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MT Therapy - by Chelmsford Therapy Rooms Hi everyone! Jenny here. I would like to introduce to you another of our therapists today - Anna. Below she has written on quite a unique topic and something we haven’t published in the MT before. This is a really fascinating article on regression therapy and I hope you all enjoy it!

Transforming and the Healing Power of Regression Therapy.

There is a lot of information that never gets stored in our memory and there are experiences that cannot be recalled because they are somehow kept out of our awareness. These are the memories that sit deep inside the mind affecting our everyday lives. Hypnotherapy is one of the best ways to help people access and analyse those memories. Everyone has memories or experiences in their unconscious mind that they may not be able to recall or understand the significance of in present life, even if they are remembered.

Regression therapy is an approach to hypnotherapy treatment that focuses on resolving significant past events that potentially may be interfering with your well-being.

How Does Regression Therapy Work?

Regression is the process by which the hypnotherapist guides you back through time to particular events that need to be looked at.

During the regression therapy sessions that I conduct, I always take my clients towards a deep relaxation state first, with the use of deep breathing techniques and focusing on the body. Then when my client is ready, I facilitate the process of regression by asking open, non leading questions. That is the moment that the client speaks out loud about past significant experiences and feelings. When the emotional connection and understanding of how this situation influenced the client’s present behaviour is established, we begin the healing part of the session where I incorporate Gestalt therapy techniques or ‘inner child’ work, depending on how far the client has had to travel to reach the past events. All the regression therapy processes I facilitate are person-centred, and for each client it’s a completely different experience. The regression therapy session lasts up to 90 minutes and usually one session is sufficient. On some occasions there are fewer past memories worth revisiting and healing - this doesn’t necessary mean that they were all repressed, it may simply mean that the significance of those events is not clear for the client regarding their present issue.

The Importance of the Conscious and Subconscious Mind The consciousness is a central component to the regression therapy.

There are three levels of consciousness recognised in regression therapy: • • •

The conscious mind; which represents the thoughts a person is aware of having.

The subconscious mind; which represents the emotions, habits and instincts a person is unaware of having.

The superconscious mind; also known as the spirit, soul, or higher element of a person, may provide a model for how that person wants to think or act in the world.

How Can Regression Therapy Help?

Regression can be used to help recall events from any point of your lifetime. It can help you remember specific events or to understand its meaning and significance. It certainly can be a very powerful psychological tool to work with the deeper parts of the mind. Through a hypnotherapy experience we can open the door to the unconscious mind that will reveal conflicts, expose the obstacles, the root of self sabotage, and reveal connections between events and emotions.

Regression performed by a skilled therapist can be completely healing and transformative. It often brings up new insights into awareness.

Most of the memories revealed are not traumatic, but yet significant to your situation. Occasionally, traumatic events can come up that require a very skilled resolution. The hypnotherapist must help the

client resolve these issues during the regression therapy session and then afterwards a significant amount of counselling may be required to help you process these insights in beneficial ways.

Important Aspects Before You Decide to Find a Therapist If you think that regression therapy could help resolve your issue, find a therapist with the relevant qualifications and accreditation of professional body (such as the National Hypnotherapy Society) as well as counselling skills. Regression shouldn’t be used during the first few sessions for a number of reasons. First of all, not every client needs regression therapy and it may take few sessions to assess if it is necessary to use this technique. Second, the client must be aware of the process and give consent, if for some reasons you don’t want to or do not feel ready to face past issues, the therapist should respect your choice. Third, you need time to build a relationship with your therapist and be able to trust her/him, so you can let go and bring to awareness memories and feelings that might be painful for you.

The source of your problem may lie in the past, but it doesn’t have to - it’s worth remembering that. It is essential that the therapist does not try at any costs to find reasons from the past to explain your behaviour or present feelings which may not have existed back then.

That and leading questions may cause the danger of inducing false memories, as our memory can sometimes play tricks on us. Although to suddenly remember forgotten sexual abuse - as many people fear might happen - as an example, is very rare.

Moreover I believe some memories should stay in the subconscious mind, especially if the client is not ready or not in a good place to deal with them. The client’s benefit and well-being is the most important thing, not finding the answers at the cost of their wellbeing.

The Experience of Regression Therapy with My Clients I find regression therapy helpful with many issues such as anxiety, fears and phobias, OCD, weight loss issues, self-esteem and selfconfidence, changing habits, motivation blocks as well as feelings of emptiness and meaninglessness, and many clients may not know where these feelings may stem from.

Regression therapy helps to identify triggers and show the moment in life that was significant for creating certain behaviour which we could have developed in the past as a coping strategy. Quite often those memories lead clients to the childhood experiences that took place in a family environment, nursery or on the playground but not always, as certain behaviours and feelings could evolve in the less distant past. What’s important is that these are not always painful and difficult memories. Quite often the person wants to keep pleasant feelings from the past by keeping certain behaviours that at this time in their life are not beneficial for them anymore. Sometimes simply finding out and understanding what the root cause is may change one’s behaviour. My clients very often go back to the events from their life that weren’t forgotten, but the significance of that event and emotional component is an important, yet missing part that we need to re-experience in order to come to a resolution.

If you have experienced psychological problems in your life and all your efforts to resolve these issues on the conscious level have not been successful, then regression therapy may offer you a potential solution.

Anna Yardley is a therapist at Chelmsford Therapy Rooms who can help with a multitude of issues. Please see our 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, Anna’s own company website is www.justimaginetherapy.com, her email is info@ justimaginetherapy.com and her telephone number is 07449 430 340.

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A Quick Update from Your Local Councillor - Councillor Simon Cook John Shennan I have received a number of emails/calls from concerned residents and thought it would be useful to make the current situation as clear as possible. Unfortunately there have been a number of rumours circulated including unofficial plans which is not helpful. This will hopefully make things a little clearer.

It is true that the space has been made part of the local plan for development, however nothing has been finalised. The City Council owns the field which for many years was a municipal waste site. The land is now inert and can be used for housing, subject to very strict rules on decontamination.

One option being considered is for assisted living apartments to be part of any development, and I am in principle supportive of this idea.

I am determined to make any development as positive as possible for us all. The two key points I have been looking to promote are: • •

A significant space dedicated for leisure (parkland/play areas).

Existing houses to be protected by green spaces, meaning no new developments backing directly on to established housing.

If we can achieve this, then hopefully we can create a green space that will benefit the whole community, with investment generated directly from the development.

Litter A number of residents have highlighted the issue of litter at the shopping parade and I have been in contact with both the council and the commercial management agents. A new service provider has been put in place which should provide a significant improvement.

Gloucester Avenue School Crossing Thanks to local resident Joanna for giving me an update on the current situation. It has not been possible to install crossing guards for over two years and the general consensus appears to be that a

permanent crossing would be the best solution. This has previously been put to the relevant panels without success as it does not meet the relevant criteria for the investment. However, I believe that recent traffic developments justify taking this proposal back to the panel.

I have begun this process and look forward to a positive conclusion this time.

Bus Gate The fight continues. I am 100% against the proposal. Frustratingly, decisions concerning road infrastructure are ultimately under the banner of ECC, however I will continue to lobby the relevant people.

As I stated in my previous article, I am here to help/serve. The new children’s playground happened as a direct result of an email from Andy, a local resident to me, last year. I cannot solve all the issues that are put to me, but I will always make myself available and do my best.

PS: Thanks to Dick Madden for letting me use his slot. Rest assured he will be back as usual next issue.

Councillor Simon Cook, Moulsham Lodge Ward simon.cook@chelmsford.gov.uk

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Chelmsford - by Vicky Ford MP

Many young people and young families have been finding it hard to afford a home of their own, especially in areas like Chelmsford which is so close to London. Building more homes is key to solving this.

I was pleased to hear recently that last year more homes were built in England than any year for the past 30 years, bar one. Next year 1,500 homes are expected to be built in the Chelmsford City Council area and over one quarter of these will be affordable.

The Government has taken a number additional actions to help, such as removing stamp duty for first time buyers and offering an additional £2 billion to housing associations so that they can help unlock more sites for social housing. The Prime Minister has also announced that she is removing the cap for councils seeking to borrow money to build homes. Last week I saw the new modular housing developed by Chelmsford City Council. The scheme is a first of its kind and has taken longer to develop than the council wished, but the innovative project has resulted in nine homes being available and another nine are being finalised. Having access to such housing can be life changing, especially for those recovering from very difficult situations. It was heartening to hear first-hand from tenants who have benefitted.

