Herald - Issue 419

Page 66 • The HERALD • 17th February 2022 v INDEPENDENT, LOCAL AND PROUD v 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 BLACKFIELD GARAGE SERVICES LTD Tel: (023) 8089 3146 M.O.T.’s AND SERVICING, ACCIDENT REPAIRS, INSURANCE AND PRIVATE WORK FREE ESTIMATES EXHAUSTS AND BATTERIES ETC All makes and models of vehicle Courtesy cars available Members of the Retail Motor Industry Federation B lackfield C rossroads , B lackfield RAILWAY HISTORY WITH LORD MONTAGU AND ‘PETROLIANA’ FOR BEAULIEU SPRING LECTURES Join Lord Montagu on Saturday 19th February as he explores the history of his local railway with a special presentation and lm show, for the rst National Motor Museum Trust lecture of the 2022 season. en for the lecture on Saturday 23rd April , guest speaker Alan Chandler will be discussing the fascinating world of Petroliana collectables. e Totton to Fawley railway will be the focus of Lord Montagu’s presentation, as he is joined by railway historian and lmmaker Nick Lera to present a history of the branch line. Together, they will share lm and photographs from their own collections, giving the audience a fascinating insight into this largely uncelebrated part of the British Railway network. A life-long railway enthusiast, Lord Montagu’s ancestral home of Beaulieu is just a stone’s throw from the Totton to Fawley branch line. e lm show will start with the building of the line in the 1920s, before charting its heyday handling oil tra c for the Fawley Esso re nery, through to the nal oil-carrying trains of 2016. Today, part of the railway line is still in use, serving the military port at Marchwood. Visit: www. nationalmotormuseum.org.uk/railway- lm-show for more details on the event. If you’re wondering what ‘Petroliana’ is, then book travelled the world to add almost 4,000 items to his collection, he has learned a great deal about the subject, writing ve books and building a website in the process. Head to: www.nationalmotormuseum.org . uk/the-petroliana-experience-with-alan-chandler for further details. Both talks will take place from 7.30pm until 10pm in the Lecture eatre of the National Motor Museum’s Collections Centre. Tickets are £10 (or £7.50 for Friends of the National Motor Museum Trust) which are available from Theresa Browning by emailing: friends@beaulieu.co.uk or calling: 01590 614792. All pro ts help support the National Motor Museum Trust, with more lectures, covering a variety of fascinating transport-related subjects, to be announced in due course. For more information about membership of the Friends of the National Motor Museum Trust see: www.nationalmotormuseum.org.uk/the_friends your tickets for The Petroliana Experience with Alan Chandler. An expert guide to the world of vintage petrol pumps, period garage equipment, enamel signs, advertising artwork and other sought-a er collectables, Life-long railway enthusiast Lord Montagu of Beaulieu Alan will talk about collecting items from the golden age of motoring. Alan became involved in this remarkable hobby when he wanted to simply add a bit of decoration to his garage. Now, having Bouncing Back to Full Capacity, a Local Festival with lots of Variety Totton gears up for its 43rd Festival of Drama which promises to be the best one yet so go along and enjoy ve nights of excellent community theatre 14 entries from amdram groups from Dorset, Hampshire, Wiltshire and even Hertfordshire! - are competing to win a place in the All England Theatre Festival English Final with a chance to represent England at the British Finals e Festival takes place at e Hanger Farm Arts Centre, Aikman Lane, West Totton, SO40 8FT from the 22nd to 26th March . It‘s curtain up at 7pm each evening to enjoy three one act plays guaranteeing audiences an unparalleled variety of theatre showing the high quality work of amdram groups as they perform works by famous playwrights and new writers The Regina Monologues by Southampton’s SUP eatre Company is just one of the 14 one act plays on o er during the week performed under the watchful eye of professional adjudicator Keith Phillips GODA. Tickets are just £9 and on sale now at Hanger Farm. contact: hangerfarm@ minsteadtrust.org.uk or call the box- o ce on: 023 8066 7683. To learn more about the Totton Festival of Drama, a Stage One of e All England One Act eatre Festival, visit www.tottondrama.co.uk or follow us on Twitter or Facebook. Volunteers Meet Up Eight volunteers from the Healthy Haven garden met in the garden on Saturday 15th January. ey erected the Rose arch and did other garden work. Terry is bringing some climbing roses to grow up the Rose arch. It adds height to the garden and should look nice when the roses are in ower. Two of Healthy Haven’s volunnters Julia and Mark in the garden