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Dear Readers,<br />
Just a quick note from me for this edition, as I’m going to let the pictures do the talking from the<br />
Big Info Day. What an event and a huge thank you goes out to Jenny Whitley who organised the<br />
event, Cynthia and her team, who ran the cafe, and all of the people who donated the cakes, and<br />
Ivan for entertaining people in the cafe with his music.<br />
Please also look out for the article ‘Helping the Lonely ‘ on page 4, and then the marvellous<br />
quotes from Befrienders & Befriendees throughout this magazine, showing what a difference this<br />
service can make.<br />
With best wishes, Jacqui<br />
Editor: Jacqui Peacock<br />
Next copy deadline: <strong>May</strong> 7th <strong>2019</strong><br />
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CONTENTS<br />
Local information<br />
Church Services 68 –69<br />
Local Noticeboard 53-58<br />
MCV News 31<br />
Parish News 35-38<br />
Useful Numbers 61<br />
<strong>Village</strong> Diary 66-67<br />
Puzzles 47, Answers 65<br />
Articles<br />
Helping the Lonely 4<br />
Bringing History Home 6<br />
Lymington’s Best Kept Exercise Secret 9<br />
Our Cover Artist 13<br />
Help, Where’s my Phone? 15<br />
Notes from the Solent Cellar 17<br />
Milford Music & Arts Festival 10<br />
Travel Guide 21<br />
Dogs take centre stage 19<br />
Waste & Recycling 23<br />
Tales from the Fireside 27<br />
Wildlife Matters 41<br />
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HELPING THE LONELY<br />
Loneliness is very much in the news at the<br />
moment, we even have a Minister for<br />
Loneliness that’s how serious the situation<br />
has become. It’s not new of course, people<br />
have felt loneliness in its many shapes and<br />
forms since time immemorial so what has<br />
changed?<br />
This is a complex question but we can very<br />
easily cite a number of things that have<br />
actually made loneliness a bigger problem,<br />
particularly among the elderly. A word<br />
familiar to everyone is austerity. Now, this is<br />
not a political article but the cold hard fact is<br />
that the financial means available to our<br />
councils have been cut significantly in recent<br />
years and this has had it’s impact on what<br />
services can be provided. This results in a<br />
huge number of people who may have<br />
qualified for help having to find this<br />
elsewhere, if they can.<br />
Inevitably the voluntary sector has to pick up<br />
some of the slack and make sure that these<br />
important services continue to be provided.<br />
But here’s another problem, there are only<br />
so many people able to give their help and<br />
many small local charities report<br />
considerable difficulties in recruiting the right<br />
people in the numbers they need. Funding<br />
can also be serious issue for charities, it is<br />
interesting to note that a recent study<br />
suggests that 1.2% of all charities get 70% of<br />
the income donated. This is a staggering<br />
number and illustrates how difficult it is for<br />
some groups to continue. Add to this the fact<br />
that austerity also impacts on what people<br />
can give and you can see how serious the<br />
situation has become.<br />
But there is good news! Here in our area we<br />
have a very robust service in the shape of the<br />
Milford Befrienders. <strong>The</strong> service has been<br />
running for over two years and we cover all<br />
areas of the Parish. We have a wonderful<br />
group of volunteers who are each matched<br />
with a lonely person. <strong>The</strong>y call on this person<br />
once a week for a good chat and it makes a<br />
real difference, especially where family and<br />
friends are no longer able to offer support.<br />
But we need more!<br />
<strong>The</strong>re is considerable demand for this service<br />
and we need more volunteers to help meet<br />
this demand. <strong>The</strong>re’s no requirement to have<br />
done a similar thing before, as long as you<br />
like to have a good chat there will be room<br />
for you!<br />
I am very happy to have a chat on the phone<br />
or by email if you would like to find out more<br />
before deciding if it is for you. All of our<br />
current team say how rewarding the work is<br />
with some strong friendships being formed<br />
as a result.<br />
So please, if this strikes a chord get in touch.<br />
Or, do you need help?<br />
If what you have read here sounds familiar<br />
and you find yourself feeling lonely and<br />
isolated then please ask us to help. If you<br />
make an enquiry there’s no obligation to<br />
carry on if you feel it is not for you.<br />
Experience has taught me that it is always<br />
better to find out more about befriending<br />
before deciding. We have helped lots of<br />
people who were not sure in the beginning,<br />
so make the call!<br />
Steve Anderton, Milford Befrienders<br />
Milford Befrienders<br />
T: 01590 637088,<br />
E:befrienders@steveanderton.com<br />
Do you sometimes feel lonely?<br />
Milford Befrienders can help. We run a<br />
team of local volunteers who call in<br />
regularly for a chat and a cuppa.<br />
Please carry on reading this magazine &<br />
you will find recent comments from<br />
volunteer Befrienders & the<br />
Befriendees, that show what a huge<br />
difference this service can make.<br />
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BRINGING HISTORY HOME<br />
MILFORD HOUSE<br />
Today the original Milford House consists of<br />
three houses with another five properties in<br />
the adjacent out-buildings. In front of it,<br />
Milford Court has twenty-two houses.<br />
In 1905 Milford House was one dwelling with<br />
grounds covering 14.5 acres stretching almost<br />
to Keyhaven Road. Milford Crescent did not<br />
exist until 1929; the main road previously<br />
went up Church Hill in front of the church to<br />
join the Lymington Road.<br />
In the 13 th c. this area was in the Manor of<br />
Milford Baddesley owned by the Knights<br />
Templar.<br />
By 1608 it was owned by Arthur Swaine who<br />
sold the Manor to Robert Rickman but the<br />
house they lived in was not in the same<br />
position as the current Milford House.<br />
William Rickman, a merchant and four times<br />
mayor of Portsmouth between 1736 and 1756,<br />
was born in Milford in 1701.Towards the end<br />
of the 1730s William decided to build a new<br />
house slightly to the north east of the old<br />
building, and this house is the central part of<br />
the current Milford House.<br />
Rickman died in 1764 and the house was<br />
bought in 1770 by William Reynolds, a London<br />
businessman. Some of Reynolds’ wealth came<br />
from the West Indian sugar trade with two<br />
plantations in Montego Bay, Jamaica. William<br />
and his son, Edmund, added the two circular<br />
wings in the late 1700s, and the east wing<br />
contains a beautiful circular staircase in the<br />
style of Robert Adam.<br />
With the sugar trade under threat from the<br />
abolition of slavery in the British Empire,<br />
William Reynolds’ son, William, was in financial<br />
difficulties. He and his wife, Sophia (the sister<br />
of Mrs Whitby of Newlands), left Milford to<br />
live on their remaining Jamaican estate,<br />
Catherine Mount in Montego Bay.<br />
<strong>The</strong> house was bought by Mrs Whitby who<br />
now owned all the Milford Manors -<br />
Baddesley, Barnes and Montagu. Although she<br />
owned Milford House for many years she<br />
never lived there, selling it in 1867 to Mr. W.<br />
Talbot Agar, the first owner to live in the house<br />
for forty years.<br />
Following his death in 1906, his will stipulated<br />
that the house should go to whichever of his<br />
children bid the most for it. It was Edward who<br />
was successful, and he lived there until his<br />
death in 1927. It was then sold for £6,300 to<br />
Mr. Goodman of Camberley. Some of the land<br />
was sold, and the house itself rented to Mr. &<br />
Mrs. George Allan. Allan ran Milford House as<br />
a hotel, eventually buying the freehold in 1936<br />
for £5,400.<br />
A company, Milford House Hotel Ltd., was<br />
formed in 1945, selling the hotel in 1954 to Mr<br />
& Mrs Wells and Miss Cutbill. Following the<br />
death of Mr Wells in 1959 his daughter, Mrs<br />
Herbert, and her husband returned from New<br />
Zealand to help her mother run it as a popular<br />
and successful business.<br />
<strong>The</strong> hotel was sold in 1972 for £158,000 when<br />
David Church [Surrey] Ltd., built the twenty<br />
two houses that are now Milford Court.<br />
Milford House itself and its adjacent buildings<br />
were turned into eight houses with the original<br />
house being 3, 4 and 5 Milford House.<br />
MOSHRS website www.milfordhistory.org.uk is<br />
part of the Bringing History Home project<br />
supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund and<br />
Milford-on-Sea Parish Council.<br />
For further detail see - ‘Milford House, Diana K.<br />
Coldicott, 1979’<br />
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EVERTON NURSERIES<br />
GARDEN CENTRE &<br />
Camellias<br />
Restaurant<br />
<strong>The</strong> New Forest’s leading, family run,<br />
garden centre, offering you the quality<br />
and choice from our own 25 acre<br />
nursery.<br />
Whether you’re looking for bulbs & bedding or<br />
trees & shrubs, we are sure to have something to<br />
suit your needs. Our knowledgeable staff are<br />
always on hand to help and advise.<br />
If it’s a gift you are after, then why not come along<br />
and browse our houseplants or gift area. <strong>The</strong>re are<br />
lots of lovely ideas.<br />
And after all that shopping rest awhile in<br />
Camellias with a slice of cake and a cuppa, or<br />
even one of our home cooked lunches.<br />
Everton, nr. Lymington, SO41 0JZ<br />
Tel: 01590 642155<br />
www.evertonnurseries.co.uk<br />
Do 07901 951034<br />
sarah@buffetbelle.com<br />
Milford Befrienders<br />
T: 01590 637088,<br />
E:befrienders@steveanderton.com<br />
A Message from a Befriender<br />
We have great conversations about<br />
countryside, nature, food, politics, family<br />
– just like real friends do.<br />
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LYMINGTON’S BEST KEPT EXERCISE SECRET<br />
You may well be one of those people that<br />
have made that all important decision to<br />
take up some form of exercise, to get<br />
fitter, perhaps lose some weight, improve<br />
your mobility and balance? You may also<br />
be one of those people that doesn’t relish<br />
the thought of walking through the doors<br />
of a huge leisure centre that can seem<br />
quite intimidating and impersonal?<br />
Here at Active Nation Boutique Fitness,<br />
we have created a warm, friendly and<br />
welcoming environment for people of all<br />
ages and abilities to enjoy and benefit<br />
from the gentle exercise provided by our<br />
power-assisted machines.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re are no sessions and no need to<br />
book. You don’t need to wear sports<br />
attire, just something you are comfortable<br />
in. <strong>The</strong> first visit is always free because we<br />
love new supporters to get a real feel for<br />
the facility before they take advantage of<br />
our incredibly priced Monthly Unlimited<br />
Use Subscription for only £40!<br />
Kenna, the Club Manager, has over 25<br />
years of<br />
health and<br />
fitness<br />
experience<br />
and is there<br />
to instruct,<br />
encourage<br />
and support<br />
everyone<br />
according to<br />
their<br />
individual<br />
needs and<br />
Club Manager, Kenna Hockley [left]<br />
and supporter Louisa Lever.<br />
goals. She specializes in pre-hab<br />
[preparing those awaiting surgery] and<br />
rehabilitation after procedures such as hip<br />
and knee replacement. She is also keen to<br />
assist and support those with chronic<br />
conditions. We have several participants<br />
with MS, Parkinsons, post-stroke, autoimmune<br />
disorders and cancer.<br />
<strong>The</strong> power-assisted machines are easy to<br />
use and are non-weight bearing so there is<br />
no stress placed on joints. <strong>The</strong>y move<br />
symmetrically so are perfect for realigning<br />
