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I’m sticking my neck out asking this question - but what do you think of our great front cover? Colchester Zoo is celebrating their 50th birthday and you can read all about their Stand Tall project on pages 12 and 13. Also, there’s a chance to win a family ticket to the Zoo. All you need to do to enter is look for the six giraffes hiding within these pages. As usual we have lots for you to do in our What’s On pages, including all the usual ﬂoral offerings for this time of year. We also have two delicious recipes on pages 22 and 35, book reviews on page 6 and an interview with the organiser of the Secret Vintage Fairs on page 33. Finally, we thoroughly enjoyed the walk featured in the last issue which took us all round Polstead and we are now looking forward to sampling the walk featured in this edition on page 14 which will take us to Fordham Forest. I’d like to thank Derek Keeble for supplying us with such beautiful walks. The hand drawn maps can be downloaded from our website. Until next time - have a great Summer!

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6 Book Reviews 10 Notice Board 13 Competition 14 Walk 16 -21 What’s On 22 Recipe 26 Crossword 28 Country Mutters 30 Finance 33 A Vintage Year 35 Recipe 36 Sudoku 39 Codeword 42 Spot the Difference 44 Useful Numbers 46 Index of Advertisers

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Making a Song and Dance of It The West End will soon be heaving again as tourists ﬂock to see the hottest musicals. Many of them started life as novels, plays and poetry, and the authors’ words were adapted into catchy show-tunes and moving ballads. Here’s our pick of the bestloved tales to get the toe-tapping treatment. Pygmalion George Bernard Shaw Long before Julie Andrews was beaten to the film role by Audrey Hepburn, My Fair Lady began life as Bernard Shaw’s triumphant comic play Pygmalion. The deliciously arrogant Professor Henry Higgins makes a bet that he can turn ‘guttersnipe’ Eliza Doolittle into a lady but she is far from being the downtrodden ﬂower girl he believes her to be. It’s one of Shaw’s greatest critiques of the English class system and it’s abso-bloomin’-lutely hilarious to boot. Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats T.S. Eliot When Cats were merely kittens in Lloyd Webber’s eyes, readers were curling up in a sunny corner with T.S. Eliot’s Practical Cats. Writing under the name ‘Old Possum’ in letters to his godchildren, Eliot’s poems included tales of Macavity, Mr. Mistoffelees and Bustopher Jones. The charming collection is much-loved the world over for its unique take on cat psychology. Les Miserables Victor Hugo Jean Valjean is a man who’s desperate to escape his past, but with a policeman like

Javert on his tail, this escaped convict is going to have a battle on his hands. Les Mis has everything: mistaken identity, injustice and love, all set against the backdrop of the French Revolution. It’s the world’s longest running musical, and most recently gave us the cinematic opportunity to see Hugh Jackman without a shirt on. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Ian Fleming Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: The Musical Car was written by Ian Fleming of James Bond fame, who penned the original threepart series for his son. The idea has to be every child’s dream: a flying car. Inventor Caratacus Potts restores a second-hand vehicle and he and his children name it after the sound of a backfiring engine. It soon becomes clear that Chitty isn’t your average automobile and the family embarks on an adventure that involves kidnap and gangsters, crosschannel flying and some bizarre characters. When Chitty made it to the West End, audiences poured in to see the flying car in all its glory. Oliver Twist Charles Dickens Fagin told his boys they ‘gotta pick a pocket or two’ and

composer Lionel Bart picked more than an idea or two from Dickens, transposing the Victorian London of Oliver Twist to the stage, along with the wonderful characters of Twist himself, lovable rogue The Artful Dodger and simply terrifying thug, Bill Sykes. Dickens’ novel opens with Twist enduring life in the workhouse before being taken on by an undertaker. He escapes, only to fall in with Fagin’s gang of pickpockets. The book’s a lot darker than the musical with the brutality of the streets along with the poverty and drudgery of many of London’s lower classes portrayed vividly. Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West - Gregory Maguire Written in 1995, Maguire’s novel is set in the land of Oz, way before Dorothy and Toto follow the yellow brick road. Elphaba is a girl who was born green, with sharp teeth and a disagreeable temperament. In Maguire’s vision, Oz is imaginatively recreated, with all its Technicolor splendour practically seeping from the page. But there are sinister goings on, adult themes and a not-so-happy-ending .The young Elphaba soon learns that it’s really not easy being green.

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Notice Board Rowhedge Farmers & Crafters Market

In June alongside the market we will also be running free tryouts for Kettlercise and in July Rowhedge Film Society will be showing trailers for the next season, so pop in and find out more and how to become a member. We look forward to welcoming you along. Also we are always looking for more food stalls, so please get in touch. See What’s On pages for details or for more information please call Yvonne on 07780 923 688 or email rowhedgevillagehall@ me.com

Aldham Village Hall Update on Rebuilding Fund

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After a two year break we are back to hold an Open Gardens day on Sunday 16th June. We would like to hear from you if you would like to open your garden. It can be large, small or in between, a patio or a family garden. People love to visit for ideas and to chat with other garden lovers. It is the perfect opportunity to raise funds for your favourite charity with teas, cakes, plants, books etc. Please call Kirsten on 01787 224913. Details are also on www. colnevalley.com

