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Green bags are collected on Tuesdays of the Cole M. by hut, Fishing Photo same week as brown bins. To subscribe please Police non-urgent calls 101 or 0845 0454 545 contact TVBC on 368000. Neighbourcare Andover 336 020, 339 899 December 2019 / Foil is collected at Chilbolton’s West Down car Surgery 810524 January 2020 A Christmas Message park & at Andover Garden Centre. Community Care Team Plastic pots are no longer recycled there. (District Nurses) 01962 893 560 from Sophie Walters, Parish Council Chairman Helpline for Carers (Freephone) 08000 323 456 There is a collecting box for clean plastic milk As Christmas draws near I would ask everyone to look out bottle tops in the church lychgate, and a Hants County Council information 0845 603 5638 separate one for batteries. Please don’t put Test Valley Borough Council 368000 for their neighbours. If you know of anyone going to be alone either in plastic bags. Batteries can also be Citizens’ Advice Bureau 365534 on Christmas day, Prego Deli in Stockbridge is offering a disposed of in supermarkets & should not go in free Christmas lunch with them. Turkey and all the dustbins. To call anonymously with information The batteries (small, not car!) will about crime: Crimestoppers 0800 555 111 This Newsletter is trimmings. They are two very genuine people who want to be taken for safe disposal; and published by Longstock include everyone. It’s a great offer, you don’t have to be TRANSPORT Parish Council and delivered clean plastic milk bottle tops with lonely. Come on down, where a warm welcome awaits. Call the HDPE symbol will be recycled to Stagecoach Stockbridge to Winchester free to every household in raise funds for the Gift of Sight’s buses number 68 0845 121 0190 Longstock. them to book places on 811482. research into macular degeneration. Wheelers Stockbridge to Winchester buses Anyone else may subscribe We are a very friendly village and this has been endorsed NO OTHER TYPES number 16, & no 15 to Andover 02380 471 800 at £8 a year by contacting just recently in the questionnaires that you all received and OF TOPS PLEASE as these are the only Cango buses to Romsey have been replaced with longstockparishcouncil18 most completed and returned for the Neighbourhood Plan. ones accepted now, and PLEASE don’t put shared taxis.Register on 01962 846 786 @gmail.com. batteries in with bottle tops.The consequences We got a very high number of returns and many thoughts are DIRE! Traveline for countrywide travel info 08712 002 233 and ideas have come from it. A very big thank you. There Dial-a-Ride (Joyrides Stockbridge) will be a public consultation early in the new year. While the White Hart has building work Minibus to Andover Register on 356 808 Longstock is a wonderful place to live - inclusive, positive, This runs through Longstock on Wednesdays at friendly, beautiful, I could go on and on. Let’s keep it that the glass recycling bins have been moved to 9.30, returning at noon, for £3.00 return. way and look to a great new year in 2020. the bus bay at Roman Road. Register on 356808 or for more information, ring Glass, clothing and foil recycling bins are John Musters 810459 or Dane Oliver avalable at Chilbolton Down car park, and at Andover Wyevale Garden Centre. 810839. The deadline for newsletter submissions is Friday 17th January if you’d like to submit any news or comment, or offer to help! [email protected] Page 2 The Longstock Newsletter Issue No 244 Dec 2019/Jan 2020 Issue No 244 Dec 2019/Jan 2020 The Longstock Newsletter Page 2

