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Every now and then someone on our staff comes across a site which they find rather exciting and this is one. It's one of the things that has been missing as web sites attempt to take over local newspapers - the classified pages. The site is not completely finished yet but we decided it might be well worth getting in at the beginning and giving it a bit of a boost. It is ready to use and the plan is, we gather, to fill it up so that it becomes a really useful adjunct to local living with the aid of the internet. Try it and see - click on our Foxy Friend. . .
M&S COMES UP TRUMPS TO RESCUE ELDERLY PARTY-GIVER A Milford resident, who had invited nearly 30 people to a party to celebrate her forthcoming 75th birthday, made all the necessary arrangements for the 'do' including ordering the party food from Marks & Spencer's in Lymington. Everything was well in hand until she went to collect her boxes of goodies from the store. Alas, the poor shop assistant's face blanched as she read the completed order form and receipt, and she was barely able after a few moments to get the words out: she had sent off the order with another customer in addition to her original order. Naturally, with five days' notice required it was going to be impossible to replace the order when the previous customer, who now had the goods for free, refused to return them to the store. The impression given was that it was Marks & Spencer's fault and they could sort it. The food, it appeared, had gone to sustain a funeral party on a larger and more impressive scale than originally planned! Undaunted, M & S despatched a member of staff by car to go over to Christchurch and do the best they could to provide the birthday girl with alternative yummies, the food to be delivered by the firm to the deprived party-giver's house, together with a birthday cake, a bottle of bubbly, a total refund, an additional £10 voucher, a potted cream rose in flower and a gracious and charming smile on the face of the deliverer! M & S:
NEW FOREST SUPPORT FOR THE BIG BUTTERFLY COUNT
The National Park Authority has set up the Big Butterfly Count to find out the present state of Britain's butterfly population. Altogether there are 58 varieties in the UK - one more than Heinz! Among other things, this year has been designated the International Year of Biodiversity. Butterfly numbers and health are good indicators of what changes are occurring in the environment and the New Forest is an ideal place to spot there are the range of habitats there are quite wide. The best time to spot them, it seems are early in the morning, late evening and any time when the weather isn't particularly warm because that's when the urge to hunt out mates dominates their behaviour - much more difficult to spot and recognise as they flit from flower to flower via any delightful specimen of the opposite sex. For more information and to download the spotter's guide visit www.bigbutterflycount.org. A wildlife calendar of what to look for is available at www.newforestnpa.gov.uk/wildlife_calendar.
TAKE A TRIP TO THE STARS VIA HUBBLE - new pictures
ALISON ABRAMS RAISES £2,000 ROWING TO AND FRO Alison Abrams, a member of Keyhaven Yacht Club and former sufferer of cancer, was already a veteran fund-raiser when she set out to row six times between Keyhaven Yacht Club and Hurst Castle, cheered on by crew and passengers of the Hurst Castle Ferry. After her five hour marathon effort she was welcomed back to the club with a party. Alison's previous fundraising effort was a classical music concert at the temporary Milford Community Centre when she raised £1,800 for the cancer unit at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital cancer unit where she was treated. The money from the latest fund raiser will go to the Jigsaw Appeal which is now set up for giving to the fund. The Bournemouth hospital is looking for £1.5m and there's no doubt that we are fortunate to have such a lovely hospital relatively close if we should need to have treatment for cancer. Please visit their site and see if you can do anything help.
SALLY REED APPOINTED
PRESIDENT Milford's Sally Reed has been appointed the new president of the Lymington Inner Wheel. Do click on the link where is a splendid picture of Sally receiving her chain of office! Sally works so hard for Milford - many of us have reason to thank her for all she does and Lymington's Inner Wheel will surely benefit from her energy and generosity. She has chosen her special charities for which the club will raise money in the forthcoming year: they are 'Jack's Place' - dedicated to helping teenagers at Naomi House and 'Help for Heroes'.
