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Romsey & Wellow GazetteISSUE No. 213 APRIL 2012

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10 Unfair Dismissal Changes Coming Into Force

13 New E Minor Academy at River Studios

14 Mark Luckhurst talks about A Spring Buzz in the Air

16 Julia Izzard of Bells Solicitors ex-plains Why Making a Will is so Important

18 East Meets West… Simply The Best!

20 The Small Repairs Service

22 Skyline Gold – A Local Radio Station with a Difference!

23 Olive Tree Competition

24 Caught In The Net at Bishopstoke Memorial Hall

24 The New Peugeot 107 now at Snows Romsey

28 Romsey Residents Have Their Say about our Future of Romsey Story by Angela Wilbraham

32 Surinder Bellamy talks about Family Time!

36 The Anorak Man talks about The Remote Control

38 Cooking with Ian – Purple Sprouting Broccoli, Feta and Sesame Tart

42 Maryanne Steele says “Couples Should Undergo a Relationship MoT”

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46 Dates For Your Diary

to the April edition of the Romsey and Wellow Gazette.

At last the clocks have gone forward, and with the increasing daylight at this time of year there always seems to be a general

brightening of moods as well as increased optimism. Let us hope that this is reflected in all aspects of our lives as we all strive to make the best of things.

The Romsey and Wellow Gazette is one of five magazines in our group of publications – others cover the Andover, Eastleigh, Totton, and Wellow areas, and many of the villages throughout the Test Valley region.

As well as offering very competitive advertising rates, we are also able to offer a leaflet delivery service and also very competitive prices for all types of printing. Just give me a call for further details.

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In this issue…10 Unfair Dismissal Changes

Coming Into Force

13 New E Minor Academy at River Studios

14 Mark Luckhurst talks about A Spring Buzz in the Air

16 Julia Izzard of Bells Solicitors ex-plains Why Making a Will is so Important

18 East Meets West… Simply The Best!

20 The Small Repairs Service

22 Skyline Gold – A Local Radio Station with a Difference!

23 Olive Tree Competition

24 Caught In The Net at Bishopstoke Memorial Hall

24 The New Peugeot 107 now at Snows Romsey

28 Romsey Residents Have Their Say about our Future of Romsey Story by Angela Wilbraham

32 Surinder Bellamy talks about Family Time!

36 The Anorak Man talks about The Remote Control

38 Cooking with Ian – Purple Sprouting Broccoli, Feta and Sesame Tart

42 Maryanne Steele says “Couples Should Undergo a Relationship MoT”

44 Gazette Mini Ads

46 Dates For Your Diary

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Making a Will is not always something that we like to think about but making a Will allows you to leave your estate to your loved ones and friends in the proportions that you wish rather than leaving it all up to the laws of Intestacy. You will need to choose your executors and perhaps you may need an independent third party to act as your executor if certain family members do not always get on with each other.

If you have children under the age of eighteen then you should think about making a Will so that you can appoint a Guardian for them, however you can only do this if you have Parental Responsibility for your child or children.

If there are children from a previous marriage or relationship then it is even more important to have a Will that clearly states your wishes. Even if you both make mirror Wills that provide for a child or children of a previous marriage or relationship the surviving spouse or partner is nearly always free to change their Will. We can offer advice on the creation of life interests or discretionary trusts over part or all of the assets which you own to provide for your surviving spouse or partner but also protect the capital for your child or children on your spouse or partner’s death. All too often there are cases of disagreement between step families where the survivor has gone on to change their Will or indeed remarry. There are difficulties with enforcing mutual Wills which seek to stop the surviving spouse or partner from changing their Will in the future and a solicitor would usually advise creating an express trust in your Will rather than relying on any mutual Wills.

Inheritance tax implications are also a main point to discuss. Is your estate getting near the tax free limit of £325,000? A solicitor can advise you on the pros and cons of either transferring your nil rate band (if you are married or in a civil partnership) or alternatively setting up a nil rate band discretionary trust on the first death. With effect from 9th October 2007 a claim can be made on the death of a surviving spouse/civil partner for the transfer of any unused nil-rate band of a pre-deceased spouse/civil partner. For civil partners, the death of the pre-deceased civil partner must necessarily have occurred after 5th December

2005 as it was not possible to enter into a civil partnership before this date. Foreign partnerships which pre-existed the Civil Partnership Act 2004, are deemed to have come into existence on 5th December 2005 for the purposes of English Law.

