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Issue Number 18 - June 2014

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Well it seems summer is here just in time for festival season - a busy time for outdoor events. This month there is Big Boys Toys in Hylands Park on Father’s day on 15th June and then 3 Foot People Festival and The Fling in the last week of June. Then in July we have Walthamstock and The CAMRA Summer Beer Festival,.

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Vicar of the Moulshams - June is for Dads Yes, that’s right. With Father’s Day approaching on June 15th, I thought it was high time we dedicated some space to dads.

After all, Mothering Sunday gets a lot of support - and rightly – but the Church does not generally highlight Father’s Day. We are used to celebrating Mothering Sunday on the 4th Sunday in Lent and we know it as a three-fold celebration of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of Jesus; our own mothers and our Mother Church (the cathedral).

Now if we were in America, we would know a different story. There, Mother’s Day is always celebrated on the 2nd Sunday in May. Please note: this is not the same as Mothering Sunday, which is why I leap up and down in card shops over here when I cannot find a Mothering Sunday card! The origins of Mother’s Day in America and Canada lie in the peace-and-reconciliation campaigns of the post-Civil War era, when two mothers of Confederate and Union soldiers – called on a ‘general congress of women’ to ‘promote the alliance of the different nationalities... and the great and general interests of peace’. It caught on and by 1909, 45 American states observed the day. Then in 1914, President Woodrow Wilson approved a resolution that made the 2nd Sunday in May a holiday in

honour of ‘that tender, gentle army, the mothers of America’.

And what of Father’s Day? Well this also originated in America, although initially it did not meet with quite the same enthusiasm.

The first national event explicitly in honour of fathers was on July 5th 1908 when a West Virginia church sponsored an event that included a sermon in memory of 362 men who had died the previous December in a coal mining accident. However, the keeping of Father’s Day was hampered by men themselves who “scoffed at the holiday’s sentimental attempts to domesticate manliness with flowers and gift-giving, or they derided the proliferation of such holidays as a commercial gimmick to sell more products – often paid for by the father himself.” Hence, it took a while to take off! But in 1972, President Nixon signed a proclamation making Father’s Day a federal holiday and it was not long before the UK began celebrating it too.

So there we have it: as I’ve said, Father’s Day falls on Sunday June 15th this year.

Apparently, one in seven of UK households now have dads as the main childcare

provider, with research by life insurer Aviva revealing that nearly 800,000 men have the role of “primary parent”. So that’s another good reason for saying “Thank you, dads”.

And for those of us who believe in God we can also say, “Thank you, Father God: help us to tell of your love and goodness from one generation to another.”

And remember our coffee mornings at St John’s Coffee Pot (on a Tuesday and a Thursday, 10.30 am – 12.30 pm) or at St Luke’s Saturday Coffee (11.00 am – 12.00 noon), Have a great month!

With every blessing, Canon Carol Smith Vicar of the Moulshams

Enviro Have Saved Chess Charity Shelter Home 47% on Energy Bills David Norris the owner of the EnviroGlaze Ltd group, working in the renewable energy sector, has donated a Magic Heating Box to the charity CHESS. CHESS is an organisation who looks after the homeless in the area.

They provide much needed support and care for people and most importantly they provide them with a place to stay. The Magic Heating Box is a system that connects onto the central heating system and reduces fuel costs and CO2 emissions.

David Norris wanted to contribute to the work Chess does; whilst a donation can only last until the money has been spent, the Magic Heating Box will require no maintenance and will reduce their fuel costs for years on end. ‘’After visiting one of their shelters in Essex, I realised the Magic Heating Box would be perfect for them as it has spread the heat throughout the shelter evenly and has produced a radiant heat. I hope this will give the homeless a comfier stay.” - David Norris New figures from the installation of a Central Heating Management System has shown high savings on energy bills at the CHESS homeless shelter in Chelmsford. After more testing at the property it can now be confirmed that the property has reached a saving of 47%. The charity that relies on charity events along with people that provide regular contributors has no government funding other than services that are offered from the NHS. From fund raising,

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the charity now owns three properties in Chelmsford city that are there to help support the homeless during their troubled time. ‘’We wanted to donate a product that was going to give the charity homeless shelter a saving for many years, we donated a Central Heating Management System and the product has exceeded expected savings, from speaking to people employed at the charity and people that live at the property it is clear that we have made a big difference helping the charity whilst energy bills are at an all time high. As time goes on we will continue to visit the property measuring how much they have saved each month’’. Said Director David Norris.

Occupants at the property have also noticed other improvements in the central heating system. ‘’Since the installation I have noticed that the property is getting much warmer which means that I can now turn down the thermostat’’, said Mr Julian who currently lives at the Shelter home.

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From the House

by Simon Burns MP

First World War Centenary This year marks the centenary of the beginning of the Great War, a war where over 37 million people died, 886,939 of which were British personnel and a staggering 581,775 from the Commonwealth, ranking it among one of the deadliest wars in human history.

To mark this anniversary, the department of Culture, Media and Sport have put together a 4 year programme, headed by Culture Secretary Maria Miller, who will be chairing an advisory panel throughout the 4 years in order to build a commemoration fitting of this huge milestone in world history.

The Government have also been working hand in hand with various different partners such as the Heritage Lottery Fund, Commonwealth War Graves Commission and the Imperial War Museums, to create a great number of national remembrance events, educational schemes and cultural programs throughout the 4 years.

The opening day of this anniversary, will begin on the 4th August 2014 and will focus on 3 major events: firstly a wreath-laying service at Glasgow’s Cenotaph following a special service for Commonwealth leaders at Glasgow Cathedral. This will be followed by a an event held by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission at St Symphorien Military Cemetery in Mons, Belgium, which has an equal number of British and German soldiers, and is where it is believed that the first and last Commonwealth casualties of the war are buried. Lastly there will be a candlelight vigil of prayer and penance which will end at 11pm, the exact time that war was declared 100 years ago.

Fittingly, the pinnacle of these commemorations will be the reopening of the Imperial War Museum, following a £35 million refurbishment of the First World War galleries.

The Heritage Lottery Fund has donated a vast some of money, at least £15 million, including a new £6 million community project fund to enable young people in their communities to, explore and share local heritage of the First World War. Not only this but through the £15 million donation from the Heritage Lottery Fund, they have managed to fund a massive 17 projects up and down the country.

During the 4 years there will be days of national remembrance, most notably in 2016 where we will be remembering the first day of the battle of the Somme and Armistice day in 2018. In addition to this, the National Heritage Memorial Fund has given a grant of up to £1 million to support the up-keep of HMS Caroline, the final remaining battleship from the battle of Jutland. The ship will now have a secure future in Belfast docks, where people from around the world can look and learn about her incredible and fabled past.

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Around the World on a Motorbike by Dan Skeates

People are so wonderful wherever I go.

Sometimes it’s ‘all about the riding’.

I’ve been away 6 weeks and the further east I go the more amazed I am at how wonderful people are. Today I arrived in Iraq: I turned up at the border with no visa (in some countries you need to apply for a visa a month or so before you want to enter) and after 1.5 hours, having had my passport and motorbike documents checked, I was issued with a 15 day visa. For good reasons the border officers needed to verify who I was and what I was doing there. I must have spoken to at least 10 - 15 officers and they all smiled and welcomed me to Kurdistan, which culminated in being given tea and cake. How wonderful!

The scenery can sometimes be so wonderful it takes my breath away. About 5 days ago I rode from Antalya in SW Turkey to Konya in central Turkey: the 200 miles took me initially along the coast before the road turned inland and I crossed the Taurus Mountains, which peak at 3750 meters. The road quickly climbed and soon I was at 1000 meters, the riding was magnificent with long sweeping bends as the road went up, down and through valleys - wonderful.