LUNCH CLUB FORCED TO CLOSE AFTER 13 YEARS
The years continue to take their toll on village traditions. The Methodist Lunch Club, which met on Thursdays, and has been a favourite with many who live on their own in Milford has had to close because they can find no one to replace their wonderful chef, Maurice Chapman. Maurice, who has been in the catering trade for 66 years, faces his 80th Birthday on 7th August. Regulations insist he launders his chef's outfit for the last time although he is still a spry and healthy octogenarian. During his long career he was Catering Manager of the Royal School of Music at Kneller Hall in Twickenham. For the past thirteen years Maurice has prepared a two-course lunch using choice local produce for a couple of dozen elderly citizens at the lunch club run by Paddy Lamb and Peggy Simpson. He was assisted in the kitchen by a team of 'Angels': Ina Reeves, Claire Gilchrist, Pat Smith, Pauline Crow and Hannah Williams. Pauline paid him a great compliment when she said "Maurice will miss the club as will all his helpers, not forgetting those who enjoyed his cooking. All the ladies loved him." To mark his final appearance in the role as chef, the hall was decorated with balloons, banners and streamers, and Maurice was presented with an engraved plaque and a cheque from the church. Anyone who loves cooking as much as Maurice obviously did and feels an urge to offer a gift of time and talent to the community can get in touch with this web site. [ Click here ]
MILFORD'S CHILDREN 'THE TOPS'!
Alex Constantine-Smith, Matthew Dyson, Ellie Reeves and Euan van Dam, pupils from Milford's C of E Primary School returned in glory from Oxford recently having won a national inter-school quiz championship in which 150,000 schoolchildren took part. Amazing! Congratulations to them all and even more to the teachers in our school - you are all doing a wonderful job! For more details of the Quiz [ Click Here ]
TRANSPORT ISSUES IN OUR AREA - 1 HCC has launched the consultation period in advance of its preparation of a Local Transport Plan which apparently will set out plans of how local transport strategies should be set out as far ahead as 2031. We have until 29th September to let them know what we think of these plans. The information is available, if not totally comprehensible, at www.hants.gov.uk/consultation or call 01962 846778 to request a printed copy.
TRANSPORT ISSUES IN OUR AREA - 2 Some of your may remember that in the not too distant past, but not too recently, we wrote about the installation of a wheel-chair friendly ticket office at Brockenhurst Railway Station. At the time we did point out that although it would be good to have such an enhancement, it did not mean that if you were wheelchair-bound you could actually go anywhere, since between you and the trains there were lots and lots and lots of steps. Frequent train travellers over the country find to their delight that in many main-line stations and in some not so mainline, passenger lifts have been installed so that people who have difficulty with stairs can access trains and exits without any trouble. One noticeable exception is Brockenhurst Station, a hub station with trains to most parts of the country set in the middle of a retirement and holiday area. Planners in Hampshire might be advised to start pressuring those in charge of Brockenhurst Station to put out a finger to make it easier for a large local swathe of residents to use the trains. The actual service from Brockenhurst is excellent, but the effort of case-lugging, pram and children sorting out and failure to make provision for wheelchair users make is impossible for too many people to access the service.
HAMPSHIRE TO DISAPPEAR Because the Royal Mail is now operating its postal deliveries via the information contained in Post Codes the need for county names is so low that movements are afoot to abandon the names of English - and probably Welsh and Scottish - counties. The powers-that-be seem intent on changing things for the sake of change but it takes so long for the people to follow them that this probably needn't worry us too much. More worrying is the dependence on Post Codes. When they first began to be adopted it was possible to have information to find them, indeed there were even booklets issued which indicated to which part of the country they related. They are now well on the way to becoming state secrets, and if not that, then a source of extra income for the government and the Royal Mail. The present internet system, under the auspices of the Royal Mail, is highly inefficient: for example, a member of staff trying to find the post code for an official address which didn't actually have a road name, was referred to and fro, asked to type in endless sets of given 'password' type letter combinations, and finally told he could not continue to look up the post code because he had 'exhausted his allowance of 15 searches' during which of course he was no nearer finding the post code he sought. Eventually a telephone call to the number given in the Post Code search pages produced the code without hardly a second's delay. Perhaps additional income comes from forcing the individual to use the telephone? Without county names, it seems that the mail delivery service will be totally dependent on Post Code numbers. What will happen to mail we want to send out - always assuming such a thing as a paper communication continues to exist - when we are unable to find a Post Code? Should Post Codes be secret at a time when everything to do with Government is supposed to be transparent?
