The Parish Magazine for £1 STOCKBRIDGE & April 2021 Colour

The Parishes of Stockbridge, Longstock and Leckford in the Mid-Test Benefice Rector: The Rev’d Philip Bowden Phone no. 01264 810810 [email protected] Website: http://www.2day.ws/stockbridge All Enquiries, including enquiries about Baptisms, Weddings and Funerals: Please contact our Rector, see details above This Magazine: 11 issues a year: (£8 if paid in advance, £1 per copy) Editors: Frances Candler 811776, Jennifer Kidd 811179 Distribution: Sylvia Shepard 810603 ; Advertisements: [email protected] May copy deadline: 15 April 2021 email: [email protected]

St Peter’s Stockbridge St Mary’s Longstock St Nicholas’ Leckford Churchwarden Churchwarden Churchwarden Vacant Madeleine Hedley 810284 Dawn Williams 810724 Hon Secretary Hon Secretary Hon Secretary Rev’d Philip Bowden 810810 Richard Robinson 810388 Micki Nadal 810567 Hon Treasurer Hon Treasurer Hon Treasurer Barbara North 810732 Madeleine Hedley 810284 David Barnes 810516

Beavers New JAM Stockbridge Music Frances Waghorn 01962 776048 Lyn Woods 350846 Tim Lowden 810601 Bell ringers (Longstock) or Pauline Webster 810827 Stockbridge Parish Council Chris Reynell 810569 Organist and Choir Mistress Alex Lawrence(Chair)07789 433133 Bell ringers (Stockbridge) Dawn Williams 810724 Clerk: Belinda Baker 07770 406607 Micki Nadal 810567 Pastoral Visitors [email protected] Brownies (meet in ) Vacancy www.stockbridgeparishcouncil.org.uk Julie Shone 01962 761269 RBL (Houghton branch) Stockbridge Pharmacy 810624 Church Mouse Books David Williams (Chair) 811072 Stockbridge Police Station Briar Philips 810838 Iain Bell (Sec) 811636 (Non emergencies) 101 Cub Scouts Angela McMeekin:Poppies 810236 Stockbridge Primary School Mo Collins 01256 895534 Scouts (incorporating Stockbridge Pre-School) HCC County Councillor Mark Lovell 07786 435847 Emma Jefferies (Head) 810550 Cllr Andrew Gibson 861087 Scout Group Explorers Stockbridge Rec Ground Kent Hill Scout Hall Andrea Zanchi 07747 720735 Greg Willcox (Chair) 07768 266288 Leigh Dance 811074 Louise Henderson 07436 899054 Paul Barker(Sec) 01794 389131 Leckford Parish Council St Thomas More Church Stockbridge Surgery 810524 Dawn Williams 810724 Father Mark Hogan 01962 852804Out of hours urgent treatment or advice Longstock Garden Club Stockbridge Church Flowers Sec Hants Doctors On Call freephone 111 Peter Moore 07881573493 Angela McMeekin 810236 Stockbridge Town Hall [email protected] Stockbridge Community Cinema Kim Candler (Chair) 811776 Longstock Mayflies Paul Kidd 811179 On-line bookings Liz Howard 07870 612127 Stockbridge Community Market www.stockbridgetownhall.co.uk Longstock Parish Council Carol Preston 07925 287870 or phone 01264 513299 Chair: Sophie Walters 07740 443460Stockbridge Court Leet School Clerk: Mark Flewitt 810752 Guy Boney (Lord of the Manor) Mrs T Wilden (Head) 810555 Longstock Village Hall 810614 Trout ’n About Selina Musters 810459 Diana Tym (Bailiff) 810363 Anne Stables 07734 715081 Longstock & Leckford WI Stockbridge Dramatic Society TVBC Councillor Sue Hill 811779 Mark Frank 810562 Cllr Tony Ward 01794 389649 Neighbour Care 0845 0943713 Stockbridge Football Club Unity Transport Calls cost 7p/min + network charge. Glenn Curtis (Chair) 07585 112523 (Joyrides Shopping Bus) Greg Willcox(Hon Sec)07768 266288 01264 356808 Email: [email protected] 2 From the Rector

Happy Easter You may well be reading this in Holy Week. Happy Easter! At the beginning of April there is Good News in the life of the Church. Not only are we celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ once more, also here in the MidTest benefice we have reopened the churches for public worship. Distinct from 2020’s on-line Easter celebration, this year we are able to worship together in church.

As you would expect, strict procedures will be in place to protect public health in church. In particular it will be necessary to make a booking if you want to come to church on Easter Sunday – please contact one of your local churchwardens for more details, and of course, hand sanitiser and masks and distanced seating will be required.

The national public health situation gives us cause for hope, as the rollout of vaccinations continues at pace and prevalence of the virus continues to decline. It seems appropriate, as we celebrate Easter, to have such a cause for hope. However, we would do well to reflect on Jesus’ followers’ reaction to the news of the resurrection. At first, they were confused and unsure – some were disbelieving and others responded by hiding indoors in fear. Our response to the good news on public health should be equally cautious.

This Easter, there is Good News. This Easter we have reason for hope. This Easter we can look forward to new future and a changed world. Yet we need to recognise the cost that has been paid for this Good News, the pain and suffering that that has brought it about, and the need to ensure that it is Good News for all people. Happy Easter. The Rev’d Philip Bowden

Contents

Alexander ‘Sandy’ Burnfield 27 Recipe: Sticky Ginger and Almond cake 17 Church News 29,30,31 Registration for Postal Voting 14 Colin ‘Corky’ Taylor 28 Rev Francis Chadwick 28 Editorial 4 Stockbridge Music Artists Fund 11 From The Rector 3 Stockbridge Parish Council 7 In memory of Gerald Lambert 25 Stockbridge Practice 14 Jamaica - The Island in the Sun (Part Three) 12,13,14 Stock-U 9 James ‘Max’ Maxwell 28 Stock-U Solution 17 Letters - Bamboos, Privy in a hedge response 17 Sunday Services 31 National Trust Update 19 Sumer is Icumen In, Lhude Sing Cuccu 20,21 Notes from a Bookseller 9 Test Valley School - Land Based Rural Studies 21 Peregrines are Back 21 The Accidental Immigrant 15 Potting Shed Cuttings for April 23 The Willows, Longstock 11 Prayers for April 31

Cover Photo: The Willows, Longstock (Paul Kidd)

Creativity has been the salvation of many during lockdown. Our footers this month reflect on the blessing of creativity

3 From the Editorial Team Longstock Garden Club One year on from the first lockdown, it would be For April, the Garden beyond wonderful if this magazine proved to be the Club have two more last to be produced and read during the current full Zoom lectures to look lockdown. We wait with bated breath to see if this forward to: is the case; as editors, lockdown has compelled us Tuesday 13 April 2021 (and our brilliant contributors) to dig ever deeper for Katherine Crouch, winner of BBC Gardener of material to entertain and inform our readers. the Decade in 2008 When we discovered Jean Jacques Rousseau’s The Hardy Exotic Garden reference to the ‘world of reality having its limits, with the world of imagination being boundless’, we Tuesday 20 April 2021 were prompted to reflect on the myriad ways in Andrew Oldham, garden writer, blogger, eco- which so many have used their imaginations to journalist, disabled gardener at Life on Pig Row. escape the limitations of lockdown. While ‘the Creating and Planting A Cottage normal’ in our lives has been on hold, many of us, Garden though not all, will have had time to develop and grow our interests in art, cookery, reading, writing As an introduction to Longstock Garden Club and music, and to pursue more hands on projects these Zoom talks are free. Details from like gardening and decorating. Many of us will now [email protected] have a greater understanding and practical experience of IT, and all of us, even those working hardest to keep us all safe, will have spent time Test Villages U3A in contemplation, re-evaluating what is important to us. Wednesday 7 April 2pm Tom Morath As we move on we hope that the best of our new talents and discoveries will stay with us. Our footers 'It's a good day for flying a kite' may help inspire you further. Zoom link sent in advance to all U3A members Frances Candler and Jennifer Kidd To join please email [email protected] 01264 811776 and 01264 811179

Stockbridge History Community Market Group Every Thursday morning 8pm, Friday 16 April in Stockbridge Town Hall Clock Making David Poole Returning when we can! Zoom meeting. Free admission to members. For non-members, the admission fee is £4 per event. To make a booking, please email [email protected] Stockbridge Community Cinema Copy for Magazine Copy date for the May Magazine: Look out for information on our expected re- 15 April 2021 opening in May by visiting our website Please send emails to: [email protected] www.stockbridgecinema.org.uk or phone Frances Candler on 01264 811776 or Jennifer Kidd on 01264 811179

The one thing that you have that nobody else has is you. Your voice, your mind, your story, your vision . . . 4 Terstan Garden, Stockbridge Town Hall Longstock Events will be open for the National Gardens Scheme Weekly (from w/c 12 April) Sunday 18th April Thurs am Stockbridge Community Market 2.00-5.00pm Fri am Moo Music Please check arrangements and book/pay April online at NGS.org.uk Apr 13-14 Wild Bazaar Plants for sale, plenty of parking space, Apr 17-18 Antiques and Curios Apr 17-18 Hawkmoor Books live music Apr 19-21 Jennifer Gay All takings go to the NGS medical charities Apr 24-25 South Central Makers Apr 27-28 Wild Bazaar Apr 29-30 Cocoon Walnut Wood Available in recently cut down logs. Diameters from 12” HELP! to 30”. Suitable for Volunteers required to work in pairs to whittling, carving, clean St Peter’s Church garden furniture or on a rota basis. burning. No charge but collect central Please contact Catherine Williams on Stockbridge. 01264811069 Tel: Colenso 810154 Email: [email protected] See page 29 for more details

ALPACA KNITWEAR by Jennifergay Stockbridge Town Hall April 19 - 21 WE’RE BACK!! Re-opening on April 12 at 10 AM And then regularly from Tuesday to Saturday 10AM - 4PM SPECIAL EVENT on April 17: Claire Fuller, acclaimed Winchester- based novelist, will be signing her brand new book UNSETTLED GROUND at The Bookmark from 2-4 pm (under Covid-safe conditions) Just published, and long-listed for the Women’s Prize for Fiction PS You can still email us with your order requests and we will do our best to fulfil them.

