Herald - Issue 375

v THE NEXT HERALD IS OUT ON 1ST AUGUST v 11th July 2019 • The HERALD • Page 77 PART TIME SCHOOL RUN DRIVERS REQUIRED School run drivers required to work for a friendly family run business located in the Totton area. Drivers must be flexible & reliable with a clean driving licence. A New Forest Private Hire licence would be an advantage. A Car and fuelcard will be supplied to the successful applicant This position would ideally suit a retired/semi retired person. Hours will be between 15-20 hours per week with good rates of pay. Please contact Paul or Ross on 023 8086 2040 between 9.30am-4.30pm or email drivers@tccsouthampton.co.uk Poets Corner HERALD RECRUITMENT Haunting Russian melodies rang out on a summer’s evening at St Mary Magdalene Church in New Milton when Voices of the Forest Choir presented their new programme, Kalinka. Musical Director Fabian Lochner started proceedings with a selection of pieces for piano from Russian, Polish and Hungarian composers with two of Chopin’s Mazurkas being a particular highlight. e choir delighted with well loved numbers such as “Song of the Volga Boatmen” and the famous “Kalinka” as well as introducing more unusual folk songs and sacred pieces from Georgia, Romania and Ukraine, all sensitively arranged by Fabian to produce some wonderful harmonies. e choir sing the repertoire by heart and it was commented upon particularly that the choir engaged with the audience and appeared to enjoy every minute of their performance! e audience called for an encore with a standing ovation and stamping feet and one person said: “A fabulous, fabulous performance. Rich and diverse music, I didn’t know much of it, a real eye-opener…” Fabian is always happy to welcome prospective members to a free “taster” session – the choir rehearses on Tuesday evenings at 7.30pm during term time at Colbury Memorial Hall near Ashurst SO40 7EL ere is no formal audition and no need to read music: for further details do visit their website www.voiceso heforest.co.uk Beaulieu, Past, Present & Future Beaulieu, Past, Present & Future is a Millennium project started by Fiona, Lady Montagu in the year 2000 to bring together the old and young of the community at regular events. At their most recent event, organised by Village Co-ordinator, Jan Hoy, children from Beaulieu school along with older residents connected to the village of Beaulieu enjoyed a musical a ernoon in the Lower Drawing Room of Palace House, by kind permission of LordMontagu, who continues to support these gatherings. Musical entertainment was provided by ex-Royal Marines Band member and music teacher Simon Morgan who talked about and played a variety of saxophones and clarinets, and Mark Ponsford, local pianist and am-dram leading light, who delighted everyone with a range of songs to appeal to all ages, in a style evoking memories of old-school acts such as Stanley Holloway and, more recently, Richard Stillgoe and Victoria Wood. e school children helped to serve light refreshments as the a ernoon, enjoyed by one and all, drew to a close. Haunting Melodies e O ce of the Police and Crime Commissioner would like to gain a better understanding of the anti-social behaviours that are concerning residents most and the actions they are currently taking on experiencing or witnessing incidents. Anti-social behaviour covers a wide range of unacceptable activity that causes harm or distress to an individual, to their community or to their environment. In 2018 there were 45,996 incidents of anti-social behaviour across the Hampshire Constabulary policing area. Please take the survey and share your views https://www.surveygizmo.eu/s3/90149970/Your-views- on-Anti-Social-Behaviour Anti-Social Behaviour Survey Moving Gnome - Episode 1 by Marlene Parmenter The Power Station by Vic Lee They are demolishing the power station, they are pulling all the buildings down, the 650 foot tall chimney won’t look so imposing when it’s laying on the ground. They’re going to build fifteen hundred new houses, how it got through planning, is a mystery, historians will now write another page on Calshot’s, chequered history. I’ve just seen an artists impression and it really is amazing, you have to agree it’s far too posh to be called, social or affordable, housing. The local planners are all living in the hope that with all the extra traffic the A326 will cope. But we locals all know better and everybody knows, even now, when it’s quiet all the traffic slows. They say they could reinstate the railway that for so long has lain forgotten as the track is still in place from Fawley up to Totton. They say they could run a ferry from Fawley to Southampton Quay, that will be alright if it’s subsidized and not cost a colossal fee But that’s not going to happen it will cost a fortune for a ride And soon it will be only the rich and retired who could afford to live, on the Waterside I’ve sat here through each season, rough every day and night. I must have been here at least ten years And never had a bite. Now I really am fed up. I’m not staying here anymore. ey think I`ve got no feelings, I’m totally ignored. Besides there’s somebody next door, I’d really like to get to know her, But I am in such a mess Where they’ve bashed me with the mower. Tonight I’m going to do a runner. First I’ll nip into the shed To do a quick touch up job, And scrape the birds muck of me head. I mustn’t loose my nerve Now I’ve reached the dividing wall, And whisper “Hello darling, shall we have a ball.” I hear a little giggle And a positive reply. I bet you didn’t know, at happy gnomes can y. I landed right beside her. She gives me a knowing nod, And says with a saucy smile, “I really like your rod.” To be continued… I am a wonderful invention in so many ways Not a day goes by that I do not impact your days, As everything you touch has an element of me. I am moulded, bent, shaped, I have such versatility! When you have no further use, just toss me out of sight No longer your concern, whatever be my plight. I will survive, in fact I am indestructible A great force to be reckoned with, I’m invincible! I land in the great oceans, reaching the furthest shores Driven by the rolling waves and wind that roars. I survive on the land, in the depths of the sea Birds, sh and mammals are slowly poisoned by me. What is man doing to God’s wonderful creation? Surely the days ahead must be full of trepidation! To say “I’m just one of many” is a cop-out now Today we make a di erence, let us seize the hour! PLASTIC! by Dorothy Lockyer Forest Lodge Quarries by Vic Lee They are digging a new gravel pit, Opposite, the Netley View estate, Monstrous machines are working, Digging out, tons of aggregate. The once green pastures, Have now, grown their last crop. I wonder will this rape of our land, Never ever stop. There will be heavy lorries, Carrying their huge loads, Adding to the congestion, On our already, over crowded roads. They will argue, we need the gravel, To keep the construction industry going, But where will the farmer, sow the seeds, Of the plants that still need growing. And when it’s all over and everything is done, Will it become a new country park, like the one at Lepe, Or will they just walk away, forget about it, And we will inherit another rubbish heap. We will have the opportunity to return, the land to nature , With beautiful ponds and streams Or am I being over optimistic, And that’s just the thing of dreams. For in the end it all depends, As it all comes down to money, For we are no longer a green and pleasant land, Flowing with milk and honey. Age Concern New Forest has spaces at their weekly lunch clubs in Bartley on Mondays and Totton Community Centre on Tuesdays. Transport can be provided and the cost is £6 for the lunch and £2 for transport. Please telephone their O ce on 023 80841199 (10am to 1pm Monday to Friday) for more details. WEEKLY LUNCH CLUB AT BARTLEY AND CENTRAL TOTTON HAS SPACES