Octo ber 2019 ON&V is published monthly by Overton Parish Council (OPC) and is distributed Editor: Holly Foat by volunteers to every property in Overton, Ashe, & . [email protected] www.OvertonParishCouncil.gov.uk What’s on in Overton @OvertonHants

Overton Parish Council (OPC) notes by Laura Harley (Parish Clerk)

Climate Change Emergency Parish Council: October diary At its recent meeting, Overton Parish Council agreed to declare a Climate Parish Council Meeting: Tuesday 8 Change Emergency. As a village there are a lot of initiatives that we can October, 7pm in the Community get involved with and parish councillor Alison Zarecky has agreed to take Centre (Public Time 7pm – on the challenge and form a new group to get the ball rolling. It is also 7.30pm). hoped that Overton can join together with Low Waste Whitchurch and other local community groups to share ideas and projects. If you would like to be OPC Monthly Planning Meeting: involved please contact Alison or myself – details on page 4. Many thanks Tuesday 22 October, 7.30pm, in to Laura Harrison for approaching the parish council about this issue. Community Centre. Agendas and planning applications are displayed Toilet Door Art Competition on the Parish Noticeboard. The Thank you to everyone who entered the competition. The parish council public is welcome to attend and has narrowed down the entries so that members of the community can may discuss any planning matters vote for their favourite in each age group. The entries will be displayed on before each meeting starts. the village noticeboard (each one numbered for reference) on the side of the public toilets – to vote either 1) email me the numbers of your All parish council meetings will be favourites, 2) complete one of the forms available either from the parish recorded. council office or library or 3) complete the Survey Monkey form available on the front page of www.overtonparishcouncil.gov.uk. The entries will also Laverstoke & Freefolk Parish be available to view at the Saturday market on 5th and 26th October when Council Meeting: Tuesday 8 you also complete a form. October, 7.30pm in Lady Rose Hall, Laverstoke Lane. Kebab Van Street Trading application at Overton Hill Car Park Over 80 responses were received by & Deane Borough Reporting street lighting faults Council and all but one opposed the proposal for a kebab van to trade in and other highway problems the Overton Hill car park between 4pm and 10pm daily. Opposing Did you know that you can report representations raised concerns relating to safety, nuisance, inappropriate street lighting faults and other location and use of a community facility, reducing parking provisions, and highway problems online? Just go listing existing problems likely to be exacerbated by proposed activities and to www.hants.gov.uk and under fears regarding anti-social behaviour impacts. In addition the van would be Report It and select Report a Road situated next to a children’s play area and the recycling provisions. These Problem. All highway problems grounds were relevant to the council’s street trading policy and it was can also be reported by telephone considered that the proposed activities would cause disturbance and/or to )0300 555 1388. annoyance to local residents. Therefore in line with the borough council’s Street Trading Policy the application for the kebab van was refused. Do you want to talk to your MP? Kit Malthouse holds regular Thanks where thanks is due surgeries in Andover, and We are all too quick to have a grumble about the borough and county . For further details or to councils (the recent debacle regarding the reorganisation of the bin rounds book an appointment email springs to mind) but I would like to thank two departments at Basingstoke & [email protected] Deane Borough Council who are always willing to help and assist. The first or telephone )01264 401 401. is the Street Cleansing team who are around the village most days emptying bins and always help out with any problems or complaints. The MoviTime News other is the Tree Officers who have come to Overton on a number of On Friday 25 October Rocket Man occasions recently to look at several tree issues which have all been dealt will be shown. The doors of St with in a timely manner. Mary’s Hall open at 7.15pm for a 7.45pm start. Tickets are £5 in Harroway advance from Overton Gallery or The parish council has received reports that a number of jumps and tracks £5.50 on the door. Drinks and are being constructed on the Harroway. The Rights of Way officer has refreshments are available before been informed and is keeping a watching brief. Please remember that the the film starts. Harroway is open to all traffic and anyone driving a car or motorbike must have a licence, road tax and insurance (as if driving on the public highway). OPC notes continued by Laura Harley (Parish Clerk) Village Diary - Regular events Celebrity Gossip! Overton & Whitchurch NCT coffee It is not often that we can write about celebrity gossip in News & Views but morning: Fortnightly. See Facebook Mike Bushell of BBC Breakfast fame, and resident of Overton, is to dance [email protected] with Katya Jones on . We hope that Mike goes all the way to the final – and to make sure that he does, Overton needs to St Luke’s Short Mat Bowls Club: Monday ‘keeeeeep voting’! 7.30pm-9.30pm, Wednesday 2pm-4pm and Thursday 7.30-9.30pm. )770409. Orchard and Orchard Day Unfortunately due to a lack of apples the apple day due to take place on 13th Village Agent Drop-in Centre: 8th & 22nd October 2019 will not go ahead. October 10-12 in the Palmer Room at the Community Centre. )07843 853003. October Surgery News Staff Update: Dr Kate Hughes started on Tuesday 3/09/19 and will work on Steady & Strong exercise class: Tuesday & Fridays. General Practice Nurse Natasha Lewington started on Tuesdays 10:30 at Harveys Field and 2/09/19 but unfortunately Nurse Leah Cooke left on 5/09/19 for pastures 12noon at Gill Nethercott Centre. new. On reception Holly Reedman has left and our new receptionist will be Contact Gary Burrow )302210. Sapphira O’Brien who starts on 16th September. Primary Care Network (PCN): Our Primary Care Network is holding a Age Concern Social Group: Tuesday 2- ) Community Event on 9th October at Sandford Springs Golf Club from 6.30 to 4pm Harveys Field. Margaret 771710.

