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THE GAUNTLET DELIVERED FREE TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE SOMBORNES AND ASHLEY POSTED TO ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM FOR £9 PER YEAR Jubilee planning under way Time to make arrangements PAGES 5, 10 and 11 Also in this issue: Village pub to reopen John O’Gaunt back in action PAGES 7 and 31 Working Mens’ Club celebrates centenary Special events and history PAGES 5, 14 and 23 Anyone for table tennis? Cricketers needed too PAGES 13 and 14 Annual Assembly approaches Send in your questions for the Parish Council PAGE 17 THE LOCAL MAGAZINE FOR THE SOMBORNES AND ASHLEY MARCH 2012
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THE GAUNTLET
DELIVERED FREE TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE SOMBORNES AND ASHLEY
POSTED TO ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM FOR £9 PER YEAR
Jubilee planning under way Time to make arrangements PAGES 5, 10 and 11
Also in this issue:
Village pub to reopen John O’Gaunt back in action
PAGES 7 and 31
Working Mens’ Club
celebrates centenary Special events and history
PAGES 5, 14 and 23
Anyone for table tennis? Cricketers needed too
PAGES 13 and 14
Annual Assembly
approaches Send in your questions for the
Parish Council PAGE 17
THE LOCAL MAGAZINE FOR THE SOMBORNES AND ASHLEY
MARCH 2012
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The Somborne & District Society
Talks on Local History and related
Subjects. Visits to places of interest
Visitors always welcome!
Meetings held on the
4th Wednesday of each month
At 8.pm in King’s Somborne
Village Hall
Contact : Mary Pollock 01794 388422 www.thesombornes.org.uk
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Parish Church
Vicar: Rev Rob Stapleton 01794 388223
Reader: Sue Holligan 01794 388484
Wardens:
David Bevan
Sandie Pepperell
07769682696
01794 388021
PCC Secretary:
David Bevan
07769682696
Treasurer & Gift Aid Sec:
Claire Bevan 01962 820482
Flowers:
Penny Ward 01794 389649
Methodist Church
Minister:
Revd Dr Rosemary Baker 01962 880383
(evenings only)
Steward: Marion Downing 01794 388121
Roman Catholic Churches
St Joseph‘s Romseyand and
St Andrew‘s North Baddesley 02380 273882
Village Hall
Bookings: Mary Bradley 01794 388386
Epworth Hall
Bookings:Marion Downing 01794 388121
Doctors
Stockbridge surgery 01264 810524
www.stockbridgesurgery.co.uk
Broughton surgery 01794 301210
Out of Hours service 0844 811 3060
Pharmacy
Stockbridge Pharmacy 01264 810624
Schools
Somborne Pre-School
King‘s Somborne School
Test Valley School
01794 389587
01794 388381
01264 810555
Police
Crimestoppers
Police Station
Urgent calls
0800 555 111
0845 045 45 45
999
Neighbourhood Watch
Andrew Brock 01794 388227
Parish Council
Clerk: Peter Storey 01794 389688
Borough Councillor
Tony Ward 01794 389649
County Councillor
Andrew Gibson 01264 861138
Member of Parliament
Caroline Nokes MP
Romsey & Soton North Conservatives
01794 521155
Village Correspondent
Dawn Harrison 01794 388418
Village Website
www.thesombornes.org.uk
The Gauntlet
Editor: Harvey Saunders 01794 388029
Advertising: Sue Byram 01794 388521
Distribution: Norman Denison
01794 388889
Please deliver articles for
The Gauntlet to
or The Post Office.
Copy date is no later than 5.00pm on
the 15th of the month please.
Useful names and numbers
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Allotments Contact: Ray Blackmore 01794 388888
Art exhibition committee Contacts:
Madeline Edmonds 01974 389014
Pam Watson 01794 388429
Badminton Club Every Monday 7.30pm.
Contact: Sue Jackson 01794 388884
Baby & Toddler Group Informal friendly get-together for babies,
pre-school children, parents and carers.
Every Wednesday 10.00am - 11.30am in
the Village Hall.
Contact: Frances Barber 01794 388759
Bellringing Every Monday 7.30 - 9.00pm.
Contact: Sue Spurling 01794 388266
Catherine Edwards Trust Provides grants to village students
Contact: Frank Cleverley 01794 388399
Cricket Club Contact: Frank Fahy 01794 388314
Christians Together in Somborne
and District Welcome all to open and ecumenical
meetings and services throughout the
year.
Contact: Nigel Coleman 01794 388449
Community Responders Contact: John Vanderpump 01794 388647
Dial-a-Ride Trips to Romsey every Wednesday, for
senior citizens and disabled people, at
2.00pm. Fare £2.70.
Contact: Dick or Zoe 01264 356808
Drop In Coffee morning at the Epworth Hall.
Every first and third Tuesday at 10.30am.
Friends of King’s Somborne
Church Contacts:
Anthony Chilton (Secretary) 01794 388160
David Pye (Membership) 01794 388405
Football Club Contact: Andy Gannaway 01794 388733
Footpath walk Monthly walk on Parish footpaths on the
last Sunday of each month. Starting at
2.00pm at the Village Hall car park.
Contact: David Haydon 01794 388120
Alison Seymour 01794 389219
French Twinning Association Regular exchanges with St Paul du Vernay
in Normandy
Contact: Louise & Andrew Causer 01794
389364
Garden waste scheme Garden waste will be collected in w/c 5th
and 19th March 2012.
Home Group Biblestudy group. Usually third Thursdays
of the month at 8.00pm.
Contact: Nigel Coleman 01794 388449
Horticultural Society Meets for two talks and one visit per year
and organises the annual Flower Show.
Contact: Pollyann Monk 01794 388482
Household waste Non-recyclable household waste (black
bins) will be collected in w/c 5th and 19th
March 2012.
Recyclable household waste (brown bins)
will be collected in w/c 12th and 26th
March 2012.
Village Directory
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Village Directory (continued)
Neighbourcare
Transport to essential appointments and
other small tasks.
Contacts: Sue Jackson 01794 388884
Jenny Crouch 01794 388882
Mobile Library Tuesday 27th March 2012:
2.00 - 2.25pm Up Somborne
2.45 - 4.00pm Church Road
Information: 02380 267393
Pastoral Care Group Contact: Fi Chilton 01794 388160
Prayer Group
Please contact Rev Robert Stapleton on
01794 388223
School Association A group of volunteer parents meeting twice
a term to organize social and fund-raising
events to benefit the school and its pupils.
Contact: Caroline Andrews 01794 389231
Scouts Beavers Wednesdays 5.45 - 6.45pm
Cubs Thursdays 6.30 - 8.00pm
Scouts Wednesdays 7.00 - 9.00pm
Contact: Janice Waterman 01794 388588
Somborne & District Society Meetings held on the fourth Wednesday of
each month at 8.00pm, usually in the
Village Hall.
www.communigate.co.uk/hants/somsoc
Contact: Mary Pollock 01794 388422
Somborne Needleworkers Meet each Thursday at 2.00pm at
Nutcher‘s, 3 Nutcher‘s Drove.
Contact: Eileen Humphreys 01794 388427
Somborne Players Regular, informal play readings and
outings.
Contact: Melanie Haydon 01794 388120
Sombornes Pre-School Early Years education for children aged
from 2 to school age.
Contact: Lucy Chadwick 01794 389587
Somborne Sessions Details: www.sombornesessions.co.uk
Contact: Doug Stammers 01794 389192
Somborne Singers Weekly meetings to sing ballads, songs
from shows etc. every Tuesday at 7.45pm
in the Parish Church.
Contact: Sue Jackson 01794 388884
Sunday Night at Six (SNAS) Christian youth group for ages 9-13+.
Meets in Epworth Hall on 1st and 3rd
Sundays of month in term time, 6.00-
7.15pm, plus outings and other events.
Contact: Sam Barnes 07742077114
Tiny Tots Meet in the Parish Church each Tuesday at
2.00pm.
