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June 2018 Freak weather

On Friday 29 December 2017 at about 7.30am a violent wind, believed to be tornado in nature, hit part of East Boldre. The fi rst building to be damaged was the village hall, where The only good news about the destruction caused is that the changing room roof was ripped off . Believed to weigh it happened very early in the morning, when many people about 750kg it was carried over the pitched roof and landed were of work due to the Christmas break, children were not about two metres from the road. A great deal of insulation going to school and therefore, thankfully nobody was injured material and roofi ng felt was scattered across the village and by fl ying debris. into the hedge the other side of Main Road. The great spirit of the village rose up and neighbour The tornado then hit the houses and garage, causing helped neighbour in clearing the debris from around the extensive damage to vehicles, buildings and roofs. As it Village Hall. progressed towards Sweyns Lease, gable ends, chimney stacks, power cables, oil tanks, trees, roofs were knocked By Cllr Michael Husband down or severely damaged. .

At about 7.45am on 29 December my daughter wrapped in the duvet trampolines. Two houses had their East Boldre was hit by a mini and rushed out of the bedroom as chimney stacks fall completely down. tornado, substantial damage was a window was smashed. When we Residents in one of the houses had caused to property and vehicles. got down stairs my husband was in a young children in bed at the time, they Many residents reported it to be shocked state saying the greenhouse said they saw their bedroom window one of the most terrifying moments is gone and our daughters car back suck inward and then out again. of their lives. The wind blew up and window had been smashed. On Some houses still have scaff olding roared so loud it was as if the roof further observation, our car front erected and work is still on going. This was going to be lifted right off . It screen had also been smashed.” is something that East Boldre never lasted less than two minutes but the Broken roof tiles, loft insulation devastation was unreal. and other debris was scattered about, expected to ever experience but the “I was cuddled up watched TV in residents were wondering around in community spirit has been more than bed with my daughter, heard the wind sheer disbelief. Other residents have encouraging. building up, then so much banging reported a pressure building up as the and smashing of glass, unsure what tornado passed though. Many houses exactly was going on, I just grabbed lost tiles, ridge tiles, fences, sheds and By Cllr Deborah Drodge EAST BOLDRE NEWSLETTER JUNE 2018

A taste of East Boldre Bake off Following the amazing success of the bake-off last year, we will once again be holding the competition The East Boldre Allotment Association will again be organising at the Taste of East Boldre event. the Taste of East Boldre event. This year the event will be held We will update you all nearer the on Sunday 2 September at East Boldre Village Hall. Look out for time with the theme and rules updates on our noticeboard and Facebook page. for the bake-off and look forward to seeing (and eating!) all your wonderful creations. Cllr Michael Harris has kindly agreed to judge Allotment view the competition. STOP PRESS: This season on the allotments definitely has already had some freak weather Water vacuum available with the mini tornado hitting East Boldre and causing considerable damage. The village hall committee purchased Fortunately no one was hurt and apart from sheds being toppled on the a water vacuum to help deal with the allotments, we fared quite well and everything is now back to normal. We all feel leaking roofs. The committee are happy we have had enough rain now and are waiting for some drier weather to begin to loan this to any resident who has a preparation for sowing and planting. similar short term problem. Allotment site one is full now and beginning to look good – our thanks to all Please contact plot holders on both sites for their hard work last year and I hope they enjoyed Steve Antczak, 01590 626368, the fruits of their labours. Allotment site two still has some vacant plots so anyone Michael Husband, 01590 611073, wanting a challenge and good old fashioned outdoor exercise, this could be your April Hardcastle, 01590 612395, who chance. will arrange for you to collect from the Plans are now underway for this year’s Taste of East Boldre in the village Hall village hall. on Sunday 2 September 11.00am to 4.00pm. Apart from the normal craft and Christmas stalls, tombola, raffle, books, plants and produce stalls, we are planning lots of children’s activities, games and colouring and hopefully face painting. In addition we are hoping to have ferret racing and a display of owls along with the Hedgehog Rescue. There will also be lots of home made refreshments and, weather permitting, a BBQ . School fields Anyone who can donate anything for the above stalls or feels they would like to School Fields is a unique facility help on the day, please contact Ruth and Bruce McDermott on 01590 612231 – we owned by the village for the village. shall be very pleased to have you on board. If you are looking to hire a venue for As always we would like to thank the parish council for all their help in making a children’s party, family get together the allotments run smoothly over the past year – we all appreciate it. or meeting, please do contact us as We have managed to fill nearly all our vacant allotment plots but there are still a we have very reasonable rates. In few available. order to meet our annual running Anyone wishing to take on an allotment should contact either the parish clerk, costs this year, we are looking to Nicola Curzon, email: [email protected] tel: 07562 985631 or organise some different fundraising Ruth and Bruce McDermott, email: [email protected], events in the village. What events tel: 01590 612231 and we can show you what is available. would you like to see? We welcome all volunteers and any ideas. Please see our facebook page or details on the East Boldre website. Contact Sue Vaughan: Highways 01590 612123. If you spot a defect in the highway Digital presence e.g. pothole then report it at - W: eastboldre-pc.gov.uk www3.hants.gov.uk/roadproblems F: eastboldrePC

