20th November 2025 • The HERALD • Page 51 v SAY YOU SAW IT IN THE HERALD v OUT & ABOUT Waterside Repair Café If you have an item sitting at home, not working, take it along to the Waterside Repair Café on the last Saturday of each month. eir volunteers will do their best to repair it, and if they can’t they might know someone who can. If your item is beyond repair the team will tell you the best way to dispose of it. From clocks, household electricals to umbrellas, they have seen it all. Go on down and say hello and enjoy a cup of tea and a slice of cake whilst you wait. e Repair Café takes place on the last Saturday of each month from January to November at the Black eld Baptist Church Hall. ey take a short break in December and return in January. Doors open at 10.30am, with the last repair checked in at 1pm. Free parking is available on site. Follow the Waterside Repair Café Facebook page for regular updates. Tadburn Meadows Local Nature Reserve, located in Romsey (SU367214) will be holding a Non-Native removal event on Sunday 30th November, from 10am to 12noon at Tadburn Meadows. Meet at the entrance to the reserve at Eight Acres. Tadburn Meadows Local Nature Reserve is hidden amongst the houses and covers almost 12 acres and provides a home for a variety of Britain’s best loved wildlife and some nationally threatened species. e site boasts a variety of habitats, from a stream more characteristic of the New Forest to wet woodland and grassland. Tadburn Conservation Volunteers are a local group working on Tadburn Meadows Local Nature Reserve, Romsey. Contact: tadburn.meadows@gmail.com Non-Native Removal Event at Tadburn Meadows CHRISTMAS ENTERTAINMENT New Forest/Waterside U3A members meetings are held on the first and third Tuesdays of each month, at St Andrew’s Hall in Dibden Purlieu, starting at 2pm. Meetings nish at around 3.30pm, but everyone is invited to stay for tea and biscuits if they wish. ey regularly welcome between 90 and 100 people to their meetings. On Tuesday 2nd December, will be the last full meeting before Christmas, with entertainment from “Burnt Toast”, a popular local music group. No doubt there will be some toe tapping, and a bit of a singalong! A er this meeting will be a break until the New Year. e rst meeting back takes place on Tuesday 6th January with a talk from Bryan Hurst, about Fawley Men’s Shed. Special interest groups meet regularly, including skittles, embroidery, history, and gardening. ere are lunch dates, which are o en fully booked on the day they’re announced. ere is also a group that meets to play boules on alternate ursday a ernoons, at the Old Mill, Hardley, a delightful venue, with a very pretty garden. e table tennis group, which plays fortnightly at Gang Warily, is actively seeking more players. e history group meets every month, and for the next few sessions, they will be hearing about Kings and Queens, randomly chosen by individual members. Anyone who is interested in joining this friendly U3A group is welcome to go along to a meeting, or contact the secretary if they’d like to chat rst. Please email: u3a. nfwsecretary@outlook.com Family History Group A small group of passionate Family historians, who love helping those who are interested in tracing their family history meet on the first Tuesday of each month at 7.30pm in the back room at Soul Café, North Road, Dibden Purlieu, SO45 4PG. ey are a mixture of those who have been researching for years and those who are new to the fascinating world of family history. ere is so much more information now to be obtained online, not all of it being subscription based. If you are interested, please go along to one of their meetings. You will be made most welcome. If you would like more information email: colinjanhayter@gmail.com e next meeting will be on Tuesday 2nd December.
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