The Queens Park & Talbot Woods Directory - April 2014

April 2014

In this issue...

Local businesses Local News

- Dorset Arts Festivals need volunteers

Local Events

- Gluten Free Food Fair - Dorset Wedding Festival

Prize Wordsearch - Win a Family Portrait Adventure Voucher

Regular Features

- Adventures of Nellie

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Dear Queens Park & Talbot Woods, Welcome to your April issue of The Queens Park & Talbot Woods Directory! This is part of The Bournemouth Directory Series. I hope you have a good Easter planned and will have the opportunity to take some time out. I had a great Mothering Sunday, very relaxing and just what I needed. With busy lives as we lead, it is important to have some time for ourselves. We are in fact going to the Isle of Wight for Easter with my parents to celebrate their 50th Wedding Anniversary. This time we are staying in a large house on the cliff top. We are really looking forward to it and I know Mum and Dad can’t wait!

Well here in the April issue of The Directory we have many local trades people and some shops who would love to help you. Why not get that decorating done? Have some artificial grass laid to cover up that unkempt lawn? Are those garage doors getting too heavy to lift? Have electric ones fitted. Need to save money or fuel on your vehicles? Have a GPS tracking device fitted to the car! Fancy a meal at Banana Wharf? Yummm… Fantastic views. Or do you need a professional electrician or plasterer? Then please use the local people here inside the Directory and don’t forget to tell them where you saw their details.

That is much appreciated.

“Nellie” took us to the Tank Museum last month.

You can read about our trip on pages 28-29. The photographer of the month is David Lindsley! Well done to you. You can read about David on page 18.

The winner of the wordsearch was Fiona Hirons!

So here’s to a great April and do send in your photos and wordsearches.

Very best wishes,

Cover photo: ‘Throop’ by David Lindsley - see page 18

Debbie & Stephen Corney

The Bournemouth Directory - Queens Park & Talbot Woods Edition Edition 38

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Amazing opportunities to volunteer at four Dorset Arts Festivals Four of Dorset’s most popular summer festivals are looking for Volunteer Champions to lead a field survey force.

Dorchester Festival (May 22-26), B-Town Throwdown (June 6-8), b-side (September 5-14) and Inside Out Dorset (September 12-26) are each looking to recruit dedicated and enthusiastic Volunteer Champions, who’ll assist with a concerted effort to find out who comes to their festivals and why.

“This is a fantastic opportunity for people to help with some of Dorset’s most popular festival events and gain some valuable skills in the process. By finding out more about our audiences we can make future events even better” says Mark Tattersall, Artistic Director of Dorchester Festival.

The 11th biennial Dorchester Festival is run by Dorchester Arts will once again bring a world of music, dance, theatre, comedy and community arts to the county town.

B-Town Throwdown run by Pavilion Dance South West, is a three-day hip hop event in Bournemouth, packed full of performances, masterclasses and free outdoor events.

Multi media arts festival b-side is back again with its distinctive brand of specially commissioned artworks for unusual and often overlooked sites and spaces.

This year’s focus is the enchanting and sometimes mysterious Isle of Portland as artists invite the public to take another look at the familiar landscape.

With events planned across Dorset, including Poole, Bournemouth, Purbeck and along the South Dorset Ridgeway, Inside Out Dorset will bring large scale, site-specific performances to the county’s landscape.

There are opportunities for volunteers at all four festivals. To find out more potential helpers can go online to www.volunteeringdorset.org.uk or phone 01305 269214.

For further information on each organisation see: www.activateperformingarts.org.uk www.pdsw.org.uk www.b-side.org.uk www.dorchesterarts.org.uk

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Assessing and meeting patients’ needs Assessing the needs of our patients ensures that they receive the right individual care, support and treatment that they need. This includes everything from an initial assessment when they first come in to hospital to continual assessments throughout their whole hospital stay. We have made a number of improvements in assessing and meeting the needs of our patients.

Extended visiting We have extended the visiting times on our wards to benefit patients, families, friends and carers. We wanted to make visiting times less restrictive for those who may have previously been unable to see a friend or loved one.

The extended times (varying on wards from 1.307.30pm or 2-8pm) mean patients, visitors and carers have more opportunities to liaise with doctors, nurses and therapists about their care.

Families and carers are also able to assist patients at meal times if they wish to, with support from hospital staff. Protected mealtimes, aimed at ensuring patients can eat without being interrupted, still apply on hospital wards. Visitors are politely requested to respect this time unless they are supporting feeding.

Alison Pressage, Senior Nurse for the Elderly Care Directorate, said: “Patients may not always understand what their treatment entails, but having someone they know on hand to offer help and encouragement will no doubt aid their recovery and improve their morale, and ensure relevant family members are involved appropriately in the recovery plans.”

New plated meal service for patients Patients on our wards are now able to choose what they would like to eat just 90 minutes before it is served without the risk of their food of choice running out. Instead of food being served from catering trolleys on the wards, meals are now pre-plated in the hospital kitchens and stored in heated units before being delivered.

