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Let loose the balloons, grab your party poppers and let’s celebrate! Around Town Magazine is 2 years old this month and we’d like to say a great big thank you to all our readers, contributors and advertisers for helping us get here! So here’s to the future and another great edition of the no1 magazine ‘around town’.

At this point, it seems like a good time to announce a new column. ‘Around Town Sports’ highlights local sports clubs and non mainstream sports. This month we are focusing on netball. If you manage or are a member of a club and would like to be reviewed, please check out the article on p33.

Until next month, read on and enjoy.

From the Around Town Team

Features 09 The Cook Report Billericay Street Pastors 12 John Baron MP Political Update 16 A View from the Church Rev. Paul Carr 20 The Cook Report Local Businesses Pull Together 25 Martin Lewis The Money Saving Expert 27 Know Your Tradesmen Constable Landscapes 31 Nature Notes EWT Volunteer Neil Sumner 33 **NEW COLUMN** Around Town Sports Focuses on Netball 40 What’s On When and Where...

42 Round Table / Rotary Club / Lions Club Organisations ‘Around Town’ 46 Interview with a Chef La Bottega’s Village 47 Useful Numbers

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Billericay Street Pastors Celebrate Birthday Bringing Life Saving Equipment To Your Town This November, the Billericay Street Pastors will be celebrating their first birthday, and are very excited to announce that they will be installing not just one, but two, Automatic External Defibrillators (AEDs) in the High Street. The church based charity was set up just over a year ago by local resident Phil Norton, after Phil heard about the UK wide Street Pastors project through social media.

Since then Phil and his team have kept their watchful eye over weekend party goers, providing first aid, water, lollipops and flip flops to all who need it every Friday and Saturday night in the High Street. Basing themselves in St Mary Magdalene’s church in the high street from 9pm to 3am, Phil has been delighted at the way the community have embraced the initiative. Phil said ‘It has been very rewarding for all involved. We offer a

safe haven for anyone who needs it, we don’t judge and we don’t separate.

We’ve built great relationships with local bars, restaurants and taxi firms and we’ve recruited 12 pastors in this year alone.’

Now approaching their first birthday, the Street Pastors will be holding a celebration in Queens Park Community Church on Sunday 23rd November at 3pm, with local politicians and other key figures in the area in attendance. To mark the occasion, they have spent the last few months fundraising to have two AEDs installed in the High Street, which they hope will be installed by Christmas.

The two devices, which are used to treat life-threatening heart rhythms that can lead to cardiac arrest, will be installed at the police station and in the telephone box outside Connell Estate Agents. Phil said ‘We started

the initiative after hearing about a local gentleman who had a heart attack on the High Street and unfortunately later passed away. We secured two very generous donations from Burstead Golf Club and local police inspector Mark Raines, and raised the rest of the money through John Baron’s Fundraising Walk, Hazel Pottery Barns and via a donation box in the One Stop Shop on the High Street. If the installation of these devices saves just one life it will be worth it’.

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FUN WALK 2014 The annual Fun Walk presentation recently took place at Anisha Grange Care Home, at which cheques from the ‘Bonus Pot’ were distributed to those charities and projects which took part in this year’s walk on 18th May at Barleylands Farm.

These cheques are a unique feature of the Fun Walk, and come on top of funds raised by the charities themselves. This year for every £100 a charity raised under their own steam, a further £60 was added from the pot. The total monies raised and donated in 2014 was nearly £100,000, whilst the number of charities and good causes benefitting reached 110.

‘Team Handsome’, the Marshalls, Barleylands Farm, Hallmark Care Homes, IFE Global Logistics, and our accountants, Hunt Smee and Co. They all did a marvellous job.

By John Baron MP Particular thanks go to this year’s Bonus Pot sponsors: Barratt Homes, c2c Rail Ltd, Veolia Environmental Services, Hallmark Care Homes, Toomey Motors, Swan Housing Association, Ford Motor Co, IFE Global Logistics, New Holland Agriculture, Finmeccanica – Selex ES, Mr Barrie Stone, and others.

