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VisitShanklin Media Unit with the help of Shanklin Town Council have produced a vibrant Promotional Video for the annual historic Shanklin Regatta, to assist in expanding the profile and to best illustrate why this event that takes place in August each year, needs your support and needs local sponsors to keep it going. The event in 2012 was captured in a full day shoot with 2 separate camera and audio units.

The 162nd Shanklin Beach Regatta has been moved form the 8th August 2013 to 15th August 2013, so please be sure to put that one in your diary! Based on last years programme, events run from 10.00 am until approximately 10.00 pm.  Key timings inlude:

• Sand modelling competition from 10.00 am
• Woggle the Wizard at 11.15 am
• Artist competition 12.15 pm
• Sports events on beach from 1.30 pm
• Swimming events on beach from 2.00 pm
• Helicopter Search & rescue display – 3.00 pm approx
• Shanklin Regatta Queen – after Helicopter display
• BBQ on pier apron from 6.30pm
• Live music on Pier Apron – from 7.00 pm
• Grand Firework Display – Once dark approx 9.30 pm

The event also showcases the The 61st ‘Pier to Pier’ Sandown to Shanklin Sea Swim starting adjacent to Sandown Pier at 2.15 pm, finishing 1¾ miles later at Shanklin Rowing Club adjacent to the old Shanklin Pier Apron.  There are 120 swimmers (approx) that will register to take part. The date is TBC but check out more info here!

Help us to promote the Resort by sharing this video and inviting your friends and family to visit soon!

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VisitShanklin Media Unit with the help of Shanklin Town Council have produced a vibrant Promotional Video for the Resort, to assist in expanding the profile and to best illustrate why Shanklin and the surrounding areas are still a firm favourite with loyal visitors from all over the place! Help us to promote the Resort by sharing this video and inviting your friends and family to visit soon!

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Four volunteers from Shanklin Theatre were asked to attend the first Buckingham Palace Garden Party of the summer, basked in baking sunshine the temperatures soared to 24c.

The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh were in attendance and were joined by the Duke of York, the Princess Royal, the Duke of Kent, Prince and Princess Michael of Kent, Princess Alexandra the Hon Lady Ogilvy and the Duchess of Gloucester.

Representing Shanklin Theatre at the royal residence on Tuesday 22nd May were active volunteers: Vivien Howell, Alana Bird, Derek Pegram and Michael Beston, “we were very proud indeed to be alongside 8,000 guests from all over the country and from every walk of life”.

We were asked if we would like to be introduced to Princess Anne the Princess Royal, of course we accepted! We spoke to her about the theatre and how it had been saved from closure by a very dedicated and hard working group of friends, supporters, volunteers, supervisors, theatre staff, directors and trustees.

Shanklin Theatre had been nominated for the Queens Award for Voluntary Services 2012 back in March this year, on the 1st June it was announced by Buckingham Palace that Havenstreet Railway and Shanklin Theatre had both been awarded the QAVS, the formal presentation by the Duke of Gloucester will take place on the 3rd July at Osborne House.

Michael Beston

Business owner of the Snowdon Guest House with my wife Sally since 2001, I have worked in the customer service industry since 1985, volunteer and vice chair of the Friends of Shanklin Theatre, interests include: tourism, walking, cycling, music, photography and theatre amongst others. Website forum administrator for Level 42.com, keen interest in the social media network such as Facebook, Twitter & Google.

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We have had two further sessions maintaining the station garden and have now replanted the boat as a ‘dry garden,’ with grasses kindly supplied by Honnor & Jeffrey.   We now look after the library garden and have used some of our funds to buy new plants this month.

Our Open Day was a success, despite the awful weather and a considerable number of Shanklin residents came to find out more about what we do and to offer to help.  We now have 20 volunteers for the Green Streets Scheme in which people undertake to spend a few minutes each week in keeping their own street clean.  Others have asked to help with beach cleans or have placed their orders for free trees in the autumn or want to attend a free talk on composting at Ventnor Botanics later this year.  Many tried the Interactive Recycling Game and had fun learning more about the new scheme.

On 26th May we did a special event, getting a team together to clear the beach from Luccombe Chine to Shanklin Chine.  Twenty three volunteers including Cubs, Beavers and pensioners spent two hours collecting nearly 1500 items.  This will be our entry for the Daily Mail ‘Spring Clean for the Queen’ competition and we hope to win money to be spent in the community.

Lesley Hampshire

Lesley Hampshire A retired science teacher and marine biologist, I taught for many years both in schools and prisons on the Isle of Wight. Green issues have always been an interest and now I'm involved with Green Towns Shanklin, along with a group of willing volunteers.  We need more! Hobbies include walking, cycling, writing and backpacking in faraway places.

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Just to give you a brief update: we did our quarterly beach clearance at Appley Beach (next to Shanklin Chine) all the way round to Luccombe Chine on 21st March with four volunteers. We collected 779 items of rubbish including two broken lobster pots and an oil drum. Most of the items we found were plastic which has worrying implications because of the very long time it takes to break down and even then it hasn’t ‘gone away.’ The results of the survey were sent off to the Marine Conservation Society.

