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Last July and August we ran our Sponsor a Flip Flop with all proceeds going to Willen Hospice. This year we have brought summer to the flyers with our Sponsor an Ice Lolly. On the centre pages you will see the businesses in Milton Keynes that have helped and supported Willen Hospice and raised over £720 for this great cause. As we enter August, the ‘C’ word starts to make an appearance, yes CHRISTMAS. If you are amongst the ones who like to plan, than have a look at page 17 to see what Harben De Vere in Newport Pagnell have to offer. If you are you a fan of TV’s ‘Cash In the Attic’ then why not see what your nik naks that are around the house are worth. Lockdales are back in Milton Keynes in September with their very own valuation days. See page 5 for more details. Do you have a bike? Would you like to support the work done by Cancer Research UK? Why not join Carol and her team on 9th September for the annual Get on your Bike MK event and help raise money for this great cause. For full details and to register see page 43.
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MP’s Diary
By Iain Stewart MP, Conservative MP for Milton Keynes South
The Olympic Games launched on the 27th July with the lighting of the Olympic Beacon at the stadium in Stratford.
absolutely delighted that the team at Oxley Park Academy have won this richly deserved award. I regularly hear praise from my constituents about the very high standards at the school. Having inspirational teachers is so important for the development of our young people and I am very pleased that the good work at Oxley Park has been recognised in this way. In the past several weeks, I have continued my series of visits to local schools and was pleased to have had the chance to meet teachers and pupils from Abbeys Primary School in Bletchley, as well as those from Priory Rise School.
I was delighted that Milton Keynes had the chance to play host to the Olympic Torch as it passed through the city on the Relay Route on the 9th July. I hope everyone in Milton Keynes will join me in wishing the best of luck to our local athletes representing Team GB.
I have also been continuing my programme of shadowing public sector workers. Recently, I spent the morning with the Royal Mail workers who deliver to Milton Keynes. I was able to see firsthand the mail sorting process as well as joining postman Ray Blackbrow on his delivery rounds. I was grateful for the opportunity to get an insight into the challenges that our postmen and women face in delivering mail to every household and business in Milton Keynes, whatever the weather.
Locally, many schools have been celebrating the Games with Olympic sports days. I was pleased that special schools in Milton Keynes recently celebrated a week-long activity of games in keeping with the Olympic spirit. I hope the legacy of the Games in Milton Keynes will see us continue to develop our sporting facilities and inspire more children to become more involved in sports. In a totally different competition, Oxley Park Academy were first to cross the finish line. The school was announced as the winner of The Award for Outstanding School Team of the Year in the East for the 2012 Pearson Teaching Awards. I am
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Other areas can be addressed where the body can just feel ‘out of sorts’ without any explained reason… Others can feel extremely tired or maybe very low. Emotional factors can cause rise to physical symptoms, and in this case NAET treatment can also help. One common problem is that the immune system can just become weak, rising to constant colds and a feeling of being unwell. This could be as the main nutrients eaten daily are just not being absorbed. Naet can reset and balance the body so the body is functioning normally again. If you would like to know more or why you are suffering from any unexplained symptoms, please call or email Carolyn Dennett: 07714 705933 email: info@allergyassistance.co.uk
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POSITIVE LIVING 2012 – What it means... Forget the scaremongering of Hollywood and hearsay. The world will not end, there will be no immediate change – we are in fact already in the middle of huge shifts and growths prophesised. Even within our own life structure we can see huge changes, physically, emotionally, historically and personally. Every life on the planet is being shook up and all we can do is hold on. Yet why is this happening? Is it some part of a cruel unfolding plan? Are we being held accountable by some vengeful deity for actions of present and past? Everything we know is being overturned, nothing seems stable. What is occurring and what if anything can we do about what’s playing out? The word is not going crazy, things are not getting worse. Life is rebalancing and we are an important part of that shift. You particularly chose to be here right now, to be alive in this time frame and the unprecedented shifts that are happening. There are many books and therefore much available information on theories relating to this, but for the purpose of this written piece, we will simplify it, to help you understand how 2012 directly affects you, even to the point of personal relationships, love, family and work. Without computer programs and technology as we know it now, our far distant ancestors knew more about planetary alignment, deep space, stars and their physical / energetic effects than we think we know even now. NASA itself has discovered deep in the centre of the Milky Way, in an area we thought was black space, a new energy source, a new star, that burns far brighter than anything else that exists in our solar system today. Nick named ‘the pistol’, if we were to place it within our local system, if would take up the whole of the space that Earth currently uses to circulate the Sun, and it would burn thousands of times brighter. This new discovery seems to be directly lined up with our own Sun and Earth – NOW. The Mayan calendar accurately predicted and pinpointed the precise date of this alignment as 21.12.12. The Bible and other such books called this time period as ‘the end of times’. We are physically living this ‘end of times’ NOW! For now, set aside the physics - and what all of this means, the real impact on us will be more on a planetary / energy level – which in turn equates down individually to each one of us.