Contact: Christine Ball 01794 388633
Women’s Institute Meets on the second Wednesday of each
month at 7.30pm in the Epworth Hall.
Contact: Linda Aucock 01794 388542
Working Men’s Club Various entertainments throughout the
month.
Contacts: Janette Batchelor 07582 552666
Trina Masham 07852 257596
Village Agents Contacts: Sue Jackson 01794 388884
Lin Curtis 01794 389373
Youth Housegroup For ages 11-14+. Meetings in members‘
houses or social events monthly.
Contact: Pam Gravenor 01794 388531
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THE SOMBORNE SOCIETY ~ An Invitation
Why not celebrate this historic Diamond Jubilee
Year by joining your local history society. We look
forward to welcoming you.
Details from: Mary Pollock. Tel: 01794 388422
Monthly talks from
visiting speakers
Publications and CDs of
local historical interest
Visits to places and
buildings of local
historical interest
Social Events ......... ~ Christmas Dinner ~ New Year’s Lunch ~ Quiz evenings etc. etc. ~ Outings, visits
Quarterly Newsletter
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King’s Somborne Working Men’s Club
100th Anniversary Please could we remind you all that the Club is 100 years old on 12th March
2012 and we have the following events taking place:-
Friday 9th March - Quiz night (open to everyone)
Saturday 10th March - Local group ―Black Pig‖ (16 and over only)
Sunday 11th March - ―A trip down memory lane‖ with afternoon
tea then Bingo in the evening (open to everyone)
Saturday 17th March - Family Disco (open to everyone)
For the ―trip down memory lane‖, the Committee would like to ask the people
of the village if they have any old photographs, film/video/dvd or memorabilia
of the club that we could borrow. This could include material about its
founders, dart teams, football teams, cricket teams etc. Also information about
any events that took place in and around the club within the last 100 years, such
as the carnival, flower show, tug of war, end of eras and new beginnings would
be welcome.
If you can help with any of the above please contact either:-
Janette Batchelor or Trina Masham
Mobile: 07582 552666 Mobile: 07852 257596
Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]
Your support would be very much appreciated.
Janette Batchelor and Trina Masham
Joint Secretaries
Royal Jubilee The Parish Council maintains a list of
events being organised to mark the
Royal Jubilee in an attempt to avoid
clashes of dates and interests. Would
event organisers kindly continue to
confirm their event date, type and
venue, to the Clerk who can also
advise on road closures and use of
public open spaces.
Of interest, the Parish Council is
looking to mark the occasion by
planting some Royal Oaks later in the
year.
Peter Storey
Parish Clerk
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Spring Sale Saturday 24th March
King’s Somborne Village Hall
2—4pm
Clothes, books, toys, puzzles & bric-a-brac*
Cake stall
Chocolate tombola
Cake raffle
Raffle
Refreshments Phone Audrey Thomas 01794 388289 *Please note—we cannot accept electrical items
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The heart of Horsebridge hamlet will
come alive once more on the Easter
weekend, when new lessee, Toni
Simmonds, opens the doors of the John
O‘Gaunt Inn to welcome back drinkers
and diners to this much missed
hostelry! From Saturday, 7th April,
locals will have the opportunity to
become reacquainted with the
excellent beers that were a hallmark of
the JOG and to be introduced to the
excellent cuisine of new chef, Lee
McDowell from Stockbridge. Toni
has treated the pub to new décor,
which includes stone tile flooring,
ambient lighting, illustrations of local
history and ‗Jack‘s Corner‘ in
recognition of local nonagenarian, Jack
Knight.
To celebrate the relaunch, Toni will
be hosting a ‗Grand Opening‘ on the
evening of Friday 13th April from
7.00pm onwards. A free buffet will
give locals the opportunity to sample
Lee‘s cuisine. Each guest will also
receive a complimentary glass of
wine. There are many other events
planned for the night.
Toni Simmonds is a familiar face
around our community. She has
lived in Houghton for some years
from where she ran her own
successful business. With
experience in the licensed trade,
Toni will bring to the JOG her own
flair for entertaining and a portfolio
of ideas including music nights and
themed evenings.
Dawn Harrison
Village Correspondent
The John O’Gaunt Inn to reopen
Toni and the John O‟Gaunt
Winchester Nightshelter Here at King‘s Somborne, we now have a team of people cooking for
Nightshelter. If you would like to join us and cook once a year, you would be
welcome to come and have a chat about it.
Amy Dennison 01794 388889
Dulcie Witts 01794 388267
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Public session • Forest Extra: Residents from Up Somborne
attended the meeting with regard to the growth of
allegedly unauthorised activity at Forest Extra and
the resulting problems to residents regarding number
and sizes of vehicles using Strawberry Lane. Cllr
Ward confirmed that TVBC enforcement staff were
following this up. The Clerk will write to TVBC and
Hampshire Highways to express local concerns and
will respond when the application for the Certificate
of Lawfulness comes up.
• Tree planting: Responding to Colin Matthews, the Tree Warden, planting of
the Royal Jubilee Oak will be pursued. Mr Matthews will consider options for
planting a replacement tree for the one to be felled outside the Scout Hut.
• Open spaces: Mr Dyke reported on the poor condition of the toddlers‘ play
area fence. Cllr Gibson said repair costs might be met from his devolved
budget.
• Local policing: PC Beecroft confirmed that parking vehicles on the pavement
was an offence if an obstruction was caused, as reported in last month‘s
minutes.
• Borough news: Cllr Ward commented on the successful TVBC workshop to
discuss the draft Core Strategy and confirmed that he would lead the Village
Design Statement team. Information on current crime could be accessed on
Twitter and also on Crime Report which contains some current crime.
Council session • Affordable housing: Cllr Harwood reported on the successful Open Day and
commented on the impressive standard and variety of the new housing. He
congratulated the Parish Council in general and Messrs Dyke and Bevan in
particular for their involvement in the project.
• Cemetery fees: Cemetery fees with regard to non-residents were discussed.
The matter will be reconsidered at the next budget meeting.
•Highways/road safety: Cllr Fahy reported the removal of plastic bollards from
Winchester Road. He has spoken to Hampshire Highways regarding the
collapse of the stream bank near Martin‘s Shop and the Clerk will follow this
up.
• Councillor surgeries: Cllr Herbert queried the value of continuing to hold
councillor surgeries when no one turns up.
Parish Council meeting February
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• Appointments: Cllr Goddard will be the transport representative and Clrs Fahy
and Werrett will join the Planning Committee.
• Royal Jubilee celebrations: Cllr Herbert will arrange for organisers of the ‗Big
Picnic‖ on the recreation ground to contact the Clerk to finalise matters.
• Youth recreational facility: Cllr Fahy reported that the survey was in hand and
he would canvas youngsters as they leave school to publicise it.
• Annual Assembly: Cllr Harrison confirmed she was planning the detail for, and
advertising of, the forthcoming Annual Assembly with the CWG and would
brief councillors on their roles at the March meeting.
• RFO’s report and budget monitoring: Please see full Minutes for details.
• Jubilee strategy: The Clerk outlined the Localism Act and Cllr Werrett
confirmed work was continuing on ‗quick wins‘. Cllr Ward confirmed his lead
on the Village Design Statement and Cllr Harrison advised she would begin the
Planning Process at the appropriate time. Cllr Herbert tabled his group‘s draft
response to the draft Core Strategy document which the Clerk will release to
TVBC.
• Clerk’s report: TVBC Environmental Health will be contacted to remove
offensive graffiti from the skate ramp. Southern Electric are being chased to
repair the fence by The Gorrings entrance to 3 Fields. The telephone kiosk on
the Village Green has been repaired and repainted by BT.
