Page 20 • The HERALD • 4th January 2024 v SAY YOU SAW IT IN THE HERALD v PJ-T DOUBLE GLAZING REPAIRS • Misted Units • Locks • Handles • Hinges • Door Adjustments/Repair • Cat Flaps Paul Jackson-Turner 07708 620910 pjtrepairs65@yahoo.com uPVC & Aluminium Free Quotes Fully Insured HOUSE CLEARANCE From single item to whole house Covering the Waterside, New Forest, Totton, Southampton and surrounding areas. www.bowlerandsons.co.uk Tel: 07717 125426 Waste Carriers licence held Free no obligation quote Drummond Arms were kept occupied during this period, particularly during the Southampton Blitz of 1940 to 1941. Some of the more serious incidents the remen were called out to include a bombing raid on Cracknore Hard when an ammunition store blew up, and to Dibden’s All Saints Church, believed to be the rst church in the country to be bombed. A downturn in the fortunes of e Drummond Arms appears to have started in the post-war period. Historian Graham Parkes wrote that the hotel’s “days were numbered… its design did not meet modern requirements for hotels and pubs, which led inevitably to its decline”. However, many great memories continued to be made there as it developed a reputation as a lively venue for many decades. At the rear of the hotel was a jazz and folk club named ‘ e Black Seagull’. leaving with his murderer, David Nye. In 1970 the hotel was burgled by a Holbury man who was caught in the act by the landlord. He’d found the burglar in his mother’s bedroom and challenged him. e burglar threatened to harm the elderly woman, saying “I will do her if you don’t let me out”. He managed to escape without harming her, but was arrested, charged, and jailed for eighteen months. During the late eighties and early nineties there appears to be occasional episodes of violence in the venue, with several news reports of court appearances relating to ghts and bottlings. In the middle of the decade the local press reported how the premises still gave police cause for concern. In 1997 the landlord was attacked by a customer resulting in a court case. However, most local people who frequented the pub only have fond memories to share of the character (and characters) of the premises during those last few years. ese were to be the nal chapters in the pub’s history. In the year 2000, e Drummond Arms closed its doors as a drinking establishment for the last time, thus ending a three hundred and y year old tradition of people drinking in the various pubs that had been built on that same plot of land opposite Hythe Pier. With thanks to Alan Titheridge for validating dates regarding the pier, and the late Graham Parkes whose initial research helped with aspects of this article and initiated my further research. History of The Drummond Arms Continued from page 19 Incidents of note during the second half of the 20th century include the murder of Sidney Hand, a Lymington hotelier. He was found lying dead in a pool of blood in an old air raid shelter that had been converted into a public toilet on Shore Road. Earlier that evening he’d been drinking in e Drummond Arms before Viewfinders of Romsey Camera Club Nature Trophies Terry Jamieson’s photograph ‘Demoiselle’ was the image chosen by the judge, Amanda Miller, as the winner of the print category at View nders of Romsey Camera Club’s annual Nature Trophies evening Demoiselle by Terry Jamieson – winner of print category Left to Right: Julie Cousens and Judge Amanda Miller Gannet in Foliage by Julie Cousens – winner of projected image category recently. Amanda loved the shades of green. Two more prints by Terry, ‘Wagtail Landing’ and ‘Bluebells’ also received Seals of Merit. Peter Finch took silver with ‘Heading for Extinction’, plus a Seal of Merit for ‘Topi in the Masai Mara’. Margaret Cooper took bronze with ‘European Bee Eater’ plus a Seal of Merit for ‘Harvest Mouse’. Another Seal was awarded to Louise Sampson for ‘Brotherly Love’. ‘Gannet in Foliage’ by Julie Cousens took gold in the projected image category. Amanda described it as a ‘beautiful portrait’. Julie also received a Seal of Merit for ‘Herring Gull with Nesting Material’. Silver went to Brian Whittaker for ‘Adelie Playtime’ and bronze went to Jackie Ridout for ‘ e Fight’. Jackie also received a Seals for ‘Sealed with Love’. Further Seals of Merit were awarded to Lynn Lambeth CPAGB, APAGB for ‘Little Owl in Tree’, Andy Louch for ‘Re ections of Autumn’ and Carolyn for ‘Arctic Tundra Polar Bear’. View nders meets most Tuesdays at the Jubilee Hall, New Road, Timsbury and the new season, with a variety of activities, is well underway. New members, regardless of photographic experience, are always welcome. For more information, visit the club’s website: www. view nderscameraclub.org.uk or email: secretary@view nderscc.org.uk Go Along to Lyndhurst Community Centre on Sunday 7th January, 10am to 4pm for Lady Cynthia’s Flea Market. There will be teddy bears, haberdashery, antiques, bric-abrac, media, DVD’s, jugs, mugs and much more! Entry is free. Enquiries please call: 023 8070 5060. Lady Cynthia’s Flea Market
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