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CT Welcome Hello readers, Welcome to the July/August edition.

We would like to dedicate this edition to our friend and customer Anver Jivan who sadly passed away this month. Anver had supported and helped us almost since the beginning of the magazines. Our condolences to his family and friends.

Regards Nick & Paul

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CT Fashion - Savvy Summer Style Upgrades: Break Into Your Wardrobe, Not the Bank If the scorching sun and the bright blue skies haven’t already told you, I can confirm that summer is officially here and yes, with the country seeing some of the hottest days on record EVER, it’s safe to stay it’s sticking around for a while. We hope.

The summer shindigs have already started; I bet you’ve been to a few BBQs already and it’ll definitely be half past Pimms o’clock by the time this article goes to print. It’s possible that updating your summer style has crept into your head by now. If you’re anything like me, I drag out the same old outfits every year and hope that nobody remembers last year’s playsuit if I wear it with a new pair of shoes.

For a while I felt a bit sad that I hadn’t got any new togs to summer dance in, but I was also very aware of how little cash I had due to the old spent-all-of-my-moneyon-that-far-too-expensiveholiday-that-I-definitelyhaven’t-paid-off-yet error.

THEN the fashion gods shone their light down on me and I had an epiphany: I would buy a few pieces that would update my wardrobe and make me feel like I had my sassy pants (literally) back on, and I could strut my summer stuff back into style. Champagne fashion, lemonade money. Win win.

These are my upgrade your summer wardrobe hacks; try one or two of these and I promise (1) your summer wardrobe will be on trend and (2) your bank balance will not be too naughty. You can thank me later.

1. The Super Bright: You’ve probably noticed that most high street shops have some PRETTY BOLD colours donning their shelves, and you’re not wrong, sister. Some might say garish, but I say statement and recommend a one block colour piece to say: ‘Here I am, show me the bar!’ The best picks I could find were in Oasis. Choose a colour and a piece that suits you, from bright pink, yellow, pale green, cobalt blue or red. If you’re feeling daring, a bright pink blazer can be found in Oasis for £65, or if you’re feeling a little less flush, a fool-proof v-neck cami can be teamed with any pale bottoms (I like white jeans) and a pair of wedges, (my favourite is the mid-green one in Oasis for £22 - easy peasy).

2. Florals: my absolute FAVOURITE for the summer. Floral prints are girly, easy to style and perfect for any summer occasion. Dressing up

a top to toe floral playsuit or jumpsuit with a wedge and jacket is perfect for when a few hours shopping turns into a few hours dancing. Try Miss Selfridge for some affordable styles (and their sale has just started, too). I love to team my floral playsuits with a leather jacket to ‘toughen’ them up when it gets a bit cooler in the evenings, but this summer I’ll be trying an oversized denim jacket to update my style.

Clashing floral prints are also really in this summer, but not for the faint hearted. Do you have a floral top and skirt that are different prints but similar tones? Throw them on together, team with a pair of sandals and strut off, knowing that you’re really on trend this summer season.

3. Gingham: there ain’t no party like a gingham party or so summer fashion 2017 says. Gingham is literally splashed all over the high street and you wouldn’t be updating your summer wardrobe without it. I’ve seen the best pieces in Warehouse; as you know, when they know they’ve got a print right they offer it in a few different cuts for you to choose from. I would advise going for either a short (£36) or cropped trouser (£49) that you can team up with tan heels and a white top. Or if you’re off to the beach, they have some gorgeous Bardot swimsuits that could double up as day wear with a pair of denim shorts.

4. Embroidery and mesh: Two new stitching styles you’ll need to grab a piece of for this summer. These really are the bargain pieces because they shouldn’t cost you much, but pay you back in style for months and can be worn in a few different ways.

Firstly, embroidery: think signature shirts with an embroidered shoulder, or a simple T-shirt with embroidered detail. Or you could up your game a bit and go for an embroidered shirt dress - these are a great investment because you can dress them up or down dependent on the occasion.

The mesh detailing on some pieces found on the high street are really beautiful and pretty timeless too - consider a black mesh embroidered top with a black bralet or cami beneath and a pair of high waisted jeans or a denim skirt for a really up-to-date summer look. You could even go for a pair of smart, tailored trousers with a mesh top to vamp up your summer evening style. The best thing? You can get a top like this for as little as £19.99 in New Look! Bargain.

Rebecca Forde is a writer with a penchant for fashion, great literature and drinking a lot of coffee. She writes for pleasure on her blog and is creator of Scribble Panda - a small business offering tutoring and writing services. You can contact her by emailing rebeccaforde@hotmail.co.uk.

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Music by Nick Garner Some months there is not a lot to write about, this month though is different. We start off with our Blues in the City night at the Bassment where we had two of the best up-and-coming local musicians playing together: Connor Selby and Joe Anderton who wowed the audience.

These two are going a long way and both have their own bands.

Next we welcomed back Guy Tortora, with Janos Bajtala on keys and vocals and Pete Ouvry on bass. It was, as ever, a great night and it was good to see it so well attended as well.

It was back to Chelmsford City FC for the return show of Albert Lee recently. We were a little nervous knowing he had only been here three months before, but I am very happy to say that once again the show was very well attended - and so it should be with such a great player as Albert. I think we had a record with one person coming all the way from Durham for the gig.

The Fling Festival 2017 has come and gone and we had a great time as it seemed did the majority of festival goers. I was lucky as I got to play again with Jamie Williams & the Roots Collective on the Marconi stage run by Andy Poole who did a great job. The Marconi Stage featured only local acts, and we had a real blast.

With not running a stage this year I was able to have a look around, and there was plenty to see and thankfully, the organisers sorted the bar issues out this year as well. The silent disco was fun as was the Sillyimpics which you really had to see. It made me laugh a lot!

There were a lot of other things of interest, like making hats and making things out of odds and ends (and there were some very bizarre creations).

The big tents had a lot of diverse things going on too, like a very funny bingo and the burlesque as well as storytelling and the beach.

There were some top acts appearing too of course, like Dr John Cooper Clark and the Blockheads - both legends and both were fantastic. It was good to see a lot of friends there and there was a good variety of food as well I thought. There was loads more going on but it would take up the whole magazine to mention it!

I know the Fling team is small now and they put in a lot of work to make this a firm favourite for many people in their festival calendar.

Yes, there are some other things that people say they would like to see; maybe some more local activity for example. I did miss the retail as some others have mentioned too. But it is not just about music, it’s about diversity - and I know we have lots of local talent. Maybe the council could arrange a meeting or have somewhere people talk on a blog or similar, as I am sure there are people who would be happy to help and put forward ideas.

This was a very special show, as Albert returned to play just four UK shows - and for the first time with his son Wayne Lee on keyboards and vocals. Joining him was Philip Mann on bass and vocals, and on drums and vocals, Ollie Sears. An all English band that amazed the audience and we have booked them to return again next April.

The whole show was filmed for a live DVD marking Albert and Wayne sharing the stage together.

Albert and his team requested the venue to record the show as they said they really like it here. The sound, the audience and atmosphere is perfect, they said. I do not think we have ever had so many compliments after a show and we were very proud I have to say.

If you pick this edition up in time, on Saturday 15th at the football club we have the Kast Off Kinks playing. They consist of three ex-members of the Kinks, including Mick Avory on drums. We think this is going to be another special night, as we also know that on occasion a certain Ray Davis has turned up) and he does not live that far away so fingers crossed!)

We do not have a show in August because of the holidays, but we return to the football ground on Friday 29th September with Dr Feelgood playing and they will be supported by Connor Selby and his band.

There is a lot going on around the area, just check out the What’s On page in the magazine. One thing I must mention that you keep your diary free for is Saturday 26th August at the UB pub in Writtle Street Chelmsford. The UB will be celebrating their first anniversary with a mini beer and music festival featuring live acts, DJs and spoken word as well as a barbeque and lots of good beer and about forty different gins to try as well. This is a family-friendly place and it will run from noon until 1am Sunday.

We are still working on the big arts and cultural festival and we are hoping to have some big news about it very soon, so keep those thoughts positive for us.

As ever, please do try to come out and support the great live scene we have in Essex because if you do not we may lose it. For more information on all of the above and more, see the links below and pick up a copy of the City Times and go to the What’s On page to see what else in happening in your area. If you go to Facebook events you can preview the up-and-coming acts. www.bluesinthecity.co.uk www.facebook.com/bluesinthecitychelmsford Twitter: @BluesintheCity1 www.itsyourmusic.co.uk www.facebook.com/itsyourmusic Twitter: @itsyourmusic

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UB Fest 2017

Saturday 26th (12pm-1am) &

Sunday 27th August 2017 (1pm-9pm) A FULL FAT FESTIVAL OF FOOD & MUSIC FOR ALL THE FAMILY

In celebration of all the good things in life & The UBs 1st birthday we hope you’ll enjoy our full fat weekend festival over the August Bank Holiday on Saturday 26th & Sunday 27th. UB Fest is here & here to stay.