Parish Council Report A number of you expressed an interest in who Village Fete 2020 by Mark Flewitt, Parish Clerk we are. I am very pleased to advise that the Parish Council following individuals make up our Steering Ð Diary Date! Neighbourhood Plan - The Neighbourhood Plan Meeting Dates Committee; John Musters writes Steering Group has now been set up, under the Monday 16th Dec Chair: Cllr Angie Filippa It seems strange to be thinking of next year’s fete Chairmanship of Angie Filippa. It includes Parish Monday 13th Jan Councillors, Longstock residents from various parts Vice Chair: Beccy Soper in the run up to Christmas, but the committee has a of the village, and a representative of Leckford 7.30pm in the Village Hall new chairman who was keen to take early soundings Estate. Their monthly meetings are advertised on the Secretary: Aly Warner of its members and held a preliminary meeting in Parish Council notice boards and are open to the Resident: David Smith November. public. Representative of Leckford Estate: Simon The date for next year has been agreed as Borthwick Saturday 5th September, so on Christmas Day Longstock Parish Council Website Ð Work on the Longstock Ð that’s one to put straight into your 2020 diary! Representatives of Longstock Parish Council: design and set up of the new Longstock Parish Your Village, Your Vision Only the date has been fixed so far, and the aim Council website is close to completion. The new Cllr Sophie Walters, Cllr David Burnfield (and as of Angie Filippa writes as ever is to have a really fun afternoon involving as address is http://www.longstockparishcouncil.co.uk. last month Cllr Angie Filippa). many residents and visitors as possible whilst raising Streetlights Ð The new “traditional design” Our Steering Committee is also being assisted funds for St Mary’s Church and other good local streetlights have now been delivered and installed Since the last Longstock newsletter the and supported by consultants; Liz Bourne and Becky causes. Besides the church, recipients of funds after through the village. The new LED lights should Neighbourhood Planning Steering Committee has Hopkinson of Plan-ET. last September’s fete were the Allotments, Mayflies, Neighbour Care, the Primary School and our WI. provide significant savings in both electricity been very busy! As you can probably see we are quite a small consumption and maintenance costs. On 31st August 2019, we held an inaugural group. We are always keen for residents to join us as Many young families moving to the village in public event at the Longstock Village Fete. An recent years are very keen to help and are fizzing New Parish Councillor Ð Following the resignation part of the committee, or even just to offer their with ideas. So we are likely to see some new events of Becky Griffiths after almost 10 years of service as enormous ‘Thank you’ to those who took the time to skills, experience or suggestions on an ad-hoc basis. coming in as well as some of the old favourites Ð in a Parish Councillor, TVBC confirmed that a new say hello and to those who looked to find out more If you feel like you’d like to know more or perhaps other words something for all ages. from our pop-up stand. Initial feedback was Parish Councillor should be co-opted to replace her. would like to get more involved then please email us Nothing of course happens without a lot of On this basis, we are very pleased to welcome Angie extremely positive and it was heartening to see how at [email protected]. background effort, so in the New Year the committee Filippa as our new Parish Councillor. Many thanks invested Longstock residents are in their community. will be looking for offers of help in the weeks and once again to Becky for her invaluable contribution The Steering Committee’s next goal is to months leading up to the fete, as well as on the day to the work of the PC. develop solid ‘visions and objectives’ for our plan. itself. Whilst these three little words may seem innocuous, Remembrance Sunday Ð In advance of Remembrance Sunday, large poppies were once the vision and objectives are key to ensuring the You are very welcome to come and hear what Longstock plan accurately reflects the wishes of goes on at a parish council meeting in the village again placed as near as possible to the homes of the hall or to contact the Clerk with any issue. 13 Longstock men who fell in the First World War. residents. A very sizeable crowd of villagers congregated at the To garner a starting position, the Steering Parish Councillors: War Memorial for the centenary of the first Committee developed and distributed a simple Remembrance Sunday in 1919. questionnaire in which we asked, ‘What’s the best Chairman: Sophie Walters thing about living in Longstock?’, ‘What would you [email protected] 07740 443 460 Recreation Ground Ð It is expected that the work to be carried out by Leckford Estate to increase the change if you could?’ and ‘What do you feel could Councillors: parking area at the Longstock Recreation Ground be a threat to Longstock’s future?’. We received a David Burnfield, [email protected] fantastic response and again would like to thank 810 529 will begin in Spring 2020. John Eastwood [email protected] everyone who took the time to share their thoughts 07880 644 977 Recent Planning Applications and ideas. All of your responses have been collated Angie Filippa, [email protected] Charity Farm House - Tree works (PC No into a single document and we are currently 07817 576 346 Ivan Gibson, [email protected] 810 002 objection) analysing the results in conjunction with our Charles Grieve, [email protected] 810 580 consultants, Plan-ET. Selina Musters, [email protected] 810 459 Recent Parish Council Expenditure Dates for your diary: In the New Year we will Test Valley School - prize-giving donation £35.00 Clerk Mark Flewitt be looking to hold our first public engagement event [email protected] 810 752 Joyrides Community Bus Service - donation £150.00 in Longstock Village Hall. We are very much in the Colin McIntyre, [email protected] SSE - Streetlighting Electricity Supply £103.98 early planning stages of this event, but please keep Royal British Legion District Councillors: an eye out for further details. Ian Jeffrey, [email protected] - donation for memorial wreath £100.00 Your Questions Answered: We’ve been asked to 01794 388872 DW Windsor Alison Johnston, [email protected] advise how the Neighbourhood Plan relates to 01794 517939 - purchase of new streetlights £6,188.10 Longstock’s Village Design Statement (VDS) which Tony Ward, [email protected] Utili-Lights (50% paid) residents helped to inform a number of years ago. 01794 389649 - installation of new streetlights £1,353.00 We are currently reviewing the VDS, with a view to County Councillor: PC - annual audit of parish council accounts £45.00 making it an annex of our final plan. Andrew Gibson, [email protected] Sarsen Press Ð newsletter printing £170.10 (continues overleaf) 01264 861138 Page 4 The Longstock Newsletter Issue No 244 Dec 2019/Jan 2020 Issue No 244 Dec 2019/Jan 2020 The Longstock Newsletter Page 4 Walking Through Longstock as a Child rule, so many roads built after that date are reveal a Roman villa, plus two early settlements, open it, a flight of brick stairs appeared, on going By Geoff Merritt unfortunately not shown. The old track leads straight divided into two separate periods: the ‘Early’ down them, I proceeded to open the door that was at on up to Meon Hill, whereas the ‘new’ main A30 on settlement dates from the eighth to the beginning of the bottom … I was confronted by a very tall man Dear Reader, its way to Salisbury has a branch that leads off to the third century BC. The ‘Late’ settlement was who asked what I wanted! … I fled! I later found out I live at Southside Cottages in Longstock, where I Danebury and eventually the Wallops. much larger and began in the first century BC, that it was Lieutenant Commander Mike Lithgow, was born over 77 years ago. I would like to take you continuing until the fourth century AD. Both periods the owner of ‘Sarum’, who was soon to become the on a gentle ramble through the village of Longstock, lasting about 500 years. fastest man in the world. He became the holder of as if I was still a schoolboy in the forties and fifties. I So to reach this villa and the settlements, there the World Absolute Air Speed Record in 1953, flying will be digressing a few times, recalling incidents must have been a track or indeed a road. My theory a Supermarine Swift, but sadly died when the that occurred in later years of my youth, also I will is that the present day main route, with a more prototype BAC One-Eleven airliner he was flying be adding historical updates now and then that may gradual rise, was possibly engineered when the crashed in 1963). be of some interest. Please note that I lean heavily on Salisbury Turnpike Road (1755-1840) was (I recall in 1950, when the ‘Swift’ as we called it, my memories of the Stockbridge end of Longstock, constructed. Before this, when travellers asked the began flying over the area, it took us a while to get as the far end was not visited by me very often as a way to Sarum, they were told to take the road past used to the very loud bangs every time it flew young nipper. the Roman settlement at the top of the hill, thus soon through the ‘sound barrier’ and the sound of broken I would like to start our walk on the brow of shortened to ‘take the Roman road’ but as I said this glass as greenhouses sometimes lost their glass!). Salisbury Hill, at the junction of the main Danebury is only a theory. The building ‘Sarum’, was once a terraced row of Road, Longstock, where people are often misled in It is recorded that heavy horses were on hire from three cottages believed to date from 1712. One of believing that this is part of Stockbridge! the ‘Cossack Inn’ at the bottom of the hill, to help these was named ‘Pyrrhus’ after ‘Pyrrhus The First’, Built by the well-known Stockbridge butcher Jim haul stagecoaches up it! These were known as ‘Cock the Derby winner of 1846, owned by John Gulley, Corral, just inside the Danebury Road (previously Roman Road track Horses’ or ‘Trace Horses’. It is along this track that the famous champion prizefighter of England from Bulford Road), is the house named ‘Barley Furlong’, the ‘Roman Road Gang’ built their dens in the 1804-09. The three cottages were converted into a (present day ‘Blue Ridge’). Living here at the So our track in ancient times would have been hedges! The ‘Southside Cottages Gang’ that I was single dwelling in the early 1900s and was a Dame moment is Squadron Leader ‘Teddy’ Tennet DFC, well used for the Iron Age settlement on Meon Hill, part of, invaded here, and in retaliation for having School in 1912. who in 1964 became a founder member of the ‘Red where in 1932/3 digs by Dorothy M. Liddell FSA, our dens ‘bashed in’ we would ‘bash theirs in’. Further down the hill on the same side, is the Arrows’ flying display team, flying alongside four FSA Scot., on behalf of the Hampshire Field Club, Usually there was a friendly rivalry between the two range of barns that were once a milking parlour, part others in formation in a ‘Folland's ‘Gnat’ at the uncovered 29 post holes to round houses and 24 gangs and many times we met in the field in front of of ‘Windover Dairy’ owned by the Burnfield family. Farnborough air show as ‘The Yellowjacks’. The storage pits, with numerous other hollows and Southside Cottages, for a game of cricket (mostly The cows’ only access to the parlour was to be following year they were renamed ‘The Red depressions. Eventually, they gave up counting all tip-it-and-run) or football. brought down from their pastures twice a day, by Arrows’. the pot boilers (fire crazed lumps of flint), and there Proceeding down the Salisbury Hill, the first thing using the track that runs alongside the Windover Descending Salisbury Hill, (bearing in mind that were also finds belonging to the Romano-British encountered on the dangerous bend on the left, is the Farm House, round the corner in the Longstock the dual carriageway is a thing of the future) we now date. Ten