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Community update Hayling Herald
Hayling Flower Club: Innovation 101
By Susan Marston
AT our February meeting, we
learnt about the history of Ikebana – the beautiful ancient Japanese
art form of arranging flowers.
Ikebana dates back to the 6th
century when flowers were placed as
gifts on the steps of Buddhist temples and the priest would put them
into water on the altar.
Our demonstrator, Diane Norman, is a Grand Master in the
Japanese Ohara school of Ikebana
and her presentation, Ikebana from
an English Garden showed us the
techniques to use to create our own
basic arrangements, using whatever
is in season as it grows in the garden.
On Thursday April 11th, we are
excited to welcome Tracey Griffin
to the club with her demonstration
Innovation 101. Tracey is a NAFAS
national demonstrator, award-win-
ning florist and has competed
both nationally and internationally
winning prestigious awards including an RHS Chelsea gold medal and
NAFAS UK Designer of the Year in
2017.
We are a really friendly club and
like to welcome new members to
our meetings – you will always learn
something floral.
Visitors are charged £6 at the door
which includes refreshments.
There is also the opportunity to
win one of the floral arrangements
from the demonstration in our
raffle.
We meet on the second Thursday
of each month, except August, at the
URC Hall, Hollow Lane, at 1.45 pm.
Our Chairman, Debbie Hick can
be contacted on 07881 803728 or
by emailing flowerclubhayling@
gmail.com if you would like further
Diane Norman demonstrating the art of Ikebana
information.
Hayling u3a: ‘That’s it, you’re nicked!’
By Arthur Jackson of Hayling u3a
DID you know that one can purchase
an Ordnance Survey map of Roman
roads and settlements on mainland
Britain?
It’s just one of the interesting snippets of information picked up from
our monthly meeting in February. I
wonder if Penny Ibbott could have
made use of it as she planned her bus
trip around the UK as presented at our
meeting in March?
On April 18th, Malcolm Nelson will
present You’re Nicked, a follow up to
last year’s talk telling us what happens
after smugglers are caught. He worked
for HM Customs and Excise for 40
years, on every aspect of catching
smugglers.
He was mainly based at Heathrow,
but he also spent time at London Port,
St Petersburg, Malta and most major
airports throughout the EU.
How history intertwines itself in all
our lives; back in the early 70s I was
also working for HM C&E long before
it became HM Revenue and Customs.
I may have received some of the
case files actioned by Malcolm when I
served in the General Customs Directorate in London.
Did you know that it was still on the
statute book that the Customs Officer
was to be provided with a bale of hay
for his horse when he dropped in to
say ‘you’re nicked?’.
Do you also know that Hayling u3a
has several active history groups?
They compiled the information on the
boards displayed at various parts of the
Island. Other groups researched and
published two books both on sale at
meetings and one at the Hayling Island
Book Shop.
Since arriving on the Island I have
been told that there is an abbey or
church out there under the waves?
During the talk on Roman roads it was
mentioned that there is a Roman temple somewhere around Stokes Farm.
There is much to discuss.
If you are of a mind to pursue these
ideas, come along and join the u3a and
possibly form your own group.
I look forward to another publication!
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