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MT Welcome Hi readers,

Welcome to the November edition of Moulsham Times.

Next month will be the ideal time to advertise anything for the Christmas holidays; the edition will be available from 2nd December, and all copies will be delivered by the 9th December.

Enjoy Halloween and Bonfire Night - remember too that the clocks go back on Sunday 31st October!

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MT Health: Ankle Mobility Helps Everything - By Chris at Forté Physical Health When the foot hits the floor, everything changes. A movement cascade is set in motion, which activates the entire body...

In walking, as the foot hits the floor, the shin pushes forwards and rotates inwards slightly. This bends the knee and helps to load the muscles in the hips and core. As the pelvis loads, this helps to drag the back foot up off the floor to initiate the next step. Meanwhile, the spine is rotating, and the arms are swinging. All because the heel hit the floor with some forward momentum.

period of time. At first, it may seem a chore, but quite soon you will feel the benefit, and this is where it becomes enjoyable - particularly when stretching the ankles, because it has such a great effect on the whole body! When your ankles loosen up, walking, running and squatting all become easier. You will notice going upstairs and getting out of a car feels... nice.

So, as always, I hope this has given you a nudge in the right direction with your health routine. Until next time, have a healthy and happy month!

Having a good relationship between our feet and the ground means that the whole chain reaction gets off to a good start. The opposite can also be true though, and having restricted ankles can make it more likely we develop knee, hip, or back problems.

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

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When we walk, all we really care about is putting one foot in front of the other. Our brain is known as ‘task-oriented’, in that it cares about the task - it doesn’t care how the task gets done. In walking, we care that we are getting from A to B, but we don’t notice if we are doing it in the most efficient way.

If we have restricted ankle dorsiflexion (the movement where your shin moves forwards over a fixed foot), some of your ability to take the step has been diminished. The body is clever though, and it makes up for this lack of movement by over-extending the hip and arching the low back. You can still put one foot in front of the other by doing this, but the hip and the lower back are doing more than their fair share.

In biomechanics, this is known as ‘load-sharing’. The body is happy when all the muscles and joints are doing their fair share - no more, no less.

In the example above, the ankle is doing less than its fair share, so the hips and lower back do more. Over-arching the lower back can compress the joints and when repeated for ten thousand steps a day and over a period of twenty years, it can really add up!

This is the sort of thing that can accelerate joint degeneration and lead to pain. When the pain occurs, it’s easy to blame the back, but in this example, those sneaky ankles lower down in the chain are to blame.

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There are plenty of other examples I could give you; this is one of the many possibilities in the body. I just wanted to show that the ankles have such a significant impact on other structures in the body.

As part of your well-being routine, it is important to throw in ankle mobility exercises as part of your warm-up. I like to do calf stretches, lunges (where I focus on driving the knee forwards over the toes), and I do other strange things like duck-walks and crawling patterns that really test the ankles. If you are interested, search ‘Chris Branch’ on YouTube; I recently made a video about my favourite way to stretch my ankles.

As with all mobility exercises, they take time to kick in. There are no short-cuts and the only way to make progress is to build a habit where you practice a few days a week, every week, for a long

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The first port of call was some local building companies. Mr and Mrs J soon realized that whilst builders were happy to take on the work, they all wanted to put an off-the-shelf, rather bland, kitchen in. From there, they contacted some more reputable kitchen companies, but it seemed the problems were reversed as although they had better designs and more quality products to offer they seemed unable to manage the build.

It was then that they stumbled upon Regal Kitchens in Chelmsford.

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They opted for a Schuller kitchen in handleless concrete grey and white gloss - Corian worktops and a set of Neff appliances, including the brilliant venting hob dismissing the need for an unsightly extractor. The hidden extras, such as internal larder drawers and recycling system, help make the kitchen accessible and the water softener and kettle tap ensure it will be limescale and clutter-free for years to come. The finishing touch is the Amtico Rustic Barn Wood flooring which added a warm and homely feel to the modern kitchen.

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MT Gardening

This is a great time of the year to start investigating where you have space for planting a tree. Check out your good local garden centres and nurseries for containergrown stock which can be planted almost any time of the year, and for bare rooted material available from around mid-November onwards through to bud-burst in the spring. Once arranged, check out these step to success: 1. Remove all weeds. Particular attention must be paid to perennial weeds such as ground elder (Zeugopodium podagraria) and hedge bindweed (Calystegia sepium) as they will persist in the soil and become problematic. Annual weeds can be removed by hand; note many perennial weeds may be spread by disturbance.

A total translocated herbicide can be applied to the weeds when in active growth. Organic gardeners can mulch with material such as carpet or weed matting - but this will take up to two years to rid the site of perennial weeds. If the tree or shrub is to be planted in a lawn, cut a circle and skim off the turf.

2. Excavate the planting hole. When planting a standard tree, the hole should be square and large enough to accommodate the root ball plus 5cm extra. The depth should ensure the flare of the trunk (the area where the roots form at the base of the trunk) will be at soil level. Planting too deep is a major fault, usually one spade depth is sufficient. The base of the hole

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should be flat and the sides vertical. Spike the sides and base of the hole with a fork on heavy soil.

Do not turn over the soil in the base of the hole or add organic matter beneath the tree roots as this can lead to settling and the tree becomes too deep. Do not add any fertiliser at the planting stage; it is not desirable to produce a rich soil environment which is inconsistent with the surrounding soil.

3. Drive in the stake. If planting a tree, a stake will be required to provide support for the first two to three years. The stake is usually driven in prior to planting in order to avoid damage to the root ball. It should be placed on the windward side of the tree. There are several different methods of staking trees but modern thinking is that a short stake (or stakes) encourages root development - the stake should be roughly one-third the height of the tree. Angled stakes can be used for container grown specimens.

4. Position the tree. Using a length of wood placed across the planting hole to represent ground level, hold the tree at the correct height. If planting a bare root tree ground level can be established by looking for the nursery mark - a slight change in colour and texture on the trunk. Root balled and container grown specimens should be planted to the same depth as the soil in the container or root ball. A length of plastic piping can be placed into the planting hole to facilitate watering.

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Underpass Flooding, School Travel Plans, Sir David Amess - By Cllr Marie Goldman As a busy, ‘twin-hatted’ city and county councillor I get lots of casework. It’s a privilege to get involved with local issues and to do what I can to help - even if it sometimes takes longer than any of us would like. Here are just a couple of the ongoing issues that I’ve been working on recently.

Underpass Flooding

Sometimes it feels like casework comes in waves, grouped into topics. Last month was the month for underpasses. A sudden spell of wet weather played havoc with our city centre underpasses, like the one under the Odeon roundabout (shown in the photo below), and others like the Longstomps underpass. While I think most of us understand that sometimes unavoidable issues can occasionally crop up and things break, the frequency of the flooding of these heavilyused routes has become unacceptable - and residents agree.

and Junior Schools, and I understand that they have recently been carrying out a Pupil Travel Survey to help inform their strategy going forwards.

I am also aware of issues relating to dropping off pupils at Moulsham High School and I am having conversations with both the school and Essex County Council’s Sustainable Travel Team to try to find a much better solution than encouraging parents to drop off children in Gloucester Avenue - something that has resulted in several near misses, which I’m sure none of us want to see.

Tragedy and Success in Southend

Finally, I can’t write this month’s article without mentioning the tragic death of Sir David Amess MP - murdered while simply carrying out his elected role. The fact that this happened in a constituency so close to Chelmsford somehow makes it all the more real. We were from different political parties and held very different views on how the country should be run, but none of that matters - everyone should be able to feel safe as they go about their work. My thoughts go out to a family in mourning, and a constituency that has lost a dedicated public servant.