skeletons were found, of Anglo Saxons flint walled garden of ‘Sarum’, here at the end of the Road, then they had a short walk up this hill, with of reach the back approach to the Roman Road housing who appeared to have been killed and buried in an garden there is a stone folly, (this was sadly removed course the usual disruption to passing traffic. estate, on the right hand side of the road. The execution cemetery on the hill soon after the Norman during the building of the dual carriage way). Conquest, one had a coin of William Rufus beside (My brother David on leaving school in 1946, was a question arises ‘How or why was the word Roman (I can well remember on one occasion, after visiting van boy, helping ‘Brommer’ Webb deliver the milk used when building the estate? Does it lend its name him. Their graves were dug into the soft soil, the six the corn dryer and the surrounding sheds, belonging from the dairy.) In these barns, we play hide and to the Roman villa that existed west of the nearby males aged between 20 and 50 had been decapitated, to ‘Bunt’ Burnfield at Windover Farm, all the time seek amongst the straw bales, also war games and dairy in the Danebury Road? Or was it named after a four of them had their skulls placed between their watching out for farm workers and ‘Bunt’ himself. Cowboys and Indians. (Present day the old milking track/road that led to Sarum? legs, three other complete skeletons were identified The Southside gang were exploring in the field parlour is now the home of ‘The Body Barn’). Today, Stockbridge is on the main road from as female while the final skeleton was missing its skull and upper body, and may have been disturbed behind ‘Sarum’, we came across a long red brick Adjacent is a shed standing on staddle stones, this Winchester to Salisbury, but originally it was a road wall with an old door in it, I was the one dared to acts as an office for Mr Cooper the owner of the that went straight to Old Sarum, this road may have by animal burrowing. Some had their hands together been used as a military highway by the Romans as as if they had been tied. The burials were on the the Saxons did not make roads. Bear in mind that Parish boundary, so as to be as far from the centre of road maps today that show Roman roads in Britain, the Parish as possible, and crossed by long distance were nearly all made in the first year of the Roman tracks, one of them the highway. In former times it is said that the enclosure was touched by the Stockbridge-Salisbury road, which as we know nowadays veers away from it, tradition has it that a drovers’ inn once stood on a plot of land nearby, known as Dickon’s piece with a well that had been sunk nearby. So our track may have also been a short cut for early travellers and drovers to get over the rise of the high hill. Returning to the Roman villa which was situated on the nearby hill known as Chatgrave Hill on Houghton Down, it has long been recognised as the possible site of a Roman building since a ‘large tile’ was found there in the late nineteenth century. In December 1921, renewed interest identified the location of the villa and excavation began in 1922. The folly The site was excavated to a greater extent in 1994, to in the ‘Sarum’ garden The entrance to the milking parlour Page 5 The Longstock Newsletter Issue No 244 Dec 2019/Jan 2020 Issue No 244 Dec 2019/Jan 2020 The Longstock Newsletter Page 5 Walking Through Longstock as a Child rule, so many roads built after that date are reveal a Roman villa, plus two early settlements, open it, a flight of brick stairs appeared, on going By Geoff Merritt unfortunately not shown. The old track leads straight divided into two separate periods: the ‘Early’ down them, I proceeded to open the door that was at on up to Meon Hill, whereas the ‘new’ main A30 on settlement dates from the eighth to the beginning of the bottom … I was confronted by a very tall man Dear Reader, its way to Salisbury has a branch that leads off to the third century BC. The ‘Late’ settlement was who asked what I wanted! … I fled! I later found out I live at Southside Cottages in Longstock, where I Danebury and eventually the Wallops. much larger and began in the first century BC, that it was Lieutenant Commander Mike Lithgow, was born over 77 years ago. I would like to take you continuing until the fourth century AD. Both periods the owner of ‘Sarum’, who was soon to become the on a gentle ramble through the village of Longstock, lasting about 500 years. fastest man in the world. He became the holder of as if I was still a schoolboy in the forties and fifties. I So to reach this villa and the settlements, there the World Absolute Air Speed Record in 1953, flying will be digressing a few times, recalling incidents must have been a track or indeed a road. My theory a Supermarine Swift, but sadly died when the that occurred in later years of my youth, also I will is that the present day main route, with a more prototype BAC One-Eleven airliner he was flying be adding historical updates now and then that may gradual rise, was possibly engineered when the crashed in 1963). be of some interest. Please note that I lean heavily on Salisbury Turnpike Road (1755-1840) was (I recall in 1950, when the ‘Swift’ as we called it, my memories of the Stockbridge end of Longstock, constructed. Before this, when travellers asked the began flying over the area, it took us a while to get as the far end was not visited by me very often as a way to Sarum, they were told to take the road past used to the very loud bangs every time it flew young nipper. the Roman settlement at the top of the hill, thus soon through the ‘sound barrier’ and the sound of broken I would like to start our walk on the brow of shortened to ‘take the Roman road’ but as I said this glass as greenhouses sometimes lost their glass!). Salisbury Hill, at the junction of the main Danebury is only a theory. The building ‘Sarum’, was once a terraced row of Road, Longstock, where people are often misled in It is recorded that heavy horses were on hire from three cottages believed to date from 1712. One of believing that this is part of Stockbridge! the ‘Cossack Inn’ at the bottom of the hill, to help these was named ‘Pyrrhus’ after ‘Pyrrhus The First’, Built by the well-known Stockbridge butcher Jim haul stagecoaches up it! These were known as ‘Cock the Derby winner of 1846, owned by John Gulley, Corral, just inside the Danebury Road (previously Roman Road track Horses’ or ‘Trace Horses’. It is along this track that the famous champion prizefighter of England from Bulford Road), is the house named ‘Barley Furlong’, the ‘Roman Road Gang’ built their dens in the 1804-09. The three cottages were converted into a (present day ‘Blue Ridge’). Living here at the So our track in ancient times would have been hedges! The ‘Southside Cottages Gang’ that I was single dwelling in the early 1900s and was a Dame moment is Squadron Leader ‘Teddy’ Tennet DFC, well used for the Iron Age settlement on Meon Hill, part of, invaded here, and in retaliation for having School in 1912. who in 1964 became a founder member of the ‘Red where in 1932/3 digs by Dorothy M. Liddell FSA, our dens ‘bashed in’ we would ‘bash theirs in’. Further down the hill on the same side, is the Arrows’ flying display team, flying alongside four FSA Scot., on behalf of the Hampshire Field Club, Usually there was a friendly rivalry between the two range of barns that were once a milking parlour, part others in formation in a ‘Folland's ‘Gnat’ at the uncovered 29 post holes to round houses and 24 gangs and many times we met in the field in front of of ‘Windover Dairy’ owned by the Burnfield family. Farnborough air show as ‘The Yellowjacks’. The storage pits, with numerous other hollows and Southside Cottages, for a game of cricket (mostly The cows’ only access to the parlour was to be following year they were renamed ‘The Red depressions. Eventually, they gave up counting all tip-it-and-run) or football. brought down from their pastures twice a day, by Arrows’. the pot boilers (fire crazed lumps of flint), and there Proceeding down the Salisbury Hill, the first thing using the track that runs alongside the Windover Descending Salisbury Hill, (bearing in mind that were also finds belonging to the Romano-British encountered on the dangerous bend on the left, is the Farm House, round the corner in the Longstock the dual carriageway is a thing of the future) we now date. Ten skeletons were found, of Anglo Saxons flint walled garden of ‘Sarum’, here at the end of the Road, then they had a short walk up this hill, with of reach the back approach to the Roman Road housing who appeared to have been killed and buried in an garden there is a stone folly, (this was sadly removed course the usual disruption to passing traffic. estate, on the right hand side of the road. The execution cemetery on the hill soon after the Norman during the building of the dual carriage way). Conquest, one had a coin of William Rufus beside (My brother David on leaving school in 1946, was a question arises ‘How or why was the word Roman (I can well remember on one occasion, after visiting van boy, helping ‘Brommer’ Webb deliver the milk used when building the estate? Does it lend its name him. Their graves were dug into the soft soil, the six the corn dryer and the surrounding sheds, belonging from the dairy.) In these barns, we play hide and to the Roman villa that existed west of the nearby males aged between 20 and 50 had been decapitated, to ‘Bunt’ Burnfield at Windover Farm, all the time seek amongst the straw bales, also war games and dairy in the Danebury Road? Or was it named after a four of them had their skulls placed between their watching out for farm workers and ‘Bunt’ himself. Cowboys and Indians. (Present day the old milking track/road that led to Sarum? legs, three other complete skeletons were identified The Southside gang were exploring in the field parlour is now the home of ‘The Body Barn’). Today, Stockbridge is on the main road from as female while the final skeleton was missing its skull and upper body, and may have been disturbed behind ‘Sarum’, we came across a long red brick Adjacent is a shed standing on staddle stones, this Winchester to Salisbury, but originally it was a road wall with an old door in it, I was the one dared to acts as an office for Mr Cooper the owner of the that went straight to Old Sarum, this road may have by animal burrowing. Some had their hands together been used as a military highway by the Romans as as if they had been tied. The burials were on the the Saxons did not make roads. Bear in mind that Parish boundary, so as to be as far from the centre of road maps today that show Roman roads in Britain, the Parish as possible, and crossed by long distance were nearly all made in the first year of the Roman tracks, one of them the highway. In former times it is said that the enclosure was touched by the Stockbridge-Salisbury road, which as we know nowadays veers away from it, tradition has it that a drovers’ inn once stood on a plot of land nearby, known as Dickon’s piece with a well that had been sunk nearby. So our track may have also been a short cut for early travellers and drovers to get over the rise of the high hill. Returning to the Roman villa which was situated on the nearby hill known as Chatgrave Hill on Houghton Down, it has long been recognised as the possible site of a Roman building since a ‘large tile’ was found there in the late nineteenth century. In December 1921, renewed interest identified the location of the villa and excavation began in 1922. The folly The site was excavated to a greater extent in 1994, to in the ‘Sarum’ garden The entrance to the milking parlour Page 6 The Longstock Newsletter Issue No 244 Dec 2019/Jan 2020 Issue No 244 Dec 2019/Jan 2020 The Longstock Newsletter Page 6 A Warming Recipe for the Winter This month’s recipe comes from Spinach and Coconut soup Anne Roberts whose family the Ingredients: 'Goaters' are a Longstock family 25g/1oz Butter going back several generations, 1 medium onion chopped and some of you may have seen or 2 pints/1.2L chicken stock even eaten Anne’s lovely cakes at 450g/1lb fresh leaf spinach washed the 'Longstock Fete'. 