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this issue 125 For a relatively small town I am always amazed at how much is going on in Ashby. I’m not just talking about events although our Whats On d (pages 56-57) is bursting at the seams with this month’s meetings and d’s shows and we were spoilt for choice as to which of the many kid’s e 12). Halloween events we should include in our Whats on for Families (page I’m also talking about the number of local charities who work continuously to support members of our community, on page 40 we look at the Dyspraxia Foundation who remain relatively unheard of but provide essential help to local families such as the Killips. There’s so much happening with local businesses as well. on page 31 we bring you Copper Leaf Art and Craft Cafe who have just launched on Bath Street Corner. Next month we bring you details of Simpson Jones’ move from The Green to smart new offices on Market Street and their growth in the last six years. And of course there are many local clubs and societies producing work such as Pudding Bag Production’s new Digital Heritage Trail for Ashby - see page 102 to find out more. Happy reading,

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Contents

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Celebrating 30 years...

What’s on for Families

Technology Tips

Twitter @AshbyLife

Address Ashby Life Ltd Castle House South Street Ashby de la Zouch LE65 1BR

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Venture Theatre News

Spotlight On...

on The Beat...

out and About

What’s on

A Walk in the Forest

Christadelphian Church

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Your Wellbeing

Castle Medical Group

In Your Garden

Household Cleaning Tips

Puzzle Page

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Ashby Museum News

Front Cover Image by Aubrey Willars

Fitness Tips

Money Matters

Storytime

Ashby Library News Community Board

Ashbeian MTG News

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Friends of Bath Grounds

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Puzzle Solutions

Business Directory

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It’s Local

Chess Puzzle

Police & Crime Commissioner 94 Seasonal recipes

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open 4 business The all new and improved Ashby Life website launches at the end of this month and we’re so excited we thought we’d give you a sneak preview of the redesigned pages and what to expect.

The NEW and IMPROVED

WEBSITE www.ashbylife.co.uk goes hand in hand with the magazine to provide you all with the latest community news, events in and around Ashby and an extensive local business directory as well as heaps of useful information and interesting articles from our panel of experts to read. our online What’s On page has become so popular with events ranging from dances and concerts, regular meetings to classes and courses, film nights and charity fundraisers – there’s something for everyone and all within Ashby and the neighbouring areas. Many of the events are free, loads of them are for a local good cause and of course they all promise to be packed with fun. In our online business directory you can find a wide range of local tradespeople and businesses. We have dentists, driving schools, gardeners, cleaners, accountants, electricians and so much more. Use our handy search box to find what you’re looking for. Each business listing provides you with all you need to know including a summary of what they do and the services offered, full contact details such as their phone number or email, a handy Google map of their location and additional information such as opening hours and their website and Facebook page.

W will also be llaunching hing a brand We n new section called ‘Local Life’ - this w will contain;

• our monthly local walks along w with a newly introduced archive o of all your old favourites

• a roundup of this month’s local o offers from our advertisers – simply q quote ‘Ashby Life’ to be eligible

• a summary of useful information ffor Ashby residents including webs site links and phone numbers for ph everyone from the pharmacies, the tourist information centre to the town council.

Just as the magazine does, the website aims to be an invaluable source of local information. We would love to hear your feedback and thoughts on both. Just drop us a line at info@ashbylife.co.uk anytime.

A big thank you goes out, as always, to Matt and the team at Ashby Web Design. Check out the new site today whether you’re looking for a local tradesperson, planning where to go this weekend or looking to catch up on town news, www.ashbylife.co.uk has all you need.

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Celebrating 30 years of trading... IN January 1986, 1986 19 86, Nick Nick and and Stav took to ook over ovver ov er the th he fish and chip shop p on e Callis, Ashby y from m Mrs Smith, Smith h, the e previous owner. They The ey The ma arriied in July July off that year and d went on to o have ha ave four four children ch hildren who o married havve now w all grown grown n up. have

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Nick and S tav are now celebrating thirty years of Nick Stav marriag ge and d 2 years years s ago two of their children marriage got mar rried to oo! Nic ck Fish Bar is a real family married too! Nick’s affair - all off ttheir heir ch hild d children have helped in the fish and chip ps hop an nd on ne is helping them to manage shop and one the bu usine ess n ow w. business now. 201 16 has b een an ex xt special year as they have 2016 been extra becom me grandparents grandpare become for the first time and d much to Nicks delight, the baby has been named after him,, Nikolas!

Nick certainly have a lot to celebrate Stav and Nic ck c e year. Amidst all their celebrations this y ear. r. Am how wever they point out; ‘We would like to however tha ank all of our customers throughout the thank 0 years years r for rs f r supporting our business and fo 30 makking it it such su a special place to work’. making loo ok forward to continuing the They look busi family business for many years to come.

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what’s on for families CONKERS annual Ghostly Encounter will take place at their Waterside Centre on Friday 28th, Sunday 30th and Monday 31st October. Visit the creepy cavern, hear ghostly tales and take a trip on the runaway train. All this plus an Ugly Bugs Disco, a fancy dress competition with creepy prizes and their fantastic Halloween Show in the amphitheatre. Tickets are available now online at www.visitconkers.com or by calling 01283 216 633. Children £6,25, Adults £7.25 and Family tickets £25.00.

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There are tons of local family events taking place in the next couple of weeks giving the kids a chance to dress up in their scariest costumes for Halloween. Here’s just a selection of those on offer. See our Whats On page online for more...

Head down to CALKE ABBEY for a Pumpkin Party on Thursday 27th October from 11am through to 4pm. You can bring along your own pumpkin or buy one there then decorate it and transform it into a fabulous Halloween lantern. You choose whether you add it to their pumpkin display or take it home to enjoy. See www.nationaltrust.org.uk for more information. No tickets are required as the event is free although usual admission charges will apply.

The recently launched COPPER LEAF ART AND CRAFT CAFÉ on Bath Street Corner have a full week of drop in family crafting sessions from Monday 17th through to Saturday 22nd October costing £5 for half an hour's crafting including all materials. The kids get to try out easy to use ‘decopatch’ papers to decorate a variety of papier-mâché or wooden Halloween shapes. See their Facebook page for more details at www.facebook.com/ CopperLeafCraftCafe/

ROSLISTON FORESTRY CENTRE are holding Halloween Walks at 6.00pm, 7.15pm and 8.30pm on Friday 28th October. Calling all little monsters and cheeky goblins to help scour the woods in the annual Monster Hunt. Compete in the race and lead your team to victory. Tickets cost £6 and children under two go free. Booking is essential. See www.rosliston forestrycentre.co.uk for more details or call 01283 563 483.

BARNEY’S PLAYBARN are celebrating with two types of party. Their Tiny Terrors Lunch Time Party will run between 10am and 1pm on Thursday 27th & Friday 28th October whilst their Fancy Dress Halloween Disco takes place from 5pm to 7.30pm on Friday 28th October. Children’s Tickets cost £8.00 and are available to buy today. Call 01530 835 876.

ASHBY LIBRARY will be holding their Little Witches and Wizards Halloween Party on Friday 28th October between 3.30 and 5.00pm. Little ones aged 2 to 6 years are invited along to join them for Halloween fun. Bring the kids in their best costume to try the picture hunt, listen to stories and create spooky crafts. Tickets cost £2.50 per child and booking is essential. Although it is most suitable for children aged 2-6 years, older children up to 10 years are welcome. our online What’s On section at www.ashbylife.co.uk has details of local events and ideas for family days out. Upload details of your family events at www.ashbylife.co.uk/submit-event.php.

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technology tips Local technology expert Phil Barnfield from PC Clinic in Huntingdon Court has joined our editorial team to pass on his invaluable advice and tips. We kick off with a look at parental controls on the internet...

PARENTAL control THE internet is a vast array of useful information, images, videos, games and much more. By its very nature, however, other ‘not so good’ content also comes up, and it’s so easy for our little ones to get drawn in to things that they really shouldn’t be looking at. It can be a scary place and requires parental vigilance to ensure they remain safe.

For years there have been programs bundled with Internet Security companies, and many of them can be complex to manage, so parents tend to give up on the possibility of enforcing Parental Controls. Many modern internet routers also have built in policies to set time restrictions and website blocks, but often require high levels of IT skills to get it right.

