GUTTERS CLEANED AND REPAIRED • FASCIAS • SOFFITS • GUTTERING • ROOF CLEANING • CONSERVATORIES • ROOFS • GUTTER REPAIRS 14th November 2024 • The HERALD • Page 35 v SAY YOU SAW IT IN THE HERALD v PW Bathroom Installations Call 07778 345 124 Email: petewilliams21@hotmail.co.uk Design, Supply & Fit High Quality Bathrooms in Southampton and surrounding areas Over 20 years experience Fully Insured - Free Quotation For more pictures of our work visit: @pw_bathroom_installations PW Bathroom Installations HOW CALSHOT WELCOMED ‘THE FORGOTTEN PEOPLE FROM THE LONELIEST ISLAND IN THE WORLD’ Hythe 2000 Christmas Tree Festival From 30th November to 10th December, you will be able to step into a forest of Christmas trees in St John’s Church, New Road, Hythe. Hythe 2000 Charitable Trust is thrilled that its annual Christmas Tree Festival returns, local organisations have been invited to embrace the spirit of giving and sponsor their very own Christmas tree in the church. As well as being able to check out the trees, which have been decorated by residents, families, schools, businesses, groups and organisations, visitors can also see the Church’s very own Remembrance Tree. “This Festival is enjoyed by all ages, starting with the ‘wow’ factor when entering the church with all the lights on,” said a church spokeswoman. “We are sure that our tree decorators will come up with equally imaginative titles and varied displays as in past years.” During the event refreshments will be available, an all-age scavenger hunt as well as competitions to take part in such as a draw for a hamper, Christmas cake, sweet hamper, Christmas blanket and nativity set. Visitors can vote for their favourite tree designs. roughout the Festival, visitors can bid for a tree or wreath using the silent auction form. At the end of the festival the winning bid will be noti ed, and the trees and wreaths can be collected from 11th December. If you would like to donate a tree or wreath, please contact: hythe2000@gmail.com or call 07946 423260. Hundreds of Children Enjoy Hythe Pier’s Spooky Train Hundreds of children rode the Spooky Hythe Pier Train as part of Hythe Alive’s Halloween Treat Trail. Its carriages that usually convey passengers to the ferry boats at the end of the pier were festooned with cobwebs and inhabited by ghosts, ghouls and giant spiders. e new station and platform was also decorated for the occasion. e usual friendly drivers were nowhere to be seen as a gruesome end took command of the train. e ferry operator o ered free rides on the train, its sta in eerie costumes seeing all went smoothly whilst Hythe Pier Heritage Association donated the treats for the excited youngsters. Spooky Hythe Pier Train leaving Hampshire. A farewell service was held at St. George’s Chapel in Calshot, followed by a party arranged by the New Forest Women’s Voluntary Services (WVS). By November 1963, most of the world’s most isolated community had le Southampton and returned to their volcanoravaged island, rejecting the lifestyle of England’s Swinging Sixties. Continued from page 34 Three Tristan young women met their future husbands in England and were to remain in the UK, (Left to right) Mike Brown, Violet Repetto, Johnny King, Jennifer Rogers, Brian Cardy, Nola Swain (Photo: Violet Brown) However, some did remain, and their descendants live in Hampshire to this day. If you are interested in learning more about the Tristan da Cunha evacuee story, e Herald O ce sells the book of their story, “Nothing Can Stop Us Now”.
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