It therefore seems fitting that Southend will now get its wish to finally become a city. As the Deputy Leader of Essex’s only other city, heartfelt congratulations to Southend - I wish them every success.

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Nick Garner’s Music & Ramblings Ramblings I feel I must start with saying how sad that I am with the senseless murder of Sir David Amess. Although not of the area we cover with our magazines, I feel he was close, as l am someone who listens to BBC Essex radio and I often heard him on there. Knowing many people from his ward, I have heard nothing but warmth and good things about him, and this being from people of all political persuasions, as he was a true kind and caring person who had a true deep passion for Southend. In my humble opinion I feel that making Southend into a city was a fitting thing to do. It was something he spent over 20 years trying to achieve (its awful that it took his murder to achieve his dream though). I do think that the people and the council will make Southend a well-deserving city that Sir David would have been proud of, as he was always proud and shouting out about Southend and its merits.

Twice recently I saw a fly past by four F15 fighters which was quite exciting. I later learned they were doing this for American football taking place at Tottenham Hotspur Football Club (I wonder who paid for that and what about the air pollution) - it gave us all something to talk about for about a minute.

The weather; what is it up to? We are having more and more odd weather - one minute its freezing cold and the next its windy then like today in late October its up to 20 degrees, and then it then pours with rain. When (or will) we ever learn?

We must not wait any longer to do something about global warming, it may even be too late already for us to be saved, while the earth will continue to be here - I fear we will not. l worry for our future generations, however many there may be left, if we carry on as we are. I know I keep on about this but I feel I need to as too many do not pay attention and it seems that such people have an attitude of ‘well I’m alright’ and don’t think or care about others who will be left.

Music Sadly, we had to pull two shows last month although Eddie and the Hot Rods with Department S is now going ahead on Friday 28th January. We also had to pull the Mentulls + the 251’s - we do not have a new date for that yet though. You will also note that Kokomo has moved, but we have Tony O’Malley, the voice of Kokomo, with his own band playing the date instead on the 3rd December.

We have some great shows coming up for the rest of this year (see the poster on page 21) including the memorial show with Who’s Next playing for a Char Tinsley (who introduced us to the band) benefit. All profits will be going to MacMillan Cancer Support.

The last show of the year will be Denny Newman who is a local legend originating from Brentwood and now residing in Germany. Denny has a new album coming out and has a special show lined up for us. With Denny having been part of Manfred Mann’s Earth Band and Mick Taylor’s band, he has plenty of greats to call on to come and play with him, including his son Scott on bass, Tony Williams on keys (Joe Brown), Jeff Allen on drums (Van Morrison, Bonnie Tyler, Mick Taylor etc), Geoff Whitehorn on guitar (Manfred Mann’s Earth Band, Paul McCartney, Roger Waters, Bad Company, etc) - and with Denny on guitar and vocals this is going to be one special show to end the year with. Happnin Boy will be opening the night, and all in all it makes a fitting end to 2021 for us.

We have had some great shows this year, and I myself have been to a few really good events as well. Since the last edition, we have had Albert Lee, Connor Selby and Danny Piper, and the Trembling Wilburys with Dangerous Daydream play for us. I have to say that all were outstanding. Albert Lee and Connor are already booked for 2022 along with Los Pacaminos (featuring Paul Young), Eric Bell (who formed Thin Lizzy), Howie Casey’s Beatles with Wings (Howie played with Wings, T-Rex, The Who, ABC and many others).

We also have Kokomo, Cregan and Co (Jim Cregan played/plays with Rod Stewart, Cockney Rebel, Family and Roger Taylor), Totally 12

Blondie, The Strawbs (Dave Cousins is bringing the full electric band with him), Chesney Hawkes, Lindisfarne, Police Dog Hogan and more to be announced soon.

We are also working on one or two festivals as well. The first will be on Saturday June 11th as part of the Chelmsford Arts and Cultural Festival, where we will have Kimberly Rew and Lee Cave-Berry headlining. Kim was part of Robin Hitchcock’s The Soft Boys from Cambridge and he then went on to form Katrina and the Waves, who he also wrote the music for. He also wrote the hit Going Down to Liverpool for the Bangles.

I hope that you agree that 2022 is already shaping up well for some really good live music. Along with all the other local venues and promoters getting busy, we hope you will be spoilt for choice musically. No doubt there will also be lots of theatre productions, art, and crafts and much more, hopefully making Chelmsford a place that people want to visit and spend time in. We have wonderful parks, rivers, a museum and plenty of open spaces, and a bustling market as well.

You can get tickets for our shows (please pay by cash) from The Social Club, Intense Records, Hopsters and Chelmsford 4Good. Tickets are also available online from www.wegottickets.com/BlackFrogPresents, or via our ticket hotline at no extra charge by calling 07508 496 411.

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Day at Intense Records If you love vinyl then you will be well aware of Record Store Day, where artists and bands release special limited edition records, with vinyl junkies queuing round the block outside their local record shop. Record Store Day’s ‘Black Friday’ event falls on Friday 26th November 2021 and Intense Records in Chelmsford will be taking part once again.

This year, Intense will be stocking a whole host of exclusive releases from iconic artists including, U2, Lana Del Rey, Ozzy Osbourne, Evanescence, Aerosmith, Dire Straits, Jimi Hendrix, Mobb Deep, Dusty Springfield, Miles Davis, Motörhead, Sons of Kemet and so much more.

We are super excited to let you know that we have found a new home for the record fair. It will now be at the Chelmsford Social Club located at the back of the Springfield Road Tesco store. It’s a great venue with much more space, meaning more sellers and more records. It has a fully functioning bar for teas, coffees and of course beers, plus a massive stage for our DJs and bands to perform.

The first fair at the new venue will be held on Saturday 4th December from 10am - 4pm and entry is free to all.

If you are walking, there is access via Tesco Car Park, or if you are driving use the entrance opposite the Two Brewers pub along Springfield Road - there is a small car park behind the venue.

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 can’t make it on the day, remaining items will be listed on the Intense website the With a larger venue we also have room following morning, so be sure to check out for new sellers, so if you would like your www.intenserecords.com. own stall or have a record collection to sell, please contact Jon at Intense Intense Records can be found under the Records on 01245 347 372. arches, just round the corner from Chelmsford train and bus stations. For more info contact Chelmsford Social Club is at 55 them on 01245 347 372 or pay them visit at Springfield Roadd, Chelmsford CM2 33/34 Viaduct Road, Chelmsford CM1 1TS. 6JG Follow them on Facebook for updates: search 01245 261 379 ‘Intense Records’. www.moulshamtimes.com

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Can You Go Sugar-Free for 7 Days? - By Ola Adamolekun Earlier on in the year, I wrote an article called Pure, white and... - it was all about sugar. Then I wrote another article a month or so later about diabetes. It seems like I’ve been on a sugar kick over the last few months.

I really wanted to educate people about sugar, so at the beginning of October I ran my Sugar-Free Challenge on Facebook. So, what’s a sugar-free challenge I hear you say? I got together a group of my friends, neighbours and random people on Facebook and issued them with a challenge: ‘Can you go sugar free for 7 days?’

The objective of the challenge was to teach people where sugar was hiding (we became food ninjas) and to avoid it. I guess I just wanted people to be more ‘sugar aware’. The objective of this article is to share with you what happened on the challenge.

I wasn’t expecting people to give up sugar altogether but ‘Can you go sugar free for 7 days?’ sounds much catchier than ‘how to be more sugar aware’.