Ellen Bull, Deputy Director of Nursing at the hospital Trust, said mealtimes are a vital part of a patient’s recovery: “Trials with the new plated meal service were well received, and we are hoping that patients will review this improvement positively, ensuring meals provided are hotter and more timely.”

We have also expanded the number of volunteer meal time assistants who support our patients.

Bay nursing improves patient communication Bay-based nursing stations have been introduced on all of our medical and care of the elderly wards at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital providing a greater nurse presence and reducing patient anxiety.

Bay nursing improves patient communication A nurse is allocated to each bay on the ward at the start of each shift. That nurse is responsible for the delivery of care to those patients (up to seven patients and supported by a health care assistant) for the duration of their shift.

The nursing stations are stocked with materials based on the acuity and needs of the patients on that bay.

This leads to more effective nursing by ensuring they have the right equipment to hand.

The nurse becomes the expert on those patients in that bay and is able to support doctors’ ward rounds.

They can provide more proactive, consistent and timely individual care and improved communication between staff, carers and families.

Staff nurse, Bridget Bush from Ward 17, said: “It has improved communication between staff and patients and is more efficient. I love it. It is simple but effective and has made such a difference.”

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• Emergency patients being admitted to our Acute Medical Unit are now seeing a consultant physician within an average of five hours of their arrival, compared to 12 hours a year ago. The improvement in times is down to extending the week day working hours of consultants by a further three hours so they can continue to visit patients up to 10pm. This means more patients are seen and assessed earlier allowing staff to prioritise treatment.

• Preventing hospital acquired pressure ulcers is essential for the safety of our patients. we have launched a new prevention and management programme for all of our wards. Pressure Area Care Together (PACT) includes guidance for staff, monthly updates on the number of incidents as well as success stories, new initiatives and any training opportunities. We are providing additional wound care and pressure ulcer prevention training for ward staff and ward sisters are carrying out twice.

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Wildlife News

Talking about Wildlife...

Summer bird visitors Britain’s long coastline and mild summers make it an internationally important destination for the thousands of migrant birds making their journey from Africa to raise their young here in the summertime.

Many of the migrants are insectivores, and the northern latitudes provide a better chance of finding food, with less competition and longer days.

You don’t need to be an expert bird watcher to enjoy the spectacle of spring migration, and Dorset offers many opportunities to observe the new arrivals. Brownsea Island, situated in Poole Harbour, with its diverse geography of woodland, saltmarsh, heathland and reed beds is a haven for wildlife all year round. In the summer, hundreds of nesting common and sandwich terns populate the sheltered lagoon. They are a family of small to medium sized birds that feed on fish and insects, making dramatic dives into the water to catch their prey. The migrant terns make their way to Brownsea Island in April and May, in order to nest and raise their young families within a short season, and return to their wintering grounds in August and September. They nest in colonies and produce one annual brood only, often extremely vulnerable to predators such as crows and gulls. Being able to breed in the safety of the nature reserve is often vital to the survival of the young terns.

Brownsea Island, which is owned by the National Trust, will open to the public daily from end of March, Monday to Sunday, 10am to 5pm. In the meantime, or if you prefer to enjoy the nesting birds from the comfort of your own home, Dorset Wildlife Trust, along with Birds of Poole Harbour and National Trust manages a webcam on the Brownsea Island Lagoon. The webcam to watch birds on Brownsea Lagoon at any hours of day or night can be accessed on: www.dorsetwildlifetrust.org.uk/ webcam.html For more information about the reserve which is managed by Dorset Wildlife Trust on Brownsea island, visit: www.dorsetwildlifetrust.org.uk/ brownsea_island_reserve.html Niina Silvennoinen Sandwich Terns pair with chick Photo: Monique Vanstone

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Where is Nellie?

Do you know the South of England? Can you recognise these places? These are just some of the sights that Nellie, the rather large Dorset Publications Campervan has travelled to in just the last month! The answers are at the bottom of the page so you can immediately see if you are right. Most are easy, but one or two maybe a challenge…? Have a go and see how many places you know! You can also follow her...

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1. Tank Museum, Bovington 2. The Kings Arms, Stoborough 3. The Haven Hotel 4. Stewarts Garden Centre, Broomhill 5. Picket Post viewpoint 6. Swanage Station

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New ‘Made for iPhone’ hearing aid is going to revolutionise life of Dorset’s hearing impaired Apple’s proprietary wireless streaming technology is being utilised by the new ReSound LiNX™ hearing aid, which is now available in Dorset. It allows users to control their hearing aid and stream audio directly from an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. ReSound has also developed an app letting the wearer directly control their hearing aid as never before.

This Made for iPhone hearing aid is now available from Clarity Hearing Solutions, in Christchurch and Verwood.

