Page 24 • The HERALD • 17th November 2022 v INDEPENDENT, LOCAL AND PROUD v • Digital Aerial & Satellite Installations • Repairs & Servicing • TV Distribution Points • TVWall Mounting & Installations • Freesat HD/Freeview HD • Sky, Sky+, Sky HD • SMATV & IRS Systems • DAB/FMAerial Installations CAI Company of the Year 2014 Humphries Digital Aerials Keith Humphries & Son All Areas Covered Tel: 023 8066 7362 Email: humphriesaerials@btconnect.com • Website: www.humphriesdigitalaerials.co.uk A Family Firm Est 1971 Chris Hopkins Painting, Decorating, Carpentry, Tiling Free Estimates Photographs & references available on request Telephone: 023 8081 5210 Mobile: 07986 806277 Call Mike on: 023 8048 0818 or 07796 710581 Email: mctelectrical@virginmedia.com All Electrical work Undertaken • Additional sockets & lighting• New Consumer units installed • Full / Part property rewires • Led Lighting installed • Fault Finding A.M.H. Handyman Services Internal & External Painting All aspects of DIY Work • Flat Pack Assembly Power Washing: Driveways, Patios, Paths & Decking Gutter, Fascia Boards & Window Cleaning (Bungalows only) Call or email Andy for a free estimate Tel: 07961 443623 handyandyharding@gmail.com Local and Reliable FLAT ROOFING SPECIALISTS All Roof Repairs Tel: 023 8184 5632 Mobile: 07880 508415 Email: steve@braithwaiteroo ng.co.uk THE FLAT ROOF SPECIALIST Send your local news to The Editor, The Herald, 2 High Street, Hythe SO45 6AH or email: editor@herald-publishing.co.uk The FIFA World Cup is fast approaching. From Sunday 20th November the best football teams in the world will be competing for the Jules Rimet trophy in Qatar. But you don’t need to go all the way to the Middle East to enjoy the fun. Join AFC Totton for their World Cup Pie, Pint and Punditry nights. Soak up the games with a roaring atmosphere with their expert pundit Jimmy Ball (AFC Totton Manager and son of World Cup Winner Alan Ball) and guest pundits Jason Dodd (25th November) and David Hughes (29th November). On the night, they’ll whet your appetite and quench your thirst. Join them in time to receive your complimentary pie and pint from the 1886 Restaurant before kick-o . England Vs USA, 25th November, join pundits, Jimmy Ball and Jason Dodd. Kick-o at 7 pm. England Vs Wales, 29th November, join pundits, Jimmy Ball and David Hughes. Kick-o at 7 pm. Prices are £10 for pre-booked tickets and £12 on the night. For more details visit www.afctotton. com/news/world-cup-pie-pint-nights How Beaulieu Exploded in Violence & Inspired One of Pop’s Biggest Hits by Marc Heighway, local history enthusiast Beaulieu is not normally associated with explosions of violence, but that’s exactly what happened in the early 1960’s. What’s more, the scene of the incident became the inspiration for one of the biggest pop hits of the 1970’s. e background to both stories starts in 1956 when Lord Montagu hosted the rst Beaulieu Jazz Festival. 600 people turned up to listen to music on the lawns in front of the Beaulieu Palace. Such was the success of this inaugural event, that further annual festivals were hosted, with ever increasing attendances. By 1959 it was estimated that over 6,000 people were now attending the festival. Some press reports mentioned ‘weirdies’ being an element of the audience. ere were also concerns over antagonistic youth lifestyles becoming increasingly common in the said to have sold 330 gallons of dra beer plus an additional 24,000 bottles of beer. at was by Saturday night alone, which was witness to a tipsy crowd clamouring for the rst act to come on stage at 7pm. e Guardian newspaper reported that the lawn of the Palace House was “packed solidly with unkempt humanity” when things started to get out of hand. It’s said that a scu e broke out between Modern Jazz and Traditional Jazz fans. is soon escalated into a full-blown riot. e stage collapsed, a storage shed was engulfed in ames, a bus was damaged, chairs were ying, with punches and kicks being traded. 20 ambulances and 5 re engines turned up, with nearly 40 people being injured. Despite the trouble, this didn’t stop the 1961 festival going ahead one year later. But rather predictably this event also saw trouble, albeit on a smaller scale. A press report at the time said the “village was trashed”. e 1961 festival was to sensibly be the last, but that isn’t the end of the story. at same year, a then unknown 16-year-old Rod Stewart made the journey to the New Forest from London. He snuck into the festival without a ticket via a large sewage pipe. I am not suggesting Sir Rod was involved in any of the trouble. But according to Rod, his song ‘Maggie May’, was a true story about the woman he lost his virginity to that weekend on a secluded patch of grass. festival scene. This would be very prophetic given what was to happen the following year. In 1960 an estimated 12,000 festival goers descended on Beaulieu for what was now a large 3-day event, unrecognisable in scale to the early roots of 1957. e Montagu Arms is Are you World Cup Ready? The Woodside Singers will be performing ‘Anything Goes’, a selection of jazz and blues pieces, at St John’s Church, Hythe (near Lidl) at 7.30pm on Saturday 19th November. Introducing their new conductor Emily Christian. Tickets £10 (under 18’s free) from Mike on 023 8081 2292 or on the door on the night. ANYTHING GOES
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