Parish Magazine now out

The parish magazine, Titchfield News, contains information about church and village news and events and articles about village life. It is published bi-monthly and copies of previous issues are available at: http://www.stpetertitchfield.org.uk/titchfield-news .

There is a facility for online copies to be read aloud. Please see:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETOohmYui3Q

The October issue of Titchfield News is being delivered to all subscribers this week. Individual copies, price £1.00, are available to buy in the church.

If you don’t have a subscription and would like one, please contact Gerry Pontefract by text message on: 07818 568034 and she will see if there is a distributor for your area.

We do hope you enjoy reading Titchfield News.

Titchfield pays tribute to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth

Bell Ringers Image - Adrian Whyntie

Picture Gallery for Earl's Fayre and Classic Concerts

The Earl of Southampton’s Faye returned to the Abbey along with two Classical Concerts organised by the Titchfield Theatre.

On Saturday evening the audience was entertained by the South Coast Symphonia orchestra with ‘ANight at the Musicals. The following night the theme was ‘Classical Proms.

During the day on, Sunday, the Abbey grounds was the venue for the Earl of Southampton’s Fayre organised by the Titchfield History Societyy.

Vacancy at St Peter's

The Parochial Church Council at St Peters is seeking to appoint a volunteer(s) with administrative skills to work part time in the Parish office.

We require a reliable and efficient person (or persons) with good communication and IT skills. The Administrator needs to work well with others; have interest and empathy for the mission of the church; to support the administrative requirements of Clergy, Churchwardens and other church leaders and respond effectively to general enquiries.

Depending on the time the volunteer(s) is prepared to offer the role would involve between 4-8 hours per week with an agreed regular pattern of attendance though some flexibility in that arrangement would be appreciated. Ideally we would have two volunteers to take on this role. Training and support will be given.

If you are interested in finding out more, please contact the Parish Office to arrange an informal conversation about the role or to request copies of the Role Description, Person Specification and application form.

office@stpetertitchfield.org.uk Tel 01329 847003

The closing date for applications is 9th September 2022

St Peter’s Church, Church Street, Titchfield. PO14 4AG

The individual appointed to this role will be expected to work within the policy and procedures of the relevant safeguarding policies.

Just Out - The Parish Magazine

The Parish magazine, Titchfield News, contains information about church and village news and events and articles about village life. It is published bi-monthly and copies of previous issues are available at: http://www.stpetertitchfield.org.uk/titchfield-news .

There is a facility for online copies to be read aloud. Please see:
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETOohmYui3Q

The August issue of Titchfield News is a very special souvenir issue. It has 8 pages of colour photos of all the fantastic Platinum Jubilee events including the Flower Festival, Scarecrow Trail and Open Gardens. It’s still at the same low price of £1.00 It is being delivered to subscribers this week and is available to buy in church. Do be sure to pick up a copy.

If you don’t have a subscription and would like one, please contact Gerry Pontefract by text message on: 07818 568034 and she will see if there is a distributor for your area.

We do hope you enjoy reading Titchfield News.

Local Sewing Group Help Titchfield Village Trust Building Fund

As the result of their extremely successful quilt show, held in July at the Village Hall in Titchfield, the Solent Stitchers have donated £1,000 towards the hall building fund.

Wendy Payne, the Chair of the Stitchers group, who meet twice a month at the hall, said: “we were extremely pleased with the turn out and are more bthan happy to make this contribution which will help keep the Titchfield Village Hall at the centre of our community”. She also added that any further fund raising events they may hold this year would also be donated towards the hall refurbishment.

Wendy Payne, the chair of Solent Stitchers, presents the cheque to Nick Girdler

Nick Girdler, chairman of the Trust, who run the hall, accepted the money and thanked the group for all their hard work in putting on the show. He then outlined the plans for future to remodelling and refurbishment to make it fit for purpose for the next 50 years.

Building work has already begun on replacing all the tiles on the roof and at the same time installing three rows of solar panels on the south side which will eventually bring energy costs in running the hall down considerably.

The cost of the building works is being paid for from the £150,000 the Village Trust has raised over the last 3 years.

Titchfield Open Gardens and the St Peter’s Church Flower Festival 2022

Adrian Whyntie reports on the Open Gardens day and also the St Peter’s Church Flower Festival

“As part of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations in Titchfield, two events took place exploiting the wonderful talents of gardeners and flower arrangers in equal measure.

