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June/July 2018 for the parish & people of Hambledon • FR S EE T T N O E D H I A S M E £ B R • News • Local Issues • Village Events L N E O 1D To inform, discuss, entertain, record and represent June & July 2018 LOCAL INFORMATION for the parish & people of Hambledon Telephone numbers 023 unless stated Church of St Peter and St Paul (Church of England) Churchwardens Mrs Rachel Houlberg 9263 2424 Mr Robert Solomon 9263 2558 Contents Readers Mrs Gillian Hurst 9225 5006 2 From a Lay Reader, by Graham Parr Mrs Betty Spiller 9263 2425 3 Letters Mr James Blott 9263 2031 Mr Graham Parr 9263 2237 4-5 Services for June/July 2018 Parish Secretary Miss Marie Leafhead 9263 2710 6 Methodist Chapel, by John Sargent and Claire Hutfield Baptisms and Weddings Mr Graham Parr 9263 2237 7 From a Church Warden, by Rachel Houlberg PCC: Treasurer Mr Jim Twiney 9263 2635 8-9 Church of St Peter and St Paul Secretary Miss Marie Leafhead 9263 2710 10 Parish Council News, by Paul Quinn; Stewardship Pat Crew 9263 2554 MVFC, by Alison Bartlett “Open House” Mrs Betty Spiller 9263 2425 11 District Councillors’ Column, by Vicki Weston; Pastoral Care Mrs Jenny Bellinger 9263 2498 Horticultural Society, by Anne Sykes Bell-ringing Mrs Gill Hales 9259 1366 12 Neighbourhood Watch, by Geoff Hartridge Church Choir Mrs Caroline Allen 9263 2545 13 Village Hall News, by Janet Harrison; 14 Local Fundraising, by Sue Lanham Methodist Church – Green Lane 15 Speltham Down Community Flock, by Simon Dettmer Circuit Minister The Reverend David Moss 01329 833518 16 Village Walks, by Liz Hall Steward/Treasurer Mr John Sargent 9263 2305 17 Hambledon Quizzy Poster 18 Bird Guide, by Roger Facer; Roman Catholic Church – Sacred Heart, Waterlooville Lunch Club, by Joy Beagley Priest Rev, Mgr. Canon Jeremy Garratt 9226 2289 19 Home Page, by Mavis Jones Parish Secretary Mrs Susan Siou (Mon to Fri) 9226 2289 20 Nature Notes, by Doug Rose-Smith; Local Representative Mrs Margaret Day 9263 2533 Rowans Hospice Support Group, by Brian Bellinger YOUR LOCAL: 21 Rowans Coffee Morning Poster Parish Council Mr Paul Quinn OBE (Chairman) 9263 2946 22 Hambledon Pre-School, by Dawn Nelson Clerk Mrs Joanna Tester, [email protected] 9263 2106 23 Hambledon Primary School, by Paul Davies; District Councillors Cllr Linda Gemmell 01489 895 023 Toddler Group, by Sarah Mackie Cllr Frank Pearson 01489 892 822 24 Book of Remembrance Cllr Vicki Weston 01329 835 161 25 Book of Remembrance; County Councillor Cllr Roger Huxstep 01329 833884 Ladies Tennis, by Sarah Wigley Council Winchester City Council 01962 840222 26-29 Hambledon Arts Society Member of Parliament George Hollingbery (Meon Valley Constituency) 01962 884550 30-31 Folk Club, by John Thornton; Village Hall Bookings Louise Mack 9263 2010 Sailing, by Yvonne Peek-Vout email: [email protected] 32 The Rude Mechanical Theatre Company; website: hambledonhantsvillagehall.weebly.com Welcome Spot Youth Hut Bookings Laura Plaisted 9263 2388 33 Noticeboard 34-35 Diaries EMERGENCY NUMBERS 36 Advertisers Index Doctor Health Centre, Denmead 9223 9630 37 Womens Institue, by Joy Beagley; Branch Surgery, Hambledon Village Hall 9263 2453 Magazine Information Mon, Wed, Fri, 8:30 am to 10 am NHS Direct 111 Police All Hampshire Police Stations 999 101 (Non emergency) Hambledon website: hambledon-hants.com Parish Council website: hambledon-pc.gov.uk Cover Photo: Aerial View of Hambledon, by Chris Dixon 1 June & July 2018 June & July 2018 for the parish & people of Hambledon for the parish & people of Hambledon FROM A LAY READER Letters Alleluia, Christ is risen! He is risen indeed Thank You ust to say, thank you to Martyn Kille for s I write this the excitement of Easter has public examination period. GCSE, A levels and Jsaving the day at the Film Night. It had been Aalmost evaporated, it was six Sundays ago. the International Baccalaureate are all taking place a very wet, cold and miserable day and a good However as far as the Churches calendar is now. Two of our grandsons are amongst the many number of us decided to cheer ourselves up by concerned we are still in the Easter season. I who will be coping with this fraught and anxious going to see the monthly film. Unfortunately the recently read an article that suggested that 1st period. I am sure that all the candidates will be film would not play and we sadly prepared to April should always be Easter day. The reasoning doing their very best to satisfy the examiners. My leave, but with a lot of work and determination behind this statement is that God’s actions or prayers go