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Issue 26 Spring 2014

Spring in the Village

FLYING HIGH:

My Time As An Air Hostess on Cambrian Airways

WHITCHURCH HIGH SCHOOL REUNION:

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contents 3 News 5 Letters es 9 The Tremeloal Club 13 RecreationAirways 16 Cambrian ening 18 Home Gardes 22 My Memori 25 Pets’ Page y News 29 Communit 30 Recipes 31 Column

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TO S A E V A H U O DO Y One minute it’s 2013 and the next, we’re three RE WITH A H S TO E IK L ’D months into 2014.

YOU It’s always tempting to write about the weather in OUR READERS? these editorial sections. I don’t know why. I guess and it’s the one thing that we all have in common. So We often get letters king as I’ve vowed to myself not to mention it (apart from emails from people ws ne a just then). it bm if they can su en ev Instead, I’ll talk about what we’ve put together or story, a feature for you this issue. And where do I start? Well, on recipes. ched page 9, we hear from Brian Poole, founder and Since we first laun , 07 lead singer of The Tremeloes. We spoke to Brian by our magazines in 20 phone about his return to Cardiff with the band. On we’ve more than welcomed ably published ers and we’ve prob bute greatly to ad page 13, Brian Rowlands looks back at the history re om fr k or w such ntri We feel that they co e community of Rhiwbina Recreational Club as it celebrates th hundreds of them. as l magazines, as wel its centenary year. And on page 16, we hear from be of u the interest of our that yo feel would via ng hi et m so ve Rhiwbina’s Gloria Gee. Gloria was an air hostess ha t in touch spirit. So if you please feel free to ge s, er back in the 1950s. Her experiences as an air hostess ad re r ou to st intere below. on Cambrian Airways will certainly raise a few our contact details eyebrows.

On page 18, local gardener Eirlys Rhiannon gleefully tells us about growing tasty treats in our own garden while on page 22, Peter Davies recalls his first day at grammar school. In an interesting project, seven ardiff ladies recently collaborated to address body issues in ad, Rhiwbina, C Ro h c a tb n Pa 2 today’s society. We have extracts from two local ladies A: 22 CF14 6AG on page 24. Local vet Chris Troughton answers your 022920 081775 / 07974 2 77 07 T: pet questions on page 25; we hear from members mags.co.uk E: editor@living of the community on page 29 and we welcome our ags.co.uk W: www.livingm guest columnist, Alice Morgan on page 31. Alice is an publisher of the contents, the ing e the accuracyfor any way arisrigh sur in r en tte to ma de y ma an t en s be s, or award-winning writer and her article should give you contact any. copy ors or omission to err While every effortanha de for ty ma bili en nsi be po s res on ha cept y of this material. Every effort endent, apolitical publicati ac ot nn ca the lift you need after a tough winter. blication d Llandaff Living is an indep from the puitch an e for holders. Wh urch d copy deadlin Enjoy the sun if you see it! n a g n ki o o b g rtisin Patric and Danielle (editors) Adve 16th May 2014. e Issu 27 - Friday 2014. ion date - June Issue 27 publicat 2 year. ished 4 times a Rhiwbina Living

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LOCAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN MEETING A meeting has been arranged to discuss the LDP Proposals and the impact for Rhiwbina. 21st March 2014, Rhiwbina Baptist Church, Lon Uchaf at 6pm.

YOUTH CENTRES FACE CLOSURE DUE TO FUNDING

Youth centres across Cardiff, including one in Rhiwbina, could be forced to close under proposals to cut £1m from the city’s youth service.

Cardiff council are looking to reduce the number of evening youth services that are provided by some clubs, and close some centres altogether. Youth centres in Whitchurch, Radyr and Llanishen are also threatened with closure.

Young people across the city have now organised petitions and are speaking out against the cuts via rallies and demonstrations.

Student Max Hadley, who attends Whitchurch Youth Centre, told Living Magazines: “My friends and I are disgusted by the proposals. We go there every week and we really don’t know what we’d do without the club. The centre provides us with much-needed activities, as well as a social outlet.”

The council said the number of youth centres would be reduced where “social deprivation is less prevalent” but it would continue to provide a “needs-based youth service” targeting those with the highest levels of need as well as offering a “more general youth service”.

news IT’S OFFICIAL! RHIWBINA IS ONE OF THE HAPPIEST PLACE TO LIVE IN CARDIFF! A live online map has revealed the happiness levels of those living across dozens of Cardiff ’s suburbs. And according to the map, one of the happiest to live in is Rhiwbina.

Penarth internet entrepreneur Neil Cocker came up with the idea of The Happiness Map when he and his girlfriend Jo started looking at suitable neighbourhoods in Cardiff to move to.

Ward councillor Adrian Robson said he wasn’t surprised by the news. He told the press: “I’m delighted to hear Rhiwbina is one of the happiest places in Cardiff.” he said.

“This doesn’t come as a surprise as it has a strong community which organises events such as the summer and winter festivals.”

“It’s a very strong community, there is a lot going on and I find in Rhiwbina if people think of something, they try to make it happen.”

Neil created the map and its findings based on the experiences from hundreds of city residents, who rated their neighbourhoods on safety, convenience and noise, to show just how people feel about where they live.

You can take the test at www. neilcocker.com/happiness-map

DERI INN TO HONOUR SAM The Deri Inn is set to relaunch a function room and to rename it ‘The Sam Warburton Suite’.

The event will start at 6.30pm on Monday 24th March, with Sam opening the room at 7pm by unveiling a plaque.

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canapés and bubbles and a Q&A with Sam fronted by Phil Steele from Scrum V. A charity quiz will then take place afterwards.

