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Thursday 6 October 2022

Fast Track Fitness Retreats are back

Fast Track Fitness Retreats are back in Milford on Sea for a weekend retreat from 18th to 21st November and we would be pleased to see some locals join in our classes which will run on the sea front near the Needles Eye on the Saturday and Sunday.

There will be HIIT and Run, Circuits, some fun team games and a guided hike on Sunday afternoon.

Locals of all fitness levels welcome to join classes run by YMCA qualified trainers. £5 per class and discount for multiple classes.

Message Jane for more details or to book: jane@fasttrackfitnessretreats.co.uk


About Fast Track Fitness Retreats 

The sessions are for people who are stuck in a rut, want to kick start a new regime or meet new friends. We are normal people who eat ice cream and bunk off gym sessions occasionally. We don’t eat quinoa but don’t mind if you do!



Fast Track Fitness Retreats

Tapas Deal at The Cave

Milford on Sea's favourite wine & tapas bar, The Cave are now running a Tapas Deal for lunchtimes and early evening.

Enjoy a glass of your favourite wine, gin or beer and then treat yourself to a dish to compliment your drink. A comprehensive menu offers you 3 tasty Tapas plates for just £12

Take a look at the menu, there is bound to be something you would like to try!

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The Cave
2 Church Hill, Milford on Sea, SO41 0QH
01590 642195

Learn to play the violin

A New Exciting Violin Group, "Fiddling for Fun" is starting for Adult Beginners at Milford on Sea Community Centre.

You can learn to play the violin in a friendly, and fun community music-making group environment on Friday afternoons. Instruments Supplied.

For more details and to reserve your place telephone the organiser Mr Timothy Warren, directly on 0773 308 5290.

Timothy is the founder and head teacher at The Winchester Music School. 

Squash & Racketball Open Day

Milford Tennis & Squash Club are hosting a Squash & Racketball Open Day on Saturday 15th October. (Details on poster below.)

To join in, no equipment is needed apart from clean, non-marking shoes. Simply turn up and play.

The event coincides with World Squash Day and a great way to try out these two sports.

For more information please contact: Melanie Hagenau England Squash Coach; melanie.hagenau.yahoo.co.uk - 07972 080273.

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For more tennis information please contact Head Coach, Dan Hitchins at: headcoach@milfordtennisandsquash.net

Milford Tennis & Squash Club
Lucerne Road, Milford-on-Sea, SO41 0PL


Wednesday 5 October 2022

Have a stall at School Christmas Fair

The Milford on Sea Primary School PFA are planning for this year's Christmas Fair on Saturday 10th December - 12 to 3pm.

If you would like a stall in the 'Shopping Village', please email: mospspfa@outlook.com for more information. Stalls are priced at £15 each.


Milford on Sea Primary School PFA

Tuesday 4 October 2022

Last Milford on Sea Town Tour of 2022

Last chance to do the Lymington Town Tours 'The Story of Milford' local history walk this year.
  • This Sunday: 9th OctoberMeet on the village green at 11am. 
  • Voluntary donation of £5 per adult (children go free) for each walker. 
The Story of Milford Walk - a guided walk featuring the local history of Milford on Sea.
 
Daisy Diadem of
Newlands Manor
The old hamlet of Milford was mentioned in the Domesday Book: a few houses around a green and a watermill, having about 50 inhabitants. Nothing changed very much for centuries until the late Victorian age, when it decided to change its image.

Stroll through the village of Milford-on-Sea and its lovely wooded Pleasure Grounds while your guide relates how the sleepy hamlet of Milford tried to live down its smuggling days and changed its name to try to rival genteel Eastbourne. Hear the story of the string of pearls seven yards long.

This walk starts on the Village Green and finishes on the cliff top at the Beach House.

NOTE: This is a longer walk than the normal tour length,, taking about 1¾ hours and including some footpaths. The footpath by the Mill Pond and woods are unsuitable for wheelchairs.



About Lymington Town Tours 

A not-for-profit organisation of volunteer guides with a common interest in the local history of the area. To help with admin costs a donation of £5 is requested for each adult walker (school age children go free). 

Walking Tours can be seen at: www.lymington-town-tours.co.uk 

If you fancy becoming a guide yourself (unpaid obviously) then they would really like to hear from you!

Lymington Town Tours

Local job opportunity for a junior

Josh Lawson is a recruitment consultant with Barclay Simpson and he is based in Milford on Sea.

He currently has a local job opportunity for a junior (no experience necessary) with an international headhunting firm.

Josh explains that the role will be fast paced, learning and honing skills. It is well paid and offers the trajectory to build a career which can take you to the far corners of the earth (and back again!)