Kicking off on Saturday 26th August from 12pm to 1am & Sunday 27th from 1pm-9pm. A whole two days of fun and great music. It’s set to be a feel good feast of fun for the whole family. We’ve put together a programme that showcases the cream of Chelmsford, Ess Essex & beyond with music from top local talent and fabulous food and drink from our kitchen, our local suppliers & of course our very own brewery, “Pin up Brewing Co”. From hops & chops to rhythm & blues, there’ll be something to put a smile on everyone’s face. A tipple or two of our very own beers, crafted just for us at our brewery in Brighton, is sure to get you in the party mood. So bring a rug, make yourself comfortable, tuck into some fine festival fodder and enjoy the tunes!

SATURDAY 26 AUGUST - 12PM - 1PM

SUNDAY 27TH AUGUST LOW – COOL - 1PM-9PM

Noon DJ Paul (80s) Mclean 12.30 - 1.30pm Clare Free DJ Paul (80s) Mclean 2 - 3pm Booga Red DJ Dave (Rubber Soul) Arscot 3.30 - 4.30pm Sheri Kershaw DJ Dave (Rubber Soul) Arscot 5 - 6pm Jamie Williams Roots Collective Spoken word artist 6.30 - 7.30pm Paolo Morena DJ 8 - 9pm Dave Sharp D (The Alarm) DJ 9.30 - 11.30pm Small Town Rumour 11.35 - 1am “Keeping it Soulful” DJ set

An afternoon & evening of low tempo music for the bank holiday.

A wilfully eclectic soundtrack of righteous soul/reggae/dub/trip hop/ jazz, interspersed with electro, rap and hip hop, all blended with the best electronica.

From Junior Murvin to Massive Attack, from Ninja tune to Miles Davis, from Fela Kuti to Al Green.

DJ SETS from: Mark Neal, Peter Frostick (Moonstomp), David Arscott (Rubber Soul/ The White Gospel), and very special guest finale DJ & A LIVE DUB SET from STARK (David & Simon, Nitzer Ebb founders)

If all that leaves you feeling peckish, tuck into sizzling sausages & burgers from the festival BBQ menu, taking centre stage on in our garden from midday to 9pm & all your seaside favourites from our seafood shack. Join us for the Bank Holiday’s & probably summers last hurrah – and dance your socks off because there’s nothing more splendid than summer in Chelmsford, great beers & live music!

We’re lucky to be part of a wonderful local community, so we’ll be raising money all day Saturday for local charity organisations.

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CT Gardening by Tom Cole

I can’t believe it! How fast has this year gone? At Writtle University College we’ve completed another successful year and we are now planning for this coming September’s new intake of intrepid students; some of which will be with us in further education for at least two years... Such commitment.

For Christina Lavelle and myself, we have had a great bunch of students successfully completing their RHS (Royal Horticultural Society) Level 2 or 3 Certificates in Practical Horticulture.

Some are now just waiting for their exam results, having sat them in June, for our theory options; RHS Level 2 Certificate in the Principles of Horticulture (1 year, day

release), RHS Level 2 Certificate in the Principles of Plant Growth, Propagation and Development (September February) and RHS Level 2 Certificate in the Principles of Garden Planning, Establishment and Maintenance (February - June).

For the RHS Level 2 practical options, students have successfully completed a number projects as part of their studies. One of the main areas of the college covered this year was the renovation and replanting of the main drive with the introduction of a new winter border, the completion of the rock garden and a super new tropical bedding border. All of this gave our students, led by the fabulous Christina Lavelle, an increased knowledge and understanding to support practical skills development in preparation of sites, cultivation, planning, planting out and border maintenance. Along side this, all were able to increase their plant, pest, disease and weed identification skills.

For the RHS Level 3 practical option (led by little olde me!) students fully enhanced their pruning skills; covering regeneration, routine, formative and specialist techniques, including topiary and cloud pruning for a range of plants throughout their programme. Visits to places such as Kings Seeds increased knowledge and understanding of seed collecting, grading and storage. A summer term trip to RHS Garden Hyde Hall enabled the group to put into practice their planning and management skills, evaluating sites, producing annual maintenance plans and schedules of work, and a trip to Wilkins & Sons Ltd gave invaluable commercial pruning tips to success, covering top and soft fruit. On top of all of this, a large number of plant, pest, disease, disorders and weed identification tests really stretched and challenged the group.

A graduation ceremony was held for all those completing and able to attend, with a grand opening of the Mediterranean/Dry Garden by Beth Chatto’s granddaughter, Julia Boulton from Beth Chatto Gardens (www.bethchatto.co.uk).

If you’re interested in developing your theory or practical horticultural skills as a keen amateur, or if you’re someone wishing to pursue a change in career, why not contact us for more information?

For RHS Level 2 Certificate in Practical Horticulture email christina. lavelle@writtle.ac.uk for information on availability of days and times.

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Happy Gardening For any gardening tips contact Tom Cole, Horticultural Lecturer, Writtle College, Chelmsford, CM1 3RR by post (including a SAE) or by email at tom.cole@writtle.ac.uk.

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CT Food By John Jacobs

Top of the Chops July already; it’s the latter half of the year, the solstice is over and the nights are drawing in... So I think it’s time to reflect on where we are with the City Times Food Awards. It’s been an interesting first half to the year in terms of new restaurants in the city, and my insiders tell me there are more to come. For those of you who have emailed in your nominations and reviews, I thought it might be interesting to see which of our newbies have had an impact - if any - on the top 5 of those of our friends at TripAdvisor.

Listed by review rankings, at numbers 1 and 2 are Vita Bella and Olio respectively, and these have occupied the top spots for well over a year. Both independent Italian restaurants, they consistently gain good reviews, though anecdotally I don’t actually know anyone who, along with myself, has eaten in either which is remiss considering.

metallic taste one often gets with game. Scallops, crab and mackerel are also perfect at this time of year. Try any of those with a spreading of horseradish. Trust me, it’s incredible.

For those of you looking for the perfect summer wines to help you through the long family barbecue, Château Louvignes Gaillac, (France 2016 - £6.49, Lidl) is a wine from the Tarn region of south west France. A gentle, dry white made from mauzac, len de l’el and muscadelle grapes that is crisp and dare I say, great over crushed ice (I know, I’m a heathen). You could also try the Côtes de Gascogne, (France 2016 - £6.50, Tesco). This is also a blended wine, but don’t let that stop you. It’s got an apple taste and works perfect with anything straight off the grill.

It remains to wish you all a happy July and more reviews for August.

Happy chomping.

At number 3 is The Cuckoo, Radley Green on the A414 between Ongar and Chelmsford. A pub style restaurant service British/ European fare. At number 4 is Bartellas in Margaretting, also with a British/European menu. Lastly at number 5 is The Gurkha Restaurant in the city’s west end serving less traditional but more interesting Indian, Asian and Nepalese cuisine.

Of those nominated by the good readers of the City Times, none appear in the top 10 or indeed, top 15. Many are new so still need time to embed themselves into our thoughts though it’s interesting to see what the restaurants with the biggest fanfares have done.

Zorba The Greek (one of our readers favourites) drops from the top 5 to number 17 with Live Dosa, another breakthrough restaurant with outstanding food, closely behind it at number 18. The New London is staying put at number 20 but sadly and unsurprisingly, city beloved Acanteen grazes around at number 26 with the overriding view that focus needs to be placed on service and value. Chop Bloc follows at number 28 with the ongoing rhetoric about its perhaps less than attractive prices.

Of the reviews thus far, it will be interesting to see where Borgaz and Bourgee end up in December when we announce our readers’ choices. Both are strong contenders. As ever, please continue to send your nominations for best restaurant to cctfood@gmail.com.

Seasonal Best July is heavy berry time and cherries are at their best along with gooseberries, peaches raspberries and strawberries. Jersey Royals, beetroot, courgettes and aubergines are at their peaks, so a good time to start the whole jam and chutney making frenzy in time for the autumn.

From the meat counter, try rabbit which is perfect at this time. One of my favorites, it’s incredibly lean and intensely flavoured without the

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What’s On in the Area

Friday 14th Asylum - Shakeys Sessions: Grandmas Waffle + Velocity + Gallow Wood + Hadrian Fatality Bassment - Marc Halls + We Are Fossils + Wednesday’s Wolves (UK tour) Civic - Where Bluebirds Fly The Golden Fleece - Head The Lion Inn - Nameless Star & Garter - Rewind Saturday 15th Asylum - Prince of Orange Celebration 2017 Bassment - Saturday’s Alright For Dancin’ Chelmsford City FC - Kast off Kinks Civic - Where Bluebirds Fly The Golden Fleece - Acoustic Sessions (3.30pm) The Golden Fleece - Repertoire Dogs (evening) Star & Garter - Dead Man’s Hand Sunday 16th Admirals Park - Family Cricket Funday (1-8pm) Star & Garter - Open mic/jam (3-7pm) Tuesday 18th Civic - Fame Wednesday 19th Bassment - JAR Presents: Raz + Bandini + Monna Vanna The Chichester Hotel in Rawreth - Stephen Triffitt’s salute to Frank Sinatra (reservations only) Civic - Fame Cramphorn - The Foinder (12A) Thursday 20th Asylum - JAR presents: Chestburster + The Penny Antics + Memory Boy Bassment - Jazz Funk Live Monthly: Paul Higgs (trumpet) - Cult TV Themes Night Civic - Fame The Golden Fleece - Quiz night Friday 21st Asylum - Colina Pearl + South Monster + Premise Bassment - Friday Night’s Alright Civic - Fame Cramphorn - Miss Sloane (15) The Golden Fleece - The Hit List Star & Garter - Fast on the Draw Saturday 22nd Asylum - Under The Abstract + iAlpha + The Noise Merchants Bassment - The Mighty Fallen + Philip Marino Band + Wolfe Sunday + The Disney Guy + Tasha Robertson Civic - Fame The Golden Fleece - Acoustic Sessions (3.30pm) The Golden Fleece - Barney & the Rubbles (evening) Star & Garter - TBC Sunday 23rd Civic - Essex Dance Theatre Star & Garter - Open mic/jam (3-7pm) Monday 24th Cramphorn - Loving (12A) Tuesday 25th Civic - To Dance is to Live, To Live is to Dance Chelmsford Theatre Workshop - Casa Valentina Page 12

Wednesday 26th Bassment - Backwater Channel Presents: Live Indie Rock!

