7th March 2024 • The HERALD • Page 37 v GET OUT & ABOUT WITH THE HERALD v OUT & ABOUT 07906 530054 Open Monday – Wednesday 10am – 4pm Open Saturdays from May to October OLD DAIRY WORKSHOPS West 4 Foxpond, Lymington SO41 8DU (Behind Foxpond car wash) COFFEE & CHAT Every Thursday 10am until 12noon ALL WELCOME Hampton Lane, Blackfield SO45 1XA Alton Second Hand Book, Map, Postcard and Ephemera Fair Sunday 24th March 10am - 4pm, £1 entry Alton Community Centre, GU34 1HN An excellent opportunity to buy with 1000s books, maps & ephemera for sale For more information email: Lsbookfairs@gmail.com or call Ed Bailey on 07967 643579 NEW FOREST MILITARIA FAIR Small Fair, run by Collecters for Collectors 1st Wednesday of every month, 6-9pm (Evenings Only) COLBURY CHURCH ROOMS, DEERLEAP LANE, COLBURY, NR. ASHURST, HANTS SO40 7EH £1 Entry • Tables £8 booked in advance Contact Dave on: 07903 600865 Email: dcurtis290@gmail.com or sue.curtis93@ntlworld.com Art in Totton Join Totton Art Society on Tuesday 12th March for an Art Extra Workshop, 2pm to 4pm, £3. For Adventurous Artists Sketching on Wednesday 20th March at 2pm, their AGM on Wednesday 27th March, 7.30pm and on Wednesday 17th April for an Art Extra Workshop, 2pm to 4pm, £3. Looking ahead on 24th April the fantastic Jamel Akib (www. jamelakib.com) will give a demonstration not to be missed and sure to inspire. Both animals and people conveyed in a beautiful expressive way. All evening meetings are held at the ree Score Club (SO40 3RS) at 7.30pm to 9.30pm. Tea and co ee with a biscuit are available. Visitors are welcome to go along on the night for a small fee of £4pp. Tuesday Art Workshops take place at Calmore Community Centre, Calmore Drive, Calmore, Southampton SO40 2ZU for members only £3 per session. Places are booked with Workshops Manager Claire Palmer, take your own materials and work with you, for informal advice and chat. For more details of all the activities visit: www. tottonartsociety.org Running alongside the eggy Easter fun (and throughout the school holidays) will be a full schedule of animal activities each day, including bottle-feeding the kid goats and calves, and hand-feeding the ducks. Children (and adults too!) are encouraged to collect real eggs newly laid by the chickens at the farm and, of course, hold u y yellow chicks and cuddle baby animals in the Animal Encounter Barn. ere are lots more friendly farm animals to see too. ere’s plenty of playtime fun to keep the visiting children amused in the all-inclusive outdoor play area, which includes a wheelchair swing. e go-karts, trampolines, crazy golf*, and many other brilliant play areas are perfect for letting o steam. Visitors can put their feet up while the children play in the Piglets Play Barn, and then nd the tractor ride where the whole family can enjoy a brilliantly bumpy experience! (Ground conditions permitting). e Farm is perfect for a superb family day out at any time of the year, but especially in the spring. To top o the day, a visit to the Longdown Farm Shop is a must with its large range of delicious THE QE2 STORY Southampton Branch of the World Ship Society meet at St James Methodist Church, Shirley, 7.30pm to 9.30pm on the second Tuesday of the month. e meetings take place in Room 7; enter the church building from the car park at the back, go up the stairs, then turn right and Room 7 is at the end of the corridor. eir next meeting is on Tuesday 12th March for a talk titled ‘ e QE2 Story’ by Steve Herra. Anyone with a shipping interest is welcome to attend. More details visit: ww.sotonwss.org.uk EASTER FUN AT THE FARM What better place to celebrate Easter than at Longdown Activity Farm where the visitors will be surrounded by chicks and Easter bunnies? Who will nd the platinum egg this year! e popular Longdown Golden Egg Hunt is back with nineteen golden eggs to nd every day, PLUS one very special platinum egg! ere are no clues, and they are VERY hard to nd. ere will be a prize for those who are fortunate enough to nd a golden egg, and an eggstra special prize awarded to the person who nds the platinum egg! e Great Big Golden Egg Hunt will be on o er from Friday 29th March through to Monday 1st April only (no extra charge to enter). ey meet on the 2nd Thursday of each month at St Andrew’s Centre, Dibden Purlieu from 2pm to 4pm. Everyone is very welcome. Go along and enjoy interesting talks, and a friendly chat with a cuppa and biscuit. For more information contact Yvonne Mulvenney on: 023 8084 4768 or email: yvonne@ mulvenney.plus.com Hythe Townswomen’s Knit and Natter is once a month on a Monday afternoon, making things for charity. Skittles every month on a Friday morning at e Ship Inn at Redbridge. ey will hold their next meeting on Thursday 14th March for their AGM. Hythe Townswomen’s AGM locally sourced produce including seasonal springtime goodies and Easter treats. *extra charge Will you be lucky enough to find the platinum egg?
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