Discovering March issue 096, September 2021

Issue 96 / September 2021

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Welcome to your September issue...

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here may still be a lot of caution around as we move slowly back to our pre-March 2020 lives. School “bubbles” are set to burst as our youngsters return to their studies this month – massive congratulations to those who achieved success in their external exams in the summer and good luck in the years to come.

What better way to boost a whole country’s spirit (and realisation that we’re maybe not too bad a country) than to have witnessed the recent Tokyo Olympics? Amongst all the fabulous performances, one in particular stands out for me Charlotte Worthington, after falling off her bike but then having another go at an almost impossible trick and landing a BMX gold – if at first you don’t succeed!

Hoping you all enjoy our offering for this month, as nights start to pull in and “you know what” is a little over a hundred days away!

Claire x

With COVID restrictions having largely been removed for those people fortunate enough to have been double-jabbed, many will have looked to take advantage by taking – or planning – their summer holidays, with most hoping for some much-needed sun.

This year’s summer has unfortunately largely been a washout with rainy, gloomy days only briefly punctuated by sunshine. Like many people, we have some garden furniture which we look to use during the summer months, but as I once again put the cushions back into the shed the other day to avoid yet another downpour of biblical proportions, I realised that they had been out for a full 24-hour period on only one occasion this year!

However, when one sees the damage and heartache caused by the high temperatures and the resulting fires in mainland Europe and the USA, perhaps the Fenland summer of 2021 doesn’t seem that bad after all…

Andy

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Inside Highlights

4 ................. Mobility Your Way 8 ............... Kissing Consciousness 10 .............. Steve Barclay MP 12 .............. Gardening Tips For September 20-21 .... Community Matters 26 ............. Safe Local Trades 29 ............. Olive Tree Law 30 ............. Stephenson Smart 32-33 .... Do You Have Cash In The Attic?

38 ............. Recipe: Quick Cauliflower Cheese 40 ............. Drinking with Trevor Langley 42 ............. Vine Law 43 ............ Chat Over A Cuppa 44 ........... Diamond Byte 46 ............. History With March Museum 48 ............. March And District Amateur

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50 ............. The Light Cinema: September Movies 51 ............... Young Technicians Academy 52 ............. Peterborough New Theatre 54 ............ Back To School? Save Money!

56-57 .... Childhood Memories 58 ............. Let's Get Quizzical!

60-61 ..... Business Directory With thanks to:

James Blacker, Steve Barclay MP, Eileen Le Voi, Olive Tree Law, Stephenson Smart, Trevor Langley, Vine Law, Diamond Byte, Peter Wright, The Light Cinema and Sue Bradshaw.

Deadline details:

Copy deadline for the October issue is Friday, 10th September 2021.

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The Deeper You Go, iThe Higher You Fly? For those who are ready to surrender their false ego, deep wisdom provides a basis of a sense of self that is so utterly flexible and malleable that all false limitations can be melted away.

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rarely teach wisdom, yet it invisibly informs everything about Kissing Consciousness. So, here's the 'under the bonnet', 'glass-walled restaurant kitchen' insight into how wisdom informs the KC approach to releasing and letting go of our false self-constrictions.

At a seminar, I might ask two participants to pick up a piece of A4 paper in front of them, one each.

But before I do, I ask one of them to stand on their piece of paper. Then I invite them both to pick up their piece of paper without moving their feet.

Now, of course, it's instantly obvious that picking up a piece of paper that you're standing on can't be done. Yet this is a metaphor for trying to release our false, conditioned blocks and self-judgements whilst we are identifying with them. I tell people that: "If you identify with something you have to be it." Yet if you aren't identified with something, and it's just an object to you, just a 'thing', you can move it around as you wish: you can change it, replace it, keep it or bin it.

When you were younger, you may have been told that you are no good at (please fill in the blanks) and yet even though it may not be true, maybe you believed it anyway. It became part of your sense of self. It's because you then identified with that characteristic that it will feel difficult, almost impossible to replace, if you, for example, were trying to get rid of the negative thinking that came with that.

A logical principle called 'Subject vs Object' explains what wisdom is. In logic, a subject is defined as 'that which is aware of an object'. So, you're the subject, and the things you're aware of are objects: your phone, the table in front of you, the pen, the coffee mug... but you can also observe your body as an object. If your body is an object, then who is the 'you' who is the subject, the 'self' that is aware of the body? You can also make your thoughts and emotions – and therefore your whole personality, status, name, history and all – as an object that you are aware of. This is wisdom. It is right relationship to self! There's actually nothing left, which is good, because you're free to fulfil your true nature, free from other people's definitions of you.

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RESIDENTS FIGHT INCINERATOR PLANS

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he enormous incinerator proposed in Wisbech is completely unsuitable and I continue to lead opposition to it. During the formal public consultation period this summer I have met many residents and local businesses who are strongly against the scheme.

It’s a completely unsuitable development, as I told the developer at one of their public consultation events at the Rosmini Centre.

I handed over a local petition with more than seventy-seven pages and more than three thousand signatures and since then even more people have signed up at www.stopfenlandincinerator.co.uk. I’d like to thank the many residents who came out to register their opposition and I will continue to fight for constituents against this flawed proposal.

