Page 6 • The HERALD • 11th May 2023 v PART OF YOUR COMMUNITY FOR OVER 28 YEARS v Waterside Furnishings & Re-Upholstery 023 8020 7895 16 Marsh Parade, Hythe (Opposite Hythe Club) Est 2006 REPAIRS ANTIQUE, MODERN & MARINE REFURBISHED FURNITURE FOR SALE RE-UPHOLSTERY Acorn Building Contracts Ltd u Reliable, local builders offering affordable, quality workmanship u Our employees are fully qualified and fully insured u All aspects of building undertaken including extensions, structural alterations, roofing, ground works, kitchens, bathrooms, carpentry and plastering u Drawings arranged u Insurance work undertaken u Local Authority Approved Contractor For free quotations and friendly advice please call Office: 023 8024 3336 Mobile: 07786 656865 Email: acornbuilding@gmail.com or visit our website: www.acorn-builders.co.uk You will not be disappointed Chris Hopkins Painting, Decorating, Carpentry, Tiling Free Estimates Photographs & references available on request Telephone: 023 8081 5210 Mobile: 07986 806277 Send your local news to The Editor, The Herald, 2 High Street, Hythe SO45 6AH Local Framer in the Frame! A local picture framer recently swapped making frames to become the subject in the frame for a new photography exhibition. Steve Valentine, Owner of e Frame Shop in Hythe, was approached by Hythe resident and member of e Phorum Photography Group, Tony Chapman, to have his photograph taken for a new exhibition at Southampton City Art Gallery. e exhibition: ‘Denizens, Friendship, Relationship, Citizenship’ features portraits of people associated with e Phorummembers, in their local area, re ecting the National Portrait Gallery’s Project; Creative Connections, which is due to open at Southampton City Art Gallery on 26th May. Over the years Tony has had many of his photographs expertly framed by Steve and as a local resident, Tony asked Steve if he could photograph him for his entry into the exhibition. Tony comments: “Steve had kindly allowed me to ‘borrow’ a gilt frame for a portrait session and in the course of the conversation to say thank you, I mentioned the forthcoming exhibition. Steve was most interested and agreed to be a ‘model’ against the background of the many sample frame ticked all the boxes of being local to Southampton, was a wellknown individual and was also most photogenic (!).” e photo will be on display in the Denizens, Friendship, Relationship, Citizenship Exhibition, in the Foyer Exhibition Space at Southampton Art Gallery, until 24th June. Tony with his photo of Steve mouldings on display. Steve Panic at Copthorne Nursery! With only weeks to go before the rst plant plug deliveries and seed sowing for the spring, the glasshouses at Copthorne nursery were inspected and then condemned by Health and Safety. ey were hurriedly dismantled and removed before being replaced by new poly tunnels. Volunteers and sta hastily built new sand benches. e rst young plants and seedlings were sheltering in the main building while the electrics were re-installed. Now all seven tunnels are full to over owing with stock growing on for the selling season starting with the rst open days on Wednesday 17th May (10.30am to 5pm) and Sunday 21st May (10.30am to 4.30pm) at Copthorne Nursery, Copthorne Road, Fawley, SO45 1DP. e Nursery is part of Romsey and Waterside Day Services for adults with learning disabilities, supporting adults with learning disabilities by o ering a variety of opportunities including: bespoke work experience, learning new skills horticultural and social, developing interests, exploring new activities, enjoying therapeutic experiences, giving time to constructive activities and making a positive contribution to the environment and community. Proceeds from the Nursery sales (plants, hanging baskets, woodwork, tea/co ee and cake and kindling) on the open days make a vital contribution to the running costs of the project. New poly tunnels going up
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