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Peter Green: Mid-Summer Entertainment on Saturday 1st July

June 25, 2017 By Janet Williams 3 Comments

We have some great news for fans of The Chameleon Theatre company and lovers of a Midsummer Night’s Dream might.

The Chameleons will be performing a couple of funny 10 minute sketches at Peter Green on School Lane, on Saturday afternoon 1st of July from 2pm to 3pm.

Peter Green will be hosting a fun afternoon to celebrate its 61st Annual Summer Sale, and the Chameleons have been invited to perform one of its popular plays, The Pocket Dream. [Read more…] about Peter Green: Mid-Summer Entertainment on Saturday 1st July

Tags: Chandler’s Ford community, community, Eastleigh, event, family, history, local businesses, local interest, memory, Peter Green, School Lane, storytelling

Great Resources and Information for Seniors

June 15, 2017 By Janet Williams Leave a Comment

Last Thursday (the election day), I attended a rather special event in Chandler’s Ford called “Seniors’ Information and Wellbeing Day”, organised by Home Instead Central Hampshire, a private care service company.

There were 14 exhibitors and a variety of talks during the event, which took place at the Dovetail Centre in Chandler’s Ford Methodist Church. [Read more…] about Great Resources and Information for Seniors

Tags: Bournemouth Road, Chandler’s Ford community, community, Dovetail Centre, Hampshire, Hampshire County Council, health, library, Methodist Church, Winchester Road

Hampshire Constabulary: Witness Appeal: Burglary on Hursley Road

June 14, 2017 By SO53 News Leave a Comment

(Editor’s note: The Witness Appeal is issued by Hampshire Constabulary. However Chandler’s Ford Today believes the Hampshire Constabulary possibly meant ‘Hursley Road in Chandler’s Ford’, not ‘Hursley Road in Hursley’. Please read on despite this confusion.)

Officers are appealing for information following a burglary on Hursley Road.

The incident happened at around 5.35pm on Saturday, 10 June when the elderly residents were upstairs watching TV at their home on Hurlsey Road. [Read more…] about Hampshire Constabulary: Witness Appeal: Burglary on Hursley Road

Tags: Chandler’s Ford community, community, crime, Eastleigh Police, Hursley Road, Information, local interest, Neighbourhood Watch, PACT

World Blood Donor Day

June 14, 2017 By chippy minton 9 Comments

I often drive along Hursley Road on a Friday evening and it seems that almost every week the Give Blood vehicles are parked outside St Boniface church – a blood donor session is underway.

Today (14 June) is World Blood Donor Day, so I thought I would write a little a bit what happens when you give blood – and highlight some of the improvements that have been made over the thirty-plus years that I’ve been a blood donor. [Read more…] about World Blood Donor Day

Tags: Chandler’s Ford community, community, good neighbours, health, Hursley Road

Sshhh – Do You Want to Know a Secret about Chandlers Ford?

June 13, 2017 By SO53 News 4 Comments

By Karen Stephen

Sshh – do you want to know a secret about Chandlers Ford? You may not be aware that last year, we were thrilled and proud to publish a collection of short stories called “Secret Lives of Chandlers Ford” . Together with my writing chums, Maggie, Catherine and Sally, we spent a year researching, writing and publishing our first anthology of short stories: “Secret Lives of Chandlers Ford”. We wanted to write stories that were locally set and derived from the happenings and history of this lovely area. We also wanted to reflect Chandlers Ford modern and diverse characteristics. [Read more…] about Sshhh – Do You Want to Know a Secret about Chandlers Ford?

Tags: books, Chandler's Ford Library, Chandler’s Ford community, community, event, Hiltingbury, Hiltingbury Road, local interest, publishing, reading, writing

Life-saving Defibrillator Fundraising For Chandler’s Ford

June 12, 2017 By SO53 News Leave a Comment

GoPhysio in Chandler’s Ford has begun fundraising to buy a defibrillator to give the local community life-saving equipment. With currently over 30,000 people suffering an out of hospital cardiac arrest in the UK every year, 90-95% of these people will die if immediate treatment is not given.

