Lymington Directory Oct/Nov 19

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Hi, 

I received some great feed back on the Green Corner article in the August magazine. Sarah & 

Kate from New Forest Transition share some more of their projects in this edition. There is 

also a recipe to try. 

We continue with the Blue Plaques Trail, with this month telling the story of the Community 

Centre. There is also a date for the diary, as the Lymington Community Association are holding 

a fundraiser - please see page 4 for details. 

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Editor: Jacqui Peacock 

Next copy deadline: 5th November 

Cover Page: Pete Gilbert 

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CONTENTS 

Local information 

Church Services 51 

Noticeboard 29-31 

Local Support 46-47 

Useful Numbers 49 

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The Village Voice (Milford On Sea Parish), 

Your Village (Hordle) or 

The Lymington Directory (SO41, 3, 8 & 9 ) 

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Articles 

Community Association Fundraiser 4 

Following the Blue Plaques trail 5 

The Green Corner 7-8 

Wilbur 10 

That Gut Feeling 13 

The Dog Walk Diet 15 

Wildlife Matters 17 

Oakhaven Christmas Fair 18 

In the Garden 23 

Our Cover Artist 27 

What’s On 33 

Travel Guide 37 

Goodbye Windows 7 

Puzzles 

43-44 & Answers 52 

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FOLLOWING THE LYMINGTON BLUE PLAQUES TRAIL 

In this regular series, Ray Mayes follows the 

Lymington Blue Plaques Trail. In each issue of 

The Lymington Directory, Ray enhances the 

detail provided in the Trail leaflet. This month 

he tells the story of The Lymington Centre. 

6. Lymington 

Community 

Centre (New Street) 

On the corner of Cannon Street, the Lymington 

Community Centre is, according to the latest 

edition of Pevsner’s The Buildings of England: 

Hampshire South, “a well-converted former 

malting, much tidied up but in the best way”. 

With a distinctive cowl on its roof, the Centre 

building originally formed part of a Malt House 

for brewing. At the time of the wars with 

Revolutionary France, many French refugees 

and Royalists (émigrés) settled in and around 

Lymington. A band of 400 émigré soldiers (the 

French Artillery), commanded by Colonel 

Rothalier, occupied the Malt House, adjacent 

stables and a long row of buildings on the 

opposite side of the road (now long 

destroyed). In June 1795, émigré soldiers 

took part in an ill-fated attempt to regain 

a foothold in France at Quiberon Bay, 

Brittany. The Quiberon Bay expedition, 

however, was unsuccessful. Poor planning 

and leadership, together with treachery 

and divided loyalties among the ranks, led 

to the attempted invasion proving to be a 

complete disaster. 

After a period of hosting French Loyalist 

refugees, the conclusion of hostilities with 

Napoleon after 1815 saw Lymington settle 

back into some quiet normality. 

The Malt House saw a variety of uses, but over 

the years the premises became increasingly 

dilapidated. In the 20th century, Edward King 

(1893-1974) recounted in his A Walk though 

Lymington: “for amusement in the town we had 

a roller skating club at the Malt Hall” on the 

concrete floors. Health & Safety now sensibly 

precludes this activity! 

After the Second World War, Lymington 

townsfolk decided to form a Community 

Association. The founder of the Lymington 

Community Association was Robert Hole, who 

was the inspiration for the project leading to 

the acquisition of The Old Malt House and ¾ 

acre site in New Street (for £1,500) and Mr. 

Hole personally buying four ex-RAF huts. From 

1946 onwards, the Malt Hall became much 

altered and the Centre has become a thriving 

hub of cultural activity, entertainment and adult 

education in Lymington. 

The Community Centre was up and running in 

1948. From its beginnings, the Centre has 

provided a cinema. Clubs and societies, 

educational classes and a plethora of social and 

cultural activities take place. An article in Punch 

magazine in 1952 on the Community Centre, 

quipped “except at present you cannot learn 

Chinese or Free ballooning, there seems no limit 

to the scope of the Association’s activities”. 

In June 2007, the Community Association 

celebrated its 60th anniversary with the 

opening of a new flexible hall arrangement 

known as the Fuller McLellan Hall. The building 

in Cannon Street, with its distinctive curved 

roofline, was built on the adjacent former 

Lymington library site. Funding for the Halls 

was possible because of two generous legacies 

from Miss Daphne Fuller and Mrs Joyce 

McLellan. 

The community centre’s 18th century origins 

live on in the name of Lymington’s only local 

cinema: The Malt Cinema. 

The Lymington Blue Plaques Trail comprises 13 blue 

plaques established since 1998 by the Rotary Club of 

Lymington at sites of historical interest, highlighting 

important facts about buildings and people. To 

promote the plaques, the Rotary Club has produced a 

leaflet describing the Trail. The full trail leaflet is 

available from the St. Barbe Museum and Art Gallery. 

or from the Rotary Club. 


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The 

GREEN 

CORNER 

This month we are focusing 

on a couple of projects that 

our Lymington group have 

been involved with. 

Abundance Lymington has 

been running for the last 5 

years, where as the Lymington 

Repair Café started just this 

year. Both these projects are run by an active group of 

local volunteers who are working towards a 

sustainable SO41 area. 

Lymington Repair Café 

A repair café is a simple idea. It is a free meeting place that’s all about repairing things. Visitors 

are able to bring their broken items from home and meet up with specialist volunteers from 

the community who can help them. 

In March this year, Transition Lymington hosted the first Lymington Repair Café at the 

Community Centre. They were generously supported by a grant from West Solent Solar Co-op 

which paid for the setup costs. They were very lucky to have an incredible team of fixers – 3 

sewers, 2 jewellers, 2 IT / phone / computer experts, 2 bike mechanics and 3 who could fix 

anything electrical. They shared their skills whilst fixing and encouraged people to help too. The 

fixers were all volunteers, it couldn’t have happened without them. 

The morning was a huge success with a constant stream of people bringing in items to be 

repaired. All sorts of things – from bags, necklaces and bikes to phone screens, hoovers, lamps 

and record players! About 200 people came and well over 50 items were repaired. There was 

no charge but people were able to make donations and buy tea and cake. The donations have 

allowed another Repair Café to take place this Autumn. 

The next Lymington Repair Café will be on Saturday 9 th November from 9.30am -12.30pm at 

Lymington Community Centre. Please come along. 

An Abundance of Apples 

Abundance Lymington was conceived by Transition Lymington as a way to share the abundance 

of apples and other fruits within the community. The concept involves volunteers picking 

apples from private gardens and then sharing the harvest between the owners, volunteers, pre 

-schools and other local groups. Abundance Lymington has recently expanded its horizons by 

sharing how we can best use the apples. 

Sharing Ideas 

• Ask a friend to help your pick your apples, and give them a share of the harvest. 

• Store them in trays. Keep them dry, separate with newspaper and check them regularly for 

disease. 

• Collect old plastic bottles - juice the apples and freeze the juice. Its brown, but delicious. 

• Give bags of apples to your friends and swap recipes with them. Please see the next page for 

some ideas. 


