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Transform your home with Britannia Windows Call 023 8027 0606 for your FREE quote or visit our Chandlers Ford showroom To advertise please contact Linda Armstrong www.britanniawindows.co.ukon 07500592584 or [email protected] 1 interesting things to see including plenty local businesses looking to discuss your Welcome of exciting things for the children like marketing strategy, so please do email us to the September edition Punch and Judy shows plus much more. using [email protected] Please of your local Forest Edge To find out all about it, do turn to pages also provide any details of local events Gazette community This month, we cover the recent you would like advertised on our website magazine opening of the Poppy Pods by the (www.mlggazettes.co.uk) or in our It's officially the end of Duchess of Cornwall for respite for army What's On section in the publications. Summer Holidays for our personnel and their families plus we Enjoy September and the Autumn of young people and the also have an article about a local group 2016 ! weather may start to get Craft2Craft, who get together to enjoy READ ALL a little colder now. However, their hobby whilst raising money for ABOUT IT! there is still so many things Africa. If you've got any stories like this - Looking for help to publiciseLinda a for you and your family to do especially please do contact us about adding them community or charity event? Forest as the Romsey Show is this month and to our publications, website and social Edge Gazette’s Facebook page has many we've plenty of other events listed in our media. followers and posts daily news, an ideal What's On section too (pages 36/37 ) We are always happy to connect with platform for charitable organisations. The Romsey Show is set to be packed local people whether it be Community Join us on our Facebook page: www. full of entertainment, falconry, dog or Education news, Local Events or facebook.com/forestedgegazette and shows alongside so many other fun and Charity Fundraisers or whether you are a follow us on Twitter @ForestEdgeGaz COMMUNITY NEWS - page 4 CONTENTS 4 COMMUNITY NEWS AND EVENTS – Duchess of Cornwall has officially opened Hampshire County Council's Poppy Pod Village for Armed Forces 6 COMMUNITY NEWS AND EVENTS – Enormous Elephant Exhibition / Learn new craft skills for a TOTTON AND ELING worthy cause CRICKET CLUB - page 24 8 BELLS SOLICITORS – Cybercrime – Protecting our Clients 12 NEW FOREST ROTARY CLUB – Events 16 ROMSEY SHOW – Romsey Show Rocks! 18 WINGS COUNSELLING – Trauma – What is it? How does it affect us? 22 DR YAN CLINIC – Another happy customer Find us on : 24 TOTTON & ELING CRICKET CLUB - news To advertise please contact 32 THIS MONTH’S WALK – Walking across Fishlake Linda Armstrong on Meadows and Abbotswood by Malcolm Price 07500 592584 or 36 WHAT’S ON IN YOUR AREA [email protected]. 38 BARTLEY GARAGE TOTTON Advertisers have the benefit of our free in-house design for their advertisements by a professional GAZETTE MINI ADS artwork and graphics team. 40 Clients or agencies supplying artwork or images 41 CLOUDY2CLEAR announce Which? Trusted should send JPGs or PDFs, 300 dpi minimum if actual size, or at a higher resolution if smaller than Trader Partnership the size required. 42 USEFUL NUMBERS COPY DATE FOR NEXT ISSUE - 2nd SEPT 2016 Cover Photo by Robert Bigwood

MLG Publishing reserve the right to accept or reject any article or material supplied for publication or to edit such material prior to publication. The opinions expressed or advice given in this publication are the views of the individual authors and do not necessarily represent the views or policies of the publisher. Every care is taken when compiling this magazine, however we cannot accept liability for misprints or mistakes. Dates and information quoted are believed correct at the time of going to press, but are subject to change and no responsibility can be taken for loss, damage or omission of material due to error. It is the client’s responsibility to ensure they have permission to use any artwork which they supply to us or request for us to reproduce. Unless prior consent of the publisher is given, no part of this publication is to be reproduced. To advertise please contact Linda Armstrong 2 www.mlggazettes.co.uk on 07500592584 or [email protected] 3 Community News & Events Duchess of Cornwall has officially opened Hampshire County Council's Poppy Pod Village for Armed Forces Her Royal Highness also visited St Nicholas’ Church to visit the Commonwealth war graves of the soldiers who were treated at Tile Barn during the First World War. Her Royal Highness also saw a commemorative stained glass window inside the church which was recently installed, honouring those who were connected to New Zealand No.1 General Hospital, 100 years ago. The solar-powered and accessible Poppy Pods have been funded by £250,000 from the Armed Forces Community Covenant Grant scheme and £50,000 from the Brockenhurst branch of the Royal British Legion.

Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall has Each Poppy Pod is named after a battle from officially opened Hampshire County Council’s Amiens to Ypres, and pine seeds from Gallipoli Poppy Pod village for the Armed Forces at Tile have been planted nearby. Barn Outdoor Centre on the 26th of July. The creation of the Poppy Pods was inspired The Duchess unveiled a poppy shaped plaque by the BBC programme ‘The Choir’ with Gareth and met military families who are currently using Malone, which provided an insight into the fears the 20 wooden camping pods. The pods are free and isolation of military wives as their husbands for service personnel, veterans and their families and partners served in Afghanistan. to use during holidays and at weekends, in the heart of the New Forest near Brockenhurst. The Poppy Pods renew Tile Barn's historic role of offering respite for the Armed Forces where more than 21,000 troops from New Zealand and India were treated at the former hospital site from 1916 to 1919. The Duchess was welcomed by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Hampshire, Nigel Atkinson Esq, the Chairman of Hampshire County Council, Councillor Keith Chapman MBE, and the Leader of Hampshire County Council, Councillor Roy Perry.

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