So, what did we do on the challenge? Well, I shared lots of tips, recipes and knowledge around sugar. I did a million posts on Facebook and Instagram. I did a few Facebook lives which was amazing because I’d never done them before, but I thoroughly enjoyed doing them. People shared their experiences in the comments section in the group and we engaged in dialogue. One of the participants even made her own video and posted it in the group!

We learnt how to spot sugar on food labels and how to compare the amount of sugar in different products. Most people were amazed at where sugar was hiding! Okay the obvious places were sauces, breakfast cereals, ready meals, condiments etc, but there were some really weird places where you wouldn’t expect to find sugar, for

example Tesco deli chicken - why on earth would you put sugar in chicken?

It was great to engage with so many people on Facebook and via email. These are some of the comments that were made in the group: ‘I lost xx amount of weight...’

‘I can’t believe how much better I’m sleeping’...

‘I’ve got more energy and less bloating...’

If I’m honest, I wasn’t surprised at these results -I see them in my clients every day. But it was just great to see people getting something out of the challenge.

For me, the best thing was the sense of community we had over those 7 days. We became a ‘sugar-free tribe’! Being part of a group is a good way to learn - everybody encourages each other and there is a sense of accountability. That’s why I use group training in my health coaching practice.

I enjoyed it so much that I’ve started a small group programme for people in Moulsham Lodge and Tile Kiln that want to lose weight.

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Charities and voluntary groups that are playing a vital role in keeping people safe from harm, helping victims of crime or delivering activities that are making their local communities safer places to live and work, are being given the chance to apply for funding to support their work.

Grants are available from the independent charitable trust, Essex Community Foundation (ECF), which manages the High Sheriffs’ Fund and other charitable funds that support community safety initiatives across the county.

A service supporting victims of modern slavery, online safety courses and work placement opportunities for ex-offenders are among the projects that have received grants previously.

The deadline to make applications for the latest round of grants is 1st December and organisations across Essex are being encouraged to contact ECF to apply.

Simon Brice is the current High Sheriff of Essex and since lockdown restrictions were lifted, he has visited numerous charities and voluntary groups across the county to see first-hand the difference such organisations are making.

He said: “The role of the High Sheriff is, in part, about recognising the important work of the charitable sector in making our communities safer places. The grants from the High Sheriffs’ Fund are just one way of showing thanks and appreciation, so I very much encourage groups to apply.”

Andy Payne Worpole, Head of Programmes at ECF, said: “We are delighted to work with successive High Sheriffs to ensure that the money they raise tackles important issues at a local level.

“We also have other charitable funds that can support community safety initiatives, so please call our dedicated grants team who will give support and guidance on making an application for a grant.”

For more information about making an application, visit www. essexcommunityfoundation.org.uk, or call the ECF grants team on 01245 356 018.

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Chelmsford - By Vicky Ford MP

Like all my fellow Essex MPs I am reeling from the shock of the terrible murder of my friend and colleague Sir David Amess MP. David was the gentlest of men and a passionate supporter of the people of Southend.

He was also deeply kind to me and the other new Essex colleagues when we joined Parliament in 2017. I will always be grateful for the leadership and tireless work that he put into reforming and improving the mid and south Essex hospitals, which has delivered lasting benefits for so many thousands of people in Chelmsford.

I would like to thank the many Chelmsford residents who have been in touch to offer their condolences and their support. My thoughts are with Sir David’s family and his parliamentary assistants.

I recently hosted an Apprenticeship and Jobs Fair in Chelmsford at Anglia Ruskin University. The atmosphere was buzzing with a fabulous line-up of different employers exhibiting, from engineering and financial services to construction, health and beauty, communications, professional services, care, hospitality, local government, even space science and the military.

During the event, many people young and old came to find out opportunities to earn while you learn in and around Chelmsford.

It was particularly good to meet many students from different secondary schools, particularly those in year 11 and 13 who were clearly thinking deeply about what they will do after finishing exams next summer. This is the second time I have hosted such an event and it does take a huge amount of organisation. However, it also helps so many people, so I am determined this will be an annual event.

I was very honoured to be asked by the Prime Minister to take on a ministerial role in the Foreign Office as part of the recent reshuffle.

This will mean some overseas trips to represent the UK abroad, but please do follow my Facebook page (www.facebook.com/ Vicky4Chelmsford) for local updates, and email me if you need help or advice. My email is vicky.ford.mp@parliament.uk.

Fairytales of Essex Art I’m a local artist and illustrator. For Christmas 2021, I decided to create a Fairytales of Essex art collection, and below is the artwork I created for Chelmsford.

The Fairytale includes: Chelmsford Cathedral, Hylands House, the railway viaduct, Central Park, Moulsham Street and many more buildings and details from around the city all wrapped up in a fairytale setting.

I was overjoyed at the wonderful local support for this project. If anyone would like to purchase this artwork or find out more, please visit my website or contact me through the details below.

There are 300 A3 and 100 A2 (signed and numbered) art prints available now - just in time for Christmas! Thank you and merry Christmas.

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I was at the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester recently when I received the excellent news that Chelmsford has been awarded £550,000 to improve safety, especially in the Bunny Walks area. The grant is from the Government’s Safer Streets Fund which focuses on improving safety for women and girls. Chelmsford’s award is one of the largest in the country, and the funding will pay for improved CCTV and lighting in key locations. The grant application was co-ordinated by our Police Fire and Crime Commissioner Roger Hirst and supported by myself.

It will also support increased youth work in the community, help create ‘safe spaces’ for women and girls across the city, and provide funding for the Chelmsford’s SOS bus and our street pastors, as well as targeted work to reduce harmful sexual behaviours. There will also be a £20,000 grant to fund a bespoke programme focused on tackling violence against women and girls which will be run by students at Anglia Ruskin University. A small portion of the grant will go towards additional security fencing in areas adjacent to the prison to deter criminals from launching parcels of drugs over the prison walls. I am hugely grateful to all the local residents who spoke to me about this issue, especially to Springfield resident James Tyrrell who has led local campaigning on this issue.

I visited Chelmsford Prison along with fellow Essex MP Sir Bernard Jenkin to meet the new Governor. A recent inspection of the prison resulted in a very critical report, especially regarding the worryingly high levels of violence. The focus of my visit was to better understand the work that is taking place to change and improve the culture, so that the prison becomes a less violent place for both staff and inmates. The prison is notably cleaner and tidier than when I visited in the spring; security checks have strengthened, family visits have recommenced and a new 16-week mentoring programme is starting soon. There is also improved assessments of inmates on their first night, which is leading to better support for mental health issues. This is good progress, but there is still a long journey remaining.

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Hi everyone, it’s November and the ‘c’ word is round the corner, that’s c for Christmas.

Let’s hope it will be a lot better than last year and that we can see more of our families and friends.

This month, I’m writing from the south coast. Well, initially Chichester actually. Probably our last trip this year, but you never know.

die? Well, according to the report, 24 cuttlefish with ages ranging (in human terms) from teenagers to 90 year olds, were trained (trained?) to approach a location in their tank marked with flags (flags?) where there was food. Some locations had stuff they liked, and others they did not like so much, and to put it simply, apparently they were able to prove this memory thing. The research was carried out by a famous university, so I guess they would not be throwing money away on useless stuff, but...

It’s been strange times recently, with some things being relaxed, then talk of proof of two doses of the vaccine needed to enter nightclubs and the like. Hopefully, the right course of action will be taken - not that I can remember when I last went into a nightclub.

