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City Times Intro Hello readers, Welcome to The City Times September/October edition. There are many more events this month, please check out our What’s On section on page 16 for more details. You can also read about Sanctus’ move to the great space next door to their old premises on page 27. If you want to publicise your business or event, please contact us using the details below. Please remember to let our advertisers know that you saw their advert in The City Times. Paul & Nick
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With you in Mind With You in Mind is a social, inclusive, wellbeing hub for people over the age of 18 in Chelmsford. We offer inclusive activity sessions for people who want to improve their confidence, wellbeing and mental health. Our team of Activity Coordinators and Mental Health First Aiders will support you at each session, delivering a variety of activities, including badminton, table tennis, group exercise classes, led walks, relaxation sessions, an area for board games, mindful colouring and one-off workshops. We want you to feel part of a group and be social with people who will be supportive and empathise with your needs and support you to build your confidence. Tom said: “Though I was initially nervous about attending the With You In Mind group, I felt welcomed and accepted soon enough. The group has given me an enjoyable outlet following a long time of isolation; there are the occasional classes offered and it has been an opportunity to meet new people.” The team provide a supportive network to make you feel at ease and enable you to explore a variety of coping strategies and support services. Sessions are from 2pm to 4pm every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at Chelmsford Sport and Athletics Centre, Salerno Way, CM1 2EH. Your first session is FREE, and £3 per session after this. Up and coming one-off sessions include (both from 2.30pm-3.30pm): • •
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City Times Food: ‘Superfood’ Fermented Veg - By Lisa Whittle If you grow your own vegetables, autumn is a time where you may have a glut of beans, courgettes, salad crops and root vegetables. In times gone by before freezing was possible, this time of year traditionally was a busy time for preserving; making jams, pickles and other forms of preserves. Perhaps in the UK we don’t associate fermenting vegetables with our traditional diet or ways of preserving, and foods such as tangy sauerkraut (fermented cabbage) have been more common in eastern Europe, and a spicy version called kimchi is widely made and eaten in Korea. Also the miso, soy sauce and natto made from fermented soya beans in Japan, or indeed their fermented umboshi plums. But the benefits of fermented foods are becoming more well known here and often hailed as ‘superfoods’ - commercially made kimchi and sauerkraut are widely available. So why bother with fermented vegetables? Firstly, if you like sour tastes you might find them delicious. They contain beneficial bacteria and food enzymes that are good for our gut and good for our general health. And lastly, the fermenting process makes the vegetables easier to digest and releases the all-important minerals contained within them that otherwise might not be available to A heating mat can be invaluable be absorbed. So what makes fermented vegetables more than something just rotten from the back of the fridge? If you’re like me you may from time to time forget about a bag of lettuce or readymade stir fry and find it going off. What makes deliberately prepared fermented vegetables different? It’s the absence of mould. We want the veg to The finished fermented veg rot and ferment via beneficial bacteria - in particular the lactic bacteria - rather than moulds, because certain moulds can be harmful and we don’t want to eat those. The way to avoid the moulds is to use salt in the fermenting process - this allows benefical bacteria, but discourages the mould. So How Is It Done? • Firstly wash and chop your vegetables. Perhaps you could even start with a bag of stir fry! Put them in a bowl and sprinkle with salt (ideally, fine grain sea salt or rock salt for the mineral content) and mix. • Leave the vegetables for around 12 hours - the salt will pull the water out of the vegetables. Drain this off and pack the vegetables into sterilised containers such as jam jars with lids or kilner jars (sterilise with boiling water and drying with a clean cloth). The salt helps keep the vegetables crisp rather than mushy and it enhances flavour as well as allowing lactobacilli and preventing mould. • Pack the vegetables down tightly, removing all air-bubbles and submerging the vegetables in the liquid that is oozing from them - add more brine if there isn’t enough liquid. The vegetables ferment in an anaerobic environment (away from oxygen). Leave for 5 days then taste. • Keep tasting until the right degree of acidity has been reached for your palate and the bubbles have subsided. The time this takes will vary depending on the amount of salt used and the
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temperature of the environment - the warmer it is the faster this happens. A warm spot such as an airing cupboard or maybe near an aga is ideal. I have had batches of fermented veg that don’t quite get going because the temperature is not consistently warm This could be your starting place enough - over 20 deg C is best. I have invested in a plug-in electric heating mat to overcome this problem; the jars of fermenting veg stand on this to keep their temperature up. Once the fermentation is complete, storing the fermented vegetables is best at 10 deg C or less. The flavours will continue to develop.
Exploring fermenting really is a personal journey and you will no doubt find that each batch if not each jar of fermented veg is different and has its own unique flavour.
Commercially made sauerkraut and kimchi I have found Daphine are widely available Lambert’s book Fermenting Recipes and Preparation to be an invaluable source of information and inspiration for all types of fermenting. If all this sounds too adventurous, you may wish to start with some commercially made sauerkraut or spicy kimchi to see if you like it. My friend from the Czech Republic swears by this sauerkraut soup which is absolutely delicious and can be made with homemade or commercially made sauerkraut. Sauerkraut Soup 4oz of bacon (optional). 2 medium yellow onions chopped. 2 cloves of garlic. 2 tablespoons of garlic paste. 1 tablespoon of quality paprika. Half a teaspoon of dried marjoram. Half a teaspoon of dried caraway seeds. Salt and freshly ground black pepper. 18oz of sauerkraut. 4 tablespoons of crème fraîche or sour cream (optional). Fry the bacon if you are using this. Add the onions and fry until lightly carmalised - so for 5-7 minutes. Add the garlic and cook for a further minute. Stir in the tomato paste and spices and cook for a minute. Stir in drained sauerkraut and bring to the boil and simmer for 20 minutes. Stir in crème fraîche or sour cream (again optional) but do not boil at this stage. Finally, crusty bread and/or a leafy salad make the perfect accompaniments. Delicious!
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Nick’s Music and Ramblings Hi all now we are now nearing the year end and I think this is when we will see how the pandemic is going to pan out with schools back and the weather changing. I’m sure you are with me that we do not want to have another lockdown. We have to accept responsibility and be careful; it is down to us to be cautious and sensible I think. Black Frog Presents are now at the Social Club, but we have another venue for our smaller acts - like some of those we used to put on at the UB. It’s newly refurbished and is the RHP Bowls Club located near the Black Bull in Rainsford Road. It is in Canterbury Way just off St Fabians Drive, the postcode is CM1 2XN. There is plenty of free parking, a good bar, and it seats up to 70 people. They have just finished an extensive refurbishment and we were invited to programme the music and other potential entertainments. We are starting with the wonderful One Tree Hillbillies on Monday 27th September at 8pm. This is always a popular bluegrass night, so I would advise you not to be late as these are normally well attended events. We are also starting to book some acts for Saturday nights at the Bowls Club, as we do not want to conflict with the Social Club events. Who knows, when you see their well-manicured lawn you may also be tempted to have a go at bowling as they are a very friendly and welcoming crowd - bowls really is great fun and very sociable. I have been out and about, mainly at festivals, recently. I went to Red Rooster near Thetford, and then Cousley Woodstock near Tunbridge Wells. Next I plan to go and see my mate Robbie McIntosh with his band. I have also been out around the city and I am pleased to see the majority of people still being careful with masks and keeping a distance. The sun has been most welcome recently, albeit for just a few days - sadly just as the kids have returned to school. As I am writing this the Science Festival is also taking place. We have had a few festivals in our local parks too, all of which I am told have gone very well. Let’s hope that we see lots more happening in and around the mid-Essex area.
they both reckon this is the most fun they have, they all just bounce off each other. Talking to them all afterwards they all had a great time and it showed. Our next show is with the multi-award winning Albert Lee. He is surely one of the world’s greatest guitarists - Eric Clapton once said, ‘he is the best in the world’. He is also the last survivor of the Everly Brothers having got them back together and subsequently playing with them for 23 years. We are thrilled to be welcoming Albert back as we have had to reschedule this show a couple of times - but this time it is happening. He is here in the UK right now and we are ready and waiting for him to play on Wednesday 22nd September. If you are quick, we still have a few tickets available. We will then kick off October with our very own up-and-coming star, Connor Selby with a new album and a new band - still with Joe Anderton at his side though. The show is on Friday 1st October with Danny Boy Piper opening the night. Again, there are some tickets still available - see our advert in this edition of the magazine for all our shows. One to remember is the memorial show for the late Barrie Masters by Eddie and the Hot Rods on the 8th October. We hope to have a few surprise guests for this one as well. Remember, if you have anything to say or an event to publicise then send it to the editorial email address below. It would be fantastic if you could share both our magazines, the City Times and Moulsham Times, with others as well - we continue to publish both magazines in print and online at www.issuu.com/itsyourmedia. If you are interested in advertising with us, please contact us at ads@itsyourmedia.co.uk, or if you have a comment or an article please send to editorial@ itsyourmedia.co.uk and we will reply to you as soon as we can. For all my updates and information on shows and more for Black Frog Presents, visit www.linktr.ee/BlackFrogPresents, or scan the QR code on my poster in this magazine.
