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Welcome to our December/January issue. I can’t believe we are here again, gearing up for Christmas!
4 - Cryptic Crossword 6 - Book Reviews 10 - Decorate a wreath 12 and 30 - Recipes 15 -18 What’s On 20 - Codeword 22 - Notice Board 24 - Travel 26 - Sudoku 28 - Country Mutters 32 - Walk 34 - Spot the Difference 34 - Puzzle Solutions 35 - Christmas Postal Dates 36 - Useful Numbers 38 - Index of Advertisers
So, what have we got lined up for you this time.... We have a couple of recipes for the festive season and some tips on decorating your own Christmas wreath on page 10. In our What’s On pages you will find loads to do, including details about a Christmas Fayre in Stoke by Nayland, Craft Markets in Coggeshall and Lavenham and Christmas Tree Festivals in churches in Brightlingsea and Lamarsh. What could possibly be more Christmassy! We also have lots of shows, panto’s and music events, so grab your diary, take a look, and see if there’s anything you fancy. I’d like to say a big thank you to those readers who have used our local businesses featured in the magazine this year, and for supporting our many local charity events. Finally, at this time of year, I mustn’t forget to thank our great team of distributors who make sure all of you get your copy of the Connection.They do a great job. Happy Christmas everyone and I’ll see you in 2014.
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What’s It Worth?
Bonfire of the Vanities By Tom Wolfe Here’s written proof that life can turn on a dime. Bond trader Sherman McCoy thinks he has life pretty sussed, with a swanky Park Avenue apartment, trophy wife and even a bit on the side.Then he’s involved in a hit and run and his life starts to come undone. Wolfe’s novel exudes money, and all the excesses of the 1980s come spilling out of the pages. The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald The very embodiment of the excesses of the so-called Jazz Age, The Great Gatsby himself is the millionaire Jay Gatsby who resides at West Egg, Long Island. For years he’s been in love with Daisy Buchanan, who now lives across the water at East Egg and remains as elusive and just out of his grasp as ever. Determined to win back Daisy’s affections, Gatsby holds lavish party after lavish party in the hope that someday, she will walk back into his opulent hallway, and his life. This cautionary tale reveals what happens when American Dreams turn out to be anything but, and Gatsby learns, to his detriment, that all that glitters may not be gold.
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It’s said that money makes the world go round and it’s certainly provided adequate fodder for fiction writers over the years. Here’s our pick of the best books on bucks… and how to spend them.
Money By Martin Amis Greedy chops personified, John Self loves everything to excess: spending money, sex, alcohol, tobacco, but then, equally, who doesn’t love a genuine glutton for all that they are? A director of TV adverts, with wild spending habits, Self is trying to produce his first major picture and is doing it with his usual excess and aplomb. This is a story of a man who lives without restraints; of excess and exuberance, all done in an incredibly comic way.You will be shocked and appalled, but in a good way. The Way We Live Now By Anthony Trollope If you thought financial scandal was limited to modern day bankers and politicians then think again.This is Trollope’s great satire of the financial wheeler-dealings of the 1870s. Augustus Melmotte is a financier with a dubious past who relocates to London and sets the city alight with gossip and intrigue. Like Jay Gatsby, he holds lavish parties in order to extract what he wants from people, in this case investors, and so begins an intricately- woven tale of greed and dishonesty.
Confessions of a Shopaholic By Sophie Kinsella You write about solving financial problems for a living, but your own bank account is firmly cemented in the red. Journalist Rebecca Bloomwood is a selfconfessed shopaholic, who becomes increasingly entangled in her own intricate web of credit card debts and unpaid bills, all the while dispensing advice to other poor financial flops. Can she ever see her way clear to a debt-free but romance-full life? Vanity Fair By William Makepeace Thackeray Becky Sharp knows what she wants and how to get it. Thackeray’s single-minded heroine has just graduated from Miss Pinkerton’s Academy for Young Ladies and now has her sights set firmly on wealth and worldly possessions. Amelia, her somewhat more loveable and kind- hearted companion, is a bit soppier and only has eyes for her soldier, George who it has to be said, is a bit of a cad and a bounder. Vanity Fair is an epic satire of love, loss, fortunes and fighting, all done with more than a smattering of Regency style.
