LOCKS HEATH & FAREHAM NEWS & NOTICES
Replacing Assheton Court: Fareham Council want to replace the existing 51-year-old Assheton Court buildings at Castle Street, Portchester with 60 one and two bedroom flats for over-55s.
Check your electoral details: Fareham residents are being urged to check their electoral registration details or risk losing their chance to vote on decisions that affect them. If you want to register, go online at www.gov.uk/register-to-vote.
Shake-up of Govt Boundaries: Fareham residents are being sounded out over a major shake-up of local government boundaries with plans to have 32 councillors representing 16 two-councillor wards and all would have different boundaries.
Pub Chefs Retire: Husband and wife chefs, Vidsanu and Thanawan Rayab, are retiring after working for 19 years at The Talisman Pub in Park Gate and are planning to return to Thailand.
Christmas Tree Festival: They will be getting in the festive mood at St John’s Church, Lock’s Heath with a Christmas Tree Festival between 1 – 4 December. There will be music and refreshments. Email ctf@sjlh.org.uk
Live Love Local: Fareham Council is continuing its Live Love Local campaign to help support local businesses for another year. The council has earmarked cash to run the campaign until Oct 2023.
Solent Quilt Show: Solent Stitchers donated £1,000 towards the Titchfield Village Trust Building Fund from their extremely successful quilt show. The group meets twice a month at the village hall.
New B&M Store: Fareham residents could have a new B&M store in Southampton Rd retail park which would bring 85 jobs to the area. It would be the retail giant’s third store in the borough and would go in the empty Argos/Carpet Barn.
Pedigree Jazz Band: Jazzers will be in for a treat when the Pedigree Jazz Band headline the Sarisbury Green Community Centre on Friday 11 Nov. For details, visit https://sarisburygreen.org.uk
Final Piece in the Jigsaw: A £200 million development plan, including homes and industry, is the final piece in the jigsaw to spectacularly transform the waterfront near the abandoned airfield at HMS Daedalus, Lee-on-the-Solent.
Narcissus Daffodil Bulbs: Fareham Council has joined forces with St Margaret’s Nursey, Titchfield to offer free spring bulbs for residents, businesses, schools and community groups in the borough.
New Estate Agent: Award winning Bernards Estate agents have opened a new Fareham branch in the High Street, bringing their tally of offices to five with latest covering Fareham, Whiteley, Stubbington and Gosport.