It was Mrs M’s birthday this month and I decided to try to find a venue that we had not been to before. Here we go, on to the internet. After a bit of searching, I found an Italian restaurant in East Hanningfield called the Vita Bella. I had a quick look at the reviews, all good, so I booked a table for two for their set lunchtime menu. We were greeted at the door and had our temperature taken (good old Covid) and shown to our table. The menu was extensive with something for everyone. The wine list was great and the staff wonderful. We had a three course meal, and during the conversation with the staff, we mentioned that it was my wife’s birthday. They must have realised that she did not like a fuss, but when the three scoops of ice cream came, there was a strawberry on the plate with a lighted candle. How nice was that... We were a bit naughty and had a liqueur each. Just as we were about to ask for the bill, a member of staff came over and offered us a refill free of charge, and brought a little birthday cake in a box for my wife. It could not have been better.

I must just add that we have no connection with the owners or staff there, I just thought that such good service, food and attention to detail, should be passed on. Thank you to all at the Vita Bella.

I know I have mentioned before about TV adverts. There is one on at the moment that starts with a talking tree stump. It tells you in a strong American accent that various pieces of furniture are very comfortable for bits of tree. In the end, it lets the cat out of the bag and explains that its beds let you sleep like a log. Now, I am no marketeer, but I guess the main objective is for you to remember the product. I suppose they made that one. However, I think the majority of people who have dual burners in their house will see these ads and not buy a bed, but be reminded to order their wood in for the winter.

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Another amazing thing being advertised recently is a new TV programme. Apparently, it is to get ‘celebrity’ guests to save all their rubbish - or annoying trash as they call it - and wear it. Yes, that’s what I conclude from the trailers. Who on earth thinks of this stuff and who manages to convince the ‘celebrities’ to take part? They must be very short of work - and I for one will not be watching.

Earlier this week, we visited Battle. You know, 1066 and all that. As we arrived we were told that a guided tour would would start shortly, so we decided to join. We were a bit early, so grabbed a coffee before going to the meeting point. The guide was an ex-school teacher and was absolutely fantastic. He took us all around the grounds, giving us facts and figures about the battle in a very entertaining way. He made it so interesting and enjoyable. I can’t wait for questions on all this to come up on The Chase - I may be able to answer some now!

I have just been reading an amazing fact on the internet. Apparently, ‘research’ has shown that a cuttlefish’s memory does not degenerate with age. Now, to me cuttlefish is the stuff you put in a budgie’s cage for it to sharpen it’s beak. Well, something like that - I did not realise that it is something that has a memory. The next thing that struck me was, how on earth does anyone find out a live version of this has a memory and that it can remember things up to the day they

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MT History: Cressing, The Templars and the Crusades - By Henri Lewi Consider, Cressing, Witham, Antioch, Acre, Jerusalem, Temple Mount, Knights Templars and yes, they all fit together. For those of us who think that the Cressing Temple Barns are just some old medieval buildings, think again.

The Knights Templar, who were a medieval order of knights originally formed in 1119 to protect the pilgrims in the Holy Land, had extensive holdings in the Cressing and Witham area that had been granted to them by King Stephen and his wife Maud way back in 1136. This land grant called the Preceptory of Cressing included most of Cressing, Witham with Rivenhall being added some 50 years later, together with the Market of Witham and yes, this is the self-same market that takes place in Witham today!

Originally called The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon, they became more popularly known as the Knights Templar as their headquarters were for almost a hundred years sited on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.

It’s at this point we’ll try and make sense of the crusades which were essentially a series of religious wars between 1095 and 1291 aimed at claiming the Holy Land for the Medieval Catholic Church, but the truth be told the various crusades continued well into 17th century as the Church repeatedly sanctioned crusades against various religious groups - or heretics - throughout Europe with the final crusades being launched against the expanding Ottoman Empire in Eastern Europe and the Balkans. Yes, folks almost continuous religious warfare for nearly 700 years.

The city of Jerusalem had been taken in the First Crusade in 1099 and lost in 1187 (after the Second Crusade), transiently regained during the Sixth Crusade of 1229 and then lost again. Peace was made, peace was broken and fighting both amongst the so-called crusading allies and the various opposing forces continued on and off for a couple of hundred years.

After four further crusades, the city of Jerusalem was finally retaken by the Holy Roman Emperor Frederik, ending the Sixth Crusade in 1229. The subsequently negotiated peace treaty only lasted for 10 years and Jerusalem was now lost to both the Holy Roman Empire and papal control, and never again retaken by the Church despite four further crusades.

The Templars, who were both politically and financially powerful not only in Essex but throughout western Europe, saw their authority begin to rapidly decline following the fall of Jerusalem and their power and influence continued to wane in line with the repeated failures of the subsequent crusades in the Holy Land.

So much so that by the time of Edward II in 1309, the order was suppressed, outlawed and their wealth confiscated by the Crown.

The lands of the Preceptory of Cressing were seized and granted to another religious order - The Knights Hospitallers - who retained ownership until the land was again confiscated by the Crown and Exchequer in 1540 during the Reformation of Henry VIII. The receptory was broken up and the Cressing barns and associated farmhouse remained in private hands until acquired by the Essex County Council in 1987.

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I know, I know, it all doesn’t make sense and it certainly didn’t seem at all clear to those crusading armies and their leaders who were for the most part, really only in it for themselves. In the 11th and 12th centuries, the Holy Land was truly like the Wild West, but all the while Christian pilgrims struggled to visit the holy places throughout the Levant and Palestine, despite being protected by those Templars from Essex. What was a certainty and was like the recurring Fast and Furious or Marvel superhero films - every few years there would be a papal decree calling for a new crusade. Despite the chaos and the constantly changing allegiances amongst the various crusading factions, the Templars always played a pivotal role, whether it was by being involved in the political infighting for the control of Jerusalem or supplying men to bolster the various crusading armies.

Following the Second Crusade that ended in 1150, the massed papal armies found themselves facing the growing might of Saladin (or Salahuddin) a Kurdish leader who was able to unite the many Arab and Moslem forces to oppose the western European crusading armies. Initially, a fragile peace in the Holy Land and Jerusalem was brokered by the successive kings of Jerusalem and the forces of Saladin, over who had control of the cities and lands surrounding Jerusalem (known as the Outremer). The problems arose when one of the powerful crusader lords - one Reynald de Châtillon the Prince of Antioch (yes, it really was that guy played by Brendan Gleeson in the 2005 film Kingdom of Heaven), supported by the Knights Templar (yup, the guys from Cressing), repeatedly broke the peace by attacking Muslim pilgrims and the many Arab trading caravans. In retaliation, Saladin mounted a heavily armed expedition from Egypt and comprehensively defeated the crusader forces and Templars at the Battle of Hattin in 1187 - and promptly laid siege to Jerusalem, which after a vigorous defence for 12 days subsequently fell.

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Beauty and the Beast: An Enchanting New Family Pantomime In all the decades of staging pantomimes here in Chelmsford, Beauty and the Beast has never been produced at the Civic, so we are excited for its debut this year in association with our long running partners, One From The Heart. This enchanting new family pantomime will run from Friday 26th November until Monday 3rd January in 2022 at the Civic Theatre.

Ten years ago, a prince would regularly hold lavish and elegant parties at his grand castle. On a treacherous night, an old lady knocked on the magnificent palace doors for shelter. The prince, selfish and unkind, turned the woman away and sent her back into the bitter storm. Before his eyes, she turned into a beautiful enchantress and cast a spell on the castle, transforming the prince into a terrifying beast and his rather fabulous personal stylist Mizzo into his equally fabulous magic mirror.