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APPLE RECIPE IDEAS 

• Make apple puree and freeze it in ice cube trays. You can use 2-3 cubes on your cereal in 

the morning. 

• Collect your jam jars and make apple chutney. Search for recipes and make some early 

Christmas presents. 

• Dry apple rings in a low heat oven or borrow/share a friend’s food dehydrator. 

• Make some stunning ‘apple roses’ with pastry, jam and cinnamon. Hold or cold? With 

cream or custard? Dorset apple cake, apple fritters, or try this recipe below. You can use 

cooking apples or If you prefer replace the cooked apples with two peeled, cored and 

diced eating apples – no need to cook them, just toss them in the lemon juice and use only 

25g granulated sugar, then spoon onto the cake mixture. 

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Ingredients 

350g cooking apples, 

peeled, cored and 

diced 

1 tbsp lemon juice 

50g granulated sugar 

225g butter, softened 

225g caster sugar 

250g self-raising flour 

1 tsp baking powder 

2 tsp ground cinnamon 

4 medium eggs 

Icing sugar, to dust 

• Place the cooking apples, lemon juice and granulated sugar in a heavy-based pan. Heat gently 

until the sugar has dissolved then simmer for 3-4 minutes until the apple has just softened. 

• Leave to cool. 

• Preheat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas mark 4. Grease a 23cm square shallow cake tin and line 

the base with baking paper. 

• Place the butter, caster sugar, flour, baking powder, cinnamon and eggs in a large bowl and, 

using a handheld electric mixer, beat together for 2-3 minutes 

until pale and creamy. 

• Spread half the cake mixture in the base of the lined 

cake tin. 

• Drain off any excess liquid from the cooked apples then 

spoon them over the cake mixture in an even layer. 

• Gently spread the rest of the cake mixture over the 

apple filling. 

• Bake for 40-50 minutes or until the cake has shrunk from 

the sides of the tin and springs back when pressed in the 

centre with your fingertips. Leave to cool in the tin for 

Happy Autumn Feasts 

15 minutes. 

• Serve warm or cold, cut into slices and dusted 

Sarah and Kate 

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Wilbur and his friends are like the Red Arrows 

of the cliff top birds. 

Wilbur is a chough - a large black bird like a 

crow except his beak and legs are red. This species 

of bird love to fly in stormy weather when 

the wind is blowing at 50mph or more. At this 

wind force, choughs love to swoop up and then 

dive down to show off to their friends. 

One morning on Milford Cliff top near the 

White House, I saw Wilbur trying to out shine 

his six friends who were flying in formation with 

him. The sky was dark and angry and the Needles 

light house was just visible. Importantly it 

was blowing and gusting at about 55mph - 

perfect conditions for the choughs and their 

aerial manoeuvres. 

From my view point on the nearby cliff top path 

I saw the following: 

Several choughs were holding themselves almost 

stationary about 8ft up from the cliff face 

beneath them. There were 3 birds in a single 

row each about 2ft apart at the wing tips. with 2 

more birds above and 2 below ; making it 7 

birds in all. The wind was coming off the cliff 

face and shooting vertically upwards quite violently. 

This up draught allowed the birds to 

hover directly over the edge of the cliff top just 

using the tips of their outstretched wings for 

control. 

I watched for a couple of minutes as they struggled 

to stay stationary in the space like a squadron 

- they were doing quite well. 

Then suddenly Wilbur broke formation and 

dived down to the ground and landed close to a 

WILBUR 

By Dave Summers, Local Resident 

piece of wood. This piece of wood was clean 

and planed on all sides. It was 3/4” wide, 1/4 

thick and 7” long. Wilbur grabbed this flat piece 

of wood in his claws, flew up and re-joined the 

grouping in his original position. Wilbur then 

used his genius to manipulate this piece of 

wood as an aerofoil section to allow him to 

stabilise his flight in the same way an aircraft 

would. 

Within 20-30 seconds he was showing improved 

stability over his friends as they all tried valiantly 

to hold together their formation in the very 

gusty air. One minute later they all broke free, 

Wilbur then dropped his new found stabiliser 

and they all went back to soaring and diving 

once more. 

I inspected the dropped piece of wood. It was 

part of the strips of wood used on the adjacent 

beach huts - the roofs are covered with a tar 

based felting material for waterproofing and 

these strips are added to stop the winds from 

tearing it. This piece was a small off cut from a 

longer length. 

How did Wilbur know that this aerofoil would 

stabilise his flight? Did his friends give up flying 

with him because they didn't have one? 

It is interesting that in 1903 when the age of 

flight began, the two remarkable brothers Orville 

and Wilbur spent many hours studying the 

flight of birds before they did any design work. 

They studied the wing shapes, their weight, 

how they used their bodies/wings to soar, glide, 

land and take off. Only then did they build their 

first flying machine, a glider. Then later with the 

addition of an engine, the first machine they 

could sit in and fly like a bird. 

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T 

THAT GUT FEELING 

The health of your gut is the key to your overall 

health. Not only is your gut (stomach and 

intestines) in charge of digestion, absorption of 

nutrients and excretion of waste, it is also a key 

player in your immunity – and even your 

happiness. Did you know that 70% of your 

immune cells lie in the wall of your intestines? 

Or that your gut flora (a vast colony of 100 

trillion micro-organisms known as the 

microbiome) may contribute to the health of 

your heart and brain, prevent some cancer and 

autoimmune diseases, and perhaps play a role 

in the development and progression of obesity. 

A healthy gut plays a key role in: 

1. Detoxification of toxins 

Getting your bowels to function optimally is 

essential. Most chronic diseases start with an 

imbalance in the gut. Your primary route of 

elimination is your colon, so if you are not 

eliminating these toxins efficiently then these 

can be reabsorbed into the bloodstream, 

affecting your health. Too much toxicity in your 

blood can not only make you feel unwell but 

make your blood more acidic which can lead to 

inflammation. 

2. Defence against viral, bacterial and fungal 

infections 

Your microbiome is your defence team against 

bacterial and fungal infections. Having poor gut 

flora will lead to a poor immune system. This 

gut microbiome also supports the development 

of white blood cells which play an important 

role in fighting off infections. 

3. Absorption of nutrients 

We get all our fuel and all our nutrients from 

the food we eat, with these nutrients 

strengthening our health and supporting all 

cellular functions. It’s not just about what 

passes through your gut, however – it’s which 

nutrients are actually absorbed from that food 

that actually keeps your body fine-tuned. Good 

gut bacteria and producing enough digestive 

enzymes are crucial in how you metabolise your 

nutrients. 

4. Our happiness 

Research shows that being happy strengthens 

the immune system. The neurotransmitters 

serotonin and dopamine – our ‘happy 

hormones’, so called because they are key to 

regulating our moods – are made in the gut. 

Which means that literally an unhappy gut = an 

unhappy mind. 

Improve your gut health now! 

Sure signs your gut is out of sync are: 

constipation, loose, slimy or discoloured stools, 

bloating, flatulence, lack of energy or nausea, or 

if you had antibiotics or a sickness or diarrhoea 

bug in the past year. 

Our experts at The Hub can help you amend any 

of these symptoms. It’s all about ensuring your 

gut has a large population of different types of 

healthy bacteria. 