By the time you read this, back-to-school will be in full swing, as I know first-hand from my own primary school children. But as the nights slowly start to draw in, I wanted to encourage those, particularly younger constituents, who have not yet been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to sign up to protect themselves and those they care about. So if you haven’t had your vaccination, please book it now at www.nhs.uk/covidvaccine.

TRANSFORMATION Before the summer break I was delighted to visit both Cromwell Community College in Chatteris and Neale-Wade Academy in March. Cromwell Community College’s £14 million transformation to become the first all-through school in Cambridgeshire is impressive. Executive Headteacher Jane Horn told me about the progress of the college and we had a look at the new buildings, including an additional twelve secondary teaching classrooms as well as science labs, sports pitches and play areas.

At Neale-Wade Academy, I was taken on a tour by senior prefects and it was great to have

such an engaged and engaging group with a positive mix of challenge and constructive suggestions. It was also good to hear from Principal, Graham Horn about the excellent work staff in Neale-Wade, as indeed staff across schools in our constituency, have been doing to continue teaching amidst the challenges of the pandemic.

Skills training and apprenticeships are more important than ever as we recover from the pandemic and level up across the country, so it was great to join a key stage in the £3.16 million building work at Stainless Metalcraft in Chatteris with the formal sod cutting. Commercial Director, Martin Martin Lawrence and the whole team at Metalcraft have done an amazing job in developing apprenticeships over many years.

The new facility is due to be completed by Spring 2022 and will provide between eighty and 130 apprentices each year.

IVF TREATMENT Finally, it’s welcome news that NHS-funded IVF treatment has been reinstated in Cambridgeshire.

The Clinical Commissioning Group, which funds NHS service in the constituency, has agreed to fund a cycle of IVF treatment with up to three implantations of embryos, giving people up to three chances of getting pregnant.

It was also interesting to hear from the CCG about their GP workforce strategy to ensure GPs come to work in all parts of the county, the boosting of non-GP roles, and some of the local and national initiatives being employed, including to support newly qualified GPs, encourage flexibility and new ways of working, grow the number of GP partners, and engage the next generation of leaders in primary care. The Government is funding five new medical schools to increase the number of doctors, including a new medical school in Lincoln, and it is key that these new doctors cover rural areas like our own.

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September Gardening Tips ummer draws to a close, days shorten, and there will be quite a bit of clearing to do on the vegetable patch.

Clear the soil of spent crops; leaving them to rot on the soil may spread disease, so put them on the compost heap, so long as they are not diseased. You could then rough dig and cover the ground for the winter or you could sow “green manures”. Field beans, annual rye grass or phacelia are just a few examples. If you have a light soil they can be left in over winter, but those with clay soils benefit from digging them in when you do your autumn/winter dig.

It is important that you lift potatoes before the arrival of cold, damp days and before the slugs and worms can invade the crop: make sure they are well dried out before storing them in light-proof sacks and only store undamaged tubers. Onions should also be lifted and if you are keen, you can string them and then hang in a cool frostfree place such as a shed. Cut courgettes and marrows regularly because they will be finished by the end of the month, as will outdoor tomatoes. Remove any green tomatoes and place them in a drawer or shoebox to ripen.

September is a good time to plant several crops which are hardy enough to withstand the winter and they will provide a steady supply of fresh leaves through to next spring.

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• Spring greens – seeds can be sown in modules for planting out in October.

• Spinach.

• Lamb’s lettuce and oriental leaves.

• Onion sets and garlic.

• Planting broad beans in the autumn is a good way to avoid blackfly as they crop earlier. Crop covers keep the temperature slightly higher than the ambient temperature and protect the plants from getting battered by harsher weather conditions.

A few jobs that need doing this month include: • Cut down asparagus to 2.5cms (1in) above the ground.

• Harvest apples and pears as they become ready and pick the late season strawberries and raspberries, which will keep cropping right up until the first frost.

Watch out for wasps!

• Turn the compost heap and water if it is dry.

• Earth-up or stake Brussels and remove any yellowing lower leaves or those that have fallen off, as these are ideal homes for pests to shelter. Tall growing varieties may need staking against autumn winds.

• Ripen pumpkins and squashes by removing leaves to allow sunlight in.

• Prune blackberries when picking is over: cut out all of the canes that carried this year’s fruit, leaving new canes unpruned.

• Plant new strawberry plants and those propagated from runners.

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Matters SUPPORT FOR MARCH’S HIGH STREET PROJECT District and town councillors for March are delighted that the town’s Future High Streets Fund Project can push ahead as planned – thanks to a £1.1million lifeline from the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority (CPCA).

At a recent Combined Authority board meeting, Mayor Dr Nik Johnson proposed, and members supported unanimously, to maintain the money awarded to Fenland District Council by the previous mayoral administration to keep its ‘once-in-a-generation’ plans for March on track.

Last year, the Government announced it was giving £6.47million in future high streets’ funding to the March project to transform the areas around Broad Street, the Market Place, and the riverside, as well as reviving the Acre Road area.

The Government award required match funding, so in January this year the CPA board agreed to commit £900,000 from the March Growing Fenland Masterplan Project, part of CPCA’s Market Towns Programme, to the scheme. However, an agreement in principle by former mayor James Palmer to give a further £1.1 million in match-funding was never ratified by the board before he left office in May. Without the extra £1.1million, the Government would likely have cut its grant, weakening the whole project, and losing the Acre Road development scheme in its entirety. However, the board unanimously voted through the £1.1million, making an overall Combined Authority contribution of £2 million and ensuring March does not lose out.