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The Christmas Wreath You know that Christmas is coming when you hang a festive wreath on your front door. By Katherine Sorrell
Christmas is undoubtedly a time of traditions: perhaps midnight mass, roast turkey and the Queen’s Speech, followed by a snooze in front of the TV and a few board games. But some traditions are older than others.The custom of making wreaths goes all the way back to ancient Greece. It was here that wearing a laurel wreath came to represent status, achievement and victory. For the Romans, it was the supreme ruler who wore a wreath embellished with gold and jewels. Meanwhile, in Celtic Germany and Scandinavia, wreaths were employed for a different purpose: sun worship. In the long, dark days of winter people prayed for the onset of spring, and to give extra power to their prayers they used a wreath, hung from the roof or placed on an altar or a table.The wreath was woven with evergreens, a symbol of everlasting life, and decorated with candles, which represented the light of the sun. As Christianity spread through Europe, the pagan evergreen wreath was reinterpreted. Its circular shape stood for God’s eternity, the immortality of the soul and the everlasting life found in Christ. Evergreens, as before,
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symbolised eternal life, while holly represented the crown of thorns. It is possible that using a wreath to count down the four weeks of advent became a Christian custom in 16th century Germany, and it is likely that the modern advent wreath was invented by a German pastor called Johann Hinrich Wichern. Asked by the children at his mission school how long it was until Christmas, Wichern took an old cartwheel and stuck 19 small candles into it as well as four large candles, then lit one small candle each weekday and one large candle every Sunday until Christmas arrived. Christmas wreaths are still a powerful symbol of celebration. For some families, Christmas starts with the making of a natural wreath using leaves, flowers and seed heads from the garden; for others, tinsel, glitter or ribbon provide a chance to experiment. But Christmas wreaths don’t have to be home-made: there are endless varieties of readymade styles, from traditional to modern, large or tiny, simple or extravagant. Whatever their style and wherever you display them, wreaths are a decorative essential for the Christmas season.
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How to make your own Christmas wreath 1. If you don’t want to buy a ready-made base, you can easily make your own. Either shape a wire coat hanger into a circle (keeping the hook for hanging) or use bundles of twiggy growth from your garden (willow or honeysuckle vine work well) bound firmly with garden string, raffia, florist wire or climber stems. 2. Attach evergreen sprigs such as conifer, holly, laurel or ivy. Bind them at the bottom, then overlap the next sprig or group of sprigs in the same direction. Keep going until the base is completely covered. 3. Finish as you like, choosing from a variety of interesting decorations, such as fresh, dried or artificial flowers, ribbons, berries, raffia, moss, fir cones, seed heads, nuts, dried fruit, poppy heads, tinsel, glitter, baubles, sweets, feathers, buttons and beads. 4, Attach a strong loop of wire or string and hang where you wish, or simply prop your wreath on a shelf or mantelpiece.
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Recipe Lebkuchen
Makes 65
This richly spiced traditional German festive biscuit provides a grown up alternative to gingerbread. Slathered in rich dark chocolate and studded with sweet cherries, these are chewy and sweet, with a spicy kick. Perfect with a cup of strong black coffee.
Ingredients: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
100g ground hazelnuts 70g almond flour 350g plain flour 3 tablespoons cocoa powder 2 teaspoons cinnamon 2 teaspoons nutmeg 1 teaspoon mixed spice 3 teaspoons ground ginger ¾ teaspoon salt ½ teaspoon baking powder ½ teaspoon baking soda 150g dark brown sugar 225ml clear honey 50g butter 3 medium sized eggs 200g glacé cherries 300g dark cooking chocolate
Tip These can be kept uncoated for up to a month in an airtight container, so are ideal to make ahead of the festive rush, to be dipped in chocolate later on.
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1. Preheat the oven to 170 degrees. Prepare all dry ingredients and sift together in a large bowl until combined. 2. In a separate bowl, combine honey, sugar and butter, and beat with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add one egg at a time to the mixture and beat until well mixed. 3. Gently fold in the sugar mixture into the dry ingredients.The mixture will be sticky and dense. 4. Add glacé cherries into the lebkuchen mixture until evenly distributed. 5. Prepare a large tray with greaseproof paper. Place heaped teaspoon sized portions across the tray, with plenty of space around them. 6. Bake for 10-12 minutes.The biscuits will rise and be firm to touch, with a little softness to pressure. Remove and allow to cool overnight. 7. Once cooled, you can now dip them in chocolate. Prepare the chocolate coating by crumbling 300g of dark chocolate in a large bowl, over hot water. Stir until the chocolate is evenly melted, and of a smooth, glossy consistency. 8. Dip each biscuit into the chocolate mixture.You can either dip the front surface only, coat half a biscuit, or submerge the entire thing! (You may need more chocolate to do this for the entire batch.) 9. Place dipped biscuits on a tray and allow to cool and harden. 10. Store in an airtight container.
