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Page 1 The Longstock Newsletter Issue No 247 June / July 2020 Thank you to our VILLAGE DIRECTORY in June 2020 deliverers for this issue: Church Warden 810 284 Veronica Ayers Peter Bramley Rev’d Philip Bowden, Rector 810 810 Charles Grieve Canon Paul Townsend (RC) 01962 852 804 Angie Filippa Community Sports Hall TV School 810 555 Geoff Merritt Boo Milne Garden Club 810 794, 810 432 John & Selina Musters Mayflies Youth Club (8-16s)(Liz Howard) Gary Oliver 07870 612 127 Nigel Rugman Neighbour Care Scheme for Thank you also to everyone contributing or checking articles & news. Stockbridge/Longstock/Houghton 0845 0943 713 Please contact the Parish Clerk, on 810752, or Parish Council Clerk 810 752 e-mail [email protected] if Pilates at Leckford 810 549 you’d like to help with the newsletter in any way, Scouts Stockbridge (Mo Collins) 01256 895 534 and by Friday 17th July if you’d like to submit an article or announcement, give us some news, Village Hall, Badminton/Bowls 810 459 or place an advert. W.I. 810 603 DUSTBIN COLLECTION EMERGENCY or USEFUL CONTACTS Black Fri 5th, Fri 19th June Environment Agency bins Fri 3rd, Fri 17th, Fri 31st July Incident Hotline 0800 807 060 Brown Fri 12th, Fri 26th June Hampshire Fire & Rescue 02380 644 000 bins Fri 10th, Fri 24th July Floodline 0345 988 1188 Southern Electric 105 Green bags are collected on Tuesdays of the Southern Water 0330 303 0368 by N. Rugman Test, on River A young family Photo same week as brown bins. To subscribe please contact TVBC on 368000. Police non-urgent calls 101 Light at the end of tunnel Foil is collected at Chilbolton’s West Down car Neighbourcare Andover 336 020, 339 899 June / park & at Andover Garden Centre. Surgery 810 524 July 2020 Sophie Walters writes Plastic pots are no longer recycled there. Helpline for Carers (Freephone) 0800 032 3456 So, these strange times continue, albeit with an easing and a tiny light at the end of this long tunnel. There are many Glass recycling bins are available at the bus bay Hants County Council information 0300 555 1375 at Roman Road. Test Valley Borough Council 368 000 positives that are coming out of this lockdown like quieter Glass, clothing and foil recycling bins are Citizens’ Advice Bureau 0344 411 1306 roads, clearer skies, cleaner air, fabulous bird songs and much avalable at Chilbolton Down car park, and at To call anonymously with information more time to stand and chat with our neighbours. Wouldn’t it Andover Wyevale Garden Centre. about crime: Crimestoppers 0800 555 111 be nice if that could all continue? Let’s try and walk or ride to This Newsletter is Stockbridge instead of taking the car, let’s set aside 10 minutes There is a collecting box for clean TRANSPORT plastic milk bottle tops in the published by Longstock a day to check on our neighbours, if we all make a small effort, Stagecoach Stockbridge to Winchester Parish Council and delivered church lychgate, and a separate one buses number 68 0345 121 0190 free to every household in we can make a big difference. for batteries. Please don’t put either Longstock. in plastic bags. Batteries can also be Cango buses to Romsey have been replaced with I hope you all enjoyed the Longstock Newsletter Extra. Did disposed of in supermarkets & should shared taxis to your door .Register on you do the quiz? The answers are in this edition, they are 01962 846 786 Anyone else may subscribe not go in dustbins. at £8 a year by contacting informative! Those who got their completed ones in could be Traveline for countrywide travel info The batteries (small, not car!) will be taken for longstockparishcouncil18 getting a prize. Let’s hope that we can still go ahead with the safe disposal; and clean plastic milk bottle tops 0871200 [email protected]. with the HDPE symbol will be recycled to raise Dial-a-Ride (Joyrides Stockbridge). Minibus to Fete as it’s always a high point in Longstock’s year and we can funds for the Gift of Sight’s research into macular Andover. Register on 356 808 have a presentation there! We are hoping that the playground degeneration. NO OTHER TYPES This runs through Longstock on Wednesdays at can reopen again soon. There are plans afoot to extend and re- OF TOPS PLEASE as these are the only 9.30, returning at noon, for £3.00 return. For ones accepted now, and PLEASE don’t put more information, ring John Musters 810 459 site the car parking so when we get the nod it will be action batteries in with bottle tops.The consequences or Dane Oliver 810 839. stations with repairs to some of the damaged equipment. If are DIRE! anyone would like to offer help with playground maintenance, please do contact me. The deadline for newsletter submissions is Friday 17th July if you’d like to submit any