OCTOBER 2020 ISSUU 152

Month: October 2020 Issue No: 152 Independent monthly community news and business directory for KT5 & KT6

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Sorry, but that’s my view, you may have another.

I hope that you are all staying safe and keeping well. If you managed to get away recently, I hope that all went well.

The year is racing apace, and I would normally be asking for Christmas and New Year events to be sent in, but there are signs that it might not be relevant this year.

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Everyone stay safe, use a mask and keep to social distancing.

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By Kate Duggan

Boy at the Back of the Class – Onjali Rauf There’s a new boy in class. Ahmet is shy, scared and doesn’t speak much English, but the nine-year-old narrator is determined to make friends with him. And when it turns out that Ahmet could be forever separated from his family due to changes to the refugee laws, the narrator hatches a plan to help. A great book for both children and adults, The Boy at the Back of the Class gently introduces readers to subjects such as refugees, bullying, racism and fairness. My eleven-year-old and I loved it.

Spy Toys – Mark Powers and Tim Wesson The Raggy Dolls meets Toy Story in this action packed adventure. When three toys are rejected as not being fit for purpose, they’re soon recruited for a new mission – protecting the prime minister’s son. From a short-tempered doll to a less-than-cuddly teddy bear, these characters help to prove that differences can be strengths. My eight-year-old will find any excuse not to read, but he happily devoured all three books in the series.

Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Immigrant Women Who Changed the World The latest instalment in the popular Rebel Girls series reveals the stories of athletes, entertainers, business women, activists, creators, scientists, politicians and other inspiring women. Each one is an immigrant and many of them have had to overcome significant challenges to succeed. The mini-biographies only take a few minutes to read and each one is accompanied by an illustration, so it’s a good book for dipping in and out of.

Wonder – R. J. Palacio While some children want to be the centre of attention, Auggie is desperate just to fit in. But his facial disfigurement attracts stares, taunts and even screams. We meet Auggie as he’s about to start school for the first time, after years of being home-schooled. Above anything, Wonder is about friendship, families and acceptance.

Oh, The Places You’ll Go! – Dr Seuss Oh, The Places You’ll Go! is a rousing, rhyming call to the reader to follow their ambitions, forge their own destiny and do it all with a spring in their step. While it’s very optimistic and upbeat, there are also a few reminders that life doesn’t always go according to plan and that sometimes you have to pick yourself up, dust yourself off and try another path.

Matilda – Roald Dahl Matilda has been pushed around and kept down her whole life. Her parents openly dislike her. Her headteacher is a sadistic bully. But what they don’t know is that Matilda is a genius, and has unlocked a part of her brain that allows her to do some pretty miraculous things. Roald Dahl’s much-loved tale has been entertaining and inspiring children for generations.

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The Art of Self-Care

By Kate Duggan

Show yourself some extra kindness this autumn Many of us have been inspired to exercise more this year. Exercise can boost your mood and ease anxiety, as well as help to keep you healthy. But as the days grow shorter and colder, it’s all too easy to let those good habits slip.

If you need some extra motivation to keep up (or increase) your activity level, why not try: • Exercising with a friend or family member.

• Giving a different kind of exercise a go, such as martial arts or an online dance class.

• Downloading the Couch to 5K app by Public Health England (I recommend choosing Sarah Millican as your personal trainer).

• Treating yourself to some new fitness togs.

While you can don’t need expensive gym gear, it’s important to at least be comfortable while you work out, and you’ll need decent trainers for outdoor high-impact work.

• Setting yourself achievable goals, e.g. being able to jog/swim/cycle/row/walk a certain

distance, gaining the next martial arts’ belt, or just perfecting a new dance routine! Ideally, set small goals that you can reach within the next few weeks, as well as a more ambitious long-term target if you fancy pushing yourself.

• Write down why you’re doing this and stick your note somewhere prominent, like the fridge. Keep it simple, such as “I’m going to exercise three times a week to keep myself mentally and physically healthy” or “I’m going to swim every week because I know I feel calmer afterwards” or “I’m going to do Pilates twice a week to keep my body flexible and to enjoy better sleep.”

A good hair day can put a real spring in your step. My new favourite hair product is Percy & Reed’s Smoothed, Sealed & Sensational Volumising No Oil Oil (£15, www.percyandreed.com). A couple of drops smoothed through damp hair helps to reduce frizz, boost shine and add volume. You hair will look healthier and bouncier with minimum effort. If you’re worried about using an oil, don’t be. This one is non-greasy so it won’t turn your hair into an oil slick.

As an added benefit, it helps to nourish hair and protect it from heat-related damage. (I do love a multi-tasker.)

Know someone who could do with a helping hand to unwind? Meditation app Headspace has launched a series of new gift cards with Boots. Each one gives the recipient a six-month subscription to guided meditations, mindfulness exercises, videos and calming music. There are four themed meditation collections to choose from: Mind, Health, Sleep and Focus.

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The Money

Pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic has already had a mighty short-term impact on personal finances, but the effects could be here for many years.

It’s a fool’s errand to try to make financial predictions, but we can certainly make some educated guesses about what happens next.

Tax rises of some kind seem almost inevitable after the public spending deficit exploded with furlough pay and other measures. It is true the government has explicitly committed to no rises in the rates of income tax, national insurance or VAT until the next general election. That said, a cut in personal allowances or the 40% rate threshold would mean a bigger tax take without breaking the letter of the pledge.

It’s also getting harder to see the famed pension ‘triple lock’ surviving. It currently guarantees the state pension will rise each year in line with average earnings, inflation, or 2.5%, whichever is highest. One possibility is to ditch the 2.5% figure and simple go with the higher of earnings or inflation.

It seems many of us have got the taste for avoiding the commute and there’ll certainly be some permanent shift away from office working.

