Tug of War for Coronation

Get together with family, friends, neighbours, fellow club members and form your own Tug of War team.

At least 8 teams requiresd. Role supplied, supply your own muscle!

Sign up your team th The Queens Head Pub

Find out what is planned for Coronation Day in Titchfield including more details about the Tug of War competition.

Tessa

SHORT, Tessa Ann,  died 4 March 2023.

She died peacefully at home in Titchfield. Widow of Cdr R.D. Short, R.N. and beloved mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, godmother and friend.

Tessa was a former Mayor of Fareham and a valued contributor to the local community for over 50 years.

QUEEN FOR THE DAY: Tessa at last year’s Jubilee celebrations

A celebration of her life will be held on Wednesday 29th March at 2.30pm at St. Peter’s Church, Titchfield, PO14 4AG.

All welcome. Please wear something pink or purple to celebrate Tessa.

Family flowers only, please. Donations in lieu of flowers to the YOU Trust, a charity of which Tessa was Life President in support of their work with homeless young people c/o A.H. Freemantle Titchfield.

Coronation Keepsake for Fareham Residents

Fareham Borough Council is offering residents the chance to purchase a special commemorative mug for The King’s Coronation. 

The Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III and Camilla, currently Queen Consort, will take place at Westminster Abbey on Saturday 6 May 2023. A range of ceremonial, celebratory and community events have been announced for the Coronation Weekend between Saturday 6 and Monday 8 May 2023.

Fareham Council has a proud record of producing mugs for Coronations and Jubilees and many residents have expressed an interest in having a commemorative keepsake to mark this occasion. The Council is therefore offering Fareham residents the opportunity to purchase a special commemorative mug for just £4. 

To ensure that the Council only purchases the number of mugs required, it is asking residents to fill in an expression of interest form which can be found on the Council website: www.fareham.gov.uk/coronationmug  

Residents have until the 17 March to complete the form and the Council will then place the order.  The mugs are expected to be available close to the Coronation weekend, subject to production and delivery times, and residents will be notified when they arrive at the Civic Offices. Payment will be taken upon collection at the reception desk.

Executive Member for Leisure and Community, Cllr Sue Walker, said:

Image is for illustration purposes only. Each mug will feature an official image of King Charles III on one side as well as the Fareham Crest on the other

“The Coronation Weekend will truly be a momentous occasion, and will provide a fantastic opportunity to celebrate with loved ones and spend time with friends, family and community. 

“Many residents have already expressed an interest in having a keepsake to mark the event, to give to children or as part of their street party celebrations. We are pleased to be able to offer these mugs at an affordable price, but we must place the order well ahead of the event, so I encourage residents to fill in their expression of interest as soon as possible.”

Funding for community Coronation events is available through the Hampshire County Council Councillors Grant. Funding is available from 1-21 April 2023. For further information, please contact your Hampshire County Councillor with details about your event. 

You can find out more about Coronation events in Fareham at www.fareham.gov.uk/kingscoronation 

AN EVENING WITH ALBERT, ‘AROLD, EDGAR AND NICK

An Appreciation.

After a three year interval, the Village Hall was once again packed, for three performances of a unique play, given by an extremely talented actor, who not only wrote the whole entertainment, but, even in the face of last minute adversities, gave an exceptional solo performance on each occasion.

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Nick Girdler gave us a two act play combining comedy, poetry, music hall and writing rivalry; copyright, theft and plagiarism over the last hundred years; laced with strong undertones of Nick’s own experiences and some wonderful interjections and one liners.

We visited the writing room of Marriott Edgar – 31 years after his death – and were transported back to the last century with the vagaries of the music hall and copyright.

Among the superb recitations, we enjoyed the antics of the Ramsbottom Family throughout the first act and in the second, there was a poignant recollection of the Green Eyed Yellow Idol which was a thought provoking moment.

There were plenty of props and movements to keep the audience enthralled and some hidden gems for the over 70s as well. The younger members of the audience might not have recognised some of the text, but it was brought afresh and new to them by Nick with his extraordinary capacity for accents, recollections of words and imagination. A different hat gave us a different personality. His timing was superb.

The Village Hall has been a theatre on many occasions. Nick has not only been involved in the rebuilding of the Hall but on this occasion has helped to fill it.

Everyone enjoyed the evening performances in the well liked format of show and supper break and at the Sunday afternoon show, tea was provided in the interval by Sandi Jones and her colleagues at the Country Market.

The performances were directed most ably by Pat Shirley, with Julian Gibbs and Chris Oakley providing the lighting and sound. Tickets were organised by Louise Ashton and Suzy Jackson and the printing was of the programmes donated by James Keen at Freemantles.

Props and costumes were made by Sandi Jones and Suzy Jackson, with added thanks to past members of TACT.

The amount raised, after costs is £1944. All proceeds will go to the Village Hall and the Friends of St. Peter’s.

Sukie Swan

Bowls Club Open Day

Titchfield Old English Bowling Club are looking for new members.

