Help please... Ian and Page need a signature witnessed by a Notary Public or Solicitor.
Is there anyone in the village that can help? It won't take 5 minutes.
If you can help please let me know on 07850 928 250 or 775 681 or page@west4property.com
Many thanks,
Page
If people don't know - there's a review of the panto in this week's Seven Days section of the Chronicle.
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Looking for a contact person or historical researcher in Hursley to assist
in tracking family history (mid to late 1700's). Please contact via email. Thank you.
Kirk Peck, Victoria B.C. Canada emailkdp@yahoo.ca
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SPONSORS!
The Hursley 10k is an annual cross country running event that takes place in
September. Hundreds of people come to run and support it. We are looking
this year to have business's in Hursley, how ever large or small, to sponsor
the event. You can sponsor from £100 upwards and there are many options from
having your name on gazebo to mugs, t-shirts, flyers and running numbers. It
is a great way to market your business and 30% of the money raise will go
towards the village.
If you are interested please contact Liz Sinker 07766 251164 or email
organisor@hursley10k.co.uk
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GROUNDWATER LEVELS
The Parish Council's Flood Action Plan requires that groundwater levels areJohn Brooks
Parish Clerk
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Unfortunately there were a number of omissions of thanks in the pantomime programme and the Hursley H' Ams would like to acknowledge and thank the following people for all their help:-
Alison Taylor, Hilary Venn, and Gill Ellaway for providing lasagnes for the Saturday supper. A number of lasagnes also miraculously appeared on Saturday night so thank you if you were of the kind donors!
Karen Rogers, Mairead Whiting and Jennifer Douglas-Todd for assisting with front of house duties.
Steve Rogers, Sara Rowden, Phil and Louise Pratt for re-heating lasagnes.
Liz Baker for helping with Saturday supper.
Hilary Wells for her fantastic photographs which have really captured the spirit of the show!
Also to all those who helped with washing up duties, clearing and tidying the hall on Saturday night and Sunday afternoon.
Sonya Hildebrandt
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A Panto ABC By Hannah Nash
A for the Author, by Arthur his Name..Panto will never again be the same! B for a Butcher who's famed for his Mince..thinking of Faggots will make poor Mike wince. C for a girl who was born to the part..Zoie as Cinders you stole every heart. D..Oh Dandini! what style and oh my...Dear Poppy perfected the slap of the thigh. E is for Everyone not on the stage...Karen and Andrea, Doreen and Page...Alistair, Cathy, Amanda and Claire...Lizzy and Carolyn, Jean in her chair...Judy and Rossi and Sonya and John, Jane, Mark and Chris, JB and Paul Gomm...Jon and Geoff Venn, Kate, Ian and Dan...the Wonderful cooks serving supper at 10! F for the Footman who knows how to Flash..dear Richard your comedy parts were a smash! G for the Godmother, Fairy in Red, Alison sparkled with magic well said. H Hubba Hubba who sang Dancing Queen..Magnificent 7 who looked like a dream. Ivor the Biggun who cracked corny jokes, Ed really managed to cheer up the folks. J K the Dance Troupe what fabulous fun...they managed a Ho Down that's 2nd to none. King...yes dear Martin you shone in the Hall as you played with the crown jewels, your sceptre, your ball! L for the Landlord whose wish would come true, Bob ended up with an accolade too. Mice...We salute you!..We're in Mousy Heaven...A smashing performance from youngest 11. N not an easy event for Direction but Jo had us all Ham it Up with conviction. O was the Orchestra perfect in tunes, (if slightly bemused by some crazy buffoons) P for the Prince who engaged Cinderella...Sam you were great prancing round like a fella!. Q for her Majesty, Queenly a Nutter who giggled a lot as she purloined the Butter. R for the Rapper Rats, cool as you like...Boys you were wicked...Ice T..on your bike! S for the Stage sets a job hard to do but Phil and his lads, we'd be lost without you. T for the Tiddler who towered o'er all...John the provider of sweets to the Hall. U for what else but the 2 Ugly Sisters, sporting graffiti and showing their knickers. Adam, as Rose, you were strangely attractive and Alan your Antics were comedy magic. V for the Victory Race in slow motion that Angus encouraged a rousing ovation. W..Wicked as Step Mothers Go..Caroline simply a Boo tiful show. X rated Liberals often repel but Bee your 'Turn On' was as sexy as hell. Y for the Young Man who shoots and delivers..Josh your performance made young girls a-quiver. Z is for Zips and their purpose is sure..they hold things together and keep them secure....But we prefer Buttons, especially now, for Steve is our Hero, the Man of the Hour. And so that's all over, we had so much fun, but one mention more and then it is done...Producers are many but Steve did reveal..we now have our very own ....Cecil BEE de Mille...!!! Last line of the Song...all together Now....
