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Bespoke Kitchens in Essex Bespoke kitchens are strong, stylish, efficient and tailored to meet your individual specifications and design ideas.

While many kitchen businesses sell high quality kitchens, they are usually very standard in shapes, sizes, designs and fittings - meaning that your choices can be quite limited.

Although it may seem less complicated to order a readymade kitchen, there may be problems when it comes to fitting, as a readymade kitchen may not fit your exact measurements or blend in well with your existing interior. This can cause a lot of disappointment and may limit your choices further. With a bespoke kitchen, you have an endless choice of designs, shapes and sizes etc, because each and every part of your kitchen - such as fittings, cabinets, furniture and islands - are made from scratch.

Here at Regal Kitchens we pride ourselves on our ability to create beautiful bespoke kitchens for your perfect living space. With a huge range of different colours, textures, materials, fittings and designs, we can craft your kitchen exactly how you want it. Our highly skilled team have extensive experience and craft each and every kitchen with precision and close attention to detail to give you the finest bespoke kitchen, which is both practical and flawless.

Many kitchen sellers may use the term ‘bespoke’ to promote their kitchens, but you may find that a lot of these sellers are using the word bespoke incorrectly. Just because some readymade kitchens can be personalised with your choice of colours and materials, doesn’t mean that it is really ‘bespoke’.

For a kitchen to be truly bespoke, it should be made from square one to meet the customer’s individual orders and

measurements. All of the shapes, sizes, designs ideas, fittings and materials etc, are chosen specifically by the customer and each bespoke kitchen is crafted to meet their personalised requirements. Bespoke kitchens are made of raw, high quality materials and crafted with close precision.

At Regal, we can help you from the very start with discussing your design ideas to crafting and completion of your perfect kitchen. Whether you prefer traditional styles or classic and country, we can craft your ideal kitchen with extreme care and an expert eye for detail. With regular testing and inspections of our kitchens, we can ensure the highest possible standards are met. This will ensure that your bespoke kitchen is strong, durable and stands the test of time. We are proud of our excellent communication and customer service skills and we take our customers needs seriously, no matter how big or small; keeping every client informed throughout every step of the process. Our use of high quality wood and materials means that you will receive a practical, stylish and efficient kitchen for you and your family to enjoy for many years.

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Hi readers,

Welcome to the July edition of Moulsham Times.

Well, summer seems to have arrived at last; just in time for the school summer holidays!

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MT Therapy - by Chelmsford Therapy Rooms I’ve been asked in the past if I can treat someone using CBT and EMDR together. CBT is one of many therapeutic angles I offer to clients, but I am not trained in EMDR (and nor do I have the equipment) to be able to offer EMDR. I thought an overview of both these therapeutic techniques might make an interesting article.

CBT Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) was originally designed to treat depression, but is now used for a number of mental health issues including mood, anxiety, personality, eating, addiction, dependence, tic (when someone develops sudden, rapid nonrhythmic movements) and psychotic disorders. Personally I use CBT mainly to treat anxiety and depression as I specialise in anxiety disorders and self esteem issues and I find CBT to be incredibly helpful. The point of CBT is to help the client challenge unhelpful thoughts and behaviours and make changes that will improve their life. The name refers to the following: Cognitive: Cognitive therapy is based on the cognitive model developed by American psychiatrist Aaron T Beck, which states that individuals can move toward overcoming difficulties and meeting their goals by identifying and changing unhelpful or inaccurate thinking, problematic behaviour, and distressing emotional responses. This involves the individual working collaboratively with the therapist to develop skills for testing and modifying beliefs, identifying distorted thinking, relating to others in different ways and changing behaviours.

Behavioural: In its broadest sense, these methods focus on either just behaviours, or in combination with thoughts and feelings that might be causing them. Those who practice behavioural therapy tend to look more at specific, learned behaviours and how the environment influences those behaviours.

Therapy: Psychotherapy is the use of psychological methods, particularly when based on regular personal interaction with a therapist, to help a person change and overcome problems in desired ways. Psychotherapy aims to increase each individual’s well-being and mental health to resolve or alleviate troublesome behaviours, beliefs, compulsions, thoughts, or emotions and to improve relationships and social functioning.

If you put all of these together, the very basic explanation of what CBT is would be that this method encourages the client to look at their thinking patterns and negative behaviour and work with their psychotherapist to develop coping mechanisms, so they can change negative, unhelpful thinking and behaviour in order to make often dramatically positive improvements to their life.

follow a specific sequence of phases, and practitioners use bilateral stimulation, such as eye movements, to help the client process unresolved memories from adverse experiences. EMDR can be used to address any number of concerns, and it is compatible with other types of therapy. So, what does this bilateral stimulation using eye movements entail? The easiest way i can think to describe it is by using a television show.

For those that remember K.I.T.T the talking car from Knight Rider, imagine the light from the front of the car. The light would move from side to side. This is, in effect, similar to what an EMDR kit would do.

Therapists can buy these kits on the Internet. When the light moves from side to side the client follows it and it is this eye movement that helps to desensitise the client to their trauma.

So, what’s the theory behind EMDR? The Adaptive Information Processing (AIP) model (the theoretical framework for EMDR therapy) explains that some memories associated with traumatic life experiences may remain unprocessed due to the high level of disturbance experienced at the time of the event. The stored memory may be linked to emotions, negative thoughts and physical sensations experienced during the event and the unprocessed memory can affect the way a person responds to subsequent similar adverse experiences. Through EMDR therapy, these fragmented memories can be reprocessed so that they become more coherent and less disruptive.

So, what are EMDR sessions like?

Advanced Search Firstly, the client and therapist arrange to have specific EMDR sessions on a specific subject - EMDR is worked into therapeutic treatment, hence it can be seen to work alongside CBT. EMDR therapy is an eight-phase approach that identifies and processes memories of negative and traumatic events that contribute to the client’s present issues. After the client briefly accesses an unresolved memory, he or she will focus on external stimulus delivered by the therapist. These cues can include eye movement, taps, or tones.

During each set of bilateral stimulus, new associations emerge in the form of insights, other memories, and new emotions. After each set, the client briefly reports what emerged in consciousness and the next focus of attention is identified for processing. The processing targets during EMDR therapy include past events, current triggers and future needs. The two key elements of EMDR therapy are: 1. The belief that eye movements enhance the effectiveness of therapeutic treatment through physiological and neurological changes.

2. These changes actually assist the client in healing and recovering from the negative memories.

Practitioners report that research has also indicated that eye movement is a physiological method of internal desensitisation to the emotional reaction to the memory.

CBT is ‘problem-focused’ (undertaken for specific problems) and ‘action-oriented’ (therapist tries to assist the client in selecting specific strategies to help address those problems), or directive in its therapeutic approach (the therapist actively directs the client to challenge their unhelpful thinking. I do this using an evidence based and logical approach). It is different from the more traditional, psychoanalytical approach, where therapists look for the unconscious meaning behind the behaviours usually via looking at the client’s childhood and past traumas.

Jenny Hartill is a therapist and owner of Cloud9 Therapy and Chelmsford Therapy Rooms. She is a counsellor and hypnotherapist and can help with a multitude of issues. Please see the therapist list on the website at www.chelmsfordtherapyrooms.co.uk, or you can email info@chelmsfordtherapyrooms.co.uk or call 0330 100 5162 to enquire about an initial consultation. Alternatively, Jenny’s own company website is www.cloud9-therapy.co.uk, her email is info@ cloud9-therapy.co.uk and her telephone number is 07507 307 170.

EMDR EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing therapy) was developed by Dr Francine Shapiro. Practitioners report that it is a research supported, integrative psychotherapy approach designed to treat symptoms of trauma and post-traumatic stress. EMDR sessions

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All Around Chelmsford 13th - 22nd September 2019 Organised by

Staplegrove Springfield Lyons Writtle University Marconi Ponds Woman's Land Army Sandford Mill Springfield Lyons Bronze People Power Lecture Early 19th century local use of Historical walking Nature Trail & Industrial Tour A secret 19th Century Age Enclosure "Woman's Land Army” Mansion, now the photography - A talk by tours Saturday 21st September Saturday 21st & Sunday Anglia Ruskin University Chelmsford Club Heritage Writtle Saturday 21st September Site Open 10am-3pm 22nd Setptember Thursday 19th September: Friday 13th September; Two tours both starting Nature Tours 10am & 11am Thursday 19th September: 10am-4pm 7.30pm-9pm 19:30 at 2pm Industrial tours 10.30am, Guided tours 11am, 12pm, Tours 11am, 1pm and 3pm Booking via Eventbrite 1pm, 2pm & 3pm Writtle University College Book via Eventbrite 11.30am, 1.30pm & 2.30pm Tours book via Eventbrite Book via Eventbrite E Booking via Eventbrite E Booking via Eventbrite E

Peasants Revolt Stock Village Tour Greenwoods Hotel Peculiar People Mayoral Parlour Common Walk History Tour of Stock How the Peasants Revolt Visit the Mayoral Parlour Stock, Buttsbury and Chelmsford Evangelical Galleywood Common Walk Village affected the village and church and meet the Mayor of “Peculiar People’s” Church Tuesday 17th September People Power - a talk Thursday 19th September Sunday 22nd September Chelmsford

by Peter Brierley and History 10.30am 2pm St. Mary & St. Edward’s Monday 16th September Thursday 19th September Sunday 15th & 22nd Galleywood Heritage Greenwoods Hotel parish church West Hanningfield 10.30am & 1.30pm 10.30am-11.30am September 10am-4pm Centre Booking via Eventbrite Talk at 11.15 am Civic Centre Booking via Eventbrite The Peculiar Heritage Walk Booking via Eventbrite Booking via Eventbrite E Booking via Eventbrite E Tuesday 17th September 10.30

