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Welcome to the April edition of Moulsham Times.

We are pleased to be back in print after three online-only versions!

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This is our 100th edition; the Moulsham Times started way back in 2013 with just 16 pages and 7,000 copies. Nick and I took over from issue 5 and increased the pagination. Then, a short while later and due to popular demand, we increased the delivery area to include Tile Kiln.

Nick retired from the Moulsham Times the year before last but still continues to produce the City Times with me.

This last year has definately been the toughest, as it has for many other businesses. We have now had to produce six online-only issues, which is hard as not all readers get to see the online version. Anyway, hopefully we can continue with the printed version from now on!

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Chelmsford - by Vicky Ford MP

As I write, we are in the first stages of easing lockdown restrictions.

It has been so uplifting to see children return to school after such a tumultuous and disruptive period. On the first day of reopening, I visited Boswells School and Columbus College in Chelmsford.

At Boswells, it was great to talk to some of the students about their hopes for the months ahead and to volunteers doing the on-site testing; this is so important to help keep Covid out of the classrooms. Thank you to all the teachers, students, staff, families and volunteers for making the return to school possible. I know this lockdown has been so hard for so many people, but it has made a huge difference - we do though need to all keep following the guidance so that we can move on to the next stages of returning to normality.

I meet with the Vaccine Minister weekly, and as I write, over half of all adults have been protected with the first dose of the Covid vaccine - this is an enormous achievement. There is an increasing volume of evidence that suggests the vaccine is protecting the NHS and saving lives across the UK and that the 12-week dosing regime is working. The number of hospital admissions is falling faster than the number of new cases, whereas in the first peak it fell more slowly, and the fall in hospitalisations is faster among the age groups vaccinated first than amongst those in younger age groups who are yet to get a jab. Research published on 1st March shows that a single dose of either the Oxford or the Pfizer vaccine delivers protection against severe infection in the over-70s, with a more than 80% reduction in hospitalisations. It is great news that both vaccines work so effectively.

The plans to build a new railway station at Beaulieu and our North East Bypass have taken a very significant step forward this month.

You may already know that in 2019 we were offered a £218 million grant from the Housing Infrastructure Fund to support these projects - this was the largest grant anywhere in the country. Discussions of the detailed engineering plans have continued between contractors, Network Rail, the Department for Transport, Homes England and Essex County Council over this period.

The detailed contract for the grants for Beaulieu Station and the bypass has now been agreed between Homes England and Essex County Council. This is great news after over 40 years of promises.

The Beaulieu Station project also involves a passing loop which will mean faster trains can overtake services stopping at Beaulieu. This will mean more trains can run along the entire network and will make the service more reliable, as well as getting more freight off the road. This is a very complex engineering project that does involve moving the entire main line. There is still a huge amount to do and it will take time to complete it, but the scheme is firmly on track. The current plan is that the entire project will be completed by the end of 2025, but I continue to work on ways to bring this forward.

The Spring Budget provided an insight into the continued support the Government is providing to protect livelihoods and businesses.

I am so pleased that the furlough has been extended to the end of September and a 4th and 5th grant for the self-employed has been announced. I welcome the extension of the self-employed income support scheme to reach those who are newly self-employed due to the pandemic. The Government has also extended the Universal Credit uplift as well as increasing the National Minimum Wage to £8.91 and doubled the apprenticeship incentive for businesses. Many businesses in Chelmsford have suffered during this challenging time and a new restart grant in April will help

businesses. The amount of grant funding received will be based on when businesses are able to open within the roadmap. 100% business rates holidays will be extended to June with a reduced rate for the following 9 months, and the hospitality and tourism sector will benefit from a 5% VAT reduction until the end of September.

I know that many Chelmsford residents have ongoing concerns relating to fire safety and cladding, and I would like to assure readers and those who are affected by this deeply distressing situation that I continue to work extremely hard to resolve the problem for Chelmsford residents. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors recently published updated guidance for the EWS1 form which should make it more clear to whom the form applies. I am meeting directly with developers, managing agents and freeholders of properties affected in Chelmsford to find a solution for affected leaseholders, as well as raising constituent concerns with ministers.

Since the beginning of the pandemic, my small team and I have helped answer over 10,000 individual inquiries from Chelmsford residents on a huge range of subjects. I cannot promise that we will solve every problem, but we do always endeavour to find a solution and will always prioritise urgent cases. The easiest way for us to help you is if you email vicky.ford.mp@parliament.uk. If you have a complex problem, every two weeks I hold a virtual surgery. If you need an appointment, please call 01245 352 872.

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Hospice Charity on the Lookout for Locals To Get on Their Bike and Support Its Care Havens Hospices is encouraging the public to use pedal power to help raise vital funds for its care this early May Bank Holiday weekend, after its annual bike ride was cancelled due to the pandemic.

The charity’s Pedal event this year will be asking participants to set themselves their own distance target to cycle across the weekend of Friday 30th April - Monday 3rd May. Participants can cycle the miles however they wish to over that weekend, either embracing the outdoors, or staying home and using an exercise bike - or a mix of both.

Registration to take part is free, but the charity is asking participants to consider making a suggested £15 donation or to raise sponsorship to help fund the specialist hospice care. By donating a minimum of £15, cyclists will receive a ‘Pedal Medal’ to commemorate their achievement.

Because its Pedal event was unable to go ahead this year in its usual format, Havens Hospices would love as many communities around Essex as possible to get involved and see how many times collectively they can cycle ‘virtually’ around the length of the Essex border approximately 130 miles.

One participant that will be taking part in the charity’s Pedal event for the second time is Jennie Spittle from Hockley. Jennie, 48, is an avid supporter of Havens Hospices and since 2017 she has taken part in many fundraising events as well as volunteering for the charity.

Jennie has firsthand experience of the difference the charity makes to families across Essex. In 2015, the Fair Havens Hospice at Home team cared for her father at the end of his life after he was diagnosed with oesophageal cancer. His wish was to die at home and the charity supported the family to make this possible. She said: “We lost dad to cancer in May 2015, after he fought hard for a year. At the end of his life, Fair Havens Hospice at Home helped us fulfil dad’s wish to die at home - they made this possible with the dedicated care they provided and gave my mum much needed respite as she was caring for him around the clock.

“Havens Hospices are truly remarkable - I’ve seen how they care for people; they really do make every day count. By supporting Havens Hospices, it keeps dad’s memory alive for me.”

Jennie is a very keen cyclist and until her own cancer diagnosis last August, she would cycle approximately 100 miles plus per week. Now recovering from her treatment, Jennie has her eyes set on taking part in Pedal: “I love the speed of cycling on the road and it allows me to visit lots of places in the Essex countryside - places I wouldn’t normally get to see if it wasn’t for cycling.

“I urge everyone to get involved with cycling - whatever age or fitness!

Being outdoors and being active is excellent for both mental and physical health. Not only is Pedal a great event to take part in for those reasons, but you are also supporting local hospice care for your community - it’s a great feel-good boost all the way!”

A family from Basildon have also signed up to take on a cycling challenge. Mum Sarah Horne hopes to ride 50 miles over the weekend along with her two young children, Sophie and Adam, to raise vital funds for the charity. Sophie and Adam are no strangers to cycling and fundraising. Last summer the siblings cycled 100 miles and raised £200 for the charity. Sophie and Adam said: “We are fundraising for Havens Hospices because we think it is important to help those who are unwell and give them all the support they need.”

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“This has been an unprecedented year for the charity, but we have continued to provide our specialist palliative nursing and supportive care to everyone who needs us, whenever they need us - and that’s all thanks to the support and generosity of our supporters.

