November 2019

Raising awareness of what’s on & where to find things locally

Issue 61 November 2019

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Welcome Magazine making was put briefly on hold as England prepared to take on the reigning world champions New Zealand in the Rugby World Cup. Looks like all the screaming and shouting at the TV worked as England are through to the final against South Africa!

Oktoberfest finished off the month with an almighty boom thanks to the oompah band who were on hand keeping the crowds entertained while the steins of beer kept flowing. G La Roche made a special appearance between sets and had the whole tent up and dancing around in a giant konga line! Massive well done to the team who organised the whole weekend again!

Now that the clocks have gone back it won't be long before many of you will be heading to work and home again in the dark! If that wasn't enough the frequent downpours and chilly mornings mean that winter is definitely on its way.

We'll all be wrapping up warm for this year's firework display at St Mary's School. With gates opening at 5pm there's plenty of time to make use of the BBQ grill and bar! Tickets are available from Tapps Garden Centre and the Baldock Community Centre now. Get yours to make sure you're not disappointed on the 9th November.

On Sunday, 10 November at 10:30am, the annual Remembrance Sunday parade through the town, ending at the Baldock War Memorial. It's always lovely to see the town come together with all of the scout and guide troops out in uniform too.

Baldock's very own Mick's Barbers has won iguy Magazine's Best Barbers 2019 award. Congratulations to the team!

Is it too early to start talking about Christmas? The shops don't seem to think so! The next few weeks always seem to fly by and the town will be covered in lights before you know it. The Christmas Fair is confirmed to be returning to the High Street this year.

As usual there will be an array of stalls and activities for all ages with the ever-popular mulled wine and minced pies available for the grown ups!

Enjoy your November

Paul & Jacqui

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It has been a terrific start to the new school year for St Mary's Junior School, especially in the spor ng world. A er our most pres gious year last year, the children are keen to emulate that success again.

Our first tournament of the year was for our boys football team. A fresh, new-look boys team set out to retain our District Football trophy. A er some cagey affairs and extraordinary comebacks, the boys ended up winning all 6 of our games, bea ng a strong Wilbury team in the final.

The boys now have a County semi final to look forward to, and are also involved in an FA Cup style county tournament this week.

Our girls football team were in the same boat as the boys. A completely new team,

all hungry to retain the District trophy.

We were able to enter a B team for this tournament and they had a brilliant tournament finishing on 11 points, only 8 less than the champions. In a really close tournament involving 8 different teams, our A team girls got off to a fantas c start winning their first 3 matches. Every school were performing admirably, taking points off one another, including St Mary's as we drew the next two matches. Our last match proved crucial as we ran out 1-0 winners and won the tournament, being crowned champions for the third me running!

Our Cross Country team ran their hearts out last week and all of them finished admirably. In an event that hosted over 200 children, our Year 6 boys were the most successful, finishing 1st as a team, with one of our team winning the race too.

In addi on, we took 4 teams to the District Rugby Fes val and we played some fantas c rugby. Our teams scored over 100 tries in a combined effort! We were also voted the school with the best teamwork and sportsmanship - a

wonderful accolade for St Mary's.

Our Year 5 boys also played an entertaining football match, bea ng Lordship 7-2 in a 9 goal thriller.

We have plenty more spor ng events on the horizon, including basketball, mul -sports, rapid fire cricket and some very tough county football tournaments.

To say we are proud of all that our children achieve is an understatement.

Sco Hagland - PE Teacher St Mary's Junior School

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KEEPING YOUR PETS ACTIVE THIS WINTER Joint problems are very common in dogs and cats and can even affect young animals too. If your pet does get joint problems it can significantly affect his or her day to day life. As pets age there is wear and tear in the joints which can drama cally reduce mobility and cause increasing joint pain.

Excessive wear and tear can also be caused by inherited condi ons such as hip dysplasia and injuries such as cruciate ligament damage. Another condi on your pets can get is Osteoarthri s which is a progressive disease which affects bone and car lage usually in mid to old aged animals. But also young and growing animals can also suffer from the condi on. Different breeds and sizes of dogs and cats can be affected in different ways. Some mes joints can become swollen or warm and your pet

may bite at irrita ng painful joints. Cats may groom themselves less because they are sore. Fluid pressure within the joint can also increase the pain. That's why both people and animals experience increased joint s ffness and pain in bad weather. It's not the cold or wet, but a drop in atmospheric pressure that allows the joint ssues to swell, causing s ffness and discomfort.