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As part of a Heritage Lottery Fund project to investigate a prehistoric site near Wormingford, volunteers came forward to take At last, we are getting part in 2 days of fieldwalking, a very close to starting work non-invasive method of looking on rebuilding the village for archeological remains. Late hall. The builder has been appointed, Quantity Surveyor on the second day, Nat Jackson, a volunteer from the local and Project Manager selected to oversee the work community, discovered a Stone Age axe lying on the surface and all planning permission of the soil. Amanda Findley, is now in place. All we Landmarks Project Leader said ‘It need is good news on the was an amazing feeling to hold five grant applications we something in your hand which have submitted. Our fund was made by another human raising total now stands at who was alive thousands of years £37,500 and we are very ago. It is a fantastic discovery.’ It hopeful that we will achieve is thought that ﬂint axes, as well the total amount needed of as being valuable functional tools £160,000 to start work on were also prestige items that the project by mid October. were often buried in significant The rebuilding should be places such as burial grounds. completed by February The find will be investigated by 2014. Many thanks for your a ﬂint expert to try to determine continuing support. Anne its age and it will be on display at Fulcher, Aldham Village Hall the Hands on History Day in July Fund Raising. (please see What’s On pages for details). 10 Please mention The Connection when responding to adverts

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This year Colchester Zoo celebrates its 50th birthday with a Wild in Art project called Stand Tall for Giraffes. For 12 weeks starting from the 2nd June, Colchester’s streets, parks and open spaces will be home to 2.5 metre high Giraffe sculptures, each sponsored by local businesses and uniquely painted by local artists. The project is being developed in partnership with Wild in Art, an experienced arts, events and education company who are the team behind successfully staged similar events in the UK, Europe and Africa. Over 80 schools are participating in the Stand Tall Education programme where they have had the opportunity to design their own 1.3m Giraffe and use the Stand Tall education pack as a cross curricular resource to bring

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Giraffes, the environment and conservation, into all primary topics and thematic weeks.These mini giraffes will feature in internal locations at the same time as their larger counterparts and also form part of the fun 12 week trail. At the end of the project, each Giraffe will be returned to its school as a permanent memento of their involvement in the event. The giraffes will be seen throughout Colchester and its surrounding areas from 2nd June followed by a farewell tour back to the zoo on the 26th August.The auction will take place at ﬁrstsite in Colchester on 19th September. Anthony Tropeano, Director of Colchester Zoo says,“We are thrilled to be launching this exciting event at Colchester Zoo. Stand Tall for Giraffes is

Giraffe sponsors. From top right - Jungle Jenny, painted by Jenny Leonard , sponsored by William and Grifﬁn. Giraffoovy Baby! painted by Valerie Osment, sponsored by Clarke Inﬁnity Home Cinemas.

not only a fantastic spectacle for the people of Colchester, it is an excellent way to raise vital funds for the conservation work carried out by our charity Action for the Wild, and what better way to celebrate our 50th birthday! This is our gift to the people of Colchester and the surrounding area for their support over the years.

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A tall order for a local artist! Helen Smith is a freelance artist based in West Bergholt who saw the Stand Tall campaign advertised and submitted her design idea. Helen explains, ’My designs quite often feature on greetings cards and cross stitch kits, so the idea of painting a large giraffe was something completely different for me and I thought it would be a bit of a challenge’. Helen was delighted to hear that Marks and Spencer’s picked her design for sponsorship out of the many entries. Her eyecatching giraffe is covered in a hand painted patchwork of different motifs based on African textile patterns which took her 2 weeks to complete. Helen says ‘I wanted to include African designs and I’m also interested in needlework so my idea combines both these elements.’ The needlework references are evident in lovely quirky touches like the stitching around the eyes and needles and pins on the legs of the giraffe. You can see Helen’s design in Marks and Spencer’s from June to August before all the giraffes go off on tour prior to being sold at auction to raise more funds for Action for the Wild. More examples of Helen’s work can be found on her facebook page www.facebook.com/ HLSIllustration or www.helen-l-smith.co.uk

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Walk on the Wild Side Fordham Forest

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What’s On (Cont)... General Interest Fordham Fair At Weavers Green, next to the Village Stores Saturday July 6th 12.00 noon - 4.30pm Fun for all, with proceeds going to the village hall. Ronald Blythe to open the Fair, The Colne Endeavour Band and live music throughout. Bouncy Castle, face painting, childrens races, WI teas, cakes, Bric a brac, beer tent, BBQ. Entertainment, portraits, bowl for a pig, Zumba, stocks, name a teddy, stalls, raffle.

ArtMix Exhibition At The Blue Room, Coggeshall Conservative Club, Church Street, Coggeshall CO6 1TX Thursday 13th - Sunday 16th June 10.00am - 5.00pm. Featuring work in a variety of 2 and 3D media by a group of Coggeshall artists: Louise Cowlin, textiles, Sue Fraser, mixed media fine art, Dorothea King, illustrations Rose Langford, creative glass and Liz Pottinger, applied arts. Free admission. For more information please call Sue Fraser 01376 563518 or Liz Pottinger 01376 561307.

Collectors and Bygones Exhibition At Bulmer Village Hall CO10 7EH. Sunday 2nd June 10.30am - 4.00pm Admission £1.50

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Pipe band contest, Highland dancing competition, solo piping, craft stalls, beer tent and food stalls, fairground rides. Free admission with free parking behind the fire station.