All that can reverse the spell is for the beast to find love and have his love returned by another before his 30th birthday. If he can’t achieve this by the time the decade has passed, the beast will die. Feeling helpless with the deadline fast approaching and only his magic mirror to keep him company, the beast resigns himself to his inevitable demise.

In a nearby village, the kind and spirited Belle spends her days dreaming of an adventurous new life. Her loving father, the inventor Monsieur Labonté, would do anything to make his daughter happy, but is struggling to pay the bills due to their greedy landlord increasing the rent. Seeing both father and daughter suffering, the wicked landlord offers to solve all their money woes in exchange for Belle’s hand in marriage. Determined to make enough money to free them from this evil plan, Monsieur Labonté is tricked into going into the haunted forest to make his fortune.

When he doesn’t return, a worried but brave Belle heads into the forest to investigate and stumbles across an enchanted castle, a

The prince and his Magic Mirror taken at Hylands House, Chelmsford figure who hides in the shadows, and an adventure beyond her wildest dreams.

Throw in some friendly villagers, a larger-than-life dame and a best friend to help save the day and you have the perfect components for a panto that’ll entertain the whole family this Christmas!

This amazing story of love and transformation will have absolutely everything audiences have come to expect from a traditional Civic pantomime, including fantastic sets, bewitching costumes, roofraising songs and heaps of magic.

To book your tickets, visit chelmsford.gov.uk/theatres, call 01245 606 505, or visit The Civic Theatre in person: Civic Theatre, Fairfield Road, Chelmsford, CM1 1JG.

Chelmsford Community Radio - Local Radio Day

On Friday the 15th October, Chelmsford Community Radio celebrated Local Radio Day. The day, organised by the Local Radio Alliance since 2019, is an occasion to not only celebrate, but also strengthen the connections that local radio brings to communities, industry professionals and to individuals. Local Radio Day was created in 2015 by the UK Radio Development Group and brings together local stations on a national level.

For more details on getting involved with our station or promoting your group or event on air, please contact admin@ chelmsfordcommunityradio.com. www.chelmsfordcommunityradio.com www.facebook.com/ChelmsfordCR

In recent years, local radio has achieved new heights of relevance; the need to unite during isolation, to join meaningful and supportive networks, has never been greater. Local radio has proved an invaluable medium to facilitate such connections.

Chelmsford Community Radio is proud to work with so many organisations, individuals, schools and charities in Chelmsford to help showcase such a fantastic community, make radio accessible and provide a wonderful platform.

To help with celebrations, some of our wonderful presenting team set up in Backnang Square with the giant Marconi radio which belongs to the Chelmsford Business Improvement District. Whilst on-air throughout the day, we reflected on the theme of Love Your Place with some special guests, plus shows from Oliver Rogers, Paul Dupree and Dave Wilkinson.

A day to be incredibly proud of, sharing some of the content and stories that shows how much CCR loves the community it serves.

Maxine, Scott and Greg with the huge radio!

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Pilates the Next Level, a Spotlight on Intermediate and Mixed Level Classes - By Erica Foulds Last month’s article shone a light on our Gentle Pilates classes at Hummingbird Writtle, the benefits of exercise on lower back pain and how pilates is a great place to start if you’ve never exercised before or its been a while.

Something I frequently have chats about is when is it right to move to the next level of a class - beginners to intermediate, intermediate to advanced, 2 sessions a week to 3 etc. There isn’t a one size fits all answer and often not a specific time where you’re ready. My answers include; do you want to challenge yourself? Are you interested in learning more about what you’re doing? Is the injury you have been working with no longer limiting you? Have you simply not been working to your potential for a while and need to be pushed? Or maybe it’s simply that you just want more! Sometimes the timetable of classes doesn’t offer you enough of that specific level and being able to do other class levels gives you more opportunity, I have heard this many times. At Hummingbird we offer Gentle, Mixed and Intermediate level mat pilates classes through the week, between 10.30am and 8.10pm weekdays and 9am to 11.10am Saturday (yoga classes take centre stage on a Sunday). Once you’ve got to grips with your basic skills and want to take your practise to the next level, we have just the classes for you.

So what does an intermediate or mixed level class look like? All our levels of pilates deliver an hour covering whole body movements, targeting isolated joints and muscles with plenty of strengthening, stretching and improving core and posture.

Equipment: If you can bring a mat great, a cushion/towel for under head or knees (if you need) and comfortable clothes to be able to move your shoulders and hips.

you’re on hands and knees then extend one arm with opposite leg out holding for a few seconds then returning back to floor. Supine/ laying on your back work is great to practise abdominal work, there are hundreds of variations of classic pilates exercises which gives you plenty to learn but be prepared for a good burn!

At Hummingbird at Reeds Farm in Writtle, we have classes suitable for all experience levels. If you would like more info or to chat, get in touch on Facebook or Instagram by searching ‘@ hummingbirdpilatesyoga’. For more details on our 8-person classes in studio or through Zoom, search ‘Hummingbird Pilates & Yoga Writtle’, visit www.hummingbirdpilates.co.uk, or email us at info@ hummingbirdpilatesyoga.co.uk. You can also call on 01245 422 556 for more info.

I look forward to welcoming you to the studio for some pilates discovery soon!

Erica xx

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Experience: Ideally a few classes under your belt, willingness to learn and enjoy with likeminded others, ability to climb down onto the floor and get up again unaided. If you have any pain or injuries that limit your day-to-day activities, start with our Gentle class.

Our mixed classes cater for various abilities, but not total beginners.

For intermediate classes you’ll need to be prepared to work harder from the off, know your limits and only taking the frequently offered challenging versions when confident with the basics.

There is no specific set beginning to a class - we may be standing, creating awareness of a taller body stance from feet to crown of head, eg, starting with a full body roll down, articulating the spine from standing to being folded forward at the waist, touching the floor too but if you can’t, then this is a great start to stretching the muscles that run up the legs and back. We may start seated for a nice way to begin spinal twisting and hamstring leg muscle prep or even laying down, for example on our backs bending knees, arms out in a ‘T’ shape and rolling from left to right warming up the back with rotation.

However we start, we will always get the back moving, shoulders mobilised and hips opened up ready for an effective class.

Working on balance is an excellent way to switch on several muscles at once and can highlight a weaker side that you need to work on, standing balance is particularly great for strengthening ankles and knees, amazing for those who use pilates to compliment running/ squash/tennis etc. We will often use a ‘lunge’ or ‘squat’ type move and add more complex variations, eg, with twists, swimming arms, adding work with heels raised, high on toes.

We work the spine moving through twists, side or forward bends and back extensions throughout the class - kneeling bow and arrow is a popular move; we start one knee down and other foot forward in front, holding arms at shoulder height and create the move ‘pulling a bow then releasing an arrow’ with a big twist from the middle of the waist. In an all fours position we use body weight exercise for arms, wrist, shoulders etc, the most familiar exercise is a superman where 20

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The Long Road to Publishing

‘Thank you for your story Simon. Everyone in the office really enjoyed it although the literary agency no longer owns these premises, we are boat engineers.’

I stayed with London City University and enrolled in a further three workshops as well as traveling three times to Greece for the Athens international School Of Creative Writing. One particular highlight was attending a flash fiction class taught by the most excellent writer Heidi James.

I quite literally immersed myself in the writing world. Although I had yet to find representation; a nagging doubt that was always with me.

One of the hardest things I found about writing a novel is that you have to finish it before knowing whether it will be success.

‘I know a literary agent,’ said my opponent as we passed at the net.

I tried to act casual to disguise my eagerness so waited until we had played two more games and passed again. I feigned breathlessness.

