Titchfield theatre’s £1m revamp will celebrate Shakespeare

Theatre staff seek planning permission to turn The Great Barn into a Shakespeare heritage centre

Titchfield Festival Theatre is planning a £1 million two-part project which will celebrate William Shakespeare’s work. The 200-seat theatre in St Margaret’s Lane is to get a makeover, while planning permission is being sought to open a second venue at The Great Barn in Mill Lane to show a host of Shakespeare plays this summer. [...]

Titchfield Common DJ sets up raving new college club night

Jon Doidge practising his DJ sets ahead of his new student club event in Fareham

DJ Jon Doidge from Titchfield Common is hoping to introduce a new nightlife scene for college students. The 18-year-old of Southampton Road will be taking his technical skills to town in opening a new club night RUSH2012 at ClubV in Fareham. Former Brookfield School student Jon, who is studying a national diploma in Production Arts [...]

Grace wins Take Me Out date and aims for Miss Hampshire title

Grace Levy hopes to be crowned the winner of Miss Hampshire

She may not have found ‘the one’ on popular TV dating show Take Me Out - but Titchfield-born Grace Levy will stop at nothing to be number one in the Miss Hampshire competition. The 22-year-old beauty contestant put herself forward for the ITV show Take Me Out with friends for a laugh. And counts herself lucky [...]

Warning to dog owners after ‘vicious’ attack in Titchfield Common

Kirsten Harder with children Ella and Euan and dog Lily

Pet lover Kirsten Harder is warning dog owners to beware after her Springer Spaniel was severely injured in an unprovoked attack by another dog in Titchfield Common. The 40-year-old mother was left distraught and fearing her dog Lily would be killed after the other animal bit its stomach while they walked. Lily has been treated [...]

Titchfield Common woman’s train ordeal in the storms

A Titchfield Common woman has told of how her train had to be evacuated during this week’s storms and she and her fellow passengers had to walk along the track. Frances Magnus had been returning to her home in Holmgrove after spending New Year with her mother in London. With 70mph winds sweeping the country, [...]

Eighty comments on Titchfield Common gypsy site plan

Almost 80 people have commented on a controversial application for a permanent one-caravan gypsy site in Segensworth. The deadline for comments on the planning application for the site next to the Segensworth roundabout at the end of Segensworth Road, is tomorrow (Friday December 16). The application, which has been made to Fareham Borough Council, is for one [...]

Titchfield Carnival was a real thriller

A Thriller of a dance at the Titchfield Carnival lead by Grace Levy as Michael Jackson

It was a thriller of a day for visitors to the Titchfield Carnival. Among a host of 30 dazzling floats at the day’s two parades was a group of ghoulish dancers performing the moves to Michael Jackson’s hit song Thriller. Crowds watched in delight as a range of floats, walking entries and marching bands took [...]

Titchfield prepares for carnival festivities

Crowds watch the procession at last year's Titchfield Carnival

Chestnuts will roast, burgers will sizzle and colourful parades will dance around the streets of Titchfield on Sunday (October 23). It’s that time of year again – the Titchfield Carnival. The annual event, which dates back 131 years and organised by the Ttichfield Bonfire Boys Society kicks off with plenty of family entertainment, including new [...]

Teenage cyclist’s gratitude to best friend after accident

Ed Crampin and Adam Greenough

A Titchfield Common cyclist who suffered an open fracture of his arm when he fell from his bike has thanked a quick-thinking friend for calling for emergency help. Adam Greenough, 16, paid tribute to his friend Ed Crampin and numerous passers-by who stopped to help after he struck a lamppost while cycling. Adam, from Common [...]

Witness appeal after woman assaulted in Titchfield Common

Police are appealing for witnesses after a 32-year-old woman was punched in the face by a man in Titchfield Common. The victim was in Lynn Crescent and Louis Road when a light blue or silver saloon car pulled up and a male passenger got out. He approached her, they exchanged a few words and then [...]

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