Page 10 • The HERALD • 12th September 2024 v F @heraldpublishing v All joinery and carpentry requirements undertaken • Bespoke wooden windows, doors and staircases • PVCu windows and doors fitted • Decking, pergolas and out buildings • Custom made wardrobes and cupboards • Fencing and gates Contact us for advice and quotes Tel 023 8066 8021• Mobile 07467 594993 fillisjoinery@outlook.com Professional quality joinery for over 25 years All aspects of Carpentry, Joinery, Building and Painting. Specialist area is bespoke built-in wardrobes, cupboards, dressers and shelving units. 07948 415982 www.lpcarpentryandjoinery.co.uk @lpcarpentryandjoinery2009 Call Richard on 07554 421544 or 023 8178 8299 PEST CONTROL All aspects of control and treatment undertaken including: Rodents, Insects, Moles, Wasps, Birds and Property Proofing Licensed waste removal of all types of waste Local Friendly Family Run Business • Fully Trained & Insured Send your local news to The Editor, The Herald, 2 High Street, Hythe SO45 6AH Hythe Pier Locomotive Hythe Pier’s narrow-gauge railway has been operated exclusively by Brush tractor unit 16307 for the past two years. Its other surviving tractor unit, the oldest surviving such locomotive Brush 16302, has been completely stripped back and is now nearing completion of its renovation, using as many of the original components and as much of the original bodywork as possible. e work has been nanced by Hythe Pier Heritage Association (HPHA) and carried out by volunteers from the Shed (at the Pier) and ferry company engineers. HPHA own the tractors and carriages, leasing the rolling stock to the Hythe and Southampton Ferry Company. 16302 was built in early 1917 for use at a munitions factory in Avonmouth. Just a er the First World War, it was o ered for sale, with others of its type, in a War O ce redundant plant catalogue. en owner of the Hythe Pier and Ferry, omas Percy bought three tractor units for £787.50, bringing them to Hythe with a view to operating a tramway on Hythe’s 2100 feet long Victorian pier. Brush units 16302 and 16307 have operated continuously from July 1922 to this day, the third, Brush 16304 was broken up for spares in 1935. 16307 bears the name, ‘Gerald Yorke’, in honour of the railway engineer who oversaw the laying down of the track and introduction of the tramway. Mr Yorke recommended in 1935 that the tractor units be broken up and replaced by something more modern, but nancial constraints imposed upon Mr Percy by his order for two new ferry boats (Hotspurs II and III) stopped any modernisation. 16302 was named ‘Edward Fort’ prior to Hythe Pier Heritage Association’s Heritage Day on 24th August, in honour of Edward Fort MBE, the present chairman and founder of the Beaulieu Beaufort Foundation. A naming ceremony was performed by Mrs Jo Shields, daughter of Mr Edward Fort. Introducing the special guests for the occasion, HPHA chairman Anthony Smith said: “I am very pleased to welcome to Hythe Pier our special guests, Lord Montagu of Beaulieu and Mr. Robert Gaynor trustees of the Beaulieu Beaufort Foundation and Mrs Jo Shields and family. HPHA chairman Anthony Smith with Mrs Jo Shields (Photo: Alan Titheridge) As part of the Waterside Arts Festival, on Friday 13th September Lepe Country Park are holding free art sessions centred around the theme of ‘Routes’. Join resident artist Mandy for a free art session in the classroom to create your own mixed media artwork using acrylics, stamps, stencils and photo transfers. Boards, some acrylics and stencils are provided. Please take along your own laser jet photocopies in black and white of family photos, maps and letter.* is is a free event, usual parking charges apply. Booking is essential with limited spaces per timeslot; sessions are running at 10am, 11am, 1pm and 2pm. *Please contact Lepe staff for guidance on the prints needed for this session. For more information, or to book a space, please email: lepe.enquiries@ hants.gov.uk or call: 023 8089 9108. CREATIVE ROOTS Continued on page 11
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