Page 38 • The HERALD • 13th March 2025 v THE HERALD - ENCOURAGING LOCAL ENTERPRISE v OUT & ABOUT IT 4 ALL Hythe 2000’s IT 4 All group meets at St John’s Hall 1.30pm–3.30pm on Mondays, where their volunteers can help you with your personal electronic devices (laptops, tablets, smart phones) and o er help with various so ware, to get you started, or go along and test their skills with your IT issues. In addition to their regular personal support activities each week, they also have the following interest talks: Monday 17th March – An overview of the NHS App, Monday 28th April – Spreadsheet basics - nothing too hard! An introduction to using your favourite spreadsheet application and Monday 19th May – Printing address labels step by step, feel free to take along a few of your own addresses, they will also have some ctitious ones to practice with. Each session costs just £4 and an additional £1.50 for co ee/tea with a delicious piece of cake. For more information visit: www.hythe2000.org Body Through The Porthole New Forest/Waterside U3A meet on the first and third Tuesday of the month, 2pm at St Andrew’s in Dibden Purlieu. Tea and biscuits are available a er the talks, and the meetings end at approximately 3.30pm. eir next meeting is on Tuesday 18th March for a talk by Steve Herra titled ‘Body through the Porthole’. Followed on Tuesday 1st April for a talk by Jonathan Broom eld titled ‘World of Cheese’. New Forest and Waterside have many interest groups such as gardening, history, discussion, skittles and much more. ere is usually a luncheon once a month, twice a year at Brockenhurst College. Other activities have included a visit to Hilliers for the lights, Lepe House open garden, theatre trips, garden visits, local brewery visit, snowdrops at Welford, the Hawk Conservancy, Arundel Carpet of owers, the Waterside Heritage Centre, trips on Solent Dolphin, Winchester Christmas market and a Christmas lunch at South Lawns, Milford on Sea. Currently discussions are in progress about starting a Petong group, and a lunch has been organised at the Boathouse in Hythe. If you are interested in joining this friendly group, please go along to one of their meetings or contact the secretary: u3a.nfwsecretary@outlook. com TABLE TOP SALES Every 2 weeks on a Tuesday morning from 9.30am to 12noon there’s a great TABLE TOP SALE at Cornerstone Hythe URC in New Road. ere’s always a great selection of electrical items, jewellery, collectables, kitchenware, glassware, bags, toys, brica-brac, a great many jigsaw puzzles and an extensive library of paperback books, CDs and DVDs. Co ee, tea and biscuits are always available in the Foyer too. All proceeds go to the Cornerstone Building Repairs Fund. e next sale is on 18th March. HYTHE CINEMA e Hythe Cinema Moviola show lms in high de nition Blu-ray and stereo sound on a large screen at e Parish Hall, West Street, Hythe. eir next o ering is Freud’s Last Session on Tuesday 18th March, with two showings at 2.30pm and 7.30pm. Set on the eve of WWII psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud invites Professor C.S. Lewis to debate the existence of God, Freud’s unique relationship with his daughter, and Lewis’. Tickets are £6 and available in advance from Mockingjay in the High Street, or on the door on show days. Art AGM e New Forest Art Society’s next monthly meeting is on Wednesday 19th March for their AGM. New members are always welcome and visitors are invited to go along for a small entry fee (£5). Meetings are held in the Pine Room at Lyndhurst Community Centre from 2.15pm until 4.15pm from November to February. (7.30pm-9.30pm March to October). Details of the programme can be found on the Society’s website: www.newforestartsociety.weebly. com Tracks in the Mist Railway Correspondence and Travel Society (RCTS) and Mid Hants Railway, Solent Branch meetings are held in association with Mid Hants Railway – Southampton and Waterside Group. Meetings are held at the Eastleigh Railway Institute, Romsey Road Eastleigh SO50 9FE and commence at 7.30pm. e room, on the rst oor (sorry no disabled access), is usually open from 7pm. A bar is available for refreshments. eir next meeting is on Wednesday 19th March for a talk titled ‘Tracks in the Mist’. A donation of £3 is usual to help with the costs of the speaker and room hire. Non-members are very welcome at their meetings. Further details can be obtained from John Godfrey on: 07850 220009 or email: solent@rcts.org.uk
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