That could affect the housing market, with the commuter belt become less of a mandatory destination for some. Meanwhile, city centre offices could be less in demand by business and potentially repurposed as apartments. Some

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effects have already been felt, with traditional twobed buyers now looking to three-bed properties, earmarking the extra room as a home office.

The mortgage market has already absorbed the initial shock of COVID-19 with a period where few lenders were interested in anyone with less than a 40 percent deposit. Fortunately that seems a short-term measure, but it certainly appears 95% mortgages will get rarer while rates and availability will become even more favourable to those with bigger deposits.

Even the practicalities of day-to-day spending have been changed by the coronavirus, with the upper limit for contactless payments rising from £30 to £45. With few signs of increased fraud, this is likely to be a permanent switch.

Once overseas trips become more normal again, reading travel insurance policies in full will become more important. Many insurers put in a hard deadline after which new policies didn’t cover losses stemming from COVID-19. Until that changes, holidaying could be a more risky proposition, while it’s possible COVID cover could become an optional extra.

Finally, investors and those with non-state pension plans will continue to be somewhat at the mercy of markets. Stocks have certainly taken a huge hit during the pandemic, though many analysts hope they’ll recover in the medium-term given that this is ultimately a financial hit stemming from a health crisis rather than a fundamental economic failing. As always, it’s important not to panic when markets fall and remember that losses aren’t ‘real’ until you sell.

John Lister (www.johnlisterwriting.com) is a freelance writer based in Bristol, specialising in technology and personal finance.

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The Angels’ Share

A History of Whisky

By Catherine Rose

Whisky (or whiskey) is the tipple of connoisseurs.

It is made from fermented grain mash distilled in either copper or Coffey (patent) stills, depending on the type of whisky being produced. Barley is normally used, although rye, wheat, and corn are also suitable. Grains can be malted for flavour, and after distilling whisky is traditionally aged in oak casks for a minimum of three years.

The word whisky comes from the Gaelic for ‘water’ – uisce (Irish) or uisge (Scottish) (pronounced oosh keh). Short for ‘water of life’, this term originated from the Latin for alcohol – aqua vitae.

There are three different types of whisky: malt whisky (which can be single or blended), grain whisky and blended whisky. But is it whisky or whiskey? Technically, both are correct. Whiskey is the spelling used by the Irish whereas Scotch whisky (or Scotch) is the Scottish spelling.

The earliest evidence of whisky distillation can be found in ancient Mesopotamia, where it was used not as a drink but as a base for making perfumes. There is subsequent evidence that the ancient Celts distilled whisky as a beverage. Northern Europe did not have the climate to grow grapes, so people in these colder areas had to use more readily available sources to make alcohol.

By the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, Christian monks in Ireland and Scotland were distilling whisky as a health tonic. Because it was not left to age in casks, it had not yet been discovered that ageing improved the flavour.

Whisky became Scotland’s national drink after King James IV of Scotland was said to have visited Islay in 1493 to see distilling there. He popularised whisky drinking, and when Scotland was made a

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part of Great Britain in 1707 it quickly became synonymous with the alcoholic beverage.

In 1725 England introduced a higher tax on malt, along with legislation that dictated the minimum size for a still. The Scots saw this as a direct attack on their heritage, which consisted mainly of cottage distilleries. There were bloody riots and as a consequence, it is estimated that nearly half of the whisky production across Scotland went underground.

The British Government was petitioned in 1823 to make whisky production both profitable and legal, so The Excise Act was passed and the whisky market took off. Up until then, whisky had continued to be drunk fresh from the still, but now, thanks to increased storage and overseas shipping, it was discovered that whisky tasted better when left longer in the barrel.

Seven years after The Excise Act was passed, Aenas Coffey invented a process to make blended whisky in higher volumes. And with it came the art of the whisky blender – Johnnie Walker, a grocer from Kilmarnock, being one of the first.

Today whisky has never been more popular and there are over a hundred working distilleries in Scotland and twenty-five in Ireland, with a further twenty-four planned.

And for those of you who don’t already know, ‘the angels’ share’ is the evocative term given to the amount of whisky lost through evaporation during distillation.

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learned facts, life events and the names of people you have met is called ‘declarative memory’, while remembering how to tie a shoelace or ride a bike is part of your ‘procedural memories’, which don’t tend to fade as quickly.

Another aspect of brain function affected by age is ‘working memory’: the ability to solve problems or hold information such as phone numbers, or where you have parked, in your head.

Brain aging: what are the signs to look out for?

Lost your keys again? Feeling accident-prone? Does it seem harder to concentrate these days?

While these signs could just be indications that you’re unwell or feeling stressed, they are also symptoms of an aging brain, and some scientists believe that evidence of neural decline may reveal itself from the age of just thirty.

Invisible changes While grey hair, stiff joints and laughter lines are signs that our bodies are aging, these subtle neural changes can’t be seen.

Here are three signs that may indicate an aging brain:

Wandering attention An older person taking a test or doing a job that requires concentration will probably be more easily distracted than someone younger. Youngsters have more ability to ‘zone out’ when they are doing an important task (think about the teenager who does homework while listening to music and using social media). It’s all linked

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to our reduced ability to handle emotional arousal, which means the more important the task is to us, the more we find ourselves distracted by outside noises and interruptions.

Clumsiness If you’ve been more accidentprone than usual recently, or have found it harder to deal with fiddly tasks like fitting a key into a lock, that could be due to brain aging.

Research carried out in America suggests that as we age, we become less able to judge distance when we encounter nearby objects. We concentrate more on the objects we are interested in and less on any obstacles that lie in the way of our goal: typically that might mean reaching for the pepper grinder and knocking over a glass of wine on the way.

