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Ben-Hur started life as a religious novel: ‘Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ’ written by the American General Lew Wallace, a man whose adventurous life would merit a film on its own: he fought in the American Civil War, rapidly rising through the ranks to become a Major General on the Union side and negotiated with Billy the Kid while governor of New Mexico. Published in 1880, Ben-Hur soon became a million-seller, approved in pulpits worldwide and even blessed by the Pope. With the dawn of cinema, Ben-Hur achieved legendary status with the 1959 film – now considered one of the ‘classic’ films of all time. Its costs were spectacular: $130 million dollars in modern currency! Some of the facts about the film are quite unbelievable: there were 365 actors with speaking parts; 50,000 people in minor roles; 200 camels and 250 horses. The arena itself took 1,000 workmen more than a year to carve out. This film was made in the days before CGI (Computer Generated Imagery).

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The tale of Ben-Hur may be an astonishing epic, but the tale behind the writing of the book is even more extraordinary. After the American Civil War, Wallace became a lawyer and a writer and, though intrigued by the story of Jesus (as many people are), he wasn’t a believer. However, everything changed in 1876 when Wallace took a railway journey to Indianapolis with Colonel Robert Ingersoll, a man who had served under him at the Battle of Shiloh. Wallace suggested they talk about religion to pass the time on the journey. Ingersoll, however, was one of the most famous orators of his day, and used his finely honed skills to attack Christianity and, with extraordinary force, Ingersoll criticised, in every way possible, Christianity and the Bible. Wallace found himself overwhelmed by Ingersoll’s arguments. Nevertheless, realising how little he actually knew about the Christian faith, he began reading the Bible and its account of Jesus and he became convinced both of the existence of God and that Jesus lived on earth as the Son of God and rose again from the dead. One result of Wallace’s new found Christian faith was the novel Ben-Hur. Carol Wallace, the greatgreat-granddaughter of Wallace, has taken the old-fashioned style of this classic novel and breathed new life into it for today’s audience. She has modernized the text, bringing this story of intrigue, romance, faith and tragedy into a more accessible format - drawing cinemagoers back to this timehonoured tale. There’s no doubt that the presence of Jesus in Wallace’s life, and that of Ben-Hur, transforms them both, leading them to discover for themselves the Christian themes of faith, hope, grace, mercy, forgiveness and redemption. I wonder what impact the film will have on you when you go to see it - as you surely must! I’m always willing to catch up for a chat if you do. With every blessing in Jesus’ precious name revpacman.wordpress.com paul@billericaychurches.org @revPACman

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BILLERICAY ROTARY CLUB With seven months to go before our annual Soapbox Derby, the Club committee are busy preparing for next year’s event on Bank Holiday Monday, May 1, 2017. Immediate news is that already entries have topped thirty (last year 45 on the day) and an on-line application system is in place. Lessons learned from this year’s event have been recognised and a new, more practical structure is already in place to make the event even more spectacular and exciting for both the entrants and spectators. Plus more emphasis on making it a Family Day at Sun Corner. We will keep readers of Around Town informed in the coming months. In September , five Club officers and wives visited Alba in Italy on a recipricol Rotary international club exchange. They were hosted by the Alba Club, one of two other international clubs, Beausoleil in France and Karlshamn in Sweden with which our Club shares an international exchange relationship. We will be supporting our sister Club, Mayflower Rotary Club at their annual Christmas Market. We have continued to support local schools, not least the Quiltonians Rotakids at Quilters Junior School where we have received massive support from Head Teacher , Mike Wade and support teacher, Helen Kilby. We are a lunch-time Club, meeting every Monday at Reids restaurant in Laindon Road and, having recently recruited two new members, are hungry for more. Are you hungry on a Monday? If so, please consider joining us for a lively lunch, full social calender and good fun and fellowship. Check us out on: www.billericayrotary.org/ www. twitter.com/BillericyRotary/ www. facebook.com/BillericayRotary.