Book an appointment with our naturopathic 

nutrition Rhi Hepple to see how you could 

achieve this, perhaps with a course of probiotics 

or by making small improvements in the way 

you eat. Her hair analysis test can help you get 

to the root cause of why you are ill or suffering 

gut imbalance rather than merely managing 

your symptoms. 

The Natural Health Hub, 87b High Street, 

Lymington SO41 9AN. 

Book treatments and classes online at: 

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The Dog Friendly Walk Diet Detective Part 2 

For all of you who enjoyed our previous 

‘Dog Walk Diet’ article and walk route read 

on! 

The New forest is beautiful at this time of 

year, the purple heather contrasting 

against the emerald green of the trees to 

create a beautiful walking landscape. Our 

Longslade View route is one that we’ve 

devised specially for our dog walking Pet 

Rangers, who, with the rest of our team, 

managed to complete over eight thousand 

dog walks for local customers in 2018! 

Anyway, to the route. 

Longslade View car park is in Sway. If 

coming through Sway village and driving 

up Brighton Road, turn right at the top of 

Brighton Road. The car park is then on 

your left hand side. If coming from the 

B3055 Sway direction, turn left at the brow 

of the hill and staggered crossroads. The 

car park is then the first one on your right 

hand side. 

Turn into the car park and drive along the 

track to the car park and park up. 

From the car park gate, follow the track 

down the hill and when you come to the 

old railway bridge, follow the track that 

goes to the right and up onto the old 

railway line/gravel track. The Castleman’s 

Corkscrew was the name given to one of 

Hampshire’s oldest railway lines which ran 

from Brockenhurst to Ringwood and on to 

Wimbourne. Today long stretches of the 

track have been retained for cycle and 

walking routes. 

Follow the track all the way to the end 

where you come to a small white cottage. 

Just after the cottage, turn left and follow 

the track here. 

Around 25-30 minutes into the walk, you 

will come to a small river/pond area where 

the dogs can have a cool off. Keep 

following the track along. You will then 

come to a wooded area. Keep following 

the track up the hill. 

At the top of the hill the track splits. Go left 

here and follow the track down the hill. 

You will then come to a bigger river/pond 

where you can again stop and the dogs can 

have a cool off in the water. Alternatively 

you can turn right and explore the 

woodland for a longer walk. 

Follow the track under the railway bridge 

and all the way back up the hill to the car 

park. 

If all this frankly seems too much like hard 

work for you, but you’d nevertheless like 

to give your dog a unique treat of some 

lovely, forest walks like this, then call us up 

on the old dog and bone on 01425 262 

100, or click www.sophiespetcare.com and 

we’ll come and pick them up. 


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WILDLIFE MATTERS ……... to all of us 

Is it all DOOM AND GLOOM? ..………. Not a 

bit of it” 

And we‘re not talking about Brexit or a General 

Election! 

A lot of negative things have been said about 

wildlife depletions and extinctions, but it is 

certainly not the case with all wildlife. In this 

issue of Wildlife Matters we look at some 

positive signs. 

• In 2018, 89 Bitterns were ‘booming’ in RSPB 

Nature Reserves across the country. In 1997, 

there were just 11 booming Bitterns. In 

winter 2018/19 Bitterns were regularly 

recorded at The Pans in Keyhaven. 

Red Kite over Lymington 

• 2018 and 2019 were good years for several 

butterfly species. Two-thirds of British 

butterflies were seen in higher numbers in 

2018 than in 2017. The Large Blue enjoyed 

its best year in 2018 since its reintroduction, 

up 58% on 2017 records. 

Photograph courtesy of Matthew Barfield 

• There are about 12.8 million water birds 

across the UK. This is marginally up on 2011 

estimates. The increase has been in the 

numbers of Geese, which was offset by lower 

wader numbers. 

Large Blue 

• Brown Argus was recorded on Studland 

Meadow for the very first time. 

Brent Geese shortly to return to our coastline 

• Numbers of Red Kites and Little Egrets saw 

significant increases between 1995 and 

2018 

Brown Argus – Photo courtesy of Eric Read 

Let us hope that other declining species can be 

encouraged back to our county and our shores! 

Further information from: 

Keith Metcalf – MCV Conservation Officer 

(01590) 645825 or (07771) 918449 or email 

keithmetcalf@btinternet.com 

www.milfordcv.org 


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Do you know which upgrades will add 

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Or……... are there just not enough hours 

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Whether you are looking for a single pair of 

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refurbishment, we have the knowledge and 

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We are well known for our close attention to 

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You do not have to be wealthy to utilise the 

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In the Garden 

with Alan Edmondson of 

Bowercot Garden Design 

Oct/Nov 

Gardening Tips 

• Divide and replant old clumps of perennials such as achillea and pyrethrum. 

• October is a good month for planting box, holly or yew hedging. 

• Blackberry, raspberry and Loganberry canes which have fruited should be cut out 

and new canes tied to the supporting framework. 

• Misplaced shrubs and trees within the garden can be lifted and transplanted. Keep 

root disturbance to a minimum. 

• If your runner beans have finished cropping, cut back the top growth and compost 

it. Leave the root system in the soil to rot down and provide nitrogen. 

• Unripened tomatoes can be ripened by placing in a large paper bag with an 

overripe (freckled) banana. 

• Put grease bands around apple and cherry trees to catch winter moths. 

• On established lawns, apply autumn fertiliser if not already done. 

• If you are over wintering hardy annuals in the cold greenhouse, water them 

sparingly. 

• If digging, leave the soil in lumps for the frost to break down. 

• If you are planning to plant fruit trees, the sooner the better, although the planting 

season extends to March. 

• It is a good time to plant bare rooted roses. Any broken stems or roots should be 

cut away cleanly 

• Woolly leafed alpines may need some protection from excessive wet weather. 

• Clean and oil any tools that are not needed until next year. 

Alan Edmondson of Bowercot Garden 

Design, Lymington, is a regular 

contributor to BBC Radio Solent’s ‘The 

Kitchen Garden’ formerly ‘The Good Life’. 


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When asked how he approaches his work, Pete 

says "I tend to work out on site to capture the 

immediacy of the moment with pastels and 

watercolour, and then using those sketches, 

either finish them back in the studio or use 

them as reference for larger canvases in oil or 

Acrylic. Although working in the moment I try to 

capture more than a snapshot. I want to FEEL 

the landscape." 

Pete Gilbert 

Our Cover Page Artist 

Pete Gilbert is a prolific contemporary 

landscape artist whose studio can be found in 

Woodgreen, a small hamlet in the depths of the 

New Forest. His muse is the landscape on his 

doorstep, and his painting reflects this with a 

variety of mark making and vibrancy which have 

become his trademark. He has the ability to 

portray a terrific sense of place in his paintings, 

transporting the viewer to the exact spot within 

the region, yet with a loose painting style that 

leaves one's imagination to explore the depths 

of the painting. 