Forthcoming Council meetings (Epworth Hall, King‘s Somborne):
Councillors‘ Surgery: 6.15pm on Monday 20th February 2012
(Cllrs Dawn Harrison and John Werrett)
Planning Committee: 7.00pm on Monday 20th February 2012
Parish Council: 7.00pm on Monday 5th March 2012
Dawn Harrison
Village Correspondent
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Digital switchover - be prepared You have probably heard a lot about this already, but there are two dates that
you really need to be aware of. (If you receive your TV service by satellite you
don‘t need to do anything.) The rest of us will almost certainly be receiving our
service from the Rowridge transmitter or its Salisbury relay station, so:
The dates on which you will have to retune your equipment are:
7th March and 21st March
This applies to BT Vision and Top Up TV customers as well as those with
Freeview.
For more information go to www.digitaluk.co.uk/when_do_I_switch/meridian/
rowridge
Despite toe-freezing temperatures of
minus 5°C, the pre-school cake sale on
the 4th February saw a steady stream
of customers who had braved the sub-
zero conditions to come and buy the
delicious cakes on offer, raising £75 in
the process. A big thank you to those
who donated cakes for us to sell, to the
brave mums who manned the stall and
to The Crown for allowing us to use
their car park.
If you would like to get involved in
fundraising for the pre-school, a much
warmer way to help raise money is to
visit www.easyfundraising.org.uk
next time you‘re shopping online.
Register for free and choose to support
The Sombornes Pre-School. You can
then click through to your favourite
online retailers (such as Amazon, John
Lewis or Boden) and a percentage of
your spend will come directly to us as
a donation.
Our plans for
a community
Jubilee event
on Saturday
2nd June are starting to take shape, so
please put the date in your diaries. See
page 11 for more information. If you,
your club or society would like to be
involved, please contact Samantha
Boot on 01794 389554.
We‘re still registering children for ‗pre
-school to school‘ transition sessions
for those starting at the village school
in September 2012. For more
information, including session times,
please call Lucy Chadwick on 01794
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www.thesombornespreschool.org or
log onto The Sombornes website.
Samantha Boot
Vice-Chair, The Sombornes Pre-
School Committee
The Sombornes Pre-School
Fundraising update
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The Somborne & District Society and
The Sombornes‘ Pre-School are proud
to be working together to organise a
special event to celebrate the Queen‘s
Diamond Jubilee at the recreation
ground and Village Hall on Saturday
2nd June.
This is an event for the whole village
to enjoy and take part in: there will be
stalls and sideshows, competitions and
possibly cricket!
We ask all organisations, individuals
and family groups if they will
contribute by organising a sales table
or stall: be it teas and coffees, ice
creams, books, toys or lucky dip. The
more variety we have, the better. We‘d
also welcome any street entertainers to
add to the atmosphere.
As well as the stalls, there will be a
free-to-enter ‗Make a Jubilee Crown‘
competition with prizes for children
and adults. So dust off your glue-
sticks and get creating!
This will be a Jubilee celebration to
remember, so let‘s have lots of fun and
show the rest of the Test Valley what
King‘s Somborne can do.
If you have any queries or offers,
please contact either Samantha Boot,
on behalf of The Sombornes Pre-
School (389554), or Mary Pollock, on
behalf of The Somborne & District
Society (388422).
Exciting Jubilee celebrations planned
Village Variety Show Saturday 30 June
King’s Somborne Village Hall
An evening of entertainment: music, sketches, readings and much more.
If you would like to entertain the village then come along to the
auditions for the Variety Show: 7:30pm Thursday 22 March in the Village Hall
or contact David Haydon (388120), email: [email protected]
(produced on behalf of the Village Hall committee)
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The work on the Hall has been held
back slightly due to the recent very
cold weather but generally it is
progressing very well. The main store
which is being turned into the new
community room has now had the
dividing wall taken down and a heavy
steel beam will be going up in the next
few days to support the roof timbers.
A smaller steel beam has already been
put up beneath the outside canopy and
this has enabled one of the outside
steel pillars to be removed which will
eventually produce a much better vista
from the new community room. The
two adjacent pillars have been encased
in brickwork and are now much more
attractive.
The two new store rooms now have the
roofing felt in place and as a result the
pre-school and football club have been
able to move a lot of their equipment
into the smaller store. The larger store
has just had the cement floor installed
and work on the ceilings and tiling will
follow shortly.
Electrical work will begin this week in
the community room and we expect
the new French windows will be
inserted at the end of the week.
I realize that the building work has
caused some disruption, particularly as
the Hall is in constant use in
preparation for the pantomime, but Ian
and Lee our builders have tried very
hard to keep the dust, noise and
disruption to the minimum. Thanks to
everybody for their patience and I am
sure you will appreciate the end result!
We have discussed a name for the new
community room and the idea that we
should name it the ‗Jubilee Room‘
seems to be very acceptable and
hopefully this will be confirmed by the
VHMC this week. If all goes well we
should be able to have a formal
opening ceremony during the Jubilee
weekend. In this context, several
organizations are getting together to
arrange a special celebration some
time during the Jubilee weekend. If
you or your group would like to be
involved, please contact either
the pre-school, the Somborne
Society, the WI or the Parish
Clerk. It would seem to be
sensible to co-ordinate
activities so that we avoid
events clashing. Contact
addresses are in The Gauntlet
but if all else fails do let me
know (Terry Mackintosh
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Alongside the building work
we are considering the
Village Hall news
New French windows installed!
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furnishing of the Jubilee Room. This
is probably going to cost in the region
of £6,000 and we will obviously be
seeking grants, but if you would like to
make a donation please let our
Treasurer, Michael Templeman, know.
We are also having initial discussions
on the next phase of refurbishment
which will entail a considerable
amount of work on the main hall.
Obviously these discussions are at a
very early stage and we have not yet
raised the money but the team has
achieved an amazing amount so far
and I am very confident that we can
eventually have a hall of which
everybody will be proud.
Finally some dates for your diary. The
Somborne Sessions are proving to be
extremely popular and the next artiste
will be Richard Digance on 29th
March. The Clay Pigeon Shoot will be
held on 11th May and the Beer and
Music Festival will be on 23rd June.
VHMC – 15th March and 26th April
Village Hall AGM – 3rd May.
Terry Mackintosh
(Hon.Chairman VHMC)
Would you like to play table tennis?
Stockbridge village website www.stockbridge-hampshire.org.uk is
the Stockbridge village website. Have
you seen it yet? It‘s rather different to
ours (www.thesombornes.org.uk).
While ours concentrates on village
and co mmuni t y a f fa i r s , t he
Stockbridge site has vast amounts of
information about the area and links
to everything you can imagine. Run
on behalf of the Parish Council, it is
sponsored by local businesses. You
can advertise items for sale on it, at
modest rates. So, take a look - if you
have time - you could end following
the links to interesting information for
quite a while!
As a lead Parish Councillor for sports,
I am seeking support for the
establishment of a table tennis club
for parishioners of all ages. If enough
is forthcoming, it will be possible to
proceed to bid for funds to purchase
tables and nets and to seek a suitable
venue. The viability of a club will
depend upon the willingness of a
number of adults to offer assistance in
supervising the activity.
Would those of you who are
interested please go to the website
www.thesombornes.org.uk
and register the interest of yourself
and family members separately on the
appropriate link on the home page, so
that the total number of interested
persons is recorded.
I have already made an informal
survey of some parishioners and
apologise for troubling you again.
