Over many months now, following all the feedback on speed related issues in the village, a small team has been chipping away at trying to fund a Community Speed Watch system and team for the village.

With a big effort from Jan Warwick the funding (£3000) was finally agreed via the Fieldfare LEADER project. We then set about procuring a system and asking for volunteers.

As with all projects like this volunteers are key. We currently have 7 volunteers from the village who have gone through the police vetting process and CSW training. However we need more volunteers if this is to be a sustainable project going forward.  If you feel that speeding vehicles are an issue in the village it is important to get involved, just an hour a week can make a huge difference and we will hopefully get safer roads in our village. The feeling of actually doing something positive can be incredibly satisfying in knowing that as a HCSW volunteer you will be having a positive impact on the village and the environment, instead of waiting for someone else to do it.

The first deployment will be on the morning of Tuesday 31^st January close to the Dolphin public house.

If you would like to be a volunteer or just to know more or have any feedback regarding the Hursley Community Speed Watch project we would love to hear from you.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15975720

This year's Twyford Singers concert is a performance of Haydn's Stabat
Mater, to take place at 7.30pm on Saturday March 3rd in St Cross Chapel. 
The Chapel has a superb acoustic and you may remember that, over the past
six years, we have successfully performed works by Handel, Mozart and Rutter
at the same venue.

The Stabat Mater became Haydn's most popular sacred work, performed widely
during his lifetime. The musical expression of poetry was foremost in
Haydn's mind and this emphasis is present throughout. With its first-person
description of Mary's vast range of emotions during the Crucifixion, the
poignant text is full of opportunities for bringing feelings to life. Haydn
accomplishes this with a wide variety of musical strategies, commencing with
the tearful Stabat Mater dolorosa and culminating in the joyful Paradisi
gloria.
As in previous years, Twyford Singers will be supported by professional
orchestra and soloists (Rosie Coad soprano, Sarah Shorter alto, Daniel
Hickson tenor and Clive Hilton bass). Our conductor will be Derek Beck.  
Tickets, priced at £12.50 (£7 – 16 and under) are available from Geoff
Settatree (712722, email: gandcsettatree@dsl.pipex.com ) and Annie Hibberd
(713630).  For further details about the Twyford Singers, please see our
website: www.twyford-singers.hampshire.org.uk .

Hi, I am planning to do some cycle touring. If you have, or know someone who does, a bike that you would be interested in selling please could you contact me.
My mobile number is 07917416535 - thanks, Mujeeb

Want to feel and look longer, leaner and more balanced? Then Pilates is for you.

Starting on Thursday 23rd February 2012, 6pm-7pm, Hannah will be offering Pilates Classes at the Parish Hall. Classes will run in term-time blocks (usually 6 or 7 weeks) and the course must be pre-booked. Classes follow the Body Control Pilates method. To allow Hannah to get to know you and tailor sessions to the participants' needs, class sizes will be kept small (a maximum of 8 people per class). Prior to joining a class, new members need to have a 1:1 induction session (usually held in your own home). More information can be found at www.pilateswithaplomb.com. Special introductory rates are available for the first block of classes - see the website for more information.

Subject to numbers a second class may be introduced 7.20pm-8.20pm, Thursdays. Please email your interest to info@pilateswithaplomb.com.

 We have recently received from the local police the number for a quick
response team operated by the Trading Standards Department

This department can generally provide on scene attendance during office
hours when rogue traders are suspected. Please call this number when suspected rogue traders are operating in the
area.
 
TRADING STANDARDS QUICK RESPONSE TEAM – 01962 833666
 

I am looking for a part time nanny for my children, boys aged 4 and 6. We live in Pitt, and need someone for about 10 - 15 hours per week, Monday afternoons, Tuesday mornings and Thursday evenings.

If anyone knows of anyone who would be suitable and available to start immediately, please contact me on 01962 868 631 or email me at Fredrica@mac.com.

