New Era at The White Horse

The White Horse | All Day Breakfast
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Since the very popular Pat Ogden handed the reigns of The White Horse pub in Milford on Sea, to the new owners Benjamin & Vikki Renouf, they have been busy finding even more ways to keep their customers happy.

Head Chef, Russ continues to deliver a wide menu of excellent homely pub food from his kitchen. A new 3 for £10 Tapas Menu has also been added to the wide choice of tasty traditional pub food available. Throughout the week special dining deals are on offer, and if you love an All Day Breakfast, take a look at the picture to the left and try not to get hungry!

If you regularly eat in The White Horse, there is now a Loyalty Card for Food. For every £10 you spend you collect a Stamp once you've got 5 they will give you a drink & once you've collected 10 you get you £10 off your next meal. The Smugglers Inn also run a similar Loyalty Card for their very popular menu of home-cooked pub classics.

The Beach House (when it re-opens in April) offers some excellent food, the menu is extensive and prices attractive. The new bar in the Grand Hall will make you feel like you are having a pint in the local lord's mansion!

Entertainment is also a feature of The White Horse pub with Music Nights, the Big Music Quiz, in addition to the regular Wednesday Quiz Nights held every other week. The Red Lion also is great for music and has a great value menu worth exploring. Most of the pubs are now offering a Valentine's Dinner, and at The White Horse it is £19.95pp. If you book soon you will also get 2 free glasses of pink fizz on the night.

All of the village pubs are 'child friendly' with nice gardens and a couple also have play equipment.

The White Horse also has an active Facebook page, so if you want to keep up to date with all that is happening, check this link out:  https://www.facebook.com/WhiteHorseMoS

At a time that many pubs are closing across the country, our little Milford on Sea village still has 4 pubs offering a quality pint, home-cooked food, music and entertainment. Then just up the road the picturesque Gun Inn has a vast whisky collection and local crab daily. Added the this we also have The Milford Club & The Cave offering another option for a pleasant drink. All are worth a visits, so as they say; 'give them a go'!

The White Horse
www.facebook.com/WhiteHorseMoS

The Red Lion
www.theredlionmilford.co.uk

Smugglers Inn
www.smugglersinnmilford.co.uk

The Beach House
www.beachhousemilfordonsea.co.uk

The Gun Inn
www.theguninn.com

Pop Up Gallery Back

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After a very successful run up to Christmas, The Gallery at Milford (Pop Up Shop) returns for this weekend only (8th and 9th Feb 14 - 10am to 5pm)

The shop will feature Adam Lynk with some new stunning framed photography, new jewellery pieces from Jo Vane, and watercolours from Trish Ray. Adam also has plan to invite some other local artists and photographers join them.

It is great to see what was 'The Salad Bowl' in Church Hill, Milford on Sea finding new life and to see local village artists finding a way to show & sell their work.

The Gallery at Milford is being organised by local photographer, Adam Lynk and the items on sale will include photographs from Lynk Photography, click here to view examples of his work.

Another village resident, Jo Vane will be presenting her beautiful hand-made jewellery from the Jo Vane Jewellery collection. Click here to view ranges.

Shorefield Season: Adam Lynk will also be holding an exhibition of his work at Shorefields for the season from Feb 14th 2014. Pre-exhibition deals will be available in The Gallery at Milford on any work ordered.

The Gallery at Milford (Pop Up Shop)
1 Church Hill, Milford on Sea, SO41 0QH
Tel: 07590 333313
hello@extraordinaryphotography.co.uk
www.facebook.com/thegalleryatmilford

Adam Lynk Photography

www.adamlynk.co.uk

Can You Walk Someone's Dog?

We have had an e-mail from Sue at a charity called The Cinnamon Trust, they help elderly people with their companion pets. 

Sue is currently looking for some dog walking help for a lady in Milford on Sea who cannot walk their dog, a lovely 15 year old Cairn terrier.

Can you help? - If so please contact Sue below.

About The Cinnamon Trust is the national charity whose wonderful volunteers help people over retirement age and those in the latter stages of a terminal illness by offering all kinds of pet care. 

What happens if illness, injury or just the fact that we all get older eventually affects our ability to look after our four legged companions? A large number of elderly or ill pet owners become very worried about their ability to care for their pets, feeling that their only option is to rehome them, this is where our national network of dedicated volunteers step in to offer support enabling them to stay together.