There are many different ways to help aid joint mobility in your pets.

Exercise management - Dietary manipula on Physiotherapy/hydrotherapy Pharmaceu cals - Joint supplement Let's keep our pets more comfortable this winter and put a smile on their faces. If you have any worries then please contact us on 01763 242221 (Royston Vet Centre) or 01462 895579 (Baldock Vet Centre)

Herts variety have been doing two variety shows a year for the past 15 years, one in May for the Baldock fes val and one at Christmas. We have raised , on the two nights , on average £600 each show over those years for local chari es.

Once again this Christmas we are back again on December 6th and 7th at Baldock community centre with a great selec on of singing sec on, solo ar sts and a bit of comedy. Songs about Christmas, the six es, songs about colours and families and much more.

The shows start at 7.30pm Friday and Saturday night and ckets are £6 for adults and £4 for concessions and can be bought from Baldock community centre 01462 894109 or from Dorrie Randall on 01462 628219. Get your orders in soon as they do go very quickly.

The shows are vey friendly and good fun, the bar is open for you to have a Christmas drink and for you to relax, enjoy and PLEASE joint in!

I hope we will see you there on 6th and 7th December to kick start your Christmas celebra ons Thank you Linda Watson - producer Herts Variety

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“Baldock Heads for Winter” Baldock Events Forum have been busy making arrangements for two big events in November. Saturday 9 November marks the annual Baldock Fireworks evening; in conjunc on, as ever, with Tapps Garden Centre. As building work will be going on at Hartsfield School, the event this year is being held at St Mary's Junior School and run by their PTA, with support from the Baldock Events Forum.

Baldock is lucky to have the services of Graham Tapp, who is a consummate pyrotechnician and has been responsible for many firework displays across the country and abroad. Every display he has been involved in for Baldock has been superb and this year is set to be no excep on! Tickets are available from both St Mary's schools, the Baldock Community Centre and Tapps Garden Centre. The cost is £5 per person, but under threes are free. Gates open at 5pm and the display is at 6.30pm.

A week a er the Fireworks evening, the inaugural Baldock Black & Gold Ball takes place at St Mary's church hall, hosted by the Baldock Events Forum. This event gives people the opportunity to get dressed up for a great night incorpora ng

a glass of prosecco on arrival, a three course meal and dancing to one of Baldock's most popular bands, the Fi h Wheel. Tickets are £50 per person and limited, so get yours quickly; they are available at the Baldock Community Centre, or online at www.baldockeventsforum.org.uk. As there is no Wi-Fi in the hall, the bar will be cash only. During the evening, there will be a raffle in aid of the BEF's nominated charity this year, the Essex & Herts Air Ambulance Trust.

Finally, we are really lucky to have Tara Geere & Katy Ma hews as our Event Coordinators for this years Christmas Fayre, on Saturday 7 December. The High Street will include fairground rides, entertainment from local bands and choirs as well as food stalls provided by Street Food Heroes. Coffee etc and a bar will also be on hand. We are combining with the Baldock Community Centre, St Mary's church hall and the Arts & Heritage Centre where there will be a plethora of stalls guaranteed to sa sfy everyone's taste (almost!). Don't forget the Christmas tree fes val in St Mary's church and, of course, visit Father

Christmas in his gro o.

The climax of the day will be the Christmas lights switch on, at 6.30pm.

This year's tree has been provided by NHDC, supported by the BEF and we would like to thank that well known Christmas fana c Stuart (Cratchit) Ma hews for all the help in pu ng the day together and dressing the town's Christmas tree!

Jim McNally Baldock Events Forum

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News from Hartseld Here we are in November already, we have had a very exci ng and busy start to the academic year, welcoming new children to Hartsfield and se ling our exis ng children into their new classes.

Lots of our children have enjoyed visi ng various parts of Baldock looking for geographical informa on to support their classroom learning. Our Early Years children are this week immersing themselves in books and reading with a visit to Baldock library.

