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Issue Number 54 - June 2017
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MT Therapy by Jenny Hartill In light of the awful events that have happened in Manchester recently, today I am going to explore one of the common therapies used to treat trauma. EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprogramming) gained attention because it is quite different to traditional talking therapies.
EMDR 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 follow a specific sequence of phases. 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 an old 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, exactly what an EMDR kit would do. Therapists can buy these kits from 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. Another technique called havening (used by such NLP therapists as Richard Bandler and Paul McKenna) uses the same desensitisation concept. Below is an example of what an EMDR kit looks like - imagine the lights moving from side to side.
Image courtesy of www.emdrkit.com The lights come in many colours and this is just one example of an EMDR kit. Sometimes the LEDs are more prominent. There are headphones because the therapist might want to use sounds or other forms of stimulation (like tapping) to help the client. The pulse rate is set by the therapist and some of these kits allow the therapist to set the rate via an app on their phone. 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. 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 eight phases of EMDR therapy include:
1. History Taking: The therapist and client review past events, current concerns and future needs and identify target events for processing. 2. Preparation: To prepare for coping with any distress that may arise during the desensitisation phase, the client selects a ‘safeplace image’ that can provide stabilisation and self control as needed. 3. Assessment: With the distressing event in mind, the client’s negative beliefs about themselves are recorded, evaluated and measured. In contrast, a desirable positive belief is selected and this belief is measured to determine how true it feels to the client. Any physical symptoms are recorded as well. 4. Desensitisation: Bilateral stimulation in the form of eye movements, tones, or taps are used to reprocess the distressing event. The therapist will break periodically to check in on the client’s level of disturbance. 5. Installation: The selected positive cognition is the target of the bilateral stimulation in this phase. The therapist will check in periodically to see how true the desired belief feels to the client. 6. Body Scan: Any residual physical tension or distress indicates that the event is not fully processed and the bilateral stimulation continues, if necessary. 7. Closure: This phase will occur at the end of a session regardless of whether or not the memory is fully processed. A complete sequence of EMDR therapy can take several sessions and it is important to reach stabilisation before the session ends. Closure can include guided imagery or discussion of the session. 8. Re-evaluation: The next session begins here, in order to evaluate and measure the level of disturbance and the accuracy of the targeted positive belief. If the target remains unresolved, the session will resume with desensitisation, phase 4. The two key elements of EMDR therapy are: The belief that eye movements enhance the effectiveness of therapeutic treatment through physiological and neurological changes. 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. If anyone is interested in seeing a therapist, I own and run Chelmsford Therapy Rooms. We have a range of therapists that can help with a multitude of issues. We offer many therapies from hypnotherapy to counselling to nutrition. Please see the website www.chelmsfordtherapyrooms.co.uk, or you can email info@ chelmsfordtherapyrooms.co.uk, or call 0330 100 5162.
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To all of you residents who came out and voted at polling stations or completed a postal vote for the recent County Council elections, on behalf of all the candidates - a big thank you. Having been re-elected as your councillor, I will continue to represent you all to the best of my ability. For your information, I have again been offered a position in the Essex County Council Cabinet and last week after Full Council I took on the responsibilities of Cabinet Member for Children and Families; a great honour and an even greater responsibility. Having completed the County Council elections we are now into a General Election that will take place on June 8th 2017. Again, I appeal that if you are entitled to vote, then please vote. In the County Council election only 32% of those persons entitled to vote actually voted. The General Election, being national politics, always attains a higher turnout of voters, on average 70%. I do hope we all take the opportunity to vote. As we are in the period of the General Election, again, I have to be careful in this article regarding that any comments I state are my own. So with that in mind I will steer away from politics. Let us all welcome the warm weather. In our family in the near future, Kathryn and I will be welcoming our eighth grandchild. Our family BBQs attendance is growing all the time - even my nephew Nicholas and his wife (who as a family we affectionally call ‘posh Kate’) and their two boys have moved into the Old Moulsham area and they love it. That means even more sausages and burgers for the barbecue. BE SAFE Dick Madden 6 www.moulshamtimes.com
Galvin Green Man crowned ‘Best Pub in East of England’ at National Pub & Bar Awards 2017 The National Pub & Bar Awards have crowned the Galvin Green Man in Howe Street as the region’s best pub, awarding the latest pub from the Essex born chef brothers, Chris & Jeff Galvin, The Best Pub in East of England’. The recognition came at the annual National Pub & Bar Awards in London last night (23rd May) following the Essex county award win in April.
Commenting on the win, co-owner and Chef Patron, Chris Galvin, said: “We are thrilled to be recognised as the best pub in the East of England, a fantastic achievement just six months after opening and a huge testament to our fantastic team at the Green Man. “Opening in the pub last November was a passion project for myself and my brother Jeff. We grew up just down the road from the pub and wanted to come back to our roots and community and build something new and exciting. The pub itself dates back 700 years and we put our heart and soul into the renovation and design of the Green Man. We are proud to have put life back into the pub and are honoured to be recognised by these prestigious awards. The Green Man would not be the pub it is without our fantastic team and loyal customers. Jeff and I are enormously proud.” The Galvin Green Man pub is a return home for Essex born Chris and Jeff Galvin. It reopened in November 2016 in Howe Street near Chelmsford and is set in 1.5 acres of riverside meadow amidst beautiful countryside with the river Chelmer running at the bottom of the gardens. The Green Man is one of the oldest pubs in Essex. The transformation was extensive, with interior and architectural renovation restoring the listed building to its former splendour with the addition of a stunning new main dining room with glass vaulted entrance sitting alongside the original pub, keeping its Great British pub traditions. Working with locally sourced seasonal ingredients, the menu concentrates on classic pub dishes of the highest quality, while the bar serves craft ales with a strong emphasis on working in partnership with local craft brewers. The Green Man has four private dining rooms for up to 16 guests, each with their own style and crated in partnership with local business’ and suppliers in the Chelmsford area. www.moulshamtimes.com
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Take a Walk on the Wild Side - By Matt Russell The man responsible for spearheading the establishment of our much loved NHS, the legendary Anuerin ‘Nye’ Bevan, famously said: “We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run down.” Now, this hard nosed approach was obviously required to bring about one of the UK’s greatest ever achievements, but is this same approach (ie, that there is no room for middle ground and that you are either on one side or the other) required in the fitness industry? I think not! Being an almost obsessed purveyor of all things fitness, I ‘sign up’ to an almost infinite number of websites so that I can stay abreast of all the latest goings on within the industry. Granted, most of the info is downright rubbish and about as useful as Joey Essex on your quiz team, but in amongst the heaps of rubbish there are the few odd gems of scientifically backed info out there (anyway, I digress).
The Group Exercise Brigade... Recently, I received an email from a company who exclusively specialise in group fitness training. As you might expect, and quite rightly, they highlighted the numerous well documented benefits of group training, which, of course there are many. However, they then went on to decry the benefits of highly individualised assessment and training programmes, not necessarily personal training in general but just those trainers and training programmes which perhaps have an over idealistic view of human movement. To paraphrase, they felt that spending inordinate amounts of precious time on achieving 100% perfect biomechanics and addressing tiny muscle imbalances was daft when most time-poor people would be better served doing more strenuous exercise to stave off the threat of serious cardiovascular disease.
The Movement Specialists... A day or so later I received an email from one of these movement
specialists, which as you can probably imagine stressed the importance of the testing and retesting of biomechanics and the need for highly individualised training programmes. Heck, they were so persuasive in their arguments that they almost got me believing that I’d been using the wrong technique to pick my nose all these years! These two approaches were almost diametrically opposed to each other. They were on completely different sides of the road and neither dared walk in the middle of that road - not even for a second. When on balance, a mixture of the two approaches is probably best. Yes, there is certainly a need for assessment of biomechanics and the need for ‘proper’ technique, but we certainly shouldn’t get too overly idealistic about it. We are all different after all and the correct technique and biomechanics for one does not necessarily look the same as for another!
