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v CALL US: 023 8084 5700 v 25th August 2022 • The HERALD • Page 3 THE FRAME SHOP 15 Marsh Parade, Hythe SO45 6AN Tel: 023 8084 4741 PICTURE FRAMING PICTURE FRAMING PICTURE FRAMING ESTABLISHED 1987 Prints, Paintings, Tapestries & Embroideries • Jewellers • Watchmakers J. COLLINS & SON Proudly Serving the Waterside since 1972 10 Marsh Parade, Hythe, Southampton, Hants Tel: (023) 8084 3074 WE ARE KEEN TO BUY ALL SECONDHAND JEWELLERY, SCRAP GOLD Stockists of large range of gold, silver and gem set jewellery Main Agents for Citizen, Rotary, Lorus Watches and Seiko Clocks Kit Heath & Hot Diamond Silver Jewellery Stockists Secondhand Jewellery for Sale Our Professional Services include Jewellery &Watch Repairs, Re-Stringing Live Life Your Way... • Clothing • Camping Kits and Tents• • Walking Shoes and Boots • • Cool Boxes and Equipment • Open Monday to Saturday: 9.15am to 5.15pm • 023 8181 1008 www.nuibuoutdoors.co.uk • enquiries@nuibuoutdoors.co.uk CAN YOU HELP BARRY’S FARM? For over 50 years the animals at Barry’s Farm on Frost Lane in Hythe have been entertaining local children and adults. e menagerie of animals including Jacob the donkey, alpacas Prince and Fudge, Daisy and Clover the goats, Maggie the pig and all the ducks, geese and chickens certainly bring a smile to your face when you visit them. Sadly due to owner Barry’s ill health the farm is in need of help both physically and nancially to enable the farm to continue. A crowdfunding page was set up by Steve Green to raise £2,000 for the farm recently with the hope of funding the refurbishment of the duck pond. Work started on the pond in July, but just a er it had been drained ready to inspect the liner, Barry’s beloved donkey Toby was taken ill very suddenly and sadly had to be put to sleep. e money unfortunately had to be used towards Toby’s vet bill. e Herald have contacted some local businesses with the hope of funding the new pond - we will keep you updated with progress. We know that times are hard but if you can spare some money to help fund feed and future care for the animals there is now a collection tin in e Herald O ce in Hythe where you can make a cash donation. Alternatively you can make a donation online via the go fund me page: gofund. me/8a5da09e e cards by artist and farm volunteer Christine Jones are still available for sale in the o ce too priced at £2 with all proceeds going to the farm. If you are an animal lover and have some time to spare to help look a er the animals Barry’s family are looking to expand their team of committed volunteers. e animals are all let out at 8.30am every morning and put away every evening at 6.30pm, if you think you could help please contact Sarah at the Herald (sbartlett@herald-publishing. co.uk) and she will put you in touch with Barry’s family to arrange a time for you to meet the animals and learn the ropes. Barry and his family are grateful for any help they receive. As a community we can all play a part in helping Barry’s Farm continue and thrive for future generations to enjoy. For updates about Barry’s Farm you can follow them on Facebook: www. f a c e b o o k . c om/ p r o f i l e . php?id=100065781180880 Maggie enjoying a bath! Jacob, Fudge and Prince
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Opened by Natural England on 3rd August, this easy to follow 52 mile walking route along the Solent coast takes you from Calshot to Portsmouth via Gosport. Allison Potts, Natural England Area Manager, said: “This new trail covers a wealth of unique environments. It includes the unspoiled countryside with its abundance of wildlife. The industrial and bustling maritime Solent beside one of the most densely populated areas on the south coast of England. At a time when the benefits of connecting with nature are clearer than ever. It is fabulous that we are opening up this nearly 52 mile walking route on the banks of the Solent for people to enjoy.” Calshot to Gosport: is route starts at Calshot Spit, a popular beach and water sports location. It is also a natural shelter to the Calshot Nature Reserve where birds like oyster catchers and ringed plover can be seen. Heading northwest towards Hythe, you have sight of the areas industrial heritage – the decommissioned Fawley Power Station and the Fawley Oil Re nery. Once at Hythe waterfront, a short hop on the Hythe Ferry will take you across to Southampton Town Quay, a busy international port with many historic sites. Once you cross the River Itchen, you carry on the route through Woolston and Netley, where you might glimpse a 16th century castle and ruins of the 13th century Abbey. You then pass the Royal Victoria Country Park, which was once the home of the biggest military hospital in the Victorian Empire and a popular tourist attraction. Continuing on to Hamble-le-Rice and through Hamble Common, there are more sites of historical and archaeological interest. ere are remains of the 16th century St Andrews Castle, a 19th century gun battery and a second world war anti-aircra gun emplacement. A short ride on the Hamble-Warsash Ferry (also known as the ‘Pink Ferry’) takes you across the River Hamble. en along the shore through the Hookwith-Warsash Local Nature Reserve. Many species of wading birds and wildfowl can be