The other news is that we’re having an Open Day at Falcon Cross Hall from 10:00am to 4:00pm on Saturday 28th April. There will be free refreshments and some hand-outs plus a chance to find out what we do and hopefully we’ll recruit some more volunteers. Everyone is welcome and there are even a couple of interactive ‘games’ for those who want to have a go.

Lesley Hampshire

Lesley Hampshire A retired science teacher and marine biologist, I taught for many years both in schools and prisons on the Isle of Wight. Green issues have always been an interest and now I'm involved with Green Towns Shanklin, along with a group of willing volunteers.  We need more! Hobbies include walking, cycling, writing and backpacking in faraway places.

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Welcome you to Sunday Services 2012

Informal Evening Worship in the open air – at Rylstone Gardens PO37 6RT
Through the Old Village on left, Sundays at 7.30 p.m. from 27^th May to 26^th August

Church of England

St Blasius (Old Parish Church)
Church Road PO37 6QY
Revd. Victor Standing Tel: 01983 862264

Holy Communion 8.00 a.m. (2^nd and 4^th Sundays)
Parish Communion 10.15 a.m. (1^st, 3^rd and 5th Sundays)
Matins 10.15 a.m. (2^nd and 4^th Sundays)
Evensong 6.30 p.m.

St. Pauls
Regent Street  PO37 7AW
Revd. Philip Allen Tel: 01983 862027

Family Worship 10.30 a.m. (2^nd Sunday Family Communion)
Short Holy Communion following Family Worship 11.30 a.m. (4th Sunday)
Evening Worship 6.30 p.m. (Communion 1^st, 3^rd and 5^th, Evening Prayer 2^nd and 4^th)

St. Saviour on-the-cliff
Queens Road PO37 6AR
Revd. John Davies Tel: 01983 401121

The Eucharist 8.00 a.m. (Prayer book 1st Sunday on month)
The Parish Euchariest 11.00 a.m.
Choral Evensong 6.30 p.m. (3rd Sunday in month)

Catholic Church

Sacred Heart of Jesus
Atherley Road PO37 7AT
Father P. J. Smith Tel: 01983 867610

Sunday Mass 11.00 a.m.
Holy Days as announced
Confessions before Mass by appointment

Free Churches

Methodist
Regent Street PO37 7AF
Revd. Nigel Rodgers Tel: 01983 754052

Morning Worship 10.30 a.m. (Including Sunday Bible Club)
All-age worship and Holy Communion as announced

United Reformed
High Street PO37 6LA
Revd. Brian Harley Tel: 01983 862285

Morning Worship 11.00 (including Junior Church and Creche)
Holy Communion 1^st Sunday of Month
‘All age’ Service last Sunday of Month
Extended Worship 2^nd Sunday. Praise begins at 10.30 a.m.

Living Waters Fellowship
29 Victoria Avenue PO37 6LT
Mr Norman Vesey Tel: 01983 863683

Fellowship and Communion 2.30 p.m. every Sunday

Informal Ecumenical Evening Worship held throughout the year.
This is shared by several Churches at 7.00 pm except in the summer when Worship is held outdoors at 7.30 p.m. at Rylstone Gardens.  Please look out for details on Church notice boards.

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What’s it all about?

The idea behind Green Towns is to encourage people within the community to take positive action so that real environmental improvements can be achieved.  The Shanklin branch has been active for just over a year and is supported by the Town Council and Natural Enterprise.

We have a small Steering Group of local residents, including representatives from the Town Council, the Voluntary Youth and Community Club and the Community Police.  Regular meetings enable us to generate ideas which volunteers can then help to carry out.

Last year we organised many ‘quick response’ litter picks in various parts of the town, involving volunteers both young and old and we keep the theatre car park tidy. We have officially adopted Appley Beach, where we do quarterly beach cleans, sending the survey results to the Marine Conservation Society.

We distributed free water and energy-saving gadgets to help people consume less and save money and we obtained fifty small trees to give away to local residents and organisations.

We organised a visit to Ventnor Botanic Gardens for a session on How to Make Really Good Compost, with a free tea as well! Links with local schools and the Beavers were established and we plan to continue these.

In April we negotiated with Island Line to give the station garden a makeover and we now have regular gardening sessions and have added a boat and two lobster pots to enhance the appearance of the station. We’d be happy to maintain other planted areas such as the library garden but for this to happen we need plenty more volunteers.

One of our long-term aims is to improve the cycle track so that more people can use it year-round and we’re investigating grant funding in this respect. A Green Streets Scheme is something we hope to start this year, whereby residents volunteer to spend a few minutes each week to keep their street litter-free, using equipment we’d provide. We’re keen to establish links with local businesses too.

What can you do to help?

Become one of our team of volunteers!  It needn’t take much of your time but it will be rewarding and you’ll be helping to make Shanklin a better place in which to live, work or spend holidays.

Contact Us
Lesley on: 01983 868309 or e-mail: johnandlesley1@talktalk.net
Bridget on: 07792 174941

Lesley Hampshire

Lesley Hampshire A retired science teacher and marine biologist, I taught for many years both in schools and prisons on the Isle of Wight. Green issues have always been an interest and now I'm involved with Green Towns Shanklin, along with a group of willing volunteers.  We need more! Hobbies include walking, cycling, writing and backpacking in faraway places.