Along came Windows 10, and luckily for its users, we now have Microsoft Family Safety to help out the parents. Directly integrated into Windows, and allowing you to control what your children are doing, monitor their activity, restrict the websites they visit, see what programs they are using, and even add in timed access control – making sure they know when it’s bedtime!

Setting it up in Windows 10 is fairly easy; open Settings, then Accounts, and then choose the ‘Family and Other Users’ option. Then click ‘Add a family member’. From here you can create accounts for your children, and then once done all they need to do is login to their PC, laptop or Windows device with their details, and they will be protected and controlled with the settings you have set for them.

one unique feature is that if you use the time controls, you can change them easily for say ‘school holidays’. Even the child can click a button when their ‘internet time’ is up, and it will then send you a message giving you the option to extend it for them if you wish. All very clever, but very simple to manage too by logging in to your ‘Parent’ account from any internet connected device.

Visit https://account.microsoft.com/family for more details. This is a totally free service by Microsoft and it’s worthwhile giving it a go if you have children and you want to secure their internet activities.

For any further help and advice, pop in to your local computer and laptop centre, PC Clinic. Fully endorsed by Which? Trusted Traders and Microsoft Partners too – for your peace of mind.

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fitness tips

Hello Autumn WHEN it comes to keeping fit and eating healthy it's probably fair to say I'm a realist. By that I mean for most of us the commitment to exercise 3 times per week and eating wholesome fresh food every day is hard work, with our work and family commitments, social events, and money worries. However, I'm a real advocate of trying to be the best you can. Everyone and everybody is different and what works for one may not have the same effect on another. You need to be you to be confident and love yourself, be positive and energetic and fit to a pretty good standard. So when it comes to training I like to train smart, efficiently and sensibly. I never spend more than 45mins - 1hour training. Anything longer for me and it can have a negative effect on my energy balance. I like to weight train hard using mostly compound exercises, the ones that utilise the most amount of muscle and energy to complete. I also prefer HIIT training (High Intensity Interval Training), to the usual cardio methods too, again this suits me as I can get it done in 20 minutes and have the maximum calorie burning effect. This type of training was popularised by programs like Insanity, Metafit and the more recent 'Body Coach'. When it comes to diet, I work on the 80/20 rule, which for me means 80% of my diet is good and the other 20% I don't worry about too much. This way I still get to enjoy some of the foods I love, like chocolate and the occasional takeaway plus the odd glass of red! I try to follow this daily, which means that overall my diet is 80% good which definitely helps in achieving the results I'm after. remember, getting fit and healthy is not a race, just try to improve on what you did last time and you'll be a step closer to your goal.

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money matters

It’s Good to TALk by Kevin Cunningham of Bleathwood IFA Ltd

WELL the summer is over and we are already into the last third of 2016. So far this year we have seen quite a few changes and many are financial.

In my last article I mentioned the pending EU referendum vote (BrEXIT) and the possibility the Bank of England would lower the base rate. In August the Bank took that step and lowered interest rates to 0.25%. So cash savings rates are suffering further reductions. It also took steps to print more money and the bank will use this to purchase UK Corporate fixed debt and Government debt, what we call Corporate Bonds and Gilts. This also means that these cautious investments are probably going to offer lower levels of returns as well.

Hence my suggestion it is good to talk on a regular basis with your adviser, not only because we can help with your plans, but because things constantly change, for example.

From April we had changes on how your savings are taxed. Bank and Building Society savings accounts now pay interest gross. Therefore non tax-payers, basic and higher rate tax payers each have different rules on how much interest income they can receive before they have to pay tax.

In April the government introduced changes to Dividend Tax rules. Everyone will have a Dividend Income Allowance of £5,000 then after that the Dividend is taxed. So if your dividend income is more than £5,000 a year you have to set some money aside to cover the tax you will have to pay. Again it is a change which has to be managed, where different options or strategies can be employed.

April also introduced a change in how the State Pension looks. We now have a new single-tiered State Pension. In May I requested a forecast and found the information provided very useful, different from the old information. I have always encouraged clients to access this information but since May I have gone back to my clients and recommended they acquire up to date information so we can plan. You can usually acquire the information on line through the Government Gateway. If you are wondering what your retirement income requirements are then it is something you should do. Then discuss it with your financial adviser.

Working with an Independent Financial Adviser is not just about buying a financial product and their performance. It is having someone who works with you to help map out your financial future. Ensures you have things in place for those bumps in the road and not only updates you with news on any changes, but offers ideas if they affect you.

It’s good to talk – so challenge your adviser or find one to help.

For more information on this matter or if you would like free initial financial advice with no obligation then you can contact Kevin at Bleathwood Financial Services on 01530 417943. Bleathwood IFA Ltd Bleathwood House, 45 Upper Packington Road, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, LE65 1ED. www.bleathwoodifa.co.uk Bleathwood IFA Ltd (FSA No: 516218) is an appointed representative of Sense Network Limited (FSA No: 465124) which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. The FSA does not regulate tax advice.

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venture theatre news WHEN the first play of our new season On Golden Pond, comes to the end of its run on Saturday 1st October, it will be all systems go to get the next one Comfort and Joy underway.

Putting on five productions a year, as we do at The Venture Theatre, means there is no time for a ‘breather’ between plays. No sooner has one play finished than the set construction team are striking the set and beginning to think about how they will go about the next one. The director of the next play will have

It’s all work - or is it?

set about his or her task even earlier. It is usual for readings to be held for the next play two or three weeks before the current one finishes – so if you were thinking of reading for our Christmas production it is already too late! That doesn’t mean, however, that more people to join the team are not needed. over the next two or three weeks, the director will be building the team who will undertake things such as set painting and organising props and furnishings. Having all these things in place sooner rather than at the last minute really helps the actors get into their parts. There will also be someone to design the lights and sound – it’s not just a matter of pressing the right buttons on the night! Costumes have to be found and the stage manager and crew have to rehearse their moves so that every scene looks exactly right each time the curtain goes up, and all in as little time as possible so that the audience isn’t kept waiting. Even the

prompt has to attend rehearsals and get to know the play well before opening night. Then there is the all-important publicity – posters, flyers, radio interviews, social media postings, articles for Ashby Life – it all involves a lot of work. Someone also has to produce the programme and get it printed in time for opening night. once the play opens, another team moves into action to ensure that you, our audience, have a comfortable and enjoyable night out. It’s all down to team work and lots of it. Every single person you see at the Venture Theatre is a volunteer. There are no paid staff. That’s why we are constantly on the look out for new members to come and join us. But it’s not all work! We have a good social life going with ‘Club Nights’ every Monday evening when the bar is open. Pop in to meet us any Monday evening after 7.30pm and you will be very welcome. See www.ashbyventuretheatre.org.uk

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household cleaning tips My name is Tina and I work at the Ashby Toolbox. The large selection of natural cleaning products we stock really got me thinking about the way we set about ensuring our homes are gleaming and germ free. Did Granny really know best with her pearls of cleaning wisdom?

Why Granny really did know best! TRADITIONAL cleaning methods have been making a comeback in recent years due to the excellent results they produce and the fact that they are free from synthetic chemicals and allergens. Having researched the topic, I found there are a growing number of people who are making the change back to using naturally sourced products, both from a personal preference (to help with skin irritations and asthma) and also to protect our environment for the next generation. So where is the proof? To enable me to answer this question, I swapped my very impressive array of cleaning abrTO GET YOU STARTED... asives and creams, disinfectants, bleach, TO MAkE NATURAL FURNITURE POLISH: air and carpet freshIn a small bowl put 3 tablespoons of olive oil eners for a meagre and 1 tablespoon of white vinegar and mix collection of borax well. Apply to the wood with a soft cloth before buffing and leaving to air dry. stals and white hite vinegar. inegar substitute, baking soda, soda cr crystals CLEANING BLACkENED/BURNT PANS: A Two months later, I have to admit, I am amazed at how much strong solution of soda crystals (150g to 1 easier my cleaning ritual has become. I use an everyday pint of hot water) is very effective for household cleaner (a combination of borax substitute, white removing burnt-on grease and food from vinegar and a few drops of lemon myrtle topped up with water) pans, dishes and grill pans. Soak stubborn mixed in a sprayer and use on all surfaces. In addition, I have debris overnight then rinse with clean water. made my first batch of toilet cleaners in the form of a fizz STREAky WINDOWS & SMEARS ON bomb that deodorises and cleans the bowl with no scrubbing, GLASS: Spray area with white vinegar and and a lovely lemony smell, heaven! use a damp cloth to remove dirt and grease. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s never too late to change your cleaning habits for the better Buff with a linen scrim to remove pesky â&#x20AC;&#x201C; natural products are kinder to you, your environment and your streaks and smears! (always use your scrim pocket. I know I should have done so years ago (sorry Granny!) dry). Ashby Toolbox & Cookshop stocks a wide selection of tradiLook out for more essential tips and advice tional cleaning products, together with hand knitted dishcloths, on cleaning your home naturally and easily brushes and scrim. We will also be running informal in future issues. workshops explaining how these products work and how to List by kind permission of Linda Peake of the make your own multi surface cleaners, including demonVintage Wash House in Skipton, North Yorkshire strations and work sheets to take home. Please call in for more (www. thevintagewashhouse.co.uk) information or telephone 01530 560128.

