Herald - Issue 413

7th October 2021 • The HERALD • Page 31 v SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL BUSINESSES v HANNAH’S ELECTRICS Your Local Female Electrician NEED AN ELECTRICIAN? From simple upgrades to complete house re-wiring - and everything in-between, Hannah’s Electrics is the perfect choice. A trusted tradeswoman with sensible rates covering Southampton, New Forest & Waterside areas CONTACT HANNAH 07585 778136 W: www.hannahs-electrics.co.uk • E: hannahelectrics@gmail.com Like us on Facebook FLAT ROOFING SPECIALISTS All Roof Repairs Tel: 023 8184 5632 Mobile: 07880 508415 Email: steve@braithwaiteroo ng.co.uk THE FLAT ROOF SPECIALIST HANDY HANDS HANDYMAN S E RV I C E S Your Local Handyman For ALL Your Small Jobs • Gutter Clearance & Clearing • PVCu Fascias, Gutters, Soffits & Conservatory Cleaning • Pressure Cleaning of Paths & Patios •Window Cleaning • Interior & Exterior Painting • Grass Cutting, Strimming • Hedge Trimming • Shed Re-treated/ Roofs Re-felted • Flat Pack Assembly Fully Insured Free Estimates Work Guaranteed References on Request T: 023 8084 0096 M: 07840 860202 It’s Frightfully Fun at the Farm This Autumn Half-Term Go along to Longdown Activity Farm for a frightfully fun time on the run-up to Hallowe’en; there’ll be lots of spooky stuff to see and do. Enter the Haunted Barn at your peril from Saturday 23rd October through to Sunday 31st October 2021 . Look out for the grimacing ghouls, scary skeletons, and wicked witches who dwell among the cobweb-strewn haybales and blackened timbers of the dreaded Haunted Barn. Keep your eyes peeled and join in with the Pumpkin Quest. Ten rogue pumpkins have escaped from the Pumpkin Patch! Children will enjoy spotting the mischievous orange faces around the farm as they discover each naughty pumpkin in unexpected places. No prizes, just spookily good fun. Meet a real-life barn owl with e Creature Teachers who will be in the Haunted Barn along with some creeeepy creatures like spiders, millipedes and children’s entertainer, Crazy M will be ready to calm everybody’s nerves in the Haunted Barn with her goofy gags and side-splitting mini shows (check website for dates). A er all the scary stu , calm down with their friendly farm animals. Join in when you want to with a full schedule of farm activities lasting all day, which includes bottle-feeding kid goats and calves, small animal handling in the Animal Encounter Barn, and feeding the ducks. Capped daily numbers and Covid-secure controls will be observed. Longdown Activity Farm and the Farm Shop will be open daily, as usual, for the whole of half-term. There is no extra charge for the Hallowe’en event. ENTRY BY ONLINE PRE-BOOKING ONLY. Visit: www.longdownfarm.co.uk or call: 023 8029 2837. So much to see at Longdown Activity Farm this half-term cockroaches on Sunday 31st October . If you have very young children (or nervous adults!), the zany SHOEBOX TIME It’s that time of year again when Hythe & Waterside Rotary are collecting for the Shoebox Scheme to provide disadvantaged children in Albania, Montenegro, Moldova and Romania to receive a gi of toys, books and toiletries at Christmas time. International Customs require items which must be for education, health and hygiene purposes. Lea ets explaining the requirements, e.g. what contents to choose from, what size of box to use and who to contact to have the boxes collected, are available from the Herald o ce in Hythe. Closing date for donations is 25th October 2021 . Donors are asked to sellotape a £1 donation towards transport and administration costs to the top of their boxes. Giving gift boxes in Romania Hythe Pier Locos Star on Forces TV News Hythe Pier’s iconic 99 years old railway were featured on a Forces Television News Bulletin at the beginning of September. Presenter Tim Cooper told of the “Dark Past” of the tractor units built in 1917 to convey materials of war in an Avonmouth munitions factory that manufactured mustard gas, a chemical weapon. Local ferry historian and author Alan Titheridge was interviewed and told how they came to be in Hythe. e then owner of both the ferry and the pier, Mr omas Percy, found them in a catalogue of surplus materials issued by the War O ce a er the ending of WWI. By July 1922, with the expert assistance of engineer Gerald Yorke, ferry passengers for the price of one penny no longer had to walk the 700 yards along the pier to catch the ferry to Southampton. Tim Cooper told later in the four minutes feature that during the mid-1930s that Gerald Yorke was recommending withdrawing the tractors and scrapping them in favour of railcars as they had a limited time le . Eighty years later they are still an integral part of life in Hythe. Driver Ken Crosby was also interviewed, sitting in a cab explaining the controls and telling how much a pleasure is his job, the tractor’s eccentricities and quirkiness making it all the more so. Forces Television broadcasts to the UK’s armed forces across the globe and can be found on Sky channel 181 and Freeview 96. Songs-4-U are a local choir who meet up everyThursday at Hythe Community Centre, from 2pm until 4pm. If anyone is interested in joining, go along and join this friendly choir. ey would love to have more men join them, of course new ladies are always welcome, no experience required. Give Anne a call to make your booking on the number below, they will go along and entertain large and small groups. For more information ring: 023 8020 7207 or: 07979 242886. Go on give it a try! NEIGHBOUR OF THE YEAR AWARDS by Neighbourhood Watch celebrate the nation’s most outstanding community, and the lengths they’ve gone to, to support others and make a di erence. e ‘community’ can either be in person or virtual (such as over Teams, Facebook or WhatsApp). Visit: www.ourwatch.org.uk/noty.co.uk to nd out how to nominate your Neighbour of the Year , Young Neighbour of the Year (for people aged 21 years and under) or Community of the Year , and to nd out more about these very special awards. Don’t delay; nominations are only open until 26th October. Has your neighbour or community gone above and beyond this year? Do you know a young person who has been particularly neighbourly? Show them you’ve noticed by nominating them! People across the UK are being invited to take part in our annual hunt for the UK’s ‘NEIGHBOUR OF THE YEAR’ – a nationwide search undertaken in partnership with our friends at Co-op Insurance. Now in its fourth year, 2021 sees the introduction of a new category: Community of the Year . is award will Afternooners Bridge Club eWednesday ‘A ernooners’ Bridge Club would welcome new members. ey are a small friendly club meeting in the Hythe & Dibden Community Centre, Brinton Lane, Hythe on Wednesdays 1pm until 4pm. Some knowledge of bridge would be necessary. If you are interested in a friendly social bridge game please call Ann on: 023 8084 7455 or Jan on: 023 8084 5744 for more details. SONGS-4-U