The Chichester Hotel in Rawreth - Blue Harlem Sextet with Al Nichols & Sophie Shaw Civic - To Dance is to Live, To Live is to Dance Chelmsford Theatre Workshop - Casa Valentina Thursday 27th Bassment - On The Pulse: Live Music + Comedy + Spoken Word + Art! Chelmsford Theatre Workshop - Casa Valentina The Golden Fleece - Quiz night + Bay Days Star & Garter - Acoustic Jam Friday 28th Asylum - CozFest Bassment - JAR Presents: Vinyl Staircase + Moon Balloon + Bad Parents Chelmsford Theatre Workshop - Casa Valentina Cramphorn - Viceroys House (12A) The Golden Fleece - Bay Days Star & Garter - Next Generation Saturday 29th Asylum - CozFest Bassment - The Dursleys/The Vision The Bay Horse - The Bearded Gypsy’s Trade Fayre Chelmsford Theatre Workshop - Casa Valentina The Golden Fleece - Acoustic Sessions (3.30pm) The Golden Fleece - Bay Days Star & Garter - Solar 9 Sunday 30th Star & Garter - Open mic/jam (3-7pm) Writtle Green - Writtle Jazz and Blues Festival Monday 31st Theatres - Chelmsford City Theatres Half & Whole Day City Camps!

August Tuesday 1st Theatres - Chelmsford City Theatres Half & Whole Day City Camps!

Wednesday 2nd Bassment - Wallop!: Third Dart + Rome Champino + The Repeat Beat Poet The Chichester Hotel in Rawreth - Cool Heat: Burning Beat with Louise Cookman & Steve Rushton Quintet Cramphorn Thursday 3rd Asylum - Acoustic Night: James Scollen + The Signal Rose Bassment - Bassment Blues Jam Cramphorn - La Clemenza di Tito The Golden Fleece - Quiz Night Friday 4th Asylum - Edit Select + The Gold + Triordia Bassment - Up & Go + The Lightscopes + Leigh Luscious + Slammer Royale Cramphorn - Hidden Figures (PG) Star & Garter - The Strides Saturday 5th Bassment - Saturdays Alright For Dancin’ The Golden Fleece - Acoustic Sessions (3.30pm) Star & Garter - Electrum

Please note, all events are subject to change. Please visit the relevant websites or Facebook pages for more details

Sunday 6th Star & Garter - Open mic/jam (3-7pm) Woolpack - GC’s Jazz Club, guest: Mick Foster (saxophone) & Gabriel Keen Trio (8pm) Monday 7th Theatres - Chelmsford City Theatres Half & Whole Day City Camps!

Wednesday 9th Bassment - Live Indie Rock!

Cramphorn - Titus Andronicus The Chichester Hotel in Rawreth - Derek Nash’s Acoustic Quintet with Dave Newman Thursday 10th Asylum - Boat Rich Bassment - Jazz Funk Live Monthly: James Maltby (guitar) Cramphorn - Titus Andronicus The Golden Fleece - Quiz night Star & Garter - Phil Ball Band Friday 11th Asylum - Shakeys Sessions: Darrah + Barton Young + Calico + Penny Antics Bassment - Electric Jam Presents P FEST 2: Paolo Morena + Yur Mum + Snow In Slow Motion + Michelle Ward Star & Garter - Hit Parade The Three Elms - Beer and Cider Festival Saturday 12th Asylum - Muffin Heads + The Err Yeahs Bassment - SECRET LIVE SHOW... BIG GUEST The Golden Fleece - Acoustic Sessions (3.30pm) Star & Garter - The Statins The Three Elms - Beer and Cider Festival Sunday 13th Star & Garter - Open mic/jam (3-7pm) The Three Elms - Beer and Cider Festival Monday 14th Theatres - Chelmsford City Theatres Half & Whole Day City Camps!

Tuesday 15th Theatres - Chelmsford City Theatres Half & Whole Day City Camps!

Wedenesday 16th Bassment - JAR Presents: Live Indie Rock!

The Chichester Hotel in Rawreth - Veterans of War Charity Night with Paul Wood’s All Star Sextet Thursday 17th Bassment - Blues In The City: Split Whiskers (+ support) Friday 18th Asylum - Jukebox Monkey + Lost Revelation + Stone Kings Bassment - CCR Radio Presents: Paul Henshaw & The Scientific Simpletons + Kate Ellis + Diego Philips & The Pretty Boys + Rebecca Hosking Star & Garter - Hit Parde Saturday 19th Bassment - Pels (Argentina) + Victoria Y Los Del Sur (Argentina) Star & Garter - The Stents The Golden Fleece - Acoustic Sessions (3.30pm) Sunday 20th Star & Garter - Open mic/jam (3-7pm)

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HotelsCombined recognise Le Bouchon amongst the best hotels in the world. The survey undertook the largest analysis of customer opinions online across millions of points of data. They now have a complete and comprehensive understanding of over one million hotels worldwide.

Our small boutique hotel has been selected ahead of many hundreds of 5 star hotels during the process for The Recognition of Excellence.

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Quiz Time (answers on page 31) Round 1 - History 1. Which landmark British building was destroyed by fire in 1834?

2. Who designed the SS Great Western?

3. Where was Lincoln assassinated in 1865?

4. What invention did Alexander Graham Bell patent in 1876?

5. From whom did the US purchase Alaska?

6. Which 19th Century British Prime Minister held office on four separate occasions?

7. Who in March 1963 published the report that resulted in the closure of a third of Britain’s railways?

8. In which county did the Great Train Robbery take place in 1963?

9. The first commercial jet service commenced in 1952 from London, what was the destination of this first flight?

10. Which tax free savings scheme was introduced by the UK government in 1956?

Round 2 - UK Geography 1. Which city does the extinct volcano known as Arthur’s Seat overlook?

2. Which is the oldest university in Scotland?

3. What was Norwich the first British city to establish in 1608?

4. The Cambrian mountains are a range in which country?

5. In which Irish county would you find the interlocking basalt columns known as The Giant’s Causeway?

6. The Old Bailey stands on the site of which former prison?

7. What event does The Monument in London commemorate?

8. What was Marble Arch in London originally designed to be?

9. Which annual garden show is held in the grounds of the Royal Hospital, London?

10. What is the name of the village built by Clough William-Ellis made famous by the 1960s TV series The Prisoner?

Round 3 - Science 1. How many sides does an octagon have?

2. Where in the human body would you find the lunula?

3. What is the chemical name for laughing gas?

4. What is the usual colour of copper sulphate solution?

5. What number represents neutral on the pH scale?

6. In technology what does the abbreviation VOIP mean?

7. From which family of plants is bamboo?

8. Which metal is used in the manufacture thermometers?

9. What did Sir Frank Whittle invent?

10. Which cereal crop can survive the widest range of climatic conditions?

Round 4 - Animals 1. Which is the only mammal that is able to fly?

2. Of which two animals is a mule a cross?

3. What is the largest living species of lizard?

4. Americans call it a moose, by what name is this animal known in Europe?

5. What is another name for the poison obtained from a snake?

6. Which is the only bird that can fly backwards?

7. What type of animal is a flying fox?

8. Which animal has eyes bigger than his brain?

9. What is the young of a pigeon called?

10. What names are given to a male and female swan?

Round 5 - Film 1. Which TV programme is featured in the 2006 movie Starter for Ten? 2. Who played Mr Orange in Quentin Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs?

3. Which musical film featured the pupils of Rydell High?

4. Who directed the 2008 Oscar winner Slumdog Millionaire?

5. Who or what was Priscilla as in the film The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert?

6. Who played Flash Harry in the 2007 film St Trinians?

7. Who provided the voice of Jessica Rabbit in Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

8. Which actor won the Best Actor Oscar in 2000 for his part in the movie American Beauty?

9. Released in 2008, what was the FOURTH movie in the Indiana Jones series?

10. The film Titanic won ELEVEN Oscars, but how many nominations did it receive?

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New Blue Plaque in Chelmsford For the past eighteen months Alan Pamphilon, a local Chelmsford Historian and member of the Chelmsford Civic Society, has been seeking recognition for a not so famous doctor who once lived in Chelmsford. Now, thanks to the help of Nick Wickenden of the Chelmsford Museum Service and Chris Rennie of the Royal Bank of Scotland, a blue plaque was unveiled by the Mayor on 21st June. The event was announced by the Town Crier, Tony Appleton, who made sure that all who were in the High Street were aware of this special event.

