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023 8026 6388 Hello and Welcome This is the first edition of Discover Romsey you will have received through your door, so you may think this is a new publication. Well it is…sort of. This magazine was formerly called The Romsey Directory and some of you will remember Diane who ran that publication. Diane has moved onto pastures new, and together with my business partner Melanie we’ve taken over and given the magazine a makeover, a name change and an extended distribution. As we already run several other magazines (Chandlers Ford, Southampton, Totton, Hedge End and Meon Valley) we have many years’ experience between us, bringing local news, information, advertiser listings and general interest features to communities. We were fortunate to have a number of local contacts to call on for our first edition. So inside this edition you will find details of several events taking place in celebration of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee this year, listings of clubs and groups, what’s on for May and June and anything else we think might be of interest. But we’d really love more. Do you have any walks you could write up for us (happy to donate to a charity of your choice to reward your efforts). What about memories of the area in days gone by? Or photographs – it’d be wonderful to be able to show them to both old and new residents. Do you know anybody doing voluntary work or helping those less fortunate in some way? Send it in and together we can deliver a magazine that the area can call its own. Tania PS: Of course using our advertisers is also much appreciated as without them we have no magazine. Needless to say, more advertisers are very welcome!
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CONTENTS Patrick Lichfield: The Polaroids
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diamond Jubilee Tribute
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A queen by Any Other Name
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Advertiser Feature - Abbey Chiropractic Clinic
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Hampshire Heritage
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Short Story - A Letter From The Queen
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Local Groups
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What's On
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Recycling banks & Supermarket Hours
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useful Numbers
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Index of Advertisers
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distribution - Discover Romsey is published every month and distributed by Royal Mail (except N Baddesley, delivered by our team) to two alternating areas. In January, March, May etc it goes to homes and businesses in Ampfield, North Baddesley and East Romsey (postcodes SO51 5, 7 and 9 plus SO52 9). In February, April, June etc it goes to the rest of the Romsey area (So51 postcodes) including Braishfield, West Wellow and Michelmersh. This is a total of around 14500 properties over the two month distribution. Advertising - We understand that the needs of a small business are quite different to those of a big company, and our advertising service is very much targeted at independent and local businesses. From advert design to general advice we are here to help you grow. For more details call Melanie on
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Patrick Lichfield: The Polaroids A stunning exhibition of photographs by Patrick Lichfield is being displayed at Mottisfont from the 19 May to the 1 July, offering a unique insight into his glamorous world. It presents fascinating montages of the Polaroids he took on every shoot, on display for the first time. It also presents a striking group of Lichfield’s iconic photographs of the royal, the rich and the famous, including a young Bob Geldof, Sir John Gielgud and Joanna Lumley. Particularly striking – and timely in this Diamond Jubilee year – is Lichfield’s double portrait of HRH The Queen and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Lichfield started out in the 1960s as a photographer’s assistant on £3 a week, but over the next four decades he gained international renown, contributing numerous now-famous photographs to newspapers, prestigious
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magazines and private collections. Though he was the 5th Earl of Lichfield and cousin to the Queen, in his professional life he was known simply as Patrick Lichfield.