When you talk to a solicitor about making a Will you can ask about how the probate process works. For example if executors need to claim a transferable nil-rate band on death of the surviving spouse/civil partner this must be done within twenty-four months after the end of the month in which the deceased second spouse/civil partner died, although this time limit can be extended at HMRC’s discretion.

You may also need to consider making a Lasting Power of Attorney. From the 1st October 2007 it was no longer possible to make Enduring Powers of Attorney. If you have an Enduring Powers of Attorney created before the 1st October 2007 it is still valid and capable of registration. The new Lasting Powers of Attorney attempts to reduce the risk of abuse by including a number of safeguards. The decisions which an attorney can be authorised to make have also been increased by the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and these now extend to decisions about a donor’s healthcare and medical treatment as well as financial affairs. There are two types of LPAs to cover these decisions the first being a Property and Affairs LPA and the second being a Personal Welfare LPA.

Here at Bells long experience has provided us with a real understanding of family and personal relationships and we are able to give you options to help you make the decisions you feel are right for your loved ones. At all stages we will aim to clarify the law when preparing your bespoke Will.

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Skyline Gold, based in Hedge End is one of the “third tier” of UK radio stations licenced by Ofcom. It launched in January 2006 as Skyline Community Radio. The station broadcasts from studios based in The Old School House, St John’s Road locally on 102.5FM primarily to the villages of Hedge End, West End and Botley, although it can be received in other parts of the Borough of Eastleigh and a few areas outside of the borough, and via the internet on www. skylinegold.co.uk. The transmitter is located by the golfing range in Hedge End next to the M27.

Skyline Gold is run entirely by volunteers. Nobody is paid. Unlike many community radio stations it receives no money or grants from the taxpayer and is entirely funded by its volunteers and advertisers. The station is proud to provide such a service free of any charge to the general public, particularly in these difficult times.

Ofcom granted a new five year licence in 2011 and also allowed the station to enforce its oldies format of playing mainly 50s-80s era music weekdays between 8.00am and 7.00pm, and to change its name to Skyline Gold.

In its short existence Skyline Gold has directly, through publicity, found apprenticeships for over thirty young

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Specialist shows such as those specialising in big band music, country music, rock, rock ‘n’ roll, etc., continue to be aired during weekends and evenings and are presented by broadcasters with many years experience in radio work and having a vast knowledge of their particular specialist area of music.

The Skyline Gold website, www.skylinegold.co.uk, shows the programme schedule, pen pictures of the presenters, and also features a forum and a section detailing local news and forth-coming events.

Anyone interested in trying their hand at radio presenting should get in touch with Skyline Gold’s owner Mike Green. The studio telephone number is 01489-799000, the text number is 07903-100100 (texts should be started with the word studio followed by a space and then the message) and the e-mail address is [email protected].

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The sequel to Run For Your Wife finds bigamist taxi-driver John Smith still keeping both his families, one in Wimbledon and one in Streatham, happy and blissfully unaware of each other.

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Since the last issue of the Romsey & Wellow Gazette I have had several calls from local residents all keen to speak their minds about Tesco’s proposed plan to develop on the Broadlands estate in Romsey and other issues after reading Inspired Community’s article about the Future of Romsey (we’re pleased to say we’re working with Tracey who runs the Andover and Test Valley Gazette and works with the Romsey & Wellow Gazette team, all of which will feature a range of articles from Inspired Community in their printed editions each month).

It seems the issue of a having a Tesco’s superstore on the doorstep is a divisive issue. Some callers voiced strong opposition, while others have said that the proposed development would be a good thing for Romsey.

One gentleman who has been a resident of Romsey for 18 years said that he thinks Romsey should welcome the Tesco plans. He believes it will offer much more convenience and a wider range of goods, like white goods, sports equipment and clothing, DVDs, children’s clothing and more, than you can get in Romsey right now, and at an affordable price. He points to the potential of 200 new jobs for residents, which he says the town needs.

Another lady, who declined to be named, said “Bring it on. Having a Tesco on the doorstep will be a good thing for ordinary working class

people. We’re fed up of having to travel to get to shops outside of our community. Waitrose is far too expensive, and while Aldi is cheap there is not a wide enough range to get everything we need. We need something like a Tesco to meet all our needs. But it will also help with parking as it will be free and we can then walk into Romsey, where parking right now is so limited.”

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When asked whether a Tesco would then make it even harder for Romsey to build on its character and increase the number of independent shops, the gentleman said he believes that Romsey won’t attract those kinds of shops even without a Tesco here.

