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Saturday 11 April 2020
Friday 10 April 2020
Milford Claps for the NHS
For the third week now, people across the UK have come out of their homes at 8pm on a Thursday to show their appreciation for the NHS workers and all they are doing at this difficult time.
The picture sent to us below shows people in Gillingham Road, and this scene was reflected right across Milford on Sea.
When participating, it is hard not to reflect on what this actually means; and to feel true respect and appreciation for these wonderful people - and a deep wish that they all stay well and safe.
It is funny, yet heart-warming how this caring community action stirs so much spontaneous emotion.
It is funny, yet heart-warming how this caring community action stirs so much spontaneous emotion.
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Keep your spirits up everybody, there are many, many people helping us all to get through this.
Stay well and safe, and if you can smile!
Stay well and safe, and if you can smile!
Thursday 9 April 2020
La Perle Burgers are Back!
Burgers are now back on the menu at La Perle.
Please order via the La Perle website.
01590 643557
info@laperle.co.uk
www.laperle.co.uk
www.twitter.com/laperlemilford
www.facebook.com/laperlemilford
To see their extended menu and order your dishes please click here.
Easter Opening Hours: from 12pm to 9pm on: Good Friday, Easter Saturday and Easter Sunday
Please order via the La Perle website.
Delivery only service, no collections.
Please order in advance if possible and they will do their best to deliver at your preferred time.
Deliveries to the SO41 and BH25 areas.
(Minimum order for delivery £15, delivery charge £2)
La Perle
60 High Street, Milford on Sea 01590 643557
info@laperle.co.uk
www.laperle.co.uk
www.twitter.com/laperlemilford
www.facebook.com/laperlemilford
Wednesday 8 April 2020
New Forest Basics Bank at Holland's
Holland's of Milford have decided to install a crate to collect donations of food for New
Forest Basics Bank.
All food donations collected will be distributed to the needy of the area. Of course, right now there are more in need due to the hardship arising from Covid-19.
A notice on the crate tells you what
they need most. Please be as generous as you can, thank you.
PS: You can also donate money by clicking here.
New Forest Basics Bank is a locally based charity that provides food parcels for the desperately poor in the area.
Funnies from the Past: No.3
Whilst we are all stuck indoors, I thought I would republish some old stories, that with a bit of luck will give you a smile.Here we go again...
Food Week 'Dine In Friday' Explained - click here to read.
Time to Travel - click here to read.
More coming next time.
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Home Workouts with Lindsay: No.2
Lindsay Coyle has published a couple more keep fit videos for people to join in with.
Lindsay is a yoga and fitness instructor who normally does regular classes at the Milford on Sea Community Centre. Her four classes a week consist of: Weights, 30-Minute Abs, Yoga & Meditation and FlexiStrength.
To view and join in, simply click on either of the titles below:
Lindsay is a yoga and fitness instructor who normally does regular classes at the Milford on Sea Community Centre. Her four classes a week consist of: Weights, 30-Minute Abs, Yoga & Meditation and FlexiStrength.
Lindsay is doing these videos for her clients and anyone else in Milford on Sea who would like to keep fit.
Golfers Keepie Uppies Challenge
To all those Stay At Home Golfers out there (and non golfers if you can find a suitable club) 14 year old Ellie Mans has an Easter Challenge for you!
Can you beat Ellie’s 902 Keepie Uppies?
Whilst Ellie’s England 2020 Golf Competition schedule is on hold, she has been practicing and developing new golf drills and exercises in the garden. EnglandGolf picked upon her last drill and posted Ellie’s achievement on Twitter with over 2.3k views to date.
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Enjoy Cycling Safely
It is nice that so many people are getting out for their daily exercise.
Bikes are also very quiet, and there is a risk that if a pedestrian just moved suddenly one step to the side, then the cyclist could crash into them. The strong wind often deadens any sound from an approaching bike.
It has been mentioned to us that a few cyclists seem to be riding quite fast around the village, of course, they may or may not live here.
