Handy (Spring 2021)

SPRING 2021

HOME & GARDEN · SHOPPING · FOOD & DRINK · MOTORING · AND MORE!

Spring Cleaning

Tips for Carpets Creating a

Garden for Wildlife Feel Good Shopping

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In this issue we have spring cleaning tips for your carpets, plus advice for attracting wildlife into your garden.

Zena takes a look at some of the new takeaways to pop up over the last year, along with a recipe for that takeaway favourite, sesame prawn toasts.

And as many of you are looking forward to getting away after the lockdown, we have some tips to help save money on motoring expenses.

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Home & Garden

How to stay on top of your carpet cleaning, with tips and advice on accidental spillages 10 Creating a Garden for Wildlife

Motoring

With restrictions are finally lifted, motoring costs will undoubtedly rise. We have some useful tips to keep those costs down

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HOME & GARDEN

HOW CLEAN I S YO U R

Carpet?

Your flooring is the most used part of your home and carpet is a popular choice for comfort, but it can harbour huge amounts of dust and bacteria.

In time, parts of your carpet will look more worn than other areas, particularly in high traffic areas such as stairs and doorways.

With the pandemic lockdowns of the past year, people - and their children - have been spending more time at home, adding to the wear and tear of their carpets.

We have some tips on how to keep your carpets looking and feeling fresh under your toes, and to quickly deal with those accidental spillages.

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HOME & GARDEN

C R E AT I N G A G A R D E N F O R

Wildlife Over recent months, many of us have grown to appreciate our outdoor space, and the creatures who sometimes pay a visit.

Even in inner city areas wildlife is incredibly important, as well as being surprisingly abundant.

Wildlife adds something extra to any garden, taking it beyond just a bit of grass or a flower bed, making a city garden a haven, bringing a suburban garden together with its surroundings.

Sadly many gardens are losing their link with wildlife - front gardens are being concreted over to create driveways, back yards are being paved and lawns and beds are being cut back to make room for decking, we’re so

concerned with design that we don’t consider nature.

Encouraging wildlife can be as simple or complicated as you wish, you might like the idea of helping British bugs to thrive, encouraging birds, observing butterflies, giving shelter to mammals or giving a habitat to increasingly endangered aquatic species.

What is important to remember is that animals of all kinds need food, shelter and safety - give them these three things and you could be part of a push to save British wildlife from becoming as extinct as the dodo.

Bird feeders and bird houses are an easy way to encourage birds, many of which are in steep decline, into your garden. Keep feeding tables close to shelter to

avoid larger overhead predators but keep them away from fences or walls where cats can reach them. Additionally, avoid serving peanuts, which can choke smaller or younger birds. If in doubt speak to staff at a garden centre with knowledge of the best bird food they offer.

Ponds that are at least 18cm deep and surrounded by good plant cover are excellent to encourage frogs, newts (many of which are very endangered), insects and water snails. Stock well with oxygenating plant and dot leaf piles and rocks around the garden to allow frogs plenty of places to hide on their dusk hops about the place. Don’t be too ready to obliterate slugs and snails which provide valuable food for amphibians.

The good old British bumblebee is set to become a thing of the past if we don’t begin lending it a hand. So rather than running screaming in the opposite direction - bees are far less likely to sting than wasps as the sting will kill them and are excellent helpers in a flower garden - provide them with a shop bought bumblebee box or even get crafty to build your own.

Add plenty of pollen-rich flowers for food and watch as your back garden starts to buzz.

Log piles in a quiet, undisturbed corner are just the ticket for hedgehogs, a creature that no Brit could not wish to see in their garden. Although hedgehog houses are available a simple pile of old wood can also provide shelter for any number of other wild creatures.

When it comes to planting, concentrate on native wildflowers which provide pollen and nectar that local wildlife can feed on and consider leaving grass longer for cover.

