October 201 8 ON&V is published monthly by Overton Parish Council (OPC) and is distributed Editor: Holly Foat by volunteers to every property in Overton, Ashe, Laverstoke & . [email protected] www.OvertonParishCouncil.gov.uk What’s on in Overton @OvertonHants

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

A couple of observations from a disgruntled citizen! Parish Council: October diary Please note that the virtual pavements in Red Lion Lane and Batten’s Parish Council Meeting: Avenue are pavements and not cycle lanes. The virtual pavements are Wednesday 10 October, 7pm in also adjacent to people’s front doors and so residents are not expecting to the Community Centre (Public step onto the road and be attacked by a bike – especially if it is on the Time 7pm - 7.30pm). wrong side of the road. Secondly, it is the organisers’ responsibility to remove notices and cable tie remnants advertising events. These should OPC Monthly Planning Meeting: be taken down as soon as the event is over! Tuesday 23 October, 7.30pm, in Community Centre. Agendas and Parking in the village planning applications are displayed Please can I remind people who work in the village (and, therefore, park all on the Parish Noticeboard. The day) that there is a free car park on Overton Hill? Please do not park in public is welcome to attend and residential roads close to the village centre as in a lot of cases it is causing may discuss any planning matters obstruction, etc., to the householders. The bracing walk down Overton Hill before each meeting starts. is good for the soul first thing in the morning and gets the heart pumping before work! All parish council meetings will be recorded. Lyme disease Lyme disease is a bacterial infection that can be spread to humans by Laverstoke & Freefolk Parish infected ticks. Only a small number of ticks are infected but it is important Council Meeting: Tuesday 9 to be aware of them and remove them as soon as possible. As we are October, 7.30pm in Lady Rose living in a higher risk area, regularly check yourself, your children and your Hall, Laverstoke Lane. pets for ticks and remove them using tweezers or a tick removal tool (available from the vets). Grasp the tick as close to the skin as possible Litter Pick and slowly pull upwards trying not to squeeze or crush it. Clean the skin There will be a litter pick on with antiseptic and dispose of the tick. Early symptoms of Lyme disease Sunday 4th November starting at can be the development of a circular red skin rash around the tick bite. Not 10am. Please meet at the everyone gets a rash – some develop flu-like symptoms, such as Community Centre wearing headaches, joint pain, temperatures, tiredness and loss of energy. If you sensible clothing, boots and have been in a grassy area, bitten by a tick or develop any of the gloves. If you have a litter picker symptoms, visit your GP who may recommend a 21-day course of anti- please bring it along. biotics. Ensure that you cover up outdoors, use insect repellent and keep to paths to reduce the risk of being bitten by a tick. Movitime News The next film to be shown in St Development at Two Gate Meadow Mary’s Hall will be ‘The Leisure Bewley Homes will be attending the parish council meeting on Wednesday Seeker’ on 26th October. Doors 10th October to give a presentation about the Neighbourhood Plan housing open at 7.15pm for a 7.45pm start. site at Two Gate Meadow. The meeting will start at 7.00pm with the Tickets are £5.00 in advance from presentation being the first item on the agenda. Please come along to hear the Overton Gallery or £5.50 on about the proposals. the door. Refreshments are available to purchase on the night. Electoral Review of & Deane Just a reminder that the draft recommendations for the future electoral Assets of Community Value arrangements for Basingstoke & Deane are now out for consultation. This OPC has applied to B&DBC to closes on Monday 15th October. The proposal is to decrease the total have the following added to list of number of councillors from 60 to 54 and have three member wards. For Assets of Community Value - Overton, this means that the old Overton, Laverstoke and Steventon ward Overton Memorial Institute, Bridge will no longer exist, with Steventon hived off to Oakley and the Candovers. Street Recreation Ground, St Overton and Laverstoke will be joined to Whitchurch to form the Overton Mary’s Hall, St Luke’s Hall, and Whitchurch ward. For further information go to www.lgbce.org.uk Overton Community Centre, Red where you can also make representation about the proposal. Lion, Greyhound and Old House at Home. The deadline for November’s ON&Vs is the 11th October 2018 . OPC notes continued by Laura Harley (Parish Clerk) Village Diary - Regular events CarFest 2018 Overton & Whitchurch NCT coffee With CarFest over for another year, one of the questions that is often asked morning: Fortnightly. See Facebook is how do children locally benefit from the funds raised by Children in Need. [email protected] George from Brand Events has provided the following information: BBC Children in Need currently funds 59 projects in , with £3,589,168 St Luke’s Short Mat Bowls Club: Monday in total across the projects going to help disadvantaged children and young 7.30pm-9.30pm, Wednesday 2pm-4pm people in the area. 280 projects in total are funded by BBC Children in Need and Thursday 7.30-9.30pm. )770409. across the South West and 2,789 projects are funded nationally. These projects address a range of disadvantages, from abuse/neglect, behavioural Village Agent Drop-in Centre: Tuesdays difficulties, disability, distress, illness, marginalised groups, and poverty and 10-12 in the Palmer Room at the Community Centre. Janet & Graham deprivation. Examples of projects Children in Need fund in Hampshire ) include: 07555 908197.

