OPEN SUNDAYS & BANK HOLIDAYS • RINGWOOD ROAD, TOTTON • PLAZA PARADE, ROMSEY • THE PRECINCT, CHANDLERS FORD ALL DAY COD & CHIPS £1 OFF On presentation of this advertisement MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY ONLY Not valid with any other offer. Valid until 19th June 2024 30th May 2024 • The HERALD • Page 47 v THE HERALD - Proud to be part of your communityv FOOD FOR THOUGHT Gin Tasting Raising Money for Gift of Sight Appeal Enjoy a relaxed evening of gin tasting at the EIGHT TWO O Spirits Distillery at Shallowmead Nurseries on Friday 7th June, 6pm – 8pm, raising money for the Gi of Sight Appeal. Tickets are £25 available from: https://www.gi ofsight.org.uk/events e Gi of Sight Appeal was established with the aim of funding world-class research into the prevention and treatment of blindness and is managed by the University of Southampton. e evening will include a talk from Professor Andrew Lotery about eye research from both clinic and the laboratories. e Brockenhurst Wine Club (BWC) meets monthly in Brockenhurst Village Hall, usually on the fourth Wednesday of each month at 7.30pm. Open to all, members explore a wide range of wines that people may not have come across, in a range of budgets and to learn something about how and where they are made, as well as getting to know other like-minded people. On Wednesday 26th June for their Garden Party at Ford Cottage. Followed on Wednesday 24th July for a talk titled ‘Hidden Corners of Italy’ presented by Quentin Crisp AWE. Visit: www.brockenhurstwineclub.co.uk or to attend a session telephone John Harris on 07714 261251 or email: jharris.lydith@btinternet.com For Wine Lovers New Forest Beer Fest in Brockenhurst CBS New Forest Beer Fest is taking place in Brockenhurst Village Hall on Saturday 29th June, bringing 10 breweries together to pour both cask and keg beers from within a 25 mile radius of Brockenhurst, as well as spirits from Eight Two O and raising money for Oakhaven Hospice. ere will be a daytime session and an evening session, tickets are available from: www.ents24.com search for New Forest Beer Fest. Epic Line-up Announced for Lymington Seafood Festival! From award-winning rhythm & blues, Celtic folk, 80’s electro pop to a full on Ska takeover, this year’s Lymington Seafood Festival has something for everyone! Taking place at Bath Road in Lymington, on Friday 12th July to Sunday 14th July as well as the music the organisers are busy cooking up a brilliant menu of delicious food to sample with a heap of new stands joining them. ey’ve also got plenty bubbling away as they gear up to announce who’ll be joining them on the Chefs Stage and the launch of the Cookery School. e music line-up includes headline acts: e Fleetwood Mac Experience on Friday 12th July, e Fat Cat Soul Band on Saturday 13th July and e Decatonics on Sunday 14th July, plus lots more acts playing throughout the festival. For more information and tickets please visit: www. lymingtonseafoodfestival.co.uk cook tasty meals. Go along for some tasty food and great company, everyone is welcome. The Waterside Food Project aims to reduce food waste across the Waterside and also runs the Community Fridge in Hythe Library. For more information please visit: www. facebook.com/ Watersidefoodproject e Waterside Food Project, part of the New Forest Aquaponics CIC family of projects, host a FREE Community Cook Up every Thursday 3.30pm to 5.30pm at Black eld Baptist Church on Hampton Lane. Surplus food from supermarkets that would otherwise go to waste is collected by volunteers and used to Free Community Cook Ups Birthday Party with Entertainment Ashurst WI is an active and growing institute, where members can look forward to an interesting programme of talks and events throughout the year. e next meeting takes place on Wednesday 12th June with their Birthday Party with Entertainment. Followed on Wednesday 9th July for ‘Knowing Two British Eccentrics’ John Betjeman and James Herriot’s Partner Siegfrid’ by Susan Howell. Meetings take place on the second Wednesday of each month at 7.30pm at St Joseph’s, 16 Lyndhurst Road, Ashurst SO40 7DU. New members and visitors are always welcome. For more details telephone Kathryn on 023 8029 3638. NATS cefarleigh@gmail.com for further information or just go along to their monthly meetings. Give it a try; you can be sure of a warm welcome! The Life & Music of Cole Porter Are you over 55 and want to make the most of life once you’re no longer in full time work by exploring and sharing new ideas, skills and interests with your local U3A? Across the UK, U3A members are learning, staying active and having fun in later life. It’s local, social, friendly, low-cost and open to all. Totton U3A is now open to new members so why not join them. ey meet every second Thursday of each month at 1.45pm in the Palm Room at Totton & Eling Community Centre. eir next meeting is on Thursday 13th June for a talk titled ‘ e Life & Music of Cole Porter’ by John Sherbourne. Various interest groups meet throughout the month to participate in learning and leisure activities and perhaps you can bring a new skill to share with others. Contact Christine Farleigh on 023 8086 2882 or email: Art in Lymington Lymington Arts Group hold meetings in the McLellan Hall at Lymington Community Centre, New Street, Lymington SO41 9BQ, on the second Friday afternoon of each month (excepting February and August). Meetings start at 2.30pm and normally last two hours. eir next meeting will be on Friday 14th June for Susan Clare, Underwater World, Mixed Media. On Friday 12th July for Jenny Whalley, Watercolour Portrait Until 1st June they will be holding their Lymington Exhibition in the Masonic Hall, Lymington. Visitors are very welcome and pay £3.50. New Forest Aviation Group’s (NFAG) next meeting takes place on Friday 14th June for a talk titled ‘NATS’ by Andrew Burke in Lyndhurst Community Centre - doors open 7pm for prompt 7.30pm start. e £5 admission for visitors (members £3) includes tea and biscuits. e group meets monthly, except for August and December and the programme is on the website: www.nfag.info. No internet? No problem call 023 8084 0139. Whiteparish Village Summer Fete Whiteparish All Saints’ Church and Village School presents a Bands Night/Hog Roast on Friday 14th June from 6pm until 11.30pm. Followed by the Whiteparish Village Summer Fete on Saturday 15th June from 12noon to 4pm on the Memorial Ground, adjacent to All Saints’ Church, Common Road, Whiteparish SP5 2SU. ere will be local stalls, RNLI stall, Pimms, teas, ice creams, BBQ, scarecrow competition, cakes, bouncy castle, games, classic cars and tractors plus an art exhibition. Entry is £1 per person (FREE for under 16s). Sorry no dogs allowed. en join them on Sunday 16th June at 11am on the Memorial Field for ‘Songs of Praise’. IT’S CARNIVAL TIME IN TOTTON! e 2024 Totton Carnival will be held on Saturday 15th June from 4pm with the theme ‘Totton Goes to the Movies’. is year the road from AFC Totton will be closed to allow the lorries to leave from there to join the parade from Calmore Industrial Estate. e parade will then travel down Salisbury Road up to the Esso garage near Asda Totton then along Junction Road and into Eling Rec via Rose Road. e carnival organisers are hoping to do rolling road closures with the parade heading down Salisbury Road for 4pm and arriving at Eling Rec for approximately 5.30pm. Can you help? e Carnival Committee are still looking for road closure Marshall’s as well as walkers in the parade, if anyone is interested please contact the Committee via their facebook page or email: tottonandelingcarnival@gmail.com A selection of music composed for or featured on the silver screen will be on the programme for Solent Concert Orchestra’s ‘Music from Film’ themed concert on Saturday 15th June, 7.30pm at Bramshaw Village Hall (doors open at 7pm). Tickets £10 on the door or in advance from: www.wegottickets.com/ event/607506/ Music from Film Concert
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