‘Perhaps’, I said still catching my breath ‘perhaps you might want to put in a word for me.’ He sucked the air through his teeth and looked as though I had just asked for one of his kidneys. He waited until we were stood in front of a crowd of people on the clubhouse veranda and answered in a well-meaning manner by counted off three fingers.

‘One, I’ll need a letter of introduction, he said. ‘Two, a brief outline of what the books is about and three...’ he now had the complete attention of a gathering crowd, ‘...and three, I’ll need the full manuscript with no spelling mistakes.’

‘What, no spelling mistakes?’ I didn’t say that of course, I just accepted his request with a subservient bow of my head. I’m a writer, and like all writers am desperate to get published.

I’d love to tell you that I let him win the tennis match; but he far outranked me and was always going to win. I had only agreed to play with him because I heard he had a friend who was a literary agent...

It had been six years since I’d first decided to write a novel, although I had been writing for years before that. I submitting pieces for various publications; a short story broadcast for BBC Radio 4, stories for magazines and humour columns for the mighty City Times had all helped to cut my literary teeth, yet a novel remained elusive.

So I enrolled into a novel writing evening class at London City University. One of the first tasks that our tutor had set for the class was to document why we wanted to write our chosen novel. It was a telling exercise. My answer was honest; ‘I didn’t want to write this novel’, I wrote... It was too personal and raw. More accurately, I continued, ‘the last thing I wanted to do is remember. Yet inevitably, almost fatally, whenever I attempted to write a different story line, all my characters were either divorced or battling in some way for their children. So eventually I submitted. It was always going to be Shadows of Fathers first.’

I remained with London City University and progressed to their year long Novel Studio Course. I enjoyed the twice-weekly structure, although I was forever falling asleep on the train to and from Liverpool Street station.

The Novel Studio Course paid particular attention to obtaining an agent worthy to champion our book. Emphasis was put on presentation, catchy letters to attract an agent: ‘Dear madam I respectfully submit… Dear Sir would you please consider… or Dear Michael I read in your bio that you enjoy stories that surprise you… Hey Sarah, like you I play tennis (badly)…’

I sent over fifty. All of which got nowhere, most didn’t bother replying.

I even tried some of the foreign literary agents. A reply email from Hamburg went something like this: www.issuu.com/itsyourmedia

During the first lockdown I was becoming despondent until a chance text conversation from an old friend I had not seen since my school days (when we were young teens she had let me hold her hand at the bus stop). ‘I know someone who is a publisher’ she said. A sudden vision of the man standing on the tennis club veranda came into mind. But this was Bernadette, I thought. I had missed a bus for her when I was fourteen.

As it turned out, my well meaning tennis friend didn’t know an agent after all, he only knew the father of the agent and had subsequently fallen out with him (possibly over a spelling mistake).

So once again I sent off my synopsis and the first fifty pages. After a few weeks I received a request to send the rest of my novel. I was just completely a days work on a building site when I receive an online Zoom invitation. Rose Drew of Stairwell books was enthusiastic; an American woman from Florida whose exuberant hand gestures took up the whole of the computer screen. She had read my book and could relate to all my characters and recite any passage from my novel. I had found my champion.

It has been a long and arduous road with weekends and evenings spent writing in libraries and coffee shops, London university corridors and crowded Greek restaurants. At work I was forever scrawling notes for my novel on pieces of timber and newly plastered walls; conversation were cut short while I retained a thought later to be added.

It takes dedication and shear bloody-mindedness to complete a novel and in my case a lot of help and guidance too all of which helped harness my book idea to the finished debut novel that is Shadows of Fathers.

Available for pre-order on Amazon, Google Books and many more and published by Stairwell Books. The first chapter can be viewed on the Coming Soon page at Stairwell Books - www.stairwellbooks.co.uk.

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MT Finance - Active Versus Passive - Why Not Use Both?

There is one debate in fund management circles that never seems to end: whether an active or passive approach is best. A quick reminder; active funds employ managers to try and select the best performing investments, whereas passive investments simply aim to replicate the performance of an index, say, the FTSE 100, usually by holding all or most of the constituents.

Many industry professionals are staunch advocates of active investing, claiming that a selective approach leads to better riskadjusted returns. They also make the point that passive strategies are effectively getting a ‘free ride’ on markets. ‘Price discovery’ is achieved through the research of active investors, whereas passive investors simply buy the market paying no heed to valuation nor prospects. Meanwhile, passive enthusiasts point to the high failure rate of active strategies and urge that investors should maximise returns by minimising costs - something that is easy to do with inexpensive tracker funds.

largely the only option; stock markets don’t have the monopoly on investment opportunities. On the contrary - some of the fastest growing companies and investments with exciting potential are in the hands of private holders, often founders and exclusive bands of early investors in the case of relatively new companies.

My own view is nuanced. I believe there is a place for both types of investment in portfolios and there is no need to wed yourself to one approach or the other. Passive should be the ‘default’ option in the absence of a genuinely strong reason to use an active fund.

Trackers and other passive funds represent a particularly good strategy for areas where managers consistently struggle to beat the index - often large, well-researched markets. The US market would be a prime example and investors will have done well in recent years simply to buy an S&P 500 tracker. It is worth noting that the inexorable rise of a cluster of large tech and e-commerce businesses has overwhelmingly driven the US market, and should these have a tougher time then a passive fund will unlikely be a good option.

However, in the absence of a crystal ball and in recognition that it is difficult for an active manager to consistently have an edge over Wall Street, passive funds remain a strong option for this market.

Yet there are also areas where I would hesitate to take a passive route. UK smaller companies is one area where active managers have added considerable value over the years. Why is this? Quite simply it’s the ‘inefficiency’ of the market. Relatively little proprietary research is taking place compared to the multitude of analysts poring over US behemoths. Fund managers getting under the bonnet of these businesses are more likely to discover anomalies and opportunities missed by others.

Graham Austin, Chartered FCSI Investment Manager Graham.Austin@charles-stanley.co.uk 0207 149 6696

Private equity investment trusts buy into unlisted companies and other areas that would otherwise be very difficult to access. Although it can be higher risk, its potentially a source of decent returns as sometimes the growth a company enjoys is strongest in its pre-stock market life - if it ever lists on a market at all. There are also some broader trusts that include an element of private equity in their portfolios, including Scottish Mortgage, an adventurous global growth trust and RIT Capital Partners, a more diversified ‘multi-asset’ trust.

By combining passive funds in more generalist areas with more specialist active funds, pragmatic investors can take a ‘best of both’ approach. This should result in genuinely diversified portfolios that maximise opportunity as well as control cost. There is no need to wed yourself to one side of the active versus passive debate.

The value of investments can fall as well as rise. Investors may get back less than invested. Past performance is not a reliable guide to future returns. The information in this article is for general information purposes and is not a trading recommendation.

Charles Stanley is one of the UK’s leading wealth management firms. It provides a range of financial planning and investment management services to private clients, trusts and charities.

Charles Stanley & Co Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Registered office: 55 Bishopsgate, London EC2N 3AS.

Uncovering stocks or areas that the wider market doesn’t fully appreciate is precisely where active management works best, and cost, although important, may be a second order consideration.

Often more pivotal to returns is the expertise of the manager and their team.

At Charles Stanley our managers building portfolios are neither wedded to active nor passive strategies for fund choices and can cherry pick the optimum strategy for particular needs. Presently, portfolios are positioned about 60/40 passive to active, but this ratio changes over time. If we think there are more inefficiencies for active managers to exploit, we will allocate more towards active, for example in Emerging Markets where there are typically greater market inefficiencies. In Developed Markets, we are more biased towards low-cost passive funds or thematic strategies which target particular sectors, such as water or cybersecurity.