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FOOD & DRINK

NORWICH’S

Great Takeaways

by Zena Leech-Calton · www.lovenorwichfood.co.uk Instagram: @love_norwich_food YouTube: Dyslexic Chef

As Norwich is ready to spring in to action on the food front – I thought it would be a good opportunity to look at all the new and popular places in town offering great takeaway solutions to cheer up our days.  DOUGH AT DEER is a pop up in The Reindeer on Dereham Road – offering Po Boys and New York pizzas with some super tasty sides like their veggie tofu crispy NUGGZ. Thursday - Sunday HOLY GUACAMOLE is Brix & Bones’ new Mexican themed takeaway served out of Gonzo’s.

Chimichangas filled with mole negro and blue tacos filled with carnitas along with an Oaxaca meat tray hitting the menu.

Thursdays - Saturday

 OISHI AT CHAMBERS – amazing food happens when two street food caterers get together.

Sam from Hen House Kitchen and the Moco team blend their fried chicken burgers, rice bowls and Asian loaded fries to make some mighty tasty food.

Thursday - Saturday

XO KITCHEN at the Artichoke are constantly amazing with their hot hatch with Asian infused dishes, like their famous watermelon salad and the best dish of the century Hispi cabbage with a secret recipe XO butter sauce – at one point they were offering a chocolate sando with an ever changing and evolving menu, who knows what next week will bring.

Friday and Saturday BLUES KITCHEN at the Rosebery Pub are creating amazing menus like lobster mac’n’cheese, tandoori chicken thigh burger simply a great team of chefs and always top marks for flavour.

Friday & Saturday, plus roast takeaways on Sunday

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And my favourite caterers by far are ODELISH – they offer delivered snack boxes filled to the brim with pastries and sweet treats, plus offer a monthly generous rice box delivery service.

Friday - Sunday To name but a few – Norwich really has sprung in to action over lockdown including some amazing home bakers offering UK and local delivery of brownies, tray bakes, flap jacks and cookies – not to mention fudge, sweets and chocolates. I’ll talk about those next time.

I don’t think there is anything you can’t get from okonomiyaki to crispy dragon rolls to bangers and chips for under £2 on the market.

Another one worth a mention is MOTHERCHIP at the Fat Cat Brewery. The wife of the landlord has created the best loaded chips in town – always fresh and twice cooked loaded with classics like beer battered halloumi and mushy peas or chicken katsu curry. Now offering burgers!

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 How about making your own takeaway? Here is my Chinese Prawn Toastie recipe...

FOOD & DRINK

Sesame Prawn Toasts

(16 squares)

Sesame seed toasties are surprisingly easy to make and so much better than the frozen variety – these are full flavoured and plump!

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PRAWN MIX • 75g / 3 oz minced prawns (squeezed dry) • 50g / 2 oz minced pork • 1 egg white (save yolk for later) • 1/2-tablespoon corn flour • 1/2 grated onion • Pinch 5 spices • 1-tablespoon light soy • 1/2-tablespoon rice vinegar • Touch salt • 1/2 teaspoon grated ginger EVERYTHING ELSE • 3 slices thick white bread • 30g or so - sesame seeds • 1 beaten egg yolk - left from above white

Mix all the prawn mix ingredients together and spread on to 3 slices of white thick bread. Cut off the crusts and discard.

Brush with beaten egg (or yolk from the prawn mix). Sprinkle on sesame seeds – and press down to stick.

Cut into triangles (cut one slice in to four equal squares and cut the squares in to triangles). Set in the fridge for 20 mins or until needed.

Deep fry or pan fry in a lot of oil until golden.

Local Takeaways

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Avenue Fish Chicken & Pizza Place Fish & Chips 7 Upper Stafford Avenue, Costessey NR5 0AB 01603 745555 Barrons Fish Bar Fish & Chips 86 Norwich Road, Costessey NR5 0EU 01603 742357 China China Chinese 3 Upper Stafford Avenue, Costessey NR5 0AB 01603 745622 Happy Valley Chinese & Thai 20 West End, Costessey NR8 5AG 01603 731199 New Wok Chinese 198 Norwich Road, Costessey NR5 0EX 01603 748246

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Fudge

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A great old fashioned sweet treat. Silky smooth and deep in flavour. Various flavours available.

Biscotti (6 pack)

The Norfolk Cook Book

The Norfolk Story Book

Super crunchy and chewy biscotti. Perfect with a lovely cup of coffee.