It is good to see that the Ideas Hub has another outlet opening (although just a few months) in the old Top Shop in High Chelmer. This is going to be an event space, and the Art Place continues in The Meadows too. l think we need to encourage and support this as it is good for all. It’s thanks to the hard work and dedication of Edith Miller and her team that this happens, as do so many other things you may not be aware of around us - it helps many people. Remember to let us know if you are hosting an event or know of any that are happening, so that we can list them and hopefully get you lots of people attending. These can be anything from a garage sale to and exhibition, a talk to an open garden; check out the What’s On page for details of dates and how to contact us. Music We have now had our first two shows at our new venue the Chelmsford Social Club - the next one, The Animals, is a couple of days away as I writing this article. We started with Chris Farlowe and Norman Beaker and his band, along with Mississippi MacDonald opening the night. I have to admit it was a little fraught being our first show here, we need not have worried as it was fantastic; both the acts loved it as did the audience and our hosts the Social Club. So here’s to many more successful shows - and we are starting to book for 2022 already! Mississippi came with his band and boy, did they deliver a great show. The crowd loved them, and I know I will be rebooking him and the band again in the future. Chris Farlowe is a legend and I cannot believe he is almost 81 now. He still has such energy and enthusiasm. He has also reformed Coliseum as well, and is gigging extensively here and in Europe, as is Norman Beaker with his band. They said it has been two years since they last played together and Page 6
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‘The Festival That Changes Lives’ 8th Annual Life Arts Event Mind Body Spirit & Wellbeing Festival Saturday & Sunday 2nd and 3rd October 10am-5pm at Chelmsford City Racecourse, CM3 1QP. Supporting Helen Rollason Cancer Charity Over 100 stands, fascinating talks and workshops plus astonishing demonstrations... It’s what we have all been waiting for... A real live uplifting event that will inspire, stimulate, boost and recharge! So, what can you expect? Brand new for this year, a Chef’s Stage with delicious demonstration dishes prepared in front of you and the chance to taste. Our popular Yoga Studio, with yoga classes suitable for all, also including Bollywood dancing and drumming. Plus selected psychic readers, mediums and clairvoyants for spiritual guidance, tarot and angel card readings. Varied workshops and talks will include: self-healing, shamanic drumming, wellbeing with crystals, soul journey with essential oils, equine assisted learning, chakra healing, angel answers, sound and meditation journey and mediumship demonstration! Complementary therapies, including reflexology, Indian head massage, kinesiology, reiki treatments, crystal healing, hot stone massage, head neck and shoulder massage and free spinal checks from a chiropractor.
Over the years, Life Arts Mind Body Spirit festivals have appeared all over East Anglia growing bigger and better, culminating in the annual Chelmsford Festival spread over a whole weekend with over 100 stands, a packed timetable of talks and demonstrations and around 1,750 visitors. “It just keeps growing” says Chris, “different people enjoy it in different ways and the festival seems to have lasting effects on some.”
We are proud to support Helen Rollason Cancer Charity, supporting local people living with cancer. Founded in 1999 the charity is the legacy of BBC broadcaster Helen Rollason, whose vision was ‘good quality of life while coping with cancer is the most important gift a sick person can receive. It should be available to everyone.’ It’s fair to say that Life Arts festivals as well as being great fun, also have the remarkable ability to create changes in all sorts of unexpected ways. I believe they truly have the potential to change lives!
There will also be intriguing things to buy - everything from jewellery and rare crystals to angelic art, and from organic skincare and essential oils to salt lamps. There will be two music stages featuring a fascinating mix of live music for when you just want to sit and chillout inside and outside. Experience the healing calmness of a Buddhist empowered healing space in the Buddha Cave - just come in, sit down, close your eyes, and feel the stresses of everyday life just melt away in this special place - there will be free mindfulness sessions too! At our Street Food Village you will be spoilt for choice with delicious dishes from around the world including Asia, Middle East, India, Greece and Italy. There will be tasty raw food on offer, not forgetting scrumptious smoothies, juices, cake and ice cream!
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Advance Tickets How can I buy advance tickets? Via our website www.lifearts.co.uk or www.eventbrite.co.uk. When are they on sale? 1st September 2021. Why should I buy? Gold Pass ticket holders get priority entry to the event, plus priority entry to all Yoga Studio classes and to all talks and workshops. All advance ticket holders get priority entry to the event. Entrance on the Day and Advance Tickets Gold 1-Day Pass: adult £9.50, concessions £8.50 - includes all classes and workshops, priority admission on arrival and priority to all classes and workshops Gold 2-Day Pass: adult £17, concessions £15. 1-day Standard Pass: £5 adults, concessions £4.50. Additional fee of £2 payable on the door for each class or workshop where there is space available. 2-day Standard Pass: adults £8.50, concessions £7.50. 16s and under free (accompanied). For more details visit www.lifearts.co.uk
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City Times Gardening Even with the mixed weather conditions at the moment, it’s very dry out there in the garden with the result that a number of plants can start to develop symptoms of drought stress. Look for obvious wilting, pale growth, premature flower and fruit drop. Due to this, I’ve had to increase the watering for a number of container grown plants and recently planted borders. I’m trying to help my lot by mulching where the ground has been moistened to try and conserve moisture and also start combating the continual surge in weeds popping up everywhere. I’m really enjoying my containers this year. I’ve moved away from temporary displays to a more sustainable approach using a mixture of woodies and herbaceous perennials. On the right, you can see one of them, using a wire basket with woven willow stems. It’s lined with an old compost bag with a few holes in it to allow for water to escape. I’ve used a lightweight peat-free compost; it’s mainly coir and composted bark with a slow release fertiliser. In it I’ve used a range of ferns to give all year round interest. This one has been hung on a secure bracket on a north facing wall. For this autumn I’m going to add a few more baskets and free-standing pots with a similar theme to repeat throughout the garden. If you enjoy ferns check out this link for further information:s www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=936. Aside from using a variety of containers, my other passion is for a good range of woodies and herbaceous perennials in the garden. With careful selection, seasonal interest can be achieved for the entire year - especially if you combine bulbs, corms and tuberous types. At this time of year rather than cut down perennials once
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Savings... It’s All About Savings!
It has been an unusual summer in more ways than one, the gradual introduction of post-Covid freedoms, staycations and unpredictable weather resulted in many of us spending time and money in different ways than before. For some, savings have taken on a new meaning and urgency. If that is you, read on... ISAs: We’ve all heard of them, some of us have them and others still are curious as to what they are and how to take advantage of them. In a nutshell, ISAs enable you to save and at the same time protect your savings from personal tax. They allow you to invest (currently a maximum of £20,000 per annum) in an array of savings and investments with no income or capital gains tax liability. Bonus: there is no need to declare them on your tax return. The different types offer different benefits and your independent financial adviser will be able to recommend the most suitable one for your unique set of objectives. Stocks and Shares: Mixture of investment instruments, eg, individual shares, bonds, investment trusts or open-ended investment funds.
please note that as with any investments, the value can go up as well as down and you may not get back your initial capital invested. Any income generated is not fixed and there are no guarantees to the performance of such savings. Do not rely on past results as an indicator of future returns. The most important point to bear in mind is that even if ISAs are relatively easy to understand as a stand-alone product, the underlying investment strategy should be fully developed with the help of your independent financial adviser to ensure that the chosen investments are precisely matched to your circumstances and suited to your personal risk profile. If any of the above piqued your interest and you would like more information we will be pleased to help. Silvia Johnson BSc(Hons) DipPFS EFA CertCII (MP) is a Director & Independent Financial Adviser at Royale Thames Wealth Ltd. www.royalthameswealth.co.uk silvia@royalthameswealth.co.uk 020 8720 7249 / 07908 109 741
Cash ISA: Bank or building society savings accounts, either instant access or fixed term.
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Innovative Finance (IFISA): Peer-to-peer lending (P2P). This relies on investors lending money to borrowers in exchange for interest and is not covered by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme.
The value of your investment may go up as well as down and the value is not guaranteed. Past performance is not a guarantee of future performance.
Lifetime ISA (LISA): Created to help savers aged 18-40 to save for retirement or a first home. Maximum annual allowance is £4,000 with governmental bonus of 25% on top.
