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Lightbulb Moment Some years ago when spotlights and track lighting were all the rage, I was a bit of a home fashion victim, and installed them in every room I could.

On hindsight I overdid it a bit as my husband recently declared in exasperation, “do you know we have 88 bulbs in this house? 88!” .

Each year as the nights start drawing in again and so the lights are on for longer, bulbs going “pop” becomes a daily occurrence. With the old fashioned ones as rare as hen’s teeth, I tried those long life ones that come to life after you’ve tripped over the wellies in the unlit garage. OK plan C, I’ve taken advice from my local electrician and switched from 50w spotlights to 5w LED bulbs.

This is all in a bid to reduce our embarrassingly large electricity bill. I began with restricted use of the national-grid-draining tumble dryer. I’m now using the oven feature on my microwave rather than using the main oven simply to warm up plates or cooking a meal just for two. Alas, training teenagers to turn off the lights/TV/computer/hair straighteners before leaving the room is a skill I have yet to master. My husband suggested abandoning the dishwasher but I assured him I’d read somewhere that it is false economy and washing by hand is more wasteful (and if I didn’t read it, I’ll write it myself).

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by Kate McLelland Cupcakes make you smile!

In recent years baking has become a bit of a national obsession. With events such as the Sugarcraft, Cake Decorating & Baking Show visiting large conference venues in London, Birmingham and Manchester, new cake-craft shops opening in our high streets and countless community bakeoffs taking place all over the country, it would appear that the UK has been well and truly bitten by the baking bug.

Home baking has always featured heavily when it comes to local fundraising events: if you visit any school fete or village fair you are almost certain to find a stall heaving with homemade cakes.

But nowadays you won’t just see any old cakes displayed for sale: you’ll find creations made and decorated with real flair and passion.

Much of the renewed interest in what can be achieved with butter, sugar, eggs and flour can be ascribed to the BBC’s now legendary TV

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show, The Great British Bake Off, which features a team of amateur bakers (observed by expert judges Paul Hollywood and Mary Berry) taking part in progressively harder baking challenges over a period of ten weeks. The show promises to attract an audience of over eight million viewers when Series 5 is broadcast later this year.

The first episode of GBBO traditionally kicks off with “Cakes” and it’s fitting that this aspect of baking should open the competition, as cake making and decorating has become one of the most popular hobbies in Britain today.

Perhaps it is the combination of cookery and artistic skills that has captured the public’s imagination.

The current trend is to create specialist cakes that are not only delicious to eat, but beautiful to look at, and bakers are now using a range of specialist tools and equipment to help them achieve stunning effects for their cake creations.

A whole industry has sprung up around cake making and decorating and it’s easy to find a vast selection of professional cutters, paper cases, novelty cake tins, sprinkles, icing figures, ribbons, boxes and cake boards, either by shopping at specialist high street outlets or by searching for cake equipment suppliers

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Cupcakes are especially popular: decorated with butter cream icing, sprinkled with edible glitter and often topped with exotic decorations, they can easily be turned into individual, quirky masterpieces. These little cakes can even be displayed on a multilayered framework (a “cupcake tower”) in place of a traditional wedding cake.

The name “cupcake” first appeared in an American cookery book published in 1796. They were so named because they were baked in individual pottery cups, ramekins or moulds, the size of a small teacup. Their popularity was revived in the 2000s thanks to the US TV series “Sex and the City”, when lead characters Carrie and Miranda scoffed cupcakes from New York’s famous Magnolia Bakery as they discussed their love lives. The craze is still going strong today, with UK artisan bakeries getting in on the act, using ever more exotic ingredients and themes to tempt us.

These days you can buy special tin moulds for cupcakes and it’s possible to experiment with a huge range of recipes, from the ordinary (Raspberry Swirl Cupcakes) to the bizarre (Pumpkin Spice Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting). Try them out on family and friends, or if you’re feeling ambitious

you can even enter the National Cupcake Championships. You can view the entry guidelines at www. nationalcupcakeweek.co.uk but hurry, as the deadline for entries is 15th August.

Although many people enjoy pottering alone in the kitchen, trying out new recipes and finding original ways to decorate their cakes, The Great British Bake Off seems to have inspired a real enthusiasm for communal baking, whether that’s about learning together or indulging in friendly competition.