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Our thanks also go to Essex County Council, Essex Police, our Billericay Town Crier, Gateway FM, Tesco and Essex and Suffolk Water. The generosity of all involved has helped many good causes and illustrates that Essex is second to none when it comes to initiative and generosity.

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A Month To Remember “Remember, Remember the 5th of November, Gunpowder, Treason and Plot. I see no reason why Gunpowder Treason should ever be forgot.” Most of us will remember this ditty from history lessons at school, but do you know the next verse? “Guy Fawkes, Guy Fawkes, ‘twas his intent, to blow up the King and the Parliament. Three score barrels of powder below. Poor old England to overthrow.” Guy Fawkes Night, also known as Bonfire Night or Firework Night, remembers the events of 1605 when Guy Fawkes, a member of the Gunpowder Plot, was arrested while guarding explosives the plotters had placed beneath the House of Lords. The people of London lit bonfires to celebrate the fact that King James I had survived the attempt on his life and the ‘Observance of 5th November Act’ of 23rd January 1606 introduced an annual public day of thanksgiving for the plot’s failure - something we are still celebrating today!

Christians remember 1st November as All Saints Day and this goes back to the fourth century when the Greek Christians introduced a festival to honour all Martyrs and Saints and Pope Gregory IV made All Saints Day an authorized festival in 837 AD. It is thought the date was chosen in an attempt to displace the pagan ‘Festival of the Dead’ which was celebrated on 31st October. Many churches use the nearest Sunday to All

Saints Day to remember those loved ones who are no longer with us. The Billericay and Little Burstead Team Ministry hold an annual Memorial Service, which takes place on Sunday 2nd November at Emmanuel Church, Laindon Road, at 3.00 pm, and provides family and friends with an opportunity to remember those they have loved and lost as well as reminding us of the peace, hope and comfort that God promises to give us in, and through, sad and difficult times in our lives. It’s not too late for you to attend. Please contact me or turn up on the Sunday.

The Commonwealth remembers 9th November as Remembrance Sunday. This is not a day, as some suggest, to glorify war, but rather, a day to remember those men and women who gave their lives, and continue to do so in conflicts around our world, in the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom. It is a day that should never be forgotten and one that we have a responsibility to pass onto the next generation. There is a special Act of Worship at Emmanuel at 9.15 am (lasting for 40 mins) when members of the Air Training Corps and Army Cadets join with us before we parade, and gather, with the Royal British Legion, Churches Together in Billericay and representatives from many community groups, at the War Memorial in the High Street for an Act of Remembrance at 10.50 am. May I encourage you

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In this ‘month to remember’ we can take some comfort from the words of Psalm 46: “God is our refuge and strength in our times of trouble, whether the earth passes away or the mountains fall into the sea, whether the nations are in uproar or the earth melts …” And, because of that, and from what we know of the plans and purposes of God from the Bible, we remember God’s love for us, and our world, and remember, even though it can often be difficult for us to grasp and understand, that we will only find lasting peace when people and nations put their faith and trust in Him. With every blessing in Jesus’ precious name Web: www.emmanuel-church.info Email: paul@billericaychurches.org Tweet: @EmmanuelCM12

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Local Girl and Billericay Businesses Pull Together To Transform Home in Just 24 Hours Doting sister and Billericay resident, Hayley Watts, has joined forces with a group of local volunteers and transformed her disabled brother’s home in just twenty-four hours.

Hayley, 34, secured funding through Lloyds TSB’s Day to Make A Difference scheme, and drafted in help from local businesses and residents to renovate brother Glenn Whatling’s home. Glenn, 33, has Down’s syndrome and moved into the Billericay property 14 years ago with housemate Roger Hucks, having found out about the home through local charity The Anvil Trust. The Anvil Trust provides

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She said ‘The property needed a lot of work by the time we came to do the project. I’ve been able to almost completely transform the house from head to foot with everyone’s support.’