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We move into autumn and September sees the Lions giving out wrist bands at the Essex Country Show (for children to wear with contact details in case they get lost) as well as hosting our annual senior citizens’ concert, held at Emmanuel Church on 24th. Socially there’s a country walk/pub lunch on the 18th (for those members not on holiday!). The big event for October is our biennial International Swimming Gala for the Disabled. This was started 24 years ago and is run by the Lions clubs in Billericay, Voreifel (near Cologne) and Brussels with each club taking turns to host. This year it’s being held at Basildon Sporting village. Each club enters teams and the host nation organises a programme of visits and activities to make the weekend a memorable one for the participants.

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The club’s fund raising thoughts are focused on our Christmas Sleigh, usually our biggest fund raiser of the year and a great community event as well. More about that nearer the time, although we may slip in an event

More social activity and in October we have a visit planned to Billericay Brewery, November a trip to The Cliffs to see the Last Night of the Autumn Proms to enjoy some popular classics followed by a meal – a nice way to kick off the festive season. For details on all Lion’s events please visit our website www.billericaylions.com or telephone 0845 833 9849, and follow us on Facebook www.facebook.com/billericay.lions.

September has been another busy month for Billericay Round Table. The team was split during the first weekend with some of us visiting Oxford to take part in the annual National Sports Weekend with 500 other members from around the UK and beyond. The rest of the guys returned to challenge the title for Rotary Club’s Bell Boat race in support of BOSP; dressed as Vikings for the occasion, we won! Our social event this month was an evening of World Record attempts at the Chequers pub. We had a lot of fun trying to assemble Mr Potato Head against the clock and seeing how many Smarties we could eat in 60 seconds with chop sticks for example. Predictably, no records were actually smashed though! Plans for this coming 5th November are at a fervent stage. Billericay Round Table’s 47th spectacular Fireworks display will once again be one of the largest in Essex. Last year drew over 19,000 visitors and raised £68,000 for local good causes. If you fancy to ‘DO MORE’, then we are always ready to welcome guys aged between 18-45; check us out at www.facebook.com/billericayroundtable and www.billericayroundtable.co.uk or contact us directly on bepartofit@ billericayroundtable.co.uk Lastly, we invite members of our community to make a donation request for a special person or special group within the Billericay area via www.billericayroundtable.co.uk/funding

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with Bigger overdrafts. New customers withwww.nationwide.co.uk’s FlexDirect (77% rate it ‘great’) get a year’s feefree overdraft. There’s no set limit – it depends on credit score – but anecdotally its limits are decent (if you pass the credit score), as mattboliver tweeted me: “@martinslewis Matched my old one - £1,200. Implied I could have asked for more, but the point was I wanted to pay off.” After a year, it’s 50p/day, less than other accounts charging daily fees, but even so, use that time to budget to clear the overdraft debt. Nationwide doesn’t require a min pay-in for its 0% overdraft, but you need pay in £1,000/mth if you want its 5% in-credit interest (equivalent to £13,100 salary). 4. You can SHIFT overdrafts to special 32mth 0% credit cards too A few specialist money-transfer cards let you pay cash into your bank to pay off your overdraft, then you owe them instead. This is useful for big overdrafts. My top pick iswww.virginmoney.com, which gives accepted customers 32mths 0% for a one-off 1.69% fee (min £3) of the amount shifted. Need longer?www.tescobank.comis 40mths 0%, but with a higher 3.94% fee.

“I’LL GET 6 YRS OF CHARGES BACK AND A GOODWILL £70” Always follow the Money Transfer Golden Rules: a) These are special cards. Most don’t allow this, so be careful. There’s step-by-step help in my full money transfers guide atwww.moneysavingexpert. com /moneytransfers. b) Always repay the monthly minimum or you’ll lose the 0% deal. c) Plan to clear by the end of the 0% period or they jump to the full rate, 20.9% and 20.6% rep APR. 5. Bank-charge reclaiming isn’t dead - ‘I got £865 in unfair bank charges back’ Overdraft charges for busting your credit limit are the only thing that give payday loans competition for

cost. With fees of up to £6/day or £15/transaction, they can mount up to £100s or £1,000s a year.

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9. Savings usually pay you less than an overdraft costs.

Claire emailed: “I’ll get 6 years of charges back and a goodwill £70 on top... total £865. Thanks Martin.” 6. Shift your direct debits to minimise fees.