“Via the app the hearing aid’s settings can be modified through the iPhone or iPad,” comments Simon Cowell, hearing aid audiologist at Clarity Hearing Solutions. “You can adjust volume, treble, bass etc to suit specific environments – your favourite restaurant or Cafe, watching a match at the Goldsands stadium, at work in the office, or at home - ReSound Smart app’s ‘geo-tagging’ feature will remember these adjustments when you return to that location. It knows where you are and what you require.”

Phone calls are streamed direct to the hearing aid – so there are no distractions or background noise. If the wearer is using their iPhone or iPod touch to find their way around then the turn-by-turn directions also come directly through to the aids.

For music lovers and film buffs this hearing aid can be used as state-of-the-art headphones by streaming the wearer’s favourite music or film track direct from the Apple device.

And if the aid is lost then the app enables you to use the iPhone to locate it – by homing in on the device.

The direct Bluetooth® Smart connectivity (that enables the data exchange between the aid and Apple device) means that the ReSound LiNX™ aid wearer does not need to carry a separate remote control unit. This makes hearing aid usage and control more discrete and less cumbersome.

ReSound LiNX, the world’s smartest hearing aid, combines the best in hearing aid technology with the latest in iPhone functionality – to produce the only hearing aid that can come close to describing itself as ‘cool’.

To book your free demo contact Clarity Hearing Solutions on 01202 478881.

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Art class starts soon

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Absolute Beginners to Improvers will love this course! explore 4 different media; pencil drawing & sketching, Oil pastel painting and techniques, painting and blending with water colours and acrylics. Step by step tuition in the basic techniques and secrets needed to create beautiful pieces of art.

INCREDIBLE SEASIDE VISTAS GREAT NEWS for all our readers looking for something fun to do over the next few months! There is a 14 week part-time Art Class (3 hours a week, mornings or afternoons) starting soon in your area. Easy access by bus or free parking if you come by car.

ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS TO IMPROVERS JUST LIKE YOU!

The course is designed to be fun for Absolute Beginners who have never picked up a brush before through to Improvers.

STEP BY STEP GUIDANCE

We adapt to each student’s needs and give them all the guidance and help they need to develop their artistic skills.

The curriculum is fun, comprehensive and interesting. Over 14 weeks we will

YOUNG AT HEART

This course is a brilliant way to learn new skills you will be able to enjoy forever. It is also a great way of meeting new friends and to have a fun experience you will always remember and cherish! It is open to adults of all ages.

LIMITED PLACES

To maintain a high standard to our classes and the tuition you will receive, classes are kept to small numbers – so places available are limited! We recommend that if you are interested, you call now.

FOR INFORMATION AND BOOKINGS, CALL NOW ON 01202 580 909

Bring out your inner artist s Beginners to Intermediates

ARTCLASS ART

Part-time 14 Week Course, 3Hr Classes Once a week

SUNCLIFF HOTEL, BOURNEMOUTH

STARTS SOON U LIMITED SPACES

CALL NOW FOR DETAILS: 01202 580 909

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By the end of the course, students have created a minimum of 8 pieces of their very own original art they can enjoy forever, from Beautiful Countryside Landscapes Scenes to Incredible Seaside Vistas

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Photographer of the Month!

Our Photographer of the Month for April is David Lindsley.

“David Lindsley and his wife Diana retired to Bournemouth 24 years ago and David has been able to continue his hobby of photography. As a result of driving 40000 miles through Canada, the USA and Chile over the years David has built up a large portfolio of photos together with those from the Far East including China, and Europe. In total he has over 2000 on his computer under many categories.

He is a keen supporter of Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance charity and he frames his photos and sells them with all the profit going to this vital charity who need to raise £4000 a DAY to provide the service. He sells his A3 pictures for £22 and A4 for £15. So far David has raised £2700 with many sales being from his display at Cooper Dean Toby restaurant. The most popular pictures are those of Dorset, particularly Christchurch.

He also tries his hand at poetry” David Lindsley

Across 8 Rubber wheel (4) 9 Keyboard instrument (5) 10 X X X X (4) 11 Tremblors (6) 12 Cornhusker state (8) 13 Winking (8) 15 Customs duty (6) 17 Proceeding in small stages (7) 19 Varnish (7) 22 Respite (6) 24 Step (8) 26 Marrow squash plant (8) 28 Enrol (6) 30 Leg joint (4) 31 Step (5) 32 Latin for "Will be" (4)

Crossword

Down 1 Place (4) 2 Summoned (8) 3 Dwarf ornamental tree (6) 4 Punches of sweetened milk and eggs (7) 5 Cliquish (8)

6 Pack up and leave (6) 7 A euphemism for "Hell" (4) 14 Big (5) 16 A cloak (5) 18 Ails (8) 20 Deceased (8)

21 Where administrative workers work (7) 23 Irritated (6) 25 Do to excess (6) 27 Vases (4) 29 The founder of a family (4)

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Do your carpets or oven need a professional “spring” clean?