As we have a number of elderly people in the village, it would be nice if cyclists would ring their bells to warn people they are coming, as some people's hearing is not what it used to be and they can be startled and even frightened by a fast bike bearing down on them.
As we have a number of elderly people in the village, it would be nice if cyclists would ring their bells to warn people they are coming, as some people's hearing is not what it used to be and they can be startled and even frightened by a fast bike bearing down on them.
Bikes are also very quiet, and there is a risk that if a pedestrian just moved suddenly one step to the side, then the cyclist could crash into them. The strong wind often deadens any sound from an approaching bike.
People are doing a great job looking after each other, please lets also think about others whilst out exercising.
Ta, and keeping peddling, running, walking or whatever you can manage to do - with social distancing of course!
Tuesday 7 April 2020
La Perle are back and offering deliveries
From Tuesday 7th April La Perle Restaurant is once again offering a delivery service.
They are offering delicious home-made cuisine, prepared using fresh, local produce and delivered hot to your door. Social distancing is being adhered to, both on the premises and during deliveries.
Orders are being taken via their website only to reduce social contact. The menu includes Stir Fry Noodles, vegan dishes, wine and soft drinks - to see the full menu please visit: www.laperle.co.uk
Deliveries are available between 5pm and 9pm Tuesdays to Saturdays in the SO41 and BH25 postcode areas and your order will be placed on your doorstep for you to pick up once the driver is at a safe distance.
Please support La Perle and hopefully they will still be in business after this awful situation has passed!
60 High Street, Milford on Sea
01590 643557
Milford-on-Sea home movies 1925
Wessex Film and Sound Archive have published a home movie of Milford on Sea from 1925.
Whilst the quality is not to clear, it does give a fell of the past.
Take a look below:
Whilst the quality is not to clear, it does give a fell of the past.
Take a look below:
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The walk continues, with the gent holding the women arm in arm through parkland. A gentleman in a flat cap fishing at the shoreline, while waves lap at his feet, extended shots of the waves. Three women on the shingle play around, one looking out to sea with a spyglass the others ruffling each other's hair. Two individuals emerge from a changing room (outbuilding that looks very much like an orangery), clad in bathing suits and large towels.
They make their way down to the sea via an area of shady woodland, where they leave their towels with a woman sat on a bench, a further gent follows. Two more women exit the changing room, in swimsuits. The party paddle, splash and swim.
This film is held at the Wessex Film and Sound Archive and you can see full details of this item their our online catalogue. If you'd like to see it in full or order a copy simply contact them on:
archives.enquiries@hants.gov.uk
Credits: Percy Laws of Retford
Footnote: Bob Braid from Milford on Sea Historical Record Society having seen the film, has provided this updated narrative of the scenes:
Footnote: Bob Braid from Milford on Sea Historical Record Society having seen the film, has provided this updated narrative of the scenes:
The movie is ‘possibly by Percy Laws of Retford, Nottinghamshire’
[WF&SA catalogue] (no Laws or property called Retford in the 1925 Milford Directory).
The first 3 scenes are Milford High Street: first with car parked at side is
the Red Lion junction, you can see the War Shrine on Miles’ bakehouse wall; the
second is the bottom of the Green with George & Mary at right looking
towards Myrtle Cottage; the third is probably from about outside Collins &
Butler looking towards the Sea Road junction.
The rest is doubtful; the bloke fishing might be Milford with Hurst Spit in background and the 3 on the beach might be Milford, but could be anywhere. The bathing scene isn’t, there’s nowhere here where trees come down close to the beach.
The rest is doubtful; the bloke fishing might be Milford with Hurst Spit in background and the 3 on the beach might be Milford, but could be anywhere. The bathing scene isn’t, there’s nowhere here where trees come down close to the beach.
