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• Eastleigh Borough’s First Crematorium Opens in Bubb Lane, Off Hedge End’s Tollbar Way, 7 December

  By  chrissy1961

  can anyone tell me how you go about arranging to place a plaque in the memorial gardens at hedge...

            

   

  By  Caroline_W at 17:39 on 19/11/09

  

  Eastleigh Borough’s first crematorium, Wessex Vale in Bubb Lane, will open on Monday 7 December.  Although technically in West End, the crematorium will be 150 yards from Hedge End’s Tollbar Way. Having cost an estimated £2.5m to build it’s being promoted as the most environmentally friendly crematorium in the UK and will hold about 1,500 funerals a year. The operators, the Bristol-based Westerleigh...

• ‘Hedge End From Village to Town’ – New Book, by Hedge End Author Stephen Tanti

  By  STEVETANTI

  Hi , Alison any information on old Hedge End is welcome , thanks Steve Tanti.

            

   

  By  Caroline_W at 16:27 on 02/02/10

  

  Written by Stephen Tanti, Hedge End born and bred, with research input and technical assistance from fellow Hedge Ender Denis Collins, ‘Hedge End From Village to Town’ traces the history of Hedge End. It begins with very early times when a Roman road ran close to present day Heath House Lane and  with the Manor of Shamblehurst built in the 13th century,  and follows on marking the development of roads, schools,...

• Rose Bowl's Boost from Eastleigh Council

  By  mygeneration

  On another tack, the quality of life has dipped even further for residents of the Hedge End/West End...

            

   

  By  keithhouse at 16:45 on 08/12/09

  

  The Rose Bowl has become part of Hedge End and West End life in recent years, hosting not just cricket but community events and a range of pop and music events. But life does not stand still in cricket and to get the best chance of winning Test matches, and perhaps even the Ashes, in the future, the Rose Bowl worked up plans to make the venue one of the very best in the country.  Their investment plans for new stands, a four-star...

• Are Brits the worst-dressed tourists in Europe? I talk to a Fashion Expert in Hedge End

  By  avidreader24

  Well, when I holiday on Greek islands they certainly are !! Avidreader24

            

   

  By  Caroline_W at 19:06 on 27/07/10

  

  According to a poll by TripAdvisor Britons on holiday are the worst-dressed in Europe. I wondered if this was true and so I headed off to Hedge End retail park and to Marks and Spencer and spent the morning with Personal Shopper and Fashion Adviser Janine Calo. Firstly I asked if Janine agreed that we are the worst-dressed. She replied that we need to “shake off the Vicky Pollard image – but that there is hope.” ...

• Centenary of Flight Historic Flypast, Some of the Pilots’ Thoughts, and a Contributor's Video!

  By  Caroline_W

  It’s estimated that 6,000-8,000 people of all ages watched the Battle of Britain Memorial...

            

   

  By  Caroline_W at 12:58 on 23/07/10

  

  Events to mark the year of the Centenary of Flight in South Hampshire continue tomorrow, Saturday 24 July, with the historic flypast by the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight above Southampton Water at 4.15pm. Three historic aircraft will take part, the UK’s only flying Lancaster, a Hurricane and one of the aircraft with particular historic connection to the area – designed and built locally and which took its first test...

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