The plaque commemorates Doctor Benjamin Pugh, who was a pioneer in midwifery and the inoculation of small pox. He saved a great number of local lives during his time in Chelmsford during the late 18th century.

Alan first came across Dr Pugh in a book written by Paul Wrayworth called The Secret History of Chelmsford. On investigating, more information came from our local historian Hilda Greive, and with the help from the ladies of the Essex Record Office many of the details of the house also came to light. For the details of his final years we have to thank Juanita ‘Nita’ Gordon Lloyd Burnby (1923 - 3rd July 2010).

She was once the president of the British Society for the History of Pharmacy.

Number 1 the High Street, opposite Shire Hall. The water supply for this new building was to be taken from the conduit stream which ran down Duke Street from the Burgess Well. Pugh argued that this would deprive the town of a key fresh water supply. It was also proposed that the waste water from the new prison would then drain into the marsh area behind the High Street adjacent to the River Chelmer.

This would have created a stagnant water pool which in the summer months could have caused quite a stench.

Pugh went on to suggest that if the prison was erected at the top of the High Street, an outbreak of gaol fever (later known as typhus) could ruin the business of the market place for many months. One further factor he cited was that the health of the prisoners in the old jail in Moulsham was due to the clean air passing down the adjacent river, and this would not be so with the new site.

Benjamin Pugh was born into a wealthy Shropshire family in 1715 and was one of ten children of Maurice and Grace Pugh. His mother’s family the Wollastons had been a family of importance in Bishop’s Castle for a long period of time.

Pugh eventually become an apprentice with a local apothecary. His uncle was a local surgeon and may have supervised Pugh’s early training. Around the age of 25, Pugh moved to Chelmsford as a man of wealth, as he had already inherited both property and land.

He was by then practicing in the field of midwifery and had invented a device called the curved forceps, which he commissioned Mr Archers, a cutler of Chelmsford, to make in around 1738.

In January 1739 Pugh married a local girl Amy Evans, she was a widow and the daughter of Sherman Wall, a local apothecary or chemist who lived at Number 26 the High Street.

On the death of Mr Wall, half the house he owned was transferred to Dr and Mrs Pugh. Benjamin Pugh then brought out his brother-in-law’s share of the property and very soon after had Mr Wall’s old house demolished. In its place he had built the Mansion House, a fine red brick building, which was probably one of the finest houses in the High Street during that period.

Doctor Pugh continued his work and developed another device to carefully inflate a baby’s lungs following a difficult birth. This he called Pugh pipe, which was a wire spring covered with thin soft leather and would be carefully placed in the infant’s mouth as far as the larynx. A small pair of bellows could be attached to provide additional ventilation. At the same time he also introduced the practice of artificial respiration to non breathing newborns, who were in those days not normally revived.

Pugh put the use of these inventions and many other ground breaking ideas in a book entitled A Treatise of Midwifery, which he wrote in 1750 but delayed publishing until 1754. In the treatise, Pugh estimated that he had already delivered around 2,000 babies.

In those days, midwifery was seen as a practice mainly carried out by women, but Pugh changed this perception. He also encouraged less traditional and more comfortable childbirth positions; these are now commonplace, but at the time were seen as very radical.

Around the same time Pugh introduced an inoculation programme for the people of Chelmsford, thereby making the town one of the first in the country to be rid of the disease.

In 1771 he was consulted by the then town’s elders on the proposed location of a new prison on the site of the Old White House Inn at

These powerful arguments greatly contributed to the new jail in being built next to the River Can six years later. Pugh therefore may have been responsible for not only saving the lives of many prisoners, but also for keeping the town clean from both disease and foul water.

Pugh eventually sold his house in the High Street in 1773 to John Lacy, a local business man, for £3,000 and moved to Great Baddow.

In 1781 Dr Pugh and his wife left England in the company of their relations, Mr and Mrs Wollaston. He was requested by Sir George Baker to take an invalid gentlemen on a tour of France and Italy to find a cure for his ailments. In the process Pugh wrote a number of papers (which he published later) on both his good and bad experiences during this trip. The Pughs returned to Somerset in England and settled in South Stoke near Bath at Milford Castle.

Pugh spent his last years as a man of wealth at his castle in Somerset where he died at the grand age of 83 in 1798. He was a shrewd man to the end, for in his will he stipulated that his castle should not be sold for less than £10,000. At the time he also still owned a number of properties in Essex.

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Business Interview Chris from Flambard Williams This month I had the pleasure of interviewing Chris from Flambard Williams Property Investment Specialists to find out a more about the business.

“So Chris, when did Flambard Williams first open in Chelmsford?”

“Well, initially we started in Braintree in 2012 and then opened in Chelmsford around March 2013.”

just go out of our way to make it as much of a personal service as we can.”

“What advice would you give somebody who is looking to invest in the property market?“

“Can you give us an overview of the business? For example how do you differ from estate agents?”

“The first thing that everyone makes the mistake on is they buy local and 9 times out of 10 their local area isn’t the best place to invest.

You should look elsewhere and research first before anything. If someone tells you how much it would rent for you can check this on Zoopla or Rightmove and check comparable prices but also the comparable rental yields in the area. That will give them a realistic idea of what they can actually achieve in the rental market. Also things like hidden costs, one thing we do as a company is check the contracts to make sure there aren’t any extortionate hidden costs like service charges, management fees, legal fees etc. Things like that need to be looked at prior to any kind of investment. Once you have then become open to the buy to let proposition I would speak to a couple of brokers. Don’t just speak to one, try two or three and find the one you feel comfortable with. Deal with the people you get on well with and normally that personal relationship will see you through. “ “What is the future for Flambard Williams?”

“Essentially we look all around the UK for properties that can give good income yields and good growth for our clients all year round.

The way we differ is where a normal estate agent would just be residential, we do deal with residential and also deal with the investment side as well. A majority of our clients are looking to get a better return than they are getting. They either have money in the FTSE or savings and are looking for a far better return and 99 times out of 100 we can do that for them. Other things, apart from our business model, are that we offer more of a personal service. For example, all our clients have our mobile numbers so we are available weekends or whenever we are needed. Clients become more like friends at the end of the day rather than just a business prospect.”

“So its not just properties locally you help people with it’s nationwide.”

“We have got a bright future planned. Firstly we are going to continue to do what we are doing in the UK and we are then looking to go into the overseas market for second homes. We are also just about to launch a flat agents commission fee which is really exciting and is aimed to compete with the local estate agents. We will offer an all in service with a basic package of £750.00 no matter what the price of the property is and for that we will advertise it, market it to the client on Right Move, Zoopla etc and we will get it sold. There will be other packages available but this is launching at the start of September.

We will also be starting a crowd funding company which we are looking to launch by the end of the year and that’s to assist clients who can’t just jump onto the buy to let ladder because finances don’t allow it. They can be grouped together and access the market that way.”

“Yes, although we started locally we just felt that Chelmsford, although it’s a great city to be in and live in, was voted one of the worst buy to let cities in the UK. Due to that we looked at hot spots like for example Manchester which has been fantastic for us in the last five years. Other cities such as Liverpool, Leeds and Sheffield are also were we operate gaining solid investments for our clients.”

Thanks Chris for a great insight into Flambard Williams, another great example for a thriving and exciting Chelmsford and nationwide business.

“Who’s idea was it to start the company?”

“Steven Coles was the director who started up the company. I came in a bit later on and saw how it could be improved and the great potential it really had. At the time there wasn’t much marketing being carried out so people didn’t have much information about Flambard Williams or what they did. I changed the structure and a lot of the products they sold at the time. I just thought that mixing property with investment would be ideal. There weren’t a lot of companies locally that were doing it they were either estate agents or just investment companies. I bought the company towards the end of 2013 and decided to mix the two together. “

“But it’s not just about investment is it, you help home buyers as well.“ “Yes, a lot of home buyers are actually struggling at the moment because the way the buy to let market has gone home buyers have been almost penalised because the properties are going so quickly.

In places like Manchester properties rarely stay on the market for more than a week. We try to help the home buyers by planning it so they get time to view the property and have time to decide without being rushed into a purchase. We also help with bespoke payment plans and mortgage advice so you really get the whole package.”

“So how do Flambard Williams differ from the competition?“ “Compared to normal estate agents we offer a more personal and bespoke service. In regards to our direct competition who do deal with investments the most important thing is that we are not governed by commission or certain developers. A lot of our competitors are “in bed” so to speak with developers where we are not, we are totally independent and not tied to anyone. For example, if a developer has five projects and we feel that only one of them is good enough we would only deal with that particular one. We really

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therapy by Jenny Hartill Hypnotherapy has been around for a long time. The traditional method of hypnotherapy, originally used by the Victorians, is widely regarded as being developed by Doctor James Braid.

James Braid (19th June 1795 - 25th March 1860) was a Scottish surgeon and ‘gentleman scientist’. He was a significant innovator and an important and influential pioneer of hypnotism and hypnotherapy. He is regarded by many as the first genuine hypnotherapist and the father of modern hypnotism.

To quote John Milne Bramwell (another Scottish physician, surgeon and specialist medical hypnotist): “Although Braid believed that hypnotic suggestion was a valuable remedy in functional nervous disorders, he did not regard it as a rival to other forms of treatment, nor wish in any way to separate its practice from that of medicine in general. He held that whoever talked of a ‘universal remedy’ was either a fool or a knave: similar diseases often arose from opposite pathological conditions, and the treatment ought to be varied accordingly.”

