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July 29th 2006 Bourne
Quilters Annual Display
The Bourne Quilters once
again put on an amazing display of the quilts made by their members.
Photos
HERE.
July 13th 2006 Emsworth
Hosts Market Towns Awards Conference
" The EBA together with South East Rural and Market Towns Partnership
hosted a conference at The Brookfield Hotel on Thursday 13th. July-
delegates came from Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Surrey, Kent, Sussex and of
course Hampshire. This was a prime opportunity to showcase Emsworth to other
Market Towns and all that is good about business in this special community.
Awards were given to other towns that had shown the ability to work together
to improve the business environment-Haslemere were the overall winners with
Whitchuch Uckfield and New Milton also winning recognition for their
work[Emsworth did not enter this year but we hope to do so in the next round
of competitions]
70 delegates attended and were impressed with our town they had an
opportunity of visiting the Terror, the Emsworth Sailing Club and to hear
from the harbour master why Emsworth is so important in maintaining and
developing environmental and leisure activities in and around the harbour.
The delegates were also conducted on a short walking tour of the town.
This proved to be a great opportunity to showcase Emsworth and we especially
thank The Brookfield Hotel, Chichester Harbour Conservancy, Emsworth Sailing
Club, Emsworth Food Festival and Emsworth Bus Company [Who provided a luxury
coach[free of charge!] to convey delegates around the town]
Also our gratitude to members of the EBA and Brook Meadow Nature Reserve who
gave their time and expertise to this unique event.
At the conclusion one of the organisers said" What a fantastic day! Thank
you for allowing us to have a glimpse into this super working town-we will
come back again"
Brendan Gibb-Gray.
Brook Meadow May Day Fun Day
With an estimated 1200 visitors this year's event was the best attended
ever!
 Activities
included:
a nature hunt and nature trail
a wishing tree
willow weaving workshops
*same workshop leader to last year*
running all day
May crowns workshops * different workshop but same workshop leader as
last year* running all day
storytelling *same
storyteller as last year* (2 x 30
minute sessions)
wildlife displays with information about the
Brook Meadow Conservation Group
as well as new for this year
Maypole dancing:
4th Emsworth Brownies (1x 15 minute session)
Circle dancing: group from Chichester (1 x 30 minute session)
Two in Accord : accordion players to accompany the dancing
Woodcarving demonstrations: Solent Woodcarvers and sculptors
Sow-a-seed and plant stall: Emsworth Horticultural
Society
Youth percussion band: Music Fusion
Wickham Morris Men
The WI provided refreshments and Havant
Rotary, the Emsworth Business Association and were both represented.
*The two workshop leaders and the storyteller were generously
funded by ERA and Havant Rotary.
www.hants.org.uk/brook-meadow
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8th April 2006 - Traditional
Boat Building Day
Wooden boat enthusiasts are attended the fourth in a series of
Traditional Boat Building Days
on Saturday 8th April at
Dolphin Quay Boatyard,
Queen Street, Emsworth.
 A steady stream of visitors were able to follow the progress of the
restoration of Terror, a Victorian oyster boat that was
originally built in Emsworth and is now being restored with
funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund. The hull is virtually
finished and soon the decks will be added so this was last
chance to get a good look at the structure of the boat. The boat is due to
be launched at the
Emsworth Food
Festival
on Friday 8th September.
A display showed the history of the vessel and those working
on were available to answer questions.
Wooden boat experts from the boatyard were on
hand giving demonstrations of restoration techniques as well as
to answering questions and provide guidance and advice. Projects
recently completed by the yard were also on display.
The open day was organised by
Chichester Harbour Conservancy in
conjunction with
Dolphin Quay Boatyard
who are undertaking the
restoration of Terror, the day is funded by the Heritage Lottery.
Fund.
The Conservancy arranged the day as part of their commitment
to support boatyards within the Area of Outstanding Natural
Beauty and to maintain the traditional skills needed to preserve
the precious fleet of wooden boats kept in Chichester Harbour.
www.emsworthheritageproject.org.uk
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5th April 2006 - Community
Responders
 The
first meeting to publicise the Community Responders scheme for Emsworth was
held in the Community Center. About three dozen residents attended together
with representatives from several town
organisations Colin, from the
Hampshire Ambulance Authority explained how the scheme worked and what
training and support would be provided and representatives from Hauling
Community responders which has been up and running for sometime gave advice
from their practical experience.
Something in the region of £4,000 will need to be raised to get the scheme
up and running in Emsworth, The Business Association and the Residents
Association have committed funds to help get the scheme started and the Co
op through their community support card are committed to raising up to
£10,000 donating 3p per pound spent on presentation of the card.
Several new volunteers offered their services at the meeting and it is
anticipated that a formal meeting of volunteers will be held shortly to "get
things moving".
To volunteer please contact Janet on 01243 43430289 or Brendan Gibb-Gray on
01243 377355.
More info
HERE and at:
www.hampshireambulance.nhs.uk/communityresponders
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