out to all of them that they may do Martyn managed to get us a film to watch. I am sometimes lack of action appears to those who the best that they can do. I pray also that their sure the loud spontaneous applause at the end consider themselves wise to be foolish. To consider families and friends will give their loved ones the was partly for the entertainment but mostly that that God acts foolishly is to reveal a misapprehension support and guidance that they require. we hadn’t braved the elements in vain. So thank of God’s purpose and his relationship with his Many years ago when I was doing A Levels we you Martyn. wonderful creation! As I look out of my window studied many poets all of whom wrote about this Margaret and Michael Rolfe I see the leaves opening on Sam Lake’s trees. As I time of the year. I am fond of all of them. However walk around the village I see blossom forming. I I think that the most poignant for this time of see bulbs in bloom. I see the rape coming into its year is ‘Home Thoughts From Abroad’ by Robert Thank You full yellow flowering. As I drive into Petersfield I Browning and I make no apology for sharing this experience the full effect of spring’s wonderful with you all. Lost and Now Found o many letters of thanks are published reflecting palette on the countryside. Waking in the early Oh, to be in England, Sthe wonderful spirit of neighbourliness and hours I enjoy wonderful sun rises. And what can Now that April’s there, he colour painting of HMS HAMBLEDON compassion that form notable characteristics of be more invigorating than to hear the joyful early And whoever wakes in England Tby Col Spaight has been located in Godalming Hambledonians. We wish to add our heartfelt morning songs of the birds that inhabit our Sees, some morning, unaware, Town Museum and it is now planned that it will thanks to all those who expressed their concern gardens! I find it impossible to say that our God That the lowest boughs and the brushwood sheaf be on permanent loan to Waverley Borough and offered or provided help and support during who created our world is not still at work. Round the elm-tree bole are in tiny leaf, Council. The Ships Badge was handed over by Ian’s recent illness. Our thanks for your prayers Today we have been celebrating Rogation tide. While the chaffinch sings on the orchard bough Cllr Paul Quinn (Hambledon PC) and Tony for Ian’s recovery. Thankfully those prayers were The Reverend Stuart Cleaver presided over a very In England - now! Coates (Hambledon RBL), in a ceremony at The answered. Ian is at home and recovering steadily, spiritual Parish Eucharist held on the Crossley’s Ball and Ball on Monday 23rd March, to the although it will be some months before he can farm at Rushmere. The door to the barn we used And after April, when May follows, Mayor of Waverley Borough Council ( Cllr expect to be back at full fitness. was open and the congregation were treated to a And the whitethroat builds, and all the swallows - Simon Inchbald) as it is part of the history of the Ian and Jean Grant most wonderful panoramic view over the Hark! where my blossomed pear-tree in the hedge Borough and its predecessor Hambledon Rural countryside looking towards Denmead. We were Leans to the field and scatters on the clover District Council. reminded that rogation comes from the Latin Blossoms and dewdrops - at the bent spray’s edge - The three items missing from The Vine have Wanted ‘Rogare’ meaning to ask. Apparently even in That’s the wise thrush; he sings each song twice over, been found – thank you Gareth and Hannah. Roman times the farmers had problems with Lest you should think he never could recapture Tony Coates ack Russell terrier pup, preferably a rough coat. disease in their crops. At that time dogs were The first fine careless rapture! JSadly, I lost my adored Thumper last month at sacrificed to appease the gods and to ensure a good And though the fields look rough with hoary dew, the grand old age of 15 (104/5 in human years harvest. Josie and Jane refused to allow their dogs All will be gay when noontide wakes anew according to the vet) and I need another ‘personal to be sacrificed to ensure a good harvest in The buttercups, the little children’s dower, trainer’ to keep me fit. Hambledon. Mr Crossley led us to understand - Far brighter than this gaudy melon-flower! If anyone knows of a pup from a reliable/ that these days more scientific methods are used! ethical source please contact me on 9263 2599. However the power of prayer cannot be overlooked Every moment I thank God for the abundance Thank you.