EXTENSION OF DATA PROTECTION ACT? It seemed that this act must now have been extended to include animals. However, accompanying a recent sad story of the death of a foal in a car accident in the New Forest, the photograph of the dead animal being guarded by its mother and where the head of the foal was 'disguised' to avoid recognition, was because the body of the animal had not been removed and in the interim the head had been partially devoured by - it is assumed - a fox - or foxes.
If you don't live in the New Forest area, visit here!
If you already live here, Or again, you could try this new link first. . .
Sunrise and Sunset times for our area
. . . and another similar link - American style -
thanks to Emily!
A CLEAN, GREEN INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY!
[ Click above ] for details * There can be risks but
you choose to take them. An example might be
lending money to
FANCY A SNOOP?
MILFORD MOVES INTO THE LAND OF BLOGS!
Click and see!
REMEMBER TO PRAY FOR ZIMBABWE
LOCAL COLOUR
Please enjoy this link to flickr just click above to see a slideshow which reveals aspects of our local beauty. Maybe you haven't visited this site for a while: it has been added to and when you have a bit of spare time, get yourself a coffee or a glass of red wine, sit down and take a break and enjoy looking through the pictures to remind yourself what a lovely place we live in!
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UPGRADED ADVENTURE ON THE WATER - SOLENT TO SPITHEAD This brilliant site has been upgraded and is even more interesting than it was. A tremendous amount of work has been done on it and we cannot recommend it highly enough. [ Click here ]
SOMETHING NEW FOR ANY TIME OF YEAR
CLICK TO FIND OUT AND
GET YOURSELF AT THE CUTTING EDGE!
VISIT A FUN PLACE NEAR HOME!
TAKE A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE . . .
In view of these days of financial turmoil the rates of exchange are moving up and down like a ride at Alton Towers. You might find it helpful to have access to this site, which will give you the ability to check instantly what the UK£ is worth in all sorts of weird and wonderful currencies as well as the useful ones. Those brave ones among you who shop on the internet are also likely to find it comes in very handy - but always bear in mind that the rates at the moment are changing hourly - or more often - and what you think you might be spending may not be the same as when the trader submits your details for payment. Still it will give you a rough idea! STATUS ENHANCEMENT Three wildlife areas in Milford have been designated Local Nature Reserves by New Forest District Council. Do click here for more information.
NEW FOREST, OLD FORESTS, PRIMAEVAL FORESTS. . .
. . .AND THERE'S ILLEGAL TIMBER! Click the picture and do something about it
LOCAL COLOUR Please enjoy this link
to
flickr
click here
slideshow to reveal our local beauty.
Click here to visit a delightful site
that enables you to take an interesting view of 65
countries from A to Z, (it is worth clicking on the
full screen icon at the bottom on the right of the
video box:-)).
VISIONS FOR THE FUTURE
Looking for a Vision? Click on the picture! MARS IN THE PICTURE - ONGOING ADVENTURE
[ Click on ] Mars above or [ Click here ] Latest update:
[
Click here ]
Eclipse: longest this
century!
TEST YOUR RECOGNITION SKILLS This is almost an age give-away but it's an enjoyable trip as well as one which will amaze you with the cleverness of it all. Click on the picture below to visit this fascinating site and muse on the skill of the maker and how much time it must have taken to produce!
