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What Do You See Around You?

April 12, 2020 By Ray Fishman 5 Comments

In the country

Have you been out taking your daily exercise during the current lockdown? Maybe walking around your local area a touch more than usual?

Have you realised that you have taken just a little bit more of your precious time on these local walks too? No need to rush. After all you have got all day every day for the next few weeks!

The weather has been very conducive too.

Blue Skies
Blue Skies

Did you think to look that bit closer than usual at some of the things you would normally not even notice? Maybe you were just rushing from A to B. before. Probably driving! [Read more…] about What Do You See Around You?

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Tags: adventure, Chandler's Ford, Covid-19, days out, education, nature, Otterbourne, walking

Christmas Books and Local Settings

December 21, 2016 By Nicola Slade Leave a Comment

Once upon a time almost every child found an annual under the tree or in their stocking and I have one given to me when I was about seven – The Christmas Stocking.

We carried on this tradition with our children who always opened their annuals at bedtime on Christmas Eve so they had something to keep them happy until morning. I always hoped they’d lie in bed and read instead of getting up at the crack of dawn on Christmas morning, but it didn’t work!
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Tags: books, Chandler's Ford, Christmas, Hampshire, Otterbourne, publishing, reading, Winchester, writers, writing

Otterbourne Mummers: Traditional Mummers Play in Otterbourne, Christmas 2016

December 20, 2016 By Gopi Chandroth 2 Comments

Yesterday, we went to see the Mummers street play in Otterbourne, Hampshire.

It is a very old and traditional folk play and depicts King George slaying the dragon, Turkish knights and other adversaries. It was good fun to watch and the costumes were very colourful. [Read more…] about Otterbourne Mummers: Traditional Mummers Play in Otterbourne, Christmas 2016

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John Keble: Keble Road and Keble Close in Chandler’s Ford

November 24, 2015 By Hugh Benham 2 Comments

When you travel along Bournemouth Road to or from Southampton, you pass on one side Keble Road and on the other Keble Close, in Chandler’s Ford.

Both were called after the Rev. John Keble (1792‒1866), vicar of Hursley from 1836 until his death (and briefly curate there in 1825‒1826). [Read more…] about John Keble: Keble Road and Keble Close in Chandler’s Ford

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Tags: Bournemouth Road, Chandler’s Ford community, Charlotte Mary Yonge, history, Hursley, John Keble, literature, local interest, memory, music, Otterbourne, writing

Charlotte Mary Yonge in Eastleigh

September 30, 2015 By Mike Sedgwick 12 Comments

Charlotte Mary Yonge Eastleigh

Charlotte Mary Yonge? Who is she?

She is the woman represented by the new statue of a seated figure in the approach to Eastleigh Railway Station. Yes, but who is she?

Charlotte Mary Yonge is hardly known these days but she was a notable novelist in her time. [Read more…] about Charlotte Mary Yonge in Eastleigh

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Tags: architecture, Charlotte Mary Yonge, culture, development, Eastleigh, Eastleigh Borough Council, education, history, Hursley, John Keble, literature, local interest, news, Otterbourne, train station, writing

Bradfest 2014: June 28th Woodlands Park Otterbourne

June 6, 2014 By Janet Williams 2 Comments

On the 14th of June 2000, Bradley was killed in a road accident near his home in Hampshire, just four days after his 9th birthday. Bradley’s family remembers him as a beautiful, fun-loving little man with an enormous zest for life and the biggest smile you have ever seen.

This year, Bradfest, an open air, live music event in the grounds of Woodlands Park, Otterbourne will take place on June 28th in the grounds of Woodlands Park [Read more…] about Bradfest 2014: June 28th Woodlands Park Otterbourne

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