. . . So, write and draw and build and play and dance and live as only you can. (Neil Gaiman) 5 Colour

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Art washes away from the soul . . . 6 Stockbridge Parish Council Countryside Code Due to high demand from users of the Rights of Way The full Council meeting was held on Thursday 18th network, landowners and Parish Councils, HCC has February via Zoom. produced a ‘Countryside Code Special’ Newsletter and an educational video regarding dogs in the countryside. Traffic Safety around the Primary School HCC recognises that due to the pandemic there are The Clerk announced that the Council’s CIL bid for more users of the Rights of Way but wants to encour- the funding of this outstanding traffic safety proposal age everyone working together to ‘Respect, Protect and had been successful. This was to make Old London Rd Enjoy’ our countryside and the Rights of Way network. ‘one way only’ in order to prevent vehicles turning into Are you interested in using an electric car? Old London Road to avoid slow moving traffic between HCC wants to encourage residents to use electric vehi- the two A30 roundabouts. It would mean that all cars cles as an environmentally friendly alternative to those were parked facing one direction at school drop off or powered by fossil fuels. To achieve this HCC is holding pick up and could pass and move off safely, in one a consultation aimed at understanding the current de- direction. CIL is the Community Infrastructure Levy mand for on-street charging for electric vehicles and which is a payment from developers to contribute to how it might be increased. They want to hear your infrastructure costs. TVBC invited Parish Councils to views. Please visit the following website to take part in bid for the CIL funding for projects. SPC was delighted the survey : that the bid had been successful and will be working https://www.hants.gov.uk/transport/electric-vehicles with HCC to ensure the traffic safety measures are installed as soon as possible. The Council thanked Cllr Stockbridge PC Website Bell for leading the project and working with the Please sign up for the email alerts from Stockbridge community and the Clerk for co-ordinating and writing Parish Council’s website. Any local information that the the CIL bid with Cllr Bell. Council receives for example from HCC about road closures, or TVBC about road cleaning or notices about House Sale at the Milsoms local events is posted on the news section of the Concern was expressed by a member of public and website and can go straight to your email box if you Councillors that Aster Housing was selling one of the have signed up for the alerts. They are an excellent way homes at the Milsoms. It was considered that there of keeping in touch with what is happening in the local were few enough affordable homes in Stockbridge community. Belinda Baker, Parish Council Clerk already and that if they were sold off and done up, they would no longer be affordable. Cllr Ward, who, as a TVBC Councillor, had sat on the board of Aster The Next Thing ? Housing when it was a social landlord, explained that The *NILE Virus, type C* from Aster’s point of view, they would be getting a good return for a property currently in a poor state While we are still battling and it made sense for them to sell it off and invest in COVID-19 the next thing is more energy efficient housing stock elsewhere. Cllr here already. Virologists have Ward also explained that TVBC has no powers to stop identified a new Nile virus - Aster selling off this home although he agreed that it type C. It appears to target was worthwhile engaging with Aster to emphasise how those who were born important this housing need is in Stockbridge. between 1940 and 1970. Symptoms: Gutter Cleaning in Stockbridge High Street Cllr Bell has been working with TVBC to organise the 1. Causes you to send the same message twice gutter cleaning on both sides of the High Street. The 2. Causes you to send a blank message first deep clean went well but as some members of the 3. Causes you to send a message to the wrong community were unhappy about the frequency of the person deep cleans it was decided to alternate the deep cleans 4. Causes you to send it back to the person who with a manual sweep. This means that vehicles which sent it to you are parked overnight on the high street will only need 5. Causes you to forget to attach the attachment to be moved on the following dates: 6. Causes you to hit SEND before you've finished 4/ 5 April and 18/19 April 7. Causes you to hit DELETE instead of SEND 2/3 and 16/17 and 30/31 May 8. Causes you to SEND when you should If you have any concerns or problems please contact DELETE. Cllr Iain Bell directly on 07425385511, or via email It is called the *C-NILE* virus! And if you can’t [email protected]. Details are also admit to doing the above, you’ve obviously caught posted in the News section of the Parish Council the mutated strain - The *D-NILE* virus. website. . . . the dust of everyday life. ( Pablo Picasso) 7 General Property Maintenance Service Repair or replace fascia’s soffits and guttering Decking, patios and general garden maintenance Fit or repair kitchens and bathrooms Architraves and built-in cupboards Tiling inside and out Fast efficient and friendly service with over 20 years experience in the business. Full references on request

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Life beats down and crushes the soul . . . 8 Notes From A Bookseller

We are delighted to let you know that THE crop of spring gardening books, new cookbooks and BOOKMARK is back! Along with all the other ‘non- some excellent new natural history titles as well. And, essential’ businesses on Stockbridge High Street, for those of you who have been patiently waiting, we’re so happy to be re-opening on April 12 at last. there are now paperback editions of last year’s top But if it weren’t for our loyal and passionate selling titles Maggie O’Farrell’s ‘Hamnet’, Booker customers, we wouldn’t be here to throw open our Prize-winning ‘Shuggie Bain’ and Wilbur Smith’s doors again! We want to thank you . . . for staying in ‘legacy of War’. touch, for ‘buying local’ from all of us, and for letting us know how much books matter to many, now more Lastly, we want to let than ever. you know that celebrated local During this winter lockdown period, it has somehow novelist Claire Fuller seemed much more difficult to survive than last time. (‘Our Endless Darker days, the novelty of being forced to stay home Numbered Days’, wearing off quickly, hope for the future promised, but ‘Swimming Lessons’, slow to arrive. Everyone we know has been struggling ‘Bitter Orange’), will in one way or another. soon be doing an in- However, what is truly heartening is the wonderful person, Covid-safe supportive comments and feedback we’ve received book signing of her from the community. On April 14 we will have been latest novel, ‘Unsettled in business for three years – and it’s wonderful to Underground’. This know how many of you now consider us an integral absolutely gripping part of your world. When we first opened, we didn’t novel of family mystery really know what to expect. As the first bookshop in and survival has just Stockbridge were we too marginal to be noticed? Too been longlisted for the Women’s Fiction Prize’ and quirky to attract a following? Not quite in the right we are delighted to host Claire’s only live event in the place, at the right time? But happily, the word spread area. It’s set for April 17 from 2-4 pm at the shop. throughout the town and the Test Valley area with We trust you have stayed safe and well, and really speed. We are extremely appreciative of your look forward to seeing you soon. support and enthusiasm and hope to see all of you Elaine Sperber again soon. In the meantime, highlights of the Stock-U Spring publishing season would Every row, column and square must contain the have to include: Kazuro numbers 1-9 once only. Solution on page 17. Ishiguro’s new novel, ‘Klara and the Sun’, which has had extraordinary reviews and coverage everywhere. Likewise, David Gilman’s new thriller, ‘The Englishman’ and AJ Pearce’s follow up to ‘Dear Mrs Bird’, entitled ‘Yours Cheerfully’. Enticing arrivals in non-fiction include: the new Bill Gates book,’ How to Avoid Climate Disaster’ and ‘Empireland’ by Sathnam Sanghera. For children and younger readers, we can look forward to: ‘Gigantasaurus’, ‘Dino Spot’ and the newest title from Liz Pichon, ‘Ten Tremendous Tales’. Not to mention a bumper

. . . and art reminds you that you have one. (Stella Adler) 9 Phone: 01980 670 226 01264 874 464 or 07850 849 960 email: [email protected]