HOPe still open for older people
We have been contacted by HOPe to inform us that although their New Milton shop is closed, they are still
operating a telephone information service on 01425 629009 or email on:
HOPe
01425 629009
HOPe New Forest is a local charity, set up by local people, for local people and they have provided 6 years of service to the local community.
They can offer a chat, or help with benefits, money advice, consumer issues, care at home, relationships, care homes and services for older people.
There service is free, confidential, impartial and independent - and all advisers have all been trained to a high standard. They will listen with empathy and work with you to reach the outcome you hope to achieve.
Give them a call if you need them.
HOPe
01425 629009
Wine from Vine Associates
John James, a long-standing village resident and owner of Vine Associates which was founded in 2003, is offering home delivery for wine, and also willing to collect & deliver groceries on request.
He has a original range of wines, organic & bio-dynamic selections, all from independent produces,
Also, he can offer specialist beers and spirits at competitive prices with no minimum delivery.
To find out more, please contact: John James on 01590 642173 or john@vineassociates.org.uk
Monday 6 April 2020
Funnies from the Past: No.2
Here we go again...
Weird Application for School Governor - click here to read.
Strong Currents on the Beach - click here to read.
More coming next time.
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£10 Ray's Lunch for Vulnerable and Over 70's
Wednesday 6th April Lunch Menu for the Over 70's & Vulnerable Only
Over the coming weeks Stacey at Ray's Italian Restaurant will be providing a warm meal on a Wednesday lunchtime, which will be delivered to your door at an arranged time between 11.45 and 2.30pm.
The 2 course lunch will include a main meal and a dessert for £10.
Menu
Spaghetti Bolognese
Minestrone soup with macaroni & ham, bread
Slow cooked belly of pork, mushroom & leek risotto
Haddock, prawn, salmon, tuna baked Gnocchi
Old Winchester twice baked cheddar soufflé with French beans Or chunky chips
Fish Goujons, peas, tartar sauce & fries
Lentils with squash, onion and carrot topped with warm goats cheese & balsamic
Spinach & Ricotta tortellioni with a walnut & spinach sauce
Dessert
Sticky Toffee pudding with toffee sauce & cream
Tiramisu
Chocolate brownie with walnut Ice cream
2 scoops of Ice cream - Apricot, walnut, ameretto or pear, raspberry or coconut sorbet
If you are interested, Either e-mail Stacey at:
info@raysitaliankitchen.co.uk or call your order through on Monday 07807 287753 to discuss between 10am – 12 midday on Monday.
After this time leave a message and I promise I will call you back.
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Catch Menu of Week
This weeks menu from Catch for delivery on Friday.
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email: ahoy@catchfabulousfishcakes.co.uk to place your order.
Please email your order over, no later than 4pm on Tuesday 7th April for a Friday delivery.
Please complete order form above and copy and paste it into your email. We have not done home deliveries before, so please bear with us through any teething problems! Please do not call us as we are in the kitchen during the day, busily making more lovely fishcakes.
We will telephone you on Wednesday afternoon to take payment, and confirm your delivery information.
The order will be delivered Friday morning. Delivery is free for orders of £14 or more. For orders of less than £14.00 a small delivery charge of £2.00 is applied. Please do bear with us at this busy time. We will respond to your emails in the order we receive them but there may be a slight delay at times.
This week’s Salmon special is ‘Tandoori Salmon with Mango’ – exotic spices with the mango rolled in. Not too hot, but it has a spicy kick.
The Friday Fishy Supper main this week is our Crabbie Mac n Cheese - the CATCH take on macaroni cheese; Crabbie, cheesy with an aromatic, oriental note. Simply heat and serve with a crispy green salad. Not dairy free I’m afraid, but certainly yummy!
We are also running a pate. We are pretty good at making these…. This week our Smoked Mackerel Pate, with fresh horseradish & lemon. Traditional and great on your toast for Good Friday tea.
For these local deliveries, we are switching away from our plastic packaging (it is fully recyclable I hasten to add) to our Kraft compostable packaging, which we use for our events. It goes in the freezer perfectly and will be fully labelled for you.
