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Getting Things Done

Melanie Tinson & Tania Houston

A few years ago I bought a book called Getting Things Done by David Allen. I read a bit of it, but the irony of not having finished it isn’t lost on me. Chapter 1 should have been “How to get to the end of this book”.

But even though like most people I manage to do most that I need to, I find it hard to drive myself to finish every last outstanding task. That is, if it’s a little job – say, paying a bill – I’ll do it there and then. But anything like stopping a mobile phone contract or a Sky subscription is really painful and time-consuming. I’ve just tried to change a phone from a contract to a payand-go arrangement and it was a full 45 minutes, with me repeatedly saying “no thank you, I don’t want a new contract, I just want pay-and-go”. It’s exhausting.

And buying something…we have so much choice, I find myself bamboozled by the options, and stymied by indecision.

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Pasha - It’s All About You 24th March, 7.30pm Ferneham Hall, Fareham Box Office: 01329 231942 Pasha Kovalev - Winner of Strictly Come Dancing 2014 tours once again with his brand new show 'It's All About You'.

With his slick moves, calm demeanour, and brooding good looks Pasha has become a sensation as a popular dancer.

Pasha arrived in the UK in 2011 as one of the professionals on STRICTLY COME DANCING., His first celebrity partner was Chelsea Healey and they became the nation’s favourites when they were runners up to the coveted title. In 2012 he danced with Girls Aloud star Kimberly Walsh and was once again a Runner Up. In 2013 Pasha danced with Countdown presenter Rachel

Riley before finally winning the trophy in 2014 with television presenter Caroline Flack.

After the huge success of his 'Life Through Dance Tour' he will be joined again by his spectacular dancers in an evening of Dance, chat, fun and stunning costumes.

This brand new production features breath taking choreography, sensational music and amazing costumes leaving the audience supercharged with positive energy and emotion.

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BEAUTY

Gifts for Mother’s Day

By Kate Duggan

Treat mum this Mother’s Day, with a luxurious beauty gift that she’d probably never dream of buying for herself.

Clarins’ make-up palettes are some of the best on the market in my opinion, and their latest offering is no exception. The Natural Glow Eye Shadow Palette, £33, features five very wearable shades, from light beige to warm brown, all housed in an attractive rosegold coloured compact. They’re easy to apply, and the palette is perfect for keeping in a handbag to transform a natural day time look into night time glam. Get it quick though; it’s a limited edition, and if previous incarnations are anything to go by, it’s likely to sell out pretty fast.

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London‘s Kukui is brimming with floral notes, including gardenia, Moroccan rose, white jasmine and calla lily, but it’s given a grown-up, oriental twist with notes of sandalwood, vetiver, white amber and warm vanilla. The result is a truly gorgeous fragrance, and the bottle looks rather lovely sat out on display as well. There’s a very good chance this could become her new favourite scent. At £75 for 100ml, it’s not cheap, but consider it partpayment for all that teenage angst she had to deal with.

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includes a balm, massage oil and bath oil. The balm and massage oil can help to prevent stretch marks, while the bath oil aids relaxation and a restful night’s sleep, as well as softening skin. (It also smells rather lovely too.) Prices start from £15, so the range is great value, as a little goes a long way and each bottle is packed with high quality, natural ingredients, such as lavender oil, neroli and mandarin essential oils.

The Eco Chic Body Lotion and Shower Gel gift set by Green Energy Organics is ideal if you’re on a budget this Mother’s Day. Priced at £14.95, this is luxury on a shoestring.

Not only are the shower gel and lotion packed with skin friendly oils, such as avocado and jojoba, but they smell divine, with notes of blackcurrant, rose, myrrh, jasmine, tonka bean, vanilla, and white musk.

They’re also very gentle, as they don’t contain any dyes, sodium lauryl sulphate or parabens.

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Products are scented with lavender, geranium and other oils to help mum relax, unwind and de-stress.

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Solent Branch of the Embroiderers' Guild We are a small, but very busy guild with lots to look forward to in 2016.

go into our own exhibition in August at the Westbury Manor Museum in Fareham.

Our members range from the beginner to professional textile artists who all share a love of stitch and textiles. At the moment we are finishing off our pieces of work to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the birth of Capability Brown.

These works will be exhibited throughout the summer at Hillier Arboretum. We are also collating and creating work to

Meeting monthly, our next speaker will be on Monday 21st of March where we will be hosting the knitter and textile artist Nicky Barfoot.

