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Event at the Hilt – Meet the Real Heroes: Doctor Prakash Amte and Doctor Manda Amte

September 6, 2015 By Janet Williams 2 Comments

The Hiltingbury Community Centre (The Hilt) will be hosting a unique event on Sunday September 13th 2015 at 2:00pm. Two distinguished guests from India will be sharing how their passionate, selfless medical work in a rural area has transformed thousands of lives.

The dedication of Dr. Prakash Amte and his wife, Dr. Mandakini Amte, and their story has been made into a moving film, The Real Hero. [Read more…] about Event at the Hilt – Meet the Real Heroes: Doctor Prakash Amte and Doctor Manda Amte

Tags: celebrations, Chandler’s Ford community, charity, community, entertainment, event, film, health, Hiltingbury, hospital, The Hilt

Hampshire Scouts Present ‘Stepping Out’

September 5, 2015 By SO53 News Leave a Comment

Hampshire Scout Shows Unite!

For the first time in the history of Scouting in Hampshire, the creative talents of multiple districts will be brought together in collaboration for a one night only performance as Hampshire Scouts present ‘Stepping Out’. [Read more…] about Hampshire Scouts Present ‘Stepping Out’

Tags: Chandler's Ford, community, culture, Eastleigh, entertainment, event, Gang Show, Hampshire, local interest, scouting, social, Winchester

Always Annoyed in August (Are Exams Easier?)

September 4, 2015 By Allison Symes 6 Comments

Parenthood changes your outlook in many ways. One way is when it comes to secondary school education and beyond, with exams in the offing, you can be guaranteed every August without fail your blood will boil. You will be annoyed. Why?

Because, without fail, somebody will claim, as the national exam results are much improved, the exams must be getting easier. That same old tired mantra comes out every August. Your blood boils every August. QED. [Read more…] about Always Annoyed in August (Are Exams Easier?)

Tags: Chandler's Ford, community, education, recommendations, school, Thornden School, Toynbee School, viewpoint

Chandler’s Ford Age Concern Centre: Upcoming Craft and Gift Markets

September 3, 2015 By Janet Williams 1 Comment

Christmas is approaching (What? Have I just mentioned “Christmas”?), and this year, there will be a lot of craft, arts, and produce markets in Chandler’s Ford for you to buy the best gifts.

Chandler’s Ford Age Concern Centre on 7 Brownhill Road (SO53 2EB) will become a major centre for many upcoming markets. I hope you could visit these markets to support our local businesses. [Read more…] about Chandler’s Ford Age Concern Centre: Upcoming Craft and Gift Markets

Tags: Age Concern Centre, arts and crafts, Chandler's Ford, Christmas, community, craft fair, crafts, Eastleigh, event, Fairtrade, good neighbours, hobby, local businesses, social

Best of Chandler’s Ford Today: Top 12 Theatre Reviews

August 26, 2015 By Janet Williams Leave a Comment

Chandler’s Ford Today has published nearly 800 posts in two and a half years.

Today’s summary post celebrates local theatre reviews written by Chandler’s Ford writers. [Read more…] about Best of Chandler’s Ford Today: Top 12 Theatre Reviews

Tags: arts and crafts, books, Centrestage Theatre, Chameleon Theatre, Chandler's Ford, community, education, entertainment, event, Hursley Road, local interest, MDG Players, Methodist Church, review, Ritchie Memorial Hall, social, theatre, Thornden Hall, Thornden School, Winchester Road, writing

Déjà vu

August 25, 2015 By Mike Sedgwick

On one of those lovely summer days when the sky was clear blue and the air gentle and warm my wife took me to Highcliffe Castle. She showed me where she used to swim as a girl and walked me along the cliff top path through the trees with glimpses of the sparkling azure Solent lying between us and the Needles. [Read more…] about Déjà vu