SOMETHING SPECIAL TO ESCAPE FROM . . . . . . the weather, present worries and poor alternatives - for a little while, anyway. [ Click here ] to find out what we're talking about. You will need to do a bit of juggling - the screen page tends to disappear to the back of the 'index' screens, just click on it to bring it to the front. Click on the square yellow symbol on the right of the screen to enlarge to full screen. At the end of the excerpt it returns to small so you can move on. Interested? Go and try it, play with it - and enjoy it!
MOVIOLA TICKETS AVAILABLE FROM GWEN'S Milford can now choose now whether to go out in the evening to the Moviola presentations, or to a matinée, since performances are now going to be held at 3.30pm and 7.30pm. Bar and coffee will be available at both showings. There will be a strict limit on a maximum of 70 tickets for each session to avoid the problem of heads and to allow more comfort to the audience as well as better access to vision. New, comfier chairs are now making their appearance. The hard-working people behind the scenes of our Community Centre and the promoters (and workers) behind Moviola - which is run as a charity purely for the love of movies - ask you all to support this venture which is very important to the village. With petrol rising at its present rate, it will soon become a matter of serious consideration about whether you drive the extra miles to Bournemouth or Southampton for the big cinema experience. Another £25,000 have found their way into the Community Centre's coffers from the Lottery as we enter Round 2 of the Community Buildings Programme. To get ourselves a really great Centre is all down to us - we just need to make the effort!
TEST YOUR VOCABULARY FOR CHARITY! Try this
to liven up your brain connections and feed the
hungry at the same time. It's given a lot of
people some fun as well. All you need to do is
SOMETHING TO PLAY WITH - FOR THE YOUNG. . .AND THE NOT SO YOUNG! At this time of the year, when what the Victorians used to refer to as 'inclement weather' makes it more difficult to find ways of entertaining the younger members of our towns and villages. There is more than one answer. . . Sit them down in front of this web site, and get them to [ Click Here ] When they have finished there, tell them to move on and [ Click Here ] Then suggest they explore this web site, especially for the younger visitors. . .Get them to use this when they've finished with the above and see if they can figure out how it works [ Click here ]
MILFORD COUNCIL WEB SITE [ Click here ]
We have just
discovered that there is no link from the Milford
Council site to Parliament. However, you can
get there by
Click on
the Pyramids to visit . . . it's live.
The Centre Cinema is a proper cinema, with genuine cinema seats and real usherettes and it shows the latest films. You don't have to trail into Bournemouth or Southampton to keep up with the film buffs. To find out the programmes for the next few weeks, just click on the logo below:
To see the whole Community centre site [ Click here ]. You will be amazed to see what possibilities lie in wait . . .There is a large range of courses which run both day time and in the evenings, theatre trips are arranged, amateur dramatics, playgroup, there is something for everyone! There is also a car park for members.
METRIC EQUIVALENTS - AND VICE VERSA
A member of our staff was looking for a simple conversion table recently to try to cook a duck. He had no idea how to cook it since the recipe he wanted to use was an older one, where the instructions are in Imperial weights. For cooking times, temperatures etc. he needed to find out what to do. Most tables on the internet seem to involve working out the maths, so we thought people might like an easy reference table, particularly as the geese are busy fattening themselves up for Christmas and it might be essential - for some reason, at some point - to try to find out how long is a piece of string! [ Click here ]To convert Fahrenheit temperatures to Celsius [ Click here ] If you need to convert a measurement which is not on that page, [ Click here] for the serious stuff and breathe a prayer of thanks for the altruistic designer of such a useful site!
RENEWING YOUR VEHICLE LICENCE FROM YOUR OWN HOME
This is a really efficient new service: we have tested it and it works well. When your Vehicle Licence arrives through the post it will be printed on a form V11, which you can see at the top right-hand corner. Underneath will be a thing called a 'SORN'. the letter of which stand for Statutory Off Road Notification. Armed with this number you will be able to telephone and order your licence or use the internet. It will be delivered to you five days later. One small hitch: as every opportunity for anything to do with serving the public costs money, over and above all our taxes, there is a charge of £2.50 to use a debit/credit card. This is just about worth the convenience of not having to go and queue up at a Post Office to renew your licence. Renewal at a Post Office will be £112.75 for 6 months and £205.00 for a year. How come the Government continues to insist that the rise in the cost of living is just a fraction over 2%? Maybe they all went to school when the education in Mathematics in this country had sunk to an all time low! Incidentally, Big Brother knows whether you have paid your insurance, and whether your car is liable to be MOT-ed, and if so, whether it has been done and on which date it is due.