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£1.1million the whole project could have been in jeopardy. Now we can breathe a sigh of relief and push ahead with the exciting proposals as planned.”

The March Future High Street Fund Project will support five major schemes; these are: • Transformation of Broad Street, with more pedestrian space and less traffic and a focus on improving the public realm and shopper experience • Integrating the riverside areas into Broad Street, to improve visibility and access • Transforming the Market Place into more of a community space for markets, events, and performances • Regenerating the Acre Road area into an attractive, multi-use development • Retail interventions to bring vacant units back into use, improve the façade of shops and attract more shoppers into town.

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GREEN-FINGERED LOCAL RESIDENTS ARE HONOURED The winners of the March Garden competition have been announced.

Mrs S Kerrigan was named the overall winner at a presentation at March Masonic Lodge. She also won the medium-sized garden section, sponsored

by Caldwell Masonic Lodge, with Mr J Williams runner-up. Other winners were: large garden, sponsored by Amical Veterinary Centre, 1st Mr and Mrs Durey, runner-up The Almshouses; small garden, sponsored by Haart estate agents, 1st Mr L Bradbury, runner-up Mr T Smith; hanging baskets and tubs, sponsored by Stone Cross Masonic Lodge, 1st Mr B Mansfield, runner-up Mrs S Dickinson; and allotments, sponsored by Mr J Ridley, 1st Dr M Thomas, runner-up Mr and Mrs Durey.

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LIONS ROAR INTO ACTION March Lions will be holding an Autumn Fete at St Peter’s Church, March on Saturday, September 25th featuring stalls from a number of local charities around the church, and a BBQ provided by the Lions.

The Lions Club is a voluntary organisation raising money to support local and national charities through its gala, Santa’s sleigh and other events.

ART ENTRIES TO BE DISPLAYED THROUGHOUT FENLAND Fenland schoolchildren will see their artwork shared across the district after winning a local design competition to raise awareness of illegal money lending.

The competition, organised by the Fenland Community Safety Partnership and the England Illegal Money Lending team, was held over the past two months for Year 6 students at Burrowmoor Primary School in March, and Wisbech’s Orchards Church of England Primary School and Ramnoth Junior School.

It currently meets on the second Wednesday of the month at March Town Hall. If any local charities wish to request a stall, please contact club secretary Jenny Webb on (01354) 650855, email revdjennywebb@btinternet.com

COUNCIL EXTENDS CITIZEN’S ADVICE SERVICE Fenland District Council has extended its dedicated Citizen’s Advice service to ensure residents continue to have access to free financial and employment advice as the Government’s furlough scheme begins to come to an end.

The service, which is available through the council’s COVID-19 Community Hub, was launched in March to help people to access more specialist support, more quickly.

Entrants were tasked with designing a banner to warn of the dangers of loan sharks and raise awareness of the support that is available to victims through the Stop Loan Sharks Project.

Now the service has been extended until the end of October to make sure support is available as the Job Retention Scheme, known as furlough, is phased out.

The three winners of the competition, Lily Brand, Wiktoria Rozek and Keira Ridgway, will each receive a £100 Amazon gift voucher and will see their designs displayed in communities and in high footfall areas across Fenland by the England Illegal Money Lending team.

You can contact the hub on (01354) 654321 or email covid19@fenland.gov.uk

Two runners-up from each school were also awarded a £50 Amazon gift voucher in recognition of their hard work and all of the designs from the competition are set to be showcased this summer as part of a touring display in Fenland’s libraries.

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Joint ownership (see Partner): A Property & Finance LPA helps your attorneys manage things like talking to the mortgage company, utilities companies, pension funds, etc. Without appointing someone, financial documents and tools can be out of reach, even for joint ownership. ALSO, with a Property & Finance LPA, you can set limitations – like not selling the house, keeping your pets out of shelter.

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Capital Gains Tax Any UK resident that disposes of residential property, that gives rise to a capital gains tax liability, must now file a capital gains tax return and pay an estimate of the capital gains tax due within thirty days of completion. If the gain is covered by principal private residence relief no return is due, but this does mean the calculation to confirm this will need to be done within thirty days of the sale of the property. Failure to file a return, if due, could result in a penalty being issued.

Final period exemption Historically, final period exemption meant that you were not usually liable to capital gains tax for the last eighteen months of ownership, provided you lived in the property as your main residence at some point during your period of ownership. This gave protection for someone moving to a new main residence when having difficulty selling their original home. However, the final period has now been cut to nine months. Therefore, if you buy

a new property before selling the old, it will be important to sell within nine months to avoid a possible capital gains tax bill.

Letting relief Letting relief used to give up to £40,000 relief (£80,000 for a couple who jointly own the property) for someone letting part, or all, of a property which is their main residence, or was their former main residence at some point during their period of ownership. But, under the new rules, letting relief will only be available where you jointly share occupation with a tenant. Only the period during which both the owner and tenant occupied the residence will qualify for letting relief. Lettings that occurred prior to April 6th, 2020, that would have qualified for letting relief under the old rules, will become taxable under the new rules only.

