The online parish magazine of Old Basing and Lychpit
Volunteers Needed to Assist Older Individuals in Hampshire Age Concern Hampshire is seeking volunteers to assist vulnerable older people, supporting them with form-filling tasks. As part of its ongoing commitment to enhancing the quality...
Chineham and Old Basing NWR meet on the first Monday of the month at 2pm in different members’ houses. We prefer to participate in meetings involving food and drink, or discussions, rather than having...
Do you need help with budgeting? Citizens Advice Basingstoke is a local independent charity providing free advice to everybody, no matter what the enquiry involves. Feeling in control of your finances is really important...
Know your rights – Flight Delays and Cancellations It’s coming up to holiday season and hopefully your travel plans will all go smoothly. However, if you experience flight delays and cancellations, you might be...
Annual General Meeting Our new Women’s Institute committee was elected at our Annual Meeting in May. We thanked our outgoing President Sue Stewart and our Bookings Secretary, Sandy Scott, for all their hard work...
Weird and wonderful plant names Plants can have many names. An individual plant may be known by a common name (of which there may be several) along with its Latin name (which is unique...
Social Occasions for Probus Club Spring Lunch The Probus Club of Basingstoke had two social events within a couple of weeks in May. Their annual Spring Ladies’ Spring lunch was held on Tuesday 14th...
Upcoming Talks Our talks this month will take a look at recent significant change on the Great Western main lines and a current steam locomotive restoration project. On Wednesday 12th June John Scragg will...
There were 45 members at the meeting held on 1st May and they were welcomed by the Chairman, David Cowling, who gave apologies received and also congratulated those with birthdays this month. Tony Brazier,...
Council challenges government to allow stronger policies for low-carbon homes The lead Cabinet member for planning at Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council is calling on the government not to stand in the way of...