Council Chamber Secret Waterways Essex Police Museum WWII Heroines Pleshey Castle St Mary / St Leonard History of St Mary with Backstage Tour Essex County Council The WWII Heroines Pleshey Castle is a Walks to parts of the St Leonard, Broomfield Saturday 14th & Tour of the Historical Council Chelmer & Backwater of the British Waterways wonderful surviving Parish Church 21st September Chamber and Foyer. talk example of a Norman Canal 10am-4pm Thursday 19th September 15th, 16th, 19th & 20th 19th, 20th, 21st September motte-and-bailey castle Tuesday 17th 2pm-3.30pm 10am-12pm, 2pm-4pm & Friday 20th September Sunday 22nd September Galleywood Heritage Centre Tours at 11am & 2pm September Sunday 22 September: To book email 10am and 2pm Book via Eventbrite Tours 2pm, 3pm & 4pm Start city centre Morning Service 10.30am To book call 01245 605700 Hannah.wilson@essex.pnn.police.uk Booking via Eventbrite E Booking via Eventbrite E

Guy Harlings Greenham Common Grave Stories Civic Theatre Tour Marconi Tour Hylands House Marconi History Walking Looking out for Behind the scenes Hylands House and Estate People Power at Greenham Sunday 15th September Tour Grave Stories in Danbury Tours of the Civic Theatres Open Day Common” a talk by 10am - 3pm Sunday 15th September Sunday 15th September Sunday 15th September Elizabeth WoodCraft New Street, CM1 1AT Friday 13th September 10am Finishing inside the and Tours 10.30am, 11.30am, 10am to 4pm Friday 20th September: Guy Harlings, is a landmark 1912 Factory Building Sunday 22nd September listed building dated from 1.30pm, 2.30pm & 3.30pm (last entry at 3pm) Talk starts at 7pm To book email 3pm To book call: 01245 606505 Tours at 11am & 2pm Cramphorn Theatre c1720 cityhistory cityhistorywalks@gmail.com To book call 01245 606505 Church Green, Danbury

Church of St John Cemetery Tours Salvation Army Anglia Ruskin Tour of the Salvation Church of St John the Anglia Ruskin University Tours of the “NonArmy Citadel Building Evangelist, Moulsham Special guided tour Conformist” Cemetery Street Wednesday 18th September Friday 13th September New London Road 1.30pm Saturday 14th September Sunday 22nd September 10.30am-12pm 10am - 4pm Booking via Eventbrite 10am-4pm

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Chelmsford - by Vicky Ford MP

Two years ago, on 8th June, I was given the huge privilege of becoming the Member of Parliament for Chelmsford. It is a hugely rewarding role, getting to see so many amazing things that are going on in Chelmsford, visiting many schools, businesses and charities. It’s a busy job but it is very good to be able to help people. Last year I responded to over 12,900 emails from constituents.

When was elected, I promised to stand up for Chelmsford in Westminster. Last year I spoke in the House of Commons on debates and Question Time sessions more than 400 times - more than Vince Cable, Ed Milliband and Jacob Rees-Mogg put together. I’ve raised Chelmsford-specific issues over two hundred times. This would not be possible without the huge amount of support and feedback that I have received locally. I would like to say a special thank you to members of the police, teachers, health workers, charities, commuters and businesses who have made suggestions on points they would like me to raise and suggested solutions to challenges.

The environment is a major priority. We have made great progress, but there is more to do and fundamentally we cannot continue to pump greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere. Therefore, I was delighted to be in the House of Commons this week when the Government announced that the UK will be the first leading country in the world to legislate for Net Zero. This does need to be a global effort. Thank you to everyone in Chelmsford who has signed my petition to help bring the next Global Climate Change Conference to Britain. Thank you also to everyone who completed my survey on who

should be next Conservative Party Leader. There was a huge spread of different views. In Westminster, it has been fascinating to listen to the many candidates in hustings meetings and, especially, to hear a huge range of energetic policy ideas for the future. This is a very serious time for our country.

In deciding who to vote for, I have been considering who is most able to resolve Brexit, heal the divisions in our country and move beyond Brexit to the many other pressing matters we face. I have therefore given my vote to Jeremy Hunt. This is a multi-stage process and in the later rounds I expect there will be a great deal more public scrutiny of the candidates.

In Chelmsford, I was very honoured to be invited to watch HRH The Duke of Kent perform the official opening of the School of Medicine at Anglia Ruskin University. I’ve supported the campaign for a new medical school in Chelmsford for many years, even before I became your MP. It is a wonderful facility which is already training doctors of the future right here in our city. It’s also great to see the new Riverside Leisure Centre open its doors. If you haven’t been for a while, please do visit.

It was really good to meet over 60 charity organisations who took part in the Chelmsford Volfest in the High Street, bringing together volunteers from all across Chelmsford in many different sectors.

All the volunteers do amazing work. If you would like to become a volunteer, please take a look at the Volunteer Essex website www. volunteeressex.org.

As ever, please don’t hesitate to get in touch at vicky.ford.mp@ parliament.uk.

Moulsham and Central Ward Hello from Moulsham and Central’s new Lib Dem city councillors.

Less than two months into the job and we’ve already been working hard as your new Liberal Democrat Moulsham and Central councillors. We’ve held the Conservative run Essex County Council to account and got missing road signs replaced and noisy manholes fixed. We’ve sent a flawed parking scheme back to the drawing board, and we’re putting local development plans to closer scrutiny to make sure they make the area safer, greener and fairer for the people that live here.

We know that heavy road usage due to the proximity to the city centre, as well as crime, are issues in this area. We’re pleased to report that Jeremy Lager is now one of three Lib Dem councillors representing the City Council on the Highways Panel making sure that Essex County Council looks after the needs of Chelmsford’s residents. Jeremy said: “I am very pleased to be on the Highways Panel. Sub-standard roads and pavements can be the bane of people’s lives. I’m looking forward to challenging the work that Essex Highways is doing.” Jeremy also represents the Council on the Essex Police, Fire and Crime Panel.

Looking at the Bigger Picture Across Chelmsford Marie Goldman, who lives here in the Moulsham and central area, has been elected Deputy Leader of the Council, working hand in hand

with Leader, Stephen Robinson, to steer the council to improve the lives of its residents.

Marie said: “I’m honoured to have been chosen to take on this essential role and I can’t wait to be able to make a real difference to how things are done - for everyone’s benefit. We want to bring people closer together; to make them feel more connected to each other.”

Making sure that people can have a say in any issues and changes is a value core to Liberal Democrats. The newly-formed Chelmsford Policy Board will undertake in-depth analysis to support the council’s policy decisions, ensuring that the council is heading in a new direction. Graham Pooley, elected as Chair, said: “It’s a genuine honour to be chairing the board. We will be setting up working groups on a variety of issues, including homelessness and rough sleeping - a topic very close to my heart.” If you are involved with a community group, a local business or a charity and want to be involved in how we develop and deliver our key policy initiatives, do get in touch with Graham.

Getting in Touch We want to make it as easy as possible for you to contact us about things you need help with. If you’re on Facebook, the ‘Lib Dem Councillors for Moulsham & Central, Chelmsford’ page is a great place to find out what we have been working on and surgery details.

If you’d like to receive local ward news, we send out newsletters by email. You can sign up at chelmsford-libdems.org.uk/en/email-list.

Our next advice surgery is 10:30am Saturday 13th July in the Moulsham Café, Moulsham Street.

Marie, Jeremy & Graham

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Why Do We Have Pain and What Can We Learn From It? - by Chris at Forté Physical Health As a teenager, I went through a phase of reading a lot about quantum physics. I subscribed to New Scientist and ploughed through every article I could get my hands on. I read a handful of popular science books on the topic and I even stayed after school with my physics teacher just to pick his brains. I did all this for fun. Yep, I was a proper geek.

I think what I liked most about it was how it made my brain hurt trying to understand it. When I would read a paragraph of text, I knew that I was reading words written in the English language, but they made no sense! I would have to pass my eyes over it a few times and I could physically feel the cogs in my brain turning, yet I still couldn’t grasp how this alien, quantum world worked.

Unfortunately, studying this stuff didn’t prove hugely helpful for my future career of being an osteopath and at some point I had to prioritise the content entering my mind, so my joy of reading about string theory, Schrodinger’s cat and the ‘God particle’ got pushed to the wayside.

Luckily for me and my brain however, I managed to replace the pleasure of being completely dumbfounded by physics with being dumbfounded by something that actually was helpful for my career: pain science.

Pain science is an equally alien, confusing and mesmerising world and I love it. There have been big shifts in the last decade or so in how we understand things, but it’s still an evolving science.

There are encyclopaedia-sized books dedicated just to the topic of pain, but today I’d like to talk about one key element of it, which should hopefully help you feel empowered to take control if you are in pain.

Like the strange world of quantum physics, pain can sometimes be just as confusing. Our intuitions tell us that pain is there to tell us about damage in our body, but this has been shown to be untrue.

Sure, pain can tell us that there is damage to a part of our body, but very often there is damage without pain, or even the opposite where there is pain without damage. So, what’s going on?

protect us from a perceived threat, not necessarily an actual threat.

If our brain perceives there to be threat because of signals sent up from our body, the information collected from our senses like sight and hearing, our memory of previous injury, our emotional state and many other things, it will create a sensation of pain and we will change our behaviour.

This can have benefits to help start a healing process, like when we limp on a sprained ankle to avoid putting too much load through the ligaments while it is recovering.

This is a topic that could have a whole book written about it, but I feel my wordcount looming so I’ll cut to the chase! How does this information help you if you are in pain?

Firstly, understand that your pain is not just telling you about damage in your body, it is trying to guide you in your movement. When you are moving, you should try your best to avoid ‘bad pain’. The definition of ‘bad pain’ is unique to you, but your intuitions will tell you. If something doesn’t feel right, back off.

You then need to retrain your body through gradual exposure to new movement. By moving regularly, you will start to notice where your boundaries are. Don’t try to bash through them, but you can gradually test yourself with slightly stronger movement patterns with stretching and strengthening exercises. It can be helpful to see a professional like an osteopath to help you with this. When an osteopath prescribes exercises, there will be progressions that gradually take you from pain back to normal movement.

