Herald - Issue 421

v THE HERALD - OUR 28TH YEAR - 1994-2022 v 31st March 2022 • The HERALD • Page 23 Tables, dressers, mirrors, lamps, home fragrance, coasters, art, giftware and lots more! Open Tuesday to Saturday 9am to 4pm 023 8084 4472 • beashomeltd@gmail.com Bea’s Home, 50 Pylewell Road, Hythe SO45 6AQ Quality homewares to suit every pocket NEW Spring Furniture & Garden Wares in Stock Now! SP DECORATING Painting & Decorating Specialist Simon Perks Tel: 07889 091420 Email: simonperks@rocketmail.com • Interior & Exteriors • Wallpaper Hanging • Prompt & Reliable Service • Free Quotations & Expert Advice • Fully Insured Approved by Trading Standards HANDY WOMAN - CHRIS Adventure in Travel Travel Consultant 07403 122216 F: Adventure in Travel Send your local news to The Editor, The Herald, 2 High Street, Hythe SO45 6AH Discovery of 1048 Identification Tag Hythe Pier Heritage Associat ion and volunteers at e Shed (at the Pier) renovating the second of the original two railcars of the Hythe Pier Railway have uncovered its identification tag under decades of grime whilst stripping back the roof. is positively identi es this carriage as the second of the two ordered in October 1921, arriving at Hythe in June 1922. It further dispels all lingering doubt about the status of the rst carriage actually being the rst, renovated and put back of track in May 2021. The two bespoke carriages were ordered from the Drewry Car Company of London by Mr omas Percy on behalf of his General Estates Company for the tramway he proposed to establish on Hythe’s historic pier using tractor units he had procured from a War O ce redundant plant catalogue in 1920. ey were built by Baguley Cars of Burton-on-Trent as a part of a working arrangement between the two companies, the rst arriving in Maty 1921. is marvellous piece of early 20th Century engineering has trundled up and down the pier since its inauguration in July 1922. On 23rd July this year, Hythe Pier Heritage Association will stage a centenary celebration which will incorporate its annual music festival ‘Rock the Pier’, this year rebranded ‘Rock the Train’. Emma Beament, Bea’s Home Spring is in the air and on the shelves in Bea’s Home Hythe! Bea’s Home has recently become an o cial stockist of the gorgeous Wrendale Designs home, garden and gi ware including beautiful clocks, biscuit tins, lunch bags, water bottles, garden kneelers and even a gardeners bag that could quite easily double as a changing bag all featuring the trademark animal prints by Hannah Dale from rabbits and hedgehogs to owls and ducks. Other Wrendale Designs products are available from Hythe Post O ce. If you are looking to spend more time in the garden, now the days Bea-utiful new Spring Home and Garden Wares are getting lighter, Bea’s Home will soon have their new spring furniture selection in store including bistro sets, garden clocks and garden accessories. For those keen on getting organised the shop has some wonderful Lola home stationery, the products feature beautiful oral and nature themed prints, Bea’s Home has magnetic meal planner pads, password books down to Bea’s Home in Pylewell Road and have a look… you won’t leave disappointed or empty handed! and recipe tins. Supporting local has never been more important so why not pop The carriage identification tag (Photo by Alan Titheridge) Restoration of the carriage roof (Photo by Alan Titheridge)