For the next 100 km I had some of the best riding ever. The road peaked at just under 2000 meters and I felt ‘on top of the world’ in many ways.

I arrived in the city of Dahuk after an hour’s ride. I pulled over in the city centre to look for a hotel and about 20 people rushed over to welcome me to Kurdistan and help me find a hotel. “Welcome, how much do you want to spend on the hotel? Do you want a drink..?”. I ventured out of the hotel after 8pm and whilst noone was in a rush, there were many people out and enjoying life.

People would look at me (I haven’t seen any other Europeans for a few days now) and when they saw me catch their eye, they would smile. Shisha is very popular and whilst walking past one shisha cafe two men said hello, started talking to me and asked if I would like to sit with them. I did, why wouldn’t I? They just wanted to be friendly. 4 hours later they dropped me back at my hotel having spent the evening showing me their fascinating city. We talked and smoked shisha for an hour and then they drove me around proudly showing me the sights. I hope Dindar comes to England one day so I can return his hospitality. Kurdish people are so proud of their nationality. It’s all about the people.

I’m travelling now, not on holiday and my decision to travel solo pays dividends daily. Wherever I go; whenever I stop; people talk to me, are interested and offer me food and drink. How kind and lovely people are all over the world.

I will now spend five days or so here in Iraq before heading back into Turkey to head north to the Black Sea, visiting Georgia and Armenia. After that I will continue east through Iran, Pakistan and into one of my favourite countries, India, where I plan to spend three months indulging myself in this most wonderful place and engaging with the most fantastic people. If all goes well I could be one of the privileged few to enter Myanmar (Burma) overland with a motorbike: for many years the borders have been closed to overlanders and I hear they are just opening them up so let’s see - it could be amazing! www.danskeates.com

Also as we go to print, we have OG Fest 5 at Asylum which is a four day festival with many great acts playing. It is organised by James Balcombe drummer with Osmium Guillotine, The Tickturds & DJ on Saint FM. The festival is raising money for Parkinsons UK.

Summer at last seems to be here thankfully which brings the start of the festival season. Firstly though, my monthly nights. We saw two mighty acts play at The Bassment, firstly Joel Fisk, nominated as best British Blues Guitarist for a 3rd time in the British Blues awards, then we had the great Mississippi MacDonald and the Cottonmouth Kings who were joined by Joel for part of their set. I have rarely witnessed such a great show. There was very little chatting going on during the performance as the audience were all amazed at the talent that was before them. Thank you all for coming and enjoying the music.

This month sees two more great acts, more R&B in style, playing at The Bassment on Wednesday 11th June from 8pm. The Sharpees making their Essex debut. These guys have been around for years but play mainly in Europe and have some the very best play with them on their CDs. We are honoured that they have agreed to play for us.

Joining them are a great new act from Essex called the Earls of Essex, this act can be anything from a three piece upwards. The core of this act is Steve English, Fergie Fulton and Claire Hamlin, who you may know as being some of our Essex best.

And finally we have the Fling held on Saturday 28th June in Hylands Park. Paul and I are proud to be sponsors of the event through our magazines and to be running our stage with the assistance of Chelmsford Community Radio who will also broadcast live all day. Thanks to Event Sound and Light for providing all the sound equipment and stage blocks, also all our friends who are helping during the day with sound and stage change overs. You know who you are and how much we appreciate your help. The acts are all playing for free and we thank you as you are all amazing. The line up and times are: 12.45pm Looking for Liam, 1.45pm Pete Bailey (Leatherat), 2.45pm Papa Shango, 3.45pm Sandpilots, 4.45pm Captain Morgan’s Rum Do, 5.45pm Jamie Williams & the Roots Collective, 6.45pm Eurielle & 7.45pm Pie Face. All the acts are very different - biased we may be, but I think you will agree that each and every one of them is amazing.

Here’s to a great summer of great live music. Keep your ears and eyes open for all that is happening near you and go and support it.

Be aware that the July Blues in the City is early next month on the 9th July at The Bassment, with the fantastic Wille and the Bandits supported by Little Donkey.

Shakster Records held its 7th birthday by putting on a two day event and raising £502.75 for SHIVS3WISHES. Well done to them and a great time was had by all at Asylum on the Friday and the Fleece on the Saturday. There were so many great acts playimg, like The Midnight Barbers, Papa Shango and Paolo Morena plus many more.

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Action Stations Even in the more northern counties, it is safe to say that by the end of May there is little risk of frost. June might be a variable month, with chill nights and rain, but the long days and moisture ensure that the growing season is with us and it stretches out ahead luxuriously.

Although these are heady days and the garden might never look better, regular input will ensure a long summer of interest.

waste this precious resource, water only those that need it, soaking deep to encourage the roots not to come to the surface.

Make Up the Beds Summer bedding is an ideal way of providing a quick fix. If you have not planted out pots and containers yet, there is still time, but use a loam-based compost as it has the guts to feed the hungry performers. It is also easier to keep watered than peatbased composts, which should be avoided for ethical reasons.

Pelargoniums, petunia and most silver-leaved tender perennials like a bright position and will flower more profusely and over a longer period if rewarded with sunshine. Nicotianas and even begonias can cope with a little shade, but keep them in a warm place until they are well away before putting them in the shade.

Prune Woodies for a Potential Second Flush Wisteria and the likes of Clematis Viticella benefit from pruning to control form and encourage further flowering. Wisteria’s whippy young growth is cut back to 2 leaves where new growth is not required, whereas the clematis is cut back by half for a repeat flowering later in July/August.

Dig Up the Tulips The spring bulbs that occupied the pots before the summer bedding took their place should be dried off in the sun so that the remains of their foliage can soak up the goodness. I do this in trays that are put out in a hot spot for a week or so. If it’s wet, they go under cloches or clear plastic. As soon as the foliage withers, they can be cleaned and stored dry in the shed. Tulips rarely do as well in a second year, but I keep them for a second show and throw away on the third. Feed them weekly with tomato feed after they have finished flowering to build up the bulbs. Most pot-grown narcissus will come back year after year with this treatment, but work them into the beds where you can see some colour is needed earlier in the year if you decide not to store dry.

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Remember that one year’s seed is seven year’s weed! When weeding, retrace your steps to make sure you haven’t missed the ones staring you in the face. Little and often is the way to keep on top of things - and to ensure that this is just the start of the summer garden and that everything isn’t blown in the rush.

Cut Back the Perennials Many of the early-flowering perennials, such as Papaver orientale, Brunnera, Macrophylla and the May-flowering Geranium sylvaticum and G. phaeum will have already flowered and may well be leaving a hole – this year has been exceptional and so flowering may happen mid to late June. Cutting them back hard to the base as soon as the flowers are over will provide a fresh crop of foliage and in some cases a second round of flowers later in the summer when things lose that fresh green that is so plentiful now. If it is dry, water thoroughly immediately afterwards, and in a fortnight new growth will cover bare ground.

Mind the Mildew Pulmonarias are particularly prone to mildew if there is a dry start to the summer. Rather than spray, cut them back hard too, and water well for a fresh crop of foliage. Watering is key in the prevention of mildew, as it hits harder in plants that are under stress. Rather than

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FROM COUNTY HALL

by Cllr. Dick Madden

Family news first, the seventh grandchild has arrived, it’s a boy. Oliver Alfred are his first names, he was 8lb 12oz and mum and Oliver are both doing well. In view of the sunny weather, the first weekend Oliver came home, as a family we had a BBQ and all seven grandchildren were in the garden, the noise!! God bless them all.

Another quickie, if you get the chance pop along, and see the War Memorial in St Johns Churchyard, Moulsham Street, it has been cleaned up by the City Council. It’s gleaming, however many of the names over the years have faded but I am working with the City Council to make arrangements for the names not to be lost.

