Brockenhurst Women’s Institute

The Women’s Institute was formed nationally in 1915 and encouraged local branches to be set up. The Brockenhurst WI was formed in February 1918. A meeting was held at the Church Room, and the wife of the local MP Mrs Frank Perkins explained the aims to an audience who then voted to establish a village branch. The initial aim to revitalise rural communities and encourage women to become more involved in producing food during the First World War. 

Everyday life was not easy for many Brockenhurst ladies and the WI was a way to enhance their lives through friendship and fun. In a much more class divided society than today, the WI brought women together from all backgrounds who had rarely met in the past, and helped to break down social barriers. It opened their eyes to different crafts, skills and talents which were shared between each other.

The founding President was Mrs Mabel Power who lived at White Moor, and after a couple of false starts, the Countess of Northesk was appointed Vice-President living at Whitley Ridge (now The Pig). Early activities ranged from dancing and singing competitions, craft demonstrations, to a public meeting on problems with village housing in 1919, which Frank Perkins MP travelled from London to address. By the end of 1920, the branch had attracted more than 150 members.  

In June 1921, the Women’s Institute branch joined the Church for a dramatic pageant, held in Brokenhurst Park (pictured above left). Over 400 performers took part. It began with a fairy scene, and six subsequent acts covered history including the Romans, William the Conqueror, and a pony fair from the 1820’s.

In 1930 the WI committee proposed a community service by purchasing an invalid chair to lend, free of charge, to anyone in the village requiring its use. The cost with rug and an umbrella holder was £8/8/0d (£8.40). Duly bought, the chair was housed at Colonel Mansell-Jones VC’s home on Burley Road and maintained by their chauffeur until 1937. The chair was very awkward to manage owing to the lack of a steering handle on the small single front wheel. The cost of fitting one in 1943 was 4/6 (22.5p).

In June 1941, Lord Woolton (Minister of Food) made a radio broadcast: ‘If you are among the fortunate people to whom God has given an excess of the kindly fruits of the earth, then be thankful that you may take a real part in helping our country’s food supplies. Collect the fruit - don’t let the sin of waste lie at your door.’

Several in the village heard the message and the Brockenhurst Women’s Institute set up a kitchen to make jam. It’s location is now lost, but the fruit provided was paid for at the prevailing wholesale rate and the WI paid for the sugar and fuel. The work was done by volunteers, who received no privileges whatsoever in the distribution of the jam.   

Jam was rationed, and the WI was not permitted to sell direct to the public. The jam  was sold at wholesale rate (controlled) to the retailers, and if they were unable to take it all, the Ministry of Food bought the remainder. Careful accounts had to be kept of all sugar used, and no jam was to be offered for sale until it was passed by a Ministry of Agriculture Inspector. 

Gifts of 1lb and 2lb size jam jars were much appreciated, the Brockenhurst Bulletin said. The scheme continued during food rationing and in July 1948 the centre moved to a garage at the Watersplash Hotel (now Holmwood). It’s not recorded when the jam kitchen stopped. 

Meanwhile, in November 1942, the Ministry of Food decided to inaugurate a scheme to sell meat pies to agricultural workers and communities in places too small to justify having a ‘British Restaurant’ (which were local authority run to provide cheap basic meals). 

The WI undertook the business of selling the pies in the village, made at Lowman’s Bakery in Southampton. Each Tuesday morning, the pies, unwrapped on trays, would arrive by train and be taken from the station on a porter’s trolly to Mr. Orman’s garage in Brookley Road (now ‘Dynasty’ restaurant). The scheme continued after 1945 due to food shortages. It was as popular as ever, selling 850 pies at fourpence halfpenny (2p) and 550 sausage rolls at threepence (1.5p) every week.

There was grumbling in the village when the pies were not made available on the Tuesdays after a Bank Holiday! It ended in 1951. 

In February 2018 the village WI celebrated its 100th birthday. 100 flower bulbs were planted outside the Village Hall ahead of the milestone. This was followed by a special dinner and event for 70 members and guests at the Balmer Lawn Hotel. The diners were treated to some close up magic, a delicious meal and a cake made by one of the members. There were four previous and current Presidents from the Brockenhurst WI group and the Chairman of Hampshire County Federation.

