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Welcome to the October issue of the Moulsham Times.

It is autumn now, where did summer go again this year!?

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MT Therapy by Jenny Hartill Over the last few months I have discussed various models of psychology and how they are used to treat various issues that crop up in therapy. I’ve also looked at different types of therapy, for example individual therapy and couples counselling and how the theories that counsellors learn can be used. Today I’m going back to individual therapy to discuss an issue that I come across reasonably often and to give you the therapist’s perspective. I’m not going to bombard you with theories, but I am going to be completely honest about what counselling involves, why people choose to have therapy, and why it works for some people and not for others.

The phenomenon I’m writing about today I have given the term ‘Getting Involved...’ This is where a family member, partner or friend not only recommends that a person receives therapy, but they actively get involved with it. The most common situations I have come across are: 1. Family member/partner/friend calls a counsellor and makes an appointment on behalf of someone else. Sometimes this person genuinely has no idea this appointment is being made for them and the person making the appointment expects they will be able to persuade them to attend. Sometimes the prospective client has said ‘honest, I’ll go if you make the appointment’.

2. Family member/partner/friend forces someone to make an appointment with a counsellor, sometimes using the prospective client’s natural urge to please or even fear of the consequences of not making the appointment in order to ‘get them to therapy’.

3. Family member/partner/friend actively tries to engage with the counsellor trying to find out information about the therapy being received.

4. Family member/partner/friend tries to engage with the counsellor in order to ‘give them information’ or to offload onto the counsellor and talk about the client.

The above situations, as you can imagine, are very serious. I have experience of all of them and my supervisor has helped me through with her wisdom and knowledge to ensure that I keep within the required ethical boundaries and do not break any confidences. For some therapists it’s fine to refer someone to them and they would thank you very much if you have done this, as from the therapist’s perspective they may be happy to hear a client is doing so well that they would suggest someone could also benefit from seeing their therapist. However, some therapists steer clear of referrals in case the client mentions or talks about the person who has referred them.

It really depends on the individual therapist, so don’t lose heart or be insulted if the therapist won’t take you on. Personally I’m happy to take referrals as I have a policy of explaining to the client that we talk about the client’s issues only and I will absolutely not comment on the person that referred them. If I thought the sessions were gearing towards stretching ethical boundaries or breaking confidences, I would refer the client to another therapist.

The scenarios described in the above bullet points can lead to some very serious consequences. This is because if we are found guilty of breaking any ethical boundaries we can be seriously reprimanded by our governing bodies. No matter how much you want so-and-so to get help, I suggest you think about why it is so important to you. Is it yourself that has things to process? Would you actually benefit from therapy? If the answer is still that ‘so-and-so needs help’, let me tell you what has actually happened in each of these (above) scenarios: 1. The client is a no-show. I’ve booked out my private practice, so all the therapists that are members of my organisation

cannot book the room to use themselves, and nobody turns up.

Sometimes we go through spates of these. I’ve had 6 in the last week and a half. In the very, very rare event that the client does turn up, I’ve never had a client in these situations keep to their appointments long-term.

2. In this situation if the client does turn up they usually tell me they don’t want to be here, they’re wasting their time, I’m wasting their time, can they give me the money and leave. To be honest this is awful, no therapist should be put in this situation.

3. I can categorically tell you that if anyone tries to get information out of me about a client they will be met by absolute and complete stony silence. Don’t try it, we won’t bend to your will.

4. In this situation I would suggest that the person pursues therapy themselves, with a different therapist, so they can explore the issues they wish to offload about the client.

As I write this article I have received another email from a concerned family member about somebody suffering with severe anxiety and panic attacks - clearly a very distressed individual. I think this is the third person to contact me about this particular individual. I have explained to them - again - that the person needs to contact me themselves - though I understand completely that the family want to help, of course they do. Nobody wants to see somebody they love suffer. But there is a very good reason that I can only help them if they contact me themselves.

In order for me to be able to help someone, they have to want to help themselves. I cannot treat someone who does not want to be treated.

Apart from the fact that this would be unethical, in order for therapy to be effective an individual has to want to help themselves. The other thing that concerns me is the level of involvement other family members and partners etc can have. So for example, rather than the client coming to therapy to talk about what is concerning them, they may tell me what everyone else believes is causing them distress.

This crops up more than you would think. I have encountered many a client that informs me that they have depression. How do they know this? Because so and so told them - so and go googled it. So and so is concerned about their low moods and has told them they need therapy. Well, is so and so a trained therapist? No, they are not. I really do wish people would stop diagnosing and labelling themselves with things. Why? Because you are allowed to be human. Everyone is allowed down days. If you are genuinely concerned about how you are feeling, book yourself in for therapy and discuss it. You might just find that things are not as bad as they seem.

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From County Hall by Cllr Dick Madden

It’s coming - no; in fact it is here and open.

John Lewis store is now open and I still haven’t had the opportunity to visit it.

What is it like, does it meet your taste?

I can confirm I have visited all the restaurants recently opened. I’ve not eaten in all of them, but during this exceptional weather our city restaurant area has obtained a more European ambiance.

Our city centre is a wonderful place to wander, eat and admire. I moved to Chelmsford in 1969 when the town centre High Street was a two-way road, Woolworth Stores was a thriving business and on the opposite side of the road was Wimpy Hamburger cafe which was run

by Mrs Barrett. She was a wonderful caring women. I say that with confidence as I knew her. One of her daughter’s best friends was a Kathryn Barham who I married and is now - and continues to be - my wife, Kathryn Madden.

Why do I reminisce? I have been your City Councillor and County Councillor for coming up to six years now. On your behalf I have represented you whilst so much retail and leisure development has progressed in our new city centre.

I believe though that we would all agree that more needs to be developed regarding our city highways infrastructure. Be assured as the Chairman of the Chelmsford Local Highways panel, that I and my colleagues recognise our city centre traffic congestion is a priority.

Going back to 1969 and comparing to now, vehicle movement has grown significantly and our roads have not kept up with our dynamic city centre - more work needs to be done. My view is not to keep tinkering with our highway infrastructure but to explore a major strategy for our whole city, which I know Essex County Council Highways are exploring. Trust me, I shall represent you with enthusiasm and experience having lived here since 1969, in this wonderful place we call Chelmsford.

Talking of highways, I note due to this exceptional warm wonderful

weather more roads have been resurfaced, which we welcome. I am not sure how much longer work can go on for, but let’s keep our fingers crossed and hope autumn is delayed even further, hence more roads can be resurfaced.

Recently, the new skateboard facilities were opened in Central Park and they are fantastic. The old facilities were used, but only by a few.

However I went there today and it was great to see so many young people enjoying themselves. Of course my limited technique was not a match but the grandkids loved it.

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From The House by Sir Simon Burns John Lewis Comes to Chelmsford In recent days our city has seen the opening of the £150 million Bond Street complex and the flagship John Lewis store in the heart of the city centre.

The jobs and investment created by the redevelopment of the Bond Street area is a welcome vote of confidence in Chelmsford and its future prospects and I’m delighted at the opportunities this presents, right in time for the peak shopping season in the run up to Christmas. The new complex is also being supported by 275 new underground car parking spaces.