We’ll walk the dog for a housebound owner, we’ll foster pets when owners need hospital care, we’ll fetch the cat food, even clean out the bird cage or litter trays.

We are always seeking new volunteers so even if you can only spare an hour a week we would love to hear from you,

Sue Butler

Volunteer Co-Ordinator
The Cinnamon Trust

volunteer@cinnamon.org.uk 
01736 758702

www.cinnamon.org.uk

New Solicitor in Town

Hugh Whitlock Solicitors will have a new solicitor on the team when Niels Dagless joins on Monday 3rd February 2014. 

Niels is a highly qualified and very experienced solicitor who has practised for several years in large Southampton firms. He is now looking forward to establishing a more personal relationship with both our village solicitors existing clients, and with new clients for whom he will undertake an expert, friendly and considerate service.

Niels graduated from Southampton University in 1996 with a Masters degree in European Archaeology.  He worked as a professional archaeologist before retraining in law and subsequently graduated from the College of Law in 2005 with Distinction.  He is an experienced litigator and has an interest in probate, conveyancing and employment law.  

He was also formerly the chairman of a Branch Executive Committee of the trade union Prospect.  Amongst other things, he has given evidence before parliamentary committee and represented clients at inquests and in the High Court, the Employment Appeal Tribunal and Court of Appeal.

Niels and his wife are looking forward to moving to this area from their current home in Winchester and will hope to become an active part of Milford’s village life. 

Niels joins Hugh and Karena to provide wide ranging expertise for all your legal requirements, so if you want personal local service, why not give them a call?

Hugh Whitlock Solicitors

44 High Street, Milford on Sea

 Tel: 01590 644777

legal@hwsolicitors.com

Chef for a Night Auction

How often have you thought how great it would be to have a top chef in your kitchen at home, whilst all you had to concern yourself with was entertaining your guests? - Well, now is your chance to do just that!

A simple bid in our Food Week Auction, and you could have David Wykes, Chef/Patron of the award winning & Michelin recommended Verveine Fishmarket Restaurant, come to your home and cook three courses for a dinner party of 4. - All menu ingredients and washing up included! 

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In both 2012 & 2011 David was recognised as 'Hampshire Chef of the Year', and it is believed by many that Verveine is fast on its way to being awarded a first Michelin Star. 

To bid in the Food Week Chef for a Night Auction, please visit: 

www.milfordonseafoodweek.org/auction

Verveine Cookery Days: If you miss out on the auction, but would still like to gather top cooking tips from Dave Wykes, you can easily join in one of his monthly Cookery Days. Topics that are covered are: Preparation and filleting of fish & shellfish, Bread and pasta making, and Preparation and finishing of sauces. Day includes lunch with drinks. Gift vouchers are available as gifts for friends and family.

To see all forthcoming Cookery Days, please visit: www.verveine.co.uk

Please Note: Auction meal needs to be cooked and served as a Sunday lunch or on an evening when restaurant closed. Venue for meal must be within 10 miles of Milford on Sea and taken on a mutually agreed date. 

Verveine Fishmarket Restaurant 

98 High Street

Milford on Sea

SO41 0QE

01590 642176 - info@verveine.co.uk

www.verveine.co.uk

New Free Village Guide

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A Free New Milford on Sea Village Guide has recently been published and copies are currently available from The Village News newsagent opposite the village green.

The Village Guide is designed to give both locals and visitors key information about the Milford on Sea. As you may expect, it details Place to Eat & Places to Stay plus all the Local Shops and Local Attractions & Activities, in addition to this it lists Community Services, over 50 Village Classes available in the village, alongside over 240 Village Clubs for adults, youth and kids. - There if even more to read should you get hold of a copy!

The aim of the guide is to inform & entertain, to support local organisations and to generate trade for Milford on Sea businesses.

To qualify for an entry a business must be operate in, or be operated a Milford on sea resident. Should you know of anything that needs adding or updating, please e-mail: david@milfordonsea.org. 

A brand new Online Milford on Sea Directory is planned to be launched within the next few weeks, this will contain even more information; such as local services for the home and business, medial information, local producers, and every service that you may need if you are throwing party, ...and more!

When re-launched, you will find the Milford on Sea Directory here: www.milfordonseadirectory.org. We will of course let you know when the new website is live.