Frank Fahy
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King’s Somborne Working Men’s Club Entertainment for ―100th Anniversary Weekend‖:
Friday 9th March Quiz Night Open to everyone
Teams of 4
Entry fee £1.00 per persn
Saturday 10th March Black Pig
Open to everyone 16 and over
Non-members £4.00 entry
Tickets to go on sale 25th February
Contact Janette Batchelor on 07582 552666
Numbers are limited, so buy your tickets early
to avoid disappointment
Sunday 11th March ―A Trip Down Memory Lane‖ With afternoon tea
From 2.30 onwards
Open to everyone
Sunday 11th March Bingo
8.00 pm start
Open to everyone
Saturday 17th March Family disco
Open to everyone
All children must be accompanied by an adult
King‘s Somborne Cricket Club plays friendly T20s home and away against local clubs on Wednesday evenings between the beginning of May and the middle of August. The 2012 fixture list will be published in the April edition of The Gauntlet. The home square is on the King‘s Somborne recreation ground, where practice nets are also situated. We are anxious to find new members for the coming
season. If you or any other members of your family are interested, please contact the Honorary Secretary, Frank Fahy, on 01794388314 or [email protected]
King’s Somborne
Cricket Club
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Kings Somborne & District
Horticultural Society
ANNUAL GENERAL
MEETING
To be held in the Village Hall
Thursday 12th April 2012
At 8.00pm
Guest Speaker:
Mr Marcus Dancer on:-
“Scented plants
throughout the year”
Admission free
Everyone welcome
Plants for sale
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KING’S SOMBORNE PARISH COUNCIL
Annual Assembly
From 6.30pm on Thursday 19th
April 2012
(Meeting starts at 7.30pm)
Village Hall, King’s Somborne
Come and celebrate our Parish achievements!
See our new style meeting in an informal setting
with round tables and slideshows
Take this opportunity to get to know your Parish,
Borough and County Councillors on a one-to-one basis!
Refreshments available throughout the Annual Assembly
Let KSPC have your questions in advance,
to be answered on the night!
Either deliver your questions to the Post Office, King‘s Somborne
or email the Parish Clerk at [email protected]
before Thursday 19th April
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What’s on Your guide to events in and around the district
Portsmouth Historic Dockyards
The Naval Tea Club is a new, free
social event for seniors at the National
Museum of the Royal Navy starting on
6 March. Tea, chat and reminisce
with a different theme, artifact and
archive each time. No knowledge of
naval history required. Book a place
on 02392 72784.
On 23 and 24 March, there is a rare
opportunity to see and hear about
items of the collection not usually on
public display in a special viewing of
artifacts and archives connected to the
men who served on HMS Victory.
Booking essential, 02392 727565.
Antarctic Discovery Day on 31 March
commemorates the centenary of
Scott‘s Antarctic expedition. Talk to
members of the Spirit of Scott 2012
expedition, see equipment used on the
original journey and become a polar
scientist in the laboratory. Free event,
11.00am to 4.00pm; all ages welcome.
02392 727588.
Learn about engineering in the age of
sail, with family friendly activities at
the Mary Rose Museum, on 10/11 and
17/18 March. Free with a valid ticket.
At 12 noon on 15 March, ‗Secrets of
the Dead‘ will explain what we can
learn about the crew of Mary Rose
from their human remains. Free entry.
Exbury Gardens
The Lachenalia exhibition runs from
10 March to 1 April, featuring a fine
collection of over 120 different species
or variations of these winter flowering
bulbs, originating from southern
Africa. Also known as the Cape
Cowslip or the Leopard Lily, the
collection will be on show in the
Gardens Five Arrows Gallery together
with spring themed watercolours. For
more information, call 02380 891203
or visit www.exbury.co.uk
Winchester Discovery Centre
‗The Story Lounge: Watery Tales‘ is a
new family event; old-fashioned
storytelling at its simplest and most
enchanting. Each month will feature
different local performers, artists,
actors, dancers and musicians, so get
your Sunday morning off to the perfect
start in the magical world of yarn
spinning and fable making. The series
starts on 18 March at 10.30am. 01962
873603.
Iconic images from the celebrity
portrait photographer, Jane Brown, are
on display from 23 March to 13 May.
Free admission.
At 7.30pm on 2 and 15 March, John
Pilkington will give illustrated talks in
aid of Oxfam on his journey from the
Caucasus to Afghanistan.
Hampshire Artists Cooperative
The Winter Show at the Selbourne Art
Gallery features two guest artists
together with new works by members,
including contemporary jewellery,
painting, glassware, felt work,
sculpture, and pottery. Free admission,
open Tuesday to Sunday until 11
April. 01420 511347. Bethan Bennett-Lloyd
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Theatres
Theatre Royal, Winchester (01962 840440 or www.theatreroyalwinchester.co.uk) 12-17 March ‗Less Than Kind‘ 20-21 March ‗Cosi Fan Tutte‘ 23-24 March ‗Bette and Joan: The Final Curtain‘ 27-31 March ‗Waiting for Godot‘ _____________________________
Salisbury Playhouse (01722 320333 or www.salisburyplayhouse.com) 28 February – 3 March ‗Romeo and Juliet‘ 5-7 March ‗DNA‘
6-7 March
‗Kemp‘s Jig‘
15 March – 7 April
‗The Seven Year Itch‘
____________________________ Nuffield, Southampton (02380 671771 or
www.nuffieldtheatre.co.uk)
13-15 March ‗Mogadishu‘ 16-18 March ‗The Phoenix and the Carpet‘ 20-24 March ‗Missing‘
27-31 March
‗The Crowstarver‘ ____________________________ The Lights, Andover
(01264 368368 or
www.thelights.org.uk)
1 March Midge Ure Acoustic
6 March Andy Kershaw 8 March ‗The Trial‘ 15 March Andy Cutting, Musician of the Year
2010, BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards
16 March The Searchers
21 March
Transitions Dance Company
_____________________________
The Screen, Winchester (0871 9069060 or www.everymancinema.com) NT Live 29 March ‗She Stoops To Conquer‘ _____________________________ Chesil Theatre, Winchester (01962 840440 or
www.chesiltheatre.org.uk) 24-31 March
‗Heroes‘
_____________________________
Plaza Theatre, Romsey (01794 512987 or www.plazatheatre.com) 13-14 March ‗Ladies Day‘
24 March
Young and Strange, comedy and
illusion
31 March
Ian B Dunne, science magic
____________________________ Turner Sims
(023 8059 5151 or
www.turnersims.co.uk)
3-4 March Musical Alphabet, part of the BBC‘s
Music Nation weekend.
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Village Diary for March
Footpath walk 6 miles (9.5 Km) 2.5 hours
A walk along the estate paths of Mottisfont Abbey. Meet at the
Mottisfont Abbey Car Park at 2.00pm.
15th Needle workers 2.00pm
VHMC meeting 7.30pm
19th Bell ringing 7.30pm
20th Tiny Tots 9.15am
Drop in Club 10.30am
Somborne Singers 7.30pm
21st Baby & Toddler 9.30am
Lent Lunch 12.45pm
Dial-a-Ride 2.00pm
22nd Needle workers 2.00pm
24th Friends‘ Spring Sale 2.00pm
25th Footpath Walk 2.00pm
27th Village Agent Talk
Community
Innovations Team
10.30am
28th Dial-a-Ride 2.00pm
Lent Lunch 12.45pm
Somborne Society 8.00pm
29th Needle workers 2.00pm
Somborne Sessions
Richard Digance
7.30pm
1st Needle workers 2.00pm
2nd The Monarch of Wit 7.30pm
5th Bell ringing 7.30pm
Badminton 7.30pm
Parish Council 7.00pm
6th Drop in Club 10.30am
Somborne Singers 7.30pm
7th Baby & Toddler 9.30am
Lent Lunch 12.45pm
Dial-a-Ride 2.00pm
8th Needle workers 2.00pm
9th -
11th
WMC 100th
Anniversary
Celebrations
12th Bell ringing 7.30pm
Badminton 7.30pm
13th Tiny Tots 9.15am
14th Baby & Toddler 9.30am
Lent Lunch 12.45pm
Dial-a-Ride 2.00pm
WI 7.30pm
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1 March The Ramblers group walk at Farley
Mount, from 10.00am. Newcomers
welcome. 02380 615652 1 March ‗Bound‘; Bear Trap Theatre Company
on their first national tour following
Edinburgh Festival acclaim. The
Point, Eastleigh, 7.30pm. 02380
652333
2 March Winchester by Lamplight; free guided
walk; 8.00pm. 01962 840500 3 March Basingstoke Choral Society performs
Bach‘s St Matthew Passion at
Winchester Cathedral, joined by New
London Sinfonia. 7.30pm. 01962
857275. 4 March Retro, antique and collectibles market,
Winchester Broadway. 7 March 'Tackling invasive non-native plants in
the New Forest'; illustrated talk on
recent efforts to control their spread
along the Forest‘s watercourses and
plans for local action. Free entry,
7.30pm, Hilt Community Centre,
Chandler‘s Ford. 02380 688352.