The world of reality has its limits . . . 10 Colour

The Willows, Longstock of Lockdown 3 and to be able to share our home and gardens with friends and family, meet more neighbours, We are delighted to feature a photograph of ‘The and properly enjoy lovely Longstock. Willows’ on our front cover this month, and to include If any readers have historical photographs of ‘The this message from the new owners. - Editors Willows’ cottage or any further information about its We landed in Longstock last autumn after falling in love history then we would love to know more. with the village, our brick and flint Victorian cottage ‘The Please get in touch with the Editors. Willows’ and its stream and gardens. We don’t know a huge amount about its history, but we believe the Patron: Professor David Owen Norris MA (Oxon) FSA FRAM FRCO house was originally the Head River Keeper’s cottage. Stockbridge Music Walkers along ‘The Bunny’, near the bridge and eel traps, Artists Fund will have passed the bare expanse which currently resembles The Somme! This was once our woodland The pandemic has been a cruel moment in our history garden which contained over 70 ash trees, but shortly for many people, not least for our artists and their after moving in we were devastated to discover that the audiences. To brighten your days leading up to the trees were riddled with ash dieback disease. easing of restrictions at the end of June, and to put some welcome funds into our artists’ pockets, Stockbridge Music has put together an exclusive series of three filmed concerts by some of our past performers. Spread over three dates in April and May, our video series comes from these top artists: � Roger Owens, piano � Corran String Quartet (Royal Academy of Music) � David Owen Norris on his 1828 Broadwood Concert Grand Piano The livelihoods of freelance artists have been decimated by the pandemic. With this series, we aim to offer the artists up to 30% of their usual fee in exchange for an exclusive film of a recent concert. To fund the series, we have set up the Stockbridge Music We consulted with the Forestry Commission, TVBC, Artists Fund, primed with over £250, and have set a Natural (part of the land is a SSSI) and ARB target to raise the £1,500 needed. We will be approved tree surgeons who all agreed that all the ash appealing to our loyal membership and inviting all trees would have to go as they were dangerous. While music lovers to subscribe to the series in advance for we were waiting for work to start, we would lie awake a suggested minimum donation, covering the three during high winds, terrified that one of our trees would concerts, of £45 per household. fall across The Bunny. One did fall during a storm but Your subscription will allow you to view the films for thank goodness nobody was hurt - it reaffirmed our a set period, details of which will be available nearer decision to fell the trees. the time. We feel it’s a win-win because you get to Although it was heart-breaking to watch the huge see and hear some fabulous music in your own home, machines at work in our magical woodland, the whilst knowing that you are helping musicians to contractors minimised damage, and we now have an weather the storm. exciting opportunity to replant the area with trees and Thank you in advance for your generous support. We shrubs more suited to the wet conditions. We feel so are hoping to start these concerts in April, and would lucky to own such a beautiful spot and we’ll be working be grateful for your early sign-up.. As soon as we hit with a landscape designer to help us create a ‘masterplan’ our target of £1,500, we will let you know that we are planting scheme that will evolve over the years and under starters orders, and the above artists will be which, we hope, will have a positive impact on wildlife performing for you in your homes. Click the link and biodiversity. We’re getting overexcited about nature below to join in: - spotting kingfishers, little egrets, herons, mallards and https://www.stockbridgemusic.uk/spring-series swans, hoping to see otters, and waiting in anticipation to see what plants are about to emerge from the We look forward to receiving your donations to set recovering soil. And, we can’t wait to celebrate the end the wheels in motion. Tim Lowden, Musical Director . . . the world of imagination is boundless. (Jean-Jacques Rousseau) 11 Colour

JAMAICA – The Island in the Sun

I think my Father managed to employ everyone in the vicinity to go and look for it. The wheel was found after a long search whilst we and the much abused turkey sweltered in the tropical midday sun. Fishing was always my father’s and my brothers’ obsession, in fact everyone in the Hughes family were mad fishermen, mother included, and she had the added advantage of patience and could disentangle fishing lines no matter how entangled they were. It is worth remembering, there were no nylon, dacron or I do remember two Christmas holidays when we polypropoline lines then so fishing lines were scarce packed up everything and trundled across the Island and made from natural materials and those we used to the North Coast in an old and rattly car. Our had to be very well cared for. destination was a family friend’s house on Boston Our fish quarry on Beach near Falmouth that could accommodate all of Christmas trips was us including invited friends; everyone in the party, I the calipiever mullet; recall, was in a Christmassy mood the day before. the problem was that I remember Boston Beach as being a great place for a these fish only fed on 6 to 7 year old; it had stunningly white sand, coconut a special kind of palms, a protective reef and oceans of crystal clear moss. This moss was water in which to swim and snorkel. It also had some difficult to find and of the washed-up detritus of WW2, all of which was had to be tied to the exciting as some of it was identified as being of hook without falling off before the fish had a time to German origin! On the shore and beyond the beach have a go; all very fiddly and annoying. They were palms, the land was semi waterlogged so we had good eating otherwise I think we would have left them mangroves growing and, true to form, their drain like alone. smells assailed us at nighttime. We also had The other problem we had (and this was a truly mosquitos in profusion but these were taken for serious problem) was the presence of grass lice among granted. the river vegetation. These small creatures, infant ticks The journey across the Island was arduous and really, sought out the tops of long grasses, where they bumpy; a switchback ride one moment and a heaving could be easily brushed off by passing people and 360 degree bend the next. Our car did not help animals. My elder brothers often got well and truly matters as it was pretty ancient with a body that was covered in them and the itching from their bites bolted to a creaking chassis and quite unlike the became so impossible to bear that Mother (turn your vehicles we know today. Also, we towed a small boat eyes away now) resorted to kerosene, lathering it on on a trailer with the boat packed up with provisions to their limbs and then getting out the carving knife together with the Christmas turkey, alive, (resting ready for the turkey on this occasion) and comfortably trussed-up and sitting bolt upright with scraping each limb in turn. I am not at all certain of its head swiveling about like a submarine periscope – how effective this was. It was terrifying to watch even peering – that is, until one of the trailer wheels though I was supposed to be tucked-up in bed at the suddenly detached itself and went hurtling down a time - always in the dark with no electricity. The Tilly vertical ravine full of trees, thorn and dense bush. lamps we had gave off a good light but their radiated

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heat rivaled that of Hades. Most of the time my we suffered we were passed by the Mandeville fish brothers looked beaten-up and ragged with scratches, seller on his way home. cuts and bites all over. Alligator Pond was a small place with quite a number Life in Jamaica involved a great deal of outdoor activity of fishing boats based on the very long and exposed with whatever was available. We were absolutely lethal beach. There was a short river accounting for the with homemade catapults; the best “Y” coming from ‘Pond’ in Alligator Pond. This river could not have the guava tree, the leather for the basil’ (stone been longer than half a mile; its water flowed crystal thrower) from a cured goatskin and the catapult clear seeping through the limestone hills only to rubber from an old truck tyre inner tube. Our daily emerge into the open near the sea. At this point, just dress was khaki shirts, trousers and/or shorts and before river and sea merged, a large natural swimming footwear were ‘puss boots’, the Jamaican name for the pool formed with mangrove trees to dive or fish from basic Bata tennis shoes because you could creep with, also, a good stretch of beach to relax on. around in them as quiet as a cat. Nonetheless, as tough What about the “alligator” bit? Well, they are there as these were, we managed to rip and wear them out and I believe with ease! Mother must have been driven mad. they treat the Boston Beach was isolated. There was no traffic, few river as a people around and everything was as it should be, nursery. The quiet, verdant and accompanied by bird song and the alligators are conversations of the waves lapping the shore. It was not really the tropics at its best. It was hot but you got used to alligators at all that, verdant but no electricity and therefore no light, but a fish eating no freezer nor, indeed, refrigeration. Water was crocodile manually pumped daily up to the house tank. Life was known as a Cayman truly simple and one was used to that also. cayman. They can grow big and dangerous. Their real home, I Beach at Alligator Pond suspect, is Black River because often when fishing out at sea from Treasure Beach, we come across crocodiles swimming in the ocean which is exciting if not disconcerting. Coupled with this, we have seen, on several occasions, crocodile footprints in the sand where the sand separates sea from a nearby pond. So, I assume what we witnessed were Black River crocodiles going to the freshwater ponds to lay eggs before returning to Black River to look out for tourists who go on river trip safaris with food to feed them.

