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Contents

Poppy Factory 6 A Vintage Trip 8 Could You Save A Life 10 National Tree Week 12 Duct Tape 14 Kast Off Kinks 16 A Good Read 18 Puzzle Pages 20 Travel Clinic 22 Beauty Page 24 Stir Up Sunday 26 Tequila 28 Index of Advertisers 30 Published by Spotlight Local Media Ltd Company No. 6841257 Tel: 01623 706570 Suite 104, 1 Hanley Street Nottingham NG1 5BL Graphic Design and Layout: Spotlight Local Media Distributed by Best Distributions Trusted Delivery Partner of the Spotlight Magazine

Well it’s certainly starting to feel crisp out there! I know some of you really like this colder weather. Not me, I’m thinking of hibernating!

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Poppy Factory

Major George Howson was an engineer. He was a man of great energy and determination. He won the military cross in WWl. He was addicted to strong Turkish cigarettes and bought them 10000 at a time. He was also the founder of The Royal British Legion Poppy factory!

Through the work of Anna Guerin of France and Moina Michael of the USA, both very practical women who took Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae’s famous poem, “In Flanders Fields”, and devised a way of raising vital funds for wartime charities.

The British Legion had been set up the year before and the very first French Poppy Appeal – using silk poppies made by widows - had raised £106,000. In 1921 the first British Poppy appeal was held.

and in spite of his initial lack of optimism, in few years that had grown to 350 men.

He set up a sister factory in Edinburgh to supply poppies to Scotland, and the London factory moved to larger premises near the Thames in Richmond and was renamed The Poppy Factory.

As time went on the needs of veterans changed. They wanted to work in their own communities, closer to their families and to use the many and varied skills they had acquired during their careers in the armed services, prior to becoming injured.

In 2010, The Poppy Factory began to actively help disabled ex-Service find the work they wanted in the places they wanted to be.

It continues to build on its strong historical foundations to provide an employability service that supports hundreds of ex-Service personnel with varying health challenges into meaningful employment with businesses across the country every year.

Moina Michael was an American professor.

She wrote a response to McCrae’s poem in 1918 entitled We Shall Keep The Faith. She vowed to always wear a poppy as a symbol of Remembrance for those who served in the war.

She realised the need to provide financial and occupational support for ex-Servicemen after teaching a class of disabled veterans at the University of Georgia, and so she pursued the idea of selling silk poppies to raise funds for them.

In the first year the poppies were imported from France and there was huge demand as poppies quickly became the icons of remembrance.

The Major made a connection; Remembrance Day needed poppies and wounded ex-soldiers needed work. In a letter to his parents he spoke of using a £2000 cheque he had been given to set up a factory to, ‘…give the disabled their chance.’

He wrote that he felt the project would probably not be successful but that he ought to attempt it anyway.

He set up The Disabled Society in London with just five injured ex-servicemen,

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A Vintage Trip To The Seaside

The London to Brighton Veteran Car Run takes place on November 5th.

We take a look at the world’s longest running motoring event.

It is estimated that at the time of the first Rally there were only around a hundred cars in Britain.

In these days of motorway mayhem and congestion charges it’s difficult to imagine a time when owning a car was considered daring, a little eccentric and beyond the wildest dreams of most British people.

Today we have around 500 million!

33 cars took part in the original run but only fourteen made it to Brighton and it’s rumoured that one of those was taken by train and had mud splashed all over it before crossing the finish line!

When Jean-Joseph Etienne Lenoir patented the internal combustion engine in 1860 he paved the way for the development of the modern motor car.

Part of the problem was the weather which was dreadful. Rain poured down and the roads became sodden and muddy.

Initially progress was slow...literally.

The Government passed The Red Flag Act in 1865. Section 3 of this act required that one person had to walk 60 yards ahead of the vehicle and that he should wave a small red flag to warn others that a car was approaching.

This meant that the speed of the new motor cars was reduced to 4mph in the countryside and just 2mph in town.

Unsurprisingly this legislation stifled the progress of the motor industry for many years.

In 1896 after much discussion The Locomotives on Highways Act was passed which did away with the need for the flag waver.