10 March
‗Introduction to home chicken
keeping‘; one-day course, 9.30am.
Out of Town Centre, Beaulieu. 01590
612401
11 March Damerham Potato Day with over 100
varieties of seed potatoes for sale plus
onion sets, rhubarb crowns and
vegetable seeds. From 10.00am at
Damerham Village Hall.
12 March
‗T he s t r awb er ry ind us t ry in
Hampshire‘. Hampshire Record
Office. 7.15pm. 01962 867490
14 March ‗A wildlife ramble through the
seasons‘ with wildlife photographer,
Brian Pettit. Badger Farm Community
Centre, 7.30pm. 01962 861182. 14 March ‗Sophisticated small satellites from
Surrey‘; INTECH lecture, 6.30pm.
01962 863791. 16-17 March Winchester Real Ale and Cider
Festival, Guildhall. 07587 242797. 17 March
Ocean and Earth Day at the National
Oceanography Centre, Southampton.
Interactive events for all ages. Free
entry, 10.30am. 023 8059 6156.
17 March
Romsey Choral Society perform at The
Chapel of St Cross, Winchester.
7.30pm. 01794 512987
17 March
Winchester Moonlight Walk; 8km in
aid of Naomi House starting at
9.00pm. 01962 843513
18 March Andover Farmers‘ Market 18 March Mother‘s Day lunch and champagne
teas; Lainston House. 01962 776088 24-25 March Owslebury Art and Craft Exhibition
featuring local artists. Village Hall,
10.00am-5.00pm. 01962 777354 25 March Sport Relief Mile 2012, Guildhall
Square, Southampton at 10.00am.
http://my.sportrelief.com
District diary for March
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The Somborne
and District Society Members enjoyed two very successful
social events over the Christmas
period, namely the Christmas Dinner
and New Year‘s Lunch.
The Society‘s first talk of 2012 took
members back to the life of a farmer‘s
wife in the 18th century with Ruth
Facer‘s talk, „Mary Bacon‟s World: A
Farmer‟s Wife in 18th Century
Hampshire.‟ Mary Bacon, born in
1743, married a farmer in 1765 and
subsequently had six children. She
and her husband farmed in Cliddesden
for twenty six years. They then moved
to Aylesford Farm near Alton, renting
arable, sheep-farming and hop-
growing land of approximately 165
acres. Ruth‘s talk came out of
research for a biographical study of
fiction from 1772 to 1800. This
research unearthed a document „Mary
Bacon‟s list of books‟. This ledger
listed over 50 books on such diverse
subjects as farming accounts, recipes,
conduct for middle class thrifty
housewives, cures for humans and
animals, almanac material, bible
stories, religion and a detailed
inventory of everything in the house.
The talk was interspersed with
readings on diverse topics and written
in various styles and genres and at
different points in time. These painted
a vivid picture of life at the time and
the behaviour and life style expected,
almost demanded, not only of farmers‘
wives but also of children and
employers. An interesting fact to
emerge was that the ledger listed no
works of fiction. Did Mary Bacon
read no fiction or did she borrow rather
than buy books in this genre? It is
clear from the books listed that Mary
Bacon was a deeply religious woman
of diverse interests extending beyond
the potentially narrow confines of life
as a farmer‘s wife at that time.
Jo Finch
Next Meeting:
Wednesday 22nd February 2012.
8.00pm. King‘s Somborne Village
Hall.
Flora Thompson: Beyond Candleford
Green ~ a talk by Jo Smith.
EVERYONE WELCOME.
Jazz by the River This charity event takes place every other year in a field next to the
River Test in Stockbridge. This is one of those years. So make a note of the date now -
27th May 2012. Besides the jazz band, there will be a Robinson’s Hog Roast and other
attractions. Watch out for more details nearer the time.
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A few months ago the club reached its
centenary and this will be celebrated
on the 12th March, but the story of
how it was founded is both interesting
and surprising.
The club‘s origins lie in the village
reading room founded by the vicar, the
Revd John Creighton, in 1898, in the
parish rooms in the grounds of the Old
Vicarage. Daily newspapers and
weekly or monthly magazines were
provided and villagers were able to
keep up with world affairs.
In 1901, this reading room was
extended and provided with a billiards
table. This gave rise to the formation
of a Billiards Club whose membership
was restricted to men only over the age
of 16.
The popularity of the club prompted
the vicar to use it as an instrument of
the Church in caring for the spiritual
needs of the men in the parish.
The ―Guild for Men‖ or ―Men‘s Club‖
as it became known, formed a
committee which met each Sunday
afternoon. The club was open every
winter evening, except Sundays.
The popularity of the club increased
rapidly and more space was needed, so
it moved from the parish room to the
bottom of Cow Drove Hill into empty
cottages owned by Mr Usborne.
In 1909, the committee felt that the
club should have its own building
which Major Hennessy of Compton
Manor offered to fund. Mrs Vaudrey
Barker-Mill of Mottisfont offered part
of her estate in ―St. Austin‘s Cross
Road‖ for a site, and Major
Hemmingway arranged for drawings
to be prepared. Construction work
started in March 1911 and the club was
opened on November 2nd 1911 by Mrs
Hennessy.
The opening ceremony was a grand
affair which included singing,
recitations, many speeches, a
cinematograph show and a billiards
tournament.
The committee decided to rename the
club ―The King‘s Somborne Working
Men‘s Club‖. A new constitution
banned gambling, swearing and
spitting. Alcohol was not allowed.
Seventy-eight act ive members
enrolled, each paying 4/- (20p) per
winter season.
The club now celebrates its centenary.
Thousands of working men‘s clubs
were built, but few remain today.
England‘s oldest, founded in 1861
closed in 2008 with debts of £26,000.
It was one of 400 which closed in that
year alone. Ours is a survivor and well
worth our continued support.
Gordon Pearson
Condensed from “The founding of the
KS Working Men‟s Club” published by
SomSoc in 2009. Copies available
from Mary Pollock Picketlaw Old
Palace Farm. Price £1.50
100 years of King’s Somborne
Working Men’s Club
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Sombornes Neighbourhood Watch We were sadly unable to provide an
article in last month‘s edition of The
Gauntlet - the reason being that we
simply had no news! Indeed, for this
month‘s article there were just 3
incidents, all thefts. Two were
valuables left in motor vehicles and
one was theft of a purse in King‘s
Somborne church.
One of the challenges we have is to
improve the knowledge of trend
information in the surrounding area to
help keep you aware of potential crime
threats. To assist in this quest, we now
receive the weekly Northern Country
Watch bulletin which you can view on
the Neighbourhood Watch (NHW)
pages of the Sombornes website
(www.thesombornes.org.uk). We also
receive the Romsey
Rural policing report
which is also
available on our
website and we are
working hard to get
similar data from the
Andover Rural area.
Crime prevention tips
are also available and we‘ll be
featuring these in future articles in The
Gauntlet.
In the meantime, actual crime for our
area can be seen on the Crime Reports
webpage which can be accessed from
the Links section of the NHW pages
on the Sombornes website.
Current Key Crime Trends Diesel and Heating Oil theft
continues to be a significant concern in
the area, as are scrap metal thefts and
the associated
sightings of
vans and
pick-up
trucks in out
of the way
places. As
shown above,
theft from
vehicles remains an issue – so
remember NOT to leave valuables on
display.
As always check the Sombornes
website for up-to-date information or
better still subscribe – and be notified
automatically.
If you see or hear
a n y s u s p i c i o u s
activity, please alert
t h e p o l i c e
immediately
Contact us for any further information.
Better still, join us and help to make
our community safer!