25g/1oz creamed coconut grated Anne studied Home Economics to A level at Salt Windover 'Andover Grammar School' and when her children Freshly ground black pepper dairy milk bottle were grown up she took on the job of cook at 150ml/1/4 pint double cream Langtry House. This is where Edward the Seventh, 'Longstock House' where she provided meals for the when Prince of Wales would cross the small bridge chairman of 'The John Lewis Partnership' and his Melt the butter in a pan and sweat the onion, covered, that joined the garden of the ‘White House’ to visit his mistress Lillie Langtry when staying for the guests until her retirement in 2012. for 10 minutes. racing at nearby Danebury. Legend has it that the Anne has chosen her favourite Joyce Molyneux Pour in the stock and bring to the boil. original bridge collapsed under his weight when he recipe of Spinach and Coconut soup. Add the spinach, coconut, and salt & pepper to taste. was crossing, so he had a new one built, under the concrete supports at either end he has had the ‘Fleur Cover the pan and simmer gently for 15 minutes. De Lys’ inscribed. He also had a canvas canopy in Process the soup in a processor or blend with a stick place along the footbridge to hide from sightseers blender. when using it. Other celebrities to have lived here Longstock Garden Club Stir in the cream and adjust the seasoning. include James Robertson Justice). - Editors - Reheat to serve. Our Autumn Programe starts with Tuesday Opposite is Drovers’ House, which was an inn at Thank you, Anne, for sharing this delicious recipe! th Mr Cooper’s Empress Coaches garage, one time and still bears the inscription in Welsh on 8 October with Robert Harvey giving a talk on the booking office in on the left the front wall: “GWAIR TYMHERUS PORF “Mediterranean Wild Flowers in Nature and the Carbury Guest House opposite, it stands at the FLASUS CWRW DAGWALAN CYSRUS”. Which Garden,” with, we think some very good images. translates as: “SEASONED HAY, TASTY th entrance to the yard where the garage and fuel Christmas Bells What the Donkey Saw On Tuesday 12 November we welcome Alan pumps for his ‘Empress Coaches’ are located, also in PASTURES, GOOD BEER, COMFORTABLE Edmundson and “The Shady Garden.” the yard is our school bus, which is an OB Bedford BEDS”. The tasty pastures may well have been those with wooden seats! in the meadow opposite Drovers’ House, long before Our meetings are held in Longstock Village (In later years this yard will also house the Wilts & the building of Hermit lodge! (Danger signals were I heard the bells on Christmas Day No room in the inn, of course, Hall at 7 p.m. for a 7.30 p.m. start. Everyone is Dorset bus overnight. Present day there are two new erected in 1925 at this crossroads, which had long Their old, familiar carols play, And not that much in the stable, welcome to join us, £2 for the evening or £12 been a cause of anxiety for many motorists, also a Membership for the year, due at the A.G.M. in houses built in Mr. Cooper’s yard. Opposite is the And wild and sweet What with the shepherds, Magi, Mary, Carbury Guest House. Today a private house, once warning sign was placed at the north end of the February. We hold a raffle with plenty of plants Longstock known as Clarendon House, now lovingly named village showing the dangerous corner). The words repeat Joseph, the heavenly host - and other delights. Refreshments are free. We Water Gardens Carbury House). Of peace on earth, good-will to men! Not to mention the baby really look forward to seeing you. Looking ahead I can see the Test Bridge, built in - Editors - Using our manger as a cot. Other details: Clare Bramley (810 432) or Ada Open Days in August - September 2019 1799. (Soon to be demolished and replaced in 1963, By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Thank you so much, Geoff, for sharing your research into You couldn’t have squeezed another cherub in Rogers (810 794). as it was too narrow for present day traffic and was the history of Longstock, and for your fond memories of Longstock Park Water Gardens are open on also thought to be the cause of many floods over the its ‘youth gangs’, their games, pranks and spirited For love or money. rivalry! selected Sundays from May to September years). It is here in the centre of the River Test, that the Longstock and Stockbridge Parish boundaries (1-4pm; £7). The charity open days represent a meet. (In 1956 at the age of 14, I was cycling over Still, in spite of the overcrowding, local nominated charity and staff, with volunteers this bridge, when I was suddenly hit from behind, by I did my best to make them feel wanted. on hand to talk about each charity's work. Alasdair John Cox a car driven by a lady, coming down from Salisbury I could see the baby and I Hill. I recall coming round, on the front door step of Carpentry specialist; garden maintenance; 4th Aug - RNIB (South East) Would be going places together. Doctor Loveless, just over the bridge. One of my building work inside & out. 11th Aug - Winchester Bereavement Support shoes landed on the opposite side of the road, by the Fully insured, good references. By U.A. Fanthorpe 18th Aug - Hampshire Search & Rescue front door of the White House. I spent a fortnight in hospital recovering from a fractured skull, a badly Free quotations; no job too small. 1st Sept - Two Saints, Southampton bruised back and numerous lacerations. Plus my 2 Manor Farm Cottages, North Houghton 8th Sept - SERV (Blood Runners) brother’s bike was a write off!). 810311 or 07900 621842 I am now standing at the crossroads and looking 15th Sept - Longparish Little School down the Houghton Road, on the left can be seen Hermit Lodge, (present day Lillie’s Cottage and The Cossack Page 7 The Longstock Newsletter Issue No 244 Dec 2019/Jan 2020 Issue No 244 Dec 2019/Jan 2020 The Longstock Newsletter Page 7 A Warming Recipe for the Winter This month’s recipe comes from Spinach and Coconut soup Anne Roberts whose family the Ingredients: 'Goaters' are a Longstock family 25g/1oz Butter going back several generations, 1 medium onion chopped and some of you may have seen or 2 pints/1.2L chicken stock even eaten Anne’s lovely cakes at 450g/1lb fresh leaf spinach washed the 'Longstock Fete'. 25g/1oz creamed coconut grated Anne studied Home Economics to A level at Salt Windover 'Andover Grammar School' and when her children Freshly ground black pepper dairy milk bottle were grown up she took on the job of cook at 150ml/1/4 pint double cream Langtry House. This is where Edward the Seventh, 'Longstock House' where she provided meals for the when Prince of Wales would cross the small bridge chairman of 'The John Lewis Partnership' and his Melt the butter in a pan and sweat the onion, covered, that joined the garden of the ‘White House’ to visit his mistress Lillie Langtry when staying for the guests until her retirement in 2012. for 10 minutes. racing at nearby Danebury. Legend has it that the Anne has chosen her favourite Joyce Molyneux Pour in the stock and bring to the boil. original bridge collapsed under his weight when he recipe of Spinach and Coconut soup. Add the spinach, coconut, and salt & pepper to taste. was crossing, so he had a new one built, under the concrete supports at either end he has had the ‘Fleur Cover the pan and simmer gently for 15 minutes. De Lys’ inscribed. He also had a canvas canopy in Process the soup in a processor or blend with a stick place along the footbridge to hide from sightseers blender. when using it. Other celebrities to have lived here Longstock Garden Club Stir in the cream and adjust the seasoning. include James Robertson Justice). - Editors - Reheat to serve. Our Autumn Programe starts with Tuesday Opposite is Drovers’ House, which was an inn at Thank you, Anne, for sharing this delicious recipe! th Mr Cooper’s Empress Coaches garage, one time and still bears the inscription in Welsh on 8 October with Robert Harvey giving a talk on the booking office in on the left the front wall: “GWAIR TYMHERUS PORF “Mediterranean Wild Flowers in Nature and the Carbury Guest House opposite, it stands at the FLASUS CWRW DAGWALAN CYSRUS”. Which Garden,” with, we think some very good images. translates as: “SEASONED HAY, TASTY th entrance to the yard where the garage and fuel Christmas Bells What the Donkey Saw On Tuesday 12 November we welcome Alan pumps for his ‘Empress Coaches’ are located, also in PASTURES, GOOD BEER, COMFORTABLE Edmundson and “The Shady Garden.” the yard is our school bus, which is an OB Bedford BEDS”. The tasty pastures may well have been those with wooden seats! in the meadow opposite Drovers’ House, long before Our meetings are held in Longstock Village (In later years this yard will also house the Wilts & the building of Hermit lodge! (Danger signals were I heard the bells on Christmas Day No room in the inn, of course, Hall at 7 p.m. for a 7.30 p.m. start. Everyone is Dorset bus overnight. Present day there are two new erected in 1925 at this crossroads, which had long Their old, familiar carols play, And not that much in the stable, welcome to join us, £2 for the evening or £12 been a cause of anxiety for many motorists, also a Membership for the year, due at the A.G.M. in houses built in Mr. Cooper’s yard. Opposite is the And wild and sweet What with the shepherds, Magi, Mary, Carbury Guest House. Today a private house, once warning sign was placed at the north end of the February. We hold a raffle with plenty of plants Longstock known as Clarendon House, now lovingly named village showing the dangerous corner). The words repeat Joseph, the heavenly host - and other delights. Refreshments are free. We Water Gardens Carbury House). Of peace on earth, good-will to men! Not to mention the baby really look forward to seeing you. Looking ahead I can see the Test Bridge, built in - Editors - Using our manger as a cot. Other details: Clare Bramley (810 432) or Ada Open Days in August - September 2019 1799. (Soon to be demolished and replaced in 1963, By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Thank you so much, Geoff, for sharing your research into You couldn’t have squeezed another cherub in Rogers (810 794). as it was too narrow for present day traffic and was the history of Longstock, and for your fond memories of Longstock Park Water Gardens are open on also thought to be the cause of many floods over the its ‘youth gangs’, their games, pranks and spirited For love or money. rivalry! selected Sundays from May to September years). It is here in the centre of the River Test, that the Longstock and Stockbridge Parish boundaries (1-4pm; £7). The charity open days represent a meet. (In 1956 at the age of 14, I was cycling over Still, in spite of the overcrowding, local nominated charity and staff, with volunteers this bridge, when I was suddenly hit from behind, by I did my best to make them feel wanted. on hand to talk about each charity's work. Alasdair John Cox a car driven by a lady, coming down from Salisbury I could see the baby and I Hill. I recall coming round, on the front door step of Carpentry specialist; garden maintenance; 4th Aug - RNIB (South East) Would be going places together. Doctor Loveless, just over the bridge. One of my building work inside & out. 11th Aug - Winchester Bereavement Support shoes landed on the opposite side of the road, by the Fully insured, good references. By U.A. Fanthorpe 18th Aug - Hampshire Search & Rescue front door of the White House. I spent a fortnight in hospital recovering from a fractured skull, a badly Free quotations; no job too small. 1st Sept - Two Saints, Southampton bruised back and numerous lacerations. Plus my 2 Manor Farm Cottages, North Houghton 8th Sept - SERV (Blood Runners) brother’s bike was a write off!). 810311 or 07900 621842 I am now standing at the crossroads and looking 15th Sept - Longparish Little School down the Houghton Road, on the left can be seen Hermit Lodge, (present day Lillie’s Cottage and The Cossack Page 8 The Longstock Newsletter Issue No 244 Dec 2019/Jan 2020 Issue No 244 Dec 2019/Jan 2020 The Longstock Newsletter Page 8

