Page 24 • The HERALD • 14th July 2022 v INDEPENDENT, LOCAL AND PROUD v Acorn Building Contracts Ltd u Reliable, local builders offering affordable, quality workmanship u Our employees are fully qualified and fully insured u All aspects of building undertaken including extensions, structural alterations, roofing, ground works, kitchens, bathrooms, carpentry and plastering u Drawings arranged u Insurance work undertaken u Local Authority Approved Contractor For free quotations and friendly advice please call Office: 023 8024 3336 Mobile: 07786 656865 Email: acornbuilding@gmail.com or visit our website: www.acorn-builders.co.uk You will not be disappointed SOLO CARS Available 24 hours, 365 days a year 023 8089 0244 023 8084 1951 FRIENDLY AND RELIABLE • Local and Any Distance • Airport & Cruise Transfers H 8 SEATER MINIBUS NOW AVAILABLE H All major credit cards accepted Estate/Saloon Cars Available H ESTABLISHED SINCE 1992 H TAXIS TAXIS Todd Beverley Carpentry Services Quality workmanship with over 20 years experience All Household Carpentry Undertaken including: • Kitchen/Bathroom/Bedroom fitting • Purpose Built Cupboards and Wardrobes • Internal/External Door Hanging • Solid/Laminate Flooring • Window Renovation • Decking For a friendly & reliable service you can trust call: Tel: 023 8086 0969 Mobile: 07941 021558 The Division of Fawley Parish by Robin Somes, Fawley & Blackfield Memories Patricia Hedley-Goddard, in her “Tales from the Graveyard”, has featured the life of A.C. Cossor, Fawley resident, businessman and pioneering inventor of the thermionic valve and other electronic components. He moved to the village around 1903, and lived in Fawley Cottage, where the entrance to Orchard Close now is, until his death in 1922. Serving as Chairman of Fawley Parish Council from 1911 until his death, his achievements included the restoration of Ashlett Quay. In a typically shrewd move, he managed to get the AGWI Petroleum Corp. to pay for it, in return for their use of it during the construction of their rst re nery. Of even greater long-term signi cance was the division of the parish of Fawley, which had long included the village of Hythe, even though the two were not actually contiguous. e possibility of separating them, joining Hythe to its neighbour, Dibden, had been debated for at least 25 years. In 1887, a public inquiry was held, since an Act of A er rumbling on for years, a decision in favour of the plan was nally made by Fawley Parish Council early in 1912 – Fawley were presumably by then tired of paying for the increasingly-urbanised Hythe. Although the majority of major landowners were now broadly supportive, there was still some resistance from Hythe and Dibden. Some disagreed over precisely what areas constituted Hythe, and whether the ecclesiastical, as well as civil, parish should be transferred. Others still opposed the scheme on principle. It was A.C. Cossor, as Chairman of Fawley Parish Council, who argued most credibly in favour of the plan, in the summer of 1912. He produced a list of 9 eminently practical advantages, and a workable solution to the question of whether the ecclesiastical parishes should also be joined. is, and the decision to draw the parish boundary along Frost Lane, seems to have been enough to convince the plan’s opposers to accept it. Cossor was without doubt a skilled and persuasive mediator. Although he was not a Fawley native, and lived there barely 20 years, his service to the parish le a great legacy of achievements, some still apparent today. Perhaps we’ll visit more of them in detail another time. A.C. Cossor’s house, Fawley Cottage, and its walled garden, in 1913. Parliament had been passed to encourage the tidyingup of just such anomalies. e inquiry’s inspector struggled to nd a single person in favour: it would urbanise Hythe (then home to only 500 people) and split the Cadland Estate across two parishes; the current arrangement caused no great di culties, and Dibden parish didn’t want to take on the extra nancial burden. Moreover, there was a general distrust of the Government’s intentions. e inquiry concluded that things should stay as they were. WHAT A SUCCESS e rst monthly board games meet and play of the Waterside Area Boardgaming group was held in June at Vibrant Forest Taproom in Hardley and the organisers were absolutely amazed by the engagement and support of the event and were pleased to receive so much positive feedback. An incredible and enjoyable day with a huge turnout of 49 people! ey achieved their aim of bringing people together of all ages to make friends, play beloved games and discover new ones. It couldn’t have been done without the positivity and support of all the Waterside Boardgaming group, which now has 113 members! Cheers again to Ryan Dack for hosting the event. anks to all for going and making it a day to remember, they were glad to see so many smiling faces Go along to play your favourite games, try new ones or take any games you would be willing to host at a table. Meet people with shared interests and bring the community together. People will be available to help you choose and learn games if required, and signs available for tables looking for extra players. Open to all ages and all types of board/card games from the classics of Cribbage, Bacgammon and Rummy, and old family favourites like Scrabble and Monopoly, to the weird and wonderfully brilliant contemporary and hardcore. So what next? e 2nd Waterside Boardgaming event will be at the same venue, on Sunday 17th July, from 1pm until 6pm. ey will respond to feedback by creating some standard scoring sheets available from the games desk, AND nd a suitable website for people to advertise games they would like to host, allowing people to sign up in advance. To keep up to date with their events follow their facebook page at: www.facebook.com/groups/watersideab/about
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