Forgetfulness You may have noticed that as you age, it becomes harder to remember names, or recall something that you have learned. The ability to remember

Maintaining a healthy lifestyle A study of over two thousand people, published in America last year, reported that signs of brain aging were more obvious in participants who smoked, had thicker waists or who had health issues related to cardiovascular disease or inflammation.

It’s clearly important to maintain a healthy lifestyle, but this research also suggests that symptoms of brain aging could arise from a medical condition, either a current illness or one that is yet to be diagnosed. If your symptoms came on quickly or are causing you distress, it may be advisable to see a doctor.

Thankfully it’s not all a downhill spiral for our brains. Neuroscientists are discovering that even old brains have ‘plastic’ qualities that allow us to reroute neural connections so we can adapt to new challenges. It’s good to know that a healthy lifestyle, paired with activities that keep your brain alert, can boost cognitive abilities and ward off the signs of aging.

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The best apps for Halloween

BRAIN FOOD: BANANAS More than 100 billion bananas are eaten every year in the world, making them the fourth most popular agricultural product.

For spooky stories: Creepypasta Fancy some spine-chilling reads for the month of Halloween? Creepypasta is a collection of thousands of scary stories that have been delighting and frightening people all over the internet. Unlocking the full collection – over 14,500 terrifying tales – is just £2.99, and you can search by title, author and keywords.

For scary surprises: Hue Halloween If you have Hue smart bulbs this app enables you to synchronise them with sounds to create a range of lighting effects, including lightning, and if you have a motion sensor you can use it to scare unsuspecting guests. If that’s too much, just use the normal Hue app to change your bulb colours to ghoulish greens.

For family fun: Great pumpkin, Charlie Brown!

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Ripening bananas emit a lot of ethylene gas and will cause other fruit to spoil more quickly when stored together. Of course you can also use that to your advantage. For example, put an avocado in a paper bag with a banana.

Wrapping banana stems tightly in cling film will make them last three to five days longer.

The scientific name for banana is Musa sapientum, which means ‘fruit of the wise men’.

More songs have been written about bananas than about any other fruit.

The phrase ‘going bananas’ was first recorded in the Oxford English Dictionary and derives from the fruit’s comic connection with monkeys.

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Grandmillennial Style

By Katherine Sorrell

é This playful lamp contrasts deep fringing with the soft glow of a spherical bulb. Atmosfera fringe table lamp by Slamp Lighting, £386, Chaplins: 020 8421 1779; chaplins.co.uk. ç Colour and pattern – if you’re going for a granny chic bathroom, this is the way to do it! Shells And Pearls Wallpaper in lilac, £65 per roll, Catherine Rowe: 07969 845 703; catherinerowedesigns.com.

This comfortable, colourful, chintzy look could also be called ‘granny chic’ – and it’s the style of the moment for youngsters and the young at heart.

They say that if you wait long enough, all fashions will come around again. And for the Millennial generation (roughly speaking, those in their twenties and thirties now) the trend du jour harks back to the cosy style of their mothers and even grandmothers – a look that has been dubbed ‘granny chic’ or ‘grandmillennial’. Could it be that this cohort is seeking familiarity and security in an uncertain world? That wouldn’t be so surprising. It is certainly a trend that, however old you are, is a welcome change from the cold, monochromatic, minimalist looks that we have seen in recent years. Grandmillennial is definitely nostalgic (and not in an ironic way), but it’s timeless rather than outdated, combining a more-is-more approach with a careful edit of traditional elements alongside modern touches.

It’s fun, pretty, happy and approachable; all in all an invigorating expression of individuality.

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look. On the other hand, wicker, rattan and cane pieces will also fit right in – think headboards, occasional chairs and small tables. When it comes to relaxing, choose the super-comfortable Victorian style of deeply buttoned upholstery, in the form of sofas, armchairs and ottomans – or even (think back to your nanna’s house) a pouffe. Velvet or chenille are both great fabrics to use, with a desirably soft, tactile and warmly traditional feel.

Embellishments Ever since the Modernists decried the use of ornamental additions, interiors have become more and more pared down and unadorned.

Not with this style! Extravagant embellishments are your go-to for perfecting the grandmillennial look. Tassels, fringes, gathered skirts, pleats, scalloped edges, ruffles, braids and ribbons.

These are the little extras that make this look interesting and different. Can you have too many? Maybe, but why not give it a try anyway?

Pattern and Colour Pattern and colour are the heart of this design style, and while it’s true to say that they can be bolder and more layered than in the average home, that doesn’t mean they can be a complete

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free-for-all. Colours might be bright but they are also fresh rather than overpowering, with designs often on a white or pale background, or at least carefully controlled so they don’t clash (or at least, only clash tastefully). Wallpapers are a big feature in the grandmillennial room, but if an entirely papered room is not for you, a good alternative is a framed panel – and cheaper, too. Favoured colours are classic blue and white, pink, green and yellow (imagine a bouquet of summer flowers from a country garden), with specific patterns to look out for including chinoiserie, chintz or blowsy florals, toile de jouy and trellis.

Accessories Few accessories could be as appropriate for the grandmillennial room as a hand-embroidered cushion in traditional style but bearing a sarcastic modern slogan: the ultimate in traditional with a twist. A selection of colourful, not too-well-matched cushions in general is a good addition, as well as charming displays of collections such as blue-and-white china, Staffordshire dogs or milk glass. Finish it all off with some block-printed or monogrammed

napkins, botanical prints, an ornate mirror and – for their scent as well as beautiful looks – a cutglass vase of hydrangeas, peonies or roses.

