Discover Meon Valley Oct/Nov 2014

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Meon Valley including Bishop’s Waltham, Wickham & Swanmore

Some like it hot Using technology to stay warm, p6

Ready, Steady, Bake Ever heard of ‘Lamington Cakes’? p30

Evergreen Conifers Pippa Greenwood’s gardening column, p34

Need something to do?

4 pages of local groups and events, p38

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DISTRIBUTION Discover Meon Valley is published every other month and distributed by Royal Mail to two alternating areas. This edition goes to homes in SO32 1 (Bishop’s Waltham) and PO17 5 (Wickham). A few weeks later it will be arriving at homes in SO32 2 (Swanmore, Shedfield & Curdridge) and PO17 6. This is around 9200 homes over the two month distribution.

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The Heineken Effect I received a call one afternoon from somebody who was looking for a childminder (in one of our other areas). She wondered how much it would cost to place an advert, and was delighted when I told her it would be free. Of course not everything is free - we are running a business and it costs to produce, print and deliver the magazine, so who pays, and who doesn’t?

Well, we charge anybody who is promoting a commercial service. In other words if you want to promote a shop, a restaurant or a service where you are hoping to get paying customers, we will be asking for real money!

But if you are promoting an event for charity or not-for-profit, making a community announcement, offering a job or telling people about your club, let us know and you’ll be in print for free.

We aren’t the only printed matter you’ll see in the Meon Valley of course. But there is something unique about the Meon Valley version of Discover Magazines: we are the only publication that is regularly delivered to every home in the SO32 1, SO32 2, and PO17 5 postcodes, and, from January, PO17 6 will be added on, as well as all the businesses in the area. We manage this very thorough coverage because we use Royal Mail to do our distribution, meaning no matter how rural your home, Discover Meon Valley will pop through your letterbox every other month. ‘Refreshes the parts that other magazines cannot reach’ if you like!

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One of the simplest changes you can make is to replace your boiler’s old timer with a modern digital programmer, such as Siemens’ RWB29. This £45 device enables you to set different times for weekdays and weekends, and you can set three different heating times per day. Installing it and any similar programmer isn’t a particularly difficult job and the extra control it offers can help reduce your heating bills.

Another option is to invest in thermostatic radiator valves, or TRVs for short. With prices starting at around £7, TRVs are simple to fit and enable you to set different temperatures in different rooms, so for example you might set the bedrooms to be several degrees cooler than the living room. You can even get digital ones such as the Terrier i-temp i30, which enables you to set up to 6 different temperature settings per day - handy if the 6

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For many of us our heating systems are fairly low tech, but that’s changing with the arrival of systems such as British Gas’s Hive. Hive connects your boiler to your broadband, and that means you can control it with a smartphone app. You might override the heating settings because you’re coming home later than expected, keep an eye on your daily energy use, or just show off by turning the heating on and off when you’re at work. British Gas reckons that the £199 Hive will pay for itself very quickly, offering savings of up to £150 a year on your energy bills, and it’s compatible with 99% of the UK’s gas boilers.

One of the most advanced home energy gadgets is the Nest learning thermostat, which is now owned by Google. The £249 device isn’t just a good looking thermostat; it’s a computer that learns your everyday activities and sets the heating to suit - and it knows when you’re out, lowering the heating accordingly.

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big selling point here is reduced energy bills, and Nest has proved so successful at doing that in America that some US energy companies are giving them away free to their customers to help keep their bills down (and the customers loyal).

A thermostat is hardly the most exciting sounding gadget, but Nest has big ideas: Google has teamed up with the likes of Mercedes-Benz and fitness gadget maker Jawbone, remote control firm Logitech and garage door firm Chamberlain to make Nest compatible with their products. A Mercedes car knows what time you’ll be home and can alert the thermostat accordingly; a Jawbone fitness tracker can tell when you’re waking up and can turn the heating up automatically; all-in-one remotes can get all your entertainment gadgets ready for a movie while dropping the temperature to make the thriller even more chilling. It won’t be long before Google adds voice control to the mix, and it’s clear that it sees Nest as the centre of a much wider home automation system.

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November 1962?

Average price of a house was £2,700 Petrol cost about 5/- a gallon

Concorde at Heathrow

On 29th November a draft treaty between Britain and France was signed. It was for a joint project to build a supersonic airliner.

