Page 28 • The HERALD • 18th September 2025 v BRINGING THE GOOD NEWS TO YOU SINCE 1994 v WILLIS DECORATING & JOINERY SERVICES Est Since 1986 Interior & Exterior Painting & Decorating Wallpaper Hanging Hand-painted Kitchens & Spray Finishes Wardrobes, Bookcases, Radiator Covers Call David on 023 8084 9800 or 07946 048261 E: david.willis24@btinternet.com All aspects of Plastering & General Decorating Covered Free Quotations Fully Insured Mobile 07941 255335 Phone: 023 8089 8324 parkesij@yahoo.co.uk www.ijs4plastering.co.uk ELECTRICIAN/HANDYMAN FULLY QUALIFIED ELECTRICIAN (30YRS EXPERIENCE) • Mains Upgrades • Testing • Extra/Replacement Points/Lights • Outside Lighting • Sockets • Ponds • BT/TV Points • Ethernet Points • CCTV • Fire/Intruder Alarms • Basic Plumbing Repairs • Outside Taps • Showers • Heating Problems • Blinds/Poles Fixed • Flatpacks • Loft Work Boarding, Tidying etc ALL OTHER DOMESTIC WORK CONSIDERED Call Mick on 07738 166453 or email: michaelshelley80@googlemail.com Celebrating Life’s Next Chapter At Our Luxury Care Homes In Hampshire from Hamberley Care As autumn paints the trees in shades of amber and the air grows crisp, we are reminded of the beauty in change. For many older people and their families, this season of re ection and renewal can also be the perfect moment to consider what a new chapter might look like. Situated across Hampshire, two luxury care homes – Templeton Place in Nursling, Southampton, and Alston House in Eastleigh – are welcoming residents into that very next chapter. More than places of care, they are communities designed around comfort, connection, and the little details that make life both safe and joyful. e decision to move into a care home is never easy, but autumn o ers a natural time to take that step. Settling in before winter brings practical reassurance: no worries about slippery pavements, long dark evenings, or loneliness. Instead, residents enjoy the warmth of a secure home and the companionship of a closeknit community Inside both homes, the atmosphere feels more like a boutique hotel than a traditional care setting. Elegant lounges invite conversation over co ee, whilst a café, salon, cinema, and private dining room add touches of everyday luxury. Freshly prepared meals celebrate seasonal avours – from hearty soups to spiced bakes and comforting traditional dishes. Life here is vibrant. Residents can take part in art classes, music evenings, or gentle exercise, with activities tailored to all interests and abilities. Outdoors, autumn walks bring the joy of changing leaves; indoors, the season is marked with pumpkin decorating, cinnamon bakes, and festive gatherings. Above all, what shines through is community. With care and support always on hand, residents are free to live well – whether by discovering new hobbies, cherishing old ones, or simply enjoying the rhythm of daily life. Families, too, nd peace of mind knowing their loved ones are safe, ful lled, and surrounded by kindness. is autumn, embrace the chance to begin a brighter chapter. Search Hamberley Care to nd out more or arrange your private tour. Escaping the theme of tragedy for a while, we should look again at the local news, this time from the early 1800s. On 13th September 1802, the Hampshire Chronicle observed: “Last week Mrs. Withers, wife of a labouring man at Dibden, in the parish of Fawley, was safely delivered of three children, two boys and a girl. The children are very healthy and likely to live”. e parents were Peter and Hannah Withers; two children, Joseph and Mary, were baptised 2 weeks later, though there’s no record of the third. In 1806, we rst meet the Reverend omas de Grey, Rector of Fawley – whose life we’ll probably explore further one day: “The Bishop of Winchester has presented the Hon. and Rev. Thomas De Grey, second son of Lord Walsingham, to the valuable Living of Fawley, Hants, vacant by the death of the Rev. H. Drummond”. In October 1808 the Salisbury and Winchester Journal reported a thrilling horse race: “On Saturday the 22nd, the inhabitants of Fawley were highly gratified with a horse race, between Mr. Trattle’s famous horse ‘Arabian’ and Mr. Covey’s blood mare. It was a twomile heat, from the directing-post at Newtown, to Little Butts Ash. Mr. Scorey, a renowned jockey, rode Arabian, and the blood mare was rode by Mr. Covey’s sprightly groom. At starting, and indeed for a third part of the way, the mare had the advantage; but afterwards, by a masterly manoeuvre of Mr. Scorey, the horse took the lead, and arrived first at the winning-post. As it was a fine day, the assemblage of people was numerous. The mare was the favourite, and disappointed the expectations of many who came for the purpose of reaping a golden harvest”. Finally, in November 1809, the same paper described the celebrations for George III’s 50th Jubilee – though as popular as the King was, he was increasingly ill, both physically and mentally, so may not have appreciated them: “We have to notice amongst the celebrations of the Jubilee on the 25th of October, the donation of Andrew Berkeley Drummond, Esq. of a fat Ox (above forty score weight) to the poor of the parish in Fawley, Hants, which was roasted whole on an eligible spot on Ash Down, near the parish. It was spitted and put down to roast the preceding evening, and kept before the fire till two o’clock in the afternoon of the 25th, when it was cut out and divided among the poor, at tables erected on the down for the purpose, and who were at the same time supplied with 100 gallon loaves, and regaled with six hogsheads of good strong beer, by a subscription from the gentlemen of the neighbourhood. The whole did credit to the conductor, and the day passed off much to the satisfaction of the donors, and to the comfort of the poor, who concluded by singing ‘God save the King’ in chorus, and retired with gratitude and thankfulness”. A Miscellany Of Fawley News by Robin Somes, Fawley and Blackfield Memories
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