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Don’t forget your holidays. No I’ve not got all romantic with a yearning for sun kissed memories, I’m still on-message about saving money.

them in the exchange rate. Most debit and credit cards add 3% loads, so £100-worth of euros costs you £100 plus a £3 charge.

If you took a break over the summer, some simple checks could help you save money now and for future holidays (a nice thought to get over the back-to-work blues). So here’s my holiday hangover checklist.

Instead grab a specialist load-free credit card just for spending abroad as they give near-perfect, bureauxbeating rates every time, in every country.

Flight delayed by over 3hrs this summer (or any time since 2008)?

EU reg 261/2004 means you’re entitled to £100-£480 per person compensation, regardless of the cost of the trip, even for flights going back to 2008, if it:

Check the PAO number on your suncream before throwing it away.

The period after opening (PAO) number will be on the bottle - many are safe to use up to 18 months later, provided they’re stored right - so don’t chuck it unnecessarily.

- Was an EU flight - ie, any from an EU airport or to one if an EU airline.

- Arrived over 3 hours late or was cancelled.

- Was the airline’s fault, which covers pretty much anything barring extraordinary circumstances such as air-traffic strikes, bad weather and volcanoes.

Free templates, help and what to do about airline excuses (eg, “there’s a court case”) in my www.mse.me/ flightdelays compensation guide.

And the results can be large, as Pat contacted us, “Read your info and decided to contact Etihad about our 14.5hr delay from Heathrow to Sri Lanka in 2011. We’ve received a total of £2,010 between four of us... great”.

Shocked by bank/card currency charges on your statement? Fight back. My dad called me outraged at the ‘new’ foreign exchange charges on his bank statement for using his card abroad - nearly £50 in total. Yet banks and credit card providers have always levied these (and I’ve always nagged him to sort it, but he’s my father, he’ll never listen to me, I hope you will).

The shock comes from the fact banks have now been forced to split charges out on statements, not hide

Got Euros, dollars or even colón left over from the summer? Changing currency back is very expensive, especially for small amounts. So if it’s a country you’ll revisit even in a couple of years, it’s likely best to hold onto it (worth putting it in your overseas wallet (yes, I’m that nerdy).

If not, there are two tricks to changing it back for the best deal: - Use my the buyback comparison at www.travelmoneymax.com to find best rates - Find a friend/colleague who’s going where you went, and offer to exchange with them. Use the spot FX rate at www.xe.com and you both win.

Stung by hefty insurance when picking your car hire up? Let me guess, you booked cheap car hire, turned up and they fear-sold you into paying 10 euros a day extra for car hire excess insurance? It happens all the time.

The way round it is to get a standalone policy before you go (you can even get an annual policy to cover the whole year’s hire). To find the cheapest, use www.

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Run up card debts on your holiday you can’t pay off in full? It’s never a good idea, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen. If you can’t clear the debt this month and you’re paying hefty interest, then ensure you do a balance transfer to slash the cost, so your repayments clear the actual debt not just service the interest. Full help and best buys at www.mse.me/bts.

Check your passport and EHIC sell-by dates now. Thousands were hit by passport office delays this year, causing some to miss their breaks.

If your passports nearly at renewal, do it now while you’ve plenty of time before you next go (you’ll get the extra months added on). It’s one less thing to sort, and once it’s done, you’re good for the next ten years. While you’re at it, check the ‘valid by’ date on your European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) - if it goes before your next holiday renew it now.

The big rule for renewing though is DON’T GOOGLE - for both these, imposter sites unnecessarily charge you more than you should pay.

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Essex has 350 miles of coastline so it is not surprising that some of our best nature watching is around the coast, especially in winter when large flocks of duck, geese, waders and gulls gather in the estuaries and along the shorelines.

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Happily, Hen Harriers and other raptors are hardly at risk on our coasts, although numbers do fluctuate each winter depending on the weather and the availability of food. There are too many good coastal sites for viewing winter birds to list here, but please feel free to email me for recommendations.