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Over the years Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh – 1971 to 2004 - Lichfield produced thousands of Polaroids – preparatory ‘snaps’ of enormous interest and insight into his sitters. Lichfield once said, “Polaroids tell us so much of that moment in time, and my own diaries – if ever I wrote them – would contain dozens of them.” Now visitors can gaze into his dazzling world and enjoy this unique record of his illustrious career. by Patrick Lichfield
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A Queen By Any Other Name There won’t be many republicans in evidence in London this summer. Even non-royalists will be caught up in the pageantry of Her Majesty’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations; an event guaranteed, even more so than the Olympics, to lift the nation’s spirits at a time of general despondency. As part of the celebrations The Queen has granted city status to four UK towns: Perth in Scotland; St Asaph in Wales; Chelmsford in England and Armagh in Northern Ireland. There was another time in history when the country’s collective spirits needed lifting – sixty years ago. Residential streets were closed to traffic so that local communities could hold street parties. Bunting and Union flags hung from lines strung from upstairs windows on either side of the streets. Makeshift tables sagged under the weight of sandwiches, jelly and custard and bottles of Tizer. Games were organised, one of which consisted of the father of a family threading a needle and cotton which he then handed to his impatiently waiting offspring who would sprint down the road to the mother. The mother would sew a button onto a square of material which the offspring would then rush to the referee. Not all the families could participate in this game; some of the fathers had not returned home eight years previously. In the evening we sat round our wireless sets to listen to our new Queen’s speech: “…Throughout all my life I shall strive to be worthy of your trust…” In this speech the Queen also paid tribute to the support of her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, and the speech is as valid and as relevant today as it was sixty years ago. Times changed. Britain changed; in some cases beyond recognition. But there has been one constant: a tower of strength whose influence will not be fully appreciated until she is no longer with us. In a much earlier speech, made in Cape Town on her
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nineteen-year-old Burmese, panicked and reared she calmly brought him under control and continued with the scheduled ride to Horseguards Parade, comforting him with a few pats on the neck while turning to smile at the cheering crowd. This was, allegedly, the second attempt on the Monarch’s life. According to a retired senior police officer in Australia he was in charge of an investigation in 1981 after a train carrying the Queen and Prince Philip collided with a large log which had been placed on the track after police and a pilot train had passed along the route. The retired officer, Mr McHardy, who claims to have interviewed suspects including IRA sympathisers says the Australian government issued a suppression order to avoid embarrassment. There has so far been no comment from Buckingham Palace on the validity of these claims. True or false I doubt that the Queen loses much sleep over these stories. She has, over the past eight decades, proved herself indomitable. It was the Queen’s consort, HRH Prince Philip,
who pointed out that sometimes a position is more important than the person who occupies that position. With typical clarity he had put the concept in a nutshell: if a nation chooses to have a figurehead then there must be a human to give that position substance, but the human is secondary to the position, not vice versa. For the past sixty years we have been fortunate in having a person worthy of that position; a person of supreme dignity and dedication the like of which this country may never see again. God Save the Queen. By Daniel Hicks
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HAMPSHIRE HERITAGE The Supercar Made in Eastleigh ‘Supercar’ and ‘Eastleigh’ are words that don’t naturally seem to belong in the same sentence. The Lord Nelson class locomotives made in Eastleigh – of course. The supercar made in Maranello – indeed. But supercar and Eastleigh? Some mistake surely? No, no mistake. In 1960 John Gordon and Jim Keeble showed a prototype called the Gordon GT at that year’s Geneva Motor Show. Reviewing the prototype in October 1960, Autocar
magazine wrote, “This journal looks back on the most electrifying vehicle that it has ever tested.” But it would be another three years before their masterpiece came into production in a hangar at Eastleigh airport. Three years of struggling with all the difficulties that can beset a small team trying to produce an enormously ambitious new car on a miniscule budget. Their car, renamed the Gordon-Keeble, was heralded by a full-page advertisement in the 13