The Milford on Sea Village Guide is designed & created as a free community service by www.milfordonsea.org. The printing cost of the Village Guide is funded by Milford on Sea Food Week, who use any profits to fund services to benefit the Milford on Sea community, and to support local village charities.

MCV: February Newsletter

Milford Conservation Volunteers - February Newsletter

This summer many children will be coming to Milford to visit their relatives and explore the hidden corners of their hosts’ gardens. Hopefully the youngsters will go away with a lasting impression of hedgehog families in boxes, toads and slow-worms in compost heaps, silver washed fritillary butterflies on buddleia, harmless grass-snakes in ponds, and many more such creatures seen in Milford or Keyhaven gardens in 2013.

Children love to find wildlife in gardens as this is the real life side of their favourite story book animals. Pupils at our own Village School have been learning how to encourage wild-life. ‘Real life’ for many species means they need our food supplements for several months while they are breeding: this could mean a pile of logs with tasty creepy-crawlies, hedgehog food (but not milk please, we’re lactose intolerant), or nectar-rich flowers which you can plant such as rosemary, lavender, hollyhock, delphinium or marjoram. Many nurseries label bee-friendly plants accordingly. Wildlife may also need untidy patches as shelter for nesting and hibernation. 

Sadly, nature’s lunch for a sparrow hawk in a pine tree can be a blue tit flitting in and out of a bird box, and a cherished bumble-bee nest may be dug up by badgers. There’s not a lot gardeners can do to stop natural competition between wildlife, but there is one thing that we can do if we have a cat. Even apparently docile mogs may predate at night, and in day time merely their presence spooks birds, whose breeding success is reduced. Unfortunately cats kill baby hedgehogs, butterflies and frogs as well as birds. 

Many householders give their cats bells which sound a warning: pet shops can recommend types of bells with breaking-strain collars that are completely safe from risk of strangulation if the collar is caught in foliage. In America it is widely regarded as a social responsibility to keep the cat in at night, which is useful especially in spring when undergrowth protects young creatures not alert to bells such as newly fledged robins and house sparrows (the latter are scarce in most parts of Milford). This can also reduce flea and worm infestations in cats. However, night curfews may not be practical for cats used to being out at night. 

Milford can be a wonderful urban nature reserve if we are all willing to make small changes! For more information dig about in the Hants Wildlife Trust website – www.hwt.org.uk. 

Milford Wildlife Garden Initiative – part of the Milford Conservation Volunteers. 

To find out more about Milford Conservation Volunteers, please visit;

www.milfordcv.org

Village loses a Butcher

D.J. Gregory Family Butcher

It is always sad when our village loses a shop, it is particularly sad when it is a specialist trade that is going.

DJ Gregory Butchers in the High Street, Milford on Sea will close on the Saturday 25th January 2014. Owned and managed by Dave Gregory for many years, the toll of the recent economic climate and the declined of local butchery trade has persuaded Dave to call it a day as a village butcher.

Dave will not be lost to the village though, as he will continue to operate DJ Mini Buses, providing a service for groups of people who wish to travel around the local area, and of course his bus also becomes the Great Dining Bus throughout the year!

Dave sends his thanks to all of his past customers, and we wish Dave a bright, healthy and happy future.

Thankfully, the village still has another fine local butcher, with Dave Gates at The Butchers Shop in Church Hill, Milford on Sea.

Dave is well known locally for his award-winning sausages and bacon, he also provides local joints of fresh local meat, eggs and a range of chutneys. To add to this Dave also provides the ‘The Butchers Shop Hog Roast’ to private events. For many years Dave has been seen serving his Hog Roast Rolls at village events on the village green. At any event he is always easy to find, as his stall is normally the one with the longest queue!

If you are not a regular customer, why not give Dave a try for your joint this weekend, get your vegetables from Marjorie’s and accompaniments from Holland’s or the Co-op, - after all, all of the village shops are here to provide us with a personal local service, and are key to making Milford on Sea the special village community it is. Let’s show our support and use them as much as we can!

DJ Mini Buses

Dave Gregory

dandjgregory@hotmail.co.uk - 01590 643228

The Butchers Shop

Dave Gates

djgates@outlook.com - 01590 642136

3 Church Hill, Milford on Sea, SO41 0QH

www.gatesbutchers.com

Help needed with Noshtalgia

MiCO and our young people in the village are planning to put on a ‘Noshtalgia’ event during Food Week in April 2014. However, they are a desperate need of some adult volunteers to help out for a few hours in the preparation.