Unfortunately... Unfortunately, this example is just the tip of a rather large iceberg. The fitness industry is littered with people who are desperate to remain on one side of the road and dare not walk in the middle. It’s as if the leaders or ‘gurus’ of certain training programmes or dietary regimes actively seek to divide us and if truth be told, many of their followers probably enjoy this division because it induces a siege mentality amongst them and a misguided moral superiority over other people who dare follow a different diet or exercise plan. For example, it allows the HIIT evangelists to decry anyone who dares go for a long run. Functional movement specialists can snigger at anyone for doing a bench press and the no carb crew can treat with utter contempt anyone munching on a sandwich.
In Conclusion... As with most things in life, when there are two opposing arguments the answer generally lies somewhere in between. Be very wary of anyone in the fitness who is a vehement supporter of one particular exercise programme whilst remaining completely blind to the benefits of others. And remember, the irony is that the only common ground that many of these gurus have with each other is an overwhelming desire to flog you their products! For more balanced exercise and nutirition advice, or to book your free trial session at my bootcamp class or your free personal training sessio,n please don’t hesitate to get in touch. Also, if you enjoyed this please tell your friends, oh and follow me on social media too… matt@mlrpt.co.uk www.mlrpt.co.uk 07939 316 401 www.twitter.com/mlrpt www.facebook.com/mlrpt www.twitter.com/mlrpt
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Prevent Back Pain with a Margin of Safety Imagine you are driving a lorry and you have to cross a river. Your lorry weighs 4,000kg and in front of you are two choices of bridge. One bridge has been tested to 4,001kg and the other to 20,000kg. Which one would you choose?
Pretty obvious, right? You’d go over the one tested to 20,000kg just to be on the safe side. We feel more comfortable with what engineers call a ‘margin of safety’.
For example, have you ever hurt your back doing something like picking up a pen, or reaching for the remote? What probably happened is that even though the task is easy, sometimes - even though the overall movement of your body is good - one joint may be struggling and get over used.
I apply this idea of margin of safety quite a bit in life too. It’s become clear recently that I need to apply it to time. My wife and I have just had our second child and all of a sudden I seem to be running perpetually late! My brain is still in the old routine, but with the new addition I need to put space in my day and create a margin of safety with time.
My wife has a phrase when her back feels tight; she says, “my spine feels like a game of Jenga!”. It creates a good picture doesn’t it!? Imagine a stack of blocks, all of which should be able to glide and slide on their neighbours. If two blocks are stuck together, but you still need to move the whole stack, forces will target this fixed point.
With my patients, I create a margin of safety with movement. Injury often happens when the task you need to do requires ‘x’ amount of movement but your muscles and joints only have ‘x’ amount to give.
When an osteopath treats someone with back pain we not only improve the current state of the tissue health, but we also make sure there is a margin of safety so the problem doesn’t return. As you can imagine, each person’s buffer is unique to them. Someone who plays rugby needs a much bigger buffer than someone who sits at a desk all day.
Without a good buffer, all sorts of things can push the tissues over the edge. If you’re in a rush, if the floor isn’t even, or if your bag is heavier than usual, all of these things may tip you over the edge. While you’re going about your daily tasks any extra stresses put our tissues at risk if they are close to end-range. It’s easy to imagine a sportsperson twisting their ankle or reaching to catch a ball way overhead and hurting their back. In these big, exaggerated movements this concept of over stressing joints makes sense. But what I find more interesting is that an individual joint can reach end-range in very simple movements, even if globally the body can cope quite easily.
If you find you have recurrent tweaks and niggles, maybe you need some help forming a margin of safety in your movement, and our team is on hand to help. Get in touch at www.fortephysicalhealth. co.uk, or check us out on Facebook by searching for Forte Physical Health. We post regular videos giving stretching and movement ideas to help you. Have a healthy month!
MT Gardening
May has provided us with a whole array of weather conditions from dry, through to frosts and sunny days... Difficult to plan for at times.
Mizuna: Similar flavour to rocket but with spikier leaves.
Nonetheless, I’ve been busy getting a new vegetable and herb area underway on the patio. I’ve purchased a vegetable trug system in flat pack form. The instructions were easy to follow and the trug was up and ready for use within an hour. Also, when I purchased it a portable wind and frost protector was added. This will be ideal when extending the season at the end of this year or starting early next year.
Baby pak choi: White stemmed with green or purple-red leaves, mild and juicy with a hint of cress flavour, lovely mixed with other leaves. I love this stir fried with garlic and chilli peppers for more of a kick! Red orach: Burgundy coloured, arrow head shaped leaves with a strong flavour. This can also look great in borders
Once lined with a porous membrane material I then used a blended growing medium comprising of one third sieved top soil and a multi-purpose compost. The vegetable trug is pretty large and took round 420 litres of the growing mix. I’ll wet it later to get some moisture into the mix and then I’m more or less ready to go!
Okahijiki: A narrow stemmed succulent with a juicy, salty crunch. Oyster leaves: Slightly fleshy, oval grey-green leaves that actually do taste of oysters.
As I just love my salads, I’ll be trying a few new things such as one or two of the following: Shiso: Looking like spiky bright green mint leaves (they are related), this is used as a garnish for sashimi, with grated daikon and carrot. The citrussy, herby flavour is great with oily fish.
Tatsoi: Round green leaves with a white stem, and mild mustard flavour. I’ll also be growing rocket, which in some areas is wishing to flower now. Just cut down and you’ll get a little regrowth. Flavour becomes much stronger - but I love it. For further supplies keep sowing more. Lastly, as we arrive in June, a timely reminder to dead-head your bulbs as they finish flowering. Just twist the tops of the old flowers and it they should snap off. Compost these bits and allow the rest of the foliage to die back. This will add much needed nutrition to the bulb and a good steady show of flowers next year.
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Whatever you do, don’t tie leaves into a knot as this restricts some of that downward flow of nutrition. Also, when in leaf, liquid feed with a seaweed based product to boost the plant for next year. Happy Gardening For any gardening tips contact Tom Cole, Horticultural Lecturer, Writtle College, Chelmsford, CM1 3RR by post (including a SAE) or by email at tom.cole@writtle.ac.uk.
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Music and Blues in the City by Nick Garner Summer is here and we hope it will stay a while. There will be rain of course, but lets hope it’s all overnight!
At the Bassment we recently had Angelo Palladino and the Street Hawks and Booga Red - two outstanding acts, but sadly because the weather was so awful it put the punters off - we could have done with a few more in attendance, but for all who were there it was a real treat. We started off with local duo, Steve English and Claire Hamlin, who are Booga Red; a piano/guitar/vocal/kazoo/stompbox duo steeped in the barrelhouse boogie blues house party tradition of 1930s downtown Chicago. Booga Red take you back in time, playing the songs of early blues pioneers like Big Bill Broonzy, Tampa Red and Big Joe Turner. They play raggedy boogie woogie piano, have riotous vocals - and kazoo. There is some rollicking blues guitar - music for dancing, drinking and making merry. With outrageously authentic examples of fingerpickin’ guitar and honky tonk piano, Booga Red pay homage to the original innovators, and continue the legacy with new songs. They bring their own big sound to the old blues and boogie that contained the exciting early sparks that fizzled and crackled and finally exploded - this is the blues roots of rock’n’roll!