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Makes 4

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Ingredients • 1 tsp mustard seeds • 1 tsp each ground turmeric and ground cumin • 2 garlic cloves, peeled and crushed • 1 tbsp grated fresh root ginger • 2 green chillies, deseeded and chopped • 1tbsp sunflower oil • 1 large onion, peeled and chopped • 2 tbsp tomato puree • 500g chicken breast fillets, cut into chunks • 2 red and 2 green peppers, deseeded and cut into chunks • 4 tomatoes, chopped • 4 tbsp freshly chopped coriander • Salt and freshly ground black pepper • Strips of lemon zest, to garnish TIP If you don’t have time to make the paste from scratch, simply buy a jar of good quality jalfrezi curry paste and use 4-5 tbsp to make the curry.

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Save a trip to the takeaway, just cook up this deliciously spicy chicken curry instead. Serve with pilau rice, warmed naan breads and some cooling cucumber and mint raita.

Method 1. Heat a heavy-based non-stick frying pan over a medium heat and add the mustard seeds. Toast for 1-2 minutes until just popping. Place in a mini processor or blender with the turmeric, cumin, garlic, ginger and half the green chillies. Add 3 tbsp water and process to a paste.

2. Heat the oil in the frying pan over a medium heat and fry the onion and remaining green chilli for 10 minutes until the onion is soft and golden. Stir in the spice paste, tomato puree and the chicken and cook, stirring, for 3-4 minutes until the chicken is no longer pink.

3. Stir in the peppers and tomatoes and cook for 2-3 minutes then add 300ml water and bring to the boil. Reduce the heat to a simmer and cook for 20-25 minutes until the sauce has thickened and the chicken is cooked through.

Stir in half the coriander and season to taste with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Serve garnished with the remaining chopped coriander and the strips of lemon zest.

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Coping with

By Catherine Rose

Put simply, arthritis means inflammation of the joints and can be due to numerous causes. Although it is thought of as a disease of the elderly, it can affect people of all ages, even children. There are more than a hundred different types and over 10,000 people in the UK live with the disease.

Arthritic symptoms can be very debilitating, with joint pain, stiffness, loss of movement, swelling and bone deformity. Two of the commonest are osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis.

Osteoarthritis can affect the knees, hips, spine, and fingers. It occurs when cartilage that acts as a shock absorber between the joints wears away or becomes damaged through illness or injury. It can also have a hereditary factor.

Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease that causes the body’s immune system to attack its synovium – the soft tissue around joints that produces lubricating synovial fluid. Over time, this damages the joint. It can also lead to systemic symptoms such as generalised fatigue, loss of appetite and even anaemia.

Sadly, arthritis is not curable but there are treatments that can help alleviate symptoms. The first step is to go and see your GP, who can check your joint condition and range of movement and refer you to a specialist for assessment.

realign your joints and improve your gait or walking pattern through the daily wearing of special customised footwear. Treatment can take several years but results over time have shown greatly decreased levels of pain in patients.

Applying heat pads or ice packs can also help temporarily relieve pain and/or swelling. The most important thing is to keep the joint moving as much as possible. Although your instinct may be to rest, this will be detrimental in the long term.

Your doctor may recommend you for surgery – usually a hip or knee replacement. Currently knee replacements do not last as long as hip replacements, so consultants are not as willing to carry them out on younger people.

Losing weight will help as it reduces pressure on the joints.

You may find that certain foods exacerbate your arthritis, so choosing a diet rich in antioxidants can be beneficial.

Avoiding fatty, processed and sugary foods can make a difference.

There are also supplements available over the counter that reduce inflammation and support joint health, such as curcumin and glucosamine. It is now believed that some e who suffer from rheumatoid arthritis are sensitive to gluten, so cutting this out of your diet may be worth trying.

Living with arthritis is not always easy, but do not despair as there is help available.

Treatments for arthritis aim to reduce pain and swelling and to help with movement. They can include medication, physiotherapy, walking aids, steroid injections into the joint, or in severe cases, joint replacement.

Targeted exercises that strengthen the muscles around the joint will help alleviate pressure and reduce pain. A relatively new and effective treatment for osteoarthritis is AposTherapy®, which works to

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encounter optical illusions – such as drinks glasses that apparently defy gravity by sliding uphill.

One side of this beleaguered building dips 4ft (1.2m) lower than the other, which is probably why it was condemned and scheduled for demolition during the 1940s. Thankfully, Wolverhampton and Dudley breweries stepped in to rescue it, using buttresses and girders to safely retain its lopsided look.

Britain’s Oddest Pubs

Some British pubs are just a little different. Maybe that’s because they have a funny name, or a fascinating backstory. Here are some bizarre British boozers that take ‘different’ to a whole new level.

The Pack o’ Cards, Combe Martin Everything in this popular North Devon pub – from the plot on which it was built to the number of floors and windows – reflects the numbers found in a pack of cards. The pub has four floors, matching the number of suits in a pack, and there are thirteen doors on each floor, matching the number of cards in a suit.

Before the window tax came into effect in 1696, the number of windows equalled the sum of all the playing cards found in a pack. The Pack o’ Cards has been a Grade II* listed building since 1953.

The Nutshell, Bury St Edmunds The Guinness Book of Records confirms that The Nutshell is

officially the smallest pub in Britain. With a bar measuring just 15ft by 7ft, it’s a wonder that this pub has any room for drinkers, never mind the array of curious objects – including a mummified cat – that adorn the walls and ceiling.

The Nutshell’s quirky history began with the Stebbing family, who took over the premises in 1873, reopening as a ‘Museum of Art and Curiosities’. After the building was sold to a brewery, the landlord took the decision to retain the museum’s quirky charm by retaining some of the artefacts on display.