The rally has run every year since with the exception of the war years when petrol was rationed. It is one of Britain’s biggest motoring spectacles and attracts entrants from all over the world.

Only cars built before January 1st 1905 are eligible to enter and this year 490 of them have been registered for the run, 85 of them from countries as far away as China, the USA and Australia.

The 60 mile rally starts at sunrise on the 5th so why not have a day out and see British motoring history in action.

Visit www.veterancarrun.com for more information

In order to celebrate, the first London to Brighton Run was organised by Harry Lawson’s Motor Car Club.

But Mr. Lawson had a hidden agenda. He wanted to control the fledgling motor car industry through master patents held by his British Motor Syndicate.

The enterprising businessman managed to extract considerable sums of money from hopeful investors in his new companies.

One of these was Daimler which today is Britain’s oldest car maker.

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Could You Save A Life?

Everyone Should Know Basic First Aid It can take just a few minutes to save someone’s life Your daughter has a nosebleed. Your father chokes on a piece of meat.

Your toddler swallows some floor cleaner. Would you know what to do?

First aid is the care given before the emergency services arrive. A blocked airway can kill someone in three to four minutes yet it can take eight to 12 minutes for an ambulance to arrive.

Knowing how to open someone’s airway could mean the difference between life and death.

Almost 4000 people per year die because of accidents in their homes and statistically you are far more likely to be called upon to administer first aid to someone you know than to a stranger.

There are many myths and misconceptions about injuries. Here are the most common: Butter or cream is good for a burn NO, immerse the injured limb in cool water.

If you can move a limb it’s not broken NO, the only sure way to tell if a limb is broken is to x-ray it.

Put a bleeding wound under a tap NO, by all means clean the wound if required but water will wash away the body’s own clotting agents so compression with a clean dressing is the best way to staunch the flow.

Make someone sick if they’ve swallowed poison NO, this can block their airway or, if the substance is corrosive, damage it further.

Most first aid is common sense but learning some simple skills such as chest compressions (CPR) and the Heimlich manoeuvre will increase your confidence if an emergency arises.

There are many organisations which provide short courses, most last just half a day.

Your employer might provide training but if not you could enrol the whole family on a course and make an event of it.

Even young children will feel empowered to learn new skills and you never know when they might come in useful!

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National Tree Week

25th November-3rd Dec is National Tree Week

attractive deep purple, and supposedly edible - though I’ve never tried them - fruits.

November 25th marks the start of National Tree Week, which in turn marks the start of tree-planting season.

Then, when Autumn arrives the tree pulls out all the stops and bursts into fiery colour. If you only have room for one tree then an Amelanchier won’t let you down.

Considering that most of us in the UK have fairly small plots we do love our trees. The trouble is we’re not always terribly good at choosing them.

How many times have you driven through a housing estate and observed an enormous weeping willow or an enormous pine tree completely obscuring a front garden.

It can be tricky deciding what sort of tree to plant on a small, suburban plot but there are plenty of candidates. Generally trees up to 8-10m are considered suitable.

The best urban trees offer year-round interest.

Varieties of Acer Palmatum are rather lovely. They are elegant trees which have attractive green or purple foliage and colour beautifully in the winter.

Another hard worker is Sorbus hupehensis var. obtusa. This tree has a pretty shape and is attractive throughout the year.

In the late spring it is covered in white blossom which is followed by masses of dark pink berries. The blue-green leaves turn red in the autumn.

It’s just my opinion of course but without at least one tree, a garden can seem flat and a little dull.

Trees provide structure and height but are also a haven for birds and insects, which

in turn add colour and life.

Why not plant a tree during this week. Our guide has some helpful tips.

How to Plant a Tree Dig a hole at least twice the size of the root ball.

Make up a mixture of half compost and half soil from the hole. Put a few inches of this mix at the bottom of the hole.

Trees need support so drive a support stake into the hole at one edge. This needs to be done before the tree is planted or you risk damaging the roots.

Tip the tree from its container and loosen the roots a little. Place it into the hole and fill in with the soil and compost mixture. Firm it down with your heel.

Use proper straps to secure the tree to the post.

Water well!

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For my money Amalanchier Lamarckii is about as hardworking a tree as you’ll come across.