HAVE WE ALL MISSED OUR VOCATION
WE ALL GOT A STANDING OVATION
I THINK WE'RE FAB
AND WE ARE THE HURSLEY HAMS.
Hannah.x
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The Hursley H’ams present ‘Cinderella’
Reviewed by Hannah, a Hursley Hack
Cinderella, the Hursley H’ams stunning sell-out debut production was a fantasy fairy tale of the highest order.
Not least because a very dapper, if slightly wayward, Prince (Sam Victoria) found ‘his’ furry-bosomed, doe-eyed bride (Zoie Brown) and presumably lived happily ever after in a world free from bulging bockwurst and fatty fries, but more because, in Cinderella-la-la land, the flashing speed sign (played by an impressively deadpan Richard Baker) was actually delivered….and even erected before the public’s incredulous eyes.
Michael Arthur’s extremely amusing and highly topical script set in and around the Pelican public house, was brought to sparkling life by producer Bee Welch, director Joe Winchester and a talented local cast of both aspiring and inspiring performers.
Playing to a packed village hall, small (and indeed some big!) kids entertained over 300 people last Friday and Saturday with a lively mixture of traditional tale, modern moves and spell-binding songs.
As the glamorous Fairy Godmother (Alison Bailey) sprinkled her magic, turning Cinderella’s rotten rags into a stunning ensemble of pink polyester, even the hardest-hearted pantomime-goer could not fail to be moved by Buttons’ (professionally played by Steve Powell) dogged, and ultimately unrequited, devotion to his lost cause.
Snapped at every opportunity by resident ‘pap’ (Josh Caywood), a long-limbed Dandini (Poppy Caywood) provided the perfect knowing foil to Prince Kee’s blissful innocence as they set out together to find the elusive and ever-so-slightly whiffy object of his affections.
Adept casting placed the dynamic and, at times, daring duo of Alan Apps and Adam Welch as the ultimate Ugly Sisters, who ‘waxed’ lyrical about their voracious appetites for flesh of both the physical and edible kinds. The seething step-mother was expertly played by a vampish and voluptuous Caroline Norton, (un)happily married to Cinderella’s long-suffering, but oh-so-endearing, father, ‘Bob’ (Neil Taylor), whilst Kate Patterson was beguiling at the ball.
Bearing an astonishing – and somewhat disconcerting - resemblance to our very own Monarchy, the King and Queen (Martin Patterson and Hannah Nash) reflected haphazardly on the concrete realities of rural life over a regal breakfast, whilst the delightfully dreadful Lib Dem councillor (Bee Welch) and her Tory Toff counterpart (Angus Lang) vied for the political spotlight. Mike Watts as Butcher, Freddy Fillet put humour into his ‘meaty’ role, whilst resident village idiots, Ivor Biggun (Ed Hildebrant) and Tommy Tiddler (John Piper) propped up the bar and pepped up the kids with liberal doses of both sarcasm and sweets.
The strong storyline was complimented by hilarious, high-energy inputs from The (rapping) Rats and the JK Crew, whilst the bevy of beauties that was The Girl Band encouraged both enthusiastic panto goers and the Prince to ‘Take a Chance on Me’. Meanwhile the vocal prowess and visual impact of The White Mice left the audience looking not, as suggested, for the interval, but very much on Python and Bee’s ‘Bright side of life’. The highly professional Orchestra, effective scenery and seamless stage management, magnificent make-up and flamboyant costumes were the icing on this theatrically delectable cake.
The pantomime was produced to raise funds for the Hursley Village Hall and as such is bound to be a success. But ‘Cinderella’ raised much, much more than that. It raised the spirits of multi-generational audiences, it raised awareness of local talents hidden under bushels, and most importantly perhaps, it raised the splendid new roof. Congratulations to all involved – both in front and behind the scenes - in the staging of Cinderella.
Let’s hope that we haven’t seen the last of the Hursley H’ams. Or indeed, the flashing speed sign.
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