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WELCOME

Last week, Seaway was again in the local news regarding the imminent planning application that must be submitted by Turnstone, the contracted developer. Cllr Martin Terry (Independent) has given a brief account of the Seaway issue and why he still has concerns.

This month sees the launch of the new online directory for Southend, called Southend Oracle. There will be offers and competitions for residents, and to kick off this initial launch there is an opportunity for residents to enter a competition, to win a week for 2 in Tuscany, Italy. This competition is only an online competition and to enter you must visit www.southendoracle.co.uk, end date is 30 November 2019.

For the magazine’s competition this month our very own fabulous Craig Smith owner of Grateful Heads hairdressers, Southend is offering a cut and blow dry to one lucky person worth £50. Grateful Heads is one of the best established and most respected salons in Southend. You’ll always see a friendly face who will be very happy to help. To book an appointment or for more information, visit: www.gratefulheads.co.uk.

To enter Oracle/Grateful Heads competition, please visit Oracle’s competition page on the website or send your entry by post to Oracle’s offices, please see address below. Just send in your full name and contact details, the closing date is 31 October 2019.

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CONTENTS The Seaway Saga

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Local Issues by Cllr Martin Terry

Prittlewell’s Princely Burial

Based in

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Hair & Beauty by Craig Smith

Apple Streusel Cake

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Recipe by Judy Barden

Brainbox 32 What’s On 34 Useful Numbers 36 Advertiser Index 38 All rights reserved. No part of Oracle Publications UK Ltd may be reproduced or used in any form or by any means either wholly or in part without prior permission of the publisher. Oracle Publications UK Ltd is editorially autonomous and the opinions expressed are not those of the publisher unless expressly stated.

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New service for Southend!

Oracle’s latest service and biggest project since the launch of the magazines’ 14 years ago, is the new Southend Oracle Directory launching this month, on the 1st October.

Designed and built by our sister company, Oracle Creative Media Ltd (OCM).

This new state of the art directory has been months in the making. It initially came about because we heard how many local businesses were unhappy with the amount they currently have to pay for their websites to be found online. We listened and, knowing the growing vulnerability of many businesses in the town, felt that there was a necessity for a trusted, reliable, and local, online directory offering affordable costs for all to use.

Phase 1, is now live and is primarily aimed at companies who wish to increase their online presence and showcase their business cost effectively; safe in the knowledge that Oracle Creative Media, our sister company, is working hard behind the scenes to help with the visibility of their business.

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be able to sign up with a unique login to become active members that can access information on monthly offers, competitions, local events, and of course details about our local businesses.

By joining Southend Oracle, you will be able to upload and promote events FREE of charge, this will be extremely useful if you are part of a club, association or charity. OCM has spent time ensuring that the site is very user friendly to ensure that all residents will be able to browse the site’s listings easily, either on their mobile phones, tablets or desktops.

To support this exciting launch during the next couple of months, there will be a huge 60,000 leaflet drop to areas outside that of Oracle’s catchment, which will help notify residents of the new directory further afield. In celebration of the new site, Oracle has also secured a week’s holiday in Tuscany, Italy for one lucky couple.

Please visit www.southendoracle.co.uk to enter this competition and find out more details.

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Seaway February 2019

LOCAL ISSUES

The Seaway Saga We are now approaching the deadline where

didn’t keep any records, declaration of interests

a planning application must be submitted by

or anything. Because of the convenient failure of

Turnstone, the contracted developer of the

not keeping records I was unable to pursue the

valuable, Council owned, Seaway car park. This

matter to any satisfaction get an answer for the

divisive matter has been travelling through

original Italian owner.

the Council for well over a decade and was

And so, the Seaway Saga began in an

initially devised by the now defunct, and often

inauspicious way. The proposals were to provide

criticised quango, Renaissance Southend,

an overall all-weather attraction including a

under the stewardship of former Conservative

cinema, restaurants and shopping with some

Leader and local solicitor, Nigel Holdcroft, who

housing directly linking the High Street to the

stepped down many years ago.

seafront with a very attractive walkway entitled

I myself had a fall out with Renaissance Southend

the Spanish steps flowing from the High Street,

over the price received for the old Rossi Ice

through the site and then on to the seafront.

Cream factory by the original Italian owner and

There was also to be a multi-storey car park that

the eventual price paid by Southend Borough

would adequately replace required parking. At

Council. The old Rossi factory forms part of the

the start, despite the shenanigans at Renaissance

development site. I was alerted by a very angry

Southend, I did like and support the scheme in

elderly Italian gentleman, the original owner, who

its original design concept but I now have serious

claimed he had been allegedly ripped off when it

questions which need to be answered.

was acquired by a third party and sold on to SBC.

