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FASTFARE Your Local Family Convenience Store Abbey Road (Shops) (01256) 323679 Open seven days a week Monday–Friday 8:00am–9:00pm Saturday 8:30am–9:30pm Sunday 9:00am–9:00pm Grocery | Stationery | Off Licence | Fresh Fruit & Vegetables | Fresh Flowers Fresh Sandwiches | Pies | Ethnic, Polish & Indian Groceries We serve crushed Ice Drinks • Now Available UPS Parcel Service • Play Now Lottery + Scratch Cards • Faxing and photocopying available • We Accept Milk Tokens • Paypoint pay your bills Gas, Electric, Mobile Top ups ETC. • Western Union Money Transfer Services • International Phone Cards If you dont see what you want in the store, please ask and we will try to get it for you. Printed by Personalised Print 352434 Email:[email protected] FASTFARE PHARMACY UNIT 3 ABBEY ROAD SHOPS /357637 FREE PRESCRIPTION COLLECTION AND DELIVERY SERVICE We fill your prescriptions at Fastfare Pharmacy from most surgeries. There is also a free collect and deliver service. We also take your repeat prescription, collect and deliver FREE OF CHARGE. NHS or Private. Among our many services we offer:- blood pressure check, diabetic, cholesterol check-ups and monitoring. A private consultation area for patients. We advise on medication and treatment of minor illness by our qualified Pharmacist. Pregnancy advice and morning after pill available. We hold a comprehensive stock of motability equipment for hire or purchase. Just ask and help us to help you. For further details ring 357637 Opening Hours Monday-Friday 9am-7pm; Sat 9am-5pm NEW FRESH CREAM CAKES TO ORDER POPLEY MATTERS Closing date to submit articles & adverts (5pm 15-1-19) [email protected] PROUDLY SERVING THE POPLEY COMMUNITY SINCE MAY 1992 January 2019 Distribution of 5,400 Issue 203 FULL OF LOCAL NEWS AND VIEWS Free to Popley Residents £2 Contents Message from the Editor Inside cover Update on “Ready Emmy Walk” Page 1 Councillors’ Page Page 3 SSAFA The Armed Forces Charity Page 4 The Disability Forum Page 6 A Message from a Popley Matters Deliverer Page 7 Neighbourcare Befriender Appeal Page 9 Basingstoke Civil Service Retirement Fellowship Page 10 Everest Community Academy News Page 11 Basingstoke Voluntary Action Page 12 Phillips Solicitors Advice Page 13 Burns Night Page 14 MFC Popley Page 15 Basingstoke Loddon Rotary Page 16 Arthur Botham Page 17 Melrose Hall Report Page 18 Probus Page 20 Basingstoke Air Scouts Page 21 Basingstoke Library Events Page 23 Popley Fields Community Centre Page 24 Basingstoke Deane Rotary Page 26 Marnel and Popley Conservation Volunteers Page 27 Chineham Library Page 28 Over 55s Forum Page 28

Free to Popley Residents POPLEY MATTERS PROUDLY SERVING ... · day trip to Scarborough then onto Whitby for a steam train ride to Pickering, the following day we have a guided tour

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Upd

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past

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exci

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skill

s.

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s com

plet

ed h

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rst p

ara t

riath

lon

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fulfi

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our b

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to s

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mm

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mad

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re

she i

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lude

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d ab

le to

acce

ss ev

eryt

hing

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mad

e lot

s of f

riend

s. H

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amin

a is

incr

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very

wee

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my i

s get

ting s

trong

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he is

doin

g mor

e and

mor

e ind

epen

dent

ly.

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is st

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p bi

gger

step

s, ta

king

big

ger r

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sing

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pro

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n’t a

mira

cle

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my’

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she

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face

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he is

lear

ning

to o

verc

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them

th

roug

h ha

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dete

rmin

atio

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e ar

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of h

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yea

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wan

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lf an

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w h

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past

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book

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luxu

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hol

iday

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fi nd

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ents

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owne

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car

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all

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orrie

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ve th

at if

I w

orke

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noug

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fam

ily, t

he k

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gro

w u

p w

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y of

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stor

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d ha

d to

sail

thro

ugh.

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r wha

t? B

ut it

’s w

hat w

e sp

end

a lo

t of o

ur ti

me

doin

g fo

r our

selv

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nd th

ose

we

love

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n’t i

t?

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e B

ible

I re

ad th

is: “

I kno

w th

e pl

ans I

hav

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r you

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ns to

pro

sper

you

not

to h

arm

yo

u.”

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of t

he fi

rst t

hing

s I d

isco

vere

d w

hen

I bec

ame

a C

hris

tian

was

the

truth

of t

hose

w

ords

and

that

God

has

the

mos

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azin

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an fo

r my

life.

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prom

ise

to ta

ke a

way

th

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ress

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rain

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aily

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rom

ise

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hate

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appe

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ther

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thic

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it w

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ve y

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teve

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opes

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ns fo

r the

com

ing

year

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be p

rayi

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at y

ou m

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ver t

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God

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Hol

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irit.”

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akin

g it

a N

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isco

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