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Who Invented... Duct Tape Is it Duct Tape or Duck Tape?

If ever you doubt whether one person can make a difference then you need to know the story of Vesta Stoudt.

In the 1940s Vesta, who had two sons in the Navy, went to work in a US ammunition factory in Illinois do her part for the war effort. Her job was to inspect and pack cartridges used to launch the rifle grenades used by soldiers in the Army and Navy.

The cartridges were packed eleven to a box, and the boxes were taped and waxed to make them waterproof and damp-proof.

The box flaps were sealed with thin paper tape, and a tab of tape was left loose so that it could be pulled to release the waterproof wax coating and open the box.

But the thin paper tape wasn’t strong enough, so the tabs frequently tore off when soldiers pulled on them.

This left them frantically scrambling to claw the boxes open while under enemy fire, which put lives at risk, including those of Vesta’s sons.

So Vesta came up with a solution: seal the boxes with a strong, cloth-based waterproof tape instead of thin paper tape. She raised the issue with her

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supervisors but, as is often the way with such things, nothing was actually implemented.

Now Vesta Stoudt was not a woman to think, ‘Oh well at least I tried...’ She took matters into her own hands and wrote directly to President Roosevelt, outlining the problem and explaining her idea about how to fix it.

type of fabric called cotton duck.

Vesta Stoudt received a letter from President Roosevelt and earned the Chicago Tribune’s War Worker Award for her idea and her persistence.

Mostly today our lives don’t depend on duct tape but we still find it

She appealed to the fact he was a father himself, stating that this would help his boys as well as her boys.

Roosevelt sent Vesta’s letter to the War Production Board in Washington, D.C., and a few weeks later in March, she received a series of replies culminating with one which told her that the recommendation for the new tape had been approved and was “...of exceptional merit.”

Because of Johnson & Johnson’s long experience making surgical adhesive tapes, The War Production Board asked Johnson & Johnson to make the new tape It was originally called ‘Duck Tape’ because of the fact it was waterproof and made with a heavy woven

indispensible for all manner of tasks.

Duck tape or Duct tape: Although it started life as Duck Tape, it gradually became known as duct tape because it was so often used in the construction industry to wrap around air ducts!

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Kast Off Kinks

Coming to the Palace Theatre this month are The Kast off Kinks, who state they are not a tribute band.

The line up comprises three actual former members of the legendary band ‘The Kinks’, back together playing great music and re-living the good times whilst keeping the songs alive that made The Kinks a household name. They will be performing live in Mansfield on Thursday 16 November.

This great line-up features Mick Avory (the original drummer on all the classic hits from 1964-84), John Dalton (bass/vocals, Kinks 60’s & 70’s), Ian Gibbons (keyboards/ vocals, Kinks 80’s & 90’s and still with Ray Davies) with Dave Clarke (guitar/vocals, formerly of the Beach Boys, Noel Redding & Tim Rose).

Expect all the hits, including: You Really Got Me, Dedicated Follower of Fashion, Sunny Afternoon, Lola, Days, Waterloo Sunset, Come Dancing, All Day and All of the Night plus many more for a great night out not to be missed!

“A full house, and a standing ovation. To anyone wondering about going, do not

hesitate” (The Stables, Milton Keynes) “Nothing short of superb. From start to finish it was filled with hit after hit” (Mad Ferret, Preston) To find out what’s coming up at Mansfield Palace Theatre, contact the Box Office on 01623 633133 or view events online at mansfieldpalace.co.uk.

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A Good Read

Plays About Britain – Craig Taylor How often do you hear someone complain that they never have time to read? Too often? Or are you guilty of this yourself?

If so, Craig Taylor’s superb book is a godsend. The title is more or less an accurate description of the contents – although there are slightly fewer than a million of Taylor’s carefully crafted snapshots of British life: ‘dramatic haikus’, perhaps, as Richard Eyre suggests in his introduction.

The format of each play is the same: a brief sentence to set the scene, then the dialogue takes over. The longest runs to three or four pages, the shortest to one sentence.

