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WOLVERTON MANOR - SEPTEMBER 2nd/3rd

A traditional
garden fair

“An idyllic setting with a real local feel, makes
this garden fair a must for Islanders...”
Wolverton Manor has featured
on the cover of our very first
issue, it’s a wonderful manor
house located amongst glorious
countryside, in Shorwell.
The two day event is popular
with Islanders and mainland
visitors alike. The show boasts
a large selection of plants for
sale, many local crafts, and a
local farmers market, selling all
the Islands freshest in-seasons
products.
Throughout the two day event
there will also be entertainment
and for the over 18’s there is a
fully licensed bar, all the usual
food outlets will be available. For
further information please call:
01983 740857

Shooters
raise
money
for Hospice

The “Isle of Wight
Live Stock” Charity
Shoot was held on
Saturday the 22nd July at the
Isle of Wight Gun Club. This
event is held each year and
raises money for charity. Keith
Trigg chairman of the gun club
commented “ It was a huge success
with over £850 being raised for
the Earl Mountbatten Hospice”.
The gun club was very pleased to
be able to host this shoot for a very

good cause. A special mention must
go to Roger Wallis who organises
this event and all the wives for
putting on a great buffet and
refreshments. The
winning team was the Newnham
Beaters and High Gun went to Mike
Hayden.

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The

Andrew
Turner
Column
The Isle of Wight MP...
It’s the approaching summer
recess which really makes me
feel how lucky I am to be MP
for the Isle of Wight.
Of course it’s way too long
– from 25th July to 9th October.
No government should be free
of parliamentary scrutiny for
eleven weeks in a row. But it
also is the only sustained period
available in which an MP can live
anything like a normal life in his
constituency, in contrast with
the Thursday-night-to-Mondaymorning when Parliament is
sitting.
You may hear that some MPs
dash off to foreign parts as soon
as the House rises. But the Island
is different. There are so many
summer events – the so-inventive
and sparky carnivals (I enjoyed
judging Shanklin last year and
Sandown this); school fun-days,
village fetes and shows; and the
regular big events like Cowes
Week, the County Show and
the Garlic Festival. All of them
are opportunities to meet and
chat about the things that some
folk think don’t merit a surgery
appointment, a letter or even an
e-mail.
That’s why I so value my
mobile summer surgery. It takes
me to every nook and cranny
of the Island when people can
pop out of their front doors and

find me waiting. The summer
surgery brings forth the whole
cross-section of human concerns,
from potholes to paedophiles. I
am regularly infuriated by the
capacity of organizations which
are supposedly there to help
people to make their lives a
misery, and it’s part of my duty to
hurry those agencies when they
fail – which they do too often!
It’s hard to get angry sitting in the
sun in Elmfield, even when faced
with a constituent who is in the
middle of a tax credit mess-up,
but I drive home determined
to sort the matter out. And I
can share the joy of an elderly
constituent who mentioned, a
year ago, her wish for a handrail )Ѽ