Lastly, addressing your mindset is possibly the biggest breakthrough in our understanding of pain in the last decade. When pain strikes, take a breath, remember that all sensations we experience are temporary and know that you are in control. Replace phrases like ‘wear and tear’ with ‘wear and repair’. Our body is a healing machine, you just need to find the right path. Be calm and be kind to yourself.

Although our understanding of pain was once blurry, like our understanding of our quantum world, things are becoming much clearer now. Your approach needs to take into account your mind, your body, your movement and even your social life and relationships.

By taking positive steps in all these areas, you can take back control and live the life you want to live.

We have all experienced the phenomenon of a cut finger starting to hurt only when we see the blood, or for an injury to feel worse when we are stressed and better when we are happy.

Chris Branch is the principal osteopath at Forté Physical Health. The therapists at Forté are specialists in the treatment of back pain, joint pain and sports injuries. The treatment often includes discussion of lifestyle factors to help accelerate healing and wellbeing.

What this teaches us is that pain is an output of the brain, not an input from the body.

If you have any questions, you can find details of how to get in touch at fortephysicalhealth.co.uk.

Each time we move, nerves send information up to the brain: the input. The brain then interprets that information and sends signals back out: the output. There are many variables that could dictate whether a pain signal is sent out, and tissue damage is only one of them. Others include the social context you are in, your environment, your mindset, your previous history of pain and your psychological state (anxiety, depression and fear can increase your perceived sense of pain).

So what is the point of pain if it’s not just there to demonstrate tissue damage?

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MT Gardening Check out your gardens from now and throughout the summer; especially climbers and wall shrubs. These need regular pruning in order to promote flowering and maintain both form and habit. The timing of pruning is crucial.

If a plant flowers before June then it flowers on previous season’s wood and therefore should be pruned immediately after the blooms fade; the wood that develops after pruning in the summer and autumn will flower the following year. If it flowers later in the year it flowers on this season’s wood and should be pruned in early spring to allow time for the flowers to develop.

Climbing Roses The majority of climbing roses are modern climbers; they flower on this season’s wood. Rambling roses flower on previous season’s wood, their training is more informal and pruning can amount to a thorough dead heading.

For climbing roses, establish a permanent framework of canes to train along a wall or fence as horizontally as possible, this increases the number of flowers by breaking apical dominance. Once the framework is established cut the laterals back to three buds from the main cane and remove one or two of the older canes to ground level in spring. Dead, diseased and damaged wood should also be removed. At this time of year continue to deadhead and tie in long new growths.

Clematis Clematis are divided into three groups for the purposes of pruning:

Group 1 Early flowering clematis such as Clematis montana, C alpina, C armandii, C macropetala and their cultivars are fairly vigorous and require a large area in which to grow. They flower on previous season’s wood and require little or no pruning. They can be pruned hard as a renovation measure, but are not guaranteed to survive this!

Group 2 Large and often double flowered Clematis such as C ‘The President’, . ‘Nelly Moser’, C ‘Niobe’, C ‘Vyvyan Pennell’ flower on both this and last season’s wood. They have two flushes of flowers, in June/July and September/October. In February, cut all stems back to the first pair of healthy fat buds and remove dead, weak or damaged stems.

Group 3 Late flowering clematis such as C ‘Jackmanii’, C ‘Hagley Hybrid’ C tangutica and C viticella flower on this season’s wood. This group is easy to prune. Cut back to a bud 15 - 30cm above soil level in the spring before new growth commences.

Wisteria The pruning of wisteria encourages flowering and keeps size in check. Formative pruning in the first ten years is important to develop the shape of the plant. A permanent framework should be developed, the laterals being tied in along strong horizontal wires. For routine pruning of wisteria, prune it twice a year - once in the winter and again in summer.

Winter Pruning The aim of winter pruning is to encourage flowering spurs to develop.

This is achieved by shortening the sub-lateral shoots back to four buds. These four buds will develop into flower panicles in the spring.

Dead, diseased and damaged wood should also be removed.

Summer Pruning During the summer, the whippy growths that are not needed for the permanent framework should be shortened to keep the plant tidy and under check.

Other Tips for Now • Continue to water tubs and new plants. Consider recycling water and try collecting rain water.

• Start to pick courgettes before they become too large • Watch out for apple scab. Rake up leaves, pick off marked fruit and incinerate to minimise spread.

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Music and Blues and Roots in the City - by Nick Garner

Chelmsford Art’s & Cultural Festival We are soon to be having a meeting which - if all goes well - will result in making the last day of the festival very special indeed. Sadly I cannot say any more at this point, but hopefully I will be reporting favourably on this in the next edition of the City Times.

All I can say is that we are all very excited. Tony, our Festival Director, is working hard applying for grants to help make our plans come true and deliver the most fantastic event that we hope everyone will want to attend.

You may have noticed the Art Trail that has been happening in Moulsham Street, which is run by the Chelmsford Creative Collective - who are partnered with the festival and run by one of our trustees.

This idea came out of last year’s festival search on Facebook. Along with Ignite Chelmsford, Chelmsford Creative Collective are helping to bring creative people - and people who are interested in getting involved with what is happening in our city - together. If you want to find out more, please check out the Ideas Hub located in Chelmsford Library.

Music & Ramblings There are some great events happening in and around Chelmsford as always, so I urge you to check out the next edition of the City Times which is available from 18th July.

On Saturday 6th July The Fling Festival takes over from the 3foot People Festival down Hylands Park. In Central Park there is the second Fake Fest happening, and of course the end of the Summer Beer Festival as well. In London, Connor Selby and his band, along with Joe Anderton, will be opening for The Who at Wembley Stadium so if you are going, make sure you are there early.

From the 9th July at Hylands House there is a series of 3 open air cinema nights happening. The best place to find out about this is at thelunacinema.com/hylands-house. You can also find out about most of the events in and around the area at www.visitessex.com or www. essexdaysout.com/july-events-in-essex.

month from 8pm - the next one is on 10th July with a special feature; anyone who would like to play at UB Fest on Sat 24th August will have the chance to play at this next open mic session where everyone can vote for their favourite artist, who will then get the opportunity to play an hour long set (and get paid as well). Don’t forget too that once a month, Blues & Roots in the City host a Thursday night at the UB. See the advert for full details for the Ministry of Mojo gig.

In Old Moulsham we are spoilt for choice when it comes to live entertainment, whether it be a quiz or a sceptic night, jazz, folk, open mics, DJs, board games... It all happens around our area in the Woolpack, The Black Horse, The Star and Garter, The Cricketers, The UB, The Queens Head and The Orange Tree. Lots more going on nearby as well in Moulsham Lodge and Tile Kiln.

If you are putting on, or know of, any events that we should feature and could help to publicise, please email us at editorial@ itsyourmedia.co.uk. As ever, please do try to come out and support the great live scene that we have in Essex - if you do not, we may lose it.

For more information on all of the above, see the links below and pick up a copy of the City Times and go to the What’s On pages to see what else in happening in your area. If you go to our Facebook pages look at the ‘Events’ tabs where you can see who is playing and preview the up-and-coming acts. www.bluesinthecity.co.uk www.facebook.com/bluesinthecitychelmsford Twitter: @BluesintheCity1 www.itsyourmusic.co.uk www.facebook.com/itsyourmusic Twitter: @itsyourmusic The Arts and Cultural email: hello@chelmsfordfestival.org www.chelmsfordfestival.org www.facebook.com/chelmsfordfestival Twitter: @chelmsfordaacf

From Friday 12th to Sunday 14th July we have The Dixie Fields Festival.

This is the first of its kind to be held in Essex. The line-up of US and UK artists has been described as the best country music line-up of the summer. Headliner Lauren Alaina is a 24-year old country singer from Georgia USA. She was runner up in American Idol and this is her first festival appearance the UK. Top UK performers Ward Thomas are also appearing along with Essex’s own The Jackson Line, plus Holloway Road, and reality TV star Megan McKenna. Other performers include Megan O’Neill from Ireland, the US/UK trio of Royal South, and US star Jackson Michelson who will be making his first ever UK appearance. It’s an outdoor event with plenty of additional activities, such as fairground rides, trade stands and a range of food and drink stalls. The event is being held adjacent to Hylands Park in Margaretting Road off the A414, Writtle. Visit the website for full details of times, line-ups, and tickets at https:// dixiefields.com/?REFID=IYME. Enter discount code PARTNER19 for reduced price tickets.

On a recent Sunday I went to the Springfield Open Gardens, which was a great afternoon with some stunning gardens that you probably might not even know existed. Having sadly missed the Moulsham Open Gardens, Paul, my business partner, went along and you can see his photos on page 11. We have heard great reports of all the gardens and the allotment display. Watch out for the many other open garden events at this time of year - they are mostly raising money for good causes as well.

Over the summer, the parks will be hosting several events, so search for Hylands House, RHS Hyde Hall, Oaklands Park with the museum and new tea rooms as well as the racecourse. Check out any events at the Danbury Outdoor Activity Centre too.

The UB has live music every Friday, Saturday and Sunday as well as Joe Anderton’s open mic sessions on the second Wednesday of each 12

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To book tickets please visit www.stowmaries.org.uk Frozen in time since 1916, this unique historic site is the only complete WW1 aerodrome in the United Kingdom and Europe.

27th/28th July - Stow Maries at War

This national-level living history event focussing on the British armed forces of the Great War returns in all its glory for its third year - from soldiers, to nurses and airmen, their uniforms, weaponry, equipment and training, as well as the everyday tasks of the Great War soldier.

There will be authentic demonstrations showing various skills which a soldier would have had to acquire to enable him to do his job in the field.

Stow Maries historic site also offers an impressive collection of Great War aircraft as well as museums, mess and shop. A great educational day for all the family. We will also be welcoming some fantastic air displays (weather permitting).

Entry: £17.50 per adult, free for children under 16

The group is a traditional concert band with woodwind, brass and percussion that plays a wide range of music from film and big band to pop and jazz. Vocalists Carol-Anne, Blaize and Ann will complete the line-up, and our compère for the afternoon will be ever-popular BBC Radio Essex presenter, Dave Monk.