With regard to local men who died in the First World War, if you want to find out more about them go onto the link www.chelmsfordwarmemorial.co.uk on your laptops and you will find an in depth background of each individual. The work for this site has been developed by an Andy Begent, a former work colleague of mine.

It’s a very interesting and a worthwhile explore.

Although I informed you in last month’s Moulsham Times about the works of repairs to Shire Hall, a couple of weeks ago I went on-site with members of BBC Essex and the Essex Chronicle. We climbed up through the scaffolding and I sat on top of the building, the view was fantastic. It is an iconic building that has to be saved and it will be.

Watch this space.

Permits, the following will apply: The resident can contact the office via email: parking@chelmsford.gov.uk or phone 01245 606710 and instruct the office that a resident or tradesperson has permission to activate Visitor Permits on their behalf. The resident will need to agree a unique password which they can disclose to the visitor. Once this password is agreed, the resident (account holder) will need to provide the office with the name of the person or company and the agreed unique password. These instructions will be entered against the resident’s account. The visitor or tradesperson can then ring the office, disclose the necessary details and activate the Visitor Permits as and when required. The resident will need to ensure that an ample supply of virtual visitor permit books has been purchased in advance.

Companies who have an operational need to visit properties on a regular basis within Resident Parking Zones can apply for a Trade Permit which will cost £160 per permit per annum. This is a paper permit which can be displayed when working in a Resident Parking Zone. This permit covers all zones.

Some information I want to share with you, with regard to the new on –line resident parking system, I have had several calls regarding visitors who may come to your homes, tradesmen or friends, family, see below guidelines to assist.

To all residents of Gloucester Avenue, Moulsham Lodge, I have met with the Cabinet Member for Highways and senior managers of ECC Highways regarding the recommencement of replacing grass verges in the Avenue. As you are aware this work was progressing well until the Water Board descended onto the estate, who have only recently left. I do not have a commencement date yet but it is recognised this work is to continue in the future months.

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Chelmsford WEA

If you stop the man in the street the chances are that he will have no idea about what and who WEA is. The Workers Education Association was formed in 1903 by Albert Mansbridge who used his own money to fund classes for the working man. The Chelmsford branch was formed in 1918 and a variety of classes were held in the evenings with interesting speakers. The Bishop of Chelmsford was their president. Today there are over 70,000 people attending courses all over the UK. Essex has over 40 branches and Chelmsford is the 2nd biggest, providing 10 week courses on a wide range of subjects. We also have day schools. The classes are learning for pleasure (no homework involved!) and everyone is welcome. For information on future courses please look at the Essex WEA website www.wea-essex.org.uk or ring 01245 354644 for a brochure.

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by Andy Starling

Hi all, hope you are keeping well, the sporting theme continues at pace with the Aviva Premiership semis and final, also the Heineken & Amlin Cup matches to be decided. The Premiership for Harlequins came down to the final weekend against Bath which we won. The other matches just confirmed positions of the top four: Saracens, Northampton, Leicester & Quins.

The Heineken Cup again was very exciting and Saracens, the best team in England at the moment, stuffed Clermont while Toulon just out-battled the mighty Munster. I can’t remember who’s in the Amlin Cup and really don’t care. But Quins have Saracens on Saturday in the semi final of the Aviva Premiership, please be gentle Saracens.

4/ Add the chicken and peppers to the curry sauce and cook for 5mins stirring. Add the chicken stock and sugar, bring to the boil and simmer for 20-25mins or until chicken has cooked through, stirring occasionally. When cooked through add water to the cornflour and mix into the sauce, if required cook for 2-3mins for the sauce to thicken. Season to taste, garnish with coriander and serve with Basmati rice and a naan. Happy days….

Now for the dishes, I hope you have enjoyed some of the previous ones, if not I apologise.

I enjoy different types of curry and these are three of my favourites…

600g good quality stewing steak 3 cloves of garlic peeled 2 medium onions quartered A good thumb size piece of fresh root ginger 2-4 chillies (which ever floats your boat) 1½ tsp ground coriander 1 tsp ground cumin ½ tsp tumeric 1 garam massala 1 stick of cinnamon 1 star anise 1 x 400g coconut milk 1 x 400g chopped tomatoes (drained of juice) 200ml beef stock 1 tbsp palm or caster sugar Coriander to garnish

Chicken Bhuna Serve 4 Ingredients 8 boneless chicken thighs or (4 chicken breast cut in to good sized pieces) 1 red pepper 1 green pepper 1 yellow pepper 40g fresh ginger, peeled 2 medium onions, quartered 2 tsp curry powder 2 tsp garam massala ½ tsp hot chilli powder 1 tbsp rapeseed oil 400g chopped tomatoes 600ml chicken stock 1 tbsp caster sugar 1 tbsp cornflour 2 tbsp water Salt & ground black pepper Coriander to garnish Method 1/ Cut the chicken thigh / breasts into pieces and season well with black pepper.

De-seed the red peppers and cut them into chunks of about 3cm and set aside.

2/ Cut the ginger into small pieces and put into a food processor along with the onion, garlic, curry powder, garam massala and chilli powder and blitz down to a fine blend. If you haven’t a food processor, a stick blender, or a course grater will do just fine.

3/ Heat the oil in a good sized non-stick frying pan, add the onion paste and cook on a medium heat for ten minutes until softened and slightly browned, stirring regularly. Add tomatoes and cook for 5mins stirring.

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Beef Rendang Serves 4 Ingredients

Method 1/ Add oil to deep casserole pan and heat over a high heat and brown off the chunks of steak and set aside.

2/ As with the bhuna take the onions, garlic, chillies, ginger, coriander, cumin, tumeric, and garam massala and blitz to a fine paste in a food processor. Add the paste to the casserole pan and cook for around 10mins stirring regularly. By this time it should have coloured slightly.

3/ Add the beef, tomatoes, coconut milk, sugar, beef stock, cinnamon stick, star anise, cardamon pods and bring to the boil. Preheat the oven to 150C, gas mark 2 for 2-2 ½ hrs checking after an hour that it has not dried out too much.

When it has cooked it should have a thickish gravy that covers the beef, discard the star anise, cinnamon stick , and if you can find them the cardamon pods. If the gravy is still a little runny mix up some cornflour and water and stir in and cook for 2-3mins to thicken. This dish is great with Bombay potatoes and rice. Stonking….

Marianted Pork with Coconut Noodle Broth Serves 4 Marinade For the pork marinade buy a shop prepared chutney or paste, one you will enjoy, I picked a chilli man paste 5 tsp Thumb size piece of ginger peeled & grated 2 garlic cloves peeled & grated 1 tsp caster sugar 1tbsp rapeseed Salt and pepper Meat: 1 pork tenderlion cut into ¾ -1 cm slices on diagonal Broth: 3 tbsp rapeseed oil 1 tsp mustard seeds 10-12 curry leaves 1 small red pepper finely sliced Chunk of ginger peeled & cut into julienne (sticks) 2 garlic cloves chopped 1 small chilli finely sliced, choose one to your taste 400ml coconut milk 400 ml chicken stock 1 tsp garam masala 200 g rice noodles, again it is up to you which you use A small handful of coriander for garnish Method 1/ Prepare the pork by covering it with the marinade ingredients that you have mixed together making sure the sugar is dissolved.

2/ Heat the oil in a large non-stick saucepan and add the mustard seeds, cook until they pop. Next add the curry leaves, onion, and peppers and cook until they are soft, add the ginger, garlic, chilli and cook for further 2-3mins. Then add the coconut milk, chicken stock and garam masala and bring to the boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 10mins.

3/ While broth is simmering, pre-heat grill or get a griddle pan hot, cook the pork on both sides for 2-3mins.