“The event is great for cyclists of all abilities, from novice riders to experienced teams from cycle clubs. Just set yourself a challenge, get active and use your pedal power to see how many miles we can collectively cycle virtually as a community around the Essex border. So sign up and get pedalling to help Havens Hospices continue ‘Making Every Day Count’.”

For more information and to sign up, visit www.havenshospices.org. uk/pedal.

The charity kindly asks participants to follow the latest Government guidelines on social distancing at the time of the event taking place.

Farleigh Hospice to Host Wooftastic Walk This May, take part in a sponsored walk with a difference to raise money to help those in mid Essex affected by life-limiting illness.

Farleigh Hospice’s Virtual Tails and Trails event will take place over the May bank holiday weekend (1st to 3rd May) and is an opportunity for people to meet outside with up to five friends to get some fresh air and exercise with their canine companions.

With both 5k and 10k options available, participants can choose to walk, run or jog this sponsored challenge. The aim is to raise a minimum of £25 in sponsorship per group to match the average number of 25 patients Farleigh’s Hospice at home care teams visit each week, providing care and support to both patients and their families.

Farleigh Hospice Fundraising Manager, Debbie de Boltz, said: “As we ease out of lockdown and up to six people can meet outside, we thought our Tails and Trails event would be a great way for people to celebrate being able to socialise outside again while raising money.

Unfortunately, our annual Walk for Life cannot take place this year due to COVID-19 restrictions, so we thought this virtual event would be a good alternative. Participants don’t have to have a dog to take part, this event is suitable for lone walkers, families and dog owners. It’s a relaxed, friendly way to get outside in the spring air and support Farleigh Hospice at the same time.

“Our amazing hospice at home care teams visit an average of 25 patients affected by life-limiting illnesses per week and we want to help them continue to do this, which is why we are suggesting a minimum sponsorship amount of £25 per group.”

Registration is open now and closes on the 29th April 2021. It costs just £15 per household to take part, which includes a celebratory medal for each participant, a stylish bandana for their dog, as well as additional goodies in the welcome pack kindly donated by Marriage’s and Fish4Dogs.

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MT Health: Three Stretches I Do Every Day - by Chris at Forté Physical Health I like to drip-feed movement and exercise into my day. Sometimes I workout, but sometimes I’ll just do a few press-ups while I’m getting something out of a low cupboard. I’m weird like that.

Lastly, I shuffle round into the pigeon pose which is my favourite stretch. I have stolen it from yoga and it gets deep into my hips, but I also find it unlocks my lower back.

We have evolved to walk long distances each day, rest in a squat position and carry awkward loads, but our modern conveniences mean that our bodies aren’t tested in this way anymore.

As I said above, these three stretches are just a guide. I would be very surprised if they are the same three stretches that work best for you too! My hope is that it has got you asking the questions, ‘what does my body need?’ and, ‘how can I make it so easy that I can do it every day?’.

Our body follows the principle of ‘use it or lose it’, so this is why I have chosen some movements to do every day - to preserve functions in my hips, spine and core that I want to keep for later life.

In order to do something every day, the barrier to entry has to be very low. It has to be so easy you can’t say ‘no’.

The way I do it is to choose three movements that I can do easily by sliding off the sofa when I’m watching Netflix. Once the kids are in bed and I’m tired after a long day, I still have just about enough energy to get on the floor and have a wriggle. I’ve been doing this for so long now that it’s actually weirder for me to stay sitting on the sofa than it is to get down on the floor, it just took a bit of time to build the habit.

The three stretches I have chosen aren’t necessarily the three stretches you should choose. I got to them through trial and error and I have found that they are very beneficial for me and they are easy to do each day. Hopefully they give you ideas, but you should really be asking what your body needs. Try different stretches and pay attention to how they feel - you’ll know when you’ve got a good one because your brain will say, ‘ooh, I like that!’.

My three stretches are the Deep Squat, the Pigeon Pose and the 90/90.

Firstly, for the squat, I slide off the sofa and lean back against it with my feet flat on the floor and my hips below my knees. After a while, my hips relax and I move away from the sofa so I am supporting my own weight in this deep squat position. I also use my hands to reach up which brings a nice rotational stretch into my back as you can see in the photo.

To give my legs a rest, I plonk myself down into a 90/90 where one shin is parallel to the opposite thigh. This puts one hip in external rotation and the other in internal rotation. From here, I lay my torso forward towards the front shin and this lights up the hips bringing in a glute stretch to the front hip and a hip flexor stretch to the back hip.

After a little while of wriggling, I then hold on to the front shin and reach up to open up my lower back before gently switching sides and repeating the process on the other side.

We all need a little body care each day, and with a little thought it can easily be drip-fed into your routine.

Until next time, have a healthy and happy month!

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MT Gardening Take care during the early month of April, the forecast is for it to be frosty first thing.

Any young plants going outside need to be properly hardened off, or more likely brought back in to protect them from any form of damage to young growth - this is even more crucial for those veg and fruit growers. If you have early potatoes showing leaf growth or stone fruit flowering, be vigilant and have horticultural fleece to hand for covering plants overnight.

Aside from frost protection, the garden is surging ahead with loads to keep us all busy and at the same time enjoy the fact that summer is just around the corner! Here are just a few pointers for the month ahead: Lawns The grass is growing again so it will need a weekly trim to keep it looking good. I have already been mowing this year. However, if it is your first cut, give your mower a clean before you get cutting. Remove any caked-on grass clippings from underneath - this will make the mower lighter to push and more effective at its job. For cutting, I have set the blades on their highest setting so you do not scalp the grass.

Keep them on this setting for the rest of the month to allow daisies and other lawn plants to flower and help pollinators. This will also keep the grass staying lush and green if we get any dry spells.

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Where gaps have occurred retain one or two young branches to tie in and plug the gaps. Once tied in, tip ends by 5-10cm to force out growth lower down the new stems.

For rambler roses such as Rosa ‘Albertine’, remove last year’s flowering wood to the ground or to where there are long whippy growths. The latter will give you your flowers this year and keep the plant young and healthy. Ramblers flower on previous season’s growth.

For early flowering plants, prune out old flowering stems and lightly shape remaining young shoots. If you have got Jasminum nudiflorum (winter jasmine) and it is growing up a fence or wall, prune out old flowers to new growth, reduce by half any breast wood (wood coming directly out from the support). Do not forget to cut the top of the plant to the top of the support system to control spread and force new growth for flowers at the end of this year.

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Nick Garner’s Music & Ramblings As I am writing this it is the first day of spring and we have been unlocked a little bit more and the sun is shining. I just hope that people abide by the rules and advice this time and that we are able to move forward rather than go back again to another lockdown. I have had vaccination number one and am looking forward to my second one. Most of all, I am looking forward to seeing my family as I have missed them so much and have not seen my daughter and her family’s new house yet except via online streams. I hope you have all been keeping safe and well and are looking forward to a better spring and summer ahead for us all.

As you can see, we are back in print and on the streets and in shops and homes once more with both this, the Moulsham Times, and the City Times. Remember that if you have something you think could be of interest to us, then do let us know and we will see what we can do.

I have in the main been indoors on my own during the past year along with a bit of a dodgy leg. So I have been unable to get out to do much exercise - something I need to rectify as I have put on weight, even though and I don’t drink and I eat pretty healthily (I have not eaten meat for 48 years although I do eat fish with lots of vegetables and fruit. I am not really a sweet eater either, though I love savoury and fruit to snack on.

With all that said, I am looking forward to getting away in my caravan to visit some National Trust sites (being a member) and to hopefully going to a few festivals around the country as well, plus just spending time with family and friends.

