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  • AGM – Friday 27th November 2026

    Catherington Village Residents’ Association 2025 Annual General Meeting will be held on Friday 28th November at the Church Hall at 7:30 p.m.

    All members of CVRA are welcome.

  • Planned Events 2026-2027

    This is a list of planned events – many are still to be confirmed:

    • 27th November 2026 – AGM;
    • 13th December 2026 – Carol Service at 17:00 by the Christmas Tree;
    • 25th January 2027 – Father Charles – 100 Lives talk;
    • 21st February 2027 – Patrick Coyle – 100 Lives talk re 1900s Catherington;
    • 18th April 2027 – Mike Harris – 100 Lives talk re the Salvation Army;

  • Catherington “100” Lives – Sunday 25th October 2026

    Nick Byrne – will be talking about Beatrice Shilling – “the remarkable life of a local girl who helped save Britain in “it’s darkest hour”” 

    The story of a determined lady from Waterlooville, who fought against all the odds and discrimination to become one of the country’s foremost mechanical engineers – and on the way helped defeat the Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain, worked on rockets in the Cold War era, raced cars and motorbikes at Brooklands and Goodwood, and designed an Olympic bobsleigh!”

    Beatrice Shilling

    As always at Catherington Church Hall.  Time: 19:15 for 19:30 – prompt start.

    The entry fee is £2.00 payable at the door or £5.00 to include a glass of red or white. If possible please bring the right amount of cash.

  • 11th November – CVRA Get Together

    Wednesday 11th November – as usual 19:00 at The Farmer Inn; please make a note of the date in your diary and hopefully see you there !

  • 14th October – CVRA Get Together

    Wednesday 14th October – as usual 19:00 at The Farmer Inn; please make a note of the date in your diary and hopefully see you there !

  • Food Waste Recycling

    This is a new service from East Hampshire District Council and they have started to deliver waste food caddies.

    Unused food and food leftovers currently make up about 30% of what is thrown away in each household’s refuse (green) bin and being able to recycle this will significantly reduce the amount of waste sent for incineration. 
    Weekly collections will mean your food waste isn’t sitting around as long as if it was in your refuse bin. 

    Here is a link to the EHDC Web Page on Food Waste

  • Operation Sparkle

    On Friday 17th July, several Catherington residents embarked on litter picking along Catherington Lane.

    We collected four bags of rubbish as shown in the photo below – more phases of Operation Sparkle to come.

    Operation Sparkle

  • 9th September – CVRA Get Together

    Wednesday 9th September – as usual 19:00 at The Farmer Inn; please make a note of the date in your diary and hopefully see you there !

  • Catherington Lane Burglary

    As part of an investigation into a burglary in Catherington Lane in Waterlooville, the Police are releasing an E-fit image of a man they would like to speak to in connection with the incident.

    READ MORE: https://orlo.uk/9nrXZ

  • Mad Hatters Tea Party Gallery

    Gallery Link

    UPDATE – 11th June

    The list is now closed for the Mad Hatters Tea Party planned for Saturday 20th June to be held at St Catherines house from 15:00

    Interest in attending has been more than expected so we have ended up with more ‘Bums than seats’. To that end if you have got a ‘clicky’ picnic table and some chairs and could bring them along could you let me know please?  We have arranged with Holly Burton that these could be dropped off at the venue from 12:00 on the Saturday. 

    Also if you can no longer make it then please tell me as seats are hotter than the England final in the world cup.

    I have just found out this morning that Catherington Infant School is holding their summer fair on the same day from 12:00 to 15:00 so the car parks opposite the school and church hall will probably be chockers. However, with it ending at 15:00 that should free up some space if you need to drive to our event.

    Given it’s been pretty wet lately we will be watching the forecast and will make a command decision next Friday (19th) PM if it look like torrential rain on Saturday. If you do not hear from me it will be all systems go!

    Original Text:

    CVRA intend to have a Summer event this year based on Alice in Wonderland´s ¨Mad Hatter´s Tea Party¨. More details in the attached flyer.

    We plan to have one long table with seating either side. We will provide cups, saucers, cutlery, side plates, tea and coffee. We would ask you to provide cake for sharing and any other snacks you like. You can bring your own beverages but please also bring drinking vessels.

    Please bring your own camping/picnic chairs if possible since we may have more people than seats.

    Activities in the form of Rabbit racing ( similar to Horse racing ), Croquet and a tug of war – as well as an appropriate ´photo booth´.

    Please note that there is only pedestrian access to St Catherine´s.

    Please note CVRA members and guests only,