It's surprising how often things 'before your very eyes' get ignored. On the border heading of this web site is the little green 'cushion' which doesn't often get used. If you haven't done so, why not try today? If you click if, you will see a street scene with a dark printed rectangle obscuring part of the picture. Click on that to get rid of it and what do you see? Our very own village green! If you play with your mouse, you can move around the village, go and see your own house, try getting to Lymington or New Milton - in fact with patience you can probably get to Ayers Rock. Have a go! Like they say, you can go anywhere from the Milford web site. . .
NOW SOMETHING FOR CARERS You never expect it but one day you may find yourself a carer. There is a lot of help available so [ Click here ] for an excellent place to start. This site is useful even to 'old hands' because things change - usually for the better - while you care. See if you can find somewhere which will give you more help. As the main aim of the Government now is to enable people to stay in their own homes as long as possible, there's a chance it could be time for a good little exploration to see what is on offer.
The Society enjoyed two interesting trips this summer - one to The Vyne, a beautiful National Trust Property near Basingstoke and the second, an evening visit to Hurst Castle where Hurst Castle Ferries owner, Sean Crane, gave a us fascinating tour of the Castle and Lighthouse. We hope that you can come and join us at our lectures for the rest of the year. [ Click here ] for further details
It's always worth paying another visit to see Ann Bowker's site and her beautiful pictures of the Lake District [ Click here ] To make the most of her pictures, scroll down to the bottom of the page where you arrive and click on other places. Of course, you might consider taking up a new sport and see the beauty for yourself - but don't forget to take your camera! To see the amazing variety of our own country, [ Click here or on picture below] to go to Cornwall.
The picture above shows
why England has learnt to develop an optimistic
outlook:
STUCK AT HOME?
BANKING INFORMATION
There is a new site which has been devised to clarify all sort of banking details which everyone needs to know, particularly students who are finding their way round that complex world for the first time. It is also very helpful for those who not sure what to do vis-ą-vis many of the mysteries of the money world. It is an attractive and user-friendly new site which appears at a most opportune moment for brand-new college and university students. [ Click here ]
EXPLORING MILFORD AND FURTHER AFIELD. . .
Why not [ Click here ] for a few pictures of our village? On top of that, it a very interesting site for anyone who enjoys taking beautiful photographs in varied landscapes - from the Needles to the Old Man of Hoy via Land's End and Beachy Head.
. . . but it doesn't mean we don't want to know what's going on. If you would like to know what it's all about, and how it's bound to have an effect on Milford [ Click here ]
NEW LIFE FOR OLD MOBILES
The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance is launching a new scheme for recycling dead mobile phones. This is an extension of an already existing finance generating scheme which recycles empty computer cartridges, used clothing, stamps and shoes. Anything between £6 and £25 can be received from mobiles no longer in use and it is anticipated that many thousands of pounds can be raised in this way. All that needs doing is to remove the SIM card and send it off, without the charger, to: Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance Some people may be sentimentally attached to their old mobiles and be reluctant to dispose of them. But if they do the little machines will be recycled for use in the developing world, where much business is done over the air on mobiles in places where office space is way out of reach. This offers small traders the chance to make enough profit on their labour to keep a family well-fed and perhaps pay school fees. It also enables traders from small villages to tap in for information about average market prices for the products for the day. Many small traders have no idea how much they should charge for their goods and are often seriously disadvantaged when it comes to getting the right price.
SILLY QUESTION - BUT DO YOU HAVE TIME TO SPARE?