Sebastian’s Action Trust: This project provides individual support, activities Age Concern Social Group: Tuesday 2- and monthly group sessions to seriously ill children and young people and 4pm Harveys Field. Dave )423872. their siblings. Their respite house, The Bluebells in , is very close to the CarFest South site; it provides the chance for families of Steady & Strong exercise class: seriously ill children, or those who’ve recently been bereaved, to have a Tuesdays 10:30 at Harveys Field and break supported by a range of specialist staff, facilities and resources. BBC 12:00 & 13:00 Gill Nethercott Centre, Children in Need funds two part-time playworkers who work across the Whitchurch. Contact Gary )302210. respite house and their other facility. Aerobility (they were on-site at CarFest South): This project supports Story Tots at the Library: Every Tuesday disabled children with ground-based aviation training, and offers at 9:45. Stories & crafts for pre-school opportunities to fly in small aircraft. Young people will benefit through children. [email protected] improved social skills and life skills, as well as increased aspirations. Andover Young Carers: This project provides one-to-one support, drop-in Heart for Overton: Tuesdays 11-12:30 and group sessions to young carers. By attending the sessions, it will give Overton library. Tea and company, them a chance to socialise with their peers and help to improve their signposting to local services, all welcome confidence and feel more empowered. Winchester Goalball Club: This project provides visually-impaired children Wednesday Toddlers: Wednesdays 8.50- and young people the chance to enjoy the sport of goalball. They participate 11am in the St Mary's Church Rooms, in training sessions and tournaments across the country, developing social tea, coffee, toast, toys, songs and skills, improving self-belief and confidence. toddler-friendly Bible story. Donation £2

Over The Wall (CiN funds two projects with Over The Wall): One project Charity Coffee Morning: Thursdays 10-12 provides annual Rare Disease Respite Camps for children and young people in front hall of Methodist Church. who have rare, life-limiting illnesses. The other project provides a weekend residential camp for children and young people who have anaphylaxis. Coffee, Colour and Chat: first Thursday of Children and young people will improve their emotional well-being and the month 10.30-11.45am at White Hart. confidence, feel less isolated and make new friends. )07745327049 Source Young People’s Charity: This project provides anger management programmes to children and young people with complex needs. Children and Construction club: Overton Library, every young people will improve their confidence, have better relationships with Thursday after school. others and increase their life skills. Overton Pagan Moot: First Thursday of Phone box reminder the month. A way to meet like-minded The left hand (as you look from the front) telephone box in Overton belongs people. [email protected] to the community and is available for the purposes of advertising your charity, business or anything else you can think of! There is a small charge Overton Photographic Club: Welcomes for businesses (which goes towards the maintenance), but charities are free. visitors and new members. Fridays from For further information or to book the box, please contact Physical Balance 7:30pm Overton Recreation Centre, on )770022. Bridge Street. Non-members £2. www.overtonphotographicclub.co.uk.

Letters to the editor Well baby clinic: 3rd Friday of month: Explorer Scouts welcomes 14 to 17 year olds to Overton's Town Meadow hut 9.30-11am in the Community Centre. from 8:00-9:30pm every Thursday night, during term time. We run engaging and exciting scouting activities, including Duke of Edinburgh Awards, white- Friday Toddlers: Fridays: 10-11.30am in water rafting and Gilwell 24. Please email the leaders at the St Mary's Church Rooms. £1 [email protected] if interested. Club2O Alternate Fridays in the Church Overton Library is launching a new book club Rooms. For children in years 4, 5 & 6. 7- We will meet once a month, on either Wednesday or Friday afternoon. The 8.30pm. Games and fun. Pete )770243 library will supply the books, tea and coffee, but we need keen readers to bring their ideas, conversation and company. Our first book will be ‘The The Community Church most Sunday Mesmerist’ by Barbara Ewing. If you’d like to join us please pop in to the mornings. 10am at St. Luke's Hall. library, or email us at [email protected]