A £1,000 overdraft costing £20/mth equals £240/yr, but the same in easy-access savings earns a paltry £15 at best. So repay debt with savings and you’re £225 per £1,000 up each year. You may think: “But I’ll have no savings if the boiler packs up or the roof falls in.” True, but if an emergency strikes, you can go back into overdraft and you’ll be no worse off.

Ask companies you pay to shift your direct debits to just before you’re paid. So if you’re paid on the 25th, aim for the 20th. This artificially boosts your balance, so you’re in the red for less time, meaning fewer charges – but budget carefully and don’t forget those bills are coming.

10. Struggle to control spending? Shift to a nooverdraft account.

7. Manage your way back into credit.

They used to charge fees if you spent more than you had, eg, for unpaid direct debits, but since January those have stopped. If you spend when you’ve not got money, it’ll still be rejected, but now there’s no charge.

Do a money makeover, checking everything you spend money on to see if you’re overspending such as energy, insurance, phone, broadband and more. Many can save £1,000s. Then do a detailed budget and stick to it. Full help to do this atwww. moneysavingexpert.com/moneymakeover 8. Compare overdraft debt rate to the other debt, repay highest interest first. If you’ve multiple debts, write a list of what you owe, then see which costs most, adding up interest and fees for true costs. If your overdraft’s the most expensive, make minimum payments on all other debts, and focus on using incoming cash to clear that. If it’s not the costliest, stay in your overdraft (but never bust your limit) and use spare cash to pay as much off the costliest as you can. Once the most expensive

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what Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova are wearing at times than their talent, but I cannot understand why Tennis is the only sport that has made strides. There are some sports which are a level playing field and some that the women’s equivalent would provide us with just as much entertainment.

However, there has been progress when it comes to our mainstream sports. Women’s football is receiving more and more coverage. I was surprised to see a highlights show dedicated to the Women’s Premier League, I shouldn’t be surprised, but this is new. The Women’s World Cup captured an audience, mainly because they gave the country something to cheer about compared to the Men’s team. Long may this coverage continue and hopefully crowds continue to increase, as it seems a little narrow minded that only at the Olympics do we consider Women’s sports worth watching in our droves.

Ronda Rousey dominated MMA for a short while and made headlines even when she was defeated in spectacular fashion. We will watch the women’s 100m final, and surely by the same token, would we watch Nicola Adams if she was a professional boxer live on Sky, I think I would?

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Belvedere Jazz & Music Club 12th October Paul ‘Harry the piano’ Harris & Simon Bates Qrt. 8pm -10:30pm. £10 19th October Jazz at the Movies – Joanna Eden/Chris Ingham Qrt. 8pm -10:30pm. £10 26th October Dave Browning/Pete Allen & John Petters Qrt. 8pm -10:30pm. £10 www.belvederejazz.co.uk or 07850 607075 The Chichester Hotel Old London Road, Rawreth, Nr. Wickford, SS11 8UE Billericay and District Philatelic Society Meets at The Fold, Laindon road, Billericay, at 7-30pm the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of the month (except August). There is a varied programme of displays and speakers and set to interest, both beginners and the more specialist collectors. Visitors are always welcome, so come along and meet fellow collectors of a wide range of postal material. Contact no. 01268 410258. or e-mail: rms.alexander@ googlemail.com Billericay Community Cinema BillericayCine is a Community Cinema: cinemas run locally as a voluntary / not for-profit group

by residents for the community. Ticket prices are affordable too, with ticket to ‘Film Thursdays’ priced at £5, while the family films are just £3 per ticket or £7.50 for a family group. Tickets are available from Billericay Library and www.billericaycine.com Billericay Horticultural Society On Monday 17th October at 8pm in the Chantry Way Day Centre a talk “Winter Colour in the garden” by Geoff Hodge of Essex Radio Visitors always welcome £2. Refreshments available Billericay Society We meet third Wednesday of the month at the day centre in Billericay behind the chequers Pub in the High Street at 19,30 we normally have a guest speaker, members £1 guests £1.50. The aims of the society is to oppose inappropriate developments, to conserve the towns heritage, safeguard access to the surrounding countryside, footpaths public rights of way, support projects for improving our town, we erect town signs and maintain them, and we are affiliated to campaign to protect rural England. All welcome. Brentwood Choirs Festival Saturday 12 November Brentwood Cathedral, 7pm Tickets: Reserved £25