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What’s On General Christmas at The Waterside Gallery At The Waterside Gallery, Brightlingsea Open weekends from 23rd November to 22nd December 11.00am - 4.00pm High quality, diverse arts and crafts by talented local artists and craftspeople. For more information please contact Jane Howden on 01206 308315.
Christmas Craft Fayre At The Village Hall, Rectory Rd, Rowhedge CO5 7HX Saturday 23rd November 11.00am - 4.00pm Over 28 stalls selling a good variety of gifts. Christmas Tea Room selling light lunches, Christmas Raffle. Free entry and parking. For more information please contact 07780 923688.
Stoke by Nayland Christmas Fair At Stoke by Nayland Village Hall Saturday 23rd November 10.00am - 3.00pm Quality presents and delicacies for Christmas including ceramics, upholstered furniture, Christmas wreaths and flowers, art, jewellery, textiles, Christmas cakes, puddings, confec-tionary, wooden hand-made chopping boards, local smoked fish, Christmas cards and more. Home made refreshments. In aid of East Anglian Airambulance. Entry £1. For more information please call 01206 262087.
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Lavenham Christmas Craft Market At Lavenham Village Hall, Church Street, Lavenham CO10 9QT Saturday 7th December 10.00am - 4.00pm Over 30 stalls all selling beautiful gifts and stocking ideas. Stunning handmade decora-tions and gifts for everyone including contemporary ceramics, local photography, beautiful artwork & stunning silver & glass jewellery. Relax with a glass of mulled wine or a slice of delicious freshly baked cake from the cafe. Free entry and parking. For more information please visit www. suffolkmarketevents. co.uk call 07704627973 or email justine@ suffolkmarketevents.co.uk
Brightlingsea Christmas Tree Festival At All Saints’ Church, Church Hill, Brightlingsea CO7 0RZ Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th December 10.00am - 6.00pm
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Christmas Tree Festival at Lamarsh At Holy Innocents Church, Lamarsh Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd December 10.00am - 6.00pm Come and enjoy some pre-Christmas magic in our church filled with lights and trees deco-rated by local people in themes from countries all over the world. Hot fruit punch and other refreshments will be available, or you could go on for a meal at the Lamarsh Lion (pre-booking advised). Entry free: donations to the church. Parking at the Village Hall, Henny Road, CO8 5EU.
Live music, cake stall, Christmas shop, lots of illuminated trees, free children’s quiz, hot chestnuts, mulled wine. Carols on Sunday at 6pm. Park & Ride, Festival Shuttle Bus. Ad-mission £3.50. Under 16’s free. For more information please call 01206 305024 or visit www. For more information www.theconnectionmagazine.co.uk please call Fiona Adedotun brightlingseachristmastreefestival. on 01787 228707. co.uk
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Guild of Essex Craftsmen’s Christmas Craft Fair At Coggeshall Grange Barn Saturday 30th November to 1st December 10.00am - 3.30pm The guild bring their fair to the barn for a two-day showcase of working craft displays and demonstrations an ideal opportunity for some Christmas shopping. Tickets £3.20 adult, accompanied under 16s free. For more information please call 01376 562226 or email coggeshall@ nationaltrust.org.uk
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Concerts at The Parish Church of St Peter ad Vincula, Coggeshall
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Colchester Organ Society At Alderman Blaxhill School, Paxman Avenue, Shrub End, Colchester On the first Friday of each month 7.45pm - 10.15pm December 6th Joanne Naulls and January 3rd David Last Live keyboard concerts with music to suit all tastes featuring top musicians from around the country. £4 members, £6 non members. Refreshments and raffle. Free entry for two non members to a concert of your choice upon production of this advert. Contact Alan Pil-grim on 01787 269458 or email alanwpilgrim@tiscali. co.uk) for further details.