More housing does need more infrastructure. In the past few weeks I have been delighted to join residents of Beaulieu Park at the opening celebrations for the new community centre and the new school. I will

continue to campaign for our second railway station and bypass as well as a long term solution to the Army and Navy.

As you may be aware, October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

It is estimated that over 1,000 women develop breast cancer in mid Essex each year and I have been supporting campaigns by the charities Cancer Research UK and Breast Cancer Now - early diagnosis is key to improving survival rates. At the moment, only one in two patients have their cancers detected at an early stage. The Government is committed to ensuring as many people as possible survive their cancer diagnosis and has set a target to diagnose three quarters of all cancers at an early stage by 2028. This will involve increased investment in state-of-the-art scanners and rapid diagnostic centres, as well as bringing forward the age of screening for bowel cancer from 60 to 50.

I have had a number of emails from constituents telling me about their frustration at the declining standards of the service operated

by First Bus. I will be writing to the chairman of the company and the regulator responsible. If you have specific experiences of using Chelmsford buses recently then please do let me know.

I was really pleased to learn recently that the British Science Festival will be coming to Chelmsford in 2020 where it will be hosted at Anglia Ruskin University. This is the first time that the festival has ever come to Essex and a real opportunity to showcase the outstanding science that is happening all across the county and beyond.

As always, I am interested to hear your views. Do get in touch via vicky.ford.mp@parliament.uk.

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Why Don’t We Do the Things We Know to Be Good for Us? - by Chris at Forté Physical Health I’m currently reaping the benefits of a low sugar month which I am doing in conjunction with my 30 Day Habits group which I run via Facebook. I have a clearer head, better sleep, I’ve leaned up a little, and my running feels better.

I have done this many times in my life, I’ve managed to break the sugar addiction and I always feel better for it - but then I go back.

Why is that!? Everything about life is better when I’m eating less sugar. Not only is my energy better, but I am more productive, calmer, my mood improves and I am a better communicator with those around me. Why wouldn’t I want to be like this always?

today, as I usually discuss the topic of pain and injury, which is something we are specialists at treating in the clinic. But habits of health are also a passion of mine, so I hope that this post has helped you with a strategy to kickstart the habit you know will make a difference in your life.

We love to chat, so if you have any thoughts about the habits of health, or you have any questions about pain or injury, get in touch at chris@fortephysicalhealth.co.uk.

Have a healthy month!

The same goes for other habits of health. Exercise, stretching, meditation and a good night’s sleep are all essential for optimal health and they make life feel good. But as with the diet, the good routine of these things comes and goes.

This is something that has fascinated me both in my life and in that of my patients.

We all know what’s good for us, so why don’t we do it?

After years of wondering, I think I have finally found the answer. It goes deep into how our brain developed. Over the millennia, our brain’s primary focus has been to protect us from danger. Anything that seemed tough or scary was to be avoided, and this simple philosophy kept us alive. The problem is, the predators of the plains, the famine, the poisonous mushrooms and the neighbouring warrior tribe, are all distant remnants of our history.

Yet that deep part of our brain still kicks in if we perceive something to be difficult or scary. Our mind will always favour the easy option.

The thought of setting the alarm to get to the gym before work can send a shiver down your spine, despite knowing you’ll feel great afterwards. The primal brain might say ‘nah, I’ll hit snooze, I’m much more comfortable in bed, thank you’.

If eating the low sugar diet initially gives you hunger pangs and cravings (which normally last a couple of weeks), then your mind will start whispering to you to reach for the biscuit tin.

If you want to be more flexible but haven’t stretched for months, your first time will hurt - and you guessed it, staying on the sofa instead of getting the yoga mat out can easily win the battle.

So what’s the point of this story? What can we do if our primal brain has such a hold over us?

Well, I personally find that just knowing this has helped me start new healthy habits. When I feel the discomfort of a sugar craving or the alarm going off for an early workout, I note the thoughts that follow.

I pay attention to the voices that say ‘go buy some chocolate’, or ‘hit snooze, missing one workout won’t matter’, and once I’ve noted them, I ignore them. I think, ‘ah, that’s just the primal brain trying to hold me back’.

I embrace the discomfort and do the ‘thing’ anyway. I always feel better for it!

For new readers of mine, I am an osteopath and run the Forté Physical Health clinic in Chelmsford. I have gone slightly off-piste

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MT Gardening Isn’t autumn turning out to be just a riot of colour? It’s fabulous.

Wherever you look, there’s an abundance of berries, fantastic seed heads and a myriad of leaf colour. Only just the other day we took Writtle University College full time students to RHS Great Hyde Hall over in Rettendon near Chelmsford. It was misty and water was in the air, however this didn’t stop us touring the new winter border, herbaceous beds and rock areas. The weather just added to the atmosphere of the place and didn’t dull our enthusiasm at all.

The winter garden was pretty spectacular and I can see that bang smack in the middle of winter, once all those leaves have gone, there’ll be a super range of coloured stems; willow, dogwood and ornamental cherries, such as Prunus serrula, displaying its mahogany textured trunk and branch system. As you walk through the meandering pathways, beds aren’t flat but have been terraformed to give height and added interest by obscuring beds and borders in the distance. This makes the space seem much larger than it is and creates intrigue and surprise. I particularly like the use of grasses which really come into their own as autumn fades and winter takes hold. They’ll need to be raised to the ground in spring to enable unimpeded new leaf growth. The winter garden is a must for all with interesting sculpture and imaginative plant groupings.

Further up the hill towards the new education centre and restaurant, we experienced the perfect lawn - not a single weed could be found, and we did try! It was lush green and had been perfectly tended throughout the harsh summer that we’ve all experienced. I wanted to run across it bare footed, but this would have been a step too far and probably a tad embarrassing for the students in our care!

are arranged around the greenhouse and seem to pick up all key continents to display the typical veg you’d expect.

There are though some interesting new comers such as hosta - the first flush of growth in the spring and the flowers are edible. Check out the dahlias (yes you can eat the sweet root tubers), but if you want something a little hotter, then explore and check out the peppers within the greenhouse. There is fruit on the edge, where you’ll be given a lovely view of south Essex, which on a clear day stretches to London.

From the vegetable plots, move back across the super emerald green lawn towards the ponds and move beyond the farm house to take in the Big Sky Meadows, lovely views of the reservoir and countryside beyond. I’d do this before enjoying a well earned cuppa.

I’ll stop there, but there’s loads to see. If you’ve not been before it’s a must on your bucket list of gardens to visit. You can reach them at RHS Garden Hyde Hall, Creephedge Lane, Rettendon, Chelmsford, Essex, CM3 8RA. Lastly, if you want to further your knowledge and understanding of these or other gardening jobs, do then consider one of the following courses at Writtle University College: For RHS Level 2 Certificate in the Principles of Horticulture (1 year, day release on Thursdays), RHS Level 2 Certificate in the Principles of Plant Growth, Propagation & Development (September - February on Thursdays), RHS Level 2 Certificate in the Principles of Garden Planning, Establishment and Maintenance and for RHS Level 2 and 3 Certificates in Practical Horticulture, email tom. cole@writtle.ac.uk for information on availability of days and times.

However, we continued to walk across it from the original farm house towards the Global Growth Vegetable Garden - a new edibles garden. You’re guided to it by the large central greenhouse. Beds

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Music and Blues and Roots in the City - by Nick Garner Chelmsford Arts & Cultural Festival As I am writing this we are preparing for the public meetings which will have happened by the time this edition is out. What and who we are looking for is basically you. Maybe you want to get involved, or know of someone who may have an idea for an event, or who may want to volunteer in one of many other ways. If you want to help with sponsorship, we want to hear from you. It’s easy too, just pop an email to hello@chelmsfordfestival.org.

The festival dates for 2019 are 21st to 30th June. One of the major attractions is the parade, which we want to progress to become a carnival - a party style carnival with lots of floats, dancers, musicians, entertainers, groups and companies of all types taking part - and most importantly, having fun.