Pete has been painting and drawing since 

leaving school in the 60s. His working career has 

been rich and varied, from design and 

advertising agencies through to running 

restaurants and night clubs; but he always 

found time to keep painting, exploring 

techniques and developing his own style, 

changing and adapting to his lifestyle; from the 

very precise skills needed as an airbrush artist 

and illustrator, to the strong brush stokes and 

bold colours of his New Forest landscapes. He 

feels lucky that he is now a successfully selling 

artist, his work is in demand, and so painting 

can now be his life rather than a hobby. 

To see Pete's work, his exhibitions run 

throughout the year, with an exhibition 

currently at Silk Mill, Whitchurch, which will run 

until 24th November and is a collaborative show 

where he and photographer Hugh Lohan 

continue their exploration of the River Test. 

Hugh's Black and White photography balances 

perfectly with the distinctive vitality and 

richness that is captured in Pete’s landscapes 

paintings. It's a vast body of work, and one not 

to miss. 

Other galleries where Pete has exhibited 

include: 

Iona in Woodstock, Out of the Blue in Marizion 

Cornwall, Beaulieu Fine Arts in Beaulieu, Salt 

Marsh in Lymington and The Hatch Gallery in 

Christchurch. 

Pete has been a big part of Hampshire Open 

Studios since is began back in 2000, and each 

year he always produces 30 to 40 new works 

specifically for the event. This year he saw sales 

of over 24 paintings, which is the mark of a very 

successful show! 

Pete's work has been shown in London, 

Salisbury and Cornwall, along with his regular 

show in and around the New Forest. This year 

he won the People's Choice Award at the St 

Barbe Open in Lymington. 

Pete enjoys working with photographer and 

good friend Hugh Lohan, and says "he is getting 

older now, 85 but still a keen photographer, and 

we are just about to have another joint 

exhibition at the Silk Mill in Whitchurch. He is ex 

army, and I am still hippy, we are so 

diametrically opposed you would never think it 

would work but we get on just fine." 

To see more of Pete's work visit: 

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LOCAL NOTICEBOARD 

Lymington & District Historical Society 

WHAT STORY LIES BEHIND THIS 

SIGN? Pauline Shirley: 

The Fullertons of Pennington: 

A wealthy and well-connected family 

who lived in Pennington in the late 

19th and early 20th Century and 

who made a considerable 

contribution to village life, such as 

the W.I, Mothers’ Union and local 

soup kitchen 

Friday 25 October 2019 at 7.15 pm 

There will be a short AGM at the beginning of 

the meeting. 

Robert Hole Room, The Lymington Centre, New 

Street, Lymington SO41 9BQ 

www.lymingtonanddistricthistoricalsociety.co.uk 

Chairman: Mrs. Caroline Birch/Tel 01590 623933 

Membership: £12 per annum 

Visitors very welcome £4 

LYMINGTON 

FLOWER CLUB 

We meet on the first Monday of every 

month 

2-4.30pm (Jan no meeting) , The 

Lymington Centre 

Mon 4th Nov: In House 

Mon 2nd Dec: National Demonstrator 

Pauline Browning : 

01590 675625 

Lymington & 

District 

Naturalists’ 

Society 

Indoor Meetings with illustrated 

talks are held on the 2 nd and 4 th 

Tuesdays throughout the autumn 

and winter at the Lymington 

Centre 

Field Meetings twice a month on 

Thursdays throughout the year. 

Why not join us? Visitors are 

welcome. 

Membership enquiries: 

www.lymnats.org.uk 

or 01590 679315 

Being Neighbourly 

Hospice Neighbours is a free 

volunteer led service available to 

Oakhaven Hospice patients and their 

families, offering companionship and a 

helping hand with everyday tasks that 

can be overwhelming when living with 

a life limiting illness. 

These highly trained volunteers visit 

the individual to provide assistance 

with daily chores such as gardening, 

cleaning, shopping or dog walking; 

additionally the prospect of a sharing 

time with a ‘neighbour’ either over a 

coffee or whilst a ‘neighbour’ is 

carrying out a task can offer 

companionship and solace. 

If you have a couple of hours a 

week to spare and would like to 

know more about the scheme and 

becoming an Oakhaven Neighbour, 

please contact Sara on 01590 

677198 ext. 212 or email : 

neighbours@oakhavenhospice.co.uk 

Full training is given with ongoing support. 


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Everton Rambling Club 

Merv : 01590 642509 

mervhughes@me.com 

Contact Mervyn for walk details 

OCT WALKS 

Tues 8th 10.30am 

Thur 24th 10.30am 

NOV WALKS 

Tues 5th 6.30pm 

Thur 21st 10.30am 

A 5 MILE WALK USUALLY TAKES BETWEEN 

TWO AND THREE HOURS 

The Arts Society 

Lymington 

Lymington Centre, 

Fuller-McLellan 

Hall, 7pm 

9th Oct: Tim Redmond, A tour of 

Big Ben 

13th Nov: James Taylor, Careless 

Talk costs lives 

www.theartssoclymington.org.uk 

Thursday 17 th October 6.45 

pm for 7.15 pm 

QUIZ NIGHT AND FISH SUPPER 

Lymington Town Sailing Club 

Tickets £10 including Fish and Chips supper 

Contact: Mary Reay 01590 677034 

Sunday 20 st , Sunday 27 th October and 

Sunday 3 rd November 

11.30 am – 2.30 pm 

CHRISTMAS CARD SALE 

Royal Lymington Yacht Club 

Friday 6 th December 

CHRISTMAS LUNCH 

Details to be announced 

Contact: Guy Darby 01590 672340 

We meet to make lace & chat about what is 

happening in the lacemaking world. 

Oct 4th, Nov 1st, 2 – 4pm £3 per session 

Barton-on-Sea Methodist Church Lounge, 

Cliffe Road, Barton-on-Sea, BH25 7PA 

Contact: Jackie Barton 01425 620334 

Do you run or are a member of a club or 

society, or have news or information that 

you would like to see in the next edition? 

If so, please contact Jacqui 

info@lymingtondirectory.co.uk 

07801562358 (small entries are free) 


Arts Group 

Wellington Room 

Lymington Community Centre 

Meet on the second Friday of each month 

Oct 11th: Sharon Hurst, Bringing her world of 

Myth & Fantasy in watercolour 

Nov 8th: AGM : Including Social chat, Paint out 

competition, Cheese & Wine 

Visitors are welcome and pay £3.50 at the door 

to include refreshments 

For membership enquiries please contact: 

Sandi Hitchens on 01425 613569. 

Unseasoned logs available 

Steve or Lorraine Mabbett 

lorrainemabbett@sky.com 

(01590) 381255 or 

(07543) 901324 

or 

keithmetcalf@btinternet.com 

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The WI is here to inspire you 

We are about inspiring women through experiences, knowledge and skills. 

These are passed down through generations and updated every day. 

The WI is everything you want it to be 

Whatever your reason for joining, we offer all kinds of opportunities to all 

kinds of women. For some it’s a chance to meet people and catch up with 

friends. For others it’s a way to learn new skills and campaign on issues that affect the wider 

community. 

The WI is what you make of it 

WIs come in all shapes and sizes and our members can be involved in the way that suits them. 