One of the many gardens that were open in Titchfield

“I was asked by the Friends of St Peter’s Church to photograph all the open gardens. This I did and you can see the results of the all the hard work each owner put in. It was a real privilege to be allowed to take these photographs. It was also nice to meet people who were visiting each garden.

“Secondly, I took photographs of all the wonderful flower arrangements displayed in the church. Examining each arrangement in detail, made me marvel at the exquisite work that went into each piece. So much thought and preparation by the arrangers created wonderful art in my humble opinion.

St Peter’s Church Flower Festival

“My late father was a clergyman and organised many flower festivals over the years. I know, from being involved just how much work is needed and how long it takes. I am reminded of a sermon he gave after a particular festival when all the arrangements had gone. He started the sermon with a recording of the song ‘Where have all the flowers gone?’ So, I hope these few photograph will be a fitting memory of a wonderful 3 days in the life of the church here in Titchfield.”

Platinum Jubilee celebrations showed the spirit of Titchfield

The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee group was formally disbanded on 15th June 2022. This group organised and ran the Seniors’ Tea Party and, with the Bonfire Boys, the Lighting of the Beacon.

Thanks to the generous donations of raffle prizes by local businesses and individuals and by the generosity of the public who bought tickets for the tombola, tuck shop and particularly the raffle at the Beacon Lighting, a small profit was unexpectedly made after expenses had been paid. This has been donated as follows:

Hounds for Heroes     £70 (They provided the tuck for us to sell)

The Bonfire Boys        £100 towards the Christmas party for the children in the village  

Friends of St Peter’s   £100 towards the fabric of the church

Suzy’s stitchers           £103 hopefully the crochet group will continue. They are already planning to make poppies for Remembrance Sunday 

Thanks to the generous donation from the Earl of Southampton Trust and from the ladies who made cakes including Titchfield WI members we were able to cover our costs. Again, raffle prizes were kindly donated by businesses and individuals to aid the fun of the afternoon. The Co-op also gave us supplies of tea, coffee etc. Our volunteer helpers at the tea party were magnificent. We couldn’t have done it without them.

 We hope that the historic video of Titchfield that was shown throughout the tea party will go on the History Society Web site for all to see. At the end of July we also hope to show this video/slide show in the Parish Rooms on a Friday morning during the Country Market.

WATCH THIS SPACE FOR NEWS OF BOTH.

Titchfield Open Gardens

A date for your diary, the Friends of St Peter’s Sunday 19 June 2022 1pm to 5pm.

Look behind closed gates and enjoy some of the lovely gardens of Titchfield, talk to the garden owners and enjoy afternoon tea in beautiful surroundings.

Book Your tickets at Ticket Source.co.uk Hearts & Hugs or Daisy B’s

Adults £7.50. Accompanied children under 12 years are free.

You must collect wristbands and map from St Peters Church after 12:45pm on the day.

All gardens are within walking distance of St Peters Church.

Be part of something special. Friends of St Peter’s, helping to maintain the fabric of our beautiful Church. www.friends-of-st-peters.org

Titchfield Platinum Jubilee celebrations get under way

Today marks the start of The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee events in the village.

Over 20 scarecrows have been created by residents for the St Peter’s Scarecrow Trail and village ‘Yarn Bombers’ have been busy crocheting red, white and blue bunting and flowers.

To view all the scarecrows a map and voting form for the best entry can be obtained from St Peter’s for just £5.

The trail takes place from the 28th of May through to the 5th of June, 10am till 4pm daily.

And those crafty ‘Yarn Bombers’ have also been decorating lamp posts and village signs with their handiwork.

The Parish magazine - Titchfield News out now

The Parish magazine, Titchfield News, contains information about church and village news and events and articles about village life. It is published bi-monthly and copies of previous issues are available at: http://www.stpetertitchfield.org.uk/titchfield-news .

There is a facility for online copies to be read aloud. Please see:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETOohmYui3Q

The June issue of Titchfield News is a bumper edition, giving details of events for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. It’ll be delivered before the end of May, in plenty of time for you to read all about the forthcoming events. Individual copies, price £1.00, are available to buy in the church.