With our status as England’s newest city, we have an increasing range of shops to match that status, including a new Everyman multiscreen cinema, Foyles bookstore, and a wide selection of restaurants with outside seating arriving on the riverside. This comes on top of the new eateries Chelmsford has already seen open recently at the Exchange in the High Chelmer complex.

holiday and access to education and career development support from the company.

The John Lewis store is at the heart of the new redevelopment, offering over 65,000 fashion, beauty, home and electrical products and includes an opticians a beauty treatment room and a foreign exchange bureau.

This welcome news on jobs builds on the welcome progress Chelmsford has already seen on unemployment, with the claimant count in the constituency already well below the national average and down by 125 people compared with a year ago.

It’s great to hear too that John Lewis will also be supporting local charities as part of their Community Matters programme, with £3,000 split proportionately between 3 charities based on customers’ selections every 12 weeks. Any members of the public can nominate a charity of their choice for selection (more information can be found here: www.johnlewis.com/our-shops/helping-thecommunity). I’m looking forward to visiting the store in the coming months.

The £18 million John Lewis store alone has seen the creation of 300 jobs, of which 43% are full time and 23 were filled working in I hope that everyone enjoys shopping and dining out at the new partnership with the Department for Work and Pensions and the local stores and restaurants this autumn and I am confident that this is Job Centre. Those employed are becoming partners and co-owners another promising sign for Chelmsford’s future. of the business, with benefits including an annual bonus, access to 6 www.moulshamtimes.com

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Vote for our Secret Garden The Chelmsford College Extended Learning team are bidding to bag a massive cash boost from the Tesco Bags of Help initiative. The department that provides education for young people with moderate to severe learning difficulties is one of the three groups in the East Anglian region to be shortlisted for a top grant.

Jill Twiss, Learning Difficulties and Disabilities Administrator at Chelmsford College, said: “We are very excited and pleased that our Secret Garden project has been shortlisted to receive a grant from Tesco’s Bags of Help.

The Secret Garden will provide an opportunity for all students to enjoy and participate in an outdoor active learning experience, from students with profound and multiple disabilities, main stream art, media and catering students, to our younger children at Dovedale Nursery - encouraging outdoor learning at an early age!

“The Secret Garden could also be used as a quiet relaxing area for staff and members of the local community to improve their wellbeing.

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The Secret Garden project intends to transform a small piece of green space next to the college, which is currently used by disabled students for their gardening activities. There is no wheelchair access or storage for tools and equipment and the lack of paving makes the space inaccessible for many people. Raised beds would allow all students to participate and the development of a sensory area would benefit both physical and emotional wellbeing for all visitors to the garden. The children from Dovedale Nursery use the garden to enjoy nature and this project would most definitely enhance their leisure and learning experience. The team aim to produce organic vegetables, herbs and fruits which could be used in the department’s Enterprise programme, cultivating our own plants from seed and promoting biodiversity.

Voting is open in stores from 26th September to 9th October.

Customers will cast their vote using a token given to them at the check-out in store each time they shop.

“With the funding, our Enterprise programme could be expanded to enable charitable events to be held for our local community, such as coffee mornings, summer fetes and for the use of local art/camera groups.”

This is the second round of the initiative, the first round saw approximately eight million shoppers vote in stores up and down the country earlier this year. Lindsey Crompton, Head of Community at Tesco, said: “The first round of the Bags of Help initiative was a fantastic success. In total, 1,170 community groups were awarded £8,000, £10,000 or £12,000 - that’s a massive £11.7 million being invested into local projects.”

Tesco has teamed up with Groundwork on its Bags of Help initiative, which see grants of £12,000, £10,000 and £8,000 - all raised from the 5p bag levy - being awarded to environmental and greenspace projects. Three groups in each of Tesco’s 416 regions have been shortlisted to receive the cash award and this month shoppers at Chelmsford, Maldon and Tiptree are being invited to head along to Tesco stores to vote for who they think should take away the top

“Vote for us!” said one member of the extended learning horticulture group, Kai Barrett, “I want everybody to have a chance from the wise elderly to the young and curious.” 19 year old Kai from Terling dreams of opening a video game café serving organic food grown in his own garden: “I’m learning the basics here, the Secret Garden is a blank canvass and we are all excited to imagine what it could be like”.

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MT Fitness - Motion is the Lotion Some of our dear readers may remember a time when they were told by their doctor to have a couple of weeks bed rest following an injury. Or to ‘lay on a hard surface’.

Have you ever tried that? What happens when you get up..? Pain!

Well thankfully, times have changed. The evidence is strongly pointing us towards the fact that movement is a medicine and too much rest should be avoided where possible.

The reason for this comes down to, believe it or not, plumbing!

We need good pipes. A tissue can heal if it has nutrients being delivered via ‘pipes’ called the arteries, and then waste (like inflammation) taken away via the veins and lymphatic vessels. Basic plumbing! Nutrients in, waste out. Done.

The body is pretty lazy though, so rather than have vessels that need muscles to pump the fluid around, the vessels are situated between other things that contract when we move. They piggyback on the energy of other functions. It’s like squeezing a tube of toothpaste!

This is why I like the rather silly phrase ‘motion is the lotion’. The word ‘lotion’ implies a sort of healing fluid, but when we analyse it, that’s exactly what’s happening - motion is helping the fluids in the joint (or muscle or ligament or whatever is injured) get pumped around to accelerate healing.

A whole load of other really cool things happen when we move too, like it fires up our nervous system and reminds the brain how to coordinate the recovery.

I know what you’re thinking though: ‘when I’m injured, movement hurts!’ - and you’re right; moving when you’re injured can feel like the last thing you want to do. This is where seeing an expert to tell you what movement is best for you can be very helpful.

We talk about the ‘Goldilocks Zone’ where you need to move not too little, not too much, but just right, and it’s important to know where the line is.

If you have an injury, and you need help figuring out what’s best for you, please get in touch at chris@fortephysicalhealth. co.uk, or you can ask a question through our Facebook page at facebook.com/ fortephysicalhealth and I’ll make you a little video to answer your question.

Have a healthy month!

One of regular contributors Dave Buckley would sadly like to announce that his parter Jackie Stretton has passed away.

Dave and Jackie’s daughter Emma would like to advise those who would wish to attend her funeral that it will take place at Chelmsford crematorium in the south chapel at 10.30am Wednesday 12th October.

MT Gardening Writtle University College RHS Programmes Praised Practical RHS programmes at Writtle University College in Essex have been acknowledged for their excellence.

Writtle University College was audited by the RHS and received a grade one: Excellent for both Level 2 and 3 Practical Certificates in Horticulture. The audit said there were excellent, knowledgeable and approachable staff, with success in the top 95 per cent. Senior horticultural lecturer Tom Cole said: “We’re especially happy with this as it confirms that our RHS level 3 was offered for the first time last year. Level 3 resumes on 5th October with spaces still available.”

Graduates from all subject areas, including conservation, sport, design, equine, agriculture and horticulture schemes, celebrated the culmination of their undergraduate and postgraduate studies, while two Honorary Doctorates were conferred, a new Fellow of Writtle University College was appointed and many awards were handed out to top graduates and staff.