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The end of the May and the Bank Holiday weekend was busy, with Shakey hosting his 10th Anniversary Festival at the Fleece while I hosted a festival at the Theydon Oak in Epping. We start the new month on the 10th June at the football club with the Killerz, who are said to be the UK’s number one tribute to the Killers. Support is from the our very own Sound Mirrors. (Please see the advert on page 15 for full details). Next we are off to the Bassment, and making a welcome return we have Guy Tortora and Janos Bajtala - and maybe Costa Tancredi will join them on bass (well we hope so anyway). They are amazing and always go down a treat. Opening for them we have another treat for you in the form of Joe Anderton and Connor Selby playing an acoustic set. These are two of the most outstanding young artists that we know of, so do miss them. On Saturday 24th June we have our first Saturday night special at the Bassment. This will be with the Sharpeez who feature Brendan O’Neill on drums, Brendan was Rory Gallagher’s drummer for 10 years and then moved on to Nine Below Zero for 14 years. The co headliners for this show will be us, Jamie Williams & the Roots Collective. This will be our first Chelmsford show with the new line-up and we are on fire right now! (See the advert for full details). The next gig is very special, as we had Albert Lee play to a sell out crowd on the 2nd March and he has played to sell out audiences across the UK and Europe ever since. The tour will have just finished as this edition comes out. Albert will return to the USA but will be returning to the UK at the end of June for a couple of special shows and a festival - and we have one of those special shows on Friday 30th June.
The next act, Angelo Palladino & the Street Hawks, came all the way from Leeds. I first met them when I put them on at the Colne Blues Festival in Lancashire last year and they blew me away then. I just had to get them down here to play, and we will have them back that’s for sure. The band are Angelo Palladino (vocals/guitar), David Wilson (sax/vocals), Jake Miller (bass) and Jacob Riley (drums/vocals). Angelo has been around for many years, and the Palladinos once toured with Sting. Angelo has written songs with likes of Carole King and had one of his songs in the film Mad Dogs and Englishmen. His songs are melodic and often full of humour, and he had the audience laughing most of the night. The band are as sharp and hot as they come. We had many people dancing - you just could not help yourself!
We were about the smallest gig of the tour but they liked the room so much that they called and said they would like to film and record another show for a possible live DVD, and could they do it at the football club. Of course we said yes. See the advert for full details of times and tickets on page 19. Do not hang around if you want to see him, as it looks like we could have another sell out the way it is going. It was with deep regret that the SuperSonic 70s gig had to be cancelled the other week, but we hope to get them in some time in the future. We have one more show coming up at the football club before our break for August. On the 15th July we have the Kast of Kinks who are three ex-members of the Kinks, including their legendary drummer Mick Avery. The idea for a big festival for Chelmsford that I mentioned in the last edition is also gaining momentum. It is looking like we will have a Chelmsford Arts and Cultural Festival. A 3-day event is planned for 2018 and hopefully a 16 to 17 day event in 2019, so watch this space! As ever, please do try to come out and support the great live scene that we have in Essex, because if you do not - we may lose it. For more information on all of the above and more see the links below and pick up a copy of the City Times and go to the What’s On page to see what else in happening in your area. If you go to the Facebook pages below you can preview the up and coming acts.
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The Mix of Life - Rev Mark Meatcher
How many different emotions do you go through each day? If you’re anything like me, I think you could probably list quite a few and yet emotions are often something that we don’t really engage with.
We often talk about having a ‘stiff upper lip’ and comments are made that seem to imply that no matter what has happened to us we should be able to cope. But what happens when we can’t? What do we do when we are struggling to cope? My colleague at Christ Church URC, Caroline, has just started a drop-in for students from Chelmsford College as an encouragement to give students an additional place where they can simply sit and chat about what’s on their minds. But I wonder whether more of us might benefit from having such a place to go... A place where we are not under pressure to conform to a particular behavioural code (often ‘imposed’ by parents, upbringing or the society around us)? One of my favourite poems speaks about the church as such a place: If this is not a place where tears are understood Where can I go to cry? If this is not a place where my questions can be asked Where do I go to seek? If this is not a place where my feelings can be heard Where do I go to speak? If this is not a place where You’ll accept me as I am Where do I go to be? If this is not a place where I can try to learn and grow Where can I be just me? (Picked up at Lanercost Priory)
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MT Baking by Alison Motley
Yesterday I spent a couple of hours trying to book a cheap flight to France for a weekend away and it was hungry work! Whilst I scrolled through all the flight options and debated whether I could cram 3 days’ worth of clothes in a small bag to avoid my baggage costing more than my seat, my mind wandered to the pastries of France - baguettes, croissants, eclairs, macarons and of course the spectacular croquembouche.
caramel in the vanilla ones are two of my favourites) but they are also wonderful just as they are. Just make sure you eat them freshly baked as they do go stale quickly!
Flights booked (I went with the hand luggage only option - my rationale being I can manage with just one pair of shoes if it means I get to spend more money on visits to pâtisseries whilst I’m there), I was in the mood for baking my favourite French classic; the madeleine.
100g unsalted butter, plus 2 tablespoons to grease 100g golden caster sugar 2 large eggs 100g plain flour, sieved, plus extra for dusting ¼ teaspoon salt Grated zest of 1 lemon
I remember the first time I tried them in a small café on a day trip to Calais. They were light, sweet and buttery. Excited by their discovery I brought a packet home from the hypermarket only to be gutted by how dry and flavourless they were, so I bought myself a madeleine tin and taught myself how to make them properly. Along with the investment of a madeleine tin you will need a bit of patience and possibly some practice, but believe me the reward is worth it - and you will gain some baking kudos! I would suggest buying a metal madeleine tin rather than a silicone one. Call me old fashioned, but I just don’t think the texture is as good with silicone and it can be a pain to remove the madeleines after baking. Traditional madeleine tins often have 16 holes, but if yours only has 12 you will need to make them in batches. If you want the distinctive bump on the top side of the madeleine you need to chill both the tin and the batter before baking. One advantage with this is that you can make the batter the day before and leave it in the fridge until you are ready to bake. Browning the melted butter before using, although tricky, does add a lovely nutty flavour. Just keep an eye on it the whole time as it can easily burn. If you are worried about this step, simply melt the butter - the flavour of the finished madeleines may not be quite as good but they will turn out just fine. I’m not sure if the lemon zest is strictly traditional, so replace it with ½ teaspoon of vanilla extract if you prefer. The finished madeleines can be glazed or filled (lemon curd in the lemon variety or salted
Happy baking! Madeleines (makes 16)
1. Heat the butter in a pan over a medium heat until melted. Remove 2 tablespoons of the melted butter and reserve for greasing. Gently heat the remaining melted butter until it starts to sizzle and turn a golden brown. Remove the pan from the heat immediately and allow to cool. 2. In a large bowl whisk together the sugar and eggs until golden, fluffy and light. 3. Gently pour the sieved flour, salt, melted butter and lemon zest (or vanilla extract) down the side of the bowl (to avoid knocking out any air) and fold them in gently with a large metal spoon. 4. Cover the bowl with cling film and leave to chill for at least an hour. 5. Use the reserved 2 tablespoons of butter to generously grease the madeleine tin and then dust it with a little sieved flour. Put the prepared tin in the fridge to chill. 6. When you are ready to bake the madeleines, preheat the oven to 180C/Fan 160C/Gas 4 and slide a baking tray into the oven to preheat too. 7. Remove the prepared tin from the fridge and fill each hole with approx. 2 teaspoons of batter. Don’t be tempted to fill the madeleine holes completely, or they will spill out when baking. 8. Slide the madeleine tin onto the preheated baking tray and bake for 9-10 minutes and remove them from the oven as soon as they are golden brown. 9. Remove the madeleines from the tin immediately and leave to cool on a wire rack. I would love to hear from readers with anything baking related, so do please drop me an email at motleybakes@aol.com.