On this latter subject I am going to jump to the 21st century, and mention something that bothers me. Consider for a moment where we are now – in Apart from the North Coast Christmases, the nearest lockdown. Jamaica is in a similar position and has sea to Mandeville is Alligator Pond, fourteen miles as been without any tourists to speak of for a year. the crow flies, on the South Coast but a bit longer by When things return to normal the holiday makers will road. It is interesting to be able to tell you that I descend on the Island in droves and many will go on remember a man turning up in Mandeville once a trips up Black River to see the sights and feed the week, having run up the 14 miles and 2400 feet from crocodiles, trailing arms and legs in the water as Alligator Pond, to sell fish. The fish was carried in a tourists do. The crocs, on the other hand, will not wooden tray on his head all the way; the mind boggles have seen any tourist borne food in a year nor, and prompts the thought, why hasn’t Jamaica ever especially, a bare arm trailing a piece of chicken or a produced long distance runners with this kind of training? foot dangling in the water. Wooooosh! Chicken and tourist gone! Everyone else screaming! Not good for The road down to Alligator Pond was nothing short of tourism! Crocodiles can be very fast and dangerous. dreadful as the descent by “dirt” road was not easy. Now, I will bet a Jamaican dollar to a pinch of salt that The cars didn’t have good breaks in those days so it there is not a boatman in Jamaica that will have was a question of combining breaks and gears very thought of this possibility. One has only to see carefully. On the way up, on the return journey, crocodile TV programmes to see what they get up to engines boiled or, rather the radiators did, with driver and how fast they can be. and passengers becoming delirious with the heat. As Continued overleaf

. . . the problem is staying an artist when you grow up. (Pablo Picasso) 13 YS river - my niece doing her thing Registration for postal voting is open

On Thursday 6 May 2021, voters in Test Valley will go to the polls for the postponed Police and Crime Commissioner elections, County Council elections, by- elections for Test Valley Borough Council wards and a number of parish and town council vacancies, along I am including a photo of another South Coast river, with some neighbourhood planning referendums. not very far away, but in a completely different setting. The location is YS and I cannot tell you what YS The polling stations will be open and have safety stands for because I don’t know. The Estate is known measures in place, to enable you to vote in person. If for its cattle and horses and a small river, named the you would prefer not to visit a polling station you can YS River. The location is a genuine bit of rain forest apply for a postal vote now, and the deadline for and the river descends through this to Black River in a applications is 5pm on 20 April. Alternatively, you can series of falls which provide a wonderful tourist appoint someone you trust to vote in your place, attraction. It is a great place to see humming birds as known as a proxy vote. The deadline for a proxy vote the owners have put in sugar feeders for them all over is 5pm on 27 April. the place; choose your visiting times well, before and Polling stations will be safe places to vote and voters after the tourist have gone! will be encouraged to keep themselves and others safe Anyway, Jamaica is essentially a very pleasant and safe to vote by: place with lots to do in a land that is physically and ● wearing a face covering beautifully varied but, there is nothing better than ● bringing their own pen or pencil hanging around on the beach at sunset watching the ● cleaning their hands when entering and leaving sun go down after a good day’s fishing - with a Red the polling station Stripe to hand. ● keeping a safe distance. Peter Hughes Voters should not attend the polling station if they have symptoms of Covid-19, or if they have been asked to self-isolate. There will be provisions in place PRACTICE to apply for an emergency proxy vote if required for Easter Update health reasons. The Stockbridge and Broughton surgery sites are Andy Ferrier, Electoral Registration Officer for Test closed on Friday 2nd April (Good Friday) and Monday Valley Borough Council, said: “It’s important to make 5th April 2021. If you are running out of repeat sure your voice is heard at the elections in May, and we are medication over this weekend please ensure that you putting measures in place to help you cast your vote safely. give us at least 3 working days’ notice – so, if you are You can vote either vote at a polling station, by post or by due to run out of medication on Tuesday 6th April proxy. please request it on Tuesday 30th March at the latest. “If you decide to vote by post, please don’t wait until the deadline to apply, we are anticipating an increase in postal Stockbridge Surgery will be open on the morning of vote registrations. Sending your application now will make Saturday 3rd April for pre-booked appointments and sure it is processed early, and your postal vote can be sent collection of medication. to you more quickly once the candidates for the election Please do not call us on Tuesday 6th April unless you are confirmed.” have an urgent health need as the telephone lines are However you choose to vote, you must be registered likely to be very busy. As a reminder, you will be invited in order to have your say at the elections. If you are for your second COVID vaccination around 10 weeks not already registered, you can do so online at from the date of your first vaccination. Please do not www.gov.uk/register-to-vote. contact the surgery regarding your second vaccination until 11 weeks after the date of your first vaccination. You can find more information about how to apply to Happy Easter to all our patients. vote by post or proxy on our website at Ann Spooner, Practice Manager www.testvalley.gov.uk/WaystoVote

Have no fear of perfection . . . 14 1949. Somehow, Mum put together enough The Accidental sandwiches, jelly and cake and I believe I had five or six little friends there. We played rounders in the adjoining Immigrant field and when Mr. Jeans came around with his In her memoir, Marion Rose motorized bike and homemade made ice cream Mum bought 3 penny ice cream cones for all of us. McLean (nee Pickett), now a long time resident of the USA, recalls The fish and chip van - a big dark blue van - came her early years when ‘home’ was around on Saturday evenings post war. We children Stockbridge and Longstock. would have 3 penny worth of chips and 3 penny worth of batter! The grown ups probably had fish and chips n event that sticks in my mind is the village fete of, but by then we had had our tea and were busy playing. AI think, 1949 when I was a princess. Sheila North was the queen and there were four princesses. There A major event in my life, which opened up the world to was lots of fun and celebrations. me was passing the 11+examination. From the age of 7, I suffered for years with severe asthma, which in I also those days meant missing a great deal of school, but remember a with the help of my mother and teachers I kept up and travelling managed to pass the exam. I remember neighbours and drama group friends coming to the house to congratulate me, and that came Greta Diaper and Jill Cozens encouraging me to go to around Winchester Grammar. However, I decided to opt for annually and Andover Grammar School. (it is strange that ‘grammar invited some school’ is an old term for primary school in America, so locals to be I learned quickly to term it as ‘prep’ school when part of their describing it in the USA) As I recall, June Moore and show. one other girl passed the exam that year. Mum and I remember singing and dancing to “There’s no Dad were so proud of me and I was very excited business like show business” and I did a solo of “I, I, I myself. I remember going with my mother to buy the ,I, I, I love you very much”. My brother, Ronald, played school uniform at a store in Andover. the accordion and he wore a beautiful blue satin shirt. I was very happy for the six years I was at AGS. The Monday nights were picture nights at the Town Hall. teachers were great and the school itself was in such a 8 pennies bought you a ticket and you could have a great setting. Beautiful trees and houses surrounding cushion for an extra penny. My first real movie the two very large playing fields, an outdoor swimming experience was in 1950 when my father took me to pool and, in the early years, three lawn tennis courts see “The Great Caruso” in Winchester. and later two additional hard tennis courts. Tennis and There were few toys swimming were my favourite sports. I was on the around in those days but tennis team and I spent hours when I was learning to mum did manage to save play, hitting a tennis ball against the brick wall which enough tea coupons to buy abutted the Longstock road being the other side of the me my lovely doll Peggy. semidetached where I lived. There were no cars in those days! Mum also somehow managed to buy me a Most people other than tradesmen, used bicycles or beautiful piano when I was motor bikes for transportation and by the age of 8 I 8 and I had lessons with Mr. knew how to ride a motorbike! Saunders in Longstock for four years (he lived After 5 years at AGS and 7 ‘0’ levels, I went to opposite The Peat Spade) Southampton College for business classes and fast track and then 3 years with Mr. ‘A’ levels. I had travelled to Andover by train and did Ponting at Andover Grammar School. I passed grade 5 the same to Southampton so was very familiar with of 8 under the auspices of the Royal Academy of Music Stockbridge train station. It was always fun when the but really did not have the time to carry it further. I train came in and friends were hanging out the window still enjoy sitting down for a session at the piano. to let you know where to get on! Lots of chatter, of course, and possibly finishing up homework when Birthday parties were a rare occurrence in the post necessary. After a great education, a lot of hard work war era, again because of the strict rationing which and terrific teachers I headed off to Salisbury. was imposed until 4th July 1954, Independence Day in America. I do remember one birthday party for me in More next month

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You can't use up creativity . . . 16 Lindy Lou’s Kitchen Letters Recipes & Crafty Corner

It’s picnic time again and we can’t wait. To be out with Bamboo Canes friends in the sunshine just makes you want to smile. Robin is gradually working his way through culling Here is a lovely recipe really worth making and our bamboo. If anyone would like any canes before sharing. It actually improves if left in the tin for a day they get to the chipper then please let us know. or two before cutting. Number and length please and we can put them by our gate for collection. Sticky Ginger and Almond Cake Barbara North 150g ground almonds, plus a little extra to coat the [email protected] or 01264 810732 inside of the tin 125g unsalted butter, softened, with a little more for greasing the tin Privy in a hedge 125g soft light brown sugar Large thumb size (approx. 1 Inch) piece of fresh Last month Nigel Rugman asked ginger, finely grated if anyone knew anything about 1 tsp freshly ground coriander the history of this outdoor privy Small pinch of allspice buried in the hedging separating 50g honey the Test Way and Stockbridge 1 tbsp molasses or black treacle Marsh. Finely grated zest of ½ orange 2 large free-range eggs We received the following reply: 150g plain flour 1tsp baking powder Dear Editors, Small handful flaked almonds The two photographs published in the March edition 2 tsp demerara sugar of the parish magazine were once probably within the Grease and line the base of a 22 cm round cake tin parish of King's Somborne, before the boundary lines with non-sticking baking paper. were altered. One of the early census returns for Preheat oven to 180°C / 160°C fan/gas 4 King’s Somborne reveals that several families were living in old railway carriages alongside the railway Butter the cake tin sides and on top of the paper track. I therefore venture to suggest that the privy bottom, then coat with some ground almonds. was built by the residents. Put the softened butter, brown sugar, ginger, spices, honey, molasses and orange zest in a bowl and beat Best wishes and thank you for a well produced and the ingredients together until light and fluffy. This is interesting magazine easiest done in a food mixer or with a hand mixer and Gordon Pearson of KS. takes about 5 minutes. Add the eggs one at a time, beating fully before adding Editors: Thank you, Gordon, for your kind words. the next one. If the mixture is not smooth you can Meanwhile Nigel has updated us with an alternative add a small spoonful of the flour to bind the eggs. explanation. A local resident has told him that she Mix the ground almonds, flour, baking powder and a seems to remember a railway plate layers’ hut nearby pinch of salt in a bowl and fold into the butter mixture where they rested and left their tools, so a privy would with a metal spoon to make a smooth batter. make sense. It sounds as if the old railway track Pour the cake batter into the tin and scatter the flaked provides the key to the mystery. almonds and demerara sugar over the top. Bake on the middle shelf of the oven for 40 – 45 minutes. The cake should still be a little squidgy when you lightly press it down in the middle. Remove the cake from the oven and let it cool in the Stock-U Solution tin for 15 minutes then turn out onto a cooling tray to (from page 9 cool completely. Lovely also served with custard as an Easter pudding!! Linda Hotchen