8.30pm. This event aims to bring our communities together to shape and Little Creations: Thursday mornings term influence the ways in which we can keep well and improve health and care time, toddler group run by the Community outcomes. It’s a team effort. Patients, voluntary sector and community Church in the Town Meadow Hut. organisations are most welcome to come and share good ideas and build our network. The evening will consist of a presentation followed by a question Charity Coffee Morning: Thursdays 10-12 and answer session as well as providing an opportunity to meet people who in front hall of Methodist Church. want to make a difference to health and care in our area. Flu Clinic Dates and Times: Clinics are available also at Kingsclere. All flu Coffee, Colour and Chat: first Thursday of clinics can be booked over the internet. There were flu clinics in September the month 10.30-11.45am at White Hart. but these aren’t listed, neither are the October clinics that are already full. )07745327049 Those in October with space left are Over 65’s at Overton: Sat 19th Oct 9 till 12noon. At Oakley: Weds Oct 23rd 14.30 till 17.00. Under 65 with Asthma, Construction Club: Overton Library, every COPD, diabetes, a heart/chest/kidney/liver condition, Carer, Thursday after school. immunocompromised or pregnant At Oakley Weds 16th Oct from 14.00- 16.00 and at Overton Sat 19 Oct from 09.00-12.00. If all these appointments Overton Pagan Moot: First Thursday of 8 are taken further clinics will be programmed please check the website the month. [email protected]

How to book an appointment with a specific doctor using “Patient access” Overton Garden Society: 2nd Thursday of When you are booking an appointment and wish to see a specific doctor then month at 7.30pm in Community Centre. how do you find out when is that doctor’s next available appointment? Simply search for the next available appointment at the surgery you normally use. Balance Confidence exercise class: When the next available appointment is shown on the same line as Available Friday 11:45 at Scout Hut. Contact Louise time is “Refine times list”. If you click on “Refine times list” then two further )07908 851570. options appear “Practice Member” or Gender. If you wish to see a specific doctor then click on the small downward arrow and scroll down until you find Friday Toddlers: Fridays: 10-11.30am in the specific doctor you want, clicking on that doctor’s name will show their the St Mary's Church Rooms. £1 next available appointment at any of the surgeries. Hope this is helpful. Club2O Alternate Fridays in the Church Overton Sheepfair 2020 – The Roaring Twenties Rooms. For children in years 4, 5 & 6. 7- Organising of the 2020 Sheepfair is in full swing – “The Roaring Twenties”. 8.30pm. Games and fun. Pete )770243 As always this will be a great community event. The organising committee is interested in ensuring Overton’s Individuals; Clubs; Societies and Businesses The Community Church most Sunday also have the opportunity to make next year’s event, as successful and mornings. 10am at St. Luke's Hall. enjoyable as possible. Traidcraft Sales: 2nd and 4th Saturdays There are many ways to get involve; you can contribute or take part in the of the month. Sales of fairly-traded food & event to help make it a success, and promote yourselves at the same time; crafts. 9.30-12.00 at Methodist Church. · You could join the parade. The Sheepfair parade will be on the Saturday afternoon, all are welcome to join in. Whilst the theme is the Roaring 20s, Badminton any theme more appropriate to your club/society would be fine. The Whitchurch Badminton club is · You could have a stall. There will be pitches available along looking for new members. They play Street. Thursday evenings (7.30-10) at The · If you are a budding musician, would you like a slot on one of the stages? Testbourne Community School and field · Would you like an advertising package on our website, or sponsorship of a teams in the local Newbury and stage? Basingstoke leagues. The club has · Could you offer your support over the Sheepfair weekend in the setup/tear- several players from Overton and caters down? If you are interested please contact us by visiting our website for a range of abilities so why not come www.overtonsheepfair.co.uk or email: - along as a guest. Please contact [email protected] or Twitter [email protected] for further info. Police News Your local Police Officer is PCSO Andy Jones Village Diary - October 2019 andrew.jones.13301@.pnn.police.uk Emergency )999 Tuesday 1 October: Overton WI Meeting [email protected] ‘Food Fads to Square Meals’ talk by Rev Follow @BstokeRuralCops Police Enquiry Centre & non-emergencies )101 Mrs J Bentall )770681 Crimestoppers charity )0800 555 111 www.hampshire.police.uk [email protected] www.hampshirewi.org.uk Theft in rural car parks update We have continued to receive reports of goods being stolen from vehicles Wednesday 2 October: Overton Folk Club parked in rural car parks. The vehicles are targeted when people leave them from 8pm in the Community Centre. there to go walking. The cars were targeted regardless of whether or not Singaround night. Come along and listen, property was on display. If you leave your vehicle to go walking, please even come and sing us a song! )770384 remove all your property from the vehicle and make it obvious that no valuables are there. Saturday 5 & 26 October: Overton Market & Overton Parish Council Surgery 10am- Overton, Laverstoke & Steventon 12noon, St Mary’s Hall. On 4 August, rogue traders called at an address in Steventon to carry out gardening work. Please avoid employing people to do gardening work if they Wednesday 16th October: Overton & called without invitation. Farms at and Polhampton have reported District U3A Our next monthly meeting is, damage to fields and padlocks. It is suspected that persons drove across the 10am at St Mary’s Hall, Overton, when land in pursuit of hares. Catalytic converters were stolen from an industrial unit our speaker will be Jim Whelan, an actor. at Steventon. Similar incidents have been reported in Tadley and Bramley. The title of his talk is 'From Corrie to Home Fires: Thirty Years as an Actor'. Did you know? Jim has worked with many of the top stars We have been running a ‘Paint it Pink’ campaign for batteries. To prevent the of Television and Film and appeared in large batteries from being stolen, paint them pink. This makes it easier for some of the biggest storylines in them to be identified as stolen goods. Hampshire Police have urged scrap Coronation Street, Emmerdale, The Royle metal merchants to reject and report any pink batteries that are offered to Family and recently Home Fires. them. He also worked as a Comic/Singer in