the body. Experience an increase<br />
in muscle tone and strength [fundamental<br />
for joint stability] and a significant<br />
improvement in flexibility. See a<br />
meaningful difference in mobility and<br />
balance, crucial for fall prevention.<br />
We also offer a body analysis service,<br />
advice and support on weight loss<br />
management and nutrition which is all<br />
included in your monthly subscription<br />
should you choose to access it.<br />
Active Nation Boutique Fitness prides<br />
itself on their all-inclusive approach –<br />
everyone is welcomed and looked after.<br />
You will make new friends, feel fitter and<br />
healthier and always leave with a smile on<br />
your face!<br />
For more information or to book an<br />
induction call Club Manager Kenna on<br />
[01590] 677333 or pop in and see us at 3,<br />
Angel Courtyard, Lymington.<br />
www.activenation.org.uk/lymington<br />
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MILFORD MUSIC AND ARTS<br />
FESTIVAL RETURNS FOR<br />
ANOTHER YEAR<br />
A NEW LOOK FOR A NEW<br />
YEAR: MORE MUSIC, MORE<br />
VENUES, MORE HEART<br />
Milford Music and Arts Festival returns to the<br />
gorgeous seaside town of Milford on Sea,<br />
Hampshire, from the 8th –14th July <strong>2019</strong>. With<br />
this year’s theme <strong>The</strong> Summer of Love, pull out<br />
your flares, dust off those glasses and join us for<br />
a week of brilliant entertainment across several<br />
village venues. With an all new bar, more food<br />
stands, more toilets, and a brand-new stage,<br />
this year’s event promises to be bigger and<br />
better than ever before!<br />
Acts topping the bill include Toffees, Misha and<br />
His Merry Men, Rembrandt, and Pioneers.<br />
Milford Music and Arts Festival prides itself on<br />
encouraging local acts to get involved with all<br />
that the festival offers. Previous years’<br />
performances have come from the likes of<br />
Daughters of Davis, Saints of Sin, and local indierockers<br />
<strong>The</strong> Manatees, with a host of other<br />
brilliant upcoming artists also taking to the<br />
stage.<br />
Speaking on the festival, Saints of Sin said; “We<br />
had always heard great things about Milford<br />
Festival and it hasn't disappointed us. <strong>The</strong> last<br />
two times we played were amazing - It's crazy<br />
how much of a buzz a small sea-side town like<br />
Milford can create! <strong>The</strong> stage is brilliant - the<br />
perfect size to accommodate our Rock n Roll<br />
antics. <strong>The</strong> sound is bang on and the audience<br />
are simply epic! Both of our previous<br />
performances at Milford Festival were<br />
absolutely packed and the audience was really<br />
up for the party.”<br />
But as always, the Festival is a celebration of our<br />
<strong>Village</strong>, the local area and our Community, so<br />
we’ve made some changes that we think you’re<br />
going to love. We will continue to run the<br />
Festival in local venues on Monday through to<br />
Wednesday, but the <strong>Village</strong> Green site will run<br />
Thursday to Sunday. However, this year, <strong>The</strong><br />
Green will close from 9pm on Thursday night,<br />
with entertainment moving and continuing in<br />
other local venues.<br />
Milford Festival is run by a small group of<br />
dedicated volunteers. As a not-for-profit<br />
organisation we raise our funds through<br />
advertising, sponsorship, donations and<br />
different fund-raising events throughout the<br />
year. A way to support the continuation of the<br />
festival is by getting involved with the Friends of<br />
<strong>The</strong> Festival scheme. Registering with the<br />
scheme provides loads of exclusive perks,<br />
including discounts at bars, restaurants and<br />
activities across the village. On top of that,<br />
there’s also discount on tickets to our Milford<br />
Festival Presents events throughout the year -<br />
all of which promise a good night of<br />
entertainment and laughter! Coming up is the<br />
Casino Night on <strong>May</strong> 18 th , with DJ Jack Dyson<br />
providing Chicago Funk mixes throughout the<br />
evening. With the theme being the year of 1969,<br />
what will you come dressed as? Tickets are<br />
available from Milford Community Centre Box<br />
Office for £17.50.<br />
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Adrian<br />
Grainger<br />
Our cover page Artist<br />
You may have wondered why the herrings<br />
on the front cover are vertical. Not an<br />
error on my part, the title of the painting<br />
explains all - ’Hauling Herring’, depicting<br />
the fish being pulled up in a net.<br />
Adrian is a local artist and has built up a<br />
strong reputation. He has a wonderfully<br />
distinct and vibrant style. You may have<br />
seen a selection of his work in Milford:<br />
La Perla, <strong>The</strong> Marine boutique B&B , or in<br />
Lymington down at the quay in BluBambu.<br />
And , if you venture down to St Ives in<br />
Cornwall, there is a B&B that’s taken its<br />
name from one of Adrian's pictures.<br />
Adrian is a keen birder & enjoys fishing, so<br />
it’s no surprise that his inspiration is<br />
clearly from the sea and our local wildlife,<br />
with fish and birds the main themes of his<br />
work.<br />
For more information, please see:<br />
www.adriangrainger.com<br />
For more information, please see:<br />
or contact Adrian directly: adriangrainger500@hotmail.com<br />
www.adriangrainger.com<br />
or contact Adrian directly: adriangrainger500@hotmail.com<br />
Milford Befrienders<br />
T: 01590 637088,<br />
E:befrienders@steveanderton.com<br />
A Message from a Befriendee<br />
I was recently widowed when I met my<br />
befriender and she played a major role in<br />
getting me out of my grief and wanting<br />
to live again.<br />
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Hopefully you have never been in the<br />
situation of having lost your mobile phone,<br />
or worse, had it stolen. Of course you know<br />
what to do if that should happen, right? On<br />
the off-chance you don’t have a disaster<br />
recovery plan already, here’s some things<br />
you should consider.<br />
You will need to track and maybe then<br />
wipe your phone. You have of course got<br />
suitable services activated such as Find my<br />
Phone for iPhone http://tinyurl.com/<br />
y552f7vw (takes you to Apple Support) or<br />
Android http://tinyurl.com/ookxcau (takes<br />
you to the online device manager).<br />
<strong>The</strong>re are other services you can use, such<br />
as the Prey Project https://<br />
preyproject.com/ which allows you to also<br />
add other sorts of devices from other<br />
manufacturers including computers, so you<br />
can keep track of all of them in one place.<br />
HELP, WHERE’S MY PHONE?<br />
answers to any security questions you may<br />
have set up with your mobile service<br />
provider.<br />
You may also be asked for further<br />
information, such as the name and number<br />
of someone you have dialled recently. If<br />
that is the case, and you don’t have<br />
complete recall, you may want to look out<br />
the information before calling them, so you<br />
don’t have to ring off and get back to them.<br />
It would be a good idea to find out from<br />
your service provider what their procedure<br />
is to get a new sim from them. Much better<br />
to know what your particular provider will<br />
want from you beforehand, than find out<br />
that you don’t have the information when<br />
you need it.<br />
So go on, get started sorting it out now!<br />
<strong>The</strong> one thing they all have in common is<br />
that you need to install or activate them<br />
before anything happens to your devices.<br />
So don’t put it off, do something now, it<br />
may be too late after the event!<br />
You’ve got your phone sorted, worst case<br />
you can delete all the data, what else?<br />
Recover your mobile number. Unless you<br />
want to tell all your contacts and the<br />
businesses that use texts for security that<br />
they need to record a new number, you’ll<br />
want to keep your old number. And for<br />
that you need your provider to cancel the<br />
old sim and issue you a new sim with your<br />
old number on it.<br />
To do so, you will undoubtedly have to<br />
jump through a number of hoops to prove<br />
who you are. So make sure you know the<br />
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Milford’s Florist for all Occasions<br />
Contemporary & Traditionally<br />
Designed Arrangements<br />
01590 641001<br />
33 High Street, Milford-on-Sea<br />
Fri 12th <strong>April</strong> 7pm: ‘Natural’ Wine Tasting<br />
with Doug Wregg<br />
Friday 3rd <strong>May</strong> from 6pm: Pop Up Spanish<br />
Tapas & Wine Night<br />
Fri 7th June 7pm: Grower Champagne<br />
Tasting, Veuve Fourny et Fils<br />
Downton Holiday Park Ltd<br />
Quality range of holiday homes to rent, close to sea and forest.<br />
Stay in an Exbury, Forest, Sway or Oak holiday home, sleeps from 4 to 8 people.<br />
Pet friendly holiday homes also available.<br />
Open 1 st March to 30 th November for long or short breaks.<br />
Shorefield Road, Milford-on-Sea SO41 0LH T: 01590 642515/01425 476131<br />
E: downtonoffice@btconnect.com W: www.downtonholidaypark.co.uk<br />
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NOTES FROM THE SOLENT CELLAR<br />
Seasons Change……..<br />
Spring is one of our favourite times of<br />
year, with the lighter evenings and new<br />
exciting locally grown produce becoming<br />
more available. Easter is on the horizon<br />
and we look forward to catching up with<br />
friends and family, and this turns our<br />
minds towards what wines we will be<br />
drinking and sharing over the next few<br />
months. Most of our wine choices are<br />
influenced by what we will be cooking or<br />
eating, below is just a snap shot of what<br />
we will be enjoying –<br />
Spring Salads – Gruner Veltliner is a great<br />
alternative to Sauvignon Blanc and<br />
becoming increasingly popular with its<br />
easy drinking style and versatile nature in<br />
terms of food matching. It is a wine that<br />
pairs to Asian flavours and also asparagus<br />
which is notoriously hard to find a wine<br />
match for. <strong>The</strong> white and pink grapefruit<br />
notes in the wine mix with citrus running<br />
through and it finishes with its signature<br />
touch of white pepper.<br />
with its lemon and lime notes plus its<br />
trade mark acidity make for an enjoyable<br />
match, particularly if there is any spice in<br />
the dish. <strong>The</strong> citrus notes in the wine also<br />
act like a squeeze of lemon or lime on the<br />
seafood.<br />
Rhubarb – <strong>The</strong> relatively tart flavour of<br />
rhubarb is often off-set by a nice sweet,<br />
nutty crumble topping. We like to pair this<br />
to a sweet Chenin such as a Coteau du<br />
Layon or Sauternes. <strong>The</strong> sweetness of the<br />
wine calms the acidity of the fruit and<br />
pairs to the crumbly topping nicely!<br />
New wines for spring arriving in the shop<br />
include the latest 2018 rosé vintages,<br />
sparkling Petillant Naturels and some<br />
fantastic Hampshire sparkling wines from<br />
Cottonworth.<br />
Lamb – It’s always a treat to have new<br />
season lamb and it’s nice to pair up the<br />
delicate, sweet, gamey flavours with a nice<br />
red wine. We tend to choose a classic such<br />
as Rioja. When the wine is delicately<br />
oaked the juicy, fresh flavours along with a<br />
touch of vanilla from the barrel ageing<br />
make it an ideal match.<br />
Squid – Dan from Coral Bay seafood on<br />
Lymington market often has squid for sale<br />
at this time of year. It is quick and easy to<br />
cook and is delicious! Young, dry Riesling<br />
If you need any help with your food and<br />
wine matching this spring, pop into the<br />
shop or send us an email for more<br />
bespoke advice!<br />
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Pollyanna Salon<br />
Expert hairstyling &<br />
service guaranteed<br />
SALON OPEN<br />
Tuesday to Saturday<br />
104 High Street, Milford on Sea<br />
Tel 01590 642101<br />
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T: 01590 637088,<br />