As a result of the recent 'Who Cares' campaign, local volunteers contributed enough money to launch the 'Volunteer Sitting Service'. This will offer respite to those whose lives are dedicated in their homes to looking after people who need full time care. Oakhaven will train volunteers who will then be enabled to give both patients and carer a much needed break, for up to four hours a week, in what is often a stressful and restrictive situation. Volunteers will not be expected to offer medical or personal care. The main hope is that the volunteers will be able to become visiting friends who can brighten the lives of those who are suffering by offering them a change, a different point of view and a chat to someone new. If you feel you can offer your help in this new venture, ring Carole on 01590 613030. Travel expenses and ongoing training and support will be given by Oakhaven. [ Click here ] to explore Oakhaven.
CLICK BELOW FOR NEW STYLE INFORMATION ABOUT LOCAL POLICE WORK We have been working with local police to enable us to have access to details of what is going on in the local community as we used to have in the days of Keith Mitchell before he retired as a member of the Police Force. We hope you will enjoy this site and find it useful. It is good to see the improvements compared with the previous year. Click on the logo above. At the end of the Police page you will find contact numbers if you have any queries about the information contained in the assorted reports. To see what's going on on a wider scale, [ Click here ] for Hampshire Constabulary.
Get out and go for a trot round Hurst Castle - on a nice sunny day! What? Weather rotten? Don't you believe it! [ Click here ] and enjoy a few nostalgic minutes of Summer now that Autumn's almost here....!
SOMETHING FOR THE LOCAL HISTORY BUFFS Hampshire County Council has been building a very comprehensive archive about the history of Hampshire which is being held in Winchester, and access to it through the internet is available to all who have embraced the wonders of 21st Century technology.
Harry
Willis, Milford postman, delivering mail to Hurst
Castle by boat (about a hundred years ago)... To see wonderful photographs of our Village going back in time [ Click here ] to view. Please be patient whilst the data loads, there are 166 pictures to see! [ Click here ] for more information about the HCC Archive. To explore some of the educational history of Milford-on-Sea and its environs [ Click here ]
CALLING LOCAL BIRDWATCHERS
Here is a new site specially for Hampshire birdwatchers! To get there click on the magazine above and find out all about it. Called the 'Hampshire Ornithological Society', it offers membership to interested people which gives quite a variety of advantages to those who take it up at £12 a year. But go and have a look for yourself - if you like watching and learning about birds in your own back yard [ Click here ]
WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE FOREST?
A splendid site - the answer to the question "What nice things can we find for visitors to do " is available only a click away. It is a government site - oh, doesn't that sound dull? Well, it isn't! It's a first-class site which just goes to show what can happen when someone with initiative and imagination is put to work. To see this revelation, [ Click here ] and you'll find it fascinating as well as helpful.
NFDC OFFERS NEW WEB SITE ABOUT FOREST
The NFDC has produced yet another user-friendly and informative web site about what's what, where to go, what's on etc for visitors and residents alike. Well worth a visit, especially if you have people staying or perhaps looking for ways of entertaining the young as the long summer holidays loom into view. It is full of ideas, and there are all the details you really want on these occasions - the nitty-gritty matter of 'how much does everything cost?' so often left out of this sort of information site. To find out more about the New Forest itself and how it is run [ Click here ]
GETTING CHEAP TICKETS FOR A TRAIN JOURNEY
Although The TrainLine doesn't seem to be the easiest way to buy train tickets on the internet, once you have discovered how it works you can spend a satisfying deal of time organising your trip. One of the problems is finding out how to buy the cheaper tickets: Here's how:
There is a lot of chat about booking in advance but the best thing to do is to book with only a few days in hand, or even the very day. The fares come down to something unbelievable! It's worth practising to learn the system. Click on the train above and find out! To go hunting to buy your train tickets anywhere in the world, [ Start here ] Here's a generally helpful site if you're trying to get round the British Isles from Brockenhurst [ Click here ] or from New Milton [ Click here ]. They will also give you train arrival times. Occasionally there are seasonal time changes, so to get an update, click on these connections. If you want a general source of train timetables, [ Click here ]
Uncle Sealy Rides Again DON'T JUST DREAM ABOUT THIS AREA. . . . [
Click here ]
and then [
Click here ]
To find out something about other villages in England you might be visiting. . . .
will take you there - click on it!