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Travellers Tales - Egypt Part 2 - by John Power The Nile Cruise
Having had our appetites whetted for the glories that were once ancient Europe, a couple of years later in 2009 we booked up for another cruise but in a different smaller craft: One of the great fleet that ferries tourists south from Luxor down the Nile to the Aswan High Dam. The dam was built to create a reservoir upstream to control irregation and supply hydroelectric power in the 1950s. In so doing it cut off the annual innundation to the more northerly reaches of the Nile that had been brought about by the flood waters of the African rainy season washing down the fertile soil to the river banks. This created the civilisation inside the surrounding desert. Since the building of the dam it is controlled irregation that keeps the fertile foreshores as arable land. The plane arrived at Luxor on the Eastern shore of the Nile just over halfway between the Mediterranean Sea and the dam. That places it near the old capital of Thebes and its enormous complex of temples dedicated to the god, Amoun (as in the ending of the Lord’s Prayer, which was originally the State Prayer to Amoun). A long avenue of sculpted ram-headed sphinxes leads into it. We didn’t visit the complex before the cruise began, but visited once we had returned to Luxor. Also before the boat journey, we went by bus to the Valley of the Tombs of the Kings in the mountains on the western shore. There lies Tutankhamun, although his gilded coffin and grave goods are in the Cairo Museum. 60 other kings so far have been found buried there, mostly identified but some still to be named. The tombs date from 1600BCE up to the Greek and Roman occupations. The subterranean edifices are as huge and baffling to science as the Pyramids, supposedly chiselled by hand with nothing more than frequently sharpened copper chisels. We visited three or four of these empty but highly decorated human made caves. I can only remember the name of one, that was Rameses IV. There is a smaller Valley of the Queens over the crest of the hill to the south west, but we didn’t visit that. We did, however visit the extensive mauseleum and temple of probably the most powerful queen that Egypt knew, that of Hatshepsut, that she had built just south of Thebes on the east bank around 1515BCE. The temple is dedicated to Hathor, the cow goddess representing female power with a human face but cow’s ears. As regent for her young son, she dressed as a man (complete with false beard) and continued to dominate affairs even when her son was grown up. Obviously the ship was not a full sized steamer, but a smaller craft suited to the river, which is otherwise mainly populated with traditional dao sailing boats. It probably held about three dozen people, including crew and staff, as well as an archaeologist guide to temples and heiroglyphs. It had two levels on top including a deck with pool and loungers and berths below. Staff included fine cooks and waiters as well as sailors and they put on entertainment when moored up in the evenings.
We first went to Esna on the west bank to visit a temple dedicated to Khumn - a ram god - patron of potters. Only the hyperstyle hall remains of the ancient building. Beside it is a water barrier, smaller than the Aswan Dam; we had to navigate a lock to pass through it. The next stop was at the well preserved Temple of Horus at Edfu, about 25 miles futher south on the same shore. Horus is a hawk god, and two giant hawk statues guard the entrance to the inner chambers of the temple under huge columns, while relief carvings decorate the walls with mythological scenes. Next, Kom Ombo on the east bank is a sanctuary from the time of Tuthmoses, (the era of biblical Moses), but which was rebuilt in the times of Greco-Roman occupation. Only stumps of columns remain. The route then took us another 35 miles past Elephantine Island, a more modern retreat for latterday nobility opposite a mauseleum for the last Aga Khan, head of the Ismaili Islamic sect, 15 miles before the Aswan Dam. Travellers had been warned to observe local dress prohibitions, but when we docked on the opposite shore for a town visit, one woman went ashore alone in a blouse and shorts and was surprised that she had to fend off advances from young locals and return to the ship so quickly. Exits from sites of interest usually had souvenir and clothe stores, and with the customary persistant salesmen and disrespect for women, at another stop Brenda was coerced to the point of argument just for browsing, causing two men to have to hold back their abusive co-salesman, and she too had to make her escape. At the Aswan Dam we went ashore nearby in order to explore the Temple of Isis at Philae on its own island by the east bank, which was in an amazingly good state of repair for such an ancient building. It has 16 columns still supporting the massive cross beams that had held the roof, surrounded by huge plants and walkways. The goddess Isis was accepted into the Roman pantheon of deities, and this may explain how the structure survived so well. The dam was an impressive structure, but marked the point of return for our journey after a day with an optional day trip to visit the colossal statues of Rameses II, originally at Abu Simbel, but moved to escape the dam’s flood waters. The return voyage could be best described as plain sailing, as we made no further stops until nearing Luxor. The time was devoted to sunbathing, dips in the pool and enjoying the lush riverside scenery. The last stop was just north of where we began the cruise on the west bank at the Temple of Denderah, again dedicated to the cow goddess Hathor. It was in good repair with pillars of goddess images still standing in front of an intact building. One ceiling had once contained a carved relief of an elaborate zodiac, itself a later edition, but replaced by a casting of the original after that had been plundered by those legal tomb robbers that are agents for museums. At least that is more than English looter Lord Elgin or the British Museum did for Greece after they removed the marble staues that faced the front of the Parthenon’s roof in Athens. Once we were ashore, the most impressive temple complex was saved for last: The Temples of Karnak from the era when Thebes was capital of the New Kingdom (1567-1085BCE). The entrance way is lined with an avenue of ram sphinxes leading to the City of Palaces, as invading arabs called it. These mostly survive in a variety of states of repair. Most roofs have gone, but the giant columns that supported them remain and are too numerous to count. Huge sculptures of Rameses II either with Queen Nefertari, or commemorating his battle with the hittites (from what is now Turkey), stand guard at multiple locations. There were needles like the one called Cleopatra’s Needle (which it never was) in London, originally including a pair, but one of those was shipped to the State Capital in Washington, USA.
Temples in the complex and beyond, even stretching to the other shore of the Nile, include one begun by Amenhotep, the Ramasseum, also commemorating the Battle of Quadesh against the hittites. Another is for Amenhotep III with remains including the Collosi of Memnon, which are two enormous but well weathered seated figures. We saw the Collosi of Memnon close up en route to one last surprise that Brenda organised on our last day in Luxor, that of a hot air balloon ride. A minibus took us past them on the west bank. The balloons utilise the hot air currents rising from the desert in the morning heat to glide over the Valley of the Queens giving a panoramic view over the whole Theban complex, as well as Luxor and the lush riverbank surrroundings. The pilot was proud to show us his Blue Peter badge, which he was given when his balloon featured in the children’s TV programme! The next time we took to the air it was from Luxor Airport.
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Moulsham Schools Music at Moulsham Infant School
At Moulsham Infants, music is at the heart of our school. We follow the unique Stave House method of teaching children to read music. The method uses stories, puppets, songs and rhymes which appeal to all children enabling them to very quickly be able to read simple music whatever their academic ability. Children enjoy the fun and catchy songs and stories while learning to read music. Jessica in Year 2 said: “I love Stave House music lessons because I can play the recorder using different notes and read music.” The children begin to apply their knowledge to the chime bars and then in Year 2 to the recorder. We ran a Year 1 parent workshop to explain the method to parents and then they were able to see a lesson in action. One parent said: “What a fantastic session. Thank you for giving us this opportunity to see exactly what our children do.” We have also hosted a Stave House Day, where we invited three other local Chelmsford schools to join us in making music. The afternoon involved a range of singing, composing and performing. Stave House is a wonderful starting block for children whether they learn an instrument now or in the future. We also offer private music lessons in guitar, voice and violin using the Stave House approach. We think that it is wonderful that we are able to offer this to children at such a young age. The students enjoyed performing to their parents in a special celebration assembly to showcase what they have been learning. We have been teaching music using the Stave House method to all children in the school for nearly 4 years. We are the only infant school in Chelmsford to be following the program. We feel that our music teaching at Moulsham Infants really embraces our school motto ‘Where learning is fun’. Emma Bowyer Music Subject Leader Writing in Year 4 at Moulsham Junior School
Most recently, we have been writing stories about dilemmas. In these stories we have been trying to include exciting words for said, description, fronted adverbials and much much more! Here are a few snippets from the children’s recent work: Johnny, the owner, growled with fury, “hey, you’re a stupid thief, how dare you?” Nervously, the three thieves sprinted across the verdant grass. Tearfully, outraged and furious flames spread across Chris’s chocolate brown hair. “Why did you drag me into it?” Sobbed Chris with rage. (Written by Sienna) Deidre and Felicity ran down the stairs, called Princess, put her lead on, grabbed the picnic basket and ran out of the door. “I hope we’re not too late,” cried Felicity racing to the park; her golden hair flowing out behind her. (Written by Isabella) As Chandra, Taj and Ravi entered the fairground they were overwhelmed by the gorgeous smell of doughnuts, candy floss and many more scrumptious smells. Ravi was lost for words when he saw the Kranium Launcher; an unthinkably dangerous ride that launched you into a water pit. Taj, on the other hand, was star struck by the everlasting line of stalls. Chandra, however, decided to go on the Big Dipper; a roller coaster with many loops and turns. (Written by Luke) We are really looking forward to the last part of the school year and helping the children to continue to develop their skills in writing and to reading many more exciting and enjoyable pieces of work. Fran Humm, Head of Year 4
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Habit Sits at the Start of Everything - by Mark Roberts Wherever you are in life, right now is exactly where you should be. You are there because you have brought yourself to that destination through your beliefs, choices, and the actions you have taken. Of course, there have been influences that buffeted you this way and that along the way, but essentially you have been the navigator responsible for directing you to your present circumstances.