A range of scenes is covered – from two women in a queue at a Surrey bank, to a farmer in Kent speaking on his mobile phone from a tractor, to a late night on Newcastle

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Quayside. The characters are diverse too – young and old, drunk and sober, flippant and serious.

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However, it is the perfectly observed sharpness of speech that makes this book stand out. At first, you could believe that Taylor has merely been in the right place at the right time and recorded everything that he heard.

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Lines like ‘I once took Diana Rigg’s coat – in her pocket was a packet of Polos. That’s an elegant mint’ ! And ‘There’s more to it all. More than Swansea,’ sound so authentic that you believe in the speakers and their lives, however brief and insignificant their conversations seem to be.

Some of the plays rely on a growing sense of unease - the nervous customer in the barber’s shop: others are out and out funny - two Wonder Women fighting in the street.

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Every child deserves to have this book read aloud to them at least once before they are six and I bet you anything you will be asked for it again, and again.

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A New Travel Clinic

East Midlands Laser & Cosmetic Clinic’s New Travel Clinic Are you planning for a trip outside the country? If so, chances are you have a few things to take care of before embarking on the trip.

Vaccination is among the many things that cross our mind before travelling overseas and for good reasons. We all want to be safe and free from any health threats as we visit new places.

At East Midlands Laser & Cosmetic Clinic, it’s our goal to offer not just travel and occupation vaccinations but other necessary advice that could be helpful in making you safe while away from the country.

We offer travel vaccinations against diseases such as Hepatitis A & B, Yellow Fever, Typhoid, Cholera, Diphtheria, Japanese encephalitis, Meningitis and Tuberculosis, to name but a few.

We also understand that so much has changed in the recent past and to keep up with this, we offer the latest advanced treatments and other services whose prime aim is to keep you 100% healthy and more importantly, protect you against unnecessary illnesses.

Some of them include sexual health screening (complete with instant testing), vitamin deficiency checks, allergy screening through blood tests, and postholiday checks.

Location East Midlands Laser & Cosmetic Clinic sits right at the centre of Mansfield and inside an elegant Victorian building complete with private parking. The atmosphere inside the building is cool and relaxing while the treatments are professional and well equipped to serve their purpose.

Quality Services Registered by the Care Quality Commission, our private nurse-led clinic attends to both men and women. The medical grade treatments offered at our clinic are performed by registered nurses and exclusively through appointment.

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We also understand the need for personal privacy and so, besides our consultations being free, our discreet, friendly, and professional staff will discuss in complete confidence any potential treatments and/or requirements, such as: Treatments Medical assessment Test Patch Pre and Post Treatment advice Individualised treatment plans Laser Treatments Our clinic has invested heavily in laser treatments to ensure we are able to treat the many varieties of existing cosmetic issues.

Whether it’s hair reduction in specific parts of the body or face, pigmentation marks, thread vein removal, birthmarks, acne treatment, rosacea, age spots, and improvements on the neck or face through carbon peels, we can treat them all.

On top of that, we offer a variety of other treatments including: Injectables for wrinkles and fine lines Dermal fillers to effectively correct moderate or extreme wrinkles and folds PDO Thread Lifts PRP (Vampire face lift) Chemical Peels Mesotherapy Microdermabrasion Derma Planning More important to note is that the results from these treatments are remarkably natural and can really make a difference.

Expect the treatment to be almost painless as well. Time and again, we add new treatments in order keep up with trends.

Please make an effort to visit our website www.eastmidlandslaserclinic.co.uk for new information and updates.

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Seasonal Skin Care

Skin becomes drier during Autumn and Winter. Central heating and windy weather are the obvious culprits, but the skin’s natural moisturising factors also deplete at this time of the year, regardless of external factors.

found naturally in the skin, but it decreases as we age, resulting in dryness and that tell-tale lack of “plumpness”. So, looking out for products that contain a high proportion of this skin saviour is one way to keep dryness at bay.

To make matters worse, women are at the mercy of their pesky hormones as they get older! They tend to suffer from dry skin more than men, and this is partly due to a drop in progesterone and oestrogen levels which can affect moisture levels.

So what can be done to give parched skin a much needed hydration boost?