If your lives are as busy as ours, most likely the idea of a ”spring” clean is furthest from the top of the list. However, trusting your carpets and oven to the professionals is a good option...

Mercury Clean use the latest technology, coupled with biodegradable and environmentally friendly products that are completely safe for children and pets.

Ovens are stripped of all removable parts which are taken out of your property and cleaned using a Bio-Tank System. Defective oven, hood lights and paper extractor filters are replaced free of charge.

Standard carpet cleaning prices includes cleaning and dealing with stains. We deodorise and apply a protection to your carpets free of charge.

We offer a ‘One Stop Shop’ End of Tenancy and Military March Out Professional Cleaning Service. We issue ‘Certificates of Completion’ which set the standard of cleanliness at the beginning and end of a Tenancy.

We pride ourselves on our honesty, trustworthiness and integrity. We pay acute attention to detail and guarantee that you will be 100% satisfied with the results every time.

So give Martin a call at Mercury Clean so that he and his team can bring your carpets, oven and property back to life and gleam!

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Community News

New Park Keeper Joins Moors Valley Team A family trail based on the popular ‘Percy the Park Keeper’ books by Nick Butterworth is set to become the newest addition to Moors Valley Country Park and Forest near Ringwood this year, offering a host of fun outdoor activities. There will even be the chance to follow in Percy’s footsteps by entering an online competition to become a Park Keeper for the day.

The engaging stories revolve around the adventures of Percy, a kindhearted park keeper, and his many animal friends, including a badger, owl, fox, rabbit, hedgehog and lots of mice. They are a firm favourite with children and parents alike, and instantly recognisable from both the books and the Percy the Park Keeper animated television series.

Education Ranger Tracy Standish said “We love the friendly characters in Nick’s wonderful stories and are looking forward to bringing them to life at Moors Valley.

We hope this fun family trail will also help show visitors what our Rangers do to look after our Park for both people and wildlife.”

The trail card, costing £2

each, will include a range of multiple choice questions and a variety of interesting activities including making an animal home, spotting the bird and finding mini-beasts. It will appeal particularly to younger children and is available daily from 5th April until 28th September 2014.

The online competition will offer the chance for a family of four to be Park Keepers for the day, in addition to receiving an annual season ticket for Moors Valley and a wheelbarrow full of goodies.

For further details visit the website www.moors-valley.co.uk/events or contact the Rangers on 01425 470721.

Reprinted by permission from HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. © 1992 Nick Butterworth

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by Steve Chislett in 2001 and we cover an area within 130 miles of Bournemouth. Our clients are from all age groups, with over £75,000 of investable money (including pension funds), and also entrepreneurs looking for assistance and quality planning as they build their wealth through their business going forward.

Typical clients would be those that are retired and need to obtain additional income or capital growth from their savings, rather than leaving it in the bank or building society, thereby losing the real value of their funds through inflation.

We use a specialist technology system for client’s investments and pension funds and our clients benefit from monthly reporting either by email or post for suggested fund

changes. At this time, we are the only firm south of London, that uses this process. The system enhances returns over the medium term and reduces volatility. This means that we are in contact with you regularly, rather than waiting for an annual meeting to make necessary changes.

Many clients in our area will be subject to inheritance tax on their estate if it is over £325,000 single or £650,000 joint (2013/14).

We can assist with family trusts and other specialised tax planning to minimise the amount payable on death. We also advise on long term care costs.

We would be pleased to meet you for a 30 minute consultation at our expense to see whether we can be of real long term benefit to you. So do give us a call on 01202 891852 to make an appointment.

Bournemouth Investments Ltd Certified Financial Planners

• We work with financially focused families and business owners. We help them to clarify and achieve their financial goals and they in turn, trust us to be with them during their own journey through life.

• We are known for taking the complexity and jargon out of the financial planning process and specialise in investments, pensions and estate planning.

• Our major clients receive monthly reporting for fund switching to maximise performance and reduce volatility in their portfolios.

• If your bank or building society has left you without ongoing advice, we are able to help.

If you would like to meet with us:

Contact Steve Chislett on 01202 891852 www.bournemouthinvestments.com Bournemouth Investments Ltd is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (584293).

Registered address: 7 Laburnum Close, Ferndown, Dorset BH22 9TX

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Calling all amateur artists

If you are an amateur painter looking to expand your knowledge or would like to spend an evening watching an artist demonstrate how they create a work of art, why not pay us a visit. We are the Charminster Artists Group and we meet at the Trinity URC Church Hall, Sutton Road, Charminster, Bournemouth at 7.20pm on the first Friday of the month.

Our next demonstration on the 2nd May will feature Brian Harrild painting a landscape in acrylics. On the 6th June Richard Turner will paint in pastels and Jill Gelley will teach the art of flower painting in a workshop on the 4th July. Bring your own materials.

August is for holidays but on the 5th September Rob Hughes will demonstrate how to achieve a likeness when he paints his models portrait in pastels. You will be very welcome.

