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Locally sourced Hampshire food from breakfast to dinner Summer menu now being served Tel: 01962 779191 www.theploughitchenabbas.co.uk [email protected] I T C H E N M O T O R C o . LONDO N ROA D, KINGSW O RTHY W INC HEST ER, SO23 7Q N M O T S E R V I C IN G R E P A I R S TYRES & TRACKING E X H A U S T S B A T T E R I E S AIR C OND ITION IN G DIAGNOSTICS T e l e p h o n e 01962 884 664 2 WELCOME to the Valley News I’m just back from Cambodia so I guess Alex Pease tells us I should be used to warm summer about being good days. Aren’t we lucky this year! So our neighbours and magazine is full of reports of plays, community. All music, visits, competitions and shows. these topics are And the joy of these reports is not just linked. Then we reading what a wonderful time we can have the Flower have in the Valley but there is also so Show which looked much colour. So a big thank you to all great this year. I just our contributors, perhaps especially so wish I could have entered. Sarah Mason to our youngest, see right at the back has produced a detailed report with on page 39 about the Pantaloon’s lots of photos (page 23). performance at Avington. Could I end with a plea that As usual our elected representatives contributors don’t leave it until the last provide details of issues which will be minute. It’s very time-consuming to of interest to us. We are always have to re-edit an article. Next month grateful for these contributions. Now will be edited by Verity Coleman. we are approaching the holiday season, Tony Gaster probably things will go quiet, well a little bit. Itchen Valley News Editor Vernon Tottle I sat in the cathedral on Sunday Sub Editors Charlotte Appleby, Verity morning and marvelled at how much Coleman, Tony Gaster, Fiona goes on there and how much that McIntosh, Lucy Wolfe, lovely building provides in terms of Advertising Sue Hitchen focus for the city. But the city is going Sophie Jackson to change and at last we can give our Distribution Mima White IA&A 779725 Jane Chichester E&MW 779315 views. Kim Gottlieb’s article on page 8 Treasurer Andrew Kennedy explains more. For editorial enquiries, articles, letters or There are a number of references to comments, please email: Boomtown, which provides much fun [email protected]. For advertising enquiries, please email: for attendees. Right at the back I have [email protected] include just some of the information on Postal address: Itchen Valley News, Hazeldene, roads and traffic which might affect us. I Northington Road, Itchen Abbas, SO21 1BE can recall last year’s gridlock. Please send all contributions for September 2017 by 15th August. All material is published in good faith We have fantastic open spaces in our and the Valley News cannot be held responsible for community for all to enjoy and Patrick any information given or views expressed; neither can Appleby on page 19 explains clearly it be liable for any loss arising from the use of any about our responsibilities. As a dog information or advertisements contained herein. The Editorial Team reserves the right to refuse or amend owner, I realise how important it is to articles or advertisements submitted for publication. keep control of my pet and also to be Printed by Greenhouse Graphics of Basingstoke. sensible in clearing dog poo. Cover photo by Tony, other photos from various contributors. 3 What’s On Summer Playgroup We are running a summer playgroup for preschool children at Easton Village Hall. Dates will be 4th/11th/25th Aug and 1st Sept (all Fridays), 9.30 - 11.30am including a snack for the children and tea and coffee for grown-ups. Grown- ups need to be present for the whole session. We are asking for a www.alresfordshow.co.uk contribution of £1 per family per Telephone: 01962 738748 session to cover costs. Any queries Itchen Valley Choral Society contact Lara Allured 07740 047 432 or Do you like singing? Why not come [email protected] along to Itchen Abbas Village Hall for a Hampshire Open Studios welcoming first meeting of the new Four local artists are taking part this season on Wednesday 6th September, year. Our venue is at Mansard House, 7.45pm. We meet there on Easton Lane, Easton SO21 1DQ. We Wednesday evenings from September are exhibiting printmaking, to June. In May we join other local photography, creative mosaics, glass choirs to sing in the Winchester & and gilding, papercuts and illustration. County Music Festival. Next spring’s Brochures in pubs in Easton and Itchen concert includes Karl Jenkins’ The Abbas. We are Nº123 Mansard Armed Man. We also have our own Artists. Open Saturday 19th to Monday local Christmas Concert in December. 