Applicants must be personable, fun and professional. The role will require picking up the phone to people you haven’t spoken to before as well as written report writing.

The area he recruits for is relatively complex and will require the ability to understand technical concepts.

If you are interested in finding out more,
please get in touch with Josh and he is happy to talk you through what a career in executive search looks like and what the first year may involve.

To contact Josh on LinkedIn please click here - or Facebook please click here.


Barclay Simpson

A night with Karen Carpenter and our very own Rambling Men

The wonderful sounds of Karen Carpenter supported by our very own 'Rambling Men' from Milford on Sea creating a night to enjoy.


See what else is coming to the Community Centre soon, please click here.



Box Office Open:
Monday to Friday: 10am to 4pm


Monday 3 October 2022

Touring Paddleboard Demo Day

The New Forest Paddle Sports Company will be holding a Starboard SUP Touring Demo Day with a range of touring paddle boards to try for free.
  • Sunday 9th October: 9am to 4pm at the Scout Hut at Keyhaven Quay.
There will also be end of season discounts available on new and used equipment.

For more information, please click here.


More about the The New Forest Paddle Sports Company 

Sean and his team provide equipment and courses for paddleboarding, kayaking, wingsurfing and wingfoiling. If you fancy getting some fun and exercise on the sea you can find more details on the links below:



The New Forest Paddle Sports Company
Keyhaven Quay
01590 645270

New Menu at Lazy Lion

The ever popular Lazy Lion in the heart of Milford on Sea Village has launched their new menu.

As always there is a selection of tasty starters, main courses, salads, burgers, desserts, and sandwiches if you fancy something lighter. Their is also a Lions Cub menu for the kids, and if it is breakfast you are after, they serve in the mornings too.

To see all of the menus, please click here and scroll down to the menus list.

Iain and his team have also added their Christmas Fayre Menu for the run up to the Christmas with 2 Courses at £23 or 3 Courses for £28, to take a look, please click here.


About the Lazy Lion

This historic coaching inn in the centre of Milford on Sea village provides many services. As well as being a great pub serving quality food for breakfast, lunch and evening meals, the Lazy Lion also has a Private Dining Area for up to 20 people (or more) should you want to enjoy a meal with family or friends. 

If you have guests who wish to stay over, the comfortable B&B Rooms in this former 18th Century coaching inn are also worth a look.

To book or to find out more, please call Iain, the landlord: 01590 641111.


The Lazy Lion


Panto looking for spare paint

The team organising the Village Pantomime are looking for donations of spare emulsion paint to use on scenery and the set design.

Any blue, red, yellow, green, brown, beige or white emulsion paint would be gratefully received.

If  you can help, please drop the paint tins into the Milford on Sea Community Centre in Sea Road.

Sunday 2 October 2022

Ray's Takeaway Pizza Deal

 If you love pizza, you with love this!:

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Ray’s Italian Kitchen
11 High Street, Milford on Sea, SO41 0QF
01590 645300

Friday 30 September 2022

Free Blood Pressure Checks during October

One in three adults in the UK have undiagnosed High Blood Pressure with rarely signs or symptoms so many go undiagnosed until it’s too late. Based on these figures it is calculated that over 600 people in our village could have undiagnosed High Blood Pressure.

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The League of Friends Health Hub invite all residents of Milford on Sea, over the age of 18, who aren’t currently being monitored by their GP to a FREE Blood Pressure Check.  This will be a walk-in service where the check itself will be conducted by a nurse. 

The Free Checks will be taking place from Saturday 8th October 8.30am to 1pm at the Milford on Sea Community Centre, and each Saturday until the end of October. 

Doctors recommend that you take your Blood Pressure at home at least every 6 months. If you haven’t got a monitor at home, The League of Friends Health Hub  have organised a special offer for you to purchase an Omron M2Basic upper arm BP monitor at £24.95 from Milford Pharmacy

The Blood Pressure programme has the support of the Milford Surgery, the Milford Pharmacy and the NHS Primary Care Network. 

We hope you agree that this is an excellent way for the League of Friends Health Hub to continue supporting the health and wellbeing of everyone living in Milford on Sea. 

The only way to find out is to come and have your Blood Pressure taken. They look forward to seeing you.

Milford on Sea League of Friends

Milford on Sea War Memorial Hospital
Sea Road, Milford on Sea, SO41 0PG
milfordlof.healthhub@gmail.com
www.HealthHub-milfordlof.co.uk

Thursday 29 September 2022

Charity Doubles Tournament at Milford Tennis Club

Milford Tennis & Squash Club are supporting Oakhaven Hospice by holding a Charity Doubles Tournament.