She will be talking to us about her "Knitted Nudes and Doggy Doodles". She is a multi -disciplined artist and having read her blog and perused her web page I can't wait to hear her discuss her work. If you

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TRAVEL

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Amity Travel believes it is down to the hospitality of the locals.

New Zealand has been Amity Travel’s top destination in recent years, even outselling its nearest neighbour and tourism rival Australia. Amongst the feedback received is just how friendly, down to earth and helpful the New Zealanders are. The quietly confident, no nonsense, can-do attitude allows them to go that extra mile in making sure your holiday of a lifetime is a wonderful memory that lasts forever.

Amity Travel specialise in tailoring holidays to your own personal needs and they understand what makes their clients come back and say “WOW! We can’t wait to go again”. Part of that is down to the choice of accommodation offered, from boutique B&B’s, eco lodges and farmhouses, right through to elite private homes. The one thing they have in common is that you will be staying with local people with local knowledge and all keen to pass it on in order to make your stay just that little bit different and special.

The locals have even been known to take clients out on a guided tour just for the sheer enjoyment of showing them around.

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Because for New Zealanders, making clients feel special is all about the service and scenery rather than gold taps, private spas and flat screen TV’s, it means they can cater for all budgets. Amity can offer B&Bs with views to die for, from as little as £70 a night for 2 person including breakfast, (http://www. beaconpoint.co.nz/) right through to the highly exclusive such as The Eagles Nest (www.eaglesnest. co.nz) where the top villa for 8 persons is a mere £9500 a night in high season. The majority of clients enjoy a good mixture of accommodation with one or two self catering options thrown in along the way such as Birchwood Cottages at Te Anau (www. birchwoodcottages.co.nz) or the wonderfully named Lemonade Farm at the Able Tasman (www. lemonadefarm.co.nz).

Everyone should be able to spoil themselves while on holiday and there are plenty of opportunities in New Zealand to do just that.

Food is a big part of New Zealand life; with so many wineries dotted around the country the opportunity to have a champagne picnic seems to arise just about everywhere, from the top of mountains to sailing through the fjords. One of the most unusual eateries has to be Nins Bin at Kaikoura, a caravan perched along the shore where you can choose your own lobster and crayfish before sitting down to enjoy your meal, whilst spotting seals. Seafood is always going

to be a winner and one of the best can be found at Moeraki, halfway between Dunedin and Christchurch. Fleurs Place at the Old Jetty looks nothing more than a shack but is reputed to offer some of the best seafood in New Zealand with such winners as Oyster Pie and Shellfish Hot Pot. With so many gastronomic opportunities along your holiday, a spot of exercise never goes amiss and what better way than a guided walk along the Milford Track which incorporates a cruise along Lake Te Anau or the Routeburn track taking in the spectacular Routeburn Falls near Queenstown.

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INTERVIEW

Duran Duran Duran Duran returned to the music scene in 2015, with the single ‘Pressure Off’ and the album ‘Paper Gods’. The Evening Breeze’s Lucy Ambache caught up with bassist John Taylor and talked collaborations, mature touring and Glastonbury.

I hear you’re a fan of The Breeze?

I have found myself listening a lot and you guys are almost always playing something I like listening to.

Well this interview is going to go very well! <laughs> We have been loving playing ‘Pressure Off’. I watched the behind the scenes video and it’s great to see the musical brilliance of Duran Duran, Mark Ronson and Nile Rodgers working together. It really is quite something!

Yeah. We worked a lot with Nile in the eighties and it wasn’t until working with him on this song that we really appreciated what he brings to the room – and as a bass player, you just don’t get to play with musicians like him that often. And Mark’s a very different kind of guy – he’s like watching all the time. It was a great experience and nice to have something on the album that married the old eighties sounding Duran with the 14

contemporary Duran.

It’s sort of been updated into 2015 on the album.

That’s the job. You can’t just throw the baby out. You’ve got to hold onto the classic aspects but you’ve got to let in enough new energy so it sounds fresh and interesting. Otherwise you’ll just be preaching to the converted. With every album you do, you’ve got the opportunity to open things out a little bit. What ended up defining this album was the amount of featured artists we’ve got on it.

And that’s not usual for you?

Not at all. We like to think of ourselves as a closed shop – that’s what bands do - “we’re a gang, we’re all inclusive”. You look at the culture and what’s going on in music over the last few years and it’s all about features. You’ve got EDM and hip hop and they’re all about features. By the end of this album, we’d have anybody on it!