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Junior ISA (JISA): Parents or guardians can invest (on top of their own annual allowance) for the eventual benefit of minors under the age of 18, with the option of the child taking ownership at 16. The annual limit is currently £9,000. The beauty of ISAs lies in the fact that you can spread your annual allowance of £20,000 between different types of ISAs and you can use different providers to limit institutional risk. Withdrawals, full or partial, of cash or investments within the ISA is tax free and can be requested as and when the need arises. Whilst ISAs present a neat solution to some savings conundrums,
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He worked his passage earning whatever was offered in his quest to understand what life was like in other places and in other cultures. For five years he lived the life of a vagabond. His travels took him to Idaho for fishing trout and hunting game before embarking on a succession of varied jobs: a newspaper reporter in San Francisco, raisin packer in Fresno and hotel clerk and travelling salesman in Florida. He became a cowboy in Colorado, and at 24 rode the range alone to round up stray cattle. He even became an actor, briefly, for the People’s Theatre.
The Origins of Rotary I have been writing for many years about the wonderful work that Rotarians do in the community, but it struck me that readers might find it interesting to learn about the founder of a worldwide organisation of 1.2 million members. Paul Harris was a Chicago lawyer born in 1868, and at the age of three he went to live with his grandparents due to his father’s financial problems. It was there, in the peaceful New England village of Wallingford, that his grandparents sowed the seeds from which, half a lifetime later, a great humanitarian movement would spring. He was quite adventurous. Once with a friend he tried to climb Bear Mountain. Half way up a blizzard began and they turned back and were lucky to find the way home. Another time a friend dared him to ride the train hobo-style for 25 miles to the next village. So after dark they jumped onto the cow-catcher equipment at the front of the train, travelling at speeds that at times threatened to throw them off. At journey’s end, how were they to get back? Only one way, so they hung on again, hoping the cow catcher wasn’t called upon to do the job it was designed for. He wasn’t overly fond of school, but was endowed with a good intellect. He went on to college where his ‘excess of spirits’ got him expelled. To harness his energies his grandfather wisely enrolled him at a military academy to instil some discipline. It was then on to university where 18 months later he was named the ringleader of an incident with The original office of Paul Harris three others and was expelled again. Yet again he bounced back and went on to Princeton University where he specialised in logic and psychology. His first job was as an office boy before going to Iowa University where he studied law. He graduated in 1891 then took a gap of five years because he wanted to see as much of the country as possible, and perhaps other parts of the world, before settling down.
Stan Keller ‘meets’ Paul Harris, founder of Rotary
He hiked 300 miles in the Sierra Nevada, explored the now famous but then little-known Yosemite Valley, fell ill with malaria, lost his way and with a friend and wandered around in circles for days before finding human habitation. Paul Harris then moved on to Philadelphia for what must have been one of his most gruelling adventures. He wanted to see other countries, so he signed up as a cattleman on board the ship Baltimore bound for Britain, a ship reputed to be the worst on the transatlantic service with the most depraved crew. At the end of his five year voyage of discovery he was almost 28 years old. In 1896 he moved to Chicago for the next chapter in his life as an aspiring lawyer. Over the next nine years he became more successful and slowly formulated his ideas of a mutual help club; this would be probably the first business networking group. But there was one vitally important difference - the members had to be friendly men, for fellowship and friendship would be the keynote of the group. This was the foundation from which the concept would progress to goodwill, understanding and service. At the age of 36, along with three friends, Paul Harris established the first Rotary Club on 23rd February 1905 in Chicago - and their initial project was to provide a public toilet. Paul Harris was a remarkable man who did not wish for a monument, and indeed no monument is needed. Rotary itself is his memorial and those who follow him and continue his work for world peace and understanding, enrich their own lives and ennoble his memory. Indeed, to this day, to be awarded a Paul Harris Fellowship is deemed a major honour and is given to Rotarians and non-Rotarians who make a significant contribution for the betterment of others. I am privileged to have visited Rotary’s headquarters in Evanston, a suburb of Chicago. There you can see a mock up of Paul Harris’s Rotary office as well as memorabilia covering the history of Rotary. Paul Harris once said: “Rotary needs to evolutionary, not revolutionary” and this piece of advice has been instrumental in Rotary changing to the needs of the modern world in order to keep it relevant. Local clubs are in need of more men and women to carry on his vision, so if you are interested please visit www.rotary1240.org, or call me on 01245 260 349. Stan Keller
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Chelmsford Community Radio - Dave Daniels
We are very proud of our volunteer presenters and this month we continue with the introductions with Dave Daniels:
I’ve had a love of radio since a young boy. It all started when I was nine years old I was just beginning to find my way round the radio dial then, and I would start to discover a whole host of stations both local and national. When I left school in the late 90s, I really got the ‘radio bug’. I landed a 3-month work placement scheme at BBC Essex, organised for people like me who have a disability and can - sometimes - feel excluded. I met loads of talented, local presenters who knew their stuff about the community and the county. The station fostered community, connection, social cohesion. How amazing that one voice, through one microphone, could reach thousands. I was hooked and I didn’t want to give it up. One of the BBC Essex presenters suggested I try hospital radio. Within a month I was in a studio in St John’s Hospital, learning how to produce and present my own radio show. I’m so grateful to have been given these skills. The role of a hospital DJ can be a valuable one - playing tunes for patients, staff and families reminiscing on their memories memories in which music, more often than not, will have played a part. On Hospital Radio Chelmsford, I started off presenting Early Birds and this led to further shows featuring a whole range of music genres and decades. I got a slot on Chelmsford Community Radio (CCR) in 2014; at that point, it was an internet station and it had only been on the air for a few months. It was fantastic. I met a friendly, eclectic set of people. Each of us given a brilliant opportunity to share our voices. And I’ve seen wonderful things - just this year David Stanley, the founder of The Music Man Project (an award-winning disability charity) announced a show. He’s bringing to Chelmsford interviews and music, and he gets to showcase the work The Project do for children and adults with learning disabilities. It’s inclusive, it’s authentic - CCR really is
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Hello friends. Well, that wasn’t much of a summer, was it? I mean, it was warm enough most of the time, but call me old fashioned - I do like mine with a bit of sunshine. Warm and gloomy is not for me. I had a friend who always used to greet people with a cheery ‘hello sunshine!’ and it nearly always made us smile, after all it’s nice to be likened to sunshine, sunshine is wonderful. It’s warm and literally brings light into the world, who wouldn’t want to be thought of like that, like sunshine? I suspect we all know someone who brings a little sunshine into our lives, someone who makes us feel better about things, about ourselves when they are around. It may be a family member, a friend, even a work colleague. There are just some people that give us that
something the whole community should be proud of. Right now, I present CCR’s Sunday Breakfast, On the Move on Saturdays, and Weekday Early Breakfast. Whether people are driving to the Clock Tower Retail Park, ready to hit Riverside for a swim, picking up kids, parents, pets, or shopping, I’ll be chatting to Chelmsfordians; the abled the disabled ones, the happy ones and the ones who are down in the dumps, the old the young, and the ones who might want to be on the air themselves one day. Particularly now, people need community, and they need company. From that one room, from that one mic, I can speak to Chelmsford. great gift. Amazingly they are often the one’s who are least aware of it, they have no idea that they bring this gift into the lives of others. I rather imagine it’s because the light that they bring is always with them and because people are always cheered by their presence, they assume that the people they meet are always like that! They can’t see the effect they have on others because they only see them when they have brought the light into the room. I think that’s probably a blessing - these people can never know how much joy and love they unwittingly share wherever they are, and that’s the blessing. It would be a terrible curse to be aware of their gift, and the pressure to always ‘perform’ to deliver the goods would be unbearable. I think that’s why so many professional comedians suffer from self-doubt and depression, the expectation to always be on good form, to be funny or entertaining, is too much. If we’re lucky enough to have someone in our lives who brings us some sunshine let’s value them and try, in our turn, to give back to them some of the light and warmth they bring to us. Tom
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What’s On All events are correct at time of going to press. Please check with the venue for updates.
