8th December 2022 • The HERALD • Page 33 v F @heraldpublishing v Professional installers of Fascias, Guttering, Cladding, PVCu Windows & Doors Composite Doors • 10 year labour and product guarantees Repairs, cleaning and advice also available Tel: 023 8086 9715 or 07888 705455 enquiries@aztecfascias.com • Airport & Seaport Specialists • Highly Competitive Fares • Friendly, Reliable Service • Comfortable 6 Seater MPVs • Any Distance - Minimum Fare £10 Before booking your journey please call us for a free quotation 07770 967198 or 023 8194 8754 www.kazcarz.co.uk PC PAINTING & DECORATING SERVICES Interior/Exterior Painting Decorating & Small Home Improvements Paul 07783 405977 Free Estimates ~ Fully Insured 30 years experience pcdecor8@gmail.com Hythe Pier Heritage Association 2022 – The Year in Review 2022 been a busy year for Hythe Pier Heritage Association (HPHA), much has been achieved. January – Accepted as one of the projects supported under the Tesco Grants Scheme. Shoppers at the Sizer Way store were invited to drop tokens into the box of their choice, each supporting a local project. An award of £500 was subsequently received. February – Jill Gower and Alan Titheridge representing HPHA went into Orchard Infants School to talk with Year 2 pupils about its work and plans for Hythe Pier as part of the school’s ‘Communities Week’. e children showed great interest and enthusiasm, subsequently visiting the pier and riding the train to the pier head, where Jill and Alan held a questions and answers session. Following the school visit, the children had made postcards, coasters and candle holders which they sold to the public at the pier entrance, raising £783 for the pier restoration project. Beaulieu Beaufort Trust, Beaverbrook Foundation, Dibden Allotment Fund and the New Forest Park Authority that allowed this important and necessary work to be carried out. June – Carriage 1 (Asset 1048), the second to be restored rolled out of the Blue Funnel workshop. Volunteers from the Shed (at the Pier) had been working enthusiastically on it since the previous September, despite Covid lockdowns. ere was still nishing work to be carried out, with a con dence it would be complete in time for the Hythe Pier Railway centenary celebrations in July. were on hand to talk about their contribution to the Carriage 1 restoration. Jill and Alan talking with pupils of Orchard Infants School April – Jill Gower, Mary King and Ann Fairhead attended the Hythe Marina Association (HMA) boat jumble and car boot sale. e HMA had nominated HPHA as its charity of the year and raised over £400 from the event which it donated to HPHA. HPHA raised a further £280 selling its merchandising. May – HPHA announced work was about to commence on replacing the rst 43 metres of track from the shore end station along with the points and sidings. e project would entail li ing the existing rails, conductor rail and their timber supports before replacement timber and subsequently newly fabricated rails be put in place. e existing platformwould also be replaced with a temporary platform 45 metres towards the seaward end introduced. HPHA acknowledges generous donations from Hampshire County Council, Two HPHA restored carriages back on track at the temporary platform (Photo: Alan Titheridge) e temporary platform installed and brought into use. HPHA as a recipient of a share of the event fundraising took a stand at the Fawley Show. July – Rock the Pier and the Centenary Celebration was the most ambitious and successful HPHA event so far, raising £8500. A centenary cake was cut as a part of the celebration during the late morning followed by free rides on the train. A model railway exhibition was held in the Community Centre and the volunteers from the Shed (at the Pier) Rock the Pier 2022 (Photo: Mary King) Continued on page 34
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