The reason that this quote is so important is that this is how hypnotherapists see hypnotherapy today. The aim is to use hypnotherapy in conjunction to treating ailments, not as a cure all for everything. Although James Braid pretty much invented traditional hypnotherapy practice, a lot of attention tends to be given to Milton Erikson. In the 1950s Erickson developed a radically different approach to hypnotism, which has subsequently become known as ‘Ericksonian hypnotherapy’ or ‘Neo-Ericksonian hypnotherapy.’

Erickson made use of an informal conversational approach with many clients and complex language patterns and therapeutic strategies.

This divergence from tradition led some of his colleagues, including Andre Weitzenhoffer, to dispute whether Erickson was right to label his approach hypnosis at all. The founders of Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP), a methodology similar in some regards to hypnotism, claimed that they had modelled the work of Erickson extensively and assimilated it into their approach. Weitzenhoffer disputed whether NLP bears any genuine resemblance to Erickson’s work.

Personally, I believe that James Braid did some outstanding work in his quest to formulate an approach that tackled the psychological and emotional connections we make as well as the physicality involved with certain physical and psychological ailments. Therefore in this article I’ll give you some more information about Braid and some of his work, and if you are inspired to read further about this phenomenal individual I implore you to go ahead!

Braid was the third son, and the seventh and youngest child, of James Braid and Anne Suttie. Braid was a highly skilled and very successful surgeon educated at Edinburgh University and a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons (MRCS). Braid first observed the operation of ‘animal magnetism’ (widely regarded as the very first version of hypnosis), when he attended a public performance by the travelling Swiss magnetic demonstrator Charles Lafontaine at the Manchester Athenæum. Braid was amongst the medical men who were invited onto the platform by Lafontaine. Braid examined the physical condition of Lafontaine’s magnetised subjects (especially their eyes and their eyelids) and concluded that they were, indeed, in quite a

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different physical state. Braid attended two more of Lafontaine’s demonstrations and, by the third demonstration, Braid was convinced of the veracity of some of Lafontaine’s effects and phenomena.

In particular, whilst he was convinced that a transformation from, so to speak, one condition to another condition and back to the first condition had really taken place, he was convinced that no magnetic agency of any sort (as Lafontaine claimed) was responsible for these events. He also rejected outright the assertion that the transformation in question had ‘proceeded from, or had been excited into action by another person’. To prove this, Braid developed selfhypnosis, and he was very successful.

The exceptional success of Braid’s use of ‘self-hypnotism’ or ‘autohypnotism’ (rather than ‘hetero-hypnotism’), entirely by himself on himself and within his own home, clearly demonstrated that it had nothing whatsoever to do with the ‘gaze’, ‘charisma’, or ‘magnetism’ of the operator; all it needed was a subject’s ‘fixity of vision’ on an ‘object of concentration’ at such a height and such a distance from the bridge of their nose that the desired ‘upwards and inwards squint’ was achieved.

This could be where the traditional image of the dangling of the watch or some other object and swinging it to hypnotise someone came from. Some people still expect me to do this in a session, so thanks for that James! Things have moved on since then as we use hypnotherapy scripts, but anyway…

Braid conducted a number of experiments with self-hypnosis upon himself and, by now convinced that he had discovered the natural psycho-physiological mechanism underlying these quite genuine effects, he performed his first act of hetero-hypnosis at his own residence, before several witnesses on Monday 22nd November 1841 - his first hypnotic subject was Mr JA Walker.

The following Saturday, Braid delivered his first public lecture at the Manchester Athenæum, in which, amongst other things, he was able to demonstrate that he could replicate the effects produced by Lafontaine without the need for any sort of physical contact between the operator and the subject. This is an incredibly important moment in the history and development of hypnosis, because it proved magnetism wrong, and that hypnosis is a completely natural state for a human being where they are not being controlled by someone with special powers. In fact, Braid was the first person to use ‘hypnotism’ in its modern sense, referring to a ‘psycho-physiological’ theory rather than the ‘occult’ theories of the magnetists.

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My Pregnancy musts, Shoulds and Coulds...

With a Little Help from my Friends My pregnancy musts, shoulds and coulds... with a little help from my friends!

I’m sitting down to write this as a new mum. I thought that I’d share with you the things that I found really helpful to read and do during my pregnancy. There are so many books and courses out there to help you to prepare for birth, motherhood and beyond. I hope that sharing my top tips for the local things that I found helpful during my pregnancy will be useful to those of you who are pregnant and looking for some guidance. I’ll also share the books that were recommended to me that I absolutely loved. To write this article I enlisted the help of my pregnant and new-mum-friends and have incorporated what they recommended.

My Musts For me the thing that helped me to prepare for the birth of my little boy was pregnancy yoga with Vikki at Hummingbird Pilates & Yoga.

I was one of the lucky ones and had a trouble free water birth at Broomfield Hospital. My baby was delivered by two lovely midwives and I couldn’t have had a better experience.

I attended Vikki’s class from week 13 of my pregnancy (once I’d stopped feeling sick!) and it really helped me to prepare for the birth, both physically and mentally, and to just chill out and enjoy my pregnancy.

The other thing that I loved, from the second trimester of my pregnancy, was regular pregnancy massage at Stretch Physio. It helped me to feel relaxed and fab during my pregnancy and soothed away any muscle aches.

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Our Shoulds I did the NCT antenatal course under the strict instructions of a couple of my friends at work. The course was too long but was relatively useful. What it has really given me though, is a group of friends who are all in the same position winging it through pregnancy and the early days of motherhood. We have our own little support group and meet for coffees and catch up with the babies.

Our Coulds A couple of my NCT gang raved about their baby moon, finding that a little bit of time away with their other half before the birth of their babies was just the best thing ever. The opportunity to feel some sand between your toes and have an uninterrupted meal definitely feels like something that would have been nice to have done!

However, the best piece of advice is that everyone and every pregnancy is different, so it’s important to listen to your instincts and find what’s right for you, but I hope that you find some of these ideas useful.

Useful links: Pregnancy yoga: At yogawith vikki (www.yogawithvikki.co.uk) Pregnancy massage: Stretch Physio (www.stretchphysio.co.uk) 01245 505 866 NCT: www.nct.org.uk/courses/antenatal Eleanor Searle Director Stretch Physio & Hummingbird Pilates & Yoga

The books that I read were: How to Grow a Baby and Push It Out by Clemmie Hooper, a midwife and mother of 4 (another lady who really knows what she is talking about!) In this book she presents a week by week no-nonsense guide to pregnancy and birth, helping you to understand what is happening to your body at each stage of pregnancy and giving you ideas about what you should be thinking about.

Mindful Hypnobirthing by Sophie Fletcher - I read this two days before I gave birth and found it much more helpful than I had ever imagined.

I used a lot of the techniques from the book and listened to relaxation tracks while giving birth. I found that they helped to keep me calm and focused. One of my other friends raved about The Hypnobirthing Book by Catherine Graves, and the guys who did the hypnobirthing course at Broomfield found it incredibly useful.

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Fitness and Well-Being

The Rise of the Warrior Wonder Woman - by Kellie Jones “Frankly, Wonder Woman is psychological propaganda for the new type of woman who, I believe, should rule the world.” Dr William Moulton Marston.

This month’s article is inspired by many things, but the one outstanding subject is the rise of female fever, (is there another movie in that idea?!?) I confess that due to my switching off the TV, news and any other form of social control I had no idea that a Wonder Woman movie was busting the box offices until Gay, one of our wonderful pilates teachers, told me. I do however spend time on social media mostly for work purposes and I am utterly delighted to see so many positive role models for girls starting to appear on my screen recently.

I have yet to see the movie, (it’s my birthday this week so hopefully I’ll get to go), but I have heard and read some reviews. I love that it seems to be a balance between the sexes and not an anti-male movie, with Steve the male lead learning how to be a hero from Diana and she in turn grows from a naive warrior who holds people up on a pedestal, to a superhero who chooses to protect everyone regardless of their failings.

Living a yoga lifestyle means recognising the need for our lives to be more balanced and with over 6,000 years of patriarchy to look back on we are in dire need of some strong feminine energy to bring back some equilibrium to the planet! Whilst researching the true meaning of equilibrium I discovered this movie I’m glad I’ve never seen, but says it all really: ‘In a futuristic world, a regime has eliminated war by suppressing emotions: books, art and music are strictly forbidden and feeling is a crime punishable by death.’ Eeeek!!!

To bring the vibe right up, I am super excited to announce that Ellie, co-owner of Hummingbird with me, has had a beautiful baby boy called Samuel and they are all doing amazingly well. She herself is one of my inspirations as she managed to come back from illness, work her job in the NHS, run her own Stretch Physio clinic and Hummingbird right up until a couple of weeks before Samuel arrived a few days early. She stayed calm through yoga and meditation, gave birth without drugs just aromatherapy oils, hypnobirthing and basically a state of mind that doesn’t consider anything other than being fine with it all.

Having to transport my 5 and 7 year old nieces to ballet by 9.15am on a Sunday morning (after a sleepover), then have unexpected problems to deal with at Hummingbird and cover a yoga class all by 9.30am reminded me of our very own Wonder Woman, Susan Myers.