E:befrienders@steveanderton.com<br />
A Message from a Befriendee<br />
We meet every Sunday morning for<br />
breakfast as my befriender works full<br />
time. <strong>The</strong>se meetings are an absolute<br />
joy. She even popped in on Christmas<br />
Day because I was on my own.<br />
If you have any of these concerns, please contact us to<br />
arrange your free consultation<br />
We also use electrolysis for hair removal and offer thread vein removal<br />
using Sclerotheraphy<br />
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Tu Sei Bella: Offering a wide range of Beauty Treatments<br />
and Massage for Men & Women<br />
www.tuseibella.co.uk<br />
47 High Street, Milford On Sea, SO41 0QG<br />
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Dogs take centre stage at Dogstival<br />
Did you know that, in <strong>The</strong> New Forest, 39%<br />
of residents own a dog? This is way ahead<br />
of the national average of 26% and equates<br />
to about 69,000 forest dogs…. And it's quite<br />
likely that a large percentage of them will<br />
be descending with their owners, on the<br />
2000-acre Pylewell Park Estate near<br />
Lymington on the weekend of the 18th and<br />
19th of <strong>May</strong> for a huge festival devoted<br />
exclusively to them.<br />
It's called "Dogstival" and it's being hosted<br />
by wildlife enthusiast, proud dog owner and<br />
local resident Chris Packam. <strong>The</strong>re are<br />
arena displays, expert talks and<br />
demonstrations, a behavioural stage and<br />
plenty of activities for your dog to actually<br />
take part in too. Added to that we're being<br />
promised live music and children's<br />
entertainment plus 250 stands and<br />
exhibitors. All in all, it's shaping up to be a<br />
major event in the canine calendar.<br />
About hosting the event, Chris said "<strong>The</strong><br />
festival appealed to me because it<br />
combines my favourite things; dogs,<br />
walking in nature, raising funds for causes<br />
that I'm passionate about and spending<br />
time in the New Forest. I'm looking forward<br />
to a great couple of days with fellow doglovers<br />
and their dogs at Dogstival.”<br />
Here at Sophie's Pet Care, we like the<br />
concept of this festival too, because it's not<br />
just the usual commercial gathering of<br />
people selling dog-related products, but<br />
rather it involves and actively encourages<br />
visitor's dog participation throughout both<br />
days. Managing Director Sophie Gates said<br />
"It's rare to be able to gain professional<br />
advice and see demonstrations about how<br />
to solve the typical mental and behavioural<br />
problems that dogs increasingly have at<br />
home — and on a lighter note, I love the<br />
idea of the 'Come and Try Zone' with agility<br />
and recall games and the promised K9 aqua<br />
sports too, but the big one for me is that, at<br />
the very heart of Dogstival, it's all about<br />
animal welfare and responsible dog<br />
ownership in <strong>The</strong> New Forest."<br />
Add a vintage fun fair, views across to the<br />
Isle of Wight, and a packed programme of<br />
arena events, and it really sounds like<br />
something not to be missed. For more<br />
information and tickets, visit<br />
www.dogstival.co.uk If you're a dog-lover,<br />
then you'd be barking mad not to!<br />
Sophie's Pet Care, <strong>The</strong> New Forest's leading<br />
dog walking experts<br />
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Your Local Independent Travel Agent<br />
Come to us for our Personal Service and Experience<br />
We aim to make your holiday planning as stress free as possible!<br />
Tel: 01590 644 899<br />
www.milford-travel.co.uk<br />
78, High Street, Milford on Sea<br />
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TRAVEL guide<br />
Sydney is usually the first stop for travellers<br />
visiting Australia. <strong>The</strong> country’s most populated<br />
city is truly beautiful, with a stunning skyline,<br />
captivating harbour, world class beaches and<br />
top quality museums. It is also very multicultural,<br />
giving it a vibrant and youthful<br />
atmosphere.<br />
It can be very overwhelming for the first-time<br />
visitor to get their head around what to do in<br />
Sydney. With so many iconic and ‘must do’<br />
attractions. Wwhere should one start? This is<br />
where we can help! I was fortunate to have<br />
lived in this beautiful city for just over 3 years<br />
and hope that I may be able to whet your<br />
appetite for the place I once called ‘home’.<br />
With the flying time from London to Sydney<br />
being close to 22 hours it is well worth<br />
considering a stopover in places such as Dubai,<br />
Singapore or Hong Kong. Not only will this<br />
break up the journey but also gradually help<br />
you climatise to the different time zone – all<br />
whilst enjoying a taste of the Middle East or<br />
Asia in the process!<br />
Upon arrival ‘Down Under’, Circular Quay is the<br />
central place to start your Sydney adventure<br />
and get your bearings for the city. This<br />
sensational harbourside location is constantly<br />
buzzing with people who bask in the unrivalled<br />
views of the Sydney Opera House and the<br />
Harbour Bridge. It is also the spot to jump on a<br />
ferry to Manly, North Sydney or Darling<br />
Harbour. Enjoy a coffee, light snack or topnotch<br />
meal in one of the cafes and restaurants<br />
here, whilst enjoying the spectacular views and<br />
Aboriginal music that the buskers play during<br />
the day.<br />
If you’d like to escape the hustle and bustle and<br />
smell the flowers (literally!) <strong>The</strong> Royal Botanical<br />
Gardens are located next to the Sydney Opera<br />
House and accessed via Circular Quay. Here you<br />
can soak up some of the best views of the city<br />
and Sydney Harbour whilst taking a pleasant<br />
walk through the gardens.<br />
Sydney is well known for its stunning beaches<br />
and there’s many, many to visit! <strong>The</strong> most<br />
popular and well-known being Bondi Beach,<br />
which on hot days (and weekends) can attract<br />
thousands and thousands of visitors. Equally as<br />
Discovering Sydney :<br />
An Insiders Guide<br />
impressive but less crowded is Manly. Just a<br />
short ferry journey from Circular Quay, Manly<br />
has an absolutely beautiful setting with clean<br />
yellow sand, towering trees, a fun boardwalk<br />
and amazing cafes and restaurants.<br />
For those after a bit of culture, <strong>The</strong> Rocks<br />
(located right on the harbour and near Circular<br />
Quay) is a superb historic suburb of Sydney.<br />
Once known to be the poor, dirty<br />
neighbourhood for the working class it has<br />
transformed itself to now feature some of the<br />
best bars and restaurants in the country found<br />
inside old, brickwork buildings. Visit <strong>The</strong> Rocks<br />
Discovery Centre, which is housed in a restored<br />
1850s sandstone warehouse and features<br />
exhibits that are really well done making it feel<br />
like you are back in time from pre-European<br />
days right through to today.<br />
Sydney has a wide variety of wonderful food<br />
and restaurants to cater for all tastes from<br />
superb seafood, sushi and dm sum (particularly<br />
in China Town) to middle eastern and western<br />
cuisine. It’s worth noting that Sydneysiders love<br />
their coffee so cafes and bakeries are in<br />
abundance and of exceptional quality.<br />
Australia is a vast country and has an enormous<br />
amount to offer outside the Sydney area, which<br />
here at Milford Travel we would be extremely<br />
happy to discuss with you, from visiting the<br />
spectacular Blue Mountains just outside of<br />
Sydney to the Great Ocean Road in the state of<br />
Victoria, taking in sunset at the famous Uluru<br />
(Ayres Rock) to the numerous wine regions<br />
such as Margaret River in Western Australia<br />
and not forgetting the Whitsunday Islands in<br />
the Great Barrier Reef.<br />
For more information please contact Milford<br />
Travel on 01590 644899, email<br />
enquiries@milford-travel.com or visit our<br />
website at milford-travel.com.<br />
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cj skyvac is a gutter clearing business in the New Forest, that offers a<br />
high quality service. We also offer an optional cleaning service.<br />
An on-board camera is used, so nothing is left behind.<br />
We use a powerful, free<br />
standing, gutter clearing<br />
machine, with a reach of<br />
up to 12metres high.<br />
Clearing is done safely from<br />
the ground, so no need for<br />
scaffolding and ladders.<br />
Modern Terrace: £65<br />
Town House: £65<br />
Standard Detached: £80<br />
Large Detached: £90+<br />
Conservatories,<br />
Garages & Carports:<br />
Attached: £15 each<br />
Detached: £20 each<br />
Contact Christopher<br />
M: 07900 53 55 44<br />
E: cj.skyvac@gmail.com<br />
W: www.cj-skyvac.co.uk<br />
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Waste & Recycling<br />
system cannot be improved. But to change<br />
such a system is a multi-million-pound<br />
Waste - and plastic waste in particular -<br />
have been a big topic in the past year or so,<br />
with David Attenborough’s Blue Planet and<br />
other programmes highlighting the terrible<br />
effect plastic has on the environment. I<br />
often get asked ‘Why do we only recycle<br />
certain kinds of plastic in the New<br />
Forest?’ <strong>The</strong> answer is a matter of the<br />
much bigger picture.<br />
District Councils in Hampshire have<br />
diversified their methods of collection over<br />
the years, but fundamentally all Hampshire<br />
waste is disposed of by the county in the<br />
same way. General waste, including less<br />
easily recycled plastics, is incinerated and<br />
acts as fuel, generating energy and very<br />
little going to landfill, compared to other<br />
authorities. Glass, paper and more readily<br />
recycled plastics are sent to recycling<br />
plants in the UK where possible, sometimes<br />
abroad if there is no UK capacity. Districts<br />
offering food waste collection will have<br />
found their own outlets for composting<br />
collected food. You can find out what can<br />
be recycled and the current rationale for<br />
waste disposal and recycling in Hampshire<br />
in greater detail here: https://<br />
www.hants.gov.uk/wasteandrecycling<br />
Collection and disposal of waste in a county<br />
as large as Hampshire is an expensive<br />
operation and much has been invested in<br />
our incinerators, vehicles and systems over<br />
many years. That’s not to say that the<br />
project. <strong>The</strong> Government are currently<br />
developing a Waste Strategy for the UK<br />
and Hampshire is waiting to hear what the<br />
final recommendations will be before<br />
making any large-scale decisions about its<br />
current collection and disposal<br />
systems. But it is likely that we will see<br />
bottle deposit schemes, more emphasis on<br />
reusing than disposal, more pressure on<br />
manufacturers to develop and use<br />
biodegradable materials, and other<br />
significant changes to the way our waste is<br />
managed, in time. You can read about the<br />
Government’s Waste Strategy here: https://<br />
www.gov.uk/government/publications/<br />
resources-and-waste-strategy-for-england<br />
Cllr Fran Carpenter<br />
Marchwood incinerator<br />
Hampshire County Councillor<br />
New Milton North, Milford &<br />
Hordle (including Everton &<br />
Tiptoe)<br />
01425 614665 / 07867 502624<br />
fran.carpenter@hants.gov.uk<br />
Milford Befrienders<br />
T: 01590 637088,<br />
E:befrienders@steveanderton.com<br />
A Message from a Befriendee<br />
I have lost so many friends in recent<br />
years due to age, this service has given<br />
me a new friend and made such a<br />
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At No 19 can help to improve your property by putting forward<br />
stylish, practical schemes, tailored to your individual taste and<br />
pocket, with ideas that are ‘of the moment’ yet maintain appeal<br />
as time progresses, never forgetting the ‘saleability factor’ in<br />
the longer term.<br />