It’s understandable to want to share your baking triumphs – and disasters – with someone else, and participating in a group can encourage you to try out different techniques and develop new skills.

You can look up cake decorating courses in your local area by going to www.cakedecoratingcourses. co.uk or alternatively visit your

local library to find out if they hold a list. If you fancy getting away from it all in order to really focus on your art, then there are a number of cake decorating short breaks and holidays available, with one day courses costing from around £100 (not including accommodation).

If you want a real holiday experience you could sign up for a cake-making course in France, with accommodation and meals included for £649 per person. See www.frenchcakebreaks.com for more details.

For those who simply don’t have the money to spend on courses (having already laid out a small fortune on gourmet sprinkles), there are a number of tutorials on YouTube (www.youtube.com) that will teach you everything you need to know, from creating a basic cake mixture to advanced piping techniques.

If you don’t enjoy learning alone, you can always invite a friend around to experiment with you, or get together with neighbours to create your own version of the Great British Bake Off. One thing’s for certain: there’ll be no lack of volunteers to help when it comes to tasting the results!

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ROMSEY SHOW For the first time in its 172-year history The Romsey Show will have a theme: World War One and Hampshire Life 1914 – 1918.

The theme will commemorate the centenary of the start of the First World War and pay tribute to the 350 local ‘boys’ who gave their lives for King and Country as well as reflecting on ahow life would have been for those who stayed behind to keep the home fires burning.

More specifically, the 2014 show will recall the wartime role of Broadlands, which has hosted the Romsey Show since 1919.

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site of a major horse remount depot during WW1, which was responsible for training thousands of horses and their handlers for war work.

In addition, both the Canadian High Commission and the American Embassy will be represented at this year’s event to recognise the fact that their troops were stationed at Broadlands during WW1.

There will be an aerial dog-fight by seven replica WW1 planes, a horse and mule remount display, an 18lb field gun from the Royal Armouries being harnessed and drawn by heavy horses and the WW1 tank that appeared in the film War Horse. As well as music by the Band and Bugles of The Rifles, re-enactments of the work of military farriers, a WW1 padre and FANYs nurses with a 1915 field ambulance.

The WW1 Information Tent will house various static displays. A Garden of Remembrance close to the marquee will be planted with 350 crosses to commemorate those who died and there will be an Honouring the Dead ceremony in the Main Ring.

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To add to the atmosphere, everyone attending the show, be they exhibitors, traders or visitors, will be encouraged to dress in period costume (although this is not compulsory) and all the different sections of the show will be reflecting the period, for example, the bakery demonstration in the Food Zone will be offering period breads at WW1 prices!

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No I haven’t turned cookery writer, but you can easily grow some of those tasty and crunchy vegetables that make the backbone of many a Chinese stir-fry... and the great thing is that oriental vegetables do well from late summer sowings, so it’s off to the garden centre (not the takeaway) you go!

Bean sprouts are so easy to grow you could almost do it with your eyes shut. The common types are sprouted mung-beans, and you can either buy packets of seed or a small packet of the beans themselves from your local health food store. They’ll come with easy cultivation instructions and before you know it you’ll have 20

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Mizuna has got to be one of the most attractive leafy vegetables you can grow. Its green leaves appear soon after sowing the seed in a pot or in open ground, and they add a great spicy flavour to your stir-fry and also add a zing to salads and sandwiches.

And where would your Chinese meal be without that delicious Oriental veg, pak-choi. It’s another easy vegetable to grow late in the summer: just sow the seeds in a well-forked soil, water, and wait. Thin out as per the instructions of the seed packet (you can eat the thinnings too), then just pinch off the roots and pop the plants into the wok. Pak-choi also grows well in a container of multi-purpose compost.

Garlic is another essential ingredient. It’s not really the right time of year to plant garlic, but for an unexpected little extra take a few spare cloves and pot them in trays of compost. Keep the compost slightly moist and in a week or two the cloves will start to sprout. What you’re after here aren’t the sprouts though, but the bright green foliage which adds a definitely garlicy flavour to stir-fries and a touch of colour as well.