A saxophonist, Graeme Budd, supplied background music during the meal and accompanied members when they sang a rousing Jerusalem and Happy Birthday. The meal finished with excitement as prizes had been kindly donated by local businesses. To claim these, gold stars had been fixed randomly underneath chairs. All 70 chairs were quickly upturned to identify the winners. 

Today, Brockenhurst WI is a thriving group with over 60 members of all ages which meets monthly at the Village Hall, as well as a series of visits and external activities. 

Friends of Brockenhurst

After the second world war there was considerable development in the New Forest, new housing, roads, industrial estates and civic buildings. In Brockenhurst there was concern that this ‘improvement’ should not lose sight of the traditional rural aspect of the village. 

In 1955, the idea was suggested through the ‘Brockenhurst Bulletin and Church News’ for a ‘protection society’ or ‘ratepayers association’. Key functions would be to increase public awareness of civic responsibilities’ and ‘vetting from an aesthetic viewpoint, proposals for improving the village’. A committee of four people was formed to consider the idea, including a retired army Colonel, a doctor, and the bulletin editor. 

On 11 April 1957, some 100 villagers (described as ‘local ratepayers’) filled the Masonic Hall to hear the proposal for a new group. Walter Woodford, a national trades group general secretary who lived in Partridge Road, made the proposal for a new organisation, which was unanimously accepted. The first Chairman was Col. Henry Tapp OBE MC, and a small committee was formed. 

The Friends of Brockenhurst was affiliated from the start with the Campaign for the Preservation of Rural England. Its Hampshire Secretary spoke to say that while neither they, nor the new ‘Friends’ had any legal power, they’d do all they could to influence development, stop vandalism, and where possible improve the countryside, for example by planting trees. 

The Friends of Brockenhurst were soon underway and causing a fuss. A row broke out in the summer of 1958 when the Rural District Council placed a prominent sign outside the then Lloyds Bank pointing to the village toilets, which was considered distasteful. Jointly with the Parish Council, the Friends offered to pay for it to be moved to a more suitable place. There were stories and letters in the newspapers, and after a short time, the village won, and the sign was moved. 

Sixty years ago, the Parish Council wasn’t involved in planning. The Friends of Brockenhurst were concerned that no one was looking at development plans submitted for the village – so it took that role on to comment if something seemed out of place. That continues today, although now the Parish Council is more formally involved (since 1974) also. 

In 1991 a key success was persuading the Forestry Commission to reinstate a path from Aldridge Hill inclosure to the tarmac road to Rhinefield Drive, a route now used by hundreds of people every day. What walkers won’t know is that the path (now a road to the Aldridge Hill campsite) has a name – Derry Seaton Passage. He was Chair of the New Forest Association who died in 1991 and the Friends and the Association championed the project in his memory. 

Today there are some 150 members of the Friends of Brockenhurst. The key role remains protecting and enhancing Brockenhurst for villagers and visitors. Part of this is a bi-annual newsletter which reaches every home in the village with news of local development and potential issues such as flooding. 

Over the years the Friends have also supported local societies with donations to Oakhaven Hospice, Lymington Hospital, sports clubs and many others, as well as supporting village events such as Brockival and an annual Brockenhurst Quiz. ​This has also included the refurbishment of the Wheel from the Village Forge, located at the entrance to Brookley Road Car Park; providing medals for the annual pancake races; donations to; Brockenhurst Youth Football Club to help provide equipment; Brockenhurst Primary School PTA for their forest school; a new bowling machine for Brockenhurst Cricket Youth teams; and on-going support to Holidays at Home and donations to Oakhaven Hospice.

Royal British Legion - Brockenhurst Branch

In early 1919, Col. Frank Kane of the East Surrey Regiment, who lived at ‘Green Oaks’ (now rebuilt) in Wilverley Road, led a group which instigated the formation of a ‘Comrades Club’ for the ex-servicemen in the village.

At a meeting in May 1919 the Morant estate offered a suitable site for a building in Fibbards Road for £160. One-pound shares would be offered to the community to finance it with additional funds provided from residents’ contributions, and money raised by the Parochial Entertainments Committee. 

Committee members attended the Tile Barn Hill military hospital sale in 1920 and bought two huts, a half size billiard table and other useful items. The two purchased huts occupied half of the Fibbards Road site with the remainder being a bowling green, quoits pitch and lawn. This was completed in September 1920 with an official opening in November by Baron Mount Temple Col. Wilfred Ashley, who was MP for the New Forest from 1922 until 1932. He had helped start the national Comrades Club movement. Speeches were followed by musical and dramatic entertainment. 