As Interior Designers, we are happy to assist with everything from a<br />
single pair of curtains to an individual room, or a complete home. We<br />
will work with any preference and style, utilising your existing<br />
furnishings, or start afresh with a complete redesign, in order to create<br />
a stylish and personal interior space, tailored to suit your unique needs.<br />
You do not have to be wealthy to utilise the services of an interior<br />
designer, but you do have to be wise - professional guidance can avoid<br />
costly mistakes and assist in, ‘getting it right first time.’<br />
At No 19 ...<br />
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9 99 High Street, Milford-on-Sea, SO41 0QF<br />
LARGEST LOCAL INDEPENDENT ESTATE & LETTING AGENT<br />
WITH OFFICES ALSO IN<br />
LYMINGTON, SWAY,<br />
BROCKENHURST, NEW MILTON,<br />
BRANSGORE and LONDON<br />
Tel: 01590 644933<br />
Email:milford@haywardfox.co.uk<br />
www.haywardfox.co.uk<br />
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Tales from the Fireside<br />
Over the last few weeks and months there’s been a<br />
lot of negative press regarding wood burners and<br />
open fires. So I’m going to give what really is<br />
happening and what the government is trying to<br />
do. Last summer DEFRA invited the Guild of Master<br />
Sweeps, HETAS and other concerned organizations<br />
to a meeting to discuss the Governments Clean Air<br />
Strategy.<br />
I have taken the relevant points and translated<br />
them into normal English.<br />
Is the government going to ban stoves?<br />
No – there is nothing in the Clean Air Strategy that<br />
makes reference to this. Any appliance already<br />
fitted will be able to continue as normal.<br />
Will the government ban future sales of stoves?<br />
No, however the type of stove for sale may change.<br />
Its most likely they will have to be DEFRA-exempt<br />
appliances. This is good news because it means a<br />
greater choice of fuels (both wood or smokeless) in<br />
any area.<br />
Is the government going to be banning coal?<br />
It’s likely that the sale of bituminous house coal will<br />
be prevented in the future but sales of smokeless<br />
fuel will continue. No final decision has been made.<br />
What about the sales of Logs in net bags?<br />
Again the government has still not made up its<br />
mind. It’s a problem of control. Here at the Guild<br />
we advise NOT to buy logs in net bags as it<br />
generally unseasoned wood and the net holds<br />
water. You can’t burn wet wood.<br />
If domestic stoves cause pollution why would I<br />
want one?<br />
Stoves themselves are not polluting , the way some<br />
people use them is. <strong>The</strong> truth is very few people<br />
are shown how to use the fire properly, so they<br />
rarely burn efficiently until they are either shown<br />
or ask or have the flue/chimney swept. I’m always<br />
very happy to help and give a demonstration on<br />
how best to use you appliance. Remember wood is<br />
sustainable. Also the more trees we plant the<br />
cleaner our air becomes.<br />
My stove is more than 10 years old should I<br />
change it?<br />
If you can afford it then yes. New stoves are very<br />
efficient even the very cheap and nasty ones are<br />
65% efficient. A good one will be more than 80%<br />
efficient.<br />
I have an open fire how efficient is it?<br />
Depending on the fuel type, design of chimney etc.<br />
A rule of thump would be 20% to 30% efficient.<br />
Compared to wood burner/Multi-fuel stove are 9<br />
times more efficient.<br />
Last question - is air pollution getting better or<br />
worse? It may surprise you that all sources of<br />
pollution in the UK has been dropping year on year<br />
for the last 30 years (Source UK/Gov.) , the<br />
exception is nitrogen dioxide which comes mostly<br />
from vehicles.<br />
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COME AND VISIT OUR SHOWROOM IN HIGHCLIFFE<br />
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HOME HEARING<br />
LYMINGTON<br />
01590 615181<br />
07502 338725<br />
homehearinglym@gmail.com<br />
Please call Martyn for an appointment<br />
Latest technology<br />
Speech enhancement<br />
Noise suppression<br />
Affordable in the ear aids<br />
Free home trial before you buy<br />
I’M HERE TO SOLVE<br />
YOUR HEARING PROBLEMS<br />
Martyn Bowles RHAD MSHAA<br />
Nursing Home<br />
01590 648000<br />
enquiry@stgeorgescare.co.uk<br />
Nursing Home<br />
A higher ratio of qualified nursing staff to<br />
ensure the very best 24 hour nursing care<br />
***<br />
Excellent cuisine from our award winning chefs<br />
***<br />
Residents enjoy regular and stimulating<br />
activities and outings provided<br />
by our dedicated team<br />
***<br />
Warm, friendly and welcoming atmosphere<br />
***<br />
Ambulance and wheelchair transport available<br />
St. George’s<br />
www.stgeorgescare.co.uk<br />
Home Care<br />
01590 644258<br />
homecare@stgeorgescare.co.uk<br />
Home Care<br />
Personal Care (including bathing,<br />
showering, toileting & dressing)<br />
***<br />
Cleaning, laundry & shopping<br />
***<br />
Meal preparation<br />
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Companionship and Support<br />
***<br />
Assistance with appointments,<br />
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***<br />
Night visits, sleep-ins & live-in care<br />
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<strong>The</strong><br />
SMUGGLERS<br />
INN<br />
Food served 12 noon - 9.30pm<br />
Large garden & play area<br />
Families Welcome<br />
Well kept real ales<br />
Dogs welcome<br />
Sunday roasts<br />
Lots of character<br />
Comfy sofas<br />
Open fires<br />
Great welcome<br />
Home cooked food<br />
Excellent selection of wine & beer<br />
Part of <strong>The</strong> Hare & Hounds, Sway<br />
88 High Street, Milford-on-Sea, Lymington SO41 0QE<br />
Tel: 01590 644414<br />
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MCV NEWS<br />
www.milfordcv.org<br />
PLEASURE GROUNDS<br />
FOOTPATHS<br />
Each year during the winter months the Parish<br />
Council and MCV work in partnership to repair<br />
and upgrade the footpaths throughout the<br />
woodland.<br />
Users of the paths often stop and talk to<br />
Graham and Jason (Parish Council) and our<br />
band of happy MCV volunteers to express their<br />
appreciation of the work being undertaken.<br />
Many hundreds of metres of gravel boards first<br />
have to be staked in place before tonnes of<br />
footpath gravel can be added.<br />
Graham<br />
Wells –<br />
Parish<br />
Clerk<br />
Martin Gretton leading these projects we<br />
manage to protect the footpaths from being<br />
eroded.<br />
Martin Gretton and MCV Revetment Team<br />
Newly<br />
appointed<br />
Parish<br />
Council<br />
Groundsman<br />
Jason<br />
Robbins<br />
New revetment – helping save our footpaths<br />
Unseasoned logs available<br />
DANES STREAM REVETMENTS:<br />
In some locations, the Danes Stream often<br />
undercuts its banks and MCV install ‘deflectors’<br />
to redirect the water towards the centre of the<br />
stream. Some of these revetment works are<br />
mammoth undertakings but with willing<br />
volunteers and MCV retired civil engineer<br />
Steve or Lorraine Mabbett<br />
lorrainemabbett@sky.com<br />
(01590) 381255 or<br />
(07543) 901324<br />
or<br />
keithmetcalf@btinternet.com<br />
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To advertise please contact:<br />
Jacqui<br />
E: Info@lymingtondirectory.co.uk<br />
T: 01590 643969/07801 562358<br />
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T: 01590 637088,<br />
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A Message from the Befriendee<br />
My befriender has helped me to face<br />
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01590 674532<br />
FOR ALL YOUR DOUBLE GLAZING NEEDS<br />
• Misted & broken units replaced<br />
• Broken hinges & handles<br />
• Patio door rollers<br />
• Locks for windows & doors<br />
• Upgrade to energy efficient glass<br />
• Fire escape hinges<br />
• Perished window & door rubber<br />
gaskets & seals<br />
• Cat flaps & letter plates<br />
• Supply & fit new windows, doors<br />
& conservatories<br />
• Fully insured<br />
Please call Vinny for a free, no obligation quote<br />
T: 023 8084 2288 M: 07802 657 771<br />
E: hampshirewindowservices@gmail.com<br />
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THE<br />
• Foggy, misted, broken double<br />
glazed units replaced in UPVC<br />
& aluminium<br />
• Door & window locks<br />
• Hinges & handles<br />
• Patio rollers<br />
• Upgrade to energy efficient glass<br />
• Fire escape hinges<br />
• Draughts & leaks<br />
• Perished window & door rubber<br />
gaskets<br />
• Cat flaps & letter plates<br />
• Supply and install windows, doors<br />
and conservatories<br />
• Local family business<br />
• Fully insured<br />
• Established 35 years<br />
07500 110 464<br />
Email: pauldgd1@gmail.com<br />
HARFIELD<br />
MOTOR SERVICES<br />
Established 1971<br />
SERVICING AND REPAIRS<br />
TO ALL MAKES OF CARS<br />
MOT TEST CENTRE<br />
QUALITY USED CARS AVAILABLE<br />
WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON<br />
PERSONAL SERVICE<br />
7 High Street, Milford-on-Sea<br />
Tel: 01590 642261<br />
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Holland’s<br />
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<strong>The</strong> Old Clock House - 22 High Street - Milford-on-Sea - Hampshire - SO41 0QD<br />
Parish Clerk: Graham Wells Asst. Parish Clerk: Sarah Pitt<br />
Tel: 01590 644410<br />
Website: milfordonsea.org.uk Email: milfordpc@btconnect.com<br />
<strong>April</strong>/<strong>May</strong> <strong>2019</strong><br />
Parish Council Elections<br />
Elections for new Parish Councillors are<br />
scheduled to take place on 2 nd <strong>May</strong> <strong>2019</strong>.<br />
Nomination papers will be available from<br />
the office or the website from 22nd March<br />
until 3rd <strong>April</strong>. Being a Parish Councillor is<br />
an unpaid but very rewarding role and<br />
you can make a valuable contribution to<br />
your community by becoming a Parish<br />
Councillor.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re are four main considerations if you<br />
are thinking about standing for election:<br />
1. Eligibility: If you are over 18, are a<br />
Commonwealth citizen, have lived or<br />
worked in the Parish for more than a<br />
year and are on the electoral roll, you<br />
are likely to be eligible.<br />
2. Time: Meetings are held twice a month<br />
on a Monday evening and you may be<br />
asked to contribute additional time to<br />
attending working groups and for<br />
background reading.<br />
3. Teamwork: Will I be able to accept<br />
democratically arrived at decisions<br />
which may not always align with my<br />
own thinking?<br />
4. Expertise: Having experience in any of<br />
the following areas will be useful:<br />
finance, planning, working with young<br />
people, affordable housing,<br />
environment, conservations, education,<br />
traffic management, previous<br />
experience serving on committees.<br />
Even if you have<br />
no experience in<br />
any of these<br />
things but feel<br />
you have<br />
something to<br />
give to your<br />
community and<br />
our village, this is<br />
just as important<br />
so please put<br />
your name Your Parish Needs You!<br />
forward.<br />
Full information and application forms can<br />
be found on the Parish Council website:<br />
milfordonsea.org.uk.<br />
Grounds Person Appointed<br />
<strong>The</strong> Parish Council would like to formally<br />
welcome Jason Robbins to the role of<br />
Ground Maintenance Operative for the<br />
Parish Council from 1st <strong>April</strong>. Jason has<br />
been undertaking contract work for the<br />
Parish Council for the past nine years but<br />
will now be formally employed by the<br />
Council. To carry out a range of tasks<br />
around the area.<br />
Please mention <strong>The</strong> <strong>Village</strong> <strong>Voice</strong> when responding to adverts<br />
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MOS1—Land North of School Lane<br />
Here is the Parish Council’s closing<br />
statement to the Planning Inquiry:<br />