Letters to the editor Theatres and Clubs, and puts over his A big thank you for the adult swimmers story in an entertaining and amusing On behalf of all of us who enjoyed the adult swimming sessions at the pool this manner. Visitors pay £3 on the door. season, a huge thank you to all the volunteers and management committee Thursday 24 October: Overton who gave up their time so freely to enable so many of us (from tots to nineties) Biodiversity Society An Overton Wildlife to swim at our local community pool. Wishing you every success and look Safari - Wildlife Photography in the forward to next season. Many thanks, Lynn, Mary and Belinda Parish. An illustrated talk by Deb Heath

ODS Autumn Bazaar - Saturday 19th October - 10am-12noon on “Wildlife Photography in the Buy your tickets for Overton Dramatic Society's Christmas Show, The Flint Parish”. 7.30pm in Overton Community Street Nativity, at our Autumn Bazaar, in St Mary's Hall on Saturday 19th Centre. Admission £2.00 for members, October from 10am. There will be all of the usual stalls, including cakes, £2.50 for non-members to include books, toys, a tombola and our annual raffle with a huge Christmas Hamper as refreshments. the top prize. 50p donation to our charity as an entrance fee, includes a free Please consider your neighbours! drink and biscuit. Tickets for the show are £7 concessions and £8 for adults. Please could people who like to play their The show runs from Tuesday 26th until Saturday 30th November. Curtain up music loud think about how it effects at 7.30pm. Any questions, email: [email protected] other. Appreciate you may enjoy your

Local residents can get help and support on changes that may affect music, but not everyone feels the them following Brexit. same. Loud music ruins the peace and Supported by Borough Council, Citizens Advice quiet for others and ruins a sunny Basingstoke and Tadley will be providing a new service to support residents in afternoon in the garden, much like a the borough affected by changes as a result of Brexit. European citizens living bonfire does. Consideration goes a long in the UK are required to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme to continue living way. Thank you. Name and address in the UK after 30 June 2021, with an estimated 7,000 people currently living in supplied the borough needing to apply to the scheme. Other support the charity will New book release by Overton author provide includes guidance on employment rights and EU employees’ rights to Nina Oram (50) a local woman, who now stay, UK citizens living overseas and looking to return and consumer concerns lives in Southern Ireland, has had a book such as travel insurance and access to healthcare. As well as help and published. Nina spent all of her youth in support from Citizens Advice, digital assistance is available for residents who Overton, going to the local primary school do not have the access, skills or confidence to complete the online form by and then onto Testbourne in Whitchurch. appointment at Community Centre. To arrange an appointment, please The book is about a 16 yr old girl who has ) call We Are Digital on 03333 445675. For more information and to get in weird things start to happen around her. touch with Citizens Advice Basingstoke and Tadley, visit ) This is the first book of a trilogy called www.basingstokeandtadleycab.org.uk or call 01256 329984. The new The Carrowkeel Series and is published service forms part of the council’s preparation work, alongside its partners, to through Luna Press available online. look at the potential impacts and opportunities that Brexit may bring and Phyllis Oram ensure residents and businesses are prepared. For more information on the council’s work and guidance on Brexit, visit www.basingstoke.gov.uk/brexit

