Herald - Issue 415

Page 6 • The HERALD • 18th November 2021 v PART OF YOUR COMMUNITY FOR OVER 27 YEARS v Waterside Furnishings & Re-Upholstery 023 8020 7895 16 Marsh Parade, Hythe (Opposite Hythe Club) Est 2006 REPAIRS ANTIQUE, MODERN & MARINE REFURBISHED FURNITURE FOR SALE RE-UPHOLSTERY S H PLASTERING Contact Sam on 07896 830160 No Job is Too Small! Local • Reliable Service EXPERT DOMESTICS APPLIANCE SERVICES S ales and R epairs to A ll M akes and M odels 169-171 LONG LANE, HOLBURY • TEL (023) 8089 0054 POSSIBLY THE ONLY INDEPENDENT MAIN DEALER IN THE NEW FOREST For Bosch, Belling, Britannia, Candy, Ebac, Hotpoint, Hoover, Indesit, Ice King, LG, LEC, Liebherr, Miele, Neff, Sebo, Siemens, Stoves, Whirlpool, Zanussi and more... Free Standing & Built In Sales Centre Over 300 appliances in stock www.expertdomestics.co.uk SOLO CARS Available 24 hours, 365 days a year 023 8089 0244 023 8084 1951 FRIENDLY AND RELIABLE • Local and Any Distance • Airport & Cruise Transfers H 8 SEATER MINIBUS NOW AVAILABLE H All major credit cards accepted Estate/Saloon Cars Available H ESTABLISHED SINCE 1992 H TAXIS TAXIS Send your local news to The Editor, The Herald, 2 High Street, Hythe SO45 6AH or email editor@herald-publishing.co.uk In Loving Memory of Peter Allen 11th October 1949 – 7th October 2021 Well-known and popular retired local Estate Agent, Peter Allen, sadly passed away on 7th October 2021. Peter had been diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour in May and had spent the last 4 months in Brendon Care Home in Chandlers Ford. It was in March 2018 that Peter retired a er spending the past 36 years working in Hythe. He had joined Young & White in 1982 and over the years the company changed name to Cornerstone and then Bushnell Porter. When Peter took over the Hythe O ce in 2008 he had nally achieved something he had always wanted, his own o ce and his name over the door. For the next 10 years Peter was a popular and successful estate agent always nding time to listen and advise his clients. When the lease came up for renewal in 2018 Peter decided a er 10 years it was time to spend more time with the family and grandchildren. His sta , Sheila Stacey and Anita Smith also retired at the same time. A er retiring he spent some months at Anthony James in Dibden Purlieu on a part-time basis which he thoroughly enjoyed and he still had contact with many of his former clients. When COVID-19 made things client described him ‘one in a million’. Sheila and Anita said: “Peter was never ill and it was devastating news when he was diagnosed with the brain tumour in May and the prognosis was 3-6 months. He wasn’t just our boss he was our friend. A lovely person to work for, always made us smile and a great sense of humour. After retirement he had kept in touch with us both and we regularly met for coffee. We will miss him. On behalf of his family we would like to thank all those who have written such moving tributes to him. It has been a great comfort to know how much he was thought of in the Waterside Area.” Peter is survived by his wife Jill, and children Tim, Doug and Deborah and grandchildren Jake, Ted, Nina and Sam. e funeral took place at theWessex Vale Crematorium on Tuesday 2nd November 2021. A ‘True Gentleman’, Local Estate Agent, Peter Allen is remembered fondly by the community di cult he reluctantly had to self-isolate at home. Peter had a kind and friendly personality, always helpful and supportive to his clients. e tributes to him on the Hythe & Waterside Facebook page have been wonderful – he was a true gentleman and as one Preserved Steam on Mainline and Heritage Railways The Railway Club of the New Forest meet on Friday 26th November the venue to be con rmed. John Barrowdale will present scenes of “Preserved Steam on Mainline and Heritage Railways” from 1966 to 1986. He has been scanning his 35mm colour slides and cleaning up blemishes. ere will probably be far more heritage lines than main lines. is is just an ordinary enthusiast’s record, sometimes proving lucky with the right conditions. e very rst use of colour was a preserved loco which illustrates this talk. Visitors welcome. £4 on the door, arrive from 7pm, start at 7.30pm. Find them on: www. railwayclubo henewforest.org