<strong>The</strong> Parish Council represents the whole of<br />
the village – as its elected members.<br />
<strong>The</strong> rationale for the re-designation of this<br />
green belt site has been lost in the mire of<br />
viability:<br />
<strong>The</strong> site is intended for 30 houses<br />
providing 2/3 affordable dwellings and the<br />
remainder low cost homes crucially to<br />
meet local need.<br />
<strong>The</strong> village, as I have said earlier, ‘took it<br />
on the chin’ that it would lose a precious<br />
and beautiful site to help 30 families from<br />
its less privileged population to remain in<br />
the village.<br />
Now we are faced with 42 dwellings – it’s<br />
components hardly touching the locality’s<br />
housing needs.<br />
Public satisfaction with the planning<br />
process is at an all time low locally – we<br />
feel deceived and conned – a developer<br />
and landowner who profess to care about<br />
the housing needs of the locality<br />
apparently ‘needs’ to put 23 executive<br />
houses on a site especially designated for<br />
low cost housing – unbelievable and tragic<br />
as far as the residents are concerned. We<br />
find it extraordinary that our Local<br />
Planning Authority gave no regard to the<br />
planning inspector’s directives for this<br />
site – if only it had then this unhappy<br />
situation would not have arisen.<br />
We are warned that if the 30 limit was to<br />
be re-imposed or if more affordable<br />
housing was imposed on the site<br />
Pennyfarthing may walk away – the<br />
landowner would get nothing and the<br />
village would not get any affordable<br />
housing at this time. It’s tempting to say so<br />
what? Pennyfarthing is not offering to<br />
build the sort of affordable units the<br />
village needs and the Parish Council firmly<br />
believes the village would prefer to wait<br />
than to accept yet more executive houses<br />
on a development which would enable so<br />
few of the people on its Homesearch<br />
register having a chance of a home here.<br />
If the Inspector is minded to allow this<br />
appeal the Parish council will be vigorous<br />
in its pursuit of 70% truly affordable<br />
dwellings on the development and will<br />
push for those to be family rented<br />
accommodation – not just ‘a unit’ which<br />
could be a one bedroom flat – together<br />
with some shared ownership and truly low<br />
cost market houses. <strong>The</strong> provision on a<br />
site of 42 houses of 70% truly affordable<br />
dwellings which meets the local housing<br />
need would help to ameliorate the sense<br />
of betrayal that the village feels – having<br />
let this green belt site go in good faith.<br />
We encourage the Inspector to consider<br />
other issues within policy MoS1, as<br />
suggested by Mr Brown, in coming to his<br />
decision. – NFDC councillors obviously<br />
considered issues other than viability when<br />
coming to their decision to unanimously<br />
refuse the planning application. Please<br />
consider the whole of policy MoS1 – for<br />
example:<br />
<strong>The</strong> Parish Council opposes the location of<br />
the car park. We acknowledge that<br />
Pennyfarthing can win the argument that<br />
they are providing parking for recreational<br />
amenity – but let’s not kid ourselves – it’s<br />
no good as a ‘drop off’. First, few children<br />
are ‘dropped off’: our younger children<br />
are handed to teachers and handed back<br />
to a parent at the end of the day – that<br />
means parking for those not able to walk<br />
to school. <strong>The</strong> older ones who may be<br />
dropped off will find the proposed ‘drop<br />
off’ point too far away and too difficult to<br />
get<br />
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into and out of. So – not really of any help<br />
to Manor Road, Knowland Drive, School<br />
Lane or the Lymington Road. This is not<br />
just a local problem and I think the majority<br />
of schools, certainly in this area and I am<br />
sure further afield, have similar<br />
problems. We do not have a solution – but<br />
we cannot pretend that this car park in this<br />
location with its entrance on a bend will do<br />
very much to help the school parking.<br />
<strong>The</strong> expectation was that the car park/drop<br />
off point would be located at the southern<br />
end of the site but of course where it has<br />
been located does help to fit in 42 houses<br />
rather than 30 as does the relocation of the<br />
play park from the housing development<br />
onto the land to be ‘given’ to the Parish<br />
Council. We have been informed by the<br />
school that it is not happy with the<br />
proximity of the houses or the distance of<br />
the ‘drop off’ point from the school.<br />
<strong>The</strong> eastern exit from the site will take cars<br />
logically into Lymore Valley and thence to<br />
the Everton junction via narrow rural lanes<br />
rather than driving through the estate and<br />
then having to turn right onto the B3058.<br />
Lymore Valley residents are very concerned<br />
about this since many of these lanes are<br />
very narrow.<br />
This is not a case of the Parish Council<br />
being against development per se – on the<br />
contrary we would welcome an application<br />
that addresses the needs of our local<br />
people. This application does not address<br />
those needs and we therefore request that<br />
the decision to refuse permission be upheld.<br />
No compromise should be considered on<br />
this site until other options have been<br />
explored.<br />
<strong>The</strong> outcome of the appeal will be reported<br />
in the next edition.<br />
MOS2—Local Plan Review<br />
<strong>The</strong> parish council will represent the village<br />
on the following dates at the planning<br />
Inspector’s Examination of the District<br />
Council’s proposals<br />
• Friday 7 th June (<strong>The</strong> Green Belt)<br />
• Wednesday 3 rd July (Protecting the<br />
Environment)<br />
• Friday 5 th July (SS7 Land north of Manor<br />
Road, Milford-on-Sea)<br />
We will let you know the outcome but in<br />
the meantime keep an eye on Parish<br />
noticeboards and the website for more<br />
details nearer the time.<br />
Thank you to Keith and Dave<br />
<strong>The</strong> Parish Council would like to say thank<br />
you to long-standing contractor Keith<br />
Mitchell for his hard work and dedication<br />
to maintaining parish property over many<br />
years.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Parish Council would also like to<br />
acknowledge the efforts of Dave Golledge<br />
in refurbishing the memorial benches to<br />
such an excellent standard around the<br />
village. Dave will continue to help the<br />
Parish Council in the ongoing work in the<br />
Pleasure Grounds.<br />
How to report a pothole or fallen tree<br />
<strong>The</strong>re is a quick way of reporting potholes,<br />
fallen trees and other issues to the County<br />
Council – just visit their website:<br />
www.hants.gov.uk and click on the<br />
“Report a road problem”. You can then<br />
select from a variety of issues including<br />
potholes, flooding or fallen trees.<br />
Please mention <strong>The</strong> <strong>Village</strong> <strong>Voice</strong> when responding to adverts<br />
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Commemorative Trees & Benches<br />
If you would like to remember a loved one<br />
or commemorate a significant life event,<br />
then why not sponsor a fruit tree in the<br />
• Milford Primary School—Microbit<br />
project<br />
• MoSHRs—Cornwallis Remembered<br />
Event.<br />
• <strong>Village</strong> Library<br />
• Keyhaven War memorial repairs<br />
See SID<br />
<strong>The</strong> Parish Council has now taken delivery<br />
of the Speed Indicator Unit (SID) as<br />
previously reported in earlier editions. <strong>The</strong><br />
Council has applied to the County Council<br />
for a number of locations where it can be<br />
placed. Watch out for it (and your speed) .<br />
new Community Meadow? Alternatively,<br />
there are a number of pre-sponsored<br />
Memorial Benches at various locations<br />
around Milford and Keyhaven which are<br />
now available to new sponsors. For more<br />
details contact the Parish Office (644410).<br />
Grant Awards 2018-19<br />
<strong>The</strong> Parish Council has awarded nearly<br />
£4000 to a variety of local groups and<br />
organisations this year. <strong>The</strong> grants can<br />
make a huge difference to a small group<br />
and if you know of any local organisation<br />
whose work helps Milford/ Keyhaven<br />
residents, download a copy of the criteria<br />
and application form from the “grants”<br />
page of our website. Here are some of the<br />
recipients of this years’ funds:<br />
• Milford Dementia Action Group<br />
• Citizens'’ Advice Bureau<br />
• New Forest Disability<br />
• <strong>Village</strong> Association<br />
• Mos Charitable Trust<br />
• Compass Counselling<br />
• Community Care<br />
Group<br />
Next meetings<br />
Planning - Monday 8th <strong>April</strong>, 13th <strong>May</strong><br />
and 3rd June.<br />
Parish Council - Monday 15th <strong>April</strong>, 7th<br />
<strong>May</strong> and 17th June.<br />
All meetings are in the <strong>Village</strong> Hall, Park<br />
Lane at 6.30pm. Agendas will be available<br />
from the website 5 working days in<br />
advance.<br />
Annual Parish Meeting<br />
<strong>The</strong> next Annual Public Parish Meeting will<br />
be held on Monday 20th <strong>May</strong> at 7.30pm at<br />
All Saints Church Hall. Come along and ask<br />
questions of your Parish Councillors and<br />
find out more about your Parish Council<br />
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WILDLIFE MATTERS ……... to all of us<br />
RSPB – ‘Hope Farm’ Project<br />
This article is the first of two about ‘Re-wilding/<br />
Farmland’ projects. Three-quarters of the UK is<br />
farmland. Farmland birds have fallen between<br />
1970 and the present day by 54%. Turtle Dove<br />
numbers plummeted by 97%, Grey Partridge by<br />
92% and Corn Bunting by 91%.<br />
In 2000, I was privileged to be a founder<br />
member of the RSPB Hope Farm project, a 450<br />
acre arable farm in Knapwell, Cambridgeshire.<br />
<strong>The</strong> project was designed to demonstrate that<br />
farming for wildlife can work and yet still be<br />
profitable. In part, wildlife has declined<br />
because of the removal of hedgerows and<br />
planting crops right up to boundary edges thus,<br />
removing the last areas for wild flowers and<br />
insects to flourish.<br />
<strong>The</strong> RSPB purchased Hope Farm to research and<br />
demonstrate management techniques which<br />
could be followed by other farmers. Nearly<br />
twenty years later the experimental farming<br />
project has realised many key aspirations.<br />
Skylark: 2010 - 10 territories. 2015 - 43.<br />
<strong>The</strong> increase is put down to the use of Skylark<br />
plots i.e. land left free of crops to create safe<br />
areas where birds could breed.<br />
Yellowhammer: 2010 - 14 territories, 2015 - 35<br />
territories. 2000/01 - peak winter count - 2.<br />
2015/16 - 723<br />
Turtle Dove: Since 1995 numbers have dropped<br />
by 94%.<br />
Owing to<br />
loss of<br />
habitat e.g.<br />
hedgerows,<br />
scrub and<br />
woodland,<br />
crucial in<br />
providing<br />
nesting<br />
sites. Low<br />
open<br />
Turtle Dove<br />
vegetation<br />
with an abundance of weed seeds is also<br />
required as is fresh water to drink.<br />
England’s ‘Farmland Bird Index’ (FBI) has<br />
dropped by around 10% since 2000. Hope<br />
Farm’s increased in 2015 by 174% from 2000<br />
levels.<br />
Winter Bird Counts: In 2000 the maximum<br />
winter count was 308. In 2015, it had increased<br />
to 2,542.<br />
<strong>The</strong> three essential ingredients to increasing<br />
farmland birds:<br />
• Safe nesting places<br />
• Food in spring/summer for growing chicks and<br />
• Food and shelter over the winter.<br />
Marbled White butterfly<br />
Butterflies: 2015 - Numbers up by 223% from<br />
2000 levels. <strong>The</strong> increase is put down to more<br />
wild flowers along the edges of fields that<br />