BA’s and Air France’s Concordes made their first commercial flights on 21st January 1976.

They had been beaten into the skies by the USSR’s Tupolev TU144, but this aircraft only ever carried mail and the project was abandoned after a fatal crash at the 1973 Paris Air Show.

Concorde could cross the Atlantic in under three and a half hours, enabling BA to boast that you were able to ‘Arrive before you leave’. Its illustrious and all-too-short history was blighted by a crash just after taking off from Charles de Gaulle Airport on 5th July 2000. None of the passengers and crew survived.

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In April 2003 it was announced that Concorde would be retired from service. A bid by Richard Branson to buy the BA fleet was unsuccessful and on 24th October that year people in London turned their eyes skywards at the familiar thunder for the last time. And this time their pride was mixed with sadness.

1st: The US resumed its blockade of Russian ships to Cuba, following a two-day suspension during negotiations to halt the stationing of weapons

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3rd: The New York Times recorded the first use of the term ‘personal computer’. John W Mauchly, inventor of some of the first room-size computers, predicted that within a few decades, ‘…there is no reason to suppose the average boy or girl cannot be master of a personal computer.’ I could have told him that - it’s why I go looking for a teenager whenever I have a problem with the blooming things.

4th: The first Mexican Grand Prix was won by Jim Clark and Trevor Taylor.

6th: Saudi Arabia announced the abolition of slavery.

10th: The unfortunately titled ‘Nowhere to Go But Up’ opened at the Winter Gardens Theatre, New York.

17th: The unfortunately titled ‘Nowhere to Go But Up’ closed at the Winter Gardens Theatre, New York.

20th: The USSR agreed to remove bombers from Cuba and the US lifted its blockade.

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And Another Thing...

by Tom Hughes

I have a blended family. I don’t mean one night I went mad, chopped them all to bits with an axe then heaved their dismembered corpses into a giant Moulinex. What I actually mean is Sarah and I have four kids between us. And no, it’s not Piccadilly Circus in our house, it’s Grand Central Station.

“Dad, I’m just going out.”

“But Rob, you’ve just come in.”

“Yes I know, I’ve come in to say I’m going out. Bye.” (slam).

“Dad, will you take me to the cinema?”

“Emma, what are we going to see?”

“I’m going to watch The Hunger Games.”

“Half way through the movie, will I feel like a Lyons hot dog?”

Eyebrows up, chin down, “So… that’s a no?”

Don’t think door banging is confined to the entrance to our castle; all the internal doors take a hammering. I am an expert in counting down the slams.

Amateur. And so another week begins - football, gymnastics, swimming, cinema, proms, cheerleading, sleepovers, horseriding.

“Dad! That’s so unfair! Right!

Fine.”

Have you ever tried to organise a parent’s lift rota on Facebook?

It’d be easier to start a protest flash mob outside a G8 summit.

“Three, two, one …(slam!) Ooh, right on the money.”

Sarah was impressed. “You’ve got that down to a tee.”

“Here, do you want a go?”

“OK”

“A what? Dad you’re not coming, you’re just giving us a lift.”

Right on cue, Evan popped his head round.

I get ready to take Emma to the cinema in my trusty Mondeo Ghia (half leather trim, heated seats).

Now, do I have everything? Keys, coat, shoes, glasses….ready.

Beep! Beep! Hang on, who is that outside sounding their horn?

“Dad, can I have a lift on Friday?”

“It’s OK, Rebecca’s Mum’s here, she’s taking us now, mix up, bye!” (slam).

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I sit back down in my coat. Ollie (the dog) sees that I am now wearing my anorak and trots off to retrieve his lead. He drops it at my feet and gives me his, “Well, come on!” look. We make it to the front porch just as the heavens open. “I’m taking Ollie out, bye!” (slam).

“No problem, where to, your girlfriend’s? The cinema?”

“Glasgow.”

“Glasgow?”

“I’ve got tickets to see The Sausage Knotters.”

“Glasgow?”

“I’m not entirely sure the Mondeo is up to it.”

“Fine!”

Sarah delayed her countdown just a touch too long - “Three…..two (slam), oh damn!”