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Creative work is a gift to the world and every being in it. Don't cheat us of your contribution . . . 18 Update from our The reality is that our sites and their wildlife cannot cope with such high impact from visitors – and, whilst National Trust Ranger many may cease to use the sites once other entertainments open up again, many are probably Last time I wrote we were heading into winter, in the here to stay. And, whilst we welcome people getting midst of lockdown 2 and with no end in sight. This out of doors to enjoy the benefits of being closer to time, there are gleaming rays of hope on the horizon; nature it cannot come at such a high detrimental cost. Spring is blooming, the days are getting longer, we There must be understanding, education and have a roadmap out of lockdown and, most acceptance of the need to treat the countryside with miraculous of all – we have a vaccine. To think exactly respect. one year ago today (I am writing on 11/03/2021) the WHO declared the global pandemic of Covid-19. We can all do our little bit – wear wellies through the And in less than a year, scientists have found, mud of winter, so you don’t have to carve new paths developed and rolled out a number of vaccines to turn through habitats. Pick up your dog poo. Take your the tide against the disease. Britain is racing through its litter home. Keep your dog close, not running around priority group vaccinations and many of you reading flushing up ground/reed nesting birds and destroying this will have had yours already. It is wonderfully, nests. The usual messages that should be instilled in all marvellously, breathtakingly inspiring. We have a way of us from childhood and which, if we pass on to the to go yet, we will have variants that pop up meaning next generations, can become natural to them. Even vaccines need to be tweaked and Covid will likely the smallest, conscious act can lead to change. remain with us, like the flu, forever more. But we are on the road to it becoming manageable and not The National Trust is here to help people understand dominating our lives. the value and beauty of our countryside, to help them realise why and how they should protect our land and It has been tough at work, to see so many breaches of nature for the future – for everyone to enjoy. A year lockdown rules on our sites; groups of people meeting of global pandemic has taught us how vital nature is to on site and walking their dogs together, shamelessly both our physical and mental wellbeing. So, it makes flouting the ‘meet one other person’ rule. Visitors no sense to go back outside to admire butterflies and coming to us from much further afield than the ‘stay at flowers – whilst dropping litter or watching our dog home/stay local’ message allowed. We all still need to run off and have a poo which we leave behind. Such do our bit and follow the rules, even with vaccine acts not only chip away at the resilience of our sites rollout and hope on the horizon. Let’s not stuff it up and disturb and damage the wildlife and habitats now, we are so close! Let’s not allow all the incredible within – but it damages ourselves also. What other work of those scientists and the momentous efforts of species disrespects the very thing that has been the NHS be in vain when the finish line is in sight. proven to save their sanity? A lesson for us all, I think. On to more nature themed things and yes! Spring is finally here! I don’t believe we’ve ever needed it more Catherine Hadler- Area Ranger and I continue to marvel at the fact that this time last and SW Hampshire year I was closing the car parks and we were locking down, baffled and frightened. The Down and the And an exciting footnote - apparently, one of the sea Marsh fell silent apart from the sheep lookers who eagles released from the IOW flew up the Test Valley to continued to check the flock every day; from April Stockbridge and back again 3-6 March! So worth folk through to June, nature dominated the land. Now the keeping their eyes peeled! wheel has turned once more, and Spring is singing again, and the sites have never been used as much as they have since last summer. A nation with nothing else to do but head out for a walk, has had huge impacts on all our sites; paths and tracks have doubled in width and number, as people try to avoid the muddy conditions created by increased footfall. Littering, fly tips, break-ins, burnt out cars, fence damage, livestock worrying, dog fouling, bird disturbance – all have soared across our portfolio. It has highlighted the desperate need for people to understand their responsibility to the countryside. It is not our right to use these sites, it is our privilege and should be treated as such.

. . . Give us what you've got. (Steven Pressfield) 19 Colour

Sumer Is Icumen In, Lhude Sing Cuccu

The word ‘cuckoo’ comes from the Old French cucu . the world, the Channel– Its earliest recorded use is from around 1240 in the billed Cuckoo, was first song written in Middle English ‘Sumer is icumen in / described by Captain Lhude sing cuccu’. The arrival of the cuckoo in England Arthur Phillip in 1789 as from Africa is a harbinger of spring. The male’s song, the ‘psittaceus hornbill’. It goo-ko, brings the promise of warmer, longer days and was a mysterious bird respite from the trials of winter. then and was described as angry and sullen. No one William Wordsworth was aware that it was a celebrated its arrival in his ferocious brood parasite. poem ‘To the Cuckoo’. The Channel–billed Cuckoos arrive from eastern Indonesia and we hear them before we see them. Their loud raucous calls as they fly in small flocks cause crows and O blithe New-comer! I have heard, currawongs to harass and chase them. They are I hear thee and rejoice. particularly active in the early morning and at dusk O Cuckoo! shall I call thee Bird, but are silent and secretive during the day. Or but a wandering Voice? Surprisingly, they are mostly vegetarians, eating fruits Thrice welcome, darling of the Spring! and seeds. During spring and summer this year a flock Even yet thou art to me of cuckoos lived near us in Bouddi National Park. No bird, but an invisible thing, A voice, a mystery; We take little heed of the cuckoo’s behaviour as a brood parasite. It lays its eggs in the nests of other birds. Hatched cuckoo chicks may push the host’s eggs out of the nest or be raised alongside the host’s chicks. The smaller chicks are often under fed and fail to fledge. The barring on the cuckoo’s chest feathers is thought to mimic birds of prey which cause small birds to be alarmed and leave their nests, allowing the female cuckoo to lay her eggs. The cuckoo eggs are large and the patterns resemble each type of host’s eggs. The female chooses a host to match her egg markings and One hot day in November, I watched two colour. The currawongs, which look like pied crows, harassing a host parents cuckoo, who silently arrived in a Eucalypt near their work nest. The cuckoo did not move from her perch as the frantically to currawongs tried to make her fly away. She rested on feed their huge the branch all day, unmoved by the harassment. adopted child Finally the exhausted currawongs moved away and and the baby the cuckoo flew to their nest to lay her eggs. I have grows quickly seen a video of a very similar scene, when a cuckoo leaving the nest and waiting on a nearby branch to be entered a crow’s nest and quietly ate the crow’s eggs fed. The fledgling calls constantly for food but is not and laid her own. When she left the crows returned particularly aggressive to the host parents in spite of and checked the nest. They seemed satisfied that the the difference in size. The quiet and shy adult cuckoos eggs were still there and started to incubate the are seldom seen. cuckoo’s eggs. After the cuckoo entered the currawong’s nest near Here in Australia, we also have a cuckoo. It arrives in our house, all was quiet in the trees. After about two November when our days are lengthening with a weeks we heard a new loud aggressive noise in the promise of summer in the air. The largest cuckoo in tree. The currawongs were frantically busy, obviously I would rather die of passion . . . 20 Colour