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East Boldre Garage For all your motoring needs: Vehicle From the churches servicing, Car sales, Paint and bodywork, Organising of valeting East Boldre Baptist Church Friendly advice on all motoring East Boldre Baptist Church, and the Church Hall, are situated in Chapel Lane, issues. East Boldre. 01590 612259 Contact Ashley Baptist Church, Lower Ashley Road, Ashley, , . BH25 5AA. 01425 610415 Estate Cars St Paul’s Church of Specialises in sales of estate cars First Sunday - 11.00am all family service. but also sources all other makes and Second Sunday - No service. models. Third Sunday - 11.00am Holy Communion CW 6.30pm (Evensong forth Sunday 01590 671338 Summer only) Full details of services at St Paul’s can be found on beaulieuchurches.org Church wardens: THE VILLAGE Mrs. Marigold Jordan - 01590 626335/Dr. Graham Sterling - 01590 612378 Church Office: SHOP The Rectory, Beaulieu, SO42 7YG 01590 612242 Following a recent refurbishment, the shop now offers a place to sit down for a cuppa as well as the following:- Large selection of wine & beer Calor gas & bbq stuff Dry cleaning service Repair service for clothes & shoes Photo processing & photo copying Lottery and scratch cards Newspaper delivery as far as Stationery & DVD hire Own East Boldre logo gifts incl. jam, chutney chocolates etc New Forest ice cream Fresh fruit & vegetables Meat Post Office with cash back facility 01590 612936 Emergency Plan East Boldre The Turfcutter’s Arms One of the issues which became very apparent in the recent severe weather, For great pub food and a warm New was that our village does not have an emergency plan, to ensure residents are Forest welcome, come along to the able to seek or give assistance. The parish council is keen to put one in place so local traditional, dog friendly pub with that in future people know where to get help. bed and breakfast – accommodation This type of event could be weather related, a prolonged electricity outage is available in the converted thatched or some such similar event, which appears more likely. It is vital that such a plan barn. meets the needs of residents; therefore the parish council is keen that residents become involved in developing the plan. Ideally five or six volunteers or more are 01590 612331 sought to assist with taking this forward. [email protected] Please contact the parish clerk, further information. Ripped sacks Could we remind residents to keep PLANNING THE FUTURE their refuse sacks inside their gates Parish plans are a form of community led plan which determine the future of until the morning of collection. There communities and how they can change for the better. They are documents that have been reports of livestock set out a vision for the future of a parish and outline how that can be achieved eating contents of refuse bags in an action plan. and apart from the terrible mess If you feel you would like to be involved in creating a parish plan for East that is left, this could be incredibly Boldre or would like more information, please contact the parish clerk. dangerous to the livestock.

East Boldre Parish Council: 07562 985631 • [email protected] 3 EAST BOLDRE NEWSLETTER JUNE 2018 Historic commoning The historic commoning system has been the creative force behind the management of the landscape and the character of the New Forest. It maintains much of what people know and love as the “New Forest”, forming the heart of a working landscape. The grazing of ponies and cattle has always been central to the pastoral economy of the New Forest. The animals are free to roam over the open forest, across the unfenced roads and along many of the lanes within the perambulation. They are one of the most obvious and distinctive features of the New Forest and for many visitors they are undoubtedly a very important part of their experience of the area. However, the complex and ancient system of commoning which manages the highly visible grazing stock is only poorly understood and often disregarded by those who visit, travel through or live in the New Forest. The animals are widely as a quaint relic of the past. In fact, commoning is a living, considered to be ‘wild’ and not owned by anyone. Members changing agricultural system which relies on extensive of the public are often unfamiliar with free ranging livestock grazing of heath and lawn, without which the delicate and unsure how to behave towards the animals they come ecosystems of the New Forest would not exist. across on the open forest and along unfenced roads. They Public educational campaigns about commoning have are also often unaware of the management work involved in previously been carried out by a number of different maintaining the stock on the forest and can be alarmed or organisations trying to inform the public about the risks of obstructive when confronted by commoners managing their feeding livestock, having regard for livestock on the roads stock. and having a better understanding and regard for safety The socio-economic structure of commoning that during the management of the livestock, for example, during underpins the management of the stock – including drifts, the drifts. However, these have had limited effect on public colt hunting and pony sales - is either completely invisible understanding of commoning and informing people how to to visitors and those who live and work locally, or is seen behave when living in, visiting or driving through the New Forest. The Shared Forest project is using behaviour change to inform and improve the effectiveness of information campaigning and thus ensure that contact between the Red boxes public and the commoners’ animals and commoning management work The parish council has bought the two is safe and enjoyable. As a result remaining red telephone boxes in the of this project, visitors to the New village. Future communication techniques Forest will be better informed about means they are now no longer used to commoning and the commoners’ make calls and have become redundant. animals. Improvements in the ways They have been purchased at a cost of £2 of communicating with the public will make the management to stop them from being removed. One is of the livestock more straightforward and lead to greater opposite Hatchet Pond and the other near harmony between the public and the commoning community. the School Fields Village Hall. The parish council would welcome any ideas on their future use to the village. The phone New parish clerk box opposite the shop was converted to Nicola Curzon took over the role of house a defibrillator from money raised by parish clerk for East Boldre, from villagers and grants early last year. Kim Penna, in December. She is learning the ropes and enjoying the challenges of the job!

Verge protection Your councillors Cllr Bev Hawker The Forestry Commission will shortly be starting their Chairman Cllr Ian Moyse verge protection scheme in East Boldre. The aim is to Mr Kevin Holmes Cllr Michael Husband deter car parking on forest verges in order to protect the Vice Chairman District Councillor areas from deterioration. Jayne Albery is the new Forestry Cllr Brian Mulhall Cllr Michael Harris Commission verges officer, she has been busy talking to Cllr Deborah Drodge County Councillor local businesses about the forthcoming work. Cllr Mark Sterling Cllr Keith Mans

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