The Women's Institute (WI) was formed in 1915 to revitalise rural communities and encourage 

women to become more involved in producing food during the First World War. 

Since then our aims have broadened and we are now the largest voluntary women's 

organisation in the UK. We celebrated our centenary in 2015 and currently have almost 220,000 

members in approximately 6,300 WIs. We play a unique role in providing women with 

educational opportunities and the chance to build new skills, to take part in a wide variety of 

activities and to campaign on issues that matter to them and their communities. 

The WI is the largest women’s voluntary organisation in the UK and as such, we are regularly 

asked for our opinions, thoughts and ideas on a huge range of different topics. The size of the 

organisation and the respect given to members as a result of their engagement in local, regional 

and national issues, as well as their skills and expertise in a huge range of topics. 

Lymington WI meetings are held at the Lymington Centre on the second Wednesday morning of 

the month at 9.30 am. Visitors are very welcome. 

Please see page 47 for contact details . 

INNER WHEEL CLUB OF LYMINGTON: 

Ladies International Organisation. 

Monthly dinner meetings, followed by a 

Speaker, on 4th Monday of each month at 

the Lymington Centre. 7.15pm for 7.30pm 

www.innerwheel.co.uk or 

contact Alison Smith on 01590 380327 

Parkinson’s UK New Forest 

01590 672951 

Meet at Boldre War Memorial Hall in Pilley 

3rd Thurs of each month 2pm - 4.30pm 

(except December) 

Gentle Chair Based Exercise 

For Parkinson’s sufferers Tuesday 10.30am 

Contact Roni: 01590 688 887 

Health For more Walks, information: Lymington 

Do join us for a free, led, group walk lasting 

60-90 minutes (approximately 3 miles). 

Our walks are designed to encourage wellbeing, whilst 

enjoying the company of others. 

This group meets on the first and third Tuesday of each 

month, departing at 10am from Bath Road Car Park, 


For more information: 

Www.cfnf.org.uk/healthy-walks 

Or just turn up on the day 

McLellan Hall, Lymington Community Centre, 

7pm for 7:30 start Visitors most welcome. 

Contact 01425 613684 

or visit: w.railwayclubofthenewforest.org 

The Swanage railway talk by The friendes of the 

Lymington - Brockenhurst line on Nov 11th , the 

talk will be given by a member of the Swanage. 


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26A St Thomas’ Street, Lymington SO41 9NE 

Showroom: 01590 670080 Mobile: 07747 536631 

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WHAT’S GOING ON 

Children’s Activities 

www.stbarbe-museum.org.uk 

Wed 30 October Secret life of Bats 1 

10.30am -12.00pm | 1.30-2.30pm | 

Drop-in | Free 

Learn some interesting and quirky facts 

about bats such as how do bats see in 

the dark, what vampire bats feed on 

and much more. Then take home your 

own research project to impress your 

Science teacher! 

Wed 30 October St Barbe Bake Off: 

Halloween Competition 

Entries at reception 12.30-1.00pm | 

Winner announced at 1.45pm | Free 

The first, scariest and yummiest St 

Barbe Bake Off Competition with a 

Halloween theme! We challenge all 

children to bring in their scariest 

culinary creations. In order to 

participate one adult responsible for you 

must fill in the Registration Form. 

Thurs 31 October Secret life of Bats 2 

10 – 11.30am & 12.00-1.30pm | Drop-in 

| FREE 

Artistic and creative challenges inspired 

by Batty the Bat. Create bat masks, bat 

decorations and finger puppets. Test 

your creative limits and learn a few 

tricks to inspire the artist in you! 


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For a free estimate, from a local, friendly 

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Call Mike 01590 643546 

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The Lymington Directory is delivered 

to over 8,600 homes by The Royal Mail. 

Additional copies are then available 

from pick up points in the town. We 

also publish The Village Voice in 

Milford-on-Sea and Your Village for 

Hordle. 

To advertise please contact: 

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SOUTH LAWN HOTEL 

Lymington Road, Milford-on-Sea ,SO41 0RF 

Festive Lunch Party 

Mon - Sat £22.00 per person 

Festive Sunday Lunches & Boxing Day 

2 Courses £19.50/ 3 Courses £23.00 

Christmas Day Lunch 

7 Courses & Coffee £105.50 

New Years’ Eve Dinner & Dance 

£95.00 

Residential 

Christmas 

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Please Call 

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Open Weekdays 9.30am - 5.30pm 

Saturdays 9am - 4pm 

Special rates for OAPs and Children 

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Run by 

experienced, 

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Milford Branch: 01590 645594 

52 High St, Milford-on-Sea 

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history, this beautiful archipelago, has been 

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The largest, and probably best known of the 

islands is Malta. The island’s capital, Valletta, is 

one of Malta’s three UNESCO World Heritage 

Sites. 

As the commercial centre of the island, the city 

is busy during the day. Quaint shops and cafes 

sit side by side with internationally known 

retailers offering a unique shopping experience 

with something for everyone. 

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Discovering Seville : 

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Valletta offers a variety of accommodation from 

charming boutique hotels to self-catering 

options and there’s something for all budgets. 

Beyond Valletta, Malta has so much more to 

offer. There are beaches to suit every taste 

from sporty travellers who want to windsurf 

through to sun-seekers simply wanting to relax. 

The most popular beaches are in the North of 

Malta and if you’re looking for something a 

little smaller, head for the tip overlooking the 

island of Gozo. 

A boat trip to Comino’s world-famous Blue 

Lagoon is not to be missed. You’ll have to look 

far and wide to find more beautifully clear, 

azure waters. 

The rocky coastline and clear blue waters of 

Malta makes for some of the best diving in the 

Mediterranean with a wealth of caves, reefs 

and wrecks to explore. The combination of 

clear waters and calm conditions make it a 

great place for first time divers and there’s no 

shortage of reputable Dive Schools to choose 

from. 

As the sun sets, you feel like you’re walking 

back in time as you explore the narrow streets, 

churches and palaces. Find a small café tucked 

away and enjoy local delicacies such as pastizzi 

and ftira. 

Whilst in the city, don’t miss the stunning St 

John’s Cathedral and Museum which hosts 

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English is widely spoken, car drive on the left 

and the standard British three pin plug system 

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GOODBYE WINDOWS 7, HELLO………. 

Lots of people found their computers 

forcibly upgrade to Windows 10, even 

though they were quite happy with their 

Windows 7 computer. Even if you valiantly 

resisted Microsoft’s attempts, come 14 

January 2020, you’ll have to do something 

when Microsoft ceases support for 

Windows 7. 

knowledge from retailers as you might 

hope. 

The problem is, you may find someone who 

can decipher all the nonsense but what 

does it mean in the real world? Have much 

main memory is sufficient for the sort of 

things you are going to want to do? What is 

a USB C port and how many do you need? 

So if you are still running Windows 7, or 

your upgraded PC doesn’t cut the mustard, 

what do you do? 

Well you may notice that in between 

January next year and now is…..Christmas! 

If you don’t have family who might take a 

hint, maybe it’s time to treat yourself! 

You have a number of options; 

1. Buy a new Windows 10 computer. It will 

work fairly similarly to your current 

computer and should be able to run the 

same or similar programs you use now. It 

does sometimes act a bit strangely though. 