Tickets for the event are £25 per adult and £12 for children under 16. They include a glass of Pimms on arrival for the adults and a delicious afternoon tea with strawberries and cream. Arrival is from 4.30pm, ready for the concert at 5pm. The evening should finish by 8pm.

Hot/cold food will be available as well as an alcohol bar. We welcome you to make a celebration of this event - black tie optional, but you will need to bring your own chairs, small tables, blankets and candelabras! Though please leave the gazebos at home. For more information on this event and to book tickets, please visit www. stowmaries.org.uk/events.

Chief Executive of Stow Maries Great War Aerodrome, Ian Flint said: “The Stow Proms is one of our favourite events. Bringing together all that is best in a British summer - a hazy sunny afternoon, green grass, a glass of something refreshing, fantastic music and a chance to have a party. What more could you ask for!?”

Stow Proms - an Afternoon like No Other!

Following the success of last year’s RAF 100 Proms, Stow Maries Great War Aerodrome is delighted to announce the triumphant return of the Stow Proms on Saturday 13th July.

Andy King, Musical Director, Great Dunmow Town Band added: “We are really excited to be performing in these lovely surroundings again.

We have a music programme that will suit all tastes, finishing with a rousing finale to get the audience waving union flags and singing their hearts out.”

Popular favourites, The Great Dunmow Town Band, will perform from our working hangar while the audience reclines on the lush green grass of the historic airfield. The band was formed in March 2013 by veteran military musician Andy King, and over that time it has raised more than £40,000 for 21 different charities.

Stow Maries Great War Aerodrome is open to the public every day except Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Pre-arranged group visits, including coach trips, are welcome.

For more information about visiting Stow Maries Great War Aerodrome please visit www.stowmaries.org.uk.

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In anatomy, which part of your body is referred to as cranial?

What nationality is Uri Geller?

How many times did Niki Lauda win Formula 1?

Which 4 digits are used to identify a popular cologne?

Where in your body is the septum?

Which museum is situated at Stansted Mount Fitchett?

Where will you find a serif?

What was the name of Joan Collins’ first husband?

What was Mr Crittall famous for making?

In the comedy film Babe, what type of animal is Babe?

To which material does the term cordovan apply?

What are the colours of the German national flag?

What is the capital of Northern Ireland?

Where will you see an isobar?

What colour are the seats in the House of Lords?

What is distinctive about David Blunkett MP? A milliner specialises in the sale of what?

Which type of transport did Sir Christopher Cockerel invent?

To be jejune is to be what?

What was the name of Gladys Knight’s backing group?

What is the origin of the word ‘Aston’ in the car maker Aston Martin?

What is vellum?

What nationality was Robert Maxwell?

What is the material caucerine?

In which sea is the island of Malta?

On an email, what does ‘CC’ stand for??

What is Mr Bugatti’s first name?

In which sport does ‘dribbling’ and ‘sliding’ take place?

Which metal is extracted from cinnabar ore?

What nationality was Casanova?

The ancient city of Carthage is in which modern country?

Who is the 100 year old lady who plays the role of Peggy in the BBC radio programme The Archers?

What is fleabane?

A farrier does what for a living?

What is a katana?

In which year did the First World War start?

Over which English river does the Clifton Suspension Bridge cross?

In Coronation Street, which character is played by Andrew Whyment?

What is patchouli?

From which country does the wine Orvieto originate?

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Personal Finance Clinic: Are You Insuring Your Pet, but Not Your Own Life?

As a financial adviser, I talk about insurance a lot and I’m always amazed when people tell me they have pet insurance, but not life insurance for themselves.

Us Brits are not big fans of insurance, but we do love our cats and dogs, so I guess I shouldn’t be too shocked. Yet, I do feel it is important to highlight how devastating it can be for families when someone is taken ill or dies and there is no insurance in place.

Are You a Younger Person?

You are likely to have a big mortgage, perhaps other debts to repay and you probably have children too. Paying for these causes a big drain on your finances, which means you struggle to save much, so have very little (if any) capital.

What happens if you can’t work anymore due to illness or accident?

What if you died young? It might not be pleasant to entertain these thoughts, but it is far worse to juggle the bills on sickness benefits alone or to be forced to sell a home after the death of a partner.

Are You Self-Employed?

Probably the group that neglects insurance the most, yet the selfemployed have arguably the most need for insurance. If you are self-employed, what do you have in place? Would the company fold if you were too sick to keep working, or if you died? How would your family cope?

Life Insurance The most well known type of insurance is life insurance. Death in service cover, often provided by employers, is a type of life insurance.

Normally it will pay out a multiple of your salary, such as 4x if you died whilst working for that employer. Having this is certainly valuable, but what if you left that employer or got sick and left the company and then later died? It may be worth arranging some personal life insurance on top of this.

There are two broad types of life insurance: whole of life and term insurance. Whole of life, as you might imagine, pays out for the whole of your life. In other words, there is a guaranteed pay out, which makes it the most expensive option.

A term insurance policy, on the other hand, is arranged for a set number of years and will only pay out if death occurs during the terms of the policy. You may be aware of 25-year term insurance policies that are designed to run concurrent to a mortgage term, in order to pay off the rest of the mortgage if you were to die.

Sickness Insurance There are several

types of sickness insurance available, such as Income Protection Insurance (IPI) which pays you a large percentage of your normal salary if you are off work long-term sick. Another one is Critical Illness Cover (CIC) which pays out a lump sum on diagnosis of specific illnesses.

Bridging the Gaps When you have a spare half an hour, sit down and think about how you and your family would cope with long-term illness or early death.

How would the bills be covered? Speak to your HR department to find out what types of insurance your work provides you with. Then, determine the gaps in your cover and speak to a financial adviser to obtain quotes to bridge those gaps. If you are not able to afford the full cover, is there a halfway house option? Peace of mind may be more affordable than you think.

Lauren Peters, Senior Financial Adviser at Fiducia Wealth Management, is a Chartered Financial Planner. She also holds the Pensions Specialist and Later Life Specialist qualifications.

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The Singing Chef Hello you lovely lot.

I am Sarah, a local mum of 3. I am a singer and vocal coach now, but I used to run a café on the Isle of Dogs from which I ran a breakfast delivery company called bringmemybreakfast.com. Before my embarkment on running my own business, I also worked as a catering manager in public houses in East London.

Main Vietnamese caramel pork belly, or chicken dippers for the fussy one.

Ingredients • 600g pork belly • 1 cucumber To Make the Caramel • 5 tbsp soy sauce • 3 tbsp fish sauce • 3tbsp lime juice • 150 sort brown sugar • 1 chilli

In case you were wondering, the business went bust. (not because of my fabulous cooking skills, more to do with my awful financial management - oh If only I knew then what I know now..!).

Now as a single working parent it is very important for me to make the money we have go as far as possible. What is left after my wine run to Calais must be spent wisely! That can be hard to achieve, because my 3 children and I have some differences when it comes to gastronomy.

So I see them like the 3 little bears (god rest her soul but my beautiful mother would call them ‘3 little birds’). one will eat oysters and truffles and anything else you put before him. The other boy is a little plainer with the food but eats really well. The girl is like Goldilocks, just right really. Give or take!

My campaign on our financial management led me to cutting out takeaways and eating out.

And what I do know is how to recreate recipes that may have come from your favourite local restaurant or takeaway. This knowledge has saved me loads of money (oh and I sneak in vegetables for the fussy child).

So the very unfussy child (my eldest) desperately wanted Vietnamese food. Our local Restaurant Viet Kitchen closed down so... Please be upstanding for: Starter DIY Asian Little Gem cups or plain tortilla wrap (for the fussy one).

Ingredients • Baby Gem Lettuce.

• Add anything else you or your diners desire.

Method Marinade the pork belly for as long as possible in soy sauce (I did 2 hours and it was still lush).

Heat caramel ingredients in a pan on a low heat.

Stir whist bubbling.

Add the cubed pork.

Leave to marinade further in the fridge for at 1 hour.

Put the pork pieces skin side up in a 200C (fan 180C) preheated oven for 28 minutes.

If you have time to peel the cucumber with a potato peeler and skewer it onto the skewer, then I must warn you that it is brain numbing yet beautiful - as well as a total waste of time. Yet I still did it.

Serve with rice and vegetables, or whatever takes your fancy!

Dessert Are you mad? Buy that in! (I didn’t have time to make that as well!).

Sarah is a singer and vocal coach based in Chelmsford and offers singing 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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Christ Church “It was a wondrous opportunity to be part of something historical. We just had a hard time comprehending what it would mean to other people, what it would mean to ourselves.”

So said Buzz Aldrin about the first moon landing.

On 20th July 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first two men to walk on the moon. A lesser known fact is that both men were Christians. Aldrin had obtained special permission to take bread and wine with him into space and take Communion privately.

Armstrong watched this in silence and later wrote: “We had come to space in the name of all mankind - be they Christians, Jews, Muslims, animists, agnostics or atheists. But at the time I could think of no better way to acknowledge the Apollo 11 experience than by giving thanks to God.” As a child I had been told that heaven was up in the skies but, aged 14 and having watched the moon landing on television, I was in somewhat of a dilemma. If heaven wasn’t up there - where was it?

Popular myths picture heaven as a place where angels sit on clouds playing harps, or simply float around. Well none of those who has been into space had seen any such thing, so that was a load of nonsense!

The Bible doesn’t specifically answer this question either, although it does make clear that it is a real place and Billy Graham said that ‘heaven will be a place of great understanding and knowledge of things that we never learned down here’.

So 50 years on, I’m still not sure where heaven is, but I’ve found that doesn’t really matter. What does matter is that it’s better than anything I can possibly imagine.

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Revelation chapter 21 verse 21 says: ‘The street of the (celestial)city was purest gold gleaming like glass’. Which leads us to a rather amusing story told in a sermon in 1997 by Rev David Leininger: “I love the old story of the rich man who, on his death bed, negotiated with God to allow him to bring his earthly treasures with him when he came to heaven.

God’s reaction was that this was a most unusual request, but since this man had been exceptionally faithful, permission was granted to bring along just one suitcase.