Best wishes,

Fredrica Teale

Occasional dog sitter wanted:  we have two small, friendly dogs who like
company and from time to time I (we) are out working or socialising and need
somebody to drop in on them, have a chat, let them into the garden etc. 
This may suit a young person looking for a bit of extra pocket money. 
Please contact me if you would like to know more:  Sue North, 1 Heathcote
Place; 01962 775446/07764 942692

Some highlights from the January meeting of the parish council – full minutes will be published on the Parish Council website http://www.hursley.hampshire.org.uk .

An important task of the January meeting of the Parish Council is to set the budget and precept (local element of Council Tax) for the following year. The parish has now finished paying the promised grant for the refurbishment of the Parish Hall, so the new precept has seen a considerable reduction from the last few years.  Most items in the budget are recurring, but exceptionally in 2012, an additional sum has been set aside for the Diamond Jubilee celebrations.

We reported on the new policing arrangements for the parish – we now come under Winchester Rural North community policing team based in Alresford, although emergency response will still be based at North Walls. Operational details provided by the police at public meetings had largely reassured local concerns.

Footpaths played an important part on January’s agenda.  A request had been received for two new dog bins to be placed at the Bunstead Lane end of Monarch Way and at the edge of the school grounds where the path crossed towards Ampfield Wood.  The parish council supported the purchase of a new dog bin next to the school, but not for other locations outside the village perimeter.  There had been a strong call locally for the retention of the Ladwell permissive footpath and we heard after the meeting that the landowners had agreed to renew the licence.  We are pleased that Phil Pratt has agreed to act as Footpath representative for the parish, and we look forward to a new period of active stewardship.

Footways (residential pavements and paths along highways) were also discussed.  HCC had cleared around the bus stops at Hursley, Standon and Pitt but it was noted that brambles had overgrown the footway to Standon.  The Parish Council resolved to ask all parishioners with hedges onto a highway or footpath to ensure that these are cut back within the tarmac edge, to allow maximum space for pedestrians.

Hursley parish will soon join a Lengthsman project whereby an appointed contractor will undertake certain works at the request of the parish.  HCC has established a consortium of parishes, to be led jointly by Otterbourne and Twyford.  This will be in addition to the highways service currently offered by the county council.  The scheme will be explained in more detail to our next meeting.

The new Localism Act requires parishes to develop a Parish Plan to set the context for the future development of the parish. This has long been an aim of the parish council and we hope that interested parties will come forward to help take this forward.

Finally, the parish council agreed to offer financial support to the organisation of a programme of parish celebrations to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.  We look forward to hearing your ideas!

Hursley Parish Council meets at 8pm on the second Monday of every other month and all parishioners are welcome to attend.  The next meeting is on Monday 12^th March 2012.  If there are any matters you wish to raise, please contact the Parish Clerk on clerk.hursley@parish.hants.gov.uk or 01962 775552.

Eleanor Bell

Chair Hursley Parish Council

01962 775521   ae.bell@btinternet.com

Dear All,

Please find attached the Decision Letter and Report from the Planning
Inspector regarding the decision about the Pitt Manor Appeal.

Sadly, the decision is NOT in our favour and the permission HAS BEEN
APPROVED.

What those that I have spoken to today are finding even more upsetting (and
that is an understatement!) is the report itself that completely and utterly
disregards (and to be honest, in our opinion) is almost derisory about all
the concerns about pedestrian safety, traffic congestion, character and
landscape etc. If you read the very last paragraph 65 you will get the
final summary!

Due to very close family bereavement I have been out most of today so
forgive the delay in sending out this message. Plus I will send out more
thoughts or information later in the week.

On a slightly positive note there are still many, many, many hoops for the
developers to have to jump through and there are lots of conditions and
reserved matters put in place. You will see from part of the report that
there are several fairly major conditions that have to be met before the
developers can even set foot inside the field. Further conditions to be met
before a single brick can be laid and all of these must be individually and
collectively we were told, monitored, examined and approved by the City
Council and we will have access to monitor this process.