If you don’t have a subscription and would like one, please contact Gerry Pontefract by text message on: 07818 568034 and she will see if there is a distributor for your area.

We do hope you enjoy reading Titchfield News.

TACT (Titchfield Arts Community Theatre) announcement

It’s with mixed emotions that we announce that it’s a wrap for TACT.

It has been an amazing and fun journey, some of us from the start with the Passion Play which was performed in The Square in 2002.

The then vicar of Titchfield, Bill Day, asked Heather Carling to direct a Passion Play to celebrate the Millennium. Heather is RADA trained and taught Drama at Southdowns College. The cast was widely drawn from members of the Church and Village. It was performed in the Square at Easter 2002 and drew a large crowd.

Building on that success Heather got together a cast from members of the Church and Village to celebrate the 200 th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar by performing a series of plays based on ‘Heroes’.

The success of this stimulated a desire for the company to put on further productions. These included an evening of plays by Noel Coward, a Nativity Play and more recently Cabarets of short skits and songs.

These were initially held in the Parish Room, more latterly moving to the Community Centre. The winning formula has always been for the audience to bring their supper and sit together at tables.

This decision to end has not been taken lightly but CoVID has understandably given people a chance to re-evaluate their time and commitments and we have decided to go out on a high!

Over the years we have supported many local charities by donating our proceeds. Our final monies will be split 50/50 between The Parish Rooms and The Community Centre, both of which have been good homes for TACT.

All props and costumes will be donated to Titchfield Festival Theatre.

Our company has changed over the years and we thank each and every performer and behind the scenes supporter for their time and contribution in making each year a success.

We could not have done any of this without the fantastic support from our audiences and we thank you so much for your enthusiasm and participation – we’ve loved entertaining you.

Pat Shirley

Director TACT

The Earl of Southampton invites you to a Fayre at Place House

Take yourself back to Tudor times and enjoy a day out in the beautiful setting of Place House (Titchfield Abbey), the Country home of the Earls of Southampton.

Here you will find Courtiers, Musicians or even royalty wandering around the Fayre.  

Performances will be on stage throughout the day.

Lots of fun activities for children, they can become part of a Midsummer Night’s Dream, or, if you misbehave, there is always the stocks!  

Have a caricature drawn in Tudor style, or have a go at spinning wool or just wander through the market and reflect on bygone times.  

Food and drink, will be available on site.

The Earl of Southampton’s Fayre, Sunday 28th August, 10am till 4pm

Tickets (Available soon)

£5 Adult - Concessions £3 - Free for under 5’s

Titchfield Art and Craft Show

Opens -Saturday 23rd April 2022 from 10am to 5pm and Sunday 24th April 2022 from 10am to 4pm

After an extended break the Titchfield Art & Craft Show was very pleased to be able to set-up and run the show again this year.  We had to move to a different time of the year, causing some confusion for regular visitors; but without the November ‘21 show it would have been a 2 year loss in our fund-raising contribution to the Titchfield Community Association, the charity that runs Titchfield Community Centre.

The Show had a great turn out of Artists, Photographers and Crafters this year with 130 artists exhibiting 377 pieces of art in the main hall.  There were also 18 Crafters in the Malt & Barleycorn rooms selling craft ranging from woodwork, glassware, jewellery, textiles, ceramics, ironwork and even a local micro-brewery.

Over the course of the Show weekend, including the preview evening, we had approximately 800 visitors.

Funds raised
With the funds raised from the sale of Preview Evening Tickets, Entrance fees and artwork sales we have raised a total of £6,000 to be donated.  This will help with the ongoing improvement projects currently running at the Titchfield Community Centre.

Some images form this years show.

Click HERE for larger images

Titchfield Village Jubilee I Spy

How well do you know Titchfield?

Come along and take part in a ‘Jubilee I Spy’ event on Saturday June 4th, part of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations..

To take part, collect your I Spy questions from the green at the bottom of West Street from 2pm, making sure that you have logged in with a start time on your answer sheet.

You need to return your answer sheets to the green by 5pm.

Prizes, that have been kindly donated by The Bugle Hotel and Hearts and Hugs, will be awarded for the most correct answers.

Click HERE for more Jubilee articles and a list of events

Jubilee knitters wanted

Those crafty yarn bombers are looking for crocheters and knitters to help make decorations for Titchfield Jubilee Celebrations.