Anybody. Come! Come! Play on our record!

So you’re taking this album out on the road. Are you still up for this?

Are you ready to tour?

After spending two years in the studio, we’re like “get us on tour!”. You’ve got these two different experiences that make up doing what we do. There’s the introspective studio work where it’s like a ‘man cave’ and the touring balances it out.

I wouldn’t want to only be a

touring musician but I wouldn’t just want to be a studio musician either.

Is it going to be a bit more different for you guys? A bit more civilised?

We’re very civilised! I know what you’re getting at though. You just don’t have the energy to party like you used to. Now the energy just goes into making the show as great as it can be.

We’re very relaxed professionals and when you’re married and you’ve got families, it’s not like it was when you were in your twenties. But I would hope so too! I wouldn’t want to be me now doing what I was doing then – it would be pretty sad.

We’ll see you at Glastonbury 2016, right? It’s got to be, right?

On the main stage!

That would be good wouldn’t it?

Why has this not happened?

I don’t know. I’ve never had the opportunity to do the ‘hard sell’ but I’m sure one day we’ll get there. I’d better get down there and do the shmooze!

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Top Tyre Care Tips Iain Betson goes tyre kicking Having just forked out £450 for three tyres on the car - no it’s not a Reliant Robin; fate being what it is I fully expect the fourth one to go pop in the near future - right now I am in a zone of “tyre care awareness”.

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by Tom Hughes My Dearly Beloved’s glance at the clock did not bode well.

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“I see you’ve upgraded your kitchen, Sis.”

“Can I finish my hot chocolate first please, Mother?”

I opened my trap to have a mini boast all of my own, but was too slow out of the boasting blocks.

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“It’s a pity this place isn’t big enough for an island. You see back home I have this huge island,” “I bet it’s not as big as Richard Branson’s.”

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A kick to the shin from Sarah was my first warning of the day.

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“Well funnily enough, he’s just taken his bar exams.”

Another kick from Sarah.

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Evan disappeared then returned with our order as I waited for the inquisition.

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“Yeah, I just told you (now mumbling into my creamy hot chocolate) a…brrstrr.”

We sipped in silence. I waited for a kick from Sarah. But none came.

The week slipped by until it was time to say goodbye to Kevin. Back in the airport car park I heaved his matching luggage out of the boot.

Through the grey drizzle we both looked out across at the retail park in the distance. “You see, in Canada, we have none of this constant awful weather - the summers are hot and the winters are snowy and cold, they’re perfect, I…” His voice trailed off. Wondering what was the matter, I caught his eye and blow me if the old chap wasn’t blubbering! “Kev, are you ok?”

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Award winning Titchfield Festival Theatre based in St Margarets Lane Titchfield nr Fareham are to become the first fully sustainable ‘green’ theatre in Europe. After a series of funding initiatives the company have managed to raise £500,000 which will cover a large part of the works required.

Most of this is in loan monies with little or no grant funding.

Titchfield Festival Theatre is the most prolific producing amateur theatre in the country and operates from 3 sites. Their main 200 seat theatre in leafy St Margarets Lane on the edge of Titchfield village is housed in a 1960’s warehouse. It has a leaky roof, no heating and costs a fortune to run. The ‘green’ refurbishment will see a 200kw bio mass boiler, supplied by Harvest Renewables; provide heat through a central heating system installed by local company IDC. Patrons will now no longer have to have blankets to keep warm during productions and actors will not have to watch their breath freeze as they speak.

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generated from under the panels to enter the building and will keep the wardrobe and props area at a constant ambient temperature. Phase 2 will also see a large horseshow mezzanine installed round the current seating block.

This new area will allow the main house to be walled off and new, and much needed community and rehearsal space to be created. All the walls will be sound proofed and insulated. Phase 3 planned for later in 2016 will see a waste water and rainwater harvesting system installed and much needed disability access built in. The total refurbishment will cost in excess of £700,000 and will eventually mean Titchfield will have a zero carbon rated theatre.