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One of the most played sports in the UK and yet Netball for some reason doesn’t receive the glory and attention it deserves when it comes to the media in this country.

Locally however, Netball is booming every night during the week and on a Saturday and Sunday morning, rivalling Football, Rugby and any other sports that run parallel to its season.

Hannakins Farm in Billericay, after school matches at the local schools and Basildon Sporting Village are just 3 of the local venues that are guaranteed to have multiple competitive league matches taking place almost daily.

Such a fast paced game which is great for fitness as well as providing a release for the competitor in you, it is easy to see the attraction in Netball as a popular sport.

Surprisingly, Netball is yet to be made an Olympic sport, and perhaps London 2012 would have been the boost needed for the public to start tuning in and ultimately help the

national league players push for their sport to be a profession like it is in Australia and New Zealand.

I have been speaking to local netball enthusiasts, one of them being Amber Sudbury who plays for Galaxy N.C. They play in the Basildon District Netball league which has a staggering twelve divisions. This all takes place at the Basildon Sporting Village and they play on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday nights.

Galaxy is a club with 18 teams!

That is over 160 players playing for the club as a whole.

I asked Amber a couple questions about Netball locally and how that relates to the bigger picture.

How did you get playing for a local Netball Club and how would you suggest new people to join a team?

“I knew someone who played and my Mum has always played, so it was quite easy for me to join a team through contacts, and that is how most people get into playing again or for the first time. However, we do have people contact us through our website and through Facebook.

The Basildon District Netball league are always welcoming of people contacting them and they will contact certain teams who will be the best fit for them, both in ability and to suit their timetable.

Why do you think that Netball is so popular on our local courts, but does not get the viewers when it comes to the international team and national league club fixtures?

“Football, Cricket, Rugby and Tennis have been established as the main sports for many years now and it is hard to penetrate that popularity on the big sporting television channels.

I do think a lot of it is due to girls and women alike playing netball as a pastime rather than the die-hard passion of winning, therefore following the individual clubs and the national team on the television isn’t number one priority, especially as it is such an effort to find out when it is on and what channel is showing it. However, I personally, think that is the beauty of local sports in general, the balance of competitiveness, enjoyment, exercise and socialising, Netball is the epitome of this. Having said that it is growing.”

Netball is going from strength to strength locally and let’s hope that feeds through to the national profile of the sport. I certainly feel that a sport that has such a presence in our schools and on the courts of our local leisure centres should be close to the top of the list of our national sports. Watch this space!

by Zaki Hasan For further information. www.basildon-netball.org.uk www.galaxynetballclub.co.uk www.sdnl.co.uk

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What’s on in November 2014?

The Railway Saturday 1st November - Harry’s Auction Night Sunday 2nd November - Mags goes Mod (3pm) Sunday 9th November - Johnny Gunner and the Raiders (4pm) Sunday 16th November - Carly Ann

La Bottega Friday 7th November - Italian Night with Live Music By Micheli Ci and a 3 course meal with wine and tea / coffee £28.50pp.

Friday 14th November - Wine taster with a 7 course meal, Tea and coffee included £45.00pp.

Friday 21st November - Italian Night with Live Music By Micheli Ci and a 3 course meal with wine and tea / coffee £28.50pp.

Friday 12th December - Wine taster with a 7 course meal, Tea and coffee included £45.00pp.

Billericay Pre School BILLERICAY METHODIST PRESCHOOL CHRISTMAS PRESENT AND PAMPER NIGHT. Tuesday, November 18th at 8:00pm at Billericay Methodist church, Western Road, CM12 9DT. An evening of shopping & pampering at our fantastic Christmas event!

Lots of beautiful stalls & unique gifts, plus fabulous beauty Therapists.

Entrance £3 on the door.

Ingatestone Choral Society Saturday, 20th December 2014 at 7.30pm United Reformed Church, Ingatestone, Essex Music for Christmas.

