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Mike 07554 007203 • Mgwebber44@gmail.com PolarPlastics PVC-U SPECIALIST IN: l WINDOWS l DOORS l CONSERVATORIES l FASCIAS l CLADDING l GUTTERING l GLASS UNITS l WINDOW REPAIRS l FENCING & GATES www.polarplastics.co.uk Email: sales@polarplastics.co.uk l Open 6 Days a Week l No Hard Sale Family Business l 10 Year Insurance Backed Guarantee Registered Company 10 HOLBURY PRECINCT, HOLBURY DROVE, HOLBURY TEL: (023) 8089 9611 New Forest Camera Club Celebrates 50th Anniversary Members of the New Forest Camera Club recently celebrated the golden anniversary of their foundation in April 1975. e Club was the brainchild of Stan Mould, then owner of a photography shop in Junction Road, Totton. Stan was keen to share his passion for photography with other enthusiasts and so, on 11th April, in the Function Room of the Haywain pub, the New Forest Camera Club began life. On the opening night, the club had just four members - Stan, and three of his customers, Geo Barter, Dave Watts and Nick Scott. From those humble beginnings membership grew steadily, fuelled by the quality of guidance and support on o er, regular model evenings and, possibly, the availability of the function room bar which they manned themselves! Stan and Nick were not only highly skilled and internationally accredited photographers; they were also excellent teachers, committed to helping members develop their skills and creativity as photographers. e Club has moved several times since those early days but for around twenty years has met at the Colbury Memorial Hall in Ashurst, where members gathered on ursday 10th April this year to celebrate the 50-year anniversary. Guest speaker on that occasion was the Club’s only surviving founder member, Nick Scott, who recalled his memories from the days of lm cameras, slide projectors, developing lm and printing images in the darkroom. The following weeks’ meetings brought the ‘Club Images of the Year’ competitions and the season culminated in the annual awards presentations, including: Mick Parmenter - Advanced Club Photographer of the Year for Colour Prints, Sue Sibley - Advanced Club Photographer of the Year for Mono Prints, Mick Parmenter - Advanced Club Photographer of the Year for Projected Digital Images, Phil Thomas - Primary Club Photographer of the Year for Colour Prints and Primary Club Photographer of the Year for Mono Prints, and Lynn Lambeth - Primary Club Photographer of the Year for Projected Digital Images. e Club season was rounded o with an exhibition of members’ photographs at the New Forest Heritage Centre in Lyndhurst. e exhibition, which was open throughout May, was viewed by several hundred visitors, attracted much interest and praise for the quality of work, and resulted in well over £1000 in sales. Meetings of the Club are held weekly on Thursday evenings from 7.30pm-10pm, from September through to the end of May at the Colbury Memorial Hall in Ashurst. ey have vacancies for new members, anyone interested in nding out more, please visit: www.newforestcameraclub. co.uk or email: newforestcc.secretary@ gmail.com ‘Lone grazer’ by Ferg Cowhig Halloween at Calshot Castle Need Volunteers from Calshot Castle Apologies for mentioning Halloween when the summer is not quite nished, but preparing Calshot Castle for a weeks “spooking” takes a little time and creativity. We are looking for a few volunteers to help transform the Castle into an appropriately decorated Castle to create a ghostly atmosphere for our Halloween Event days from Sunday 25th October - 2nd November. If you would like to volunteer to help please contact: calshot.ac@hants.gov. uk. We look forward to hearing from you. Calshot Castle is open to explore each day from 10am to 2pm until 31st August. Admission prices apply. Free to members of English Heritage. Please visit the website for further information. Calshot Castle is located on Calshot Spit and there are parking spaces outside the front of the Castle. e toilets and the café are located inside the Activities Centre Sutherland Hanger. Further information about the Halloween Event will be given in the next issue of e Herald.
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