Theatre Director Kevin Fraser commented. ‘’ This is a major move forward for Titchfield and the South Coast and has taken over 18 months to plan and put into place. It is sad that most of the work is being completed using finance raised through loan funding; and grant funding bodies such as the Ashden Trust,

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Price: Free for 4 weeks! www. solentsoundschorus.org/ UPBEAT BY FOREST FORGE 4 Mar, 7.30pm to 10pm Ashcroft Art Centre, Osborn Rd, Fareham, PO16 7Dx Forest Forge Theatre Company presents Upbeat a buoyant and poetic play in two halves, River Rising and Catch the Water, set against the backdrop of the heritage waterways of Wessex.

01329 223100 ashcroft@ hampshireculturaltrust.org.uk SEAN MCLOUGHLIN 5 Mar, 7.30pm to 10pm Ashcroft Art Centre, Osborn Rd, PO16 7Dx Sean McLoughlin is back with his sharpest and most hilarious standup yet. Hold onto your hats, this one could be spectacular. 01329 223100 CATS PROTECTION EASTER FAYRE 5 Mar, 1.30-3.30pm St Mary’s Parish Centre, Green Road, Alverstoke, PO12 2ET Cats Protection merchandise, bric a brac, books & jigsaws, cakes & refreshments. There’s a grand Easter Egg tombola too! www.gosport.cats.org.uk

WILDLIFE GARDENING WILDFLOWER MEADOWS 5 Mar, 9.30am to 12.30pm Otterbourne Primary School, Main Road, SO21 2EQ Learn how to create a wildflower meadow in your garden, the variety of wildlife that you can attract and which plants will attract wildlife. £35pp.

01489 774406 MY FAMILY & OTHER SETBACKS 8 Mar 2.30pm St Lukes Church, St Lukes Close, Hedge End, SO30 2US A talk by Mel Rees. Hamble Valley - U3A. Entry for members 50p.

Visitors always welcome and can attend up to 2 mtgs at a cost of £2 per mtg, refundable upon payment of annual subscription. www.u3a.org.uk WEDDING FAYRE 9 Mar Winchester Guildhall, SO23 9GH Stylish Events Wedding Fayre at the elegant Guildhall Winchester with 45 exhibitors offering an eclectic range of wedding services for your special day. Entry £2.

01962 840820 BAT TALK 10 Mar 7.30pm to 9.30pm Holy Trinity Church Hall, West Street, Fareham, PO16 0EL Bats and the work of the Hampshire Bat Group. Nik Knight will talk about the species to be found and the work of the Hampshire Bat Group. Free parking Trinity Street or Western Road. Suggested donation £3. peter-adams1@live.co.uk 01329 287653 KNOTS OF FUN 10 Mar, 7.30pm to 9pm Whiteley Primary School, Gull Coppice, PO15 7LA Learn the art of scarf tying and bring along your scarves for our scarf swop shop www.whiteleywags.co.uk/

FAREHAM MUSICAL SOCIETY 15-19 Mar, 7.30pm (plus Sat matinee 2.30pm) Ferneham Hall, Fareham “I get a Kick out of You”, “You’re the Top” and “ Blow Gabriel Blow” are just three of the memorable iconic musical numbers for “Anything Goes” which is to be staged at Ferneham hall by the award winning Fareham Musical Society. Box Office 01329 231942 PETERSFIELD MUSIC FESTIVAL 11-19 Mar Festival Hall, Petersfield, GU31 4AE A choral concert, where choirs from the area combine.

01730 268829 http://www. petersfieldmusicalfestival.org.uk/ WI JUMBLE SALE 12 Mar, 11am to 12.30pm Sparsholt Memorial Hall, SO21 2NR Lots of bargains, good as new clothes, jewellery, bric a brac, books,toys & WI cakes.

THE PEDIGREE JAZZ BAND 12 Mar, 8pm Sarisbury Green Community Centre, The Green, SO31 7AA Featuring renowned radio broadcaster Chris Walker on the clarinet; Roger Marks on trombone who was described by the late Humphrey Lyttelton as being ‘world class’; Graham Trevarton with the vocals, cornet and trumpet; John Noddings on the banjo and guitar; Tony Mann on the double bass; and Colin Larn on the drums who has been a television session player with the past forty years. www. jazzonthegreen.co.uk THE SAINTS LEGENDS CHARITY DARTS COMPETITION 16 Mar, 7.30pm (Doors 6pm) St Mary’s Stadium Matt Le Tissier, Jimmy Case, Mark Dennis, Rod Wallace, and George Lawrence plus more along with former world champions Steve Beaton and Keith Deller throw darts in aid of The Danny

Wallace Foundation for MS sufferers and carers. Unreserved seating. £25pp inc vat. Corporate Hospitality package available.