March 1964 issue of Autocar magazine. The advertisement took the form of a questionnaire. Some of the questions posed by the advert were: Do you like driving really fast? Do you like to have a car which all eyes admire? Do you like, on occasion, to amble along any old how in top gear? Do you like, on occasion, to make full use of a superb four-speed gearbox and go like a scalded cat? And Can you beg, borrow or steal £2,800? The car was a full four-seater with a decent sized boot. It
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was powered by a 5.4-litre V8 engine, the one used in the Chevrolet Corvette, mounted in a space-frame chassis, and clothed in a stunningly beautiful fibreglass body. The body design was the work of a new recruit to Bertone’s famous automotive styling studio in Turin, a young lad called Giorgetto Giugiaro. Car enthusiasts will have heard of him! It was only his second design assignment for Bertone. Half a century later, the young Giugiaro’s design still looks simply stunning and attracts admiration wherever the car is seen. As well as looking great, the car’s performance was electrifying (0-60 in about 6 seconds) and it handled well. The first production car was assembled in late 1963 and shown to the press at London’s Savoy hotel in December of that year. It was now called the GordonKeeble GK1. Every production car was tested by engineer Jim Keeble himself on a circuit of Hampshire roads that included Winchester, Sutton Scotney and the old Winchester by-pass. In his invaluable history of the GordonKeeble, author Charles
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Giles tells us that “any car which would not exceed an indicated 140 mph would be rejected and returned to the factory for further attention.” In an attempt to undercut better known makes, the car was initially priced at £2,798, a figure that Jim Keeble always thought was too low. The price was later increased to £3,626-11s-3d, but it was still too low, and the company was soon in trouble financially. Component supply problems followed and the company went into receivership in 1965. The GordonKeeble’s emblem is a tortoise, which has always prompted curiosity. The accepted explanation is that during a publicity photo shoot a tortoise walked across in front of the car. Someone picked the creature up and
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placed it on the bonnet of the car, whereupon the tortoise urinated, stripping some of the paintwork. The owners must have felt the incident to be an omen. In July 2010, I went to Eastleigh’s central recreation ground to see a group of Gordon-Keeble cars parade at the end of a 100-mile rally run by the Gordon-Keeble Owners’ Club. The event was part of a celebration of 100 years flying from Eastleigh airport, where the cars were assembled. Of the 100 cars produced, about 90 still survive, largely thanks to that rust-free fibreglass body. They still look fabulous. Most, of course, are in expensively exquisite condition. But it is not a car for today’s petrol prices. The Autocar road test returned a figure of 14.5 mpg overall. Those wonderful Lord Nelson class locomotives may yet enjoy a Second Coming. by Stephen Harvey
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Short Story A letter from the Queen “You know, when I was your age I received a letter from the Queen.” Ellen announced to her son in a transparent attempt to impress him. Charlie looked up from the book he was reading; his beautiful eyes were alight. “Wow! Why did the Queen send you a letter?” Ellen squeezed into the armchair next to him. “I drew a picture of the Queen and sent it to her. So she sent me a thank you letter.” “This Queen?” he asked, “this actual Queen we have now?” Charlie let this news sink in for a moment and then asked, “do you think if I drew a picture the Queen would send me a letter as well?” Ellen smiled, “why not Charlie? It’s worth a try isn’t it?” She enjoyed the quiet hour he spent at the dining table, drawing his picture in deep concentration. Once he had finished he proudly presented it to her. “What do you think Mum? I think she’ll like it.” “It’s lovely,” she agreed. “I think any reigning monarch would be delighted with a drawing of themselves fighting a dalek, armed with just a sceptre and a corgi.” “It’s not a sceptre, it’s a sonic screwdriver,” he said, rifling through her purse for the stamps. The next morning on their way to school Charlie posted his picture. After much deliberation he had addressed it to ‘Her Royal Highness the Queen, care of Buckingham Palace, or Balmoral, if she’s on holiday’. Ellen popped round to see her parents on the way back. Her mum was folding a pile of laundry. “Mum do you remember that letter I had from the Queen?” Her mum chuckled. “That old thing. It took your Dad forever to decide how the Queen would sign her name.” Ellen’s jaw dropped. “Dad? You mean it was really from Dad?” Her mum looked surprised. “Don’t you remember? We’d just exchanged contracts on Sandmere Drive and I suggested you draw a picture for the Queen to keep you quiet while we did the packing.” A memory came back to Ellen of drawing a picture at the little breakfast bar in their first house, surrounded by