The concept is for the young and older generations of Milford on Sea to demonstrate recipes of yesteryear. Young MiCO members will be pairing up with older village residents, who will each share a recipe from the past. Then, together each team will cook their dish and explain the family history behind the recipe.

MiCO are looking for anyone of a generous age to share a recipe and to join in the planning and cooking demonstration with a young Milford on Sea person, or for anyone simply willing to help in the organisation and/or as a kitchen assistant on the day.

If you would like to get involved, please contact: Joey Owen, 01590 644961 | 07557 658495 - hellomico@yahoo.co.uk 

About MiCO

MiCO (Milford Community Organisation) is a youth led community group set up to promote community cohesion and development, and to bring together diverse sections and ages of the community in Milford on Sea. They provide a forum for people of all ages to come together and discuss issues relevant to village life, and explore ways of promoting positive action to enhance the village community. 

As a development of ‘Milford Youth Group’, over the last 3 years MiCO have carried out a number of projects enabling young people to explore what it means to be a young person growing up in Milford, and how young people ‘fit in’ and are seen by other members of the community. More recently we have also worked with people of all ages to explore and record the rich cultural heritage of Milford and Keyhaven. 

Their vision is of a village where every member of the community feels valued, and has the confidence and means to have a positive input into village life.

To find out more, please contact: 

Joey Owen

Community Development Officer

MiCO (Milford Community Organisation)

01590 644961 | 07557 658495

hellomico@yahoo.co.uk

http://www.mico.org.uk

Pop up Restaurant in Milford

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Milford on sea has its first Pop up Restaurant about to arrive at The Granary Kitchen in Newlands Manor Farm.

Chef/proprietor, Christian Rivron has spent many years working and training in a variety of different establishments including country parks, hotels, and restaurants in Lymington and the surrounding areas along the south coast. He has gained knowledge and experience of using the fresh, local and seasonal produce available in the New Forest, Hampshire and Dorset. Christian is now excited to share his passion, enthusiasm and creativity, to help people increase their confidence in entertaining guests through his courses, or to enjoy his food in the new 'Pop Up Restaurant'.

The Pop Up Restaurant takes place at 6.30pm on Saturday 15th March 2014. Tickets are £39.95 for a 4 course set menu, and you can bring your own drink. 

Christian also runs a comprehensive range of Cookery Courses covering a wide variety of cuisine. Please check out the Granary Kitchen website below for more information.

To view the full menu, or to book, please click here.

The Granary Kitchen

Newlands Manor Farm

Everton, SO41 0JH

01590 673040 | cooking@thegranarykitchen.co.uk

www.thegranarykitchen.co.uk

Meet & Greet The Beach House Team

Whilst The Beach House will be in the final stages of refurbishment when Milford on Sea Food Week takes place, this very popular Milford on Sea eating place will still be very much involved in Food Week 2014.

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The owners, Hall & Woodhouse, will be holding a free Badger Ales MasterClass on Friday from 11th April 6.30pm to 8pm The brewing team will introduce you to the world of Badger Ales. Hall & Woodhouse have been brewing beer since 1777, and you will discover how their award-winning range of Badger bottled ales are craft brewed using only the finest ingredients, combined with Dorset spring water, and there will even be a small taste or two.  The Hall & Woodhouse team will also give some tasty tips on how cook with Badger Ales. 

Meet & Greet The Beach House Team: On the same evening the new managers of the Beach House, Marina & Christos, will be on hand to meet their new neighbours and guests. They will also show some photos of the works taking place in The Beach House and how it will look when reopening.

No need to book, just come along!

Finally, the Food Week programme which will arrive at the end of February, in addition to containing details of over 100 events for Foodies & Family's, it will also contain a Free Bottle of Wine Voucher for when The Beach House reopens, giving everyone a great reason to visit. We are grateful that Hall & Woodhouse are also very generous sponsors of the Food Week Information Centre.

 To read more on The Beach House refurbishment: please click here

The Beach House Pub Restaurant
Park Lane
Milford on Sea
SO41 0PT
01590 643044
beachhouse.reception@hall-woodhouse.co.uk
www.beachhousemilfordonsea.co.uk

Dorsal Fin to Party at Food Week

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To ensure that Food Week rocks, we are having a Village Party Night, - and everyone is invited!