0345 226 9944 or email peter@ cordelevents.com TABLE TOP SALE 19 Mar, 11-3pm Wickham Centre, PO16 8BP Come along to our magnificent table top sale! Selling everything from clothes, toys, sweets, bric-a-brac, baby clothes, shoes, art, crafts, jewellery, books, electronics, pictures, ornaments, games and plants. There will be food and drinks available during the event.

HAVANT CHAMBER ORCHESTRA 19 Mar, 7.30pm Oaklands School, Waterlooville Includes works by Schumann, Sibelius, Saint-Saëns, Dvořák http://www.havantorchestras. org.uk SUNDAY GUN FIRINGS Portsdown Hill Road, PO17 6AN 23 Mar, 20 Apr, 15 Jun Free gun-firing events presented

by Portsdown Artillery Volunteers and Ubique: Right of the Line.

01962 840440 ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE HAMBLE RIVER 12 Apr, 2.30pm St Lukes Church, St Lukes Close, Hedge End, SO30 2US A talk by Maritime Agency. Hamble Valley - U3A. Entry for members 50p. Visitors always welcome and can attend up to 2 mtgs at a cost of £2 per mtg, refundable upon payment of annual subscription. www.u3a.org.uk

SHAKESPEARE AT THE BARN 14 Apr, 7.30pm to 9pm The Great Barn, Titchfield Discover the local connections to Shakespeare as we commemorate the 400th anniversary of his death. www.whiteleywags.co.uk/

PEPPA PIG SURPRISE 23 & 24 Apr The Theatre Royal, Winchester, SO23 8SB Surprise! Peppa Pig, George and their friends are back in a brand new live stage show. 01962 840440 QUIZ NIGHT 23 Apr, 7.30pm Fair Oak Village Hall, Shorts Road, Fair Oak, SO50 7EJ Quiz Night, for teams of up to six.

Entry of £6 per person includes a light supper (please advise any special requirements) and tea/ coffee during the break. Please bring your own drinks. These nights are well established and enjoyed, and raise money for the Village Hall. Book your table: fairoakvillagehall@btconect.com 023 8069 2298 TITCHFIELD ART & CRAFT SHOW 23 & 24 Apr Titchfield Community Centre, Mill Street, Titchfield, PO14 4AB A popular local event that enables Artists, Photographers and Crafts People from Hampshire and beyond to exhibit and sell their paintings, photographs and local craft.

ABSEIL THE SPINNAKER 30 Apr, 9-5pm Spinnaker Tower, PO1 3TT £60 to register with £260 min sponsorship hannah.langley@ autismhampshire.org.uk 01489880881 ISLE OF WIGHT CHALLENGE 30 Apr - 1 May Take on the full 106km, 1/2, or 1/4 Island of Wight Challenge options.

Most will walk, many will jog parts, and some will run the whole way.

You can sign up as an individual or as part of a charity’s team. www. isleofwightchallenge.com www. facebook.com/ultrachallenge BISHOP’S WALTHAM CHARITY GARDEN FAIR 1 May, 10-4pm Wintershill Hall Durley, SO32 2AL 60+ Specialists Stalls Ask the expert: Andy McIndoe Children’s Corner Birds of Prey Homemade refreshments Hog Roast Cuff Billett’s New Europa Jazz Band All set in beautiful grounds. £5.00 Children under 14 free. Free Parking. www.bwgardenfair.org.uk 53

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AERIALS Pure Digital Aerial & Satellites 26 ANTIQUES Carol Walker Antiques 11 appliance repair Genesis Domestic Appliances 16 JP Appliances 48 architectural services DM Adams Design 37 Bathrooms See Plumbing beauty Spire Cosmetic Surgery 11 Blinds & CURTAINS Solent Blinds 17 Waterside Blinds 5 Builder R & G Gamblin General Builders 49 BUSINESS SERVICES Adams & Co 34 Canopies & Carports Aliport Structures 19 CARPET & FLOORING Floor Coverings Southern 29 Titchfield Carpets 40 Chimney Sweep Pebble Beach Sweeps 4 Toast Chimney Lining & Sweep Specialist 41 CLEANING SERVICES Dixey Clean 20 Little Miss Maids 11 Computer Services For-Matt 37 Home Computer Help 34 Plates PC 39 communications Nix Communications Group 32 doors CVC Installations 19 GS Windows 2 Double GlazinG Inst/Repairs Britannia Windows 16 Cloudy2Clear 25 CVC Installations 19 GS Windows 2 EDUCATION Barton Peveril Sixth Form College 15 University of Portsmouth 39 Electrician Assure Electrical Ltd 45