Unreserved £15 Restricted view £12 (£5 students) Tickets are available from: The Music Office, Cathedral House, Ingrave Road, Brentwood, Essex CM15 8AT 01277 265288 music@dioceseofbrentwood.org More information can be found at www.brentwoodchoirs.org.uk Buttsbury (Billericay) W.I. We are a friendly group who meet every 2nd Tuesday of the month, 8pm for 8.15pm start. Each month we have a varied programme of Speakers, Craft Nights and Social Events. We meet at Canon Roche Church Hall, Laindon Road, Billericay CM11 9LL. For more information please call Jan Nash on 01277630147. Chelmsford & District Welsh Society Membership is open to anyone with Welsh origins or connections, or to anyone with an appreciation of Welsh heritage and traditions. Visitors and guests are warmly welcomed to attend our meetings. The Society’s monthly meeting is held in St Cedd’s Hall, Cathedral Chapter House, Chelmsford, CM1 1NX, and is usually on the fourth Thursday of every month.

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The next meeting is on Thursday 27th October at 7.30pm. All new members are welcome, come along to our meeting for a fun and sociable evening. We hold a variety of events throughout the year, there are also fund raising events such as coffee mornings, musical evenings and a Garden Party. For more details please contact Gwenno on 07724144432 www.chelmsfordwelsh.org.uk www.facebook.com/ chelmsfordwelsh Charity Lunch Charity lunch at the Billericay Methodist Church, Western Road on Saturday 8th October from 12.30 – 1.30. A snack lunch and drink for £4. The proceeds this month are going to the Essex Air Ambulance. All welcome and there is no need to book. Friday Swimmers Friday 7th and 14th October We swim every Friday during school term at Mayflower School from 19.30 to 20.45. Do you want a bit of exercise. We are a small group of social swimmers (no children). Lifeguard in attendance and the cost is £4.50 p.w. New members are welcome come along for a free trial session or contact Derek or Angela on 01277 655652 for further information.

Giant Family Fun Day

Jumble Sale

Giant Family Fun Day Bazaar 20th November 10.00 3.00. Come and see Father Christmas and Mickey & Minnie Mouse.

SATURDAY 22nd OCTOBER

Lots of stalls with gifts, crafts, health and personalised stems. Free craft table. Face Painting. Tombola - Games to play. Homemade cakes and tea memory of Chloe. Come rain or shine a great day for young and old. Funds G.O.S.H. Hannakins Farm, Rosebay Ave. Billericay CM12 0SY Greenway Ramblers The group meets at 10am every Tuesday (5-6 miles) and Sunday (longer walks of 10+ miles with a break for lunch) New members are welcome. See our website at www.greenway ramblers.org .uk or phone Joe lawton on 01277 631119. Jazz at the Bardswell Last Tuesday each month following guests with resident trio. 25th October Julian Marc Stringle, clarinet/sax. & Paul Wood, vocals 8.00pm 10.30pm The Bardwell Social Club Junction at Weald Rd. & Bardwell Close Brentwood, Essex. CM14 4TJ Tel. 07935 441616 www.jazzatthebardswell.co.uk

Jumble Sale 10 a.m.- 12.00 noon at South Green Memorial Hall, Southend Rd. CM11 2PR Admission 20p. Proceeds to Grenfell Preschool. Clothes, toys, bric a brac, books, raffle, tombola, cakes, refreshments, for more information e mail grenfellpreschool@hotmail.co.uk Rosebay (Billericay) W.I. We meet on the 4th Wednesday (but not Aug) of the month at 1.30pm in the hall behind The Most Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, Laindon Road. We also hold social events inbetween meetings. Visitors/new members are welcome. Further details from Madge, please telephone 01277 623278 Wednesday October 26th: Talk: ‘History of Lake Meadows’. Norsey Wood Society Norsey Wood Society will be holding our next free Open Meeting on Monday evening 31 October in the Day Centre, Chantry Way starting at 7.45pm. Ray Cranfield, Chairman of the Essex Amphibian and Reptile Group will present an illustrated talk, ‘Amphibians & Reptiles in Norsey Wood’ with specimens to view. Everyone welcome: e-mail norsey1@hotmail.co.uk or telephone Ken on 01277651125 if more detail required.

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