Holy Trinity Primary School Halstead PTFA Summer Fete Saturday 15th June 1.00pm - 5.00pm Bouncy castles and other inflatables, children’s rides, different stalls and games, displays from local dance groups and singing by our School Choir, plus lots more. For more information please visit www. holytrinityhalstead. com/ptfa

St Peter’s Craft Fairs At St Peter’s Church, Market Hill, Sudbury Saturday 8th and 29th June and Saturday 27th July 9.00am - 4.00pm Over 35 fabulous stalls with unique gift ideas including silversmithed jewellery, hand crafted greetings cards, pop music and film framed memorabilia, vinyl picture disc record clocks, cupcakes, ceramics, glassware, childrens designer clothing, hand knitting, shabby chic and much more. Refreshments, free admission. Proceeds support many local and national charities.

Aldham Old Time Rally At Colchester Road, White Colne CO6 2PP (Off A1124) Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th June 10.00 am

bar, refreshments and auction on Saturday afternoon. Admission £6, children free. For more information please call 07759 810800.

Vintage Fayre At Cressing Temple Barns, Witham Road, Cressing, near Braintree CM77 8PD Sunday 16th June 10.00am - 5.00pm A vast array of stalls in the barns selling all things vintage from clothes and jewellery to homeware and garden accessories plus plenty of tasty food and drink. Live music, morris dancing and Harley Davidsons plus donkey rides and face painting for the children. In aid of The Helen Rollason Cancer Charity. Admission £5.00 adults, £2.50 under 16’s, under 5’s free, £12.00 family ticket (2 Adults + 2 Children).

Colour5k At Ardleigh showground, Colchester Saturday 8th June 12.00 noon A 5k fun run in aid of Headway Essex. Run, walk or stroll at your pace. There is one rule: you wear white at the start, like a blank canvas and then let the colour begin! To register to run or to buy spectator tickets visit http://www. chiptiminguk.co.uk/ps/ event/Colour5KEssex

Lamarsh Summer Fete & Daws Hall Open Day At Daws Hall, Henny road, Lamarsh Fete - Saturday 8th June. Open Day - Sunday 9th June. 12.00 noon - 4.00pm both days.

valuations on items visitors may bring along. Other attractions will include the Suffolk Police Constabulary Male Voice Choir, a demonstration by the H.A.R.T (Hazardous Area Response Team), bouncy castle, licensed bar, lunches, teas and ice creams, games, stalls and a raffle. Light lunches and teas will also be available at the Open Day. Admission to the fete and parking are free. £4 entry fee per adult, children free on the Open Day, proceeds will go to the Lamarsh Holy Innocents parish church. For more information please call Peter Varney 01787 229139 and 07732 907467 or email pandmv@btinternet.com

Colchester Dogathon At High Woods Country Park, Colchester Sunday 7th July 10.30am Sponsored walk with an exciting 2.5 mile route or an alternative short walk for the very young or more mature. Prizes for raising the most sponsorship, Fun Dog Show. All participating pooches will be awarded a certificate and some doggy treats. Raising funds for Headway Essex. For more information please call 01206 547616, email fundraising@ headwayessex.org. uk or visit http://www. headwayessex.org. uk/headway-events/ dogathon-events Please note that the fun dog show is only open to dogs that have participated in the sponsored dog walk.

County Market At Aldham Village Hall Saturday 29th June 10.00am - 1.00pm

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What’s On range eggs, homemade cakes, bird tables, bird boxes, plants and vegetables. The theme of the market is “edible, growable and rustic”. Free entry. If you would like a stall based on the above theme, please contact Anne Fulcher on 01206 211624. Stalls cost £10 each.

Chappel & Wakes Colne Village Fete At Chappel CofE (VC) Primary School Saturday 20th July 2.00pm - 5.00pm A fun packed afternoon for children and adults. Live music, various inflatables, beer from Chappel Brewery, The Ladies Red Barrows Team, children’s art show, African drumming, The Essex Dog Display Team, pets corner, win a Ferrari ride, BBQ, egg throwing competition, children’s races and lots of stalls from local businesses and organisations, all in a beautiful setting. For more information please call Sue Chamley 01787 222774 or Linda Goodchild 01787 228508.

Waterside Gallery Brightlingsea Exhibitions At The Waterside Gallery, near the harbour opposite The Yachtsman’s Arms Completely Coastal Exhibition Open until Sunday 2nd June 10.00am - 5.00pm The exhibition will be featuring Painting, Mixed media, Ceramics, Jewellery, Glass, Textiles and Photography; all of which have an expressive response to this beautiful coast line.

Contemporary Art & Crafts Saturday 6th July - Sunday 11th August Opening times: 10.00am - 5.00pm Saturdays and Sundays from the 6th July to 21st July and then from 25th July, Thursdays to Sundays also 10.00am - 5.00pm. A collection of work by 19 local artists, crafts people and designermakers. The exhibition will feature painting in very varied styles, media & subject matter, pottery and sculpture, jewellery, digital imagery, textiles, & decoupage, photography, cards & prints. For more information please call 07957756164 or email sarahwatersidegallery@ live.co.uk

Threads, Canvas and Paint At Melford Hall Wednesday 12th Sunday 23d June 1.00 - 4.30pm (not open Monday 17th and Tuesday 18th June) Watch our craft demonstrators weave, paint and embroider. View the paintings by contemporary East Anglian artists which are for sale, displayed throughout the house. Free event, normal admission applies. For more information please call 01787 379 228 or visit www.nationaltrust. org.uk/melfordhall

Hands on History Day At Wormingford Community Education Centre, Church Lane, Wormingford CO6 3AZ Saturday 27th July 11.00am - 4.30pm

more about the first settlers of the Stour Valley area. Stop animation and art workshops, demonstrations of flint tools, story telling, displays of work in progress including the ancient seed project, films, soundscape composition and investigation of archaeological finds from the Landmarks site. Refreshments available including sandwiches, tea, coffee and cake. Free entry, all activities free, something for everyone. For more information call 01787 227307 or 07990 666880, email wcec12@ gmail.com or visit wormingfordcec.org.uk

All Things Floral! See page 21 for open garden days, garden festivals and flower shows.

