Merry Christmas and Happy New year to all our writers, readers, contributors, and friends ……
It’s a brief message – I want to thank you all for writing, reading, commenting, and sharing our articles.
A special thank you to for his amazing weekly series on Sundays: Forty Years in Chandler’s Ford – a Journal, based on his grandmother Joan Adelaide Goater’s fascinating life. The series has now reached Part 75 – and there are more stories to come – it’s simply wonderful.
We enjoy reading these gripping stores, and appreciate the beauty of nature with many trips and walks mentioned in the stories. Thank you Rick!
Thank you Allison Symes for your weekly series on Fridays – you have connected us to a wider writing community in the country. Your in-depth reviews of local theatre shows (the Chameleons and MDG Players) in particular, and your stories are always so enjoyable to read.
It’s always the highlights of my days when we go out together to watch these local performances, and have discussions afterwards.
Thank you Chippy Minton for your funny, quirky (and occasional serious) stuff – love your sense of humour.
Chippy, you can even bake! I look forward to seeing your cake this evening.
Chippy has finally convinced me that running could be fun, with mud, rain, wind… Now we do Eastleigh parkrun on Saturdays. While Chippy has earned his many milestone t-shirts, I need to run for 40 times to earn my very first one.
Yesterday a reader (Karen) sent me an email, saying “…love this site … brought back so many happy memories for me. Great work, thank you.” Thank you Karen – this few words really mean a lot to us, who share, write, edit, comment…
Finally I would like to say a big THANK YOU to Neil Duddridge, of SO53, which specalises in web design, web hosting, SEO. Thank you Neil for hosting this site over the years and dealing with technical problems and emergencies.
Wishing all our writers and readers – peace, joy, and happiness.
And a very happy Christmas and best wishes for the coming year Janet and to all here ,love the site reconnected me to my place of birth and learnt much from you and others long may it continue .
Roger,
Many thanks. I’m glad to get to know you and have met you through this website.
This website aims to connect people and I’m glad you have found it has helped reconnect you to your childhood. Thank you for sharing your memories with us. Wishing you a very blessed Christmas and new year.
And a very Merry Christmas, and a Healthy and Prosperous 2019, from the antipodes … along with many others, I enjoy the site immensely, and wish it well for many years to come … take care Janet et al, and above all else, keep smiling !
Thank you Doug for your support all the way from sunny Australia!
This site is there to serve people and to share our experiences …. Many thanks for your contribution over the years and we have learnt so much from your memories.
Keep smiling 🙂
Dear Janet,
A very happy and peaceful Christmas and New Year to you and all associated with the site.
Janet, your efforts to ensure the site continues to be so interesting are to be congratulated.
It is a great resort benefitting our community!
Martin,
Many thanks for your kind words. Thank you for your articles, and your many comments regarding our local history.
It was lovely meeting you again yesterday at the church’s carol service. It was a beautiful service – I love the singing, reading, and the music (a bit of jazz as well!) and your reading was great.
I provide this platform – but I can’t take credits for all the hard work by so many people, including you. Our readers, writers, and anywho who reads and comments all help make this site a success.
Many thanks for all your hard work behind the scenes, Janet. CFT is a delight to write for!
Thank you Allison. I’ve learnt so much from you – your determination, your discipline, and your hard work… so glad to have met you and work together.
Wishing you all the best for another wonderful year – look forward to more news from your writing world.
Happy Christmas to Janet and thanks for all the hard work in keeping us all interested.
Great work and a Happy Christmas to all
Thank you Alan. Many thanks for your wonderful work as my councillor.
Best wishes to you and your family.