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Contents

October Festival 6 Beauty and the Beast 8 Curry Favour 10 A Good Read 12 Garden View 14 Tasty Recipe 16 The Humble T-Shirt 18 Puzzle Pages 20 Back Pain In Pregnancy 22 Local Info 24 Tattoo Removal 28 Index of Advertisers 30

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September already.. and autumn too, season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, roughly translated as foggy, cold and starting to feel a bit goose fairish! Better start shopping for winter coats and boots. Before we know it they will be advertising holidays on TV and the shops will all be playing Jingle Bells. 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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Nottingham October Festival

the Nottingham October Festival is back as Spiegeltent event tickets go on sale The Nottingham October festival returns for 2017 with a full programme of events over six weekends from Saturday 30 September until Sunday 5 November. The first October Festival event announced is the return to Old Market Square of the Magnificent Spiegeltent, popular with audiences in the City since its introduction in 2015. The programme will be staged between Friday 29 September and Sunday 8 October.

a lunchtime concert by the Nottingham Youth Orchestra (Friday 6 October).

Show highlights over the ten-days include an opening night spectacular with The Gilded Merkin Burlesque and Cabaret – Nottingham’s biggest Burlesque show, City’s Got Soul with Angelo Starr and the Team Edwin Starr Band performing live for an evening of the greatest Motown and classic Northern soul hits, and the hilarious musical comedy of Royal Vauxhall based on a true story involving Kenny Everett, Freddie Mercury and Princess Di is one not to be missed! £1 from every ticket sold will be donated to the Nottingham Pride 2018 event fund.

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There is also a varied programme of events for children; and as well as ticketed performances, there are a number of free events being staged including Yoga and Mindfulness sessions (Tuesday 3 October) and

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The site has been designed and ticketing managed in partnership with local company, Gigantic. Cllr Dave Trimble, Portfolio Holder for Leisure and Culture said: “Over the past 3 years, the Spielgeltent has been an incredibly popular part of our October events season, with the pop up venue having a programme to suit every taste from stand up comedy to burlesque. We expect that many of the shows sell out very quickly, so I would urge people not to miss out on this truly novel entertainment experience. Nottingham is definitely the place to be this Autumn.” Brendan Moffett CEO,

Marketing Nottingham & Nottinghamshire said: “I’m really looking forward to the return of the Spielgeltent which is always incredibly popular. It is a great example of the range of events and activities lined up for October with something for all ages. Last year’s October events had over 500,000 attendees, 35% of which were visitors from outside of the City. With the additional events in the Spiegeltent and the wider October programme, we expect to attract even more visitors and to improve on the £4million that was generated last year into the local economy.” For a full show schedule and tickets for all shows visit www. octoberinnottingham.co.uk For further information, please contact Donna Marshall – Communications and Marketing officer on 0115 8764443 or email donna.marshall@ nottinghamcity.gov.uk

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Beauty and the Beast Male Grooming is Booming! It’s now macho to moisturise...

Has your boyfriend been botoxed? No? Are you sure? Well it’s probably only a matter of time. We’re far less open about it than women, but a growing number of us blokes are considering a brow-freeze, a jowl-tighten or a lovehandle-lift. On the whole we tend to favour non-surgical options and not just because we’re cowards. Male plastic surgery can look a bit unnatural. Due to the nature and thickness of male skin there can be more stretching and scarring. Of course, non-surgical procedures are also quicker, ideal for those of us who want to keep our beauty secrets secret! It’s not just surgery. There has been an explosion of interest in male grooming products recently. These now make up an £800 million-per-year market and include intensive moisturisers, eye creams and self-tanners. Beauticians have noticed an increase in the number of men presenting for manicures. We no longer think smooth skin and wellgroomed hands are the preserve of females. This may be partly down to style icons such as footballers David Beckham and Cesc Fabregas but it may also be down to basic psychology. Six in 10 men

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between 24 and 34 are not married and around 50% of those are single. Perhaps we’re working harder on our appearance because we’re on the lookout for potential partners. Also, researchers at London’s Guildhall University found that taking care of your appearance makes sound financial sense. They discovered, in a survey of 11000 British 33-year-olds, that the most presentable men enjoyed a 15% higher salary than their less wellgroomed colleagues. They were also more likely to be married; have more confidence; less likely to be kept waiting in bars and even liable to receive lighter sentences from juries if they ended up on trial! No wonder it’s become macho to moisturise...now where did my girlfriend hide her Clarins? The Beautiful Bloke’s Top Three Male Botox Have you been accused of looking grumpy when nothing is wrong? You might have ‘angry brows’. Dysport smoothes out a male frown while maintaining the heavier, masculine appearance. It lasts one to nine months