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Friday 17th Admirals Park - Sausage and Cider Festival Chelmsford RAFA Club (Hall Street) - Yoga taster session Civic Theatre - Thank ABBA for the Music Heritage Open Days: Mayoral Parlour Tour Heritage Open Days: Fibre Arts Market Stall Hyde Hall - Autumn Plant Fair Hyde Hall - Hyde Hall Hounds Hot Box - Shakey’s Sessions: Gin Logic + Palps Saturday 18th Admirals Park - Ibiza Orchestra Live Chelmsford City Racecourse - Clockstock 2021 Heritage Open Days: Fibre Arts Market Stall Heritage Open Days: Rainbows Fruit & Veg Animals Heritage Open Days: Drawing Trail Heritage Open Days: Springfield Lyons Tour Hyde Hall - Autumn Plant Fair Hyde Hall - The Art of Garden Photography Hylands Park - The National Country Show Live Hot Box - Transmission Presents: Who Killed Nancy Johnson? + The Broken Johnny’s Sunday 19th Heritage Open Days: Springfield Lyons Tour Heritage Open Days: Meet the Green Machines Heritage Open Days: Hylands House Tour Tuesday 21st Civic - Sweet Charity Wednesday 22nd Chelmsford Social Club - Albert Lee and his band Civic Theatre - Sweet Charity Chelmsford High Street - R4J (12.30pm & Central Park 6pm) Thursday 23rd Civic Theatre - Sweet Charity Hot Box - Karkara + Thirddart The Lion Inn - Chelmsford Comedy Club Central Park - R4J (6pm) Friday 24th Acanteen - Rubber Soul Civic Theatre - Sweet Charity Hot Box - Night Flight for Revive Central Park - R4J (6pm) Saturday 25th Chelmsford City Racecourse - Example Civic Theatre - Sweet Charity Hot Box - Black Chapel Connect Live Hyde Hall - Botanical Illustration: Coloured Pencil Workshop Central Park - R4J (3pm) Sunday 26th Chelmsford City Racecourse - Example Civic - Keep It 100 Awards Monday 27th RHP Bowls Club - The One Tree Hillbillies Thursday 30th Hot Box - Hothaus Drag
Friday 1st Chelmsford Social Club - Connor Selby + Danny Boy Piper Central Park - The Big Nineties Festival Civic - Absurd Person Singular Hot Box - The Hawkmen + Lady Luck & the Riverside Boys Saturday 2nd Central Park - Oktoberfest 2021 Chelmsford City Racecourse - Mind, Body & Spirit Festival Civic - Absurd Person Singular Hot Box - Birthday Girl + Sei Still The Lion Inn - The Lion House Wedding Show Sunday 3rd Chelmsford City Racecourse - Mind, Body & Spirit Festival Hylands Park - Foodies Festival Tuesday 5th Hyde Hall - Welly Club Wednesday 6th Civic - The Ronnie Scott’s All Stars Present: The Ronnie Scott’s Story Hyde Hall - Grow Your Own: Preparing for Next Year Hyde Hall - Hyde Hall Hounds Hyde Hall - Welly Club Thursday 7th Civic - Rock for Heroes Hot Box - Live Transmission Hyde Hall - Welly Club Friday 8th Chelmsford Cathedral - Gin & Rum Festival Chelmsford Social Club - Eddie & the Hot Rods + Dept S Civic - You Win Again Hot Box - Shakey’s Sessions: The Kubricks Saturday 9th Civic - Seven Drunken Nights Hot Box - Point Clear Hyde Hall - What Now: Your Garden in October & November Sunday 10th Civic - Lipstick on your Collar Hot Box - Jazz Sunday’s with Zak Barrett & Friends Tuesday 12th Civic - Russell Kane: The Fast and the Curious Wednesday 14th Hot Box - Big Music Quiz Hyde Hall - Rose Pruning: Climbers & Ramblers Friday 15th Chelmsford Social Club - The Trembling Wilburys + Dangerous Daydream Civic - An Evening with Merrill Osmond Hot Box - Lavinia Blackwell with Stilton + Leo Walrus Saturday 16th Civic - Robert White’s Brand New Tank Top Tour Hot Box - Monster Network Hyde Hall - Rose Pruning: Climbers & Ramblers Sunday 17th Hot Box - Monster Network Chelmsford RAFA Club (Hall Street) - 40s night
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Transport in Chelmsford (Part Three) - By Stephen Norris Traffic in the town was very congested immediately after the Second War. Possible improvements were included in both the Minoprio Plan and the town’s first official plan. In 1947 the editor of the Weekly News berated the often chaotic traffic conditions in the town: ‘Public safety is the main issue, not the timekeeping of the buses. Parking on both sides of certain roads at the same time should no longer be permitted. There are municipal car parks not so far away’. He also commented that continued petrol rationing didn’t seem to be having much effect on the number of cars in the town.
In 1950 the town council prohibited vehicles waiting in certain roads between 8am and 6pm. A ban was also placed on loading and unloading of goods between 12pm and 2pm in New Street and the High Street and a one-way traffic system was experimented with on Moulsham Street from the Baddow Road corner to Queen Street and St John’s Road. In 1952 the editor did not think much progress had been made: ‘We have a pre-war bypass that takes the London coastal traffic past the town instead of through it. Is this all we can do? The main bottleneck remains under the railway’. Double decker buses had to go under the archway. The one way scheme in parts of the High Street and Moulsham Street was stopped, then resumed after pressure from the local papers - this caused a big improvement in the traffic through the busy centre of town. Eastern National rerouted buses away from Moulsham Street, but the council withstood pressure to make the whole of the street one-way. The 1950s also saw the introduction of parking charges at what had previously been free council car parks. Although there was a shortage of parking spaces, Chelmsford was better provided for than most towns. In 1963 a survey of 107 councils showed an average of 11 car spaces for every 1,000 people. In Chelmsford it was 44 per 1,000 people. The late 1950s saw the introduction of offences for speeding in Essex and radar was used for the first time to measure car speeds. One of the first ‘magic eyes’ in the country was used at Ingatestone. The early sixties saw the introduction of the breathalyser, and in the middle of the decade traffic wardens were introduced in the town. An inner ring road had long been seen, by some at least, as a solution to the town’s traffic problems. Initial plans in the 1950s, which included a flyover at the Army and Navy, had to be downscaled because of a reduced Government grant. The revised plan of 1961 allowed for a dual carriageway between Coval Lane and the London Road. An original decision of the Ministry of Transport to put a roundabout at the Army and Navy crossroads received a good deal of criticism. By 1962 the first stage of the ring road, running through Central Park, was nearing completion. After an original estimate of £90,000, the final cost was £382,000. The opening of this first stage in 1965 led to premature claims that the town’s traffic problems had been ended. Plans for the second stage, a dual carriageway from Friars Place to the Army and Navy, had already been submitted two years previously. This would have to cut through the line of shops in Moulsham Street and across a residential area. It was planned to link up with Baddow Road near the Odeon cinema. By 1968 the council was still pressing for a flyover at the Army and Navy, but the Borough Engineer stressed that it would only be temporary if a new bypass was built for Chelmsford. By this time, bypasses had already been built for most towns along the A12. Chelmsford’s original bypass had long since been absorbed into the fabric of the town. In the 1950s and 1960s a number of the villages in the rural area around Chelmsford had bypasses built to ease their traffic problems; Page 18
Ingatestone’s opened in 1959 and the Great Baddow bypass opened in 1966. Regular flooding continued in the Chelmsford area. In 1947 a Flood Relief Committee once again had to be established and over £1,000 collected. Individual cases of damage had to be looked at by an independent assessor. These floods brought about a limited flood prevention scheme. It was the extreme floods of 1958 that forced the authorities to finally take action to protect the centre of the county town. The flooding was the worst in the area for 70 years. 3.15 inches of rainfall fell at West Hanningfield and 2.73 inches in Chelmsford itself. Parked cars were swept away in Kings Head Meadow and the bridge in New London Road was destroyed. Moulsham Street, the High Street and Springfield Road were all covered by several feet of water. The Mayor toured the affected areas of the town and immediately launched an appeal for £10,000 to aid ‘those whose homes and premises have been affected by this tragedy’. By 1960 the Borough Council were in talks with the Essex River Board about a flood prevention scheme in the centre of town which was likely to cost a quarter of a million pounds. The initial scheme to replace the meandering stretch of the Can between Rainsford Lane and the railway viaduct by a straight cut with steel pilings was described as vandalism in some quarters. When the scheme was finally agreed it took two and a half years to complete. This affected the building of the first stage of the ring road because the road would have to cross the Can. Upstream of the town, both the Chelmer and the Can were widened and deepened. In the centre of the town completely new channels were built as far as the junction of the two rivers. Beyond this junction an automatic sluice gate was built to control the flow of water. In the town, deep concrete walls gave what many felt was a dull appearance. A number of people, including the local historian John Marriage, bemoaned the removal of the gullet and other channels that made up the area known as Mesopotamia. The railway line through Chelmsford was not electrified until the mid 1950s. Like the rest of the country, the replacement of steam with electric trains was slow compared to the continent, whereas countries like Switzerland had largely electric trains before the Second War. When plans were announced for electrification in 1953 it was believed that ‘population will follow the trains’. It was assumed that electrification would speed up the development of Chelmsford as a dormitory for London. The extension of overhead cables the nine and a half miles from Shenfield to Chelmsford was to cost two and a half million pounds. 22 electric trains each day were to run, in tandem with the steam service, though there wasn’t the money available to immediately extend the service to Colchester. The Mayor welcomed electric trains to Chelmsford in June 1956 and by 1968, Chelmsford railway station was struggling to cope with 7,000 passengers a day.