I am often contacted by people who have 

bought a cheap device on the 

understanding that they ‘don’t do much’. 

Trouble is, some of the cheaper computers 

are under-specified for everything! 

A bit of advice from someone who isn’t 

trying to sell you a particular computer can 

go a long way. So, if you don’t have a 

suitable child to hand, ask your friendly 

computer techie. It’ll save you money and 

grief in the long run! 

2. Change to an Apple computer. I have 

helped a number of my clients change and 

it’s not as hard as you might think, given a 

bit of help. They come with all the standard 

sorts of programs but learning where 

everything is can take a bit of effort. 

3. Do you need a computer at all? I have 

clients who have ditched their computers 

and now use a tablet exclusively. The iPad 

is by far the most common but there are 

other tablets available. 

All sounds pretty simple, doesn’t it? Until of 

course you go into Currys or John Lewis or 

look online, that is. There’s an awful lot of 

numbers and acronyms involved in buying 

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PUZZLES 

Across 

1. Put into code (8) 

5. Salve, ointment (4) 

9. Clench, clutch tightly 

(5) 

10. Robert ___, Poet 

Laureate 1913–30 

(7) 

11. Trousers that end 

above the knee (6) 

12. Emerge from an egg 

(5) 

14. Inferior substitute or 

imitation (6) 

16. Item that fastens 

together two ends of 

a belt (6) 

19. Bowl-shaped vessel 

(5) 

21. Preposterous (6) 

24. Shrub that yields 

coffee beans (7) 

25. Items of footwear (5) 

26. Item of crockery (4) 

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD 

27. Characteristic of a 

woman (8) 

Down 

1. Boundary, rim (4) 

2. Railway carriages 

(7) 

3. John ___, English 

painter and 

decorative 

designer best 

known for his 

stained glass in 

Coventry and 

Llandaff cathedrals 

(5) 

4. Raise in a relief (6) 

6. Slang of thieves 

and vagabonds (5) 

7. Reckless or 

malicious 

behaviour (8) 

8. Hindu deity (6) 

13. Panel of buttons 

used to operate a 

computer (8) 

15. Game played on a 

court (6) 

17. Former capital of 

Pakistan (7) 

18. Decanter (6) 

20. Crust-like surfaces 

of healing wounds 

(5) 

22. Rice and raw fish 

wrapped in 

seaweed (5) 

23. Small area of watersurrounded 

land (4) 

CODEWORD 

Each letter in this puzzle is represented 

by a number between 1 and 26. 

The codes for three letters are shown. 

As you find the letters enter them in 

the box below. 

14 7 5 7 3 26 10 22 13 10 22 26 

3 4 7 23 13 12 4 

O 

3 21 14 18 16 12 12 10 14 13 10 22 

24 15 4 8 22 11 14 

C 

3 11 22 8 22 2 24 3 26 14 8 26 

26 18 22 

8 19 

N 

11 22 13 22 6 4 14 26 24 12 8 

3 9 25 24 17 

16 13 14 26 22 14 7 5 22 22 3 22 

12 18 14 13 21 1 23 

20 8 24 26 3 13 22 26 26 7 11 22 

22 8 22 19 13 14 13 

8 22 22 2 13 22 11 19 11 13 22 3 


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PUZZLES 

EASY 

SUDOKUS 

HARD 

xxxxx 

WORDWHEEL 

TARGET 

Word Ladder 

Change one letter at a time (but not the position of 

any letter) to make a new word - and move from the 

word at the top of the ladder to the word at the 

bottom, using the exact number of rungs provided. 

P A L P S E 

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LOCAL ORGANISATIONS: SUPPORT, FRIENDSHIP & ADVICE 

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Blue Dog Dementia Art 07964 955 703 info@bluedogart.co.uk Art activities to alleviate 

loneliness and improve quality of life. 

British Red Cross 01590 672 641 Trained volunteers & staff support in times of crisis, lend a 

wheelchair/mobility aids and provide someone to lend a hand at home, after hospitalisation. 

Citizens Advice New Street, Lymington 03444 111 306 Assessment and general advice: 

benefits/debt/housing/employment/consumer/relationships issues. Specialist employment 

advice/Debt Relief Order support. Macmillan caseworker supports those affected by cancer. 

Lymington Baptist Church 01590 672 019 CAP Free debt counselling. CAP Job Clubs - 

equipping you better to get a job. Making Friends - Wednesdays at 10am for activities & 

friendship. Occasional Social Events. 

Lymington Care Group 01590 679187 Help with transport to medical appointments. 

Lymington Catholic Church 01590 678 525 fran.walker@talktalk.net Saturday Coffee/ 

Lunches Last Saturday of the month 9.30am to 2pm. Coffee - cake & drink: £1 Lunches - 

Lunch + drink: (£2.50 ). We offer good, low cost food in a friendly, relaxed atmosphere. 

Friendship Club 1 st Monday of month 2pm to 4pm Free. Varied programme/afternoon tea. 

Transport arranged. 

Lymington United Reformed Church T. 01590 676 306 www.lymurc.og.uk 

adminurclym@btinternet.com Open Door Café open Mon to Fri 10am - 12, Sat 9.30- 

11.30am The Potting Shed group every Tues 10am to 12 noon. For adults with additional 

needs, carers & friends. Craft activities, singing & refreshments Seated Exercise Class all 

abilities, Tues 12noon to 12.30pm. Bouncy Church toddlers’ soft play on Wed: 9.15am- 

10.45am/11am - 12.30pm Little Explorers Play Group on Thursdays: 9.15am to 11am 

(Term time) 

Lymington U3A u3asites.org.uk/lymington. An association for the retired and semi-retired 

that organises activity groups, trips and talks. We have some 40 interest groups, led by 

volunteer members, where you can socialise, study, be creative and get active. Regular 

monthly meetings with a speaker, plus outings to places of interest. See our noticeboard in 

the Lymington Centre for more details. 

Lymington Dementia Action Group:We are a group of volunteers with the aim of 

supporting people locally who are living with dementia. Find us on https://lymington.com/ 

lymington-life/dementia-matters or contact lymingtondementiaactiongroup@gmail.com 

Macular Society 01590 645 176 Lymington Community Centre. 

New Milton & Lymington Talking News 01425 616 361 www.newmiltontalkingnews 

paper.org.uk Free, weekly Talking Newspaper for partially-sighted on memory stick/website. 

Local articles editor@newmilton talkingnewspaper.org.uk 

Oakhaven: The Coates Centre 01590 677 198 www.thecoatescentre.co.uk For those 

whose lives have been impacted by illness. It is for people who have been newly diagnosed 

with any illness, living with long term conditions, caring for someone who is ill, or has been 

bereaved. Drop in service, open Mon-Fri 9am-5pm. Groups include Dementia Support, 

Mulberry (anyone whose cancer has reoccurred/spread/advanced), Brain Tumour Support , 

‘Easy Breathe’ Respiratory support group, Bereavement coffee morning. 

Parkinson’s UK New Forest Branch 01590 672951. 