Transport News Letters to the editor Trains Overton History October will see some significant disruption for weekend travellers on South 1920 Overton Motorcycle and Light Car Western Railway. The following applies to services to and from Overton. Club. Formed not long after the First Please check www.southwesternrailway.com if you intend to travel on other World War with mainly motorcycles and routes. later light cars (if you could afford one). Saturday 5 October: buses will replace trains between Basingstoke and Mr M. Roper, my father Fred Oram, Cyril Woking and services to Salisbury and Exeter will commence from Nightingale and a dozen others from the Basingstoke. Passengers should check train times as the usual stopping area would depart the village very early in service to and from Salisbury will not run and Exeter services will make the morning to go to the Porlock Hill additional stops; Climb in Somerset. The A39 was the Sunday 6 October: all lines in the Basingstoke area will be closed. There will steepest A road in the country at 1.4 and be a replacement bus service between Woking and Andover; a good distance to the top of the hill. Saturday 12 October: the same as 5 October Getting there was a trial for some older Sunday 13 October: the same as 6 October machines, overheating, broken leather Sunday 20 October: lines in the Salisbury area will be closed. There will be a drive belts, and always the dreaded replacement bus service between Andover and Gillingham, Dorset. puncture. But the group helped each Additionally there will be a revised timetable for services between London other along the way. After the event, a Waterloo and Andover and the service between Reading and Salisbury will not stop at Watchet fortified the riders for the operate; long journey home. Some machines still Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 October: lines in the Surbiton area will be closed. had carbide lamps, I am told that they Trains from Overton will generally terminate at Basingstoke with limited always had a supply of water when services between Basingstoke and London Waterloo which will be diverted required! Village folk came out as soon as and take longer than usual. Alternatively, to reach London, the route through they saw the lights and could hear the Reading to London Paddington may be fastest. For passengers travelling west roar of the engines coming up the main to Exeter there is also the inconvenience of a replacement bus service road to welcome them home. Not much between Axminster and Pinhoe. else on the road at that time in the late evenings. The Porlock Hill Climb was held New Train Timetable from December 2019 on 2018, but that may be the last. Sadly Information is not yet available on any December 2019 timetable changes from The OM&LCC came to an end when the Overton. For residents who connect onto GWR services to London, Oxford, club treasurer departed with the club Wales and the West of the greatest change since 1976 will be funds. Mr Roper went on to win many fine implemented on these services from 15 December 2019 please check silver cups, many of these lost in a fire. timetables carefully. Richard Oram.

Buses Thank You There have been slight amendments to the timetables of both the 76 and 86 Norma & Fred Clark would like to thank services. Pocket timetables are available from Overton Library and the parish everyone who attended Karen’s memorial office or see www.stagecoachbus.com. service on the 20th August. The collection total amounted to £661 to be shared with Bombay Sapphire Bus St Mary’s Church and Mind Andover. The timetable for the bus will change on 28th October and will be posted at the Thank you so much everyone. bus stops in the centre of the village. The bus is free to use for bus pass holders or at a cost of £3.00 a journey for everyone else. Overton Biodiversity Society. For more information about the Stagecoach bus services between Basingstoke Community Orchard Apple Event – and Andover please go to www.stagecoachbus.com. For rail services, please cancelled! We’re really sorry but due to go to www.southwesternrailway.com. the failure of the apple crop this year we’ve had to cancel October’s Apple Event. We hope we’ll be able to run it The deadline for November’s ON&Vs is the 10th October 2019 . next year. Ken MacKenzie, Chair Overton Biodiversity Society

Visit us : Overton Parish Council Contact us for problems/comments about Overton Parish Council matters (OPC) Office is in the Overton Anne Phillips (Chair) [email protected] 770350 Colin Fowles (Vice Chair) [email protected] 771090 Community Centre and is open Margaret Oram [email protected] to the public from 9am-1pm on Tuesdays and 1pm-5pm on Jane Dooley [email protected] Richard Cook [email protected] Thursdays (to coincide with the Gary Beecham [email protected] library opening times). Stuart Chessell [email protected] Parish Clerk: Laura Harley. Alison Zarecky [email protected]

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