piles of newspaper and tea chests. Her Mum patted her hand. “Did you never wonder how the Queen knew your change of address?” Ellen let out a heavy sigh and slumped onto the pile of clean washing. “In that case, do you think Dad would mind writing another for me?” The following week Charlie never once mentioned the letter from the Queen, but Ellen noticed that he was always first into the hallway every time he heard the postman clicking open the garden gate. Then one day, she heard the clatter of the letterbox followed by a little cry of delight. She sighed with relief, and mouthed the words “Thank you Dad”. Charlie came skipping through to the kitchen. “I’ve got post.” His face was beaming. “What is it?” she said, knowing full well. He held up a brown manila envelope. “I don’t know what this is, but it looks like Granddad’s writing.” Ellen’s heart sank. Clearly her son was much smarter than she had been at his age. “But look at this!” he added. Charlie held up another envelope. It was crisp and white with Charlie’s name clearly typed on the front. He placed it in Ellen’s hands with a look of awe on his face. She turned it over. Where it was sealed, embossed in gold, were the lion and the unicorn of the royal coat of arms. by Jackie Brewster
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local groups Romsey Flower Arrangement Society Second Wednesday of the month North Baddesley Village Hall 7.00pm Welcomes new members Romsey W.I. The Crosfield Hall Annexe 7.30pm Meetings held the fourth Wed in the month. New members welcome. Wellow Flower Arrangment Society Meetings held fourth Monday in the month at Plaitford Village Hall at 7.30 pm New members welcome. Tel: Sonia on 01794 322205 or Liz on 01794 322263. Woodley & Crampmoor Friendship Club 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of each month Woodley Village Hll, 2pm. New members welcome. Braishfield Flower Arrangement Society Meet on the fourth Thursday of the month at Braishfield Village Hall 7.30pm. New members welcome. Tel: 01794 368259 / 02380 731162 Romsey Modellers, Ampfield Village Hall, 3rd Wed in the month. 8pm – 10pm We are a plastic modelling club catering for all modelling genres and skill levels from beginners to well seasoned gurus. For more information please see www. romseymodellers.co.uk
Romsey Open Gate Stroke Club The Abbey Rooms 2.15pm Welcomes new members Romsey Sub-aqua Club. Club night is Tuesday evening at Stanbridge Earls School 7.30 - 9 pm. Come dive and snorkel with us! We offer try-dives and training and welcome new members. (Note: for security reasons at the School please contact us before coming along.) Email: info@romseysac.com Website www.romseysac.com Romsey Job Club Trying to find a job? If you live around Romsey, why not drop in to our Job Club on a Wednesday morning between 9.30 and 12.30? We can’t offer you a job, but we can offer you help in finding one. You can browse for jobs on our computers , prepare your cv If you need to brush up your IT skills, we can help you with that as well. All in an informal setting, with a cup of tea or coffee. We’re at Company House, Romsey School, Greatbridge, SO51 8ZB. Ring 01794 522106 for more information Flower Arrangement Classes/ Workshops. Woodley Village Hall, School Road, Romsey. Mondays 1.30 - 3.30pm 1st & 3rd Monday - Beginners 2nd & 4th Monday - Intermediate Everybody Welcome Contact: Denise 02380 741299 or Sandy 01794 511335 for details.
NOMADS music and drama group NOMADS meet every Friday 8pm, Woodley Village Hall, School Road, Romsey. We have been part of the local community for 35 years and new members are welcomed. New members needed for our Summer show, all ages welcome. Come along or phone Rachel: 023 8049 8955 or Clare: 01794 523578 - for more information. Meditation as a way of prayer Every Friday 11am to 12pm starting 4 May 2012. An opportunity to explore and experience the stillness and silence of contemplative prayer. Wisdom Centre, Romsey, Hants SO51 8EL. 01794 830206. reception@wisdomhouseromsey.co.uk. www.christian-meditation.org.uk ROMSEY ARTHRITIS HYDROTHERAPY GROUP Hydrotherapy sessions available at the Pinder Centre. Avington, Near Winchester. Help to soothe Arthritic joints, helping to relieve pain in the Hydrotherapy Pool. Join as a member for £5 per year. Weekly sessions are subsidised. Transport is not available For information contact : Chairman Mr Rob Davies 01725 512950 South Hants Historical Aviation Society The Conservative Club Romsey First Wed in the month 7.30pm. Welcomes new members. For more information visit www.shhas.co.uk.