Police News Your local Police Officer is PCSO 16173 Emma Page Regular events continued [email protected] Emergency )999 Traidcraft Sales: 2nd and 4th Saturdays Police Station, Mulfords Hill, Tadley, RG26 3HZ of the month. Sales of fairly-traded food & Follow @BstokeRuralCops Police Enquiry Centre & non-emergencies )101 crafts. 9.30-12.00 at Methodist Church. Crimestoppers charity )0800 555 111 www.hampshire.police.uk Village Diary - October 2018 August 2018 Saturday 6 & 27 October: Overton Market Please see the full report on overtonparishcouncil.gov.uk and What’s on in 10am-12noon, St Mary’s Hall. Overton. There were 22 incidents in August which have been classified as crimes by the Home Office. Wednesday 3 October: Overton Folk Club Burglary Residential: One reported. An attempt was made to gain entry into a meets at 8pm in the Community Centre. property in Lordsfield Gardens with some damage caused. This month is a singer’s night. All singers Burglary Business/Community: One reported. A couple of outbuildings were and musicians welcome, or just come broken into at Willsley Warren Farm but nothing was stolen. along and listen. More information from ) Traffic Incidents: Two road traffic collisions were reported this month, also a Tom Hanley 770384 or 8 vehicle was seized on Pond Close. [email protected] Theft: Nine reported. A phone was stolen but later located using “find my Tuesday 4 October: Overton WI Meeting: iPhone”. There were 4 reports of vehicles making off without paying for fuel Crafting in Overton. at Micheldever Service Station and the remaining all occurred at CarFest. [email protected] Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB): Three reported. A small fire was set by youths www.hampshirewi.org.uk )770681 in Jackson’s Wood, which was attended by the Fire Service. A group of youths were seen causing a nuisance along the High Street (possibly visitors Thursday 11 October: Overton Garden to CarFest) and a drone was seen flying around in Poultons Close. Society. Greek Island Hopping with Criminal Damage: Two reported this month. Padlocks were broken off fuel Gerald Ponting. Starting at 8pm in the tanks at Stoken Farm, Steventon, and damage was caused to play Community Centre. Newcomers equipment at Little Steps Nursey at Berrydown. welcome. Jenny )772008. Suspicious Incidents: Nine reported. Of note, a grey VW Caddy van was seen acting suspiciously at Overton Fire Station; a Ford flatbed tipper van Friday 12 October: Overton Photographic (Y842***) was seen on a private lane off Papermill Lane, looking into Club Tonight the AV Club shares with us buildings; possible hare coursing was reported at land of Northington Farm how to use photos in audio-visual and Court Drove; Nottingham Knockers were seen in Lordsfield Gardens; presentations. ORC Pavilion, Bridge several males were seen acting suspiciously at Overton train station and a Street. 7:30pm. Non-members £2. male was witnessed behaving oddly in a garden on Two Gate Meadow. Assault: Four reported. Saturday 13 October: U3A 10th birthday Public Order: Three reported. from 10am-2pm in St Mary's Hall. We are celebrating our 10th birthday. We are Letters to the editor proud of our U3A and are keen to tell Surgery News October people in our district about the monthly Most probably, when you read this, the merged practice of Watership Down talks and the group activities we offer. Health Partnership will have gone live on Monday October 1st 2018. The Many of the groups including Art History, clinical computer systems will be merged between Friday September 28th Bridge, Craft, Languages, Mahjong, and Monday 1st October. During these dates, the surgery will operate Rapid Military History and Family History to Access Clinics and you will not be able to book appointments. Our new mention a few, will have displays and you website and the on-line booking system will be available from Tuesday 2nd can be entertained by the play reading October. group! Entry, tea and coffee are all free! The second big event in October will be the Flu Clinics. These clinics will run from mid-October. Flu jabs are available, and strongly recommended, if you Saturday 13 October: Overton Scout are pregnant, 65 years or older, morbidly obese, suffer from asthma, liver Group will be holding an evening of live disease, diabetes or immunosuppression, have a heart or lung condition, or music at St Mary's Hall on from 7.30pm, have suffered a stroke or mini-stroke. Children between 2 and 4 have the where you can enjoy live performances immunization using a nasal spray at the surgery, whilst children in reception from our local talent, two of the class through to year 5 will have it at school. supporting acts, 'Exist' and 'MTNA' To bust a myth, the vaccination cannot cause the flu; however the featuring some of our very own vaccination can take up to two weeks to begin working and protection then members! lasts for about a year. If you are not eligible for a free flu-jab, Overton Wednesday 17 October: Overton & Pharmacy can offer one for £9.99, slightly more than the cost of a District U3A 10am in St Mary's Hall. A prescription. A few stats to help encourage you to get the jab talk 'The Silver Thread' will be given by • 15-20% of people in the UK get flu each year Elizabeth Gowing who is inspired by her • The flu virus can survive in the air or on surfaces for several hours so one time spent in Kosovo. Elizabeth's talk person can infect many others 'Edith and I' two years ago was excellent • People with flu can spread it to others up to 6 feet or 2 metres away by and this promises to be just as good as talking and breathing not just by coughing we hear how dull silver taken from the

