This evening, in the company of Cllr Michael Cheshire MBE and his wife Wendy, we were the guests of the National Malaya and Borneo Veterans Assocation at their Trafalgar Night Dinner.
We had a lovely evening in good company. There was a display from Cadets and Staff of Trainng Ship Active and Michael Cheshire gave us a very amusing, effortless talk about Trafalgar Night on HMS Victory. I had the pleasure of presenting Help the Heroes medals to three cadets for their fundraising efforts
This afternoon Andy and I visited the Greywell and Park Parade Shopping Centre in Leigh Park. We were asked to judge both the children’s Fancy Dress competition and the Best Dressed Shop window. What a hard choice we had, there were some very good enteries for both.
We finally those the Best Dressed Shop and 1st, 2nd and 3rd for the Children’s Fancy Dress.
This morning we attended the service of induction of the Rev Heather Cadoux to the pastorate of the URC Church on Hayling Island. In a packed church, the congregation welcomed Rev Cadoux to Hayling Island.
We held the traditional Halloween Quiz at The Plaza in aid of The Mayor of Havant’s Community Chest last night. 17 teams fought hard for the honour of winning the trophy. The winners who also won last time, were brilliant, very clever, particularly as there were only four of them, not the usual six.
We are very grateful to so many HBC Officers and their wives who help us make the evening such a success and help our fundraising.
What great fun all the children were having at the party, dressed up as so many of them were in their Halloween costumes. Very scary too some were. The party organised by Family Liaison Autism Support Havant was attended by many excited children and parents at the Leigh Park Community Centre.
Tonight we went to the Hayling Island Community Centre to watch the Hayling Youngstars production of Annie Jnr.
What a talented, confident group of young people! The singing and dancing were wonderful, the acting told the story so well. This is the second production we have seen of theirs, both equally good.
Today Andy and I along with Mayors and Chairmen from across Hampshire joined the chairman of HCC in the Great Hall at Winchester.
We listened to music and watched a short play commemorating the famous battle.
This morning Andy and I were at the Tesco Extra store in Havant to buy the first Poppies for the 2015 Poppy Appeal. As longstanding members of the Royal British Legion, we were delighted to show our continued support for the Service Community in our Mayoral year.
Last night Andy and I enjoyed a lovely evening at The Langstone Hotel on Hayling Island. We were the guests of John Cushion the chairman, at the HIBC Annual Ladies Night.
The company was especially entertaining as our table included six of our friends from the Lions Club of Hayling Island. With good food and service from the hotel staff, the evening was a great success.
This morning Andy and I hosted an event in The Plaza for the Havant Borough Tree Wardens. We were joined by Jon Stokes from the Tree Council and our own Principal Arborculturalist Jamie Gargett. We heard several interesting presentations about the importance of trees in our. Borough. The grounds of The Plaza are looking particularly lovely at this time of year.
This morning Andy and I visited St Joseph’s Church Hall in Havant for a Coffee Morning organised by Havant Fairtrade Group. This was to celebrate One World Week.
We visited the many stalls and spoke to several Community Groups, also listened to a presentation by children from Purbrook Park School. The children had designed posters showing different aspects of Global Citizenship, which were very good.
Today Andy and I were very pleased to visit Off The Record, the counselling service for young people. They have offices in both Portsmouth and Leigh Park, we visited the Leigh Park office.
It is such a valuable service they provide, allowing young people to drop in to see them to discuss problems or seek advice. We met volunteers and the admin manager of the service.
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What a talented group of scouts we have in Hampshire! They sang and danced, acted in amusing sketches and generally had great fun. So did we the audience, a really good evening.
This morning Andy and I were privileged along with the other Harbour Mayor’s, to attend the Seafarers’ Service at old Portsmouth Cathedral.
With a procession in full robes and wreath laying at Lord Nelson’s Statue, this was a service full of tradition and ceremony. Preceded by the Havant Mace and accompanied by a Mayor’s Cadet and an Executive Director, we were proud to represent our Borough.
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This evening we had the pleasure of introducing the 1st UK Kitesurfing Industry Awards at the Virgin Kitesurfing Armada.
What a great crowd of people. It was such a shame that although 450 people arrived to break the world record, there wasn’t enough wind to make an attempt. They were having a great time anyway though. Hopefully they will all be back next year to try again.
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