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Features
These features represent the best of news, information
and reportage across the area - there may be more
specific information in the area links to the right.
Please do send us your news!
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Clubs & Societies
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Fair Oak Art & Craft Society t: Linda
Butcher 80 601431
Wednesdays (except last Wednesday) Village
Hall, Shorts Road. 7.30 pm. Full Programme and workshops
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Fair Oak
Gardening Club t: 80 692305
2nd Monday 7.30pm Village Hall, Shorts Road |
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Free Health Walks t:80 684813
Regular walking can help prevent heart disease,
strokes, osteoporosis, high blood pressure and diabetes. Fridays
9.30am Fair Oak |
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Fair Oak Women's Institute t:80 694145
Last Wednesday 7.30pm Village Hall, Shorts
Road |
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Bishopstoke Players t:80 693032
Rehearsals /
Club Nights Thursdays 7.45 back room Bishopstoke Memorial Hall |
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Fair Oak Bowling Club t:80 600111
Fri, Sun and Mon afternoon/evening Village
Hall, Shorts Road |
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NCT First time mums group
Ring Julie on 80 275955 |
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Eastleigh
Group of the Ramblers Association
Click here for the website
Quarterly walks programmed with dates and
meeting times. All walks graded normally between 5 and 12
miles. |
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Wyvern FC
community youth football club t: Colin Hazeldine 02392 723665
Based at
Wyvern school campus in Fair Oak. Boys and girls ranging from
under 8's to under 18's Partnered by
Southampton FC. |
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Lions Club of
Eastleigh t:80 252196
1st Friday
monthly at the Holiday Inn, Eastleigh at 8pm
Please let us know if you'd like your
club or society listed here!
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Babes In The Wood
- review
Babes in the wood was fun. Especially for
our children; although on the night we went the audience were
actually more children at heart rather than in age! Slapstick,
singing and sinister laughs (from the Baddie - not the audience
you understand) were the order of the day. We joined in with
gusto – or at least I did whilst our boys sort of fidgeted
embarrassedly.
There were some new faces as well as the usual favourites, all
decked out in bright and colourful costumes.
Everyone enjoys a good dame and you always get a good one with
Jon Morgan who sported a dizzying collection of wild frocks and
even wilder hair. I always think that a dame with less than 10
changes of clothes is no dame at all (although I don‟t know if
Jon would agree with me. He should get an Oscar for “fastest
costume changes”)
A special mention must go to the pianist Glenda Paris who did an
awesome job accompanying the singing.
All in all an enjoyable evening.
Next up : A comedy called “A Foot in the
Door”
Oh no it isn‟t!, Oh yes it is!
www.bishopstokeplayers.org.
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Following meetings between
Church Leaders and the Police of the Eastleigh Borough,
agreement was reached that it would be good to explore
the possibility of utilising the national initiative
known as Street Pastors to further supplement and
bolster the community interface between the community
and the Police and local Parish Council in Fair Oak and
Horton Heath. The Church is in a unique position to
provide such volunteers. On 18 June 2007, Chief
Inspector Diana Boyles made a presentation, together
with Church Leaders, to the Fair Oak and Horton Heath
Parish Council. After fielding questions following her
report, the Parish Council voted unanimously to give
permission for training of Street Pastors to begin!
The Rev. Les
Issacs, Leader of Street Pastors, will be visiting the Parish on
5 September 2007 to discuss with Church Leaders, Local Authority
Representatives and the Police, the format of the training and
the oversight and guidance that Street Pastors will offer from
its national headquarters, The Ascension Trust. It is then hoped
that training will begin mid-September 2007 for all interested
Christian people. The training will be carried out over the
period up to Christmas 2007 and permit an early 2008 launch of
the Street Pastors.
It should be
emphasised that the Street Pastors initiative is not a reactive
response to any crime in Fair Oak and Horton Heath, rather it is
the next logical step following the great success of the arrival
of the PCSO's. Street Pastors simply exist to express "love on
the streets" at the Pubs and outside "gatherings" that occur,
particularly on Friday and Saturday nights. In this way, it is
hoped by the Churches that a Christian presence of unconditional
love on the streets, week-in, week-out, will make Fair Oak and
Horton Heath an even safer and more loving place to live than
presently. It is genuinely hoped that by expression of acts of
kindness and building of relationships over time, it will bring
even greater community cohesion and be a weekly reminder of the
very close partnership between Church, Police and Local Council.
If you would like to know more information
about Street Pastors, please check out
www.streetpastors.org.uk. The local Street Pastors
Co-ordinators are Peter Broom and Sheena Graham. If you would
like any more local information, please contact the St. Thomas'
Church Parish Office between 9am and 2pm weekdays on
02380 695786 and the Church
Administrators can then get Sheena and Peter to contact you.
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Police are warning motorists to be careful when selling
cars following the thefts of several vehicles over the
past month.
Vehicles being offered for sale in a newspaper or
magazine, and often the internet, can attract people
from far and wide to view the car. However, some come
with the intention of taking the car without paying.
In one incident, whilst the would-be buyer was being
shown round the car, he jumped into the driver’s seat,
locked the doors and sped off. In another, during a test
drive, the owner and would-be buyer got out at a petrol
station to inspect the engine under brighter lights when
the thief again jumped in and drove away, and in a third
incident, after the test drive and the owner was making
a cup of coffee for the man who said he would buy the
car, he claimed he had left his phone in the vehicle
during the test drive. He then took the owner’s keys
supposedly to recover his phone, but drove off with her
car. Bear in mind that an insurance company is unlikely
to pay out if a car is stolen in this way.
If you are selling your vehicle, never let the potential
purchaser have the keys unless you are also in the
vehicle. If you drive first on a test drive, take the
keys out of the ignition until everyone is back in the
car and then pass them over.
If you are buying a car, try to avoid meeting anyone in
a car park, or service station. It is a potentially
safer purchase to see the owner at their home, where the
registration document should match up, and the service
history is likely to be from a local garage. You also
know where the seller is if there is a problem.
Remember, don’t release the vehicle until cleared funds
have been received. A cheque should be cleared first,
and make sure that a bankers’ draft is genuine – a draft
may be guaranteed funds, but not if the draft is
fraudulent or stolen!
Remember to always keep your keys safe. Even a basic car
is virtually impossible to steal without the keys to
disarm the alarm and immobiliser, so never leave your
keys lying around on a bar, or your desk.
If you’ve information about any crime, please call
Crimestoppers on 0800 555111, or log on to
www.mostwanted-uk.org Your call is free, no one will
know you called and you may earn a cash reward.
If you’ve information about any crime, please call
Crimestoppers on 0800 555111 or
log on to
www.mostwanted-uk.org.
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