An
Update from Emsworth - June 2020
Emsworth is still relatively quiet but traffic and
footfall in the town has increased somewhat over the last few
weeks as things begin to things getting back to something more
like "normal". Non-essential shops, including Harbour Records - Vinyl records
and Karen George - women's clothing
are preparing to reopen,
As well as the Emsworth Alliance The following
shops also have a home delivery service:
- Emsworth
Delicatessen: 01243 389181
- M
R Starr (Butchers and Fishmongers): 01243 372058
- Tiers
(Fruit & Veg: 01243 372447
- PDN
Wines: 01243 377883
- Vin
Wines: 01243 698838
Takeaway meals are avaliable
from:
- The
Coal Exchange: 01243 375866
- The
Blue Bell Inn: 01243 373394
Emsworth Delicatessen: 01243 389181
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Mother Kelly's Fish and Chips have reopened.
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Emsworth Dental Surgery is hoping to reopen soon;
"We have been planning for this opportunity to re-open
organising new procedures and policies. We need to do this to
re-open safely and to continue to provide high quality dentistry.
The safety of patients and our staff is our priority and
consequently you will notice many changes to the way we work and
your future visits to the Practice.
For our initial phase of re-opening we will be dealing with
emergency treatments only and prioritising those patients in
pain. We are limited in the types of treatment we can offer in
this phase."
Work to
relocate Emsworth Surgery to its new home in the
town centre which ground to a halt in mid-March has
restarted and it is reported that the contractors are no more
than 4 weeks behind schedule! Contractors started work in January
as part of a £3.5m scheme to convert the unused former Victoria
Cottage Hospital, near Emsworth roundabout, into a
state-of-the-art surgery. The new surgery could open its doors to
its first patients in Spring 2021
The
traditional Emsworth Show has been cancelled but
for the first time this year, it will be hosted as a Virtual Show
in response to the Coronavirus. The volunteers who work hard all
year to prepare for the Show are gutted that it will not be
possible this year, but will still be working to produce a
‘taster’ virtually, of some of the wonderful flowers, vegetables,
and crafts that members of our community produce. More details
will be published soon on the show's website: www.emsworthshow.org.uk
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Emsworth
Concert band has also gone virtual:
Emsworth Concert Band has just created a virtual performance of
What a Wonderful World as a tribute to all NHS staff and key
workers and is available to view on YouTube. Andy Hall (Musical
Director) and Jo Bennett (Chair and flute player) came up with
the idea and all band members were asked to participate –
recording themselves playing their parts at home with the aid of
rhythm soundtrack to keep them to time. Jo says ‘one of her band
members, Michael McCarthy (french horn player) did the most
amazing job spending hours and hours of his time pulling the
whole sound together’. She says ‘although technically-minded, it
was a whole new learning process for him and he’s done an
outstanding job embracing the whole project with passion, good
humour and tremendous tenacity’. Jo says she's also pleased that
many band members had the opportunity to work together which
itself is a tribute to all NHS staff and key workers everywhere –
many who live in and around the area of Emsworth. We had 28
videos plus another 11 audio tracks which has produced this
lovely big sound.
and
finally:
INSPIRED by the extraordinary fundraising accomplishments of
Captain Tom Moore, 94-year-old former Church Mission Society
missionary Canon John Harwood is embarking on a fundraising
challenge of his own. Harwood is planning to do 94 walks – one
for every year of his life – from his home in Nile St, Emsworth
in Hampshire, to his local church, St James, Emsworth, a total
distance of 47 miles, nearly double the length of a marathon.
Read more HERE
If you have any news about Emsworth that you are willing to share
please contact Emsworth Online: info@emsworthonline.co.uk
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