If you’re interested in a part time RHS Practical programme contact Writtle University College - there’s a new course starting Wednesday 5th October.

The college is now working with head gardener Steve Coghill of Kings College Cambridge to run programmes in the Fellowes Garden, offering RHS Level 2 Certificate in Practical Horticulture and tutored

by Writtle’s Christina Lavelle.

Cole said: “This is a unique opportunity for collaboration between these two institutions and within easy reach to a range of other gardens such as Cambridge Botanical Gardens and Anglesey Abbey.

“As well as our practical success Writtle RHS students have also surpassed themselves, as latest theory results have seen a year on year improvement and increase in those achieving passes with commendation.”

Meanwhile, Writtle University College graduates marked the completion of their studies at Chelmsford Cathedral on 9th September.

The ceremonies were split into two, with the School of Sustainable Environments and Design welcoming special guest Leigh Morris Chief Executive Officer for the National Land Based College - whilst the School of Sport, Equine and Animal Science welcomed Professor Sir Patrick Bateson FRS. During the annual ceremony, Garden and Estate Manager for the National Trust’s Stourhead Garden in Wiltshire, Alan Power, was awarded an Honorary Doctorate Degree by Writtle University College.

He was nominated for his services to the horticultural sector since graduating from Writtle in 1993. He has become well-known for his lyrical and evocative descriptions of the autumnal landscape at Stourhead which he shares with listeners to BBC Radio Four’s PM programme. He is also a presenter on BBC Four’s British Gardens in Time series and is currently a presenter on Gardeners’ World on BBC Two. Also conferred with an Honorary Doctorate was retired Writtle Lecturer John Roberts. He was nominated for his services to Writtle through his 40 years of teaching business management at degree level and his relentless work with the University College’s Students Union for more than 15 years after retirement. He also volunteers with the Essex Agricultural Society, supporting both the society and the University College.

Speaking about the graduation, Vice-Chancellor Dr Stephen Waite said: “It was with great pride that I witness so many talented young people receive the degree they work so hard to achieve during their time at Writtle. Every year, our historic institution prepares highcalibre graduates, ready to make their mark in the world.

“The depth and breadth of academic knowledge, research and innovation from lecturers and students is always impressive. The ceremonies are always such a great occasion and provide the perfect platform for graduates to mark this success with their family and friends.

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“I must say huge congratulations to everyone who graduated.

You are the inspiration for the next generation of talented Writtle students.”

There were also many other special awards handed out during the ceremonies, including: Tom Schwier - Worshipful Company of Farmers Award for best agriculture dissertation.

Andrew Stock - Essex Wildlife Trust best academic performance.

Daniel Kilpatrick - Chartered Institute of Horticulture award for the best plant knowledge.

Elizabeth Wood - The Turner Prize (sponsored by Margot Turner) award for design and innovation.

Jin-Koo Park - Liz Lake Associates Postgraduate Landscape Architecture Prize for top design student.

Daniel Ivermee - The Alice Noakes Memorial Charitable Trust Prize for best MSc Animal Welfare and Conservation student.

Also recognised at the ceremony was Martin Stimson (Fellowship), Alison Thomas, Paul Clarke and Sue Tracey (Duchess of Kent Award), Steve Terry (Best Supervisor), Jane Hart (Most Inspirational Lecturer), Ruth Cox (Best Support Staff) and Dr Greg Deacon (Most Inspirational Lecturer).

If you have a spare moment and want to discuss courses with the team at Writtle University College, we have an information event on Wednesday 5th October 2016 (6pm - 7.30pm). These are ideal for those looking to study a college-level course including post-GCSE, certificates, diplomas and apprenticeships or want a specific short course such as pruning or fruit and veg growing.

Good luck and happy gardening!

For any gardening tips, contact Tom Cole, Senior Horticultural Lecturer, Writtle College, Chelmsford, CM1 3RR by post (including a SAE) or by email at tom.cole@writtle.ac.uk.

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Rotary Celebrates Literacy Month

particular monthly theme.

The Rotary calendar designates each month to a specific area of focus, so September was Literacy and Basic Education. Of course, that is not to say that aid towards other needy work comes to a standstill, but just that there is a call to give special consideration to the

In our particular district, several clubs gave emphasis to the Rotary Dictionaries 4 Life campaign where pupils in year 6 are given beautifully printed illustrated dictionaries to help them understand and increase their vocabulary.

The dictionaries have space in the front where a bookplate may be seen. They all have the recipient’s name handwritten by the club’s calligrapher, so it is a personal gift to be treasured. For some less affluent children it is the first new book they have ever been given.

There is even a page for friends to write messages. It is this personal touch which will encourage youngsters to keep the book for years to come and learn from it. Each letter has its own coloured page to make it easier for youngsters to look up words and the accompanying illustrations bring the book to life. It is usual for the dictionaries to be handed over by the Club President, generally at assembly so the gift becomes that much more special.

Dictionary 4 Life is continuing to reach out to youngsters across the continents and is aiming to hit over 200,000 book donations this year. Over 40,000 have been shipped into the United Kingdom and most local clubs are involved.

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“Now I am able to understand the meanings of words, so when I am reading a book and I get stuck I can look in my dictionary and I can find the word and see what it means!!”

“What I’m going to do with my dictionary is put it on my desk and it will help me with my homework.”

This is just one example of the way Rotary benefits children locally and further afield. Rotary is always looking for new members to help continue its good work so if you think this is something with which you would like to get involved, please visit www. chelmsfordrotary1240.org, or phone me on 01245 260 349.

It is not just the children who benefit, you will also derive tremendous satisfaction from helping others and also making lifelong friendships along the way.

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It is really thrilling that Rotary clubs have changed lives for thousands of young people. Education is the key to so many social problems and Rotarians are doing lots of work to help overcome some of the basic difficulties.

Here are a few letters of appreciation received from pupils in the Chelmsford area: “We now get fewer spellings wrong.”

“I like that we can also have our friends’ autographs so when we go to high school we can keep their memories.”

“Thanks to your generosity (I checked that in the dictionary).”

“I have been bugging my mum to get me one for ages and now I have my own.”

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Have You Heard of an Essex Huffer?

Chances are that unless you have been lucky enough to sample one at the few tearooms and pubs that still serve them you may not have. But thanks to the efforts of local baker Kevin Entwistle of Entys Huffers (otherwise known as The Huffer Man), the Essex huffer is making a comeback.

I was lucky enough to catch up with Kevin in between baking and delivering to ask him all about this traditional Essex bake.

So Kevin, what exactly is an Essex huffer? “A huffer is a roll that originates from Essex, and is typically described as a wedge shaped bap, it is triangular in shape and is made from an enriched dough using milk and butter.”

How many huffers do you bake each week? “We bake between 600 700 per week.”

Are you a baker by trade? “I’m not a baker by trade and being called a baker is still strange to hear. Before baking I trained and worked as a chef since I was 16, I’ve always loved food.”

So why did you set up Entys Huffers? “I’ve always wanted to work for myself and one day I just decided to do some baking and instead of eating them myself, I passed them out to neighbours to see if they would enjoy home baked bread as much as I did and it kind of snowballed from there!”