Music Events at The Electric Palace, Harwich
Sound Collective Saturday 8th December 4.45pm and 7.30pm For more details please call 07889 248620. Witham Choral Society with Patrick McCarthy Saturday 14th December 7.00pm
Wormingford Choir At Wormingford Community Education Centre, Church Lane, Wormingford CO6 3AZ Thursday evenings 7.15pm - 8.45pm Come and join our friendly group and have a go at singing different styles of songs, no previous experience necessary and no auditions! £4 per session. For more information please callamanda on 01206 337338 or email wcec12@gmail.com
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Drama and Dance Kelvedon Community Association Christmas Cabaret and Dance featuring Delvis with Johnny Cash and supporting artistes At Feering Community Centre, Coggeshall Road, Feering CO5 9QB Saturday 30th November 7.00pm for 7.30pm with carriages at 11.30pm Tickets £25 including superb hot buffet. Dress code: Black Tie/ Lounge Suits. Licensed bar. Proceeds to KCA Registered Charity. For more information please call Anne on 01376 572944, Sue on 01376 570720 or email jeremydoughton@ hotmail.com
The Nayland Village Players Present: Murdered to Death At Nayland Village Hall Thursday 5th, Friday 6th and Saturday 7th December 8.00pm (Doors and bar open from 7.30pm)
At Leavenheath Village Performers from ADP Hall, Wrights Way, Theatre school in At The Electric (signposted from the Written by Peter Gordon, Wivenhoe, led by their Palace, King’s Quay, High Road) Doors open Murdered to Death is Harwich CO12 3ER principal Angie Diggens 7.00pm for 7.30pm start. a hilarious spoof of an present their yearly Doors open 7.30pm for Refreshments (wine, Agatha Christie-type Christmas production. 8.00pm - 10.30pm. beer, soft drinks, tea and whodunnit. The play Jam packed with well features the classic cof-fee) will be available Thursday 23rd January known songs to get you assortment of characters before the film starts and Rico’s Hot Rhythm (led in a 1930s country in the festive spirit and during the interval. Tickets by Enrico Tomasso house, including a retired £3.50 per adult and £2 per bursting with energy on trumpet) colonel, a hapless police child. Please call Lesley from all its cast of 25 inspector, the lady of the Tickets £12.00 plus 01206 262505 or Ken young people. Tickets manor and an elderly membership. For more 01206 263266 for tickets. sleuthing spinster. The information please contact £10. For more information 16744789 or visit please visit Please mention Thewww. ConnectionSaturday when responding to adverts 7th December evening promises plenty 07786 ‘Nativity 2’ of laughs - as well as a www.electricpalace.com headgatetheatre.co.uk
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What’s On cracking murder mystery. Tickets are £7.50 (£6 for under 16) and are available from Nayland Post Office (afternoons) or by calling 01206 262535. More information can be found at www. villageplayers.co.uk.
Productions at the Headgate Theatre, Colchester
heart stopping moments. Not to mention lots of topical references, audience participation with songs we all know and love. Tickets £10 adults, £8 children, family tickets available from the Box Office on 01206 282020 or visit www. charter-hall.co.uk.
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Purple Dream Productions presents Kissing Angels Saturday 7th December 7.30pm
At The Mercury Theatre, Colchester Friday 6th December to Saturday 11th January
A new comedy presenting a few twists and turns on the way to a heartwarming climax.
Morning, afternoon and evening perform-ances. Damsels in distress, heroes to the rescue, an hilarious Mercury Dame and a host of other much-loved characters are at the ready to bring you music and laughter in one of the greatest adventure stories ever told. Ticket prices between £10 - £25. For more informa-tion please call the Box Office on 01206 573948 or visit www. mercurytheatre.co.uk.
Mr Pickwick’s Christmas by Charles Dickens Monday 16th December 7.30pm Mr Pickwick and his friends travel by stagecoach to enjoy an exuberant country Christmas at Dingley Dell. There is a wedding, anyamount of eating and drinking, dancing, games, skating and a ghost story. All the delights of an age long past brought vividly to life. Robert MacCall gives a costumed performance true to the original text, inspired by the public readings of Dickens himself. Tickets from the Headgate Theatre Box Office on 01206 366000 or www. headgatetheatre.co.uk
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Talks and Workshops Felsted Decorative and Fine Arts lectures At Saling Millennium Hall, Piccotts Lane, Great Saling, CM7 5DW Tickets are £6 to nonmembers. For more information please visit www.felsted-dfas.org.uk
century and his portrayal of the ideal family Christmas often with direct connections to Dickens and the English Yuletide Tradition. Wednesday 29th January 2.00pm for 2.30pm Sorolla Painter of Sunlight A talk by Gail Turner. While Sorolla admired the great Spanish traditions of Velázquez and Goya, his delightful paintings of women and children at the seaside, landscapes and the great series depicting the regions of Spain, are full of sunlight and optimism.