Dorsal Fin are one of the south coast's top soul and rock bands, play a range of everyone's favourite funk, soul, blues, rock and pop. One thing is fr sure, Dorsal Fin are well known for getting any party going!

The party will suit all ages, and is a great opportunity to get together with friends, or family, or to just come along and meet new people. You can get on the dance floor, or sit at the many tables to simply to enjoy the music and watch the action!

During the evening everyone can also enjoy one of Dave Gates award-winning sausages in a Hot Dog.

Dave has been making his own sausages (& bacon) for many years, and a visit to 'The Butchers Shop' opposite the village green will see the walls adored with numerous certificates and awards.

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The Village Party Night will take place at South Lawn Hotel on Thursday 10th April starting from 8pm until late. Entry will be £8 for all tickets bought in advance, including your hot dog.

Dorsal Fin is a six piece Milford on Sea band featuring Tom Flatau on Bass, Kole Flatau Vocals, Pippa Westerman Vocals, Martin Fairhurst on Drums, Phil Hill on Keyboards, and Pete Vogel on Guitar.

Dorsal Fin

www.dorsalfin.co.uk

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VILLAGE PARTY NIGHT

Tickets on Sale Now: £8 including a Dave Gates Hot Dog - Available from the Community Centre Box Office or Online Ticket Office - click here.

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10% Discount for 'Friends of Food Week' on all community organised shows: click here to find out more.

FIND OUT MORE ABOUT FOOD WEEK - please click here

Milford on Sea Food Week

Monday 7th to 14th April 2014

www.milfordonseafoodweek.org

Were you a 1st Milford Brownie?

This year sees a very special celebration for 1st Milford on Sea Brownies in Milford. Not only is it 100 years since the start of Brownies but it is also the 90th Birthday of our very own 1st Milford on Sea Brownie Unit!

1st Milford on Sea Brownies was registered on 30th August 1923 and continues to go from strength to strength. We have a full unit of 24 Brownies with more on our waiting list, four qualified leaders, a Young Leader and two Brownie Helpers.

On Monday 21 April, 2014 we will be holding a very special 90th Birthday Party. We would like to hear from as many former 1st Milford on Sea Brownies and Leaders as possible with a view to recording their favourite memory from Brownies and inviting them to our party. Our celebration is in the planning stages at the moment so please watch this space.

If you were previously a member of 1st Milford Brownies, at any point, or you know someone who was, please get in touch by calling Rebecca Webb (Brownie Leader) on 01590 641644 or emailing milfordbrownies@gmail.com. They would love to hear from you.

Footnote: As a young lad I tried to join the Brownies on several occasions, but apparently 'the cubs were better for me'. I begged to differ, but my protestations fell on deaf ears. In spite of my disappointments years ago, I will of course be donning my brown uniform, shaving my legs and seeing if I can sneak into the party without being noticed!

Shappi Almost Sold Out

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Tickets for Shappi Khorsandi's performance in the Comedy & Cake Show are almost sold out.

If you want to come along, be quick and please order your tickets as soon as possible from the link below. 96 of the 120 tickets have already been sold!

To find out more about Shappi and the show please click here.

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COMEDY & CAKE with SHAPPI KHORSANDI

Tickets on Sale Now: £15 incl. a Slice of Cake made by Nicola at Yum  - Available from the Community Centre Box Office or Online Ticket Office - click here.

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10% Discount for 'Friends of Food Week' on all community organised shows: click here to find out more.

FIND OUT MORE ABOUT FOOD WEEK - please click here

Milford on Sea Food Week

Monday 7th to 14th April 2014

www.milfordonseafoodweek.org

Your editor is emigrating!

Well we are all packed, the car is loaded with curry sauces and other associated essentials, my wife is in the boot, dogs in the front, and we are now emigrating to French France. 

Leaving Milford on Sea will not be easy, but the delights of Deauville on the Cote de Fleurie are also hard to resist even in winter. Having emigrated there a number of times before we are excited about our latest adventure. Our new French seafront home now awaits, and I suspect we may arrive to a surprise civic reception, street party and many kisses from the mayor.

Unfortunately for you, the wonders of e-mail and the internet will keep us in touch and the Milford on Sea News Bulletin will continue, however it is being renamed 'Le Bulletin de Nouvelles' to fit in with our new lifestyle. Although it may be a little less frequent, and it may have a slightly French flavour. Should anyone have any problems when I inadvertently drop my ramblings into French, I am sure Lionel at La Perle will be happy to translate for you.