Music and Ramblings I have two great shows I want to tell you about in particular. The first took place at the football club and what a great night it was. The night opened with Melanie Dennard from Georgia USA along with Muddy Manninen on guitars. What a singer she is, what a voice - and Muddy blew us way with his playing. We are looking forward to hearing their new CD when it comes out. Next on stage was a band we have been looking forward to seeing for a long time; Fleetwood Bac. When you see and hear them you completely get why they are regarded as the best Fleetwood Mac tribute act around and why Peter Green and Mick Fleetwood themselves both endorse them.

on drums (Mickey Jupp), Steve Oliver on guitar, banjo, mandolin, keyboards and vocals and Nevil Kidder on bass and vocals. You can find all the details in this publication or via the It’s Your Music links below.

Bassment Blues and Roots in the City are very pleased to welcome a legend of the north, George Shovlin, who has played with many blues artists over the years and also has his own very successful band. For us he is playing a rare duo show with George Lamb. This is going to be fantastic and the special guest will be Danny Boy Piper, who, if you have not seen play before, is great resonator player with a good voice and a wonderful sense of humour. Again, all details for this show can be found in this publication.

As I always say, there is plenty going on in and around Chelmsford.

Check out our City Times publication for what’s on - and not just music either.

If you are putting on an event or know of any events that we should 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, 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 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

They not only have the look, they have the sound and the banter - in fact they were so good we have asked them back next year.

The Bassment recently hosted Elles Bailey and her stunning band.

This time, Elles invited a friend, Tamara Stewart from Nashville, to come and take part. Tamara is a great singer-songwriter and one that we want back again. Elles and her stunning band took to the stage in front of a packed Bassment. Wow, did Elles and band deliver - outstanding. Tamara got up joined Elles for a couple of songs too which were incredible.

Both Elles and Tamara sold lots of merchandise and everyone was saying how fantastic the show was. From a few years back when Elles played in the Star and Garter for my Blues in the City Festival to where she is now, this girl and band are only going to the top. They are not only very good musicians and songwriters, but they are all very grounded as well, which is what we like to see.

We have some great shows coming up for you. The first is at Chelmsford City FC with Slim Chance, who are the band that Ronnie Lane (ex bass player and main songwriter in both the Small Faces and Faces plus his own amazing band). Sadly, we lost Ronnie a few years ago, but the band with many original members continue to bring his amazing music to us with three original members still in the band - Charlie Hart (violin), Steve Simpson (guitar, mandolin, violin) and Steve Bingham (bass). The rest of the band are also world class with Brendan O’Neill, ex Rory Gallagher and Nine Below Zero (drums), Billy Nicholls, who has written for and worked with too many to mention (guitar, vocals) and Geraint Watkins (keyboards, vocals).

As if all that was not enough, we then have as special guests the Ugly Guys, who if you like Gram Parsons or Willie Nelson you will adore. They consist of Paul Shuttleworth on vocals (Kursaal Flyers), Vic Collins on pedal steel and vocals (Kursaal Flyers), Bob Clouter 12

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MT Cooking - by Beverley Matthews

Dark Chocolate Pots

For all the chocolate lovers out there, here is an incredibly simple and foolproof chocolate dessert recipe for you. This recipe uses rich dark chocolate and ground almonds to create texture and moisture within the cake mix, so you end up with a deliciously gooey rich chocolate pudding. The chocolate cake mixture can be prepared in advance and kept in the fridge for up to 2 days, so when you are ready to serve them you just need to fill the ramekins and bake in the oven for around 12 minutes - perfect for a dinner party!

Ingredients (makes 8 portions) 125g of 70% dark chocolate, broken into pieces 70g of white breadcrumbs, dried 70g of ground almonds 150g of caster sugar 110g of unsalted butter 1 tspn vanilla bean paste 3 medium free-range eggs

2. Using an electric whisk, cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy and then continue to whisk whilst adding the eggs 1 at a time. Finally add the vanilla paste.

3. Add the chocolate mixture to the butter mixture and mix until smooth and incorporated.

4. Prepare your ramekins by greasing with butter and then dusting with cocoa powder. Pour the mixture into the ramakins and bake in the oven for 12-15 minutes at 180°C. There should be a crust on the top, but inside should still be a bit gooey.

5. Serve whilst still warm with some crème fraîche and fresh berries.

Thanks for reading my recipe. I am the owner of Perfect Day Caterers, an event catering business. We cater for all kinds of special occasions, from small intimate dinner parties to canape receptions, BBQs and weddings.

To find out more about me or Perfect Day Caterers, visit www.perfectdaycaterers.co.uk or email me at beverley@ perfectdaycaterers.co.uk. I’d love to hear from you!

Method 1. Melt the chocolate in a bain-marie then add the ground almonds and breadcrumbs and mix well to combine.

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Molly’s Thoughts November is here (unbelievably)!

It’s darker, but it’s cosier. It’s a time where bodies aren’t quite treated as temples, but rather places we like to store our favourite treats. Spiders are everywhere and we’re not happy about it, but there’s one thing that seems to be holding us back this winter: the common cold.

The common cold, or in medical terms acute viral rhinopharyngitis, is back in full force. One of the most frustrating things about having a cold is the judgement you get from those around you. If you’re on the train or in a shop and you sneeze, people abruptly turn their heads to look at you in disgust and then move away in a flash. Having a cold is something that completely takes over your body. You feel weaker, more tired than usual, your head feels heavier, your nose tinglier and your lips significantly drier.

Not exactly life threatening symptoms, but still enough to make you feel sorry for yourself. We don’t want to hear ‘pull yourself together, it’s just a cold!’, but rather ‘oh dear, you must go home to rest, cosy up in a blanket with some hot honey and lemon and eat all of your favourite foods’.

Isn’t it funny that when you have a cold, you forget how life used to be back in the day when you could breathe through your nose! Given that you now rely on your mouth to be able to breathe, even eating becomes a struggle. Every mouthful is rushed in an effort to gasp for air. My one piece of advice to you in this time would have to be: do not waste calories on naughty foods that you can’t taste or enjoy!

However, the good news is that whilst you might not be able to taste anything right now, when you can it’ll be time for mulled wine, warm donuts and before you know it, you’ll be waking up to a bite size chocolate breakfast every day on the lead up to Christmas!

Black Friday is Coming to a Record Store Near you Soon!

If you love your vinyl, then you will be well aware of Record Store Day, a special celebration held in April, when independent record stores come together with artists to celebrate vinyl. Artists and bands release special Ltd. Edition records, with vinyl junkies queuing round the block outside their local record shop to get the hands on their favourite artists. The people behind Record Store Day decided to mark another special day on the calendar ‘Black Friday’, this year it falls on Friday 23rd November 2018 and Intense Records in Chelmsford will be taking part.

Record Store Day’s version of Black Friday is an excuse to celebrate both the exclusive releases and artists themselves and the special indie record stores who carry them. This year Intense will be stocking a whole host of exclusive releases from iconic artists Bob Marley, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Zappa, Guns ‘n’ Roses, Jimi Hendrix, Madonna, Rage Against the Machine, The Doors, U2 amongst many more.

Among the offerings our favourites include a limited picture disc of Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein’s Stranger Things. Also a picture disc edition of Smashing Pumpkins’ new album Shiny and Oh So Bright.

Hip Hop artist Czarface every year brings out a 7” Single packaged in a Comic Book. Last but not least is Weezer’s cover of “Africa”

by Toto on shaped picture disc 10” single (yes it’s in the shape of Africa).

These rare and in demand titles will be available on the day in store so make sure you get down to Intense early before they sell out!!!

If you cant make it on the day, they will be listed on the intense website, check out www.intenserecords.com Intense Records can be found just round the corner from Chelmsford train and bus station under the arches. For more info contact them on 01245 347372 or pay them visit at 33/34 Viaduct Road, Chelmsford CM1 1TS www.intenserecords.com

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We’ve all had the struggle of raking leaves and half of the leaves falling out when putting them into leaf bags becoming scattered, causing you to have to do it all over again.

Well work smarter, not harder! Rake the leaves onto a plastic tarp, then just lift the tarp and dump into whatever you dispose of your leaves in to!

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of their services, campaigning and research expertise.

The team at i-Squad are proud to have signed up to complete the toughest Urban Summit Challenge, climbing 12,500 steps over 10 ascents, 7,370 foot high - equivalent to that of climbing El Capitan!

The link for the JustGiving page is, www.justgiving.com/fundraising/ isquad.