Our Year 5 children have visited Airbus Space and Defence in Stevenage to support their science topic about Space.

The Friends of Hartsfield are working relessly to raise valuable funds to benefit our children, the recent quiz night was a great success. Their a en on is now turned to the Christmas Fair being held on Saturday 23rd November from 12 – 3pm, all member of the local community are invited with lots of ac vi es planned including a visit from Father Christmas. Every penny raised helps to fund events, ac vi es and equipment which the children all benefit from.

Christmas is a very exci ng me in schools with our choirs prac cing new and favourite songs and teachers organising fes ve performances for children to present to their parents.

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We are approaching the me of year when the Baldock Rotary Club provides Christmas cheer by taking Santa and his sleigh around the streets of Baldock and surrounding villages. This is something that is widely enjoyed and an cipated, not only by the children!!

In fact, the elves who help Santa going from door to door also find it enjoyable knowing the pleasure it brings to families and par cularly children who eagerly await Santa's visit.

We have been in touch with Santa and he has told us that he will need extra elves this year to make sure he is able to visit everyone.

If you feel that you can join us for a couple of hours between 6 and 8.15pm on any of the evenings, your support would be very much appreciated.

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BIG NEWS FOR Y’ALL AND SUNDRY While you’ve all been busy pu ng Balstock 2019 to the back of your blissful memories, the Balstock commi ee have been tying up, throwing up and chasing up loose ends.

We’re now ecsta c to announce our grand total raised this year, breaking all past records, comes to a whopping £12,500 - to be equally divided between our 5 local chari es Luna Animal Rescue, Essex & Herts Air Ambulance, Darcie's Wish, Mind in Mid Herts & Baldock Sports Facility.

This money has come from Balstock’s fundraisers, bucket collec ons at Balstock, dona ons from the public, the Balstock raffle , our traders and Baldock’s publicans.

Once again cheers to all volunteers, Balstock reps, musicians and especially my adorable, long suffering commi ee who work 8 to 9 months of the year

with no pay at all!!! Give respect In addi on to this, we have also supplied Brandles School with a drum kit (courtesy of Deborah Wildish) and raised an addi onal £369 for Team Super Seraph earlier in the year.

IN OTHER NEWS I know a lot of you are apprehensive about if Balstock will take another year off. I will admit that the year off was much needed and gave us a taste of what it’s like to actually have a stress free summer holiday! So we feel the fairest thing we can do for the Town and (more importantly) our commi ee member’s sanity is to do Balstock Music Fes val - 2 years on and 1 year off. So we’re back with a bang 2020, but come 2021 and 2024 we’ll be pu ng our tro ers up and recharging for the next event. Sound fair?

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NOVEMBER 11th - LAST CHRISTMAS Kate harumphs around London, a bundle of bad decisions accompanied by the jangle of bells on her shoes, another irritating consequence from her job as an elf in a year-round Christmas shop. Tom seems too good to be true when he walks into her life and starts to see through so many of Kate’s barriers. As London transforms into the most wonderful time of the year, you gotta let the snow fall where it may, you gotta listen to your heart … and you gotta have faith

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In a world where we are constantly bombarded with nega vity, it was lovely to see two notable commenda ons for good deeds done.

Firstly, G La Rouch. Now, I don't know him personally, but he is one of those people that you hear about from me to me. A Baldock bloke, local celebrity and all-round good guy. What he and his band of merry peeps manage to achieve for the good folk of Baldock and local charity's nearly every year is quite a phenomenon.

Secondly, Nick 'Meatloaf' Winwood.

Nick has just won a fantas c trip to Japan. This is in recogni on for his work with Letchworth Braveherts. The Braveherts are a mixed ability rugby team based at Letchworth Rugby Club.

This team has been slogging it out on the pitches for about 10 years now and enables players of all ages and physical/mental abili es to play this amazing game in a safe and secure environment. They get about a bit too, A few years ago, they a ended the Mixed Ability Rugby World Cup in Spain.

These wonderful examples of humanity have Two main things in common.

They both offer their me solely for the love of what they do, and they both couldn't do what they do without an army (well, ba alion) of equally selfless volunteers. From bucket shakers to first aiders, drivers and those that can only give a shoulder to cry on, these volunteers trudge out in all weathers for the simple reward of aching bones, soaking clothes and the feeling of a job well done.