“The time arrived, the man presented himself at the pearly gates, suitcase in hand - BOTH hands, actually, since he had stuffed it with as many bars of gold bullion as would fit. St Peter said, “Sorry, you know the rules - you can’t take it with you.” But the man protested, “God said I could… one suitcase.” St. Peter checked, found out that this one would be an exception, prepared to let the man enter, then said, “OK, but I will have to examine the contents before you pass.” He took the suitcase, opened it, saw the gold bars and asked quizzically, “You brought PAVEMENT?”

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Vigilante Stalks Chelmsford!

At least that’s what local author, Owen Pitt, would have us believe!

Chelmsford Library will soon play host to a book signing event by local author, Owen Pitt, to celebrate the publication of his debut novel Six Inch Nail.

The story delves deep into the troubled psyche of a self-confessed sociopath, Owen Thomson, who, after losing first his wife and then his only son, falls off the rails in spectacular fashion. Left without a reason to carry on living, he quickly descends into an alcoholic pit of despair and depression.

Published earlier this year, the book is already racking up favourable reviews from readers, book clubs and fellow authors.

For some people, healthy-living or a religious conversion is the only way to get their lives back on track. For Owen, it’s murder.

Six Inch Nail is a visceral thriller based in the heart of Essex, and readers will be pleased to recognise many of the local landmarks (although the names of some of the less salubrious pubs and streets may have been changed for obvious reasons).

Despite the fact that they both share the same first name, the author assures us that the story is purely a work of fiction! He describes his main character as an Essex version of Jack Reacher on crack, full of booze, bile and violence.

A quick look at the author’s biography tells us that he has himself had a career that may be just as interesting. A former French Foreign Legionnaire and soldier in the British Army, he has had a diverse range of jobs, from picking tomatoes in the Negev Desert to international money broking, and he now works as a financial controller.

More information on Owen Pitt and his book, Six Inch Nail, can be found on the author’s website, www.owenpitt.co.uk.

Book signings are scheduled to take place in on Thursday 11th and Saturday 13th July between 10am and 1pm at Chelmsford Library.

Limited first edition copies will also be on available to purchase at discounted prices.

A Round of Boxing: A Trip Through Time - by Ralph Oates The book A Round of Boxing: A Trip Through Time offers a detailed account of interesting and historical events which have taken place inside the square ring over the years.

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A number of fascinating knockout facts about the sport.

Exploits of both male and female fighters who have made history inside the ring.

Highlights from every weight division from strawweight/miniflyweight to heavyweight.

Beautifully illustrated with many rare and unpublished images.

A Round of Boxing: A Trip Through Time looks at the many astonishing feats which have taken place under the Marquess of Queensberry rules.

This includes the historical 1892 world heavyweight title bout between John L Sullivan and James J Corbett.

The fascinating facts are presented in chronological order in an easy to read way.

Fighters, both male and female, who have duly put on the gloves and graced both the professional and amateur rings are featured. The many fistic facts include highlights from every weight division, from the strawweight to the heavyweight poundage. The book is illustrated by photographs that are both action and portrait. A knockout read that the regular

and casual followers of boxing will find to be of great interest, therefore adding to their knowledge about the sport.

Publication Price: £16.99 ISBN: 978-1-78155-692-4 Ralph Oates is a former amateur boxer and a leading boxing historian. Oates is the author of ten books on boxing, has contributed articles and quizzes for The British Boxing Board of Control Boxing Yearbook, acted as a boxing consultant for the Guinness World Records and produced question lists for a major television quiz show on two occasions. Oates previously had his own weekly column in an Essex newspaper entitled Boxing Corner, which ran for three years and a further column, Short Jabs, which appeared in a Norfolk newspaper. His first book for Fonthill Media was Bruno and Lewis: The Boxing Years (2017).

Competition Time We have one copy of A Round of Boxing: A Trip Through Time to give away to one lucky reader!

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diverse cultures; I can’t begin to describe how much I’m looking forward to Africa. However, I ride through the far northwest of Russia after Nordkapp, south, down through the wilderness for one week, until I arrive at St Petersburg. Dirt tracks and wild camping. I hope the blue skies follow me.

My plan is to ride from the north to the south and the countries I pass and the exact route will be determined as I go. The only visa I have is for Russia, the others I will get en route, which countries depends on many variables. I wanted to travel south from Egypt through Sudan into Ethiopia, but due to recent political problems in Sudan, I may have to reconsider my route. Situations like this are all too common with overland adventure, and makes the journey more interesting overland adventure is all about overcoming challenges. How will I get south? Will the political situation in Sudan change prior to my arrival?

Will I have to consider a different route? Nearer the time, I’ll consider riding east from Israel into Jordan and then south into Saudi Arabia, and possibly find a boat to get me and my motorbike across the Red Sea to Djibouti or Eritrea. There are many questions, there’s always an answer - ‘seek and ye shall find’.

Tomorrow I start the last 650 miles to Nordkapp; it was 2° and snowing there a few days ago. I really haven’t got the right clothing.

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I’ve been on the road for nearly two weeks, and yesterday I arrived at the Arctic Circle. 7 countries, 2,000 miles, and over the last few days many tunnels, bridges and ferries as I ride up the stunning west coast of Norway. Across mountains, around fjords, hopping from island to island. The probability of dark clouds and heavy rain is real. However, other than one day riding from Gothenburg to Oslo it has been dry.

Since Oslo, the skies have been a piercing blue, the forests and meadows are alive with colour and the sea is crystal clear. Oh how different it could have been...

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I certainly don’t ride to achieve a tick against a bucket list - my travels are all about the people and the experiences getting to the destination, not the destination itself. However, I do enjoy arriving by motorbike, overland, at the memorable places. I only have 3 destinations on this adventure: firstly to arrive at Nordkapp (the most northerly place in Europe), where my One Cool Ride starts. Secondly, to ensure I’m in Kiev, Ukraine on 11th July, when my girlfriend flys out to be with me for a few days, and lastly, to get to Cape Agulhas (the most southerly place in Africa).

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of advice, information and support to improve the education and development of, and relieve the poverty for children and young people with SEND, to enhance the stability and quality of life for the whole family.”

New Presidents for Chelmsford Rotary Clubs The Rotary year begins 1st July, so it is an exciting time for Rotarians at all levels, whether it is a new club president coming in or a change in leadership at national and international levels. There is an opportunity to try different initiatives and a hope of re-energising the membership.

In Chelmsford city itself there are five clubs, but as the Rotary Club of Chelmsford is the one located in the Moulsham area I am concentrating on the ambitions of Francis Whitbread, its incoming president, although the other Chelmsford presidents will have similar desires.

Francis is aware that in common with many similar organisations, membership is an issue for Rotary both in terms of declining numbers and age profile, and he is determined to build on our business partnerships established in the previous year so they join in Rotary activities, and also by seeking further business partners to involve in the same way.

He aims to put on a quiz to raise funds for the Chelmsford Samaritans branch who have expressed an interest in joining Rotary, which will give an opportunity to meet some of those potential new members as well as supporting a local charity and this could be extended to other charities we support, because obviously there are like-minded people there who want to support good causes..

The incoming president doesn’t need to change everything. Indeed, the very successful club quiz night we held in April this year will be repeated in the coming year, as well as regular projects, such as the summer party and pantomime visit for senior citizens and jumble sales. A great successful innovation in 2018 was the Frost Fair at Hylands House where Chelmsford Rotarians organised a wonderful Santa’s Grotto by supplying Father Christmas, a few elves and presents for about 700 children. This is definitely going ahead again this year.

Francis is an avid cyclist so is also planning a one-off ride to raise some funds, at least in part, for his nominated charity. The idea the club has come up with is a ride across our District 1240 possibly west to east, Bishop’s Stortford to Harwich. However, other routes are being investigated along quieter roads to cover a distance of say 100 kilometres, which will be quite enough for his ageing legs, he says!

Francis hopes that all these projects will continue to raise the profile of Rotary within the city where he can get out to meet younger groups to tell them about Rotary and how they can get involved.

Above all, Francis hopes his presidential year will prove an enjoyable and stimulating one for all club members, and amongst all the plans and projects, he hopes as much as anything to keep the Rotary Club of Chelmsford as the friendly place it is at the moment, but he acknowledges that while words are wonderful things it is deeds that really count.

Outgoing President Anne at Santa’s Grotto or give me a call on 01245 260 349.

If you would like to help get Francis’s year off to a flying start by getting involved, then take a look at the website, www. rotary1240.org

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Francis is clear that in order to attract new members we need to go out and find them, rather than waiting for them to come to us, and he is keen to try some fresh ideas. One of the many assets of the Chelmsford club is how many visitors comment on the friendly atmosphere at the meetings and he hopes this can attract new members.

Chosen Charity It is usual for the club president to choose just one president’s main charity to support. This is very difficult given the many worthy local candidates. However, a decision has to be made and he has decided upon Families in Focus (Essex). Their purposes as set out in the objects contained in the charity’s Memorandum of Association are to: “Provide support for children and young people with any Special Educational Need or Disability (SEND) anywhere in Essex by ensuring that they, their families and carers receive information, advice, practical and emotional support. In particular, through the provision 20

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Hi everyone, I hope all is well with you and that you are looking forward to warmer weather and perhaps a trip away. We are away in our motorhome as I write this, starting in Harrogate on a lovely site next to the Yorkshire show ground. Real countryside.

I have been reading recently that English wine is on the up again. The warmer weather is leading to better yields and quality, so good news there. It is great to think that we can produce sparkling wine which is as good or even better than other countries, especially those in Europe!

A bit of silliness now, so if you wish, you can skip the next two paragraphs. I was driving on a road not known to me the other day and could not work out whether it was a single or double lane road.

As I was going along, I could see some of those battle re-enactment groups pointing flintlock pistols at each other. Oh, it must be a dual carriageway then!

I was also driving along the M1 recently, and I could hear a murmuring coming from outside the car. After a while, I realised that the voice was going through the elements of the periodic table. It must have been one of those ‘smart’ motorways I’ve been reading about...