On the 1st December, 3 of the squad will embark on the climb in one of London’s iconic skyscrapers (The Leadenhall building) aka the Cheesegrater. With 52 floors in the building, this is not a challenge for the faint hearted.

In 8 shorts weeks, they shall ditch the Taco Bell lunches for salads, and their evenings will be taken up with training on stair masters in the gym!

Alongside this, i-Squad are donating £3 per transaction in store to Barnardo’s and running various fundraising events. Check out the Facebook page to keep updated at www.facebook.com/isquadltd.

Barnardo’s is a charity close to the business owner’s heart, as he grew up in foster care and received a lot of support from Barnardo’s throughout his childhood.

Your donations can help Barnardo’s to transform the lives of the most vulnerable children and young people across the UK through the work

Any contributions and donations to this very worthwhile cause will be greatly appreciated.

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Christ Church went potty for harvest.

When did you last give thanks for your toilet? Probably most of us have never thought to do so - it’s just something we take for granted. But we were thinking a lot about toilets at the Harvest Thanksgiving service at Christ Church at the end of September. This was because our harvest appeal was in support of Toilet Twinning, a charity which raises funds to enable people in poor communities to have a basic toilet and learn about hygiene.

A skilful member of our congregation had constructed a replica of the type of simple household latrine which Toilet Twinning helps communities in impoverished communities to build. The main harvest flower arrangement was assembled in a toilet plan and the collection was taken up in children’s potties.

The Problem We learnt that one in three people worldwide (2.3 billion people) don’t have somewhere safe, private or hygienic to go to the toilet.

Around half the people in the world have an illness caused by poor sanitation. One child dies every two minutes because of dirty water and poor sanitation. Women and girls are especially vulnerable, as the lack of a proper loo means that they are forced to relieve themselves in the open and risk being attacked. This is particularly the case if they wait until dark to venture out in order to try to have some privacy.

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The £60 is not simply used to buy the materials to build the toilet these are often available locally at low cost. The bulk of the money is used to educate local people about the importance of good sanitation, to motivate them to want to have a toilet and to show them how to build the toilets for themselves. As soon as one family in a community has their own toilet, other families want to follow their example.

The Christ Church Harvest Challenge Christ Church is blessed to have 16 toilet cubicles. It set itself the challenge of raising at least enough to twin every one of those toilets. It achieved this, plus half as many again!

If you would like to twin your own toilet, you can find details here: www.toilettwinning.org.

Flushing away poverty - one toilet at a time...

For more information about what happens at Christ Church visit our website at www.christ-church-chelmsford.com, or search for us on Facebook or Twitter.

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Moulsham Infant School On 21st September 2018 Moulsham Infant School celebrated its 80th birthday. Our children and staff have been turning back time throughout the week as part of the school’s 80th birthday celebrations.

With each year group given a decade to explore, the children have been learning about the key events and trends of the last 80 years. In reception, we looked at old photographs and we compared our school uniform with children’s uniforms of the past. We also designed a birthday cake, decorated cupcakes and sang Happy Birthday. A pupil in reception exclaimed: “I had lots of fun icing the cake and having a picnic with my friends.”

Year 1 and Year 2 spent some time at Moulsham Junior School listening to a live singer who shared songs throughout the decades. We had a cinema morning with films from different decades being shown too.

At the entrance hall of the former Senior Schools, now Moulsham High, this memorial tablet still takes pride of place opposite what was originally the main entrance door of the Senior Schools.

Writtle Singers: Northern Lights at All Saints Church, Writtle CM1 3EN Our choir was formed in 1968, so we are delighted to be celebrating our 50th year performing concerts in the beautiful All Saints Church.

We are currently preparing for our autumn concert to be held on Saturday 17th November. Northern Lights is a programme of music from Scotland, Iceland and Scandinavia, embracing sublime sacred sounds, a choral ceilidh, trout and night trolls! The concert features music by Pearsall, Arvo Pärt, Ola Gjeilo, Elgar and Grieg.

The concert takes place in All Saints Church in Writtle at 7.30pm, conducted

by Christine Gwynn. Full information and tickets can be obtained from www. writtlesingers.org, or call 07815 966 978.

A further date for your diary is our popular Christmas Concert to be held on 12th December at 7.30pm. Information and tickets as above.

Writtle Singers is a chamber choir of mixed voices. We have been delighted to welcome several new members in recent months and we are always pleased to hear from people who might like to sing with us. Any interested singers should call the chairman on 07770 884 913.

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Rotary and Anglia Ruskin University will forge closer links between the university and Rotarians following the signing of a partnership agreement which will benefit the local community as well as Anglia Ruskin students. The Memorandum of Understanding makes Anglia Ruskin facilities available to the club and other Rotary Clubs in the county, and in turn will help provide student volunteers for charity events run by Rotarians and assist with these events if needed.

Rotary Working in Partnership Since Rotary was established more than a hundred years ago, Rotary has supported countless charities and local good causes. In more recent times, Rotary has set up more formal associations with some charities such as ShelterBox and AquaBox who send aid to countries when disasters strike. Both of these stand-alone charities were formed by Rotarians, so no surprise that Rotary continues to support them.

However, Rotary clubs in Chelmsford have decided that it is mutually beneficial to have formal partnerships with local businesses. On the one hand, Rotary receives requests for help and has the expertise and experience to facilitate events whilst businesses have manpower and a resolve to meet their corporate strategic policy. The Rotary Club of Chelmsford and the Rotary Club of Chelmsford Rivermead have both recently taken steps to establish partnerships.

The Rotary Business Partners’ Scheme enables members of the local business community to help the club meet the many needs that exist locally and internationally and to give publicity to partners’ businesses.

Under the Chelmsford club’s scheme, members assist Rotary by getting involved with projects such as Mary’s Meals Backpacks and the Rotary Shoebox appeal. They may also help us cover the cost of our fundraising events. This allows us to maximise funds raised and it is important to stress that all funds we raise for charity go directly to good causes.

Already, links to the Rotary Namucha Community School project in Kenya are being explored, with the project potentially being able to tap in to the expertise in health, social care, education and arts offered by Anglia Ruskin. Professor Iain Martin, Vice Chancellor of Anglia Ruskin University, said: “Chelmsford Rivermead Rotary, and indeed, Rotarians all over Essex, are at the heart of their respective communities, putting on a wide-range of charitable events. At Anglia Ruskin, we are not only proud to be part of our local community but keenly aware of our responsibility towards it, and as such I am delighted that we can help where we can. This agreement will see us working closer with Chelmsford Rivermead Rotary and will help them achieve their aims.”

Tony Stringer, President of Chelmsford Rivermead Rotary, said: “This is very important to us. We are both part of the community so in working together, we have a lot of strength. We have resources in terms of people who can organise things, make connections and find suitable charities, so this agreement is to our mutual benefit.”

As a further example of working with other organisations, Chelmsford Rotary Club collected backpacks supplied by Costco’s of Lakeside and filled them with a list of essentials such as pencils, notepads, school clothing and a few other small presents and sent them to Marys’ Meals who supply meals to children in Africa. This is probably the first gift that these children have ever received. President Anne got her two granddaughters, aged ten and six, involved filling their quota of backpacks and in total more than 100 were filled. This was a great opportunity to talk about the needs of others less fortunate, and the two girls were very thoughtful when selecting items to go in the backpacks. Our business partner, Edmund Carr llp, also filled one for us.

There are various benefits for businesses joining the scheme including an invitation to attend our meetings to promote their business and opportunities to help local and international charities.

In return, we list the business on our website and offer publicity at supported events. We also provide an annual certificate to show that the business supports the community through the Rotary Club of Chelmsford and the Rotary Business Partners’ Scheme.

Support for local good causes is never ignored and when Chelmer Village Brownie Pack lost all their equipment, books and records in a fire at Church Of Our Saviour in the summer, Rotary sprang into action. The fire, which broke out in the entrance, completely destroyed the

Founder members of the scheme are Battenburg Events, Birkett Long LLP and Edmund Carr LLP. President Anne Moriaty is keen to get other businesses involved at the earliest opportunity.

President Anne Moriaty presents a cheque to the Brownies cupboard where everything was stored. The Rotary Community and Vocational Service Committee agreed to give them a donation of £100 to help them with their fundraising efforts. President Anne Moriaty went along to their meeting to present the cheque.