I do believe that there are many many unsung heroes about, people that get no recogni on for what they do for our communi es. I know they don't do it for reward or favour, but wouldn't it be nice if we had a way of bringing these fantas c efforts to the no ce of the communi es they serve?

We have a very bad habit of highligh ng all the bad deeds of people. On a daily basis, we read of stray dog pooh, unemp ed bins, bad parking/driving, crappy teenagers and the general bad behaviour of our neighbours. But we rarely hear of the good stuff. For every bad deed done and reported, there are thousands of good, though ul and inspiring exploits that

just pass us by. So much so, that we just end up thinking that there is no good le outside of our own small worlds.

If our bins aren't emp ed on me we pick up the phone and complain, but who of us passes praise when the bin men struggled through Two feet of snow to provide a service to us, to say thank you, that was a job well done? I know we pay for it, but s ll! Who of us reaches for Facebook to report the bunch of teenagers who helped the old lady to her house with her shopping?

It really is just my humble opinion, but I just feel that we are becoming a world of nega ve thinking and we are so quick to pass judgement when we don't know the circumstances. The bad stuff is consistently pushed at us from all angles, where is the good news?

Every day, every single day so many people do so much good, but we are focused on the small minority of badness.

I'm not trying to invoke a world of happy smiley people that blindly see no evil. Heavens knows I'm not the most posi ve person before I've had at least 3 coffees and a few fags in the morning (I can't deal morning people, with their wide eyes and go-ge ng ways, bouncing around like Teletubbies at 9am). But I can't help feeling that a li le more posi vity wouldn't go amiss, a li le more recogni on of the good that people do.

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November 2019 House plants are back, and in fashion after some ten to fifteen years, and so come the problems associated with them.

We have many customers coming to see us asking what is wrong with my plant?

Mostly it is red spider mite. Spider mites are almost microscopic; including their legs, they can be about 1mm across when fully grown. Most people can't see them when I try to show them, usually because they have no idea what they are viewing.

The name spider makes it sound like they are much bigger than they are. If you would like to see some, I have a microscope we can see them on.

Red spider mites are related to the spiders we will find in our houses and gardens, so their name is correct. The assumption by many that they are harmful to humans is wrong. Very low-grade inflammation can be caused if handling plants with a heavy infestation, but will soon go away after washing your hand. You would be very unlucky if it became severe enough to require a visit to the Doctors.

I use the back of my hands to detect the presence of red spiders by lightly brushing them against the suspect plant, the mites scrabbling about tickle the hairs on your hands, causing a tingling sensation.

In the days when I was growing fruit in Kent, looking for red spider was a full-time job. The easiest way was to get down low and look at the leaf canopy from the trunk. Then looking out into the bright sky if single leaves had faint hallo's around them then you probably had a reason to suspect an infection.

The hallo is caused around the leaf when the mites spin a very fine thread of web along the serrated edge. This test is something you can do at home with your house plants, hold them up to the light of a window.

Symptoms of red spider mite will be mottling, then crispy brown edges of the leaves. The damage caused will sometimes get so bad that the whole canopy will defoliate. It will by then be too late to cure the plant effectively, and the best course of action will be to remove it and destroy it.

Red spider mites do not like high humidity, a water spray bottle producing a very fine mist should be regularly spayed

around and especially under the foliage. Two or three times a week should be sufficient, depending on how severe the infection has become.

The best and most effective cure would be to purchase, predators to eat the mites, a gruesome thought but costeffective and the best thing to use in your home. You can acquire these in Garden Centres but they time expire very quickly, so the best thing is to order them online and have them delivered directly.

Follow the instructions and your problem mites will be gone.

The next pest we have seen a lot of lately is scale insect; this looks like the limpets you will find on rocks etc. at the seaside.

Size of the scale insect depends on the species, some being as small as a pinhead to others that could be a half-inch in size ( 7mm ) these larger ones are not so common. They damage plants just like the spider mites in that they suck the sap from the plant, but are very different in that they do not move about once they become mature. Mid to late spring the eggs hatch out producing nymphs or as we call them in the trade crawlers.