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ashby museum news

he Museum thanks Steve Saunders for putting on an excellent exhibition of local archaeology, which finished at the end of August. The current exhibition is on Gunther Pluschow, a German prisoner-of-war at Donington Hall in WW1. Come and see what life was like for him and other prisoners and learn about his daring escape from the Hall. Gunther Pluschow

EXHIBITION NOW OPEN

We are fortunate in that, every so often, people kindly donate rare history books. recently we have

been given one of the earliest works on the county – ‘The Description of Leicestershire’ by William Burton (1622). Also received were ‘A Topographical History of the County of Leicester’ (1831) by rev. J. Curtis Donington Hall during WWI (H (Headmaster of A Ashby Free Grammar School); the 3rd volume of the ‘Report on the Manuscripts of Regin nald Rawdon Hastings’ (1934 Reginald (1934); three late 19th century Directories of the county; and another copy of Wayte’s ‘Guide to Ashby’ (1831). The appeal for volunteers goes on, so please think about giving two hours a fortnight to help us, especially if you have a friend who would join you call the Museum on 01530 560090.

FRIENDS OF ASHBy MUSEUM It will soon be time for our annual Ian Clews Memorial Quiz to be held at

Packington Memorial Hall on Friday October 21st, 7pm for a 7.30pm start. Teams of 6 are required but we can find you a team if necessary. The cost is £10, to include a fish and chip supper. Please call the museum on 01530 560 090 to book.

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spotlight on... DySPRAxIA, also known as Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD), is a common condition affecting fine and/or gross motor coordination in children and adults. It can also affect short-term memory, spatial awareness and speech. It affects 5% of the population – that is generally 2 children in every classroom. With the right support and understanding, the challenges associated with dyspraxia can be managed well. However, many people with dyspraxia/DCD struggle to get the recognition and help they need at school and in the workplace.

Dyspraxia Awareness Week 9th-15th October 2016 The Dyspraxia Foundation; the UK’s only national charity providing information and support on dyspraxia is committed to raising awareness to ensure it is not a barrier to opportunity and fulfilment.

Does Dyspraxia affect you?

Local family; robert and Christine Killip cannot thank the Dyspraxia Foundation enough for the support they have been given since their son Sam was diagnosed. In fact, Sam is now an enthusiastic member of the Foundation and is very interested in forming a local group where young adults could meet on a regular basis for discussions and social activities. If anyone is interested in joining a local group they can contact the Helpline Service on 01462 454 986.

Eleanor Howes, Dyspraxia Foundation Chief Executive officer, advises: “The charity is staffed by a few long-term employees and supported by volunteers; parents of children and adults with dyspraxia, health, education, PR and employment experts. Together, we offer help, advice, support and work to raise awareness of this still poorly understood condition.”

More funds are urgently needed however to continue offering support to people with dyspraxia/DCD through their helpline service, local groups and research projects. Dyspraxia Awareness week will run between 9th and 15th October with the aim of increasing awareness and those much needed funds. For more information on the Dyspraxia Foundation visit www.dyspraxiafoundation.org.uk and donations can be made using Justgiving at http://campaign.just giving.com/charity/dyspraxia/appeal

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on the beat Hello everyone...

ONLINE grooming is a growing threat and can take place in your home without you knowing. In November last year, 15-yearold Kayleigh Haywood received a Facebook message from Luke Harlow, a man she had never met. over the course of 13 days they exchanged 2643 messages. Harlow told Kayleigh all the things many teenage girls want to hear. He told her she was beautiful, how much he cared for her and that she was special. Harlow was grooming Kayleigh, along with two other young girls he had also been speaking to. But it was Kayleigh that finally agreed to his requests to spend the night of Friday 13th November 2015 at his house. She spent the next day with him too, and in the early hours of Sunday 15th November, having been held against her will by Harlow and by his next

door neighbour Stephen Beadman, Kayleigh was raped and murdered by Beadman. With the support of Kayleigh’s family, Leicestershire Police has made a film about aspects of the last two weeks of her life. ‘kayleigh’s Love Story’ is a warning to young people, both girls and boys, about the dangers of speaking to people they don’t know online. The film highlights just how quick and easy it can be for children to be groomed online without them or those around them knowing it is happening. Its purpose is to protect children now and in the future and to stop another family losing a child in this way. Since September the film has been shown in schools to children 11 and over. A trailer of the film has also been made and can be seen at www.leics.police.uk/kayleighslovestory Many children and young people spend a lot of time online so it is important to know what they are doing and who they are speaking to. There are signs that could indicate your child is engaging in a dangerous online relationship, and steps you can take to protect them. More information can be found at: https://leics.police.uk/advice-andinformation/information-zone/child-sexual-exploitation/onlinegrooming-parents For places and people that can help and where you can report any concerns, please go to: https://leics.police.uk/advice-and-information/ child-sexual-exploitation/parent-or-guardian

PC MARk ARJOO

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Helicopter blade (5) Mended (5) Apparent (7) Not moving (6) Impish fairies (5) Whirlwind (7) Confident (7) Tightness (7) Sincere (7) On fire (7) Practical (6) Lubricated (5) Crouch down (5) Pointed weapon (5)

Solutions on page 116

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 12 13 15 16 18 20 21

Main roof beams (7) More (5) Fabric or cloth (7) Doing words (5) Long, narrow hilltop (5) Anguish (7) One score (6) Out of the country (6) Timid (7) Goes up (5) Perfect (5) Unsuccessful (7) Distinguished (5) Brighter (7)

SUDOKU

Fill in the grid so that every row, every column and every 3 x 3 box contains the digits 1 through 9, with no repetition.

That’s all there is to it.

you solve the puzzle with reasoning and logic - there’s no maths involved and no adding up.

It’s fun, it’s challenging, it’s additive! Solutions to all puzzles can be found on page 116.

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out and about

Ashby PROBUS MANy people find retirement to be more challenging than expected because so much of their social life was nt and associated with their working environment career. Retirement advice often suggests that k. we develop hobbies or do charitable work. Whilst that is sound counsel, many men miss the social interaction of likeminded business and professional colleagues and Probus helps to fill that gap. s Ashby Probus, a club for retired men, has ub monthly lunch meetings at The Beeches pub emin Ashby which includes talks given by memely, y they y, bers on any subject they wish or, alternatively, may ask a friend or colleague to give a talk on their behalf. The subjects are varied and very wide ranging but always of great interest and have recently included the art of thatching, the early development of cable television and the good, the bad and the bizarre business practices in the hotel industry. regular visits are also arranged, some of which include memberâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s partners, and have recently included a guided tour of Taylor's Heritage Bell Foundry, the Jaguar car assembly line, the DHL Distribution Hub, a

Gypsum Mine, the Derby City sewage treatment plant, a boat trip on the Trent and Mersey Canal and a theatre trip to see Phantom of the Opera. In addition ladies lunches take place throughout the year. The club is not a fundraising charity and the primary objectiv is to provide a challenging social objective envir environment for recently retired men from bus business and professional backgrounds to m make new friends and enjoy themselves.

T Time commitment is minimal with a m monthly meeting and one optional social ou outing but each member is positively to take an active role in the en encour-aged runn running of the club where possible. This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s preside president, Alan Ball, who has been a member for 11 years speaks highly of the many excellent friends in the area that he has made as a result of joining Probus. Why not go along and see for yourself? The club promises to make you very welcome and for the modest cost of a pub lunch there is little to lose and much to be gained.