The tournament will be held on Friday 7th October from 9am to 1pm and the competition is open to all players, including non members, and will follow a fun based drawn partners format.

Entry is £15 per player which will cover both the entry fee and a lunch which will be served between 12noon and 1pm. A maximum of 28 places are available and will be allocated on a first come first served basis, contact Head Coach, Dan Hitchins to secure your place. (Click here.)

A raffle draw will also be running to raise more money with various prizes donated from local businesses. Thanks so far goes to The Coastal Bakery, Britannia Thai, The Lighthouse, New Forest Paddle Sport Co., The Beach House and other village and local businesses who donate prizes.  

Raffle tickets will be sold on the day but if you are keen to support the charity and would like to buy them or offer any additional prizes please contact Cathy Simpson on 07887 642142 or via email at cathysimpson752@gmail.com.


For more information please contact Head Coach, Dan Hitchins at: 


Milford Tennis & Squash Club
Lucerne Road, Milford-on-Sea, SO41 0PL

Tuesday 27 September 2022

Milford on Sea Newcomers Evening welcome

The Milford on Sea Newcomers Exhibition & Supper was a great success last Saturday.

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lyrics of
Milford on Sea
Song
Once again the long-term organiser of this popular annual event, Ruth Bufton along with her team of enthusiastic volunteers welcomed over 200 new residents to Milford on Sea and gave them all a true appreciation of the warm community they have joined.

The day's events were possible because of many helpers, cooks and washer uppers from the 4 village church congregations and village volunteers.

The evening entertainment also featured dancers from NJ Dance and music from the singers of Straight Banana. 

During the evening all newcomers were given an information bag which contained details of Milford on Sea Clubs, Societies, Classes, Charities and Events to let people know what goes on in the village, as well as things that people can join in with or support.

Local HHC and New Forest District councillor, Fran Carpenter was a guest and commented online:
"A lovely lady called Ruth and her husband organise a yearly ‘village newcomers’ event for recent residents to Milford On Sea. Local organisations exhibit their activities all day, followed by a meal in the evening. I was privileged to attend yesterday and meet what must have been 200+ new residents. Wow, what a great day and evening. True community spirit. Milford even has a village song! Thank you to Ruth and all the organisers."

Ruth sends her thanks to all newcomers that came and to the many people who helped make the day such an enjoyable success.

To see the Milford on Sea Village Song in full flow; please click image below.

click image to see video taken by Fran

PS: The evening had been preceded by an Exhibition in All Saints' Church where newcomers and all village residents were invited to meet and discover many activities to enjoy or join in with, such as: Milford on Sea Clubs, Societies, Classes, Charities and Events.

Autumn Set Lunch at Ray's Italian

If you need an excuse for a tasty and good value set lunch, well here it is!

Ray's Italian new seasonal Set Lunch Menu will run until December when a Christmas Set Menu will commence.

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Ray’s Italian Kitchen
11 High Street, Milford on Sea, SO41 0QF
01590 645300

New Friday Chair Yoga & Pilates Class

Are you looking for a gentle way to keep fit? If you are, this may be of interest.

Diana Briggs is a CBT & Yoga Therapist and social prescriber at the Milford on Sea Surgery and she has started up a weekly Friday Chair Yoga & Pilates Class at the Community Centre. The classes includes gentle stretching and strengthening. Diana is doing this to help people in the community to enjoy a sociable and safe way to improve their wellbeing.

Diana says; "
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As a social prescriber I have discovered a lot of isolation & loneliness within the community. I have experience teaching chair yoga Macmillan for 3 years over the pandemic & within their day care centre. I love embodying myself in the local community & enjoy & in my spare time working as a freelancer CBT & yoga therapist.
"

The class take place on Friday's at 3.30pm to 4.30pm in the Community Centre. Participants are asked for a donation of £5 per person which includes a cuppa tea & sociable chit chat.

To book, or find out more please call Diana on 07807 016124 or contact on gentlenaturalyoga@gmail.com.


About Therapeutic Yoga UK

Diana combines her experience & wealth of knowledge as a CBT & Yoga Therapist practitioner improving your well-being physically, mentally & emotionally. 
 
Using the traditional practices of yoga therapy & cognitive behavioural therapy techniques (CBT) to live your best life you can enjoy yoga therapy & CBT combined sessions or book separately. Together the sessions co-create a personal programme with your mental, physical & emotional health needs prioritised.
 
Diana also offers a personal sessions of CBT or Yoga therapy or both combined & become empowered through the transformational benefits of prioritising yourself & improving your whole wellbeing.