President Tony Stringer seals the partnership with ARU Vice Chancellor, Iain Martin

If you would like to get involved either in a personal capacity or through a corporate business partnership, please visit www. rotary1240.org, or give me a call on 01245 260 349.

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Wine Corner Hi everyone, another month has flown by. The weather has been pretty good on our side of the country, so we have been lucky. As I start to write this month, we are in Great Yarmouth and yesterday we went to the races. It is only the second time I have visited a race course, so I am a bit of a novice. Anyway, the staff took pity on me and carefully explained what we had to do. So back to the bar to pick a horse for the first race. I was disappointed as I thought these events were quite posh, but I was wrong! The next ‘poor show’ was that they only sold one type of red, albeit Merlot, a Zinfandel and a Chardonnay - acceptable I guess, but not a lot of choice. Anyway, on to the task of picking a winner... Yes I managed that and also managed to back the horse each way, whatever that meant. They’re off! Pounding round the course and I managed to watch my choice go over the line... in last place. I got better as the races went by and ended the afternoon was £20 up. Not bad eh? Not in a hurry to go back though.

Just as the coverage of the royals calmed down came another royal wedding. Loads of pages of photos, little stories about some distant relative of the bride or groom, here we go again. Well, I managed to miss most of it on Sunday, only to be caught out on Monday morning with the royal baby announcement. Next day loads of photos of the happy parents to be. What is going to happen when the baby is born is frightening. I think I will save some money and not buy a paper for about three weeks next spring. Of course, from now until then there will be speculation about what they will name it.

My daughter-in-law Micky has a caravan on a site near Clacton and we were invited to go there the other weekend, as she had got to the finals of the darts competition. She was quite nervous because she was up against some good pub players, but she did well getting to the semi final. She did not disgrace herself and I think she enjoyed it in the end. Whilst we were there, their friend Merv gave me a bottle of his home made wine to taste. I could not do it justice on the day because of a cold. However, I was able to taste it when we got home and I must say it was very fruity and tasted good. Not so much to my taste, it is a bit sweet and I much prefer dry. So, well done to Merv, not sure what the abv is though!

The battle of the wine bottle closures has started. Not so long ago, screw tops on wine bottles were frowned upon. Now they are seen by many as being just as good as cork if not better, and you can pop the top back on to keep the wine fresh, Now the cork closures are fighting back with a cork that has a screw thread so that it can be screwed back, in case you leave some in the bottle (what!?). Anyway, this is being seen as a big breakthrough and I look forward to trying it out.

I have been looking at the Internet to see if I can find more ‘interesting’ facts about wine - which may be true, but...

In Japan, you can bathe in wine in a special spa, where wine flows from a giant wine bottle. Surprised? I was, and what surprised me even more was the fact that,in a photo I have seen, the wine is red!

Some people drink it, but I presume that is straight from the bottle, not from the actual spa. I hope so anyway.

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Who do you think drinks the most wine per capita? My first thoughts were France, perhaps Italy, or may the UK. It turns out to be the Vatican City!

It goes to show that all of those years, when religious groups were spreading their knowledge about wine making, have not been wasted.

Apparently, the ancient Greeks were worried about drinking in moderation, so it is not actually a recent ‘nanny state’ thing. They decided to do something practical about it and designed a wine glass which, if you filled it above a moderate level line, the whole contents of the glass spilled out of the bottom. No good for me though, I would be soaked in wine in minutes!

Prince Charles has an Aston Martin which runs on wine! I can just see him now, driving to Majestic and saying ‘OK, fill it up with your cheapest Merlot’. Actually, it is not quite like that, the old wine is converted into ethanol and it is this that powers the converted car.

It is said that red wine is better for us than white. This is mainly because red wine has more tannins. What I didn’t know is that some reds have a higher level of tannins than others. Cabernet Sauvignon has more than Pinot noir for example.

It turns out wine tasters might actually know what they are doing: sniff, taste, swirl and hold the glass up to the light. I thought this was all part of the mystery of tasting, and indeed I thought it a bit unnecessary, but I learn now that red wine gets less intense as it ages, so it helps show the age of the wine, so that bit of the process looks like it might work.

When grapes first grew, they were all red. It is only over the years that white ones were produced through DNA mutation.

Whine corner: I am not political at all, but this Brexit malarkey is becoming very tiresome. I won’t go on about it, but how long is this going to keep on? At the moment half the newspapers are filled with royal weddings and babies, the other half is about Brexit with conflicting stories coming out every day. Just a small amount of space is allowed for important stuff like football! I’ll be glad when it’s all over with - if it ever is. It was suggested the other day that the remainers will continue to delay the final split until the people who voted to leave are too old to vote! I think it was a joke...

Bin end chuckles: They say money can’t buy happiness, not true, I’ve just bought a happy meal...

I was going to give up drinking from Monday to Friday, but then realised I would probably get dehydrated...

Keep calm and carry on drinking (in moderation).

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Review:The Promise of Joanaria - By Michelle Taylor The Promise of Joanaria harmonises pleasingly with its genre of dark fantasy and this is definitely one its main strengths. Our hero Drake’s dream of The Fallen very early on in the novel adheres tightly to early nineteenth century dark fantasy convention as these ghosts interact and terrorise him. We see the classic extreme loyalty and devotion versus tragic betrayal and rejection in the episode between the evil Jack and Jonathan Ouster. Mythologically-styled monsters stalk the region and Kamper’s decision to include anthropomorphism with birds adds a tender pleasantness to the reading of the story. It’s all happening and Kamper makes sure there’s not a dull moment to be had.

and poring over cryptic maps. The style is equally intensified by some breathtaking linguistic choices. Moving is by no means too strong a word to apply to the scene in chapter nine that totally encaptures the serenity and beauty of Emelye and helps us engage strongly with her feelings and worries. She is for sure the female character in the whole of the novel with whom we’re invited to empathise with the most. A little further on, and by complete contrast, Jack’s blood literally boils with the rage of The Fallen. At this point, however, we do need to look carefully at blunders in addition to successes here - some of the imagery was just downright odd. I amm still questioning the precise meaning of ‘a cauldron of achievement’...?

Getting through the first two chapters can be a bit laborious; Kamper is very keen to throw a lot at us in terms of character and setting so the glossary provided at the back is an absolute necessity at this point. This is not one for anybody with very little patience. It’s not usual to have a reference section like this at the back of a work of fiction and at times I felt thrown back to the days of playing Dungeons and Dragons. Pedal through this part and you’re then well on your way to understanding and appreciating the main characters. Captain Weir, dominant and headstrong, offers us psychological sanctuary and calms our nerves against our readers’ fear of the unknown and unseen (all-pervading in the novel), as opposed to Gromwell - rather grumpy and dislikeable to begin with, but then one to warm to as things progress and his strength and loyalty shine through. Jack is at constant battle with himself and other forces for control of his own sanity. The character of Drake is really well developed by Kamper as he wades through his mission. I also really liked the way Kamper was not scared to injure our hero. It’s a brave move and really enhances the enjoyment of proceedings. Sadly, it takes over forty pages to meet our first proper female character, Laura. Such a long period of time behoved me to think about putting the novel to The Bechdel Test.

The appeal of the minions (and goblins) is both clever on the part of Kamper and highly entertaining for the reader. Even though they’re evil, they’re just not scary - and this is a good thing.

Structurally, the novel appeals to our sense of curiosity at its beginning with the usage of the common subtle hook, then developing a little further in with lots of useful dialogue helping us to understand its characters as best as possible. There is, in fact, so much of this at one point that you begin to wonder whether it’s actually a script you’re reading. On the whole, the pace is well set and works brilliantly when it’s at its fastest, such as with the musket incident, but falls a little flat during the slower scenes. Towards the end of the novel, there’s one incident in particular which interested me as it was repeated twice from two characters’ perspectives. This is not an uncommon technique and nicely handled by Kamper. The main problem with the structure of the work in general however, was the constant disorientating shifting of events and sudden introduction of characters that the reader knows nothing about (it often felt like I should have known and this was frustrating!) - so I’m guessing that this was where the glossary at the end became a major must in the writing of the story. Without it there’d be just way too much confusion.