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Curry Favour

A brief history of British curry! I’d always thought of curry as a recent introduction to Britain but bizarrely it all began with the Dutch in the 16th Century. They were world-leaders in the trading of pepper and because they had a monopoly they were able to sell it at an extortionate price. So Elizabeth I granted a Royal Charter to a small group of merchants allowing them to create a trading company which became known as the East India Company. Its initial purpose was to secure a better price for pepper than could be obtained from the Dutch. Actually the British had never been keen on trading with India, which was viewed rather arrogantly as simply a handy stoppingoff port and a place to exchange goods like cotton and linen. But the Dutch made life very difficult for other traders so private armies, dedicated to the protection of European traders, were set up all along the coast of India.

Eventually the Mughals yielded to the British and the East India Company profited, becoming extremely powerful and influential. The reign of the British Raj was a decadent period and this was expressed in their food. Indian chefs were trained to cater for a western palate and there was a tremendous cross-over of cultures which resulted in a fusion-style cuisine. When the British returned to their home country they still craved the spicy Eastern flavours they’d left behind. It’s unsurprising therefore that the first published recipe for curry appeared in a 1747 book, The Art of Cookery. Initially it included just coriander seeds and pepper. Subsequent editions added ginger and turmeric. Even Mrs. Beeton included a curry recipe, which used all manner of spices, in her Book of Household Management.

The first ‘curry house’ in Britain was opened by Dean Mahomet, who came from an eastern Indian middle class family. He chose London because of its cosmopolitan atmosphere, and The Hindostanee Coffee House opened on George Street at the turn of the 19th century. Curry houses became extremely popular but fell into decline during the two World Wars when people were preoccupied with survival and rationing. The fall of Hitler and Indian independence in 1947 led to more people from the sub-continent relocating to the UK and once again there was a surge in popularity for spicy cuisine. Curry is now firmly embedded into British culture. When you next bite into a poppadom give a thought for the history of the curry and impress your fellow diners with your knowledge.

At the time India was ruled by Emperors and Mughals and there was a lot of infighting. The Europeans took full advantage of this and seized whole regions and territories for their own purposes.

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A Good Read This touching novel is beautifully written and builds to a page turning climax. Will Sully find out where the calls are coming from? Or are they really coming from heaven? Ultimately, the novel isn’t about where they came from. In fact it doesn’t really matter. Alom draws on our natural fear, not of our own deaths but of losing a loved one.

The First Phone Call from Heaven by Mitch Alom One day a phone rings, then another one, and another. Now a small church in a small town in Michigan needs to deal with the question of what really happened. And it is only a matter of time before the country, and the world, is asking the question too. All the calls have one thing in common: the callers are deceased and want to tell their loved ones about heaven; to tell them that death is not the end. The town becomes a place of pilgrimage for people who are desperate to hear from their own friends and family. Of course, some are sceptical. Single father Sully – still grieving for his wife – is concerned when his young son starts asking why his mum hasn’t phoned him. So he sets out to unearth the true source of the phone calls.

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What he offers is a story of a group of people who draw hope and comfort from these seemingly miraculous events. And that is the inspiring message from this book. Maybe heaven exists, and maybe it doesn’t, but whether you believe or not, you can still take something from this thought provoking novel. Tom’s Midnight Garden by Philippa Pearce When you are born you occupy a small slot within history and for that period of time you live your life in your own way. But how much thought do you give to those people who came before you?

comes down with measles. To ensure that he doesn’t catch it, Tom is sent to stay with an aunt and uncle who live in a small flat at the top of a large old house. This is not how he imagined spending the summer. One night he is lying in bed, unable to sleep, when he hears the old grandfather clock in the house chiming. He counts the chimes. 9 … 10 … 11 … 12 … 13. And so the most amazing and magical summer of Tom’s life begins as he meets Hatty, a young girl who wears strange clothes. This 1958 novel is a children’s classic and is frequently rated as one of the best children’s novels published since the war. It is inspiring with its message that life is to be lived to the full and reminds children that even their grandparents were young once.