Having extolled the virtues of water for keeping skin cells hydrated, it’s important to point out that drinking lots of it isn’t enough. If the cell membrane isn’t kept intact with essential fatty acids, it won’t retain moisture adequately.

Soap is an obvious no-no because it can disturb the protective acid mantle, so always remove make-up first with a highly refined mineral oil. Follow this with a cleansing cream with a mild acid pH to promote healthy skin.

You’re probably aware of the recent hype about Hyaluronic Acid, which can hold up to 1000 times its own weight in water. It’s

Eating plenty of oily fish and taking high quality omega oil capsules, such as Skin Omegas+ from the Advanced Nutrition Programme will help moisturise skin from the inside out.

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Stir Up Sunday

Stir Up Sunday is on Sunday 26th November.

The tradition dates back to Victorian times, when the family would gather together to stir the Christmas pudding the Sunday before advent began. The opening words of the Book Of Common Prayer, read on this Sunday before Advent, are ‘Stir up, we beseech thee, O Lord’, which is probably where the name came from.

Originally Christmas pudding contained 13 ingredients said to represent Jesus and his disciples.

It is stirred by each member of the family from East to West, to remember the Wise Men that visited Jesus in the Nativity Story.

This is the point where you make a wish though no-one knows when that was added to the tradition.

Charms were often added to the pud and said to bring luck if you found them in your portion on Christmas Day. Historically the

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lucky charms were a silver coin for wealth, a wishbone for luck, a thimble for thrift, a ring for marriage, and an anchor for safe harbour.

Later coins were often used instead.

As needing expensive emergency dental treatment is definitely NOT considered lucky it might be wise to forgo that particular tradition nowadays or at least give your serving a thorough inspection before you tuck in.

The traditional sprig holly on top of the pud was said to represent the crown of thorns worn by Jesus on the cross. Holly and its berries are extremely toxic so it might be better to stick to artificial greenery.

As to why we set fire to the pudding, no-one seems to know. One theory is that the flames represent the power of Christ, another is that Christian traditions mingled with the midwinter festivals of light, and the pudding, with its high alcohol content was simply a good candidate for being ignited!

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Tasty Autumn Recipe Pear Tart Tatin

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and cinnamon and stir well to combine.

A slightly different take on a traditional tart tatin Serves: 6 Preparation time: 1 hour 20 minutes Ingredients 125g caster sugar 40g cold butter, chopped 1/2 tsp ground ginger 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon 3 large pears, peeled, cored and cut into wedges 375g all-butter puff pastry Double cream, to serve

Place the pears in the caramel and spoon over the mixture. Turn the heat down and cook for 5–10 minutes until the pears are just tender and cooked but retain their shape. Remove from the heat and cool slightly. Arrange the pears to form an attractive pattern in the pan.

Method

Roll out the pastry to about 5mm thick and cut a disc slightly bigger than your pan (about 24cm). Place the pastry disc on top of the pears and caramel, then carefully tuck it snugly around the outside of the pears and down into the sides of the pan.

Preheat oven to 200C/gas 6. Put a 21cmdiameter frying pan with an ovenproof handle (this bit is important!) on a hob over a medium heat. Add the sugar to the dry pan and heat, stirring constantly until it turns a lovely caramel coloury. Add the butter, ginger

Bake the pie in the oven for 30–40 minutes, or until the pastry is golden brown and puffed up. Remove from the oven and leave for 10 minutes. Run a knife around the edge, place a large plate over the top and carefully turn the tart onto the plate. Serve with cream.

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Tequila!

Tequila was North America’s first distilled drink and the first to be produced commercially. Like Mexico itself it is surrounded by myth…

Tequila is made from cactus juice: No, it’s made only from the blue Agave plant which is related to the Amaryllis and the Lily. It is a succulent but definitely not a cactus.

Traditional Tequila has a worm in the bottom of the bottle: The worm in the bottle was never a traditional element and was only introduced into a similar drink, Mescal in the 1940s as a marketing ploy. Some American brands of Tequila followed suit and the myth was born.

All Tequilas are the same: Heavens no!

That would be like saying all single malts are the same. They vary a lot depending on the production process, the growing environment of the Agave plants including the temperature, the soil, the age of the plants and the means by which they’re baked.

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