Tags: community, days out, family, memory, travel

VJ Day

August 19, 2015 By Mike Sedgwick 3 Comments

We have had many reminiscences about WWII. Here is one about the end of it all. The newspaper is dated 1945. At the time I was with my family, on holiday in Filey, Yorks. Picnics and games were organised for us children on some waste ground at the rear of our lodgings. [Read more…] about VJ Day

Tags: community, culture, days out, education, history, local interest, memory, recommendations, storytelling, travel, World War Two

My Memories of the War Years in Chandler’s Ford 1939 – 1945 (Part 6)

August 18, 2015 By Doug Clews 2 Comments

Doug Clews lived in Chandler’s Ford between 1938 and 1966. Now living in Perth, Western Australia, Doug shares his fascinating childhood memories of Chandler’s Ford with us.

Part 6 (Final)

I remember that, due to the shortage of diesel (distillate) and petrol, the buses were powered by gas, generated by a converter of some description, which was located on a little trailer towed behind the bus (very dirty and smelly).
[Read more…] about My Memories of the War Years in Chandler’s Ford 1939 – 1945 (Part 6)

Tags: Chandler's Ford, community, culture, education, history, local interest, memory, Peter Symonds, storytelling, World War Two

Best of Chandler’s Ford Today: Your Comments

August 12, 2015 By Janet Williams 6 Comments

Chandler’s Ford Today is all about conversation.

We write and publish posts. We engage in meaningful conversations, sharing a bit of our life and our views of the community through comments.

This post invites you to look back and enjoy some great posts which have triggered excellent, relevant, and interesting conversations. [Read more…] about Best of Chandler’s Ford Today: Your Comments

Tags: blogging, blogging tips, Chandler's Ford, community, reading, writing

What’s Your Retirement Plan?

August 11, 2015 By Hazel Bateman 3 Comments

If we are lucky and live long enough, we all pass through major transitions in our lives, such as leaving home, new careers, getting married, having children and perhaps grandchildren.

I have recently retired after 21 years of teaching and assessing dyslexic children [Read more…] about What’s Your Retirement Plan?

Tags: charity, Christianity, community, family, good neighbours

Why Visit Hampshire?

August 6, 2015 By Ben Williams 1 Comment

In my 15 years of living in Hampshire (since birth), I have seen enough interesting places in this humble county in the South of the UK to call it a great place to be.

There is so much history and exotic locations, some of which are very important to the country’s history. Here are some reasons why Hampshire is an important and must see British location. [Read more…] about Why Visit Hampshire?

Tags: Chandler's Ford, community, days out, education, Hampshire, history, Jane Austen, local interest, travel, Winchester, Winchester Cathedral

That’s Entertainment – Parkewood School of Dance

August 5, 2015 By Mike Sedgwick 2 Comments

That most certainly was entertainment. A gala of dance at Thornden Hall on Sunday evening 26th July. [Read more…] about That’s Entertainment – Parkewood School of Dance

Tags: arts and crafts, community, entertainment, music, review, Thornden Hall

My Memories of ‘The War Years’ in Chandler’s Ford: 1939 – 1945 (Part 5)

August 4, 2015 By Doug Clews 2 Comments

Doug Clews lived in Chandler’s Ford between 1938 and 1966. Now living in Perth, Western Australia, Doug shares his fascinating childhood memories of Chandler’s Ford with us.

Today I’m going to share an eye-witness’ account of what happened in WWII in Winchester, recalled and written by David J. Ward, at that time a student at Peter Symonds’ School, Winchester. [Read more…] about My Memories of ‘The War Years’ in Chandler’s Ford: 1939 – 1945 (Part 5)

Tags: Chandler’s Ford community, community, culture, education, history, local interest, memory, storytelling, World War Two

Growing up in Chandler’s Ford: 1950s – 1960s: Breaking Free from North End School (Part 8)

August 3, 2015 By Martin Napier 4 Comments

The Big Freeze in 1963 was followed by the ‘Chandler’s Ford Floods’!

As the snow melted, the resulting melt water had to go somewhere – and the river systems were unsuited for the rush!