provide both food and plants that provide egglaying<br />
niches for the butterflies.<br />
Bumblebees: <strong>The</strong> farm has three times as many<br />
bumblebees as a nearby farm which doesn’t<br />
have so many wild flowers.<br />
Conclusion: <strong>The</strong> RSPB farming experiment tells<br />
us that not only can a lot be done for wildlife<br />
but the farm can also remain viable.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re’s ‘Hope’ yet.<br />
Further information from:<br />
Keith Metcalf – MCV Conservation Officer<br />
(01590) 645825 or (07771) 918449 or email<br />
keithmetcalf@btinternet.com<br />
www.milfordcv.org<br />
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Kerry Richardson<br />
<strong>The</strong>re are more than 6 million cohabiting<br />
couples in the UK and the number is rising.<br />
According to Office for National Statistics (ONS)<br />
figures, one in eight people aged 16 and over in<br />
England and Wales are currently living together,<br />
a number that's risen for the past 15 years in a<br />
row.<br />
If you are co-habiting, you do not have the<br />
same rights as a married couple; and contrary<br />
to popular belief, there is no such thing as a<br />
‘common-law marriage’.<br />
However, despite how common an occurrence<br />
it now is, problems can arise frequently for<br />
these couples upon death or separation. <strong>The</strong>se<br />
can include:-<br />
- If one cohabiting partner dies without<br />
leaving a will, the surviving partner will not<br />
automatically inherit anything owned<br />
solely by their partner. Cohabiting partners<br />
are not recognised under the Intestacy<br />
rules which are statutory instrument that<br />
governs the situation of someone dying<br />
without a Will. <strong>The</strong>refore although it may<br />
have been the Deceased partners wish for<br />
them to inherit, without a Will, it would<br />
actually be inherited by the family of the<br />
Deceased.<br />
- Cohabiting partners cannot access their<br />
partner's bank account if they die.<br />
- Cohabiting partners receive none of the<br />
tax reliefs and exemptions that spouses<br />
and civil partners enjoy, including<br />
pensions.<br />
- An unmarried mother is automatically the<br />
sole guardian of a child born outside of<br />
marriage and has sole custody, that is not<br />
always the case with unmarried fathers<br />
and problems may arise if there is no Will<br />
dealing with the issue of guardianship.<br />
Cohabiting Couples<br />
- If you are the unmarried partner of a<br />
tenant, you have no rights to stay in the<br />
accommodation if you are asked to leave.<br />
- If you jointly own a property registered at<br />
the Land Registry you are entitled to your<br />
share. However, if your partner is reluctant<br />
to sell the property, you may be obliged to<br />
obtain a court order to sell it.<br />
- If you separate there is no obligation to<br />
support each other financially. An<br />
unmarried partner who stays at home to<br />
care for children cannot make any claims in<br />
their own right for property, maintenance<br />
or pension-sharing<br />
- If when you bought the property you put<br />
in differing amounts of deposit this may<br />
not be reflected in the ownership<br />
registered with the Land Registry and a<br />
Declaration of Trust should be considered.<br />
A Declaration of Trust, also known as a<br />
Deed of Trust, is a legally-binding<br />
document that records the financial<br />
arrangements between joint owners of a<br />
property, and/or anyone else who has a<br />
financial interest in the property.<br />
What can Heppenstalls do to help?<br />
- Will preparation settling the property and<br />
also dealing with Guardianship issues<br />
- Wills made in contemplation of Marriage<br />
- Prenuptial agreements<br />
- Cohabitation agreements<br />
- Declarations of Trust<br />
If you concerned about these issues,<br />
Heppenstalls can help you explore the issues in<br />
a friendly and informal way. If you would like to<br />
make an appointment, or to talk to our team<br />
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but I don’t like it when she wins!<br />
0796 831177<br />
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Ocean Cars & Milford Cars<br />
Long Distance Specialist<br />
Available in Milford-on-Sea<br />
Airports | Docks | Stations | Hospitals<br />
Saloons, Estates, MPVs and 7 - Seater<br />
No Hidden Charges<br />
Lady Driver available on request<br />
Hampshire Travel Vouchers acceptable<br />
Telephone - 01590 678 325<br />
oceancars@icloud.com<br />
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PUZZLES<br />
Across<br />
1. Aromatic herb (5)<br />
4. Vehicle framework<br />
(7)<br />
8. West Germanic<br />
language (7)<br />
9. Main artery of the<br />
body (5)<br />
10. Catapult (9)<br />
13. US TV corporation<br />
(inits) (3)<br />
14. Smart frock<br />
suitable for formal<br />
social occasions<br />
(8,5)<br />
17. Unit of sound<br />
intensity (3)<br />
18. Study of the<br />
physical properties<br />
of sound (9)<br />
22. Pandemonium (5)<br />
23. Place of complete<br />
bliss, delight and<br />
peace (7)<br />
25. Device that causes<br />
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD<br />
something to be<br />
removed or to drop<br />
out (7)<br />
26. Triangular part of a<br />
wall (5)<br />
Down<br />
1. Polishes, gives a<br />
shine to (5)<br />
2. Travel on the piste<br />
(3)<br />
3. Mendacious (5)<br />
4. Brightly-coloured<br />
seashell (5)<br />
5. Made more fit for a<br />
particular purpose<br />
(7)<br />
6. Vast plain and<br />
National Park in<br />
Tanzania (9)<br />
7. Spiritualists'<br />
meetings (7)<br />
11. Put the blame on,<br />
incriminate (9)<br />
12. Style of popular<br />
music originating in<br />
Jamaica (3)<br />
14. Booth (7)<br />
15. Passage (7)<br />
16. Moldovan<br />
monetary unit (3)<br />
19. Proprietor (5)<br />
20. Gesture involving<br />
the shoulders (5)<br />
21. Dry white Italian<br />
wine from Verona<br />
(5)<br />
24. Liturgical<br />
vestment worn by<br />
a priest (3)<br />
CODEWORD<br />
Each letter in this puzzle is<br />
represented by a number<br />
between 1 and 26. <strong>The</strong><br />
codes for three letters are<br />
shown. As you find the<br />
letters enter them in the box<br />
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Call on 07496 570387 or 01590 615566<br />
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Mat Watson Property Services<br />
For all your property needs<br />
Fences - Sheds - Jet Washing<br />
General DIY - Gutter Cleaning<br />
Gardening & Hedge work<br />
Interior & Exterior Painting<br />
Flat pack Furniture<br />
01425 620678 07712 641714<br />
matwatsonps@gmail.com<br />
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COMMUNITY CARERS REQUIRED<br />
Excellent Pay & Benefits<br />
Do you want to be part of our highly skilled Palliative<br />
Care and Social Care Team working in the<br />
community?<br />
Do you want to benefit from the following?<br />
• Guaranteed minimum<br />
hourly rate of £8.95 with a<br />
scale going up to £9.54<br />
• Excellent enhancements<br />
for weekends and unsociable<br />
hours, with an<br />
additional 30% for evenings<br />
and Saturdays, and<br />
60% on Sundays<br />
• Travel time paid at your<br />
hourly rate<br />
• Guaranteed hours with an<br />
option of a fixed shift pattern<br />
or flexible hours<br />
• Paid Training.<br />
• Uniform provided.<br />
• Paid DBS checks.<br />
• Realistic Travel Time between<br />
clients.<br />
• Life Assurance/Employee<br />
Assistance Programme<br />
• Health Cash Plan<br />
If you want to be part of our team, please contact<br />
HR on; hradmin@oakhavenhospice.co.uk<br />
or Tel: 01590 646443<br />
You care for our patients and we care for you.<br />
Oakhaven Care is a domiciliary care agency providing high<br />
quality health & social care to clients within the New Forest area.<br />
All profits from the agency will be re-invested into local charity,<br />
Oakhaven Hospice Trust.<br />
Successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS<br />
check<br />
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In the Garden<br />
with Alan Edmondson of<br />
Bowercot Garden Design<br />
<strong>April</strong>/<strong>May</strong><br />
Gardening Tips<br />
• Plant new containerised roses and keep well watered if the weather is dry.<br />
• Dormant dahlia tubers can be planted out towards the end of the month.<br />
• Beware of buying half-hardy annuals too early. We can still have frosty nights.<br />
• Clean up marginal plants in the pond early in the month.<br />
• Earth up early potatoes when stems are about eight inches tall and repeat about<br />
three weeks later. Maincrop potatoes should be planted by the end of the month.<br />
• If frost is forecast protect blossom on fruit trees and bushes with fleece.<br />
• Alpines should be flowering well. After flowering trim plants such as aubretias and<br />
mossy saxifrages to promote fresh, compact growth.<br />
• After heavy rain apply a two inch mulch between shrubs and border plants to<br />
conserve moisture.<br />
• Remove dead leaves from plants of Cordyline australis. Pull them off starting with the<br />
bottom ones.<br />
• Erect a screen of fleece eighteen inches high, around rows of young carrots to protect<br />
them from carrot root fly.<br />
• Prepare well manured planting holes for marrows, pumpkins or courgettes. Buy in<br />
young plants and plant out later in the month.<br />
• Pot up and keep a few plants of African marigold in the greenhouse with tomatoes –<br />
they will act as a deterrent to whitefly infestation.<br />
Alan Edmondson of Bowercot Garden<br />
Design, Lymington, is a regular<br />
contributor to BBC Radio Solent’s ‘<strong>The</strong><br />
Kitchen Garden’ formerly ‘<strong>The</strong> Good Life’.<br />
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25 High Street, Milford-on-Sea,<br />
Lymington, SO41 0QF<br />
01590 644486<br />
Open: Monday - Saturday<br />
10am - 5pm<br />
www.timeandtidefashions.co.uk<br />
Follow us<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Village</strong> News<br />
Traditional Newsagent<br />
Mark Cummings & Family<br />
National Lottery Outlet - Newsagent<br />
Local Information Point<br />
Open Mon - Sat: 6.30am - 5.00pm<br />
Sunday: 6.30am - 1.00pm<br />
74 High Street, Milford-on-Sea<br />
01590 645595<br />
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LOCAL NOTICEBOARD<br />
Milford’s 19th<br />
ANNUAL PLANT FAIR<br />
<strong>Village</strong> Green<br />
Saturday 18th <strong>May</strong> 8.30-1.30pm<br />
20-30 Plant Stalls from local nurseries<br />
and many other plant related items<br />
Free Entry<br />
Net proceeds to charity<br />
For Information:<br />
Jenny 01425 837763<br />
www.milfordgarfdenersclub.co.uk<br />
RNLI<br />
Monday 6th <strong>May</strong><br />
SOUVENIR STALL, <strong>May</strong> Day Fayre, <strong>Village</strong> Green<br />
Friday 17th <strong>May</strong><br />
BINGO with FISH & CHIP SUPPER (Ticket Event)<br />
All Saints’ Church Hall—7pm<br />
MILFORD ON<br />
SEA U3A<br />
Tues <strong>April</strong> 2nd: ‘It’s<br />
a Hard Life’, Life &<br />
Ship Building at Bucklers<br />
Hard. Eileen Spratt<br />
Tues <strong>May</strong> 7th: ‘Artificial<br />
Intelligence’, Ray Thompson<br />
Milford-on-Sea Community<br />
Centre, Sea Road, 2 p.m.<br />
Visitors £3.<br />
Super Sunday<br />
<strong>Village</strong> Charity<br />
Shop<br />
Clearance with prices<br />
from just £1<br />
24th March<br />
10am to 4.30 pm<br />
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Milford Befrienders<br />
T: 01590 637088,<br />
E:befrienders@steveanderton.com<br />
Milford on Sea WI<br />
<strong>Village</strong> Community Centre<br />
7pm, 2nd Wednesday of the month<br />
except August<br />
10th <strong>April</strong>: Stunt Work<br />
15th <strong>May</strong>: Annual meeting<br />
E: jancollinsdesigns@yahoo.co.uk<br />
W: www.milfordonseawi.co.uk<br />
MILFORD GARDENERS’<br />
CLUB<br />
Milford Community Centre<br />
7.30pm,Doors open at 7pm<br />
<strong>April</strong> 17th: Drought Plants, Janette Merillion<br />
<strong>May</strong> 15th: All there is to know about orchid<br />