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B.Privett Electrical Ltd 28 Fencing Colourfence 44 furniture Pont Furnishings 16 Garage doors/REPAIRS Garage Doors 4U 18/29 Kanadoor 27 Meon Valley Garage Doors Ltd 24 Skandoor 23 V.S.F Ltd 21 Garage Services Tyre & Auto Centre 56 Garden Design & ServiceS Arbor-Call Tree Surgeons 44 Colourfence 44 GreenThumb Lawn Treatments Service 44 Helyers 3 Jon Curtis Tree Surgery & Garden M. 44 Neil Richmond Tree & Hedge Services 43 Woodleigh Landscapes 43 HEALTH & FITNESS Head To Toe Pilates 11 Health Space 35 Marriott Hotel & Country Club 7 Pilates with a Plomb 9 health services Everetts Pharmacy 6 Health Space 35 KITCHENS Dream Doors 47 ladieswear Davina’s 9 legal services Driver Belcher 33 Eric Robinson Solicitors 35 locksmith Winlocks 23 lofts & Conversions Loft Services 27 logs Ash Farm Logs 45 music tuition Garden Music School 15 PET SERVICES Dave’s Pet Care 48 pharmacy Everetts Pharmacy 6

PLASTERER Plasterforce 26 Plumbing Services (including bathroom installation and gas and boiler services) see also Property Maintenance Colin Sharpe Plumbing & Heating 37 Harris Bathrooms 31 J. & D. Humphrey Ltd 28 TP Watts 41 Printer Warwick Printing Company 39 Property Maintenance A.C. Drives 19 Direct Roofing Services 29 Dixey Clean 20 Hire A Handy Hero 45 House Worx 4 Loft Services 27 Prestige Property Services 28 R & G Gamblin General Builders 49 South Hants Roofing Ltd 31 The Chimney Man 26 residential care Three Oaks Residential Care Home 10 roofing Direct Roofing Services 29 Prestige Property Services 28 South Hants Roofing Ltd 31 The Chimney Man 26 Storage Barn Store 17 RJ Self Storage Containers 37 taxi Collins Executive Travel 7 TRAVEL/holiday Amity Travel 13 Croatia 20 Go Cruise 15 Tree Surgery See Garden Design & Services upholstery Pont Furnishings 16 Veterinary Shield Veterinary Centre 48 waste First Choice Rubbish Clearance Specialist 27 Rubbish Clearance & Waste Removal 49 WINDOW REPAIR Cloudy2Clear 25 CVC Installations 19

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COUNCILS Bishops Waltham parishclerk@bishopswaltham-pc.gov.uk www.bishopswaltham-pc.gov.uk Upham uphampc@homecall.co.uk Durley durleypc@homecall.co.uk Soberton norman@soberton.org.uk Droxford clerk.droxford@parish.hants.co.uk Shedfield shedfieldparish@btconnect.com www.shedfieldparishcouncil.org.uk Swanmore clerk@swanmoreparishcouncil.org.uk www.swanmoreparishcouncil.org.uk West Meon Parish Council clerk.westmeon@parish.hants.gov Wickham Council clerkwickham@parish.hants.gov.uk Boarhunt clerkboarhuntpc@btinternet.com Southwick & Widley swpc@logosoft.biz Corhampton & Meonstoke

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Bishop’s Waltham Infants Bishop’s Waltham Juniors Curdridge Primary Droxford Juniors Durley Primary Kings School Meonstoke Newtown Infants St. Johns Primary Swanmore Primary Swanmore College Upham Primary West Meon C of E Primary School Wickham Primary Wyvern Technology College

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LIBRARIES Bishop’s Waltham Library, Bank Street, 0845 603 5631 www.hants.gov.uk/library/bishopswaltham Mon/Thur: Closed, Tue: 2pm – 7pm, Wed/Fri: 10am – 5pm, Sat: 9.30am – 1pm

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CITIZENS ADVICE Bishops Waltham (Mon/Wed/Fri) 08444 111306 Outreach at Wickham and Denmead (Thurs) call BW for info advice@winchesterdistrictcab.org.uk

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