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The Adventures of Nellie The Dorset Publications Camper Van Well I do laugh about Nellie, the Dorset Publication’s Campervan and her long black skirts to cover up her rather large thighs, but these machines really are something else! Nellie looked small and rather overshadowed by the imposing façade of these rather sinister, and very powerful looking vehicles. The Tank Museum at Bovington, is quite incredible! www.tankmuseum.org It was our fi rst visit. Harry came with us, a good friend of Hayden’s and much to Hayden’s excitement. Off we went.

Boys in the back playing on DS’s and then opening the game’s cupboard (strategically placed next to the back seat), and taking out the “not allowed to say yes or no” game. It was fun listening to them trying to catch each other out, laughing away, whilst we were driving along. As there is a table in front of the back seat it so much easier to play a game, even whilst driving.

So we arrived at the Tank Museum around 11.30am on Saturday morning. It was pretty busy which was great. In fact we had picked a weekend when the army

Eeek... It’s bigger than I am!

barracks were having a “Family Weekend” and the fairly new recruits were showing all their relatives where they lived, what they did on training etc. We were even treated to a demonstration in full combat uniform and a fast moving tank later in the day. This is separate to the Tank Museum, but right there in the arena just in front of the museum building.

In front of the Mark IV WW1 tank The museum itself is enormous! There are so many tanks and displays we didn’t get to see all of them, so it is a good excuse to go back. One of the first things we did was walk through a mock up of the First World War trenches. It was realistic, dark and with sound effects that really gave you a feel for how hard life was for the soldiers. We then sat in a first World War Tank, the Mark IV. This is the only place on Earth that you can go into a First World War tank, so it is pretty special! The volunteer guide was brilliant and told us about the heat, 65 degrees plus, with red hot pistons sizzling. Where was health and safety in those days? The maximum

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In the driving seat of the Mark IV WW1 tank!

We were then educated about life during the Second World War. We even sat in an air raid shelter with full sound effects of bombs dropping nearby. What an experience! Harry did look a little apprehensive at this point, and I can well understand. Again the guide was excellent, showing us gas masks of the time and painting the picture of a life then.

If any students are doing projects on war and how life was, this would be ideal. The museum gives a very realistic experience that you cannot get from books alone.

On that note, there is a display of a camp in Afghanistan and this I personally found extremely moving. Again it is realistic and you really do get the feeling of how life might be for the soldiers. There is also a board full of people’s signatures who have been to Afghanistan as well as some names of soldiers who have lost their lives and are no longer with us. This was hard hitting.

Hayden and Harry made their own game, which I was impressed with. They ran around trying to find the heaviest and fastest tank on display. Boys being boys made it a competition to see who could

beat the other one and find it the first.

The tank museum is such a sturdy, huge place, it was totally fine for them to go off and play this game. Don’t tell Harry’s parents but I did ‘lose’ them for a few minutes and did wonder how long it may take to find them amongst the masses of tanks on display. Fortunately they wanted some sweets, so finding me was of benefit to them… Actually both were extremely well behaved and I had no worries whatsoever. So the day was enlightening, educational, impressive and emotional all at the same time. All of the Tank Museum volunteers have a wealth of data to give you and there is much to see and experience. I recommend you go, if you haven’t already. It reminds us that life is for living…

We did of course have our customary picnic in Nellie with a cuppa as you can see here.

Time for a cuppa after all that...

Where will Nellie go next…?

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Family Fun on Museums at Night in Dorchester The evening of Saturday 17th May is a very special one in Dorchester as it is when all six of the town’s museums plus two other heritage attractions join together for Museums at Night. It’s a fantastic night out for all the family.

Dorchester is probably unique as a town in having so many magnificent museums – The Dinosaur Museum, The Tutankhamun Exhibition, The Dorset County Museum, The Teddy Bear Museum, The Keep Military Museum, and The Terracotta Warriors Museum.

These are joined on Museums at Night by the Roman Town House and Max Gate.

Entry to all 8 heritage attractions in Dorchester is only £10 for a family of 2 adults and up to 4 children for the evening, when bought in advance.

Museums at Night Tickets for this fantastic value family night out can be purchased at any of the participating museums, the Dorchester Tourist Information Centre and Max Gate from April onwards. Tickets can be bought on the night but cost £12.

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Museums at Night is on the evening of Saturday 17th May from 5pm to 9pm when all six of Dorchester’s museums and the Roman Town House will be open specially to visit. Max Gate will again be open between 3.30pm and 5.30pm as part of a Museums at Night special preview package.

The Museums at Night ticket is just £10 and admits a family to all 8 heritage attractions on the evening of Saturday 17th May. This great price entitles up to a family of 2 adults and 4 children to visit when purchased in advance. Tickets can also be bought on the night at £12.

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Gluten Free Food Fair

Bournemouth and Poole Coeliac Group

26 April 2014 - 13:00 to 16:00 Parkstone Grammar School Sopers Lane, Poole, BH17 7EP

Following the huge success of last year the Bournemouth and Poole Coeliac group Annual Food Fair is back and bigger than ever!