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In 1940 a very real possibility existed  that the Island would the first target for an invasion by the German Army and preparations were made for this eventuality. In Shanklin the Home Guard stood ready for an onslaught whether it should come by sea or overland. Short of guns and ammunition it certainly had enough to cover the approach from the South and as the picture shows, the rifle positions to cover this are still in existence close to St. Blazius Church.

Shortage of hand grenades did not prevent throwing practice and one group assembled in the upstairs rooms of the Black Cat tea rooms for a simulated attack on a passing lorry using swede turnips.

However it was realised that the Home Guard might not be enough to repel the advancing troops and plan B was prepared. Captain Dick Wheway, the local radio repair man, recruited a clandestine band of local men who were ready to operate as guerrillas should the worst happen. Their operations would centre on a secret underground cavern they had excavated under the cover of darkness in the America woods. In preparation it was stocked explosives and detonators and emergency supplies.

The local army units erected miles of beach defences consisting of a framework of scaffold poles which stretched from Yaverland to Luccombe. The pier was a possible landing point so a cunning strategy was put into action. A vast gap was blown into the pier deck and if a battalion should land there and try to march ashore, disaster would ensue.

After the war the breach in the pier was repaired with reinforced concrete. Ironically this was the only part of the pier to survive after the storm of 1986 when all of the iron structure was washed away.

ROB MARSHALL

Rob Marshall

My name is Rob Marshall. I spent my childhood in Shanklin and lived here until I joined the forces in 1942. Memories of the town in the first years of the war remain clearly in my mind. Although it was a difficult and highly dangerous time with frequent bombings  and the threat of invasion  it was an exciting time for young lads and the very thought of defeat did not cross our minds. I still live on the Island having spent most of my life as a teacher working for the Island Education Service.

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On the 14th & 15th March 2002 a group of SHAA Hoteliers dug out and planted a garden at Shanklin Station. We built a fence that would enable us to reach the garden to weed regularly. All the plants and timber was donated by local island companies and to commemorate this, a large plaque was attached to the fence. SHAA Chairman at the time was Les Burrows who along with the Committee at the time organised the gardening weekend. We found a local man to weed once a week for us and we felt that we had achieved something worthwhile.

Recently though, the garden was looking very tired and overgrown but still bore the SHAA name. The committee was looking for a solution when Lesley Hampshire from the Green Towns’ Shanklin approached SHAA to invest some money and time into re-planting the garden. This was greatly appreciated by the Committee and we donated £50.00 to help with the planting. Having been donated a boat, which is now planted out and is situated to one side of the garden they have achieved a lot in a small time. Lesley has also undertaken to keep up with the weeding eventhough it is now more difficult to obtain entry into the gardens as permission is always needed. The garden now is a vast improvement and if anyone has a free ten minutes just pop in and have a look.

Sally Beston

I am part owner of the Snowdon Guest House with my husband Michael since 2001. I was previously employed in investment banking in London since 1984 for a foreign government. I am a committee member of SHAA and Shanklin Christmas Festival and run a weekly coffee morning for lady hoteliers. Interests include tourism, Shanklin Theatre, walking, family, reading and the Isle of Wight.

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Shanklin Theatre Support a Seat Up-date

We would like to extend our special thanks out to everyone who has helped the theatre by “supporting a seat”, as you know this initiative to help raise much needed funds for the theatre restoration funds started back on the 5th November last year, Shanklin theatre was open for the day free to all our residents and friends to help launch our new seating system that had just been installed.

I’m pleased to report back that so far to date we have raised £6,250.00 from our “seat supporters”, these funds will help go towards our future restoration projects, that said we still have a long way to go and a lot more seats are still available for you to support, your money will ensure Shanklin theatre stays open not only for the community but also for our visitors to enjoy our shows and local theatre productions.

We have just finished affixing nearly 116 seat plaques that were supported from the open day in November (see images) and have taken orders for another 50 or so since then with donations and pledges coming in all the time.

Supporting a seat could not be easier; you can collect a support form from the theatre or download a copy here:

SUPPORT-A-SEAT!

The seat sponsorship costs £50.00 and lasts for ten years, it will also entitle you to a plaque that will be affixed to the seat for that period, you can have a plaque made out to donation in memory of someone, a family member or loved one for example or in the name of your own family, group or business name, also included is an official certificate of support from the theatre and a guided tour of the theatre building itself.

Once again, a big, big thank you from all the friends and volunteers of Shanklin Theatre, we hope to see you soon.

Michael Beston © 2012 – Vice Chair FOST.

Michael Beston

Business owner of the Snowdon Guest House with my wife Sally since 2001, I have worked in the customer service industry since 1985, volunteer and vice chair of the Friends of Shanklin Theatre, interests include: tourism, walking, cycling, music, photography and theatre amongst others. Website forum administrator for Level 42.com, keen interest in the social media network such as Facebook, Twitter & Google.

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