4/ Cook the noodles as per packet instruction in the broth itself this will infuse the broth into the noodles. Warm four bowls add broth and noodles with pork on top and garnish with coriander. (If you prefer you can reduce the chicken stock by half if you are not sure of the broth). Enjoy…

Andy

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I Have Been Asked to Make a Presentation at Work! Part 2 Part 2-Help, I am too scared to speak!

brave ones would fight. I would run and scream!

As I said last time, get over it, you will always be scared!

The fight-or-flight response (also called the fight-or-flight-or-freeze response, hyperarousal, or the acute stress response) is our response to stressful situations. Obviously, the likelihood of being attacked by a lion in the middle of London or Paris is pretty remote unless a local zoo has left a cage open by accident!

And if you are not, it might indicate that you are bored or disengaged yourself and frankly you are not quite “normal”, sorry only joking!

Why are we so scared anyway? After all are we going to be eaten alive by a wild animal? Not quite but it is? let ‘s consider 3 main fears: 1/ ”They Will Look at me and Judge me! Help!”

Audiences want you to be successful. They do not wish to be bored and if they are in front of you, they want you to do well as they will enjoy it more and learn more from you. So do not think that they will judge you and assume undivided support for the length of your speech up until you are proved otherwise. Now, this is important.

I have been a teacher for years and some of your audiences are reluctant teenagers, that you have to engage in a fast manner and with much consideration to a short attention span and a desire to rock the boat! However adult audiences are very different and will be listening to you! What is difficult from the speaker’s point of view is that a captivated audience might look very serious at times especially if the point you are making is serious. You might interpret this as them being bored- wrong! They are attentively listening to you and therefore are keeping a straight face so leave your own judgements at the door and believe in yourself that they are with you and listening to you!

2/ “I do not Like to be the Centre of Attention so How can I Expect to Stand in Front of Others!?”

This is more common than I originally thought and I came to the conclusion that it is partly a cultural and gender issue. Women in the UK especially are being brought up to be respectful of others which is fantastic but the flip side of that means that often they put themselves in situations in which they avoid being seen and visible and shining in front of others. In some cultures, especially in Asia and amongst Arab countries, looking someone in the eye is considered too bold and too rude, especially for a woman. Although I am not British and I have had to speak in front of kids for over 15 years of my life, I had to overcome this in order to develop a business. I am forced to be visible because it has become a necessity to my survival.

However, even if you do not have to develop a business, changing that perception and accepting that it is ok to be visible can be the first hurdle you need to overcome. Speaking with assurance in front of others gives you a great sense of achievement and increases your confidence and your own self-esteem, so taking the first step is essential!

So what can you do to temper this?

My best answer is to use your breathing to calm you down. Breathing is so natural to us that we forget to use it to help us to cope. Take several deep breaths, preferably just before speaking. It brings oxygen to your brain and has an instant calming effect. If you can isolate yourself for a while before your speech, try the alternative nostril breathing used in yoga, whereby you breathe in through one nostril whilst covering the other nostril with one of your fingers, you then hold your breath on a count of 4 and then release the air and then change nostril. When done properly, it is a real treat.

Tame your inner demon and bring your voice angel to the forefront.

There is a technique used in the drama classroom called the Angel and Devil and they represent the good and the bad conscience. The demon will try to put you down whereas the angel voice will bring reassurance. In this struggle taking place in your mind, you need to listen to the kind and soothing voice of your good/Angel voice as it will calm you down and make you more prepared.

Visualise your successful speech, hear it smell it, feel it, see people’s smiles after the speech. Visualisation is commonly used in sports before important sports’ events and help you to feel ready for anything!

Hélène Musso is a French national who decided in her 20s that England was a nicer country than France to live in. Whilst most of her British friends would disagree with her, she managed in her “madness” to become a drama teacher and has spent the last 20 years tutoring your son/daughter/cousin in schools across Essex.

She has now decided that you need help too, even as an adult.

She helps and gives confidence to reluctant presenters. She has been praised for creating a safe and supportive environment whilst bringing challenges too. Hélène also does not take no for an answer.

So if you decide to work with her on one of your presentations, she will make you practise, practise, practise and will give tools to make you the best you can be! She is the co-director of Media Confidence with Frenchman Vincent Leleu, who produces amazing videos for your business. You can find her at helene@mediaconfidence.co.uk, 07875627485 or on Facebook or LinkedIn and her website is www.mediaconfidence.co.uk.

So if in fear, start small, start talking to a few, then to a larger group.

Get used to the eye contact and smile! This will help you to relax and people will be drawn to you. You will see that you can do it and do reward yourself for having taken a small step as the journey of 1000 miles starts with a single step. So do it!

3/ “I am Stressed, Help, I am Panicking!”

Stress comes as a normal reaction of the body when we put ourselves in a situation of threat. Whilst some stress is good to get you going, it can be debilitating if you can not move or speak and feel an overwhelming sense of fear. This can happen to anyone and it is not rational but you can develop techniques to overcome it.

Now picture this!

You are in the jungle and you hear background noises. You stop still and your heart starts to pound. You turn round and in the undergrowth you see the shape of a large and fierce lion and before you have time to think any further you see the large creature jumping towards you with force and hear the roar. Now the best response would be to run (flight) but some of us would freeze (freeze) and the

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As ersatz Druids, Hippies and other historically minded celebrants gather on Salisbury Plain to greet the sunrise of the longest day of the year on Midsummer Solstice at Stonehenge it is worth pointing out that henges and other related features built into the landscape were to be found right across the British Isles, (and even worldwide: like the Medicine Wheels and earthworks of Native Americans) and in Neolithic (new Stone Age) and Bronze Ages and that even in the most historically settled and built over county of Essex we still have remnants that date back to 6000 to 4000 BCE. I have mentioned the Chelmsford Cursus and Ingatestone in previous articles but briefly, cursuses were wrongly named in Romanised form as they were first thought to be racecourses, but are now thought to have been sites for ceremonial activity. They are not as common as free standing henges but usually have henges incorporated into their format, which usually involve ditch and bank enclosures that vary in ground plan from round to square, or more commonly, like the one now buried under Chelmer Village, long and rectangular. Sometimes they are open

ended, rather than complete enclosures.

There is a long cursus surrounding Stonehenge. In Dorset there is the longest, at 6 miles long. Other large ones are under Heathrow Airport and one in Drayton in Oxfordshire. Somewhat surprisingly there is one between Wickford and Basildon. This site is up to 4000 years old and includes the signs of eight Neolithic houses as well as a circle of post holes suggesting a wood henge, although no one knows for sure if such henges were roofed buildings, but it is assumed they were the prototype for stone henges. Like the Chelmer Cursus, the Basildon site is close to water and we know that the Celts held liminal meetings of elements in high regard and were where votive offerings were deposited, like the tale of King Arthur’s sword being thrown to the Lady of the Lake, a guardian spirit of a feature held sacred in a story that survived into legend. Even meetings of differing

Henges of Essex

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geological strata were regarded in the same way. But of course sea, lakes and rivers were the highways of pre-historic eras. It is early days for the archaeology of the Basildon cursus, and so far it is not threatened badly by building developments.

The Chelmsford cursus was, like most such features spotted aerially from crop marks, and dug in 1979-82 before the building of Chelmer Village. The ditch and bank placings are 100 metres long and 40 metres wide.

Post holes at the Eastern end form a circle and again suggest a henge which was the focus of ritual practices. Wooden henges may have originated to mimic the forest groves where Druid practices were held, but erected where the land has been cleared.

It is aligned with another smaller cursus.

Charcoal and flint remains were found in pits within the site suggesting votive offerings.