Crawlers hatch out under the mature female shell where they over-winter. As the nick-name implies crawl about until they find a suitable place to fix themselves down and become adults, sucking the sap out of your plants.

The way to rid your-self of the scales is to wash the crawlers off of your plants with a hose or on small plants use a course droplet water sprayer, you will find a water sprayer for sale in most garden Centres that can be adjusted so that the one sprayer will do for the red spider as well. Washing them entirely off of the plant will kill them as they are unable to move fare enough to find their way back on and will starve to death. The mature adults will be a bit more complicated; you will have to wipe them off with a rag, very messy as the waxy shells burst and split as you do it. The best way is to use predators

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and leave them to it. Again get them online as they will be fresher / younger and you will have a better chance of success.

The last of this group of pests is woolly aphid. They are another sucking insect this time of the aphid family, who overwinter in crevices in the bark or branches they can find. Early to midsummer, they will fly off to find further food sources; you may have seen small bits of fluff that appear to be blowing around in the wind, that will be them.

Control of woolly aphid can be tiresome in that we do not have much in the way of chemicals to kill them. I suggest using a low power pressure washer, be careful not to damage the tree or shrub. I do not recommend this on your house plants though. I use methylated spirit and a small artists paintbrush (the brush not the artist) I would advise you try this on a small part of the problem plant first as some house plants do not like meths, it can be phytotoxic and may damage the leaves. After a successful test, I recommend you paint the meths very carefully over the fluffy area where the aphid is hiding; it may take two or three goes to eradicate this problematic pest.

A word of caution, when you have finished with the meths, place the plant in a cool place away from direct light, this is not a precaution against it catching alight and wrecking your best curtains, but it will prevent most chances of leaf scorch.

I hope that helps those who may have a problem and if you need further help, please call in I'm at the Garden Centre most days.

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It's n all Hard Wk at West Schl Our Year 6 children have just returned from their annual residen al trip to Overstrand in Norfolk. We picked the we est week of the year so far. The children were unphased and loved the ac vi es and the adventures. We all got very wet, but made the most of the sunshine when it came. This is the first of our trips that take place during the academic year. Before the term is out our Yr 4s, 5s & 6s are visi ng the Airbus Founda on Discovery Centre in Stevenage to e in with their Space topic.

The school council, 2 elected children from each class, met for the first me and has agreed to support several chari es throughout the year. This term we are suppor ng The Letchworth Foodbank, Light Up Tanzania and Children in Need. The children all agreed that we should be suppor ng those in need, both in the UK and abroad, by raising money. They also made lots of sensible sugges ons on ways to make our school even be er. They agreed that an outside table tennis table would be great to have at school.

As I write this, Weston's farmer, Mr Cherry, has just driven his enormous

tractor in to the school grounds. Peanuts PreSchool and Weston Nursery had a great me looking at the tractor and si ng in it. At the school, through partnership with Peanuts Preschool, we are able to offer 30 hours nursery care on-site. Children can a end our Nursery in the mornings and Peanuts Preschool in the a ernoons. To apply for a place at Peanuts Preschool, call Mrs Claire Mason on 07736 124327. Peanuts Preschool also welcomes younger children.

Our school tours for prospec ve Recep on and Nursery children have started now. If you would like to visit please contact the school office on 04162 790317 or take a look at our school website www.weston.herts.sch.uk/admissions

Ashwell Accies U7's We are delighted to announce that Days Bakery have chosen to sponsor our Under 7's team for our first year in the Royston League.

Days Bakery are synonymous with Ashwell, and have been part of our village life for many years, so we are thrilled they will be suppor ng one of our Ashwell Academicals village teams.

Our under 7's are now looking extremely smart in their football strip, and the boys and girls have been wearing their kit with an enormous amount of pride.

The coaches said “Thanks to Days Bakery's sponsorship we now have a full kit for the team, making them feel part of the club and excited to take to the pitch.”

“On behalf of all the players, supporters, and coaches, many thanks to Days Bakery, it is greatly appreciated. For a small village club such as ours, we rely on support from local businesses and organisa ons to give the boys and girls a chance to play football each week, and it really does make a difference.”

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5 minutes with... ...Tristano Horgan *Tell us a bit about Phone Improvements?