An ‘Armistice Dinner’ was held on 11 November that year and later a Christmas concert was attended by three hundred members and guests and presided over by Col. Mansel-Jones VC. Ladies played a considerable part in raising funds and donating equipment and were duly rewarded with the formation of a Women’s Section.

The Comrades Club became affiliated with the newly formed British Legion in May 1921 but the building remained the responsibility of the Comrades’ Club Trustees who had arranged the land charge with Lloyds Bank. A Brockenhurst British Legion banner was provided by Mrs. Frances Kane, the founder’s widow. 

During the night of 26 June 1925 the club building was completely destroyed by fire. The wooden construction with a tarred roof, combined with recent dry weather, contributed to the destruction. Mr. Langley, the steward, kept a goat in a shed at the back which was rescued by Mr. Diamond.

In December 1926 Mrs Kane opened the rebuilt club building. The chairman thanked her for generously providing the new comfortable club, which now consisted of a bar  area, billiard room and social room. A loan of £600 had been raised to construct the new building, which was of concrete blocks manufactured at the Brockenhurst Concrete Block factory, where Auckland Avenue is today.

In October 1927 the club ran a Grand Bazaar at the Morant Hall followed by a Grand Dance from 9pm to 2am to help clear debts. Mrs. Kane died in December 1932 and by the terms of her will all the trustees’ outstanding debts on the building were paid off. 

On summer evenings during the 1930’s the lawn was the venue for dancing to the Brockenhurst Band and outdoor whist drives.

At around 3am on 14 August, 1940, a bomb fell in the middle of the building. The steward, Mr. Hardiman, was sleeping on the premises as his home being fully occupied by visiting relatives. On the wall above were antlers which were dislodged by the exploding bomb and fell wrapping themselves around his neck. The building end parts were temporarily repaired and used until full restoration in 1949. 

During the 1940’s the village had its ‘cinema’ at the Legion Club, with film shows on Saturdays. The Royal British Legion also held large parties for the community, and especially for the children at Christmas time. The first of these in 1944 was organised by Canadian Forces stationed at the Balmer Lawn Hotel. Immediately after the war, the party had to be delayed until the following February, as rationing meant all family supplies were used at home in December. (The centre picture above shows the 1944 party.)

Talent displayed at a gathering in the British Legion Club after a ‘comic cricket match’ at a Gala Week in 1950’s resulted in the forming of the Village Pantomime. With advent of television the Legion Club membership dwindled and closed in September 1959 when the land was sold for ‘Brookley Court’.

However, the Brockenhurst Branch continued, organising events such as Remembrance Parades at the War Memorial. Events such as an annual jumble sale, and poppy collections swell the coffers of the British Legion nationally. Socially around 25 members meet once a month for a drink and chat. In 2024 the business affairs were taken over by the Hampshire District as the local branch was unable to appoint a Treasurer, necessary for the branch to operate independently. 

Brockenhurst Cricket Club

The Brockenhurst Cricket Club was formed in or before 1797 and have been playing on the ground at Balmer Lawn for over 200 years. The first documented games (in 1797) were against Southampton and Portsmouth teams. One opening batsman was Edward Morant, Lord of the Manor of Brockenhurst, who played three first class matches. His son also regularly opened the batting for Hampshire in the 1840’s. 

Three games against Minstead took place in 1867-8 and games against other Forest villages soon followed.

Permission was given by H.M. Office for Woods and Forests in 1894, for the current area of the pitch to be maintained as a cricket pitch because previously the ground had also been used as a golf course by the Bournemouth Golf Club. 

‘Brusher’ Mills was the only ‘professional’ player to have played for the team because when they were a ‘man short’ he would be asked to play. He would agree to play only on receipt of half-crown, whence he would remove his jacket and two waistcoats and get down to playing. The payment was hidden from visiting teams!

Margaret Plumbly, who lived in Partridge Road, wrote notes of the village in the 1940’s. She mentions that ‘the Toffs’ played cricket at Balmer Lawn, which included the Vicar, Parish Church clerk and other prominent members of the community. The village ‘Lads’ played where the Jubilee Oaks are on Lymington Road, now much reduced by road improvements in Church Lane and Lymington Road. 