A celebration of the amazing food & drink on our doorstep, featuring over 50 recipes.

This book tells seven stories which combine local history with imagination and fun!

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H E A LT H & W E L L B E I N G

• Ease aches and pains • No pills or potions • Can work within minutes • Full money back guarantee My name is Martin Hill.

I have been involved with magnetic therapy for over 25 years and have had some excellent results during this period.

This has been a passionate hobby of mine, but in October 2017 the magnets and my belief in them saved my feet after sustaining a life-changing accident at work.

Both of my feet were crushed whilst working offshore, with almost all the bones in each foot broken, dislocated and twisted and 75% of the skin lost on each foot. I was airlifted to Hull where I was told both feet would have to be amputated.

Before agreeing to this, I asked the surgeons at Hull for an opportunity to try to save my feet by using magnetic therapy alongside more traditional methods of healing.

They agreed, but pointed out that they had never seen injuries as severe as this recover.

I was transported in an ambulance back to my local hospital in Norwich, where I had plastic surgery. I began medical treatment and incorporated magnetic therapy to enhance the healing process.

Two years prior to my accident I found that large neodymium magnets had an almost immediate

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effect on relieving localised pain for all types of injuries and health conditions. I therefore developed a product which would enable people to use the magnets safely and effectively to treat their own aches and pains.

I have called this product Big Bertha Magnet.

I used Big Bertha Magnet, along with other magnetic products to help heal my broken bones, speed up my plastic surgery recovery and reduce the pain I experienced after my injury. This also helped reduce my need for strong painkillers and the nasty side effects these can bring.

I have been off work since my accident. During this time off I’ve developed the Big Bertha Magnet, which I’ve used on myself, family and friends. I have also been able to promote it at my local gym to people suffering from sports injuries, with some good results.

About the Magnet Big Bertha is a powerful magnet made from a material called neodymium, which is the most magnetisable material on earth. It has a life span of approximately 100 years with no batteries to change or charge; it is classed as a permanent magnet.

There are many different views on how magnets work, but the following is the most common theory about how they work: Magnetic devices increase blood flow, improving the transition of oxygen, nutrients and hormones around the body, ensuring they are distributed to the organs and tissues more effectively. During pain an electrochemical change takes place in the nervous system; this can be influenced by placing a magnet on the area of pain, stopping the signal reaching the brain.

For example, a member asked me if Big Bertha Magnet would help with Achilles tendon pain. He tried using it and found it relieved pain within seconds and gave him the opportunity to train more, thus improving his strength and mobility.

Now he can run daily rather than weekly, so he is able to achieve his goals sooner.

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During 2019 BBM was proving to be successful, with sales at local fairs and London exhibitions, but unfortunately Covid-19 brought this to a halt.

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M OTO R I N G

Money Saving

Motoring Tips

Although fuel prices have dropped to a four-year low due to the coronavirus pandemic, it’s still possible to maximise your fuel savings by simply doing your research, taking care of your car and adapting your driving.  Check Prices Before You Buy Being prepared is the name of the game when it comes to saving on petrol. Websites such as petrolprices.com can guide you towards the cheapest fuel in your area.

 Drive Slowly The faster you drive the more fuel your car needs. In fact, slowing down from 60mph to 50mph can save up to 15% of your fuel. So leave earlier and take a leisurely drive to work.

 Leave the Car at Home It’s an obvious strategy but a good one. Leave the car at home for those shorter journeys and walk, take a bus or a train and you not only save money on fuel but help the environment too.

 Keep Your Car in Good Shape Keeping your tyres at optimal pressure to save on fuel – under-inflated tyres cause resistance and require more petrol. Oil should be changed once a year or every 7,500 miles in a petrol car or every six months or 6,000 miles in a diesel. Clean oil keeps fuel consumption low.

 Don’t Overload There’s a reason that lorries are so expensive to run.

Weight needs more fuel, so lose any excess baggage such as baby buggies or golf clubs when you’re not using them. Likewise, roof boxes, bike racks and roof racks are not only heavy but affect the streamlining of a car, negatively affecting fuel consumption.