There are also investment frontiers beyond the reach of passives that are well worth considering for diversification. For instance, ‘illiquid’ areas such as physical property and infrastructure can be accessed through specialist investment trusts. The ‘closed ended’ structure of an investment trust is often most appropriate for accessing esoteric asset classes, and the only credible option for areas where liquidity (the ease of buying and selling the underlying investment) is problematic.

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The Singing Chef

I’ve subscribed to a veg box called the Odd Box and I love it! There’s no plastic, just a full box of surplus or ‘odd’ fruits and veg. Its great value and its inspiring me to seek out new vegan and vegetarian recipes, something I hardly ever do! So I thought it was about time we did something vegan.

I got these beautiful (too small) pears and thought ooooh poached pears in red wine! Then I thought, well if I’m doing the vegan thing maybe I could go alcohol free as well... right?

with cheese and wine....

Method • Use hard veg (I used cauliflower, cucumber, purple carrot, beetroot, beans, red onion) salted for 24 hours and rinsed, then added to a mix of 2 tbsp oil heated in a pan.

• Add curry powder, mustard powder and 1 tablespoon of flour and 1 teaspoon of sugar.

• Add the veg and then add enough vinegar to cover the vegetables. Add a few bay leaves, 1 for each jar.

• Put it in a jar and in the fridge. The longer you leave it there the better it gets.

Poached Pears Ingredients (Serves 4) 4 large or 12 mini pears.

2 litres of water with 400g sugar dissolved on the hob.

Your choice of aromatics - I used ginger, star anise, cartdamom and the juice and peel of a satsuma.

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

Method • Bring the syrup and aromatics to a boil, then turn to a low heat.

• Peel the pears, put them in the warm syrup, and cover with baking paper to keep the pears subdued.

• Leave for 2-3 hours depending on pear size.

I served mine with vegan yogurt and granola. Delicious for breakfast.

I ate the rest with a cheese board and a bottle of Rioja - my bad!

Vegan Tacos

I also made vegan tacos from my odd box...

I used honey-roasted purple carrots (honey oil, salt, pepper) - 25 minutes on a low oven setting.

I accompanied it with a quick pickled cabbage (red cabbage, cider vinegar, a table spoon of sugar) - chill for 25 minutes.

Simplicity can be shockingly tasty...

Piccalilly

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MLCT is pleased to finally be able to announce the regular opening of our café, The Copper Pot. There will be a grand opening of the café on Saturday the 30th October and thereafter it will be open Tuesdays to Saturdays.

The opening of the café on a regular basis is really important to us, as it will provide an opportunity and a place for people in the community to meet. Maybe you want to meet up with friends for a bit of coffee and cake, or just want top come in and read the paper over breakfast, or possibly take a light lunch before doing your local shopping, or have a nice afternoon tea for a celebration, not to mention breakfast butties for all you builders.

This goes a long way to meeting our vision, which is that we would like to help local residents make a positive change to their lifestyle by offering opportunities for educational, social and recreational activities for people of all ages and ethnic backgrounds. MLCT aims are to help local people realise their potential by focusing on learning and socialising opportunities, together with improved health and wellbeing across all ages.

We will also be working with organisations and local groups that provide specialist support and recreational opportunities while the café is open. For instance, we currently host Action For Family Carers and we hope that a local games group will come in on a weekly

basis. Over time we will build up a regular programme where hopefully you will find something of interest.

Breakfast With Santa Sorry to mention Christmas so early, but we are releasing tickets for this event a bit earlier than normal due to public demand for Santa.

Breakfast with Santa is on Saturday the 4th and Sunday the 5th of December. We have two sittings, one at 9.30am and the other at 11.15am. To book tickets go to www.mlct. org.uk.

Our choir New City Voices will be performing a Christmas concert on Saturday 11th December. Tickets will be available in a couple of weeks, so do check our website or social media towards the end of October for more info. Tickets will be available at the grand opening of The Copper Pot, so come along and enjoy a bit of cake as well. www.mlct.org.uk enquiries@mlct.org.uk 07434 678 999 Search for us too on Facebook

An Update From Moulsham Lodge Ward Councillor Rob Gisby If you have school-aged children as I do, you too may too be reflecting how fast this half term has gone. Even so, it can feel especially exhausting after the long summer! A welcome break for teachers, staff and students alike who have all be working hard to catch up.

Back in October I was a proud parent as my eldest took part in her school’s Harvest Festival, and it’s great that we’re back to a bit of normality with school productions able to take place. Visiting Moulsham Junior School in my capacity as a school governor, it was great to see the steadily increasing harvest festival collection featuring a small mountain of items which is being donated to the local food banks - well done to all involved. A wonderful reminder of what we can achieve when we work together for our community.

Our committed community and voluntary sector organisations have worked tirelessly throughout the pandemic to give support to those who needed it during the difficult months of lockdown and it’s great to see such support for their ongoing work.

November brings Halloween and Guy Fawkes Night - a great time of community and togetherness. As I write, my children are deciding what they want to be this Halloween and we’ve bought our tickets for one of Chelmsford’s organised charity fireworks displays. Although fireworks are beautiful and very much part of our culture and history at this time of year, please keep in mind that (especially with domestic displays) many animals can find them quite distressing. If a bonfire features in your celebrations, please do take a moment to check for the gardener’s best friend, the hedgehog and other wildlife which may have taken up residence in the bonfire before lighting.

Whilst the reason is not attributed to bonfires, hedgehog numbers have seen a staggering decline in the UK and I’m trying to make my own garden more hedgehog-friendly. Any wise words on how to encourage them will be happily received! Whatever you do this bonfire night, please stay safe.

It was great to see Chelmsford come alive again in October with running. The Chelmsford Half Marathon and 5K, sponsored by Anglia Ruskin University, took place on the 3rd October and the Chelmsford Marathon in support of Haven’s Hospice took place on the 17th October. The children and I had a great time cheering the runners on

(including Mrs G) in the former, and it was great to experience the atmosphere and well organised races here in our city. Well done to all who took part and special thanks to those who were able to raise money for charities in sponsorship. I am a lapsed runner but looking forward to getting back into it.

In the month of October, I’ve continued to have correspondences with residents around parking restrictions and white/yellow lining in Moulsham Lodge and indeed much discussion around the challenges that schools, parents and residents face from vehicles at school drop off and pick-up times, it goes without saying that active travel where possible is something we are all keen to encourage.

On the subject of charging at Hylands, I remain opposed to the charge. Unfortunately, in spite of the best efforts of the Conservative group of councillors to minimise the impact of these charges, the administration is pushing on with their plans.

As I write this, we are hearing the devasting news of the stabbing of the Essex MP Sir David Amess. Regardless of political persuasion, we can all recognise what a contribution Sir David made both locally and nationally. I know that there are many people who were touched by his work and I want to pay tribute to what he achieved over his long political career. The accessibility of our elected representatives is something we should take pride in, and the murder of another MP in the line of their work is not only a huge tragedy but an attack on the democracy we enjoy. My thoughts especially are with his family, friends and colleagues at this time.

Finally, for those who celebrate the festival Diwali at the beginning of November - a poignant festival, showing hope and celebrating the triumph of light over darkness, good over evil and knowledge over ignorance - I wish you a very happy Diwali.

You can get in touch with me via Chelmsford City Council, through my Facebook page (Cllr Rob Gisby) or via Chelmsford Conservative Association. Please do reach out - I look forward to hearing from you.

Stay safe, keep well, be kind.