Pop Up Café at Court Lodge, Friday at 2.30pm. Free tea & cake. Make new friends over 

Scrabble & your favourite card game. All very welcome. 01590 673 956 


Silverlinks Free home visits for older people in the Lymington area. Trained volunteers help 

with lack of social contact/low income/utility bills/housing issues/using computers/form 

filling/health care or just talking things through. 07825 16 83 64 

silverlinkslymington@gmail.com 

St Mark’s Church Pennington 01590 672896 www.penningtonchurch.uk Strictly Come 

Crafting 1.30pm on 2 nd and 4 th Tues of month in St Mark’s Community Hall off the Square, 

Pennington. Coffee Morning 10.15am every Wednesday in the Church. 

St Nicholas, Pilley 01590 673484 Vintage Fitness and seated exercise to music Tuesdays & 

Thursdays 10.30am 

St Thomas' Church, Lymington 01590 676 194 Monday Lunch Club friendly welcome/ 

good company/excellent food for older people. Two course lunch + coffee/tea for £4.50pp. 

Lunch served at 12.30pm in St Thomas’ Hall. Vistas Café Friendly café operates on most 

weekday mornings in St. Thomas’ Church Hall, providing coffee, cake and biscuits. 

Wednesdays: 12noon to 1pm we offer a lunch menu 

The Salvation Army www.salvationarmy.org.uk/lymington 

In Touch - Every Tuesday from 2pm - 4pm at The United Reformed Church, Lymington. 

Recreational time for anyone who would like to drop in. Table games/jigsaws/quizzes/ 

entertainment/occasional live music from ‘Just Us’. No charge for this and refreshments are 

served at a very moderate cost. 

Women’s Institute Lymington www.hampshirewi.org.uk/wi-page/lymington-wi/ 01590 

671205 lymwi2@gmail.com We are a reasonably large group of active and very friendly ladies 

who meet once a month at the Lymington Community Centre. We offer a variety of 

interesting groups to whet your appetite; drama, book club, skittles, outings, walking etc. 

Come and give us a go; you will be warmly welcomed. 

Nursing Home 

01590 648000 

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homecare@stgeorgescare.co.uk 

Home Care 

Personal Care (including bathing, 

showering, toileting & dressing) 

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Cleaning, laundry & shopping 

*** 

Meal preparation 

*** 

Companionship and Support 

*** 

Assistance with appointments, 

outings and social events 

*** 

Night visits, sleep-ins & live-in care 

De La Warr Road, Milford-on-Sea, Hampshire, SO41 0PS 


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USEFUL NUMBERS 

Emergency Services 

Emergency police, fire, 

ambulance, coastguard, 

Utilities 

Electricity 

Gas escapes 

BT Fault Line 

Southern Water 

Bournemouth Water Leak line 

Travel 

Rail Enquiries 

Wilts & Dorset Buses 

Call & Go (Dial-A-Ride) 

National Express 

Council & Government 

NFDC 

NFDC Emergency Service 

Hampshire CC 

NF National Park 

Police 

Anti Social & Neighbourhood 

issues 

Crimestoppers 

MP Desmond Swayne 

Forest Animals 

Forestry Commission 

Traffic Accidents 

Community 

Alzheimer's Society 

Citizens Advice Bureau 

Community Centre 

Lymington Care Group 

Lymington Library 

New Forest Advice Network 

NHS Direct 

NF Disability Info 

Samaritans 

Tourist Information 

Trading Standards 

Verderers’ Office 

Hospitals 

Lymington Hospital 

Oakhaven Hospice 

Southampton General 

Royal Bournemouth 

Royal South Hants 

Princess Anne 

Romsey Hospital 

999 

105 (all suppliers) 

0800 111 999 

0800 800 151 

0845 278 0845 

08005 878 979 

03457 484 950 

01202 338 420 

01425 461 751 

0871 781 8181 

023 8028 5000 

02380 285 250 

0300 555 1375 

01590 646600 

101 

0800 555 111 

01425 629844 

023 8028 3141 

999 

01590 644679 

0844 499 4119 

01590 672337 

01590 679187 

0300 555 1387 

01425 628750 

111 

01425 628 750 

0845 790 9090 

01590 676 969 

01622 626 520 

02380 282 052 

01590 663 000 

01590 670 346 

02380 777 222 

01202 303 626 

02380 634 288 

02380 777 222 

01794 834 700 

01590 750063 

07501 636064 


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CHRISTIANS TO GETHER 

St Thomas the Apostle, Lymington 

8am Quiet Communion. 9.15am Choral Communion. 11am Informal Service. Weekday 

Communion, Wed & Thurs 11am, Fri 8am. Messy Church 3rd Sunday, 9am. 01590 676194. 

http://www.lymingtonchurch.org 

& 

St Mark’s Church, Ramley Road, Pennington – Sunday Services 

8.00am Holy Communion. 9.30am Family Communion. 4th Sunday Morning Praise. 1 st & 3 rd 

Sundays 6.00pm Evensong. 5 th Sundays 6.00pm Evening Praise, Wednesdays 11.30am Holy 

Communion. www.penningtonchurch.uk 01590 672896 

Lymington Baptist Church, New Street. All welcome to our Sunday Morning services at 10.30am, 

including Children’s/Young People’s Programme. 2nd Sunday Messy Church 9.00am, 3rd Sunday 

includes Communion. Free Debt Counselling – CAP. Monday - Hullabaloo Toddler Group, 

Tuesday – CAP Job club, Wednesday - Craft Group. Further details 01590 672019 or 

www.lymingtonbaptist.org 

Quakers Religious Society of Friends, Meeting Worship at10.30am every Sunday in the 

Lymington Community Centre. Further information Tel. 01590 677298, or 672107 

Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of Mercy & St Joseph, 132 High St. Lymington. Vigil Mass 

Sat. 6.00pm, Family Mass Sunday 10.30am. Weekday service Mon - Sat 9.30 am. Friendship Club 

1st Mondays 2-4pm tea, activities, outings. Last Sat. of month coffee & lunches 9.30 -2pm. Both 

held in Church rooms and open to all. Tel 01590 676696 

Lymington Salvation Army Fellowship meets at 3pm on the second and fourth Sundays in the 

month in the United Reformed Church. ‘In Touch’ a drop in social afternoon on Tuesdays, 

commencing 13 th September. Other times & venues - see Church noticeboard. All welcome to 

share worship, friendship and care for others. www.salvationarmy.org.uk 

Lymington United Reformed Church Sunday Worship 10.30am with Discovery Zone for children, 

young people adults with additional needs. Open Door Café Mon-Fri 10.00-12.00. Sat. 9.30-11.30. 

Potting Shed group Tues.10-12noon. Bouncy Church play sessions Weds. 9.15am & 11am. Little 

Explorers Thurs 9.15am Information: 01590 676306 www.lymurc.org.uk 

St John’s Church, Boldre - Sundays 10.30am., Group Evensong 4th Sun. 6.30pm. 

St Mary’s Church, South Baddesley – 2 nd Sunday 8am & 9.30 am. 3rd, 4 th , 5 th Sundays.9.30am. 