As much as I hate to stick a gender stamp on a novel, I’m obliged to label this ‘male readership’. No two ways about it, I’m afraid. And it’s screaming in your face from page one. The first ten pages are full of graphic bloody detail. Not that this comes as any surprise as the expectation with most traditional dark fantasy is that it will be male-dominated and very hard to find strong and credible female characters amongst these pages filled to the brim with testosterone.

When we (finally) meet Laura, she is described purely in terms of physicality and recorded through nothing more than Drake’s gaze.

Stylistically, Kamper displays much skill by way of description and sentiment. At times one feels as if watching events on a screen - it is that realistic. Jack’s dilemma is often extremely graphic in Kamper’s effective description of it and we feel the increase of tension here as the story unfolds. In particular, his relationship with The Hatred is cleverly described in terms of an addiction or how we’d imagine an addict to feel in the metaphorical prison of their own making. The battle scenes are vivid and bloody; we are forced to feel Drake’s terror and pain in full. Kamper offers us no mercy here. In contrast to this, there are some relieving touches where humour kicks in, so the entire work is balanced. Some parts could even be defined as Disneyesque and reminiscent of National Treasure - dark quests, looking for clues

Very little room is left for female readership in various sections of the novel where women as young as seventeen are violently raped as well as a thirteen-year-old girl’s arms and legs viciously broken. One scene is nothing but soft porn. In most of the novel, the female characters constantly allow the male characters to lead. I don’t know of any female readers who would actively choose to read this. It’s a shame.

Having said this, the work does have its positives, as I have mentioned, so if you feel like facing a challenge glossary-wise and love a bit of blood and gore, this one is definitely for you.

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Where in the human body is the septum?

Which male singer is not too sharp?

To garrotte is to do what?

What connects ‘guide’, ‘sausage’, ‘top’ and ‘tired’?

In Roman times, what was a cohort?

What is a tithe?

Who is famous for singing Working 9 till 5?

Bratislava is the capital of which European country?

Where will you find a whorl?

Which sea has no land border?

Where is purl important?

Which birds live at The Tower of London?

Where was Elvis Presley born?

What is an aide memoire?

How old was Nicholas Parsons in June 2018?

In which UK county is Epsom?

In medical terms, What are REMs? In the motoring world, what is RFL? Who is a sixer in the Brownies?

Otiose is applied to what situation?

What is the name of a beaver’s home?

What is the term for a collection of witches?

Who wears a wimple?

Which musical instrument did Winifred Atwell play?

25. Which is the odd one out - LGA, JFK, LBJ and FDR? 26. What is the capital city of Greenland?

27. Spraint is the dung of which animal?

28. What is a rebus?

29. In pre-metric terms, how many farthings were there in a £1 sterling?

30. A fathom is how many feet?

31. In WW1, what was ‘wipers’?

32. What is the surname of the lawyer nicknamed Mr Loophole?

33. What colour is the flower, oxlip?

34. In which UK county is the town of Tamworth?

35. To gainsay is to do what?

36. Which plant is used for the Irish emblem?

37. What is the prison on The Isle of Wight?

38. What do the initials TTFN mean?

39. What is the surname of the TV chef Rosemary?

40. What was the famous drink produced by the Britvic Company?

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The Evolution of British Rock ‘n’ Roll. Part 3 - by John Power

It only took a day in May 1954 after Ken Colyer’s departure from the band that had been given his name before the new line-up appeared at the 100 Club (named now as Chris Barber’s Jazz Band, and saw the return of Pat Halcox on trumpet) to fill Ken’s place, after his parents had relented to his wish to become a professional musician.

Foreseeing the likelihood of a split, Chris Barber had canvassed as many clubs as he could find and drummed up enough gigs to keep the band working six days per week. Two months later they cut a new album for Decca called New Orleans Joy, which had two skiffle tracks out of eight: Rock Island Line and John Henry, sung by Lonnie, with Chris Barber on bass and Beryl Bryden on washboard.

It took six months before the Decca executives, lacking a finger on the pulse of change, got around to releasing it. The same month that they recorded the album Elvis Presley cut That’s All Right stateside in his first recording session for Sam Phillips at Sun Records. Elvis was 19 and Lonnie 23 years old. Elvis’ song was a cover of a Black R&B song by Arthur Crudup, and Lonnie’s a cover of Leadbelly’s Rock Island Line also a black man’s blues. The mode of the music was about to change... and meet heavy opposition from the musical and white religious establishment.

Atlantic. Bill Haley’s Shake Rattle and Roll spent 14 weeks in the charts and reached number 4 in 1954. His band had seven singles released in 1955, but the game changer happened when Rock Around the Clock featured in the film Blackboard Jungle (about rebellious American teenagers in the classroom) and stirred post war youth nationally to revolt against the grey austerity that they were growing up in, while their parents shattered war torn nerves wanted to relax to the sounds of ‘boring’ crooners.

The record stayed at number 1 in the Record Mirror charts for seven weeks as teddy boys, so called as they sported Edwardian style clothes, rioted in many of the country’s cinemas. The old guard tried to ignore this commercial success and moaned long and loud about juvenile delinquents. Their mainstream were the big bands of one kind or another derived from the pre-war likes of Glenn Miller.

None of it was teen music and the music papers or radio reviews gave bad press to anything that was appealing to youngsters, with no credit for innovation. Parents had a firm grip on purse strings for controlling what music came into homes. It was still a fair few years before the BBC would try, badly, to come to terms with the changing soundscape. Requests on British (military) Services Overseas programmes were the closest most youngsters got to hearing the new music, or if they were lucky, on American air bases. The Musicians’ Union kept up their boycott against American musicians and only solo artists like bluesy Big Bill Broonzy, or the less authentic Josh White, got to tour. English musicians were ‘blacklegs’ if they tried to back them. Folk music was just about acceptable to organisers, but black blues was seen as more dangerous and potentially immoral. Skiffle encouraged ‘arm waving, leg flailing, dancing’ as it spread into jazz clubs, and that would never do.

In the States, Elvis was only allowed to be shown on TV from the waist up to prevent his gyrating hips encouraging lewd behaviour in youngsters. Yet in the States Theatre the R&B shows of Alan Freed, an important name in the early spread of rock sounds, grossed $107,000 in a week. Chuck Berry’s Maybellene was released and in September Little Richard recorded Tutti Frutti. On both sides of the Atlantic Tony Curtis haircuts became the favourite style after he did a fashion magazine shoot. A Melody Maker article about the R&B boom in America said ‘All R&B records are dirty and as bad for kids as dope’. It never mentioned the words ‘rock ‘n’ roll’ in any of its issues in 1955.

Towards the end of ‘54, Chris Barber had managed to get more interest out of record companies and his connection with Decca was leased to EMI’s Columbia Export label and Pye Nixa for the UK market. By November ‘55 Nixa released an 11 track album called Echoes of Harlem of New York sounds rather than New Orleans ones, while they also released a 45rpm EP (extended play) called Backstairs Session for Lonnie Donegan. Echoes was the only album for Nixa as it didn’t do as well as the belatedly released Decca record.

Rock Island Line, with Lonnie singing, was released as a single and entered the Record Mirror chart at number 8 after a couple of unexpected plugs from an unlikely BBC radio disc spinner two years after it was recorded.

But jazz was certainly not dead yet in any of its shapes or forms. In 1955 Chris Barber’s album finally saw release and was marked by the National Jazz Federation concert at the Royal Albert Hall, where Chris also unveiled a new innovation in the form of a 22 year old female blues singer, Ottilie Patterson, who went down like a storm with the audience. Lonnie had competition!

Rock ’n’ roll had been simmering under for a while now but still the musical establishment did their best to ignore it as songs like Ain’t That a Shame by Fats Domino started to find their way across the

There was a wave of popular songs about historical American figures like Davy Crockett (as opposed to black R&B sounds) at the time, and Lonnie hit the right era to benefit, by chance. After some newspaper shots of him, Lonnie started to get an inkling of celebrity. Having got that amount of exposure Nixa put him on a royalties contract with band mates given one-off payments for recording sessions with him.

A Skiffle Sessions EP of four tracks was produced, followed by a single, Lost John/Stewball. Oddly, in a transatlantic boomerang effect Rock Island Line made it into the US charts and a touring American impresario offered Lonnie a contract to go to the States. Two weeks later he had left the Barber band and was headed stateside to plug

the record. He began on The Perry Como Show on TV, but due to US union rules he had to sing without his guitar which made him feel naked. The white Americans had not heard of skiffle and thought he was an English country and western singer. He got a two week club residency, backed by Fred Hellerman from the Weavers, a politico folk group that included Pete Seeger.