I see that ‘experts’ - there seem to be lots of them - are now saying that satellite navigation systems are bad for the brain. They reduce the need to think, they say. They obviously haven’t used mine. If you lose concentration for a minute, you can end up in some tiny narrow lane, getting narrower by the second and end up in a field with nowhere to turn.

I am renowned amongst my family and friends for getting people’s names wrong. I get introduced to someone for the first time, and the next time I see them I inexplicitly have two names in my head. Often close, like Craig and Karl for example. However hard I try, I seem to always pick the wrong one. Most people are very understanding and after a while, answer to either just to be polite. Now, this became interesting recently. I have a Google smart speaker, one of these things you can ask a question or ask it to play music. I have to say that I am very impressed. I don’t know if you know (I didn’t), but you have to use a specific phrase to activate these things.

Understandably, I suppose, otherwise you would end up with it interrupting your conversations and taking over the whole house. For mine, you must start the conversation with ‘OK Google’. The other day, I called it Alexa (the name of the Amazon version). Me getting names wrong again. The only thing that surprised me was that for the next half an hour, Google would not respond. It was repeating: ‘not able to understand, try again later’. Well, it seems to me that Google have managed to build in a sulk mode to the thing, Whatever next.

to see someone on Coronation Street watching Emmerdale. Surely if they are a reflection of real life, it should be shown.

Harrogate was wet! We still got around and managed to visit some friends in Hull. We went on the train.

Very efficient, easy journey with lots of staff to help on the way. We are now in Bowness on Windermere.

It is wet. The sun seems to have disappeared, and we have had rain every day.

Still, we’re getting about and hoping the weather improves. It may be my imagination, but I think the rain is getting warmer. As you can see from the photo, even the ducks are seeking shelter from the rain. Still, there is always a bright side, we have decided that next year we will holiday in the Brazilian rain forest. I hear that it is dryer there!

Talk about flaming June, more like flaming wet! Still, we have faired better than you back home, I think. We took a bus ride to Keswick yesterday, a lovely trip on the upper deck, with views of the mountains and lakes. Couldn’t be better. Here’s one for you quizzers - how many lakes are there in the Lake District? Well, I started counting them up and got to about eleven and thought I had done well. The correct answer however - is one! It seems that only Bassenthwaite Lake is a ‘lake’, the other fifteen are either meres or waters. Well, you learn something new every day.

We travelled to Morton-in-Marsh yesterday. We have been a bit unlucky with our travels. On the first leg to Yorkshire, the MI was closed, meaning more traffic was using our route, the A1, then that was closed. On the way yesterday, the first message we got was that the M6 was closed further down. Fortunately, by the time we got there, it was OK. Spaghetti Junction lived up to it’s reputation though.

Back home now and the weather is almost dry, albeit humid. Thunder storms are on their way, so at least each day we can say that it is just like being on holiday!

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Neighbourhood Watch and Beyond Hi All. Your Friendly Neighbourhood Ayman here! As promised, I wanted to dedicate this month’s article to a project born through Neighbourhood Watch. Over to Kim! Project Connect Loneliness is a real cause for concern in our society. Often it’s thought that loneliness is an issue that affects the elderly, but in reality it can be a problem for anyone. This is particularly true at times of change in life; having children, redundancy, retirement, bereavement, moving home or school. The list of possible health implications of sustained loneliness is longer. Physically, loneliness can increase the risk of cardiovascular disease and stroke and the progression of dementia. Mentally, loneliness can cause depression and anxiety, poor decision making and increased risk of addiction to drugs or alcohol.

Perhaps most importantly, think about what you can easily do in our community. Say hello to neighbours, check in on people in your street you haven’t seen for a while, have that cup of coffee with a friend that you keep having to reschedule. Make someone smile.

Keep connecting!

Kim Gisby

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The good news is that there is already lots being done locally to address this, with a wide range of charities and community action groups absolutely committed to reducing loneliness. The County Council and City Council work collaboratively with a huge number of partners, with initiatives ranging from commissioned services to lending support to less formalised activity within the community.

Within Chelmsford, our CVS champions, supports and strengthens local charities, voluntary and community groups, and charities such as the Ideas Hub, have reducing loneliness and social isolation at their core. The work of our faith groups and community projects across the city are also real engines for change.

So, what is happening here in Old Moulsham? Well - a great deal! Through the increasing knowledge of our neighbours and communities achieved through Neighbourhood Watch, it became clear that not only were there people who were lonely and isolated, but there was a massive network of people who wanted to get involved and make a difference. Following some early interest at the Neighbourhood Watch co-ordinators meeting in April, I put a post up on our various community Facebook groups and Project Connect was very quickly born!

Project Connect is, quite simply, a community initiative with the aim of bringing neighbours together with the common goal of reducing social isolation and loneliness across Old Moulsham. With a growing number of interested residents on the Project Connect Facebook page and a smaller team meeting around every four weeks, there is already a good deal of activity underway. We are linking with local organisations to find out where there are community spaces we can use, building knowledge of what is already happening locally, exploring opportunities for advertising events, and working hard to get some ideas off the ground straight away. Watch this space for more detail on initiatives such as a Chatty Café, Dementia Friends session, First Aid training and Tech Repair Café.

The team are preparing for a Family Social in Oaklands Park on the afternoon of the 21st June (it was a huge success! - Ayman). The event is being held during Loneliness Awareness Week, developed by the Marmalade Trust.

There are plenty of ways you can get involved if you would like to.

Search for the Project Connect group on Facebook. Here you’ll be able to exchange thoughts and ideas, see what’s happening and sign up to events.

Do come along to our next Project Connect meeting. You’ll be able to sign up through the Facebook page.

If you’re not on Facebook, not a problem - just drop me a line at goldlayave.nw@gmail.com and I’ll make sure you have all the details you need.

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The Evolution of British Rock ’n’ Roll. Part 11 - by John Power

February ‘59 was not a good month for rock - as the song goes, it contained The Day That Music Died. It was certainly a setback, as Ritchie Valens, Big Bopper and Buddy Holly died, but not the Crickets as they chose a different means of transport to the plane that the others were in when it crashed in Iowa, USA. Marty Wilde recorded a cover of Ritchie Valens’ Donna as a tribute.

To make up for this loss, to some extent, the film about hot rod racing, Fury Unleashed, was released and included Eddie Cochran and Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps. Larry Parnes next stablemate emerged on Oh Boy! as Dickie Pride; not a complete discovery but a lad who had already got a recording contract through Norrie Paramor at Columbia Records. Jack Good also spotted an actor on a TV who he put on Oh Boy! and the hit parade knew as Jess Roden as he scored five top 20 hits.

Further in the future in 2009, Jess played the part of Larry Parnes in The Joe Meek Story about the early ‘60s record producer. Duffy Power was the next to join Parnes team and had his first single released, while Georgie Fame got the name makeover to lead Billy Fury’s backing group The Blue Flames, featuring Colin Allen who would stay with Georgie up to his days of Rhythm and Blues at the Flamingo at the beginning of the mod era of the mid ‘60s. That was an album produced by Ian Samwell, who became an independent record producer after writing several of Cliff Richard’s hits, as well as co-writing John Mayall’ first single, Crawling Up a Hill and The Small Faces’ What’cha Gonna Do About It from the same era, and many more in the States.

In March Dig This, which replaced Six-Five Special on the BBC, ended after only 13 weeks, and was replaced

by Drumbeat in April, featuring Vince Eager and Adam Faith to open it. Adam’s career took an upward turn again soon after, Billy Fury Sculpture in Liverpool as he signed up for an acting part in Beat Girl. In November he had a number 1 hit with What Do You Want. Marty Wilde fared better with the army than Terry Dean had done when he was declared ‘unfit for military service, due to fallen arches and corns’ (you have to be fit to be shot at!). In May, Marty headed a package show with the US group The Viscounts at the time of his latest single A Teenager in Love and started a 13-week compering slot on a Radio Luxembourg show. He also got the chance of an acting role in Jet Stream, which premiered in September. His first album, Wilde About Marty, was also released in that month. Cliff Richard’s single Livin’ Doll was a smash hit and reached number 1 in the charts. Jack Good became Decca’s first independent rock ‘n’ roll producer.

June saw the beginning of BBC’s Juke Box Jury, so ‘celebs’ could argue about new songs and their chance of success and prove how little they knew about record buyer’s tastes. The Royal Variety Show that month included Cliff, Marty and the cast of Oh Boy! Freddie Heath and his Rock ‘n’ Roll Combo, from Willesden and Wandsworth emerged from HMV studios after recording Please Don’t Touch and announced they would be called Johnny Kidd and the Pirates. ‘Johnny Kidd’ dressed for the part and wore leather pirate clothes and an eye patch (to cover the caste in his eye) on stage. Their other rock classic Shakin’ All Over was soon to follow. While in August Jack Good discovered Joe Brown in a backing group and signed him. Jack also started a new ITV show, Boy Meets Girls, and put Joe in it with Marty

Wilde. Cliff’s Drifters changed their name due to the popularity of the US group of the same name, and became The Shadows.

In August, Wally Whyton went over to being an entertainer on a children’s TV show Small Time. In October Cliff Richard and the renamed Shadows were number 1 in the charts with Travellin’ Light/ Dynamite. Cliff’s dad had taken over his management to prevent the sort of dodgy contracts that Larry Parnes became infamous for. The Shadows were also to set the pace for rock instrumentals with hits like Apache and Wonderful Land.

November saw the premiere of the film Expresso Bongo with Cliff Richard in the lead role. It was an A-certificate (PG today) as it takes place in a strip club. My mum had to take me and a friend so we could see it! St Cliff, imagine that... Tommy Steele’s film Tommy the Toreador also premiered.

In November Johnny and the Moondogs failed to win the the northwest final of Search for a Star, so they went to Hamburg to hone their skills, and changed their name to the Silver Beatles before reemerging in their native Liverpool as the hottest band in town and the shortened name of just The Beatles.

In December, Marty Wilde married one of the Vernon Girls vocal group, while Joe Brown courted another of them. Jack Good got Gene Vincent to London to appear in Boy Meets Girls and to start live gigs again.