The Crooked House, Dudley Don’t be surprised if you start to feel a bit unsteady on your feet before you’ve even walked through the door of The Crooked House. The building leans dramatically to one side, giving the impression that the pub itself has had one too many. To confuse things even more, visitors settling down with a pint and a pie may

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The Hatchet Inn, Bristol This Grade II listed inn has a colourful reputation as a haunt of tooled-up woodsmen (who gave the pub its ‘hatchet’ name) and terrifying pirates. In fact the infamous Blackbeard – scourge of shipping in the West Indies – is said to have supped ale on the premises. In the eighteenth century the pub was renowned for cock fighting and bare-knuckle boxing, but its bloodthirsty history didn’t stop there. Legend suggests that beneath layers of black tar and paint on the pub’s front door lies a flayed and tanned human skin, reputedly that of a hanged convict.

The pubs listed above are certainly unusual, but there are many more eccentric alehouses to be explored in the UK. So if you fancy a leisurely drink at a public house where strangeness is celebrated and weird legends abound, put on your walking boots, grab a map and get ready for the strangest pub crawl ever.

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Prevent tech horrors this Halloween Western Digital My Passport external hard disk

October means Halloween, a time for scares and horror – but one horror you don’t want is for something to happen to your precious hardware or your precious data. Unfortunately computers, tablets and phones are a lot easier to destroy than zombies or vampires, so it’s wise to take some precautions.

One of the simplest things you can do to protect your hardware is to put it in a case. It’s not something you really need to do with a laptop, but it’s a very sensible move for smartphones and tablets because they’re mobile devices that are much more likely to be dropped.

You can also get cases for smartwatches.

If we’re honest they’re not exactly pretty, but neither is the £286 we were quoted to repair the smashed glass on our Apple Watch. For watches and phones, you can get good-quality screen protectors for less than £10 that will absorb most impacts and usually leave the screen undamaged.

For extra peace of mind, consider gadget insurance. Your home insurance may well cover gadgets already but the excesses are usually high, so if you’re worried about regularly having to replace smashed screens it can be a worthwhile investment. Multi-device policies start at under £10 per month, rising to about £17 for policies that cover an entire household.

Hardware isn’t the only thing you should consider protecting. Think about all those priceless and irreplaceable photos you’ve taken and videos you’ve shot.

Unfortunately computer storage can and does break, and of course devices can be stolen. That’s why it’s really important to have multiple copies of anything important like precious family photos. For copying large libraries, such as years of family photos, an external hard disk is a relatively cheap way to do it; you might also like to try online storage services like Microsoft OneDrive or Google Drive. The more it matters to you, the more copies you should have of it.

WD’s excellent external disks aren’t just fast with lots of storage space. They come in designs that are much more interesting than your average external drive.

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Setting Boundaries Gardens need boundaries; mostly they form the markers to the edge of our territory, clearly showing where one property ends and the next begins. Sometimes they help to divide a garden into different areas or rooms and on occasion their main function is to hide an eyesore, or make our own garden hidden from view. But garden boundaries have the potential to form an interesting and attractive part of the garden, making them a positive feature, not just a necessity. So, what are the options and what do they have to offer?

Stylish Pleaching Pleaching is a seriously smart way to create a living boundary, whilst also minimising the amount of garden space the boundary takes up at soil level. Plants such as hornbeam are pleached by removing all side growths up to the desired height and so forming clear stems. Then the developing shoots higher up can be trained into a system of wires, forming a fan-like display of branches as they mature. The gap between the trunks could be left unfilled, or a more densely clipped hedge or even a fence can then fill the gaps, increasing privacy but still allowing space for ground-level planting.

Classic Walls One of the longest-lasting and sturdiest boundaries comes in the shape of a brick wall. Choose brick colours to fit in with those from which the house is constructed and it’ll look great. Good quality bricks, whether new or secondhand, are the key to a longlasting wall, so the initial extra investment is well worthwhile.

Brick walls can help to keep garden plants warmer (the storage heater effect!), so make use of this for more tender plantings. Attach galvanised straining wires, held taut between vine eyes, and you have a great support system if you want to plant it up.

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Blooming Boundary If a solid boundary is not needed, then why not concentrate on good looks and serious scent?

Many roses can be grown as hedging and look stunning, as well as helping to fill your garden with a magical perfume whilst they are in bloom.

They can also be grown next to another boundary, such as a short retaining wall, if you wish.

Hurdles For the rustic look, hazel hurdles are often a popular choice. They can be bought as ready-made panels or you might choose to employ a hurdle maker to construct the fence in situ. They usually have one pale face where the hazel stems have been split to reveal their woody insides, whilst the other face is still bark-covered, hence much darker. They look lovely and filter wind well in a gusty site. The only disadvantage is that they are often not very long lasting.

Dry Stone Walls A truly classic look comes with a dry stone wall, and these have the potential to last for many, many years – just think of the Welsh countryside!

Dry stone walling is a specialist skill and helps to make a lovely boundary, especially if used within the garden, perhaps around the edge of a raised bed, or to create a seating area as well as a division within the garden. With a bit of patience you should also be able to get a few small

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plants such as the fleshy-leaved Sempervivums or houseleeks growing in some of the gaps between the stones.

Cheerful Colours If your garden boundary is made from less-thanattractive concrete blocks or similar material, it can be made to look a lot better if painted with masonry paint. For example, a lilac-blue colour could create a strong look that acts as a colourful foil for adjacent planting.

If you want to do this, make sure that the area is cleaned and then dried thoroughly beforehand, and that you use a suitable paint for the surface you have.

Classic Hedging There is something timeless and very appealing

about a well-planted and well-maintained hedge, neatly clipped with right-angled corners! It may take a few years to get a garden hedge established but it soon takes shape. For a dense effect, plant two staggered rows of hedging plants, with plants about 45cm (18in) apart within the rows. Keep the young hedge well-watered and fed during the first couple of years, pruning as necessary, and you should soon have a dense green boundary.

Added Interest If you’ve got a long expanse of boundary, then why not make a feature of part of it by including a garden seat, or better still an arbour, where the hedge plants are grown behind the seat and then trained into a ‘roof’ above it? This not only provides a great place to sit and relax, but also helps to break up an otherwise rather monotonous stretch of hedge!