There were also cremated animal bones too, no doubt the result of ritual feasting, and pottery sheds dating from before, and into, the Bronze Age indicating a long period of usage for the site.

Stone is not such an easily accessible building material in Essex as it is more often found in the West and North of Britain. But in Alphamstone, a village near Sudbury at the North of the county, there are remains of a stone circle that we can presume was created with stones brought up the river Stour. They have been moved from the circular formation by later generations with different beliefs and are scattered around

the small graveyard of St. Barnabus’ Church, or like ones in Ingatstone, incorporated into the church walls in a familiar take over of native sites held to be sacred. There are eight large stones and more may have been broken up for building materials. The remaining stones suggest the circle was to the north-east of the church. Neolithic and Bronze Age pottery sherds have been dug from the churchyard. Several attempts were made by Christian missionaries to subdue pagan belief but the site remained a centre for bawdy fayres up into the Middle Ages.

Similarly, in Ingatestone, circle stones have been incorporated into the village

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church building, while two others remain as sentials on the corners of Fryerning Lane.

Freya was a Germanic (Viking and AngloSaxon) goddess, and Ing also a deity in that pantheon. Ing-atte-Stone is the Stone Circle of Ing. Masons from an East Anglian building guild have incorporated the Ing rune into the railway station’s brickwork. Oak beams once incorporated rune shapes into buildings to protect them, but bricks later took over this function.

The most intact stone circle in Essex is to be found between Great Clacton and Thorpele-Soken and is known as the Weeley Stone Circle. As it is not in a built up area it has not been subjected to takeover for building materials or destruction by Puritans. The stones were actually quarried locally so at up to ten tons, not quite so difficult to transport

a great distance, some have now been recycled as only one lintel (top cross piece) remains.

So don’t let Stonehenge have it all its own way this Summer Solstice. Find these places, get out there and have a party to celebrate the sun’s part in keeping this old rock of ours spinning in space!

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Rotary Club Raises Money for Water Project We take so much for granted here in Britain.

We turn on the tap and out comes fresh, clean water. It’s there to drink, it’s there to wash in, it’s there to flush the toilet. The tap is situated inside our house, in the kitchen, the bathroom and the toilet. Some houses even have en-suite bathrooms so you don’t have to walk 5 yards down the corridor.

Well we are so fortunate. There are many countries in the world that don’t have the luxury of fresh water on tap, if they have any fresh water at all. Often it is the young girls who have to collect the water, having to walk perhaps three miles or even more, just to get plain water which has to be carried by hand back to the villages.

an international event called ‘Walking For Water’ where young people have to walk 6km carrying up to litres of water in back packs.

Walks are organised all over the world. The

own funds and an international aid project in Uganda to provide toilet and washing facilities for schools in remote villages as money raised is split 50/50 between the clubs and the project.

The walk was through Central Park, the High Street and High Chelmer Shopping Centre where there was a large display. Sponsorship money is still coming in but will exceed £2000. Spokesman, Richard Wilson for the Rotary Club of Chelmsford Phoenix, said he was delighted with the response from the young walkers and the public and also and thanked Morrisons for sponsoring the water.

The Rotary club of Phoenix, one of the five clubs based in Chelmsford, decided to do something about it by organising a walk with local young people.

On Saturday 10th May local youth groups from the 2nd Chelmsford Boys Brigade, 2nd Chelmsford Girls Brigade, 1st Chelmsford Scouts, 2nd Chelmsford Cubs, 1st Chelmsford Guides, 8th Chelmsford Brownies and the Chelmsford Air Cadets took part in

If you would like to find out more about Rotary activities in Chelmsford and how you can become a Rotarian please visit www.chelmsfordrotary1240.org or phone me on 01245 260349.

idea of the event is to raise the profile of the groups taking part and raise money for their

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Hark! The Fling is Nearly UponUs! It’s not long until The Fling Festival arrives in Chelmsford’s Hylands Park. From 12 noon on Saturday 28 June, the festival of assorted amusements will open its gates, its stages and its arms to welcome those aged 18 to 80 plus to join the fun and frolics. Featuring burlesque, comedy, music, poetry, a giant beach, theatre, silent disco and numerous other performances (and activities!), standard and VIP tickets are on sale now!

Musical acts include a spectacular live show from Kid Kasino who will bring The Fling Festival an audio and visual spectacular.

We also welcome award-winning, poetry slamming, multi-instrumentalist, folkmashup duo Dizraeli & DJ DownLow. They will be joined by rising stars Gorgeous George, Strike it Zero, The Kubricks and Little Donkey, Looking for Liam, Pieface and Papa Shango across five music stages.

After the popularity of last year’s burlesque performances, there is now a dedicated venue within which you will find a seductive array of workshops, shows and craft sessions with the glorious burlesque groups

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Mamma’s Kittens, Gem’s Burlesque and Fi Fi Farfelues. This of course will run together with The Fling Festival’s famous Cabaret Stage, programmed by the fantastic Keda Breeze, promising an extravaganza like never before.

Once again The Comedy Club ltd brings its uproarious line up of comic genius with regulars from the UK circuit such as Phil Butler, Laura Lex, Rudi Lickwood and Gerry K. Plus musical comedy from Jollyboat, comedy phenomenon from Otiz Cannelloni and ‘the current master of this underrated art’, as hailed by The Guardian, Tim Clark – all ready to make The Fling erupt with laughter.

Chelmsford venue, The Bassment, are hosting their very own stage holding an array of DJs and artists, including ‘comedy genius’ (The Telegraph) Mr B The Gentleman Rhymer, who will bring his ‘Mesmerising... sublimely funny’ set as he introduces chaphop to the world. The Bassment will also be filling the silent disco headphones with beats as Essex DJs go head-to-head.

The Fling Festival is all about variety and hundreds of acts have already been confirmed including The Outside Puppet Collective, Jo Peacock, Tea and Sympathy, Fairyland Trust, Make Do & Mend, AT Music Group, Speed Dating, storytelling with Mike Dodsworth and an array of other amusements.

If you haven’t got your tickets yet, then if you’re lucky - there may be a limited number still available. For more details on this unique event for the city go to www.chelmsford.gov.uk/fling, find it on Facebook and Twitter or call the Festival Box Office on 01245 606505. Subject to availability, tickets in advance cost £22.50 (full), £20.00 (concessions) or £35.00 (VIP).

The Fling is produced by Chelmsford City Council with support from Essex & Suffolk Water, High Chelmer Shopping Centre, The Printing Place, The Bassment, The Comedy Club Ltd. The Essex Chronicle, BBC Essex, 1159 Productions, Dancing Giraffe, The City Times, First Group and Heybridge Creative.

Find us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/flingfestival or follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/FlingFestival Thank you to all of you who entered our 3 Foot People competition.

The winners have now been notified and we hope they enjoy the fesitval.

Look out for this months edition of Chelmsford The City Times for a competition to win tickets to The Fling.

We hope to bring you more competitions in future editions!

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MT Therapy by Jenny Hartill This month I’ll be looking at treating alcoholism. Most people will be familiar with AA – Alcoholics Anonymous. This is mainly group therapy where recovering alcoholics support newer members. They are also given leaflets, quotes and they can never drink again because once an alcoholic always an alcoholic. AA are known to take a heavily religious view, it was originally founded in 1935 when our country was still heavily leaned towards Christianity. Members are advised to follow a 12 step programme where some of the steps (not in order) include: admitting they are completely powerless to alcohol, they must allow God to remove their defects of character, humbly ask him to remove all their shortcomings, make a decision to turn their will and their lives over to the care of God as they understand him, and make a searching and fearless moral inventory of themselves. Saying all of that though, newcomers are not asked to accept or follow these twelve steps in their entirety if they feel unwilling or unable to do so.

