Page 24 • The HERALD • 20th April 2023 v INDEPENDENT, LOCAL AND PROUD v FLAT ROOFING SPECIALISTS All Roof Repairs Tel: 023 8184 5632 Mobile: 07880 508415 Email: steve@braithwaiteroo ng.co.uk THE FLAT ROOF SPECIALIST New Forest Scaffolding All aspects of scaffolding undertaken • Extensions • Chimneys • Re-Roofing • New Builds etc For a friendly, local, reliable service and a free quotation Telephone: 07734 476855 www.newforestscaffolding.co.uk Full Liability Insurance Lychette Cottage, Roughdown, Blackfield SO45 1XG • FOGGY/MISTED & BROKEN DOUBLE GLAZED UNITS REPLACED • HINGES & HANDLES • WINDOW & DOOR LOCKS • PATIO DOOR ROLLER MECHANISMS & TRACK • WINDOWS ENERGY EFFCIENCY & SECURITY UPGRADES • WINDOWS, DOORS & CONSERVATORIES SUPPLIED & INSTALLED Telephone 023 8073 1884 • Mobile 07909 654025 Email doubleglazingrepairuk@gmail.com Web www.doubleglazingrepairuk.com DOUBLE GLAZING REPAIR UK ARE PROUD MEMBERS OF Launch of The New Forest Comedy Festival Something new and exciting is coming to the New Forest this summer to give us all something to laugh about. Launching this year the New Forest Comedy Festival will showcase the very best UK comedic talent along with nurturing comedy throughout the New Forest. e Festival will include open mic events, tour nights from some the UK’s best known acts, including a Tommy Cooper Tribute, Laura Lexx, Richard Herring and Paul Foot, as well as interactive workshops and an array of activities for all ages to enjoy. With a huge selection of acts ranging from stand-up comedy, improv to sketch shows, special appearances, theatre, family shows, there’s literally something for everyone. You can even join in the comedy yourself with workshops if you want to try stand up, plus a competition for local talent. Events will be held at various venues across the New Forest including: e Attic and Hanger Farm in Totton, Vibrant Forest Brewery in Hardley, e Dusty Barrel in Hythe, Fawley British Legion Club, Forest Arts Centre in New Milton and Forest Forge in Ringwood. For more information and a list of all the events and how to buy tickets please visit: www. newforestcomedyfestival.com e New Forest Comedy Festival is part of Culture in Common, a 3-year program for the New Forest funded by Arts Council England, delivered in partnership with local venues as well as Leicester Square eatre and Museum of Comedy. Find out more about Culture in Common at cultureincommon.co.uk Sam Nicoresti Will Owen NEW FOREST PONIES When you visit e New Forest there are a group of about 5,000 locals that you can’t but help noticing. ey have been hanging around for about 2,000 years and what they don’t know about the forest is not worth knowing. We are talking about the wonderful New Forest Ponies of course! All of the ponies found in the forest are wild in the sense they can roam freely but in fact they are owned by New Forest Commoners. Important information on New Forest ponies e New Forest National Park is a wonderful place to visit and you can help it stay that way by being a Forest friendly visitor. For their safety and your own please leave the animals alone - although owned and cared for by local people called commoners, they are unpredictable and best treated as wild. Please don’t feed or pet them; there is plenty of natural food and it’s best that they don’t come to rely on people’s attention. ey may look friendly but they can bite and kick, especially ponies with foals. Keep your distance! Remember, too, that these animals are not tame - the gentlest looking pony can also kick and bite and children are particularly vulnerable to them. Sadly, many animals are killed or injured by car drivers. Ponies (and cattle) have no road sense and are likely to cross in front of tra c at any time. Please remember animals have the right of way on all the roads in the Forest. ere is a maximum speed limit of 40mph on unfenced Forest roads. e use of re ective collars on ponies is a measure some Commoners use to attempt to reduce the number of accidents involving ponies; however not all of the ponies, donkeys and few cows have these collars so drive with extreme care at night time. If you are involved in a road tra c accident with a pony it is an o ence not to report it. Make sure you carry an animal emergency hotlines card - giving you all the contacts you may need, these are available from e Herald o ce in Hythe. Fundraising Table Top Sale at Bartley Village Hall Age Concern New Forest will be holding a Table Top Sale at Bartley Village Hall on Saturday 22nd April from 2pm to 4pm. ere will be cra s and bric a brac stalls, a tombola, a ra e and refreshments available. All proceeds raised will go towards their weekly Monday Lunch Club Summer and Christmas Outings. Please contact Coordinator Helen Long on: 023 8081 4127 for more details. TOTTON REPAIR CAFÉ e aim of the Totton Repair Café, along with all repair cafés, is to try and prevent small household goods from going to land ll if they stop working. Volunteer Repairers who can advice and assess/repair small electrical and other items. ey O er: Information about Repair Cafés and the Men’s Shed. Refreshments at a small charge while you wait. From June they hope to be o ering bike and sewing repairs. You can take along small electrical or other items too good for the tip, nd out more about the Repair Café or Men’s Shed, sit and help/observe with any repair. A er your repair is completed all they ask for is a voluntary donation towards the cost of the hall and insurance. Totton Repair Café is running on Saturday 22nd April and Saturday 10th June. ey will be open from 10.30am until 1pm at Totton & Eling Community Centre. For further details please contact the Totton & Eling Community Centre by email: tottonrepaircafe@gmx.co.uk
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