Cinema Leavenheath Village Hall Digital Cinema At Leavenheath Village Hall, Wrights Way, (signposted from the High Road) Doors open 7.00pm for 7.30pm start. Refreshments (wine, beer, soft drinks, tea and coffee) will be available before the film starts and during the interval. Tickets £3.50 per adult and £2 per child. Please call Lesley 01206 262505 or Ken 01206 263266 for tickets.

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Music Music Events at The Electric Palace, Harwich At The Electric Palace, King’s Quay, Harwich CO12 3ER Doors open 7.30 pm for 8.00pm - 10.30pm Thursday 13th June The Sussex Jazz Kings Thursday 18th July The Spike Heatley Trio plus Art Themen. (Tickets £13) Tickets £9 plus £1 day membership. For more information please contact 07786 744789 or visit www.electricpalace.com

Colne Philharmonic Orchestra Concert At Christchurch Braintree Saturday 6th July 7.30pm Handel Water Music, Telemann - Suite in A minor for Recorder - Soloist Jill Garrett, Bee-thoven Symphony No 3 - Eroica Conductor Jack Smith. £9 adults and seniors, £3 under 16’s. Ticket price includes interval drink. Programmes £1. Tickets are available on the door or via our box office on 01206 - 210933 or via cpo-boxoffice@bigfoot. com or by writ-ing to The CPO Box Office, 9 Church Grove, Aldham, Colchester, Essex, CO6 3SA Season tickets available from either the box office or from the website; www.colnephil. org.uk/tickets.html

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What’s On (Cont)... Bures Music Festival Wednesday 3rd Sunday 7th July Five days of great music from rock to pop, blues to jazz located in a beautiful setting by the River Stour. Wednesday 3rd July 7.00pm Choral evening (St Mary’s Church) featuring Musicology Thursday 4th July 7.00pm Jazz night (festival marquee) featuring Larraine Odell & The Jazznights Trio Friday 5th July 7.30pm Blues night (festival marquee) featuring Eddie & The Hotrods Saturday 6th July, gates open 11.30am B-Fest Young Musicians Competition (festival marquee). Plus food, shopping and kids entertainment including face painters, rides and craft fun. Saturday 6th July 7.00pm Absolute Bowie plus support (festival marquee) Sunday 7th July, gates open 11.30am The best local bands (festival marquee), featuring The Story Boys (acoustic hip hop) and Two Steps Twice (ska) and more. Plus food, shopping and kids’ entertainment including face painters, rides and craft fun. For ticket outlets and more information, please contact www. buresmusicfestival.org

‘Musicke for a While’

An afternoon concert of Purcell by the pupils of Lynda Harrison (flutes harps etc). Retiring collection in Aid of St Mary’s Church. Tea and cakes and lovely music by talented musicians. For more information please call 01787 269385.

Dance and Drama Alice and her Adventures in Wonderland At White Colne Meadows (entrance alongside the Village Hall in Bures Road CO6 2QA) Sunday 23rd June 4.30pm An outdoor theatre production for all the family. Please bring rugs, chairs, picnics and enjoy the show. The show will feature a signed performance by the Royal Association for Deaf people. Tickets in advance £10 adults, £8 concessions, £30 family. Tickets on the door £12 adults, £9.50 concessions, £35 family. For more information and ticket sales please call 01206 366000.

Calm and Collected At The Headgate Theatre, Colchester Friday 19th July 7.30pm A sketch and musical comedy show by Making Faces. Join Dan Curtis, Ed Mayhew and Lizzie Kevan as they quest to find the solution to anxiety and selfesteem issues, old women on buses, Guatemalan worry dolls and the audacity of cyclists. Tickets £8.

Very Wild West Ball At Colne Priory grounds Friday 14th June 7.30pm, carriages at midnight. Full saloon bar, Western cookout by The Five Bells Chuck Wagon, Bandaoke entertainment with a chance to sing with a live band, ride the bucking bull. Tickets £40, all profits to Cystic Fibroses Trust and local charities. To book tickets please call 01787 224166 or email josie@fivebells.net

‘Murdered to Death’ At Coggeshall Grange Barn (NT), Grange Hill, Coggeshall CO61RE Thursday 20th, Friday 21st and Saturday 22nd June 7.30pm. Doors open 7.00pm A performance by Coggeshall Amateur Theatrical Society. Mildred is being visited by some guests for the weekend including Miss Joan Maple her neighbour. When Mildred is unexpectedly murdered the Police are called. The accurately named Inspector Pratt investigates and makes an arrest, but very soon there is another victim. Can Pratt and Maple solve the mystery, or are they just making things worse? For tickets please call 07703 829314.

‘Lady Windermere’s Fan’ At The Headgate Theatre, Colchester Friday 12th July 7.30pm

who suggests that her husband is having an affair with the mysterious Mrs Erlynne, and that this woman is about to turn up to Lady Windermere’s 21st birthday ball. Soon nothing is as it seems in this comic thriller, full of intrigue, jealousy and brilliant oneliners. Tickets: £10, £8 concessions.