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My Football Scrapbook - By Geoff Swaine Born in 1942, my parents had taken us off to Somerset for the duration to stay with the grandparents. My father came from there, but moved to London in the early thirties where he met our mother. They married in 1937. In the thirties dad loved football and had taken to the Arsenal to become a supporter. He told me many tales of how different everything was back then with the fans crammed together on the terraces. For instance, he told me that fans would applaud an opponent’s goal. That is something I never witnessed. When the war was over, they were always going to come back to London - something which was going to be quite a shock to me as I had become well accustomed to my grandparents and the small market town surrounded by countryside. We came back in the May of 1947 to live in the top floor flat of number 27 Bloomsbury Square. I went to school in Old Gloucester Street near Theobalds Road where the bombing had been very severe. The bomb sites had become play areas, everything was very grim. In the August of 1947 the Arsenal began for the first time since the war to issue season tickets. Dad had applied for one and was successful, his seat was in the Upper East Stand, Block F (which was nearest to the north end) Row Q of the old Highbury.
In 1950 Arsenal won the FA Cup which led me to make up a scrapbook. All the cuttings went in. I followed the cup run intently but never got to see any of the matches, although as it turned out, every tie up to the semi-final was at home. Arsenal were drawn against Chelsea for the semifinal which was played at White Hart Lane, Tottenham’s ground. This went to a replay and both matches were broadcast on the radio to which my ears were glued. Only the final was televised live. But sometimes other important matches were filmed by Movitone or Pathé which were shown the following week at news theatres. We went to a lot of these. On the 6th January 1951, Arsenal were drawn at home to Carlisle for the third round tie of the FA Cup. You had to buy separate tickets for those matches, meaning season ticket holders would not have their usual seats. For some reason dad couldn’t go to this match, so he let me have his ticket. I did go and this was the first time I went to see the first team on my own. I was only eight!
His season ticket, which cost around £7, allowed him to also go to reserve team matches, and a year later he was taking me to these. I also followed the first team intently, always listening for the results at 5 o’clock - that was the radio show with the distinctive music which is still played today. This was always the first time we would know the results, as they were never given out before this - the matches finished at 4.40pm, although in winter they would start earlier (there were no floodlights back then). Dad would get home about ten past five on home match days.
There were separate tickets for these, not the usual book of numbered tickets which were issued for league games.
In the late forties, dad would smuggle me into a first team game. He would squeeze me through the turnstile giving the man a shilling. It never failed.
I found my scrapbook again this year. It has survived 11 house moves. On the 6th January last, it was exactly 70 years to the day of the Carlisle match. All those cuttings as well as the ticket are still intact.
Everything about the game could go into my scrapbook. The number 19 bus took me right there from Bloomsbury Square. I offered the ticket to the gate man, barely able to see him above his shelf. He tore off the counterfoil and gave me back the other part. I wouldn’t have got away with trying to get in to a league match, the gate man would know that the tickets in the little booklets were for adults.
CT Wildlife by Nick Green
The swallow is a semi-colonial species and builds its nests in permanently open buildings, like barns and outhouses. The first spring records are usually in late March with passage peaking in late April. Autumn passage begins in late July and there could still be a few birds migrating into November, Many observers consider the swallow is slowly declining. The photo shows a juvenile swallow with paler red throat and short tail with no streamers. Selected Highlights In Essex a black stork flew over The Naze and a purple heron was at Bowers Gifford RSPB. Nationally, the biggest rarity was a long-staying white-tailed lapwing in East Yorkshire, plus an elegant tern on Anglesey. There was also a long-staying black-browed albatross on Bempton Cliffs which even featured on Countryfile, plus an eastern bushchat in Cornwall.
Juvenile swallow plumage (copyright: Glyn Evans) The (barn) swallow is a common summer visitor and passage migrant. The species breeds throughout much of Europe, apart from Iceland and Sweden. www.issuu.com/itsyourmedia
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A Year in the Life of the Mayor
Spot the Difference - 10 to find (answers on page 23) The Mayoress and I attended the Civic Service at Brentwood Cathedral for the new Mayor of Brentwood, Cllr Olivia Sanders. It was well attended and afterwards we had a group photo of the ‘Chain Gang’ taken before some refreshments were served. It was a lovely day to visit The Lawn in Rochford for a Garden Party hosted by Cllr Julie Gooding the Chairman of Rochford District Council. It was very well attended and representatives from her charity, East Essex Hackspace, talked about their aims and ambitions. The Mayoress and I enjoyed walking around the beautiful gardens and house. I enjoyed spending time at Morrisons Carnival event, where I not only managed to do my shopping but also chatted to staff and Chelmsford Community Radio. I hope they raised lots of money for charity on the day. Thanks to Morrisons for donating goods for our charity stall at Pride. I was in Chelmsford High Street giving out ‘Random Acts of Kindness’ with members of the Seventh Day Adventist Church in August. We were well received by passers-by, those we spoke to were lovely. It costs nothing to pay a compliment and show a little kindness. My thanks to everyone who took part and for the two beautiful bunches of flowers for myself and the Mayoress. It was a very warm day when I dropped into South Woodham Ferrers Play in the Park, there were lots of families making a day of it in Saltcoats Park bringing their chairs, blankets, and picnics. The children were involved in so many activities, it was great to see them enjoying themselves. The RSPB tent had lots of information which the children also seemed keen to engage in. There was limited play at Danbury Play in the Park, as it rained very heavily - Children and adults were all sheltering under gazebos for quite some time. Although a couple of the play workers didn’t seem to mind getting soaked! Because of the early rain in Boreham that day, the parkour group set up their equipment inside, alongside the tables for mixing slime, PlayDoh and other crafts. There were other activities going on outside as the weather got better. Back to lovely weather as I visited Play in the Park in Great Waltham, where the youngsters were running around enjoying all the activities and wearing themselves out. In Broomfield there were lots of very happy mums, dads and grandparents sitting around the edges of the playing fields while Play in the Park staff were encouraging the children to join in with the outdoor games and indoor crafting. Thanks to the City Council and parish councils for funding this summer entertainment for families. The Beryl Platt Centre in Writtle has been open on a very limited basis for a while when I was invited to open it ‘officially’. The Mayoress and I had visited a few weeks earlier and were so impressed we booked it for our Mayor’s Charity Fundraising Quiz Night on 4th September, which I’m happy to say sold out. It was a lovely day and nice to see so many people turn out to join in the celebrations. I must thank the Writtle Community Association for the beautiful flowers I was presented with.
pandemic, but happily was able to reopen today. Lots of the residents and trustees were present for a celebratory afternoon tea. Luck really was on my side as I even won a bottle of wine in the raffle. As Sanctus is one of my chosen charities this year, it was a real pleasure to be able to officially open their much longed for and longawaited new premises on Broomfield Road. The new building will be able to provide better facilities for more services and the professional kitchen will be really appreciated not only by the service users but also the staff and volunteers. There were speeches but most touching were those from past and present service users, it really brought it home just how important Sanctus is to our community. Hosted once again by Angela in her lovely garden - it was an ideal setting for a Farleigh Hospice afternoon tea. I spent quite some time chatting with other guests and helped to clear out the tombola stand. Tea, cake and sunshine in a lovely garden with interesting company, what’s not to like? The UNBOSI Marble Run was a temporary installation in the High Street which I visited recently, I had absolutely no idea what to expect so I turned up and just went with the flow, it turned out to be a unique experience. It’s difficult to describe but I’d say it was interactive, artistic, inventive, creative street performance event which ended with me saying that I’d ‘lost my marbles’, which some people would probably agree with... Nevertheless, it was a fun experience! I was very pleased to visit and officially open the brand-new Co-op store in St Luke’s Park Wickford. The staff has been through their training and were now looking forward to being open and serving their customers. Local customers said they’d watched it being built and were excited to be able to shop locally now it was open. There was a real community atmosphere around the whole event. My thanks to the team for making me most welcome and presenting me with a hamper which will be raffled at one of my fundraising events. The Mayoress and I had been looking forward to meeting the alpacas at Lathcoats Farm. The seven boys, all three year olds, all have names starting with a P which indicates the year they were born. I had the pleasure of walking with Pedro who was a darling. Thank you All things Alpaca for inviting us to officially open your business. We loved it. The whole mayoral group attended Essex Pride and were escorted around the site by Ian and Pete Morely-Watts. We stopped to talk and have lots of photos taken with all the emergency services as well as charities and even a football club mascot. Once our official duties were over, we all stayed on and continued to have a very enjoyable evening.