We’ve talked to former resident, Nadine O’Connor, who has different views and believes if Romsey were to market itself better and address a few underlying issues, such as business rates, that the town could indeed attract a wider range of interesting shops to help the town thrive – have a read of her interesting blog about Tesco’s plans on her website http://www.nadineoconnor.org/.

Our gentleman also suggested that perhaps there were reasons other than supermarket competition and business rates for why the independent businesses mentioned in the original article went out of business. He said Angies was a long time ago and in a poor location, but we still have a “smashing florists” Judy Webb in town, while Stares butchers was not as bright and welcoming as the remaining butchers B. Drummond.

Another caller requested contact details to write a letter of objection about the plans, stating that he thought the idea of a Tesco in Romsey would not be good for the town as it would cause a drop in footfall for shops in the town centre and cause problems with traffic at certain times.

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Whitenap development, has prompted Tesco’s latest move. Commenting on the Whitenap development site, another gentleman, who moved to Romsey at the age of four in 1943, pointing out six hectares of the site is designated for industrial use. He said that while he has a vested interest in the development as some of his land may be used, as a local resident, “it is madness and it will not be an attractive entrance into Romsey”.

On a more positive note, he also said he has fond memories of seeing Princess Margaret during her visits to stay at Broadlands walking along Highwood Lane. We may see more royals walking around Romsey soon if the totally unsubstantiated rumours we heard via Twitter about the Duke and Duchess possibly becoming new owners are true… But don’t hold me to that!

Finally, we have an apology to make to Debbie Babidge, the owner of the Courtyard Coffee House on The Hundred, which is not closed as we had stated, but indeed very much open for business. We’re looking forward to meeting with her soon to find out more about her business of keeping Romsey residents supplied with home-cooked food, refreshments, and of course coffee.

For more local Test Valley articles, as well as local videos, event listings, and a groups section designed to give local organisations their own free mini website to communicate with their members, take a look at www.inspiredcommunity.co.uk, or call Angela on 01264-710033.



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However, it’s not difficult for a family to slot in some time, either at the weekend or in the long summer evenings, to start being active and to spend quality family time together. Making a plan to take up an activity to try and get fit as a family, while spending time together, helps parents to bond with their children and couples to benefit from doing something together instead of everyone sitting in front of the television not talking to each other.

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Method -Heat the olive oil in a pan and fry the onions gently for 10 minutes or so until softened and starting to brown. Set aside. Next, on a lightly floured surface, roll out your puff pastry into a 26cm circle using a standard round dinner plate as a template. Cut around the dinner plate and dis-guard the trimmings. Place on baking tray covered with parchment. Score a circle around the edge of the pastry with a knife to make a 2cm border. Now carefully spread the cooked onions inside the scored circle. Brush a little milk along the exposed border of the pastry. Bake for 10 minutes at 220˚C (200˚C fan)/Gas Mark 7 and remove from the oven. Meanwhile, bring a pan of salted water to the boil and blanch the purple sprouting for 1 minute,

then drain and rinse under cold water. Leave to drain completely in a colander. Arrange the sprouting spears over the onions. Mix the yoghurt and beaten eggs together and season with the salt and pepper, then pour over the top of the tart. Scatter the feta cheese over. Reduce the oven temperature to 200˚C (180˚C fan)/Gas Mark 6 and bake the tart for 10 minutes. Then s p r i n k l e t h e sesame seeds on top and bake for a further 10 minutes.

Cooking with IanIan Wooldridge, Head Chef,

at Kimbridge Farm, near Romsey

with your Seasonal Produce Recipe

Purple Sprouting Broccoli, Feta and

Sesame TartIf you have never tried the great vegetable, visit your green grocer this April! It’s also

good with pasta and as an attractive vegetable to accompany most meals. This recipe is enough for four or six persons when accompanied with salad and some

buttered new potatoes.

1 tablespoonful of olive oil2 onions, peeled & finely slicedA little flour500 gram packet of puff pastryA little milk6 spears of purple sprouting broccoli (about 150

grams), trimmed

200 grams of Greek-style natural yoghurt

2 large eggs, beatenSalt & black pepper100 grams of feta cheese, diced

into small cubes5 grams of sesame seeds

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Baroness Tyler, The Head of Relate recently stated in the Times newspaper that couples in their forties should undergo a relationship MOT in order to prevent their marriage falling apart as the strain of midlife takes its toll. She particularly highlighted couples who lead parallel lives spending what little free time they have doing their own thing.