Our regular readers will know that I need no improvement to my French language skills and etiquette, as these were perfected on our last emigration to France. 

Whilst I am rarely understood by the French people I meet, or generally accost, I suspect this can only be a regional accent issue. Indeed, once attired with a beret and hooped tee shirt I am often mistaken for a native Frenchman. 

Mon épouse continues to insist that a month or so in France is not ‘emigration’ but simply a ‘ridiculously long holiday’, but I think she is technically incorrect. 

She also insists that wearing a beret and drinking Pastis every day does not mean that I will become half French. However my penchant for baguette, cheese & French wine (particularly wine) I think proves that I am indeed nearly French already.

I have already enquired how long it will take for us to become French citizens, so next time you see me I will be eligible for a starring role in Les Miserables.

Au revoir mes amis!

Fond Memories of Freda

It was with sadness that we heard of the passing of Freda Cheney, a major village personality & heart of the community for many years.

Freda's life was eloquently covered on the 29th November 2013 by the Daily Echo. Excerpts from the story are below:

"Lifelong community stalwart Freda Cheyney has died at Southampton General Hospital aged 93.

 

Something of an institution in the New Forest village of Milford on Sea, which, with nearby Everton, was her home for more than 80 years. Mrs Cheyney was renowned for her work with the Women’s Section of the local Royal British Legion, Milford Guides, charities and community events.

 

Freda Cheyney (centre)
 with two other former
Milford Guide Guiders

She was a member of the RBL Women’s Section from 1939, joining just a few months before the start of the Second World War, in which her father was wounded She served as chairman and as standard bearer to both the Milford and Hampshire RBL Women’s Sections, and on the central committee in London.

For 74 years she collected for the Poppy Appeal and organised holidays for service widows, and she was awarded Life Membership in 1980.

 

She joined the Guides when she was 12, and was in uniform for 53 years in various posts, including district commissioner. She was captain of the Milford Company for 45 years until 1986 when she retired under company rules.

 

Freda opening new Boots branch
in Milford on Sea High Street

Mrs Cheyney was born in London but her family moved to Everton in 1930, and she attended Milford on Sea School. She married printer Richard Cheyney in 1963 after a 27-year friendship, and they remained together until he died in 2000.

For 39 years she worked with engineering firm L. Nicholson & Co, until it closed in 1977, and she later worked as an office manager in a New Milton garage, retiring in 1986.

 

Mrs Cheyney founded the Lymington branch of the Guide Dogs for the Blind charity in 1962, she helped on the Milford Village Committee organising the Milford on Sea Carnival and other events, particularly a fundraising Duck Race.

In the 2002 New Years Honours she was made an MBE for her services to the community.

 

In 2011, past and present members of Milford Guides gathered to mark Mrs Cheyney’s 90th birthday alongside the 90th anniversary of their group, which she headed for nearly half a century."

Quite a life by anyone's standards, and a rare person who did so much for others for so long.

Freda will be fondly remembered by her friends and all that knew her.

Are You a Village Newcomer?

At the beginning of each year a ‘Newcomers Supper’ is held for all newcomers to the village at All Saints Church Hall in Milford on Sea.

This year the supper will be held on Saturday 1st March 2014. Anyone that is new to the village since February 2013 is able to apply for an invitation and the event is entirely free. 

The Milford on Sea Newcomers Supper evening consists of two parts. In the first hour or so, there is a ‘mini exhibition’, where you can wander around and informally meet representatives from the many clubs, associations & organisations in the village. They can tell you anything you want to know, and if you fancy getting involved you can. This is then followed by a sit down supper with the chance to meet new people & have a bit of fun.

Most years the event has over a hundred people attending, and it is a great way to meet new people, and to get a warm welcome to your new home. The village is full of friendly people and the ‘Newcomers Supper’ is a fast-track way of getting to know all about our village life.

The ‘Newcomers Supper’ is funded & hosted by all of the churches in the village & tirelessly organised by Ruth Bufton. The event is by invitation only, so if you are new to the village this year & would like to come along please contact: Ruth Bufton on: ruth.bufton@btinternet.com or 01590 641875

Corrie comes to Food Week

Sean Wilson, is best known as a soap star, after 21 years playing Martin Platt on Coronation Street.