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A Scented Home

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Some people swear that the right home fragrance will help you feel relaxed, refreshed, more focused, calm, clear-headed or invigorated.

Tips for a beautifully scented home • Using a reed diffuser provides safe, continual, all-over ambience. Turn the reeds over every two or three weeks to refresh, but replace if they become clogged with dust.

• Candles provide a more intimate setting, but place them carefully and don’t leave them unattended • When burning a candle, let the wax on top liquefy right to the edges before extinguishing to prevent ‘tunnelling’ of the wax as the wick burns down. Extra-wide candles should have multiple wicks to avoid this effect. Avoid smoke by trimming the wick, and dust your candle so you don’t burn dirt.

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• Wax melts are scented cubes or bars of wax (sometimes called ‘tarts’), but without a wick. They melt in a special warmer and release fragrance safely and without evaporating.

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Twenty-five years since Dolly the Sheep: who’s cloning now?

By Kate McLelland Do you remember Dolly the Sheep? Next year it will be twenty-five years since the world-famous ruminant became the first mammal to be created by cloning, a scientific process designed to generate a genetically identical copy of an animal.

Pet lovers have also been keen to clone their cats.

The first commercially produced cat clone was ‘Little Nicky’, born in 2004. The cat’s owner, a woman from Texas named Julie, refused to disclose her surname after paying $50,000 dollars for the service.

What’s involved in cloning?

The process starts with cultured cells taken from the animal that is to be cloned. Scientists then remove fertilised eggs from the fallopian tubes of another, unrelated, animal. The next step is to suck out the fertilised nucleus using a thin needle, or by treating the egg with ultraviolet light.

The pros and cons of cloning

What is left is essentially a ‘blank slate’, which is filled with the cells from the target animal. In a final twist reminiscent of those old Frankenstein movies, the egg is hit with a blast of electricity that fuses the host and the inserted cells together and jump-starts cell division.

If the process is successful and the cells begin to multiply, the next stage is to surgically implant the modified egg into a surrogate mother animal, which is then treated with hormones to ensure the pregnancy remains stable.

Who clones their pets?

The huge costs involved in creating a genetic copy of an animal tend to make pet cloning the preserve of the very wealthy.

A few years ago the singer Barbra Streisand caused shockwaves when she announced that she had cloned her recently deceased dog Samantha. In 2016 fashion designer Diane Von Furstenberg paid $100,000 (£75,700) for a clone of her Jack Russell dog and music producer Simon Cowell recently told a tabloid newspaper that he intends to clone his beloved dogs Squiddly, Diddly and Freddy.

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It’s easy to understand why owners might want to clone a much-loved family pet after years of companionship, but anti-cloning campaigners point out that creating just one clone can lead to unnecessary suffering for the other animals involved.

During the cloning process these animals are subject to repeated invasive procedures in order to harvest and transplant the eggs, and not all attempts end in success. During a recent attempt to clone a pet cat in China, forty cloned embryos were implanted into four surrogate mother cats. These implants produced three pregnancies, two of which ended in miscarriages.

There’s clearly a conflict between owners’ expectations of a happy ‘reunion’ with a near-identical copy of their pet and the views of animal rights campaigners, who say that it’s unacceptable to exploit animals for pet cloning.

In the end it seems that the commercial drive to make money is likely to win out over any scruples we may have about animal welfare. A recent newspaper interview with Wang Chuduan, a professor at the China Agricultural University in Beijing, sums the situation up neatly. The professor told the New York Times that cloning ”satisfies the owner’s spiritual needs and increases happiness,” adding: “There is a market demand. So what’s the problem?”

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Kitting out a child’s bedroom can be extremely pricey, but it doesn’t have to be. Whether you’re starting with a blank canvas or upgrading furniture as your child grows, these tips from Kate Duggan might help you to stick to your budget...

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Look for quality furniture second-hand If you want furniture to last, look for plain, solidly built furniture. We bought my daughter’s chest of drawers when she was a baby. It’s plain white, but we stuck some removable decals on to ‘prettify’ it. And, as it’s decent quality, it’s lasted well (she’s now eleven). It was secondhand and cost well under £50 – contrast this to the new chest of drawers bought subsequently at twice the price, but of nowhere near the same quality. So my top tip is, buy decent furniture second-hand rather than cheap furniture new.

the time of writing, a grey single bed is on sale

from children’s brand Noa & Nani at knockdown prices. In exchange for accepting a minor cosmetic imperfection (e.g. a small scratch or dent), you could save over 50% on the RRP. At at £39, rather than the usual £129. There’s also a bunk bed for £89, a wooden toy box for £20 and lots more.

Think of resale value If you’re buying for the short term and don’t fancy a customer return, look for brands that you can easily sell on again. Ikea’s Kallax storage units, for example, seem to hold their value well and are robust enough to withstand a

Solid pine furniture lasts for years and is easily available second-hand. You can paint it with chalk paint and update it in different colours as your child’s tastes change. I picked up an ugly (but well-built) bureau for £12 a couple of years ago. The result of some chalk paint and new handles is an attractive, unique piece of furniture that could be passed down to future generations.

Facebook, eBay and Gumtree are good places to look for furniture, as are Freecycle and local charity warehouse stores. I’ve also picked up bargains at my local tip.

Look for customer returns Prefer to buy new? Some stores offer customer returns at a discounted price. Wayfair often sells returned furniture at 25% off, for example, and most items are in perfect condition.

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You may have a limited budget, but with a bit of perseverance and imagination, you can give your child a room to be proud of.

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What’s in a name?

Wally put his tools away in the van and then went back into the house to collect the bag of offcuts and rubbish. He handed the customer his final invoice and the lady enthused over the fine job he had done.

company. Starting as a general assistant, within a few years Wally had graduated to being a fully-fledged fitter. He had stayed with that outfit for just four more years before starting his own one-man company.