You may say ‘but that is not true, how could this be? Surely I am not responsible for all the circumstances that have arrived at my door? Many things have happened that were outside of my control and I had no choice in those things.’ It is understandable that you may think like this, because life seems to unfold in that way, presenting you with situations where the outcome appears to be out of your hands. The reality though is much different, because you always had a choice and the outcome, in most cases, will have depended on your response. Your present circumstance is the result of choices you made in the past; but they do not have to define your future. You can change your destination through the choices you make now, because it is never too late to alter course. You do not have to accept a default existence. Life is, as they say, a journey - and you can choose your own destination and the route you take. It is important to understand that you have always been choosing. From the time when you were first capable of reasoned thought, you have been making choices - about everything. You may not have considered this before, but deep down inside you know that this is true. Every time that you responded to a situation, you made a choice, for better or for worse, you chose and to a large extent, directed the outcome. You may say, ‘if that is true and it has always been my choice, why am I here now - this is not where I want to be?’ The answer is simple - you have acted within the confines of what you believed was possible for you, reinforced through unconscious and habitual patterns of behaviour that supported your personal belief system. Your habits sit at the heart of everything you do. Why? Because most of the choices that you make every single day are made on autopilot, without much - if any - conscious thought. The reason for this
is because the super computer sitting gracefully inside your head remembers everything. Most of those memories are stored in a part of the brain that enables you to carry out tasks without having to think about them through learned behaviour. Your brain is brilliant at remembering responses in often repeated situations, enabling you to act without thought when a similar occasion arises. This is ideal where the remembered behaviour works in your favour, but can be less so on those occasions when the brain misreads the situation. You know this is true: Your internal radar does not always read the signs accurately. The facts may not be entirely clear, but your brain will nevertheless search for a similar, stored experience and select an appropriate response - it does this all in a nanosecond. This is when you find yourself acting out of preprogrammed habit, which may be quite uncomfortable when you realise that you reacted inappropriately. As the saying goes ‘act in haste, repent at leisure.’
Of course, not every choice is made in the moment and you will have had time to consider your options. It is possible that your options will have been explained to you, for example by a professional offering advice. Even in this situation habit can have an impact. If you have ever had financial advice or taken out investments, you will know that investment companies will usually want to assess your attitude towards risk. The usual formula dictates that the higher the return on the investment, the higher the risk. Your attitude towards risk will be programmed into your subconscious and will have developed over time, influenced by your upbringing, experiences, beliefs and personal circumstances: Your attitude to risk has become a habit. Risk aversion is just one example of the many habits you have developed over your lifetime. They have become so ingrained that you are not even aware they exist, but they are there operating in the background, managing and directing the choices that you make, every second of every day. They have access to all your important data and can adapt and update when new experiences are added. You need to be aware of this and begin to understand how habits are operating in your life. Maybe it is time to carry out some reprogramming! You could make a start on this by committing to undertake a daily review. A good time for this is at the end of each day just before bedtime or just before going to sleep. Take stock of your day and identify the moments that involved decision making. Review them and identify whether your choices were based upon habitual patterns of behaviour. If they were, dig down deep and discover what lay behind your choices. Ask yourself whether the information supporting your choice is still valid. If it is not, resolve to develop a new and empowering habit for the future. If your action was valid, still question it and ask yourself whether it could have been improved and make any necessary changes.. When you identify an unhelpful habit, resolve to create a new and empowering one that will serve you better. Daily reviews will increase your awareness of habitual patterns and you will start to make helpful, more informed choices. To your success… For more about Mark Roberts, visit his Facebook page at www.facebook.com/ intelligentlifestrategies.
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Film in Chelmsford By Caitlin Lupton
The Film Festival Lines Up Big Talent The first ever Chelmsford Film Festival draws closer and there have been some exciting developments this week. The winner of the award for Outstanding Contribution to British Cinema has been announced as Alice Lowe. Alice wrote and starred in the cult gem Sightseers and more recently has written, directed and starred in Prevenge, a black comedy about heavily pregnant Ruth who goes on a killing spree. Alice will be presented with her award on the opening night of the festival on Wednesday 7th June and will be participating in a live Q&A. Alice will talk about her experience of the film industry, give insights about British cinema and share advice for budding and professional film makers. This adds to the already rich line-up for the festival’s opening night. Carl Mackenzie, one of the founders and directors of the festival said: “We can’t wait for opening night. Not only do we have a live interview with local film makers Carl Strathie and Charlette Kilby, the creators of sci-fi feature Solis, we also have a screening of interactive film Late Shift and a special guest appearance from Alice Lowe. It’s a fantastic way to kick off the festival.” Solis is a low budget sci-fi feature that follows Troy Holloway, a man who is faced with impending death when he realises the escape pod he is drifting on is heading towards the sun. The hype surrounding the recent release of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2 is everywhere, and opening night of CFF 2017 is no exception. Chris Cook, lead 3D modeller at Framestore, will be giving a live interview and divulging the VFX secrets behind blockbusters such as Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2, Dr Strange, Beauty and the Beast and Gravity. Chris will share some valuable insights about working in the VFX and other creative industries. The packed evening will conclude with an interactive cinematic experience. Late Shift was written and directed by Tobias Weber and allows audience participation in a completely unique way. The Sunday Times has said that “Late Shift feels like the most important film of the year,” so it promises to be an unforgettable end to the opening night. The remaining 3 days of the festival also promise to be just as exciting, with Thursday night’s panel discussion at Grand Central and Friday’s screenings of the CFF 2017 officially selected films at Cramphorn Theatre’s Picture House. The festival will be brought to a close on Saturday 10th June with the awards ceremony and closing party. All of the winners from CFF 2017 will be announced from twenty five films over four categories - Short Film, Mini Short, Documentary and Music Video. Follow the CFF Facebook page www.facebook.com/ ChelmsfordFilmFestival for updates, and visit the website at www. chelmsfordfilmfestival.com to buy tickets for your favourite events, or a festival pass for full access to the 4-day Festival.