No one tells me who is picking up who. Emma was in the back seat ready to go to Duke of Edinburgh (It was a meeting about his Award, he hadn’t called round to see if she was playing out) and I was just about to set off when a Chelsea tractor with blacked out windows skidded to a halt on the pavement in front of us. A strange creature with Gucci bug eyes and a mouth like a salmon was at the wheel. I shrugged. The creature shrugged back. Emma looked at me and shrugged. We all shrugged. Then the creature sped off, beeping her horn and pouting rude words

at me.

“Who was that?”

“Rebecca’s Mum, I think she was supposed to take.”

“Well nobody told me.”

Then, a miracle, a gift from the gods. Rob passed his test. We were so proud, his Mother was overjoyed. A whole new world opened up. Lifts to the pub, lifts to the game, lifts to the pub; my life was coming back to say hello!

Delirious, I rang my insurance company.

“Good morning, I’d like to add an additional driver to my policy.”

“Additional driver’s age?”

“Seventeen.”

“That will be an additional premium of one hundred and thirty pounds.”

“Really? That’s very reasonable.”

Long summer nights at our local watching other couples throw car keys at each other filtered into my mind.

“Yes, that additional premium takes you to your renewal date which is next Saturday.”

“Ok, and how much is it for the year?

“One moment please…five thousand eight hundred and fifty nine pounds, and thirty one pence.”

“You what?! Five thousand – “

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“..Eight hundred and fifty nine pounds thirty one pence. With a nine hundred pounds excess.”

“One moment please”. A pause while the computer flicked over into improbability mode.

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“That’s not that Rebecca’s scary Mum again is it?”

“No. Come on Dad, we’re taking you to dinner.”

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3. Which play do many people in the world of theatre believe to be cursed, referring to it simply as “the Scottish play”?

4. Which TV show is set in a theatre that was originally known as the Benny Vandergast Memorial Theatre?

5. What name is given to the sides of a stage in a theatre that are hidden from the audience?

6. Which Agatha Christie play has been running continuously in London’s West End since it opened in 1952, giving it the record of having the longest initial run of any play in history?

7. Which famous theatre was burned to the ground in 1613 when a cannon set off during a performance misfired and set fire to its wooden beams and thatching?

8. Derived from a word referring to a particular amount of money and a Greek word meaning “theatre”, what 11 letter word was commonly used at the start of the 20th century to refer to small neighbourhood cinemas?

9. Due to a superstition in the theatre industry that says wishing someone good luck is actually bad luck, what three word phrase is traditionally said to an actor who is about to go on stage to perform as a message of good luck?

10. Which famous London theatre has the same name as the chemical element with atomic number 46?

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WARsAsH CHoRAl soCIETy 7 Nov, 7:30pm st. leonard’s Church, bursledon The society is performing Brahms’s Requiem but they urgently need extra voices to come and sing this wonderful work – they rehearse on Friday evenings in the Hook Room in the Victory Hall, Warsash at 8.00 pm. Soprano, alto, tenor and bass voices all needed. 01489 892326 oH WHAT A loVEly WAR 7 – 15 Nov Titchfield festival Theatre, st Margaret’s lane. Titchfield £8.00 - £11.00 Around fifty years after the outbreak of the First World War, Joan Littlewood’s Theatre Workshop produced a chronicle of the period, told through the actual songs, jokes, newspaper articles and documents of the period. It was an ensemble piece with the writer, director and actors working together closely to researching and develop the piece. When first performed in 1963 it met with universal acclaim and was later turned into a very successful film.

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Box Office: 01329 556156 fIREWoRKs NIgHT 8 Nov, 6pm (gates open) Royal Victoria Country park, Netley Abbey so31 5gA Refreshments, miniature train rides and mini fun fair also available.

Cedar tea rooms will be open until 7.30pm. Tickets in advance Adult £5, child £3. On the night Adult £7, Child £5.