If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to know more contact the Probus club secretary Frank Bedford on 01530 467183 or by email to frank.bedford@ntlworld.com

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what’s on...

October Monday 10th October

Ashby. call Susanne for

Ashby History Society

details 01530 415 654 or

robert Mee, local

just come as a visitor. See

Historian and ex Police

www.ashbydelazouch

inspector speaks on

civicsociety.webs.com

"Associations for the prosecution of Felons"

October

obtain justice before the

Ashby Ivanhoe Travel

police or crown

Club

prosecution service

Across Australia by I

existed. Meeting held at

Pettit. Pithiviers room at

Methodist church,

Ivanhoe college at

Burton road, Ashby de la

7.30pm to 9pm. there is

Zouch commencing at

no joining fee or annual

7.30pm. Visitors

subscription just a

welcome, further details

minimal charge of £1.50

call 01530 415 654.

per meeting. All are

Saturday 1st October

and tasting' by tom

Ballroom & sequence

Phillips from Hannah'

dancing

chocolates of Quorn.

Tuesday 11th October

their meetings, for further

with organist Eric Black

Visitors are most

Ashby Writers Club

information call Julie

at Blackfordby Village

welcome to the meeting

Manuscript meeting:

nelson on 01530 588 197

Hall from 8pm to 11pm,

at Ashby congregational

members’ own work.

or email juliesportsfan@

admission £3

church 2pm to 4pm.

Meetings: second and

yahoo.co.uk

bar/refreshments/raﬄe

£4 to include tea and

fourth tuesday of each

For more details call

cake. For further details

month, unless otherwise

Wednesday 12th

01283 213 481.

contact Fran on 01530

speciﬁed, 7.30pm to

October

414 933.

9.30pm at

Copper Leaf Craft Café

congregational church,

Beginners crochet

Saturday 1st October

Wednesday 12th

which helped citizens

welcome for any or all of

Ashby’s FABulous

Saturday 8th October

Kilwardby Street, Ashby

workshop

Ashby will be alive with

‘The Amy Roberts/

lE65 2FQ. Membership

with guest tutor,

the magic of live

Richard Exhall

£15 per annum. Visitors

lynne coe; 10am-1pm,

models in the town’s

Quintet’

welcome at a nominal fee

cost £24.50. A full kit

shop windows. Ashby’s

Amy is a rising Star in

of £4 per speaker

with all you need to

FABulous – this one’s

British Jazz playing sax

meeting, £3 per

make enough granny

for your lorna.

and reeds with great

comp/manuscript

squares for a cushion

Free event.

verve and swing. Both

meeting (includes tea or

cover included in the

Amy and richard are

coﬀee).

price as well as tea, coﬀee & home baked

Tuesday 4th October

multi-instrumentalists

Blackfordby WI – AGM

and appear with the

Tuesday 11th October

cakes. Small group of 6

Blackfordby Village Hall,

Big chris Barber Band

Ashby Civic Society

maximum ensures

7pm, visitors welcome.

on tour across Europe

t G Green Pottery and

plenty of one to one

For more information

on a regular basis. the

cornishware. History of

help and guidance. For

contact Gill Massey

Jazz starts at 8pm,

the company and truth of

more details, contact

01283 212 380.

Venture theatre, Ashby.

the famous cornishware

copper leaf craft café

tickets available from

name with Iain Hambling,

on 07939 449 009,

Thursday 6th October

Ashby tIc call 01530

archivist & museum

through the Facebook

Ashby Castle WI

411 767 or Wendy Boyd

curator. At 8pm legion

page or call in to the

A 'talk, Demonstration

on 01530 413 618.

House, South Street,

gallery which is upstairs

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above Souk de la Zouch

Thursday 20th October

01530 222 934 or

lunch time! or 1 or 2

on the corner of Bath

Sence Valley

Margaret Mabey on

hours to suit you. £5 for

Street.

Supper Club

01530 412 410.

tea or coﬀee & selection

the club welcomes new

of home baked cakes to

Friday 14th October

members, old friends and

Saturday 22nd October

try! Pop- up shop of

Quiz Night

acquaintances alike to its

Moira Male Voice Choir

specialist wool, kits &

netherseal WI are holding

monthly culinary

celebrity concert with

equipment supplies. For

a quiz night starting at

evenings at various

guest singers Joanna

more details, contact

7.30pm, in netherseal

venues around the local

Harries – Mezzo Soprano

copper leaf craft café

Village Hall, DE12 8BZ.

area. they meet this

and neil Balfour –

on 07939 449 009,

tickets £5 per person,

month at Indian Fusion,

Baritone. 7pm at the

through the Facebook

teams up to 6 people.

Markﬁeld lE67 9UW at

lecture theatre, Ashby

page or call in to the

Hot supper included and

7pm. the meal is booked

School, nottingham

gallery which is upstairs

a bar will be available.

for 7.30pm. Shared

road. tickets cost £10

above Souk de la Zouch

For tickets or further

transport is used wher-

and are available from

on the corner of Bath

details please phone

ever possible. Email jane_

choir members or by

Street.

Pam on 01827 373 477.

boyce@hotmail.co.uk for

calling 01827 373 377 or

more details.

07833 445 422. Please

Saturday 29th October

note the new venue.

Ballroom & Sequence

Friday 14th October ‘Suﬀragette’

Friday 21st October

Packington Film club

The family life of

Tuesday 25th October

presents ‘Suﬀragette’ at

robins

Ashby Writers Club

Darby at Blackfordby

Packington Memorial

David tideswell returns

Speaker: Ian c Douglas,

Village Hall from 8pm to

Hall 7pm for 7.30pm.

to amuse, stimulate and

young-adult science

11pm, admission £3

Adults £4 and children

astonish us with his

ﬁction author and creator

bar/refreshments/raﬄe

£2. tea and coﬀee

intimate account of the

of computer games for

For more details call

served from 7pm.

family life of the robin.

children and apps.

01283 213 481.

the lrWt are a friendly

Author of the Zeke

Wednesday 19th

local group which meets

Hailey series. Meetings:

Saturday 29th October

October

monthly for talks, visits

second and fourth

An autumnal walk in

Ashby Spa WI

conservation work and

tuesday of each month,

South Wood

AGM and 7th Birthday.

social events. All talks

unless otherwise

Dave Wroughton leads a

New venue: Ashby Baptist

are in the church hall of

speciﬁed, 7.30pm to

walk around this ancient

church in Brook Street,

Ashby Methodist

9.30pm at

wood with many veteran

Ashby at 7.30pm, visitors

chapel, Burton road,

congregational church,

trees and interesting

welcome £4. Email ashby.

Ashby and begin at

Kilwardby Street, Ashby

things to see including

spa@googlemail.com or

7.30pm entry is £3

lE65 2FQ. Membership

fungi. Meet at Staunton

call 01530 563 682.

each. to ﬁnd out more

£15 per annum. Visitors

Harold car park 2pm. the

http://www.ashbyspawi.

about their group please

welcome at a nominal

lrWt are a friendly local

btck.co.uk/Whatson

call David Maltby on

fee of £4 per speaker

group which meets

meeting, £3 per

monthly for talks, visits

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dancing with organist Graham

comp/manuscript

conservation work and

meeting (includes tea or

social events. normally,

coﬀee).

talks are in the church hall of Ashby Methodist

Tuesday 25th October

chapel, Burton road,

Copper Leaf Craft Café

Ashby and begin at

Cake & Crochet Club

7.30pm entry is £3 each.

Mixed ability, social get

to ﬁnd out more about

together last tuesday of

our group please ring

each month. 1pm to 3pm;

David Maltby on 01530

drop in for a "speed

222 934 or Margaret

crochet & cake ﬁx” at

Mabey on 01530 412 410.

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a walk in the forest A Circular Walk from...