28th August from 10am - 5pm. Please We strive to do well while thoroughly come and visit. enjoying ourselves. New members are Jean Wheeler 07849523147 very welcome in all voices but we Annual Car Boot Sale especially need sopranos. Brockwood Park, Bramdean, all Please contact me for further proceeds to Home-Start Winchester information. Bank Holiday Monday 28th August Geoff Robinson Cars £10, vans & trailers £15 [email protected] Opens 8am - Entry donations Refreshments available Sue Gentry Alresford Show Date: Saturday 2nd September Winchester Heritage Open days th th Venue: Tichborne Park, Alresford, 7 - 10 September Opening times: 9am – 6pm Why not be a tourist in your own Tickets: Adults £15, Senior £13 & town for a day or even two? Come and Children 11-16 £5 discover some of the many hidden £2 discount for tickets purchased places and secrets in Winchester and before 26th August the surrounding villages all completely FREE! Over four days there will be 4 more than 70 events celebrating our But there are some people in the local heritage, everything from guided Valley who, wonderfully, just cannot walks and labyrinths to storytelling and help themselves and speak out their river dipping for families and gin and biggest concern immediately! One cider tastings for the over 18s. You can lady who has lived in the Valley for even make your own Medieval many decades said to me ‘I’m going to encaustic tile. tell you what really hurts’…I said ‘but All events are free of charge although you write it down on the card, so its some you will need to pre-book as anonymous…’ she replied ‘no, I’m numbers are limited. There are also going to tell you anyway….what really competitions including a chance to win hurts me the most is that we don’t one of the first Monopoly Winchester look after each other anymore, in the Edition games. way that we used to’. So I have been For more information on the events thinking a bit about what she said and and competitions as well as booking this article is a response to that lady details please visit our website: and her comment. WinchesterHeritageOpenDays.org or I think that many of us will say that follow us on twitter actually we are quite good at looking @WinchesterHods after each other in the Valley. There Becky Brown are many incredible examples of good Ride and Stride neighbourliness. Almost all those In aid of Hampshire & the Islands whose funerals I have conducted in the Historic Churches Trust and local few years that I have been here, have churches. Saturday 9th September. For spoken to me before their deaths of more details contact Vanessa Rosewell the wonderful care that is available in on 841182 the Valley for those in their last few weeks and months (I will spare blushes From the Rectory by not mentioning the names of those who come to mind, who provide this ‘The five neighbour wonderful help). And there is clearly a test’ lot of care between neighbours going Lucy and I, and a on in the community both for young number of other and old. volunteers, have, But I sense that we may be on the cusp during July, been of a change here, as other priorities knocking on doors may be starting to squeeze out time in the Valley with spent on looking out for neighbours the Who Cares? and community building activities. It’s survey. The whole point of this survey difficult to ascertain this except by is that it is anonymous and that the anecdotes, but I know that some feel householder we are visiting is invited that it is becoming noticeably more to write down on a card ‘the one thing difficult to recruit for community in life which you find hardest to organizations which make the Valley handle’, while the canvasser looks the place that it is, like the church, the away. The response card is then put in cricket club and the village halls. And a blank white envelope to make it of course we have seen this year the impossible to know who has said what. cancellation of the Easton Village Fete 5 T h e Mould & Thompson C h e s t n u t H o r s e Ltd E a s t o n Easton Garage R eal ales, great food. 2 course lunchtim e & early evening m enu Servicing and Repairs to all f o r £ 1 2 . makes of cars and vans A la carte and blackbo ard MOT and Bodywork arranged specials also available .