What better way to spend a sunny Sunday afternoon than in Boreham for the Interfaith Cricket Tournament? There were teams from Chelmsford Cathedral, Chelmsford Muslim Society and Chelmsford Hindu Society. The Mayoress and I enjoyed a beautiful afternoon watching the cricket. I gave out certificates to the winning Hindu team, the Mayor of Witham presented certificates to the Muslim team as runners up and the Mayoress gave out certificates to the third placed Cathedral team. It was a wonderful atmosphere with lots of fun and friendly rivalry. After the game we all adjourned to the village hall for cutting of the cake and to enjoy lots of food and good conversation.
I also spent a morning on the river with the Deputy Mayor where we enjoyed a lovely relaxing boat ride from Backnang Square to the viaduct and back. It’s a new venture which is now open to the public. Tickets are £4 (children £2).
I was very pleased to officially reopen the Keene Homes Raven Room. This social area for the residents had been closed throughout the
I paid a visit to the Hamptons on their final day of the Essex Cultural Diversity Project & Chelmsford Muslim Society Summer Camp
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supported by Active Essex. I was shown around the building and talked to volunteers in the kitchen cooking up a lovely lunch for everyone. There were activities for children of all ages. I was also very happy to cut a beautiful cake, which I’m sure everyone would have enjoyed. I also took the opportunity to drop off some toys for the Afghan Appeal which were donated by city councillors. I was shown the bags of goods that had been left the previous day. It was wonderful to see the generosity of Chelmsford residents in such a short space of time. The mayoralty paid a visit to the Old Court Theatre to see Ladies Down Under. Our thanks to the cast and volunteers at Chelmsford
Theatre Workshop who did themselves proud. We all agreed we’d had an entertaining and very enjoyable evening. Their productions are always worth a visit and they have have kindly agreed to perform in our Murder Mystery Evening (with fish and chip supper) on Saturday 20th November - save the date; further details next month. Please contact mayors.office@chelmsford.gov.uk if you’d like a Mayoral visit. Facebook: Mayor of Chelmsford Twitter: @chelmsmayor Instagram: Chelmsford_mayor
It’s Not Just for Men - Voluteering for All
Photo: Robert Good
Since the inception of local isolated wooden wagonways in the 1560s, through the railway boom in the 1840s and even in more modern times, the rail industry has been perceived as male dominated. Historically, women employed were often wives, or other relatives, of railway workers who found themselves performing traditional housekeeping roles such as cleaning and cooking. Such roles were deemed as menial and were accordingly very low paid, thus further exploiting 19th century views that a ‘woman’s place was in the home’.
A Lot Has Changed Since Then - Or Has It? In 2018 Network Rail reported that only 16% of its workforce were women So I compared this to the current Epping Ongar Railway (EOR) volunteer population: 13% of EOR’s volunteers/workforce are women (July 2021). Of those, 72% would appear to be married or related to a male volunteer. So, Nothing Has Really Changed - Or Has It? While the number of women volunteering at EOR is still very low, what I would say has changed the most is the general attitude and acceptance of women who now conduct those previously male dominated roles. So why are the number of female volunteers still proportionally so low? I wish I could simply answer this question, but I cannot think of any feasible reasons, other than misconceived ideas or outdated historical stereotyping. The reality is that any volunteer is welcomed at EOR and no role is beyond their reach or aspiration, although certain positions - for example train driver, signaller or station master - require the passing of specialist training and meeting required medical standards. There are so many jobs that volunteers undertake. Not all of them are obvious and some may go unnoticed, but they are all essential for the safe and smooth running of the railway and creating an amazing customer experience. As well as train drivers, firemen, guards, maintenance teams and signallers, there are a multitude of roles and tasks, such as duty operations manager, station master, porter, booking clerk, ticket inspector and train steward. There are also the bus crews, drivers and conductors, plus the catering team and shop and stall teams. All of these people will be visible on running days. However, that is only part of the picture as so much equally essential
work is done behind the scenes and on non-running days, which includes, but is not limited to: • • • • •
Restoring, maintaining and cleaning the heritage rolling stock, station buildings, drains, bridges and gardens. Ensuring that the track is in good order and managing the vegetation and environmental ecosystems along the line. stocktaking and replenishing the merchandise at the catering outlets and shops. Dealing with customer ticketing and general enquiries electronically and by telephone. Preparing trains and tables for dining and other special events and cleaning up afterwards.
If this still hasn’t given you food for thought about volunteering, here’s my own experience: I had no previous familiarity working with trains, buses or anything vaguely similar when I began volunteering at EOR a couple of years ago, but I haven’t looked back since. It is the most enjoyable and rewarding work I have ever done. The volunteers and everyone at EOR have been so welcoming and I feel a valued member of the team. It has a family feel about it, everyone looks out for each other and I’m never made to feel silly, no matter how daft my questions are (trust me, I can and do ask some very daft questions). So far my duties have included, porter, booking clerk, working in the shop, café and catering outlets, as well as painting fences and assisting the gardening team. I had no idea that I had so much that I could bring to EOR and would get back in return. Last year I took on the role of preparing presents for the children on the Santa Special trains. This also involved organising a team of fellow volunteers (elves) to wrap, sort and label thousands of presents and sacks so that Santa could deliver them to the children on each train. It was such hard work, but the smiles on the children’s (and parents) faces made it all worthwhile. Unfortunately, Covid spoiled some Christmas plans, with half the trains cancelled suddenly due to a last-minute lockdown. Hopefully, this Christmas things will be back to normal and I look forward to seeing all the happy children and customers again as my reward. At EOR, even though the proportion of volunteering women is low, they still undertake the full array of roles, including duty operations manager, train driver, guard, signaller, porter, catering and various essential maintenance roles. It would be fantastic to see an improvement in the current imbalance in the number of female volunteers, so why not come along and give it a go? Male, female, aged 16+, there really are jobs that everyone can do. There is no minimum commitment - you can do as much or as little as suits you. For more information contact: volunteering@eorailway. co.uk, or if you are still unsure, pop along on a running day and have a chat with one of the volunteers - it could even be me! Mandy Hewlett EORVS Volunteer
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Chelmsford Window Gallery Presents... The Window Gallery Chelmsford was set up in June 2018 to give local artists a space to display their work. We host a new exhibition every month and you can see all of our previous exhibitions online at www. windowgallery.org and on YouTube (search ‘window gallery’). Name: Sam Cowley When did you start making art? “2 years ago.” What sort of art do you create? Has this changed over time? “I create an opportunity to escape and a place that allows your mind to drift into a world of fantasy, colour and adventure. Meeting new people, seeing new things and through my own adventures my art is always changing. Life and death is a constant state of change. To stand still with your eyes closed means you miss the rainbow.”
What inspires you? “The obvious and boring answer is ‘life and nature’ blah, blah, blah. Really angry people inspire me. I see frustration in their anger and a need to escape from whatever dark place that they are trapped in. Kandinsky is also a genius as he saw the connection between spirituality, colour and enjoyment.” What do you do if you’re not inspired? “Go and make someone angry. Joking! Sadly, society brings all the inspiration I could possibly look for.” Where do you practice art? “I often walk around with a sketch pad in my bag, but my glorious little flat is where I paint.” Do you have any connections with the art community in Chelmsford? “I have not long been in Chelmsford, so I will look forward to connecting with many more artists through my adventures.” How often do you create? Everyday. I have always got a paintbrush in my hand and I am constantly surrounded by blank canvases at home. However, Page 24
sometimes I actually like just having a day or two doing nothing as having a mind full of colour is astronomically beautiful but it is nice to draw the curtains and enjoy silence every now and then.” What’s the best thing about being an artist? “Going out in scruffy clothes and when someone looks at you, you can just say, ‘I’m an artist, I’ve been painting today’.” Where have you exhibited before? “This is the first time I have had the thrill of being able to show my work.”