The Sombornes Neighbourhood Watch
Team
Andrew Brock
Sombornes Neighbourhood Watch
[email protected] Tel: 388227
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This will be held on Friday 11th May
at The Acorn Shoot on The Compton
Manor Estate. We are again raising
money for the Vi l lage Hal l
Redevelopment Fund and Cancer
Research UK.
Shooting will be in teams of four at a
cost of £150 per head. For this you
will enjoy a 100 bird shoot, a pool
shoot, a team flush. All cartridges are
included and guns will be available on
each stand should you need one. We
anticipate this year‘s shoot being even
more popular than last year‘s, so we
will be limiting the entries to 30 teams.
Also included is the chance to try your
hand at Archery, have breakfast (with
tea and coffee available all day), a pay
bar open only when you have finished
shooting, a magnificent two course
‗Hog Roast‘ lunch including wine and
a raffle.
The day will end with a fund raising
auction. Donations have already been
received of: five rods on the River
Test, a week-end break in Monaco at
the only hotel with its own beach, a
week-end in Paris and a week-end in
Barcelona. Other pledges are to be
confirmed.
There will also be a display of Vintage
and Classic cars. So, if you have one
you would like to show it, please get in
touch with me.
If you would like to support us but
don‘t shoot then please consider an
advertisement in our magnificent
Shoot Programme. If you would like
to see the 2011 edition then please
contact me .
An entry form together with much
more information is available on our
web site:
www.tv-charityclayshoot.org.uk
Please return your entry form by 31st
March to me: John Vanderpump at 8,
Nutcher‘s Drove, King‘s Somborne,
SO20 6PA.
Telephone: 01794 388647.
The 4th Test Valley Charity
Clay Pigeon Shoot
ROMSEY ARTHRITIS HYDROTHERAPY GROUP (Local charity)
Is looking for new members to benefit from Hydrotherapy at
The Pinder Centre, Avington, near Winchester
Membership £5 per year
plus subsidised cost of sessions in the pool
A physiotherapist is present at all sessions
(No transport available)
For information, phone:- Mrs Linda Hill 01794 323838
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I am amazed at the wealth of help
there is on offer to support older
people in the community. Much of it
is free. As we age, we all find physical
things getting a little trickier and we
tend to worry more.
At the end of this month we are
holding our third talk in the Epworth
Hall. We are holding these talks on
the last Tuesday morning of each
month, so you can get your diaries
booked now!
T hi s mo n t h t h e Co mmu n i t y
Innovations Team will let you know
about the huge range of services they
have on offer or can put you in touch
with. It really is as easy as picking up
the phone! Come along to this talk—
you may think you don‘t need
anything now, but what they have to
say may ring a few bells with you or
give you some
i d e a s t o
squirrel away
for the future.
Forewarned is
forearmed!
Remember also that we are here to
help with any other queries you may
have about services or benefits for the
over 50s, and we will do fire safety
checks. Do not sit at home worrying
–however small you may feel the
problem is, pick up the phone and ask,
you have nothing to lose, and may
have much to gain!
Sue Jackson 388 884
Lin Curtis 389 373
Be amazed!
Community Innovations Team
Stay Independent!
Epworth Hall
Tuesday 27th March
10.30am All over 50s Welcome
Followed by coffee and cake
Book Your Place on 388884
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There will be a few changes to the
event this year. Firstly, it will run over
two days – starting on Friday 22nd
June with Somborne Sessions hosting
a visit by legendary US blues band
Delta Moon (in the Village Hall).
Carrying the listener deep into the
heart of the American South, the dual
slide guitars of Delta Moon‘s front
men Tom Gray and Mark Johnson will
set the scene nicely for a great
weekend of live music. Tickets for
this will be £10 in advance (£12 on the
night). The Crown will be running an
extended bar with a selection of real
ales.
Then on Saturday 23rd June, we start
the festival proper at 3.00pm with live
music on the field from new local
sensation Rory and Friends, along
with two popular acts back from last
year - Miles Apart and The Badgers.
There will be a hog roast, BBQ, baked
potatoes and cakes, teas and coffees
along with a range of arts and craft
stalls, children‘s entertainment and of
course our selection of Hampshire real
ales. At 7.00pm we are moving inside
the hall for an evening session with
Black Pig, Ben Goddard and Ken
Wood and the Mixers. This is partly
so we can be sure the weather will not
spoil your enjoyment of the evening
entertainment but also so we can better
control any issues with underage/
excessive drinking.
Tickets for the whole day (from
3.00pm in the afternoon through to
11.00pm in
the evening)
are £10
w i t h a
reduced rate
of £5 for the
a f t e r n o o n
s e s s i o n
only. For this you will get a
programme and festival glass, which
you will need to get served at the bar.
You are most welcome to bring your
own food, drink and picnics onto the
site but we would ask that anyone
drinking alcohol purchases a ticket and
obtains a plastic glass from us. We
also have a special festival offer in
place with means you can get a combo
ticket for both Delta Moon on the
Friday and an all day/evening ticket
for Saturday for just £15 – a saving of
£5. This year for the first time, all
tickets are available in advance from
www.sombornesessions.co.uk or
01794 389192.
We appreciate that this costs more than
last year. Unfortunately this is
inevitable due to the increased costs
we are facing staging the event this
year in terms of both higher first aid
cover and also having to provide a
basic security presence to deter any
misbehaviour/excessive drinking. We
think this remains a very reasonable
price to pay for a full day‘s
entertainment by some great acts
accompanied by a fantastic range of
local ales and hope you will agree!
3rd Somborne Beer and Music Festival
taking shape: And this year why not make a weekend of it?
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Spring Concert
Saturday 21st April 2012 at 7:30pm St Peter and Holy Cross Church, Wherwell.
and
Saturday 28th April 2012 at 7:30pm
St Peters Church, Stockbridge Tickets: £7 (£5 concessions)
Available from Dale Webb (01264) 860074
and on the door
Programme includes: Handel's Zadok the Priest; Fauré's Cantique de Jean Racine,
Bruckner motets and an array of English part songs
Www.wherwellsingers.org
In order to whet your appetite for the
Flower Show, and get you practising
on your subject material, the
photographic classes for this year‘s
Flower Show, to be held on Saturday
28th July, are announced as follows:-
1. ―Best of British‖
2. ―Gold‖
3. A photograph of a gateway
4. A photograph of a wild animal
All photos should have been taken in
the last twelve months, should be no
larger than 7‖ x 5‖, and may be
mounted but not framed.
Show schedules will be available from
the Village Shops later in April.
Pollyann Monk
Secretary
Horticultural Society
Flower Show photographic classes
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King’s Somborne School Association
Recycled Bottle Greenhouse We need your help to build a greenhouse for the school eco garden! We need to collect 2000 clear 2l bottles (eg lemonade, coke, water)
to turn:
Please save any bottles you have over the next few months and bring them to school or to the collection point at the Scout Hut. The KS
Explorer Scout troop will be helping with this project as part of their DofE award.
If possible please rinse them out first! We need lots, so please tell your friends and family too.
Join us for the ‘Big Greenhouse Build’ on Saturday 7th July, at the
school fete, when everyone can get involved in the construction.
Dates for your diary:
Saturday 21st April - Race Night at 7.30pm
Saturday 7th July - School Summer Fête
Ongoing Fund Raising .....
Wessex Petroleum, domestic oil distributors, will donate 0.5 pence to the school for every litre of fuel bought - just quote reference D29 each time. Telephone 0800 9806175
The School Association consists of volunteers from the local area who organise fundraising events to
provide additional equipment and cultural opportunities for our village school.