Shellbrook to Blackfordby TThis is a great circular walk, easily accessed from the outskirts of town. The walk takes about aan hour and a half starting from Shellbrook (allow extra if you are walking out from town). It is aall easy walking and the paths are mostly well marked. The footpath that takes you out to 1 Blackfordby appears to follow a fairly direct line from Ashby to Blackfordby Church – for me it B always al a s has a wonderful onde d rf de r l fe ffeel e about it and I can imagine our ancestors treading the path in days gone by. I’d be intrigued to know its history?

our walk starts at the wide right hand verge in Shellbrook, where there is usually space to park. If you are coming out of Ashby town centre leave via Kilwardby Street, continue onto 2 Moira road and then to Shellbrook. on entering Shellbrook look out for where the verge widens and there is a kissing gate and footpath sign on your right. Pass through the kissing gate to enter an area of young plantation. Walk straight ahead g u up the side of the first field until you come to a gap on your right. T Turn right through the gap and then go over the stile that is d diagonally on your left and leads into a fenced area. Follow the w wide grassy path diagonally through the trees (1), crossing over a r ride to arrive at the top left corner of this fenced area. Cross the s ext to the field gate and stile to your left and then turn right. Go through the swing gate next t then turn left to follow the yellow marker arrow along a grassy path with the hedgerow on 3 your y left. (There is a wonderful view from the top of the hill on your right if you wish to divert).

P Pass through a metal swing gate (2) and keep following the path straight ahead with the solar ffarm now on your left. Continue straight on with the spire of Blackfordby Church always visible str raight ahead of y straight you. You will cross over a farm track and pass by some farm buildings off to your right before crossing fields and finally emerging onto Ashby Lane in Blackfordby.

Turn left and follow the lane to its junction. Turn left again and then right, by the no through road sign, onto a footpath leading into a field. Cross the stile and follow the yellow marker arrows over the field - you slowly bear left to pass under a large old tree (3). Look out for a yellow post which will take you over a plank bridge and into John’s Wood (4).

Turn sharp left after the bridge and then follow the path straight ahead, ignoring paths off to your left, until you get to a point where your path twists right and then immediately left. Straight after this bend there is a path coming in from your right and a stile on your left. Turn left to cross the stile and then walk straight ahead following a narrow path with a stream running below and to the left of you. After a while this will take you to a further stile leading out onto the bottom of playing fields. Go diagonally right across the fields towards a yellow post underneath a large oak tree and then cross a wooden plank into a field. The path h bends around the field corner (it was a little overgrown here when I went but soon became easier to see when you got around the c corner). Follow the path down the field edge with the hedgerow on your right. You will 6 e emerge through a gateway onto the main Ashby to Moira road. T Turn right and continue for a short distance alongside the road, crossing over just after the M Moira sign to reach a metal gate with signs for the Ivanhoe Way by it. Pass through the g gate to enter Chestnut Woodland. Walk straight ahead, keeping t hedge on you left, and pass by two yellow marker posts to the r reach a small metal gate on your left leading into fields. Turn left h here to follow the Ivanhoe Way (5).

T The path crosses the fields behind a large farmhouse. Keep f following the marker posts until a wide grassy path becomes v visible ahead of you (6). At this point the Ivanhoe Way turns off to d to to keep k the right but you need straight on to reach the wide path which will take you behind the houses at Shellbrook before emerging onto the road opposite your start point.

All walks are checked shortly before publication but please be aware that paths may change over time and with the seasons.

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HoPE

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BACk in 2008 a young and fresh - faced Barack Obama entered the White House, along with his catchphrase “Yes we can” and the iconic ‘HOPE’ poster by Shepard Fairey. And yes, at the time, many thought he did bring a new and fresh hope to the world. However eight turbulent years later Barack Obama looks considerably older and a lot less fresh.

Many of the problems he inherited still remain unsolved, nor have they gone away. Afghanistan, Iran (and now Syria) are still highly unstable countries and their associated terrorism seems to be part of everyday life with the horrific atrocities that go with it. The world unfortunately does not seem safer and it is certainly no more stable than before he started his presidency.

I doubt it will have escaped you that by 9th November there will be a new president in America. Sadly it feels there will be less ‘Hope’ than obama brought with

Editorial by Ashby Christadelphian Church, Union Passage, Ashby

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him. Whether it’s Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump, neither, in all honesty, fill me with much confidence!

The Bible tells us something interesting in Psalm 146 v3-5…

Do not put your trust in princes, in human beings, who cannot save. 4 When their spirit departs, they return to the ground; on that very day their plans come to nothing. 5 Blessed are those whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord their God. 3

The message is remarkably clear. We should be putting out hope and trust in God who can save, not in the leaders of the world who cannot.

At 10am on the first Sunday of every month we have a ‘First Steps’ talk. They won’t bamboozle you with lots of heavy Bible passages or complicated ideas, but simply outline God’s plan for the world; a real and genuine hope for your future. Why not come along?

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your wellbeing

Becoming a Parent... BECoMING a parent can happen unexpectedly, after planning and preparing or for some becoming a parent occurs after years of disappointment and heartache. Becoming a parent is often described as fulfilling and rewarding, however, these expectations can be short lived as the reality of bringing up a child in today’s society can be financially, physically and emotionally stressful.

More women are returning back to work through choice or necessity meaning that women who choose to stay at home can feel more isolated and lack support. Many new parents live away from their support systems and turn to parenting books that have a prescribed method of how to bring up a child and information is easily available on the internet which can cause more confusion and parents can begin to doubt their ability to follow their own instincts. Many couples have not discussed their own beliefs about child-rearing so that disagreements can start creating arguments and even small children can learn who is the ‘easy’ parent.

with Futureminds

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Children are also kept ‘busy’, they take part in music, sport and social groups which often take place after school, placing additional pressure on parents to taxi their children around. Children are losing the ability to find ways of occupying themselves. Coping with boredom is a life skill – if we are always being told how to think, what to take part in and the importance of keeping busy then being bored becomes ‘alien’ to us and children may not have time to reflect, think and occupy themselves. Becoming a parent can be a rewarding time, however a stress-free parent is a happy parent and a happy parent makes happy children. Therefore ensure that you have time together doing very little, make time for yourself as an individual as well as a couple, help children to occupy their time on their own and most of all enjoy being a parent as believe it or not there comes a times when they do leave home. Futureminds can offer couple and family therapy as well as behaviour management programmes. For more information please visit our website at www.futureminds.co.uk

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in your garden rHS Show Garden Medalist, Francesca Sinclair, looks at how to make the most of your garden and garden jobs for this time of year. Francesca offers a full garden design service - find out more at www.francescasinclair.co.uk When Spanish explorers first saw the hills of California blazing with the Californian poppies they called it the land of the ‘golden west’ and not because of the wealth that was later sought there but because of the golden poppy flowers. The plant itself they called ‘Cup of gold’.

behind flower names

OVER the centuries flowers have obtained common names often derived from how they look, or because of their medicinal properties or because of folk law. Those in horticulture generally use the botanical Latin names so we are all literally talking about the same plant. The common names can sometimes have an endearing story and so I have picked a few to share. ‘Bleeding heart’ or ‘Lady in the Bath’, Latin name Dicentra spectabilis, has a flower which does look like a bleeding heart and if you turn the flower upside down and pull it slightly open it looks like a lady in the bath. Forget-me-not gets its name from a legend of a knight picking a posy of flowers for his beloved as they walked by a riverbank. He then slipped and fell, but before drowning threw her the flowers crying ‘Forget me not’.

We all know that the names, Butterfly bush or summer Lilac are used for a Buddleia. The name ‘Buddleia’ was after the reverend Adam Buddle, following a tradition of associating gardens with the clergy who thought their study of plants would bring them closer to God. As for the common name, this shrub attracts so many butterflies that it looks as if the flowers produce the butterflies or that the shrub is flowering with butterflies.

Kniphofia are commonly known as ‘red-hot poker’ and there are several stories to give it this name. one of the tales is from the early 18th century when a Scottish farmer grew it so successfully it appeared as if ‘the Highlands were on fire’.

The Astrantia is often called granny’s bonnet as the nodding bell shape flowers look like huddles of bonneted little old ladies nodding and gossiping. This flower also was commonly known as ‘columbine’ too, which comes from the Latin ‘Columba’ meaning ‘Dove’. The upside down flower looks like a ring of doves drinking. In old paintings and tapestries the flower represented the dove of peace.