earth is made into beautiful creations by a Thank you! brave new generation of women. New Irene Tungate and family would like to thank everyone for their messages of members are always welcome and condolence and to those who came to Gerry's funeral. We are truly visitors can pay £3 on the door. overwhelmed. Transport News by Brian Langer (Transport Representative) )770848 Letters to the editor Trains engineering work Overton Scarecrow Festival 2018 Network Rail now issues only six weeks advance notice of engineering Many and belated thanks to all those who works rather than the previous twelve weeks so you are advised to check if contributed to yet another successful changes have been made to the information below for late September into village event that helps bring the early October. community together. A great deal of work goes in to making everything happen - so Work affecting Overton and Waterloo to Exeter/Bristol train services thank you to all volunteers engaged in Monday 24 to Friday 28 September; Monday 1 to Saturday 6 October; the lead up and supporting activities over Monday 8 October to Friday 2 November: Amended service if travelling the weekend. A special thanks to to/from Feniton and Templecombe. all those across the village who made Saturday 29 & Sunday 30 September: Half of Waterloo station will be closed and displayed so many fine so expect delays and cancellations. A change at Basingstoke may be scarecrows, including Walking for Health necessary. colleagues who provided a scarecrow Sunday 30 September: Buses replace trains from Honiton to Exeter. production line! Grateful thanks too to Sunday 7 October: Buses replace trains between Salisbury and Yeovil sponsorship from Portals and Chris Junction; Exeter trains will travel via Westbury to Yeovil Junction. Hobbs and to Paul Robinson and Billy Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 October: Buses replace trains between Batten, our MCs, and all the entertainers Salisbury and Warminster. and stall holders at the Grand Fete. Due Sunday 28 October: Severe disruption at Waterloo, Woking and to these efforts, the general fund reached Basingstoke. Bus connection from Basingstoke to Guildford to access £9,000, which has been distributed to Waterloo. nearly a dozen sport/recreation and community organisations. Finally, the Work affecting nearby SWR services NOT on Overton line strength, commitment and good spirit of Late evening Saturday 29 September and Sunday 30 September, Saturday the Organising Committee was a key 6 October and Sunday 7 October: Services affected in Southampton and factor. We would welcome fresh Fareham (first weekend only) areas. volunteers to help pick up the baton for Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 October: All lines closed through Southampton the future, as age begins to slow some of with bus replacement. us down! Steve Williams )07966921584 Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 October: Further disruption in Southampton area ODS Autumn Bazaar - Saturday 20 October, 10am-12noon Bus Services 86 & 861 to/from Winchester Buy your tickets for Overton Dramatic With schools and colleges on holiday between 22 and 26 October the 861 Society's pantomime, Alice in service will not provide a direct access from Overton to and from Winchester Wonderland at our Autumn Bazaar, in St on those dates. There are no direct weekend services. Irrespective of school Mary's Hall on Saturday 20th October holidays bus journeys to/from Winchester are possible by changing from the from 10am. There will be all of the usual 76 to the 86 service or vice versa in Whitchurch. stalls, including cakes, books, toys, a Reporting faults and problems tombola and our annual raffle with a huge You can report street lighting faults and other highway problems online at Christmas hamper as the top prize. 50p www.hants.gov.uk. Under ‘Report It’, select ‘Report a Road entrance fee includes a free drink and Problem’. Highway problems can reported on )0300 555 1388. biscuit. Tickets for the show are £6.50 for children and concessions and £7.50 for Letters to the editor adults. The show runs from Tuesday Rotary Shoebox Appeal 27th November until Saturday 1st The Rotary club are doing the shoebox appeal again this year, distributing December, including a Saturday matinee boxes filled with gifts to children in Albania, Montenegro, Moldova and performance. Curtain up at 7.30pm (2pm Romania. Rotary has no political or religious affiliations. Full details of what for the matinee). to include are on the leaflet/label available from Martin at Parnell, Jordy & [email protected] Harvey. The last drop off date is the 30th October at PJH.

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