TWO WAYS OF WASTING TIME ON A LAZY AFTERNOON For yet another way of looking up local history via a wide range of local and national newspaper from as far back as 1930, but concentrating more in the current millennium [ Click here ] To have a bit of cheap and innocent fun in extremely good taste[ Click here ]. You may find you need a bit of practice to start with but very soon you will be able to entertain your friends in pretty good style. Good luck!
THE URGE TO DO SOMETHING WILD!
Do you ever experience that urge to do something
ridiculous and different? Pretend you're a
student again and get back to travelling by coach
- For another idea, think wings and [ Click Here ]
NEW WAY TO FIND THINGS IN HAMPSHIRE Country Cousin has expanded her view of the County and moved on, and to get a new view of things to do, places to go, clubs to join and almost anything else you want to find, [ Click here ]. There is also a new section for Childcare and another one covering NHS details.
HELP FOR HUNGRY VISITORS
Click and see!
SOMETHING TO AMUSE THE YOUNG AT HEART. . .
SEE BRITISH BIRDS LIVE!
You will need to have RealPlayer to enjoy this site and you can download one for free from the site itself, which is run by the BBC. If you don't want to watch live bird table action you can manage without and use the site instead for some really interesting bird study.
FOR DETAILS OF LOCAL RECYCLING FACILITIES r e m e m b e r t o r e c y c l e w h e r e y o u c a n
EFFORD RECYCLING CENTRE
TRACING ANCESTORS IN MILFORD - new link addedThe most interesting records are now available on-line, and people who are checking their own family history with a Milford content are sure to be fascinated in the details held by Hampshire County Council and now made available on line. To find out more [ Click here ] Another interesting link for Hampshire is a site which gives microfiches of inscriptions on tombstones - amazing the things you can find! To see how to set about getting hold of one [ Click here ]. Collect some idea of what Milford looked like in 'the olden days' - a phrase often used by your own children to refer to your youthful days! However, these are much older than any of our 'olden days' - [ Click and see ]
WHEN YOU NEED MEDICAL HELP OUT OF HOURS. . . The new system came into effect last week. You either ring the normal number for your surgery, when you will be transferred, or you ring 0845 601 8803, when a Health Care Professional will discuss your problem, and with you, advise on the best treatment. It's a bit like talking to NHS Direct but on a more localised basis. We are particularly lucky in Milford because our nearest Primary Health Trust centre is in Lymington. 'Out of hours times' referred to are after 6.30 pm Monday to Friday, and before 8.00 am, and all over the weekend.
Have you visited the Health Centre's website?
GIVE 'EM AN ARM OR A LEG - OR SOMETHING EVEN MORE USEFUL!
You may have noticed a good deal of publicity recently - and there will be more - about thinking of donating something of you to benefit others, in the event you have to say good-bye to this world. It could mean you wouldn't have to be completely dead! Seriously, a recent survey has shown that a majority of people are in favour of donating organs, but most either don't know how to set about it or they don't get round to doing it. The National Donor Organ Register has now got itself organised on the internet, and if you click on the logo above you can not only go and find out all about it, but you can also get yourself registered. Having looked at this site, it doesn't seem that that many people have got round to registering this year - why not add your name? Everyone in our office has finally done it!
SPACE SUCCESS FOR EUROPE
This is an Artist's impression - click on the Earth for pictures of the real thing!
DIAL-A-RIDE If you've ever wondered what Dial-a-Ride is, and whether you can use it, if you [ Click here ] you may well find it a lifesaver. It's not free but it is a subsidised service for those who needit, and if you have given up driving it may very well be just what you've been looking for.