The Mayan calendar ran for five equal segments of 5,125ish years each, unlike our rolling 12 months. We are not only at the end of one of these segments; we are at the end of the whole complete thing. We are at the end of the old cycle, but instead of snuffing out, we are heralding the start of the new one coming in, a new world view with new vibrations and potential of its own. Twenty twelve is the date given, 21.12.2012 to be more precise, and we have the technological backup and intelligence to realise... If you could draw a straight line through space, the Sun is passing directly in front of ‘the Pistol’. Earth, the Sun and the centre point of the Milky Way are aligned. Rather than all this happening over a one day time period, it actually began in the 1980’s and will be done by roughly 2016. Only at this present time, once every 25,625ish years due to its wobble, can Earth directly receive vital energy it needs to replenish, but even then - only up to its own capability to attract, store and receive in the first place. In the world of science, a positive can link to a positive to increase its size and output. A negative to a negative is the same. A positive and a negative when they meet together simply collide and cancel each other out. Every human alive is an energy conductor. Each one channel’s its life force – for the whole of its life - directly back to Earth as either a negative or a positive charge. We are the ones who decide the wellbeing of the planet by the overall input we feed back to life. We’re either an asset or a drain depending on our outlook, our actions, thoughts, deeds and intention. We will either help Earth receive what it needs to replenish – or we’ll block. The choice is as easy as that. Never before has free will been so important. On a personal level this equates to you being happy or sad, peaceful and open or stressed out and blocked. We are living a unique point in time where the vibration of life is greatly sped up – that’s why time ‘feels’ to be going so fast. Never before has it been so easy to let go of what we no longer need. Will you wake up and play your part? Will you help life to replenish itself – and therefore help us in the process? The choice rests solely with you...
Stephanie J. King Author of ‘And So It Begins...’ & ‘Life is Calling...’ www.channelledbyspirit.com www.positivelivingmk.co.uk – (presently under construction)
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Gala Concert
A 50th Anniversary Concert
Newport Pagnell Singers & Andante Saturday, 13 October, 7.30pm. Chrysalis Theatre, Willen. All tickets: £10 Featuring: Liebeslieder Waltzes – Brahms Prince Igor Polovtsian Dances – Borodin Excerpts from The Armed Man, Requiem, Stabat Mater – Karl Jenkins Piano Duets, Hungarian Dances – Brahms, performed by Ed Tomlinson and Richard Heyes Guest Baritone Soloist: Simon Woodhead
Come and join us at the Chrysalis Theatre to listen to some great music! See our website for more details. Proceeds to be shared between Friends of Willen Hospice and the NPS. Tickets available online now! Available from the usual places from September Box Offices: Cambourne Travel, NP Wilson’s, Olney Pat Kearsley: 01908 610623 www.newportpagnellsingers.webs.com
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The Crocus
Maurice Rust, Frosts Garden Centre, Woburn Sands
Almost everyone will be able to recognise a crocus in flower in late January or early February, usually just after the Snowdrops and Winter Aconites appear in our gardens. This beautiful small single flower seems to appear from nowhere and then suddenly masses begin to appear – a real sign that spring is on its way. They have a habit of looking a little sad if covered in snow or frost but very soon recover. Crocus bulbs become available from late August onwards and should be planted as soon as possible before the bulb begins to shoot. Ideal sites are under trees in light shade or sun, areas where they can naturalize and grow undisturbed year after year and will grow in all our local soil but they prefer well-drained soil. Crocus bulbs are often referred to as ‘corms’ a small ‘lump’ light brown in colour about the size of a 10 pence coin, with a slightly flattened base and a slightly rounded top. Crocus bulbs should be planted 2.5cm deep and about the same apart with the slightly round end uppermost.