Please feel free to email any questions to ahoy@catchfabulousfishcakes.co.uk, or if you think we have missed anything.
Sunday 5 April 2020
A Heartfelt Thank You
We have received a message from Monica Murfitt who asked us to pass her thanks on, and I am sure her view is shared by many, if not all of us in the village:
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The Veg Shop who ensure lovely produce is stocked up constantly.
The gang in Hollands who ensure most of our needs are met with good humour.
The Coop who let the over 70 year old's access the shop daily for a one hour period.
Boot and The Pharmacy, who carefully help us with our prescriptions and specific goods that need to be ordered.
Our Newsagents who keep us informed with the news and concerns regarding voluntary help.
Plus of course The Butchers Shop.
Without you, we would need to make many more trips into Supermarkets, making us a little less safe.
Lastly to the wonderful, efficient refuse collectors who quietly remove all our waste weekly. How lucky are we as the warm weather gathers speed.
In a world of change, these people have certainly made our lives more comfortable, as we wait!!
Hope you may find a space for an appreciative audience.
Kind Regards..... Monica Murfitt"
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PS - Dog Walkers: We have also had another note from a reader asking us to mention that a Radio 4 programme yesterday was discussing that although pets themselves cannot spread the virus, it is possible for it to spread on dogs’ coats, collars or leads.
Dogs should of course be kept on a lead whilst out walking at this time and the 2 metre rule should also apply to them.
Dogs should of course be kept on a lead whilst out walking at this time and the 2 metre rule should also apply to them.
My guess is that it would be hard to explain this to your pets, so owners, please keep your pets at a safe distance from others whilst this crisis continues.
Dogs and all pets must be a great comfort to many at this time, please if you are walking with them, keep the social distancing rule in place.
Funnies from the Past: No.1
Whilst we are all stuck indoors, I thought I would republish some old stories, that with a bit of luck will give you a smile.Here we go...
Got any spare clothes hangers? - click here to read.
Milford Bloke trapped in Guildford - click here to read.
More coming next time.
Saturday 4 April 2020
Wildlife Garden Challenge: Update 1
Well, here we are a week or so into the 'stay at home' Wildlife Garden Challenge and what a quite remarkable start.
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Fifty-seven species have been recorded from 11 contributors to date. The species include 43 different birds and numerous butterflies, bumblebees, mammals, amphibians, a bat and one reptile. A great start.
You will find a list of all the species recorded and a photo collage of some of them.
In the next issue I shall send the first of six overseas reports, starting with Queensland Australia. What a contrast to our own back-yard wildlife. There are some magnificently coloured species, many of which I have never even heard of let alone seen!
Remember, all our overseas friends are in the same position as ourselves, with all of them experiencing similar restrictions to ourselves.
In the meantime, stay safe and enjoy as much time as possible doing your window and garden wildlife challenge.
Keith Metcalf
MCV - Conservation Officer
Milford Conservation Volunteers
To read original article, please click here.
Keep Moving - 15 minute Workout with Denise
Local Keep Fit & Pilates teacher, Denise Couston has created another short 15 minute lower body workout for core stability, mobility and strength.
To try out the session please click here.
New Forest Voluntary Organisations
New Forest Basics Bank have published a list of New Forest Voluntary Organisations whose services may of use to some of our readers.
They have also produced a poster of the list which can be displayed anywhere with no copyright. So, if you would like to use this poster, please feel free.
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New Forest Basics BankFriday 3 April 2020
The Good News Newsletter No.2
To read the latest edition of the The Good News Newsletter; please click here
About The Good News Newsletter
An enterprising group of local people have put together a 'Good News Newsletter' with the aim of keeping everyone informed and amused during this difficult time.
The Good News Newsletter has been created by Milford Library, Milford Mutual Aid Group, The Village Voice and MoS News Bulletin.