How early do you have to get up in the morning? “Depending on how busy the day is I typically get up at 3am.”

Do you ever get bored of baking huffers? “It can get quite repetitive, but I finish baking around 12pm and start delivering from 1pm so I’m not just baking all day, I get to go out and see my customers too.”

What’s your favourite huffer filling? “I love bacon so I usually opt for a BLT.” And your favourite non-huffer bake to eat? “It would have to be doughnuts filled with jam or custard.”

Any huffer or baking disasters you are willing to share with us?

“We’ve had many! Mainly at the beginning, it was tricky getting the proving times right and some ended up as flat as a pancake!”

What’s next for Entys Huffers? “We launched our olive huffer special for the month of August, so hopefully if it becomes popular we want to do a different one each month and hopefully expand our range and make some permanent.”

What’s your dream for Entys Huffers? “Our dream for Entys Huffers is to hopefully expand our flavours and move into a premises where people can come to watch us bake and see the process themselves as well as being able to pick some up there. We’d love to maybe add new types of bread to our line and want to be known for our huffers in Essex.”

If readers want to try huffers, how can they order them or find out more about you? “People can find out more about us, our prices, and where we deliver to, by visiting our website at entyshuffers.weebly. com. We are also on Facebook, so if people would like to order they can message us there (@entyshuffers) or email us at entyshuffers@ outlook.com.”

Kevin also kindly shared this gorgeous recipe for Raspberry and White Chocolate Huffer French Toast, which is a great way to use up any left over huffers.

I think it’s great to celebrate baking that’s local and unique, and I can confirm that Entys Huffers are delicious! Hats off to Kevin for starting this venture and I wish him every success. Happy baking!

Raspberry and White Chocolate Huffer French Toast 1. Slice up 4-5 old huffers (depending on the size of your dish) and lay them into the dish.

2. Whisk together 4 eggs, 2 cups of milk, 1/4 cup of caster sugar and 2 tsp vanilla essence in a separate jug.

3. Pour over the mixture making sure it soaks all of the bread.

4. Leave in the fridge covered for at least 1-2 hours, or preferably overnight.

5. Take out and scatter 1 punnet of raspberries and 100g white chocolate over the top and set oven to 180C/Fan 160C/Gas 5 (no need to preheat).

6. Bake for 35 minutes, or until golden brown.

I would love to hear from readers with anything baking related.

Drop me an email at motleybakes@aol.com, or take a look at www. motleybakes.co.uk.

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Music and Blues in the City by Nick Garner

As I write this article we are about to kick off a busy end to September, which I will tell you all about in next month’s edition.

At the end of August I helped to book the acts and run the largest Rhythm and Blues festival in Europe which takes place each year in Colne, Lancashire and I must say that while being rather daunting it was also fun and turned out to be a massive success.

Our band, Jamie Williams & the Roots Collective, have been busy playing as well and we have an exciting event coming up on Thursday 6th October when we play at a venue called the Convent near Stroud in Gloucestershire. We will be playing live at 9pm and the whole show will be streamed live across the world via Netgig - and you can also see us play this great venue at home; just go to www.theconvent. netgig.co.uk/event/jamie-williams-the-roots-collective and you can watch us live for just £7.50. You can also check out all the other great shows past, present and future on there too.

Blues in the City had a very special show the other week with Steve Morrison who was a finalist in Sky Arts Guitar Star competition - and in our book, he should have won with his amazing guitar playing skills, his rich soulful voice and his humour. He is a winner and won the audience over easily at the Bassment. Supporting on the night was Connor Selby playing his first ever acoustic solo show. He did really well and we look forward to much more of Connor in the future as he is a young rising star.

Some gigs going on as I write (and before this edition comes out) include The Trembling Wilburys, Jamie Williams solo CD launch and Blues in the City Festival 6, which starts on the 30th September and runs until Sunday 2nd October. You will find all the details in last month’s edition, or in the latest edition of the City Times, or online at www.bluesinthecity.co.uk.

The Blues in the City Festival is on right now and we have Boo Hewerdine playing for us. Boo is an amazing singer songwriter and very funny. He has been described as ‘one of Britain’s most consistently accomplished songwriters’. You may remember he fronted the band The Bible in the 80s and 90s and now, when not playing solo, he can be found playing in Eddie Reader’s band. Eddie was formerly in Fairground Attraction. Boo also writes for Eddie and has written some hits for her, like Patience of Angels which gained an Ivor Novello Award nomination for Hewerdine in 1995. This is going to be a great night and the Jamie Williams Collective will be supporting we are very excited about this.

We have a very welcome return to Chelmsford for the award winning Wille and the Bandits on Tuesday 25th October at the Bassment. We are really lucky as they normally now play much bigger venues but thankfully they like the venue. Andy Naumann has just won best drummer in the British Blues awards and Matt Brooks was runner up as best bass player. Why they did not win many other awards we do not know as they so deserve to. During the summer they played at Fairport Convention’s Cropredy festival, where the got a standing ovation from the 20,000 capacity audience and were kept in the singing tent for 90 mins with a massive queue. Having sold in excess of 450 CDs, this band are surely about to hit the big time. They have worked long and hard for this and their latest CD is called Steal, which you will be able to buy before the official launch at this gig.

We round the month off with The Jamie Williams Collective playing at the Woolpack Halloween Beer Festival on Saturday 29th October. The Collective is different to the Roots Collective, which is the full electric band. The Collective is Jamie (of course) and any or all of us - Dave Milligan, Kev Warner and me.

October is a busy month and there is lots of music going on all over Chelmsford and the surrounding areas, so best to pick up a copy of the City Times and look at our listings to see what is on where and when.

As ever, please do try to come out and support the great live music scene we that have, as if you do not - we may lose it. www.bluesinthecity.co.uk www.facebook.com/bluesinthecitychelmsford Twitter: @BluesintheCity1 www.itsyourmusic.co.uk www.facebook.com/itsyourmusic Twitter: @itsyourmusic

At Chelmsford City FC on Friday 21st October we have the Jar Family (see the advert in this magazine), they are fast becoming one of the hottest acts on the folk scene, being described as ‘industrial folk’. Five of the six members of the band were all individual singer/ songwriters from Newcastle who got together with a drummer to form a band. So the band actually has five lead singers and they all swap instruments, which makes them very exciting to watch live.

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The Gospel According to Caroline

It is now a year since I started as the Christ Church Family and Community Worker, which was a new initiative for the church. Part of my role has been to interact with the local community and other churches. A benefit from this work is projects such as Messy Church that I have undertaken with St John’s in Moulsham Street.

These two churches have shared in fellowship and worship, reached out to a wider community and have cooperated with each other and worked together as a team. We have opened the doors of each church and invited people in - whether with or without faith - and hopefully made everyone welcome. In Jesus’s time church was often in the community rather than a specific building, sharing fellowship and ministry in each other’s homes.

The main motivation was to be present and be open to hear about God’s love and care for us all, and by opening our doors we hope to be able to share God’s love, in however small a way, with all those we meet.

At Messy Church we do crafts, tell stories, share food, make friends and worship & praise God. It may not be church as you know it, but it is church in its own right and there is no pressure to be there on a Sunday.

