May 2009 News Archive

Entry Forms are now available for the 2009 Hayling Island Scarecrow Festival. You can pick them up from • Eastoke Corner - Terracotta Pot Shop • Mengham - The Hayling Island Bookshop • Gable Head – Relatively Crafty • West Town - Paige’s Fi...

The annual Charity Cheque Presentation Evening took place in the rather more intimate surroundings of the Newtown’s new function suite on Friday, 3rd April, rather than at Seacourt, the location for the last several years. Nearly all of the 200 rider...

Detectives are appealing for information after a man was assaulted in Hayling Island on Friday, May 1. At around 11.55pm the 61-year-old victim was found unconscious on St Herman’s Road, Hayling Island. The man had suffered head injuries and wa...

On Sunday 10th May the volunteers of the narrow gauge Hayling Seaside Railway, will be paying homage to their industrial light railway heritage. Industrial railways are the unsung heros of the railway scene. Perhaps lacking the glamour of the “Fly...

Following the success of last Sunday’s Heritage Goods Train Day, on Sunday 17th May we see the emphasis shift from steel wheels to rubber tyres at the Hayling Seaside Railway, when its volunteers joins forces with Funland Amusement Park, the ‘Local L...

On Thursday Chris Dobner set out in his 23ft boat to sail around the UK. He intends to take 2 years for the trip, wintering the boat in Scotland before returning next year. Full details, and log of the trip, at http://www.mengeham.org.uk/Dobner%20t...

Hayling Island’s Playing on the Plaza’ season of free live music events continues on Sunday 24th May at 3pm, when popular Hayling Island band ‘Manti’ take to the stage. ‘Manti’ are a three piece indie-rock band comprising David McClean (guitar/vocals...

Planning At our last meeting a number of planning matters of great interest to Islanders were raised. The first was for 35 Norfolk Crescent, and another being a continuation of the Rose in June saga. Norfolk Crescent An application has been ...