The Hampshire Chronicle/The Echo have spoken to me this afternoon and there
is to be a short comment in both this week plus I suspect a quote from
Turleys.
Thank you for all your support and hard work and we need time to take in the
full report and the implications. I have a meeting later in the week to go
over some of these things and will send out further information as
appropriate.

Kind regards.

Sandie

Sandie Vining
On behalf of Keep Pitt Green
62 Woodfield Drive
Winchester
SO22 5PU
Tel: 01962 865384

I am moving in to Meredun Close, and my house in St Cross will be available
for rental.

Anyone interested please contact Fiona. 
 
Fiona Foley
0779667250

The next PACT (Partners and Communities Together) meeting will be held at Shawford village hall at 1900hrs on Tuesday 31/01/12.

The Hursley Scout Survey will close this Friday afternoon.

We have had 13 replies which currently indicates that we do not have enough support from adults to take on leader roles or be willing to be an occasional helper to make the project viable.

There is also a mix beavers and cubs with a slight favour for beavers in the numbers returned so far.

I have also had it confirmed that kids from outside the parish of Hursley, who attend John Keble school, would be considered on a case by case basis.

So if you are interested in the scouts returning to Hursley please do complete the survey at this link http://www.hursleyvillage.info/scouts-survey.html soonest.

Confirmation of the free “taster” session at John Keble School on Tuesday 24th January 2012 at 6pm - 7.30pm (you must complete the survey if interested in the taster) will be made known post the closing of the survey and enough interest has been shown.

"Every man is guilty of all the good he didn’t do" Voltaire

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Insulate Hampshire is launching a new 'Winter Warmer' promotion from 1st
December. For a limited period, the scheme will be offering Hampshire
residents who are eligible1, free cavity wall and loft insulation2 (subject
to a free technical survey provided as part of the scheme). The cost of
this type of insulation is normally between £150 to £500. See the attachment
for more details.

Can anyone recommend a dog sitter who will stay in the house and look after
two labs? If so please contact jane_noble@hotmail.com or 07889 758988.  
It would be to look after two labradors in our home living in for a two week
holiday 6-20th April, just off Dean lane in Winchester.

 

The pantomime is looming - less than two weeks to go - final rehearsals are underway, finishing touches are being put to costumes and scenery and we’ve all got our tickets - ‘Oh no we haven’t,’ did I hear you say? Well that’s a bit of a shame, because they’re going fast - oh yes they are! So if you really haven’t got your tickets yet, why not hurry along to the village post office and tuck shop today and buy them? The first three performances are Thursday 26th January at 7:30, Friday 27th at 8:00 and Saturday 28th at 2:00. Tickets are £8 and £5. The final performance is on Saturday 28th at 7pm. The tickets are £18 but that does include an Arabian supper, music and dancing after the show.
So don’t miss the chance of a fantastic evening’s entertainment. Get your tickets today!

A young man by the name of Oliver Doy has gone missing and Hampshire Police have asked if anyone has any information.

At the Hursley Parish Council Meeting on Monday 9th January a request was made by HVI for two more dog waste bins in the village.

We already have one at the top of the cemetery lane and the waste bin outside the park / wreck can also be used for dog waste.

The request was for two others:

1. At the Bunstead Lane end of the Monarchs Way footpath (the path that leads across the field from the cemetery to Bunstead lane).

2. At the school end of the Monarchs way (just as you leave the school onto the pubic footpath).

There were discussions giving a number of views against the rational for the need for more bins. It went to a vote of the HPC with the outcome being that one more bin will be pursued for the school end of the Monarchs Way, but not for the Bunstead Lane end or any other location in the village.

The Monarch's Way, as a well-known Long Distance footpath, that comes through our village and outlying areas of the parish, is something that that we should really take care of. Owners who do not pick up (especially from the path) can cause significant offence to those owners that do pick up and those without dogs, also not forgetting the many visitors we have passing through the village using this footpath.

Finally dog fouling is not only unpleasant it is dangerous especially for children in the form of toxocariasis so please bag it, bin it or take it home.

If you have any views or comments on this subject please do use the comments link within this post.