Bishop Waltham Butchers Cakes: Made For You Car Service/Repair- See Garage Svcs Carpenter: Crown Carpentry J Maguire Carpentry Services Kiwi Carpentry Oakwood Carpentry & Maintenance Carpet Cleaning: Abbey Cleaning Carpet & Flooring: G E Nicholls Iain Duthie Floorings Premier Flooring Solutions Wilton Carpets Catering Services: Bay Leaves Larder Children's Activities: Kidz Camps UK Children’s Tuition: English Upgrades Kip McGrath Chimney Sweep: Green Sweeps Cleaning Services: Done 'n' Dusted Computer Services: Chandlers Ford Computer Care Home Computer Help RSJ Computer Services Widenet Conservatories: Live-in Pennington Jones (HI) Ltd Counsellor: Marcus Gee Talking Therapies Curtains: Designing for Style The Curtain Design House Delicatessen: Bay Leaves Larder

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Dentist: 70 Smile 31 Vital Family Dental Care 77 Westfield Dental Practice Domestic Appliance: 12 123 Domestic Appliances 21 Advanced Appliance Care 50 JP Appliances 8 Premier Electrics Double Glazing Inst/Repairs: 88 Live-in Design 56 Pennington Jones (HI) Ltd 59 Windowmenda Electrician: 25 ALB Electrical 16 Ampfield Electrical 50 EEC247 21 GJ Rhodes Electrical 41-48 Estate Agent: Jonathan Rees Fencing Services: 63 CF Handyman Fencing Services 67 Colourfence 67 Chandlers Ford Landscaping 56 Funeral Services: Nigel Guilder Furniture: 3 Deane 34 From Old to New 11 Swan Systems 64 Garage Doors: Fix Quick Garage Doors Garage Services: 26 Auto Assistance 22 Independent VW 25 Jon's Garage Ltd 25 NB Service Station 27 Robinsons Vehicle Maintenance Garden Design & Services: 65 Adapt Landscapes 65 All In One 66 C/Ford Garden Services 66 Davis Tree Care 65 Enviro 69 Garden Design by Mo Mariner 69 J.L. Tree Care 79 Jon Curtis Tree Surgery & Gdn Svc 63 Lakewood Tree Surgeons 66 One Man Went To Mow 78 Premier Garden Designs 66 Romsey Stump 67 Chandlers Ford Landscaping 63 Valley Park Landscapes Gas Services: See Plumbing Health & Fitness: 75 Bodysound 78 Eastleigh Sports Massage Therapy 73 The Club 71 Up & Running Health Services: Hampshire Hearing Ctre 50 20 Holidays: Holiday Properties 79 House Clearance: The Bookman Kitchens: 39 Dream Doors 57 Homeseal 37 Knightwood Kitchens 55 New Forest Stone 60 Re-Nu Kitchens 54 Locksmith: Lockright Security Ltd 59 Logs: Lakewood Logs 51 Mobility: Freedom Mobility Music Tuition: 40 Dovecote Piano 20 Little Soprano 30 Rockout! Music School

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Office Furniture: Haywood Office Svc Optician: Hampson Opticians Painter/Decorator (see also Property Maintenance): Darren Eckton Handy Man & Decorator Darren Liggett M Fyall Design & Co Prestige Painting SBR Decorating Ltd SJ Penney VHN Decorating W.A.G. Decorating Services Ltd Pet Services: Dog Grooming Salon Pet Pals Plasterer: A Y Plastering C B Plastering Services Plasterforce Plumbing Services (including bathroom installation and gas and boiler services) see also Property Maintenance: Ace Plumbing Ltd Aqua Bathrooms Aqualogic Plumbing & Heating Aquatec DN Plumbing Services First Call Heating Ltd Gair Gas Gas Elite Graham Jones Plumbing & Heating Mike Chivers NHP (Romsey) Ltd Premier Bathrooms Tom Mitchell Plumbing TP Watts Podiatrist: Jon Callen Printer: Warwick Printing Company Property Maintenance & Improvements: A Wilmott All In One CDN Handyman Services CF Handyman Services Dell Developments Handy Man Hero Homeseal KCB Handyman Services M Fyall Design & Co MH Building Services Osman Building Solutions S & R Property Services The Flat Pack People The Handyman Your Local Odd Job Man Restaurant/Bar: King Rufus Singing Lessons: Jan Solar Panels: Finesse Energy Ltd Solicitor: Eric Robinson Solicitors Tiling & Tile Supplier: AT Ceramics Premier Bathrooms & Tiles Tree Surgery: See Garden Tuition (Children’s): Dovecote Piano English Upgrades Kip McGrath Upholstery: Designing for Style From Old to New The Curtain Design House Veterinary: Cats@Seadown The Village Vet Window Repair: Windowmenda

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