02380 455157 AN EVENINg WITH VICToR AND AlbERT 8 Nov, 7-10:30pm botley Market Hall so30 2AA An evening of song, laughter and tales from two great entertainers. £15 for show, includes Baked Potato Supper. Derek Oswald 01489 781155 (B) boNfIRE & fIREWoRKs 8 Nov, 6pm Hinton Ampner, petersfield Road, bramdean so24 0lA Tuck into the BBQ or a toffee apple whilst the Guy is burned and watch a stunning firework display overlooking the South Downs. £5 per person. 01962 771 305, hintonampner@nationaltrust.org.uk fIREWoRK fIEsTA & fuN fAIR 8 Nov, 6pm greta park, Hedge End so30 4Dy Adults £3, children £1, Family 2 adults + 2 children £7. No advance tickets, pay at the gate which opens at 6.00pm. Fireworks will be closer to 7.30pm www.hedgeendcarnival. org.uk fAIR oAK ART AND CRAfT soCIETy 8-9 Nov, 10am to 4:30pm Village Hall, shorts Road so50 7EJ Art and Craft Exhibition. Enquiries: Marilyn Masters 01489 785941. www.fairoakartandcraftsociety. co.uk fAREHAM ANTIQuE AND CollECToRs fAIR 9 Nov, 10:30am ferneham Hall, fareham po16 7Db Around 70 local and regional exhibitors. Entry £1.50. 01243

788596. www.emmottpromotions. co.uk ANNuAl sERVICE of REMEMbERANCE 9 Nov, 10:45-11:30am Royal Marines Museum, southsea po4 9pX A service made even more poignant in this 350th year anniversary of the Royal Marines. 10am visitors arrive.

10.50am Drumhead Ceremony by the Royal Marines School of Music followed by a wreath laying ceremony. The Fort Cumberland Guard will fire the 11am gun to signal the start and the finish of the two minutes silence. £5. 02392 819385 CHARITy fAsHIoN gAlA 13 Nov, 6:30pm Jubilee Hall, bishops Waltham, so32 1ED An evening of fun and fundraising with a fashion show presented by Bishop’s Waltham boutiques, Labels & Cassis plus local trade stalls, raffle and refreshments. Funds will go to The Countess Mountbatten Hospice Charity. Tickets from Labels 01489 896515 www.labelsdressagency. co.uk CHRIsTMAs CRAfT & gIfT MARKET 15 Nov, 10am to 2pm Crofton Community Centre, stubbington po14 2pp A splendid array of crafts and gifts on display by local artists, crafters, hobbyists and small independent businesses. Free entry. 07540153141 CATs pRoTECTIoN CHRIsTMAs fAyRE 15 Nov, 1:30-3:30pm st. Mary’s parish Centre, Alverstoke po12 2ET Gosport Cats Protection have diaries, calendars and Christmas cards, bags and jewellery all with a feline theme, crafts, raffle, books and bric a brac, cakes & refreshments.

20p entry. www. gosport.cats. org.uk

NOTES IN NOVEMBER 16 Nov, 6pm St. Peters Church, Titchfield PO14 4AG An entertaining hour of music and poetry for Remembrance and in anticipation of Advent presented by pianist and composer Charles Timberlake and his guests. Mulled wine and mince pies afterwards. £8.

01329 847003 - Mon to Thurs. www. charlestimberlake.co.uk WANDERING WITCHES’ FAYRE 16 Nov, 10am to 3pm Waterlooville Community Centre PO7 7AY Artists, artisans and craftspeople showing and selling their beautiful work. Demonstrations, costumes, live entertainment, refreshments, bar open from 1pm. Free Entry.

QUIZ NIGHT 19 Nov, 7:30pm Soberton Hall SO32 3PF Friends of the Meon Valley Garden Club. info@meon-valley-gardenclub.co.uk BOTLEY CHORAL SOCIETY – ST. CECILIA CONCERTS 22 Nov, 7:30pm, St. John the Evangelist, West Meon 23 Nov, 7:30pm, All Saints Church, Botley A mix of French and British Sacred music.

COSHAM CRAFTY CLUB 22 Nov, 10am to 4:30pm Cosham Community Centre PO6 3AP Do you take photographs? What do you do with them once taken? This one day workshop will offer new techniques and brilliant idea’s using die cutting machines, punches and templates. £10. 07906 521361. (B) NEWTS IN BISHOPS WALTHAM 24 Nov, 7:30pm Church Hall, Free St SO32 1AN Presentation by Clare May, Principal Ecologist with global consultancy WYG. Adults £2.50, Children free.

01489 890961 or janegentry@ btinternet.com CRY ANNUAL GREAT CAKE BAKE 28 Nov, 2-4:30pm Botley Market Hall, High Street SO30 2EA Help support the charity Cardiac Risk in the Young. A cup of tea or coffee with cakes to eat in or take away.