Unaffordable for Turnstone

No minutes of board meetings!

The first sign of problems was the discussion

When I made enquiries through my position

around parking. Members of the Council wanted

as a Councillor I discovered that despite the

more than what was on offer. This we were told

fact Renaissance Southend were spending lots

would mean more stories on the multi storey car

of your taxpayer money, acquiring properties,

park, this was alleged as being not in keeping

informing Southend Council on Policy and

with the overall height and mass of the scheme.

working closely with Southend Borough Council,

We then pursued the idea that perhaps then,

they kept no minutes of board meetings, didn’t

instead of going up, they could go down with a

meet the basic Nolan Standards in Public Life,

basement. This we were told was “unaffordable”

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for Turnstone with a simple ultimate implication

from this original concept in this scheme require

that either up or down was not affordable.

serious debate. Considerations and questions

The next problem, and for me, a serious change,

need to be identified and determined when this

was the removal of the Spanish Steps from the

scheme arrives at the Planning Committee, if it

scheme. The CEO of SBC at the time, Rob Tinlin,

ever does, that is. It is already years late and had

played this down with me saying "oh it’s okay,

one 12-month extension, which creates further

people can access the site from Pier Hill". I

concerns about the development partner with a

objected strongly to this, making the point that

final December deadline.

this breaks the whole concept of the scheme.

Not linking the seafront, the new site and the

Driving determination Although, I am not a Member of the Planning

High Street is a fundamental failure. The whole

Committee I will be attending to raise my

idea was to provide an “all weather� attraction

concerns purely on planning grounds. There

that would draw visitors in making an all-

does seem to be a driving determination and

weather destination but also offering something

obsession to get this scheme through at almost

to seafront visitors during inclement weather

any cost. I read in the documentation that recent

conditions.

traffic surveys were undertaken in March 19

Spanish steps too expensive

when of course, Southend has its peak visitor

The reason that the Spanish Steps, fundamental

numbers!!! What a joke that is. I also read that it

to the scheme, are being removed is because

is determined elsewhere that 8 out of 10 people

Turnstone could not afford to acquire the

surveyed, walk to the seafront. This was based

seafront building identified that would create

on a survey of 100 people! These are the basic

the opening link between the seafront, the site

tenets upon which Members of the Council be

and the high street. They paid a deposit to the

advised to support this scheme, surely another

owner but apparently ran out of cash. Effectively

joke?

this means the buildings between the seafront

I am not going to prejudge or make any

buildings and Seaway and will act like a Berlin

determination with regards to my final view

Wall, thereby preventing its basic functionality

as that would be me acting in a prejudicial

and basic design concept. From this point on I

way and possibly prevent me from speaking at

have had questions about this scheme. Does it

the planning committee. I will raise all of my

meet the basic design criteria as originally set

concerns for the good of Southend in front of

out?

the Planning Committee who will ultimately have

Valuable major asset

the burden and the responsibility of this major

I am concerned that a valuable major asset that we all own, that belongs to the people of Southend, is being given over to a developer that cannot even afford to provide the levels of parking identified originally by Councillors or even the Spanish Steps which were deemed as fundamental in the original concept. The changes 10

decision.

Cllr. Martin Terry Thorpe Ward Independent Cabinet Member for Community Safety & Customer Contact Oracle welcomes thoughts from all sides as balance is very important. Write your letter in the comment section located under the relevant article on our website. oraclepublications.co.uk #SaveSouthend

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Figure 1 Excavation of the chamber grave by Museum of London Archaeology, 2003 (©Museum of London Archaeology, 2019)

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Saxon princely burial in the UK for which we

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What makes the Prittlewell Burial particularly

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significant is that it is the only Anglo-Saxon

The first object to be discovered was a

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beautiful copper-alloy hanging bowl found in

deceased was Christian. The deceased, a

its original position, hanging on the wall of the

male, was found with two gold crosses, an

chamber grave. By the end of the excavation

unequivocally Christian symbol, placed over

an entire burial chamber had been revealed,

his eyes. These are a unique find in England

with many other complete objects found

and hard to parallel elsewhere in the world!

hanging or placed in their original positions.

The Prittlewell Burial is the earliest AngloFigure 2 Copper-alloy hanging bowl from the Prittlewell princely burial (©Museum of London Archaeology 2019)

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Apple Streusel Cake This lovely moist apple cake freezes really well. It makes a large cake so I cut it into portions wrap in baking parchment and then foil and then just take one or two out and defrost at room temperature when needed.

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Method

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Line a 20cm/8in round tin with baking parchment, leaving a 1in collar above the tin.

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Transfer to a bowl and set aside.

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50g/2oz pecans 50g/2oz plain flour 25g/1oz soft dark brown sugar

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25g/1oz butter, diced

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