In a therapeutic setting, I look at various different types of therapy to help the client, so I take a completely different approach. In fact my approach could not be more different, because the first thing I would look at is the type of alcoholism the client is suffering from and whether they need medical assistance. Then I would move on to the treatment. I absolutely do not believe that every single alcoholic is beyond help and will be unable to drink ever again. I do absolutely believe that alcoholism is a symptom of a much deeper problem, there is a reason that person is drinking, we need to find that reason and deal with it. Not every alcoholic is physically and mentally addicted to the extreme, for those that are, yes I would absolutely suggest that they stop drinking completely. It really depends on the client and why they drink.

Firstly, we have to understand that there is a difference between an alcoholic and an addict. Yes, you can be addicted to alcohol, but for some alcoholics they are simply in a habit, or the alcohol is replacing something in their lives, or they’re drinking for another reason.

Addiction is a different beast and is something I will tackle at a later date.

My favourite therapeutic method for treating alcoholism is

Relocation Sale

Sadly, James Dace Music will be leaving Moulsham Street after nearly four years of trading but on a positive note and with a rebrand and new additions to our business set in place, we will be relocating to the heart of Chelmsford which will be announced at the end of June. We appologise to our vast customer base for the inconvenience caused, however due to the severe decline in footfall across Moulsham Street in the last 18 months and the limited amount of

Transactional Analysis. TA states that the alcoholic is playing what we refer to as a “mind game” – a repeated cycle with many players that supplement the game. Hence the cycle can continue uninterrupted. If you’re interested in finding out more, I suggest you read the book “Games People Play” by Eric Berne MD – he is an absolute legend in the field of TA and his work is absolutely fascinating as it gives a completely different view of such self defeating behaviours as alcoholism (yes I’m a fan – can you tell?). Once I have ascertained the nature of the alcoholism and why the person is drinking and of course covered any medical issues, should I decide that this person would suit TA (which in many cases they do, not everyone is doomed to a life on the streets drinking from a bottle in a paper bag) I then look at the game specifically. When treating an alcoholic I would find out all of the players in his game, how do they fit in, how do they supplement his habit etc. I would then bring this to the person’s attention. The first step is to accept the reality of what’s going on and then we can use some CBT to manage the behaviour. Breaking a cycle is extremely difficult so the client will need stress management, anxiety coping mechanisms and a good support network to help them make changes. All of this happens whilst I explore with the client the root of his alcoholism.

So, in summary, the way that I personally would treat an alcoholic is firstly to ascertain their type of alcoholism, assess any medical needs and refer them to a doctor should I need to, use TA to bring their cycle to light, CBT and PCC to help manage the fall out of breaking the cycle and Psycodynamic Therapy to get to the source of the problem and help the client overcome it.

Next time I’ll talk about addiction, giving a general overview and my personal thoughts on the worst kind of addiction. www.counsellinginchelmsford.co.uk 07528822928 info@cloud9-counselling.co.uk

vision, promotion and management of the Street’s culture in general has been financially hard hitting and far from gratifying for us and most Moulsham Street Traders.

The good news for all you music lovers out there is, from now to the end of June, we will be giving huge discounts off of instruments, accessories and sheet music and books so why not take advantage of our relocation sale and treat yourself to a feel - good summer bargain. For more information tel: 01245 357107 email: sales@ jamesdacemusic.com

Wine Corner

Hello everyone. I expect that, like me, you are looking forward to the warmer weather and having a glass or two, possibly in the garden. I am hopeful about the weather so have my shorts on today. Got some funny looks and very cold knees going for the paper this morning, though!

I read recently that a high street store is now selling Japanese wine. Japan was relatively late in adopting the art of wine making.

Although grape growing is said to have started around 718 AD, it was not until the good old missionaries arrived in the second half of the 19th century that wine consumption started. The missionaries had brought wine for the feudal lords and the locals started to get a taste for it. The first grapes grown for local production were shipped from America and it was not until the 20th century, after the Second World War, that wine growing started to develop. They are keen to develop their wines and have now imported the more insect resistant European vines for planting and cultivating in Japan. Grape growing can be difficult because of mould that develops, due to humidity.

The main white grape is Koshu, but this is low in sugar and means that the alcohol levels in the wine can be only 9 or 10 percent ABV. If the labels are written in Japanese however, perhaps the idea that we should colour code wine bottles would be useful!

By the way, a designated driver friend of mine was driving me home in the early hours the other day when we were stopped by the police.

The officer noticed that I had been drinking and asked where I was going at that time of night. I told him that I was going to a lecture on the way alcohol affects your heath as well as the dangers of smoking and staying out late. The officer said “oh really, and who will be giving a lecture at this time of night?” “That would be my wife” I replied.

Back to the wine. For a long time I assumed that red grapes,

Merlot, Pinot Noir for example, only produced red wines. After doing a bit of research however, I established that this is not the case. The classic is white Champagne which uses two red grapes, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier as well as white Chardonnay. So long as the skin of the red grape does not stay in contact with the pulp of the grape, the resulting wine will be white(ish). The Champagne region of France is in the north, around Reims and is the only area that can call its sparkling wine Champagne. Many other regions in France and indeed vineyards around the world, including some very nice wines from England, make sparkling wines, but they are called something different. In the traditional method, the wine is filled into bottles under pressure, with a crown cap, for a second fermentation.

They are placed in racks at an angle of 45 degrees and every day they have to be ‘riddled’, which means that they have to be removed from the rack and given a slight shake and a turn. This goes on for 8 to 10 weeks. When you consider how many bottles are produced each year, you can imagine how much riddling went on. It must have been so labour intensive and slightly boring as a job, I must say. Not surprisingly, most of this is done mechanically now, except for the most expensive wines.

Bin end chuckles.

I was raised as an only child. It didn’t half annoy my sister.

Remember, just because nobody complains, it does not mean all parachutes are perfect.

Keep calm and carry on drinking (in moderation).

I Can Honestly Say that I Love my Job…

I work with a wonderfully diverse, friendly and multi skilled group of individuals with an amazing team ethos. The clinical environment I work in keeps patient confidentiality truly at its heart and all treatments are free. It is a place where people are made welcome and feel safe, knowing they will not be judged, stigmatised or discriminated against. We provide a safe environment to allow people to disclose personal information, which they may never have discussed with anybody before. I work in a brand new,state of the art clinic in the centre of Chelmsford city. The clinic is ideally located by the bus station to allow easy access to our services. Our clinic provides testing and we can usually give you some results on the same day. We don’t care if you are 17 or 70, we will help and support you. Our most recent satisfaction survey found that 95% of service users rated their visit as excellent. Why not come and see us?

So… Where are we???

We are the Genito Urinary Medicine (Sexual Health) Clinic, 5 Dukes Walk, Chelmsford, CM1 1GZ. 01245 315901 www.meht.nhs.uk/ourservices/sexual-health Surprised??

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Attention, readers of the Moulsham Times! Did you know that over the course of your lifetime you’re likely to undergo eight surgical procedures?

By choice or emergency, cosmetic or therapeutic – whatever the reason, they’re wheeling you into the operating theatre, each incision will contribute to the quality of life that you are able to enjoy. It may even be the reason that you or a loved one is alive.

And because your operation is likely to be in the UK, done by a team of surgeons, anaesthetists, nurses, technicians, administrators – with the equipment, monitoring and safety systems in place – it’s likely that it will be a success. Without a doubt you’ll be wearing a pulse oximeter (a non-invasive machine that reads the level of oxygen in your blood and warns against sudden changes) clipped to your finger.

But in many countries around the world, the opposite is true. In low-resource settings, surgery is not only a challenge to come by, it’s incredibly dangerous for those who do make it to the hospital. Lack of resources and training means that the same operation in West Africa can be up to a thousand times more dangerous than in Western Europe.