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Wine Corner
Hi everyone, I thought summer had arrived last week; shorts on, out in the sun. This week shorts back in drawer and the big coat is out of the wardrobe. What’s going on with our weather? We went to Norfolk last week and stayed on the Sandringham Estate. What about that then? No, not at the Queen’s invitation, but on one of the two caravan sites on the estate. We visited the house, which is a short walk from the site, but as it was raining we went on the bus. No car, as I was hoping for an opportunity to have a taste of Liz’s Fizz. Sadly not to be. I did not even see the vineyard let alone any wine. Norfolk did make the wine news this week though, as one of the vineyards in the county won a Platinum Best in show award for their still white at the Decanter World Wine Awards 2017, beating off 17,200 other wines. The vineyard is called Winberri and the award is a first for UK still wines. Sparkling wines have been winning awards for ages, but not still ones. I think it will be somewhere I shall go on my next visit. We visited a few towns while we were there, and one day I was looking for an ATM. I was surprised to see one in a pound shop, but decided against using it, as I wanted to draw out more than a pound. The weather was wet in Norfolk but it got me thinking: How many times can you be in the garden after a holiday somewhere hot and say ‘this reminds me of our holiday’? If you holiday in the UK, you can be saying that each time in rains! I am watching the Twin Peaks box set at the moment. I am halfway through the second series and still waiting to see an episode that I understand. At the start of the programme and before the adverts, the camera zooms in on the sign at the edge of town, announcing the name and the population, as they seem to do in the USA. The only thing is, at least 10 people have already been killed in the town, but the population has stayed at 51,201. Perhaps they can only pay the sign ‘updater’ for one visit per year. Bit misleading don’t you think? Having said that, I am not sure that I would be that interested in how many people are there, number of bars and opening hours would suit me more.
Vini DOP (Protected Designation of Origin), generally seen as the best quality wines. There are twenty wine regions which correspond to the administrative areas, so wine is produced across the whole country using some of the hundreds of grapes recognised in the country. I went to a wine tasting at the well known national wine seller in Chelmsford last week. Along with my mates, Steve and John, we tasted twelve wines, all of which were very good. So much so, I bought some lovely Italian red, Costarossa (or Zinfandel as it is often known) from Veneto in the north, along with a Hungaian Gruner Veltliner white with a very amusing cartoon on the label of a wine god checking the wine out, very eye catching. The most familiar grapes used include Valpolicello, Montepulciano, Naqbolo,Sangiovese and from the same area (Tuscany) Chianti, Soave, Bardolino and, of course, good old Pinot Grigio. Bin end chuckles. For me, clean and sober means I’m showered and heading for the pub... The future, the past and the present walked into a pub, things got a little tense... Keep calm and carry on drinking, in moderation.
Italy is a lovely country. They make great cars, have great fashion houses, great opera singers, great footballers, great history. (who can forget the Roman Empire’s contribution to wine producing all around the world?) and some great wines. It is home to about 61 million people and is about 40% bigger than the UK, but about 80% of it is mountainous or hilly. It has several lovely islands off it’s coast, including Sicilly (great for wine), Sardinia and Capri. It’s wine production alternates with France as the largest wine producer in the world by volume and, apparently has over 1 million vineyards, wow! They produce about 30% of the world’s production of wine. There are four categories in the appellation system. Vini, wines that can be produced anywhere in the EU and only includes the colour of the wine on the bottle (I would have thought that that was generally unnecessary). Mind you, talking of stating the obvious, I was reading the paper today and there was an article about dedicated cycle lanes in cities slowing down ambulances going to an emergency. A serious problem, but the piece also showed a photo of a cyclist in a cycle lane, which was separated from the other lanes by a massive concrete barrier. The caption read A segregated cycle lane with kerb and they had circled the kerb! Just in case you didn’t know, I guess. Anyway back to Italy, that’s a hot country where Italians live, just in case you didn’t know! The second is Vini Varietali, wine made from authorised international grapes. Now, I had never heard this term before, but these ‘international’ grapes are Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Merlot, Sauvignon blanc and Syrah. The third category is Vini IGP (Protected Geographic Indication) also known as IGT (Typical Geograhic Indication) in Italy. To gain this, the vineyards have to adhere to specific levels of quality and procedures. Finally 22
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Money Raised for City of Chelmsford Mencap at Shakster Records 10th Anniversary Festival at The Golden Fleece
Money was raised over the bank holiday weekend for City of Chelmsford Mencap and the Manchester Victims and Families Fund. The amount is being totted up as we go to print. Firesky pictured from the successful weekend.
Supporting people to reach their potential, improve their wellbeing and strengthen their communities. InterAct is a local charity supporting people with disabilities and additional needs and improving the emotional wellbeing of the local community. InterAct provides a range of support across Essex in the community and at our Aspire Centre, based at Moulsham Mill in Chelmsford. Over the last 18 months we have been working to transform the Aspire Garden from an overgrown wasted space into an area where the young people and adults we support can come and learn how to grow plants, enjoy nature, meet friends, have fun or just enjoy a quiet moment.
We have been supported by a range of local companies and volunteer groups including Writtle College, Graham Construction and Essex & Suffolk Water. We have made great progress and already have a healthy abundance of plants and wildlife in the garden. Each week a group of volunteer gardeners help out, making steady progress to transform the local environment. We now have a pond in the garden and hope to complete the project with the final landscaping, planting, patio and lawn areas subject to funding. InterAct has been operating for 25 years of delivering high quality services to young people and adults. Every year InterAct helps thousands of individuals and their families, supporting people to reach their potential, improve their wellbeing and strengthen their communities. InterAct has a small staff team and is supported by over 100 volunteers. For further information about InterAct or to get in touch please contact us via our website at www.interact.org.uk or call 01245 680201.
Natural Therapies Day at Moulsham Mill You are invited to join us at Moulsham Mill to help raise funds for the fabulous and inspiring Aspire Garden – an InterAct project for young people with learning disabilities/additional needs. This programme is aimed at helping to develop new skills and encourage creativity and teamwork skills. The garden has been transformed into a beautifully landscaped, heavily planted haven of plants and vegetables that compliment its cottage location, next to the river – close to Moulsham Mill itself. On the 10th of June between 12 midday and 4pm come along and sample some of the many and varied therapies that are practiced at Moulsham Mill. The Mill is home to a broad range of skilled professional therapists who will join together to showcase their many trades all promoting health and wellbeing. Mini treatments/ sessions will be available giving you the opportunity to discuss your requirements with the various therapists and to book a further consultation or purchase items on display on the day. The entry fee of £1 will go directly to InterAct. Profits from refreshments sold by the on-site cafe, managed by Chelmsford Community Radio, will also be donated to InterAct. The following therapies/treatments will be available for you to try, from £5 each: www.moulshamtimes.com
• Alexander Technique • Arbonne Natural Make Up • Foot Care • Clairvoyance • Crystal Healing • Geothermic Massage (Hot Stones) • Homeopathy • Hypnotherapy • Indian Head Massage • Mindfulness • NLP • Pilates • Psychotherapy • Reflexology • Yoga
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Rotary is Changing it’s Image A lot of research has been carried out over the last year or so to discover the public’s perception of Rotary. If you ask someone what they think Rotary looks like, you will get lots of different answers. To many the answer is very positive as Rotary is an organisation held in high esteem, trustworthy and doing good in the community. Indeed, this is certainly the case but it is not necessarily a widely held view. Some would describe Rotary as ‘male, frail and stale’. This section sees Rotary as exclusively for elderly men who just meet for lunch and do not move with the times but this is a far cry from the truth.
If this sounds like your cup of tea, then look for Facebook Rotary in Essex, or visit www.chelmsfordrotary1240.org, or simply give me a call on 01245 260 349. It may be one of the best choices you ever make. Stan Keller
Nowadays women are very prominent at every level of Rotary. In fact, the current National President is female and the District Governors in Essex for the years 2018/19 and 2019/20 are both women so that’s one myth dispelled. There are still more men than women but that is because we started from a base of 100% male - but women are catching up. When Rotary started in 1905 it was a business network but times have changed dramatically over the past 112 years. There were very few women in business in those days so unsurprisingly women were not involved. Fast forward a hundred years and in common with most other spheres of society women now have equal opportunities. Now we can examine the question of age. Once again it is irrefutable that Rotary is an ageing organisation, so the focus has been how to encourage younger people to join, how to adapt to modern working practices to make it easier for younger people to juggle work, family and voluntary commitments. With this in mind, Rotary has simply done away with the rigid attendance rules substituting it with a maxim that says come when you can; we will appreciate whatever time you can spare and help out when you can.