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Serves 6

Ingredients 100g mature cheddar, grated

50g fresh white breadcrumbs Handful flat-leaf parsley, roughly chopped 1 large cauliflower, cut into florets 1L full-fat milk, plus a splash 1 small onion, halved 85g butter 85g plain flour Recipe sourced from www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes

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Somerset Apple Eau de Vie (40% vol) is a pure apple spirit and the raw material for Somerset cider brandy. Somerset Pear Eau de Vie (40% vol) is produced utilising 100% traditional perry pear varieties, to great advantage. Somerset cider brandy has several ‘options’ available, from three-year-old, five-year-old, ten-year-old, through Alchemy, to the twenty-year-old. Smooth and rich in texture to the mouthfeel, this (as with every production) leads to the palate’s continuing enjoyment and sensation.

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Other productions include Ice Cider (11.5% vol), plus Apple Cider Vinegar and Liqueurs, such as Blackcurrant (16.6% vol) and Morello Cherry (17.5% vol). Liqueurs are great on their own and in cocktails. Tours and tastings are available or walk in the orchards and visit the Cider House, to sample drinks, amongst the nearly 200-year-old vats. All products are available by mail order, too.

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Still and sparkling ciders are extremely popular too, with their popularity growing yearly. The Burrow Hill productions certainly do not disappoint, in any way. Additionally, bottle fermented ciders have many devotees. Burrow Hill bottle fermented Dry Kingston Black (8.0% vol) and their bottle fermented Medium Kingston Black (8.0% vol) 40

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or those getting married this year, you may have been forced to change your plans a few times now but at least had plenty of time to make your arrangements.

But, beyond planning the detail of the flowers and who to keep away from whom at the table settings, have you thought about the (admittedly somewhat less interesting) legal aspects of life you may now need to review?

Wills As soon as you marry, any will you held before (unless specifically made “in contemplation of marriage”), will be invalid. If you don’t make a further will, the rules of intestacy will apply on your death. This means your property and assets will pass automatically to your spouse, up to a certain limit. You may be happy with that. However, if you want certain assets to pass to others either on your death or in years to come (particularly if you have children from a previous relationship or there may be sentimental items you want to leave to others), making a will should be something you prioritise.

Pre-nuptial/post nuptial agreements Not the most romantic of subjects to broach with your spouse-to-be, but these agreements are becoming more commonplace with people feeling more comfortable talking about the future ‘what-ifs’.

These are agreements which set out what financial arrangements would be if the marriage breaks down or if one of the parties dies (a will must back up the latter). They’re often looked upon as being like an insurance policy – something you hope you never have to rely on but better to be safe than sorry when protecting property and assets you have built up over the years, either for yourself or for children you may have from previous relationships.

Although pre/post-nups are not formally recognised in English law, they are agreements which, if drawn

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up following certain guidelines, will be taken very seriously by the courts and it is, therefore, an important document to have in place.

Pre-nuptial agreements should be signed at least twenty-eight days before the wedding, but if that’s not possible, the agreement can be signed at any time after the marriage – a post-nuptial agreement. So, it’s never too late to talk about it.

For information as to when it’s particularly important to consider a pre/post-nuptial agreement, visit our website www.vinelaw.co.uk Change of name It is still more often than not the case that the bride takes her husband’s surname after the marriage.

The marriage certificate is all the proof needed to change her name on official documents such as passports or to change the name on bank accounts and the like.

However, there are a growing number of couples who decide that actually they prefer the bride’s surname and the groom uses that name after the marriage. From a legal point of view, the proof of change of name should still be the marriage certificate but as it’s a little more unusual, often further proof is required and a change of name deed is usually the quickest way of resolving the issue.

If the happy couple have decided to use both surnames, double-barrelled (learning the art of compromise early in marriage is always a good sign), again a change of name deed may be the easiest way to deal with this and can be done by the groom before the marriage so that the bride can then simply start using the name without the need for a second change of name deed.

Contact us For more information or advice on any of the above, contact the Vine team on (01945) 898090 or by email hello@vinelaw.co.uk

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This month, we hear from Kieren Cross, partner with Cambridgeshire law firm, Vine Law. ieren is a solicitor specialising in all areas of private client work and has more than twenty years’ experience working in the law. Having qualified as a legal executive, he took a further course of study and qualified as a solicitor in 2013.

Where were you born, and what is your favourite memory of your childhood?

I was born in Wisbech but grew up in Murrow. Many of my favourite memories are from times spent with my family at Wells-next-the-Sea. My parents had a caravan there and most summer weekends were spent playing on the beach and in the sea, exploring the pine forest. In the evenings we would eat fish and chips on the harbour front and watch the fishing boats.

I still visit Wells as often as I can and each time it feels like coming home.

Who has had the greatest influence on your life and why?

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how to lead a good life. I try to walk in their footsteps.

Most recently, my (soon to be) wife Anna has been the inspiration in my life. Her love of life, sense of fun and quest for new adventures knows no bounds. Anna always reminds me of what is important in life.

Which two characters, alive or not, would you most enjoy sharing a meal with and why?

I would resurrect one of my favourite authors, John Steinbeck, who died in 1968, and one of my favourite songwriters and musicians, Bruce Springsteen. Over the years, their works have covered many of the same themes and told the same stories.

It would be fascinating to hear two people born a generation apart talk about their life and work; to see how the world and their country has changed and how much has stayed the same.

How would you describe yourself in only five words?

Reliable, hopeful, introspective, logical and tall.

If there was one thing which you could change about March, what would it be and why?