We will be publishing a copy of each edition here online and for those in the village who do not use digital communication, the Parish Council are printing some paper copies which will be available in some village shops and some distributed by volunteers.
Milford on Sea Mutual Aid launch website
Milford on Sea Mutual Aid have launched a new website for our whole community in Milford on Sea, Keyhaven, Lymore, Everton and Downton. It is for volunteers, people who are isolating and their families and friends.
The website explains: We know that by social distancing and isolating we can help to slow the spread of the corona virus and reduce the number of people who are admitted to hospital. That is why all our wonderful volunteers are offering support to the groups who are most at risk, that is: any households where someone is over 70, has underlying health conditions of any age, is pregnant, or has symptoms or has been in contact with someone with symptoms. This is a lot of people!
We are a very sociable community, with our thriving Community Centre, and wonderful restaurants and pubs. This makes isolating and social distancing a real challenge for us. We are already rising to the challenge, because we know that it is essential to keep us all safe and, very importantly, make sure the NHS can cope.
The Mutual Aid Group has been set up to make life easier for everyone at this very difficult time. We have teams of volunteers working in their own streets, so they are supporting their neighbours. It might be with shopping, collecting prescriptions or other errands. It might be by phoning for a chat. We are all making new friends, despite not being able to actually meet up!
To keep us cheerful and to entertain us, we have the Good Newsletter, and to make sure we are all well fed, we have information on all the local shops and restaurants and caterers who are making deliveries.
We hope that this website will make it easier for everyone to find out what support there is, whether they live in our villages or want to know how their relatives living here can get support.
We are working closely with the Parish Council, and in collaboration with the Community Library, Village Voice, David Long, and are also being informed by Wistaria & Milford Surgeries, and the local pharmacies, shops, restaurants and caterers. Thanks to them all for their contributions.
Milford on Sea Mutual Aid
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If you are in a position to volunteer to support local vulnerable people,
or someone who needs some help, please click below
or email: moscovidmutualaid@gmail.com
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Thursday 2 April 2020
South Lawn can deliver celebration cakes
We are pleased to hear from Tim Wedgwood, owner at South Lawn Hotel:
Tim says; "We are working very hard and we did a huge number of Sunday Lunches last week and still have capacity for even more. We are also seeing increasing numbers each day for both Lunches and Dinners. We have capped bakery deliveries to 100 per morning but can still take bakery and dairy items out with lunches and dinners if we exceed our 100 capacity.
Tim says; "We are working very hard and we did a huge number of Sunday Lunches last week and still have capacity for even more. We are also seeing increasing numbers each day for both Lunches and Dinners. We have capped bakery deliveries to 100 per morning but can still take bakery and dairy items out with lunches and dinners if we exceed our 100 capacity.
We have a team of up to 7 volunteer drivers now and up to 3 people taking orders at busy times. Our head chef Gavin and sous chef James have never been so busy! We have launched a revised delivery menu with a few tweaks to include Sunday Lunch and some additions such as Cheese and Butter on the morning deliveries. Tim also said: "Request for help are welcome, so please ask if there is anything we can help with."
The new delivery/takeaway menu can be viewed by clicking here.
The new delivery/takeaway menu can be viewed by clicking here.
Tim also mentioned that he has had several requests to deliver to people as a gift, and he was very touched by the gesture of a group of people from the Everton Community who ordered Sunday Lunch for the Everton Post Office Team as a thank you for what they are doing.
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For a 6 inch round sponge cake iced with a personal message Shaylin is charging £27.50. South Lawn can take the order and payment and arrange delivery so if anybody wants to send a friend or relative a gesture that is guaranteed to make their day please let us know. We will also advise if a cake has already been arranged through us to a person to avoid duplication.
Tim also sent this video of a birthday cake delivery being made, but he can't promise a saxophonist every time!
The South Lawn Hotel
Lymington Road, Milford on Sea, SO41 0RF
01590 643911
Another helpline for most vulnerable residents
In addition to the wonderful work so many volunteers are doing across Milford on Sea village, Community First New Forest also have a helpline for most vulnerable residents.