If you would like to try something different and you and your family would like to hear the bible stories in a fun and interesting way, please come along.

To find out what exciting things are happening at Christ Church visit our Facebook page: Christ Church URC Chelmsford. You can also St Johns’ Church at: www.stjohnsmoulsham.org.uk.

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The Fear Factor by Mark Roberts If you want success, then you must take action. You will need to take some steps that will lead you towards your goal. As the ancient saying goes: ‘the walk of a thousand miles starts with the first step’.

Of course, in your heart you already know this, because you know that nothing comes from nothing; dreams are fine, but if you wish to make them come true then you must give them legs so that they have a chance of being able to move forward into reality.

The single most common factor that prevents your dreams becoming reality is fear and perhaps more importantly, your reaction to it. Fear will frequently stop your goals in their tracks. I dealt with the subject of fear on a more philosophical basis a short while ago, but because it is such an important catalyst in our daily lives, I believe it is worthy of some further examination on a more pragmatic level.

Everybody understands fear at the experiential level, because it is an innate part of the human psyche. You will understand that fear operates at different levels and whilst it is easy to rationalise fear in relation to your personal safety it can be less obvious in other situations, where it is often acting at more subtle levels that will require some ‘introspective activity.’

As discussed in my earlier article, fear can often derive from a lack of planning, possibly through not having thought through the project at a practical and business level, or maybe failing to seek appropriate advice. Fear of failure however, is in my experience the number one catalyst that is likely to prevent the achievement of goals. Fear can also present itself in the unexpected form of ‘fear of success’. Fear of success usually derives from the responsibilities that may be placed upon your shoulders should success happen. Whatever form fear presents itself, it can be useful to develop coping strategies that will help to rationalise the fears you face.

Putting Fear into Perspective Fear is very often an irrational response to circumstances that appear on the surface to have rational foundations. In such cases it is useful to take stock and review you plans. I suggest taking the following action: • •

• • •

worth covering all the bases - far better to pay a smaller cost now than risk losing your shirt later!

When you have done all of this, take some personal time to review any fears that surface and notice where they have transformed, or disappeared totally.

You will by now have established if your dreams have legs or not!

If they do, then you already have your roadmap to success with strategies to overcome obstacles.

Start taking the action required.

Success can never be completely guaranteed no matter how much you plan and strategise, but ultimately it will depend on your personal resilience, your willingness to take action and your will to succeed.

When things do not go quite the way you planned, try to see this as an opportunity to learn rather than an act of failure. Pick yourself up, dust yourself down and if appropriate, start again.

Everybody responds to fear in different ways, more commonly it will stifle action, but for some it acts as a strong call to action. Whatever impact fear has upon you I recommend following something along the lines suggested above, so that your fears can be put into perspective.

At the very least, you will have a greater understanding of the personal and professional risks facing you.

It is worth noting that we face risks every day of the week - sometimes just living seems to pose risks for us. The trick is to rationalise the risks and assess whether they are worth taking and whether you are prepared to take them. Sometimes you just have to be prepared to take a leap of faith into the unknown. As the saying goes, if you want to explore the oceans you have to be prepared to step off the shoreline and get your feet wet. You never know, the water may be more inviting than you expected…

To your success…

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Do not suppress your fears - they will only return at a later date and cast doubt over your goals.

Do take time to take a good look at your fears. Take some quiet time and let your fears fully come to the surface, so that you can truly see what is troubling you about the future of your project.

When you have done this, take the following action: •

Take time to commit your project fully to paper. Now when I say ‘paper’, I really do mean paper and pen, as opposed to a computer based word processing programme. Why? Because I find that when you commit to traditional recording methods it somehow bonds you much more to the process - it is more personal and encourages creativity.

• When you have fully recorded your project, examine it and establish where the hurdles are, the possible pitfalls that could trip you up along the way.

• Record everything that you can possibly think of that could impact on your achievement, both supportive and negative.

• Establish what needs to be done to overcome the hurdles.

• Design a road map with a time-line showing what action needs to be taken at what time.

• Share your plan with somebody who is likely to be of assistance; somebody who will give you honest feedback. Tip alert - this may not be your best friend, or family member; they may only stroke your ego and tell you what you want to here.

• Where necessary, be prepared to pay for professional advice.

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Essex Rock Histories: Blur by John Power Blur lead singer, Damon Albarn, was destined for a creative career it seems, as his father was Head of the art school (or at least the art department) in the North East Essex College of Higher Education in Colchester after reorganisation. It was also as a drama and music student himself at London’s Goldsmiths College with fellow Colchester friend Graham Coxon, that they met Alex James.

The origins of the group actually begin at Stanway School on the outskirts of Colchester, where Albarn and Coxon were pupils and formed a group called Real Lives with Paul Stevens on guitar and Alastair Havers on bass. Coxon was on drums at that time and Albarn on vocals, keyboards and as songwriter. Paul now lives in Chelmsford and was able to fill in a lot of details. He first played with Coxon in 1981 and Damon in 1983 and recalls how they printed their own promotional material. He arranged the gigs. When they left the school’s 6th form in 1986 the band never formally split up but each went their separate ways - Paul to five years at music college, then Marconi to work in electronics which has now morphed with his musical skills to create a practical career in the music business.

Havers went to work for a supermarket, while the other two went off to other colleges; Coxon to the Art School at NE Essex College of HE, as above, where Damon’s father was Head, and Damon went first to the East 15 Acting School in Debden, Essex followed by Goldsmiths.

At Goldsmiths, Albarn firstly was playing in a group called Circus which Coxon also joined along with Alex James. They then changed their name to Seymour before playing their first gig in 1989. Another name change came in 1990 when they were signed to Food Records as Blur, with Dave Rowntree taking up the drummers’ stool and Coxon moving to guitar.

So with a line-up of Albarn as singer and on keyboards, Graham Coxon on guitar and vocals, Alex James on bass, and Dave Rowntree on drums, they embarked on their very successful career on the fringe of the pop music world.

Their first album, Leisure (1991) peaked at number 7 in the albums chart. By 1993 they were being identified with the britpop movement of the era with the album Modern Life is Rubbish. The following album, Parklife (1994), saw them firmly established and sold in multi platinum numbers. The Great Escape (1995) was more mainstream and began the hyped up rivalry with Oasis as leaders of britpop. The clean-cut boyish looks and clever musicianship was a big pull for girl fans, while the more hard-edged and down-to-earth Oasis had more appeal to male fans. But the rivalry was stirred up by the press and in general was really no more than a publicity stunt. All their albums after The Great Escape topped the album charts.

The 1999 album 13 moved more towards gospel and electronic sounds and in 2003 Think Tank was released, but Graham Coxon left the group during the recording sessions.

Albarn, independantly of the group, teamed up with Jamie Hewlett for what turned out to be a most profitable side line - the musical cartoons under the name Gorillaz. Hewlett was responsible for the animation and Damon the music. The first Gorillaz album appeared in 2001 and was followed by four others.

The electronic experiments continued in Blur, with little significant guitar input, but with hip-hop and Afro influences.