About 30 people attended a meeting, in March 1925, presided over by the Vicar the Rev. E.H. Kennedy, to revive and improve the constitution of the cricket club. Colonel, the Hon. Malcolm Bowes-Lyon, of Whitley Ridge, was invited to become the President. Mr. Ainslie was elected chairman. Mr. F. Perkins MP became Secretary, Members would maintain the pitch by rota. It was also noted that the previous season’s income was £20.00.  The Chairman said he hoped that they would have an attractive programme; enter a league; have a second team and erect a pavilion.

The following year, having entered the Bournemouth and District League, Brockenhurst came runners-up in the Second Division and were promoted. 

1935 was another trophy winning season for the team who came top of Division One of the Bournemouth and District league. The team included three Waterman brothers as well as Jack Hull who played for the club for 50 consecutive years (until 1976) and was also the Club’s groundsman. In 1939 the team were one of three to top the league. The feat was repeated after the Second World War in 1951 when they won the league outright.

In 1947 the club was also a prime mover in the formation of the New Forest League. Brockenhurst Cricket Club won the New Forest Club Cricket Association League in 1995 and the New Forest Indoor Cricket League Division 2 in 2003. Thriving village cricket continues with adult and young teams playing at Balmer Lawn.

Brokenhurst Manor Golf Club

On the right of Sway Road, before the rail bridge, is the entrance to the Brokenhurst Manor Golf Club, retaining original village spelling.

In September 1912 the Estate Trustees proposed to layout a golf course of eighteen holes at Blackhamsley Farm. A golf course company was formed in 1913 and 150 acres of the farm was leased from the Morant family’s Brokenhurst estate. 

Construction commenced the following year with an opening in September 1915. The popularity of the sport persuaded the railway to plan for a ‘halt’ on the Sway side of the bridge; the golf course went ahead but the halt did not. (At ‘halts’, trains could be flagged down, but did not stop automatically).

With the national food shortage in 1917 part of the course was ploughed for vegetables. In 1919, only sixteen holes were playable.

After the First World War, a clubhouse was designed by Capt. Cecil Sutton (the Morant’s Land Agent), using two wooden ward huts from the WW1 New Zealand Tile Barn Hospital. At Lymington Petty Sessions, the Club applied for a license to sell liquor. The application was opposed by the Police Superintendent on the grounds that the club house was an insecure wooden hut, the area was not easily policed, and there were sufficient licensed premises already in the village. The Magistrates rejected the objection and granted the license. The clubhouse opened in April 1920. 

The Ryder Cup Team played on the course on 6 May 1931 as a warm-up for a forthcoming tour of the USA.

In January 1934, Brokenhurst Manor Golf Club had four players whose average height came to nearly 6 feet 5 inches; Capt Cecil Sutton, Mr F W Yateman, Mr R Ponsonby, Lieutenant Commander F E Wilmot-Sitwel and Mr George Spencer. 

In August 1936 a small aircraft, with engine trouble, landed on the 9th fairway. The pilot had circled twice to disperse the golfers. After holding play for two hours, the pilot managed to get his engine going and took off for Bournemouth, without ever disclosing his identity.

To celebrate the club’s Silver Jubilee in 1939 a professional match, with prize money of £150, was played between Henry Cotton (Open champion 1934 and 1937) and Laurence Ayton, jnr. (Scottish International) against Reginald Whitcombe (Open champion) and Percy Alliss (Match Play champion 1933 and 1937). 

The match was played over 36 holes, took place on Saturday 3 June 1939. There was drama! A slightly pulled drive by Henry Cotton to the thirteenth, hit a spectator 200 yards away full on the forehead. Cotton was concerned, but the victim of the mishap apologised for spoiling what might have been a good shot. 

At the following ‘Silver Jubilee’ dinner, the Captain, Sir John Power MP, proposed that as the then Queen (Queen Elizabeth the late Queen Mother) had played golf the course (when she was the Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon the family owned Whitley Ridge, now The Pig Hotel), the club should request that ‘Royal’ be added to its name. This had happened at the Lymington Yacht Club which had recently had ‘Royal’ added to its title. The club still waits!

In January 1951, the Morant Estate sold the land to the newly formed Brokenhurst Manor Golf Club Limited. 