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There is a real need for new ideas and fresh energy. Rotarians now in their seventies weren’t old when they joined. They were probably in their forties, the very sector Rotary is now hoping will come forward again in greater numbers. Experience is still a desirable commodity and so newly retired people will also find a local Rotary club a good fit for giving something back to the community whilst making new friendships and deriving self-satisfaction. It is possible to be involved with Rotary in junior school through the exciting Rotakids, then on to Interact for 12-18 year old group and straight on to a Rotary club proper or via Rotaract which is there for the 18-30 club. So many opportunities these days, so it does irritate sometimes when I read articles totally negative to Rotary and wholly inaccurate as well. Modern life moves at great pace, so we haven’t time to gradually absorb young business men and women into the fold as happened with women. Change needs to happen now. Rotary is for now; you can find us on Facebook and Twitter and other social media platforms. Visit our websites to see the wonderful projects being organised on your doorstep. See Rotary in action. Did you enjoy watching the Great Baddow 10k and Fun Run? Well you would not have been able to do so if it were not for Rotary organising it year in year out. Rotary has a new logo which makes it stand out - literally. The emphasis is on ‘Rotary’ so that is what you now see displayed most prominently with the famous wheel still there, but more in a supporting role. The marketing arm of Rotary is aware that we need to be more visible so future events will see more display material ensuring everyone enjoying an event will be able to acknowledge the part played by Rotary and wish to get involved.
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Quiz Time - Film and TV (answers page on 31) Round One - 1980s Films 1. Who was the female star of the 1987 blockbuster Dirty Dancing? 2. Which former Happy Days actor directed the 1984 comedy Splash? 3. Which 1988 Tom Hanks movie told the tale of a 12 year old in an adult body? 4. Which sport is featured in the 1986 movie The Color of Money? 5. For which movie was Survivor’s Eye of the Tiger used as the theme? 6. Which 1985 comedy gave Madonna her first major movie appearance? 7. Who starred as Mick ‘Crocodile’ Dundee in the 1986 movie? 8. Which comedy star made his screen debut in the 1982 movie 48 Hours? 9. Which 1984 movie about a classical composer won the Best Movie Oscar? 10. Which Bond film of 1985 was the last to star Roger Moore in the main role? Round Two - 1990s Films 1. In which airport is the 1990 movie Die Hard 2 set? 2. Who directed the 1994 cult classic Pulp Fiction? 3. Who plays Count Dracula in 1992’s Bram Stoker’s Dracula? 4. What in 1995 became the first feature length computer animated movie to be released? 5. Who directed the 1991 film Terminator 2? 6. Which villain is played by Jim Carey in the 1995 film Batman Forever? 7. Who starred as Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars Episode 1? 8. What is the name of the character played by Tom Cruise in the Mission Impossible series of films? 9. Who starred as Harry Stamper in 1998’s Armageddon? 10. Who played the role of John Hammond, creator of Jurassic Park, in the 1992 movie? Round Three - TV Sitcoms 1. Who played Alf Garnett’s daughter in the BBC’s Till Death Do Us Part? 2. In which seaside town was the sit-com Fawlty Towers set? 3. In which prison did Norman Stanley Fletcher do porridge in?
4. By what name did Trigger always refer to Rodney in Only Fools and Horses? 5. What is the full name of the Vicar of Dibley? 6. In which era was the SECOND series of Blackadder based? 7. What was the name of the character played by Lesley Joseph in Birds of a Feather? 8. What were the names of Tom and Barbara Good’s neighbours in The Good Life? 9. Who played Gary’s flatmate in the first series of Men Behaving Badly? 10. Who wrote and sang the theme song for One Foot in the Grave? Round Four - TV Adverts 1. What product was the first to be advertised in colour on British TV? 2. Which set of adverts lead to the feature film Johnny English? 3. From which airport had Lorraine Chase flown in according to the Campari adverts? 4. What drink was advertised by Bob Geldof on TV in the 1980s? 5. Which sweet could you allegedly ‘eat between meals without spoiling your appetite’? 6. Which bank always likes to say YES? 7. What does Aleksandr Orlov advertise on TV? 8. Which dog food is always advertised after Crufts as being ‘recommended by top breeders’? 9. What drink was advertised by Leonard Rossiter and Joan Collins? 10. What sweets should you ‘buy some for Lulu’? Round Five - Bond, James Bond 1. What was the first official Bond film in 1962? 2. Which actor played James Bond in the first five films? 3. Who wrote the books that the James Bond films are based on? 4. Which character provides Bond with his gadgets? 5. What is the name of the CIA agent who often works alongside 007? 6. Which artist has sung three Bond themes? 7. What is 007’s favourite tipple? 8. Which Bond film is predominantly set in India? 9. What was the last Bond film made starring Pierce Brosnan? 10. Timothy Dalton made two Bond films in the main role in 1987 and 1989, what were their titles?
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All About Moulsham Lodge & Tile Kiln
Moulsham Lodge Community Trust Our coffee mornings every Tuesday from 10am till 12 noon are going from strength to strength with a number of themed topics being covered during the morning. If you would like to see a special theme like Dementia UK, knitting, politics, mental health, family history (etc etc) please get in touch and we’ll see what we can do. Before most coffee mornings there is a walking ‘club’ where the plan is to start at 9.30am and walk until the café opens at 10am. It is very informal so come along and talk while you walk.
On the 23rd May a sponsored walk in aid of the defibrillator we want to install will have taken place. We aim to install one by the end of the year for the benefit of the local community - they are very easy to use and save lives all over the UK every year. Our Annual Community Fun Day is almost upon us. On the 17th June where we will be hosting a Father’s Day Breakfast, which will then be followed by a few hours of traditional fun and games (with a few special guest thrown in if we can arrange it). Moving onto later this year, on Saturday 19th August our choir, New City Voices, will be performing as the backing choir to a Pink Floyd tribute band called Any Colour You Like at the CRIX Festival in Hatfield Peveral. Look out for details of tickets in the next few weeks if you are interested. Looking forward into next year, we are looking at some exciting projects that will be unique amongst community organisations and we want you to be involved. If you have an interest in cooking and want to be the next Jamie Oliver or Nigella Lawson and would be prepared to face the camera and cook, please get in touch.
have a chat, as we’d like your involvement to discuss our ideas. Have you got a special interest, hobby etc that you wouldn’t mind being interviewed for to be broadcast live or recorded? Then we’d love to hear from you. PS: We are equal opportunities focused, so anyone can apply. www.mlct.org.uk enquiries@mlct.org.uk 07411 808 731 Twitter: @MLCTStation (& on Facebook)
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Cllr Mark Springett - Moulsham Lodge Ward The consultation for the draft Local Plan has now closed. The campaign group, Friends Of John Shennan Playing Field, submitted a petition with around one thousand signatures supporting the retention of the playing field as open green space. I support their campaign and I hope John Shennan site is removed from the plan so that the community can continue to enjoy the benefits it brings. I also consider that I have been significantly misled over the contamination issues and the development potential of this site. When the campaign group for the old community centre site was first established we considered all local available space and John Shennan was quickly disregarded because of the contamination issues, to find out now that this is not the case gives me great cause for concern.
of these gases, plus unknown toxic substances. Plus (according to a ‘secret’ report) a number a heavy metals also existed in the old landfill site. The contamination is further compounded by unknown medical waste from St John’s hospital. The ‘secret’ report also eluded to a cost of £18million to decontaminate the site. I can’t believe any developer would be willing to spend this amount as their financial return would be non existent. I’ll update my blog and report back as and when I get any more info.
