THE ODSOC NEWSLETTER, FOR MEMBERS, AUTUMN 2012

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1 THE ODSOC NEWSLETTER, FOR MEMBERS, AUTUMN 2012 This newsletter provides details of future events and activity. We hope it is useful and whets the appetite for publication of the Autumn edition of our Journal in October. Yours sincerely, John Champion Chairman Odiham Heritage Days, the weekend 7 th & 8 th September in the Cross Barn (1030am to 4.15pm) Please drop in to the Cross Barn to see what is going on, to talk to other people who love living in Odiham and North Warnborough, and to meet visitors to the Parish. Details are attached. OdSoc Winter Programme of Events for 2012 Please join us in the Cross Barn for an interesting set of evening talks and events (with a glass of wine) that will occur on the 2 nd Friday evening of each month, beginning 14 September. The programme is attached. Membership renewals REMINDER (please act now) Membership is due renewal on 1 November 2012, unless you already have standing order in place, so please renew by post using the attached membership and standing order form. We believe your subscription will continue to provide outstanding value with 2 editions of our Journal delivered each year, an exciting programme of events to attend and many projects on the go. Please submit the gift aid form if you have not already done so and you are UK taxpayer. Projects underway A list of key projects we have in hand is attached. Additional helpers are sorely needed and will be most welcome. Planning An excellent sub-committee reviews all planning applications for the Parish and briefs your Executive Committee for direction, and then makes appropriate comments and representation to Hart District Council where warranted. Copies of longer submissions are published on our website. 1

2 Members may be aware that sites are required for 180 new homes to be built in Odiham Parish during the coming 16 years; meeting this goal this will require extension of the settlement boundaries. A robust plan for the Parish is essential to avoid continual pressure from developers and ensure optimum location, density and design of these new houses. Hart District Council has compiled a list of available sites so that those which are unsuitable can be dismissed and an appropriate number of houses may be allocated to those which are decided to be most suitable. Odiham Parish Council (OPC) is committed to consult with the public and create a plan of the best way forward before the end of 2012, and the Odiham Society Planning Sub-committee and Executive Committee will liaise with and assist OPC as this progresses. Blue Plaques New plaques now grace Monks Cottage and the George. Hampshire County Council through Councillor Glen has kindly provided funding for two plaques for the homes in Odiham and North Warnborough of Manley James and Rev William Addison, who were both awarded the Victoria Cross during the First World War, and we hope to have these VC plaques in place before Remembrance Sunday this year. Plaques for the Cross Barn, Stoney Alley, Terrys Alley and Odiham Cemetery are next in our sights. New Publications The Society is pleased to have recently published a new booklet, by local historian Mary Bennett, on the Non-conformist and their Chapels in Odiham and North Warnborough. Mary will be signing copies at the Odiham Fete and the Cross Barn this weekend Artists wanted We need talented artists to sketch and paint Parish features and illustrate new publications, continuing the excellent tradition set previously by Ray Millard, Peter Adams and others. New Members We welcome new members. Please recruit neighbours and friends to make the Society stronger. Membership forms can be printed from our website and pdf version is also attached to this . Volunteers Your Committee needs more members and helpers if it is to do all the things that the Society would like to do for Odiham and North Warnborough. Please contact us if you can assist or know someone who would like to end

3 ODIHAM HERITAGE DAYS 2012 AT THE CROSS BARN, PALACE GATE WEEKEND 8 TH -9 TH SEPTEMBER Please join us at the Cross Barn children welcome am to 4.15 pm Refreshments Coffee/tea and cake or biscuits Displays, including: Odiham s War Memorial The Royal Review of the RAF at Odiham Antique clocks and Odiham s clock making history Odiham s Almshouses and Charities The Pest House and its Garden Odiham s evolution in maps and aerial photographs through the ages The Odiham database of historic births, marriages and deaths Odiham s Blue Plaques and the developing Parish Heritage Trail Whitewater Valley Preservation Society Talk to experts and relive memories, including The people remembered on Odiham s War Memorial The architecture and buildings of Odiham Find out how retail shops on the High Street changed during the 20 th century Children s Eye Spy sheet Publications: for sale and to browse Guided walks Saturday o 1100 hrs: Odiham s Royal Deer Park - John Champion o 1130 hrs: Cross Barn & Palace Gate - Derek Kearns o 1400 hrs: Odiham Cemetery & its history & chapels Sue Bennet o 1500 hrs: Cross Barn and Palace Gate - Derek Kearns Sunday o 1100 hrs: Odiham s Royal Deer Park & Odiham Castle John Champion o 1130 hrs: Cross Barn and Palace Gate - Derek Kearns o 1200 hrs; Odiham High Street & the Bury - David Kirkpatrick o 1430 hrs: All Saints Church & the Almshouses - Derek Spruce o 1500 hrs: Cross Barn and Palace Gate - Derek Kearns 3