NOT SO LUCKY ON THE HEALTH FRONT? One of the more difficult aspects of life, especially birth, is when you get the news that a member of your family or friends' families has given birth to a child who is different. What do you say? How can you help? It might be worth considering passing on this link, especially the article entitled 'Going to Holland!' [ Click here ]
TRIPPING ROUND EUROPE ? If you want to know anything about countries in Europe, here is an amazing site! Do click to go exploring. It could also be of particular interest to students of political geography - well worth a visit!
FANCY A TRIP TO SEE THE AURORA BOREALIS? [ Click here ] So beautiful!
NICK'S ALWAYS LOOKING FOR A READER WHO'S MAD ABOUT THE BLUES!
Nick Martin, a passionate music enthusiast, is seeking a volunteer to read to him from his beloved music magazines. Nick really misses keeping up with what's going on in the music world today. It would be lovely if the reader could share his interest but that would be a bonus! Call him on 644108 for a chat in the first instance if you're willing to help.
NOTE FROM THE WEBMASTER:
If you would like
your sporting prowess
reported on this site,
LIGHT RELIEF FOR A WET AFTERNOON This space works backwards! You may have visited the one below by clicking on the computer, but for a bit of interactive art fun click on the picture!
Here we have an ideal site to while away rainy afternoons when nothing more exciting is at hand, this site offers a fascinating trip through the annals of the 20th Century. Do click on the little computer below, visit and enjoy!
and if you find that fun, try this if you're on Broadband*! [ Click here ]
INSIDE INFO FOR GRANDPARENTS Fancy dazzling your grandchildren? [ Click here ] and find out all about what's going on in the Pop world. If you're bundled into a Quiz over the holiday, you'll be able to answer those fiendish pop questions and get the admiring eyes of the teeny boppers turned on you - not to mention the disbelief in their parents' eyes! Go on, [ Click here ]
HCC COMES UP WITH KIDS' ZONE SITE There is a kids' site hidden away in the big Hampshire County Council site which is well worth a visit. Click on the picture below and enjoy touring round. . .
PEEK IN ON PARLIAMENT The addition of the Parish Council Web Site to Milford's internet news means that visitors can visit live webcasting of the House of Commons, House of Lords and Select Committees - all in real time. All the visitor has to do is to click on the UK Parliament link (top left on main page). Having arrived there, select www.parliamentlive.tv , decide which area you want to explore then wait for the pictures and sound.
FREE PASSPORTS FOR OVER 75s Anyone born before 2nd September 1929 can now obtain a ten-year Passport free of charge. Even better, if you applied for a passport since 19th May of this year, you can get a refund. This is a new scheme, and details can be obtained either from the Lymington branch of the Citizen's Advice Bureau or by telephoning 0870 521 0410, the Passport Advice Line
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FANCY A DATE WITH MICHAEL
[ Click here ] for a real cool treat!
Trip to the Stars! SOMETHING FOR WANNABE BEE KEEPERS
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MILFORD'S BEACHES BLUE WITH GLORY
Milford's beaches join the line of excellence n the South along with the best beaches of the Isle of Wight. To find out how we rate and who are companions are [ Click here ]
MAD ABOUT HORSES? Click on Jorrocks above!
More Serious Gardeners
Click below to see how Spirit has recovered! [ The Red Planet ]
THE WAY TO THE STARS
This is a useful portal for keen amateur astronomers which we hope you will enjoy. Click on the telescope and go!
NOT READY YET TO BE AN ASTRONAUT??
Well, stay on Planet Earth
You can even play on line !
[ Click Here ]
SOS for Lost Dogs!
Catch this Dog
The Becton Centre
NEWSPAPER JOURNEYS
If you'd like a newspaper from somewhere not
available on Sherlock's page,
For defence
against terrorism. . .
Spend a few days in Milford-on-Sea! [ Click here ]
REMEMBER, IT PAYS TO TARGET YOUR CUSTOMERS!
You too can write to me - Just click on my picture
PS If you haven't read my own life
story yet
INTRODUCING YOUR NEW LIBRARIAN!
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you haven't seen for ages! Use your mouse!
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