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DIS COV ER WHAT ’S ON has become a must for all keen gardeners and craft enthusiasts. With over 65 exhibitors, free car parking, brass band & children’s entertainment and refreshments the Fayre provides an excellent day out for all the family. All proceeds go to charities supported by Rotary. The Fayre will be opened by Georgie Windsor of BBC Radio Solent's The Good Life. Admission Adult: £4.00 Senior Citizen: £3.00 Children under 14 free. No Dogs www. solentgardenersfayre.org.uk
what’s BOWLING CLUB OPEN DAY 12 May 10am to 3pm Romsey Bowling Club are holding an open day at their site in the Memorial Park, Romsey. No cost, no booking, just turn up. Please bring flat shoes to wear on the Green. MILLS & MEADOWS GUIDED WALK 16 May 6.30-8.30pm St Catherine’s Hill Take a walk along two branches of the River Itchen alongside historic water meadows and the Iron Age hill fort of St Catherine’s Hill Nature Reserve on this guided 3 mile circular walk led by project officer, Polly Whyte. This event is part of the Wildlife Trust centenary celebrations. Meet at St Catherine’s Hill car park on Garnier Road (Map ref. SU 483 280). Contact Polly on 01489 774413 or email pollyw@ hwt.org.uk. Suggested donation £2. NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM Saturday 19 May, 6pm – 11pm Tudor House, Southampton Take the opportunity to visit Tudor House after hours and meet the staff who bring the house to life in present day as well finding out about characters who have lived there in the past. Enjoy tours of the Museum with costumed guides, find out more about the objects from the staff who care for them and take part in free art and object handling workshops with the learning team. Sit back and relax with a beverage in the cafe whilst enjoying the soothing sounds of
music played on a lute Richard King-Li. GLIDERS AND TYPHOONS 19 May, 10am to 2pm Holmsley Walk Car Park A walk back in time across former RAF Holmsley South airfield. This walk covers a distance for 4 miles. £10 per adult and £5 per child. (Minimum age of 12 years). Booking is essential as spaces are limited. To book your tickets or for further information please contact the Forestry Commission on 023 8028 6840 (Mon-Fri 8.30am-4pm) www.forestry.gov.uk/newforest HOUSE AND GARDEN TOUR 19 May, 2-3pm Tudor House, Southampton Join a member of the museum team to find out more about Tudor House and Garden: its fascinating 800 year history and the people that lived there in the past. Please note, tour content may be repeated. £4.50 adult, entrance charge to venue applies. ROMSEY THEATRE 22 – 26 May Plaza Theatre, Romsey Absurd Person Singular by Alan Ayckbourn. In this hilarious dark comedy we eavesdrop on three couples over three successive 1970s Christmas Eves: the social climbing Hopcrofts in their gadget-filled kitchen, the relationship-troubled Jacksons in their neglected fourth floor flat and the laconic Brewster-Wrights in their Victorian
style home. Add a mad dog, a dirty oven and some inappropriate party games and the result is classic Ayckbourn at his very best. Box Office 01794 512987 NORTH BADDESLEY VILLAGE DAY 26 May North Baddesley Recreation Ground, Sandy Lane Arena events including Dog dancing, falconry, petting farm, community groups, inflatables, live music, make and take crafts and trade stands, refreshments - a great day out for all the family. NCT NEARLY NEW SALE 26 May 2012 11:00am until 12:30pm. (Members with valid NCT cards may enter at 10.45am) Mountbatten School, Whitenap Lane, Romsey, SO51 5SY A chance to sell and buy well priced, nearly new baby and children’s clothes, equipment, maternity wear & toys. £1 adult admission (in aid of NCT Charity). For more details or information about selling contact: nns@romseynct.hampshire.org. uk. If you would like to volunteer at the sale please email us at NCTromseyNNSvolunteers@gmail. com http://www.nct.org.uk/ branches/romsey GARDENER’S & CRAFT FAYRE 3 Jun 10am to 4pm University of Southampton Sports Ground, Wide Lane, Eastleigh SO50 5PE (opposite Southampton Parkway Station) A visit to Solent Gardeners Fayre
JUBILEE EVENT 4 June Noon to 6pm Nursling Recreation Ground Fabulous celebratory event for all the family. There will be arena shows including Newfoundland Dogs & Carriages working to music, a talent show, singers 'Souled Out', a Dog Show, a Jubilee Lunch street party on the Recreation Ground, tug of war, refreshments, cakes stall, burger & BBQ, craft stalls, side shows & much more. Free, contact Terry Hamer terryhamer@sky.com or call 023 8073 6766. ROMSEY THEATRE 9 June Plaza Theatre, Romsey To mark the centenary this year of the sinking of RMS Titanic, three Southampton songwriters have collaborated to tell the story in song, music and spoken word. Look Out! relates the events leading up to the tragedy, and the aftermath, from Southampton's perspective, mainly through the eyes of the crew, and in particular Fred Fleet, the lookout who first saw the iceberg. It is performed by White Star Line-Up comprising the composers, and local singers and musicians. (B) = Booking essential Remember to tell us about your events, so we can tell our readers! email tania@ discovermagazines. co.uk or call us on: 023 8027 6361