Late winter flowering varieties The flower is small, cup-shape becoming starry and are made up of six petals and can be found in various shades of purple, mauve, orange, yellow and white, some varieties are straight colours whilst other variously striped. There are really two types
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of spring flowering crocus, the smaller flowering specie crocus which are known as the ‘Chrysanthus hybrids’ are mainly white, yellow and pale mauve in colour. Among these varieties to look out for is C. Cream Beauty which pale cream in colour, C Tommasinianus, a delicate pale mauve and white petals, C. Blue Pearl is another pale blue snow flowering crocus. The larger flowering Dutch hybrid varieties are the crocus flowers that are variously striped and bold in colour. There are some good favourite varieties to look out for C. Joan of Arc one of the best whites, C. Pickwick pale mauve and white striped, C. Remembrance is a shiny deep purple colour and very striking when planted on mass, a good yellow variety is C. Mammouth yellow with deep yellow flowers.
Autumn flowering varieties This group of Crocus flower in late September and October with much large pale mauve flower heads than the winter flowering crocus, C. specious is light pale mauve in colour, C. sativus is what is commonly known as the ‘Saffron Crocus’ which has been used as a yellow dye as far back as the 7th century BC slightly darker in colour with thin red streaks in the petals. Because each flower’s stigmas need to be collected by hand and there are only a few per flower, saffron is the most expensive spice in the world. Iran now accounts for 90 percent of the worlds production of saffron. It has a bitter taste with a hay light fragrance. The saffron crocus unknown in the wild, likely descends from Crocus cartwrightianus which originated from Crete or central Asia. A little known is that the town of Saffron Walden takes its ancient name from the Saffron Crocus where the flower has been grown there for centuries for the drug industry, spice industry and the dyeing industry. Like all other bulbs allow the foliage to die down naturally after flowering completed for about six to eight weeks. As flowers fade give your crocus a top dressing of Bonemeal fertilizer to help the corm take up nutrients for the following year.
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Small businesses will lead the way in 2012, says company whose tenants already employ 1000 people Milton Keynes will boom in 2012, says the town’s largest serviced business premises provider, as the number of people employed in its units tops 1000 at the close of 2011. Bucks Biz, with over 400,000 square feet of space and 150 tenants in Bletchley and Denbigh, says it is already planning more units to cope with the expected growth in demand and bringing forward plans to develop extra space at the huge Interchange House in Howard Way. “Our units currently provide work for around a thousand people and we have seen that figure rise steadily,” said Dominic Muscat, a director of the company that owns the business.
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“As Milton Keynes business booms, led by small businesses, we are already identifying potential new units that can be converted to provide the premises needed for small companies to thrive without hassle.” Bucks Biz, with units all over Milton Keynes, is renowned for straight talking and dealing; not hiding costs and not charging for many of the little things that keep businesses ticking, but which can be annoying to the point of distraction. “We really believe that if our customers are happy, then they’ll be free to get on with their businesses, which in turn will expand,” added Dominic. More info from www.bucksbiz.co.uk or 01908 821000
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Do you want clean carpets? • Simply the best cleaning you can get • The most modern, up-to-date equipment • Local owner operator - 90% of my work is recommendation or repeat • Upholstery and carpets left only damp when cleaned – not wet! • 100% safe chemicals – no ‘sticky’ after feel • FREE survey & quote If you are not happy with my work – I won’t take payment!