Things for Children Sunday Kids Club At Sudbury Library, Market Hill, Sudbury Sunday 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd, 30th June 10.30am - 12.00 noon Children of all ages are welcome to come and join in the craft & storytelling activities held every Sunday. For further information contact Sudbury library on 01787 296000.

Events at Melford Hall Mr McGregor’s Flower Garden Friday 31st May 1.00 - 4.30pm This year Mr McGregor invites children of all ages to join us in making a flower garden. They will be able to make hundreds of paper flowers, create a floral carpet depicting Beatrix Potter’s ‘Peter Rabbit’ and transform our evergreen yew hedge into a flowering explosion. There will also be a ‘Green trail’, as well as drawing and colouring of pictures. Follow the clues on the trail to win a prize. Beatrix Potter Day Friday 26th July 1.00 - 4.30pm

A performance by We celebrate Beatrix Dot Productions. The Potter’s connection young, rich, beautiful At St Mary the Virgin with Melford Hall with and newly married Lady Great Henny CO10 For Box Office and Barbara Hamilton Windermere is visited by Connection when responding 7NL 18 Sunday 30th Please mention reading The Further enquiriesThe please call one of London society’sto adverts Tale of Peter Rabbit in June 3.00pm most notorious gossips 01206 366000.

What’s On the Banqueting House. Come and find out what happened in Scotland. Children can colour, draw and follow the Peter Rabbit garden trail. The whole family can enjoy a wonderful day out. Activity charges: £2.50 per child in addition to normal admission. For more information please call 01787 379 228 or visit www.nationaltrust. org.uk/melfordhall

Gladiator Day At Castle Park, Colchester Saturday 8th June Watch gladiators in combat in the arena, and have a go at some craft activities. You can also meet the centurion guarding Colchester’s walls, who will tell you about the terrible events that led to the wall being built. Free entry. For more information please contact Visitor Information on 01206 282920, email vic@colchester.gov.uk orvisitwww.visitcolchester.com

Young Children’s Festival At Hollytrees meadow, Colchester Saturday 15th June 10.30am - 4.00pm Crazy Creations children’s festival comprising workshops, arena displays, fun fair, face painting, bouncy castle and support bands. Free entry. For more information please contact ann. warner1@sky.com

Open Days Soaring High Montessori Primary School Open Day Saturday 8th June 2013 from 10.00am - 1.00pm. Introductory talk at 11am “Montessori in the Primary Years” by Sarah Rowledge, Principal. Purley Farm, Colne Road, Coggeshall, CO6 1TH. If you are unable to attend on this day then please contact Kathryn on 01376 564392 to arrange an alternative time.

Absolute Angels Montessori Nursery Open Day Saturday 8th June 2013 from 10.00am - 1.00pm. Christ Church Wesley Hall, 15 Stoneham Street, Coggeshall, CO6 1TT. Please contact Julie to arrange an alternative time to visit if you are unable to attend the Open Day on 01376 562000.

Open Farm Days Sunday 9th June

Lower Dairy Farm Water Lane, Little Horkesley, Colchester CO6 4JS See the herd and learn about the crops, history and life at Lower Dairy Farm. Selfguided walk, Stour Valley views, timber frame barn restoration, tea and homemade cake. Call 01206 262314, email farm@lowerdairyfarm. co.uk or www. lowerdairyfarm.co.uk

Greenstead Farm Greenstead Green, Halstead CO9 1QY Machinery displays, nature trail, tractor and trailer rides, footpath trail, food is available to purchase at the cafe/restaurant in the farm buildings. Call 01787 473625, email chris.butle@hotmail. co.uk or visit www. greensteadfarmshop

Dagnets Farm Black Notley, Braintree CM77 8QP Trailer rides, see tractors and the combine harvester, and farm machinery old and new. Cookery displays, refreshments in the old barn and more. 12.00 noon - 4.00pm Call 01245 361700 or email nick@ptessex.co.uk

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Jam and strawberry tasting, judge the paintings created by local school children, rides to the strawberry fields in Lodge Coaches www.theconnectionmagazine.co.uk vintage open top bus, children’s orchard walk

& knowledge trail, museum. Also falconry displays, face painting, cream teas, lunches, ice cream and food to buy. 10.00am - 2.00pm Call 01621 815407, email cwn@tiptree.com or visit www.tiptree.com

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 Wednesday 26th June 2.00pm for 2.30pm Linda Smith presents British Neo-Romanticism. During the 1930s-50s, British neo-Romantic painters developed highly personal, lyrical visions of the landscape, partly as a response to the threat of invasion and war. Artists involved include Paul Nash, John Piper, Graham Sutherland, John Minton, John Craxton and others.

Contemporary Craft Courses At Wormingford Community Education Centre, Church Lane, Wormingford CO6 3AZ Courses commencing June Maggie Harling will be running 3 week courses in Appliqué, Textile and Mixed Media Jewellery, Papier Mâché and Contemporary Embroidery. No previous

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What’s On (Cont)... experience necessary. £12 per session + materials. For more information and to book please call 07745 303978, email wcec12@gmail.com or visit www. wormingfordcec.org.uk

Acting - Devising Workshop with Colchester Theatre Group At The Headgate Theatre, Colchester Saturday 8th June 2.00pm - 5.00pm This workshop has a starting point of your imagination, and will end with a performance piece completely devised from the material created, giving you tips and suggestions to free your creativity! Tickets: £10, £7 for CTG members. For Box Office and enquiries please call 01206 366000.