Anesthesia is particularly dangerous. Once a terrifying concern, the risk of dying from anesthesia in the UK, is now around 1 in 200,000 in Togo it has been estimated to stand as high as 1 in 133.

Surgery is the global health crisis of the decade, and certainly the decade to come. For the first time in history, more people are dying from surgically-treatable conditions than non-communicable diseases. At the same time, more than 31 million people are at risk from unsafe surgery – they’ve fought and won to get to a hospital for a life-saving operation that will kill them. Lack of access combined with unsafe access is a devastating spiral, and unless safe surgery is made a global health priority, it will only get worse.

That’s the first problem. The second problem is that nobody knows it’s a problem in the first place.

When we think about health issues far from home we’re trained to remember

He found Lifebox Foundation, a global health charity working to make surgery safer in low-resource settings. “The first time I saw a hospital in Angola – it was shocking that people were dying from basic operations that should have saved them. They were missing basic equipment and often the equipment that they did have was entirely inappropriate for the environment”.

Lifebox provides equipment, but not the kind that sits in a warehouse. The charity, which was co-founded by leading medical organizations, has developed a pulse oximeter – that little device on your finger, reading your blood oxygen and standing guard between you and brain death, you and organ failure – specially for use in lowresource settings. It’s robust and intuitive and it uses rechargeable battery so it works during inevitable power cuts.

Most importantly it comes with an education programme teaching healthcare workers how to use the oximeter and how to introduce a safety framework called the Surgical Safety Checklist.

Developed by the World Health Organization (WHO), studies show that when used with the oximeter it makes surgery safer by as much as 40 percent.

In the last three years, Lifebox has distributed more than 7000 oximeter and training packages to hospitals across 90 countries.

But more than 77,000 operating theatres around the world still lack access to this essential equipment and education. There’s a long way to go.

So Remy, who has a logistics background, spends a large part of his day coordinating shipments across borders, languages and time zones. Thanks to him, and to generous donors around the world, there’s never a day when equipment isn’t speeding on its way to a remote hospital thousands of miles away: into the hands of a healthcare worker who desperately needs it to do their job safely, and onto the finger of a patient who has no other chance at life. For more information about Lifebox, please visit www.lifebox.org. Your support will save lives.

malnutrition, poor sanitation, or diseases like HIV and malaria. We don’t think about road traffic accidents, mothers dying for lack of a caesarean section, or breadwinners who can’t work because of giant, agonizing, untreated hernias. But without safe, essential operations, lives and livelihoods are destroyed.

Chelmsford resident Remy has worked around the world, most recently in Burkina Faso, Angola and Switzerland.

He knows first hand the daily challenges of life in a low-resource country, and when he and his wife moved to Essex he wanted to work for an organization that would make a difference.

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Volatile Retribution” (Part 3) – a Detective Carter Mystery Written by JR Blake Previously, Samantha made a dramatic return and her story took a loud fiery twist in the form of a bomb planted on her tormentor’s desk. Now it’s up to DS Carter and DC Reid to put the pieces together and bring the guilty party to justice…..

bridge?” Reid asked, remembering the freezing night on which himself and his partner saved the girl.

“Maybe the bomb was her therapy” surmised Carter, and she led the way into the café.

DS Carter followed Dr Diane Looker, the coroner, up to the crime scene. The stench of burning death was enough to take anyone aback, but Carter didn’t flinch, her mind already focussed on the task at hand. She made a quick visual sweep of the crime scene to ascertain if anything obvious stood out to her, the room was almost completely destroyed. Only the back wall to her left as she entered the room retained most of its pale yellow wallpaper. In front of her a bookcase half collapsed and leaning to the left indicated one direction of the blast, but as Carter scanned further around the room she realised the bomb was definitely designed to go up in the victim’s face. Notably because some of the bottom half of his body remained in tact, his legs although charred were certainly still in the room.

Carter surmised that various other body parts may well be scattered in bits around the office. And then she noticed something else, other than various fragments of the corpse, there was a post-it note by one of his legs. Protective gloves already on, she took out an evidence bag and retrieved the note: “Open me baby love Trish” Carter read out loud.

“That could’ve encouraged our victim to open the laptop, and henceforth set off the bomb” Dr Looker commented.

“Laptop?” Carter asked/ “Yes, it looks as though this bomb was not designed to do much damage, other than to the poor soul who opened it. Hence Professor Redfern’s legs, and other bits and bobs, are still in tact. I’ll have more information when I get what’s left of him on the table. The CSI’s have made a good start on…”

“Redfern?” Carter interrupted “Did you say the victim’s name was Professor Redfern?

“Yes, why?”

“Professor Arthur James William Redfern?” Carter asked again, she was getting a bad feeling about this.

“That’s him. Why, he’s not a friend or anything is he?” Dr Looker asked, the last thing she wanted was an angry DS Carter on her hands. Carter didn’t do empathy but she sure as hell did angry.

“No, he’s not a friend. But he is a link to an old case. I have a feeling that link may well have returned. Do we have any idea who this Trish is?” Carter asked, hoping that someone somewhere had done some preliminary investigation. “Not yet, you’re the first detective on scene. I take it your sidekick’s doing the rounds on the street is he?” Dr Looker asked. She had a soft spot for Reid, if only he wasn’t married….

Carter analysed Samantha as she approached her table, she was distracted, staring into her coffee cup with an odd look on her face.

A sort of calm, satisfied look. She wasn’t showing any physical signs of shock, most people who’d just witnessed a bomb go off in front of them would be at least a little shaken up. But Samantha seemed almost serene.

“Hello again Samantha. How are you?” Carter asked her “I’m well thank you, Carter isn’t it?” Samantha spoke with a soft voice, she sounded almost angelic but with a sinister undertone.

“Yes it is, Detective Sergeant Carter. I’m investigating the bomb that went off over the road.”

“Oh, that. Yes it was quite shocking. I hope nobody was hurt?”

Samantha commented, this time she let a smile slip from her perfectly arranged facial expression.

“You’ve just witnessed a bomb explosion over the road and the best you can do is “it was quite shocking”?” Reid exclaimed, himself clearly shocked at Samantha’s lack of emotion.

“Well it was….. shocking…. detective Reid I’m assuming?” Replied Samantha.

“You assume correctly, did you see the explosion from here?” Reid asked, trying to get some information out of the robot in front of him.

“Yes I did. The orange flame pounded its way out of the window, so powerful and yet so pretty, almost cleansing, and the way that it rolled back in again, as though with purpose, was positively….. enticing. And then the black, toxic smoke that poured out of the window, like poison clouds escaping into the wilderness, eventually turning into delicate wisps of grey silk…..”

That was when Carter knew. Samantha wasn’t shocked, she was admiring her handy work. She’d chosen the perfect vantage point and somehow managed to get into a busy university building, plant a bomb, escape without being noticed and then watched the whole show from the café with nobody suspecting a thing. And now she was re-living her moment of glory over and over in her head. Everything in Carter’s finely tuned police detective instinct was telling her that this was her killer. A cold blooded psychopath had taken fatal revenge on the person who dared to cross her, an emotionless narcissist that had been created perhaps as a result of past trauma, a manipulative killer sat before Carter goading the detective to challenge her. What this killer had not yet realised was that DS Carter and this cold blooded psychopath had more in common than Samantha could ever have predicted…..

“Yeah Captain Wonderful is interviewing witnesses that probably think they saw a terrorist cell planting the bomb. God knows what a terrorist cell’s supposed to look like but…” Carter’s phone rang “your favourite detective is calling me Diane…” She answered the phone ”Carter…..on my way” Looks like my sidekick’s found something. Let me know if anything else exciting turns up.”