The Coronavirus Hampshire Helpline (Hantshelp4vulnerable) can be contacted on: 0333 370 4000.
The helpline is available seven days a week, from 9am-5pm, for vulnerable people who do not have support from families, friends or their local community and who need urgent assistance with practical issues.
The Hampshire helpline is for frail or vulnerable people who need urgent assistance with essential food or household supplies, collection of medication, or who are at risk of loneliness. Please discuss your requirements with their friendly advisers who will ensure you get the help you need.
If you need urgent food supplies, you can expect to receive a food box, typically containing:
Pasta
Cereal
Soup
UHT milk
Long life orange juice
Bread
Apples
Biscuits
Plus urgent household necessities if needed eg shower gel
Wherever possible, special dietary requirements will be met.
First Floor Offices, 71 Christchurch Road, Ringwood, Hants BH24 1DH
Call: 0333 370 4000
Call: 0333 370 4000
Home Workouts with Lindsay
Lindsay Coyle is a yoga and fitness instructor who normally does regular classes at the Milford on Sea Community Centre. Her four classes a week consist of: Weights, 30-Minute Abs, Yoga & Meditation and FlexiStrength.
To help out her clients, and anyone else in Milford on Sea who would like to join in, she has put some classes on line.
To view and join in, simply click any of the titles below:
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Can of Beans Mat Workout
Can of Beans Standing Workout
A catch up with Clare at No.64
A catch up with Clare at No.64 Biscuit House in Milford on Sea high street:
Now, I hope you don’t mind me mentioning our Gift Set & Gift Voucher service again, but it’s been so popular locally (mainly due to Milford on Sea News!) that we’ve now launched it officially on our website - click here.
One of the 12 boxes, box 2, is the Gift Voucher option. Here you can choose a Gift Voucher rather than a Gift Set, if you prefer, and then your special person can spend it with us as they please, whenever they like.
We sincerely hope everyone’s staying safe during these increasingly worrying times. We, like Mark at Village News, have customers who come in purely for a regular chat and we know they’re doing it as they live alone.
We’ve had one elderly lady knock on our shop door this week to ask if we’re open and we too, as Mark puts it so beautifully, find it distressing to have to tell them we simply can’t do anything for them other than chat through the glass! So sad.
We do have our ‘volunteer round’ now though, of our elderly neighbours and ‘at risk’ village friends, for whom we collect and deliver essential shopping and our numbers again, should anyone need any help, are as follows:
- Landline - 01590 643765
- Clare - 07515 711617
- Glenn - 07950 933466
Don’t hesitate to call, even if it’s just for a chat.
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It was originally the idea of one of our lovely customers who wanted me to make up a gift hamper for one of her friends to cheer her up (for obvious reasons). She gave me a budget and I sent her a selection of images showing different selections of No64 products, she then decided which one she liked and I then gift wrapped it, packaged it all up beautifully, and we sent it to her friend.
As you’ll see we’ve put together 11 suggested selections, to give you some ideas, but it’s entirely up to you what you choose and how much you spend. It’s been really good fun working with customers choosing their gift sets as, after all, what else have we all got to do at home!?
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It’s also Easter soon and so if you would like to send a gift to a friend, neighbour or family member please give us a chance to put something together for you – we have the all-important chocolate, amongst other beautiful gifts that I’m certain will hit the spot!
Please accept my apologies for promoting our business, I do realise this is a News platform, but when all this is over I’d rather like No64 Biscuit House to still be here!
All my love and best wishes to everyone,
Clare XX
No.64 Biscuit House
Milford on Sea
No.64 Biscuit House
Milford on Sea
Wednesday 1 April 2020
News from across the New Forest
Go New Forest are publishing a newsletter to keep people up to date with what is happening across the forest, and information on businesses providing services.
To read the latest edition, please click here.
contact@gonewforest.com
www.gonewforest.com
If you read anything today, read this...