Wormingford Community Education Centre Talks At WCEC, The Old School, Church Lane, Wormingford CO6 3AZ Friday 7th June ‘The Prehistoric landscape of Cowlins Field, Bures’ Part of the Wormingford Landmarks Heritage Lottery Fund local history project, Anna Moore from Colchester Archaeological Group will give a talk about the excavations carried out on two :

monuments on this site, a Bronze Age ring ditch and a neolithic longbarrow. It will also explore the relationship between Cowlins Field and surrounding monuments such as the Bures cursus and Bures Mount, as well as the river itself.

Colchester Farmers Market The Arts Centre

Friday 21st June ‘Vintage Vehicles’

Wivenhoe Farmers Market Congregational Hall

Presented by John Jackson, who has been collecting and restoring vintage vehicles for many years. Friday 19th July ‘Walk in Words’ Oresented by Derek Keeble, avid walker and prolific writer of Essex countryside walking experiences. We ask for £4 donation per person, refreshments available. Doors open at 7.00pm for 7.30pm so come and have a glass of wine and a chat before the start. For more information or to reserve a place for these talks, please call Amanda on 01206 337338 or email wcec12@gmail.com

Farmers Markets Lavenham Farmers Market At The Village Hall Lavenham Sunday 23rd June and Sunday 28th July at 10.00am - 1.30pm Contact Justine Paul 07704 627973

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Colchester Friday 7th June and Friday 5th July at 9.30am - 1.00pm Contact Rowley Castiglione 01206 367776

Wivenhoe Saturday 15th June and Saturday 20th July at 9.00am - 12.00 Contact Rowly Castiglione 01206 367776

Brightlingsea Farmers Market At the Community Centre Brightlingsea Thursday 27th June and Thursday 25th July at 9.00am - 12.00 Contact Bob Shotton 01206 302669

Sudbury Farmers Market At St Peters Church Sudbury Friday 28th June and Friday 26th July 9.30am - 2.00pm Contact Justine Paul 07704 627973

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Wherstead, Ipswich Saturday 1st June and Saturday 6th July 10.00am - 2.00pm Contact 0844 4938088

Rowhedge Farmers and Crafters Market At Rowhedge Village Hall Saturday 1st June and Saturday 6th July 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 15th June and Saturday 20th July 10.00 am - 1.30 pm Contact Roy Reece 07513 464567

Stanway Country Market At St Andrews Hall, St Albright’s Church (B1408) London Road/Church Lane, Stanway CO3 8PB Friday 7th, 21st June and Friday 5th, 19th July 10.00am - 12.00 Contact 01206 768917

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All things ﬂoral! Wormingford Annual Flower Festival Mind the Gap! At Saint Andrew’s Church, Wormingford Spring Bank Holiday weekend 25th, 26th and 27th May 10.00am - 5.00pm daily. Floral displays on the theme of 150 years of the London Underground, bric-a-brac sale, refreshments, rafﬂe. Free entry. Little Bentley Hall Garden Show At Little Bentley Hall, Colchester CO7 8SD Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd June 10.00am - 6.00pm Beautiful show gardens. Tickets £8. Contact 07825 337161. Chappel and Wakes Colne Open Gardens Day Sunday 2nd June 11.00am - 5.30pm 12 beautiful gardens in and around the Colne Valley. Refreshments available. £4 entry. In support of village churches. Contact 01206 240661. Aldham Open Gardens Day Sunday 9th June 11.00am - 5.30pm. Around 20 gardens open. Coffee, lunches, teas, plant and produce stalls. Live music, Clog dancers.

Songs of Praise in church at 6.30pm. £5 entry. Contact 01206 240425. Nayland Open Gardens Sunday 9th June 2.00pm to 6.00pm Up to 20 gardens of all sizes open. Refreshments, plant sales at various gardens, £5 per ticket. Contact 01206 262970. Earls Colne Open Gardens Sunday 16th June 11.00am - 5.00pm Beautiful gardens, teas, cakes, plants, books, raising funds for charities. Contact 01787 224913. Mount Bures Flower Festival & Summer Fayre At Mount Bures Hall, Hall Road, Mount Bures, Essex Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd June 10.00am - 5.00pm Stunning open country gardens with fantastic games and entertainment. Stalls, vintage vehicles and rides, ﬂower displays, art exhibition, music, dancing displays, dog shows, refreshments. Free entry and parking.

20 gardens to visit plus crafts and plant sales in village hall, Scarecrow trail. £3 per adult. Contact p.goodyer@btinternet. com Brightlingsea Open Gardens Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd June 10.00am 5.00pm 30 open gardens, tea and refreshments. £4 per adult entry for both days. Contact egog@btinternet. com

well as family and children’s sections. Exhibits in 87 classes will be on display, produce stall, rafﬂe & refreshments. Entry 50p. For more information call 01206 262807 or visit www. naylandhortsoc.org.uk Non members are welcome to enter. Schedules are available from Nayland Post Office or contact as above.