Music We continue to put on our weekly Sunday live stream shows from 5pm to 6pm and we are now back at Chelmsford City Football Club with live music - and we here at Black Frog Presents are ready and raring to go.

The first show is on Friday 25th June with Slim Chance, who were Ronnie Lane (of The Faces and Small Faces) band. He formed Slim Chance after he left The Faces and four of the six current members also played in Ronnie’s band.

They play Ronnie’s music like How Come and The Poacher, plus new music written in the same vein as Ronnie would have written. Opening on the night we have Essex legends The Ugly Guys, who are Paul Shuttleworth and Vic Collins of The Kursaal Flyers, along with Bob Clouter on drums (from Mickey Jupp), Steve Oliver on guitar (formally of Jerry the Ferret and others) and Nevil Kiddier (formally of The Pinkies). If you have not seen either act, then do not miss them as they are both amazing.

While we still have more acts to confirm, most of the year is now booked. We are now most Friday nights, with the exception of Albert Lee who is on Wednesday 22nd September.

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will be missing out part of July and August as it will hopefully be the festival and holiday season once again for all. We will hopefully also do the odd Sunday festival too.

On Friday 10th September we have The Animals with founding member John Steel on drums and Mick Gallagher (who has been on keyboards since 1965 since taking over from Alan Price), along with Danny Handley on guitar and vocals, and Bobby Ruiz on bass. The SharpeeZ are opening the night and Bill Mead has a band made up of legendary musicians behind him, they never let you down with their driving R&B and rock sound.

Friday 17th September sees a first with Urban Voodoo Machine, along with Steve Hooker, opening the night. Then on Wednesday 22nd is Albert Lee, followed by Geno Washington and the YoYo Blues, still on top form, on Friday 24th September with Bex Marshall opening. On to Friday 1st October and we have our own Connor Selby with a new album and his buddy Joe Anderton at his side - and with Danny Boy Piper opening, this is a show not to be missed. On Friday 8th October it’s The Hot Rods paying tribute to the late Barrie Masters, who was their front man. The band continue with Dipster taking over on vocals - and who knows who may turn up and join them as this is a local show. Dept S (of Is Vic There? fame) will be opening the night. This is going to be a big party and we have been looking forward to this for a long time.

On Friday 22nd October we have The Mentulls plus the 251s. Then on Friday 29th GMF (Gibson, Martin, Fender) who are Romek Parol and BJ Anders (ex-Pirates) who played with Mick Green plus Jeff Chapman’s Roosters.

Into November and on Friday 5th we have Jack J Hutchinson to rock us all out. Friday 12th is Dave Cousins, Chas Cronk and Dave Lambert - The Strawbs - with Jolene Missing and Hippy Joe (Hayseed Dixie) opening. Friday 19th November we have Eric Bell, the man who started Thin Lizzy and is on Whiskey in the Jar and Stony Road. Friday 26th November sees Who’s Next playing. The premier tribute band to The Who will be playing a tribute show to Char Tinsley who we sadly lost a year ago and who introduced us to the band. We are hoping her brother Wayne will be opening the night.

A band we have been waiting for a long time to return to play is Kokomo, the seventies British soul and funk kings. We’re pleased to say they will be playing on Friday 3rd December. Still with many of the original ten members, and what a pedigree. I will tell you more in future editions. 5.com also return to open as they were so good last time, we got them back.

You cannot currently get tickets from the football club at present, but you can buy online or via our ticket hotline on 07508 496 411.

Please see my links below to be kept up to speed of where we are at for the entertainment.

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Stay safe and well please and let’s get back to a new normal where we can have fun again.

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Support for Local Businesses and Independent Retailers - By Cllr Marie Goldman

This month, I am absolutely delighted to be able to tell you about some brand new schemes that Chelmsford City Council has introduced to support Chelmsford businesses and our independent retailers; these are new initiatives that have only come about because of the new relationships and partnerships that Chelmsford City Council has been developing over the last few months. I very much hope they will be a big help to Chelmsford businesses, not just for now in these difficult times, but for years to come.

Click It Local Comes To Chelmsford First up is a new partnership with Click It Local to support local, independent businesses. Think of it as a local rival to Amazon.

By creating a virtual high street of independent local shops, shoppers can support their local area and still have their shopping delivered directly to them.

The official launch of Click It Local in Chelmsford will be 1st April (no it’s not a joke!). If you’re a local business, you can sign up here: www.clickitlocal.co.uk/store-sign-up/. Please share with any local businesses that you know!

Once it’s up and running, make sure you check it out - more businesses will be added all the time as more and more sign up, so keep having a look to see what you can buy from them to support our local, independent retailers. So many local independent retailers have been struggling recently - it’s wonderful to be able to do something positive to help.

Free Federation of Small Businesses Memberships The second brand new initiative is a partnership between Chelmsford

City Council and the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB). The City Council is providing free memberships to the FSB for the first 160 Chelmsford businesses that apply. Micro and small businesses with up to 9 employees will be able to benefit from the scheme which is operating on a first come, first served basis.

As a small business owner myself, I know first-hand how valuable the support, knowledge and expertise provided by FSB membership can be, which is why I’m thrilled to have been part of the team bringing this forward.

Find out how to apply here: citylife.chelmsford.gov.uk/2021/03/18/ free-federation-memberships-for-chelmsford-businesses. But hurry!

At the time of writing, over half of the free memberships had already been grabbed by Chelmsford businesses. Don’t miss the opportunity!

If you know anyone that runs a Chelmsford-based small business, please tell them about the scheme.

Finally, for this month, I wanted to wish all of our Chelmsford-based businesses the very best of luck as they (hopefully) reopen over the course of the next few weeks. It is an understatement to say that the past year has been extremely challenging, but I am hopeful that the worst is behind us. The weather is getting better, restrictions are being lifted, and like so many of you, I can’t wait to get back out and about properly.

If you see me while you’re once again enjoying the outside world, please do say hello. In the meantime, keep safe, keep well, and keep smiling.

Cllr Marie Goldman Deputy Leader, Chelmsford City Council Ward Member for Moulsham & Central

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Springboard Out of Lockdown (the Musings of a Health and Nutrition Coach) - by Ola Adamolekun On the 22nd February 2021, the Government announced it’s roadmap out of lockdown. Schools went back on 8th March and the rule of 6 (up 6 people meeting outdoors) comes into effect on 29th March just in time for Easter. Then, most non-essential shops - hairdressers, gyms etc - will open on 12th April. More to come in May and June 2021.

So, what does this mean for us? My initial response was anxiety and I’m not generally an anxious person. So why was I anxious? Well, I’ve been like a bear over the last 4 months - hibernating during winter. I tend to work at home most of the time, so lockdown doesn’t affect my work situation so much. But how about interacting with people in general - I haven’t seen my family since September 2020 and have hardly seen any of my friends either.

During lockdown, a few people close to me were really sick with Covid and I think that made me more cautious about socialising. I wonder what the long-term effects of lockdown on our health and the way we see the world will be.

I was at a Zoom webinar about well-being in the corporate world the other night and we discussed a survey by a company in London and 25% of the workforce were not ready to go back to work. They were worried about getting on the tube, sharing office space, people, and some were afraid of hot-desking.

What about the effects of late diagnosis of chronic diseases and illnesses due to people not being able (or willing) to access hospitals too? We’re only just beginning to understand the concept and symptoms of Long Covid. And what about how we’ve grieved during lockdown? I’ve been to a few Zoom funerals and it’s been really strange, however, I’ve seen people get really creative on how they say goodbye to their loved ones. Is this just a ticking mental health time bomb waiting to go off?