The meeting that was held at the John Shennan playing field in April attracted over 200 people, and I spent over 3 hours there discussing the issue with local residents. Many residents had lived there for many years and remembered how it was as a rubbish tip. People relayed eye witness accounts about illegal disposal of unknown substances, likely to be highly toxic. Many people had spoken to engineers that had monitored the methane and other gases, the engineers had even said that nothing could be built for at least 50 years, so why now have things changed so significantly? I intend to find out as there appears to be several inconsistencies.
The No.45 bus: Unfortunately Essex County Council has little or no influence on the running of buses and even reporting poor performance to the Traffic Commissioner seems next to impossible these days. A relatively new organisation has taken over responsibility for collating and reporting poor performance, but only after the public get no response from the bus company. The system makes it difficult for the public to get resolution and because of this they give up reporting problems with our buses. Please don’t, and continue to complain about the 45 bus to First Essex, complaints are recorded and will be available to the Traffic Commissioner.
I was also given a report from 10 years ago; it gives details of methane and carbon dioxide levels. It states that levels were so high that it could have caused an explosion. That worries me. If a development took place, we would be disturbing unknown levels
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The Kids Academy (TKA) closure: It was with great disappointment that I received news of the potential closure of TKA, following which I received a great deal of correspondence about this. I have been in touch with some local organisations to see what can be done and I know there is significant effort being put in by the local authority to try and resolve the situation. They are keeping me abreast of the situation, but as much of the discussions are confidential I will only be able to report on the outcome once it has been made public.
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Tile Kiln Corner by Linda Mascot
On 4th May, Lib Dem Councillor Jude Deakin was delighted to be re-elected for her third term as Essex County Councillor for West Division which stretches from the top of Galleywood Road, taking in most of Tile Kiln, down Wood Street (including the St John’s development) and Widford, to Waterhouse Lane, Beechinglea, Westlands, Rainsford Road, Broomfield Road and Rectory Lane. This includes Anglia Ruskin University, the Railway Station and West End of the city centre. The County Council is responsible for roads, pathways, waste management, children and adult services, social care, education, health and well being, libraries and some properties such as the Shire Hall. Jude has sat on many scrutiny and other committees covering children’s services, safeguarding children in care, libraries, school transport, Essex Archaeology and COMAH (Control of Major Accident Hazards) sites. Jude moved to South Woodham Ferrers 26 years ago with her family and quickly got involved with her local community becoming a town councillor for 15 years before moving to Chelmsford in 2006. She explained: “In 2007 I was elected to the (then) Chelmsford Borough Council representing Marconi Ward, which I continue to do today. I was honoured to serve the city as Deputy Mayor during 2013/14, helping to raise £21,000 for the J’s Hospice which included a personal challenge of climbing Ben Nevis. The City Council’s responsibilies include collecting council tax, dealing with housing and other benefits, administering the social housing list for housing associations, planning, licensing, waste collection and elections.
“In 2009 my colleague Ian Gale was retiring as County Councillor and I felt this would be an ideal opportunity to fully represent residents across both levels of local government.
“Hot topics across the council vary throughout the year, but the mainstays are social care, highways and education. I have chaired the Youth Strategy Group since its inception, which commissions specific areas of youth work, mental health, self-esteem and community engagement. Many achievements are very small things that make a positive difference to one family or a whole street. Examples are pressing for pavement repairs/road resurfacing, trying to get safe refuge crossings on Wood Street and Galleywood Road, assisting families with disabled children to be placed in appropriate schools an supporting those who need assessing for Blue Badges. “It’s an honour and a privilege to have been re-elected as your County Councillor and I’d like to thank you for your continued support.” Jude runs a monthly councillor surgery at the Church of the Holy Spirit, Forest Drive from 1-2pm, the next one being on Wednesday 7th June and then 5th July. All are welcome to discuss any issues, with a private area if you wish to discuss confidential matters. For further information contact Jude on 01245 250 464 or email jude.deakin@cmld.org.uk. mascotlinda@gmail.com, Twitter: @lindamascot
2nd Chelmsford Boys’ and Girls’ Brigade
On Tuesday 9th May, the Girls’ Brigade held their annual awards evening where all the badges gained over the last year were presented by their Minister, Abe Konadu-Yiadom.
Over the last few weeks, the younger sections (5-8 years) of the BB/ GB have been looking at ‘People who help us’ and on Tuesday 16th May they had two visitors from the local police - PC Barnard and police dog, Comet. PC Barnard was a member of our Boys’ Brigade Company from quite a few years ago, so it was lovely to see him back. PC Barnard spoke to the Boys’ Brigade about how the police can help them and showed them several different hats needed for his job, and answered questions (some very interesting questions were put forward!). They then went out into the car park and Comet
seemed to enjoy. They finish off their session on Tuesday 23rd May with a visit to the fire station in Waterhouse Lane.
The older section of the BB, who meet on Friday evenings, have recently welcomed 5 new members into their section. They have been doing a bit of ‘crossover’ type activities labelled ‘Bush Craft’. The first week the group did a bit of stove cooking which is great preparation for when they go to weekend camp in September and have to cook their own breakfasts. The following week they did a bit of pitching of the large canvas tents, followed a week later with some rope and poles construction - otherwise known as pioneering. For the final week they did some fire lighting with some marshmallow toasting thrown in for good measure.
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Although the younger sections are now full, we still have spaces in the 8-11 years age groups for both boys and girls. Please email enquiries@2ndChelmsford.org.uk, or phone 07810 644 746 for further information if you have a son/daughter who is interested in attending. 29
Redevelopment of a Secret Garden Officially Opened Friday 26th May Friday 26th May saw a secret garden revealed at Chelmsford College. Redeveloped as a community garden as a result of successfully winning a grant from TESCO ‘Bags of Help’. The project has transformed a small piece of green space beside the college into a beautiful, easily accessible garden.
Oak View Landscapes designed an inclusive space with raised beds for students with disabilities so they can take part in therapeutic gardening activities like growing vegetables, fruits, herbs and other plants. It’s a tranquil space ideal for staff to enjoy a sense of calm and wellbeing. The wheelchair friendly paths and accessible nature of the garden make it a flexible space for students with disabilities and children from Dovedale Nursery to enjoy, whilst other students including art, media and catering students benefit from the outdoor learning environment. The Secret Garden is perfect for inviting the members of the community to join in with outdoor events like fêtes, afternoon teas and coffee mornings. Whilst the project officially completed during April, the official grand opening took place on Friday 26th May at 2pm when governors of the college, students, staff, children from Dovedale Nursery, VIPs and community groups gathered to celebrate Cllr Dick Madden cutting the ribbon to officially open the Secret Garden. Jill Twiss and Tina Currey of Chelmsford College applied for the grant with TESCO ‘Bags of Help’ (which is part of a Tesco community scheme which fundraises from the proceeds of the 5p charge for plastic bags) last May and were short-listed in November 2016. They were awarded a £10,000 grant to design, build and develop the Secret Garden and the actual garden build was completed in three weeks. The garden build was completed by Paul Downer’s team at Colchester based Oak View Landscapes Limited. Paul is the current National Chairman of BALI (British Association Landscape Industries), an organisation which was established to promote, support and
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Guests were treated to an afternoon tea prepared by students and the Secret Garden was decorated in preparation. Paul Downer (Oak View’s CEO) said: “Oak View Landscapes were delighted to be involved in the project from the outset. Initially the site posed problems for ease of access for wheelchair users and with careful planning and reworking the ground levels, these challenges have been successfully overcome. “It was great to see the students visiting the project and now they will be able to use the garden to its full potential.”
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