The Guild Meetings At The Wilson Marriage Centre, Barrack St, Colchester CO1 2LR Meetings in the gym every Friday 10.00am Friday 22nd November: Victorian Christmas. Coffee followed by a talk, all welcome any week or every week. Refectory for lunch after-wards, free parking. For more information please call Mavis Knight on 01206 540650 Colchester and District Ladies Luncheon Club. At The George Hotel, Colchester High Street Tuesday 14th January
The club welcomes Sara Green with her talk Wednesday entitled The Olympics 12th December - a Gamesmaker’s Ex2.00pm for 2.30pm perience. The club meets A spectacular and magical Norman Rockwell’s every 2 months. Please panto with added Fame Christmas Wish contact the secretary Factory Spotlight Sparkle, on 01206 240712 for Charles Harris explores the which prom-ises comedy, more information and most belovedamerican fun, craziness, moments of www.theconnectionmagazine.co.uk booking the lunch. tenderness and romantic illustrator of the 20th At Charter Hall, Colchester Saturday 14th December 7.00pm
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Colchester Archaeological Group Lecture At Lion Walk United Reformed Church, Lion Walk, Colchester CO1 1LX Monday 2nd December 7.30pm Members £2, non members £4. For more information please contact Colchester Archaeo-logical Group at enquiries@caguk.net or visit www.caguk.net
Things for Children Sunday Kids Club At Sudbury Library, Market Hill, Sudbury Sundays 10.30am - 12.00 noon Children of all ages are welcome for craft & storytelling activities held every Sunday. No-vember is The Sky at Night Month. For further information contact Sudbury library on 01787 296000.
Wild in Wormingford At Wormingford Community Education Centre, Church Lane, Wormingford CO6 3AZ Saturday 30th November 1.30pm - 3.30pm Fun family nature club with campfire cooking, outdoor games, whittling and crafts. £5 per family. Please callamanda on 01206 337338 or email wcec12@gmail.com to book a place.
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What’s On NCT Children’s Christmas Fair
Thursday mornings during term time.
At Queens Hall, Chipping Hill, Halstead CO9 2BY Saturday 30th November 10.00am - 1.00pm
Fun songs combined with musical games encourage a love of music whilst at the same time as entertaining your children. Contact Julie on 01376 562 000 to book your place.
Christmas Fair for toddlers and little children. Santa’s grotto, craft activities and face paint-ing. For more information email info@ halsteadnct.co.uk or visit www.nct.org.uk
Baby Massage from birth to 6 months At Christ Church Hall, Coggeshall 13th January for five consecutive Mondays at 1.15pm Massage is a lovely way for you to express your love and connect with your baby. Please contact Julie on 01376 562 000 to book your place.
Sunday 8th December (Christmas Fayre 10.00am - 4.00pm)
Wivenhoe Farmers Market
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Congregational Hall, Wivenhoe Saturday 21st December and Saturday 18th January at 9.00am - 12.00 Contact Rowly Castiglione 01206 367776.
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Farmers Markets Please note that some dates for 2014 were not available at the time of going to press so for more information contact individual markets for details.
Lavenham Farmers Market At The Village Hall, Lavenham Sunday 22nd December and Sunday 26th January at 10.00am - 1.30pm Contact Justine Paul 07704 627973
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Feature your not for profit, village, community or charity events FREE OF CHARGE in our What’s On pages by emailing your listing to info@theconnectionmagazine.co.uk.
At the Community Centre, Brightlingsea Saturday 21st December and Saturday 25th January at 9.00am - 12.00 Contact 01206 302055.
Sudbury Farmers Market At St Peters Church, Sudbury Friday 20th December and Friday 31st January 9.30am - 2.00pm Contact Justine Paul 07704 627973.