Monks Brook and its tributaries were much narrower then and the bridges formed obstructions to the passing waters which rushed through. [Read more…] about Growing up in Chandler’s Ford: 1950s – 1960s: Breaking Free from North End School (Part 8)

Tags: Chandler’s Ford community, community, culture, Eastleigh, education, family, history, local interest, memory, North End School, storytelling, travel

My Memories of ‘The War Years’ in Chandler’s Ford: 1939 – 1945 (Part 4)

July 28, 2015 By Doug Clews 5 Comments

Doug Clews lived in Chandler’s Ford between 1938 and 1966. Now living in Perth, Western Australia, Doug shares his fascinating childhood memories of Chandler’s Ford with us.

Extracts from The Doug Clews Story, or As I remember it, 81 years on.

Tags: Chandler’s Ford community, community, culture, education, history, local interest, memory, Peter Symonds, school, storytelling, Winchester, World War Two

Growing up in Chandler’s Ford: 1950s – 1960s: The Big Freeze in 1963 (Part 7)

July 27, 2015 By Martin Napier 3 Comments

In the winter of 1963 we suffered the worst winter weather for many years.

Snow started falling on Boxing Day 1962, and snow covered the ground for over two months or more.

I was 15 when the coldest winter occurred.

We still rode to school on our bikes, on icy roads and still carried out duties as paperboys, delivering the newspapers. [Read more…] about Growing up in Chandler’s Ford: 1950s – 1960s: The Big Freeze in 1963 (Part 7)

Tags: Chandler’s Ford community, community, culture, Eastleigh, education, family, history, local interest, memory, storytelling

Another Triumph for Chameleon Theatre Company

July 24, 2015 By Ray Fishman 1 Comment

This week my wife and I attended the latest offering by our local Chameleon Theatre Company. We also took along someone new to this form of entertainment as we were sure that she would be hooked as we are to this talented group.

We were not disappointed. [Read more…] about Another Triumph for Chameleon Theatre Company

Tags: arts and crafts, Chameleon Theatre, Chandler's Ford, community, entertainment, event, Hursley Road, local interest, review, Ritchie Memorial Hall

The 10th Eastleigh Mela

July 23, 2015 By Cecily Casey Leave a Comment

Namaste Eastleigh!

The 10th Eastleigh Mela, held on Eastleigh Town Rec, took place on Sunday 19th July 2015.

This was my second year supporting the Mela and as before the event was a riot of colour, sound and wonderful smells! [Read more…] about The 10th Eastleigh Mela

Tags: arts and crafts, Chandler's Ford, community, Eastleigh, entertainment, event, good neighbours, Leigh Road, local interest, social, volunteering

Review: Relatively Speaking – Chandler’s Ford Chameleon Theatre Company

July 22, 2015 By Ben Williams 4 Comments

Over the past month or so I have been helping out with the Chameleon Theatre Company, after seeing several of their shows.

I learnt how to work with the lights and sound effects for the show from Lionel Elliott and Rebecca Nye. Last Sunday I saw the full dress rehearsal as I will be unable to help during the actual show due to holiday-itis. So treat this review like a film review when the film critics go to see the show early. [Read more…] about Review: Relatively Speaking – Chandler’s Ford Chameleon Theatre Company

Tags: arts and crafts, Chameleon Theatre, Chandler's Ford, community, entertainment, event, Hursley Road, local interest, review, Ritchie Memorial Hall

Thornden Hall: Alive with the Sound of Music

July 21, 2015 By chippy minton 3 Comments

It must be slightly daunting when planning to perform a well-known and loved musical. Everyone knows the story. Everyone knows what the songs are supposed to sound like. Can we do it justice? No such qualms need to have worried the cast and crew of who treated audiences to a feast of entertainment with Thornden School’s summer production of The Sound of Music last week.

The production required a large cast of over 100 performers – [Read more…] about Thornden Hall: Alive with the Sound of Music

Tags: arts and crafts, Chandler's Ford, community, education, entertainment, event, local interest, review, social, theatre, Thornden Hall, Thornden School, Winchester Road

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