Susan is a powerful Ashtanga yoga teacher who fights for the rights of women through the Labour Party and for her own son who has learning difficulties at the same time as being mum, wife and a job as a loss adjuster! After watching a very rousing speech by Lynda Carter, the original Wonder Woman, titled You Can Be Anything, and then opening up Om Yoga & Lifestyle magazine to see a feature on ‘Super Mums’, I kinda got the feeling that feminine fever is trending.

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areas, particularly Yin yoga. I have seen an incredible increase in people attending Restorative Yoga which brings stillness, and I myself have started to teach Strala yoga which encourages feeling, softness and ease. I believe that yoga will save the world if Wonder Woman doesn’t!

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It Worked for Rocky but will it Work for You? supreme physical specimen.

Rocky Balboa proved, when he beat 7 bells of s*** out of Ivan Drago in Rocky IV, that you don’t need fancy machines and technology tracking your every move to become a

But nowadays, with everybody seemingly wearing a fitness tracking device on their wrist, it seems that more of us are intent on following Drago’s technologically driven approach rather than Balboa’s old school approach!

This reliance on technology didn’t work out too well for Drago but will it work for you?

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Fitness trackers (Fitbits etc) can be a good way of highlighting an individual’s levels of inactivity and subsequently encouraging them to become more active. Which is great.

But the problem is, fitness trackers are not perfect...

For starters, they are much like the US Army - inaccurate!

A study looking into the accuracy of seven different wearable activity trackers found that not one of them accurately measured calories burned! The best was off by 27%, the worst by a staggering 93%.

(However, the same study did show that the trackers were much more accurate at measuring heart rate). It’s not just the wearable devices that are inaccurate though. Those flash looking cardio machines you see people spending an infinite amount of time on at the gym don’t do a very good job of tracking calories either!

Secondly, they might not be that good at helping you lose weight!

One study found that, people wearing fitness trackers lost less weight than those that didn’t wear them. The two year study, conducted by the University of Pittsburgh, involved 500 overweight volunteers engaging in a structured exercise regime whilst following a diet found that the group wearing trackers lost 8lb (3.6kg), but the ones who didn’t lost 13lb (5.9kg)!

Another problem is lost motivation.

Some of my very own clients have suffered from negative emotions because have failed to reach the calorie, steps, or sleep targets set by their fitness trackers. But it’s not just me saying this - Andrew Lane, professor of sport psychology at the University of Wolverhampton, corroborates this too. In an interview with the BBC he questioned whether such negative thought ultimately lead to demotivation: “What if we start consistently not reaching goals set for us by them (the fitness trackers)? Ultimately it would lead to us feeling demotivated - the opposite effect they are supposed to have.” This is something I have personally witnessed with my own clients. It’s as if the pressure to meet the targets set by the tracker takes the enjoyment away from exercising and some therefore give up on exercising all together!

In conclusion…

Before you dismiss me as a luddite trying to resist the progress of technology, please rest assured that I’m most certainly not. It’s just that I’m more like a seesaw with a fat kid at either end - balanced.

Balanced in my views that is, and I’m well aware that nothing in the fitness industry is 100% perfect (regular readers will know this).

Fitness trackers have their pros but they certainly have their cons too and they are certainly not a panacea for solving our nations obesity crisis (which some people think they are). They will suit some people and work well for them, for others they won’t be quite so effective!

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Wildlife Corner by Nick Green The warmer weather continued through June with more insect activity. The hottest June day since 1976 and the month actually average rainfall - the first time for a year - were recorded!

The swift is a bird of the summer, appearing late April/May, and I look forward to small flocks screaming their way through the rooftops.

The species winters in the Congo, Africa, and has a very distinctive shape with long, narrow wings and dark plumage. This is truly a bird of the air and spends most of its time in the skies, even sleeping and mating. Fledged birds are reckoned to spend 3 years continuously on the wing before breeding. Originally nesting in caves and trees, nowadays the eaves of houses are utilised‌ Swifts are completely insectivorous, so adverse cold weather may see birds travelling hundreds if not thousands of miles to continue feeding.

County-wide, late migrants included red kites, black-necked grebe, quail, little gulls. black terns and honey buzzard, amongst others. A black-winged stilt made a brief appearance on Wallasea Island RSPB on June 21st.

Nationally, Britain’s first American elegant tern was found on Hayling Island, then moved to Pagham Harbour and finally Brownsea Island.

Amazingly, it had been colour ringed at Gironde, France. Also making the national news were two pairs of bee-eaters nesting in Nottinghamshire and a black-browed albatross made an appearance at Bempton Cliffs, Yorkshire, then was tracked as it headed northwards.

However, the UK population is declining and the RSPB estimate a 50% decrease since 1995. This may perhaps be due to old houses being knocked down and new builds affording no nest sites. Thankfully there is now a national initiative to encourage homeowners to install swift boxes or, in the new builds, swift brick nest boxes.

If you would like to help swift conservation for these enigmatic birds, please check these websites for further information: Swift conservation: www.swift-conservation.org RSPB site: www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/bird-and-wildlifeguides/bird-a-z/s/swift/nesting.aspx County initiative: Essex Birdwatching Society/Essex Wildlife Trust Recent Essex Wildlife News The most noteworthy June 2017 bird news:

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Famous Trials at the Shire Hall and Executions At Chelmsford Prison Part Oneby Stephen Norris In the late Victorian period the Chelmsford Assize Court at the Shire Hall held many famous trials, a number of which resulted in executions at Chelmsford prison. Trials which were covered in the national press continued through the twentieth century.

One of those which made national headlines in the late Victorian period was the murder of Sergeant John Eves, whose mutilated body was found at Purleigh. He had been battered around the head and his throat cut from ear to ear. Four local poachers were arrested on suspicion. They had carried out a bungled theft of corn which they had previously been hired to thresh. Eves had already been assaulted by one of the poachers, a John Davis, who had been given two months imprisonment with hard labour for the offence.

The police found three sacks of corn at Davis’ brother’s home and blood was found on John Davis’ cart and on Richard Davis’ coat and shoe. Charles Sales and John Bateman, who were friends of the Davis brothers, made up the four. James Ramsey and his son had been heard making threats against Eve and were also arrested. The Davis brothers, Sales and James Ramsey, were committed for trial at Chelmsford in August 1893 - all four pleaded not guilty. The case against John Bateman had been dropped for insufficient evidence but he told the magistrates that Sales had admitted his guilt and also implicated the Davis brothers. According to the prosecution, Eves had come across the men stealing the corn and had challenged them.

The case against Sales was dismissed despite Bateman’s evidence and the jury then took one hour and twenty minutes to find the Davis brothers guilty and James Ramsey not guilty. John Davis confessed to the murder but Richard Davis appealed. He said he was struggling with Eve when Ramsey came up and struck a number of blows to Eve’s head with a cudgel and then cut his throat. John Davis was hanged at Chelmsford prison on 16th August 1893. When Ramsey later came to court in a different case, Richard Davis gave evidence against him on the matter of Eve’s murder and the jury gave him 14 years without leaving the box.

Another famous trial at Chelmsford concerned a murder which actually took place in the Chelmsford area at the Admiral Rous Inn, Galleywood. Sam Crozier had been a regular at The Fleece, Duke Street, Chelmsford when he met and married one of the barmaids there in January 1898. Three months later they took over the Admiral Rous near Galleywood racecourse, despite both having a reputation for liking more than the odd drink! Customers soon commented on his wife’s cuts and bruises. One day, when Crozier met the previous landlord on the common, he said his wife was lying dead at home.

When the police arrived she had two black eyes and cuts to her chin.

Crozier said the wounds were old and caused when she had fallen down in a drunken state. The doctor was satisfied it was an accident and gave permission for the funeral to go ahead.

A policeman, Sergeant Scott, thought there were grounds for suspicion however, and made further enquiries. It emerged that Crozier had consistently ill treated his wife and abused her. Scott applied for a warrant on a charge of manslaughter and he was actually led away from her graveside at her funeral, four days after the body had been found. At the inquest, Crozier said she had nothing to eat and had drunk heavily but one witness saw him throw his wife and another heard the sound of blows. As a result of the exhumation it was found that the victim hadn’t been persistently indulging in alcohol and could have lived to an old age. A verdict of manslaughter was recorded at the inquest, but he was then convicted of murder at the Chelmsford Assize and hanged at Chelmsford Prison on the 5th of December 1898.

A trial at Chelmsford which achieved national prominence was the so called Moat Farm Murder. In 1903 Samuel Dougal was tried for the murder of Camille Holland. After a successful career in the Royal Engineers he had spent 9 years in Canada when he had lost two

wives in quick succession in mysterious circumstances.

Working in Dublin, he was given 12 months hard labour for forgery and during the sentence he tried to kill himself. In 1898 he met Camille, possibly through a lonely hearts advert. She was a person of independent means having inherited £6,000 from her aunt. In 1899 they moved to Coldham Farm, Clavering, which he renamed Moat Farm. They lived as man and wife but Camille refused to put the property in their joint names. A maid was subjected to inappropriate advances which she reported to her mistress. The maid was waiting for her mother to collect her so that she could leave, when Camille disappeared after going out for a ride with Samuel.