Here are some other long-term effects I’ve been thinking of: Are we afraid of interacting with other people? Have we lost some of our social skills?

How about more practical skills like driving? I’ve been mainly walking during lockdown (there’s nowhere to drive to) so I feel anxious when I have to drive my car even to the shops. I can’t even imagine what it’ll be like driving on a motorway! I even forgot how to operate a petrol pump when I refuelled my car in February because I hadn’t done it since September 2020.

My grandson was born in January last year and he’s been in lockdown most of his life - what effect (if any) will that have on him and his peers?

We tend to criticise the Government, but I’d hate to be in their shoes.

They have to balance our physical and economic health and it’s so difficult. However, as a health coach, I wonder what the long-term effects on the different areas of our lifestyle (movement, food, stress and sleep) will be - watch this space! www.beencouragedwellness.co.uk www.facebook.com/BeEncouragedBeStrong

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Pilates for the Love of… Running To Improve Strength Needed for Learning To Run, or Help if You’re Already a Runner! - By Erica Foulds I hope you all had a wonderful March. the sights and sounds of spring in full flow, not just mowing the lawn for the first time this year, but how the dawn chorus seems to have increased its cheerful volume five-fold!

Welcome to the April edition. I hope you have enjoyed the articles so far on how you can use pilates traditional and influenced exercises to help in some of the most common and popular sports and pastimes, including strength for walkers, golfers and even gardening (next month). With my wealth of experience in the fitness industry and numerous conversations with people who have discovered pilates through lockdown along with long term advocates, it affirms further that pilates really is a hidden gem! Whether you have found pilates through online classes in the last year, or been referred to it for injury and back pain, when it comes down to simply making our bodies move better, deal with daily stress and strains, even the simplest 5 minute routine using pilates moves can make a difference to your 24-hour day. Always do check first with your GP if you have physiological disabilities that could be adversely affected by doing unattended exercise.

This last year we have found a new appreciation for the simplicity of the outdoors, providing source of balance for minds and bodies, but many have taken to pushing their comfort zone and discovered running. I love the outdoors and will happily tread hours around the countryside, but I admit my career has seen ‘structured exercise’ more indoors - and I’m a fair weather jogger! Having a husband whose primary structured fitness has always been outdoors on the bike or pounding countryside tracks, I know how the experience of running can give serious multisensory stimulation and happiness!

Although it is a wonderful stress release and has cardiovascular gains like no other, not all skeletons are happy potentially bearing up to 250% of body weight on one leg at one time several times over - notably the ankle, knee and vertebrae taking varying impact.

Whether you are experienced or have discovered running/jogging in the last year, it’s a great idea to make sure you’re properly prepared to minimise the chance of injury and maximise your chance of getting better at running. After all, its always nice to see improvement! As running is a seriously whole body exercise you may not have time to target every muscle, but the key parts to maintain are the knees, pelvis (including hips) and back. A great way to ensure you are helping your knee tracking is to include glute

strength and to help back impact. Core strength is advised.

As with all my programmes these suggestions are not extensive, but using these simple, non equipment-based moves, you may be able improve and enhance your running journey.

Back, Leg Pull: Sit on floor legs straight out in front, place hands down behind your hips fingers pointing out 90 degrees, curl the buttocks off the floor, keeping arms straight, until your body is lifted to a straight line, then lower to floor. Repeat 10 times. A simpler version is, ‘glute bridge’, as outlined in the March Golf article.

Side Kick: Lay on your right side, right arm out under head (cushion under head if arm doesn’t feel comfortable), both legs straight and stacked on top of each other, lift the top leg horizontal to the body and kick the leg forward and back slowly. Your left hand will need to be on the floor as this can be a wobbly one! Kick 15 times then repeat other side.

Front, Leg Pull: On all fours, hands and knees body width, step your legs back till the body is held in a straight line, lift one leg up 6 inches then lower, repeat alternating legs, keeping the rest of the body still! Repeat 10 lifts in total.

Seated Saw: This is a good one for after a run. Sit on floor with legs straight, have legs at a wide but comfortable angle, holding arms out to the sides shoulder height, rotate the torso right, taking left hand outside of right foot, return and rotate left taking right hand outside of left foot. Repeat 10 times.

Next month I am planning, Pilates for the Love of… Gardening!

If you would like to request a sport for my series then get in touch on Facebook or Instagram at @hummingbirdpilatesyoga. Or for more details on my 12-person pilates classes on Zoom, search ‘Hummingbird Pilates & Yoga Writtle’, visit www.hummingbirdpilates. co.uk, or email us at info@hummingbirdpilatesyoga.co.uk. All classes are on Zoom until May 17th and we can do 1-2-1 sports specific pilates in studio from April 12th - call 01245 422 556 for more info.

Erica xx

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Hello everyone. Things are looking up, and fingers crossed we get good news over the next couple of weeks.

We have booked a short break away at the end of April and we are hoping we can go. We want to go to East Runton on the north Norfolk coast - we have been to the area several times, but not to this site. I’ve just bought a new overcoat in anticipation of the pub gardens opening next month too. It will be great to get out and have a drink, despite the continuing restrictions. Probably won’t need ice in the G and T though!

The lockdown has had an affect on lots of people, most of us I guess.

I was thinking the other day that being a bus driver used to bring you in contact with loads of people each day, now they only see a handful.

It must be one of the loneliest jobs around.

I have just received the census request through the post, but they ask that we do the thing online - recipe for disaster for me. With my success on using the Internet for online shopping (and most times, ordering at least two of the items I want one of) I can see it now: I’ll end up with 45 people in the house on Sunday, with most of the answers being ridiculously wrong. I have set aside 3 hours to complete the task and will be amazed if it is all correct. Hopefully, they will have some sort of validation of the data...

Turns out it was OK, took more than 10 minutes though. I was sorely tempted to be a bit flippant with some of the answers though, especially regarding things like gender. I thought I was clear what gender I was, but I had to be careful that I did not click the wrong box in error.

Good to know that, after I put my date of birth in, the system was able to remind me of how old I am. My memory’s not that bad - yet!

I’m still watching box sets, including some that are foreign and therefore dubbed, is that still the term in this age of technology? I do struggle with these sometimes and get distracted, looking at the actors lips that don’t quite match the audio. Can be annoying, but I still watch them.

In a lot of these series the directors seem obsessed with including things like people shaving, cleaning teeth and other ‘bathroom events’. Is it an attempt to make us think these are real people, or just a bit of cheap time filling? I still watch them though, trying to make it interesting, by comparing their teeth cleaning technique with mine. How sad is that?

supportive. I did really try to avoid the whole issue. When we have all the problems in the world going on, it seems trivial to be worrying about two people who say they don’t want to be in the public eye taking part in a programme that is watched by millions of people. I suppose it was a distraction from Covid and I don’t think it contained any graphs at all!

I have been reading loads of books on my Kindle. I didn’t get on with it at first, but now would not be without it. I’ve joined Kindle Unlimited. This means that I can download selected books free, although it does involve a subscription of £7.99, so I always make sure I download books worth more than that overall. I have managed it each month so far. I am not into classics but more into adventure.

I have noticed, however, that lots of the ones I am reading have a similar theme whoever the author is. The hero is a big guy, mostly ex Special Services. He is very intelligent and clever and a fantastic shot with a gun. He always manages to have a load people to call on when he gets the summons from whoever is going to pay the money. They get on with their work and come out virtually unhurt, having beaten the world’s most fearsome criminals.

Just an aside, someone on the radio said the other day that they were a mobile hairdresser. For a brief moment, a picture of a hairy phone came into my mind!