Radishes add heat as well as crunch, and there are some

lovely oriental varieties such as Mantanhong, which is a British-bred Chinese variety with a superbly crunchy bright redto-pink inner flesh and spherical white roots – great for colour and texture and with a sweet almost nutty flavour. Sow in open ground or pots from now until early September for cropping in a few weeks’ time.

Spring onions are another classic stir-fry component. You won’t get a fully mature crop for harvesting this year unless you’re extremely lucky; but what you will get is a super-young onion that will add both colour and intense flavour to the contents of your wok.

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And Another Thing...

by Tom Hughes I am getting married. This year.

To a woman. Things are being set in motion, heads of steam are building, snowballs are rolling, rabbits are running. You get the picture. Sarah and I (or is it me and Sarah? I never know) met when we were old enough to know better, and fell in love anyway.

But what started as a “bit of a do” has morphed into something much, much bigger. Where to start? Shoes, let’s start with the shoes. What is it about shoes and women? I have a pair of black shiny loafers for work. In fact I have three pairs. I also have a pair of brown slip-ons that I step into to go for the milk and the paper. The back of them are squashed down because sometimes I can’t be bothered putting them on properly if I’m say, just putting the bins out. The trainers I wear to go the gym are so tatty I think even the tramp in the precinct would turn his nose up at them.

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What I’m saying is that the look I strive for daily is shabby chic. Ok, just shabby then.

But as I recently discovered, shoes for women are a completely different kettle of battered cod altogether.

If weddings send women funny, then wedding shoes send them to planet Giggly Girly. Because I wanted Sarah’s day to be special, I needed to make sure that everything was perfect from the ground up.

So we toddle off into Manchester.

Ok, so how difficult can it be?

You can’t bloomin’ move for shoe shops. We wouldn’t be long surely? Sarah had a spring in her step as we marched determinedly past Clarks, Footlocker and all the other shoe wear emporiums that I have never seen the inside of.

Then we stopped outside a posh looking outlet called Selfridges.

After dodging the scary looking perfume sprayers prowling the make-up department, we arrived at the shoe concession, where we were suddenly surrounded by gorgeousness.

Casually, I turned over one of the stilettoes. Oh, I thought to myself, that must be a European

size….495. I put my glasses on – 495 quid!? The room started to spin. I looked up to see Sarah deep in conversation with a handsome young man who was holding up a pair of sparkly shoes so delicate and strappy that they were almost invisible to the naked eye. Usually, if I see Sarah giggling and smiling with a good looking guy I get jealous. But when he stood up and did a little twirl of delight, I began to relax.

I sat down next to a misty eyed Sarah who held up a shiny pink box and said, “Darling, these are the ones.”

Do you remember the scene at the end of Pulp Fiction when Tim Roth opens the briefcase and a golden light shines out? A similar thing happened in Selfridges. The lid fell away and there they were, laying together like two perfect sparkly poodles.

“Hello Tom, we are the Choo twins. My name is Jimmy and this is my brother - he’s called Jimmy Choo!”

Sarah tried them on. She walked up and down, they did look amazing on her.

“Can I have them, please?”

“If it’s what you want darling, you

can have them.”

“Over here, next to my thumb.”

Sarah hugged me tight. She broke away, I saw tears in her eyes. The handsome guy who sold them to her looked like he was about to sob with joy. They were wrapped and taken to the till where I handed over my card.

And then, as the pretty girl keyed in the price, I started crying too.

“Oh that? And how –“

Ok, that was that. The pain was just about bearable. I had survived. Or had I? Imagine a boxer against the ropes, his gum shield is out and the towel is on the canvas. Do the punches stop landing? Not a bit of it.

“Three hundred quid.”

“A bargain, I’ll take two.”

“Don’t be funny.”

My squashed down slip ons didn’t come with a matching flat cap.

There isn’t a matching pair of gloves to go with my corduroy trousers. But maybe it’s just because I don’t do co-ordination.

Not really what your bride wants to hear when she is planning a wedding, is it?

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“Where? Where is this bag?”

“Here, here in my hand.”