Diana Briggs CBT & Yoga Therapist

Time to get your barn dancing shoes on!

If you like a bit of line dancing this is the night for you!


See what else is coming to the Community Centre soon, please click here.



Box Office Open:
Monday to Friday: 10am to 4pm

Charity Lunch for all

There will be a Charity Lunch held at the Milford on Sea Methodist Church at 1pm on Thursday 13th October to which everyone in the village is warmly invited. 

The lunch will raise funds for Counselling Together, a Christian charity that provides counselling for all within the New Forest. 

The cost of the two-course lunch will be £7.50 payable in cash on the day. 

Booking in advance is essential, so please contact Margaret on 01590 641189 or at margaretjboyce@icloud.com by Thursday 6th October to book your place. 

For more details about Counselling Together and the professional, confidential and affordable counselling services they offer, please click here.


Counselling Together

Sunday 25 September 2022

Walk for Wellness raises over £2000

The Walk for Wellness group have completed their collective 100 mile charity walk around Milford on Sea and surrounding areas in aid of Oakhaven Hospice.

In completing the challenge, the intrepid ladies raised over £2000.

Organiser, Melissa completed the full marathon distance in 7 & 3/4hrs with a couple of comfort breaks and a stop for a protein bar!, and most of the group did between 12 and 13 miles each. Halfway through, the ladies found time to meet for lunch in Lymington.

After completing their walks, the group met at The Needles Eye Café at 4pm for a well earned Prosecco, tea and cakes as a treat from Melissa and her husband. The Needles Eye Café proved warm hosts and even made a  generous donation to the cause.

Some people even gave money to the group on route but most was donated on the Just Giving website in addition to some generous anonymous donations.

Melissa comments: "The walk itself was lovely. A beautiful day and everyone enjoyed it - even me after that distance - although my feet are still a bit sore!"

To read previous article, please click here.


About Walk for Wellness

Walk for Wellness was set up by Melissa Page in August 2019, she is a qualified personal trainer and ex-lawyer who has a real passion for fitness, and has completed 4 marathons and various charity challenges. 

Melissa wanted to give something back to the community so she started free walking groups at 10am on Mondays and Wednesdays for anyone who would like to go along.  

The aim being for people to get some exercise and simultaneously have some social company.  

The exercise is followed by a well-earned coffee and chat. The groups tend to cover 3 to 3.5miles in the hour but different speeds can be catered for (including jogging).  She always does a warm up to start and a stretch after.  

Anyone that would like to join in can just turn up at 10am on Mondays and Wednesdays outside the Needles Eye Café.

The importance of fitness is clear, and people’s reasons for walking varies, and Melissa is keen to see new members join in for fitness and fun.

To join the Walk for Wellness free walking group, or to find out more, please contact Melissa on pagetwo@hotmail.co.uk or 07712 164310.

Join in the Community Centre Ayckbourn production

Open Auditions for: Absurd Person Singular by Alan Ayckbourn. Produced by the Milford on Sea Community Centre. Directed by Wendy Mason.
  • Sunday 23rd October - 6pm: Read through 
  • Sunday 30th October - 6pm: Auditions
Performance Dates: 1st to 4th June 2023 at Milford on Sea Community Centre.

This sparkling comedy with black humour undertones is Ayckbourn at his very best!

Everybody welcome !

For further information and scripts, please contact Wendy on 07833 606455

Have you seen a lion around the village?

If so, it probably means that you have seen the poster advertising the "I am Mark" event being held at the Community Centre at 7:30 pm on Wednesday 5th October. 

Action-packed with no less than 19 miracles, the book of Mark was written to be shared live with first century audiences, in one sitting. Aimed at those outside the Jewish faith, the book of Mark has the potential to capture 21st century hearts and minds like no other story.

In this dynamic new, word-for-word, solo performance, directed by Lisa Gilmour, Stefan Smart brings us the story as it was originally narrated. I am Mark is the resulting full-bodied drama, with its characters and nuances brought startlingly to life. Because it's so accessible and involving, I am Mark has the added advantage of being a great conversation opener.

So, sit back, relax, and imagine yourself among Mark's first audience, as you experience the Good News of Jesus 'as it was in the beginning', in all its urgency and power, challenge and comfort.

"Sometimes it takes a living voice... to make you hear the Bible for the first time" Archbishop Rowan Williams.

Tickets cost £7 per person from the Community Centre Box Office and have been selling fast. Tea and coffee will be served during the interval.

This showing is organised by: Christians Together in Milford on Sea and Everton.