 Don’t Use Air Conditioning Unless it’s absolutely necessary abandon your air con in favour of fans or an open window. Using air con can add up to 10% to your fuel consumption, particularly when travelling at lower speeds.

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 Drive Carefully The most petrol is used during acceleration and deceleration so drive as steadily as possible, keeping a steady pace and changing speed gradually, leaving slamming on the brakes and pulling away at break-neck speed to the boy racers.

 Take Advantage of Supermarket Offers Supermarkets including Tesco and Sainsburys regularly offer pence off of petrol at their pumps when you buy in their main stores. Do your sums and, if the combined cost of your grocery shopping and discounted petrol adds up to a saving, take advantage of their tactics to keep you on side.

 Drive on Smooth Roads In the same way that driving slowly can help to keep your fuel use low, driving on the smoothest possible surfaces also uses far less petrol than gravel, potholes, and bumpy country roads. So when you know your way around choose the tarmac A road over the bumpy country lanes wherever possible.

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The origins of April Fools’ Day are lost way back in time but like many traditions it probably has a number of historical roots.

There was certainly a Roman festival called Hilaria which took place around the time of the spring equinox. There was also a Medieval ‘Feast of Fools’ although that took place at the beginning of the year.

Throughout history there seems to be a tradition of transgressing boundaries during such celebrations: whether male and female, low class and high class, religious piety and impiety, people have enjoyed straddling society’s boundaries.

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The most popular theory about the ‘modern’ April Fools’ Day is that it began to take shape in late 16th century France. At that time, there was a switch to the Gregorian Calendar under Charles IX. Prior to this there had been a New Year’s week (March 25th-April 1st), and under the Gregorian system, New Year’s Day fell on January 1st.

These people were ridiculed and labelled ‘fools’ by the general populace and were often the butt of jokes and pranks. They were known as poisson d’avril, or April fish, possibly because a naïve young fish is easily caught.

Over the years the custom of prank-playing spread to the general population and eventually to Britain, where schoolboy pranks are still the order of the day, so watch out!

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As with any change (shhh no-one mention Brexit) there was some resistance, and many people stubbornly refused to accept the new system, continuing to celebrate New Year on April 1st.

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A Sanctuary Combining Animals and People in Need “We are sending Angelica to slaughter” I was told.

“No, you’re not! I will pay above the price you would get for her and we will leave the farm together” I replied, and a few days later we did just that.

Holding her tiny frame in my arms, I knew I had to help this little lamb have a chance at life.

This was how I met my best friend, Angelica the Ewe, as an hour old orphan so sick she couldn’t drink and struggled to breathe. This was not the way things were done at my farm job, but I wasn’t going to let that stop me. Angelica required round the clock care and that’s what I was going to give her. Slowly she began to drink on her own, building her strength with every bottle, and was soon bouncing happily with the other orphan lambs. I was led to believe she would have a forever home at the farm. My miracle lamb was healthy and safe.

For me, living with a severe mental health condition can take its toll and this particular year I suffered a psychological and emotional crash and became suicidal. I did everything I could to build myself back up, but the farm made it hard as it was clear I was no longer a valued employee. I refused to leave Angelica and therefore refused to leave the farm, until a phone call came that changed my world forever. www.myhandyguide.co.uk

Living in a flat on a council estate meant Angelica couldn’t live with me, so I found her a home at my local community gardens and created her a flock in the form of rescued Ryeland sheep duo, Audrey and Urban.

Angelica and I spent many happy hours together in the gardens creating an unbreakable bond that was clear for all to see. Caring for Angelica as a lamb had built her strength, and caring for her as she grew into a ewe built my strength up too and my mental well-being improved dramatically. It was the lifesaving bond we shared that led me to set up a charitable enterprise in her name, Angelica’s Rainbow Sanctuary. A safe place where animals in need can seek sanctuary and where their welfare needs are met for as long as they live. A place where people in need can come and experience their own life saving bond whilst learning how to care for animals.

provided opportunities for over 90 volunteers and even more members of the local and wider community.

The bond with the young people have with the animals can impact them in unimaginable ways, for example the young teen whose anxiety is so high he is unable to speak to anyone outside his family.