Come along to DaisyBs at 2pm on Wednesday 6th April and Suzy and Sara will show you their ideas - and even teach you how to crochet.

Donations of red, white, blue, purple, gold and silver yarn gratefully received. Collection box at DaisyB’s or please message them and they will collect. Message Suzy from her FaceBook page.

Unwanted crochet hooks would also be appreciated.

Jubilee Scarecrow Trail

As part of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations St Peter’s Church are organising a ‘Scarecrow Trail’ around the village.

Residents are being invited to build and display a scarecrow on the theme of ‘Great British Traditions’ which is open to anyone living in the parish of Titchfield.

The scarecrows will be on display in the Church grounds and all around the village from the 28th May to the 5th June from 10am to 4pm daily.

Visitors will be invited to follow the trail and take part in a competition to ‘Guess the title of the scarecrows’ they find.

To enter the competition please read the competition rules by visiting St Peter’s web and then completing the entry form.

You will also find some guidance on how to build a scarecrow and where you can obtain straw.

The fee for a household/business/organisation to enter a single scarecrow into the competition is £5.

The fee for visitors to enter the ‘Guess the title of the scarecrows’ competition is £5 per family/entry.

Click HERE for a list of current Platinum Jubilee events being organised in the village over the holidays.

Appeal for lost keys

Has anyone picked up a bunch of keys on Sunday morning (13 Feb) near to Hadlows or along the pavement from there to St Peter's.

I dropped them at some point on that route without realising. There are 3 keys, (car key plus 2 Yale door keys) and 2 key fobs - one with an image of Winnie the Pooh and my name - Helen. Easily identifiable therefore.

I am hoping some kind soul has picked them up and is hoping the owner will materialise somehow.

If you were able to put a notice online, anyone in possession of the keys could just post them through the church letter box which is on the external Chapter Room door and I would be very grateful.

Latest news from The Village Trust

Chair of the Titchfield Village Trust, Nick Girdler, reports on important developments concerning The Parish Rooms, the planting of a copse in Barry’s Meadow and the Posbrook Lane development

After almost 2 years we have now raised all the funds to commence work on replacing all the 125 year old tiles on the Village Hall and replacing the paths on the outside giving easier access for wheel chairs.

We originally set ourselves the target of £100,000. In the end rising costs meant we had to raise a further £33,000.

We managed to do this with grants from FBC and Hampshire County Council topping up the original £100,000 and expect work to commence sometime this spring.

The Village Trust and the Earl of Southampton Trust have joined forces to plant a copse at the top of Barry’s Meadow.

2022 seemed the ideal time to do this as part of a greening of Titchfield initiative undertaken by Fareham Borough Council, and the plant a tree for the Queens Jubilee scheme.

Our plan is to remove the brambles at the top of the meadow on the south west side of the meadows, while the brambles on the north east will remain.

We had a meeting in February with officers from FBC to discuss options and they suggested a way forward; removing the brambles in October to mitigate disturbing wildlife; and planting native species in drifts to create the copse.

During the project we will always be aware of our responsibility to the wildlife in the area. This will also mean we aim to do our planting in early November.

The area we want to plant means finding about 100 trees; depending on size they will be planted some 3 to 5 metres apart.

We are currently researching types, prices, planting costs, and overall scheme plan.

We are hoping to involve the whole village in different ways: Individuals could donate a tree, streets could get together and plant a tree, organisations within the village could contribute one, businesses might like to buy one. Different varieties and various sizes.

Among all the good news some bad as well. Foreman Homes have won their appeal to build 57 houses off land adjoining Posbrook Lane and adjacent to the Bellfield Estate.

We will be closely monitoring the development to ensure the safeguards on the remaining area of land, the 40% allocation to affordable homes, and other assurances mentioned in the inspectors report are adhered to by the developer.

Titchfield flags for the Jubilee

A new batch of Titchfield flags and bunting are now available from Hearts & Hugs. 

The new design features the emblem set within the union jack with the Jubilee emblem in the corner.  priced at £30

The bunting likewise is £15.

Hurry if you want to fly one during the Platinum Jubilee celebrations as there are only 10 available.

Click HERE for More Platinum Jubilee news