Farmers Market At Jimmy’s Farm, Wherstead, Ipswich Saturday 7th and
Rowhedge Farmers and Crafters Market At Rowhedge Village Hall Saturday 7th December 9.30am - 1.00pm Contact Yvonne 07780 923688.
Hedingham Farmers’ Market At The Baptist Church, Swan Street, Sible Hedingham (next to the Sugar Loaves pub) Saturday 21st December 10am - 1.30pm Contact Roy Reece 07513 464567
Nayland Farmers Market At Nayland Village Hall Saturday 14th December (Christmas market and craft fair 10.00am - 3.30pm) Contact Roy Reece 07513 464567
The Connection has listed all the events in What’s On in good faith. We cannot accept responsibility for inaccuracies, changes to events or cancellations. It might be advisable to check with venues before attendance.
Next issue: February/March 2014 - published January 23rd
Deadline date for entries in the next issue January 10th 2014
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West Bergholt Concert Band Playathon and “Youthful” Concert 23rd November at St Botolph’s Church, Colchester Come and join us at St Botolph’s Church in Colchester as we end our 35th birthday year by taking part in the national Playathon to raise money for the CLIC Sergent fund for Children and Young People with Cancer. www. clicsergent.org.uk.There’s a workshop for players of Grade 1-4 standard from 1.30pm – 3.00pm followed by a similar session for those playing at Grade 4 and above from 3.00pm – 5.00pm. and all participants will be able to perform in the public evening concert which is also at the church at 7.30pm. In keeping with the charity’s focus on young people, the programme includes the children’s classic, Peter and the Wolf as well as music from Disney, Pink, Game of
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Thrones, Chitty-Chitty Bang Bang and a finale of “A Young Persons Guide To John Williams”. Cost is £5; donations of £10 or more get a ticket for the evening concert. Evening concert £6 or £5 concessions. For more information about this exciting event see www.wbcb.org.uk; call Graham on 01206 824157 or email Graham@wbcb.org.uk. The next event is the ever popular Christmas concert at the Westcliff Theatre in Clacton, Sunday 15 December at 3.00pm with the Cavender Singers – two of the most popular local groups in one concert! The programme’s packed with old favourites such as White Christmas, Sleigh Ride and The Snowman as well as plenty of carols for a singalong; this is certain to be a great way to begin your 2013 Christmas celebrations.Tickets £6 adults, £5 concessions on the door or in advance. (In aid of St Helena Hospice)
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Notice Board Kelvedon Women’s Institute
Meetings held on the 2nd Wednesday of the month at the Kelvedon Institute (except August) from 8.00pm - 10.00pm, doors open from 7.30pm. We also have a number of sub-groups ranging from art, craft, cycling, walking to lunch groups available to our members and organise various trips and outings. Visitors and new members are always welcome. For further information visit www.kelvedonwi. org.uk, follow us on Twitter @ Kelvedon_WI, email contact@ kelvedonwi.org.uk or call Joanna on 07855 369516.
Youth Music Theatre Workshop/Auditions for 2014
YMT will be coming to Colchester for the first time, looking for local talent on Saturday 25th January with sessions running at The Headgate Theatre from 10.30am - 1.15pm and from 2.00pm - 4.45pm. Auditions take the form of a fee-paying Musical Theatre workshop and offer a chance to be tutored by some of the leading players in British Theatre. YMT offers fundraising support. The dance/drama/singing workshops will be led by a professional director, choreographer and musical director and will be a series of practical and fun activities to help make the most of the auditionees time, and to allow them to show the team exactly what their skills are. YMT will allocate the most talented performers into one of eight new productions they’ll be putting on across the UK. Around 250 young people are selected and everyone will hear before the end of March 2012. So don’t miss your chance to be part of one of our fantastic productions next Summer. For more information go to www. youthmusictheatreuk.org
Aldham Village Hall Rebuilding News
The builders have moved in and the grounds are out of bounds. The walls are down and the roof is off. Sad in some ways as the hall holds a lots of very happy memories. We can now look forward to a better, brighter, and more comfortable hall in 2014. A lot of time and effort has been made by a small band of dedicated fund raisers to achieve the rebuilding of the hall and well done to all of us to have reached our goal in only six years. Our final total raised since January 2008 now stands at £40,270. However, fund raising does not stop here. We need new toilets, and refurbishment of the kitchen. Again, we have to raise £34,000 to achieve this. We have applied for grants and if we are successful, the refurbishments can be done at the same time as the main hall is being built, which would be the most sensible solution. If not, we will have to wait until later until we have raised more money, or secured other grants. Fund raising is very curtailed at the moment as we have no hall, but we are holding a Christmas Country Market on the 23rd November in Aldham Church (see What’s On). To everyone who has supported us we say a very sincere thank you, and look forward to you visiting us again in 2014 to see what we have achieved with our new hall. Anne Fulcher, Aldham Village Hall Fund Raising Committee