The group toured without Coxon and the remaining members worked on individual projects which continued throughout the rest of the group’s career. In 2014 Damon Albarn managed to make a musical stage production out of the unlikely subject of Dr John Dee, Queen Elizabeth I’s astrologer and high ranking espionage agent with code name 007, borrowed by Ian Fleming for James Bond. Dee had his schooling in Chelmsford in what became King Edward the 6th Grammar School at a time when it was still run by monks.

Real Lives: Colchester line-up before name change to Blur.

In 2009 a reunion with Coxon occurred, leading to singles, compilation albums and a further World tour. In 2012 Blur recieved a Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music. In 2015 Magic Whip became their 6th album chart topper.

Over the years the group have created eight studio albums, five live albums, five compilations, one remix, four EPs (extended play short collections), two full length videos, eight promotional singles, and thirty music videos. johnpowerweb.jimdo.com

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Wine Corner

Hello all, I hope that September has treated you well. The weather has been a bit odd, hot and dry then wet. Actually not so unusual I guess. This month, I thought I would look at Australia.

Australian wine production has increased over recent years and the country is now amongst the top five producers in the World with over half of production exported. The wines are popular in the country with only about 17% of wine consumption imported. As I mentioned last month, it is a New World growing area. It looks like Australia did not benefit from the wine skills of monks or missionaries. I am not sure why, perhaps because it is so far away or maybe the population was beyond saving... Surely not!

The crop from the original vines from South Africa were not successful, but in 1820 the first wines, grown from French and Spanish grapes, were successfully sold domestically. As quickly as 1822, the first wines were exported. Some of the early wine was sent to Queen Victoria, but apparently there is no evidence that she ordered any more. Perhaps she was surprised by the delivery charge! She was rather keen on the wines from Bordeaux, which were commonly known as Claret but was in fact the classic blends of Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot and good old Malbec.

As settlers from various parts of Europe arrived, they brought more wine making expertise and gradually the quality of the wine improved.

Until the early 1970s, Australian wines were mainly, but not all, sweet and fortified wines. Since then however, Australia has become a leader in both the quality and quantity of the wines it produces. This led to massive increases in the exports to the UK and US. These days wine is produced in most states and there are over 60 appellations which produce from a range of grapes including Shiraz (Syrah), Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Pinot Noir reds, Chardonnay, Semillon, Sauvignon Blanc and Reisling whites.

Most wine production takes place in the south east of the country and, as the country is so big, there is a wide range of different wines dependent on the soil and climate. Australia is both a country and a continent and most of the people live around areas nearer the coast.

A large area of the country is arid.

A lot of Australian wines are identified as ‘oaky’. The use of American oak barrels is commonplace and they affect the flavour and colour.

White wines tend to be quite deep yellow, often this was associated with sweet whites from anywhere in the world, but is now a tell tale sign of an Australian wine.

said, the chip shop is a couple of doors away, he just smiled. Does that remind you of a joke?

I would like to thank the staff for being so understanding and kind. I have an appointment for Specsavers on Monday, or perhaps I am just getting old!

Just going back to sayings, what about sick as a parrot? Is there medical evidence to show that parrots get sick more than other animals?

How do you know if they’re sick, do they tell you ‘who’s a poorly boy then’? If we are sick we sometimes go green, well most parrots are green, so what then? It’s a worry...

Back to the wine. The largest share (about half) of red wine production is Shiraz, followed by Cabernet Sauvignon and good old Merlot. The production of white wine decreased in 2015, with Chardonnay making up about half, followed by Sauvignon Blanc with Semillon following close behind.

Tasmania (once called Van Diemen’s Land) is a state of Australia, and looks quite small on the map next to its massive neighbour. It is, in fact, about two thirds the size of England! It is the most southernly state of the country and is cooler than the other wine producing states of south Australia. It does however, produce a good range of wines (dating back to 1848) from popular grapes like Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, and Sauvignon Blanc, along with smaller volumes of Reisling, Pinot Gris and Cabernet Sauvignon. There are over 200 individual vineyards.

The region’s cool climate makes it a good location for producing sparkling wines (remember the Champagne region of France is in the north of that country). It has a mild climate and the westerly winds keep it cool and (good for wine making) the temperature is free from extremes. The state capital is Hobart in the south east of the island, but most vineyards are futher north near Launceston. Look out for wines from the Tamar Valley, Piper Valley and the East Coast growing areas.

I have looked on the internet and these wines are freely available, so why not surprise your friends next time with a nice bottle of Pinot Noir from Tasmania?

Bin end chuckles: I watched a documentary on ship building. It was riveting!

Keep calm and carry on drinking (in moderation).

Incidentally, we were looking after some grandchildren for a weekend starting on Friday night, we normally have them at our home, but this time were looking after the dog and cat, so went to their house. We went over late afternoon and decided that we would have fish and chips. There’s a chippy in the Moulsham Lodge shops and my son reminded me that it does get busy on a Friday night. So off I went. Easily parked, I get out of the car and stride to the shop.

Surprisingly, there is only one person in there, and they were coming out as I walked in. Greeted by a lovely smiling person behind the counter I was asked what I wanted. Small cod and large chips please. She wrote down the chips and asked to repeat the other bit of the order. Small cod I replied. After giving me a confused look, she glanced to her colleague. Um, this is the Chinese he 22

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Huge Quiz - 50 Questions on General Knowledge 1.

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Which ancestor of Noah is also the name of an oversized Champagne bottle that holds six litres?

Liverpool FC’s signature song You’ll Never Walk Alone stems from which musical?

Which British fashion designer does one associate with the invention of the mini skirt and hot pants?

What kind of orange is used to flavour Earl Grey tea?

What was the name of Sonny Crockett’s pet alligator in the cult TV series Miami Vice?

What is the common name for Japanese horseradish?

What is a ‘kylie’ in Australia? a. A boomerang that won’t come back b. A female crocodile c. A hen night d.

A surf board 8. The Daiquiri cocktail was named after a village on which island country?

9. In film, who has played characters named John Smith, Aldo Raine, Tyler Durden and Rusty Ryan?

10. Which colour of blue has been named after a mecca for surfers in Australia?

11. Which country’s capital city is an anagram of its seventh largest city (also its former capital city)?

12. Opened on the 27th of April 1828 and still open today, in which city was the world’s first scientific zoo located?

13. Which word for a meeting or conference stems from the Greek word for a drinking party?

14. The English language word ‘brainwashing’ was first coined during which war?

15. What was Mad Max’s last name?

16. Which two boxers exchanged blows in the so called Thriller in Manila?

17. Which silent film star was given the nickname The Face?

18. Pizza Margherita is closely associated with which city?

19. What was the name of the Beatles debut album in 1963?

20. Along which two streets is the Hollywood Walk of Fame found?

21. Umami is one of the five what?

22. Dick Powell, Humphrey Bogart, James Garner, Elliot Gould and Robert Mitchum have all played which hard drinking character in film?

23. P&O Shipping: What does the ‘P’ and the ‘O’ stand for?

24. What is the number of the dreaded room in the book Nineteen Eighty Four?

25. In song, where does Terry meet Julie?

26. The dockyards in which city were the largest industrial complex in the world for much of the 19th century?

27. Charlie Chaplin shared his cabin with Arthur Jefferson on his first Atlantic crossing in 1910. Who was Arthur Jefferson?

