14th May 2026 • The HERALD • Page 43 v SUPPORTING LOCAL BUSINESSES v OUT & ABOUT Put Your Best Face Forward At Fawley and Holbury u3a’s next meeting on 26th May Jane Glennie will give a talk titled ‘Put Your Best Face Forward’. Jane is an actress and historian, her talk will give helpful home front hints by a wartime housewife. Fawley and Holbury u3a are a friendly group of retired or semiretired people who meet on the 4th Tuesday of each month, 2pm at Black eld British Legion Club, Exbury Road Black eld, when they have an interesting speaker on a great variety of topics. Various sub groups are run by members including Book clubs, play reading, handicra s, a quiz a ernoon and photography. Go along to a meeting, phone: 023 8084 5883, or visit: fawleyholbury.u3asite.uk for more information. ey look forward to seeing you. Happy 20th Birthday Celebrations Copythorne Parish History Society meets on the 4th Thursday of each month, in the main Copythorne Parish Hall at 7.30pm and welcomes anyone who wishes to go along. Entry is £2 per person. On Thursday 28th May they will be celebrating their 20th Birthday, take along your favourite toy from days gone by. For more information please contact Clare on: 023 8081 2167 or email: anniesapp@ hotmail.com The Railway Club of the New Forest The Railway Club of the New Forest’s next meeting is Friday 29th May in the Exhibition Room, Brockenhurst Village Hall, Highwood Road, Brockenhurst. SO42 7RY. Marc Heighway investigates the ‘Stories of Needs Oar Point’, one that has rarely been told despite the role it played in wartime. e talk includes never before seen photography and lm, tales of bravery, inspiring stories, and how tragedy and high casualty rates struck the young men who ew from these local elds. For just three short, yet eventful months in WW2, the peace of elds south of Buckler’s Hard was shattered by the arrival of four squadrons of Typhoon ghter bombers and lorries full of men. Some have said that this was the busiest air eld on D-Day. But just how true is this? Visitors welcome. £6 on the door. Arrive from 7pm for a 7.30pm start. For more information visit: www. railwayclubo henewforest.org.uk or nd the Club on Facebook. Waterside Repair Café If you have an item sitting at home, not working, take it along to the Waterside Repair Café on the last Saturday of each month. eir volunteers will do their best to repair it, and if they can’t they might know someone who can. If your item is beyond repair the team will tell you the best way to dispose of it. From clocks, household electricals to umbrellas, they have seen it all. Go on down and say hello and enjoy a cup of tea and a slice of cake whilst you wait. e Repair Café takes place on the last Saturday of each month from January to November at the Black eld Baptist Church Hall. Doors open at 10.30am, with the last repair checked in at 1pm. Free parking is available on site. Follow the Waterside Repair Café Facebook page for regular updates.
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