As he climbed back into his van, he was reminded that tomorrow would be both his sixty-fifth birthday and the day on which he had chosen to retire. All the way home, a journey of just under half an hour, thoughts of his long and active working life filled his mind.

He had always thoroughly enjoyed the job: the process of first cutting and fixing the edging strips, fitting the underlay and finally putting down the carpet itself, stretching and trimming it to ensure a perfect fit. The sense of achievement when he stood back and eyed up a finished job had never left him.

He had first watched a carpet being fitted when he was just ten years old. He was totally enthralled and decided there and then to take up that profession when he left school.

At the age of sixteen, he was extremely pleased to secure a job with a local carpet

Arriving home, he completely unloaded the van, all his tools and everything to do with the carpet business and put them away in the garden shed. The empty van reversed into the garage and the offcuts he’d collected earlier were put to one side, to be taken to the

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dump in due course.

He went indoors, had a cuddle with his wife Mary, who put the kettle on to make a cup of tea. While she was doing that, he changed out of his work clothes for what he sincerely hoped was the very last time.

OK, it was not unlikely that he might do some fitting for friends now and again, but not for a living.

When the tea was made he sat down in the kitchen to drink it. He patted Mary’s hand and asked, “Are we all packed then, sweetheart?” She, with a mouthful of tea and biscuits, merely nodded and smiled.

They would be flying to Spain in a couple of days to visit their son and his family. It would be their first flight anywhere and they were both a little apprehensive.

He breathed out, sat back, relaxed and, as he did so, reflected for the umpteenth time that his parents may well have been under some psychic influence when he was born.

Perhaps they’d predicted what he would do with his life when, at the age of eight months, they had had him christened in the local church and thus he had become, would you believe, Walter Wall!

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Coronavirus restrictions on clubs Due to Coronavirus restrictions, some of the clubs and societies that usually feature in the magazine on the What’s On Page and on the Community Pages, are unable to hold meetings at present.

Please contact the club for further information on re-opening.

NHS Retirement Club: Lorna: 020 8337 4121 Women on Wheels: email: ccst@rbk.kingston.gov.uk Berrylands Boot Camp: Rachel: 07841 422 879 email: bootcamp@embracesports.co.uk Broadway Sequence Dance Club: Brenda Deane: 020 8390 0233 Cornerstone Church: 020 8390 0233 email: info@cornerstonechurchkingston.org Encore Singing Group: 020 8241 5513 email: gillyvor@hotmail.com Fircroft Listening Club: 07598 910 797 email: listeningclub@thefircrofttrust.org Golden Slippers: Meryl: 07944 246 778 Hope in Depression: 07423 144 803 email: ccsurbiton.org/hide Kingston Camera Club: www.kingstoncameraclub.com Kingston Circle Dance Group: 020 8399 8684 Kingston Jazz Club: Mike Crimmen: 07795 574 776 email: m.crimmen@btinternet.com Kingston Pensioners’ Club: www.kingstonpensionersforum@hotmail.co.uk Kingston Philatelic Society: Brian Sole: 01932 220 677 email: brian.sole@btinternet.com Kingston upon Thames Archaeology Society: http://kingstonarchaeology.com Ladies’ Exercise Club: Mary: 01483 284 716 email: maryedwards@uwclub.net Mind in Kingston: 020 8255 3939 www.mindkingston.org.uk Mrs Bennet’s Ballroom: Libby Curzon: 020 8391 1215 email: curzone@hotmail.com Oasis Club: 020 8390 6631 Open Door Club: email: gvosper29@gmail.com St Mark’s Church: Scottish Country Dancing: 01932 784 866 www.surbitoncaledonian.co.uk Surbiton & District Bird Society: Elizabeth O’Brien: 020 8241 0005 www.surbitonbirds.org Surbiton & District Historical Society: email: paulhowardlang1011@gmail.com Surbiton Club for the Blind & Visually Handicapped: 07443 643 716 Surbiton Floral Club: 020 8399 8193 Tolworth Model Railway Club: Mike: 07488 346 293 Talking of Trains: David Blackmore: 020 8391 1116 email: dandp@blueyonder.co.uk Tiny Tunes: www.tinytuneslive.com Tolworth United Reform Church: Roger: 07525 410 083 / 020 8393 4270 email: jones.ra@ btinternet.com Tolworth World of Dance: Brenda: 020 8397 9649 email: philip.steventon@btinternet.com Chessington Horticultural Society: email: chesshort@live.co.uk www.horticultural.moonfruit. co.uk Hook Allotments & Gardens Association: Mark: 07970 692 395

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Method 1. Preheat the oven to 170C / 150C fan / gas mark 3.

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2. Sift the flour, bicarbonate of soda, ginger and a pinch of salt into a large mixing bowl. Add the melted mixture and the egg, and mix together to make a dough (see TIP).

3. Roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface to the thickness of a one pound coin. Stamp out gingerbread people shapes with a cutter. Re-knead and re-roll the dough trimmings and cut out more shapes. Place on the baking sheets and bake for 15-20 minutes until golden.

Leave on the sheets for 5 minutes then transfer to a cooling rack and leave to cool completely.

4. To decorate, roll the black icing out thinly on a surface lightly dusted with icing sugar. Use the cutter to stamp out shapes and attach to gingerbread biscuits with a little of the royal icing. Spread a circle of royal icing on each biscuit to create a white face. Use the tubes of white writing icing to pipe bones on the biscuits. Leave until the icing has set then use the pink and black edible pens to draw skeleton features on the white faces.

TIP The dough may be a little sticky at first, but should become firmer as it cools. Add an extra sprinkling of flour, if needed.