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Papillon
...skincare that makes a difference
01908 563555
www.papillonclinic.co.uk 54B High Street,Telegraph Walk, Stony Stratford, Milton Keynes, MK11 1AQ
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All Round Property Maintenance
TIRED OF ALL THOSE DIY JOBS? We are an established local family business, based in Milton Keynes, offering our services for all your needs around home and garden. We can take care of your dripping taps, sticking doors and decorating, from one room to the whole house. Whilst we welcome the smallest job we are experienced in all aspects of home maintenance and refurbishing, up to and including building you a porch or garage conversion. We employ all our staff directly, and do not use subcontractors, thus enabling us to maintain quality whilst charging competitive rates. Sample prices, subject to inspection. Paint ceiling – 2 coats From £30.00 Paint room (emulsion) From £85.00 Undercoat & Gloss woodwork including door From £135.00 per room Replaster over artex ceiling or walls From £130.00 Fit Laminated or wood flooring, including quadrant £95-£130
Hang new internal door, including fitting handles From £40.00 Fit new external door and furniture including lock From £65.00 Fit new radiator From £40.00 each Fit new outside tap From £50.00 Pressure wash driveway or outside walkways and patio From £60.00 All electrical, carpentry and plumbing work quoted for upon inspection. We can fit your new kitchen and bathroom and tile your floor and walls to your own specifications. We are specialists in tarmac and block paving driveways, bricklaying, laying paving and patios. All our work is tailored to individual needs. Our prices are for labour only but we would be happy to purchase materials on your behalf should you so wish. Accurate quotations will be given in writing before commencing work. To book our service, request a quotation or arrange for a visit,
RING: MATTHEW OR ALLYSON
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HULA Animal Rescue
SUMMER OPEN DAY
Sunday 19th August, 1pm-4pm at South Midlands Animal Sanctuary Glebe Farm, Salford Road, Aspley Guise MK17 8HZ Between M1 Junction 13 & Woburn Sands (Nr. Aspley Guise Rail Station)
FAMILY CAR BOOT Early entry for sellers
Plus all the usual attractions
See the rescued pets & farm animals CHILDREN’S GAMES FIND A BARGAIN IN THE BAZAAR DELICIOUS REFRESHMENTS Please invite all your friends
Admission only £2 adults - Accompanied Children FREE
ALL PROCEEDS RAISED FOR THE CARE & WELFARE OF THE ANIMALS Enquiries: 01908 584000 Registered Charity 1094115 Website: www.hularescue.org Email: hularescue@tiscali.co.uk
Local TV Aerial and Satellite Dish Specialists Installations and upgrades by qualified engineers. Extra Telephone points.
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Flat Screen TV’s And Audio Systems Installed
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FREE QUOTES ALL WORK GUARANTEED • Broadband v Satellite Reliable, • Home Cinema Installs friendly service, • Fully insured for your all work peace of mind guaranteed
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Watts Plumbing & Heating Limited Friendly reliable service All work guaranteed Call
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KINGSMEAD – MILTON KEYNES FEATURE WALLS – COMPLETE ROOMS – FULL HOUSE REDECORATION – WALLPAPERING – COVING – WINDOWS PAINTED INSIDE & OUT – GARDEN FENCING & DECKING TREATMENTS
NO JOB TOO SMALL
For A Free Quote Call Ian 01908 505420 / 07730431924 blakei@live.com
Stony Oven Cleaners
We Clean Ovens The job you hate to do!!
3 Ovens, Ranges, Microwaves, Agas 3 10% off for OAPs 3 We use non caustic and odourless products and steam to clean 3 I am not a franchise 3 I am Stony born and a local business
CALL DAVE ON:
'01908 566496 or 07885 376417
www.stonyovencleaners.co.uk
FOOT PROBLEMS? I offer home visits at a reasonable price for problems such as:
• Corns • Hard skin • Ingrown & painful toenails • Difficulty with nail cutting • Thickened /fungal toenails • Diabetic footcare & advice I am a caring female practitioner with 28 years experience and a special interest in care of elderly feet. 3 year full time qualification.