For further details please contact Louise on 01794 389668
INTO
Garage sale at Fairlee, Winchester Road
on Saturday, 24th March from 10am - 12 noon
Furniture, kitchenware, books, household items etc
01794 388121
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Ken Wood & the Mixers Black Pig Ben Goddard Rory & Friends
Miles Apart The Badgers
A selection of local Hampshire real ales, ciders and a full bar
Hog Roast, BBQ, Fish & Chips, tea and coffee, sweets
A variety of arts and crafts stalls
Bouncy Castles, The Great Alonso, Duck Races
£5 (afternoon), £10 (all day) OR get the Festival Special: an all day Saturday ticket plus Delta Moon at the Somborne
Sessions on Friday 22nd June for just £15
Tickets now available from www.sombornesessions.co.uk
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JOHN O’GAUNT
GALA OPENING EVENING
Come and meet new lessee, Toni Simmonds and local chef, Lee McDowell
Sample your favourite ales and our new menu!
New décor!
FROM 7.00pm ON FRIDAY, 13TH APRIL
Stockbridge Amateur Dramatic Society
present
Three One Act Plays by Anton Chekov
The Bear, The Proposal and The Anniversary
22nd, 23rd and 24th March at 7.30 pm
Stockbridge Town Hall
Tickets £7.50 (Tickets will be available from Robinson's Butchers in Stockbridge and
Cross Stores in King's Somborne in early March.)
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“Hold a Fish and Chip Supper
to help spinal cord injured
people live full and
independent lives.”
Want to do something different?
Want to raise money where you live
or work? Want to eat Fish and Chips,
while raising money for charity? Hold
a fish and chip supper on Friday 18th
May 2012 whilst raising awareness of
spinal cord injury and supporting
SIA‘s information and support
services.
You can hold a fish and chip supper in
your own home, at work or hold a
larger supper at your local community
centre.
SIA will provide a fundraising pack
containing hints and tips, recipes,
invitations and donation envelopes.
By inviting 7 friends and asking them
to donate an additional £5.00, you will
raise at least £35.00 from your supper
but we will also give you additional
fundraising ideas to raise even more
money for SIA.
Last year we had over 100 suppers
taking part in England and Wales and
we raised £6,000. In the three years
we have been running the event we
have raised £20,000 to support spinal
cord injured people.
The money raised from the suppers
will help the Spinal Injuries
Associa t ion offer support to
individuals who become paralysed and
their families, from the moment a
spinal injury
occurs, and
for the rest
of their
lives, by
p r o v i d i n g
services and
publications which enable and
encourage paralysed people to lead
independent lives.
Every year in the UK over 1,000
people experience a spinal cord injury
and there are an estimated 40,000
spinal cord injured people in the UK
alone.
Community Fundraising Officer,
Elizabeth Wright, says, ―The Fish and
Chip Supper is a wonderful
opportunity for a great evening with
friends and family. We are also
encouraging people who work to hold
a Fish and Chip Lunches in their work
places to raise even more funds. You
may be even a local community group
wanting to run a fun evening with your
group. Be a part of something special
and make a real difference to help
spinal cord injured people gain access
to the information and support they
need to enable them to live full and
independent lives.‖
For more information or to request a
fundraising pack, call Elizabeth Wright
on 0845 071 4350 or email
[email protected] or visit
www.spinal.co.uk/fishandchips
Great British Fish and Chip Supper –
Friday 18th May 2012
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Women’s Institute At our meeting on 8th February, our
President Thelma Blamey was in the
chair. Reports were made on our
walking activities (now weekly), the
monthly Book Club, and a very good
New Year's Lunch on 18th January at
the local Crown Inn. Dates were noted
for future coffee mornings and other
fund-raising events.
There was a warm welcome for the
guest speaker, Mr. Geoff Herbert,
accompanied by his wife - both well
known in the village. In contrast to his
talk last year (on Australia), Geoff
took us on a ―Voyage to Antarctica‖,
sub-titled ―Antarctica for Softies‖! It
was a fascinating talk, well supplied
with visual aids.
Geoff described the start of the trip at
Rio and a hotel overlooking the
Copacabana Beach. From there they
took a memorable trip inland to view
the dramatic series of waterfalls at
Iguassu. Three days later they
embarked on a cruise ship bound for
the Antarctic Peninsula, calling en
route at Montevideo and Puerto
Madryn. After some days at sea, with
a chance to study the birdlife, they
visited the Falkland Islands, finding
Port Stanley very British, with
Victorian-type buildings and red
telephone boxes.
The most exciting and stimulating part
of the voyage was the approach to
Antarctica, known as ―Iceberg Alley‖.
This area had dramatic scenery of
sweeping glaciers, blue-tinted icebergs
of incredible sizes and shapes with
dark strata of ash bearing witness to
volcanic
eruptions.
There was
also the
occasional
thunderous roar as a huge chunk of
iceberg broke away. Everywhere there
were colonies of penguins in their tens
of thousands. With midsummer
temperatures still at -5o C, signs of
habitation were few - just the odd
temporary building.
Geoff described the gradual rise in
temperature as the ship headed back
towards Cape Horn and up the west
coast, calling in at Chilean ports en
route to (eventually) the Panama
Canal. Overall they had been lucky to
have good clear weather and relatively
calm seas and their voyage had been a
highly memorable one.
Geoff was heartily thanked by Frances
Shone for entertaining us once again
and the evening ended with a welcome
hot drink before going out into the
cold. The next meeting will be on
Wednesday, 14th March, at 7.30pm in
the Epworth Hall, when Mrs. Victoria
Ennion will talk to members about
―Stress-free Kitchen Gardening‖. All
are welcome.
Mary Gibbs
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We have again ordered a supply of
‗The Real Easter Eggs‘ from the
Meaningful Chocolate Co. The
company introduced these eggs last
year, as out of a whopping 80 million
chocolate Easter Eggs sold each year,
not one of them mentioned Jesus on
the box. The Real Easter Egg changed
this and brings together the Easter
themes of hope and new life in three
ways:
* The egg is made from Fairtrade
chocolate. (The whole crop from one
chocolate tree makes 16 Real Easter
Eggs.)
* It is the only Easter egg to tell the
story of the Jesus Easter miracle on the
box and has three crosses on the front
as a reminder. This is a teaching
opportunity for the 50% of children
who do not
know the Easter
story.
* It gives money
away to two charities: Traidcraft
Exchange - which helps small-scale
farmers in the developing world trade
their way out of poverty, and Baby
Lifeline - which supports new mums
here in the UK.
Please phone Maddie Sumsion on
0 1 2 6 4 8 1 0 2 8 4 o r e m a i l
place your order. The eggs cost £3.99
each. 24 have been ordered and 21
remain available. Please let me know
quickly if you wish to buy an egg – if
more than 21 are required I can see if I
can increase the order.
Easter eggs
Church flowers for Easter Come and help us decorate the church with spring flowers for Easter. You
would be most welcome. We are not looking for expertise, just people who
love working with flowers be it in a vase or oasis. It is fun and satisfying. We
also welcome children who would like to have a go. If you only wish to wield a
broom to help us tidy up afterwards that would be wonderful. It is not a big
cleaning job, it is just tidying up.
We meet in the Church at 9.30am on Saturday 7th April.
Remembering a loved one Easter is a time to remember loved ones no longer with us. If you would like to
sponsor a lily in their memory, please contact Penny Ward on 01794 389649
or drop your sponsor money through the letterbox of 5 Forge Close (next to the
Working Mens Club) together with the name of the person or persons you
would like remembered and your name. The sponsor monies are £2.50 per lily
per person remembered.
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CHRISTIANITY TODAY – Lent Lectures
‘Christians Together in Somborne and District’ will be holding talks to discuss Christianity today.
Venue: Village Hall Committee Room
Times: 12:45pm—2:15pm
The Dates are Wednesdays:- 29th February 7th March
14th March 21st March 28th March.
Topics will be:-
1. WHY CHURCH? 2. WHY READ THE BIBLE? 3. WHY PRAY? 4. DOES GOD HEAL TODAY? 5. GOD AT GROUND LEVEL
Questions and Answers after each talk.
LUNCH PROVIDED
For more information contact Nigel Coleman 388449
It‘s not too late to join the Somborne
Singers in rehearsing our new song for
Easter. If you enjoy singing, why not
come and see what fun it is to sing in
our village choir together?