The Cornus shrub is commonly known as Dogwood and has exceptionally hardwood and was used by the Greeks to build the Trojan Horse. It became known as ‘Dogwood’ because the berries of the Cornus mas are supposed to be edible with medicinal qualities, however later in Victorian times a famous garden writer declared the berries were not fit to be eaten and nor should they even to be given to a dog.

Happy gardening.

Francesca

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NO MISUNDERSTANDING OR HIDDEN MEANINGS WHEN IT COMES TO JOBS FOR OCTOBER THOUGH... 1 Plant daffodil bulbs (to twice the depth of the bulb). 2 Plant hedges, fruit trees and shrubs. 3 Prune climbing roses and rambling roses once they have finished flowering. 4 Mow lawns and do the final cut of the year – not forgetting to trim up the edges so it is neat through winter. 5 rake lawns and get rid of moss. Save raked moss for lining hanging baskets next summer. 6 Lift and divide herbaceous perennials which have become too large. 7 Dahlia tubers, Begonia tubers and Gladiolus corms need to be lifted and dried. 8 Protect half hardy plants with a fleece or move to frost free greenhouse.

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castle medical group

MoNTHLY UPDATE

AS we approach another winter with all its flu, viruses, colds and coughs, we thought it would be a timely reminder that no amount of antibiotics will help cure these illnesses and only time, fluids and rest will aid recovery.

STAy AT HOME AND RESTâ&#x20AC;Ś Coming to the surgery when you are already feeling poorly only to be told to go home and rest will not help you or demand on our doctors, which are already stretched at this time of year and could result in you passing on your germs to other potentially very poorly patients. If you really feel you need some medication, the di ti th pharmacy should be you first port of call as they have many over the counter remedies to help you with these symptoms. However, if you suffer from chest conditions like

asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (CoPD) you may need to seek medical advice sooner. If you have additional symptoms like shortness of breath, sharp chest pain when you breathe or coughing up blood you should see a doctor promptly. If you are eligible for a flu jab and have not already made your appointment, please note m that we have a flu clinic on Saturday, t 8 October 2016. Please ring reception and a book an appointment.

OTHER NEWSâ&#x20AC;Ś We are recruiting for O more receptionists to help with access m t the practice by telephone and on the to f front desk in response to our recent patient survey. p

W would also like to welcome Dr Jane We Perry who recently joined our surgery as a salaried GP and our two new Practice Nurses, Jo Lovett and Alan Dimelow who have recently joined the practice and say farewell to Fiona Peach and Diana Gough; we wish them well in their future.

Castle Medical Group, 118 Burton Road, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, LE65 2LP. Tel: 01530 414131

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storytime

Can’t Escape

“This must be it,” rachel said, as the car tyres crunched across the gravel drive, “the owner said it was the house after the churchyard.” “It’s not what I was expecting.” Ian applied the handbrake. rachel unclipped her seat belt. “It looks like a gingerbread cottage after someone has taken a few bites out of it.” “I’m sure it will be fine for a couple of nights,” Ian said. “The key is under a stone by the porch.” A fierce wind rattled through the churchyard as they let themselves in. rachel shivered in the little sitting room as Ian put down their suitcase. “We should light a fire,” he said, “before we both freeze to death.” The owner had left a net of logs by the empty hearth, but Ian wondered whether they would be enough to warm up this damp building. “I don’t suppose there are any matches anywhere?” “On the mantelpiece,” rachel said reaching for them. “Urgh, look at the size of that thing.” Ian glanced down. A huge brown slug was stretched across the stone floor in front of the hearth. “That is a big boy,” he exclaimed. “I suppose you have to expect that in these old properties. He probably came in on the logs.” “Looks like he’s been having a good explore,” rachel said. “Look at his trail.” A wet silvery track laced across the floor, looping across itself. “It looks a bit like writing,” Ian said. Both of them stepped back and looked again. “It is writing.” rachel’s words sent an even deeper chill through Ian. What looked at

the Grave

first like random curls took shape into neat and precise joined up handwriting. “Read it out loud,” she said, a tremble in her voice. “It says ‘Can’t escape the grave’,” Ian read, wishing for all the world that it could have said something different. “There’s a comma between ‘escape’ and ‘the’,” rachel said. “What could that mean?” “Perhaps the slug needs to work on its grammar.” Ian wanted to laugh, but a sudden blast of wind sent a flurry of dried leaves through the open door, and instead he gave a guttural yelp. rachel grabbed his arm. “Do you think it’s something to do with the graveyard?” she asked with wide eyes. “I honestly don’t know what it means,” he said, taking another step back. “It feels like a threat.” rachel searched his face for sign of agreement. “We should leave.” “But it’s a slug,” Ian said, unable to make sense of it, “it’s just the opinion of one slug.” “How many slugs does it take?” Her voice began to rise in panic. “I’m not staying here, you can’t make me.” “But it’s just a dumb slug.” Ian shook his head, bewildered. “Why should it be threatening us?” “I don’t know,” rachel sobbed, “but it is.” “But we’ve paid for the cottage,” Ian said. Then knew he’d said the wrong thing. “So what?” rachel sobbed. “This slug implies we’ll be paying for it with our lives.” “I’ll take you home,” he said, trying to restore calm. “We’ll just lock up and go. It’s fine.” one last blast of wind howled through the cottage as they slammed the front door shut. With spinning tyres, they crunched a swathe through the drive as they sped away, back into the night. The slug found itself once again enveloped in darkness. It had failed this time, but it had a job to do, so it continued. By midnight it had finished its full message, which read, in beautiful silvery cursive: “Can’t escape, the gravel drive is a nightmare for gastropods.” by Jackie Brewster

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ou can always expect a warm welcome at Ashby Library. Join for free to use the computers and borrow books, DVDs and talking books. We also do 1-2-1 iPad and computer taster sessions. Come and chat to us we will be happy to help or book your slot on 0116 305 5917.

JUST FOR OCTOBER • National Poetry Day Competition : Messages Closing date 31st October 2016 Entry fee per poem: £1 over 16 years, 50p under 16 years. Library members are invited to submit a poem of no more than 10 lines on the theme of ‘messages’. Poems will be judged by library staff and Victoria Barton Librarian and former Carnegie and Greenaway judge and UKLA academic book award judge. Prizes for the best adult and child winners include publication in Ashby Life and Amazon vouchers. • Little Witches and Wizards Halloween Party Friday 28th October, 3.30pm – 5pm Tickets £2.50 per child, booking essential. Most suitable for children aged 2 - 6 years (older children up to 10 years welcome). Little ones aged 2 - 6 years are invited to join us for Halloween fun. Come in your best costume to try our picture hunt, listen to stories and create spooky crafts. • Book Sale 15th October – 11th November, during normal opening hours Bag a bargain with a variety of ex-library books and DVDs to choose from.

For Families • ‘Wriggly Readers’ and ’Story and Rhymetime’ for children aged 0 to 5 years and their parents and carers. Join us for stories and songs every Friday morning 10.30am to 11am.

• After Wriggly readers fortnightly 11am to noon, come along to ‘Bumps, Babies & Beyond’, a meeting place for new and expectant mums: free advice and information sessions run by the National Childbirth Trust. Hobbies • The friendly ‘knit and Stitch’ group meets every Monday 2pm-4pm. Bring your project and come along. • WEA Philsophy a Beginners Guide 4th oct-22nd Nov, 2-4pm, £53.90 or free in receipt of income related benefits excluding half term, book online https:\\enrol onlinewea.org.uk/online Music • The unusual and popular Ukulele playing group meets every Wednesday 9.30am to 11.30am. £5 per session. Contact Joanna Stevenson on 07415 798134. Health & Fitness • Come and practice Hatha yoga every Tuesday 7pm to 9pm. Contact British Wheel of Yoga qualified instructor Lorna Kirk for more details: 01530 416135.

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Planning & Transportation Committee Meeting at 6.30pm and Licensing Committee Meeting at 7pm on Monday 10th October. Members of the public are welcome to attend and there is a slot for public questions. Meetings take place at Legion House, South Street, Ashby.

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ashbeian mtg news ON Sunday 4th September 84 children came flooding through the doors to register for the auditions for Fagin’s Gang for our next production Oliver! 4-8th April 2017 at the 400 Hall, Repton.