In January as the new decade dawned, six weeks after Eddie Cochran died, Tony Sheridan, Rick Richards (who took over from Adam Faith in the Worried Men) and three other fellas from the 2i’s Coffee Bar, boarded a boat for Hamburg - and calling themselves The Jets, played Der Kaiser Keller and Top Ten Club before any other British groups.

Tony Sheridan never came back, but did make an album backed by the (Silver) Beatles. Back home they washed the grease out of their hair and under Brian Epstein’s advice swapped their leather jackets for mod suits, but the legacy of ‘50s rock remained evident in their music as they started to write their own songs. Love Me Do was released in ‘62 and Please Please Me in ‘63 - their first number 1 hit.

Also in ‘62 Alexis Korner, Cyril Davies, Long John Baldry, Dick Heckstall-Smith and others formed the electric blues band, Blues Incorporated, and unveiled it in a basement club in Ealing destined, like the 2i’s, to be a centre for innovation and the rhythm and blues boom of the mid ‘60s. R&B from the Marquee by Alexis Korner’s Blues Incorporated in 1962 (produced by Jack Good) was the seminal album of the era. The band became the first training grounds for the talent of the era, including early members of The Rolling Stones.

The greatest mystery about ‘50s music is surrounding what went on in the mind of the man who was MOST influential in establishing British rock, Jack Good, when he decided to turn his back on the whole music scene and become a monk! Like Little Richard’s earlier conversion it didn’t last forever, and seems to have been the need for a break from a very active career with his many interests that included the theatre, that had him working in the US, and which he didn’t always find agreeable, despite Shindig a series like those he had set up in the UK, and Around the Beatles, which Brian Epstein asked him to do in 1964. He also worked with many influential artists like Ray Charles.

He even turned his hand to painting before the monkish disappearance, which also suggests the need for some therapeutic activity. Always reclusive in his later years, he did come out of the shadows to unveil the sculpture of Billy Fury outside Liverpool’s Tate Gallery. He died in 2017, and should have been given a state funeral, but only the likes of Margaret Thatcher get them, and she was a wrecker not a rocker.

Moulsham Junior School - Outdoor Trips

The school has been buzzing with excitement over the last few weeks with our 150 Year 4 children going on an outdoors residential adventure to Danbury Outdoors and our year 6 children having a fun packed four days in the Forest of Dean.

The weather was kind while our children were in Danbury where they camped in either tents or cabins and enjoyed many exciting and challenging outdoor activities, such as raft building, archery and aerial trekking. The experience increased their independence and collaborative working and created many memories which they will cherish in the future.

Lucy, one of our Year 4 children, wrote the following report: “On Monday 3 June Year 4 went to Danbury Outdoors. We decided to go because everyone wanted to get active and become more independent. At Danbury we did raft building, archery, kayaking, aerial trekking and much more. I found aerial trekking the scariest because it was extremely high, but I felt safe because they reassured us that our harness would not break. Overall, I found Danbury really fun! I wish I could go back there again with my family. I would recommend this to anyone who likes getting active!” rd

Great Baddow Bowling Club - Great Progress We all know the phrase ‘how time flies’, and it is never more apt than when applied to the outdoor bowling season. It hardly seems we were looking for our woods than we are almost half way through the season. However, so far it is going well on all fronts.

As far as the actual bowls is concerned, our teams are doing well and several Great Baddow bowlers are progressing nicely in external competitions. On the administration side, the improvements mentioned a few months ago are proving a boon and bodes well for the future. It’s not just a coat of paint, although it’s surprising what a difference that does make.

Most of these improvements are not just cosmetic, so the club is keen to attract new members. We had a stall at the Great Baddow Run and we were delighted that the Mayor of Chelmsford, Cllr Yvonne Spence and her husband John, stopped by to chat and try their hand at bowling, especially bearing in mind it was one of the Mayor’s very last official visits before her term in office came to an end. John Spence had a very unusual style of delivery.

He had a bowl in one hand and a beefburger in the other, presumably for his balance.

I must try it some time, it may improve my play. Great fun and thanks to them both for visiting us.

Bowls is not a game for old people although older people can still enjoy it. Most players at the very top are much younger and we want to encourage new members of all ages, so why not try our free bowling taster sessions which are open to everyone, any Friday at 6.30pm? Just come along. You will be given coaching and advice. Please wear flat shoes or trainers. Complete novices or experienced bowlers are welcome. The bonus is a lively social side meeting new people and enjoying a whole new experience.

For more information, please visit our website at www.greatbaddowbowlingclub.co.uk which will carry current news, or give our secretary Malcolm Field a call on 01245 473 863.

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During the last half term, we have had many transition visits happening to ensure a smooth and successful transition for every child as they change year group, class and for some, school.

Reception and Year 1 children have enjoyed several visits to their next year group where they have had the chance to explore the classrooms and take part in some fun maths, thinking skills, drama and art activities.

support we would not have been able to provide the children with such a full and creative curriculum.

The Year 2 children have had many visits to Moulsham Junior School which have included a DT afternoon, a mystery trail, buddy reading sessions, a computing lesson and a visit for lunch.

This half term we have also welcomed our new Reception intake who have had induction afternoons to get them used to school and the parents had an induction evening too. When visiting during one of their induction afternoons the new children and parents were given guided tours around the school by our current year one and two pupils.

We are going to have a busy Meet the Teacher afternoon where the new Reception children will be in school meeting their teacher, Year 1 children will meet their new Year 2 teachers, and the Year 2 children will go over to Moulsham Junior School to meet their new Year 3 teachers. It will be a very exciting few days! Finally, we will be holding an open evening where all of the current children will get the opportunity to show their parents their learning and to introduce them to their new teacher.

The children have all worked incredibly hard this year, and as teaching staff we are extremely proud of the children’s achievements during the year. We wish the children a relaxing summer holiday and smooth transition into their next school year.

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All About Moulsham Lodge Moulsham Lodge Community Trust We are pleased to announce we have our drop in IT Coffee Morning dates confirmed and you will be able to come along on Tuesday 9th, 16th and 23rd July 2019 between 10am and midday to get expert advice on that tablet, smartphone or computer that’s driving you mad because you just don’t know how to use it properly. Help will be on hand to talk you through the individual difficulties you are having and hopefully get you up and working.

Please bring along the device you would like help with together with powers leads and ensure the device is fully charged. There will be laptops available for those who need more general help.

While you’re getting that much needed help, you can enjoy tea or coffee and biscuits with the other regulars of our coffee mornings.

The coffee group meet every Tuesday between 10am and midday to meet others from around the area. If you’re new to the area or are nervous about your first visit, we can offer a buddy service where one of our regular volunteers will come and meet you for the first visit and introduce you to the group, hopefully making that first step a little easier. Please contact MLCT on an of our contact details listed and we’ll be happy to help.

In conjunction with Chelmsford Community Transport, one of our volunteers has arranged a number of trips to local places of interest or for shopping. If you’d like to get out and about but don’t have access to transport or you’d prefer not to travel alone, then the

following may be of interest:

Wednesday 7th August - Papermill Lock: 2 trips leaving 9.45am returning at 1pm or leaving at 10.45am returning 2pm.

Wednesday 20th November - Meadow Croft Garden Centre: German Christmas Market. 2 trips 10am returning 2.30pm or 11.30am returning 3.30pm.

Wednesday 4th December - Perrywood Garden Centre & Nursery: Christmas shopping. 2 trips leaving 10am returning 2pm or 11.30am returning 3.30pm.

There are charges for the trips and entry to sites - please get in touch for further details; either contact via the email address below or call Jenny on 01245 250 129.

Our Mad Hatters Tea Party is fast approaching on 20th July at 1.30pm or 4pm. Tickets can be purchased online at our website, or by calling 01245 351 040.

Hope to see some of you soon. www.mlct.org.uk enquiries@mlct.org.uk 07411 808 731 Also, search for us on Facebook and Twitter

Cllr Mark Springett - Moulsham Lodge Ward It’s a little over 7 weeks since the Liberal Democrats took control of Chelmsford City Council, and my feet don’t seem to have touched the ground. The first thing we had to do as a group was decide who did what, including who would lead the Council.

Voting decides who will take up positions of responsibility and those whose who will sit on the committees, all done in a fair and equitable way. The new Leader of the Council is now Stephen Robinson, who you may remember has been our parliamentary candidate until just recently, this honour has now gone to Marie Goldman who was recently elected as a City Councillor in Moulsham & Central and who was voted in as our Deputy Leader.

My new responsibilities are: Deputy Cabinet member for a Connected Chelmsford with special responsibilities for Community Engagement & Local Democracy. I am also Vice Chair of the new Chelmsford Policy Board, where we will be looking at the policies of the Council and how they affect our daily lives. We have renamed the four directorates that make up the council; they are Safer, Fairer, Greener and Connected and I will explain these in more detail in future articles.

So in my role covering Community Engagement I have had the pleasure of attending three very different events. Essex Pride, Ignite Chelmsford, and Essex Windrush Celebrations. The most recent being Windrush Day 2019 which looks at the hundreds of people that arrived on the ship Empire-Windrush at Tilbury docks in June 1948. The event was held at Essex Records Office. The event was hosted by our compère, Lawrence Walker, Chair of Black History Month (Colchester). We had live music with Phase 5 Steelpan Band, Afro-Caribbean food from Jerk Station in Chelmsford, and family drop-in workshop with award winning artist John Lyons, and a pop-up exhibition.

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novel Kitch: A Fictional Biography of a Calypson Icon, inspired by Lord Kitchener. Also Sharon Watson, Choreographer and Director of Phoenix Dance‘s Windrush: Movement of the People, a wonderful show currently taking the UK by storm.

It was a great celebration of Caribbean culture and one I hope can be repeated on an annual basis and perhaps we can think about moving it to a more central city location so more people can enjoy it.

I will write about the other two events and more details about Windrush on my blog where there is a bit more room to provide the details.