I listen to Pop Master most days, but without much success. I scraped the bottom of the barrel the other day. What is ‘the surname of The Beach Boys’...’ Ken said. In my eagerness to answer before the contestant, I shouted ‘Beach’. Needless to say I was wrong. I am amazed at the breadth of knowledge some people have. Being a great fan of the sixties I am especially disappointed when I get a Beatles questions wrong. I thought that I had an encyclopedic knowledge of those days. It seems not to be true.

So, this edition of the magazine can be delivered to your homes once again. I, like other writers, have still been completing my article each month, but unfortunately not everyone has access to be able to read online. If you do, all the issues are still there if you want to catch up.

On the subject of ‘getting back to normal’ I am looking forward to popping out for the occasional pub lunch or perhaps a cup of coffee and a guilty scone or bit of cake. Thank goodness for the vaccine. We have our second one booked for the end of April and we are looking forward to feeling much safer.

As recent copies of the magazine have only been available online, you may have missed it, so I would like to re-publish a part of the January issue of the magazine. I would like to a say a big ‘THANK YOU’ to the staff at Broomfield Hospital, especially those in the Acute Medical Unit. Before Christmas I suffered some chest pain, and it went on a bit so my wife called an ambulance, which arrived within 10 minutes. The paramedics set to work and decided I should go to hospital. It was about 12.15am. Once there, I was hooked up to the electronics and went through a series of tests. Anyway, in the end it turned out to be a chest virus, so I was allowed home next day. All the staff were absolutely wonderful. As usual though, a combination of masks and my poor hearing led to an embarrassment. A nurse was going through loads of questions, with me saying many times, sorry I can’t hear you. She asked my weight, then something else, which I didn’t make out, so she held her arm above her head and I was pleased to do the same. It turned out she was asking my height!

Thank you again, for your care - and for your patience with the patient.

In the meantime, don’t forget to continue to follow the guidance. It would be a shame if we let our progress slip now.

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When it came to bringing LSD to public attention, there could have been little that outweighed The Beatles experiments with psychedelics. At first this was involuntary and due to their dentist: They had used amphetamines to keep awake in their early days worked in the clubs of Hamburg and smoked cannabis with Bob Dylan in the States, but when John and Cynthia Lennon, George Harrison and Patti Boyd were invited to dinner at their dentist John Riley and partner Cindy Bury’s house in 1965, Riley spiked their drinks with LSD. This was a rather dangerous prank that became popular at the time - dangerous because the hallucinations conjured up by the mind’s subconscious background could be equally as frightening as ecstatic. When the effects kicked in and their host revealed his ‘surprise’ Lennon exploded at the irresponsibility of the man, but George found the experience to his liking. Nevertheless, they left for a club where they sought suitable company and eventually got back to George’s house as the effects began to become weaker.

A few months later, more planned exploration took place in California in a house being rented from fifties actress Zsa Zsa Gabor in the company of actor Henry Fonda’s son Peter - who later made a film called The Trip and some time later Easy Rider - as well as Roger McGinn and David Crosby from electric psychedelic folk group The Byrds, Joan Baez, and Ringo Starr - who like George Harrison, enjoyed the experience. Apparently so did Lennon when he was better prepared.

Lyrics on The Beatles’ Revolver reflect their experiences: Doctor Robert about a ‘doctor feelgood’ character who would prescribe drugs illicitly, Tomorrow Never Knows quotes Leary’s other famous catch phrase ‘turn off your mind, relax and float downstream’ and quotes from Peter Fonda about feeling like he was dying. Quite how much LSD use the group had we’ll never know, but Paul McCartney admitted to having taken several trips (although he was the last to give in to peer pressure to do so) with Guinness heiress, Tara Brown, at a party at her house late in ‘66. She died in a car crash not long after and is thought to have influenced the lyric to A Day in the Life on their Sgt. Pepper’s... album, although disguised by a sex change in the song. The psychedelic effects can be seen in not only Revolver but Magical Mystery Tour, the single Strawberry Fields Forever, and of some of Sgt. Pepper’s... although by then the drug-free mysticism of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi was beginning to replace the synthetic kind. The live worldwide debut of the earlier single All You Need Is Love/Baby You’re a Rich Man were also songs in the prime era of the psychedelic explosion.

The Rolling Stones encounters seem to have been brief with only Their Satanic Majesties Request showing any influence before returning to their blues roots. Although one of their entourage was known to have dealt out the substances while touring. Of course after the criminalisation of LSD spreading from the World Health Organisation it caused all trafficking to go underground, but one early English character with missionary zeal to ‘turn on the world’ deserves a mention: Michael Hollingshead, born Michael John Shinkfield in Darlington in 1931, was involved in the travel business in the fifties and found himself sharing a flat in New York’s Greenwich Village with a man who dealt in psychedelics. Aldous Huxley had told him about LSD and while it was not yet illegal he posed as a doctor and ordered a gram of the substance from Sandoz Pharmaceuticals in Switzerland in 1960, which turned out to be enough for 5,000 doses.

It was Hollingshead who introduced Tim Leary to LSD. Leary was wary at first, but Hollingshead eventually lived at Leary’s Millbrook Centre.

When he returned to England his plan to ‘turn on the world’ did a lot to achieve his aims here, before other chemists began to operate behind the scenes.

Writer and singer Mick Farren of The Social Deviants (later just the Deviants) said of the International Times launch in October 1966, ‘It was more than a rock show, it was the germ of a new way of life’. The

grander scale and poly-cultural nature of the 14 Hour Technicolour Dream must then have been its blossom. Of the 45 or so acts listed on its poster, participants fell into the genuine new psychedelic groups, an old guard in transition, and those just catching on to what they saw as a fashion. Some have sunk without trace, so we’ll never know.

The first grouping would all play at the UFO Club that opened in Tottenham Court Road on 23rd of December 1966 and managed to survive until the 29th September 1967 before being pressurised into shutting down. We can view these as the original grass roots musicians of the era: The Original Pink Floyd (with Syd Barratt), The Soft Machine (then with Daevid Allen and Kevin Ayres), The Social Deviants, Sun Trolley (who morphed into the Third Ear Band), The Purple Gang, The Flies, and Ginger Johnson. I’ve a feeling I saw Arthur Brown too, who was added (probably like others) after the original poster was circulated.

Established artists giving their support to the movement and in some form of transition towards recognising it were: The Pretty Things (established LSD users), legendary blueser Alexis Korner, Alex Harvey (previously fronting his Soul Band), Creation, Denny Laine (who had left The Moody Blues to create his Electric String Band), Champion Jack Dupree (an American black blues singer who became a UK resident), Gary Farr, Graham Bond, Pete Townsend (pre-psychedelic Tommy), Ron Geesin (eccentric experimental musician) and John Fahay (electric acoustic guitar virtuoso).

Visual artists: Yoko Ono, for conceptual art happenings, cutting the clothes off a human model with help from the audience and Barry Fantoni, pop art painter.

Poets and writers: Christopher Logue, Mike Horovitz, Alex Trocchi, and The Poetry Band.

Charlie Brown’s Clowns added to the circus atmosphere, and the Jacob’s Ladder Construction Co, who I presume were credited for erecting scaffolding and side shows.

The Move were the best example of the fashion bandwagon-jumping act, who’s ‘turn on’ remained beer. But lead guitarist, Roy Wood, who wrote I Can Her the Grass Grow, was the exception.

Those lost to history were: One One Seven, Poison Bellows, Stalkers, The Utterly Incredible Too Long Ago to Remember, Sometimes Shouting at People, Marc Sullivan, Martin Doughty, John Pape, Maureen Pape, Mike Stocks, Noel Murphy, Mike Henshall, Binder Edwards and Vaughan, 26 Kingly Street, and Robert Rawnell.