Do you sell your work and if so, is it difficult to part with it? “I have sold a few pieces. I feel like a proud dad watching my child spreading their wings and going on to bring smiles and happy thoughts into the world.” What superpower would you have and why? “I don’t need any more superpowers as I have enough! Honesty, love, passion for life and happiness for me and everyone.” Instagram: @samlexflo myeasel.co.uk/store/adventures-in-paint Chelmsford Window Gallery - Broomfield Road, Chelmsford
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A Restoritive Yoga Home Practice - Part 2 Did you use last month’s restorative yoga practice? Well done if you managed to carve out the time and give yourself permission to unwind! Our personal needs are often at the bottom of our to-do lists, but looking after yourself and giving yourself time to reconnect, breathe, and let go is more than important - it’s essential. How did you find it? How easy was it for you to trust the support of the props and surrender? Were your thoughts able to quieten as your body rested in stillness?
you fold forward on to them. There are lots of ways to position your props here - up on their end for more height, meaning you have less of a way to fold, or across the feet for your head to rest on if you are able to come in a little deeper. Wrap a blanket around the back of your body. Take time to get the height, support and fold comfortable and then settle in for 3-5 minutes.
Welcome now to part 2 - you can use this as a short stand-alone practice, or put it together with part 1, depending on how much time you have. Grab your mat, bolster or pillows, and some blankets and find yourself a quiet spot.
Savasana (The Final Pose for Deep Rest) Place a rolled blanket or cushion under the ankles and a bolster or pillow under your knees. Use a small folded blanket for each wrist to rest on and your hands to slide into the folds. Create a head and neck support by folding one blanket that will support your head and to the tops of your shoulder blades and then use another to tuck around under C7 (the knobbly part at the top of your spine) and all around your head. Lie back, make sure that everywhere is supported and that you are super comfortable then cover yourself with a blanket (the heavier the better) and place your eye pillow over your eyes. Take a long, slow, deep breath in through your nose and then sigh the breath out of your mouth and imagine that you are releasing any tension with that exhale. Repeat this 3 times.
Supported Side-Lying Stretch (A Lovely Stretch for the Intercostal Muscles) Place a bolster/folded pillows/rolled blankets across the mat and a cushion at the top of your mat for your head to rest on. Sit with your right hip against the props and roll your body over them making sure that your waist is in contact with them. Rest your head on the cushion and either place your right arm under your head and stretch it out along the floor. Stretch your top arm over your head - if your hand doesn’t reach the floor place a block, blanket or pillow for it to rest on. Let your legs fall to the mat naturally or stretch the top leg out along the mat. As with all restorative poses, you might need to adjust your props - if you aren’t feeling a stretch in the side body, place more height underneath you or if there is any pinching or discomfort, move some away. Stay for 3 minutes before slowly lifting up, pause for a couple of breaths and then repeat on the other side. Supported Butterfly (A Gentle Opening for the Hips and Stretch for the Lower Back) Sit on a folded blanket or cushion. Bring the soles of the feet together and let your knees ease out to the sides. Feel free to pop a cushion or rolled blanket under the tops of your thighs for extra support. Have your bolster or pillows in front of you and allow your back to round as
Chelmsford Library
We’ve enjoyed meeting so many returning customers over the summer and have particularly loved seeing children participating in the Summer Reading Challenge with enthusiasm again - it was greatly missed last year! A huge well done to all who took part and to those who completed the challenge and were awarded a medal and certificate! As we head into the new school term, Chelmsford Library is restarting its Baby and Toddler Rhymetime sessions on 13th September. We know how popular these were and look forward to welcoming preschool children and parents back to sing rhymes together and share stories. To stay safe, we are limiting numbers to each session and places need to be booked - see our website for more details of dates and times and email us to book your place at chelmsford.library@ essex.gov.uk. Don’t forget the following services are available to all in our library and our staff are always happy to help answer any of your queries: • • • • • •
Free Wi-Fi. Computers. Printing and scanning. Photocopying (please ensure you have the correct change available). Sensory wall in the Children’s Library. Hearing aid battery collection point.
Always close with Savasana/Corpse Pose; - the same as last month:
Stay here for as long as you have the time for - at least 15 minutes is ideal. You could play a guided meditation or some gentle music to help keep you present and awake as this should be a conscious relaxation (although sleep does often occur!). Make time this month for you and enjoy this practice. Third and final part of this home practice restorative mini series coming next month! You can join me for a 75 minute restorative yoga class online once a month, or flow with me at Hummingbird Pilates & Yoga. Mandy Haynes
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Battery recycling. Small electrical recycling. Study tables. Application forms for elderly persons/disabled persons bus pass Lateral Flow Covid home testing kits.
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RAFA (Chelmsford Branch)
The Chelmsford Branch, formed in 1946, is in Hall Street (off Moulsham Street) and is run by ex-RAF volunteers including myself. Our priority is the welfare and support of ex and serving members of the RAF family in Essex. We also welcome ex and serving members of other services, including the RAF National Service Association. We encourage those in need of help, assistance or even a friendly chat to get in touch. We have access to many lines of communication and are prepared to stay as long as it takes to resolve individual requests for help. The branch Friday evening social club is also in Hall Street where members and visitors can enjoy social activities. The Saturday coffee mornings are where there are opportunities to meet colleagues and friends and to welcome new club members. Our mantra is simple: ‘We are here when you need us, if only for a chat or a search for information.’ Contact us on 07712 378 320 or by email at dthreadgall1165@ gmail.com. Derek Threadgall (ex-RAF) Promotion and Publicity Officer
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CT Therapy - Is Acne More Than Skin Deep? The beginning of every September catches me wondering whether there’s going to be a bonus of summer weather before we have to cope with the chills of winter. I’m not sure what I like most, the glow of the sunshine or the warmth on my skin, but for sure I’m going to miss the sun during the coming months. For me the sun is also associated with a sense of freedom, without the wrappings of winter clothes while we let our skin take in some important vitamin D. It may not be something we often consider, but the health of our skin is an important part of our overall health with skin conditions having an impact on our wellbeing. If your life is being made miserable by that condition you expected to disappear with puberty, you are discovering that acne is now not just a teenage nightmare but also an increasing feature of adult life. Acne vulgaris ranges from mild to severe and is now one of the most common reasons for a visit to a dermatologist. While some cases of acne may be a relapse of adolescent acne, late onset acne may also occur for the first time in adults. The trend for acne to affect more teenage males is reversed in adults, with more women over 25 years affected. Acne is characterised by clogged pilosebaceous follicles, when whiteheads, blackheads and pimples or spots are formed, mainly on the face but also on the chest, shoulders and upper back. Acne spots may be non-inflammatory, superficial inflammatory lesions (papules or pustules) or deeper inflammatory lesions (nodules or cysts). Severe acne carries a risk of scarring and is normally referred to a dermatologist for treatment. Acne is not caused by poor hygiene, but may be associated with a range of factors such as genes, hormone fluctuations, PCOS and pregnancy. Have you lost count of the times when you hoped that your acne was gone for good, only to find that it comes back, again and again? No matter what you tried and how expensive the product was, you just don’t seem to be able to get rid of acne for good? Maybe you might have tried all the over the counter treatments and prescription medications you can find - the creams, tablets and extractors. Or possibly the prospect of the side effects of these treatments, which may be severe, has put you off... Unfortunately many of the conventional treatments for acne take two to three months before they start to work, and some have the potential for undesirable and even very serious side effects, with no guarantee that the acne will not come back. If your acne is severe, on top of dealing with the breakout, the worry about scarring is at the back of your mind. Waking up to the feeling of another spot, or maybe more than one spot, may be an ongoing aspect of your life. You may have even reached the point of feeling that acne is ruling or ruining your life. As you know, not only is acne physically uncomfortable, even painful, it is also a highly distressing experience. Sadly, the experience of acne makes sufferers more vulnerable to low self-esteem, negative body image, anxiety and depression. Is today another day when you can’t face looking in the mirror? Maybe you don’t even want to leave the house because you’ve got another breakout? If you’ve been told that your acne is genetic or hormonal, you may believe that there’s nothing you can do and that you just have to put up with it. But there are many factors which influence the development of acne (such as inflammatory and environmental influences, the immune system and stress). The good news is that many of these factors are within your control and the misery of acne does not have to be part of your life.