feeding a new large chick. The noise grew louder each day until we saw two fledglings, which were both much larger than the Test Valley School is currawongs. The chicks excited to announce were never satisfied and our new level 2 bullied and chased their Technical award in hosts for more food. Land Based Rural They roared, flapped Studies. This is an their wings and attacked the host birds. The cuckoos option that is taken were still asking for food when they had their adult alongside and is feathers and were ready to fly. This caused the hosts equivalent to GCSEs. to suffer even more domestic violence. One day the It covers animal and agricultural knowledge with links noise stopped, the birds had flown. We often wonder to the local community and businesses in that field how the currawongs managed to escape from such and can help students to pursue animal and large aggressive, adopted children. agricultural careers. This course sits well within our small, rural high achieving school offer and offers an The flocks of cuckoos are starting to leave our park to exciting insight to rural careers. start their migration back to Indonesia. This for us is the beginning of autumn. Some currawongs have The course requires pupils to take part in local returned to the trees to live quietly until the spring. community projects which could be conservation with These brood parasitic birds herald promises of warmer planting trees in the nature reserve, planting in the weather and the joys that spring brings to us. We local village, generally thinking about the local area seem to just accept that the gentle ‘goo-ko’ is the and what could be done to help improve it for everyone. beginning a challenging time for smaller host birds. The We are looking to further build up a network of English cuckoo has a more gentle approach to its individuals who want to work with us on helping us predestined behaviour than the screeching, aggressive teach the students about this industry and how they Australian bird but we still silently smile as we hear may influence the future. These employers could be them arrive. The noise brings the beginning of all the feed merchants, garden centres, farmers, game luxuries of living in spring time. keepers, nature conservationists. Jill Goodwin We are also really grateful to the Test Valley Borough Council who have just awarded us a £1000 The Peregrines are Back grant towards improving our animal area. Animal care is part of the rural studies course and we The two peregrine falcons, Winnie and Chester, are applied for the grant to enable us to buy, new sheds back at Winchester Cathedral. They returned at the for our chickens, extend the concrete plinth for the end of February and have been making the tray nest goat, improve the fencing around the pond and some on the parapet comfortable, although it doesn’t look items for food and water dispensing. very comfortable to me! They have mated and on Wednesday 10th March Winnie laid her first egg. In the Easter holidays we are holding 2 volunteer You will recall that last year she laid 5 eggs and the days on 14 and 15 April for friends of the school to two adults successfully reared all five. Last year the come in and work on preparing the rural studies first egg was laid on 16th March, so they seemed to area, and also to prepare beds around the school site. be ahead of the game in 2021. However, she then did not lay another egg until 15th March. Latest news We would love for local businesses to get involved (21 March) is that she has now laid two more eggs with these days, either to volunteer some time or by donating items that we can use such as; hanging You can see what is going on because there is a baskets, robust bedding plants e.g. Geraniums and webcam set up on either side of the nest. Just go to Impatiens, canes, seeds, summer bulbs, compost, the main website for Winchester Cathedral and on manure for the roses and slow release fertiliser. If the home page click on the photo of a peregrine, or you are able to help in any way, please use the type in ‘peregrines’ into the search box. This year following links to a Microsoft Form. We will contact promises to be rather unpredictable so even more you to confirm times and where to go on the day. exciting to watch. Do watch - a great way to get https://forms.office.com/r/q0HPxUC7Am children interested in these spectacular birds, Sarah Botwright, Business Manager Jean Boney 01264 810555 . . . than of boredom. (Vincent Van Gogh) 21 Colour

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Art enables us to find ourselves . . . 22 Potting Shed Cuttings for April

Our weather in April: Average temperatures: 4-13°C Average rainfall: 2.1”/53mm Sunshine: 170 hours

General Maintenance: When clearing leaves and emerging perennial weeds from borders and sheltered spots, add a good 2”/5cm layer of mulch to cleared areas and watch out for the last of the hibernating wildlife and birds’ eggs; keep a close eye out for seedlings of hellebores, foxgloves, aquilegias and alchemilla, which can be potted up. Frost damaged shrubs can be trimmed back to good buds; if a twig looks dry and brittle, scrape back a little bark. If it is green underneath, the shoot is still alive. Pot on bought plug plants and protect from frosts under glass, but as the sun’s heat increases, give them some protection with shading. By the end of this month lawn mower blades can be lowered to ¼” - ½” / 1cm and lawns cut at least once a fortnight; if you only feed lawns once a year, do it now. Keep off areas you are reseeding or where you are dealing with humps and hollows.

Flower Borders: Don’t be tempted to smarten up containers with frost tender summer bedding; instead use fresh spring bedding plants. However, with spare room in a greenhouse or conservatory, you can increase the flowering season of baskets and containers by planting them up now with plug plants, and keeping frost free until the end of May. Permanent container plants should be fed and top dressed with fresh compost to replace depleted nutrients. Plant out lilies, dahlias and gladioli, but check plant labels carefully as some summer bulbs should only be planted outside in late spring/early summer. Tie in rambling and climbing roses, honeysuckle and clematis before new growth becomes too vigorous. Prune shrub roses, buddleia, dogwood, lavatera, hydrangea and early flowerers such as forsythia and winter flowering jasmine. Autumn flowering perennials and hostas can be divided and replanted, but remember to add a general purpose fertiliser or compost before replanting. Stake tall and weak stemmed summer flowering perennials now before they make too much growth. Taller perennials generally deplete the soil of nutrients quickly, resulting in smaller flowers, so feed generously. Whilst you allow the leaves of border spring bulbs to die back naturally, container grown varieties need a little help; keep them well watered and feed every couple of weeks with a high potash fertiliser to ensure healthy bulbs for next year. Hardy annuals (HA) can be sown outside in their flowering position or in temporary beds whilst half-hardy annuals (HHA) should be sown under glass and transplanted next month.

Fruit Garden: Rhubarb forced earlier in the year should be given fish, blood and bone and a generous for those new to layer of compost around, but not touching, the vegetable gardening crowns. Fruit bushes will benefit from a high potash TIPS fertiliser to encourage high quality fruit crops. Use a On-line plant suppliers tempt us all with a wide granular feed on border grown bushes and a liquid range of plug plants for our vegetable gardening. feed on container grown varieties. The smallest of these can arrive as early as March/April and need to be unpacked Vegetable Garden: Continue to earth up potatoes straightaway, allowed to stand in a tray of water and throughout the month, plant out second early and for 24 hours and then potted up gently in pots or main crop varieties, Jerusalem and globe artichokes, trays of a free draining mixture of compost and late summer cabbages, asparagus, onion and shallot perlite. They should be protected from frost for sets and broad beans. The remaining spring cabbages several weeks before planting out. Larger plugs, can be given a high nitrogen feed to encourage strong, arriving later, will still need care and attention for leafy growth and, after planting summer varieties, put 4-5 weeks before planting out. Individually grown collars around the base of plants to prevent the plants, larger still, will also start to appear in cabbage root fly from laying its eggs. Undercover, sow garden centres. Depending on the variety of parsley, squashes, cucumbers, courgettes, vegetable, some can be planted out, whilst others French and runner beans, tomatoes, peppers, will benefit from growing on under glass in larger aubergines, melons, winter cabbages and broccoli. pots before hardening off gently over a few days Provided the soil has reached 6-8°C, sow salad crops, before planting out. Each variety of vegetable has mangetout, peas, leeks, late summer cauliflowers, different needs, so check its requirements carefully! brassicas and spinach outside. Carrots sown outside You should also consider where you will keep plug earlier in the year should be thinned now; try to do plants safely – plants and watering trays can take this in the evening, when fewer carrot flies are around. up a lot of room – and an adequate source of light will also be essential. Micki Nadal