The event will be held in the same venue as last year and as always the biggest names in gluten free food will be there, along with many of the smaller local companies. There will even be stands from some of the newer companies that have recently come into the gluten free market. With so many companies represented there will be lots of goodies available for you to taste and buy – including gluten free beer! Coeliac UK will also be in attendance to answer any questions that you may have.

So whether you have been a coeliac for years, you are recently diagnosed or just have an intolerance to gluten why don’t you come and see us and see what lovely treats you can pick up for yourself

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Money Saving Tips

Martin

LEWIS Savings Masterclass

Far too many people think "savings rates are so low, why bother doing anything?” Yet, while rates are indeed spitworthily low, don’t be complacent. Active, on-the-ball savers can grab up to 6% interest. So I want to give you a rate -boosting masterclass. The aim's to put every penny where it earns the max interest. Many specialist higher-rate accounts only let you pay in limited amounts for short amounts of time. So if you've big savings, you need to fill them up, then snowball on to the next best, and so on. Don’t overly worry about safety. All UK-regulated savings (which all the accounts below are) have the full £85,000 per person, per financial institution savings safety protection. Yet that’s not a reason to just put money in and forget about it. Monitor rates every few months and if they drop, ditch and switch.

First, clear expensive debts. The highest guaranteed return for savings comes from clearing expensive debts, starting with the highest rates. If your debts cost more than your savings earn after tax, clear what you can and you’re onto a winner. This applies to mortgages too, unless you’ve early repayment penalties. Though with a mortgage, always have a cash emergency fund in savings before clearing it.

Earn 6% AER in a regular saver, PLUS free £100 The highest rate on the market is a regular savings account, but it's only available to new or existing Firstdirect.com current account customers. Though as First Direct's won every customer service poll I've ever done and currently offers £100 to switch to it, that's still an attractive proposition. Its 6% regular saver lets you put up to £300 a month away for a year and the rate's fixed. HSBC.co.uk customers get 4% AER on a similar product, while anyone can get the LeedsBuildingSociety.co.uk regular saver at 3.05% AER. Full info and more best buys at mse.me/regularsaver Use current accounts to get 5% AER easy access I always used to say “never store cash in current accounts, as you earn nothing". While that still holds true in the main, bizarrely, these days a few bank accounts offer super-high interest rates to draw you in. The highest is Nationwide's FlexDirect (www.nationwide.co.uk/flexdirect) at 5% AER, but you only get this rate for a year, and only on balances up to £2,500. The stand-out deal's Santander 123's (www.santander.com) 3% AER on all savings if you've £3k£20k. It has a £2/month fee, but pays up to 3% cashback on bills. Weigh up if you'll earn more than the fee before switching. With both, you need to properly switch to them.

Full info, pros and cons at mse.me/bankaccounts Is an Isa nicer? Up to 1.75% AER tax-free A cash Isa's just a savings account where the taxman doesn't

remove 20% or 40% of your interest. You can put £5,760 in each tax year, and it remains tax-free year after year until you withdraw it. It's a no-brainer. Don't think you're locking the cash away - the top easy access deal is from postoffice.co.uk at 1.8% AER on £100+, with two penalty-free withdrawals allowed each tax year. This allows you to transfer old Isas into it as well to boost their rates. The rate includes a bonus for 18 months, so it'll almost certainly plummet after. Make a note in your diary to ditch and transfer. Full best buys and Isa FAQs at www.mse.me/isas.

Lock in for up to 2.57% AER If you’re prepared to lock cash away without access, you can earn more in a fix. Yet it's worth noting many pundits predict UK rates will rise in 2015. So today's best rates may not look so good if you lock in for too long. These are the current top fixed deals for both normal savings and cash Isas. They change daily – latest rates are at mse.me/fixedsavings One-year fixed savings: United Bank 1.9% (www.ubluk.com).

One-year cash Isa fix: Britannia 1.85% (britannia.co.uk) Two-year fixed savings: United Bank 2.28% (www.ubluk.com). Two-year cash Isa fix: Post Office 2.25% (www.postoffice.co.uk) Three-year fixed savings: Bank of Cyprus 2.57% (www.bankofcyprus.co.uk). Three-year cash Isa fix: Virgin Money 2.4% (virginmoney.com) Check your local credit union too Credit unions are local savings and loans co-ops. Some have deals that beat the market's best buys, such as 3% savings, 2.15% AER one-year fixes and 2.5% easy-access cash Isas. They're very localised, so whether you can get these deals depends on where you live or work. Locate ones near you at www.findyourcreditunion.co.uk.

1.5% AER standard easy access savings If you’ve any left, the final option's a normal easy access savings account. The top payers are www.tescobank.com and www.icicibank.co.uk at 1.5% AER, although Tesco's account includes a bonus rate for the first year, so it's likely to plummet afterwards. If you’ve big cash, as you’re only protected up to £85,000 per institution, split the cash into different institutions.