It’s all about the children The audition process took the place of three workshops – drama, singing and dancing – and our eager auditionees ranged from age 5 to 17. It was a long day, and every single young person attending gave their all from start to finish. The energy, talent and absolutely burning desire evident in every one of them won the hearts of all our helpers, and the day was so enjoyable, it didn’t seem we had been there for seven hours! The Production Team had the unenviable task of selecting those

children who would be called back to audition for the particular rôles of oliver and the Artful Dodger. Also they had to select the successful children to be in Fagin’s Gang.

on Tuesday 6th September the oliver and Artful Dodger hopefuls came again and auditioned for two more hours.

They learnt SS a new dance routine, sang a new song, and did a further drama workshop. Again, we were blown away by the talent and eagerness displayed by every single one of the 14 callbacks.

At the end of Tuesday evening, the decisions were made – two olivers and two Artful Dodgers were selected, and the announcements

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have been made to those cast. We have – wait for it – a Fagin’s Gang of 37 children who will be supported each night by the Artful Dodger and oliver, who will play alternate performances. one of AMTG’s aims is to promote amateur dramatics for young people, and there are so many talented children out there – we are proud to be a part of the start of the journey for some of them – we are certain that many of our new Fagin’s Gang will be the stars of the future.

So the important dates for your diary! Oliver! will be performed at the 400 Hall repton from 4th to 8th April 2017. Please visit our website at amtg.org.uk for ticket information and our online Box office. You won’t see a better show!

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police and crime commissioner Keeping the local in policing...

EARLIER the new Police and Crime Commissioner; Willy Bach for the area was elected to post. This month we ask him to tell you more about his new role and how it will help our community…

“Many people have asked me, since my election in May this year, what a Police and Crime Commissioner actually does. Basically, I am the link between local people and the police. I also commission the services that victims of crime receive and work with local organisations to keep communities safe. This is not an office-bound role and I have already been out and about in Ashby and surrounding areas to learn about local issues for myself.

Ashby is one of the most sought after places in the UK to live and it’s easy to see why: it has fabulous parks, the castle and an old fashioned high street offering

excellent shopping and the popular market. It also has a low crime rate, and I want to make sure that it stays that way.

Talking to local people I consistently heard that they wanted to see more officers on the streets. I agree. The recruitment of around 120 new officers, announced last month, is the first step. I am determined that, despite the cuts to police funding, you will see more officers and PCSos out and about on the streets.

Fundamentally, low crime rate or not, one crime is one too many and that includes anti-social behaviour. Nobody should have their quality of life affected by someone else’s idea of fun so don’t ‘put-up’ with it, get in touch with the police, your local council, or me.

We need a culture of confidence where people are willing to speak out because they trust the authorities to listen and act. As for me, I want to hear your views so that I can drive change and make sure that the service you receive reflects your expectations.

WILLy BACH

Police and Crime Commissioner for Leicestershire

call: 0116 229 8980 website: www.leics.pcc.police.uk email: police.commissioner@leics.pcc.pnn.gov.uk

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it’s local AWARD-WINNING local community heritage group, Pudding Bag Productions, have created a new Digital Heritage Trail for Ashby. It features 14 historical sites around the town and can be viewed on any computer or mobile device with an internet connection.

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Digital Heritage Trail E Each point on the t trail shows an image f from Google Street V View so that users c locate where they can a and what the site are like today. They l looks c can then switch to a photograph showing wh hat the site e looked like long ago. what This has been possible through a partnership with Ashby de la Zouch Museum who have supplied the old photographs and given permission to use them. At each point on the trail there is also written information

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a about the history of the site and a m with a pin showing users where map t they are and where to go to next. Users can simply click through the U iimages from the comfort of their a armchair, or physically walk round tthe town, learning about its history a as they go. T This is just the start of the Heritage T Trail project. over the next few weeks, P ddi B P d Pudding Bag Productions will be creating more trails linked to this one which will feature different aspects of the town’s history. The plan is to have one devoted to historical buildings in Market Street, another one on Inns and Pubs in the town and one on churches. other ideas are also in the pipeline and St Helen’s Church are planning to make a tour linked to this project showing the historical points of interest in and around the church. The easiest way to get to the trail is to visit the Town Trail page on Pudding Bag Productions website and click on the first image in the right-hand column. http://wendyfreer.org.uk/Town_Trails.html Pudding Bag Productions was formed in 2013 and was named as Heritage Group of the Year in the 2016 Leicestershire and Rutland Heritage Awards.

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seasonal recipes A quick and easy vegetarian dish full of Indian flavour. If you don’t have all the spices just use 1-2 tbsp medium curry paste. Serve with boiled basmati rice or warmed naan breads, if liked.

This cake looks really T impressive but it’s easy to make – just two flavoured sponge cakes cut into thin strips and wrapped Mak e 2 cakes in marzipan. s

Sweet Potato & Chick Pea Curry Serves 4 ready in 45 mins

yOU WILL NEED

• 1-2 tbsp vegetable oil • 2 garlic cloves, peeled and crushed • 3cm piece fresh root ginger, peeled and grated • 1 large onion, peeled and chopped • 1 aubergine, cubed • 2 tsp ground cumin • 1 tsp ground turmeric • 2 tsp ground coriander

• ½ tsp hot chilli powder • 3 medium-sized sweet potatoes, peeled and cubed • 500g carton passata (sieved tomatoes) • 400g can chick peas, drained and rinsed • 1 tsp garam masala • Salt and freshly ground black pepper • Freshly chopped coriander, to garnish • 150ml water

GET STARTED

1 Heat the oil in a large deep frying pan and fry the garlic, ginger and onion over a medium heat for about 5 minutes until light golden. Stir in the aubergine and fry for a further 2 minutes.

2 Add all the spices to the pan and cook, stirring, for 1 minute until fragrant. Stir in the sweet potatoes, the passata and 150ml water and bring to the boil. reduce the heat to a simmer and cook, uncovered, for 15 to 20 minutes or until the sweet potato is tender and the sauce has thickened. 3 Stir in the chick peas and garam masala and season to taste with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Simmer for a further few minutes. Serve in warmed bowls garnished with chopped coriander.

TOP TIP For a chunkier sauce use a 400g can of chopped tomatoes and add 250ml water.

Choc & Orange Battenburg

yOU WILL NEED

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225g self-raising flour 1 tsp baking powder 225g caster sugar 225g butter, softened 4 medium eggs, beaten 2 tsp finely grated orange zest

ready in 1 hour 10 mins + cooling

• 1 tbsp orange juice

• 1 tbsp cocoa powder blended with 1tbsp hot water

• 4 tbsp apricot jam, warmed and sieved

• 450g marzipan

• Icing sugar to dust

GET STARTED

1 Preheat the oven to 1800C, 1600C fan, Gas 4. Sift the flour and baking powder into a large bowl and add the sugar, butter and eggs. Beat with an electric mixer until the mixture is pale, smooth and creamy.

2 Divide the mixture equally between 2 bowls and fold the orange zest and juice into one bowl and the blended cocoa powder into the other.

3 Spoon each mixture into separate greased and base-lined 18cm square shallow cake tins and level the surface. Bake in the preheated oven for 25 to 30 minutes until the cakes are risen and just firm to the touch. Cool for 5 minutes then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely.

4 Trim the edges from each cake then cut each cake into four even-sized strips. Using a little of the jam, sandwich 2 of the chocolate strips with 2 of the orange flavoured strips to create a chequered effect oblong cake.

5 roll out half the marzipan on a surface dusted lightly with icing sugar to an 18 x 30cm rectangle. Brush the top of the assembled cake with a little more jam and press onto the marzipan. Brush the remaining sides of the cake with jam and carefully wrap the marzipan all around the cake. Use your fingertips to crimp along the top edges of the cake. repeat with the remaining cake strips and marzipan to make a second cake.

TOP TIP once made the cakes will keep in an airtight container or wrapped in foil for up to 3 days.

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friends of bath grounds

oUr AIM WE are the Friends of Ashby Bath Grounds. Our overall aim is to protect and improve the Bath Grounds as a free, public access park and recreational facility for the benefit of the whole community. We now have over 130 members and over 1200 followers on Facebook.

Some of the work we have carried out over the last couple of years:

PRIDE CAMPAIGN • Twice yearly litter picks. • Flagging of dog mess - reduction of dog mess in 2015 by 60%. • Working closely with the local Police on ASB, promoting 101 reporting.