The News of the World, with their usual gift of insight, reported the event as ‘being like the last rites of a dying tribe’, whereas ‘the initiation rites of an emerging tribe’ would have been closer. The hall was large and packed and smelled of incense to cover the smell of marijuana. Everywhere were stages with acts changing over, stalls selling magazines (Oz had also begun in January of that year) and other literature for noble causes, as well as colourful and exotic clothes. Much was dwarfed by fairground and other constructions.

The Flies bombarded their audience with flour bombs and many faces were painted with intricate psychedelic interlocking spirals or similar designs. Many brave enough to be trying out LSD danced or skipped around the perimeter.

The sun was coming up as folk started to descend from the elevated site of Alexander Palace, reflecting on the revolutionary experience they had just witnessed...

UFO kept the wheel spinning for most of the year before other clubs, like the Electric Garden/Middle Earth in Covent Garden, came into

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being from 1967 to late 1968, or other established venues started to modify their outlook. All Saints Hall in Notting Hill became another useful experimental music venue for the growing local community.

As that community became more widespread places like the London Free School, and other trendy sixties boutiques like Granny Takes a Trip, became prominent. Not only for the most obviously psychedelic clothes in the latter case, but as the duo behind it - Mike English and Nigel Waymouth - created the best posters Jimi Hendrix at the Tulip Bulb Festival in Spalding, of the era, as the same year as the first rock festival in Monteray, well as the first coloured (red) California - but earlier! (Photo: Steve Trusler) record.

police drug raids. It relocated to the Roundhouse as Middle Earth after 1968.

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The Electric Garden filled the void left by UFO, and played host to US acts like Jefferson Airplane, Captain Beefheart, and The Byrds twice, as well as the best of British acts, until forced to shut due to multiple

End Of Term at Widford Lodge Another term has now finished at Widford Lodge School and the teachers and children were delighted to be back in their classrooms and teaching face-to-face for the first time in 2021. During the lockdown, the Pre-School remained open and onsite supervision was provided for children of critical workers from 8am to 4.30pm every day.

The children celebrated World Book Day 2021 at home with activities run over teams, such as children writing book reviews and redesigning the front covers of their favourite books. The whole school were then tasked with turning a potato into their favourite book character. The results were fantastic and are being displayed in the School Hall, providing a talking point over lunch!

The school animals are thriving. Bonnie, the lovely Widford Lodge school dog, was very lucky to have her hair cut before returning to school and is excited to be back on-site supporting the children with settling into school. In exciting news, the four school chickens have begun laying eggs. The chickens have grown so much since we hatched them in November last year. They are all laying one egg a day and these are used in the kitchen as ingredients in our school lunches.

The staff have been so impressed with the hard work and positive attitudes of the pupils and their parents during the remote learning period.

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Which Berkshire village is associated with the Royal Military Academy?

If you remember the TV series Bread, who played Mrs Boswell?

What sort of creature is a John Dory?

It was Elaine Page’s birthday on March 5th, how old was she?

Name one of Madonna’s two number 1 hits in 2000.

What was George Formby’s birth name?

Which country uses the lev as it’s currency?

Swear It Again in 1999 was the first of 14 number 1 hit singles for which band?

Caviar is traditionally made from the roe of which fish?

Where are farthingales used?

On which date was the first International Woman’s Day held?

The artist George Stubbs was famous for painting which animal?

Which vegetable can have a variety called Globe?

In which 2 counties is the area called Exmoor?

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Who gets a stipend for doing his job?

Barbara Woodhouse was famous for training which animals on TV? What type of meal is carpaccio?

What is plagiarism?

What colour is jaundiced skin?

Which star sign follows Taurus?

What connects ‘Bed’, ‘Trouble’ and ‘Amends’?

In which US state is the city of Nashville?

What is the name of Michelin Man? An agouti is a variety of which common animal?

What does the word ululate mean?

John Humphries has just stepped down from which BBC TV quiz show?

What nationality was Robert Murdoch?

Who was the person who discovered penicillin?

Which rock band is Graham Coxon in?

Who was the composer of Rule Britannia?

Who was the British scientist who launched the WWW? Is there a word that contains all 5 vowels?

What is a New Zealand aborigine called?

In which sport are putters used?

Which animal can be a ‘ship of the desert’?

Which is the Tree of Lebanon?

In which country is the city of Mumbai?

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Tales From Another Chelmsford - by Steve Chelmsford Chelmsford, Massachusetts is my home town and I have lived here my entire life. A town of 33,000 people located 25 miles northwest of the city of Boston, it was settled in 1655 by the people of Chelmsford in Essex who left England seeking a better life in the New World.

In 1775, The Minutemen of Chelmsford marched to Lexington & Concord to take part in the first battles of The American Revolution leading to the birth of a new nation, The United States of America.

Chelmsford, USA has much to offer, as a town with both a residential

house, I walked to school from First Grade to Seventh Grade. When I was 15, I learned to play the guitar along with my younger brother and would play for hours in our basement writing and singing songs.

Two guitars, two amps, and two mics had never been so much fun.

I also had a paying job as kid. For eight years, I was a paperboy delivering The Lowell Sun, so I always had a few bucks on me! I consider the highlight of my high school career being named cocaptain of the Chelmsford High School baseball team in my senior year. Another would be being accepted as an Electrical Engineering student at the University of Massachusetts-Lowell, which was only five miles from my home.

and rural feel. We have 2 small lakes, 2 rivers, walking trails, a bike path, a dog park, horse farms, shopping centers, many restaurants, and a small duckpin bowling alley! Chelmsford is home to many businesses ranging from high-tech companies, to auto repair shops, to law firms, and medical offices. Additionally, Chelmsford has four hotels to choose from when planning your visit. The town is conveniently located at the intersection of two main highways, Interstate 495 and Route 3, making for easy access to Boston (40 minutes), nearby beaches (50 minutes) and the five other New England states. New York City is only a 4½ hour drive away.

Chelmsford has an outstanding reputation for its school system as well, ranked in the top 18% of the state’s 351 cities and towns. In 2020, Money Magazine declared Chelmsford to be one of the 50 best places to live in America, citing affordable housing, charm and beauty, as well as its historical center, punctuated by the Unitarian Church’s tall spire and farmers’ market on the town common.

Growing Up in Chelmsford My most vivid memories as a young boy growing up in Chelmsford were riding my bike throughout my neighborhood and playing baseball with my brothers and friends. We were always doing one or the other. In the winter time, we would play hockey on our backyard skating rink that my father built for us - a tradition I continued when I had kids of my own. We also often hung out at the local 60-lane ten-pin bowling alley about a mile from my house. Unfortunately, the bowling alley was torn down in the eighties and a hotel was built in its place.

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Chelmsford Community Radio In 2011, through an unlikely series of events, I became involved with community radio, which led to my association with Chelmsford Community Radio (CCR) here in Chelmsford, England. It all began in 2008 while I was on a business trip working at a remote test range in the Nevada Desert. It was there I met Dusty Fenders, a free spirit who ran a small café in the tiny town of Goldfield, population 250. Dusty hosted his own radio show on the local community radio station, Radio Goldfield (KGFN 89.1FM) and proudly handed me a CD of his program to listen to in my car. Before we parted ways, I asked him if he would listen to some of my original songs and consider playing them on his show. Dusty eventually played a couple of my songs on the air and a friendship ensued! I began writing little jingles which Dusty played on his show and I became a member of his ‘crew’.