In the coming months he was joined by another Mrs Dougal, who was in fact his third wife. During the next four years he was seen with a number of different women from the village. By this time Dougal had gained access to all Camille’s money, forging her signature and even having the farm made over to him, which fell rapidly into disuse. In the spring of 1903 his trial for forging a cheque prompted a police investigation into Camille’s disappearance. When the police took over the farm attracting the attention of the national press, a body was found which was identified by her body garments. In the trial at the Shire Hall it came out that Dougal had taken her out for a ride in their pony and trap and shot her once in the head. The shoes she was wearing are displayed at the Police Museum at County Headquarters.

He was executed at Chelmsford Prison on 26th June 1903.

By 1880 executions at Chelmsford prison had already been held in private for over ten years. It was felt that public executions, which were supposed to deter working class criminals, stirred up too many base emotions. Even though the public and reporters were excluded from this spectacle, this did not prevent large crowds from gathering outside the prison when an execution was expected, waiting for the time when ‘the black flag floated dismally in the air’. Accompanying the executioner was a representative of the Sherriff’s Office and Charles Gepp, the Under Sherriff. ‘The scaffold itself is a very simple structure, consisting of a cross bar resting on some cobbles in the wall at the other end of the room. The room itself is very small’. In all, 17 executions were carried out at the Chelmsford Prison between 1880 and the last, which took take place just before the start of the war in 1914.

James Lee was executed on 18th May 1885 for the Inspector Simmons shooting. Simmons was shot after stopping three men.

Lee claimed his identification was worthless because he had been publicly dragged through the streets of Romford. In 1887 a 17 year old James Morley was executed for the murder at Chigwell Row of a young married woman, whom he had lodged with. At his trial at the Chelmsford Assize he denied entering her bedroom intending to kill her. George Sargent, a poacher from Copford, was hanged in August 1888 for cutting the throat of his wife who had left him and refused to return home. Sargent, like Morley, was executed by the executioner James Berry, who also executed Thomas Sadler five years later. Sadler, a labourer, had killed his lover’s husband in a dispute over custody of the children at Colchester. In the report on the trial at Chelmsford in The Times it was reported that Sadler had been drinking and had killed on impulse. He pleaded manslaughter but a murder verdict was recorded. The following year an outwardly respectable, middle aged, married bookkeeper was hung for the murder of one of his several mistresses at Prittlewell. In 1898 William Wilkes was hanged for kicking his wife to death. A 35 year old unemployed hawker William Burnett was hanged in 1900 for murdering his prostitute wife. She had told him she would not give him her earnings. The trial was at the Old Bailey but he was executed at Chelmsford.

After Sam Dougal had been hanged, Bernard White was hung in December 1903. He had beaten to death his 20 year old girlfriend at

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Warley because she was seeing somebody else. This execution was notable because it was the first at Chelmsford to be carried out by the famous executioner, Henry Pierrepoint. Pierrepoint had originally been an apprentice butcher at Bradford. He was appointed to the list of executioners after repeatedly writing to the Home Office to offer his services. Pierrepoint became the principal executioner in Britain in 1905 and in 1906 he carried out all 8 hangings that were carried out in the country. In total he carried out 105 executions. His brother Thomas and his son Albert also joined ‘the family business’.

Pierrepoint was in charge for the next execution at Chelmsford, that of Richard Buickham who was found guilty of shooting an elderly couple at Basildon. His last execution at Chelmsford was of Fred Foreham. Foreham was a 45 year old labourer who had battered to death the woman that he lived with. Pierrepoint did arrive for another execution at Chelmsford but his assistant, Ellis, thought he was drunk and a fight ensued. Ellis reported the incident and Pierrepoint was struck off from the list of approved executioners and didn’t officiate at an execution again. After Pierrepoint left, George Newton a 19 year old gas worker, was executed for cutting his fiancee’s throat. Two years later in a remarkably similar case, William Beal was hanged for slitting his fiancee’s throat as they kissed. The oldest person to be executed at Chelmsford was also the last. Charles Fremd, a German born grocer, was hanged for murdering his wife in Leytonstone. Shortly afterwards the prison was taken over by the military and there were no more executions at the prison, although they carried on in Britain for another half century.

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New Marconi Mural at Chelmsford Station

Just before we went to print, the new Marconi mural on the wall by the front entrance of the railway station was revealed.

The mural, by artists Vicky Button and Nicholas Hayden, was funded by Greater Anglia, Essex County Council and Chelmsford City Council.

The plaque thanks the young people who took part in creative workshops to decide the content of the mural and helped with its design. The overall geometric design is a tribute to the Bahaus movement which was a popular style in Marconi’s early years.

A Special Antiques and Collectables Valuation Event will be Taking Place Soon in your Area.

The experts of Lockdales Auctioneers will be providing free valuations to the public on Thursday 10th August,11.30am3.30pm at Broomfield Village Hall, 158 Main Road, Broomfield, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 7AH (free car parking subject to availability).

There will be experts providing valuations on the followingtypes of collectables: Coins (including British & World, sovereigns, Krugerrands, Royal Mint commemoratives & proof sets), stamps, banknotes, medals & militaria, antiques, clocks, watches, jewellery, gold, silver, pre-1900 documents/books & maps, cigarette-cards, postcards, pre-1960 sporting programmes & tickets, pens, vintage toys, vintage comics, scientific instruments, swords, bayonets & antique firearms. No appointment is necessary at this event, simply turn up with your items and the valuers will be happy to see you.

Members of the public will have the option, if they wish,to consign their goods to auction (subject to terms & conditions). Cash purchase offers are also available. Valuations will be provided free of charge, with no obligation. High quality illustrated catalogues from previous auctions will be given away on a complimentary basis in order for the public to get a better idea of the services available.

These valuation days have proven to be very popular in the past, and we have conducted hundreds of them across the UK. Some of the best items we have auctioned were brought to us at these events, such as two pieces of Russian 17th century enamelled silverware, a bowl and a lidded pot, which we later sold on behalf of the owners for over £75,000.

One of the most interesting items we have sold recently was a fragment of pennant flag believed to have been carried by the army of Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth. This was featured on television, and in newspapers nationwide. Sold for £2800 as a speculative item, the feeling was strong overall that the story behind the flag is true. It was nice to handle a topical item such as this. (Coins of Richard III do very well also!)

Top Tips:The hottest markets for collectables at the moment are those of India, China and Asia in general, so if you have some old coins, stamps, postal covers or banknotes from those places you could be in luck!

Be on the lookout for football programmes dated before 1960. Those from the 1940s and earlier are the most valuable.Cigarette Cards from small World War One era manufacturers can be good, particularly those of Taddy. The rarest set of all is Taddy Clowns, which has been known to sell for as much as £15,000.

Condition is everything so try to keep anything you have in a safe, dry environment (not the garden shed or garage!).

If you have any questions feel free to contact Lockdales’ Martlesham offices: 01473 627110, sales@lockdales.com. For further information see our website www.lockdales.com

Rotary - Truly International In my regular articles to this publication I write about Rotary, but this is shorthand for Rotary International and never was this dimension more in evidence than at the Rotary International Convention in Atlanta, Georgia, USA from 10th - 14th June. Almost 40,000 Rotarians from nearly 200 countries gathered to review the current year and look forward to the new Rotary year which runs from 1st July.

Although I did not go myself, I was able to follow some inspirational presentations online. It was an enlightening experience seeing how this organisation works with a common mission that spans the world with its mission to provide humanitarian service and help build goodwill and peace. Projects include wiping out illiteracy, disease, hunger, poverty, lack of clean water and environmental concerns while encouraging high ethical standards in the workplace.

Rotary’s main project has been to eradicate polio. It has been succeeding as so far this year there have only been six new cases of polio reported in the world and none for three months. That’s down from 350,000 when the campaign started. It’s a great success story. Only the disease of smallpox has been eradicated so far, but we are now on the verge of adding polio to this number.

people to public awareness and it is the beginning of another long campaign to ensure a more equal society.

The purpose of the annual Rotary Convention is to give the grassroots Rotarian the opportunity to hear first-hand plans for the year, but also to share ideas and arrange joint projects. The Rotary Club of Chelmsford has cooperated with the Rotary Club of Sahiwal in Pakistan to provide education and sanitation facilities for local schools in Sahiwal. With improved education, there will be less dependency on overseas aid and better hygiene means less illness.

These are sustainable projects rather than a short-term fix and that is one of the fundamentals when considering a Rotary scheme.

All clubs are autonomous and can choose what good causes to support, but the international aspect of Rotary means that projects can be expanded if need be. Local charities are not ignored and I often write about what has been done within the city of Chelmsford, but with 1.25 million members today I am proud to be part of a truly global and international body.

If you would like further details on how you can also be a part of Rotary, visit www.rotary.org, or for more local information www. chelmsfordrotary1240.org. Alternatively, give me a call. It is fair to say that the results you will experience will make it one of the best decisions you ever make.

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Bill Gates, CEO of Microsoft, was a keynote speaker. Through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation he has contributed hundreds of millions of dollars toward this effort, because he holds Rotary in such high esteem and knows the money he gives will be used properly.

Besides contributing millions of dollars itself, Rotary has also lobbied governments and health organisations and been hands-on helping at immunisation days. Some 16 million children can walk today who otherwise would have been paralysed by this crippling disease. Other major figures speaking at the convention included the Governor of Georgia and Mayor of Atlanta and the President or Director General elect of the World Health Organization (WHO) from the United Nations.

