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Holybourne has shown 5 Holybourne Village Association itself to be full of the most wonderfully altruistic people 6 Zumba Rocks Holybourne whose personal commitment to looking after those around them has been inspiring to see. 7 No Wey Campaign I want to thank those who deliver this magazine because 9 Holybourne Heroes without them, we would have no magazine. What would 10 A Ward Sister’s Story be the point? Thanks also to Tim Carmichael who stepped 11 Holybourne Scrubs / Kelly’s Scrubs in during the worst of the crisis so far to get magazines out. 12 Loneliness of the long distance linkup Like my wife and me, many have discovered or rediscovered 13 Life in Lockdown: Doreen Packham the wonderful walks that are to be had around Holybourne. It’s been lovely to see families wandering past, recreational 14 Living with Autism: Part 2 cyclists and runners out at all times of the day encouraged 15 Luminosa by the far smaller amount of traffic. Many have offset the 17 Holybourne Shop & Post Office frequent trips to the fridge while in Lockdown with long walks. What a shame that the most oft used tracks are 19 White Hart littered with piles of dog poo. For goodness sake people! 20 VE Day 75 In this edition we welcome lots of new writers telling us 21 Cry me a River about their Lockdown experiences: a ward sister from 23 Holybourne Honeys W.I. Basingstoke hospital giving us her moving account of life at 24 Truffle Hunter & Gilbert White (GW300) the sharp end of the virus; fantastic Scrubs producers and individual accounts of our very different lives also appear. 25 George Cobb, Holybourne schoolmaster Along with regular contributors, I hope you enjoy reading 28 Prince of Wales Pub & Complins Brewery them all. If you have a pet hate, why not get it off your 31 London Road??? chest? Don’t be afraid to put an alternative point of view. 33 Church News A new feature is “Our Home” the first in what I hope will be a series of articles about the places in the village that 35 Mill Cottage Farm people live. It might not be a mansion but perhaps your 36 Our House: Old Post Office home is interesting because you built it, or because it has 37 Holybourne Veterans’ Football Club an interesting history? Why not share it with us? 38 Treloar’s Trust / Curtis Museum You will read in this magazine how hard villagers have worked for the good of their community. It might be that Production Team for really good reasons you have kept your head down and Editor: Jerry Janes [email protected] your distance from others. If however you find yourself Advertising: Kay Tomlinson [email protected] with time on your hands, why not make yourself known Distribution: Vickie Kemp [email protected] Finance: Vickie Kemp [email protected] through the Holybourne Community Whatsapp group, the Design & Layout: Stephen Lewis [email protected] Holybourne Facebook pages or the Holybourne website? Printing: Imprint Colour Ltd www.imprintcolour.co.uk There are always things that need doing and always, sadly, people in need of help. Ask not what your village can do Supported by Local Councillors Andrew Joy: Hampshire County Council for you but what you can do for your village. Graham Hill: East Hampshire District Council Finally can I remind everyone that the crisis is not over? The Alton Town Council threat and danger are still very real. Take care, stay safe Paul Crossley: Alton Town Council and be sensible. Wearing a mask out of doors when in the Websites company of others is the very least you can do. We all www.holybourne.com ought to be doing it. Disclaimer www.altonevents.co.uk Jerry Janes, Editor [email protected] The Holybourne Village Magazine is self-funding and produced for general interest and entertainment. Every effort has been made to ensure that the information is accurate and error-free at the time of going to press. All persons names will have Copy Date for next issue been contacted, if possible, and where appropriate have agreed to their details Friday 6th November 2020 being published (see above). Neither they, the Editor, nor Holybourne Village Association, accept any responsibility for losses arising from the use or misuse of any information contained herein. Whilst comment, contributions, news and views from people on various subjects Cover Photo are welcome and encouraged, these will be attributable to the individual (after Alton from the top of Holybourne Downs., by Jerry Janes verification) and cannot be construed as being those of the sponsor or the Editor. 4 Holybourne Summer 2020 www.holybourne.com &Neatham Village Magazine on the front line. I know some of them and will name them Editor’s Thoughts elsewhere but it takes a different kind of courage to risk “These are strange times.” How often have you said or your lives on a daily basis for complete strangers. Soldiers heard that over the last few months? When I last wrote usually have armour and weapons to protect themselves for this magazine we were at the start of a worrying viral but for long periods of time our medics were ill-equipped outbreak. Now, 60,000 deaths later the true scale of what and facing an enemy that we knew very little about. Can has happened in this country is only just starting to be I, on behalf of the Holybourne Village Association and understood. Did we get it right? Would it have been better therefore on behalf of the village itself, thank and salute if people had behaved more responsibly? What we do you. You are the very real heroes of our time. know is that without the unstinting personal sacrifices and incredible courage of our front line medical workers, it could have been so much worse. We owe them a huge The Problem with Poo! debt of gratitude and I have floated the idea of a permanent During the lockdown, one of the most wonderful things tribute to them in Holybourne. What do you think? for me, has been seeing so many people walking in our Our medics were supported by the superb efforts of the beautiful environment. We are blessed to live in such a Holybourne Scrubs contributors who slaved over hot fantastic part of the country but that pleasure is often sewing machines turning out more than 200 sets of scrubs soured by exposure to tons and tons of foul dangerous for local surgeries, care homes and hospitals. Wonderfully waste. Dog poo to be precise. coordinated by Claire Millard, we again owe them our What is the problem with Dog poo? Well…. thanks. See page 11 for more on this. Unscooped poo from your walk is carried by overland The problem with thanking anyone at all for doing what they water flow or is washed into storm drains, ending up in did on our behalf is that I am bound to miss some people faraway streams, rivers and ground water. We drink that. or groups. Essential workers, teachers, delivery drivers, train Pet waste can spread parasites including hookworms, and bus drivers, shop workers, those involved in logistics ringworms, tapeworms and Salmonella. When infected and distribution, our wonderful Refuse collectors, the dog poo comes into contact with your lawn, the poo will Police, Council workers and a host of other people I don’t eventually “disappear”, but the parasite eggs can linger for know about all merit our sincere gratitude. The care staff at years! When a human or animal comes into contact with the Lawn deserve our most sincere thanks. that soil through everyday activities like walking barefoot, More locally there were Holybourners who shopped and gardening or playing, they risk infection from those eggs delivered for the vulnerable in our village.