If you're prepared to up the risk a little, it's worth looking at peer-to-peer savings, which can pay up to 6%. Here your money's lent to someone who wants to borrow it, via online financial matchmakers such as zopa.com, fundingcircle.com and ratesetter.com. This can be lucrative, but it has its risks, though the sites try to mitigate them. For full info, read mse.me/peertopeer.

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New era for Knoll Gardens

Wimborne’s Knoll Gardens will enter a create a magnificent bee house in the new era when it re-opens on 1st April trunk of the pine, whilst the eucalyptus after weeks of enforced closure caused will be trimmed and tidied leaving a by major storm damage. large part of the tree as it fell to see if it The garden, which is famed for its will re-grow and that re-growth can then naturalistic style, lost several trees be safely incorporated into the garden. during the horrendous storms on “The fallen eucalyptus has presented Valentine’s night. A stunning Monterey us with a bit of a challenge,” said Neil.

Pine and a wonderful Eucalyptus “The tree was a real stunner when it were among the casualties. High wind was upright, and it’s bark is amazing to snapped the pine in half, but the iconic see at such close quarters. It is a bit Eucalyptus simply fell over due to the of an experiment, as we really do not know if it will survive long-term, but for saturated ground.

With two notable exceptions, the fallen such a stunning specimen it has to be trees have now been removed and worth a try.”

Knoll’s owner, Neil Lucas is already Knoll Gardens is just east of Wimborne off the A31 and opens Tuesday to beginning to look forward.

“It was a huge blow to lose so many Saturday from 10am – 5pm and Bank trees in such a short time,” said Neil. Holiday Mondays. Free guided tours are “But in a garden it is hard to stay included within the admission charge disappointed for very long. The primrose most Friday mornings. yellow flowers are already beginning to For more information on the gardens open across the magnificent dome of and details of the full event programme our Rhododendron macabeanum in the go to www.knollgardens.co.uk or call Damp Garden, and the chocolate vine, the nursery on 01202 873931.

Akebia quinata will soon be covered Neil Lucas and his team look forward to in its distinctive chocolate-coloured welcoming you to the gardens! flowers. And of course we still have some wonderful trees to enjoy including our young cork, Quercus suber with its trademark textured bark. The equally fascinating spongy rufous bark of our giant redwood is also worth looking out for.”

Neil is hoping that two of the wind-damaged trees will still be able to feature in the garden. He plans to work with a local sculptor to Rhododendron macabeanum in the Damp Garden at Knoll Gardens

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April showers to October fun Now is the time for April showers and with the weather warming up all the time and some gentle rain you’ll soon be seeing lots of changes on your veggie plot.

Its wonderful to see the first fresh, local, asparagus appear for sale this month and if you’ve a bit of space spare on your plot now’s the time to plant this gourmet crop.

Buy one year old crowns and plant them immediately into well drained soil. You should be able to take a small harvest next year and they’ll carry on cropping for up to 20 years!

Jobs for April:Keep an eye out for late frosts and cover any vulnerable plants.

Harden off indoor sowings before planting out.

Start off French beans and Brussels Sprouts under cover.

Fancy something a bit more exotic? Try growing some peppers and aubergines - sow this month in a greenhouse or polytunnel.

Plant an asparagus bed.

Earth up potatoes once the first shoots appear.

It’s a time when any indoor space, be it greenhouse, cold frame, or just window sills, is likely to be filling rapidly with young seedlings.

If you are thinking of planting some of your seedlings out then don’t forget to harden them off first. You can move the pots outside each morning, bringing them in at night to gradually acclimatise them to the change.

Do remember too that late frosts can still happen in April, damaging plants that are unprotected.

Watch the weather forecast and if there’s any danger of frost then use fleece or cloches to protect plants where necessary.

On the subject of cloches, save any empty plastic bottles that you may have. Cut the bottom off and you are left with a wonderful mini cloche to protect seedlings that are recently planted out. Push the plastic down into the soil firmly and it will keep off not only some of the chill but also any slugs that may have their eye on tasty young leaves.

Are you a fan of Halloween?

Pumpkins can be quite expensive come the end of October and then there’s always the hunt for one just the right size. Why not have a go at growing one (or several!) of your own this year? Pumpkins need a long, growing season to ripen well so now is the time to start them off. There’s lots of different varieties, including some

giant ones if you want something really impressive to carve. Look out on the packets for ones that are early ripening for the best chances of success.

Pumpkin seeds are huge so it’s easy to sow just one to each pot. I’d sow at least 3 plants, if they all germinate and mature it’ll probably be more than you need (they can take a lot of room as they grow) but it’s better to have spare in case you loose some early on - if they all grow well you can always pass one on to a friend or neighbour and have a competition to see who gets the biggest pumpkin! You’ll need to keep your young plant inside until all risk of frost has passed. When it comes time to plant the pumpkin out it will like lots of nutrients in the soil. Dig out a large hole and put in lots of well rotted compost - or you can even plant your pumpkin straight on top of an old compost heap. They’ll bloom with wonderfully exotic looking, huge yellow flowers and it’s wise to consider removing the growing tip once three fruit have set as this will give a better chance for larger, riper, pumpkins.