YMT, the country’s national music theatre company for young people, offers top quality training and mentoring and a proven way for young people to enter the creative industries – whether as a performer, musician, stagehand or administrator. YMT, as one of eight National Youth Music Organisations, is supported and recognised by The Women’s Institute Girls Arts Council England and the (WIGs) Department for Education. Not your typical WI branch, the ‘WIGs’ YMT are looking for the best local is an opportunity for women of all singers and actors to take part in ages and interests to come together, their Summer 2014 productions. learn new skills and make new friends. Successful auditionees will work Having started in a front-room back with some of the UK’s leading in 2008, the WIGs have grown steadily professional directors, composers and now has 58 members. They meet and choreographers to stage full at the Wilson Marriage Centre, 7.30pm scale productions at some of the on the first Wednesday of every country’s most respected theatres month. and arts festivals. Productions For more information about include Terry Pratchett’s ‘Soul Music,’ joining please get in touch. The ‘Fagin’ and ‘Ms Interpreted’. Magazine distributors WIGs can be contact via their Superstar singer/songwriter Ed required email address thewigs@live.co.uk, Sheeran (from Suffolk) is a graduate. We are looking for mature, Facebook https://www.facebook. Ed says ‘With YMT I experienced mobile and self motivated adults com/groups/60215337600/ or the buzz of being on stage – to deliver the Connection in through their Twitter account @ and realised how much I love Coggeshall and the Eight Ash ColchesterWIGs. More information performing. I say go and audition area. If you are interested, is available via their website www. 22 – you don’t know where it could Please mention The Connection when respondingGreen to adverts please email us for more details: colchesterwigs.com take you!’
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Colourful Grenada By Solange Hando
Glowing like an emerald in the southern Caribbean, Grenada is small enough to drive around in a day but amazingly diverse, from the sheltered Caribbean coast in the west, fringed with white powdery sand, to the Atlantic shore on the eastern side and its sprinkling of volcanic beaches battered by Trade Winds. There are quiet bays, forests and mountains, blessed by blue skies and the occasional shower of ‘liquid sunshine’. The air smells of flowers and spice and the picturesque capital of St George’s comes straight out of a fairy tale. Basking on the west coast of this exotic English-speaking island, the town is laced with pastel-hued houses and quaint colonial dwellings clinging to luxuriant slopes. Fort George keeps watch on a rocky promontory, its old cannons pointing out to sea, an arduous climb on a sunny day but when you reach the windswept battlements festooned in valerian, the view takes your breath away, stretching over the hills, town and harbour, and along the coast meandering far into the distance. The capital has three harbours, none prettier than the horseshoeshaped Carenage glinting with
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Country Mutters Yule Slog ....by Lady Muck I suppose it’s time to begin the preparations for the arrival of the Christmas house guests. Cleaning and tidying is the most pressing task. As an ingrained slattern who doesn’t clean a window until I realise the weather has not actually been foggy for 10 days on the run or that the reason for the interesting smell in the fridge is due to a liquefied cucumber hiding behind the jar of mayo, detritus kind of builds up without me realising it. But it won’t do for my sister in law, it certainly won’t do for Auntie Joan and you can’t hide everything behind the Christmas tree, sadly. I set to, starting with clearing the surfaces of Interesting Things, and right at the bottom of the heap on one shelf I am gratified to find the contents of last years Christmas crackers. In the spirit of make do and mend I briefly contemplate making some crackers and inserting these same things - after all there’s always nail clippers, a bottle opener, a golf tee and a teeny tiny pack of playing cards, isn’t there? But I’ve made home made crackers before out of toilet roll tubes and crepe paper and that’s exactly what they look like. Meanwhile the Dyson moans in protest, my eyes stream from the noxious chemicals required to remove limescale and the kitchen floor stays clean for exactly 1 hour before everyone arrives home in their wellies. I’ve made copious lists of specialist food, requiring numerous round trips to every shop, farmers market and supermarket within a 15 mile radius. This year I will not forget the anchovies for Husband’s favourite canapes, the only sausages everyone likes and chocolates with soft centres because Auntie Joan can’t cope with anything requiring actual chewing.