10 November Ð Remembrance Sunday. The All who take shelter for the Christmas season. The Age Remembrance Service is one of the most church will be decorated for this service, which will popular ones we have. Around 40 adults and children make a great contrast to the undecorated church Church News were at church for the service, which, although quite which we have for the Advent Season. sombre, allows people to think about the sorrow war On Christmas Day the service starts at 10.00am brings and to give thanks to all the brave men and and will be led by Revd Bob Green. The service is women who go to fight on our behalf. There is a based on All Age, but includes a short communion. separate article on the Act of Remembrance at the Harvest. Although it seems a long while ago now, All are warmly welcomed and it really does provide the Harvest Service and supper were a great success. War Memorial, which followed the church service Ð a good start to Christmas Day. We give thanks that Lots of families at the Harvest Service which was but this too was well supported. we can celebrate the birth of Jesus and sing favourite taken by the vicar, Philip Bowden. After the service Looking to the future….. carols. The organ will be played by Anthony Burns Wishing everyone a Happy Christmas and New Year. Maddie Hedley on behalf of Longstock PCC. around 80 people, including a number of children Watch out for the return of the Crib outside the Cox, returning for his 9th Christmas with us. came to the village hall for a Hog Roast Supper. This Church Ð this will appear on 1 December at the start was sponsored by a very kind and generous of Advent and remain until Candlemas, 2nd February twelve years, by retired officers John Musters and ‘anonymous donor’ who we thank most sincerely. 2020. Charles Grieve, recording the regiment, place, date of The hog roast was accompanied by jacket potatoes, Loz and Paul Hardy are kindly hosting ‘Christmas Remembrance death and age of the Fallen. The fact that many were salad and coleslaw, all delicious. Many people Story in the barn’ at Charity Farm at 3.00pm on scarcely out of their teenage years has a special contributed to the food, including lots of lovely Sunday Saturday 14 December. One of their barns will be poignancy that does not get less with each re-telling. puddings. There was a good sing-song accompanied decorated and will have seating Ð either hay bales, or Our own Bombardier Daisy Burnfield again laid by James on the accordion. chairs. We will have music and many of the young the Parish Council wreath on behalf of the village; and The autumn clean was well supported and the people in the village will narrate the Christmas As so often on Remembrance Sunday, the day Selina Musters placed one for the Longstock and church and churchyard were cleaned and tidied to Story. I am sure there will be much dressing up and stayed dry if chilly and the greatest number of Leckford Women’s Institute. everyone’s satisfaction. Thanks to all who came and we may even have a real donkey! But please dress residents and visitors that anyone could remember Tim Nedas added to the solemnity of the helped Ð some who missed the 19th cleaning day warmly Ð it is winter and there won’t be any heating! gathered once more to commemorate our dead of occasion with recordings of Last Post, Reveille and the National Anthem. The event was appropriately came and worked in the churchyard the following Thermals will be useful, plus a blanket or two to two world wars. Among the visitors we again weekend. welcomed a couple now living in Chichester who rounded off with a timely, if unexpected, flypast by snuggle into! Refreshments will be available after come regularly to remember their ancestor William light aircraft and helicopters from Middle Wallop. 3 November Café Church. This was a fun event the service. Waite, a Longstock man who died in 1916 fighting Afterwards Shelley and her team at the Peat with lots of families coming for breakfast, supplied On Sunday 22 December at 10.00am we will have with the Canadian forces. Spade very generously continued their practice of by many helpers. This time we even had ‘proper the Crib Service. This favourite will be supported The short service was led again by Lay providing coffee and delicious home-made cake to all coffee’ courtesy of Tony and Pam Lyons. We learned by a choir and handbells. The service will be taken Worship Leader Maddie Hedley and the names of who had attended the commemoration. a lot about the saints, it being ‘All Saints Day’ with by Maddie and Beth and as ever, children will be our dead were read, as they have been for the past plenty of involvement by young people. invited to bring to the crib the animals and people