Phone Improvements is a smart phone, tablet/iPad, and PC/Laptop repair backed by years of experience repairing electronic devices.

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I've always had a passion and great interest for fixing things, even from a very young age, if something of mine went wrong, the first thing I would do is find my Dads screwdriver set, take the device apart and try and work out what was wrong with it.

I feel like it's this interest, together with my drive that has helped me start up on my own within the repair industry. *Why should people come to you and not another repair shop?

A few years ago, I had an LG G2 smart phone, which I dropped and smashed the screen on. I took this phone to a repair shop and remember paying £80 for a poor repair job that I was very unsa sfied with, the screen was li ing and a er a while, the image came up all scrambled. Instead of going back to the repair shop, I went online and followed a video tutorial on how to fix it myself. From this experience I gained confidence in repairing smart phones and knew what it felt like to part with quite a bit of money, only to be presented with poor workmanship in return. Due to this I aspire only to have the highest standards when fixing a device, and treat every device that comes in as if it were my own, and I am certain there are many repair shops out there to this day, that will happily return a device to a customer in an unsa sfactory condi on which I am firmly against.

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With regards to technology these days, especially when referring to smartphones, I feel like we are almost reaching the peak of what these handheld devices can do, considering that around 15 years ago, phones couldn't do a frac on of what they can do now.

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The shop is open 6 days a week, Monday to Friday 9.00am to 5.30pm, and Saturday 10.00am to 5.00pm. *Finally what do I need to do if I want a price on a repair?

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‘Christmas is coming,the goose is getting fat Please put a penny in the old man's hat’

Well we haven't got an old mans hat, but we have got a sleigh. Father Christmas assisted by Baldock Rotary Club will once again be visiting the streets of Baldock and surrounding villages during December and making a collection for local charities

Baldock Rotary Club Christmas Sleigh 2019 Route Be sure not to miss us.

Below are the dates and streets we will be visiting.

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Thursday 28th November

Baldock

London Road Page Close

Chiltern Road Beechridge Close

Woodland Way London Road (East)

Friday 29th December

Baldock (Clothall Common)

Aleyn Way Merchants Walk Constan ne Place

Chauncy Gardens Mal ngs Close Walnut Avenue

Ringtale Place Barley Rise Laxton Gardens

Monday 2nd December

Baldock

Bygrave Road Larkins Close Salisbury Road

Icknield Way East Bramley Close Grosvenor Road

North Road Grosvenor Road West

Tuesday 3rd December

Baldock

The Sycamores Norton road Pepys Way

West Avenue Norton Crescent Hopewell Road

Coachmans Lane Letchworth Road

Wednesday 4th December

Baldock

Weston Way Chilvers Bank

St Mary's Way The Rise

The Leas

Thursday 5th December

Baldock (Clothall Common)

Stane Street Hurst Close Rive Close

Eisenburg Close Rhee Spring Orwell View

Iredale Way Rye Gardens

Friday 6th December

Baldock

Nigh ngale Way Elmwood Avenue Mons Avenue

Clare Crescent Willian Way Weston Way (Top)

Ashtons lane Hillcrest London Road (West)

Monday 9th December

Ashwell

Ashwell Street Angels Meadow Kingsland Way

Silver Street Back Street High Street

Bear Lane Dixies Close

Tuesday 10th December

Baldock

Holroyd Crescent Park Drive Park Close

The Rowans Alder Close Mansfield Road

Park Crescent Park Street

Wednesday 11th December

Baldock

Anchor Road Turpins Way

Ivel Way Pryor Way

Byrd Walk

Thursday 12th December

Weston

Forge End Damask Green Road Friars Road

Mill Lane Maiden Street Munts Meadow

Other Cul-de-sacs Hitchin Road Damask Close

Friday 13th December

Baldock

Pembroke Road Pinnocks Lane Clothall Road

Limekiln Lane Penfold Close Roman Lane

South Road South Close Providence Way

Monday 16th December

Baldock

Football Close Jackson Street Orchard Road

Pond Lane Brewery Lane Hitchin Street

Church Street Simpson Drive Thurnall Close

Tuesday 17th December

Baldock (Clothall Common)