They have an open day on Saturday April 8th between 10am and 1pm at the Bowling Green in Bridge Street.

The club was established in 1923 and play ‘Old English Bowls’. They are one of only six clubs who play the Old English Style.

They play outdoors between April and September and provide gentle exercise in pleasant surroundings.

If you are interested, they say, just turn up on the day wearing flat shoes and have a try.

And if you can't make that day? Drop in if passing whenever you see people playing.

For more info contact the club secretary email: titchfieldbowling@gmail.com

Sir Christopher Wren Lecture

Come along to the latest TASS lecture

THE CLASSICAL RE-INVENTED - THE BRILLIANT LEGACY OF SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN

IAN SWANKIE In this talk we wind the clock back to the seventeenth century and enjoy an armchair tour of some of Wren’s magnificent structures including City Churches, the Old Royal Naval College at Greenwich and, of course, his greatest masterpiece St Paul’s Cathedral.

Wren was primarily a mathematician and astronomer and we’ll see how these disciplines are harnessed in his work. We will also look at the origins of the classical orders of architecture and discover how Wren’s love of this ancient system is everywhere to be seen in his legacy.

Event Start Time: 10:15:0 AM

Event End Time: 12:0:0 AM

Date: 3/21/3023

Event Location: Titchfield Community Centre

Viisitors welcome

In memory of the Hinton Children

PLANTING MEMORIES : Marilyn Wilton Smith with Nick Girdler and Colin Wilton Smith planting the three trees beside the Village Hall.

The Titchfield History Society have completed a second part towards remembering The Hinton Children Tragedy.

The first part being the production of the book ‘The Titchfield Tragedy’, where you can read about this awful incident which happened in a house on The Green at West Street in 1891.

The second part being brighter in that 3 trees were planted in the garden of The Village Hall, Southampton Hill, from proceeds raised at the events held on The Queen’s Jubilee last year.

With the help of Nick Girdler and Colin Wilton-Smith there now stands 3 Amelanchier trees for the village to enjoy, giving flowers in the Spring, followed by late Summer berries, and then gorgeous fiery red leaf display in Autumn. A memorial plaque will be erected shortly at the site to state who the trees are dedicated to, these being the three children, Augusta Hotson, Frederick Hinton and William Hinton.

Thanks also go out to Stewart’s Garden Centre for their help and donation towards the project, and to Patricia Fox for her expert advice.

Barry's Meadow Tree Planting

Residents of Titchfield village help plant a small wood of native trees in Barry's Meadow.

The Titchfield Village Trust along with The Earl of Southampton Trust, the Titchfield Gardening Club, the Allotment Society and other interested individuals and groups worked to plant the 50 plus trees under the guidance of 'Village Trust Chairman, Nick Girdler.

Titchfield Parish Magazine is on the streets

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 February issue of Titchfield News, with lots of informative and interesting articles 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.

As you’ll see from the article on page 4, Titchfield News is looking for a new editor so, if you think this could be just the job for you, do have a look at that piece.

We do hope you enjoy reading Titchfield News.

Bridge Street flooded

After several days of heavy rain and strong winds the River Meon has burst its banks along most of its length.

Bridge Street, Titchfield.

Many of the fields alongside the river and canal are feet underwater.

At Bridge Street the river is flowing across the road causing most, but not all, drivers to turn around.

There are some ‘Flood’ signs but’ the road has not been closed.

At the moment there are no Flood Warnings for the area but, given the amount of rain expected to fall right across the South, the situation can very quickly change.

Titchfield Beach Clean

Sea Shepherd UK Marine Debris Team invite you to join them in a beach clean, Saturday 19th Feb, starting at 2pm

Everyone loves walking along the beach, but nobody likes walking along the beach covered with washed up litter. Marine debris is having a devastating impact on our oceans worldwide. It's harmful to all marine life, causing injury, entanglement, and starvation when it's mistakenly ingested - all often with fatal consequences.

We welcome members of the public to join together with our volunteers and our Marine Debris Campaign to protect and conserve our coastline and marine environments by helping to remove rubbish from our oceans.

We will also have a stand with information and other activities to get involved in.

Join us by the Cliff Road public toilets before we begin.

We will provide equipment however if you have any equipment of your own please do bring it along too! Please also consider bringing water in a reusable bottle along with thick gloves and wear suitable footwear.

We look forward to seeing you there!
Nearest postcode: PO14 4HL

Supper with Albert

Supper with Albert - along with ‘aroid, Edgar and, of course, Nick.

Come along for a ‘fun filled’ supper evening at Titchfield Village Hall (The Parish Rooms)

The Friends of St Peter’s and TVT are collaborating to stage a One Man Show, with the proceeds shared between the two charities, thereby helping conserve and improve these much used and loved village buildings.

The Village Hall has now commenced fundraising for its internal refurbishment.

They would like to encourage people to come along with family and friends, perhaps booking a table for eight.

So book you seat for a great night

The shows are:- Friday & Saturday March 3rd 4th at 7.30pm

Tickets £12.

