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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 TV Guide 16 A Good Read 18 Puzzle Pages 20 Autumn Recipe 22 Local Info 24 Stir Up Sunday 26 Tequila 28 Index of Advertisers 30 Published by Spotlight Local Media Ltd Company No. 6841257 Tel: 0115 822 4995 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! I hope you all have a great month, the last before the Christmas madness really kicks in. Please remember that if you are thinking of getting any work done on your home or business in readiness for the colder weather, consider giving our supporting advertisers a call. If you are a local business and would like more customers, we can help with that too! Spotlight magazine is delivered to 6,000 homes and businesses in the West Bridgford area each month, with similar magazines going to Mansfield South and Mansfield North. To Advertise or contribute: T: 0115 822 4995 E: info@spotlightlocal.co.uk Web: www.spotlightlocal.co.uk
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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! By Louise Addison
The top ten injuries or accidents in the home are: Falls Strikes and collisions Cuts and abrasions Foreign bodies Over exertion e.g. moving heavy furniture Burns and scalds Crush injuries Bites and stings Puncture wounds e.g. stepping on a child’s toy Suspected poisoning
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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! By Rachael Leverton
For my money Amalanchier Lamarckii is about as hardworking a tree as you’ll come across. During March and April it produces a frothy show of white flowers, then in June these are replaced by
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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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TV Guide
What’s the best way to watch TV?
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Most of us enjoy curling up in-front of the TV on a cold winter’s night. And, as long as you have decent broadband, these days there’s plenty of ways to watch your favourite shows.
Netflix – £5.99-£8.99 per month Netflix is a subscription service that allows you to watch thousands of films and TV shows through your smart TV, laptop, phone, tablet and other devices.
If you’re feeling a bit flummoxed by all the options available, our quick guide might help to make your mind up.
You can choose what you want to watch from a huge menu, including programmes made by Netflix, such as the award-winning Orange is the New Black.
Freeview – Free As the name implies, Freeview gives you access to more than 60 TV channels, for free. You can also watch hundreds of programmes that have aired in the previous seven days. With most TVs, you shouldn’t need any extra equipment, but TVs bought before 2010 might require a set-top box, which costs from £30. You will need a TV aerial, and not all channels are available in all locations, so it’s worth checking what you can get before you buy anything. Satellite TV – from around £7.50 a month There are a range of providers to choose from, including Sky, Virgin Media, BT and Talk Talk, all of which give you access to a wide range of digital channels. You will need a set-top box, and in some cases a satellite dish, which is normally included in the cost of your subscription, and you’ll need to take out a 12-18 month contract.
You don’t need any extra equipment; there are no adverts and you can pause, rewind, fast forward and watch again as much as you like. There’s also no contract, so you can cancel whenever you want. Amazon Prime – £79 per year Like Netflix, Amazon Prime is a subscription service that allows you to watch films and TV shows through a multitude of digital devices. With some older TVs, you’ll need to buy a fire stick (which costs around £30). There doesn’t seem to be quite as much choice with Amazon Prime as there is with Netflix. But if you take into consideration the other benefits of Prime, such as free music, nextday Amazon delivery and cloud-storage for photos, it is a great price. If you don’t want the extras, you can opt for Prime video, for just £5.99 per month.
Most providers have different packages to choose from, and you can add on bundles, such as sports channels. Some providers offer wider phone and broadband packages. BT, for example, offers 80 channels, unlimited broadband and free weekend calls from
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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.
coming downstairs now, bump, bump, bump, on the back of his head, behind Christopher Robin.’
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.
Milne may have been a traumatised war veteran but his storytelling has so much warmth and depth.
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.
At times the tales are laugh out loud funny – Rabbit in particular makes me giggle every time he replies to a knock at the door – and children will quickly read along with you, even if some of the sentence structure and vocabulary is complex. 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. The word classic is sometimes used lightly: here, it is truly deserved.
Every ending is well judged and either rounds off the play with a ‘reveal’ or a cliffhanger – always showing, never telling. Ideal for reading in short bursts or longer chunks – well worth a look. The Complete Tales and Poems of Winnie-thePooh - AA Milne The recently released film ‘Goodbye Christopher Robin’ painted a lessthan-rosy picture of the dysfunctional upper class Milne family. Yet the stories are still compellingly charming from the opening lines, ‘Here is Edward Bear,
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Tasty Autumn Recipe
Pear Tart Tatin
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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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Lilly And The Little Snow Bear
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