. . . and lose ourselves at the same time. (Thomas Merton) 23 To practice any art, no matter how well or how badly . . . 24 In memory of Gerald Lambert 1934 – 2021 Gerald was a quiet our visit to Portugal. The Portuguese don’t go in for bull thoughtful man, but the fighting with the same grandeur of the Spanish, but sheer number of letters Gerald had the courage and humour to go into the ring received after his death with a well grown fighting heifer, obviously fierce and spoke the volumes that he equipped with a sizeable set of horns, and came out perhaps felt he didn’t need unscathed.” to. From these letters came the inspiration for this From bull rings to bell ringing, another life long hobby of eulogy and the quotations Daddy’s, even dragging Tessa and I along to practice aged within. 5 and 7. Unlike Tessa, I wasn’t big enough to ring, but I do have an early abiding memory of the instruction, A fellow magistrate wrote, “I always remember his first “Look To, Treble’s Going, She’s Gone. advice, which was, think hard before you speak.” Another letter said, “In any serious discussion, Gerald Possibly due to the lengthy list of tasks Daddy had in the would always consider a subject thoroughly before quietly garden on a Sunday, or the horsey events he was driving contributing original and reasoned thoughts. He was also us to, he was not necessarily always seen at Church great company when joining in light banter and laughter.” services, but his commitment to it was unquestionable, with over 20 years service as Church Warden. Of him, Born in 1934, the only grandson of Lord Austin of someone remembered, “I have a picture of Gerald in my Longbridge, Gerald was perhaps best known for his work memory. It is of him standing on the path leading to St as a dairy and arable farmer, ably supported by Jane, his Peter’s Church on the High Street in Stockbridge one wife of 61 years. A respected employer to many, one Saturday morning, smiling with a shovel in his hands, said, “Mr Lambert gave me an opportunity I never overseeing alterations to the interior floors of the thought I would have in this industry that I love, to prove Church and making a smooth tarmacadam path to the my worth and I will always love and respect him for it. Church door for wheelchair users . . . That is how I will There were times when I wanted to change or try remember him.” something and, even though he wasn’t sure, he always supported me with it. He always showed his gratitude So one wonders how he still had the time to be a such a …. as we all together took this wonderful herd of cows good neighbour. One said, “I feel sure he did an awful forward. I am very proud of our cows and even more lot of good work behind the scenes which we didn’t proud of my journey with Mr Lambert and the Darfield know about. I remember when there was a heavy family farm.” snowfall, Gerald was always the first to see if we needed any help.” Those who knew him the longest knew of his busy work life as well as numerous and varied hobbies. “Gerald was From all the letters, there was a common and noticeable a modest man in spite of his many interests. I recall his theme. A gentle and kind man with quiet charm and ocean yacht racing, skiing, running in marathons and being good manners. “I never heard him raise his voice or get a Magistrate. We always enjoyed playing golf with you. angry with anyone,” said one. A lovely warm smile and a He generously organised Pony Club events – nothing was dry sense of humour. A youthful octaganarian, fit and ever too much trouble for him.” able to enjoy life to the full. Another old friend said,” I well remember the first time I I know Daddy’s time doing National Service had a huge sailed with Gerald over to France and how I could not influence on his life and, at home, he always had his head understand why he did it so often when he suffered from deep in a weighty book about world conflicts, war history sea sickness and spent the voyage munching on dry or military strategy. He was always up and out early, but biscuits. We will miss him, he was one of the nicest men he’d be back for lunch and an obligatory cheese sandwich I knew.” to finish. I remember ski holidays when, with wooden skis and string bindings, Daddy would coax us down the I personally remember his tale of the Fastnet Race when black runs, turn by turn. Or a snatched few days in they nearly missed the Fastnet Rock while cooking a Norfolk teaching us to dinghy sail. In my teens being Sunday Roast. And on one ocean race, when he was allowed to helm his boat, “Tessanda III”, over the finish feeling particularly sea sick, he chose to follow the course line to win our class in the Round the Island Race. The of the typical race winner, a member of the boat-building car journeys when we had to remind Daddy to keep his Nicholson family, but who on this occasion managed to eyes on the road instead of over the hedge at the incorrectly calculate his course to steer and was heading neighbour’s ploughing lines or emerging barley crop. in the wrong direction. Sometimes we’d ask questions, Daddy would appear deep in thought and we didn’t think he’d heard us. But Gerald met and became friends with other farmers looking back, perhaps it was more than just that, perhaps through the Grasshoppers. One remembered, “One he was thinking hard before he spoke. particular memory, which will stay with me always, is of Amanda Lambert . . . is a way to make your soul grow. 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Alexander ‘Sandy’ Burnfield 1944 – 2021 Sandy was the oldest of the five Burnfield children. His led to many things, Father ‘Alister’ had come down from Scotland in the including the setting up of 1900s with his family to live and work at Hazeldown patients’ groups in both Farm, and his mother, Joan, came from Bossington Winchester and Andover. Farm near Houghton. The five siblings had a happy He was asked to give childhood growing up on the farm, playing in the barns lectures to national and helping out when they could with their extended groups and a prestigious family - Uncles Bunt and Bob and all the farm workers. Memorial Lecture at Queen’s University Belfast. He Sandy was sent to school at . He was helped to set up and he Chaired ‘Persons with MS fascinated with this unusual building, though he didn’t International’ which is part of the MS International realise at the time how special it was. He was a day- Federation and he attended and spoke at conferences dreamer, and the Head Master would quote ‘Behold around the world. the dreamer cometh’. He soon realised that he wasn’t His book, “Multiple Sclerosis: A Personal Exploration” cut out to be a farmer. He managed to crash his was mostly composed in the old Showman’s caravan grandfather’s combine harvester, and also had to drive in our garden. It was published in 1984, has been a tractor out of a field which had caught fire. He reprinted several times and has been translated into decided to become a doctor instead. German and Serbo-Croat! Later he also wrote ‘MS: In 1963 he started his studies at The London Hospital. Need to Know’ for young people. Sandy’s main A year later he met me (Penny), newly arrived, at the contribution has been to enable people with this ‘Fresher’s Hop’. We married in 1967 - Sandy disabling and distressing disease to ‘have a voice’ - to graduated in 1968 and Penny a year later. Our first express their feelings and to decide for themselves home was a tiny semi-basement flat in a tenement how they need to be helped. He felt that MS affects block near to the hospital - it cost £4.00 a week. the whole family and not just the person with the illness. Once we had qualified, we needed to escape from Our family was changing too. His health improved London and to live near Longstock. We both obtained and in 1980 we were able to foster, and then adopt medical jobs at Winchester Hospital. However, Sandy our two daughters Clare and Sarah. They have wasn’t well, and he was diagnosed with Multiple brought us much love and joy – as well as five Sclerosis. There was no treatment. He took a short grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. break and then began to undertake post-graduate Sandy retired from the NHS in the mid 1990s and he qualifications in Psychiatry. This had always interested worked in a voluntary capacity. He helped to set up him even when he was at school. The Corn Loft at Windover Farm, a therapeutic arts He was given various appointments in the ‘Wessex centre - he became a Trustee of the MS Trust - and Area’, and he was one of the group who set up a he was an advisor and a Trustee of Fair Ways forward-looking unit for young people at Knowle Foundation, a provider of mental health services for Hospital, Fareham. Later he worked in Portsmouth for young people, based in Southampton. a couple of years. But, sadly, his health was He enjoyed writing, taking photographs and enjoying deteriorating, and it affected his walking and eyesight. himself with his dogs and horses. He was proud of his It seemed a good time to go back home. Scottish heritage and recently discovered several Lower Manor Farm had been standing empty so the blood relatives through research into his DNA. He family kindly let us use it as a bolt-hole when we had continued to be ‘a dreamer’. He read very widely time off. In 1975 we moved in permanently and about psychology, philosophy and spirituality, and at the changed the name to Terstan (Anglo-Saxon for River end of his life he became a fully qualified Druid. He had Test) as it was no longer a working farm. Sandy was a considerable following for his writings on Face-book offered part-time work in Winchester and Andover. and his Blog – he enjoyed stirring up a lively debate. He was advisor to the Andover Crisis Centre and he Above all he enjoyed being with his family and friends helped to set up the Family Consultancy at Andover in Longstock, where he lived nearly all of his life. Hospital. He was appointed Consultant in Child and Sandy will be remembered for his quirky sense of Adolescent Psychiatry and was elected a Fellow of the humour, ‘a twinkle in the eye’ and his commitment to Royal College of Psychiatrists. making this world a better place. We intend to have Meanwhile he became involved with the MS Society. a celebration of his life when circumstances allow. He wrote an article about his own experience of MS sandyburnfield.muchloved.com which was published in the British Medical Journal. This Penny Burnfield

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Colin ‘Corky’ for Easter egg hunts, teach them to garden and help them ride their bikes. Later, Mum and Dad would Taylor take them on holidays which they all really enjoyed. 1947 – 2021 My Dad was a lovely man. He had a wicked sense of It is with a broken heart that humour and always had a twinkle in his eye. He would we had to say goodbye to my often burst into song (making up his own words) just Dad, Colin Taylor, who died because he could. He would chat to everyone and on the 30th January after was happy to help people out if they needed him. For contracting COVID-19. example, when the primary school lost their caretaker, my dad and mum jumped at the opportunity to give Colin was born on 19 back to the school which December 1947 at 9 Southside he once attended, and Cottages which was his they made that school grandmother’s house. He was shine with next to no the second son of Jack and Ivy Taylor (Hardy). As his effort. dad was in the army, Colin lived in Bridgewater and in Germany for a while, returning to live with his auntie We would like to thank Rose at Yew Tree Cottage for a short time before everyone who has been moving to 2 Hillside cottages. so kind and supportive to us. The cards, flowers, He went to Stockbridge School until the new food and care we as a secondary School opened in 1960. He would always family have been shown is say he was the first one through the gates, however I truly lovely. We really are can’t see that happening somehow. He left school the so grateful, thank you. day before his 15th birthday. He had an Diane Evans apprenticeship at Kings the builders in Abbots Ann as a fitter, where he stayed for a short time before Post Script from Gareth Evans on behalf of moving to Coombe’s timber yard in Andover. When Longstock Allotments: the start of his apprenticeship was delayed because of Colin was a very keen gardener and had the best kept the bad winter of 1962, he helped the local baker and allotment every year. He will be missed by all of us. made sure that people got their bread and other groceries delivered. James ‘Max’ Maxwell In 1966 Colin met the love of his life, Margaret 1942 – 2021 Alderman and they were married in December 1969, holding their wedding reception at Longstock Village With sadness I let you know that my husband James Hall. In 1970 my sister Mandy was born, and they Maxwell, known to his friends as 'Max' has died moved into 3 Hillside Cottages. I was born in 1972. peacefully in his sleep here at our home in We had a happy life. Family holidays were important Stockbridge on March 7th 2021. to both Dad and Mum, so they would save all year so It was my privilege and good fortune to have had him that we could have a week away in a caravan. I have cared for and gently nursed at home in comfortable very happy memories of our family holidays. and familiar surroundings for six months, after a spell Dad had three loves in his life; his wife, his family and in hospital. gardening, and we always had a lovely vegetable patch. Max was a quiet, One year when we came back from our holiday Dad home-loving man who found that his wedding ring was missing. He was very loved his garden and upset as he thought he had lost it on holiday. The our cottage here in following year when digging the garden, he was very the village. He will be surprised to dig up his ring. greatly missed. After I left college I moved to Barbados for 8 years A heartfelt 'Thank with Graham my boyfriend, now husband. Mum and You' to our wonderful Dad visited and enjoyed their holiday but said they neighbours and friends preferred living in Longstock. for all their support My sister and I both had three children and Dad loved and kindness to us spending time with them even from when they were both. tiny babies. As they got older, he would make up clues Diane