Statistics are showing that divorce rates have surprisingly been falling since 2002 but figures published in December 2011 show a rise of 4.9% overall with the sharpest rise amongst the 40-45 age group.

So where do couples get to in their relationship when one or other partner gets to this age? When we take time to reflect on partnerships and life it is probably no wonder that this age group struggle. Individuals within a relationship have gone through setting up home, having a child or children, perhaps struggled to build up a business or career, changed jobs and even relocated and moved home at least once if not more. They have perhaps soldiered on through life events like redundancies, illnesses and bereavements. There has possibly been no time to pause and just talk together about how many of these life events might have impacted on them. Instead there have possibly been demands from immediate family and others for help and support. Even couples who believe that they have a strong relationship

can become so busy that they take their eye of each other whilst they attend to everyone and everything else; UNTIL THE CRACKS START TO APPEAR….. And often one or other might react in confusion, question what is happening, perhaps blame the other. Usually there is no space or time to take a step back to reflect on where the years have gone and what has happened to the other person in the relationship and most importantly why this has happened.

As Baroness Tyler observed – We take time for “health checks, dental check-up and even put our cars through MOTs”. And yet most people do not invest time in their emotional lives and in particular in their relationship. We meet the person we love, and with all our hopes and dreams, commit to marriage or a partnership but then somehow think that things will just work. It seems that often there is a feeling that people within a relationship have changed and therefore the inevitable answer is to part, begin a new relationship etc.

Perhaps a little time spent within a couple counselling session could help if you feel that your relationship might have got into a rut and communication has broken down or if either or both of you just feel plain lonely within the relationship. The start might be to book an assessment with a couple counsellor to talk over how each of you might be feeling. Try not to wait until the relationship has reached a crisis point when things might be said and done which makes going back painful and difficult. Perhaps you might like to call to make an appointment for both of you. Wings is also running a workshop on four Tuesday evenings commencing in May. This is aimed at couples to explore various means of communication and to identify what might be getting in the way of each person in the relationship being heard more clearly. To book

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Apr. 8th Hampshire Farmers’ Market at Winchester (9.00am) (telephone 01420-588671 for details)

Apr. 8th New Forest Spring Fair at The Showground, New Park, Brockenhurst (telephone 01590-622400 for details)

Apr. 8th “Titanic Tower Tour” at Royal Victoria Country Park, Netley Abbey (2.45pm) (telephone 023-8045-5157 for details)

Apr. 11th Lunchtime recital with pianist Michael Karnecki in Romsey Abbey (1.00pm)

Apr. 11th New Forest In A Nutshell Talk entitled “The History Of Ipley Manor” by John Pemberton at The New Forest Centre, Lyndhurst (7.30pm) (telephone 023-8028-3444 for details)

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Apr. 14th Southampton Choral Society in concert at Romsey Abbey (7.30pm) (telephone 01794-512987 for details)

Apr. 18th-21st The Performing Arts Company presentation of “Titanic – Pride Of The White Star” at The Berry Theatre, Hedge End (telephone 01489-797009 for details)

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April 21st Fashion Show by JAS Fashions in aid of Jane Scarth House at Crosfield Hall, Romsey (7.15pm) (telephone 01794-830374 for details)

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Apr. 25th Totton Art Society meeting at The Three Score Club, Library Road, Totton (7.30pm) (telephone 023-8086-8579 for details)

Apr. 26th Braishfield Flower Arrangement Society meeting at Braishfield Village Hall featuring a demonstration by Denise Bryant entitled “Surprise” (7.30pm)

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Apr. 28th – May 12th Romsey Art Group Spring Exhibition at The Mountbatten Gallery, Lee Lane, near Romsey (10.00am each day)

Apr. 28th The Per Piacere Chamber Orchestra in concert at Hanger Farm Arts Centre, Totton (7.30pm) (telephone 023-8077-5019 for details)

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May 5th Nightingale School of Dance and Drama presentation of “Showtime 2012” at Thornden Hall, Chandlers Ford (2.30pm and 7.30pm) (telephone 023-8061.6742 for details)

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May 7th May Day Celebration at Manor Farm Country Park, Bursledon (2.00pm) (telephone 01489-787055 for details)

May 9th Lunchtime recital with organist Jeffrey Williams and Flutist Jenna Gover in Romsey Abbey (1.00pm)

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