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About 60% of UK households have hard water that can damage and lessen the efficiency of appliances and heating systems; just 1.6mm of scale build-up can cause a 12% loss in heating efficiency. Shower heads, toilets, taps, pipes, radiators, boilers, kettles, dishwashers and washing machines will all need more frequent repair and replacement, not to mention the cost of limescale removers for appliances, sinks and toilets, and the greater quantities of detergent, shampoo, shower gel, washing-up liquid and toilet cleaner required.

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ROMSEY BREEZE BIKE RIDES Regular, fun and free! Romsey-based bike-rides for women: introductory (5mile) or steady (12mile) rides. Check out www.breezebikerides.com. Type ‘Romsey’ under the Find-a-ride slot or find us on Facebook to book your place. Alternatively ‘phone Viv, the local Breeze ride-leader on 01794 368207.

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AMPFIELD BRIDGE CLUB Meet Tuesday 7pm to 10pm, Ampfield Village Hall.

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NEW ENTRIES AMATEUR DRAMA GROUP Every Tuesday Ritchie Memorial Hall, C/Ford New members are always welcome, for both onstage and backstage roles. www.chameleontheatre.co.uk or 0845 644 0496.

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THE 21ST CAROLE NASH EUROJUMBLE 5 & 6 Sep, Opens at 9am Netley Marsh SO40 7GY The Eurojumble is one of the biggest autojumbles in the south, and it’s getting bigger every year.

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ALRESFORD AGRTICULTURAL SHOW 6 Sep Tichbourne Park SO24 0PN Main Ring Grand Parades of Prize winning Livestock; Main Ring Grand Parades of Modern and Vintage farm machinery; Horse Shows: Heavy horses, hand showing, side saddle, carriage driving, jumping classes. This is a public Equestrian event. Check the website for times and latest information, especially in case of bad weather. horseeventsuk.com/horse_event BEE & HONEY WEEKEND 6-7 Sep, 10am to 5pm Manor Farm Country Park, Bursledon SO31 1BH Get close to a beehive; try your hand at rolling a beeswax candle and taste delicious local honey with the Fareham & District Bee Keepers Association. 01489 787055 40

INTERNATIONAL AUTOJUMBLE 6-7 Sep, 10am to 5pm Beaulieu Hampshire SO42 7ZN Over 2000 stands, with all kinds of vintage and classic motoring ephemera - motoring parts, accessories, automobilia, literature, tools and clothing. www. beaulieuautojumble.co.uk TWYFORD WATERWORKS 7 Sep, 11am to 4pm Hazeley Rd, Winchester SO21 1QA Emergency vehicles of all types on display, including fire engines, ambulances, police cars. Adults £5, OAPs £4, Under 16s free. 01962 714716 LONGSTOCK PARK WATER GARDEN 7 Sep, 2pm to 5pm Longstock Water Gardens SO20 6JF Organised by the Rotary Club of Chandler’s Ford & Itchen Valley.

Come & visit these superb gardens and support the Alzheimer’s Society. £6.00 for adults and £2.00 for children ANIMAL CHARITY BAZAAR 7 Sep, 10:30am to 3pm Guildhall Winchester SO23 9GH Local and international charities will come together to raise money and awareness at the Guildhall Winchester. Free entry. Bric a brac, merchandise, kid’s corner and a grand raffle. monicamayhew@ hotmail.co.uk NOT ABOUT HEROES 11-14 Sep, 7:30pm (Friday Matinee 1:30pm) Theatre Royal, Winchester SO23 8SB Blackeyed Theatre presents the unforgettable story of two of the finest Great War poets, Wilfred

Owen and Siegfried Sassoon, their friendship, their inter-dependency, their poetry. Recommended Age: 13+ Tickets £17, Concessions £15.50 MIRANDA SYKES & REX PRESTON 12 Sep, 8pm Hangar Farm Arts Centre, Totton College SO40 3ZX The striking combination of the flame headed double bass player & virtuoso mandolin player create music that Folk Roots say is: “A musical partnership made in heaven.