The group had been persecuted out of existence by McCarthy’s communist witch hunt and only just, by then, been able to reform. Lonnie learned a lot about the group, other US artists he had plagiarised and the racism of the south, as he toured playing, and being interviewed on radio and TV. He also mixed with hard core rock ‘n’ rollers, like Chuck Berry as he charted with Roll Over Beethoven. He heard Big Joe Williams sing with Count Basie’s band too, and Elvis sing Hound Dog on TV. Lost John made it to number 2 in the charts while he was abroad and skiffle began to be a media buzzword for the grass roots movement, by the time he returned to England. He was hailed as its king.

We’ve already touched on Alexis Korner’s contribution to ‘50s and ‘60s music, but he deserves further scrutiny at this point. He was born in 1928, so was a lot older than most skiffle boomers, but only too willing to teach them from his great collection of records and knowledge of American folk blues. Forbidden as a youngster to use the family piano to play boogie-woogie, he took to the more mobile guitar - rather unwillingly at first, but he soon became very attached to it.

By the end of the war he was listening to and playing songs

by Robert Johnson and Leadbelly. After his two years National Service he could be found in Soho jamming with Chris Barber’s band on their blues number interludes. He then played in a couple of other jazz bands. When Ken Colyer left Barber’s band he soon became a second guitarist and contributed vocals to the skiffle elements, sharing his collection with other members of the band like Bob Watson, who also knew Cyril Davies from another band. It was Davies who taught a young Mick Jagger how to play blues harmonica and it was players from that band who had backed Donegan on his Backstairs Session EP. Davies, Watson and Adrian Brand decided to form their own skiffle club devoted solely to skiffle. They found a suitable pub with a large enough room called the Roundhouse in Soho (not the Chalk Farm one). By 1955 it was well established and Colyer, Donegan and Korner would come along to contribute.

Korner and Davis proved to be blues soulmates and formed a long term partnership that later developed into Alexis Korner’s Blues Incorporated in 1962, which became an early training ground for several ‘60s blues musicians, like some of the people who ended up in The Rolling Stones and Cream. Both men were authorities on blues music. But at that time their own music emerged as folk blues, rather than the later city blues.

Another character who soon arrived on the scene at the Roundhouse was the American, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, who’s wife June was a friend of James Dean who had just died in a car crash in September ’55. Jack had studied with Woody Guthrie before he was hospitalised, and lent a country and western element to what later came to be called rockabilly, although he was really an urban cowboy. He had also stolen poet Allen Ginsberg’s girlfriend when Allen had not yet decided on his later gay orientation, so rubbed shoulders with the beat generation writers.

Jack’s repertoire of folk-blues was a great pull to Roundhouse club goers. Jack even starred in an East End production written by Alan Lomax, the folklorist who had by then settled in England and had started recording old blues singers like Leadbelly. Further travels to Paris and Europe busking with June, added to the ‘Ramblin’ legend. www.moulshamtimes.com

The Story so Far…

Do you have any memories of people or events such as christenings or weddings at St John’s Church, Moulsham? If so, we would like to hear from you. Over the weekend of January 19th/20th we will be holding a celebration of the journey we have travelled at St John’s over the past one hundred and eighty years.

The event will include a display of all sorts of items connected with St John’s Moulsham. Do you have anything which you could share with us? These could be photographs or memories of events held at St John’s over the years such as weddings, christenings, concerts, Sunday school parties and related objects such as christening robes and wedding dresses.

If you do have something to share, please get in touch with Jacky Langley on 07872 344 495 or email office@stjohnsmoulsham.org.uk.

We will take good care of any photographs or memorabilia that you send us and we would ask you please to write your name somewhere on the item and give your email and postal addresses so we can send items back to you.

We look forward to greeting you on the day.

Revd Gemma Fraser Priest in Charge, St John’s Church, Moulsham

1/24th Scale Slot Drag Racing MrD, aka Steven Dudley from Chelmsford, was introduced to 1/24th scale slot drag racing at a slot car rally in September 2006.

After spending the weekend with the guys ‘n’ girls from MRC (Medway Rod and Custom) on their track, which was one of the attractions at the event, I was hooked on this exciting form of slot car racing. The MRC club in Kent closed in 2010 and I decided that I wanted my own portable track. MRC gave me some polycarbonate roof sheeting, as used on their track and I set about building my own. I finished building the MrD Slot Drag Racing track in January 2011 with help from the members of the Rebel Rousers Car Club and MRC. Since then we’ve held many slot drag racing events in Chelmsford, Essex, Hoo and Higham in Kent, as well at the UK slot car festivals, custom car shows and school fêtes.

In an effort to gain knowledge and experience, I’ve raced, with my Son Matt, in Malta, Germany and France, making valuable friends along the way. I have also helped organise events and promote the hobby of scale slot drag racing in the UK ever since.

MrD Slot Drag Racing club now has around 60 members and we race at two venues over the winter months. These regular monthly meetings are held in central Chelmsford Essex and Higham in Kent. We run a championship race series with a trophy for winner, which this year will run independently for the 2 venues.

The track is a 1/24 scale 1,000ft - there are not too many halls around that would allow for a full scale ¼ mile. The majority of the slot cars run between 0.9 and 1.2 seconds at around 35mph (actual). With tweaking and gearing set up you can run a 0.8 seconds. At present the track record for a club standard 16D motored car is 0.76 seconds at 49mph. The track has separate 13.8 volt 40 amp power supplies for each lane. Prior to this, we used truck batteries and a car with a powerful motor ran the track in 0.63 seconds at 58mph. We’ve had some faster runs, but these have not been recorded or verified.

Racing starts in October, and finishes in April. A membership scheme now operates for regular racers which, for the 2018/2019 season is £25 and £10 for juniors (under 16), covering all meetings - usually 14. Alternatively, I ask that a donation of £3 per event is given to help pay for the venues.

If you would like to come along and have a go, keep an eye on the club Facebook page (MrD Slot Drag Racing) or on the website at www.slotdrag. co.uk where the dates and venues will be published.

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All About Moulsham Lodge & Tile Kiln Moulsham Lodge Community Trust

Their services support older people, adults with learning disabilities, adults receiving reablement services and people with sensory impairment.

We have been running a pop up café for the last 6 weeks every Friday lunchtime and will continue running the café now indefinitely under the name of the Copper Pot. Just to remind you, this name came about through a competition we held to name the café during our first open day. 9 year old Max came up with this design, which is a cross between a tea pot and a policeman’s helmet. Baring in mind the history of the police station and some of its new use, we thought this was a very clever design and vowed to include it when we had created a permanent café area. We are currently getting builders quotes for the work and have been approached by a local company who may be able to donate some of their labour to complete some of the work.

Typical menus for the café are: • Toad in the hole with mash and veg or shepherds pie and veg then spotted dick and custard.

• Chicken casserole with mash and veg or sausage plait with roast potatoes and veg then syrup sponge and custard.

• Steak and ale pie with mash and veg or roast chicken with roast potatoes and veg then bread and butter pudding and custard.

• Cottage pie and veg or chicken and mushroom pie with mash and veg then jam sponge and custard.

We are working in partnership with Essex Cares Ltd (ECL); they provide care and support services in Essex and West Sussex, supporting thousands of people to live safely and independently within their own homes and local communities.

The photo shows two of the supported adults who are learning trades in catering and are regular staff at the Community Station during the pop up café.

So if you would like to come along and enjoy a two course lunch for £6.30, please come along between 12 noon and 2pm.

Also Don’t forget to book your Breakfast with Santa on 1st and 2nd December on the website: www.mlct.org.uk.

New City Voices will be holding a Christmas concert with special guest on the 15th December starting at 6pm. Tickets £10 for adults and £5 for children available on the website www. mlct.org.uk. enquiries@mlct.org.uk 07411 808 731 You can also search for us on Facebook and Twitter

Cllr Mark Springett - Moulsham Lodge Ward How often do you get to learn a foreign language? I did manage 3 years attempting Italian and can still remember some of it on holidays. Now, MLCT are offering sign language lessons every other Wednesday (Nov 7th, 21st, December 5th, 19th) at just £3. It is an affordable way to learn an important skill.