R C Church of St. Thomas More Behind Rosalind Hill House, Stockbridge High Street Extract from For the Fallen MASS CELEBRATED at 09.00 each Sunday By Laurence Binyon Father Mark Hogan, Parish Priest Tel: 01962 852804 Wise Words? They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: ‘People never lie so much as after a hunt, Forthcoming Services at St. Mary’s Age shall not weary them, during a war or before an election.’ Details of other services in the Benefice from Church Warden: Maddie Hedley on 810284 nor the years condemn. Otto von Bismarck, 1815-1898, At the going down of the sun Prussian statesman and in the morning ‘Being an MP feeds your vanity and starves We will remember them. your self-respect.’ Matthew Parris, 1949- , British political writer, broadcaster and former politician

‘The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes with a strong will, and the other from a strong won’t.’ Henry Ward Beecher, 1813-1887, American clergyman ‘The less you talk, the more you’re listened to.’ Abigail Van Buren, 1918-2013, American journalist. Page 10 The Longstock Newsletter Issue No 244 Dec 2019/Jan 2020 Issue No 244 Dec 2019/Jan 2020 The Longstock Newsletter Page 10 Summer on the Allotments mud around the entrance to the nest hole ensuring Longstock Garden Club health - both physical and mental health benefits. provide a snug “made to measure” fit. You will be in contact, and hopefully, in time with - The Nuthatch Our next Meeting will be on Tuesday 10th nature, as well as being able to harvest some of the Carrie Ross writes In autumn and winter all kinds of nuts, beech December 2019 with Philip Jeffs and “Fifteen Plants most tasty food you've ever experienced. for the Small Garden.” Followed by hot mince pies. mast, acorns and of course hazelnuts provide a rich If you are interested, but not sure if you want to It’s often blissfully source of food. The nut is opened by lodging it into On Tuesday 14th January 2020, Chris Evans will join us please contact me. talk on “Fresh Ideas for Summer Bedding, Hanging peaceful and quiet for the bark of the tree and cracking it open, making Baskets and Containers.” Gareth Evans, Chair of Longstock Allotments those working on their really good use of the long pointed bill. The Our Meetings begin at 7 p.m. for a 7.30 p.m. start. E-mail: [email protected] plots up on the countryman’s name of “Nut Hacker” has become There’s a raffle, mainly of plants, refreshments are Telephone: 07751351507 allotments and sub- nuthatch over time. If you put sunflower seeds into free. Come and join our friendly Club, or pay £2 for the evening at Longstock Village Hall. Everyone Water Gardens - Guides required! consciously one is your birdfeeder when the cold winter weather sets in Welcome! listening for unusual you’ll have a good chance of the nuthatch swooping Leckford Estate are looking for guides that would Further details be comfortable talking to and leading groups of noises. Indeed my first lesson in birding was from a in, head down onto the feeder, and off again in a Clare Bramley 810 432 or visitors around the Gardens between May and very knowledgeable friend, who taught me just how flash. Ada Rogers 810 794. September. It is anticipated that the tours would last much birding is done with the ears. So, one glorious They are resident in England and Wales although approximately 2 hours and full training on the summer’s afternoon, the distinctive harsh call of a recently have also been found in southern Scotland. history of the gardens and plants would be provided. Longstock Allotment Vacant Plots If you feel you may be interested in this freelance nuthatch stopped me working for a while. Looking They are found widely in Europe. (i.e. the Eurasian A note from the Allotment Chairman, paid role, are physically fit, willing to work in all up I saw a nuthatch, busy insect hunting on a tree Wood). There are many nuthatch species, located Dr Gareth Evans weathers and would have a passion for trunk. This remarkable bird is about the same size as widely throughout many temperate areas of Asia I'm pleased to say that we have a couple of communicating our story, we would love to hear a sparrow, resembling a small woodpecker. Blue and North America with some exotic sounding Allotments which are empty at the moment. They from you. grey flanks, pale orange to white underparts and a names such as a Pygmy, Snowy Browed or Velvet are open to residents of Longstock & Leckford Please contact Rob Ballard or parishes, and are available on a "first come, first Elaine Harmsworth on 01264 810894. black stripe running from through the eye to the Fronted Nuthatch. There are also other exotic served basis". ears, makes identification relatively straightforward. relatives, wallcreepers who nest in the rocky cliff For more information We are a really friendly bunch and it matters not [email protected] These birds are always on the move. Since it was faces and tree creepers whose name explains exactly if you have no previous experience. Help is freely [email protected]. the breeding season, this bird, so very busy what they do! given. You will benefit from social contact as well as searching in the bark, was probably on a mission with young to feed. Their unique ability to run both up and down a tree trunk is partly due to good grip from sharp curved claws. Sometimes they move obliquely, hanging from the upper foot and propped Conker Lodge, School Lane, Broughton, Stockbridge, Hampshire SO20 8AN up by the lower one. We provide high quality, Ofstead registered early years They seldom travel far from the areas where they care & education within out prupose built ‘Home Lodge’ hatch, preferring to breed in mature woodlands or style building where children have the opportunity to parks. Nests are built in existing tree cavities and particiate in a wide rantge of intersting activites which lined with moss, feathers and fur. Usually it is the promote areas of learning. female who incubates the eggs, and the male helps There is free flow access to our fantastic outside space which with the feeding. Protection from predators such as has a covered area for all weather use. weasels, magpies and jays is achieved by plastering Our dedicated staff team are very experienced, well qualified and provide a high adult:child ratio. We offer flexible hours Monday to Friday with various start & finidh times. Healthy lifestyles are actively promoted and hot lunches are available. Funding for 15 hours free is available for all children from the term following their 3rd birthday and for eligible children following their 2nd birthday. Funding for 30 hours free is avialable for eligible parents from the term following a child’s 3rd birthday. For further information or to arrange a visit please contact us: Tel: 07931 914238 Email: [email protected] Lots more information available on our website: www.broughtonpreschool.com Page 11 The Longstock Newsletter Issue No 244 Dec 2019/Jan 2020 Issue No 244 Dec 2019/Jan 2020 The Longstock Newsletter Page 11 Summer on the Allotments mud around the entrance to the nest hole ensuring Longstock Garden Club health - both physical and mental health benefits. provide a snug “made to measure” fit. You will be in contact, and hopefully, in time with - The Nuthatch Our next Meeting will be on Tuesday 10th nature, as well as being able to harvest some of the Carrie Ross writes In autumn and winter all kinds of nuts, beech December 2019 with Philip Jeffs and “Fifteen Plants most tasty food you've ever experienced. for the Small Garden.” Followed by hot mince pies. mast, acorns and of course hazelnuts provide a rich If you are interested, but not sure if you want to It’s often blissfully source of food. The nut is opened by lodging it into On Tuesday 14th January 2020, Chris Evans will join us please contact me. talk on “Fresh Ideas for Summer Bedding, Hanging peaceful and quiet for the bark of the tree and cracking it open, making Baskets and Containers.” Gareth Evans, Chair of Longstock Allotments those working on their really good use of the long pointed bill. The Our Meetings begin at 7 p.m. for a 7.30 p.m. start. E-mail: [email protected] plots up on the countryman’s name of “Nut Hacker” has become There’s a raffle, mainly of plants, refreshments are Telephone: 07751351507 allotments and sub- nuthatch over time. If you put sunflower seeds into free. Come and join our friendly Club, or pay £2 for the evening at Longstock Village Hall. Everyone Water Gardens - Guides required! consciously one is your birdfeeder when the cold winter weather sets in Welcome! listening for unusual you’ll have a good chance of the nuthatch swooping Leckford Estate are looking for guides that would Further details be comfortable talking to and leading groups of noises. Indeed my first lesson in birding was from a in, head down onto the feeder, and off again in a Clare Bramley 810 432 or visitors around the Gardens between May and very knowledgeable friend, who taught me just how flash. Ada Rogers 810 794. September. It is anticipated that the tours would last much birding is done with the ears. So, one glorious They are resident in England and Wales although approximately 2 hours and full training on the summer’s afternoon, the distinctive harsh call of a recently have also been found in southern Scotland. history of the gardens and plants would be provided. Longstock Allotment Vacant Plots If you feel you may be interested in this freelance nuthatch stopped me working for a while. Looking They are found widely in Europe. (i.e. the Eurasian A note from the Allotment Chairman, paid role, are physically fit, willing to work in all up I saw a nuthatch, busy insect hunting on a tree Wood). There are many nuthatch species, located Dr Gareth Evans weathers and would have a passion for trunk. This remarkable bird is about the same size as widely throughout many temperate areas of Asia I'm pleased to say that we have a couple of communicating our story, we would love to hear a sparrow, resembling a small woodpecker. Blue and North America with some exotic sounding Allotments which are empty at the moment. They from you. grey flanks, pale orange to white underparts and a names such as a Pygmy, Snowy Browed or Velvet are open to residents of Longstock & Leckford Please contact Rob Ballard or parishes, and are available on a "first come, first Elaine Harmsworth on 01264 810894. black stripe running from through the eye to the Fronted Nuthatch. There are also other exotic served basis". ears, makes identification relatively straightforward. relatives, wallcreepers who nest in the rocky cliff For more information We are a really friendly bunch and it matters not [email protected] These birds are always on the move. Since it was faces and tree creepers whose name explains exactly if you have no previous experience. Help is freely [email protected]. the breeding season, this bird, so very busy what they do! given. You will benefit from social contact as well as searching in the bark, was probably on a mission with young to feed. Their unique ability to run both up and down a tree trunk is partly due to good grip from sharp curved claws. Sometimes they move obliquely, hanging from the upper foot and propped Conker Lodge, School Lane, Broughton, Stockbridge, Hampshire SO20 8AN up by the lower one. We provide high quality, Ofstead registered early years They seldom travel far from the areas where they care & education within out prupose built ‘Home Lodge’ hatch, preferring to breed in mature woodlands or style building where children have the opportunity to parks. Nests are built in existing tree cavities and particiate in a wide rantge of intersting activites which lined with moss, feathers and fur. Usually it is the promote areas of learning. female who incubates the eggs, and the male helps There is free flow access to our fantastic outside space which with the feeding. Protection from predators such as has a covered area for all weather use. weasels, magpies and jays is achieved by plastering Our dedicated staff team are very experienced, well qualified and provide a high adult:child ratio. We offer flexible hours Monday to Friday with various start & finidh times. Healthy lifestyles are actively promoted and hot lunches are available. Funding for 15 hours free is available for all children from the term following their 3rd birthday and for eligible children following their 2nd birthday. Funding for 30 hours free is avialable for eligible parents from the term following a child’s 3rd birthday. For further information or to arrange a visit please contact us: Tel: 07931 914238 Email: [email protected] Lots more information available on our website: www.broughtonpreschool.com