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Tickets £12/£10. 02380 667683 WINCHESTER POETRY FESTIVAL 12-14 Sep, 10:30am to 10pm Winchester Discovery Centre SO23 8SB The inaugural Winchester Poetry Festival will bring together twenty contemporary poets, writers and editors for readings, workshops and discussion about poetry today. www. winchesterpoetryfestival.org.uk ROMSEY AGRICULTURAL AND HORSE SHOW 13 Sep, 8am to 6pm Broadlands Park SO51 9LQ A real agricultural show and great day out with something for all the family - The show is one of the oldest in England, held annually since 1842. The show returns with the special theme “WW1 and Hampshire Life 1914-1918”. Special attractions: The Band and Bugles of The Rifles, an aerial display featuring up to 8 WW1 replica aeroplanes, replica WW1 tank from Bovington Tank Museum, WW1 18lb Field Gun from The Royal Armouries – which will be horse drawn, Horse Remount display. www.romseyshow.co.uk.

AUTUMN FAYRE 13 Sep, from 10am The Courtyard, Guildhall Winchester SO23 9GH A variety of stalls, local crafts, produce, gift ideas. Free entry. Stalls available. info@ bluebubbleevents.co.uk NEW FOREST BIKE RIDE 14 Sep, 8am to 5pm Brockenhurst Sixth Form College SO42 7ZE A beautiful ride through the New Forest, helping to raise vital funds for charity. There’s a choice of four routes for all ages and abilities, all starting and finishing in Brockenhurst. Quiet roads and gentle hills make the shorter rides ideal for families. www. bike-events.com/newforest HEDGEROW HARVEST DAY 14 Sep, 1-4:30pm Sir Harold Hillier Gardens, Romsey SO51 0QA As part of the Tree Council s Hedgerow Harvest History project (supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund), you can learn about gathering free food from the countryside and try some hedgerow jam and chutney.

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CONCORDE CLASSICS CAR SHOW 14 Sep, 10am to 4pm The Concorde Club, Eastleigh SO50 9HQ Classic, Sports and Super car to benefit Naomi House Children’s Hospice near Winchester. F1 cars, Ferrari’s and Lamborghini’s. BBQ and live Jazz band. £4 per adult and Under 12’s £1. 02380 842453 PRIVATE LIVES 16-20 Sep, 7:30pm Plaza Theatre, Romsey SO51 8JA Elyot and Amanda had a passionate but short and stormy marriage which ended in divorce five years ago. Now, both on honeymoon with new spouses, Sibyl and Victor, they find themselves at the same hotel in France - in adjacent rooms! What ensues is an unfolding love story and a crackling good comedy. £10.

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GROWING HARDY ORCHIDS IN BRITISH GARDENS 19 Sep, 7:15 to 9:15pm St. Boniface Church Hall, Chandlers Ford SO53 2FT A talk by Jeff Hutchison, owner of Laneside Hardy Orchid Nursery. £2.00 for members and £5.00 for non-members. hants@hardy-plant. org.uk NEW FOREST BOOK FAIR 20 Sep, 10am to 4pm Lyndhurst Community Centre SO43 7NY Hundreds of second-hand, out-ofprint and rare books, maps, prints, ephemera and local material. Free admission. 01725 514480.

CYCLETTA NEW FOREST 21 Sep, 9am National Motor Museum, Beaulieu SO42 7ZN Women’s only event that journeys through the picturesque scenery of Beaulieu and the New Forest with cycle routes ranging from 20km through to 100km. 01590 612345 TOY & TRAIN COLLECTORS FAIR 21 Sep, 10:30am to 2:30pm Eastleigh Leisure Centre SO50 9NL The South Coast’s largest Toy Train and Collectors Fair. Up to 70 tables of diecast, railway, books and much more under one roof. Bring your unwanted diecast or railway items to trade or sell with our dealers.

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01380 725322 GORDON KEEBLE 50 YEARS ON 23 Sep, 7 to 9pm Eastleigh Museum SO50 5LF Join expert Mike Webster of the Gordon Keeble Owner’s Club for an entertaining look at the stories behind the car and some to the people who built this fascinating machine in Eastleigh including engineer and former spitfire Pilot Jim Keeble. Tickets £2, places limited. 02380 643026 UNSET BOULEVARD 25 Sep, 7:30pm Plaza Theatre, Romsey SO51 8JA Mark Ponsford’s travels have taken him all the way from Southampton

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01794 512987 BOOKENDS: SIMON & GARFUNKEL THROUGHOUT THE YEARS 26 Sep, 7:30pm Hangar Farm Arts Centre, Totton College SO40 3ZX A wonderful live performance.

