Herald - Issue 421

Page 50 • The HERALD • 31st March 2022 v EMAIL: editor@herald-publishing.co.uk v A J GLEESON BUILDING & GROUNDWORK DRIVEWAYS EXTENSIONS BRICKWORK GROUNDWORK BLOCK PAVING Colours & Designs to suit your requirements Local Work Available to View CALL FOR A FREE QUOTATION New Forest & Southampton 023 8084 4180 Mobile: 07770 771475 Bramdene, Main Road, Dibden, Southampton | DOWN THE GARDEN PATH | Foresters Flower Club held its AGMand a presentation by Gill Pelton on 3rd March. It was agreed to keep the March meeting as our AGM and invite a speaker for the second half. Our club has survived the pandemic with a healthy bank balance, however, we are desperate for committee members – we are a friendly group who meet 3 to 4 times a year with all home comforts and all share a passion for owers and people. Our lovely treasurer has booked a coach for the 9th September 2022 for Wisley Gardens for £20 each, payable upon booking, rst come rst served! Gill Pelton gave us the most fascinating and nostalgic presentation on ‘Homes and Gardens of 1920s/30’s’. e information and details she gave us was beyond exceptional and we were totally entranced and absorbed in a trip down memory lane – whether great grandparents or parents. Gill covered this period between the two world wars. Some of her highlights were: women had taken men’s jobs and weren’t keen to give them back; 1928 women were given the right to vote; fashion changed – girdles o , hair chopped; brief period of opulence – travel, hotels, jazz music, culture; building boom and an increase in home ownership with timber decoration (art deco: Tudor, Georgian in uence); plumbing, electric and gas were installed in homes; there were bathrooms and kitchens that were functional and fashionable depending on wealth; gadgets for housework; radios to entertain families; Bakelite ‘plastic’, malleable, spread everywhere – radios, telephones, light ttings, door handles, cookware; linoleum ooring and bright rugs; gardens were relished and became hobbies as well as functional – leisure industry and magazines, owers were grown and Constance Spry arranged them using crushed chicken wire as mechanics – foam free – how we have come full circle! Anne Lamplu arranged owers in vases – again foam free. ere were many other treasures of historical information Gill gave us and we were truly grateful to Gill for her fabulous presentation with props to bring it to life! Please consider joining our ower and friendship group. We aren’t a NAFAS group, but our chairman is. Next meetings held at Copythorne Parish Hall SO40 2NZ, 7.30pm • 7th April Allison Finch – demonstration ‘Well Read’. • 5th May Julia Baker – history of Furzey Gardens and Show Night – theme ‘Celebration’ bring your arrangements! Call Debbie orne on: 07769 830752 for more information. COME JOIN OUR RELAXED, FRIENDLY CLUB! by Debbie Thorne, Foresters Flower Club Woodlands Gardening Club meets on the second Tuesday of the month. Meetings start at 7.30pm at Hanger Farm in Totton, and their next meeting takes place on Tuesday 12th April for a talk by Mark Hinsley titled ‘Trees in your garden’. On Tuesday 10th May they will be holding a Plant Sale. Visitors will be very welcome at £2.50; for more information about the club, call Susanna on: 023 8029 2953. Trees in your Garden