Yet, he has befriended a Ryeland Whether (male sheep), Urban, who lives with a neurological condition. Every time the lad comes to AR Sanctuary, Urban wobbles over to him and they can be seen chatting and connecting in a way that has, till now, been impossible for the young teen.

AR Sanctuary brings families together, like the vet student who joined to do a week of work experience, not only did she learn vital animal care but she learned how to deal with her severe lack of confidence. Her grandmother had recently lost her husband and was falling into depression.

Along with her mother,

the vet student brought her grandmother to our community craft group where we handmake products from the excess sheep fleece. Her grandmother made more than a few friends and she even volunteers to run the craft stall at public events.

Animals are an important part of many people’s life, as the lady who lived in a care home after spending her life working on a dairy farm knows all too well.

We would take the small animals up to her bedroom, where she resided, unable to leave.

She would lie with the guinea pig on top of her whispering words of love and thanking us wholeheartedly for bringing animals back into her life again.

Angelica is our FD (Flock Director) and a valued therapy sheep, as well as my best friend. Our bond continues to grow stronger each day, as does both of our well-being.

To find out more about Angelica’s Rainbow Sanctuary or to offer your support, please visit www.angelicasrainbow.org.uk Lora Steggles Founder of Angelica’s Rainbow Sanctuary

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Doctor

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Beechcroft Surgery 23 Beechcroft, Three Mile Lane, New Costessey NR5 0RS 01603 746683 Mon: 8am-1.30pm, 2-6.30pm Tue: 8am-1.30pm, 2-7pm Wed: 8am-1.30pm, 2-5.30pm Thu: 8am-1.30pm, 2-6.30pm Fri: 8am-1.30pm, 2-5.30pm Sat & Sun: Closed Roundwell Medical Centre 25-27 Dr Torrens Way, New Costessey NR5 0GB 01603 744014 Mon-Fri: 7am-1pm, 2-6pm Sat & Sun: Closed

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Costessey Library Breckland Road NR5 0RW libraries@norfolk.gov.uk Mon, Wed, Fri: 10am-1pm Tue: 2pm-6pm Sat: 10am-4pm Thu & Sun: Closed

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Beechcroft Dental Practice Beechcroft, New Costessey NR5 0RS 01603 747651 Mon-Thu Mornings: 9am-1pm Weekday Afternoons: Mon, Wed, Thu: 2-5pm Tue: 2-6pm Fri: 8am-1pm Sat & Sun: Closed

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Council

Costessey Town Council Costessey Centre, Longwater Lane NR8 5AH 01603 742958 costesseytc.org Norfolk County Council County Hall, Martineau Lane NR1 2DH 0344 800 8020 norfolk.gov.uk Norwich City Council St Peters Street, Norwich NR2 1NH 0344 980 3333 norwich.gov.uk South Norfolk Council South Norfolk House, Cygnet Court, Long Stratton NR15 2XE 01508 533701 south-norfolk.gov.uk

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Pharmacy

Beechcroft Pharmacy 23 Beechcroft, New Costessey NR5 0RS 01603 749 222 Mon-Fri: 9am-1pm, 2-6pm Sat & Sun: Closed Costessey Pharmacy 192 Norwich Road, New Costessey NR5 0EX 01603 746 400 Mon-Fri: 9am-1pm, 2-6pm Sat: 9am-1pm Sun: Closed Roundwell Pharmacy 27 Dr Torrens Way, New Costessey NR5 0GB 01603 732950 Mon-Fri: 7am-9pm Sat: 7am-7pm Sun: 9am-12pm

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Post Office

Old Costessey 10 West End, Old Costessey NR8 5AG Mon-Sat: 7.30am-7.30pm Sun: 8am-3pm New Costessey 1 Upper Stafford Avenue, New Costessey NR5 0AB Mon-Fri: 9am-5.30pm Sat: 9am-12.30pm Sun: Closed Norwich Road 200 Norwich Road, New Costessey NR5 0EX Mon: 9am-12.30pm, 1.30-6pm Tue: 9am-12.30pm, 1.30-5.30pm Wed: 10am-2pm Fri: 9am-12.30pm, 1.30-5.30pm Sat: 9am-12.30pm Thu & Sun: Closed

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