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02380 404881 ROMSEY BABY & CHILDREN’S MARKET 27 Sep, 2-4pm The Romsey School SO51 8ZB Over 30 Stalls, selling excellent quality preloved and new items from birth to 8 years. Cakes and refreshments. Adults £1, Kids Free.

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SWEET ON HONEY 27 Sep (1:30 to 5pm) & 28 Sep (10:30am to 4pm) Sir Harold Hillier Gardens, Romsey SO51 0QA The best that Hampshire Beekeeping Association has to offer at their annual honey show. With interactive displays. Exhibition opens on Saturday following judging. Free with normal admission.

WINCHESTER COMEDY FESTIVAL 2-5 Oct Theatre Royal, Winchester SO23 8SB Featuring Dave Gorman, Katherine Ryan, Austentatious, Brian Gittins, Richard Herring and more. Also a Comedy Club 4 Kids. www. winchestercomedyfestival.co.uk BAKE IT BIG 4 Oct, 2:30pm Hangar Farm Arts Centre, Totton College SO40 3ZX Glenn Crosby brought big bakes to millions of TV viewers across the UK when he featured in 2013’s Series Four of the BBC’s Great British Bake Off. Bring your wooden spoons, don your apron and get ready for the most entertaining night out involving all things baking. A family show for all ages. Tickets £12.50/£10.50. 02380 667683 NERINE DISPLAY, FIVE ARROWS GALLERY 4 Oct to 2 Nov, 10am to 5pm Exbury Gardens SO45 1AZ A fantastic collection of Nerine Sarniensis specially prepared to highlight the extraordinary beauty of these hybrids as they scintillate under direct light. Plants on sale. Price included in Gardens Admission. www.exbury.co.uk SLEUTH 4-11 Oct, 7:45pm Chesil Theatre, Winchester SO23 0HU Orchestrate the perfect crime, and take it one step further …

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THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT 2014 12 Oct, 6:30pm Thornden Hall, Chandlers Ford SO53 2DW Presented by the Christine Wilde Charity Foundation. £8. 02380 246555

THE LADYKILLERS 23-25 Oct Ritchie Memorial Hall, Hursley SO53 2FT A production by the Chameleon Theatre Company. 07812 463966

A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM 13-18 Oct, 7:30pm (Sat Matinee 2:30pm) Plaza Theatre, Romsey SO51 8JA The classic musical farce that ran for hundreds of performances on Broadway, and inspired the Frankie Howard TV vehicle Up Pompeii! £10. 01794 512987

MAGICAL DINNER DANCE 24 Oct, 7pm Grand Harbour Hotel, Southampton SO15 1AG In aid of the Rose Road Association, this special event kicks off with pre-dinner drinks before a wonderful black-tie evening.

Grand Prize Draw, Silent Auction, Dinner & Dancing, Live Entertainment! £49.50 per person or £480 for a table of 10. www. roseroad.org.uk

LIFE & TIMES OF A COUNTRYMAN 14 Oct, 7-9pm Verderers Court, Lyndhurst SO43 7NH Haywood Sumner is a pivotal character in the history of the New Forest. Get a glimpse into his world. Cushioned benches are available on a first come basis, or please bring a cushion. £8. Min. age 12 years. 02380 283141 (B) THORNDEN COMMUNITY WIND BAND 17 Oct, 7:30pm Thornden Hall, Chandlers Ford SO53 2DW This exciting band will be joined by the 14th Eastleigh Scout and Guide Band for an evening of musical entertainment. Adults £7 (£5 concessions) 02380 246555 CYSTIC FIBROSIS AUTUMN BALL 18 Oct, 7pm to 2am The Concorde Club, Eastleigh SO50 9HQ An evening of food, wine, entertainment and fundraising for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust and the

OTTERBOURNE BRASS 19 Oct, 2:30pm Thornden Hall, Chandlers Ford SO53 2DW Last Night of the Proms, with special guest Panatical. Adults £10, Under 16s £5. 02392 298149

FIREWORKS SPECTACULAR 25 Oct, 3pm to 9:30pm National Motor Museum, Beaulieu SO42 7ZN Be wowed by the explosive and dynamic firework display.

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