I would love to see a good independent cinema open up in the town. As much as I enjoy watching a blockbuster on a big screen, there is something special about smaller “indie” cinemas.

I think it would be great for the town and is something that could be enjoyed by people of all ages, as well as encouraging new visitors to the town.

What advice would you give to a sixteen-year-old you?

In two years, you will finish your A-levels and get a job in your “gap year” to earn money for university. SPOILER... you won’t save any money and you won’t end up going to university anyway! Go travelling instead.

Explore some of the world and have fun. And don’t worry about not going to university. You will still end up with a good job and an interesting career. My sixteenyear-old self probably wouldn’t listen though!

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LEARNING ABOUT

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gaming (when coupled with a dedicated graphics card) but are more expensive.

Storage – Hard Drive

Going off to university or college without a decent laptop is akin to refusing to take pads and pens.

However, don’t just buy whatever is on sale; you need the right laptop for your specific needs.

As there’s a wide variety of sizes, features and prices, choosing the right laptop can be a challenge.

Let’s start this week by looking at the internal components of a laptop.

Processor – CPU As the ‘brains’ of your computer, the processor does influence performance, although the choice will depend on what you need to do. If you’re looking for a standard laptop with the best combination of price and performance, buy an Intel Core i3 or an AMD Ryzen 3. Intel Core i5 or AMD Ryzen 5 CPUs or above will be better for multitasking, multimedia tasks, high-end

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This is the part of the laptop on which all your data is stored. Most people struggle to fill a 250GB hard drive with photos, programs and music since the average size of a photo or MP3 is about 4MB. In other words, this means you can store about 62,500 photos or MP3s on a small 250GB hard drive. If you play around with video files however, 250GB will be hugely insufficient and you should look to 1000 GB drives which can store about twenty-four hours of HD video. Warning: be very wary of buying a laptop/netbook with LESS than 120Gb of storage space.

Memory – RAM RAM is fast, temporary storage that Windows uses to load both itself and whatever it is you are doing at the time. So, if you are surfing the internet, you are using some RAM for Windows, a little

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more for the web browser, a little more for your anti-virus program, etc. 4GB is the bare minimum amount of RAM you should have in a laptop, 8GB is ideal.

Battery You’ll undoubtedly be spending a lot of time in locations where plugging in a laptop is difficult, therefore you’ll need at least six hours of battery life, with eight-plus hours being ideal. But be realistic, sitting in the library watching cat videos on You Tube with the brightness turned up to eleven or playing a video game will eat battery life in no time.

Get the right OS & Software Check with the university about software requirements as they may need you to have a specific type of software or operating system. Windows 10 is the most popular and versatile operating system. Also check with the college or university before you buy Microsoft Office as you may be able to get it SIGNIFICANTLY cheaper through them.

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By Peter Wright on behalf of March & District Museum

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hen local railwayman William M. Schofield of West End, March retired in July 1911, he reflected on the changes he had witnessed during his fifty-year career on the railway.

He was born at Longsight, Manchester in 1846 and two years later his father accepted a position as foreman platelayer at Manea on the recently opened Eastern Counties Railway. A few years later the family moved to Wisbech and at the age of fifteen, Schofield began his railway career there, first as a timekeeper and then as a carpenter's assistant during construction of the Wisbech Harbour branch. When this was completed, he became a platelayer.

In 1864 his father was killed by a piece of coal that fell from a locomotive tender. Needing to support his widowed mother, Schofield joined the locomotive department where wages were higher.

He served for three years as an engine cleaner before being appointed fireman and, in 1872, he became a driver. Almost immediately he was transferred to March, where he began to work on goods trains to Temple Mills (London), Norwich, Ipswich and other places on the Great Eastern Railway.

When the Great Eastern Railway began to work to Yorkshire in conjunction with the Great Northern Railway in 1881, he claimed to have been the driver of the first goods train from Doncaster to March. A little over a year later he became a passenger train driver and for some twenty-five years worked the district's important passenger trains.

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Mr Schofield recounted the developments on the railway during his fifty years. Initially, locomotives were very small and trains much lighter than in 1911. He recalled that when he was a boy, passenger carriages had seats for about thirty people, rounded ends, no roofs and were painted dark green. When he entered the company's employment, third class carriages were like prison vans with one little opening in each door. It was thought a great improvement when these vehicles were replaced by carriages with open sides. The next advance was carriages with windows all along the sides, but still with no compartments.

These were followed by carriages with five and then six compartments and finally by carriages with corridors.

There were also significant improvements in the locomotives during his service. He said when he started at March there were nine engines stationed here whereas now (1911) there were up to eighty.

They had also increased in power with the early locomotives capable of hauling loads of thirty or thirty-five wagons whereas the newer engines could take fifty.

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Operatic Group Seeks NEW VENUE March and District Amateur Operatic Society (MADAOS) performed ‘The Gondoliers’ in 1958 and our last productions before the pandemic were ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ and ‘Broadway and Beyond’ in 2019, meaning that we have been entertaining the people of March for more than sixty years.

By Barbara Pepper, of MADAOS

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e have rehearsed at the March Community Centre for more than forty years and have performed musicals and pantomimes in its main hall since 1989. We also used one of their outbuildings as a scenery store and workshop and so paid a reasonably large sum into the centre each year.

