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Whitchurch for Art
Around 400 visitors from Whitchurch and the rest of Hampshire have been viewed the works of a total of ten artists. The displays ran from Saturday 15th until Sunday 23rd. Penny Spooner and Caroline Green hosted a a display of their ceramics and the work of Noel Privett and Alice Bloor in their pottery in Great Lane. Tim Richardson organised a display in the Parish Hall which featured his own work and that of Sharon Kearley, Bruce Crabbe, Ray Galvani, Sue Climpson and Rebecca Speculo. Both exhibitions are part of the Hampshire Open Studios event. Penny & Caroline will be running a ceramics workshop for beginners on Sunday 23rd, full details are here. 
The Parish Hall display was rounded off by a jazz session on Sunday 23rd featuring the Oxford Jazz Quartet with Lizzie Newbery which was enjoyed by a a full hall.
Some of the exhibits are shown below, a larger selection of photos is here.
Recycling News - Bad
The glass recycling containers at The Railway Hotel will be removed at the end of the month. The webmaster has just heard from B&DBC that the new owner of the site has asked for them to be removed. B&DBC emailed the Clerk to the Town Council last week to see if another public site in the North of the town could be identified but to date there has been no response.
If you know of any suitable location, please use the contact page. The recycling page on this website has just been updated with the latest from B&DBC.
New Home Wanted for Friendly Cat
Can anyone help re-home a beautiful silver grey tabby cat? Tilly is 12 and incredibly friendly. She is a small cat with simple needs - love, food and shelter. Sadly, newly diagnosed allergies in 2 members of her owner's family means they cannot keep her and need to find a loving home.
If you can help, please use the contact page.
Lovely Weather for Meadow Activities
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Lots of mums, grans and kids visited the Millennium Meadow for the activities.
Some (left) queued for the pond dipping, others (right) took to the shade for refreshments. |
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Good Weather for Harvest 
The good weather is here but only for a short while so local farmers have to make the best of it whatever the time of day it is.
Harvesting is continuing throughout the night in the fields around the Town.
The Bells Told the Story
A 3 hour peal of All Hallows bells took place on Friday evening, the visiting ringers were ably led by Edd Colliss from Southampton.
Another Wide Load
 Another abnormally wide and high load travelled along the old A34 (Winchester Street/Road and Newbury Street/Road). Traffic was slowed considerably at around 10am. One report says that the load was a generator bound for the UAE.
Picture from Keith Watts
Art aplenty in Whitchurch
Three more local artists have joined the Parish Hall exhibition:
Ray Galvani's style can best be described as Primitive or Naïve, in the tradition of the outside artist. Oil paint is his chosen medium. He offers original works, limited edition prints as well as hand made greetings cards. Ray lives and works in Whitchurch.
Sue Climpson creates jewellery, original art and limited edition giclee prints. As an illustrator she has many years experience both in commercial illustration and in fine art. Sue's style is based upon a unique blend of traditional skills of drawing and painting and the very latest computer technology to produce interesting, powerful and very decorative art.
Rebecca Speculo is a ceramic artist from Andover whose focus for ceramic work is an exploration of colour and line, through which she develops a range of unique decorative patterns. Using the thrown vessel, the simple forms Rebecca, from Andover, creates offer a striking contrast between the earthenware structure and the rich decoration.
There's plenty of art to be seen in the Town from the middle of August as part of the county-wide Hampshire Open Studios event. There are two exhibitions, with workshops so you can get involved.
Penny Spooner and Caroline Green, who have been involved before with their ceramics, will be joined this year by Noel Privett, a Whitchurch silversmith, and Alice Bloor, a textile artist from Laverstoke. The display with sales will be in the pottery studio, at the end of Great Lane as it joins Fairclose, on 15th, 16th & 22nd August.
Penny and Caroline will run a workshop for beginners on Sunday 23rd August 23 from 10am to 4pm. The workshop will include instruction on hand building and how to throw a pot on the wheel. The cost will be £55 for the day and participants will be able to take away two glazed and finished pieces of their own work. Just bring along a packed lunch and an apron. Please call 07880 653558 for further information or to book a place (limited to four).
For the first time in the centre of Whitchurch there will be a display of art in the Parish Hall. There are currently three artists from the area who will be displaying their art and running free workshops to show how it is done. The artists are:
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Sharon Kearley, a textile artist and designer who works with the elements of weaving, felting and machine embroidery.
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Tim Richardson, a pastel artist who recently moved to Oxfordshire. Tim will be showing a collection of North Hampshire landscape paintings.
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Bruce Crabbe, a woodcarver who has been carving for 20 years and is a very skilled craftsman, having worked with others on large scale national projects as well as smaller pieces for individuals.
The displays will be in the Parish Hall on Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 (10am–5pm); Thursday 20 and Friday 21 (11am–
6pm); Saturday 22 and Sunday 23 (10am–5pm). Full details are here.
Whitchurch is on the Map
New tourist maps have been placed in the Town's notice boards. The new notice boards funded by SEEDA outside the Town Hall and in Bell Street Car Park now have a map for tourists showing the locations of all the businesses and amenities they may be interested in. The design work was done by Blooming Digital in the Whitchurch Business Centre. A further copy of the map will be installed in the new notice board that is planned for the Winchester Street Car Park. You can download your own copy here.
Citizens left to tidy up
 A Town Centre traffic accident left a mess  behind which needed tidying up. Oil from the accident near the pedestrian crossing was covered with marl by council workmen but the recent light rain caused this to turn into a sticky, unsightly mess that got on shoes, was trailed into shops and made the Square unattractive to any weekend visitors.
It was left to 2 citizens on Saturday morning with brush and watering can to remove the eyesore before it became worse.
Decision about to be made on parking restrictions
The proposed changes that have been under review are about to be implemented. The maps are:
but are subject the following recommended changes:
- to omit the single yellow line, between property numbers 69 to 79 London Road - reason - there is a risk that vehicles displaced by the proposed single yellow line will simply be parked at other more hazardous locations and/or possibly causing conflict with other residents in areas where parking is already at a premium
- to retain the existing disabled motorist parking bay outside the chemists on Newbury Street - no reason given for not removing it but cost was the objection to moving it
- to omit the single yellow line, between property numbers 35 to 41 Newbury Street - reason - there is a risk that vehicles displaced by the proposed parking controls will simply be parked at other more hazardous locations and/or possibly causing conflict with other residents in areas where parking is already at a premium
- to omit the limited waiting area outside numbers 15 &17 London Street and retain the existing prohibition of waiting at this location - reason - vehicles parked in the proposed limited waiting bay would force eastbound passing traffic to pull-out onto the wrong side of the road into the path of unsighted westbound traffic.
The full list comments and responses are here.
6-a-side Football Competition
The Kings Arms is arranging a 6-a-side competition during the Bank Holiday weekend to raise funds for its football team. The competition will take place on the Testbourne playing fields from 12 noon onwards on 30 August with a BBQ.
Prizes will be presented at the Kings Arms from 9pm onwards when Acoustix will be providing the music. Entry forms are available from the Kings Arms, there are a limited number of places in the competition so get your entry in as quickly as possible! |