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St Peter’s and Old St Peter’s to be invited to this; what an amazing achievement and how much he had done over those many years to Stockbridge inspire the word of God and his love for all. Pauline Webster We are so pleased to be able to inform you that our worship, commencing from Palm Sunday will be held back in St Peter’s Church; we know how so many have greatly missed being able to worship in this way. The same pattern of services as previously, including Old St Peter’s, will be held, please see the calendar on Rev Francis Chadwick page 31. Rector of St Peter’s Stockbridge Our first service in St Peter’s will be at 11am on Palm Sunday 28 March when members from Longstock and from 1987 to 1993 Leckford will join us. Sadly, I recently heard that Rev Francis Chadwick had The following week, 4 April at 11am, will be our peacefully died at his home in Devizes. We know he celebration on Easter Sunday. For this service we will be very much missed by his family and so many would ask that you please ring Angela on 810236 or others who knew him. Pauline on 810827 to book a place. Thank you. Francis was our Rector here for 6 years and he and Social distancing will be strictly adhered to and face his wife Jill helped to revive the work of the church masks worn. here. They managed to encourage some younger Services at Old St Peter’s will continue to be on a families by starting a Sunday School and Jill his wife, booking system and the number for this is, as before, recommenced the Guides with Mary Tuff. Also during 810810. Francis’s time with us, a Confirmation Service was held by Bishop John of Southampton in St Peter’s We look forward very much to seeing and welcoming Church, during which several parishioners were you all back into both churches, it will be so special confirmed, having been given Francis’s special and after all our isolation during lockdown. most helpful leadership for this. God bless and keep you all. Pauline He also was fun and very much enjoyed our many fundraising events. One in particular that stands out Mrs Jennifer Stanton who was a regular member of was a duck race on the , down at the St Peter's Church congregation sadly died on the Marsh. Francis blessed the yellow plastic ducks and 20th February. Our thoughts and prayers are with then launched them all into the river whilst several of her family. us were at the far end to catch the winners and to retrieve them all from the river. A very happy and fun Help Needed for time for us all. Regular Cleaning of St. Peter’s He was very keen and involved with the Whilst we are not presently having many services in Deanery work with South Rwenzori, our link the church we are planning ahead for the time it will Diocese, and one or two of our congregation went be in full use again. on a visit there with him and Jill. This led them, in retirement, to visit and spread God’s word in very We have been very fortunate in the past to have had a many different East European countries. rota to clean the church and, since that has ceased as people become older, we have relied on ad hoc Latterly, as well as spending much time in his garden support and organised half yearly “spring cleans”. This which he loved, he has written two books, ‘The has been backed up for a long time by Pamela Clarke Winding Road of Faith’ and ‘Behind the Iron Curtain’ who has done so much to keep the church clean and based on his experiences of ‘A journey through life, tidy. During the past year we have also been very belief and humanity’. fortunate to have had a group of younger parishioners Two years ago he celebrated his 60 years of ministry taking it in turns to ensure we are Covid safe to allow with a special service, when he preached the sermon the church to be opened for private prayer. at their Devizes Church. Two of us were privileged Continued.

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I have agreed to take responsibility for drawing up a gather at the Churchyard for readings and new, more permanent, monthly rota for cleaning St. reflections. We can move around the Churchyard Peters and am hoping that there are some ‘younger’ and we will be socially distanced. This event will start parishioners who will be willing to volunteer, to work at 11.00am Good Friday morning in St Mary’s in pairs if you wish to. (Approximately 1 hr.) Churchyard. Please phone or email if you with to attend. Numbers etc below. You don’t have to be a regular service attender, and this is an opportunity to support the local community. The good news is that there will be a service in St The more volunteers I get the less often you will need Mary’s for Easter Day, Sunday 4 April at to help. 10.00am. This service will be All Age with a short Communion to celebrate Easter and the Risen Lord. I will remind you when it is your turn and we will provide cleaning materials and support for the first However, we are asking that if you wish to attend time. If you think you could help, then please get in this service, you book your place. St Mary’s can touch with me to have a chat about it. take 40 – 48 people, depending of how many Thank you. Catherine Williams families and how many singles want to attend. Tel: 01264 811069 Please ring Maddie on 01264 810284 or email Email: [email protected] [email protected] to book your place. The normal pattern of services at St Mary’s will then resume for April with a Parish Communion at 9.30am St Mary’s on 11 April and Morning Worship at 9.30am on 18 Longstock April Wall Update We are still in lockdown and church services have been over ‘zoom’. The exception was the funeral service for Colin Taylor, which took place on 2 March, 1.00pm at St Mary’s Church. Beautiful flowers, especially daffodils, which were provided courtesy of the Allotment Society, decorated the church. Numbers were restricted to 30, but it was moving to see many villagers and friends walking behind the hearse as this journeyed from number 3 Hillside to the Lychgate. Many others lined the road. A wonderful symbol of the love and respect shown to Colin, a much-loved husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather. After the service, I am delighted to say that the work on the wall is Colin was buried in Longstock Cemetery. The complete. Colin Avery, stonemason, was able to fix growers at the Allotments are preparing a wild flower the new coping stones to the wall at the end of garden in Colin’s memory; a fitting tribute to a man February 2021. who loved his family, loved to grow vegetables and was always happy to help others. If you would like to I have sent off my request for grant payments from make a donation to the Intensive Care Unite at the CofE Cathedrals and Churches Conservation Winchester Hospital, the link is below. Fund and from the Hampshire and Islands Historic Tribute to Colin Taylor, 1947 - 2021 (muchloved.com) Churches Trust. The final costs of rebuilding the section of collapsed churchyard retain wall came in at Church Services. just under £16,000. This was less than we first The Mothering Sunday service was over ‘zoom’ but a anticipated partly due to the fact that we had new Palm Sunday service is planned for the parishes of copings made from concrete, to match the existing, Leckford, Longstock and Stockbridge in St Peter’s rather than using stone. New grass will be sown Church Stockbridge. The service is adapted to be both at the roadside and in the churchyard. Sincere ‘Covid safe’. thanks are sent from Philip, the PCC and me to all in the community who donated to the wall fund – not Sadly we cannot have the usual Good Friday walk, but forgetting the fund raising ‘bring your own picnic’ and there will be an opportunity for a small number to

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Church News sale of hampers. In total, including help from ‘The Sunday Services Friends of St Mary’ donations came to £8,000. A fantastic contribution. 28th March Palm Sunday If anyone has any questions, please let me know 08.00 Broughton Holy Communion (01264 810284) or email [email protected]. 09.30 Broughton Family Service If you would like a word with the rector, or to be put 09.30 Houghton Parish Communion on his mailing list, please contact Rev’d Philip Bowden 11.00 Stockbridge Parish Communion (01264 810810) or email [email protected] 11.00 Mottisfont Family Communion 18.00 Bossington Meditation Funerals at Longstock 2 March 2021: The funeral service for the late Colin Thomas Taylor took place at 1.00pm at St Mary’s 4th April Easter Sunday Church, Longstock, with the burial at Longstock 08.00 Leckford Holy Communion BCP Cemetery. 09.30 Broughton Parish Communion 09.30 Bossington Parish Communion BCP 18 March 2021: The funeral service for the late Mrs 09.30 Houghton Easter Communion Andrea Woodfine took place at 11.30am on 18 March 09.30 Longstock All Age Communion at St Mary’s Church, Longstock. Mrs Woodfine was 11.00 Stockbridge Easter Communion formerly of Fernhill House Care Home, Fernhill Heath, Worcester. She died Friday 19th February 2021 aged 73 years. Her son is Mr Peter Woodfine of 7th April Longstock. 10.00 Stockbridge Holy Communion Maddie Hedley Prayer for April 11th April Easter 2 Lord we pray that this Spring time 08.00 Old St Peter Holy Communion will bring new beginnings. (Please ring 810810 to book) Lockdown has been hard, 09.30 Longstock Parish Communion depriving us of seeing loved ones; 11.00 Stockbridge All Age Service We thank you for the ability to 11.00 Mottisfont Morning Worship learn new skills, 11.00 Broughton Parish Communion becoming teachers, fixing 18.00 Houghton Evensong problems; Finding new ways to share love and affection. Dealing with the pain of loss. 18th April Easter 3 09.30 Longstock Morning Worship As a result of the coronavirus, as we move into 09.30 Bossington Parish Communion BCP more normal times, we pray we can keep that sense 09.30 Broughton Bible Uncovered of kindness and care. 11.00 Stockbridge Parish Communion To retain our ability to reach out to others with a 18.00 Leckford Evensong kind word or deed. Lord help us to strive for understanding of others, to think what it would be like to walk in their shoes. 21st April It is easy to think only of our own perspective, so 10.00 Old St Peter Holy Communion guide us to speak the truth, even when it is hard, to act in love, rather than seeking to hurt others. 25th April Easter 4 The April showers and sunshine come in equal 08.00 Broughton Holy Communion measure so 09.30 Broughton Family Service let us give thanks to God for the gift of each new day 09.30 Houghton Parish Communion and 11.00 Stockbridge Morning Worship for a more hopeful future. 11.00 Mottisfont Family Communion Amen 18.00 Bossington Meditation

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