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Page 12 • The HERALD • 5th January 2023 v EMAIL YOUR NEWS: editor@herald-publishing.co.uk v Kitchen & Bathroom Showroom with free design service Tel: 023 8084 3787 Email: showroom@pcbuildingsupplies.co.ukWeb: www.pcbuildingsupplies.co.uk Waterside Woodcarvers Support Queen’s Green Canopy Early last year, the Waterside Woodcarvers committee thought it would be nice to support the Queen’s Green Canopy, by planting a tree in the Waterside area. e Queen’s Green Canopy was set up to mark the Platinum Jubilee by planting over a million trees in Her Majesty’s name, the canopy has now become a lasting tribute to the late Queen Elizabeth II. As lime is the carver’s wood of choice they felt this would be the ideal tree to re ect the group’s activity – but they are not expecting to cut it down and carve it just yet! e lime tree was recently planted in the grounds of Gang Warily Recreation Centre and will look magni cent in about 20 years time! Many thanks are due to Jason Mansbridge of Fawley Parish Council for identifying a suitable location and to club member Paul Humphriss who did all the research and made it happen. Left to Right: Jason Mansbridge – Grounds Manager, Gang Warily, Paul Humphriss – Waterside Woodcarvers tutor, Di Smith – Waterside Woodcarvers Chair and Fawley Parish Councillor Barry Coyston Seahorses Spotted on the Waterside Nearly 40 club members and family attended the Waterside Woodcarvers’ annual Christmas social at St Andrew’s. It proved to be a busy and entertaining a ernoon. A quiz and game of Giant Pass the Pig kept everyone on their toes (or trotters). Everyone enjoyed a wonderful bu et provided by some of the members and there was also a huge ra e and a sales table of tools, timber and books. e December social also hosted the results of the much anticipated Wood Block Challenge. is year the theme chosen was ‘sea creatures’ and everyone started with a 9x4x2” block of lime. e table was adorned with mermaids, an eel, sea otter, turtle, seashells and lots of sea horses! e winner of the Novice class was Chris Challis with a ne upstanding seahorse; winner in the Experienced class was Allan Mechen with a humorous and detailed composition of a mermaid and various sea creatures called ‘Underwater Card School’. e club holds fortnightly workshops, Chair Di Smith presenting the winners cup to Allan Mechen 6pm-8pm, at Noadswood School, starting on 12th January. For more details or information, please visit the website: www.watersidewoodcarvers. co.uk or phone Di Smith on 023 8084 5787. Allan’s winning carving e Hythe and Dibden Parish Accredited Safety O cers (ACSO) Michael Armstrong and Charley Richardson are holding a surgery on Friday 20th January, 5pm to 7pm, at the Hythe and Dibden Parish Council Chamber, e Grove, SO45 6BZ. To contact the ACSO’s please ring: 023 8084 0866 or email: acso@ hytheanddibden.gov.uk ACSO Surgery in Hythe Barclays UK Customer Care Colleague, Julie will be in Totton Library, Library Road, Totton, SO40 3RS, every Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 9.30am to 4.30pm. Pop along to see her for help with digital banking or to chat about your nances. If you prefer you can book an appointment by visiting: events. uk.barclays/local Support with Barclays Digital Banking in Totton Library Age Concern are pleased to o er a FREE monthly carers group held the first Wednesday of every month, 11am to 12.30pm at the Horrill Care and Wellbeing Centre o Challenger Way, SO45 5SZ. e group is open to those who care or have cared for someone to come together and chat with likeminded people. Monthly Carers Group
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Page 14 • The HERALD • 5th January 2023 v READ THE HERALD ONLINE: www.herald-publishing.co.uk v FLAT ROOFING SPECIALISTS All Roof Repairs Tel: 023 8184 5632 Mobile: 07880 508415 Email: steve@braithwaiteroo ng.co.uk THE FLAT ROOF SPECIALIST FREE ESTIMATES Call Richard on 07554 421544 or 023 8178 8299 PEST CONTROL Domestic, Commercial & Agricultural • WASPS • MOLES • RABBITS • RATS • BEES • MICE • SQUIRRELS • PIGEONS • INSECTS Local Friendly Family Run Business Fully Trained & Insured SOLENT SKIP HIRE LTD FOR ALL YOUR COMMERCIAL AND DOMESTIC WASTE MINI ~ MIDI ~ MAXI SKIPS ALSO CUBIC YARD BAGS OWN BAG COLLECTION AVAILABLE 023 8066 0123 01590 619700 • 01962 588288 Email: office@solentskiphire.co.uk The Blizzards of April 1908 by Robin Somes, Fawley and Blackfield Memories e spring of 1908 brought a series of freak weather events, not only to the Waterside area, but all across Britain, with the southern half of the country most severely a ected. ere are many accounts of that April’s weather, and luckily a few photos by renowned local photographer Edward Mudge to show us how our own area was hit. Snow is far from unknown in spring, but the amount that fell that year has never been recorded in April, before or since. e rst three months of 1908 were unexceptional; occasionally windy, but mostly dull and wet, with average temperatures. April looked like being much the same, but this changed abruptly on the 19th, Easter Sunday, when an area of very low pressure started to force polar air down over Britain. e rst wave passed within a day, but a series of others followed, each bringing stronger winds, hail and snow. ere followed a 4-day blizzard, from the 23rd to the 26th; parts of north Hampshire and Berkshire recorded 69 cm, or 27 inches, of snow. Southampton was hit by 37cm, or 14½ inches. As well as the heavy snowfall, night-time temperatures dropped below -12 °C in the north of England and Scotland. All of this, understandably, caused huge disruption across the country, particularly the south; in Southampton and Portsmouth, telegraph and telephone lines were down, roads, rail lines and tramways blocked, and shops and factories forced to close. On the a ernoon of 25th April, the cruiser HMS Gladiator was caught in a snow squall in the Solent, and was struck amidships by the American liner, SS Saint Paul. Badly damaged and beginning to sink, the captain of Gladiator attempted to run her ashore. However, she was caught broadside by the blizzard, turned over and sank just west of Yarmouth, with the loss of 28 lives. ough damaged, Saint Paul was able to return to Southampton. Elsewhere, many other ships were delayed from reaching port, diverted, or prevented from leaving, by the gales. By the 27th, much milder weather moved in, bringing a further problem – extensive ooding, as the snow melted. Fawley and Ashlett had received their fair share of snow, as Mudge’s rst photo shows. e following week, presumably aided by spring tides and low atmospheric pressure, the creek and marshes to the south were completely inundated. e winter certainly had a nasty sting in its tail. Ashlett in snow, by E.W. Mudge Floods at Ashlett, by E.W. Mudge Romsey & Waterside Lions Club recently donated £490 to Romsey Young Carers for them to purchase Snuddies to give to some members of their group. e hooded eece blankets, which come in several designs, will keep the youngsters warm as they snuggle down during the winter evenings. e Romsey Young Carers have 125 youngsters in their Romsey & Waterside Lions Donate Snuddies to Romsey Young Carers Lion Sandra Trowbridge presenting a cheque for £490 to Chris Hall and Charlotte Anthony of Romsey Young Carers group, and together with a party and games the gi s added an extra bit of festive fun.
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