Phone Clare on 07590 279 953
Guttering Problems? Swimming Pools wanted in and around Milton Keynes for swimming lessons Please contact Janet Rake on 01296 730742 or 07932 149833 if you know of a pool for hire Please mention mkflyers when responding to adverts
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Remember the good old days? There was a time when Rolace only provided services for companies providing alternatives to document storage, shredding and general office requirements but now the company situated at 4 Basset Court in Newport Pagnell provides more than just the above! They even cater for clutter in the home! By converting VHS tapes, Hi8/ Mini DV tapes and 35mm Slides to DVD or CD, they can bring your memories into the 21st century. With their new Nikon 4000dpi film scanner which scans both slides and negatives in superb definition, decades old slides can be enhanced and converted onto DVD or CD. Their specialist team scan all of your slides on site with
extreme care and attention. Rolace will clean, scan and then enhance your pictures to bring back their original vibrant colours, clean up old scratches and even remove mildew and stains! While VHS, Mini DV and Hi8 tapes can be converted to DVD’s, prolonging the life of cherished memories and inevitably avoiding the fear of losing them all together, as VHS is now an obsolete format. But why restore your VHS tapes? Well Carol Lancaster, director of Rolace Document Management quotes “VHS is an unreliable format, tapes can often break and perish over time and in some cases become irreparably damaged, due to damp and other elements, that’s why we take the utmost care when handling
and converting home videos and slides. Customer care is our most valued characteristic here at Rolace and we understand the importance of maintaining people’s memories and all for a reasonable price.” So if you have Weddings, Birthdays, Holidays or even just a school performance on video, get down to Rolace and receive 10% off orders until 31/08/12! Please quote MKF1
Rolace office at Bassett Court
Due to a closure in Newport Pagnell, Rolace offer Document Management solutions
and a whole lot more...
Scanning up to A0 Size Photocopying in black & white or colour Plan Printing/scanning Photo/slide scanning Shredding Laminating any size Storage Microfilm & Aperture Card Scanning VHS to DVD Plastic Ring Binding Photo onto mouse mats or coasters & placemats Negative photo scanning Printed business cards, Letterheads, Comp slips and all your business prinitng
Rolace Document Management Limited 4 Basset Court, Newport Pagnell Bucks MK160JN
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SAMARITANS WE ARE LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS Come along to our information evening Thursday 6th September 7.30 pm 161 Fishermead Boulevard, Fishermead, Milton Keynes, MK6 2AB Tel 01908 667777
Spruce up your car for summer!
R.G. Carpentry Reliable and local company for all your Carpentry and Property Maintenance needs • Decking • Doors • Floors • Tiling • Kitchens
• Bathrooms • Extensions • Painting and Decorating • Office Refurbishments
Mob: 07957 927162 Rich Mob: 07518 061728 Lee Tel: 01908 216843 Call now to arrange your free estimate on 01908 678000 / 07887 906555 email: chipsawaymk@hotmail.com website: www.chipsawaymk.com
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Women in Enterprise is THE networking group for men and women in Milton Keynes!
Try us out non members welcome
We all know that getting new customers is THE most important thing you can do for your business, but how are you going to do it? A leaflet delivery campaign consistently delivers results when done properly – and we do it properly. Call us now on 01908 850361 to discuss how we can make your phone For every 2000 Leaflets we ring with deliver for you during August, brand new We’ll deliver 1000 customers, Free of charge ready to buy.