1 st Sun. Group Evensong 6.30 pm 

St Nicholas Church, Pilley – 1 st ,3 rd , 4 th & 5 th Sundays. 8.00 am. Weds 10.30 am Holy Communion. 

Benefice website for all information – www.bsbb.org.uk. 

The annual Hospital Service Sunday 20th October at 3pm in the New Forest & Lymington 

Hospital. 

All welcome to attend, particularly any connected, in anyway, with the NHS and those benefiting 

from it. 


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Codeword 

ANSWERS 

Easy 

General Knowledge: 

Across: 1 

Encipher, 5 Balm, 

9 Grasp, 10 

Bridges, 11 

Shorts, 12 Hatch, 

14 Ersatz, 16 

Buckle, 19 Basin, 

21 Absurd, 24 

Arabica, 25 

Socks, 26 Dish, 

27 Feminine. 

Down: 1 Edge, 2 

Coaches, 3 Piper, 

4 Emboss, 6 

Argot, 7 Mischief, 

8 Vishnu, 13 

Keyboard, 15 

Tennis, 17 

Karachi, 18 

Carafe, 20 

Scabs, 22 Sushi, 

23 Isle 

Hard 

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ape 

are 

ear 

era 

pad 

pap 

par 

pea 

1 

Q 

2 D 

3 S 

4 R 

5 G 

6 B 

7 U 

8 N 

9 X 

10 V 

11 C 

12 13 

O L 

14 

A 

15 

Z 

16 

P 

pep 

per 

rap 

red 

rep 

4 Letters 

aped 

dare 

dear 

17 

J 

18 

M 

19 

Y 

20 

K 

pare 

pear 

prep 

rape 

read 

reap 

5 Letters 

drape 

padre 

21 

H 

22 

E 

23 

W 

paper 

pared 

raped 

6 Letters 

dapper 

rapped 

24 

I 

25 

F 

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T 

Word Ladder::Here is one possible solution 

(others may exist) BIRD, bind, bend, bead, 

bear,,Boar,, SOAR 

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Is your Discretionary Trust 

still needed? 

Many Wills made before the 

introduction of the Transferable Nil 

Rate Band in 2007 incorporated a 

Discretionary Trust, often using the 

family home, to make use of the Nil 

Rate Band of the first spouse to die and 

therefore saving Inheritance Tax. 

Property now held in discretionary 

trusts cannot utilise the Residential Nil 

Rate Band introduced for Inheritance 

Tax last April, which has already 

benefited the estates of a number of 

our Clients and saved their families 

thousands of pounds. However, in 

many cases it is only a debt charged on 

the property, not the property itself 

that is held in the discretionary trust, in 

which circumstance the Residential Nil 

Rate Band may be available. 

applicable when you made a Will say 

ten years ago may not now be the best 

way to leave your estate. It is good 

practice to review your Will to ensure 

that it carries out your wishes and 

makes the best use of the tax 

exemptions available to you and your 

estate. 

If you would like to speak to us about 

your Will or indeed to review the 

current provisions please do not 

hesitate to contact us at the Lymington 

Office on 01590 689500 or at New 

Milton on 01425 610078. 

If your will hasn't been reviewed in the 

last ten years, it may be worth your 

while undertaking a review to 

appreciate the changes in the 

Inheritance Tax allowances, your 

circumstances, or those of your family. 

The law is ever-changing and what was 

Nicola Davies 

enquiries@heppenstalls.co.uk enquiries@heppenstalls.co.uk 

75 75 75 High High High Street, Street, Lymington 01590 01590 689500 

75 High Street, Lymington 01590689500 

www.heppenstalls.co.uk www.heppenstalls.co.uk 

82 82 82 Station Station Rd, Rd, Rd, New New New Milton. Milton. 01425 01425 610078 

82 Station Rd, New Milton. 01425610078 


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ARCHITECTUAL /SERVICES 

Extension Design 38 

Plan it Design 35 

BARBERS 

Sears 36 

BATHROOM/KITCHEN/BEDROOM 

Coastal Bathrooms 6 

Flair Interiors 45 

Ice Interiors 9 

Lentune Property 

Services 34 

Mario 3 

Raynsford 32 

BUILDING SERVICES 

NF Home 

Improvements 38 

Paul Belton 

Construction 42 

CARE SERVICES/ 

HOME 

BUPA 56 

St George's 47 

CARPENTRY/ 

JOINERY 

Andrew Day 52 

CARPETS 

Crestwood 32 

John Cooper Carpets 36 

Lymington's Carpet 

Store 40 

CARPET/UPHOLSTERY CLEANING 

Excel 3 

New Forest Carpet 

Clean 40 

COMPUTERS/ 

WEBSITES 

Paul Wood 41 

CURTAINS & BLINDS 

Crestwood 32 

INDEX OF ADVERTISERS 

DECORATING 

Bailey 14 

Catherine Perham 35 

Payne & Sons 49 

DENTAL 

Dorset Denture Clinic 20 

Solent House 21 

DOUBLEGLAZING/REPAIRS 

Double Glazing Specialist 38 

Double Glazing Repair 34 

Evergreen Home Solutions 22 

Gary Vibert 33 

DRAINAGE 

First Choice Plumbing 34 

DRIVE & PATIO CLEANING 

New Forest Drive Clean 39 

EVENTS 

Community Centre 4 

FENCING 

Nick Wells 25 

Timber Trade 24 

FINANCIAL ADVISOR 

Affinity 28 

FOOTCARE 

New Forest Footcare 14 

GARAGE DOORS 

Christchurch Garage Doors 39 

GARAGE SERVICES 

Harfield Motors 39 

GARDENING & LANDSCAPING 

Bowercot Garden Design 22 

Du Jardin 25 

Nick Wells 25 

GATES 

Jeremy Arnold 26 

HEALTH & BEAUTY 

Active Nation 16 

Ally Brown Reflexology 26 

New Forest Footcare 14 

The Natural Health Hub 12 

Tusei Bella 21 

HEARING 

Home Hearing 20 

INSURANCE SERVICES 

Ellis & Co 28 

INTERIORS/INTERIOR DESIGN 

At no 19 19 

Crestwood 32 

At No 19 19 

The Solent Cellar 26 

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LOGS 

MCV Logs 30 

MOBILITY 

Pennington Mobility 20 

OPTICIAN 

Specsavers 11 

OVEN CLEANING 

OvenU 49 

PET CARE 

Sophie's Pet Care 14 

PLASTERING 

Mike Thomas 35 

PLUMBING & HEATING 

First Choice Plumbing 34 

Mario 3 

Mike Thomas 35 

Stephen Harris 55 

RENTAL/LETTING AGENTS 

Ridgeway Rents 48 

RESTAURANT/HOTEL/PUB 

South Lawn Hotel 36 

The Crown Inn 9 

RETAIL 

All About You 14 

ROOFING 

Workwise 2 

SOLICITORS 

Eric Robinson 50 

Heppenstalls 53 

SELF STORAGE 

Lymington Self Storage 28 

TREE SURGEON 

Active Tree Care 25 

VAN HIRE 

Lymington Self Storage 28 

WINE MERCHANT


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