news or comment, or offer to help! [email protected] Page 2 The Longstock Newsletter Issue No 247 June / July 2020 Issue No 247 June / July 2020 The Longstock Newsletter Page 2 As I said before you are not alone, Longstock is a included grants received and payments related to Cemetery Benches – 5 benches have been cleaned Parish Council both the new streetlights, and the initial work on the really connected village and to prove that I had a call and re-oiled with the direct assistance of members of Meeting Dates NP. the PC. from Test Valley Borough Council asking how we Monday 8th June 7.00pm were doing and remarking that they had heard so Highways – A significant number of pothole and Monday 20th July 7.00pm Contract Renewals - The PC has renewed two many great comments about Longstock’s other repairs have been carried out by HCC in the annual contracts; a) for the mowing of the recreation connectivity. Praise indeed, how proud am I? As you For the time being these PC meetings past couple of months, including on the Bunny, near ground and the cemetery, and b) for the employment all know the village is divided up into 14 parts and will be held as virtual meetings Suicide Corner and in Roman Road. The of the Parish Clerk. via Zoom. below are your patches and your key person. A huge unfortunate collapse of part of the churchyard wall in Church Road is being dealt with by the Church Recent Planning Applications thank you to all the key volunteers: authorities. Garage Cottages, Longstock Park: conversion of Food Bank North Lodge to Hazeldown – Hannah Bassett at Parish Council Report - May 2020 existing garages etc to 3 two-bedroom flats, with The Parish Council realises Oakferns Henry Smith Charity – Various donations have associated sewage works – (PC Support) by Mark Flewitt, Parish Clerk already been made, but funds are available from this that as well as people who Field House to Peter and Clare Bramley – Loz Parish Council (PC) Meetings – Due to the current ancient charitable source to support Longstock 10 Longstock: replacement of windows and repairs cannot go out to buy food there Hardy at Charity Farm Coronavirus situation the PC has not been able to residents. If you are aware of anyone in the village to wall – (PC Support) may be people whose jobs have Wychwood to Old Thatch – Peter and Kim in difficult circumstances during the Covid-19 stopped without pay, and so we meet in person since March. The Annual Parish Recent Expenditure Woodfine at Old Thatch Assembly, which is usually held in April, cannot be crisis, please advise the Chairman of the PC. SSE - Street lighting Electricity Supply £67.18 have some stored food which can be distributed to held as a virtual meeting, and so has been postponed anyone needing it. Please get in touch with Sophie Barn Cottage to the Bunny – Annette Stanfield at Recreation Ground – In line with Government Groundwork UK number 6 Verlynch for the time being. More information will be guidelines during the Covid-19 crisis, the Rec has Walters (07740 443460). provided in due course. For the regular monthly PC – Return of unused NP grant £1,020.00 Church Cottage 2 to Church Farm and Church been closed for all uses until further notice. Please meetings, we have successfully operated virtual remember that dogs are not permitted in this public SL – work on cemetery bench cleaning £100.00 Longstock Park Farm Shop Road – Sophie Hill meetings via Zoom, and this will continue until area. Sarsen Press – newsletter printing £281.36 Food Delivery Upper Manor to The Cowshed – Sophie Walters restrictions are lifted. All residents are welcome to MF – Clerk’s annual salary plus expenses £1,319.98 join and view the virtual PC meetings. Information Bottle Bank – The PC is in contact with Ivy Cottage to Vale House – Julie Penfound HMRC Longstock Park Farm Shop has started will be provided for each meeting on the village Stockbridge PC and with HCC about the possible delivering free to local houses, with a minimum Carnesure to Tamlyn – Alice and Craig Foster – PAYE Tax on Clerk’s annual salary £800.00 noticeboards. move of the Bottle Bank back to a site adjacent to order of £20. Neighbours might like to combine an Lower Manor Cottages to Lindens – Gareth and the White Hart. More information will be available HALC – Local Council order perhaps? Their website Covid-19 – In the past months this crisis has taken in due course. Carolyn Evans over all our lives. The Parish Council has set up a annual subscription and levy £240.66 www.leckfordestate.co.uk lists the items available, Southside Cottages – Gemma Baker at number 9 network of 14 “patches” through the village, each Longstock War Memorial – Villagers and passers- SW – extra newsletter printing costs etc £209.20 or you can phone 810270.