Wynn Close Weaver's Way Mercia Road

Westell Close Bush Spring Kings Mount

Downlands Sale Drive

Wednesday 18th December

Bygrave

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Santa wil also be in Sainsbury’s on the 30th Nov & 1st Dec and Tesco’s on 14th & 15th of December

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n O s ’ t a h W Letchworth Parkrun A free 5km run every Saturday at 9am, Grange Recreation Ground, SG6 4PN. Very welcoming for new runners - see www.parkrun.org.uk/letchworth for details

Baldock Country Market Every Friday morning until Christmas - The Victoria pub Sun Street Baldock 9.30am - 12pm

Monkey Music Classes Every Friday classes running from 9.30 at the Baldock Community Centre contact Katherine on 01462 -626735

The Royal British Legion Baldock Branch Third Monday of every month - The Orange Tree Norton Road -7:30pm

Baldock Rotary Club Meets every Wednesday 12.00 for 12.30 (except if 5th Wednesday in month) at Baldock Bowls Club West Ave, Baldock. Contact Paul Redwood 01462 835795

Dementia Talk Monday 4th November 7pm - At the Salvation Army Church Road Stotfold the evening will be led by Hannah Gardener who is an admiral nurse from Lister Hospital who have specialist knowledge of dementia care

Baldock Floral Society 7th November, 7.15pm Baldock Community Centre An evening of flower arrangement demonstrations with Fiona Harrison, with the theme 'Flower of Scotland'.

Everyone welcome and no advance booking required. £6 on the door.

Baldock Community Firework Display Saturday 9th November -5pm St Marys School Baldock.

Tickets available from Tapps Garden Centre and Baldock Community Centre £5

Remembrance Sunday Sunday 10th November 10:30am, at the Baldock War Memorial, High Street, Baldock. A day for the nation to remember and honour those who have sacrificed themselves to secure and protect our freedom.

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Ashwell Makers Market Tuesday 26th November - 6-9pm at The Bushell and Strike Ashwell - A chance to purchase a selection of handmade products and gifts while enjoying a glass of mulled wine

Mill End Plants - Rushden Saturday 30th November - Christmas Workshop - choose from making Christmas Wreaths, cards & tags or decoupage gifts £10pp which includes all materials and a tea/coffee and a mince pie contact Karen on 01763288420 ue please email us at info@onourdoorstepbaldock.co.uk by 15th

Baldock Christmas Fayre Saturday 7th December. see page 6

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Please send your local snaps new or old to our facebook page or email info@onourdoorstepbaldock.co.uk

November Gallery

Baldock Octoberfest in full ow Friday evening

Munich Maestros Rocking the Octoberfest

Red Sky over Baldock Train Station - Amy Felce

When you pop in the local plumbers merchants and nd them engrossed in the local mag

Buster, Ted and Carlie waiting for a treat- Carolyn Rutherford

Spooky Church footpath - Rob Scahill

Busy night at the Fair - Ian Helmore

Beer Festival Queen, Tara - Martin Wootton

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Little Tommy Pumpkin Picking

Friends of Baldock Green Spaces installing a new bench

We sell direct from the farm our own Free Range Bronze Turkeys and Barn Reared Chickens fresh for Christmas.

Having arrived on the farm as day old chicks in July they are allowed to reach full maturity

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Method 1.Cook the rice according to the packet instructions until just tender. Drain.

2.Meanwhile, slice the tops off each tomato to make lids. Remove the middle from each tomato with a spoon and place all the seeds and pulp into a processor. Add the green pepper, garlic, parsley, smoked paprika and seasoning and blitz to a purée.

Take the blade out of the processor and stir in the drained rice.

3.Preheat the oven to 200°C/180°C Fan/Gas 6.

4.Arrange the tomato shells and halved peppers, cut side up, in a large ovenproof dish or roasting tin.

Spoon the flavoured rice into each, roughly a dessertspoon in each tomato and 2 dessertspoon into the peppers. Cover the peppers with some foil and replace the tomato lids on the tomatoes.

5.Roast the peppers and tomatoes in the oven for 15-20 minutes.

6.Leave to cool completely, cover and store in the fridge until required

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Have fun moving into health in the community dance workshops in the newly refurbished Baldock Arts and Heritage Centre at Baldock Town Hall, Tuesdays 7-8.30pm during term me restar ng 5th November with a bang!

