Herald - Issue 455

Page 6 • The HERALD • 28th March 2024 v PART OF YOUR COMMUNITY FOR OVER 29 YEARS v Waterside Furnishings & Re-Upholstery 023 8020 7895 16 Marsh Parade, Hythe (Opposite Hythe Club) Est 2006 REPAIRS ANTIQUE, MODERN & MARINE REFURBISHED FURNITURE FOR SALE RE-UPHOLSTERY M. C. HALL LTD 4 Carpentry 4 Fencing 4 Decoration 4 Extensions 4 Kitchens 4 Loft Conversions 4 Bathrooms 4 New Build First Rate Building & Carpentry Work Start to Finish Service • References Available • Fully Insured • 1 year guarantee Free Quotations and Friendly Advice Given Contact: mchall126@btinternet.com or call 023 8089 8456 or 07976 937941 Website: www.mchallltd.co.uk Acorn Building Contracts Ltd u Reliable, local builders offering affordable, quality workmanship u Our employees are fully qualified and fully insured u All aspects of building undertaken including extensions, structural alterations, roofing, ground works, kitchens, bathrooms, carpentry and plastering u Drawings arranged u Insurance work undertaken u Local Authority Approved Contractor For free quotations and friendly advice please call Office: 023 8024 3336 Mobile: 07786 656865 Email: acornbuilding@gmail.com or visit our website: www.acorn-builders.co.uk You will not be disappointed Send your local news to The Editor, The Herald, 2 High Street, Hythe SO45 6AH Celebrating 20 Years of C.A. Parfitt and Son In April C.A. Par tt and Son in Hythe will be 20 years old, with their shop on Marsh Parade also marking 60 years of shoe mending next year! e shop was rst opened in 1965 by Mr and Mrs Gasnier, they were soon joined by their daughter in law Jean and 6 months later by their son Ron. In 1970 due to his Father’s ill health, Ron and Jean purchased the business and ran it for 40 years. As well as the Hythe shop they also had a shop in Shirley and 2 shops in Southampton centre, the Hythe shop unit is the only one le still mending shoes today. traditional shoe mending services, they also o er engraving services and key cutting and stock a wide range of leather goods and bags. Over the years Chris has seen many customers from the same family who have grown up coming into the shop with their repairs, who now have their own families, with the little man mending shoes in the window being a highlight as the customers remember him from their own childhood! Chris and Adrienne comment: “We gratefully appreciate all our customers old and new and look forward to continually serving them all in the future.” that were o ered when they rst opened. One familiar face throughout their 20 years has been Sue Pipe, who originally worked with Ron and Jean for many years and although now retired, still helps Chris and Adrienne out today. C.A. Parfitt and Son have customers from far and wide who bring in or send their repairs to them, some even visit from abroad bringing their shoes for mending when they are in the area visiting family. If you have never been into the shop you may be surprised what you can nd! As well as the Chris Par tt learnt the trade a er joining Ron and Jean as an apprentice straight from school in 1987 and in 2004 he and his wife Adrienne bought the Hythe shop and set up C.A. Par tt and Son. Today the shop is still the same as when it rst opened with most of the original xtures and ttings, but over the years Chris and Adrienne have taken on more services and now sell a vast range of stock in comparison to the shoe repairs and polishes Celebrating 20 Years of C.A. Parfitt and Son ROMSEY RAILWAY MODELLERS DONATE £1,500 TO CHARITY e 44th Annual exhibition of the Romsey & District Railway Modellers’ Society, held on the rst weekend in March, was a great success with over 750 visitors viewing the exhibits in Cros eld Hall. During the weekend the Mayors of both Romsey and Test Valley attended and were included in the presentation of the donations of £500 each to the SouthCentral Ambulance Charity for NHS First Responders, Jayne Scarth House a Romsey & District Railway Modellers’ Society Annual Exhibition local cancer support charity and the Children’s Air Ambulance Charity. For more information about Romsey & District Railway Modellers’ Society please visit: rdrms.com Keep Donating Your Foreign and Old Coins! A big thank you from Hythe Pier Heritage Association (HPHA) to everyone that has recently donated foreign and old money to the pot in e Herald o ce. e latest collection has raised a further £409.05! If you are having a spring clean and come across any old or foreign coins and notes please consider donating them to HPHA via the collection pot in e Herald o ce.

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