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See what else is coming to the Community Centre soon, please click here.



Box Office Open:
Monday to Friday: 10am to 4pm

Thursday 22 September 2022

Enjoy a night of Comedy

 Time for a laugh with top class comedians...


See what else is coming to the Community Centre soon, please click here.



Box Office Open:
Monday to Friday: 10am to 4pm

More Poppy Appeal Collectors Needed

The Annual Poppy Appeal starts at the end of next month, and the village organisers would be grateful if you can you spare a few hours to volunteer as a Poppy Appeal Collector?

The Royal British Legion (RBL) Remembrance period starts on the 27th October and the Milford on Sea RBL collections will commence from then.

House to house collections no longer take place, therefore all collections are made in the village centre. It is hope people will give generously to the Poppy Appeal volunteers.

To find out more, or to volunteer to help out at the time, please contact:

Carole Barnett
RBL Poppy Appeal Organiser
01590 718633


The Royal British Legion say the Poppy Appeal is to remember those who lost their lives on active service in all conflicts; from the beginning of the First World War right up to the present day. We also remember all those who have served and their families.

Wednesday 21 September 2022

Your Invitation to Newcomers Exhibition on Saturday

The annual Newcomers Exhibition & Supper takes place on Saturday - and whether you are a newcomer, or an established resident of Milford on Sea, you are welcome to come to the Saturday afternoon exhibition.

This popular community event is for all in the village to discover many activities to enjoy or join in with, such as: Milford on Sea Clubs, Societies, Classes, Charities and Events.

The Newcomers Exhibition is being held on Saturday 24th September from 2.30pm to 4pm in All Saints' Church. Please come along.

NB: The evening supper is for newcomers to the village by invitation. The exhibition re- opens from 6pm until 7.15pm for the evening guests.

For more information, please contact:

Newcomers Exhibition & Supper
Ruth Bufton
All Saints' Church Office

Tuesday 20 September 2022

Private Dining Room at Ray's Italian

Did you know that you can book a Private Dining Room situated at the rear of Ray's Italian for your party, celebration, meeting or Christmas?

There are a range of set menus to choose from, or bespoke menus to suit your requirements. Simply contact them with what you would like to do, and they will do the rest. (Call: 01590 645300 or email: info@raysitaliankitchen.co.uk.)

The room can accommodate a minimum of 8 guests and maximum of 14 at lunchtimes or evenings.

If you are thinking of any event they would love to hear from you!

NB: Christmas bookings are now being taken and all deposits are fully refundable if you need to cancel before 28th November.



Ray’s Italian Kitchen
11 High Street, Milford on Sea, SO41 0QF
01590 645300

New: Circuits with Sophia

Local personal trainer, Sophia Handscomb from Trained by a Girl is launching a new class; Circuits with Sophia from the 3rd October on Mondays from 6pm to 7pm at The Unit in Milford on Sea.

Details can be found on the poster below:

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Sophia also runs the Bring Your Baby Exercise Classes four days a week.

  • Monday 9am | 10am
  • Tuesday 9am | 10am | 11am
  • Thursday 9am
  • Friday 9am

All classes are adaptable and suitable for all levels of fitness. All sessions are held by Sophia Handscomb, fitness & weight loss coach at The Unit Fitness in Laundry Lane, Milford on Sea.

If you are interested in coming to one of these classes, Sophia's contact details are below:



Trained by a Girl
Sophia Handscomb
07946 603873
trainedbyagirl@outlook.com
Instagram - @trainedbyagirl



The Unit Fitness Centre
Unit 7, Laundry Lane, Milford on Sea, SO41 0WJ

Video Tour of Milford on Sea

We have been sent a charming Video Tour of Milford on Sea created by Karl Coates. 

Karl has captured the many reasons that Milford on Sea is such a special place to live.

As they say, 'a picture paints a thousand words', so just click the image below and enjoy the village tour.

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Monday 19 September 2022

PFA Quiz Night at The Smugglers

The PFA Team who raise much needed funds for our local Milford on Sea Primary School have organised a General Knowledge, Music & Picture Quiz Night.

Tuesday 15th November at The Smugglers Inn, Milford-on-Sea. Arrive 6.30/7.00pm for meal before Quiz commences at 8pm. 

Maximum Teams of 6, Minimum Teams of 4. Everyone welcome.

Tickets: £15pp to include a Hot Meal of either Meat or Vegan Cottage Pie. 

To Book: Please contact The Smugglers directly on 01590 644414. 

Full payment upon booking. Book early to avoid disappointment!




Milford on Sea Primary School PFA
www.facebook.com/PFAatMOSPS