There were many breakout sessions which help members understand about Rotary, such as its Youth Exchange program where inspiring speeches were given by young people who lived abroad for a school year. There was also a sobering session on human trafficking; fortysix million people are exploited as virtual slaves. Twenty percent are in the sex market and the rest in menial work in quarries, making bricks, agriculture, etc where they are controlled through intimidation.

Human trafficking is increasing and has been facilitated by the Internet. Rotary is in the forefront of bringing the plight of these

Bay Horse - Vintage Trade Faye Hi, my name is Tillie! I run The Bearded Gypsy Vintage Co - an online and pop up vintage shop based in Chelmsford.

What to Expect Sip on a cold beer while strolling around the eclectic quirky pop up shops and meet the makers and brains behind the beautiful

I started the business as part of the Princes Trust Enterprise Programme and as an alternative to high street fashion stores, carefully handpicking my clothes from around the world for men and women.

In May of this year, with ongoing support from the Princes Trust I set up the The Bearded Gypsy’s Trade Fayre. It came from the need for an alternative to the same stores you see in every town and city.

The Trade Fayre is a place for local businesses, designers, artists and creatives to come together and showcase their work and do their thang! It’s the alternative market to pick up something that has been created with love, care and passion. The Trade Fayre is encouraging our wonderful city to shop small to support our community culture.

creations. You never know, something might take your fancy!

Listen to the sweet sounds of local DJs or musicians who bring their instruments to join the jam and perform on the open mic - yes, there is an open mic!

Where?

The Bearded Gypsy’s Trade Fayre takes place in The Bay Horse on Moulsham Street.

There’s also a BBQ serving up the best burgers in town and amazing veggie options too. The good vibes flow all day and people end up making a lovely day out of it!

When?

The next Trade Fayres are on Saturday 29th July, Saturday 26th August and Saturday 30th September.

We are looking to grow, so if you would like to have a spot at the Trade Fayre, please get in touch with me directly at thebeardedgypsyvintageco@gmail.com.

Money Raised for Grenfell Tower Appeal at Chelmsford Charity Night Thursday night’s charity night to raise money for the victims of the Grenfell Tower victims was a great success. We raised £575 for the Grenfell Tower Appeal set up by The Kensington & Chelsea Foundation and over 60 people attended while there were more than 11 teams in the quiz.

This event was organised by Seena Shah (Director of Splash Creative, a digital marketing agency) with support from Chloe Ahmed, a Skin Therapist at The Chelmsford Skin Clinic. Our host on the evening was Seena Shah and our quiz master was Glen Page. On the night, we saw some local VIPs attend and take part; MP for Chelmsford Vicky Ford, Cllr Dick Madden, Cllr Liz Ahmed and Cllr Stephanie Scott.

Pictured: MP for Chelmsford Vicky Ford and Glen Page, quiz master The support we received from local businesses was incredible with over 20 prize donations, with businesses sending emails to their employees to advertise the event and we thank Woolpack pub landlord, William Turner, for supplying the venue and setting the tables and staging up for us.

Cllr Michael Holoway came along to donate a hamper of wine and chocolate for the raffle and show his support. A particular thank you to Cllr Liz Ahmed who secured our top prize with Boots in High Chelmer - a shopping basket of high end brand goodies from Benefit Cosmetics UK, No7, Lancôme, Clarins, Liz Earle Beauty Co, JIMMY CHOO, Clinique, Estee Lauder, Lacoste, Britney Spears, Calvin Klein and HUGO BOSS.

Other donors include: • The Chelmsford Skin Clinic (dermalogica goody bag and voucher) • Debenhams Chelmsford (toiletries) • The Gym Group (a month’s free membership) • WH Smith (colouring books and books) • Marks and Spencer (chocolate) • Love Clean (three hour house clean) • Ask Italian Chelmsford (products) • Nando’s Chelmsford (goody bag and voucher) • Bill’s Chelmsford (goody bag) • Acanteen (afternoon tea) • County Hotel Chelmsford (afternoon tea) • Annie Tibbs (facial) • Elite soft tissue therapy (sports massage) • Olio Restaurant (voucher) • Mace Playce - Soft Play Centre Chelmsford (voucher) • Empire Salon (hair straighteners) • Man About Town Barbers (full treatment package) • Tracy Williams (photoshoot and print) • Bee 4 Bras (bra fitting and bra) • Mack Hairdressers (cut and finish) Quote from Seena Shah: “I would like to thank everyone who supported this event, it would not have been possible to raise so much money without the support of the local businesses and the community. In particular, I would like to thank Glen Page for stepping in at such short notice and Chloe Ahmed and Cllr Liz Ahmed for their outstanding support. Whilst we cannot undo the heartache that the fire has caused, I hope that this money will help people to begin to rebuild their homes lost in the fire and provide the vital ongoing support and care that will be needed for sometime.”

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Stargazing with Mark Willis - July/August By the time you read this, it will have been 2 years since the probe New Horizons encountered the dwarf planet Pluto on 14th July, 2015.

New Horizons took some incredible hi-res pictures of the dwarf planet’s surface. Sputnik Planitia is a vast, smooth slab of carbon monoxide ice. (I never even knew that carbon monoxide ice was a thing!) Norgay Montes is a 3.4 km high mountain made largely of water ice. The Cthulhu Regio is a prominent whale shaped feature which is capped with methane snow. Pluto is proving to be a very, very alien world indeed! Google ‘New Horizons’ Top 10 Pluto Pics’ to see these incredible views of Pluto.

28th/29th July - 22:00: The Moon passes Jupiter and the star Spica.

The Summer Triangle is an astronomical asterism (an asterism is any pattern of stars recognized in the Earth’s night sky) involving an imaginary triangle drawn on the northern hemisphere’s celestial sphere, with its defining vertices at Altair, Deneb and Vega, the brightest stars in the three constellations of Aquila, Cygnus, and Lyra, respectively.

The term was popularized by American author HA Rey and British astronomer Sir Patrick Moore in the 1950s. Learning the Summer

Triangle is another ‘learning without tears’ method of learning your way around the night sky. Also, a very easy way to impress your friends with your astronomical knowledge!

12-13th August: August has one of the best meteor showers, the Perseids. Over these two days, the meteor shower will peak at a possible 100 meteors per hour! Equipment needed is only you, a deckchair and some strong hot coffee. Look north just under the ‘W’ Cassiopeia constellation.

New Moon: On 23rd July and 21st August there will be a new Moon.

This means the skies will be extra dark which is a great opportunity to see planets, galaxies and deep space objects.

As usual, email me with any questions.

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TWO EXHIBITIONS FOR YOU AT HYLANDS HOUSE In August and September there are two dates when it is open house, so free entry to Hylands House. You will be able to look around the house and also find out a bit more about its history.

Hylands in WW1 (8th, 9th and 10th August from 10am - 4pm) If you missed this exhibition the last time round, we are once again displaying pictures and stories of ‘Hylands in World War 1’. You’ll be able to read the stories of some of the 1,500 soldiers who were patients in Hylands Military Hospital. We even have some actual Belgian records for the Belgian soldiers. There are also the stories of the Voluntary Aid Detachments - mostly well bought up young ladies from the area who helped with the nursing. Sir Daniel and Lady Gooch financed the hospital and Sir Daniel even made some of the bedside cabinets. They also equipped the hospital with an operating theatre and an X-ray machine!

The Pryor Family at Hylands (1858 - 1904) Heritage Open Days, 10th and 11th September from 10am - 4pm.

For the Heritage Days, this year we have a brand new exhibition about the Pryor family who lived in Hylands House from 1858 to

Chelmsford Library News School Holidays Ahead The Summer Reading Challenge this year is free to join and is called Animal Agents and runs in all Essex Libraries from 15th July until 3rd September. Children are required to read 6 books over the summer holidays, collect stickers and solve the mystery. Successful completers will receive a medal and a certificate. (Suitable for all ages up to 12 years).

Colchester Zoo are offering a free day entry pass for a child (terms and conditions apply).

For Children aged 10 and over, the reading challenge is called ImagiNation. Activities are art based and are inspired by books and stories.

For more information please visit www.essex.gov.uk/libraries.

Dates For Your Calendar Sandon School have an exhibition based on World War 1 in the gallery area of the library running from 3rd July till the end of August not to be missed!

1904. We have some wonderful photographs from the late 1800s. Find out who was in the house at each census, where the servants came from and why some of the grandchildren were there.

Do you know which lady who became very well known was once a governess for three of the grandchildren in the house?

Essex Police Dogs Have you ever wondered what is the role of an Essex Police Dog? Find out more on Saturday 15th July between 10am and 12 noon.

Dads’ Club Children are free to play with a selection of toys while dads have a chance to relax and chat with a cup of tea. Saturday 15th July from 11am to 12.30pm.

Block Builders Construction Club This is a monthly club for all ages using the medium of building blocks to expand creativity. Saturday 15th July 11am to 12.30pm.

Chelmsford Chatterboxes Is English your second language? Come along to this informal group to practice reading and speaking English and improve your confidence and meet new people.

For any information on the above, please contact Chelmsford Library.

Phone 03330 132 634, or email chelmsford.library@essex.gov.uk.

Or just pop in instead of passing by!

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