Anne Hunter 01489 785501

PARK PLACE PIANO RECITAL 28 Nov, 7pm Park Place, Wickham PO17 5HA In aid of The Rowan’s Hospice and The Hostel for girls in Tanzania.

Laura Dickson of the Royal College of Music plays Bach, Brahms and Debussy. £10 (in advance) to include refreshments. £12 at the door.

02392 382433 / 02392 370647 CHRISTMAS QUIZ NIGHT 28 Nov, 7-11pm Hedge End Club SO30 0BR Quizmaster Simon has a range of quizzes and puzzles to get your brain thinking.

Teams of 6. £10 per person, includes a Christmas Buffet Platter for each team. Cash Bar and Raffle. 01489 880881 ext 204 VICTORIAN FESTIVAL OF CHRISTMAS 28-30 November Portsmouth Historic Dockyard PO1 3LJ Festival favourites are set to return including our largest ever Christmas Market, Fagin’s Real Ale Tavern, Dickensian-style snow covered streets, a traditional Father Christmas (dressed in green) stage show and a wonderland of Victorian characters and entertainment. www.christmasfestival.co.uk CHRISTMAS FAYRE 29 Nov, 9:30am to 2pm Fareham United Reformed Church PO16 7DG Free entry. Coffee, mince pies and lunches available. Stalls with jam, chutney, cakes and crafts. Santa will be in his grotto ready to welcome little people for a chat and free small gift. jo_cutress@msn.com TITCHFIELD HAVEN CRAFT FAYRE 29 & 30 Nov, 9:30am to 4pm Titchfield Haven National Nature Reserve Popular Craft Fayre showcases quality local arts & crafts with a large number of exhibitors displaying a wide variety of handcrafted products. Find a unique Christmas present for someone special. Free entry.

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BIRDING AT TITCHFIELD HAVEN 30 Nov, 10am to 3pm Titchfield Haven, Hill Head Join John Clark for a winter bird walk. Meet in the Yacht Club car park, Cliff Road (Map ref. SU 535 023).

Entry charges to reserve apply.

01962 864440.

Refreshments available in the café or bring a packed lunch. Suggested donation £3. Sorry, no dogs.

CHRISTMAS AT THE BRICKWORKS 30 Nov, 11am to 4pm Bursledon Brickworks, Swanwick SO31 7HB Always a lovely day out. There is seasonal fair, live music lots of interesting craft stalls for finding unusual Christmas presents. Father Christmas always pops in to see how the elves are doing and one or two Traction Engines usually get steamed up (weather dependent).

Our machines will be steamed up, trains running and Children’s Christmas activities as always. www.bursledonbrickworks.org.uk CHRISTMAS CRAFT AND GIFT MARKET 30 Nov, 10:30am to 3pm Guildhall Winchester SO23 9GH A splendid array of crafts and gifts by local artists, crafters, hobbyists and small independent businesses.

Free entry. Stalls available for £45.

07540153141 MUSIC MAKERS CHRISTMAS CONCERTS 1 Dec, 7:30pm, St. Mary’s Church, Southampton 13 Dec, 2:30pm & 7:30pm, Village Hall, Hedge End 16 Dec, 7:30pm, Fire & Rescue Centre Eastleigh Formed in 1970 in Hedge End the choir has grown in both numbers and musical expertise. tickets@newmusicmakers.com POND DESIGN 4 Dec, 7:30pm Droxford Village Hall, SO32 3PB Come along and find out about pond design and other features for your garden. Mrs Sandy Worth.

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COMEDY ALL STARS CHRISTMAS SPECIAL 5 Dec, 7:15pm Doors / 8:15pm Show Barton Hall, Horndean Technology College PO8 9PQ Hosted by local comedian James Alderson, the show will also feature Sara Pascoe, star of Never Mind The Buzzcocks.

Joel Dommett from the BBC3 prank show ‘Impractical Jokers’. Headliner is Russell Kane. £10 in advance / £15 on the door. 07736326326 ST. PETER’S CHURCH CHRISTMAS FAYRE 6 Dec, 1-3pm Shakespeare Road, Eastleigh SO50 4FP Father Christmas, Raffle, Bottle Tombola, Gifts and Toys, Family Tombola, Bric-a-Brac, Books, Homemade cakes and refreshments. All very welcome.