It is therefore very disappointing that groups such as ours were not consulted before changes were made to the MCC building which, in effect, have excluded us. The refurbishment to the building has meant that our backstage area has been converted into toilets and MCC is unable to guarantee that the rooms we used as dressing rooms will be available to us at the same time as the main hall. This means we are no longer able to perform there and have been unable to find anywhere else in the town suitable for our needs.

There are clubs and halls with a stage or space suitable for performance, but most do not have enough room to move and store scenery or to have changing facilities, nor are able to allow us to leave (hired and very expensive) sound and lighting equipment in place for the run of a show.

We have also had to vacate the outbuilding where we built and stored scenery and props and now have to pay out a considerably higher sum to keep our scenery in a storage facility with nowhere to build new items when we are again able to perform. We need an indoor, secure workshop and store and would be very grateful if anyone with a building which might meet our needs could contact our chairman, Claire Lilley on 07976 739975 or at clairelilley317@gmail.com.

As we have been unable to earn any money through seat sales during the pandemic, a low rent for such a building would be a real help.

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We will continue to sing at events arranged by the council and will perform concerts, but until we find a new workshop and venue, will not be able to perform musicals or pantomimes. I am sure our audiences are not aware of our plight and am grateful for this opportunity to let them know the situation.

Again, if anyone can suggest a suitable venue in the town either as a workshop and storage space or a performance venue, MADAOS would be very grateful if they would contact Claire.

IONA MORTON CUP In 1989, Iona Morton, who was a long standing and dedicated member of MADAOS as a performer, choreographer and director, instigated an award to be given annually to someone in the society whom she thought had given exceptional service to MADAOS in the previous year; the Iona Morton Cup. This award has been made annually (with the exception of last year, for obvious reasons) and, since Iona's death, selection of the winner has passed to Iona's son Chris and daughter Annabel, with advice from the society's chair.

At the annual meeting in July the chair, Francis Pepper, stepped down after nine years, and Chris, Annabel and the new chair, Claire Lilley, decided that the award should be made to him in recognition of all the hard work he has done to ensure the society's success throughout his time in the role.

Top: Performing in our production of 'Footloose' Below: Francis Pepper is pictured receiving the cup from Chris Morton and Annabel Birch

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Then come and try indoor bowls…

It’s competitive, addictive, fun and easy to do but hard to master. Bowls is a brilliant way to keep fit and active through gentle exercise whether 8 or 80 years young. Give it a go. Our team of experienced bowlers will have you bowling in no time.

Free Taster Sessions March Indoor Bowls Club is holding two weekends of Open Days on 4/5 and 18/19 September. Sessions start at 10am and 2pm on each day, last about 90 minutes and finishing with a cuppa. Sessions need to be booked in advance with David, the Club’s Secretary, on 01354 655621.

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Entertainment

Shang-Chi and The Legend Of The Ten Rings

Respect

No Time To Die

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Settle in for some screen magic this September Phase 4 of the MCU continues as Marvel introduces a new hero in Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings on September 3rd. Shang-Chi, a skilled martial artist who was trained as an assassin since his childhood but escaped to live a normal life in San Francisco, is forced to confront the past he thought he left behind when he’s drawn into the web of the mysterious Ten Rings organisation.

Respect starring Academy Award-winner Jennifer Hudson, lights up the big screen from the 10th, in the biopic that chronicles the life story of legendary R&B singer Aretha Franklin. Featuring an all-star cast and some of the singer’s most famous songs, Respect follows the rise of Franklin’s career from child singing in her father’s church choir to her international superstardom.

It’s FINALLY here. The long-awaited No Time To Die arrives in the cinema on September 30th in which we find that Bond has left the service and is enjoying a tranquil life in Jamaica – but don’t worry, that doesn’t last long as his peace is short-lived with the arrival of old CIA friend Felix in need of help. The seemingly simple task of rescuing a kidnapped scientist turns out to be far more treacherous than expected and leads Bond onto the trail of a mysterious masked villain armed with dangerous new technology.

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Oasis Knebworth 1996 features a set list packed from beginning to end with stone cold classics including

Champagne Supernova, Wonderwall and Don’t Look Back In Anger. Join us on September 23rd and 24th for extensive concert and never seen before footage of the Knebworth concerts that were both the pinnacle of the band’s success and the landmark gathering of a generation.

In 2018, Sir Cliff Richard was joined by 100,000 fans in cinemas worldwide to celebrate sixty years in the music industry. This October he invites you all to be part of the most fabulous big screen party of the year! Cliff Richard: The Great 80 Tour will broadcast live from the Royal Albert Hall to our screens on October 27th, with special encore screenings on October 30th and 31st.

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Did you know we regularly show subtitled, autism-friendly, and baby-friendly screenings? We are committed to offering a great cinema experience to everyone, with all of our screens having wheelchair spaces and lift access, as well as an escalator to allow easy access and enjoyment for all. To find out more visit wisbech.lightcinemas.co.uk Keep an eye on our full film listings and offers at wisbech.lightcinemas.co.uk instagram lightcinema_wisbech  Light Cinema Wisbech Twitter-square @LightWisbech

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TO RAISE £3.5M TO BUY THEATRE

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ow that Peterborough's New Theatre has re-opened following the long COVID-19 closure, an excellent opportunity has arisen for the community to buy the theatre and start to improve its facilities – whilst also protecting its long-term future.

