Month: July 2012

Waterlooville Community Forum


Waterlooville Community Forum

The next meetings of the Forum will be held in the Lancaster Room at the Baptist Church Hall in London Road from 5:30 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. on

Thursday 26th July

Thursday 6th September

All local residents, community groups and businesses are welcome

Come along, make your views heard and help us to make this a better place to live and work in!

For more details please contact
Laura Bevis on 02392446123 or laura.bevis@havant.gov.uk
David Crichton on 02392262469 or davidscrichton@compuserve.com

Waterlooville supermarket staff go the extra mile


Well done to the staff of the Waterlooville branch of Waitrose who raised £1000 for the Samantha Dickson Brain Tumour Trust and for the Teenage Cancer Trust.

STAFF at Waitrose swapped the deli counter and stacking shelves for rowing and running machines.

The group from the Waterlooville store set themselves the challenge of walking, jogging, running, rowing and cycling for a total of 2,012 minutes – 33 hours – over a period of three days.

Waterlooville supermarket staff go the extra mile – Local Business – Portsmouth News.

Banter Comedy Club – Waterlooville


Comedy Club - Waterlooville

Here is a date to add to your diaries.

17th August, 2012

Banter Comedy Club comes to Waterlooville

Starring Felix Dexter, supported by Tony Cowards and Wayne the Weird

 

Felix Dexter

has appeard in numerous TV shows including Have I Got News For You, Absolutely Fabulous, The Fast Show as well as writing for many more.

Tony Cowards

Cowards, known for his one liner and puns, is a regular on the comedy stages across the UK and regularly performs to a variety of service personnel, at sports clubs and awards dinners.  He writes for a variety of radio including Newsjack, the BBC Comedy Unit Watson’s Wind Up and Jack FM.

Wayne The Weird defies description so I have included this YouTube clip

http://youtu.be/n0mxaGX9_6k

Click the PDF link below to print up a poster for your workplace.

Banter A3 Poster Aug Waterlooville hr[1]

Classic Motor Show – Waterlooville


A bit late posting this.

A classic motor show event is being held in the Waterlooville shopping precinct on Saturday 7th July 10am – 3pm.

There will be free children’s entertainment including face painting and magic shows.

“I tend to live in the wonderful world of my head, where every day the sun shines”


So said Eric Sykes, who died today, at the age of 89.

Eric has been, it seems, ever-present figure in my life. I first became aware of him from The Goon Show on the radio. Then from the many TV shows in which he has been involved including  Sykes and a… , Sykes and a Big Big Show and last but not least Sykes.

The last of those shows was broadcast in the 1970’s but that was not the last of Eric’s screen career.

Although his first movie appearance was in the 1950’s he was still appearing right up until 2010 and what more appropriate than an Agatha Christie  Poirot story,  Hallowe’en Party.

And in the middle of that illustrious list is what, I believe, to be one of the funniest films ever made.

The Plank, written and produced by Sykes in 1967. Just look at the cast he managed to pull together. Eric himself, Tommy Cooper, Jimmy Edwards, Roy Castle, Jimmy Tarbuck, Anna Carteret, John Junkin, Bill Oddie, Stratford Johns, Jim Dale, Hattie Jacques, Libby Morris, Johnny Speight & Kenny Lynch. The cream of British comedy.

Lets not forget the books that he wrote too. I’m sad to say that I have personally only dipped into the large Milligan book pool, starting with the glorious Puckoon. Followed by  Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall, “Rommel?” “Gunner Who?” and Silly Verse for Kids.

Eric is quoted as saying “I tend to live in the wonderful world of my head, where every day the sun shines”.

In response I would say, Thank you Eric. Thank you for letting us join you in that world and letting us bask in that sunshine.

 

Bloated ?


Just over two weeks ago I set off to France on vacation.

Every time I go away I make several promises to myself. I’m not going to overeat, I’m going to eat lots of salads, I’m going to lay off the bread and I’m going to get some exercise.

Of course I jettison most of those within about two nano-seconds of arrival. Salads are easy and I’ll always eat plenty of salad stuff, box number one ticked. The exercise one is sort of easy too since we are going sight-seeing and maybe swimming so that’s tick number two in the boxes. So that leaves the overeating and the bread.

As it happens I find that I actually pick less, no meals between meals if you see what I mean and when I am sightseeing i.e. busy then I don’t get hungry. So the overeating box is lightly ticked as I will go for the full three courses at the main meal and of course I’ve probably had some kind of breakfast.

Which leads us neatly to box number four.

BREAD

How can one go to France and not eat bread ?

Every morning the ritual was to get up and head down to the nearest boulangerie, just three kilometers. The joy of walking into that shop with the fresh loaves displayed behind the counter and the smell, Wow !!

Getting the still warm loaf back to the gite, cup of tea or coffee and then slicing through that crust unleashing more fresh aromas. Slapping on the local charentaise butter and taste buds all jumping for joy.

I can taste it now.

Now, I failed this promise in a big way. Bread (toast) for breakfast, bread before and during meals. So many different styles of bread. Many times I started of the day full of bread. Full but never bloated.

So why is it that after just two slices of Hovis, I feel both full and bloated ?

I know the style of the bread is different and this Hovis stuff is effectively production line, factory bread. What do they put in it that has this bloating effect.

I am seriously thinking that I must take up bread making again even if I have to do it by hand. No Kenwood Chef and Dough Hook, No Kenwood Bread Maker.

I don’t like this bloated feeling.