With Mulled Wine and Mince Pies Tickets: Adults £8. Children under 11yrs £2.

Tickets from members of the choir or 01277-840634

‘Save the Dolphins’ Saturday 8th November, outside the Chequers, Billericay from 3pm-6pm. ‘Against Dolphin & whale captivity & slaughter!’ We are raising awareness & asking people to sign our petition

Giant Bazaar Family Fun Day 23rd November. Funds to Great Ormond St. Father Christmas - Gifts & Crafts, Stall Games for young and old to play, Craft Table, Face Painting and Balloonist. Cosmo the Dragon - Children’s Entertainer (Midday) - Head & Feet Massage - Health Stalls - Bar for the Dads - Homemade Cakes & Refreshments. 10.00 - 3.00, Hannikins Farm Hall, Rosebay Avenue, Billericay, CM12 0SY.

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MAYFLOWER ROTARY CLUB Billericay Christmas Market Sunday December 7 Billericay High Street 11am to 5pm All efforts this month will be on putting the final details to this annual community and charity fund raising event.

Please note for the children: Santa’s Parade, led by a pipe band, will begin at 11am from Western Road, travel along the High Street to Sun Corner and then back to his grotto in the community centre in Chantry Way at 12pm.

Entry to the grotto is free [Thanks to sponsors St. John’s School and Harlequin Montessori Nursery]. Punch & Judy shows will be in the Reading Rooms on the hour from 1pm to 4pm, again entry is free [Thanks to sponsors Billericay Residents Association] and don’t forget to visit the £1 fun rides in the car park and the ‘Downton Abbey’ carousel.

For the family: 120 Craft, Farmers, Continental and Charity stalls, Hog Roast, Mulled Wine, 80 High Street businesses open, 2 stages with live music, carols and impromptu street entertainment.

More details available at www.billericaychristmasmarket.co.uk email: billericay.cm@gmail.com We would like to give special thanks to our Platinum Sponsors who make this event possible: Essex Auto Group, Burstead Golf Club, Para Bar Muir, Paul Robinson Solicitors Be a part of the team. To join Mayflower Rotary email: secretary@mayflowerrotary.org

BILLERICAY LIONS CLUB Hi Folks If you read this early enough, there may still be time to obtain tickets for the quiz at Christchurch on November 15th. The theme is 2014 – The Year in Question and tickets are £5 per person.

Don’t forget to bring your own drinks and nibbles. Plans are well in hand for the Christmas Sleigh activities, both at the Market on December 7th and for the Sleigh run around the streets. Details of all these will be on our website soon. Our popular Taste Night has been settled for April 18th next year. The theme will be a ‘Taste of the Caribbean’ and will be held as usual at The Emmanuel Church in Laindon Road. Tickets for this event are always eagerly snapped up, so don’t forget to book early and the price will be around £13 per person. We’ve enjoyed a little social activity within the club lately with a Bowling Night and guest speakers all building good fellowship between old and new members. During this time various members take the opportunity to visit other clubs to see if they can pick up new ideas for Fund raising and Fellowship activities. We seem to be one of the most active Lions club in the area which is always rewarding for those chairmen who put that little extra effort into their roles. New members are always welcome, why not come along to one of our Fellowship Nights to meet the gang? For details of all Lions events please visit our website www. billericaylions.com or telephone 0845 833 9849.

Well, it’s November again, and time once more for the busiest weekend in the Billericay Round Table calendar – Fireworks 2014 is here!

From the moment the last firework exploded at last years display, Simon Poole - this years fireworks display organiser – has been putting his plans together for what we hope will be the best fireworks night Billericay has seen yet!

So other than the main display, what can you expect from the evening? This year, for the first time ever, we will be holding a smaller display earlier in the night that will be aimed at the younger visitors to the event. Following this, there will be the torchlight , procession to light what we expect will be another magnificent bonfire!

