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Our franchised technicians remove grease, fat and burnt on carbon deposits in around three hours to an amazing standard... guaranteed. Our caustic free system offers a safe alternative to conventional methods. Hundreds of delighted clients every week use Ovenu... why not call today for a free quotation. We also clean hobs, hoods and microwaves to the same standards. Send your local news to The Editor, The Herald, 2 High Street, Hythe SO45 6AH or email editor@herald-publishing.co.uk MEMORY TREE FOR WATERSIDE CANCER SUPPORT CENTRE’S TENTH BIRTHDAY Wessex Cancer Trust is inviting local people to go along to The Grove Garden at its Waterside Cancer Support Centre on Saturday 31st October and add a ribbon to its memory tree to commemorate the centre’s tenth birthday. June Richens founded the centre 18 months a er losing her husband to a brain tumour. Determined that anyone living with cancer should have a local place to go to be listened to and cared for, she rallied the local community to create a haven which the Waterside area quickly took to its heart. She says : “My husband David was fit and strong, so it came as a total shock when he was diagnosed with a brain tumour and we were told it was terminal. While he was very ill in hospital I was able to speak to a Macmillan nurse about my feelings. It was both a relief and a release. But I didn’t want to keep going back to the clinical environment of the hospital and so made an appointment to see my GP to see if there was any local support I could access. When he told me there wasn’t, I couldn’t believe it. There had to be, and I knew I had to do something about it. I was at my lowest ebb and most vulnerable, but I knew that if I didn’t do something about it then, I never would. I started looking around for premises and formed a committee. The Councillors and team at Hythe and Dibden Parish Council found us two rooms at The Grove and, with its waterside location, we knew it was perfect. We started furiously fundraising and hosted a fashion show which raised £1400. Shortly afterwards we took part in a competition on Radio Solent and won the top prize. From there, things really took off and before long we had 15 befrienders and opened three days a week. We asked Southampton FC’s FA Cup-winning manager, Lawrie McMenemy to formally open the centre on 31st October 2010 and he later agreed to be our President. Of course, he knew a lot of people and that really helped to raise our profile. Since then, and thanks to a wonderful team and the support of a community which has taken the centre to its heart, we have evolved into a very special and much needed place. As we turn ten years old, I would like to give my heartfelt thanks to everyone who felt passionately that local people should have somewhere to go when they most need support and who helped to make it happen. Above all, I would like to thank our wonderful and dedicated team at the centre who understand how you feel and will be right by your side with the support you need regardless of age, gender or type of cancer. We had hoped to have a proper celebration on our tenth birthday, but our plans have been thwarted by COVID- 19. However, to mark the milestone we would like to invite local people to come along to the Grove Garden (just outside our centre) to tie a ribbon round a tree, perhaps with a message of support, your memories of the centre in the early days or in memory of someone. Although we can’t be together in person, we hope the ribbons will be a poignant remembrance of the togetherness of the Waterside community. ” If you would like to add a ribbon to the tree in the Grove Garden, please go along to e Grove, 25 St John’s Street, Hythe, SO45 6BZ, from 10am on Saturday 31st October . Social distancing will be in place, as well as strict hygiene measures relating to the ribbons and pens. For further information please email waterside@wessexcancer.org.uk Lawrie McMenemy opening Waterside Support Centre back in 2010 e NatWest Mobile Branch in Hythe is currently NOT operating due to COVID-19 restrictions. Customers are advised that the nearest branches are either; Romsey Road, Shirley open Monday to Friday 10am-4.30pm or Above Bar St, Southampton City Centre, open 9.30am-4.30pm Monday to Friday & 9.30am -3pm on Saturdays. Mobile Banking on Hold