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Beautiful Blackberries They are ripe for the picking

Autumn’s scent is sweet and sour. There is a definite tang in the air which indicates that summer is drawing to a close. Don’t be sad though, autumn has its compensations, especially at harvest time: picking early apples, cold from the tree and dappled with dampness is one of life’s little pleasures. But if you don’t grow fruit in your own plot you don’t have to miss out, just look to the hedgerows. As kids we used to dig out an empty ice cream tub and go blackberrying in the autumn.

also grow them over sheds and walls. Plant the blackberry plant in manure, or compost-enriched soil at the base of the frame and gradually train the plant up it, tying in the shoots as they grow. It will spread to cover the frame and provide an annual crop. Remember to cut out old fruited stems each autumn and tie in the new ones. If space is limited there are some lovely new compact varieties available.

There are plenty of thornless, highly flavoured varieties. Ashton Cross produces a heavy crop of intensely flavoured fruit and Merton is a compact thornless which produces enormous blackberries and is very suited to a small space. I encourage you to plant a blackberry bush this year and in the future you will enjoy one of the purest pleasures autumn can offer. Happy gardening, By Rachael Leverton

It seems to have died-out a bit as a family pastime but that means there’s more for the rest of us! Don’t worry about breaking any laws. If the fruit is growing in the wild it is anyone’s for the taking. But why stop at wild blackberries. How about growing your own? It’s very simple. My dad used to grow them over two discarded wrought-iron gates he found in a skip! You don’t need anything quite that elaborate. Rig up a simple post and wire frame. Two 2m / 6 foot posts knocked into the ground 2m / 6 foot apart and joined together with horizontal strands of galvanised wire spaced about 45cm / 18 inches apart will do. You can

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Twice Cooked Belly Pork

With spring onions and ginger This is a wonderful way of cooking a cheap cut of meat: the pork belly is boiled to tenderise, then stirfried with ginger, spring onions and an Asian sauce. This is lovely with fluffy basmati rice and steamed greens - try French beans, pak choi, broccoli or chard. Ingredients 1kg belly pork, cut into slices 2cm thick 1 bunch spring onions, chopped (reserve the green tops) 2cm fresh ginger, chopped (reserve the trimmings) 1 tbsp sunflower oil 1 garlic clove, chopped 2 tbsp oyster sauce 1 tbsp soy sauce 1 tbsp coriander (optional) Method Put the pork belly in a pan and add enough water just to cover, plus the green ends from the spring onions and the trimmings from the ginger.

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Bring to the boil, then reduce the heat, cover and simmer very gently for 1 hour or until the pork is tender. Remove the pork from the pan, reserving the cooking liquor, and allow to cool. Slice the pork thinly width ways. When you are ready to serve, heat the oil in a large frying pan until very hot, add the pork pieces and cook for about 10 minutes over a high heat, stirring constantly, until browned all over. The pork will disintegrate slightly and start to stick, but keep stirring and scraping the pan with a wooden spoon. When the pork is slightly shredded, brown and crisp, add the chopped garlic and ginger and stir for 1 minute. Add the oyster sauce, soy sauce and spring onions and mix well, adding a little of the reserved cooking liquor for a moister result. Stir in the coriander, if using, and serve.

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The Humble T-Shirt

Hands up if you own a T-shirt. I’m guessing nearly all of us do. Our favourite garment is an American import, first issued by the U.S. Navy in the late 19th century around the time of the Spanish American War. The crew-necked, short sleeved top was meant to be worn as underwear beneath the uniform. It got its iconic name from its shape when laid flat, resembling the letter “T”. The lightweight fabric quickly made it popular with dockworkers, farmers, miners, and men in the construction trade, who began to adopt the T-shirt, preferring its lightweight fabric in hot weather. Cotton was at the time inexpensive, and the fact it was easy to clean meant it also became the garment of choice for mothers to buy as outerwear for their boys. By the 1920’s “T-shirt” had become an official American-English word in the Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary. It’s thought the first T shirts printed with logos were actually made for the film The Wizard of Oz! They were green T-shirts with ‘OZ’ printed on them in white, and were worn by workers in the Emerald City. I admit I’d never noticed the T shirts prior to my research and I’ve watched the film dozens of times! The credit for the first printed T shirt in a photograph is attributed to the Air Corps Gunnery School T-shirt featured