Aimed at the over 50s, Taking Turns responds to the growing recogni on that social dancing is one of the best prescrip ons you can be given for a healthy and happy body and mind.

Workshop leader Jane Turner has over 30 years experience as dancer, choreographer and teacher and is inspired by ”the joy, energy and sense of community that shared crea ve dance ac vi es bring”.

The Taking Turns project has resulted from consulta ons with Baldock's Amber Health who seek local movement workshops that can provide next step opportuni es for pa ents needing to gain strength, confidence and fitness post treatment.

Feel invigorated, whilst building mobility, energy, well being, and confidence through crea ve movement ac vity. Enjoy moving to music in a variety of styles and mee ng new people through confidence building exercises, stretching and medita on.

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Rotary Jazz Concert Baldock Rotary Club staged its very successful annual Jazz Concert at the beginning of October. The concert a racted a sell-out audience to Knights Templar School who were entertained by the ever-popular Apex Jazz Band. A fish and chip supper and bar provided excellent refreshment throughout the evening.

The band comprised Peter Chapman clarinet, Andy Moran trumpet, Adrian Cosker tenor sax, Mar n Ley trombone, Mike O'Neill piano, Ken Baillie percussion, Tomas Pederson bass, Dave Guinane guitar. The band opened with Just a Li le While to Stay Here and played a variety of favourite jazz numbers including Bye Bye Blackbird, Ain't Mis Behaving, Stru n

With Some Barbecue, April Showers, Can't Give You Anything But Love and finished with Bourbon Street Parade and Down By The Riverside.

Keith Bri er, Past President of Baldock Rotary Club and MC for the evening announced that the proceeds from the

evening, the raffle and 'roll a pound' will be donated to the Mercy Ships charity.

Mercy Ships, www.mercyships.org.uk is a faith-based interna onal development organisa on that deploys hospital ships to some of the poorest countries in the world, delivering vital, free healthcare to people in desperate need. Earlier this year it performed its 100,000th free surgical procedure.

Keith thanked everyone for their generosity for making the evening such a success.

Overall, it was an extremely entertaining evening, complemented by the humorous repartee of Peter and Keith which was thoroughly enjoyed by everyone present.

The evening provided another example of Baldock Rotary Club working in and with the community to provide funds which will be donated to deserving chari es.

If knowing more about Baldock Rotary Club and its ac vi es appeals to you please take a look at our web site, www.baldockrotary.co.uk or contact our Membership Secretary, Paul Redwood, telephone 07999 350990, or e-mail paul49redwood@gmail.com

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Letchworth Rugby Club legend Nicholas Winwood has been rewarded for a life me's service dedicated to improving the lives of players in grassroots rugby and beyond, through Mitsubishi Motors 'Journey to Japan'.

Nick will travel to Japan for the week-long trip and spend me at a local rugby club along with other recipients learning, sharing and developing their skills.

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Sports Massage and Osteopathy to Promote Quicker Recovery When you are injured or are recovering from an injury, you naturally want to start to feel be er as quickly as possible.

Going to see an Osteopath or other therapist will help but adding regular Sports Massage to your treatment is a great way to complement the therapy you are receiving to speed up your recovery.

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immensely beneficial for removing any toxin build up, improving blood flow and reducing tension on the local and surrounding joints, muscles and nerves.

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Going for Sports Massages in between Osteopathic treatments will help you keep on the correct path and reduce the me of recovery. It is also a great way to unwind mentally.

Finally, but not at all forgo en, is the importance of sleep. Disturbed sleep due to pain and injury reduces the body's resistance to that pain and its ability to recover quickly. It also makes us red and grumpy. A relaxing massage combined with advice on postural support, gentle exercises and hot or cold therapy will greatly help to improve your sleep.

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Weston Bridge Group (not for profit) meets every Monday a ernoon in The Reading Room at the back of Weston Village Hall between 2.45 - 5.30pm.

Free car park The emphasis of play is informal, friendly and social Bridge. With a midsession hot drink and biscuit, for £2.50 All levels welcome from beginner to more advanced. No partners required, just turn up. We change partners every 4 games. Table numbers are drawn at the start of play.

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