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Joyrides Volunteer Minibus The new ones are made in England and are Thank you from Ada Rogers Congratulations to Leckford Fruit Farm on from the heritage range, although some have Ada Rogers writes winning first place for the ‘Five heaviest pears’ at John Musters writes this year’s National Fruit Show in Kent. In its 25 years of operating, Joyrides has seen commented on their attractive modern styling! May I express many thanks to the wonderful More importantly they use a fraction of the Neighbourcare drivers who so kindly transport me Five Catillac pears weighed in at an impressive several changes in how we are managed and funded. 4.137kg, (nearly a bag of sugar each!) which was What has not changed however is the personal electricity that the rather unpleasant yellow ones and many others to our appointments. It is very used, and the light is angled to avoid what is now much appreciated. We couldn’t do without them. 838g more than 2nd place and 1.046kg more than service offered to our passengers - those who 3rd place. (according to our founding Objects) need transport called ‘light spill’ Ð in other words they light the Bless you. to “help relieve poverty, sickness and the disabilities road but shouldn’t confuse any wildlife elsewhere, Also thanks are sent to the lovely friendly of age”. nor cause light pollution of the sky. A photocell volunteers who drive our community bus which Stockbridge Community Market Since 2011 Joyrides has operated under the brings the light on as darkness falls, and after takes me to Andover weekly and trips from other You may have noticed that Stockbridge’s market umbrella of Test Valley Community Services (now midnight it dims to half the output Ð to minimise villages. It is a lifeline. Thanks to John for obtaining is renamed ‘Stockbridge Community Market’ to ‘Unity’) Dial-a-Ride scheme. That was funded annoyance to nearby bedrooms. a reduction. Please use it! They kindly carry your reflect the thriving Thursday coffee and chat group, 50/50 by Hampshire County Council, with The project continues though: the light in bags indoors. Bless you. as well as the free IT desk where David and Tony passengers paying just £2.50 per return trip to Houghton Road will soon be swapped for a modern- will help with any difficulties people have with Andover. looking one, which will be a sample for the ones on May all of you have a peaceful Christmas and working their phone, laptops or computers. They are Last April, as part of its cost cutting, the Salisbury Hill and at Roman Road which will be New Year. hugely patient and will help with anything you need HCC subsidy reduced to 25%, so passengers at a replaced once we are happy with the first one. Congratulations to know about your baffling technology. stroke had to pay £3.75 per trip Ð a big increase for The project has been a huge learning curve, Congratulations to Don Malcolmson and Cheryl pensioners. with such a huge variety of lanterns and bulbs on Holdaway on their engagement Ð or should that be The Peat Spade Now the Parish Councils of Longstock, offer Ð and has taken untold hours of research and congratulations to Don for persuading Cheryl to Although all places for Christmas Day are already Chilbolton, Wherwell and Stockbridge have stepped what can only be called prodding of manufacturers accept his proposal! booked, there are still some left for the New Year’s and installers Ð but it’s great to hear that people like in. In the last month all have made generous grants We wish them every happiness in their Eve party, and throughout December there is a to Joyrides such that, from 1st November, we have what we’ve installed so far. married life. special menu available for small groups booked in been able to reduce the cost to individuals to £3. advance Ð perfect if you’ll be missing the traditional Those villages, with Leckford, are the ones served Phonebox Library get-together this year but can enjoy it before ‘the Leckford Estate News day’. by Joyrides, and we drivers and helpers are so There is always a good selection of books to Leckford Estate’s grape harvest was completed at grateful for the support so willingly given by their borrow from the phonebox near St Mary’s, the end of October. The yield of 56 tonnes was Pop into the pub to pick up the party menus, but if parish councils. especially welcome with the long winter evenings, second only to last year’s phenomenal season. tempted, you’ll need to book ahead. On behalf of all the passengers who make so do stop by for a browse. regular use of Joyrides, a huge thank you to If you notice any unsuitable books Ð here we Longstock Parish Council. Your generosity will are thinking of ancient pub guides, old school make a very significant difference to our textbooks and anything half-eaten by snails Ð please passengers’ wellbeing. feel free to put them into your recycling bin. Likewise if you are offended by any New Street Lights. untidiness, restore some order Ð it is after all a Compliments are coming in for the new street community asset, so each of us can do a little bit to lights which have been installed from the crossroads keep it looking inviting. to the recreation ground. The parish council owns the street lights, Soup and Chatter and now the original yellow sodium ones are In our village hall is a lively group gathering on obsolete, so no new parts are obtainable, which gave the last Thursday of each month for a soup and us the opportunity to give serious thought to what sandwich lunch and plenty of chatter. Ring either we would install instead. Selina (810459) or Maddie (810284) if you’d like to join in or find out more. Autumn Winter Stock now in.