A couple of years later, Radio Goldfield’s new program director, Carl Brownfield, asked me if I’d be interested in having my own show and on December 4th 2011, The Mop Tops & The King was born. After a year or so on Radio Goldfield, I began searching for other community stations that might be interested in carrying it. While surfing the web in 2013, I discovered CCR in Chelmsford, UK. Matthew Eaves, one of the people responsible for running the station, was logged on that night and we began to chat. When Matt learned I was from Chelmsford, USA, he was sold on the idea. Since that day, Chelmsford, England has become more and more like a second home to me. I’ve made many friends along the way and everyone has made me feel so welcome. I hope to be able to visit someday to learn firsthand what the original Chelmsford is all about!

The Mop Tops & The King: Wednesday at 11pm The Steve Chelmsford Show: Sundays at 6pm

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The Singing Chef

I have the most amazing neighbour and friend; she is my guru! My almost favourite thing is Pauline’s stories of working on the buses.

Traveling around Europe in an RV and her bridal shop in Hornchurch are hot topics for conversation - and I love a story!

But my most favourite thing about Pauline is her amazing food! I am one of the few blessed to have experienced one of Pauline’s famous roast dinners. I am truly blessed.

Place a long sausage shape of mix about 2 inches in from your pastry.

Wrap it over and egg wash to close.

Cut along the seam and roll that yumminess back and forth a few times.

Cut to desired size and score.

Egg wash your rolls and bake at 200oC for 20 minutes, turning over for the last 5 if you don’t want a soggy bottom.

Eat hot or cold, or freeze.

More famous than Pauline’s roast dinners are her incredible sausage rolls. Many lucky folk who have graced The Star in Baddow Road on a Sunday will know what I’m talking about. These are the stuff of legends, believe me!

Or do not just take my word for it. Make them - definitely make them!

Ingredients 2 packs of pre-rolled puff pastry (or make your own like Pauline does).

1 400g pack Cumberland sausage meat squeezed out of the skins.

Half a kg smoked cooking bacon trimmed of fat and chopped finely, I used the pulse on my Magimix, worked fab.

1 large onion finely diced.

2 tablespoons of sage and onion stuffing mixed with half a cup of water.

1 chicken stock cube.

Pepper.

Glaze of 1 egg, 2 tablespoons milk and salt.

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In the same pan and in the bacon fat, cook the onions.

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Sarah is a singing and vocal coach based in Chelmsford and offers lessons to people of all ages and abilities.You can email Sarah at sarahmtfood@gmail.com or search for ‘Sarah Beth Vocal Coaching’ on Facebook.

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Moulsham Times Poetry Competition

The categories are: Under 11s 12-17s 18s and over The poems will be judged by Rosie from www.personalpoems.co.uk and the winner from each category will have their poem published in the Moulsham Times in June.

You can submit one poem per person and email paul@moulshamtimes.com with your entry.

The poem can be on any subject you wish. If you are in the under 11s or 12-17s category please include your age.

Closing date for the competition will be 15th May with the winning poems being published in the June edition.

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New Shelter Roof Proves to be a Success Remus Horse Sanctuary in Ingatestone, Essex are experts in the care of elderly equines.

battens were fixed over the existing felt to the entire roof area to reduce the bow in the roof bays.

Following a fundraising campaign earlier this year, Remus raised £3,735 via JustGiving in January and February to replace the roof of the shelter after it began leaking again, despite two previous repairs.

Below you can see Pippa, warm and dry in the newly improved shelter. 25-year-old Pippa has been residing at the Sanctuary for many years now. The team worked with her to rebuild her health and to encourage her confidence after previously having her spirit destroyed.

More beams were added to strengthen the roof and wooden supports were attached to the sides of the building to make the whole structure stronger. The electrics that had been getting wet from the previous leaking roof were removed and new timbers added before the lights could be reinstated.

In 2013/2014 Pippa underwent two serious eye operations to repair her sight and is a different animal now from when she arrived in 2009. She also has various health issues, which we see in older horses, including arthritis. The ophthalmologist that performed her surgery sees her from time to time and is very pleased with how good the eye is performing. The surgery was for cataracts after she went blind, and it was because of Pippa being kept in whilst she was blind that the charity introduced music to play around the Sanctuary for the animals as it really helped calm her.

In the photo above, 39-year-old Megan can be seen crunching on some tasty fresh hay. She has been with Remus since 2012 and has a heart issue, laminitis, arthritis and EMS (Equine Metabolic Syndrome). She is the sweetest of ponies.

Of the shelter, Sue Burton, Founder of the charity said: “We grew very concerned last year as the roof began to leak really badly. Pippa, Sophie, Dickie and Megan all share the shelter which opens out to a large laminitic paddock.

Like many charities, Remus has suffered greatly as a result of COVID-19. “Towards the end of last year, we calculated that our deficit was somewhere in excess of £337,000 and obviously it has just continued to escalate since then.

“Winter is always much more expensive, with us needing to provide so much more food when grass isn’t available and the paddocks turn to mud and, even worse, get flooded. Many of our elderly horses require additional warmth too, which we provide via special electric lamps.”

There are numerous ways for members of the public to support the Sanctuary. Obviously donations are critical, but leaving a gift in your will, recycling, microvolunteering and clothes recycling are just some of the other ways that people can help. Visit www.remussanctuary. org/how-you-can-help to find out more. Both Megan and Pippa can be sponsored here too.

“The quote to replace the roof was £3,600 including VAT which seemed an awful lot at the time, especially as we’ve received very little in the way of donations over the past year and haven’t been able to carry out our normal fundraising efforts.”

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“We are delighted to share pictures of our new shelter roof and we, Pippa and Dickie, Sophie and Megan are eternally grateful to everyone’s support. Our thanks to Malcolm and Paul at Ablefelt Roofing for the great job that they did.

“Hopefully we will see everyone in early May for our first Open Day weather and safety permitting!”

For further information, visit www.remussanctuary.org or contact Sue Burton on 01277 356 191.

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Moulsham Lodge Community Trust

Easing of Lockdown If the timeline is kept to, the Community Station may be fully open again by mid June - let’s hope so, as the members of the Copper Potter’s coffee morning are really desperate to get back and meet on a Tuesday mornings and our Friday pop-up-café customers are missing their weekly visits and home cooked meals.

Community TV Station We mentioned our new project last month and think it is worth mentioning it again as it is set to become an important part of our regular programme of events and activities. This is an exciting opportunity for people to get involved and share stories and interests with the local community.

Behind the scenes at MLCT we have been discussing our next major event at the Community Station and we have provisionally set a date of Saturday the 4th of September to hold what we are calling our Showcase Event. Not only do we want to show off our newly configured building with new café space and new facilities, but we also want to showcase local people and organisations - particularly where they provide a supporting role to the community or provide help to local residents where it helps make a positive change to their lifestyles by offering opportunities for educational, social and recreational activities.

Well, the whole world actually as we will be going online both live and recorded. Details to follow, but if anyone is interested in getting involved - from presenting programmes to behind the scenes production and editing - then get in touch as we need a team to lead the project and develop its programmes into something we hope a much wider community will be interested in.

If you know of people or organisations that may fit the bill, then please get in touch, as we want to make this a real kickstart to MLCT’s ambitions for the future.

www.mlct.org.uk enquiries@mlct.org.uk 07434 678 999

The team at MLCT meet monthly and are hopeful we can get back to normal soon. Search for our Facebook page and website for any updates. See you soon.

January, February and March issues of the Moulsham Times are available online at: www.issuu.com/itsyourmedia As part of our update we’ve also go a new logo from Colv Designs, who is also our Sign Language teacher.