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Recycling & Household Waste Name/Location Alma Road Car Park (by Waitrose) Ampfield Village Hall, SO51 9BJ Bedes Lea Public House Car Park, SO52 9LW Cupernham School, SO51 7HT Hillier Garden Centre Hunters Inn Public House Malthouse Inn Public House, Timsbury Potters Heron Hotel & Bar, SO51 9ZF Priestlands, Romsey Romsey Bus Station Car Park Romsey Sports Centre Saxon Way Shop Car Park, S051 5QY St Anne's Car Park, Banning Street, SO51 8LZ The Wheatsheaf, Braishfield Willis Avenue Car Park, SO52 9EP
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useful numbers LOCAL DOCTORS NHS Direct (24hr helpline) Abbey Mead Surgery Romsey SO51 8EN Alma Road SurgerY Romsey SO51 8ED Lordshill Health Centre Lordshill SO16 8HY Nightingale Surgery Romsey SO51 7QN North Baddesley Surgery Fleming Ave SO52 9EP LOCAL CHEMISTS Lloyds Pharmacy 123 The Hundred, Romsey BootsThe Chemist Ltd 1 The Hundred, Romsey Alliance Pharmacy 7-8 Market Place, Romsey Lloyds Pharmacy 16-17 District Centre Lordshill Alliance Pharmacy 7 Rownhams Road, North Baddesley Wellow Pharmacy Lower Common Road West Wellow, Romsey, SO51 6BT DENTISTS Community Dental Clinic Winchester Hill Romsey Abbey Orthodontics 82 The Hundred Romsey Romsey Dental Care 1 Station Road Romsey Heatherstone Dental Practice 65 The Hundred Romsey Wordsworth House Dental Practice 15 Palmerston Street Romsey Rownhams Lane Dental Practice 30 Rownhams Lane North Baddesley R M Sherwin Lordshill District Centre Lordshill Mark Mawer Clover Dental Practice North Baddesley HOUSEHOLD WASTE RECYCLING Bunny Lane, Timsbury Winter (1st Oct - 31st March) 8am - 4pm Summer (1st April - 30th Sept) 8am - 7pm LOCAL LIBRARY Romsey Library Station Rd SO51 8DN North Baddesley 28 Wilis Ave SO52 9EN Lordshill Lordshill District Ctr, Southampton
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LOCAL SCHOOLS Ampfield C of E Primary 01794 368219 Awbridge Primary 01794 340407 Braishfield Primary 01794 368359 Cupernham Infants 01794 514494 Cupernham Junior 01794 512702 Fairisle Infant & Nursery 02380 731199 Fairisle Junior 02380 733415 Halterworth Primary 01794 512028 North Baddesley Infant 02380 412412 North Baddesley Junior 02380 411100 Nursling Cof E Primary 02380 732289 Oakwood Infants 02380 733337 Oakwood Junior 02380 320360 Romsey Primary & Nursery 01794 512362 Romsey Abbey C of E Primary (aided) 01794 512047 Rownhams St Johns Cof E Primary 02380 736417 Sinclair Primary & Nursery 02380 736663 Wellow Primary 01794 322201 Oaklands Community School &Oasis Academy Years 7 & 8 - 02380 393660 Years 9 -11 - 02380 771881 The Mountbatten School 01794 502502 The Romsey School 01794 512334 SCHOOL HOLIDAYS All dates taken from - http://www.hants.gov.uk/education/schools/holidays.php Summer Term Half Term: Mon 4/6/12 - Fri 8/6/12 Summer Holiday: Tue 24/7/12 - Fri 31/8/12 Autumn Term Half Term: Mon 29/10/12 - Fri 2/11/12 EMERGENCIES Police, Fire or Ambulance Services 999 Police (Incident Reports) 0845 045 45 45 Portsmouth Water - Fresh Water Supply 02392 499888 Portsmouth Water - Leaks to Report (Out of hours 24hr) 02392 477999 Southern Water - Sewage 0845 272 0845 Southern Water - Tech Support 0845 278 0845 Gas – National Grid 0800 111 999 (If you smell gas, then call us immediately) Electricity 0845 7708090
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Aerials: Aerial Fix DJ Satellites & Aerials Air Conditioning: ALB Electrical Appliance Repair: Advanced Appliance Care DJB Premier Electrics Bathrooms: See Plumbing Beauty Treatments: Bobby Dazzlers Nail & Beauty Carpet Cleaning: Abbey Cleaning Carpet & Flooring: GE Nicholls Children's Activities: Stagecoach Computer Services: Widenet Conservatories: Wenwood Limited Pennington (HI) Jones Ltd Double Glazing Inst/Repairs: Penninton (HI) Jones Ltd Wenwood Limited Windowmenda
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Electrician: ALB Electrical Ampfield Electrical Estate Agent: Jonathan Rees Fencing: CF Handyman Fencing Services Garage Doors: Fix Quick Garage Doors Garage Services: Independent Robinsons Vehicle Maintenance Garden Design & Services: New Forest Garden Machinery Gas Services: See Plumbing Health & Fitness: Curves Health Services: Abbey Chiropractic Clinic Colton Care Private Carer Kitchens: Ashmore Kitchens Dream Doors Liberty Kitchens Loft Conversions: Charrett & Sons Mobility: A to B Mobility Pet Services: Wagging Tails
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