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Please help me: tell me how you think we should

by Sir Edward Davey M.P re-build, post-Covid

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long with many others, most of my focus during this awful pandemic has been trying to help people in our community. People who needed food. People stranded abroad. People whose businesses are being hit. People who have lost their job.

In Parliament and behind the scenes, many MPs from all parties have been constructive – whether that’s been bringing forward ideas about what Ministers should be doing on testing, or pointing out the gaps in the Government’s business support schemes – especially for the self-employed – or urging them to support care homes better.

And with the real threat of a second wave of the virus, there remains much more to be done.

While the main focus must remain on the here and now, to defeat the virus and to look after everyone, there’s also an urgent need to think about the future too. Of course uncertainty about the future has rarely been greater – whether it’s the longer term effects of Covid on society and the world of work. Or Brexit.

Or how the country will adjust to high levels of debt.

Even before we add in the challenges of things like the climate emergency.

Yet the need to debate our future has rarely been more important.

So I’d like to get YOUR views, please.

First, I’m keen to know how you think your work and your business will be affected. If you were commuting into an office 4 or 5 days a week before the pandemic, do you see yourself returning to that?

Will it alter to 3 or 4 days a week commuting? Or even just 1 or 2 days?

If you’re a younger person, living in a shared house say, is working from home difficult? Would you prefer to go back to the office 5 days a week?

From many conversations I’ve had in recent weeks, I sense the impact on commuting and the office economy will be permanent and significant – with huge implications for our public transport systems and the demand for office space, with equally dramatic consequences for where and how we should be looking to house people in the future.

Could the next big thing be the repurposing of large number of office blocks in the centre of our cities, to provide great, affordable homes for young people,

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not just executives and overseas investors?

As the local MP, I’m especially interested in how such changes might impact on our local community. With 10 mainline train stations in Kingston, taking tens of thousands of local people out of the Borough every day pre-pandemic, what happens to us?

If fewer people need or want to commute into central London in the future, how do we make it easier for local people to work from home? Or work from our local libraries, coffee shops or maybe some sort of new community hubs or shared local office space?

What about those people who still need to commute?

Who can’t work from home?

If more people are working locally, can we ensure our local high streets and existing local businesses benefit and adjust? How should the Council respond – with local planning, housing and transport policies?

From how we look after children to how we care for the elderly, from how we might increase green spaces to how we think about people’s mental wellbeing, I feel we need to look afresh at longstanding issues.

The good news is, there might be a future after all this, which is beneficial to us all. Where we spend less time travelling, and more time caring. Where our local communities thrive and our prosperity isn’t just sucked into the City’s Square Mile. Where we can think about tackling climate change more effectively and provide new homes for people more affordably, more rapidly.

Am I being too optimistic? Do you just want things to go back to how they were before?

Because I think no-one can yet know the answers, I’m keen to listen. To get your views. To hear about your problems and fears. Your hopes and aspirations. Your ideas!

My plan is to survey local people more formally about these issues over the Autumn. But it would help me do that if I can get a sense of what you, the readers of Berrylands Companion think.

So if you can spare 5 minutes, please drop me a line at edward.davey.mp@parliament.uk – and help me think about our future. Thank you.

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Thinking of Buying a Kitten?

If you’re thinking of buying a kitten, you’ll want to make sure they’re in good physical condition and can grow into a strong and healthy cat.

So how do you check their health before you bring them home? Here are three areas you can focus on.

Eyes Healthy eyes are bright and clear with no signs of discharge or puffiness. The lining of the eyelid should be pink rather than red or white, and the area surrounding the eyeball is typically pure white. Also look out for the ‘third eyelid,’ which can appear when a cat or kitten is ill.

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14/01/2017 22:24 Coat and skin The kitten’s coat should be glossy and smooth with no signs of dandruff or hair loss – bald patches typically indicate a health problem. A healthy kitten will usually have pink or black pigmented skin with no red patches or signs of soreness.

Ears Look out for black marks and specks inside the kitten’s ears, as they could be ear mites. The lining of their ears should be pink and clean with no smell or discharge – excessive scratching or rubbing of the ears could signal discomfort, and that something is wrong.

It’s important to check a kitten thoroughly before you buy or adopt them, and make sure the breeder/seller is reputable. Poor health manifests in various ways in kittens, and these are just three initial areas to focus on to make sure your potential new pet is fit and healthy. www.purina.com.au/kittens/health/checklist

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Index Please mention the magazine when contacting advertisers 21 32 23 2 13 37 35 39 27 37 19 11 47 23 21 13 12 20 22

Home & Garden All Your Garden Needs Berrylands Building Company Berrylands Property Maintenance Carpets4U Chris Mould Plumber Epsom Roofing Honeybee Roofing KB Design Kevin Robinson Decorators Leverett Electricals Parish Arboriculture Richey Brickwork R.J.Tree Services Shaun Overy Heating & Plumbing Will Lord William Stallion Electricals House & Interiors Gardening by Pippa Greenwood Home Products

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Care & Health Marcella Bell Podiatrist Health

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Rest & Relaxation Ikerboy UK King George Bowls Club Rebel Waltz Cycle Solutions Surbiton Racket & Fitness Club

25 26 28

Children and Education Surbiton High School Parenting Kids’ Page

29 29 24 29/44

Veterinary Aspen Veterinary Surgery Cat’s Protection Animal Tales Pet Care

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Car Maintenance Alan Sursham Berrylands Autocare Community Motors K&P Tyres Walsh Vehicle Management

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Accountant M&B Accountancy Services Ltd Finance

15 31 33 14 38 11

Food & Drink C.D.Jennings Glenmore House Wakes Prithi Recipe Baking Food Facts

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Articles & Editorials Crossword Book Review Useful Telephone Numbers Sir Edward Davey, M.P Apps

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