Cllr Rob Gisby Conservative Ward Councillor for Moulsham Lodge

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Tile Kiln Corner - By Cllr Linda Mascot We’re so lucky in our local area to have such great support for all ages within our community with all the different clubs and facilities open to everyone from tiny babies to elderly residents at Tile Kiln Church. During the past 20 months of Covid lockdown restrictions, the church had to close its doors to their community groups and church services, but they have now opened their doors again, and Mary Wood told me how good it was to welcome back their older clientele to Food on Friday every fortnight: “We have been pleased to open our doors once again to the dear friends at Food on Friday.

Some of these senior citizens have been isolated for so long.

“During the summer we were able to provide a gift bag containing a cream tea and flowers but it was quite moving to see folk back chatting on the tables together again. Many thanks to Philip Stevens who produced a 2-weekly newsletter through out the pandemic.” If you would like more information about Food on Friday please contact Mary Wood on 07778 549 331.

At TK Toddlers they understand the joys and challenging of bringing up young children and they have also reopened for babies and children up to 4 years old accompanied by parents and carers. TK Toddlers is a safe, informal and friendly environment where babies and toddlers from 0-4 can play and learn social skills and parents and carers connect with each other, share experiences, learn from each other, and maybe even get to enjoy a hot cuppa! Running on Monday mornings from 9.30-10.45am during term time, there are toys, craft, chat, refreshments and a music time.

The suggested donation is 50p per family. Spaces are limited due to Covid safety measures, so get in contact to find out more at www. tilekilnchurch.org.uk.

One of the most valuable ways they serve the community at Tile Kiln Church is through their long running The Fledgelings Preschool.

Rachel Bell explained: “Throughout the pandemic we are proud to have been able to remain open throughout, for children of essential workers and then happily for all our registered children. Our motto is ‘Be good, and kind and love each other’.

Over many years, thousands of children have spent their early years receiving good quality, affordable care and education in an atmosphere of Christian love and value in a safe, secure and stimulating environment, providing them with healthy tools to help them develop positive relationships and make good choices as they navigate life. We look forward to continuing this service for the families of our community. For more information, visit our website at www.fledgelingspreschool.co.uk.”

Another vital part of the community are our young people. Again, youth provision has been severely limited due to the pandemic, but they are pleased to be able to relaunch the youth club at Tile Kiln Church - The Link - on Friday 5th November for 7-9pm. Providing all young people in school years 7-11 a safe space to hang out and enjoy a variety of games, sports, gaming, a café-style tuck shop and regular workshops, all which will enhance their social, emotional and spiritual well-being. The yourth club is avaiable every Friday during term time from 7-9pm. Find out more from Youth & Community Pastor James, at james.bell@tilekilnchurch. org.uk.

Rachel continued to tell me about The Kiln at Robin Way shops: “We’re pleased to be able to begin opening up our community space, The Kiln, again for activities and events which provide for the vital social, emotional and spiritual needs of our community.

“One area which we have all probably gained more understanding of in recent times is the need to connect socially with other people.

Isolation and loneliness are not good for our well-being and at Tile Kiln Church we want to help combat this by providing our Open Door Coffee Mornings. Currently running weekly on Wednesday mornings from 10am-midday, we offer a warm and friendly welcome to anyone who’d like to drop in for a cuppa and a chat. Watch this space for news of further opening times! Hope to see you there.”

For more information, contact Rachel at thekiln@tilkilnchurch.org.uk.

On Searching for the Right Card in Tesco...

Have you ever had this experience: You need a card for a specific occasion - a birthday, anniversary, work leaving do, anything. After you’ve done the weekly shop, you pop into the card aisle of Tesco (of course, other card retailers are available) and have a browse.

Next thing you know, it’s taken you longer to decide which slightly naff card to buy than it did for you to do the weekly shop! Why? Because none of the cards fit the occasion or the person. What they lack is sincerity and truth. We want the card to do the hard work of telling someone something deep and personal, with words we can’t find ourselves. We want the card to tell the truth.

Truth is something contentious. At the moment our society is reeling in the mucky waters of life after Trump’s ‘alternative facts’ and an overly personal version of truth, akin to (if you remember back to the 1998 music scene) the Manic Street Preachers’ This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours. But deep down, truth exists and is universal. And what’s more, we long for it.

We want the truth about decisions our politicians made in the early days of Covid, we want the truth about the human rights abuses by www.issuu.com/itsyourmedia

the new owners of Newcastle United Football Club, we want the truth about corruption and sexual misconduct in the Met Police following the horrific kidnap, rape, and murder of Sarah Everard.

But we are far less keen to know the truth about ourselves. And woe betide if anyone else knew the truth about us! Not that we’re that bad we think, just that there are some things we’re ashamed of, would rather keep hidden and ignore. We fear that should the truth come out, we won’t be accepted. Perhaps we have scars from just such an experience of rejection in the past.

But there is one person who already knows the truth and hasn’t rejected us. His name is Jesus Christ. The Bible says that he has searched the deepest parts of us and knows us and loves us. The truth is, to be fully known and fully loved is what we all desire. Long for. Strive for. But you don’t have to strive for Jesus’ love - it’s a gift.

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In which English county is Eton College?

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What is significant about Madonna’s debut album released in 1982?

Who is David Furnish married to?

What kind of craft uses a mizzen?

On the earlier versions of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? what is temporarily removed at certain points of the game?

Which year was the Suez Crisis?

What sort of property does Cliff Richard own in France?

Which saint is associated with Christmas?

What is the nickname of The Sydney Harbour Bridge?

Which creature can be ‘Adonis Blue’?

Who wears a cassock at work?

Who played James Bond in Licence to Kill?

What does a cricket umpire signify when they raise their right arm straight up in the air?

Which athlete broke the 4-minute mile barrier in 1954?

Which chess piece is normally represented as a horse’s head?

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Who played the role of Compo in Last of the Summer Wine?

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Les Patterson is the creation of which Australian entertainer?

What nationality is the snooker player Ray Reardon?

In which institution will you find Bulls and Bears at work?

Apart from a snake, what is a boa?

Which common indoor game involves reptiles and DIY equipment?

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Who was the Lone Ranger’s sidekick?

Apart from a furnace process, what is smelt?

What nationality was Mr Biro?

On the Paramount films logo, what surrounds the word Paramount?

In which TV advert do they get grown men to talk like very young children?

In which English county is the town of Bordon?

What is the expression when the winner of a race takes another turn round the track?

Port Vale Football Club is situated in which area of England?

Which creature is responsible for half the deaths of humans in history?

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We Need You! Christmas Tree Festival Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th December 2021 Would you like to take part in our 2021 Christmas Tree Festival?

We know from the last two years that our community of Moulsham Lodge and Tile Kiln loves to get creative and celebrate Christmas in 2019 you creatively decorated 25 beautiful Christmas trees for display in our first ever Christmas Tree Festival, and in 2020 you took part in our first ever live Advent Calendar by decorating windows in over 30 houses and buildings for everyone in the community to enjoy!

events@stlukemoulsham.co.uk, or message us on Facebook (www. facebook.com/Stlukesmoulshamlodge).

Lucy Bubb St Luke’s Church, Moulsham Lodge

We want to build on your success and have a bigger Christmas Tree Festival this year and we’ve chosen a theme - At the Heart of Christmas. You can be as imaginative and creative as you like in your interpretation of the theme, thinking about what is at the heart of Christmas for you.

Your Christmas Tree can be large or small - anything up to 6ft - and it can be a real or artificial tree, or perhaps you have an idea to make a tree out of something. For example, our Book Club made a tree shape out of books.

If you would like to join in and take part, send an email to www.moulshamtimes.com

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