There is a Matinee on Sunday 5th at 2.30 which includes a set tea

Tickets: £16.

TICKETS ON SALE Every Friday Morning at Country Market In the village hall 9.30-11.30. Also BY PHONING……..01329 842441 or email : luluashton@gmail.com

Out now, the parish magazine, Titchfield News

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 December issue of Titchfield News, with lots of information about Christmas events, 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.

Massive hike in Coastal Parking charges

Fareham Council set to raise cost of coastal parking charges

For a yearly permit for Fareham resident the rise amounts to a 18.75% increase.

The council claim that the rise is in line with other south coast council’s chargers but a yearly pass across the water at Lepe Beach it is just £60

FBC says… F’areham Borough Council has made the decision to revise the charges to its successful coastal parking scheme for 2023. Initial proposals were revised following feedback from members of the public and Councillors presented at a meeting of the Health and Public Protection Scrutiny Panel in November.

Coastal parking will remain free before 10am and after 6pm, meaning that residents can continue to access coastal spaces for exercise, water-based activities and dog walking in the morning and evening free of charge.

The hourly charge of coastal parking in the Borough will increase by 10p per hour, in line with inflation, from 1 March 2023. The £6 per day price-cap will also be removed, meaning that charges will apply from 10am through to 6pm. 

The charge for a coastal season ticket will also be raised to a standard rate of £145 per year, with a concessionary rate of £95 being offered to Fareham Borough residents.  This represents an increase in line with other councils across the south coast.

Will you pay the extra?

Urgent appeal for Ukraine

Please help if you can. The New Forest for Ukraine Appeal urgently need a variety of items which are desperately required as winter sets in.

The appeal organisers are presently asking for hot water bottles, wind-up or battery torches, candles, generators, warm, clean, winter clothing, medical supplies, duvets and pillows and much more.

Items can be dropped off to ‘Rachel’ at Meon-bye-Farm in Posbrook Lane where they will then be sorted and taken to the main New Forest for Ukraine Appeal centre in Lymington.

Please help if you are able.

Christmas comes to Titchfield

A Titchfield Christmas Yarn

Elf Day at One Stop

Elf-tastic fun day in Titchfield

Titchfield’s One Stop staff dressed up at Elves for the day to raise money and awareness for the Alzheimer's Society.

The ladies at the popular village centre shop helped spread a little bit of festive magic on the day residents decorated their houses with illuminated Christmas trees.

Please give generously.

Vital funds raised for Ukraine

Thank you to everyone who attended the Help for Ukraine sale in the Parish Room, Titchfield on Saturday November 19th.

Also many thanks to all those who donated items and those who helped out on the day.

Together, with some donations, £880 was raised on the day.

Added to this was money raised from items sold earlier, therefore The New Forest Ukraine Appeal received a cheque for £1,170. 

As well as the cheque a lorry load of items have been delivered to the New Forest Ukraine Appeal collection centre in Lymington, and will be driven to Ukraine and Poland in the next few days.

Village Ladies Fight Scaffolders to Commemorate Armed Forces

In July the ladies of the ‘Titchfield Yarnbombers’ embarked on making a waterfall of poppies to be hung from the eves of the Village Hall as a backdrop to the Remembrance Day Commemorations which take place round the war memorial in situated at the front of the hall.

However, in August the hall embarked on a major building project to replace the roof, which meant the building was encased in scaffolding.

That didn’t put off the 30 ladies involved. Group leader, Suzy Jackson, said “We’d started so we were determined to finish come what may. We put out an appeal for yarn and buttons to make the poppies and had a tremendous response, with one man in Lee On The Solent so impressed with the idea he sent us a case of over £100 worth of wool.”

5 months later and over 3,000 poppies have been crocheted and fixed to nets, but the scaffolding meant they couldn’t be hung from the eves. A quick consultation with the builders provided the ladies with a solution. Cover the scaffolding at the front entrance of the hall making a perfect backdrop for the commemorations on the 13th November.

But that won’t be the end of the story. The Titchfield Village Trust, which runs the village hall, have devised a permanent method of hanging the walls of poppies from the eves so that they can be hung in the years to come on every Remembrance Sunday.

Nick Girdler, chairman of the Trust said “The whole village is delighted with the outcome as are the Royal British Legion, who organise the commemoration, it will be a lasting legacy for many years to come. The yarnbombers have given the village a wonderful addition to our yearly observance.”

Ukraine Charity Sale

Come along to the Parish Rooms on Saturday 19th of November and help the people or Ukraine.

All money raised will be given to the ‘New Forest for Ukraine’ appeal.

The Titchfield sale will have loads of things for you to buy, including Bric-a-Brac, Jewellery, Toiletries, Books, Household Items and you may find something for Christmas.

Cash donations are also welcomed.

The ‘New Forest for Ukraine’ is a group of like-minded volunteers living in the New Forest. They are united by our passion to help the people displaced by the war in Ukraine.

 Their focus is collecting and delivering the latest required aid DIRECTLY to refugees in Poland and Ukraine.

For more information contact Rachel on 01329 845215