Free entry. 02380 364176 COMEDY CLUB 4 KIDS 6 Dec, 2pm The Berry Theatre, Hedge End SO30 4EJ Cracking entertainment for everyone over six years old and under 400 years old. £8/£6. 023 8065 2333 VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR 6-7 Dec, 10:15am to 4:15pm Tudor House & Garden, Bugle Street SO14 2AD Travel back in time to see staff in Victorian themed costumes, book a slot to meet Father Christmas, kids’ arts and crafts to make and take away and try our festive mini-trail.

There will be a small charge for some activities. Kids go FREE with a paying adult. House open 10am5pm on both days. Spaces limited.

02380 834536 RUSSIAN CLASSICS 6 Dec, 7:30pm Oaklands School, Waterlooville PO7 7BW Jonathan Butcher conducts The Havant Symphony Orchestra in Borodin: Polovtsian Dances; Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (piano soloist: Viv McLean) & Rimsky-Korsakov: 42

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Free parking. £18/£16/£12/£6.

Students 50% discount. Children £1. 02380 261372 WICKHAM CHRISTMAS FAIR 7 Dec, 11am to 3pm The Wickham Centre, Mill Lane PO17 5AL With over 50 stallholders present, it will be a fun day for all!

Refreshments on sale. Now selling tables for this event. Jules Bridger at www.wickhamcentre.org.uk FATHER CHRISTMAS SPECIAL 7 Dec, 11am to 4pm Bursledon Brickworks, Swanwick SO31 7HB A special visit to the museum to see Father Christmas in his workshop. The trip includes the museum, activities and refreshments. Booking is essential for this event - we want to make it really special for you. www. bursledonbrickworks.org.uk (B) SKITTLES EVENING 11 Dec, 7pm Southwick Golf Club, Southwick PO17 6EL Please register your name before 26 November by contacting Jill Austin. 02392 380131 VILLAGE HALL PANTOMIME 13 Dec Fair Oak Village Hall SO50 7EJ Hurricane Productions present Jack and the Beanstalk. Ticket prices TBA. 02380692298. fairoakvillagehall@btconnect.com JOHNNY CASH REVISTED 13 Dec Osborn Road, Fareham PO16 7DR Uplifting semi-biographical show that spans five decades of Johnny Cash’s musical career. All the hits with a selection of classic Christmas hits thrown in for an evening full of Rock ‘n’ Roll and Country. £16.00 (£15.00 concessions) 01329 223100 DOLLS HOUSES & MINIATURES FAIR 14 Dec, 10:30am to 4pm Portsmouth Marriott Hotel PO6 4SH Long established event featuring all things in 1/12th & 1/24th scale. Entry £2.50.

Senior Citizens £2. Accompanied children under 16 FREE. 01945 870160 (9.30am to 8pm) CHRISTMAS CRAFT & GIFT MARKET 14 Dec, 10:30am to 3pm Gosport Leisure Centre, Forest Way PO13 0ZX A splendid array of crafts and gifts on display by local artists, crafters, hobbyists and small independent businesses. Free entry. 07540153141 LAKE OF LIGHTS SERVICE 19 Dec, 5pm Canoe Lake, Southsea PO4 9RG The Light up a Life service gives those who have lost loved ones the opportunity to come together to remember and cherish the many happy memories of their lives.

The service includes carols and readings. Lights will be floated on the lake to represent all those being remembered. Open to anyone who is bereaved, not just those who have had contact with The Rowans Hospice. 02392 238532. www. rowanshospice.co.uk CHRISTMAS CONCERT AT PETERSFIELD FESTIVAL HALL 21 Dec, 7:30pm Petersfield GU31 4EA Kaleidoscope Salon Orchestra present this year’s Christmas Concert. Adults £13, Senior Citizens £12, Under 18s £8. Christmas music, Carols (for audience participation) and a selection of light classics and songs from the shows. 0800 2985499. Doors/Bar opens at 6.45pm.

CHRISTMAS AT MARWELL 22-24 Dec Marwell Zoo SO21 1JH Take a magical journey through Marwell to meet Santa, Mrs Claus and their attentive elves.

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