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on the July 13th, 1942 cover of LIFE magazine. Mickey Mouse was the first ‘celebrity’ to be featured a few years later. Marlon Brando played his part in making the T-shirt a seriously cool fashion item when he wore a tight white one in the film, A Streetcar Named Desire. In the late 1960’s, the printed T-shirt gradually became a means of self expression, advertising, wearable art, and political protest. At some point in our lives most of us have owned an iconic one. Think of the yellow ‘happy face’ T-shirt, the Rolling Stones ‘tongue and lips’ logo, or the CHOOSE LIFE T-shirts of the eighties.

In some parts of the world such messages can have serious consequences for the wearer. Last year an LGBT protester and entrepreneur in Burma printed T-shirts with “Gay is OK” on them (in a country where it is still most decidedly not) and a 20-year-old Egyptian man marked his second year in detention, without charge or trial, for wearing a T-shirt which bore a ‘Nation without torture’ message. The humble T-shirt may not be so humble after all. The next time you grab one from the wash basket you might want to consider what your tee says about you!

The garment has a long history as an object of protest and political point-scoring. Green MP Caroline Lucas wore a T-shirt displaying the slogan ‘No More Page Three’ in large lettering during a Commons debate on sexism in the media. Harriet Harman sat in parliament wearing one bearing the message ‘This is what a feminist looks like.’

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Back Pain And Pregnancy

Managing pelvic and back pain during pregnancy and after birth Back and pelvic pain are fairly common for pregnant and postnatal women nowadays. If you’re a mum-to-be, or new mum and experiencing tension in your hips, back or groin, Claire Mockridge, Ante/Postnatal Pilates Expert is here to help. 1 - SIT CORRECTLY Rather than sitting with your back against the back rest of a chair, sit with your backside on the edge of the chair, feet flat and stop sitting with your tailbone tucked under. 2 - STAND BETTER Standing with your pelvis or bump thrusted out in front of you means you’re not just applying unnecessary load to your abdominals at the front (hello abdominal separation), but you’re compressing and squashing the discs in your lumbar spine too. There’s only so much tension these areas of your body will withstand before pain strikes, so learning how to stand better is a must. 3 - WATCH YOUR HABITS Identify movements or positions that you place your body in throughout the day that aggravate your symptoms. Driving, sitting in the same position on the floor playing with your child, doing a particular exercise, rolling over in bed etc.

aren’t doing their job well. 5 - GET OUT OF HEELED FOOTWEAR If you wear heeled shoes and experience back or pelvic pain, it would be in your skeleton’s best interest to stop wearing positive-heeled shoes. When your heel is raised off the floor in standing (check your trainers - they’ll most likely have a chunky heel too), your bodyweight is pitched forwards, and to stack yourself upright, you bend backwards from the lumbar spine. Your pelvis is now out in front of you and your lower back is being compressed and there’s only so much incorrect loading your spine and pelvis will tolerate before pain occurs. If you’re pregnant and want to learn more about how to align yourself, keep aches and pains at bay, and decrease your symptoms of back and pelvic pain come along to Bump to Babe pregnancy fitness and Pilates classes held on Mondays at 6pm, Tuesdays at 6:15pm and Wednesdays at 6:30pm in Lady Bay/West Bridgford. If you’ve had your baby recently and want to know how to adapt movements and care for your newborn baby, check out my Mummies and Buggies (indoor) postnatal buggy classes. Classes are held on Wednesdays at 11am in Lady Bay and they’re suitable for mums after their 6/10 week check up.

You need to address these issues and either find alternatives for them, simply move more often to keep it supple, and/or adapt the way you’re doing the action to not feel pain. 4 - STRENGTHEN YOUR GLUTES Squats, lunges, side leg raises: these exercises need to be a part of your dayto-day life now to gain length and strength into your pelvic muscles. Many women are notoriously weak in their outer thigh muscles, and if you’re experiencing pubic, pelvic or lower back pain, your pelvis needs stabilising muscles

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What’s happening in your area