I received this note yesterday from Mark at The Village News on Milford on Sea Green and it bought everything into perspective for me... Please read.
A message from Mark at the Village News.
Just to update that I am still open but adhering to strict social distancing measures with only 3 customers in the shop at one time.
People are starting to get the hang of it, its been strange for all of us, so please don't be offended if I ask you to stop wait (or stand in a box!)
I have questioned myself whether I should be open for the sake of my family and customers health. However, with all the cleaning, hand washing etc it is still a scary time for me, seeing so many people and handling money with the risks this carries. That said, I have decided it is important for our community, especially for those who I am the only one they see or talk to in 24 hours - it provides a bit of normality during this horrific time.
An example of this was last Saturday which upset me immensely. A very elderly lady came into the shop, which she does daily. I asked her why she was out and she broke down in tears, telling me she didn't want to be here anymore and hated life...the highlight of her day was was to pop in and get a paper.
All she wanted was a hug, which is what I would normally do. I found this very distressing as I needed to comfort her but couldn't.
Bev and I managed to calm her down and had a quick chat which was emotionally draining for us.
After she went, all we could think about was her well-being and how many others like her there are.
So can everyone please check on your neighbours, ask if they are ok, they might just need a quick chat through the window (at a distance) just to know that people care.
I personally feel that mental health could possibly have a greater long term impact, so if you are passing the shop on your daily exercise just shout 'Hello' through the door, say hello to people you pass, ask how they are, just a bit of normality might make their day.
Stay Safe Be Kind
Mark
My Reply
That elderly lady could have been my mum, or anyone else's, and people like you & Bev taking the time to look after anyone that crosses your threshold simply fills me with emotion and gratitude.
Both of you are awesome, to provide some form of normality for so many and to keep the community together is a tough task, both emotionally and at a risk to yourselves, but you are doing it with a real care for the village.
May I just say, you have my utmost respect.
I try to help out from the relative safety of being behind a keyboard, but you guys on the front-line are doing much more and are beyond fantastic.
Over many years you have been a fabulous supporter of my hair-brained schemes, and been behind every other village event wholeheartedly, and you deserve a lot more thanks than I suspect you ever get.
For me, and I am sure many others, you go on the ‘Heroes List’; alongside the many individual volunteers in the village helping out however they can, restaurants working to keep us fed, the village supermarkets, shops & pharmacies still providing services and vital deliveries, the carers still looking after the elderly & vulnerable in the village ...and nationally the nurses, doctors, porters, home carers, takeaways, supermarket workers, factory workers, delivery drivers, police, binmen, council workers, chemists, taxi drivers, transport workers, my son (keeping peoples gas heating going) and so many more key workers putting others before themselves and keeping the country functioning.
I hope everyone in the village reads the article I will publish and appreciates how difficult it is for everyone who is working or volunteering to keep the village functioning.
Stay safe my friend – and make a note that you are on my list of people to give the biggest hug as I soon as I can!
PS: I will definitely be publishing your thoughts, and probably with my reply, but right now I need to pour myself a drink and pull myself together.
Regards
David
Watch The National Theatre at Home
National Theatre at Home gives you access to theatre online.
One Man, Two Guvnors will be streaming for Free from 7pm on Thursday 2nd April. (Available on YouTube until 9 April.)
The first show will be the online premiere of James Corden in the hit comedy show 'One Man, Two Guvnors'. To watch the trailer: please click here.
This will be followed in coming weeks by; April are Jane Eyre; Treasure Island and Twelfth Night.
To watch live on YouTube, tune in at 7pm tomorrow and click here.
or, go to YouTube and search for 'National Theatre at Home'.
Keeping the spirits up
Here is something that should make you smile.
The Marsh family put together their own family version of a Les Misérables classic, definitely worth a watch:
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PS: Very pleased to see the family are Watford FC supporters! The young lad is wearing a mighty Hornets team shirt.
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