The club won the English and European Champion Club titles in 1988. Brokenhurst Manor Golf Club Male members won the England Champions Club title in 2007. The current Course Record is 63 (-7), jointly held by members Martin Young and Richard Bland, who both play on the European Tour and professional Justin Rose.

Brockenhurst Football Club – the ‘Badgers’

The Brockenhurst Football Club was founded in 1898 initially playing on a field near Rhinefield Ornamental Drive, courtesy of the Walker-Munro family. Their first proper pitch was behind the Baptist Chapel on Lyndhurst Road. They moved before the first World War to a site between the Rose and Crown and Snakecatcher pubs.

After Lyndhurst Road, the club relocated to a field in Wide Lane (Sway Road), then after the First World War to the Polo Field (now College grounds). In the late 1920’s they moved to Fathers Field until 1931 when the land was needed to build council houses. Then the club moved to a field at Black Knoll House, but this required changing play to the open forest towards the end of each season to allow the grass to recover. 

In 1935 the club won the New Forest Lads Cup. Within two years the Badgers moved to Oberfield and after the Second World war they spent some seasons at Tile Barn.

In May 1950, the club bought land on Grigg Lane from the Brockenhurst Estate, for £630. Prior to 1940, this was a playing field for the Church of England School. The first games were played here in 1951.

The purchase included both the present ground and additional land adjoining Fathers Field. The Club then sold this to the New Forest Rural District Council, for £456, to enable the building of the newer houses in Fathers Field and Horlock Road. The proceeds were used to provide a well-drained pitch and other facilities.

The draining of the ground involved diverting a ditch for 40 yards and, in forest tradition this had been lined with a row of large oak trees, which later needed to be felled to provide room for a club house and stand. The Supporters Club raised the funds for the materials to enable club members to provide the labour by the beginning of May 1952. 

The club were crowned Hampshire League Division Three champions in 1960 as well as winning the Bournemouth Seniors cup. They moved between the Second and Third divisions until in 1971 they were promoted to Division One where they won the league title in the 1975-76 season. A thriving Social Club was established in 1972. Excavations for a new stand commenced in 1975 which was formally opened on 23 August 1977 with seating for 200 people, above the two changing rooms for the teams, equipped with showers. 

The club was a founding member of the New Forest league and in 1986 Brockenhurst were founder members of the Wessex League. The club’s FA Cup giant killing reached its pinnacle in season 2001/02 when Kingstonian FC were defeated and in season 2004/05 the club reached the 3rd qualifying round, the run ending in defeat to Bath City.

In 2013, Brockenhurst and Andover Town set a new record as they scored 29 consecutive penalties in a shoot-out. The Hampshire Senior Cup match finished 0-0 after extra time, so went to spot-kicks. After 29 successful attempts - a total confirmed by the Football Association as an English record – Andover missed, giving victory to Brockenhurst, 15 penalties to 14.
 
In the 2019-20 Season Brockenhurst FC won the Bournemouth Senior Cup and the following year won the Hampshire FA Invitation Trophy as well as both the Under-18 and Under-17 teams winning their divisions. 

Former Clubs and Societies – now extinct

The New Forest Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club

On the 11 May 1912, Mrs. Edward Morant performed the opening ceremony of the New Forest Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on the grounds attached to the Morant Hall, opposite the Rose and Crown (The Huntsman) in Lyndhurst Road. There were six grass tennis courts and three croquet lawns.

The first open Lawn Tennis Tournament under Lawn Tennis Association rules, was held on 25 July 1912 when 90 players entered. From 1912, tennis at Brockenhurst featured in the English Lawn Tennis calendar, being the venue of the Annual New Forest Open Lawn Tennis Tournament attracting 600 entries for the week-long event. 

On the Friday night a Tournament Ball was held, followed by a ‘Cinderella’ dance on the Finals Day, Saturday. Proceeds from these were donated to the Lymington and Lyndhurst Hospitals.

An open Croquet Tournament was first held on 28 April 1913. 

In the early 1920’s, when the late Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, stayed with her uncle, the Hon. Malcolm Bowles-Lyons, at Whitley Ridge, she played tennis here as her uncle was a member.  

In 1927 three hard tennis courts were added. The eventual number of courts was three hard courts and 12 grass courts.