As ever, we will have the Heart FM Roadshow presented by Martin and Su, and if you are following us on Facebook (Billericay Fireworks 2014) you will also know that we have some fantastic live acts to keep you entertained before the main event, where £21,000 worth of fireworks will be filling the sky above Lake Meadows!

As if all that wasn’t enough, there will be a mini funfair and a variety of food vendors there too!

The best part of the night is the fact that as well as keeping you and your families entertained, all the profits from the event go straight back into the local community, helping charities and local good causes.

If you’d like to find out more about the event or about Billericay Round Table, please find us at www.billericayfireworks.co.uk or www. billericay.roundtable.co.uk. You can also find us on Facebook and Twitter. We can’t wait to see you all on Saturday 8th November at Lake Meadows for what is arguably still the biggest and best fireworks display in Essex!

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INTERVIEW with the Chef...

La Bottega, based in the Craft Village at Barleylands, is an authentic Italian Caffe and Deli, serving traditional cuisine and ingredients. Their aim is to deliver outstanding quality in their food and cater for parties, special events and bespoke food hampers, ideal for picnics or as a gift. I have eaten here a few times, since they opened in 2012, and I was keen to catch up with the chefs in the kitchen, Samuel Beggi, 17, and Fabio Miani, 21, to discuss their passion & influences , but also to discover how these young chefs have helped towards the success of this family run business.

What inspired you to be chef? Have you always been passionate about cooking?

Fabio - Since I was a child, I’ve always watched my father cooking and I liked it. Growing up I’ve cultivated this passion! I got my first job when I was 16 in a 4*star Hotel in Tuscany on the Elba Island for a Summer season and this has been my first season away from home.

Samuel - I’ve always liked great food and probably that’s why I decided to become a chef. When I was a child, I used to help my grandmother cooking, creating

many different things. I got my first job where I lived in Italy at “la locanda di Orta”.

Today we are inundated with ‘celebrity’ TV chefs…what do you think about this?

How did you get to the level you are now? Were there many obstacles along the way?

Fabio - I always had just one big inspiration who was my teacher when I was at school “Roberto Iossi”! About all the different TV chefs, I really admire some of them, mainly the ones who have worked hard and deserve the success they have now.

Fabio - After studying for 3 years at “Erminio Maggia”, a Food Academy in Italy, I started working and travelling, meeting many people and working in different Michelin Star restaurants throughout Italy. I’ve learned about different types of food and styles of cooking with many colleagues.

I worked my way up in big restaurants and hotels learning, what we call “the massive range kitchen” with large amounts of customers and this has given me a lifetime of experience!

Moving to England I found a job in Piccadilly Circus “The Criterion Restaurant” where I worked for a year learning the typical English food base.

Samuel - After studying for two and half years in the catering industry, I was fortunate enough to be headhunted - a job in a renowned restaurant in my local village in Italy where I had the opportunity to learn lots of basic Italian cuisine. I am very ambitious and still at the beginning of my career, but I believe that with the experience I have gained already, I can achieve my dream. Once I decided to move to England and expand my career opportunities by working at “La Bottega” with my sister for the past year and enjoying creating new dishes for new food lovers.

What has been your proudest moment?

Fabio - I haven’t got one single “proud moment”, I’ve always been proud of my kitchen and the way I cook, probably because I always enjoy doing it.

Samuel - When I have good reviews from people because they liked my food.

Samuel - I don’t mind Gordon Ramsay in the TV industry but I am an individual and I would like to believe I can be my own inspiration in the dishes I put together and I hope people like them!

What is your favourite dish to cook and (more importantly!) what is your favourite thing to eat?!

Fabio - Probably my favourite dishes to cook are all different kind of meats, but I’m always influenced by seasonal and local ingredients from the territory! My favourite thing to eat? Absolutely is homemade fresh pasta!

Samuel - My favourite dishes to cook is pasta, pizza and focaccia, which takes me back to my childhood. My favourite thing to eat is our homemade ice-cream!

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