spotted there, including turnstones, linnets and skylarks. In the shingle you can also see plant species such as sea kale, sea beet and yellow thorned poppy. e nal part of the stretch takes you along the cli op coast path to Meon Shore and Titch eld Haven National Nature Reserve. en down to the shoreline at Lee-on-the-Solent. Gosport to Portsmouth: From Lee-on-the-Solent you pass through Stokes Bay, and inland around Browndown Military Training Area before heading to Gilkicker Point. is area includes the Browndown Site of Scienti c Special Interest (SSSI) and the Gilkicker Lagoon SSSI. Although the lagoons saltiness creates a harsh environment where species have to adapt to survive, 5 species of mollusc of national rarity live in the lagoons. e route then heads inland around Fort Monckton and back to the coast around Clayhall before reaching the Gosport Ferry. You pass the perimeter of the historic Royal Clarence Yard and Royal Naval Hospital. en carrying on over Millennium Bridge, past Gosport Waterfront then on to Fareham, passing the marina and creek. e path continues around the headland with views of Pewit Island Nature Reserve, where the whole of Portsmouth Harbour and its iconic Spinnaker Tower can be seen. ese impressive sights continue up to Portchester Castle. You pass through Port Solent Marina and eventually follow the seawall using the Pilgrims’ trail with views of Whale Island. Home to HMS Excellent, the oldest shore training establishment within the Royal Navy, and its headquarters. e route continues past the Continental Ferry Port and beside HMS Nelson. Calshot Castle - credit Natural England Continued on page 11
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With low wages and poor harvests, the English countryside was turbulent. Mechanisation of farming, especially horsepowered threshing machines, threatened tenuous livelihoods and was met by strong, sometimes violent, opposition. e rst of many protests occurred in August 1830 in Kent, where a threshing machine was destroyed. Unrest soon spread across England; machines were destroyed, hayricks and other farm property burned. e protests had three targets; the tithe system supporting the Church, the Poor Law guardians, whose power and injustice were despised, and rich tenant farmers, whose low wages kept labourers in poverty. A common feature of the protests, dubbed the Swing Riots, was letters sent to landowners, signed by a ctitious ‘Captain Swing’. e letters would call for increased wages, reduced tithes, and abandonment of the hated threshing machines, threatening damage and violence if their wishes were ignored. ough there was generally little rioting in the Waterside area, there was considerable unrest around Fawley and Exbury in November 1830. In Exbury, John Butcher and James Dickson assaulted John Spedding, forcing him to join a mob; both were quickly sentenced to 6 months’ hard labour. Meanwhile at Fawley, Charles and John Bratcher, Henry and Samuel Bundy, Henry Cavell, Josiah and Robert Cull, Richard and William Lane, Samuel Saunders and John Webb and others rioted, disperse the riot. Speaking for the men, Mr Poulter reminded the court that they, or their ancestors, had recently fought to defend their nation: “… days of war have now ceased, the market for these men is now gone, but do not let us therefore turn them away as worthless persons … Do not let us forget the debt of gratitude we owe them. Do not let us depress that noble spirit that has existed in our peasantry”. A Mr Sewell continued: “A man with five or six children, necessitated to support his family on wages of 9 shillings a week! Could the Jury … suppose that sum sufficient to supply the common wants of nature? If a man saw his family in distress – his children starving – the law of nature then became paramount to the laws of man. Laws were made for the benefit of society, but society never required that one class should starve and others revel in luxury and wealth”. Nonetheless, the accused were given between 3 months and a year’s hard labour. Eventually wages improved somewhat, and the protests faded away, though just a few years later the Tolpuddle Martyrs were forced to act by depressingly similar conditions. assaulting the landowner Lord Cavan and two magistrates trying to A horse-powered threshing machine; unknown author, 1881 Following our article about milk bottle tops in the last edition of e Herald we were contacted by the team at Jubilee Hall in Fawley to say that they have a collection point there. e bottle tops get weighed in and money donated to Naomi House and Jacks Place. We’ve also been made aware that Specsavers Hearing Centre in Totton also collects them. Following their successful ‘Green Energy Discovery Day’ in May, Transition Town Romsey are in talks to set up a local ‘Community Energy Group’. Backed by Test Valley Borough Council, Romsey Future and Community Energy South (who are already working with Hampshire County Council), an open meeting to discuss this is planned for the beginning of September. Please email: transitiontownromseyweebly@ gmail.com for further details and/or to register your interest. WHY COMMUNITY ENERGY? Milk Bottle Tops – Collection Points at Fawley Jubilee Hall and Totton Specsavers
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