Herald - Issue 409

v SAY YOU SAW IT IN THE HERALD v 15th July 2021 • The HERALD • Page 5 DECORATOR INTERIOR & EXTERIOR PAINTING General Small Maintenance Works Reliable, Prompt with a High Standard of Work Fully Insured • Free Estimates NICK CROUCHER 023 8084 8154 or 07594 582194 MP Guttering & Roofing Services • Fascias, Guttering, Soffits, Cladding and much more PVCu work • All roof repairs, gutters, flat roofs, chimney repairs • Moss removal 15% Discount for OAP’s Established 30 years 07730 377114 023 8087 9135 mpgutteringservices@outlook.com POSTP ONED UNTIL 2022 D See www.parkproms.com f or details m Community celebrate local Veteran Friends and family gathered on Hythe Promenade on Sunday 6th June, as part of the special birthday surprise for Hythe resident and WWII Veteran, Marion Loveland, who turned 100. e special tribute and birthday celebration included a lineup of six US WWII jeeps and ten living history re- enactors from Supporters of Veterans Dorset and Veterans Isle of Wight, and two bagpipers, Senior Drum Major Iona Scotson and Pipe Major Owen Carter, from Gordon’s School in Woking, who led the gathering in a rousing rendition of Happy Birthday. Marion also received birthday greetings fromDr Julian Lewis MP and Hythe & Dibden Parish Chairman Philip Dowd, as well as from other close friends from the village and those who had travelled from further a eld. A er all the singing and cheering everyone enjoyed a birthday bu et and cake at the Lord Nelson pub. en serving in the WRNS Marion was just 21 on D-Day 6th June 1944. She has remained passionate about keeping alive the memory of all the brave Allied servicemen and women who fought for our freedom. Marion has usually spent her birthdays busy organising D-Day commemorations at Exbury as the previous Chair of the Exbury Veterans Association (EVA) and has plans to travel to the Normandy D-Day commemorations next year for her 101st birthday. Marion with John Leete (front) flanked by Dr Julian Lewis MP (far left) and the living history re-enactors (Photo credit: Javaid Akhtar) ank you to everyone who went along and especially New Forest at War author John Leete and current Chair of EVA Sheila Wise, both close friends of Marion, who organised and managed this special birthday celebration. e Guide Dogs would like to say a well-deserved ‘thank you’ to everyone for saving and bringing all your old stamps into the Herald o ce in Hythe. e last collection raised the wonderful sum of £125 for the charity. Relying solely on donations it costs Guide Dogs approximately £50,000 to support a dog from birth through to retirement – so your generosity is very much appreciated. A special shout out must also go out to Tony Pond, ‘ e Stamp Man’, who meticulously sorts through and organises all the stamps ready to sell. For more information on Guide Dogs please visit: www. guidedogs.org.uk Turn your old Stamps into Cash