Colchester and District Fuchsia Society Fuchsia Show At Stanway Village Hall & Tollgate Hall, Colchester CO3 0RH Saturday 13th July 1.00pm - 5.00pm and Sunday 14th July 11.00am - 4.15pm Craft stalls, floral displays, gardeners dip, plants sales and refreshments. Admission £1.50 to all halls each day. Contact 01206 242018. Nayland Flower Show At Nayland Village Hall, Church Lane CO6 4JH Saturday 3rd August 2.00pm 5.00pm Classes for vegetables, fruit, flowers, flower arranging, photography, art, craft, cookery, as

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Sage and Pancetta Roast Chicken Serves 4

Ready in 2 hours 30 minutes Give classic roast chicken a tasty makeover with a handful of fresh sage and some delicious smoky ﬂavoured Italian bacon called pancetta. Serve with roasted baby new potatoes and lightly steamed vegetables for a wonderful summer Sunday lunch.

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• 1.3kg oven-ready chicken (preferably free range) • 55g butter, softened • Few fresh sage leaves • Salt and freshly ground black pepper • 1 onion, peeled and finely chopped • 85g smoked pancetta slices • 115g fresh white breadcrumbs • 1 medium egg, beaten • Fresh sage leaves, to garnish

Tip: To make light gravy to serve with the roast chicken, drain off any excess fat from the roasting tin then heat the pan juices until sizzling. Add a splash of dry white wine or sherry then stir in a little plain ﬂour and 1 tsp wholegrain mustard. Cook for 1 minute then gradually pour in 400ml hot chicken or vegetable stock and slowly bring to the boil, stirring all the time. Simmer for 3-4 minutes until just thickened. Season to taste with freshly ground black pepper.

Preheat the oven to 190C, 375F, Gas Mark 5. Place the chicken in a foil-lined roasting tin. Smear half the softened butter over the chicken breast, legs and wings and scatter over the sage leaves. Season lightly with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Cover the chicken loosely with foil and roast in the preheated oven for 1 hour 10 minutes. Uncover and baste the chicken with any juices twice during cooking. Meanwhile, melt the rest of the butter in a frying pan, add the chopped onion and fry gently for 5 minutes. Chop half the pancetta and add to the pan, frying for a further 5 minutes until the onion is softened and golden. Remove from the heat. Finely chop the rest of the sage and add to the pan with the breadcrumbs and seasoning. Leave to cool then stir in the beaten egg. Press the stuffing mixture into a greased 18cm round shallow cake tin. Uncover the chicken and top with the rest of the pancetta slices. Return to the oven and roast, uncovered, for a further 25-35 minutes until the chicken is golden brown and cooked through – the juices should run clear with no sign of pinkness when the thickest part of the thigh is pierced. Cook the stuffing in the oven at the same time until set and pale golden. Remove the chicken from the oven, cover and leave to rest for 10-15 minutes. Cut the stuffing into wedges and serve on a platter with the roast chicken, garnished with the fresh sage leaves.

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Cross examinations...........by Lady Muck

Oh lovely. It’s exam time again. That means weeks of tears before bedtime, arguments over why don’t they do Maths like they used to in my day and re-enactments of the McCarthy witch trials on the question of ‘Who stole my lucky pen?’ Any move to gently nudge the younger members of the household towards their bedrooms where they might like to do some revision instead of moaning about it at great length brings on a protracted rant about how you don’t understand what kind of stress they’re under and watching tele all evening is their only way to unwind and if you really want them to do well you’d be better to just get off their case, OK? So you spend weeks tiptoeing around any delicate subject likely to upset, which turns out to be every subject there is. Everything you try and do to help is wrong and you should know by now that teenager’s brains are better able to multi-task than adults so it’s perfectly reasonable to assume they’re working hard while playing music and checking out youtube, facebook and Twitter. Teenager’s body clocks are also different and require staying up until 2.00am and sleeping in until lunchtime. Don’t try suggesting that if they really need 11 hours of sleep a night maybe they should go to bed at 10.00pm because that’s different, it doesn’t work like that and if you weren’t so old you would understand.

Apparently the school has suggested that students should have a ready supply of their favourite food to keep their strength up as they undergo the rigours of revision. Oh yes? The likelihood of me stocking the freezer full of sirloin steak, sea bass and lobster is pretty slim I’m afraid. Chips and coke I can do, but that doesn’t strike me as very good brain food. Not to mention that the whole exam focus has the effect of bringing on those horrible nightmares of your own - the ones where you pick up the exam paper and realise that you appear to have forgotten to take that particular course for the whole of the previous year and you’re unable to answer a single question. I did actually have that experience once - you wouldn’t have thought I’d be so surprised about it when I sat down for the exam. I wonder why my mother hadn’t brought the subject up at all. I don’t recall any questions as to why I didn’t seem to be doing any work. But parents were different then. They didn’t get involved like we do now. There was no special food, no special treatment. If you tried a tantrum you’d simply be packed off for the weekend to go and stay with Grandma. They didn’t fret over league tables and results. They didn’t have to get their heads around the process of erosion, irregular verbs or questions that begin with ‘If a man...’ Never mind. It’ll all be worth it when my offspring qualify as barristers and they’re able to pay for my care in the finest local authority retirement home that money can buy. Sounds very restful actually - can’t wait.