Today Sean is an accomplished chef and award-winning artisan cheese maker. He has his very own company called The Saddleworth Cheese Company with whom he has won a Gold Medal at the World Cheese Awards in both 2011 and 2012.

Most recently Sean has had his own ‘Great Northern Cookbook’ TV series and has published a cookbook of the same name.

Join Sean to hear about his journey from the cobbles to the cheese making urn, with some tips on what makes great cheese, and a few of his light-hearted life stories along the way.

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 From Corrie To Cheesemaker with Sean Wilson

Tickets on Sale Now: £10 - Kids: £3 - Available from the Community Centre Box Office or Online Ticket Office - click here.

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10% Discount for 'Friends of Food Week' on all community organised shows: click here to find out more.

FIND OUT MORE ABOUT FOOD WEEK - please click here

Milford on Sea Food Week

Monday 7th to 14th April 2014

www.milfordonseafoodweek.org

New Novel from Village Author

Local village author Sally Winter is celebrating the recent publication of her novel “Rhubarbs and Circuses”.

The story is a dark, mind-bending drama about greed, passion and loss: set between modern day London and World War 2.

Sally, from Milford on Sea, spent seven years writing the novel, which is based on the exploits of the little-known female Air Transport Auxiliary pilots (ATA Girls) who flew all types of military aircraft including Spitfires and Lancaster bombers between air bases during WW2. These girls, some as young as 21 were tasked with flying alone, in all weathers, with no navigation systems, radio or armaments to ferry the aircraft the length and breadth of Britain as part of the war effort.

During her research and development stage, Sally met and interviewed two of the few remaining ATA Girls - Mary Ellis and Joy Lofthouse, both now well into their 90’s who were happy to talk about their adventures. It is hoped that one of them may be able to attend the book launch.

Commented Sally “Meeting these plucky ladies was a humbling experience which made me even more determined to have their story told whilst they are still with us. Their selfless bravery has for the most part been overshadowed by the glamour of the RAF and forgotten until very recently. I hope that this novel serves as a fitting tribute to their valiant part of the war effort.

Since writing the novel, Sally has attracted the full support of the RAF who are assisting her efforts to develop the story into a feature film. A screenplay has already been written from the novel and Sally is meeting with a film producer this month, so watch this space for updates.

• “Rhubarbs and Circuses” is available as a kindle download from Amazon at http://tinyurl.com/morajom, and also as an early-edition signed paperback direct from Sally via sally@rhubarbsandcircuses.com

• “Rhubarbs and Circuses” were two RAF terms used during WW2 to denote certain types of tactical operation.

• More information about the ATA can be found at the official museum website www.atamuseum.org.

Damp Beach Hut Going Cheap


Have you ever fancied a beach hut on Milford on Sea seafront for the balmy days of summer?

Damp Beach Hut For Sale!
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Just think, adhoc BBQ's on the beach, ...a glass of wine or two watching the panoramic sunset, ...precious time laughing with family & friends, ...romantic kisses with the sound of the sea in the background, ...Sunday mornings reading the newspaper in a deckchair whilst bacon sizzles on your single electric ring, ...or a quick skinny dip with a shapely mermaid. (Perhaps the last one is just for me!)

I am sure we have all heard the amazing prices some beach huts go for, and some owners dress them as well as their own homes, by decorating them with candy stripes, beach memorabilia and sea flotsam.

You may have noticed that the past three weeks has not been the best weather! Indeed record storms, The Marine car park flooded, roof tiles in pieces on the floor, horizontal rain flashing past the window, thunder, lightning, waves constantly scaling the top of the beach huts, and our friends fence gone, as a fallen giant tree's root ball smashed it into matchsticks.


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Anyway, back to the perfect summer beach hut.

To assist any potential sellers, Sky News kindly send a helicopter into the sky above Milford on Sea yesterday, and took aerial shots of your next potential summer home.

A few bargains may be around right now. You may have to buy one without a door, and with a metre of beach pebbles inside, but that can be fixed in a matter of weeks, ...just in time for the storms expected in March. Just think, the sun will be back for a short while in a few months and then you could have a couple of days living the dream!

If you are interested in buying a concrete box with a tin roof, please contact:

distressedbeachhutowner@whydidibuythis.com

PS: Should you buy one, we know a very good man for repairs and storm damage rebuilds!