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Stoneham Roadworks
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Please be aware that for the next fourteen weeks or so, access to Chilworth from the Stoneham direction may be problematic. There are major works at the junctions of Stoneham Lane, Stoneham Way and Thomas Lewis Way. Full details are on Southampton City Council’s website, here.
Guide Dogs
Back in May, The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association, whose Southampton Mobility Team is based in Chilworth, was looking for temporary homes in our area for trainee guide dogs. Volunteers for that are still welcome, but now there are two more volunteering opportunities: Continue reading
Nearby Events – Sept 2018
A monthly digest of upcoming events in our region that local residents may find interesting, and of which they may otherwise be unaware. If you know of any others that you think are worth including, please send details to the Editor.
Moviola diary dates – updated
Below are the Autumn movie dates for our new season. More information, including trailers and ticket-reservation details may be found here:
| Friday, 7th September | The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society |
| Friday, 12th October | Entebbe |
| Thursday, 15th November | The Bookshop |
Nearby Events – July 2018
A monthly digest of upcoming events in our region that local residents may find interesting, and of which they may otherwise be unaware. If you know of any others that you think are worth including, please send details to the Editor.
Do you ever shop online?
If the answer is yes, then the next question is: Have you heard of AmazonSmile? This is a recent initiative from Amazon that enables you to raise money for your chosen charity every time you buy something. It’s nothing to do with discounts or surcharges. It’s just that Amazon chooses to return some of its gargantuan profits in a way that we can exploit, or not, as we choose. Continue reading
Chilworth Village Fete
This year’s fete will be held at St Denys Church Community Centre on Saturday, 2nd June from 2pm. The theme is a celebration of 70 years of the NHS. For more details click here (apologies for the poor copy quality) or enquire by e-mail.
Help Guide Dogs for the Blind
You may already know that the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association has a centre in Chilworth. Staff there are currently on the lookout for those who would be prepared to be ‘committed volunteers’ willing to care and temporary homes for trainee guide dogs.
For a ten-week period, a volunteer would need to be able to drop the dog at the centre on weekday mornings, and pick it up again at the end of the working day. The dog would stay with the volunteer over the weekends. Continue reading
New Moviola Dates
The next Chilworth Moviola showings have been scheduled. They are:
| Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Thu, 12th July |
For more information, including trailers and how to obtain tickets, please go to the Moviola Programme page.
Bassett Avenue closures
Don’t forget that Bassett Avenue, between the Chilworth roundabout and Winchester Rd, will be fully closed from 8pm-6am from Monday, 30th April for up to five nights. This is to allow anti-skid surfaces to be added at the three pedestrian crossings.