production at the nursery, Malcolm Gregory<br />
Double H Nursery, New Milton<br />
Details of this and our programme for the<br />
year can be found on our website<br />
www.milfordgardenersclub.co.uk<br />
MILFORD ON SEA STAMP CLUB<br />
9th <strong>April</strong>: Mike Chaplin, Winter<br />
Sports<br />
14th <strong>May</strong>: AGM, followed by<br />
Bring, Buy & Swap<br />
Meetings held at<br />
the Guide Hut,<br />
Sea Road<br />
2pm<br />
A Message from a Befriender<br />
We do lot’s of things together and have a<br />
good laugh. I feel so good that I can<br />
make a real difference to the life of<br />
another person. It has been really<br />
interesting to get to know someone who<br />
I would not normally have come into<br />
contact with. I thoroughly enjoy being a<br />
befriender<br />
FRIDAY LUNCH CLUB<br />
For those on their own<br />
At MILFORD BAPTIST CHURCH<br />
booking is essential<br />
Please call 01590 645800<br />
before the previous Friday to book your place<br />
Milford on Sea<br />
Recorded Music Society<br />
<strong>April</strong> 12th David Scourse AGM A Balanced<br />
Presentation<br />
<strong>April</strong> 26th Pat Cuzner English Gems<br />
<strong>May</strong> 10th Mike Ward Partners<br />
<strong>May</strong> 24th Denis Rothwell<br />
Further information please contact Andy<br />
Clark: 01590 643249 or David Scourse 01590<br />
645365<br />
Milford - on - Sea Whist Club<br />
We meet every Thursday at the <strong>Village</strong> Hall,<br />
Park Road.<br />
Doors open: 1.45pm Play<br />
starts: 2pm<br />
It costs £2 for the<br />
scorecard<br />
Why not come along and<br />
join us for a game?<br />
Linda Cooper<br />
01590 644571 lincooper@btinternet.com<br />
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<strong>April</strong> 15th :Foreigners in<br />
London 1520-1677<br />
<strong>May</strong> 20th: <strong>The</strong> Pre-Raphaelites<br />
For more information about<br />
joining, call Adrian, our<br />
Chairman, on 01590 645421<br />
Life After Stroke or Brain Injury<br />
Are you a stroke survivor or have you suffered a brain<br />
injury? Would you like to try new activities? Ferndown<br />
Leisure Centre have teamed up with <strong>The</strong> New Forest<br />
Paddle Sport Company, to offer stand up paddle boarding<br />
and kayaking to stroke survivors. Why not book in, to try<br />
these sports, with fully qualified instructors? As long as<br />
you are happy to be in the water and don’t mind falling in,<br />
the rest is easy. If you would like to add your name to the<br />
list for other trial activities, or to book onto this one,<br />
please contact Jo mail:joannesinclair@pfpleisure.org or<br />
call 01202 877468.<br />
Milford Historical Record Society<br />
<strong>May</strong> 30th : Calshot—a place in time<br />
All Saints’ Church Hall 7.45pm (doors open 7.15pm)<br />
For more information please contact:<br />
Christopher Hobby 01590 645164<br />
Tickets -<br />
www.christchurchpriory.org.<br />
Booking office Tel 01202 485804<br />
Milford on Sea<br />
Youth Club<br />
Facebook:<br />
mosyouthclub T:01590 644861<br />
Community Centre.<br />
Time: 6.30pm - 8.30pm<br />
Mondays for Seniors aged 13 to 16<br />
Tuesdays for Juniors aged 10 to 13<br />
Activities include: table tennis,<br />
football, badminton, games<br />
console, cooking, craft, dance,<br />
painting and more.<br />
mosyouth@hotmail.com<br />
Do you have a bit of time to spare this summer? Do<br />
you want to protect your local environment? Do you<br />
like being outside in the fresh air?<br />
If so, come and join our friendly group of volunteers<br />
and help Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust control the non-native plant<br />
called Himalayan balsam which is invading riverbanks in the New Forest area.<br />
<strong>The</strong> plants are easy to pull up and it’s great fun but might be a bit muddy so bring<br />
your wellies!<br />
For details of volunteer work parties this summer in the New Forest area, please<br />
contact Catherine Chatters the New Forest Non-Native Plants Officer at<br />
Catherine.Chatters@hiwwt.org.uk or call 07770 923315.<br />
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Photo BY Ashley Basil<br />
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McLellan Hall, Lymington Community<br />
Centre, 7pm for 7:30 start Visitors most<br />
welcome. Contact 01425 613684<br />
or visit: w.railwayclubofthenewforest.org<br />
<strong>April</strong> 26th AGM/<strong>The</strong> Severn Railway Bridge<br />
Disaster 1960.<br />
<strong>May</strong> 31st Shillingstone Station Project.<br />
APRIL WALKS<br />
Tues 9th 10.30am<br />
Thurs 25th 10.00am<br />
Everton Rambling Club<br />
Merv : 01590 642509<br />
mervhughes@me.com<br />
Contact Mervyn for walk details<br />
MAY WALKS<br />
Tues 7th 10.30am<br />
Mon 24th 1.30pm<br />
(Everton Art Festival Photographic Walk)<br />
A 5 MILE WALK USUALLY TAKES BETWEEN<br />
TWO AND THREE HOURS<br />
Health Walks Milford on Sea<br />
Do join us for a free, led, group walk lasting<br />
up to 90 minutes. Our walks are designed<br />
to encourage wellbeing, whilst enjoying the<br />
company of others. <strong>The</strong> group meet at the<br />
Community Centre Café, Sea Road, Milford-<br />
On-Sea SO41 0PH on Fridays at 10.15 am.<br />
Information: www.cfnf.org.uk/healthy-walks<br />
Marcella House Tel:02380 841341<br />
Or just turn up on the day: Fridays 10.15am<br />
Bridge Club<br />
We meet twice a week at the Baptist<br />
Church Hall, Wayside Close, Barnes Lane.<br />
Mondays: 1.45pm to 5pm<br />
Wednesdays: 6.45pm to 10pm.<br />
Everyone welcome.<br />
Terry Kirkpatrick at:-<br />
drterrykirkpatrick@gmail.com<br />
07977110473<br />
Lunch Club Milford on Sea Methodist<br />
Church<br />
lunch club<br />
If you live on your own then you will be<br />
most welcome<br />
12.30pm: 2nd & 4th Thursday in each month<br />
To book your place or for more details<br />
please call Margaret on<br />
01590 641189<br />
Milford Green Club<br />
is part of the Brendon Care group, a charity<br />
which runs clubs for older people in<br />
Hampshire and Dorset.. <strong>The</strong> Club has been<br />
running for eleven years this month. We<br />
meet twice a month on the 2nd and 4th<br />
Tuesday afternoon at 2.00 pm at the<br />
Community Centre.<br />
It is run by the same group of volunteers as<br />
when it started, plus one new volunteer. We<br />
have speakers on a wide range of subjects,<br />
interspersed with the occasional quiz<br />
afternoon. <strong>The</strong> cost is £4.00 per session. We<br />
always end with tea and cakes. Please contact<br />
me for further information:<br />
valerie.new26@gmail.com<br />
We meet to make lace & chat about what is<br />
happening in the lacemaking world.<br />
<strong>April</strong> 5th, <strong>May</strong> 3rd, 2– 4pm<br />
£3 per session<br />
Barton-on-Sea Methodist Church Lounge,<br />
Parkinson’s UK New Forest<br />
01590 672951<br />
Meet at Boldre War Memorial Hall in Pilley<br />
3rd Thurs of each month 2pm - 4.30pm<br />
(except December)<br />
Gentle Chair Based Exercise<br />
For Parkinson’s sufferers Tuesday 10.30am<br />
Contact Roni: 01590 688 887<br />
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Milford Hospital League of Friends<br />
every Tuesday 9am - 1pm<br />
at Milford War Memorial Hospital<br />
Friendly and discreet.<br />
Donations gratefully received<br />
Phone: Anna 01590 643376<br />
or Wanda 07815 598950<br />
Milford Community Library<br />
Opening times:<br />
Mon, Tues 2.30 – 5.00pm<br />
Wed, Thurs, Fri 10.00 am – 12.30pm<br />
Saturday opening has now been discontinued<br />
apart from special events.<br />
APRIL<br />
Mon 1 st : Pre-school reading 2.00 – 2.30 p.m.<br />
Sat 6th: 10.00 – 12.30<br />
On this Saturday in 2015 our Community Library<br />
came into being. Come and help us<br />
celebrate 0ur 4 th Birthday at this Special Coffee<br />
morning.<br />
School Hols: 8th – 22nd – no story time/preschool<br />
reading<br />
Tues 16th: Milford Community Reading Group<br />
1.30 – 3.30 p.m.<br />
Tues 23rd: Storytime with Sheila, 3.30 – 4 p.m.<br />
Wed 24th: Cards and Craft afternoon with Ruth,<br />
£5 including materials and refreshments<br />
Mon 29th: 2.00 – 2.30 p.m. Pre-school Reading<br />
MAY<br />
Monday 6 th – Early <strong>May</strong> Bank holiday<br />
Support the Library by enjoying our small cakes<br />
for sale on the <strong>Village</strong> Green!<br />
Mon 13th: 2.00 – 2.30 Pre-school Reading<br />
Tues 14th: Storytime with Sheila , 3.30 – 4 p.m.<br />
Sat 18th: Visit the Library stall at the Plant Fair.<br />
Mon 20th: Pre-school Reading, 2.00 – 2.30 pm.<br />
Tues 21st: Milford Community Reading Group –<br />
1.30 -3.30 p.m<br />
Wed 22nd: Tea & Quiz, 2 – 4 p.m. £3 incl<br />
refreshments.<br />
Milford Floral Art Club<br />
National Flower Arranging Day<br />
3rd <strong>May</strong>, <strong>2019</strong><br />
Once again this year we will be<br />
celebrating by providing and leaving<br />
"Lonely Bouquets" around the <strong>Village</strong> for<br />
members of the public to pick up and take<br />
home to enjoy. Each one will have a<br />
label attached with our Club's details - we<br />
would ask that you let us know where<br />
these little bouquets end up.<br />
So, don't forget - Friday 3rd <strong>May</strong> - look<br />
out for our gifts to you!!!!!<br />
Sheila Quinney 01590 641867<br />
Contact for tickets and information:<br />
programme@milfordfloralartclub.org.uk<br />
tel. no. 01590 641296.<br />
COFFEE POP-IN<br />
<strong>Village</strong> Hall, Park Road<br />
on Thursdays 10.30am - 12 noon<br />
Coffee, friendship & a warm welcome<br />
Donations to Naomi House<br />
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Milford-on-Sea Dementia Action Group<br />
Everton & Milford<br />
Activity Group<br />
We provide entertainment & afternoon tea,<br />
for people in the south of the New Forest.<br />
Milford Community Centre 9 Sea Road, Next<br />
meetings 2 nd Thurs of each month 2-4pm<br />
We are a friendly group who welcome people<br />
living with dementia, their carers, family &<br />
friends.<br />
Further<br />
Run entirely by<br />
experienced<br />
volunteers, so we<br />
ask for<br />
£2 per person<br />
information<br />
From Sandy<br />
01425 610122<br />
or Joan<br />
01425 623263<br />
MLFORD COMMUNITY CARe<br />
GROUP<br />
Happy to help!<br />
for transport to medical appointments<br />
Call 01590 641700<br />
Milford on Sea Community Panel News<br />
<strong>The</strong> Big Info Day, organised by the Panel and<br />
Charitable Trust was a huge success. Over 50<br />
organisations had stands and well over 300<br />
people came to see what Milford<br />
has on offer. If you missed it,<br />
you’ll find all the organisations<br />
listed in the <strong>Village</strong> Directory. You<br />
can ask for a copy in the Parish Office or see it<br />
on their website.<br />
<strong>The</strong> MOS Charitable Trust, which supports the<br />
Panel and a number of voluntary groups, will<br />
be holding their AGM on <strong>April</strong> 16th at 6pm in<br />
the Community Centre Cafe. If you would like<br />
to come along please contact Jenny Whitley<br />
jenny@whitleyonsea.net<br />
MoS Dementia Action Group are supporting a<br />
new initiative run by Memory Works -<br />
Cognitive Stimulation <strong>The</strong>rapy<br />
Service for people living with<br />
dementia. <strong>The</strong> aim is to improve<br />
quality of life by getting people’s<br />
minds active and engaged, in a small, friendly<br />
and enjoyable group setting. Partners/carers<br />
are invited to stay and enjoy a coffee together.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re is a charge of £10.00 per session. If you<br />
are interested in finding out more please<br />
contact Elena: 02380 286342 or email<br />
hello@memoryworks.org.uk<br />
Date for your diary! We are holding a Tea<br />
Dance to celebrate Dementia Awareness Week<br />
on Sunday <strong>May</strong> 19th at 3pm in the Community<br />
Centre. We welcome people living with<br />
dementia and their partners, families and<br />
carers. Let us know if you’d like to come.<br />
Contact Lesley 01425 614981,<br />
lturnnidge@yahoo.co.uk<br />
Milford Befrienders<br />
T: 01590 637088,<br />
E:befrienders@steveanderton.com<br />