4 Please join us for interesting evenings and a glass of wine OUR PROGRAMME FOR Meetings are held in the Cross Barn at 7.30 for 7.45 pm Friday Sep 14 th FAB FINDS: TREASURE IN HAMPSHIRE Speaker: ROBERT WEBLEY. Finds Liaison Officer responsible for recording archaeological small finds and administrating the Treasure Act in Hampshire. Friday Oct 12 th THE HISTORY OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES IN HAMPSHIRE. Speaker: DR. MARTIN POLLEY. Lecturer in Sports History at the University of Southampton. Friday Nov. 9 th FARRIERING AND THE VETERINARY PROFESSION - ODIHAM 1785 Speaker: DICK LANE, FRCVS. Member of the Veterinary History Society. Friday Dec 7th HAPPY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE. THIS YEAR S DINNER WILL CELEBRATE 75 YEARS OF RAF ODIHAM Friday Jan 11 th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Followed by: Friday Feb. 8th PASSING ODIHAM S HERITAGE TO FUTURE GENERATIONS Speaker: Our Chairman, JOHN CHAMPION, and OTHERS) THE SOCIAL HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH CIVIL WAR SOLDIER Speaker: ALAN TURTON. Historian and previously curator of Old Basing House. Friday Mar 8th AGE THE SILCHESTER TOWN LIFE PROJECT: FROM ROMAN INTO IRON Speaker: PROFESSOR MICHAEL FULFORD CBE FBA. Professor of Archaeology, Reading University Friday, April 12 th MONKS, MARQUIS AND MYSTERY: THE STORY OF NETLEY ABBEY Speaker: GEOFF WATTS. Southampton Tourist Guide If you need a lift to meetings, please telephone NON-MEMBERS WELCOME ( 2) 4

INVITATION TO RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP - DUE 01 NOVEMBER 2012 Rates for the coming year Single 10 (concession 8), couples 14 (concession 12), Corporate 30 (Concession for students, retired and unwaged

5 INVITATION TO RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP - DUE 01 NOVEMBER 2012 Rates for the coming year Single 10 (concession 8), couples 14 (concession 12), Corporate 30 (Concession for students, retired and unwaged members) Four options for payment 1. Post a cheque (payable to The Odiham Society), with your name and address on the back, to Ann Plummer, Membership Secretary, Vicary s, 5 High Street, Odiham, Hook, RG29 1LE. 3. By personal internet transfer, with your name and initial in the reference field, to: Banker: Lloyds TSB Fleet Branch Sort Code: Account Number: Account Name: The Odiham Society 4. By standing order, filling in the form below and posting it to Ann Plummer, Membership Secretary, Vicary s, 5 High Street, Odiham, Hook, RG29 1LE. If you have already completed a standing order form no further action is required. Thank you for your continued membership. Odiham Society Membership standing order form Name and address of your bank (including postcode)... Instructions to your bank: Please make payments and debit my/our account: a/c number... sort code... in accordance with the following details: Pay Lloyds TSB Bank plc, Fleet Road, Fleet, GU51 3BW Sort code for the account of The Odiham Society a/c no , The sum of... Payments to commence on...(start date) And then on 01 November annually until further notice, quoting ref. (your name(s)) Signature... Date... (today's date) Your name (capitals please) (Mr/Mrs/Miss/Ms/Other):... Address (capitals please) Postcode... 5

6 PROJECTS IN HAND Blue Plaque Heritage Trail (incl VC plaques) The Odiham Embroidery Project Digitising historic audio visual gems Creating publications and activities for children Developing Children of Odiham Heritage Booklets Signs for Stoney Alley and Terrys Alley Heritage Information in Deer Park View car park Footpath signs into Odiham s Royal Deer Park Capturing older residents memories Maintaining and opening the Pest House Creating a 15 th century Pest House Garden Facilitating and publishing new publications Commemorating Magna Carta in 2015 Striving to make Odiham and North Warnborough even better places to live, visit and enjoy PLEASE CONTACT US TO JOIN IN AND HELP 6

7 A NEW ODIHAM SOCIETY PUBLICATION Nonconformists & their chapels In Odiham & North Warnborough By Mary Ann Bennett A sketch of North Warnborough Methodist Church by Ray Millard Mary will be signing copies on sale at the Odiham Fete and Odiham Heritage Days 7

SOUTHERN GOLDEN RETRIEVER SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION

SOUTHERN GOLDEN RETRIEVER SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION THE SOCIETY The Southern Golden Retriever Society was founded in 1977 and covers the area of Kent, Surrey, West Sussex, East Sussex, Hampshire and