A new community interest company, the Peterborough New Theatre Trust, is being formed to purchase the freehold of the theatre and ensure it is maintained as the ‘anchor’ cultural venue for the city centre in perpetuity.

The trust has negotiated an offer to buy the theatre for just £3.25 million from its current landlord, excellent value particularly given that local philanthropist Peter Boizot refurbished the theatre at a cost of over £10m not so long ago.

The trust believes that communities in and around Peterborough will step forward and either

donate or lend most of the cost of the investment, augmented by grants and loans from government agencies, other charities and local philanthropists.

The trust has already secured £150,000 towards the target.

At this stage we are looking for Peterborough people to show their support by becoming ‘An Angel of the New Theatre’ by simply emailing Angels@Dawe.co.uk and telling us how they could help buy the theatre. We are particularly looking for people who want to help us promote the Peterborough New Theatre Trust, through media, social media, virtual meetings and face-to-face.

Join our campaign to bring the Peterborough New Theatre into community ownership, to ensure that Peterborough and its people can continue to benefit from a first-class arts venue in the city!

Please visit www.newtheatre-peterborough.com to check out their forthcoming shows.

We are particularly looking for people who want to help us promote the Peterborough New Theatre Trust, through media, social media, virtual meetings and face-to-face.

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What’s Coming Up .

WEDNESDAY & SATURDAY LUNCHES Every week, served between 12 & 2pm Meals from £5 and desserts from £2

FRIDAY 3RD SEPTEMBER MACMILLAN COFFEE MORNING 10am start, Tombola, Cake Stall & more. All welcome

SATURDAY 4TH SEPTEMBER LADIES’ DAY HORSE RACE NIGHT

Dress up in your finery and have a flutter on the tote. All proceeds to Peterborough Breast Care Unit. No entry charge, all welcome

SUNDAY 5TH SEPTEMBER TRADITIONAL CARVERY WITH DESSERTS Includes tea & coffee, £16 per person, serving starts at 1pm. Booking essential

SATURDAY 25TH SEPTEMBER MEDITERRANEAN FOOD NIGHT A chance to try some dishes from the Mediterranean region

SUNDAY 26TH SEPTEMBER WINTER QUIZ LEAGUE STARTS

7.30pm. The quizzes are held on the last Sunday of the month until March. All welcome. £2 per person entry, teams of 4 (max)

SATURDAY 2ND OCTOBER PRESIDENT’S NIGHT DINNER & DANCE A cold carved buffet & dessert followed by the music of the Divas; Cher, Dusty, Tina, Whitney and many more! £8 members, £10 non-members. 7pm start

EVERY THURSDAY: PUB QUIZ NIGHT 7.30pm start, FREE entry, all welcome

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If you like the page you will get all the updates for what’s going on.

Why not come and see what the Club has to offer?

Our live music events are second to none in the local area, with comfortable, spacious and well decorated rooms.

All COVID-19 regulations will be in place, so it is essential that you book in with us.

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Back-to-school Supplies

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t seems as if the children are only just out of school when adverts start popping up for backto-school supplies. Whether it’s uniform, stationery or new lunch bags and water bottles, these tips will help you shop savvy to save pounds while getting everything you need for the kids.

Look at what you’ve got already

from the council if you’re on certain benefits via gov.uk/helpschool-clothing-costs

The kids were in and out of school so much over the last year, so what you’ve already got might still be in good nick. If uniforms fit and there’s stationery in the kids’ pencil cases, then don't feel under pressure to spend on new stuff just because it’s that time of year. Get the kids involved too – teach them savvy shopping and saving skills to set them up for success in the future.

Outgrown uniform?

If your kids have outgrown their uniform and it’s still in good condition, consider organising a uniform swap-shop. You can bet that lots of other parents will thank you for it. Maybe there’s already something set up in your area – do a quick online search to see what uniform swap-shops may be available for your kids’ schools. This is also a great way to get cheaper uniform if your child is moving schools this year.

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Make a list of anything else you might need to get. Whatever needs updating, it’s always a good idea to write it all down in advance. That way you’re less likely to forget something or be caught out by impulse buys.

Schools often provide new starters with a list of what’s needed but try to get in touch with other parents before shelling out cash for every item. There may be some things on the list that are nice-to-haves but aren't essential.

Ways to save on stationery

Why spend pounds on notebooks, pens and pencil cases when you could spend pennies? Often high street stationery stores can be costly and you end up paying for brands or fancy designs, so don’t be drawn in. Budget stores often offer a wide range of back-

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Label everything

Don’t forget to add a laundry marker pen to your list of back-to-school supplies. Label everything so that lost items will find their way back to your child and you won’t have to shell out to replace them.

Budgeting for school dinners

If you’re worrying about how to pay for school dinners for your children, consider packed lunches. There are some great healthy recipes that you could use and if you plan ahead, it could be a cheaper alternative.

Check out nhs.uk/change4life/ recipes/healthier-lunchboxes You may be eligible for free school meals if you’re on certain benefits – you can find out and apply through your local council.

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Childhood Memories Of Living In Station Road, March

By Veronica Nederpel

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e lived very close to the station in Station Road – my sisters and I always say we were the original railway children. Dad worked on the railway as did so many fathers at that time.

Station Road was quite different in those days. We played in the road just stepping back to let the occasional car go by. We knew all the times of the trains and would run down to the station gates to watch special ones go through.