I am a little behind, but am looking forward to broadening my own language skills.

Many of you will have suffered with the bad traffic while the flyover was shut, Gloucester Avenue and Longstomps have been gridlocked, while displaced traffic used Moulsham Lodge as a rat run. Most of you will know that I have been actively campaigning against Baddow Bus Gate and this displaced traffic is indicative of what I believe will happen if it is implemented. I am hopeful that the newly announced Task Force which is to look at the Army & Navy junction and surrounding roads, will look at it with all the available analysis and consultation it deserves. They also need to look at the wider problems of the congestion in Chelmsford, as it is only going to get worse. With over 20,000 homes and an extra 55,000 people, Chelmsford will become completely choked without a solution.

You will also probably have seen my concerns over the safety of the flyover itself, I still have major concerns! Having seen previous survey reports it has become evident that concrete cancer was recorded in 2015 along with the movement and shearing of bolts of 28

one of the legs they have just fixed. What I don’t understand is why a ‘NO ACTION REQUIRED’ was recorded against these faults. I do not believe it was heat that caused the leg to move (stated by ECC) as the direction of movement is not consistent with this. There are also marks on the column that are consistent with a collision. I also understand the recent survey found a number of other bolts that had sheared, but I am waiting for the official report to see the full detail. Unfortunately I do believe that we will have to brace ourselves for another round of repairs and maintenance in the coming months and more traffic misery.

I was lucky enough to be at a 40th year celebration last Sunday, St Luke’s Church have just celebrated 40 years as the parish of St Luke’s and the church was full of well wishers and old and new parishioners and we all managed to gather for a group photo outside, my poor attempt at a selfie will be completely surpassed by the picture Malcolm from Moulsham Lodge Camera Club took (www. moulshamlodgecameraclub.co.uk).

Contact me on mark.springett@cmld.org.uk and 07411 808 731, or find me on Twitter and Facebook. I am happy to take questions on social media as far as data protection will allow.

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Tile Kiln Corner - by Linda Mascot I’m delighted to celebrate people in our community who have made a positive contribution to others in different ways, but all making a difference and inspiring others,

I’d like to thank Susan and Terry Wade from Linnet Drive, who have maintained the flower beds between the Clay Pigeon and the Robin Way shops for the past three years.

I’ve seen them out in all weathers watering, weeding and planting to enhance our estate and it’s much appreciated. Unfortunately they are unable to continue tending to the beds, so if anyone is able to help occasionally or regularly please contact me.

Congratulations to Aaron Bell from Firecrest Road for receiving a Jack Petchey award for his work with the Little Edi Foundation helping children in severe poverty. Aaron has travelled out to Romania with the charity as a volunteer and his award reflected the values of the Jack Petchey Foundation to inspire and raise the aspirations of young people by ‘giving something back’.

If you know of any local people who are community minded and inspire others, please contact me and I’ll feature them in a future edition.

The Clay Pigeon in Robin Way hosts a quiz night every Tuesday at 7.30pm and are now taking bookings for Christmas parties with a free bottle of prosecco for parties of 10 or over. Sunday roasts are 2 for £14 adults with kids at £4.50. It’s also bingo night every Sunday with a free main flyer ticket to play with each roast dinner purchased.

For more details ring 01245 358 971.

Tile Kiln Church Events Coming up Saturday 8th December (10.30am-12.30pm) - Messy Christmas: Messy Church looking at the Christmas story. Includes lunch.

Sunday 16 December (3pm) - Blue Christmas Service: Christmas isn’t an easy time for some. This is a short service of reflection and remembrance for those who have lost loved ones. th

Friday 21st December (7pm) - Carols at the Pub: Join us at the Clay www.moulshamtimes.com

Pigeon, Robin Way, for a good, fun evening of carol singing! Words provided, whole family welcome.

Sunday 23rd December (6pm) - Carols by Candlelight: Join us for our annual carols by candelight service, followed by refreshments. mascotlinda@gmail.com Twitter: @lindamascot

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Tree Changing and Slow Trains - by Simon Inglis Last month I was remarking about the Australian tendency to centralise almost everything in the capital cities. Sporting events, nightlife and restaurants of note, government and business departments, casinos and other entertainment - the cities account for more than two thirds of Australia’s population ans both Sydney and Melbourne are home to some 5 million or more people.

Having said that, there is change. The lifestyle on offer in smaller coastal towns in the late 1990s created the term ‘sea-change.’

Suddenly people started to sell up in the big smoke and move to coastal regions, which over the years have created vibrant local communities with their own attractions.

These days we are witnessing another movement, that of the ‘tree changer.’ Victoria’s city of Ballarat is one of the fastest growing cities in the western world. Currently home to some 100,000 people, the Ballarat Council is speaking of a population in excess of 200,000 or more as people flee the bloated suburbs of Melbourne. I am one of these ‘tree changers’ I suppose. When I came to this part of Australia late in 2016 our money simply didn’t stretch to the big city life I’d wanted for my family in Melbourne. Rather like many others, we would have been city fringe dwellers - in an outer suburb formerly used for warehousing or farmland. The parts of Melbourne that I love I just couldn’t afford.

With Melbourne now approaching 6 times the surface area of London, the State Government has announced a huge infrastructural investment in roads, tunnels and new inner city train lines. Yet to me, living an hour from anything remotely interesting simply to possess the bragging rights of a Melbourne post code no longer makes sense.

So, like a growing tide of people we invested in a ‘lifestyle’ - in our case an old Australian home in need of some work, but solid enough to live with. We are on a major motorway within two hours of central Melbourne as well as having a rail service.

standards, mostly straight with gentle sweeping bends as one approaches the outer city, good lighting and with a large investment in those fabulous life-saving bumps - that we call ‘cat’s eyes’.

Much of the road is being further upgraded, yet there is simply no conversation to be had regarding the faster movement of traffic.

It’s 110 kilometres per hour, strictly policed, in bad weather or good, at night or in the light of day and for cars, trucks, buses and motorcycles. Sometimes in icy conditions there are reduced limits.

Australia is doing an excellent job of imitating the motherland with pointless lower limits for non-existing road works.... as in Blighty, there are simply miles of safety cones with not a worker in sight.

So fast rail makes sense, especially in such a vast country.

Opposition parties as well as existing state and federal governments have long talked up ‘European style rail.’ Most people where I live would love such a service. To be whisked into the city centre without the fear of speeding tickets (for what other infringements are there!?), without the fatigue, the other zombified drivers staring at their speedometers, no parking hassles and obviously to arrive in the city centre, arts precinct, or sports precinct. Think the locations of the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground, the home of the Australian Open, soccer and rugby stadiums and all the close to excellent dining.

We can of course already enjoy Melbourne this way. Our excellent clean and modern trains do take us to the major city stations and attractions. In theory, a family can have a great day out in Melbourne.

Yet like so many others, when we do we drive. By the time you bundle your children up it is still quicker with parking apps on your mobile phone showing neat spots near major attractions to leave your car at a reasonable price.

So what is really the problem in taking the train? Unlike Blighty they’re quite cheap. The train is modern, comfortable, has security and toilets in each carriage, while our line for instance has only two or three stops prior to Melbourne’s large Southern Cross Station.

As in other Australian states the problem is different, but similar to driving. Our local trains can coast at 160 kilometres per hour. That’s not quite like the TGV - however, from where we live it’s fast enough.

Yet the problem lays in good old Aussie bureaucracy and years of neglecting the railways. Quite simply our 160kph trains can’t travel at those speeds until there are major track upgrades, when this happens apparently we’ll be getting more services. Meanwhile like ‘Aussie-style’ driving, our trains are also just too infuriatingly slow.

Yet it is the rail infrastructure to ‘the regions’ as Australian governments refer to (basically anywhere more than 100 kilometres from the CBD!) which is at the forefront of the current political wrangle. Too often I have written about my frustration with Australian driving regulations and standards and likewise it can be legitimately argued passenger rail services similarly suffer.

Who knows? Perhaps there shall indeed be a major upgrade to existing services. Yet while politicians and bureaucrats talk of superfast trains, our existing already capably quick trains are like our cars.

Trundling along at mind-bogglingly slow speeds as drivers are forced to pay extra attention to the many unnecessary changes in track conditions.

Aussie-style. Yes this is God’s country. But for goodness sake why are a bunch of fools are running it!?

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