28. The name for which kind of cat stems from a word for a type of striped silk?

29. In North Africa, what is a tajine (or tagine)?

30. In film, which central character was 57 years late for her daughter’s 11th birthday?

31. Which instrumental was the first song by a British band to reach number one in the US charts?

32. Who does Alfred Pennyworth work for?

33. Before they were called Giraffes, how were they known in English?

34. Which cartoon character used the catch phrase, ‘you’re despicable’?

35. The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s motto is three words. It too begins with the letters F B and I. What is the motto?

36. In which month in 1914 did World War One officially begin?

37. The best film Oscars of 1990 and 1991 were given to films that contain animals in their title, name them.

38. Who wrote The Old Man and the Sea? 39. Where did Phileas Fogg begin and end his trip around the world?

40. The horn of a rhino is made of what?

41. What does the term Prima Donna literally mean?

42. What is the highest finish in darts?

43. How many points for potting all six colours in snooker?

44. In which county is Stonehenge?

45. Which musical instrument does Bill Clinton play to a very high standard?

46. The medical term, cutis anserina, is better known as what common condition?

47. What colour would you associate with a Harrod’s carrier bag?

48. Which great ape is found solely in Borneo and Sumatra?

49. What is the poison secreted by snakes and scorpions called?

50. Which TV show featured the Yes/No Game?

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Halloween Spot the Difference

The two images are similar but there are 9 differences, can you find them all. Answers page 31.

Ami’s Diary I was performing Mamma Mia at The Weston School of Dance Prize Giving event, but I had a muscle spasm in my neck which was really painful so the rehearsal didn’t go very well. But then I had some painkillers, rested and put a hot water bottle wrapped in a scarf on my neck and it was a bit better for the performance.

I went to FriendsFest at Hylands Park which was such great fun. I sat in Monica’s apartment, poured coffee in Central Perk and watched episodes of Friends on a huge screen sitting on a deckchair.

I’m back at school and started my GCSEs which I am really enjoying as I chose art, drama and geography. I’m performing in a drama workshop at our school open day which we are already going to be assessed on. We are going to an art gallery in Norwich as part of our art GCSE and going to see Blood Brothers for drama GCSE. I’m also going to Iceland next year which isn’t a compulsory trip, but will help me in my geography GCSE. I’ve been put forward by my agent for a casting in London and if I am successful, I would be filming in London and Prague for a week, which would be exciting as I’ve never been to Prague.

I loved being back at Theatretrain and we are rehearsing for a performance in December. I’ve also got rehearsals coming up for Disneyland Paris and next year, I’ll be performing in a show with The Weston, so there’s rehearsals for that too.

I don’t think I am going to be doing the Duke of Edinburgh Award now which I was disappointed about at first, but with school, Theatretrain and The Weston, I don’t think I would be able to fit it in anyway!

Family Friendly Jokes What do skeletons say before they begin dining?

Bone appetit!

Who won the skeleton beauty contest?

No body!

What’s a monster’s favorite play?

Romeo and Ghouliet!

What do witches put on their hair?

Scare spray!

What do you get when you cross Bambi with a ghost?

Bamboo!

What kind of mistakes do spooks make?

Boo boos!

What happened to the guy who didn’t pay his exorcist?

He was repossessed!

Where do ghosts mail their letters?

At the ghost office!

Random Facts About Halloween Ever wonder why orange and black are traditional Halloween colors? Orange represents the harvest and black represents the death of summer.

Dressing up as ghouls and other spooks originated from the ancient Celtic tradition of townspeople disguising themselves as demons and spirits. The Celts believed that disguising themselves this way would allow them to escape the notice of the real spirits wandering the streets during Samhain.

World War II caused sugar rationing, which stalled trick-or-treating for a number of years.

The M&M in M&M’s stands for Mars and Murrie. Forrest Mars Snr and Bruce Murrie launched them.

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Halloween goes by multiple names: All Hallows’ Eve, Witches Night, Lamswool SnapApple Night, Samhaim and Summer’s End. Samhain, which is an Irish Celtic festival, inspired Halloween. It celebrates the end of the harvest season. The tradition spread to the rest of the world after the Irish fled Ireland because of the potato famine.

Though a common trope in horror movies and Halloween decorations with witches flying across the full moon, the next full moon on Halloween won’t occur until 2020.

The most recent Halloween full moon was back in 2001 and before that it was in 1955.

Pumpkins can be other colours than orange.

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Moulsham Lodge Community Trust MLCT Upcoming Events

Station, we will be repeating the whole experience. This event will run from 12noon till 4pm this year (last year’s events pictured).

Sat 1st October: MLCT are hosting a MacMillan Coffee Morning on Saturday 1st October, starting at 10.30am until around 13:30pm - or until the cakes run out - which never happens at MLCT! As well as raising money for local people, we don’t mind helping out national good causes when there’s a cake involved. As always donations of cakes will be very welcome, all we ask is that you include a list of ingredients for those with food intolerances.

Men’s Health Day, Spring 2017: Following the success of the Women’s Health Day, we had intended holding a Men’s Health Day this year, however we need to be a bit more innovative with the men so that we can provide an event that will encourage men to discuss their medical and health issues. Therefore this will require a bit more planning and help from health providers to create what we hope will be a unique experience.

Sat 3rd December: Santas Grotto & Outdoor (marquee) Christmas Market. Following the success of last years grotto at the Community

Keep an eye on the website for further details and updates. www. mlct.org.uk (mobile friendly), or contact us by email at enquiries@ mlct.org.uk or mobile: 07411 808 731 (text as well).

Cllr Mark Springett - Moulsham Lodge Ward

This month has seen the 25th anniversary of the town twinning with Backnang in Germany. Dignitaries from Backnang came to Chelmsford to celebrate and take part in various celebratory events. One of which was a tree planting in Hylands Park (see picture). The Mayor of Backnang, Dr Frank Nopper, joined the Mayor of Chelmsford, Councillor Patricia Hughes, plus other civic guests for a tour of the facilities at E2v. The visit mainly focused on the Rosetta space station work and technology used on cancer patients. The group went on to visit Anglia Ruskin University to tour the campus.

It’s fair to say Chelmsford has changed significantly over the last 25 years and with the development of Chelmer Waterside (either side of Essex Records office) the city centre will again be changing in a way that stretches our already overburdened infrastructure, potentially putting 1,000 homes on the Waterside land will no doubt have a considerable impact on our journey times in and out of the city. Planners however do recognise this burden, but with budgets being cut and stretched in all departments, any relief schemes could come years after the developments have been established.

My own personal hope is that we can build more cultural and leisure facilities in the city. One particular hope is that of a new theatre, one that befits the status of a city. Our current offerings of the Civic and Cramporn Theatres are now tired and too small for our ever-growing city. If you think of how successful Cliffs Pavillion is in Southend then there is no reason Chelmsford couldn’t offer something similar and as successful and with all our new restaurants in the city, patrons could enjoy a full evening out in the city centre. Expectations of a new theatre are low unfortunately as our council have said recently that ‘we can’t afford it’ - but with all of the new developments in the city I would have thought the considerable developers contributions we receive could have been allocated to satisfy the demands of residents of this city.