Life Expectancy?

‘Nothing is certain except death’ It was Benjamin Franklin who said that ‘in this world, nothing is certain except death and taxes’. All of us have been brought much closer to death this past year than we are used to, much closer than we wanted, and much closer than we are comfortable with. The truth that we are faced with is that we will die - every single one of us. Franklin is right - nothing is certain except death (because for some, usually those with enough money to afford to, even taxes can be evaded!).

Christ by any who seek it - but Easter is also about death. You must go through the death of Jesus Christ on the cross before you get to new life. By going through death, Jesus in his own new life promises those who trust him forgiveness for the past, purpose for the present, and hope for the future that includes new bodily life without pain or suffering or Covid.

If death is certain well, what’s next? It’s a question that we don’t like to think about - it’s sad and uncomfortable and morbid. But at some point in our lives we will have to think about it. Any recovery from this pandemic will be so much fuller and wiser and deeper for us as individuals and a nation if we give some time to consider our death.

If you want to explore any of the issues that I’ve talked about here, we’re running an online course called Alpha starting 21st April. It’s a relaxed video-based course with space to ask questions and think about the big questions of life. And all from the comfort of your own home! Get in touch for the details.

A few years ago, Sister Theresa Alethiea, a nun and former atheist in the USA, released a Lent book called Memento Mori (latin for ‘remember that you have to die’), and it caused a sensation, with people realising that thinking about death can lead to a better life.

Easter is here, and Easter is about new life that can be found in Jesus

Tim Goodall, Pastor, Tile Kiln Church

So, don’t waste the chance to think about death this Easter - Jesus’ and yours. Don’t waste the chance to think about what happens next, after you die. Nothing is certain except death… not even taxes… so what happens next? Ah, another certainty - you’ll meet Jesus Christ.

Do you know him?

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Tile Kiln Corner by Cllr Linda Mascot

On Friday 26th March 2021, Mildmay Junior School hosted The Big Birthday Bash for all of their pupils. Having seen one year of national restrictions, every child in the school has had at least one birthday that has been affected by lockdown or bubble restrictions and they wanted to give them all the opportunity to celebrate with their friends and enjoy a day that was all about them having fun!

Supported by funds from Friends of Mildmay Junior School, Mrs Nicola Bird (PSHE lead) planned and orchestrated a massive party for all 344 children at the school, with an ice cream van, cake, balloons, sweets and treats, party games and prizes and dancing. Laughter and great fun was had by all. There was even a shout-out on BBC Radio Essex to start the day!

During lockdown I’ve seen posts on social media showing bars that have sprung up in back gardens - if you’ve built one, or know someone who has, please email me photos to include in next month’s edition (I won’t publish details of addresses).

There was masses of excitement in all the classes and year groups and you can see from the small selection of pictures that everyone had a fabulous day. It was a brilliant way to end this most unusual of school terms and just what was called for in looking out for the children’s wellbeing.

Headteacher Dom Mulholland would like to send thanks to the following businesses who have worked with the school to make such a memorable day: Djon Entertainment, Heydi Party Decorations, JB Ices, Eden Farm/ Hulleys, Lou’s Sweets & Treats, Antonita Bakes and Label it by JJ. Thanks also go to Tesco, Sainsburys, Co-op, Asda, Marks & Spencers and Morrisons who supported this event through community donations.

And finally… It would be unjust not to mention all the staff of Mildmay Junior School who have been simply amazing, not only for this very special event, but throughout the spring term and lockdown 2021.

Thanks to Kate from the Clay Pigeon for tidying up the community flowers at the Robin Way shops after my plea for help in a recent column. The bulbs are coming through and local resident Hazel Clark has been planting more bulbs to add to the colourful display next year. It’s great to see the difference when people like Hazel and Kate care enough about their local environment to improve it for others. www.issuu.com/itsyourmedia

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When We Are Ready, Thank You - by Simon Inglis The Mazda CX-something - 30 I think - is the Wheels Magazine of Australia Car of the Year for 2020. Last year I believe it was a Volvo.

Or an electric Mercedes, or the bigger Volvo. Sorry, I simply cannot remember. Mostly because I don’t see the relevance to my life so I don’t really care.

The relevance? Caring? I suppose that’s not all completely true. I care, but the first problem is that all of these cars are SUVs and frankly all SUVs look the same and they are ugly. Secondly, all these Aussie magazine awards went to very expensive new cars - except the Mazda I suppose - and I do not buy new cars. Not with my own money and it is not for many, many years that I have had a work car.

I’m feeling so estranged by modern society that I believe a car can be art - and if anything, it’s the rich among us that agree with me.

I bought my humble CLK quite simply because I couldn’t believe I could get one so cheap, and that they were terribly pretty, yet from an angle quite proportionately muscular to look at. When I found out they have four full size seats and a boot, I was sold. The ML would have to wait.

The inconvenience are the two doors and the complete lack of dignity in hauling my ageing frame out of it, yet besides that I’m fine. So it is with many new and used cars but more and more, whether petrol, diesel or electric, it’s the SUV that is becoming the most common form of road transport. Just look at how few Kia Stingers have been sold!

Okay. Many of you own an SUV and I do agree I look them up used.

Indeed, a few years back I was so close to buying a used Mercedes ML or Volvo XC something, but at the eleventh hour I didn’t. Instead I bought a used Mercedes CLK with a sweet six motor and room for four people and luggage. Not that I carry four people in it more than at say, Christmas when I can irritate the relatives by making them clamber over the front seats.

So yes I remain a stubborn luddite. I have committed myself to driving the most impractical vehicles possible until my creaking middle-aged body succumbs to what is, admittedly practical motoring.

The boxy or formless, shapeless SUV has no identity as a motor car to me beyond its grille, and regarding that I can attest that while BMW is the current runaway champion of grille vulgarity, the SUV itself has no other identifying feature. Okay so this sounds like a typical rant against a lack of expression in modern motoring and to a large extent this is just that!

The new Audi e-something (aren’t all electric cars called ‘e’ something?) is a fairly attractive looking device (surely electric cars are indeed just devices?). In fact there are a number of attractive e-somethings out there - as concepts at least. However in time, like the Mercedes EQC, they shall almost certainly end up as more anonymous SUVs.

With the coming electric revolution, these new e-concepts are often most enticing. But how many companies will avoid the jacked-up lure when it comes to the crunch? Just look at Tesla; the Model 3 is only the start.

Electrification at the very least offered us a chance of the really different. They take away our engine acoustics and our gearboxes so at the very least the Fisker-esque type lines could remain? Well no. Sadly for this luddite, electrification means an even blander way to travel.

I suppose I should be relieved. Until COVID-19 bared its ugly fangs I’d spent a lifetime being told that buses were the future. Sharing a few inches of personal space with a spotty stranger and all that. If anything, Covid has made the idea of one’s own safe space in a car a good idea.

Yes it could have been a lot worse. Instead I guess I’m glad that I live in Australia where the masses are furiously buying up huge utes in a seeming fear of that electric tidal wave - inevitable even out here in the land before time.

Yes it’s a different world in Australia, so while the SUV sits side-byside with the yankee ute in popularity Down Under, some of us can drive our CLKs or twenty year old sedans in comfort for some time to come.

The SUV makes sense. They are practical and upright, allowing the easy ingress and egress aged backs require, they allow a good view and easy parking - but they are unimaginative. To bring up the electric car and the SUV is to raise a despondency among those of us, however few remain, that love car design.

For Australia is a bit slow. We know things will change eventually and that we will go the way of the electric econobox just as the rest of the world. Just we’ll do it when we feel like it thank you!

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