A Message from the Befriender<br />
I never expected to meet someone so<br />
incredible, I have learned so much.<br />
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Margaret Clarke<br />
Chartered Certified<br />
Accountant<br />
Personal Taxation<br />
Pensioners a speciality<br />
Home visits if required<br />
Local resident<br />
Tel: 01590 642689<br />
E-mail:<br />
m.clarke25mc@gmail.com<br />
Ellis & Co<br />
Independent Broker<br />
offering sound advice for<br />
Commercial, Liability, Household,<br />
Motor and Property insurance<br />
REAL PEOPLE - RELIABLE SERVICE<br />
Elgars Court, 17a High Street<br />
Lymington, Hants, SO41 9AB<br />
Authorised & regulated by the<br />
Financial Conduct Authority<br />
01590 673382<br />
www.ellisinsurance.co.uk<br />
robert@ellisinsurance.co.uk<br />
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USEFUL NUMBERS<br />
Emergency Services<br />
Emergency police, fire,<br />
ambulance, coastguard,<br />
Utilities<br />
Electricity<br />
Gas escapes<br />
BT Fault Line<br />
Southern Water<br />
Travel<br />
Rail Enquiries<br />
Morebus (was Wilts & Dorset)<br />
National Express<br />
Council & Government<br />
Milford Parish Council<br />
NFDC<br />
NFDC Emergency Service<br />
Hampshire CC<br />
NF National Park<br />
Police<br />
Police - Non Emergency, Anti -<br />
Social & Neighbourhood issues<br />
Crimestoppers<br />
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VILLAGE DIARY: APRIL <strong>2019</strong><br />
Date When Event & Description Where<br />
2 2pm U3A: Life & Ship Building at Bucklers Hard Community Centre<br />
3 Lonely Bouquets Around the <strong>Village</strong><br />
4 7pm Milford Movies: Peterloo Community Centre<br />
5 1pm First Friday Lunch: F.O.R.C.A. Community Centre<br />
5 7pm Lymington Choral Society - Quiz Night Community Centre<br />
6<br />
From<br />
10am<br />
Milford Hospital League of Friends Spring Fair<br />
Community Centre<br />
6 From 9am Local Producers' Market Everton Nurseries<br />
6 8pm Southern Union Chorus Concert Community Centre<br />
7 10am Conservation Task Morning Meet Studland Common Scrub block 6<br />
7 2pm Royal Opera House Live: La Forza Del Destino Community Centre<br />
9 2pm Stamp Club Guide Hut<br />
10 7pm WI: Stunt Work Community Centre<br />
11 2pm Floral Art Club All Saints' Hall<br />
11 2-4pm Carers' Café Community Centre<br />
11 7.30pm Folk Club: <strong>The</strong> Bow Legged Skeeters Community Centre<br />
12 2.15pm<br />
Milford Community Care Group : AGM and Open<br />
Day<br />
Community Centre<br />
12 2.30pm Recorded Music Society Library<br />
12 7.30pm 'For Good' Charity Concert Oakhaven Hospice Community Centre<br />
13 2-4pm Lymington Town Band Concert Community Centre<br />
13 7pm Milford Movies: Stan & Ollie Community Centre<br />
15 10am Round & About Italy: Sardegna Community Centre<br />
15 10.30am <strong>The</strong> Arts Society<br />
All Saints' Hall<br />
17 7.30pm Gardeners’ Club<br />
Community Centre<br />
17 7pm People's Poetry Community Centre<br />
18 7pm Milford Movies: First Man Community Centre<br />
21 6pm Ecumenical Church Service Community Centre<br />
25 7pm Milford Movies: A Star is Born Community Centre<br />
25 2.30pm Recorded Music Society Library<br />
26 7.30pm Jazz/Swing: Karl Charity Community Centre<br />
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VILLAGE DIARY: MAY <strong>2019</strong><br />
Date When Event & Description Where<br />
2 7pm NT Live: All about Eve Community Centre<br />
3 1pm First Friday Lunch: Christian Aid Community Centre<br />
3 7.30pm Comedy Classics - Tributes to the stars of yesteryear Community Centre<br />
4 From 9am Local Producers' Market Everton Nurseries<br />
5 10am Conservation Task Morning Meet Studland Common Scrub block 6<br />
5 2pm Royal Opera House Live: Faust Community Centre<br />
6 10am Milford <strong>May</strong> Fair <strong>Village</strong> Green<br />
7 2pm U3A: Artificial Intelligence Community Centre<br />
8 7pm RSC Live: As You Like It Community Centre<br />
9 2pm Floral Art Club All Saints' Hall<br />
9 2-4pm Carers' Café Community Centre<br />
9 7.30pm Folk Club Community Centre<br />
10 2.30pm Recorded Music Society Library<br />
11 7.30pm Hyde Band Community Centre<br />
13<br />
3pm League of Hospital Friends : AGM Community Centre<br />
14 2pm Stamp Club Guide Hut<br />
15 2pm WI: AGM Community Centre<br />
15 7pm Out of a Hat Community Centre<br />
15 7pm Gardeners’ Club Community Centre<br />
16 7.15pm Royal Ballet Live: Within the Golden Hour Community Centre<br />
17 7pm RNLI: Bingo with fish supper All Saints' Hall<br />
17 7pm Quiz Night Community Centre<br />
18 From 8.30am Milford Annual Plant Fair <strong>Village</strong> Green<br />
18 7.30pm Milford Festival - Casino Community Centre<br />
20 10.30am <strong>The</strong> Arts Society All Saints' Hall<br />
20<br />
20<br />
10am<br />
7.30pm<br />
Around and About Italy<br />
Annual Parish Meeting<br />
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23 7pm Milford Movies: Bohemian Rhapsody Community Centre<br />
24 2.30pm Recorded Music Society Library<br />
24 8pm Jazz/Swing Community Centre<br />
29 7pm NT Live: All My Sons Community Centre<br />
30 7.45pm Historical Record Society All Saints' Hall<br />
30 7.30pm Comedy Night Community Centre<br />
31 10-3pm Open Sight Exhibition Community Centre<br />
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CHURCH SERVICES<br />
St Francis of Assisi Roman Catholic Church, Park Lane, Milford-on-Sea<br />
Sunday Mass: 9am Weekday Mass: Wed 10am<br />
<strong>April</strong>/<strong>May</strong><br />
All Saints’ Church, Church Hill, Milford-on-Sea<br />
www.allsaintsmilford.co.uk<br />
Fridays 10.30 am Holy Communion<br />
<strong>April</strong><br />
7 th : 8am Holy Communion, 9.15am Tea & Toast,<br />
10am A-Live, 6pm Holy Communion with Prayers<br />
for Healing<br />
14th: 9.15am Tea & Toast, 10am Holy<br />
Communion, 6pm Evensong<br />
18 th : 7.30pm Passover Meal<br />
19 th : 10am Easter Craft Morning, 12 noon Good<br />
Friday Celebration <strong>Village</strong> Green, 2pm Reflective<br />
Service 7.30pm “<strong>The</strong> Witnesses”<br />
21 st : 8am Holy Communion, 9.15am Tea & Toast,<br />
10am Family Communion, 6pm Easter Praise (CC)<br />
28 th : 10am Holy Communion, 6pm Evening<br />
Worship<br />
<strong>May</strong><br />
5 th : 8am Holy Communion, 9.15am Tea & Toast,<br />
10am A-Live 6pm, Holy Communion with Prayers<br />
for Healing<br />
12 th : 9.15am Tea and Toast, 10am Holy<br />
Communion, 6pmChoral Evensong<br />
19 th : 8am Holy Communion, 9.15am Tea and<br />
Toast, 10am Morning Worship, 5pm Explore!<br />
26 th : 9.15am Tea & Toast, 10am Family<br />
Communion, 6pm Evening Worship<br />
Milford-on-Sea Methodist Church,<br />
108 High St, Milford-on-Sea<br />
www.milfordmethodist.org<br />
Morning Worship every Sunday at 10.45 am<br />
Minister – Revd Martin Keenan<br />
<strong>April</strong><br />
7 th 10:45 am - Holy Communion<br />
18 th 2:00 pm – Holy Communion<br />
19 th 12:00 noon – United service on the<br />
<strong>Village</strong> Green<br />
21 st 10:45 am – Holy Communion – Rev<br />
Valerie Chapman<br />
<strong>May</strong><br />
5 th 10:45 am – Holy Communion<br />
13 th 7:30 pm – Christians Together Week Of<br />
Prayer service<br />
WAYFARERS: Bible Study/Discussion Group –<br />
first Monday of each month at 10.45 am<br />
meeting at the church.<br />
LUNCH CLUB: Second and fourth Thursday<br />
each month at 12:30 pm<br />
Milford-on-Sea Baptist Church,<br />
Barnes Lane, Milford-on-Sea<br />
www.milfordonseabaptist.org.uk<br />
(01590) 645469<br />
St Mary’s Church, Branwood Close, Everton Minister – Revd David Hellsten<br />
www.allsaintsmilford.co.uk<br />
Sunday Services (Children Welcome)<br />
<strong>April</strong><br />
<strong>April</strong><br />
7 th : 10am Holy Communion<br />
7 th : 10.30am Mission Event<br />
14 th : 8am Holy Communion, 10am Morning Service (with Communion)<br />
with families in the hall<br />
14 th : 10.30am<br />
18 th :10.30am Holy Communion<br />
19 th : 10am Prayer Walk from Everton Rec,<br />
Maundy Thursday Communion 7pm<br />
Recreation Ground, 10.30am Good Friday worship, Good Friday Service 10.30am<br />
4pm Stainers Crucifixion<br />
Easter Sunday Celebration 10.30am, United<br />
21 st : 10am Holy Communion with family worship in Easter Service 6.30pm in the<br />
the hall<br />
Community centre<br />
28 th : 8am Holy Communion, 10am Family Service<br />
<strong>May</strong><br />
28 th : 10.30am, 6.00pm Communion<br />
<strong>May</strong><br />
5th: 10am Holy Communion<br />
5 th : 10.30am (with Communion)<br />
12th:8am Holy Communion, 10am Morning Service 12 th : 10.30am Jamie Campbell (SASRA)<br />
19th: 10am Holy Communion<br />
19 th : 10.30am ,6.00pm Communion<br />
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ACCOUNTING<br />
Every Cloud 7<br />
Margaret Clarke 59<br />
ARCHITECTUAL SERVICES<br />
Extension Design 45<br />
Plan it Design 44<br />
BARBERS<br />
Sears 34<br />
BATHROOM/KITCHEN/BEDROOM<br />
Flair Interiors 28<br />
K&B Installations 5<br />
Lentune Property Services 32<br />
BUILDING/PROPERTY SERVICES<br />
Ancient & Modern 62<br />
Mat Watson 49<br />
NF Home Improvements 61<br />
Paul Belton Construction 2<br />
CARE SERVICES/HOME<br />
Oakhaven Carers 50<br />
St George's 29<br />
CARPENTRY/JOINERY<br />
Andrew Day 13<br />
CARPETS<br />
John Cooper Carpets 61<br />
Lymington's Carpet Store 39<br />
CARPET/UPHOLSTERY CLEANING<br />
New Forest Carpet Clean 46<br />
CATERING<br />
Buffet Belle 7<br />
CHINMEY SWEEP<br />
Mr Sweep 27<br />
CHURCH<br />
Alpha course 59<br />
CLUBS/SOCIETIES/CHARITIES<br />
Oakhaven Carers 50<br />
COMPUTERS/WEBSITES<br />
FI Computers 65<br />
Paul Wood 15<br />
Cyber Team 45<br />
DECORATING<br />
Calico 44<br />
Catherine Perham 40<br />
Décor Aid 45<br />
Index of Advertisers<br />
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Payne & Sons 24<br />
DENTAL<br />
Dorset Denture Clinic 60<br />
Highcliffe Dental Practice 71<br />
Solent House 60<br />
DOUBLEGLAZING/REPAIRS<br />
Double Glazing Specialist 33<br />
Double Glazing Repair 39<br />
Hampshire Window Service 32<br />
DRAINAGE<br />
First Choice Plumbing 72<br />
ELECTRICIAN<br />
B&R Electrical Ltd 44<br />
Browning Electrical 39<br />
ESTATE & LETTING AGENT<br />
Collins & Butler 24<br />
Hayward Fox 26<br />
New Forest Cottages 64<br />
EVENT PLANNING<br />
Tasha Mae 52<br />
FINANCIAL ADVISOR<br />
Affinity 42<br />
FLORIST<br />
New Seasons 16<br />
FUNERAL SERVICES<br />
Tapper Funeral Service 62<br />
GARAGE DOORS<br />
Christchurch Garage Doors 33<br />
GARAGE SERVICES<br />
Harfield Motors 33<br />
GARDENING & LANDSCAPING<br />
Bowercot Garden Design 50<br />
Everton Nurseries 7<br />
GardenWorks 49<br />
Jeremy Arnold Gates 65<br />
Timber Trade 48<br />
GIFT SHOP<br />
All About You 7<br />
GROCER<br />
Holland's 34<br />
GUTTER/DRIVE CLEANING<br />
HEALTH<br />
Ally Brown Reflexolgy 34<br />
Active Nation 8<br />
Home Hearing 29<br />
Tu Sei Bella 18<br />
INSURANCE SERVICES<br />
Ellis & Co 59<br />
INTERIOR DESIGN<br />
At No 19 25<br />
LADIES FASHION<br />
Time & Tide 52<br />
LOCKSMITH<br />
New Milton Locksmith 23<br />
LOGS<br />
MCV Logs 31<br />
MOBILITY<br />
Pennington Mobility 29<br />
NEWSAGENT<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Village</strong> News 52<br />
NURSERY<br />
Hordle Explorers Nursery 14<br />
Milford Pre-School Plus 11<br />
OVEN CLEANING<br />
OvenU 45<br />
PET CARE/HOSTING<br />
Kait's Canine Care 34<br />
Sophie's Pet Care 18<br />
Sophie's Dog Holidays 50<br />
PICTURE FRAMING<br />
Picture Perfect 62<br />
PLASTERING<br />
Mike Thomas 40<br />
PLUMBING & HEATING<br />
First Choice Plumbing 72<br />
Mike Thomas 40<br />
P.A. Blake 40<br />
Stephen Harris 12<br />
RESTAURANT/HOTEL/PUB<br />
South Lawn Hotel 20<br />
<strong>The</strong> Smugglers 30<br />
SOLICITORS<br />
Dagless & Whitlock 26<br />
Heppenstalls 42<br />
TAXI<br />
Ocean Cars 46<br />
TRAVEL AGENT/HOLIDAY<br />
Downton Holiday Park 16<br />
Milford Travel 20<br />
CJ Skyvac 22<br />
Pollyanna 18<br />
<strong>The</strong> Solent Cellar<br />
New Forest Drive Clean<br />
TREE/HEDGE SPECIALIST<br />
22<br />
HAIRDRESSER<br />
Street & Parker<br />
WINE MERCHANT<br />
49<br />
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