This is a free page to publicise your local events and information. We would love to hear from you if you know of any event in or around the West Bridgford area; copy deadline is the 25th of each month. Please email: info@spotlightlocal.co.uk West Bridgford Shopmobility is a charity which helps people with mobility problems to move easily around the shops and attractions of West Bridgford. Not only that, but we also have a short –term hire scheme so that you can take a scooter or wheelchair away on a UK holiday, or help you if you are poorly, or just discharged from hospital, or if you have a guest with mobility problems. Call us on 0115 981 5451, find us on Facebook, or at www.wbshopmobility - or visit us behind West Bridgford library on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Insanity - West Bridgford every Friday night from 6.30pm - 7.30pm in West Bridgford Baptist Church. All levels of fitness welcome. For more information, please contact Caroline on 07849 753300, email: carolinequarmby@hotmail.co.uk or Facebook: Insanity – West Bridgford. Kickers and Stompers line dancing groups. Meet regularly each week in West Bridgford, Plumtree and Radcliffe on Trent. Suitable classes for all levels of dance. Come and have fun with us. Tel 01159140673 or e.mail p.brown633@ntlworld.com The Poppy Folk Club Sunday 10th September is concert night with 4-piece a-capella harmony group The Teacups. As usual we’ll be in the upstairs room at The Poppy & Pint. For tickets telephone Juliet and Tom 0115 9231513, Dave 07790 943893 or email phil@poppyfolkclub.co.uk. Sunday October 15th we meet for a song and music session. More details and future events visit the website www. poppyfolkclub.co.uk. Just Friends West Bridgford is a very friendly group for single, local people aged 55+. 25+ events each month including theatre, coach trips, holidays, pub nights, meals out, walks, darts, snooker, card/board games. Monthly club coffee morning. Call Lillian 0115 8462225 or Irene 0115 8781905 or visit our website justfriendswestbridgford.wordpress. com for further information. Nottingham Leander Swimming Club We welcome all swimmers but especially those who want to race ! Confident swimmers from age 6 upwards. All qualified coaches. Friendly and supportive ethos. Water Polo. Learn to swim classes for non-swimmers. ‘Masters’ swimming for all abilities. See our website leandersc.com or contact our Secretary Sue at suedavis78@gmail.com

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Claire Mockridge Fitness/Pilates Mother and Baby Postnatal Fitness Classes Wednesdays 11am-12pm All Hallows Church Hall, Pierrepont Road, Lady Bay/West Bridgford - Come along from 6-10 weeks after birth. Phone Claire on 07747 656550, email claire@mummiesandbuggies. co.uk or see www.clairemockridge.com/postnatal The South Notts Flower Club meets on the 2nd Tuesday of the month at Edwalton Church Hall, Edwalton. All visitors are welcome. £6.00 The Edwalton, Gamston and District U3A is going from strength to strength. it has a steadily growing number with new members at every meeting. w If you would like to join please contact Christine Shaw email : chrisshaw20038@hotmail.com or telephone 0115 974 5512. We meet every 2nd Thursday in the month from 2 to 4 p.m. at Gamston Community Hall. Interested in learning bridge? Or want to return? West Bridgford Bridge Club meets at Edwalton Golf Centre 7pm every Monday night, for duplicate bridge. For more details, contact Shiona Dawson at shionadawson@gmail.com Pregnancy Fitness and Pilates Classes Mondays at 6pm, Tuesdays at 6:15pm and Wednesdays at 6:30pm in Lady Bay/West Bridgford. Suitable for all stages of pregnancy. Call Claire 07747656550 or email claire@bumptobabe.co.uk or see www.clairemockridge.com/pregnancy Trent Valley Sailing Club has an active junior fleet. Sailing takes place on Friday evenings between April and September for children aged 7 to 16. We have several places available this year for new junior sailors. Come and have a go on the water. All enquiries to Angela Clark@trentvalleysc. org Wilford Racquets Badminton Club welcomes new members. We play on Wednesday evenings in West Bridgford. For further information please contact Hazel on 0115 981 5184 or Richard on 0739 884 2647 The Nottingham Astronomical Society are a friendly group of amateur astronomers from all walks of life. Whilst providing regular guest-speaker events, we encourage active observing. The Society owns and operates an observatory near Cotgrave, which houses our 24-inch large reflector telescope. If you are interested in astronomy, you are welcome to come along to our meetings. Most meetings include an illustrated talk by a guest speaker, and admission is free to occasional visitors. More information on the website at www. nottinghamastro.org.uk

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