3 for 2 Offer
La Collina Little Brickhill
Wednesday 26th September 2012, 12 - 2pm Members £20, Non-Members £28
BOOK ONLINE Visit us today
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The Professional Cleaning Service • Dry Carpet Cleaning with Zero Drying Time • Oven Cleaning • Patio Cleaning • Residential and commercial cleaning • Letting agent clean • One off cleaning jobs • Spring cleaning
Fully insured
Briteclean Cleaning Services
Tel 01908 370451 Freephone 0808 1080253
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Mobile 07752 610630 email info@briteclean-miltonkeynes.co.uk www.briteclean-miltonkeynes.co.uk To advertise call 01908 767080
Call us TODAY to discover the STAR21 difference for yourself
Telephone Answering and Virtual Office Services Call us FREE on 0800 860 0865
Web: www.star21.co.uk Email: ethel.morris@star21.co.uk
We’ve been providing telephone answering services in the Milton Keynes area for over twelve years. Business is won and lost by the service customers receive on the telephone Make sure the first impression callers get of your Company is a brilliant one! Please mention mkflyers when responding to adverts
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Come and see this exciting mixed-sex team sport being demonstrated and have-a-go at: Arts & Culture Festival Campbell Park Between 1-5pm Saturday 25th August The Festival runs 1pm-10pm on 25th & 26th August with arts, music, dance and fashion; sports, family entertainment and fun fair; multicultural foods and more www.mkiac.org for more info on the Festival or call Anouar on 07981223541
Sudoku Solution
for Children
We will be running korfball at a number of playschemes with: + Campbell Park Parish Council + Shenley Church End Parish Council + Shenley Brook End Parish Council + MK Dons
And it is all free.
We have several youth teams for 6 to 17 year olds. For more information go to www.korfballinmk.co.uk or Call Darren on 07949411502
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Conservatories Custom Glaze
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Airport Travel Skyline
Double Glazing Cloudy 2 Clear Custom Glaze
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DVD and CD Conversion Rolace
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Ballooning Champagne Flights Bathrooms Richard Gane
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Beauty Services Papillon 30 The Beauty Therapy Centre 11 Bedrooms Niche Furniture
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Blinds Blinds Direct
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Car Care Chips Away
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Carpentry R.G. Carpentry
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Care Services Extra Help 18 Superior HomeCare Services 13 Child Care Small Wonders
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Cleaning Services A Cleaner Oven Bone-Dry Briteclean Deep Clean Domestique Jet Stream Drive Clean My Home Ovenclean Stony Oven Cleaners Time For You
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Commercial Property Bucks Biz
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Computer Services PC-First Aid
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Electrical Services Borland 33 Jim Dixon 30 Urban Electrical 32 Watts Plumbing & Heating Limited 33 Flooring M J Harris Flooring Oakleigh Flooring
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Garden Services Andres Garcia Gracelands Lee Landscapes Monkey Business Trim a Tree
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Gas & Heating Services Watts Plumbing & Heating Limited 33 Guttering Services Bradnam Hairdressers Phoenix Hair & Body Health and Fitness Foot Problems Phoenix Hair & Body
Leaflet Delivery TLDC
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Leisure Segway Unleashed
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Marketing Vibe Marketing
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Personalised Printing TK Associates
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Valuation Specialists Lockdales
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Voluntary Work Samaritans
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Get on your Bike MK 2012 in Milton Keynes
mkflyers September 9th 2012 at Hilton MK
Win a Bike donated by
Join Carol and her team in raising money for Cancer Research UK with this unique charity bike ride which takes place on the Millennium Cycle Route with a choice Early Sign Up Offer of 7 or 15 miles. from only This event suits all ages and abilities.
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Pick up a leaflet/registration form from: Hilton Hotel Kents Hill, Phil Corley Cycles, Whitecap (Willen Lake) The Outdoor Store, Zig Zag Hairdressers, Bella Italia, The Sweater Shop, Up & Running, MK Gymnastics, Emerson Valley Sports Pavilion, Toby Carvery
Have a fun family day out whilst saving lives
For full details visit www.getonyourbikemk.org or call Carol on 01908 502418
Carol would like to thank:
www.korfballinmk.co.uk
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