The autumn river clean up should be coming up in October, so keep a look out for this on my Cllr Facebook page or Twitter account, always well attended and there’s a free bacon butty at the end of it.

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Email: mark.springett@chelmsford.gov.uk or 07411 808 731 (texts always welcome).

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Meet the Princess at Remus Horse Santuary Ingatestone, Essex - Visitors to the final open day of 2016 at Remus Horse Sanctuary on Sunday 2nd October will be able to meet special guests, Snow White, Cinderella and friends. Entry to the event is just £4 for adults and £2 for children and members can receive a discount upon presentation of their membership card. The event will take place from 1pm to 5pm at Little Farm, Ingatestone.

season to be a bumper day to help boost our finances and we’re hoping that the princesses will be a crowd pleaser.”

The date marks the last in a series of open days held during the summer months to raise much needed funds for the sanctuary. However, extremely wet weather and flooding meant that the first three events of the year (May to July inclusive) were cancelled, severely impacting on the charity’s finances.

The sanctuary’s open days offer entertainment for the whole family and, in addition to the princesses, there will be competitions and games, music from local band Midnite Blu, delicious refreshments such as sandwiches (including gluten free) and homemade cakes, many stalls and a raffle. Parking is available on-site, with disabled access and dogs are welcome on a lead.

The sanctuary provides rehabilitation and care for over 200 animals, including horses, ponies, donkeys, cows, goats, sheep and cats. The Open Days are a vital source of fundraising for the charity that, due to its location on greenbelt land, can only open to the public for a limited number of days each year.

Founder of the sanctuary, Sue Burton, says: “Losing out on three important events earlier this year has been really traumatic and we’ve yet to make up the shortfall. We need this last event of the

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

Remus Memorial Horse Sanctuary provides rehabilitation and lifetime care for over 200 horses, ponies, donkeys, cows, sheep, goats and cats near Ingatestone in Essex.

The sanctuary provides a safe environment for these animals that have been victims of physical and mental abuse, whether because of ignorance or malicious intent.

Sue Burton founded the Sanctuary in 1983 following the plight of the horses on Rainham Marshes in Rainham, Essex, where over 100 horses were left on the bleak marshland. As the water inlets flooded, they became cut off resulting in 13 horses dying in the most awful conditions.

Tile Kiln Corner by Linda Mascot

Goat Hall Ward stretches from Goat Hall Lane at the top of Galleywood Road, down to Widford and includes Tile Kiln, St John’s and Hillside Grove areas. The population was approximately 5,700 people at the 2011 census which didn’t include St John’s as the houses weren’t built then. A resident of the ward for over 40 years, Freda Mountain has been an elected Chelmsford City Councillor for 29 years (formerly Chelmsford Borough Councillor before city status) and was honoured as the first Freewoman of the city in 2012 for her volunteering and selfless devotion to charitable work in her community and beyond.

Freda, now 76 years young, has been a tireless fundraiser for Marie Curie and a Trustee of Farleigh Hospice after twice overcoming cancer www.moulshamtimes.com

herself. She has been involved in over 20 charitable organisations and still helps to run Chelmsford’s Age Concern Day Centre.

Freda has three children and seven grandchildren and was Mayor of Chelmsford from 1996-7 with husband John at her side.

When I asked Freda what the hot topics are in the area she didn’t hesitate in saying “parking and potholes - I can’t do anything about the potholes except report them to Essex County Council, but parking issues I take up with the South East Essex Parking Partnership on behalf of residents. At the moment I’m trying to get parking restrictions around the ends of service roads on Tile Kiln as I’m being regularly contacted by people who have trouble going in and out off the main roads due to poor visibility where vehicles are parked too close to the junctions.”

Serving on the council’s Licensing, Governance, Planning and Regulatory Committees, Freda is Opposition Spokesperson for Planning and Economic Development and Strategic Housing. She has boundless energy and puts the rest of us to shame with her enthusiasm for volunteering and no sign of slowing up!

Freda still runs a regular Councillor Surgery on the first Saturday of each month at St Luke’s Church coffee morning from 11am to midday and can also be contacted on 01245 264 688 or f.mountain@ chelmsford.gov.uk.

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MT Charity Studio 6 Charity Album by Peter Grief Studio 6 Music Ltd is a partnership between myself and my colleague and friend Michael Parker. Our friendship goes back 40 years when we met at school in Brentwood and (as kids do) played in a band together for a number of years until we left school.

Whilst my musical career stopped after school, Michael left the UK a few years after college and moved to Europe where he established himself as a composer and producer. In 2015 Michael returned to the UK and after a few discussions we decided that we wanted to set up a recording studio and having found a building in Witham we set up Studio 6 Music (www.studio6music.com). We opened for business in June 2015.

In spring of this year we met with Paul Golder of Phoenix FM to discuss the possibility of us combining to produce a compilation album featuring bands from Essex. The concept was simple we wanted to record local unsigned bands who write their own material.

It was to be called the Sound of Essex.

Our view was that the music environment can be pretty difficult for musicians and particularly for them to be heard above the noise out there, so we thought that if we could provide the studio without charge and put together a well recorded album then promote it on air as well as online, it might help.

We also decided that whilst we were doing this we wanted it to support a good cause and so are donating any proceeds from the sale of the album to a local charity, Brainwave (www.brainwave.org. uk). Please check them out - Brainwave are based in Witham and we met them when we invited them to the studio where we saw at first hand what they do and how they work.

show consisted of interviews with the people involved in the process as well as playing each of the songs.

There will also be further coverage over the next few weeks on Phoenix FM.

The album is finished now and we’re delighted with the result, the artists present a good blend of different styles/genres and during the course of the next few weeks we will be circulating the album to record companies/publishers/producers/management companies etc with a view to gaining further exposure.

At the moment, we intend to make this an annual event and so will be looking for new artists to contribute to the 2017 Sound of Essex LP.

So with everything agreed, we put out a call to record and met and talked to a number of bands and artists who we thought may be interested in the project. After a couple of weeks we had a line-up for the album. The bands on the album are: • Cold Norton • Naval • For the Love of Bob • Castaway • Mouthful of Ashtrays • Sound Mirrors • Fish Claw • Gabriela Eva • Ocean Flaws • Origami Noise • Sick as Funk • On 22nd June we began recording the album and through a lot of hard work and late nights/early mornings for Michael we finally had it mixed and mastered by mid September, ready for it to be launched by Paul Golder on Phoenix FM on Tuesday 20th September. His radio

Sound Mirrors at their recent single launch at the Bassment Finally if anyone wants to buy a CD please contact us at the Studio and hopefully you’ll hear some great music and also support Brainwave.

Dave has His Hair Cut for Charity

David Wakeling had his hair cut at the Anchor in Moulsham Street in September all in the aid of charity. David said “I first truly became aware of the great work that Age International undertake following my work’s decision to make them our corporate charity in 2015. I wanted a way that I could help raise some money for the elderly people in developing nations that they assist as I feel they are truly the most vulnerable and often forgotten in many people’s minds”.

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