With very few in Chandler’s Ford which are available 24 hours a day, goPhysio felt it was critical for the community to have access day and night. It will be stored on the outside of the clinic meaning anyone can use it in an emergency (address: 11 Bournemouth Road, Chandler’s Ford, Eastleigh SO53 3DA). [Read more…] about Life-saving Defibrillator Fundraising For Chandler’s Ford

Tags: Bournemouth Road, Chandler’s Ford community, community, good neighbours, health, local interest, news

The Vinings Invade Hiltonbury Farmhouse!

June 11, 2017 By Andy Vining 1 Comment

On Monday morning 5th June 2017, I, along with my wife Val, my sister, Heather Witham (Nee Vining), my brother Simon Vining and his son Bob Vining met with Rob Preston to see what progress had been made in the refurbishments of Hiltonbury Farmhouse since I was last there a couple of weeks ago.

It is certainly a “Proper” Building site now as it was a requirement for all of us to sign the visitors book and that we all wore high viz jackets and proper boots or to use the technical term we all had to wear “PPE” Personal Protective Equipment. [Read more…] about The Vinings Invade Hiltonbury Farmhouse!

Tags: Chandler’s Ford community, community, culture, education, family, Hiltonbury Farmhouse, history, local businesses, local interest, memory, storytelling, writing

Who Should I Vote for?

June 6, 2017 By Mike Sedgwick 13 Comments

Who should I vote for in the forthcoming election? A person or party with political gravitas, one that shows qualities of statesmanship. Or should it be statespersonship? Where are such people? I only see squabbling fourth-formers exchanging slogans as if they embody the solution to the world’s problems.

Our politicians try to do their best but they are products of the system which seems to me to be flawed. But that is a story for another day.
[Read more…] about Who Should I Vote for?

Tags: Chandler's Ford, Chandler’s Ford community, community, Eastleigh, Eastleigh Borough Council, election, event, local interest, politics, Winchester

The Flying Scotsman in Scotland

June 5, 2017 By Rick Goater 5 Comments

Following Janet’s post with Carl Maskelyne’s pictures of the “Flying Scotsman” locomotive, I thought I’d post this short video of it pulling a train out of Stirling the other day.

It’s a fine beast and my video clip, though a bit amateurish, builds the expectation nicely, giving brief glimpses of smoke in the trees, before it bursts into view in all its splendour. [Read more…] about The Flying Scotsman in Scotland

Tags: community, event, memory, travel

Twyford Waterworks Open Day: Sunday, 4th June 2017

June 1, 2017 By Nicola Slade Leave a Comment

Just to let people know that the Twyford Waterworks Trust is having one of their interesting Open Days on Sunday, 4^th June.

Information taken from their website:

Sunday 4th June 2017

Today we will be focusing on our industrial railway. [Read more…] about Twyford Waterworks Open Day: Sunday, 4th June 2017

Tags: community, event, Hampshire, Winchester

The Flying Scotsman in Chandler’s Ford

June 1, 2017 By Janet Williams 6 Comments

Carl Maskelyne from Chandler’s Ford took these wonderful pictures of the Flying Scotsman when it came through Chandler’s Ford yesterday morning (Wednesday 31st May 2017).

These photos were taken at the new footbridge in Sutherland Way just down from Chandler’s Ford station (heading towards Flexford Road). There was around 50 people there and the Flying Scotsman came through at around 10:25am. [Read more…] about The Flying Scotsman in Chandler’s Ford

Tags: Chandler's Ford, Chandler’s Ford community, community, event, local interest, memory

Fundraising: Andy is Running from Chandler’s Ford to Naomi House and Jacksplace

May 31, 2017 By SO53 News Leave a Comment

Andy Wells will be running from Chandler’s Ford to Naomi House and Jacksplace on Saturday, the 3rd of June, 2017.