they were following their traditional diets. A change has occurred when these societies have adopted a western diet and a prevalence of acne has emerged. If food choices have an impact on acne, changing your food choices is an effective way to reduce your acne breakouts. Skin free of acne does not have to be just a dream. There is an alternative to the treatments with unpredictable outcomes. Medications for acne are designed to treat the symptoms but they do not address the root causes. By identifying and addressing the root causes of your acne, you can support your skin from the outside, with the right skin care routines, and from the inside, with the right foods, helping to clear your acne permanently. There is no doubt that some foods make acne worse. Although specific food triggers may vary between individuals, reducing processed, sugary foods has been found to help most acne sufferers. By switching your daily cookie, muffin or chocolate bar for a piece of fruit you can support your skin. Although there may be times when you are tempted to cover up an acne breakout with makeup, this may give you a quick fix but in fact some products may also clog pores and worsen acne. If you need to use a quick cover up because you are going out, choose your products carefully and be sure to cleanse your skin well at the end of the day. Your skin will also benefit from days free of makeup. Have you been so desperate you were willing to try almost anything, even giving up chocolate - did you notice a difference? In spite of its reputation, there is little evidence that chocolate causes acne! There is no doubt that some foods are likely to be drivers of acne, but working out which foods are the drivers can be complicated and is likely to differ between individuals. A detailed assessment of the foods and your symptoms identifies your drivers. While some people may benefit by implementing only a simple change, others may need to implement a few changes, to clear their acne. It can be confusing working out the changes that are right for you. The most effective plan is personalised, based on a comprehensive assessment for your specific drivers, to identify the specific targets for you. This is the approach which shapes the plans I create, to help you to clear your acne for good. Jane is a nutritional therapist and member of Chelmsford Therapy Rooms. If you would like to contact her you can do so on 07305 531 583 or email her at jane@janehickeynutrition.com. To find out more about what she offers, you can visit her website at janehickey.co.uk or visit her therapist profile via the ‘Choose a Therapist’ tab on the Chelmsford Therapy Rooms website. www.chelmsfordtherapyrooms. co.uk.
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Charity of the Month: Sanctus Homeless Charity’s New Home On Tuesday 17th August, the Mayor of Chelmsford, Jude Deakin officially opened Sanctus’ new building on Broomfield Road. We had a number of people join us to celebrate this occasion including some key people who supported us in making this move possible.
Sanctus has remained operational every single day since the pandemic began, providing food and support services 7-days a week. Our team, who work daily on the front line, know the people who come to our door and therefore understand the live experience of those who have struggled through this time and continue to do so. The Sanctus Café has been a pillar in the community since 2012 and it has always been a safe space where marginalised individuals could come and spend the day, while receiving the help they need. When we had to change to a takeaway service to comply with Covid regulations and guidance we saw the impact this had on our service users, who asked daily when they would be able to come in to spend the day in the centre and support hub again. For all these reasons, and through a decade worth of experience, we knew that reopening the Sanctus Café and support hub to full operation was always going to be crucial when helping homeless and vulnerable individuals and responding to the impact the pandemic has had on the community. We are really pleased that our doors are open and our vulnerable cohort can come
In January 2021, Sanctus acquired the new building in Chelmsford and following a period of refurbishment work and in July 2021 the building opened to the public. We are really pleased to say we achieved everything that we set out to do in the refurbishment as well as a number of additions too. The space in now a fully functioning hive of activity where homeless and vulnerable people can come and spend the day, get something to eat and receive necessary support. Sanctus is the only day centre in a significant part of Essex helping an increasing number of homeless and vulnerable individuals. Before the pandemic, Sanctus’ services were already stretched and our previous building was full to capacity. We are continually seeing new people coming to Sanctus. The economic challenges of this situation mean many people are struggling, and on top of financial hardship, we are seeing the impact of domestic abuse and the mental health crisis. For this reason Sanctus decided to make the move to the new building as it offers 3-times the space in comparison to our previous building and provides many more opportunities to support the homeless and vulnerable.
into our café and support hub again but in a new and improved space. Our new facilities include: • • • • • • • •
Seating for over 70 people in the café at any one time. Sofa area with TV where people can read, play games and relax. 3 desks with PCs and phones in the café for clients to use for free. Free lockers to store personal items. Commercial kitchen, walk-in fridge, and a dishwasher that takes only 2 minutes! Extensive storage facilities. 3 rooms for external providers, 2 hub support rooms and Sanctus office space. Private outdoor seating area with benches, planters and awning.
We are in need of more volunteers to help us with our kitchen and café services. If anyone is interested in applying, please contact us via our online form: sanctus-home.com/volunteer-contact-form. 01245 257 985 info@sanctus-home.com www.sanctus-home.com It is a community space in the heart of the city and has been and will continue to be a lifeline for many and will offer the opportunities for our service users to take the next steps in their journey to living well and self-sufficiently.
To stay up-to-date with our work, you can follow us on social media: Facebook: www.facebook.com/SanctusLoveAllServeAll Instagram: www.instagram.com/sanctuscharity Twitter: www.twitter.com/SanctusCharity LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/sanctuscharity
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Quiz Time - By John Theedom 1. What is the name of the world’s largest square-rig sailing vessel? 2. What is Pat Simmonds famous for? 3. What, who or where is a fosse? 4 We call these vegetables swedes, but what do the Americans call them? 5. What is a ‘Love Apple’? 6. What nationality was the composer Haydn? 7. Who is the radio DJ who used to own Virgin Radio? 8. What sort of creature is Orinoco? 9. What is a panenka? 10. Rearrange HISSED to form something used in the kitchen. 11. Which is the rarest human blood group? 12. In which sport is The Calcutta Cup awarded? 13. What does mesmeric mean? 14. Apart from Its medical description, where else will you see a stoma? 15. Who was the Greek author of the well known Fables? 16. Where is whey manufactured? 17. Apart from the meaning to stop, what else can ‘prevent’ mean? 18. Who are the 2 characters in the TV show Find It, Fix It, Flog It? 19. Which actress played the role of Nanny McPhee in the film series of the same name?
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What are motes? What is a naked burger? In the medical world, what is a nebuliser? Which insect has a hairy head? In the Bible, one of the 3 kings bought a present of myrrh, what is it? Where on your body is the sacrum bone? What city is the capital of Finland? Who, on the TV game The Chase is The Beast? What would you do with a besom? To what would one attach a fob? How many tentacles does an octopus have? What was the name of Peter Brough’s puppet? What connects ‘Cocktails’, ‘Confidence’, ‘Fists’ and ‘Hands’? What is a grebe? How did the film star Ingrid Bergman die in 1992 aged 67? Who was the father of TV’s Kirstie Allsopp? Which comedian had the catchphrase, ‘shut that door’? Who did Sir Laurence Olivier marry in 1940 in California? What would you do with a ‘howdah’? Why didn’t the sun go to university? What is the name of Mick Jagger’s brother, aged 73?
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Chelmsford Animal Rescue Hi my name is Rachael and I work for a rescue called Helping Dogs and Cats UK Rescue. Due to our growing of this rescue, we are looking for fosterers in other areas. I am based in Chelmsford Essex and looking to open a team in this area. We are looking for cat and dog fosterers in this area to help us to save more fur babies. We are looking for people that are patient and want to open their heart to helping with theses babies that we rescue from abroad and from the UK. Some of these animals have never been in homes and are waiting for chance to find their loving homes. If this could be you, please email me on forstermamatofurbaby@ outlook.com. We do a home check and ID needs to be seen. Check out our Facebook page here: www.facebook.com/helpingdogs.uk. Page 28
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Stargazing With Mark Willis - September/October At this time of the month The Plough has its ‘handle’ pointing downwards. Just underneath the handle, through binoculars or a telescope, you should see four galaxies. The nearest galaxy, M51, also known as the Whirlpool Galaxy is a staggering 31 million light years distant. The Whirlpool Galaxy is a spiral galaxy, very similar to our very own home galaxy, the Milky Way. Find out more here: youtu.be/uenmtYueD1Q.
5th November is the best time to see this planet. You will be able to see it with the naked eye, binoculars or telescope. Take a look at this video of Venus Venera 9: youtu.be/ntV-qFI0Bz0.
Meteor Showers: The Draconoids, 10 meteors per hour, peaking at 8th October and the Orionids 20 meteors per hour, peaking at 21st/22nd October. Take a look at this video about meteor showers. http://a.msn.com/04/en-us/ BB1frtP3?ocid=se.
New Moon: On 4th November and 4th December 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.
On This Day - 22nd October 1975: The former USSR successfully landed their Venera 9 probe onto the surface of Venus. Before it’s demise, the plucky little craft sent back pictures of the planet’s surface. The combination of 100x Earths air pressure, 500 degrees Celsius - and if that wasn’t enough, sulphuric acid rain destroyed the craft within an hour.
Useful Websites North Essex Astronomical Society: www. northessexastro.co.uk. British Astronomical Association: britastro.org.
As usual, email me with any questions. Soon, I hope to return to Lite Bites at 12pm on Tuesdays on Chelmsford Community Radio on 104.4 FM as well as online. Mark Willis www.chelmsfordcommunityradio.com mark.willis@ chelmsfordcommunityradio.com Twitter: @WillisWireless
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