HERITAGE FOOTPATH PROJECT • Successful application to Heritage Lottery Fund for 40K for

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new Bath grounds footpath and heritage trail. • Successful application to District Council for 20K. • Project Management of all Heritage activities including new Bath Grounds Mosaics, Ballad of the bath Grounds, Polkas and Pustules Pudding Bag Productions, revision of Bath Grounds Spa book, Bath Grounds Heritage Talks and Walks and Free archaeology sessions.

MAINTENANCE MEETINGS Working in partnership with the Town Council – Quarterly meetings

• Power hosing of benches and replacement of bollards. • Treatment of Japanese Knotweed. • Community work on prior park footpath ‘Vision’. • Working with local business to paint 3 benches and 3 bins. • Installation of new bin & bench

(donated by a member of the public).

OTHER PROJECTS • Successful petition in 2014 against planning application to build houses on the Bath Grounds. • Adoption of the Flowerbed at South Street entrance. • Bath Grounds made a Community Asset.

Why not join the Friends of Ashby Bath Grounds?

Membership is £5 per calendar year. To join, complete the form on our website at http://www. bathgroundsfriends.com/ and send your £5 subs to Geoff Bibby, Treasurer, 46 Pennine Way, Ashby, LE65 1EW. Cheques payable to ‘Friends of Ashby Bath Grounds’ Call the membership co-ordinator Annie Ingram on 07525 339896.

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chess puzzle

CHESS PUZZLE

Black to play and mate in two moves.

There are many charity shops, and some have books, even chess books. I recently found a book entitled “Puzzles for Beginners,” from which the above problem is taken.

You can tell White is in trouble – three Black pieces are poised to swoop on the unfortunate monarch. But the exact moves are hard to see. Can you spot the winning moves?

To discuss this, and any other position, why not meet up with equally perplexed chess players at the Ashby Ivanhoe Chess Club. Call Neil Roberts on 01530 455957 for more details.

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Our chess puzzle comes courtesy of local resident Richard Vann, the solution can be found on page 116 - should you need it!

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PUZZLE SOLUTIONS - CROSSWORD - SUDOkU - CHESS PUZZLE... CHESS PUZZLE 1... Qg2+ 2 Rxg2 Nh3 mate. Is this really checkmate? yes. In a blink, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game over.

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business directory Accountants & Payroll Ashby Payroll Bureau 19 Baldwins 80 Haines Watts 119 JAWS Accountancy Services Ltd 42 Aerials & Satellite Satellite Aerial Services 17 Architects DCI Architecture 95 Niche Architecture 92 Arts, Crafts, Gifts, Jewellery, Toys Ashby Bears 105 Copper Leaf Craft Cafe 31 Knittiquip 22 Builders DAC Design & Development 99 Keith Armston Building Contractors 23 Business Services NWL Chamber of Commerce 88 Carpenters & Joiners Derek Verey 91 S S Joinery 96 Townley Joinery 14 Carpets & Interiors Agadon 3 Ashby Stoves 81 Coalville Furniture Superstore 59 Fairweathers Carpets 101 Florrie May Interiors 97 richardsons Furniture 94 Signature Blinds 114 Toons 5 The Bed Shop 15 The Flooring and Bed Company 26 & 27 Wendy’s Courtyard Interiors 6 Charities Ashby Probus Club 52 Cleaning, Ironing, Laundry Services Breedon Carpet Care 86 Deanclean 58 Jayne’s Extreme Clean 76 Karen’s ovengleam 107 NJr Pure Clean 112 Safeclean 114 Spotless Cleaning 36 The Bee’s Knees 13 Toni's Ironing Angels 14 Clothing The Shoe Box 11 Country Stores/ General Stores Ivanhoe Countrystore 63 Domestic Appliances Contracool 85 Contract & Domestic Services 95 ray Pittam 116 Driving Schools Bardon School of Motoring 97 Jo Driving 105 rDT School of Motoring 112 Electricians A&J Bartlett 71 Bright Sparks 88 D & B Electrical 37 M Bunker Electrical 42 Estate Agents/Home Services St. Modwen Homes 54 & 55 John German 21 Events Cattows Farm Fireworks Display 67 Concordia Choir 83 Measham Car Boot Sale 8 Free Tree Scheme 113

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Financial Services Bleathwood 25 DGS, IFA 29 Ian Goodship, IFA 39 Florist Holywell Petals 23 Food & Groceries Ashby Farmers Market 51 Conibears Kitchen 42 Moo Fresh 23 Nick’s Fish Bar 9 Smithards Bakery 50 Funeral Services 79 Art Stone Memorials Measham Family Funeral Service 78 The Co-operative Funeral Care 46 & 47 Furniture Repairs & Restoration Ancient & Modern 58 Garden Artisan of Ashby Ltd 72 Cabin Store 64 Charnwood Tree Services 49 Eden Tree Care 68 F G Gardens 116 Four Seasons Garden Services 71 Francesca Sinclair & Associates 100 GDr Landscapes 97 Gemstone Driveways 85 Green Thumb (Ashby) 75 Heartwood Fencing 91 Ken Ward 107 Measham Mowers 32 roughly refined Garden Service 34 Stone Drives & Landscapes 28 Sunnyside Garden Centre 38 The Ten Mile Timber Company 22 The Water Gardener 6 Graphic Design & Printing C J Lewis 45 Hair & Beauty Claire Aston 97 Nail Creations & The Beauty Studio 108 rose Beauty Services 111 Tip Top Hair Design 10 Trendset Hair 117 White to Brown 112 Healthcare Ashby Dental Laboratory 79 Ashby osteopathic Clinic 13 Bosworth Home Care 88 Crossroads Stress Clinic 43 Dr Jin 72 Future Minds 70 Leicestershire Hypnotherapy 108 Prestige Nursing 58 ProPhysio Ashby 35 IT Services Ashby Web Design 19 Midland IT 111 The PC Clinic 16 kitchens & Bathrooms Aquafit Kitchens 34 Ashby Tile & Bathroom 2 Holme Tree Kitchens 105 Kingswood Design & Interiors 69 Victory Kitchens 108 Locksmiths Hazlewood Locksmiths 31 Motor Services A D Car Cosmetics 79 89 Castle Garage (Ashby) Ltd Chips Away 53 Speedy Auto Spares 42

Painters & Decorators Ace Decorating 71 Holywell Painting & Decorating 91 James Pepper Property Solutions 39 John Clark 105 Mark robinson Decorating 32 Mr Evans-Burton 8 Pet Services Ash Farm Boarding Kennels 76 Mutley Makeovers 18 Woodward Veterinary Practice 11 Places of Worship Ashby Christadelphian Church 66 Plasterers A C Ellison Plastering & Tiling 79 18 Matt Charles Plastering Services Plumbers & Gas Services Adrian Dunstan Plumbing & Heating 95 B Wilkinson Plumbing 41 Burn & Bishop Plumbing & Heating 83 CCA Gas Plumbing & Heating 41 D B Plumbing 91 James Pepper Decorating 102 S D Hill (Plumbers) 7 Therm Heating 11 Property Repairs & Maintenance Ashby Glass 73 Ashby Toolbox 33 Ashbyhandyman.co.uk 98 Assured Windows & Home Improvements 41 Century Fire & Security 93 Cloudy 2 Clear 84 79 D H Phillips (Flat roofing) Dream Doors 77 Eco Window Systems 65 G & D Property Services Ltd 109 Handyman Maintenance 115 James Beckett Property Maintenance 85 Just the Job 17 Michael Brooks Home Improvements 100 roof Tech 44 rSJ roofing 17 Swadlincote Window Company Ltd 30 ThermoGreen Ltd 107 Tim Broster Jet Washing 18 TS roofing 100 Window Mate 6 Pubs, Restaurants & Take Aways La Spezia Pizzeria 111 Link Measham Cantonese 87 The Black Lion 13 14 The Blue Bell The George Inn 81 The Queens Head 104 Zamani’s 60 & 61 Recruitment Absolut Employment 69 Schools & Tuition Kumon Educational UK 51 Solicitors & Will Writers Crane & Walton 41 Martin Hall Will Writer 22 Sports & Fitness Ashby Ivanhoe Judo Club 49 Breedon Priory Health Club Ltd 120 Fitness republic 20

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