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Although Grandad can’t cope with nutty slack either, he does insist on it. ‘Just look the other way’, is my simple advice to the boys when they complain about the resulting shrapnel. The sweet sherry is nestling alongside the stout, cherry flavoured coke and Horlicks. I’ve stocked up on 19 billion toilet rolls, drawn up the television viewing chart and delivered the lecture on how we must all show patience and self control when dealing with bizarre demands, rude comments about our appearance or barefaced cheating at card games. I force my mind to relive the frankly appalling consequences of a collision between overexcited nieces and nephews with cheesy puffs, trifle and a tin of Quality Street and conclude that other peoples children, even if they’re related to you, are clearly beyond all hope and reason and sighingly add a large bottle of Dettol to the list. And finally, I’ve found some bedding that’s not been despoiled by the cat and cranked up the heating to tropical levels to avoid a repeat of the year. Uncle Billy insisted on watching tele with his coat and hat on because he could feel a draught. What is the one and only consolation in all this? The one thing that’s going to get me through the ordeal to come? All together now:‘it’s only once a year’. Merry Christmas everybody.
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Recipe
Ginger Christmas Puddings Makes 6
Ready in 1 hour 30 minutes
These fruity mini puds flavoured with stem ginger are much lighter than a traditional rich Christmas pudding and don’t need to be made weeks in advance.
Ingredients: • 175g butter, softened, plus extra for greasing • 175g self-raising flour • ½ tsp baking powder • 175g light muscovado sugar • 1 tsp each ground mixed spice and ground ginger • 3 large eggs • 100g dried mixed fruit • 50g glace cherries, chopped • 50g stem ginger, finely chopped • 4 tbsp stem ginger syrup • Softly whipped cream or brandy butter, to serve
Tip For a boozy flavour, gently heat the stem ginger syrup with 1-2 tbsp of rum or brandy then pour over the hot puds just before serving.
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Preheat the oven to 190C/375F/Gas Mark 5. Butter six small pudding basins (each about 200ml capacity) and line the bases with circles of baking parchment. Place the butter, flour, baking powder, sugar, spices and eggs in a large mixing bowl and beat together with an electric mixer for 1-2 minutes until pale and creamy. Fold in the dried mixed fruit and two-thirds of the cherries and stem ginger. Divide the mixture evenly between the prepared pudding basins then cover each basin with a circle of greased and pleated baking parchment and secure with string. Cover each basin with pleated foil. Stand the basins in a roasting tin and pour in enough boiling water to come halfway up the sides of the basins. Bake for 45-50 minutes, or until risen, firm to the touch and a skewer inserted into a pudding comes out clean. Leave the puddings to stand for 10 minutes then turn out onto serving plates. Mix the remaining cherries and ginger with the stem ginger syrup and spoon over the puddings. Serve with cream or brandy butter.
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This issue’s walk is a 5 mile circular route around Mount Bures. One of the most prominent features on the walk is the ‘mount’ or motte itself which affords a beautiful panorama of the surrounding countryside. The history of the motte was revealed in 2011 following a community excavation led by Access Cambridge Archaeology as part of the Managing a Masterpiece project. Due to an unusual lack of written evidence, the site had always been assumed to be the remains of a motte and bailey castle built following the Norman conquest but the archaeological evidence showed that the mound was built during King Stephen’s reign round about 1140 and may only have had a wooden look-out structure on top. Stephen’s 18 year reign is sometimes called The Anarchy, as warring factions fought for control of the country following the death of Henry I. Certainly fortifications were hastily built during this period as protection against warring factions and could have been out of use again just as quickly as the conflict moved elsewhere. Evidence from pottery and flint remains suggest that the mount may have been enlarged from an existing Bronze Age burial mound and other excavations show human settlement in the area from this period onwards. What is certain is that many people have stood on this same spot and looked down on the same landscape, whether in peace or war. A map and full instructions for this walk may be downloaded from The Connection magazine website http:// theconnectionmagazine.co.uk/category/ magazine-features/walks.
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