Next time DS Carter, helped by her colleagues DC Reid and Dr Looker, begin the investigation to catch a ruthless assassin. She cannot yet imagine the world she will have to enter in order to ensnare the guilty party…..

“Will do” Dr Looker replied, and Carter exited the room whilst continuing her scan of the crime scene, which involved mainly more dishevelled bookshelves and her almost treading on a half burned finger “your guys missed one Diane” Carter commented, knowing that would wind her friend up, as she continued into the hallway she heard Dr Looker shouting at the CSI’s to:“…actually retrieve and bag the evidence not step on it…”

Back outside detective Carter found her partner stood outside the Orange Café, which thankfully was actually orange making it much easier to find. As she approached DC Reid she said: “Let me guess, we have an old acquaintance back in town?”

Reid gestured to Samantha through the café window “yeah, how’d you guess?”

“Our victim was a university professor, care to hypothesise who that might be?” replied Carter.

“Oh for the love of… but that was ten years ago! Hasn’t she been to see a therapist or something since we dragged her ass off that

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New Fountains We asked what you thought of the new fountains in the park.

Here is what some of our readers said: A welcome addition to a beautiful park - another jewel in the crown of Chelmsford. Pam On Sunday the 26th April I along with many others took part in a sponsored bike that started and finished at Central Park, it was the first time that I had been through the park in a very long time.

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Ami’s Diary

I have had another busy month. I filmed a pitch video called ‘Queensway’ in Leytonstone. I was cast as Megan who gets attacked and kidnapped by a bully called Natalie. There was a scene which we filmed at Leytonstone tube station where I had to walk across a bridge in the dark and Natalie grabs me but I get away and then she runs after me and catches me again. Gary,

the director was really pleased at how it looked on film. I have seen a preview of the video and I am very proud of my acting but it hasn’t been fully edited yet so I am looking forward to seeing the final cut.

I was the Inspirational Speaker at the Young Enterprise Awards event at Anglia Ruskin University. I had prepared my 10 minute presentation and practiced lots but I was still nervous when I presented, as the Mayor of Chelmsford was there! I talked about my business, Ami’s Candles, so I hope I have got some new customers.

I received a certificate which I am very proud of.

I have received the script for my school production of A Mid-Summer Nights Dream which I am looking forward to, as I have lots of lines in old English to learn which is different to anything I have had to perform before.

I am also rehearsing for my Theatretrain show Honk! which I am performing in at the Brentwood Theatre at the end of June.

I am filming in Norwich for two days at the beginning of May half term. It is for a film and I am going to be dressed as Princess.

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MT Community We are Not Party Political, but we Must Be Politically Astute

By the time this edition of MT is out and about we will have been through the latest set of elections – those being, of course, for the European Parliament. Whatever the various views across our community actually are on European, UK, or local politics, Moulsham First is not a party political group and has no alignment with any political party. In terms of working with and across our local communities this surely must be the case – to regard residents of Old Moulsham as individual citizens who seek a safe and healthy environment to live, recreate, and enjoy a fulfilled life.

To these ends we seek to work with the City Council, Essex Police, and indeed the County Council – as well as local organisations and individuals.

The problem is, as we pursue these aims, we need to be politically astute – and therefore we are being political. If we define ‘political’ as ‘of or relating to public policy-making’ (most dictionaries include this), then when we raise questions about street-lighting, policing levels, planning, licensing, and so on, we are by definition being political. And being political is about living in democracy. This piece is being written on polling day, and let’s hope that there will be a high turn-out – for the sake of democracy. There, that’s probably a political statement too! But it’s not party political because we don’t suggest which party would be good, or bad, or indifferent for Old Moulsham. But we do want to strive and fight for Old Moulsham and we can only do that with a fully participating community – a democratic community. With the issue of street lights out after midnight – there was no proper consultation with Old Moulsham and therefore for Old Moulsham that decision was non-democratic, whatever any outcomes of a consultation may have been – but we shall never know now. (Another political statement!)

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Computer Problems? Is it Wise to Call the Help Desk?

If you need help on your computer, think before you contact the ‘help desk’. It will help if you know some of the basics to avoid my recent experience.

When I get home from my Moulsham Times deliveries, I like to get on the computer. I am no expert, and I found myself sadly lacking on a recent call to the help desk.

I had switched on the computer as usual, but nothing really happened. I pressed a few buttons. Lesson one, don’t press the function keys unless you know what you are doing. Suddenly there were screeching noises coming from the speakers and the screen went crackers. After about half an hour of creating havoc, I thought, I know, I need professional assistance, so I phoned the ‘help’ desk.

“Hello,” said the far distant voice, “my name is David, how can I help you today?” I explained that the computer screen was not showing anything.

“Right,” he said, “just a few simple questions”.

“Is it a laptop or an apple?” Was this a trick question to see how alert I was? Surely the questions are going to get harder. This must be just a question to help me relax like they do on the quiz shows. “It’s definitely a computer, not a piece of fruit,” I replied, feeling smug that he had not caught me out.

I hear a sigh on the phone.

“When you started up, was it a cold boot or a warm boot?” “Well, I’ve got slippers on actually, and they are very warm. Lovely.

Thanks for asking”.

“OK, not to worry” he says. “We’ll press on.

What platform do you use?” I didn’t see the relevance of the question, but I was talking to the expert. “Well, it depends where I’m going. Mostly, when going to London, I use platform one, and coming back, platform two.” I was feeling pleased with myself and growing in confidence.

“No”, he says, “the platform for the computer. Is it Windows or something else?”

“Oh, it says Windows when I press the start thingy”.

“OK, now, how many bits is it?” “Just a second” I reply. “One, two, three… OK, got it, if I include the mains leads and the printer, I have five bits.” Another sigh. I must be impressing him.

“No”, he says “it will either be 32 or 64. The bits are in the computer.” Well I don’t know how to open up the computer let alone count all the bits. I don’t want to annoy him further, so I take a guess. It’s quite a big computer, so I tell him, “it’s 64.”

He seemed happy with this. “OK, now, do you use the touch pad or a mouse?” At last one I can answer. “Mouse,” I say firmly.

“Is it remote?” he asks. “No it’s right here next to my laptop.”.Sigh. “Has it got a wire attached?” “No”, I say. “Good”, he says, “now right click on the mouse.” Well, you know how difficult it is to use a ball point pen on a shiny surface, and the mouse has round bits on it too. I have enough trouble signing new bank cards. Anyway, I have a go and finally write ‘click’ on the mouse, hoping it will come off later with some cleaner. “Have you got a menu now?” he asks. Well, it is a funny time to start ordering a takeaway and besides, I’m

not really very hungry. “No” I say. “Did you press the right hand button on the mouse?”

Oh dear, I thought, must have misunderstood that one. “Sorry, no, I’ll do it now.” Great, a list comes up on the screen.

“Got it,” I say triumphantly.

“OK, now look down the list. There is one labelled reformat hard drive.” Now, I know he’s fed up with me so I take the initiative.

Anticipating what he is going to say next, I select it and click the mouse button, just as I hear him say, “whatever you do, DON’T choose that one.” Too late. “Instead, click the one that says return to default settings.”

At this point the computer shuts down and nothing I do will start it again.

Now, do I tell him or not. He has had enough of this call, so I decide to save face and say “That’s it thanks. Everything is OK now”.

“Glad to hear it,” he says. “Don’t forget, if you have any more problems, you can ring back on the same number. Don’t forget to ask for Michael”.

“Goodbye!”

The next day I took the computer back to the shop and complained that there was a fault. He looked at it and said “have you been messing with the hard drive?” “No”, I said, and in desperation add “but one of my grandchildren was on it the other day,” I lied, “and I did press a few buttons to try to fix it.”

“Well you should have left it to the experts, or at least phoned the help desk.”

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