Andy is raising money for the charity in his son Ethan’s name. [Read more…] about Fundraising: Andy is Running from Chandler’s Ford to Naomi House and Jacksplace

Tags: Chandler's Ford, charity, community, event, fundraising, good neighbours

A Special Visit to “Hiltonbury Farmhouse”

May 26, 2017 By Andy Vining 14 Comments

On 22nd May I went to my old home Hiltonbury Farmhouse to meet Rob Preston the new tenant who is planning to open this wonderful old Farmhouse as a restaurant in early July this year.

Rob is a great entrepreneur who has been in and around the wine and drinks industry all his working life but always wanted to work on “The other side of the bar” as he put it and open a family restaurant setting a high standard for good food and excellent service. [Read more…] about A Special Visit to “Hiltonbury Farmhouse”

Tags: Chandler’s Ford community, community, culture, education, family, Hiltonbury Farmhouse, history, local businesses, local interest, memory, storytelling, writing

General Election 2017

May 25, 2017 By chippy minton 9 Comments

So, in two weeks time – and three years earlier than we expected – we have a general election to look forward to. Some people may have reacted to this news with “a chance to get rid of the current government”; others with “a chance to give the government a greater mandate”. But for many it is possibly “here we go again”. [Read more…] about General Election 2017

Tags: Chandler's Ford, Chandler’s Ford community, community, Eastleigh, Eastleigh Borough Council, election, event, local interest, politics, Winchester

Janet and Fred Saying Goodbye to Nightingale Pets After 29 Years

May 23, 2017 By SO53 News 1 Comment

By Caroline Tilley

After 29 years, Janet and Fred are saying Goodbye to Nightingale Pets today!

Fred’s been finding the dusty, seedy atmosphere, caused by the birds in particular, just doesn’t do his chest any good, and Janet is sure that the right thing to do is to stop while they are fit and able to enjoy life, travelling, cycling, motorcycling, gardening and enjoying themselves and their family. [Read more…] about Janet and Fred Saying Goodbye to Nightingale Pets After 29 Years

Tags: community, Eastleigh, good neighbours, local businesses, local interest

From Weymouth to Chandler’s Ford

May 20, 2017 By Janet Williams 2 Comments

Geoff and Vicki are travelling to all 2,563 railway stations in Great Britain. So far they have visited 459 stations, including Chandler’s Ford station (see the video at the end of this post).

All The Stations is a project to travel to ALL the national railway stations in Britain in just three months, and to create an online documentary film about the journey. [Read more…] about From Weymouth to Chandler’s Ford

Tags: Chandler's Ford, community, local interest, Three Rivers, train station, travel

Should the HCA (Hiltingbury Community Association) host a Eurovision Party in 2018?

May 14, 2017 By SO53 News 2 Comments

Should The HCA (Hiltingbury Community Association) host a Eurovision Party in 2018?

The HCA is thinking of hosting a Eurovision party next year. Cheap (or even free) entry, bar, optional costumes…

Would you go? Please vote on the poll here:

Should The HCA (Hiltingbury Community Association) host a Eurovision Party in 2018? (poll 9746435) [Read more…] about Should the HCA (Hiltingbury Community Association) host a Eurovision Party in 2018?

Tags: Chandler's Ford, community, entertainment, event, Hiltingbury, local interest, music, social, The Hilt

Hiltingbury Tennis Club Update

May 13, 2017 By Ray Fishman 1 Comment

Note: The original post was published in May 2016. This is an updated post.

You may recall that in February last year I brought you news of the newly refurbished tennis courts at Hiltingbury Recreation ground. The final touches were done and they now look magnificent and Chandler’s Ford is lucky to have such great facilities.

Hiltingbury Tennis Club goes from strength to strength with new members joining our friendly and welcoming atmosphere. [Read more…] about Hiltingbury Tennis Club Update