Support the growing fruits on a bed of straw to avoid them dropping off or becoming mushy.

Are you enjoying purple spouting broccoli at the moment? You can buy summer varieties to plant now, or try Calbrese (this has the green heads) which is best planted straight into the beds where they will grow.

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4. LOVE AND HELP CHILDREN Today’s children will become tomorrow’s civilization.

Bringing a child into the world today is a little bit like dropping one into a tiger’s cage. Children can’t handle their environment1 and they have no real resources. They need love and help to make it.

It is a delicate problem to discuss. There are almost as many theories on how to raise a child or not raise him as there are parents. Yet if one does it wrong much grief can result and one may even complicate his or her own later years. Some try to raise children the way they were themselves raised, others attempt the exact opposite, many hold to an idea that children should just be let grow on their own. None of these guarantee success.

The last method is based on a materialistic2 idea that the development of the child parallels the evolutionary3 history of the race; that in some magical way, unexplained, the “nerves” of the child will “ripen” as he or she grows older and the result will be a moral,4 well-behaving adult.

Although the theory is disproven with ease – simply by noticing the large criminal population whose nerves somehow did not ripen – it is a lazy way to raise children and achieves some popularity. It doesn’t take care of your civilization’s future or your older years.

A child is a little bit like a blank slate. If you write the wrong things on it, it will say the wrong things. But, unlike a slate, a child can begin to do the writing: the child tends to write what has been written already. The problem is complicated by the fact that, while most children are capable of great decency, a few are born insane and, today, some are even born as drug addicts: but such cases are an unusual few.

It does no good just to try to “buy” the child with an overwhelm of toys and possessions or to smother and protect the child: the result can be pretty awful.

One has to make up his mind what he is trying to get the child to become: this is modified by several things: (a) what the child basically can become due to inherent make-up and potential; (b) what the child really wants to become; (c) what one wants the child to become; (d) the resources available. But remember that whatever these all add up to, the child will not survive well unless he or she eventually becomes self-reliant and very moral.

Otherwise the end product is likely to be a liability to everyone including the child.

Whatever one’s affection for the child, remember that the child cannot survive well in the long run if he or she does not have his or her feet put on the way to survival. It will be no accident if the child goes wrong: the contemporary society is tailor-made for a child’s failure.

It will help enormously if you obtain a child’s understanding of and agreement to follow the precepts5 contained in this book.

What does have a workability is simply to try to be the child’s friend. It is certainly true that a child needs friends.

Try to find out what a child’s problem really is and, without crushing their own solutions, try to help solve them.

Observe them – and this applies even to babies. Listen to what children tell you about their lives. Let them help – if you don’t, they become overwhelmed with a sense of obligation6 which they then must repress.

It will help the child enormously if you obtain understanding of and agreement to this way to happiness and get him or her to follow it. It could have an enormous effect on the child’s survival – and yours.

A child factually does not do well without love. Most children have an abundance of it to return.

The way to happiness has on its route the loving and the helping of children from babyhood to the brink of adult life.

This is an excerpt from The Way to Happiness book, for information about this book and programs go to www.twth.org 1. environment: one’s surroundings; the material things around one; the area one lives in; the living things, objects, spaces and forces with which one lives whether close to or far away.

2. materialistic: the opinion that only physical matter exists.

3. evolutionary: related to a very ancient theory that all plants and animals developed from simpler forms and were shaped by their surroundings rather than being planned or created.

4. moral: able to know right from wrong in conduct; deciding and acting from that understanding.

5. precepts: rules or statements advising or laying down a principle or principles or a course of action regarding conduct; directions meant as a rule or rules for conduct.

6. obligation: the condition or fact of owing another something in return for things, favors or services received. © 2014 DORSET PUBLICATIONS. All Rights Reserved.

Grateful acknowledgement is made to L. Ron Hubbard Library for permission to reproduce a selection from the copyrighted works of L. Ron Hubbard. THE WAY TO HAPPINESS and the ‘Road and Sun’ design are trademarks owned by L. Ron Hubbard Library in the USA and in other countries (trademark registrations issued and other registrations pending) and are used with permission.

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Method: In a processor place the ginger, garlic, chili, ground coriander, garam masala, red bell pepper, onion and sunflower oil.

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Mix the tomato puree with the canned tomatoes.

Place the chicken into the crock pot and pour the tomato mixture over the top.

Cook on a medium heat for 4 -5 hours until the chicken is beautifully tender and succulent When ready to serve gently stir in the creme fraiche whilst still in the slow cooker and serve on a bed of wild rice, garnished with the chopped coriander.

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