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March Station was a very busy place and, due to trains coming in and out, the crossing gates would be closed for some time, but of course there was a footbridge which people could use to save them waiting. This footbridge was part of our fun. We would sit on the steps for hours and when the engines were coming, we would run up to the steps and stand on the top of the bridge waiting to get covered in smoke and to feel the heat from their massive coal fires.

The railwaymen were special friends and they would be backwards and forwards all day long as most of them walked to work. They always seemed to have a sweet or two in their pocket which we would accept quite eagerly even though we knew they would be a bit sticky and we would have to spit out the little bits of fluff that came from their pockets.

Most people travelled by rail. There would be the people who worked out of town who travelled daily and of course shoppers with a wide range and choice of places to visit on a shopping spree.

During the summer months we would watch for the holiday trains. We knew all the times of the trains and would run down to the gates and wave to the holidaymakers who were jam-packed into the long busy coaches.

On Saturdays and Sundays we watched the day trippers off to Heacham and Hunstanton.

Station Road would be packed with people.

In the evening we would look out for them to return, often looking very worn out and very red from sunburn. On Wednesdays the cattle would arrive by train and were herded together for the long walk from the station to the town. They took up the width of the road.

Sometimes there was great excitement when an odd one strayed from the road into someone's garden.

When we returned home from a day at school after a long summer holiday, playtime outside almost stopped as by the time we got home from school it was almost dark.

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wave to us all as he passed through. At the station he was met by a pony and trap and followed by children. He would make his way to the Co-op toy department at the other end of Station Road where he then stayed on for the lead-up to Christmas.

Over the Christmas period people were still travelling but it never seemed quite as hectic.

Once Christmas was over, we had one more special day as a railway treat and that happened on New Year’s Eve. We all tried to stay awake and listen for the drivers and their engines to wish us a happy new year. At midnight they would all sound their whistles and this magical noise went on for some time until we would settle down to sleep. There was always something nice about living near the station.

Within a few years it seemed everything changed as we were waiting for a new diesel engine to come through. It didn’t whistle as the steam engines had done but instead made a noise like a horn.

We rushed down to the gates to see the first one come through March and then wondered why we had been so excited. We thought it was like a bus running on the rails and for us it would never take the place of the big sturdy steam engines.

We were of course wrong as the steam engines were to come to a sad end and the whole of the railway workings in March changed dramatically. Soon the old railway gates were replaced with barriers and our beloved footbridge where we had spent so many happy hours playing was removed. People were buying cars and finding they could go wherever they pleased without relying on timetables.

There is now very little railway working in March. Station Road is one of the busiest roads for traffic and it is hard to believe how it used to be... thank goodness we still have our memories.

Background photograph: www.commons.wikimedia.org © Copyright Ashley Dace and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Licence.

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Pot Luck Quiz 1.

To which country would you be flying if the label on your luggage read CFU? 2. To which city would you be flying if the label on your luggage read LAX? 3. Blue, black and red: Which two colours are missing from the Olympic rings symbol?

4. According to the narrative poem

by Tennyson, how many horsemen took part in the “Charge of the Light Brigade”: a) 60, b) 600 or c) 6,000?

5. The word “Paralympics” is a contraction of which two-word phrase?

6. The Palio in Siena, Italy is the oldest competition of its kind in the world, in which sport: a) wrestling, b) horse racing or c) motorcycling?

7. What is the name of the dot over the lower-case letter i?

8. 1961 was the last year to read the same, upside-down; when will be the next one?

9. Jean-Philippe Rameau is best known for what profession: a) classical music composer, b) motor racing driver or c) French politician?

10. Hans Asperger introduced awareness of which brain development disorder to the world in 1938?

11. From which language does the

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word ‘glitch’ originate: a) Italian, b) German or c) Mandarin?

Which ocean lies to the east of Kenya: a) Atlantic, b) Pacific or c) Indian?

In AD 1154, Nicholas Breakspear became the first and only Englishman to be elected to what position?

The tympanic membrane is another name for which part of our body?

Yorkshire-born, “Battling” Barbara Buttrick, now in her nineties, was the world champion in the 1940s and 1950s in which sport: a) Women’s boxing, b) Women’s figure skating, c) Women’s wrestling?

Which music hall dance was associated with the Moulin Rouge in Paris: a) Foxtrot, b) Polka, c) Can-can?

What sort of meat is used in the Greek dish, “Kleftiko”: a) Beef, b) Lamb or c) Goat?

Who has been playing the role of fictional vicar, Geraldine Granger, since 1994?

If two ships find they are on a head-on collision course, what do the rules at sea require them both to do?

Which number is represented by MDLV in Roman numerals?

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3) 204 : x9, +546, 5/6 of it, +993, + ½ of it, x2, -783, 2/3 of it, -959 = ?

Answers Pot Luck 1) Greece (Corfu); 2) Los Angeles; 3) Yellow and green; 4) 600; 5) Parallel Olympics; 6) b, Horse racing; 7) Tittle; 8) 6009; 9) a, Classical music composer; 10) Autism; 11) b) German – (‘glitschig’ meaning ‘slippery’); 12) c, Indian; 13) The Pope; 14) Eardrum; 15) a, Women’s boxing; 16) c, Can-can; 17) b, Lamb; 18) Dawn French (The Vicar of Dibley); 19) “Hard to Starboard” (Both turn right!); 20) 1,555.

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