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Farmers’ Markets

Stockbridge Community Market Message from 9.30 ‘til 11.30 Hampshire County Council Stockbridge Town Hall, every Thursday Starting School in September 2020 Winchester 9 ’til 2 If your child is 4 or will turn 4 before Winchester High Street 1 September 2020, they can start school in 8th & 22th Dec September 2020 Romsey For more information go to: 10 ’til 1 st www.hants.gov.uk/admissions Alma Road Car Park, 1 Dec Applications opened for Hampshire residents Salisbury on 1 November 2019 9 ‘til 2 Poultry Cross, THE NATIONAL CLOSING DATE FOR first and third Wednesday of each month APPLICATIONS IS WEDS 15 JANUARY 2020 January 2020 dates not available at the time of printing. Page 15 The Longstock Newsletter Issue No 244 Dec 2019/Jan 2020 Issue No 244 Dec 2019/Jan 2020 The Longstock Newsletter Page 15

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Stockbridge Community Market Message from 9.30 ‘til 11.30 Hampshire County Council Stockbridge Town Hall, every Thursday Starting School in September 2020 Winchester 9 ’til 2 If your child is 4 or will turn 4 before Winchester High Street 1 September 2020, they can start school in 8th & 22th Dec September 2020 Romsey For more information go to: 10 ’til 1 st www.hants.gov.uk/admissions Alma Road Car Park, 1 Dec Applications opened for Hampshire residents Salisbury on 1 November 2019 9 ‘til 2 Poultry Cross, THE NATIONAL CLOSING DATE FOR first and third Wednesday of each month APPLICATIONS IS WEDS 15 JANUARY 2020 January 2020 dates not available at the time of printing. Page 16 The Longstock Newsletter Issue No 244 Dec 2019/Jan 2020 Issue No 244 Dec 2019/Jan 2020 The Longstock Newsletter Page 16

Stockbridge Community Cinema Stockbridge Town Hall

Balloon Friday 6 December - 7:30pm One of the most spectacular escapes from communist East Germany, in which two families sailed over the heavily fortified border in a homemade balloon, has been recreated as a thriller for the cinema.

Late Night Wednesday 11 November - 4.30pm and 7:30pm Legendary talk-show host Katherine Newbury (Emma Thompson) is the only woman ever to have a long-running programme on late night. She keeps her writers’ room on a short leash Ð and all male. When her ratings plummet and she is accused of being a “woman who hates women,” Katherine puts gender equality on her to-do list and impulsively hires Molly Patel (Mindy Kaling), a chemical plant efficiency expert, as the first and only female on her writing staff.

HORSEBRIDGE ROAD, HORSEBRIDGE, SO20 6PU Telephone: 01794 388644 Johnofgaunt.co.uk

We are on the Test Way, midway between Stockbridge and Romsey in the picturesque village of Horsebridge. We are ideally suited for groups of ramblers or cyclists with a pre booking service available. We are a Free House specialising in ﬁne ales, wines and home-cooked locally-sourced food. Choice of freshly cooked roasts every Sunday.

We are open throughout the day from 9.30 am and will not close before 10pm, or later if we have customers. Food served between 9.30 am until 8pm, and later if pre-booked. We have 30 covers inside and 32 seats available in our garden to the rear. For those who like ﬁshing, we have the John O’Gaunt Fly Fishing Club with regular club days on Pittleworth Lakes. Page 17 The Longstock Newsletter Issue No 244 Dec 2019/Jan 2020 Issue No 244 Dec 2019/Jan 2020 The Longstock Newsletter Page 17

Stockbridge Community Cinema Stockbridge Town Hall

HORSEBRIDGE ROAD, HORSEBRIDGE, SO20 6PU Telephone: 01794 388644 Johnofgaunt.co.uk

We are open throughout the day from 9.30 am and will not close before 10pm, or later if we have customers. Food served between 9.30 am until 8pm, and later if pre-booked. We have 30 covers inside and 32 seats available in our garden to the rear. For those who like ﬁshing, we have the John O’Gaunt Fly Fishing Club with regular club days on Pittleworth Lakes. Page 18 The Longstock Newsletter Issue No 244 Dec 2019/Jan 2020

Thank you to our VILLAGE DIRECTORY in December 2019 deliverers for this issue: Church Warden 810 284 Veronica Ayers Peter Bramley Rev’d Philip Bowden, Rector 810 810 Charles Grieve Father Mark Hogan (RC) 01962 852 804 Becky Griffiths Community Sports Hall TV School 810 555 Geoff Merritt Boo Milne Garden Club 810 794, 810 432 John & Selina Musters Mayflies Youth Club (Liz Howard) 07870 612 127 Gary Oliver Neighbour Care Scheme for Nigel Rugman Thank you also to everyone contributing or Stockbridge/Longstock/Houghton 0845 0943 713 checking articles & news. Parish Council Clerk 810 752 Please contact the Parish Clerk, on 810752, or Pilates/Yoga 810 549 e-mail [email protected] if Scouts Stockbridge (Mo Collins) 01256 895 534 you’d like to help with the newsletter in any way, and by Friday 17th January if you’d like to Village Hall, Badminton/Bowls 810 459 submit an article or announcement, give us some W.I. 810 603 news, or place an advert. EMERGENCY or USEFUL CONTACTS DUSTBIN COLLECTION Environment Agency Black Fri 6th, Fri 20th Dec Incident Hotline 0800 807 060 bins Sat 4th, Fri 17th, Fri 31st Jan Hampshire Fire & Rescue 02380 644 000 Brown Fri 13th, Sat 28th Dec Floodline 08459 881 188 bins Fri 10th, Fri 24th Jan Southern Electric 08457 331 331 Southern Water 08452 780 845 Green bags are collected on Tuesdays of the same week as brown bins. To subscribe please Police non-urgent calls 101 or 0845 0454 545 contact TVBC on 368000. Neighbourcare Andover 336 020, 339 899 December 2019 / Foil is collected at Chilbolton’s West Down car Surgery 810524 January 2020 park & at Andover Garden Centre. Community Care Team Plastic pots are no longer recycled there. (District Nurses) 01962 893 560 Helpline for Carers (Freephone) 08000 323 456 There is a collecting box for clean plastic milk bottle tops in the church lychgate, and a Hants County Council information 0845 603 5638 separate one for batteries. Please don’t put Test Valley Borough Council 368000 either in plastic bags. Batteries can also be Citizens’ Advice Bureau 365534 disposed of in supermarkets & should not go in dustbins. To call anonymously with information The batteries (small, not car!) will about crime: Crimestoppers 0800 555 111 This Newsletter is be taken for safe disposal; and published by Longstock clean plastic milk bottle tops with TRANSPORT Parish Council and delivered the HDPE symbol will be recycled to Stagecoach Stockbridge to Winchester free to every household in raise funds for the Gift of Sight’s buses number 68 0845 121 0190 Longstock. research into macular degeneration. Wheelers Stockbridge to Winchester buses Anyone else may subscribe NO OTHER TYPES number 16, & no 15 to Andover 02380 471 800 at £8 a year by contacting OF TOPS PLEASE as these are the only Cango buses to Romsey have been replaced with longstockparishcouncil18 ones accepted now, and PLEASE don’t put shared taxis.Register on 01962 846 786 @gmail.com. batteries in with bottle tops.The consequences are DIRE! Traveline for countrywide travel info 08712 002 233 Dial-a-Ride (Joyrides Stockbridge) While the White Hart has building work Minibus to Andover Register on 356 808 This runs through Longstock on Wednesdays at the glass recycling bins have been moved to 9.30, returning at noon, for £3.00 return. the bus bay at Roman Road. Register on 356808 or for more information, ring Glass, clothing and foil recycling bins are John Musters 810459 or Dane Oliver avalable at Chilbolton Down car park, and at Andover Wyevale Garden Centre. 810839. The deadline for newsletter submissions is Friday 17th January if you’d like to submit any news or comment, or offer to help! [email protected]