The Tournament was not held between 1915-19 due to the First World War and its aftermath. The refurbishment of the hotels, taken over by the military during the war had not been completed. From 1920 it was held annually until 1939 but after the Second World War was only revived once in 1947. Each August, a Junior Tennis Tournament was held from 1923-1939 and from 1946-9. (The right picture above shows the daughter of Winston Churchill, Sarah, at 1927's Junior tennis competition.)

In 1933 two members of the Australian Davis Cup team played and were successful in winning singles and doubles matches. A club house with squash and badminton courts was opened in 1934. Inter-county squash championship games were played here.

The club closed as income was exceeded by maintenance costs in 1951. In 1952 Noel Close and Chestnut Road were developed on this ground.

The Red Triangle Club

A Young Men’s Christian Association (Y.M.C.A.) recreational hut was erected in 1916 to benefit recovering New Zealand soldiers in Brookley Road where the Auckland Avenue entrance is. It was called the Red Triangle Club after the insignia of the YMCA. There was also a second club for soldiers recovering after treatment at the New Zealand Hospital - the Kia-Ora Club was run by the Forces and was on the corner of Grigg Lane and Brookley Road. 

The Red Triangle Club hut was dismantled in 1919, and re-erected by the workshop of Mr. Hendy’s garage in Avenue Road, where Kingsford Court is today. This Red Triangle Club catered for young men, offering a games room, library and social evenings. Young ladies were admitted to membership in September 1927. 

In 1927, the Brockenhurst Bulletin reported on a concert at the Morant Hall, a social evening with 100 attending and that the club was starting a ‘Physical Culture’ class.  The club closed in the early part of 1928 for reasons which have been lost in history. 

The Brockenhurst Nursing Association

In the Church News of December 1899, the Rev. Rupert Paine gave a final report of his time in Brockenhurst.

From the charitable accounts, for which he was responsible, was the provision of the services of Sister Margaret (a forerunner to the District Nurse). During her time in Brockenhurst she made 1,816 visits to those she had nursed, the cost of which was borne by the Church finances.

By 1912 the cost of providing a nursing service for the poor of the Parish could no longer be sustained by Church so the vicar, the Rev. Arthur Chambers, called a meeting. The Brockenhurst Nursing Association was formed to employ the services of a qualified nurse and provide her with accommodation and all the equipment that she required.

The committee was always chaired by the vicar of the day and composed of about twenty members from organizations in the community and included the doctors. They organised fund raising and the Queen Alexandra Rose Day collections.

Prior to 1930 the nurses had lodged in various houses in the village so it was decided that a home should be provided for her. The property, ‘Heathview’ in Meerut Road near the corner with Rhinefield Road, was converted to be the parish District Nurse’s cottage (known as ‘The Nurse’s Home and Dispensary’) which was completed in 1931. 

The land on which it is built was donated by the late Mrs. Wilkinson and the building cost of £350, was donated by Mrs. Groome, together with an endowment of £1,000.  The endowment was to be invested and the interest to be put to ‘the running costs of the home and provide it with labour-saving devices and equipment which were necessary to such a busy person’. 

Beneath the corner stone is a cavity into which documents recording that the building is a memorial to Robert Edward Charles Groome the donor’s husband, Harry Groome her son killed in the First War and Bernice Wilkinson. Harry Groome’s regimental ribbons and coins of the realm, for that year, were also put in.

In 1948, the new National Health Service took over responsibility for the District Nurse. The Trust, originally known as ‘Residence for the District Nurse’, was changed to ‘The Groome Trust’ when the cottage was sold in. The proceeds, are now used to provide support for less well-off families, and some community projects.

The Parochial Entertainments Committee

This committee organised entertainments to support village organisations. Their annual programme started in September and consisted of Whist Drives, Concerts, Plays and Dances finishing with the Easter Monday Dance. 

The highlight was the Boxing Night Dance in the Morant Hall, when over 400 people would dance to the villages’ Miss Milani’s Orchestra until 1.30 in the morning. The closing event, the Easter Monday Dance, attracted a similar number of dancers. 

After April each year the profits were distributed to the following organisations: C of E School; Nursing Association; New Forest Ambulance; Brockenhurst Band; Cricket Club; Football Club; Hospitals Committee; Boscombe & Southampton Hospitals and any other local appeal at the time.