We are a friendly bunch of people who
rehearse on Tuesday evenings from
7.45pm to 9.00pm in King‘s Somborne
Parish Church. Both men and women
singers are welcome. You don‘t have
to have ever
sung in a choir
before, you
don‘t have to read music to sing with
us, and you are welcome to try us out
for a few weeks without committing to
anything further. Why not book it in
your diary for next Tuesday?
Howard Rowe
01794 388400
Somborne Singers
Easter Project
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S.N.A.S. SNAS is a group for School Years 4 to 7 that meets from 6.00pm to 7.15pm on
the 1st and 3rd Sundays of the month.
This group is open to all who fall within the age range. There is a registration
form which needs to be completed. The session cost is 50p which helps to
purchase various things for the club.
If you would like to know more why not give me a call on 07742077114 ?
Sam Barnes, Methodist Circuit Youth Worker.
Prayer Meeting We hold our prayer meetings on the first Monday of each month at
2.15pm. We meet for about an hour at Margaret Babb‘s house at ‗Ferndale‘,
Winchester Road, when we pray for our parish, families, friends and anyone
else in need.
If you have any prayer requests there are slips on the table at the back of the
church which you may put into the box provided or alternatively phone
Rosemary or the Revd. Rob Stapleton on 01794 388223.
Our meeting is very informal and we should be pleased to welcome new
members.
Dulcie Witts 01794 388 267
Maundy Thursday 2012 Christians Together in the Sombornes and Ashley invite you
to share an AGAPE meal in commemoration of our Lord‘s
last supper on 5th April at 7.30pm in the Epworth Hall. We
will be enjoying a fish and chip supper together– tickets £5 each from Nigel
Coleman (388449) or Norman Denison (388889).
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After an extended Christmas break,
Tiny Tots came back to a very cold
church to think about cold weather.
We made snowmen, painted
snowflakes and did collages of icy
weather.
We have since gone on to think about
our face and the wonderful things it
does. So far we have found out what
we can do with our eyes, nose and
mouth. With our eyes we have
looked at the pictures of animals in
church, with our noses we have smelt
lots of different herbs, spices and
flowers and with our mouths we have
sung our favourite songs and eaten
y u m m y
cakes!
We have
had great
fun making masks and binoculars,
pots with pot-pouris, collages of
flowers, loud speakers and iced cakes.
We have also enjoyed singing ―Head,
shoulders, knees and toes‖ and ―If
you‘re happy and you know it‖.
During March we will continue
thinking about our face and then we
will celebrate Mothering Sunday and
Easter.
Funday Club We have spent the first half term of
2012 thanking God for our wonderful
body and all the amazing things it can
do:
Hearing
Seeing
Speaking
Touching
Our bible stories have been based
around these themes and have
covered some of Jesus‘ miracles in
healing people. These have made us
think about what our lives
would be like if we were unable to
use different parts of our bodies.
We have had great fun in our craft
activities. We have made masks,
s p e a k i n g p u p p e t s , m u s i c a l
instruments and bird collages using
cut outs of our hands for feathers.
Funday Club is now looking forward
to its trip to the Village Pantomime
during half term.
A reminder that the next service will be held
on Palm Sunday (1st April at 3.30pm). We
hope as many people as possible can come to
celebrate the coming of Spring and enjoy
some refreshments after the service.
Terry & Nola Mackintosh (Hon. Secs)
Ashley St Mary
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From the Parish Registers
21 January Baptism Poppy Jane Vertel Fisher (b.15.08.2011)
9 February Funeral Alan George Cook
12 February Baptism Oliver Michael James Anns (b.13.07.2011)
Home Group We meet at 8.00pm usually on the third Thursday of each month.
We are a relatively small group of Christians from different traditions
who meet for informal study, discussion and fellowship and we would very
much welcome any newcomers who care to come along and join us.
Contact Nigel Coleman on 01794 388 449 for more information.
Do you know anyone who is new to the
village, is lonely or housebound and who might need some
support? If so, please ring Fi Chilton on 01794 388160 and we
can arrange for one of our visitors to drop in and see them.
Sunday 4th March—Lent 2
8.00am: Leckford: Said Holy
Communion
10.45am: Stockbridge: Matins
Sunday 11th March—Lent 3
9.30am: Longstock: Service of the
Word
10.45am: Stockbridge: Parish
Communion
Sunday 18th March—Lent 4
Mothering Sunday
8.00am: Old St Peter: Said Holy
Communion
9.30am: Longstock: All Age Worship
10.45am: Stockbridge: All Age
Worship
6.00pm: Leckford: Evensong
Sunday 25th March—Lent 5
9.15am: Longstock: Parish
Communion
10.45am: Stockbridge: Parish
Communion
Services in the Stockbridge Benefice
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Church services in March
Parish Church
2nd March
2.00pm Women‘s World Day of
Prayer—Christians
Together in Somborne—
Parish Church
4th March—Second Sunday of Lent
8.00am Holy Communion (1662)
10.00am Parish Communion (CW) * Readers:
James Barry: Genesis 17.1-7, 15, 16
Fi Chilton: Romans 4.13-end
Sandie Pepperell: Mark 8.31-end
11th March—Third Sunday of Lent 8.00am Holy Communion (1662)
10.00am Parish Communion (CW) * Readers:
Howard Rowe: Exodus 20.1-17
Alwena Rowe: 1 Corinthians 1.18-25
Christine Mitchell: John 2.13-22
18th March—Mothering Sunday
8.00am Holy Communion (1662)
10.00am Family Service * Readers:
Tiny Tots and Funday Club
25th March—Fifth Sunday of Lent
8.00am Holy Communion (1662)
10.00am Matins (followed by a short
Holy Communion service) Readers:
Patricia Mallock: Jeremiah 31.31-34
Terry Mackintosh: John 12.20-33
6.00pm ALiVE
Wednesdays 10.00am Holy Communion (1662) *
*Stay for coffee and biscuits after
services marked *
Methodist Church
2nd March
2.30pm Women‘s World Day of
Prayer—Christians
Together in Somborne—
Parish Church
Sunday 4th March
10.30am Mr Tom Belshaw
Sunday 11th March
10.30am Rev Dr Rosemary Baker
Holy Communion
Sunday 18th March
10.30am Mr John Yarrien
All Age Worship Mothering
Sunday
Sunday 25th March
10.30am Mr Chris Roles
St Thomas’ RC Church
Stockbridge 9.00am every Sunday
St Joseph’s RC Church Romsey
St Andrew’s N. Baddesley
Tuesdays:
10.00am—St Andrew‘s
6.00pm—St Joseph‘s
Thursdays:
6.00pm—St Joseph‘s
Fridays:
10.00am—St Andrew‘s
Saturdays:
6.00pm—St Joseph‘s
Sundays:
9.15am—St Andrew‘s
11.00am—St Joseph‘s
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The Minister has the last word
Printed and published by the Parish of Somborne with Ashley, Church of St Peter and St Paul,
King‘s Somborne, Hampshire
Dear Friends,
It is hard to believe that I am writing this for the March edition of The
Gauntlet. The year seems to be passing so quickly.
We are now well into the season of Lent. I remember last year being very
impressed with the Lent resources advertised on the internet, so I decided
to look again this year and was not disappointed. There are things for
individuals, for groups and for churches, ranging from courses and books
to DIY Labyrinth kits. There are also charity campaigns such as Water-
aid and the USPG 40 days of Peace. You can even learn to be more like
Jesus whilst watching television!
One course, the one that particularly caught my eye, was called
―Welcome‖. Most churches think they are pretty good at welcoming new
people and visitors, but when Tear Fund conducted a survey a few years
ago they found 92% of people who went to church for the first time and
did not return said it was because they did not feel welcomed. There is a
lot more to making people really feel welcome and this material is worth a
read.
Meanwhile you will be very welcome at our local Lent Course and indeed
at all of our local churches.
Yours in the service of Christ,
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