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Finance The Longest Holiday By Arwyn Bailey Most of us shy away from considering our later years and what they might bring. There may be the joy of watching our family grow and develop with grandchildren, great nephews and nieces, but understandably we do not like the idea of becoming incapacitated. However, we should start thinking about what can be termed as the “longest holiday” of our lives sooner rather than later, as it is now clear that the government will not be funding the ongoing costs of any care that might be required. The reason for the government’s stance becomes clear when examining some of the facts. According to statistics from the Office for National Statistics, the average percentage of people over 65 in 1992 was 15.8%. By the year 2033, estimates show that this figure will have increased to 22.9%. As the state is not going to assist in any meaningful form regarding ongoing care needs, we need to consider the cost of buying care as this is also rising. For example, maintaining professional quality care in one’s own home is now running at around £13.68 per hour. Furthermore, full time fees in a care home now average at just over £27,000 a year rising to over £38,000 for nursing home fees.

Here are some tips that will enable you to start planning for the future. 1. Check your pensions, ensuring that you have current information for all of them. 2. If you have not done so already, you should complete a BR19 form and send it off for a State Pension assessment. The reason for this, particularly for women, is that it will be assumed that your NI contributions would have continued if you had not stopped work in order to care for your children. However, the benefits agencies will not know of this and your past situation unless you inform them. Taking this action will enhance your state pension benefits. 3. Realistically consider what your ISAs and other savings might be worth. Monitor your investments regularly with a professional adviser. 4. Think about when your mortgage will be repaid, along with any other commitments. Put income that you have released, when loans are repaid, towards ISAs and pensions for your future. 5. Start thinking of your house as a commodity that might have to be used to fund care needs in the future. 6. Consider a special form of trust to ring fence the equity

of your house. This can protect your home from local authority means testing when you qualify for care. 7. Review your Wills and the position regarding inheritance tax. 8. Review whether your property is owned as Tenants In Common or under Joint Tenancy as this is important in this arena of planning (Scottish law varies in this regard). 9. Seek independent financial advice from an appropriately qualified professional, and appoint an adviser on a fee basis to advise you. The facts before us may not be favourable and planning for our longest holiday may take many years to achieve. Although our finances might be under pressure at this time, doing something now is going to be better than doing nothing.

Arwyn Bailey is a former financial adviser of almost 18 years, and he is now a freelance journalist, photographer and author. His latest novel is entitled Candelaro. You can learn more about Arwyn at: http:// gponlinephotos.com and: http://themoneyartist.com

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A Vintage Year Vintage used to be a word associated with cars and wine, but more recently a brand new industry has been created to satisfy the hunger of consumers eager to buy vintage fashion, homewares and accessories. Suddenly it seems that we are desperate to buy into an idealised version of the past. Lucy Craymer and Janine Rudkins organise The Secret Vintage Fair, which is attracting a huge amount of interest. The last event at Colchester Castle had 70 stallholders taking part and was attended by more than 2,000 people. Lucy acknowledges that while we might have a romantic image of the 50’s when men were men and women stood around drinking tea in nice frocks under festoons of bunting, real life was hard. But perhaps that’s the reason why we’re looking back. Once again people don’t have much surplus cash, so we’re looking for bargains, for things that won’t fall apart 2 weeks after we’ve bought them and most of all we’re revisiting the idea of ‘make do and mend’, which itself has been reinvented as ‘upcycling’.

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Pick Your Own Following another tricky start to the growing year with a late Spring, crops are slowly beginning to take off now, so by the middle of June we should ﬁnd lots of lovely produce just ripe for the picking.

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175g softened butter 100g Greek yogurt 2 tbsp good quality lemon curd 3 eggs zest of 1 lemon 200g self-raising ﬂour 175g golden caster sugar 170g blackcurrants 3 tbsp icing sugar juice of 1 lemon Preheat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas mark 3. Grease or line a 2lb/4kg loaf tin with baking parchment. Put the yogurt, lemon curd, softened butter, eggs, lemon zest, ﬂour and caster sugar into a large mixing bowl. Quickly mix with an electric whisk until the batter just comes together. Pour half of the mixture into the prepared tin, then scatter half the blackcurrants on top. Pour the rest of the batter into the tin, then scatter the remaining blackcurrants on top. Bake for at least 1 hr 15 mins until golden, and a skewer poked into the centre comes out clean. Whilst cooking, mix together a drizzle of the lemon juice and icing sugar. Remove the cake from the oven, pour the lemon drizzle over and leave to cool in the tin. Carefully lift onto a serving plate once cooled and serve with more greek yoghurt, lemon curd, or just by itself. This recipe is from http://www.boxtedberries. com and was adapted from the original on BBC Good Food by Sarah Wedderburn Catering. Sarah offers bespoke catering for events and can be contacted on sjwedderburn@ hotmail.co.uk or 07711 286432.

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Dog Grooming

Ironing Service

Adult Home Care

11, 47

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Joinery

Bathroom Fitter

Dress Hire Elderly Care

Kitchen Fitters

Bookkeeping

8, 41

Estate Agent

Marketing Services

Fashion

Beauty Treatment

14, 27

Building Services

7, 40, 47

Bunting

Carpet Cleaners

Car Tuning

Car Dent Repair

Cambridge Diet Plan

Chiropractor

Chimney Sweep Childrens Nursery

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Craft Centre Counselling

Decorators

Dental Clinic

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Dog Walking

Farm Shop

23, 37

Florist

Flooring

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Funeral Directors

37, 40

Furniture Restorers

Financial Services

Garden Design

Garden Centre

Garden Tutor

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Hairdressers

Handyman

Interior Design

Oven Cleaning

Pest Control

Physiotherapy Pilates

Podiatrist

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Property Maintenance

Restaurant

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Plumber

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Storage

Swimming Pool

Therapies

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Tutor

Wheel Refurbishment

Window Repairs

Yoga

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