John Shennan One other notable thing I would like to mention is that the removal of John Shennan Playing Field from the Local Plan in its entirety is being considered at a meeting of Chelmsford City Cabinet on the 1st July.

When the Liberal Democrats took control in May this was the first request I made in the following days after the election, so am very pleased that we have been able to progress this so quickly. The Local Plan will need approval later this year by the planning inspector, so watch this space for more news. mark.springett@chelmsfordlibdems.org.uk 07411 808731 www.markspringett.co.uk/blog Twitter: @markspringett (and also on Facebook)

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Tile Kiln Corner - by Linda Mascot What a great day the Tile Kiln Big Get Together Street Party was. The weather stayed dry long enough to see cream teas aplenty being served up by volunteers at Tile Kiln Church.

Children were entertained with craft activities and competitions, and were able to run around safely as the road was closed down to traffic.

What a joy to see smiles wherever you looked and people having long conversations with their neighbours.

Heydi Alvarado made an incredible White Rabbit costume out of balloons, which fascinated the children, and Robin Way was festooned with colourful bunting. A special thank you to residents of Robin Way, Skevi and Yiotis, who generously had enough tables, gazebos, food and drink to feed an army, let alone their friends and neighbours!

The Clay Pigeon looked resplendent with it’s colourful flower displays and served an all day delicious barbecue, with the Kiln community space hosting The Great Tile Kiln Bake Off. Well done to David aged 9 who won two categories with his cakes and was presented with a fetching bespoke apron.

Mildmay Schools and Fledgelings pre-school both held competitions for their children to epitomise what ‘community’ meant to them.

Fledgelings & Mildmay Infants drew and created colourful pictures whilst the Junior School wrote poems - I was lucky enough to be a judge and read all the fantastic poems. Congratulations to the overall winner Sam from Class 5M who summed up the importance of including all in the community, being kind to others and making a positive contribution to where you live: Let’s come together, old and young, Make a difference, everyone!

Help each other, lend a hand, Clear the litter from the land.

Try to keep your gardens neat, Say a friendly “hello” to people you meet.

Play with friends at the local green, Try to be kind - don’t be mean!

Be prepared to help your neighbour, Looking out for signs of danger.

Help a granny cross the road, Or help her with her heavy load.

Let’s come together, old and young, Make a difference, everyone.

Well done Sam, what an inspirational message.

On the first Saturday of each month, St Luke’s Church hosts a local councillor advice surgery which ties in very well with it’s weekly coffee morning, particularly the one held in June as Sue Urch was selling homemade cakes to raise money for the Alzheimer’s Society in memory of her dad, Colin Marshall. Colin was a well known and respected member of the Tile Kiln community who sadly developed dementia in his later years and so far Sue has raised more than £245 for the charity.

The church was a hive of activity, with Mary cheerfully arranging flowers for the church despite having an injured leg and in a wheelchair, an animated meeting of a book club in another corner and locals chatting to city and county councillors from Moulsham Lodge and Tile Kiln about a wide range of subjects from John Shennan playing fields to inconsiderate parking on pavements.

Outside was Monica selling a vast array of multicoloured shrubs and plants to raise money for the church. She told me: “We have regular customers; elderly local people can collect their plants while they’re doing some shopping.”

To speak to your local Moulsham Lodge or Goat Hall councillors over a cup of tea or coffee, the next Advice Surgeries will be on 6th July, 3rd August and 7th September from 11am - midday. Thanks to Rev Gemma Fraser for inviting us to join their coffee mornings.

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Bringing People Together It’s wonderful when people get together. A few weeks ago on Tile Kiln we had our Great Get Together.

Inspired by Jo Cox, we, Tile Kiln Church, partnered with the Clay Pigeon and local residents to close part of the road and invited everyone for a hog roast at the pub, cream teas and craft at the church, a bake-off competition at The Kiln, and all the getting together with neighbours and friends over food that we could cram into the day! It was brilliant fun! Thank you to all of you who came along and enjoyed the day.

Days like this are so important if we’re not going to succumb to our current cultural and political climate of angry debate and division.

For all the talk of learning to ‘disagree well’ it’s far too easy for that to become empty rhetoric.

But the sentiment is right, we should look beyond the opinion and see the person. And there is a far more fundamental reality to our humanness than political divides. We are all human. And this is vital, because Christians believe that we are all created by God. Each of us is therefore worthy of respect, honour, love and care, because we are uniquely and specifically created. To quote one ancient poet: you are ‘fearfully and wonderfully made’. Herein lies the seed to all human rights that we are rightly proud of and seek to defend.

Youth Pastor and member of the Christian Motorcyclists Association (who were also there in force) and one of the organisers, James Bell summed up the day by enthusing: “It was an absolute pleasure to help facilitate this local community joint venture between the Church and Clay Pigeon - to see residents joining together. We hope this will become an annual feature in memory of Jo Cox and become her legacy of promoting positive neighbourhood interaction for the benefit of all. I’d like to see more people being inspired to volunteer and be involved next year.” www.issuu.com/itsyourmedia

Jesus understood this, and in his interaction with people allowed respect for their created humanity to drive him to treat them with love and compassion - sometimes scandalously when measured against the social norms of the time. Curious? Grab a Bible and read about it in John’s biography of Jesus (called a gospel), chapter 4. Or get in touch, email below.

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Digital Distractions - by Simon Inglis Sometimes I get pretty annoyed with my car. Or worse, I spot a newer model or read about it and I get jealous. Tempted. The newer model will always have something I don’t. A 360 degree camera, various adjustable traction control positions, an upgraded stereo or the most infuriating - a tweaked engine. In regards to the latter if more power can be tweaked from an existing engine then why didn’t the manufacturer do this in the first place?!

We are being told that our mobile phones are a huge distraction.

Here in Australia heavy penalties have been introduced for using a phone while driving. The road authorities are, quite rightly in my opinion, wishing to make mobile phone use as unacceptable as drink driving. So I can see the day when usage of a mobile device while driving equates to a loss of licence. Good. In fact I’m so distracted by my phone’s ‘pinging’ I’d be okay with fitting a signal blocking device in my cars.

Yet having said all this and noting that the regulatory authorities and the police are working towards these goals, our own cars are becoming more distracting. Driven an old car lately? The lack of gadgetry is striking.

The boot is a veritable cavern, and underneath is a full-size spare wheel. I have a much newer, but not new Mercedes. It’s a car without a 360 degree camera, but it has plenty of gadgets. Even my 10 yearold Saab does.

In lieu of all these regulations regarding mobile phone use I’d like to invite you to look at your switchgear next time you’re in your car.

With configurable screens and different driving modes available what do you actually use? I had a good look about my car. I have the digital speedo set and I do go between comfort and sport mode.

That’s about it. I don’t need Apple or Android Carplay, as mostly I have Bluetooth set to play my favourites saved on my mobile phone.

I seldom use GPS (or SatNav) as most of the time I know where I’m going.

Maybe you have an older car which is as simple as that old S Class?

I remain mesmerised by it, to the point I’ve been looking at prices downunder. I often wonder if such vehicles were built today and companies retooled their workshops, would people still buy such simple cars? Maybe not. We have entered the world of SUVs and electric cars, so perhaps the times have changed too much.

Yet I’m a proud dinosaur; I would be tempted by an old car such as the W126. Even today a good example will come close to a 5 Star EURO NCAP safety rating. A couple more airbags and traction or stability control would do it. Maybe a newer more economical motor - or if I let my imagination run off a bit could one of these older machines be electric powered in order to get the emissions down?

Not long ago I had the chance to drive a distant relative’s 1980s era S Class Mercedes. This is a car being used for its intended purpose.

An old uncle bought this 380SEL way back in 1986 at the height of his business success. Over the years he ‘forgot to sell it, and anyway what could I replace it with?’ to quote.

On a broader level I’m just not sure what the motor car is becoming.

Clearly from my tone in these past few issues I’m getting older and more nostalgic about older cars! Yet I am living in an era in which the car is becoming just another disposable household good.

Sure, the 30+ year old Mercedes is very much a car from a different era, and indeed it cost a fortune way back when I was still in shorts.

Yet my old uncle describes it as the cheapest car he could ever have and the most environmentally friendly.

Think about it for a while and I can start to see the old engineer’s way of reasoning. This was a car from an era when a Mercedes was almost a car for life, and indeed to many owners Mercedes-Benz leads the way in being such a statement. They built tanks; the design was simple and unfussy and the build quality in the 1960s to the early 1990s was as good if not better than any other car. Getting into the driver seat I’m struck by how simple everything is. There’s an enormous steering wheel with one multi-functional stalk for the indicators and wipers. The dash is a solid long slab built to never crack in the Australian summer, some heating and air conditioning controls and a basic cassette radio with 4 speakers. Remember those?

Not long ago I bought a new TV. Our old set has been relegated to kitchen duties as the screen was playing up more often than not.

The new television was delivered in a big box which my wife and I put together on its little plastic legs. I recall being a young kid when my parents bought a new television set, the house was abuzz and I was transfixed! Not this day, my 6-year old was uninterested until his favourite show was back on. A new television is just another cheap consumer good - is this what the car now is?

Lots of technology cheaply integrated into plastics. Mercedes certainly doesn’t build cars such as the the W126 S Class anymore.

As an admirer of so many of that company’s offerings, I’ll reluctantly admit - even though the current S Class is a feat of technology - that I can honestly see how all those screens and gadgets will soon be outdated. Sure, massage seats and sumptuous leather will always be nice, but how necessary is all the screen data for instance?

I suppose progress means surrendering the past. An old train coach looks far more inviting than its modern equivalents and I really think we can start to say the same of the motor car. Gadgetry, computers uploading driving data and overnight charging is the way forward.

But I don’t like it, I want a fast enough car with comfortable chairs, a nice heater and a stereo which I can play loud. If my dog picks up the static that’s fine by me. And, I wish to drive, not play with digital distractions!

The display is excellent with a highly legible speedometer, rev counter, clock and odometer. All you need. On this car the seat is partially electric with forward and back movement via a handle bar.

Logical. The seats are of the pseudo-leather that Mercedes invented as such. Durable and washable.

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