Page 74 • The HERALD • 11th December 2025 v WE’VE BEEN YOUR LOCAL SINCE 1994 v Holbury Service Station MOT’S & SERVICING and Repairs to Cars and Vans TYRES FITTED WHILE YOU WAIT Budget and Branded Tyres held in stock Member of Good Garage Scheme Long Lane, Holbury SO45 2NZ Tel: 023 8089 3727 Web: www.holburyservicestation.com Email: holburyservicestation@hotmail.co.uk All Major Cards Accepted Our knowledgeable staff are on hand to keep your vehicle on the road in a safe manner • We offer all garage services including free collection and delivery from your home • We now offer Dpf cleaning - Injector cleaning - Turbo cleaning and Air intake cleaning to help your car run cleaner improving its performance and economy. • Good Garage Scheme – RMI – Trust my Garage Member MOT’s, TYRES, CLUTCHES, CAMBELTS, SERVICING, WELDING, DIAGNOSTICS, LASER-TRACKING. CARS, VANS UP TO 3.5T, MOTORHOMES UP TO 30’ 023 8001 0029 Badminston Lane, Fawley, SO45 1BX 023 8001 0029 Farmers Stage Tractor Display To Thank Care Home Residents For Food Bank Help Farmers displayed a trio of vintage tractors outside a Lymington dementia care home to thank residents and sta for their input to a food bank campaign. Colten Care’s Linden House has been collecting donations for the New Forest Basics Bank together with both the Lymington Community Association and Brockenhurst Young Farmers. Residents at the New Street home were greeted with the sight of the three tractors a er they were driven into the front car park in convoy. e aim was to share a visual representation of farming work and give the residents the opportunity to come outside and view them. Resident Dr Stephen Birch said: “I was most delighted. I own a tractor myself and was quite happy in the company of the young farmers talking about tractors and restoration.” e visit was organised in partnership with young farmers’ Secretary Izzy Bennett. She was joined by community association representatives and David da Cunha, a Trustee of the New Forest Basics Bank, who spoke to Linden House residents and sta about its work, thanking all for their “kind and generous donations”. Linden House Companionship Team Leader Sian Harris said: “As ever, our residents, families and colleagues are proud to forge such community links and do our bit to help local causes.” Tractors on display at Colten Care’s Linden House dementia care home during a visit by Brockenhurst Young Farmers and the Lymington Community Association AUSTIN A30/A35 OWNERS CLUB SOUTHAMPTON AND NEW FOREST (but most members do not have an A30/A35) e ursday morning meeting on 27th November was at Dobbies in Cadnam. Very convenient for the club members and their partners because of the opportunity to have an excellent breakfast, then carrying out some Christmas shopping, then have lunch - job done! e evening meeting on Thursday 11th December will be a Christmas Quiz Night, 7.15pm for a 7.30pm start, at Netley Marsh Community Hall, Woodlands Road, Netley Marsh, SO40 7GE. If you wish to visit, please make yourself known to Pete the Chairman, and bring a mug! e Club are having their Christmas lunch on Thursday 17th December at the Empress of Blanding’s. Credit: Tony G New Forest District Council Parking Clocks for 2026 are available to buy online from: www. newforest.gov.uk/parking or you can call: 023 8028 5000. You can also buy one in person from any of the NFDC information o ces during opening hours, Welcome Store and Post O ce on Brookley Road in Brockenhurst and St Barbes Museum on New Street in Lymington. Don’t Forget To Buy Your Parking Clock! HYTHE AND DISTRICT HISTORIANS Hythe and District Historians last talk for the year was given by Gordon Chambers, about the history of one Southampton’s prewar eatres. Prior to the war Southampton had a number of eatres described as “Variety”, a name that superseded the Music Hall. One such was the Palace eatre. e New Year programme starts on 8th January, 7.45pm in Hythe and Dibden Community Centre, with a talk by Marc Heighway entitled Wings over the Forest. For more information please contact Gordon Chambers on: 07377 801901.
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