Tickets are £5 each and very limited due to the size of the function room.

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LOCAL BUTCHER SERVES UP A TREAT

South Wales Neighbourhood Watch Association Cardiff received a very welcome and much appreciated boost recently when Martin Player, High Class Butcher of Whitchurch, offered to sponsor them for one of their projects.

Chairman of the Association Bill Farnham explained: “Neighbourhood Watch is not funded in any way whatsoever.

We have to use any means we can to obtain financial support in order that we can carry out projects that will be of benefit to all Neighbourhood Watch members, as well as members of the public.

“Several years ago we

purchased 10,000 of our Neighbourhood Watch leaflets at our own expense, which depleted our bank balance somewhat and we are now down to our last 50; so I was looking for a way in which we could order another 10,000 and ease our financial problems at the same time. As Martin Player is my local butcher and we normally have a chat every time I visit his premises, I mentioned our problem to him and straight away he told me that he’d sponsor us. I was so very grateful for his magnificent gesture that I was speechless for a while but we have now ordered the new supply of leaflets.

“As a result of this, we are now able to carry on promoting Neighbourhood Watch around Cardiff for quite a while thanks to this wonderful man and his support.”

RHIWBEINA PRIMARY SEEKS NEW GOVERNOR Rhiwbeina Primary School is seeking a volunteer school governor to complete its Board of Governors

RHIWBINA LADIES TENNIS NET TOP TENNIS AWARD

Rhiwbina Tennis Club’s Ladies 1st team were recently named top club team of the year at the Tennis Wales Awards.

Rhiwbina Ladies enjoyed a superb 2013, winning Division 1 of the South Wales Doubles League and then beating Swansea 6-0 in the play-off to secure their spot in Premier 2 for the 2014 season.

In a ceremony at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, the team received their award from Mike Clarke, chair of Tennis Wales. Rhiwbina’s Men’s team were also shortlisted for the same award.

THE CLASS OF ‘74: JOIN THE BIG REUNION THIS SUMMER A school reunion is being arranged for former pupils of Whitchurch High School.

The Class of ’74 Reunion will take place in the evening of Saturday, 12th July 2014, at The British Legion Club in Whitchurch. Organisers are urging past pupils to set this date in stone in their diary.

Organiser Howard Wilkins told Living Magazines: “For some of us, it’ll have been 40 years and probably the last opportunity we´ll have of meeting up again. There are no partners being invited; it defeats 4

the object and we’d probably end up being too many as the school is/was the biggest in Britain.

It will be an evening do with a buffet and some sort of music too. We´re looking at about 10 pounds per person to cover costs of venue, food and music – and any left overs will be donated

to charity. Please try and make it – it is a once in a lifetime opportunity!”

A website has been set up where past pupils can take a trip down memory lane, uploads old photos, connect with old friends and register for the event.

More at www.classof74.co.uk

If you’d like to get in touch, you can find our address on the inside front cover.

Alternatively, you can email us at editor@livingmags.co.uk

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MY RIGHT TO REPLY

As Chairman of South Wales Neighbourhood Watch Association Cardiff, I feel that I must reply to the letter from Pam Coombes and Derek Hector which was published in the last issue of your magazine regarding Neighbourhood Watch.

I have worked with and supported them (both as an individual and as Chairman of our Association) from the first day that both of their watches were set up so I know how much hard work they put in. But I am very saddened that they have deemed fit to tell the world, and I quote ‘other than initially setting up a Watch, there is no on-going support provided by the local NW association’ unquote, when we do not know what their grievance is.

When other co-ordinators throughout Cardiff have a

IS CARDIFF REALLY A SPORT CAPITAL?

This year, Cardiff is celebrating its status as European Sports Capital.

Whilst this is a welcome boost for the city, it only takes a cursory glance around our suburban sporting facilities to see what’s really going on.

Scratch the surface and you will notice that if our bowling greens aren’t being concreted over, their maintenance by the Council is becoming so scarce that they are turning into cabbage patches.

Gone are the halcyon sunny days in Hailey Park, listening to the melodic clunking of bowls.

Instead, we are left scratching our heads and wondering what to do with ourselves.

We are told that the main ethic resting with Cardiff being a

problem, grievance etc. they contact me, usually by telephone, and we sort it out there and then or, if not, I go out and visit them.

Unfortunately, neither Pam or Derek have done this.

Also, although they are sent all the details of our meetings, at which any problems that co-ordinators may have can be discussed, they do not attend.

I also have a place on the ‘top table’ at our local PACT meetings where I update members of the public, including Neighbourhood Watch co-ordinators who are present at the meetings, of our activities and all the latest news regarding Neighbourhood Watch, but again, they do not attend these.

I notice that they are using the title “COMMUNITY Watch Co-ordinators” to describe themselves. Could I respectfully point out to them that when their Watches were set up they were registered as Neighbourhood ‘Sports Capital’ is that it will give us “...a commitment to providing sport as a social function while using it to improve the quality of life and well-being of its citizens”.

What I fail to see is how the ‘well-being’ of its citizens is taking place.

Private clubs pay on average about £7,000 a year for bowling green maintenance. Most of them do the maintenance themselves but for those bowling greens looked after by the Council, standards are slipping as maintenance is cut back.

I appreciate that the Council is facing a tough time with their finances but we never asked to be put in that situation - that would be more down to them.

As a result, we have to pay the price for their mismanagement.

If our local facilities aren’t cared

Watch Co-ordinators and, as such, they are registered with National Neighbourhood Watch under that title in order to qualify for our Public Liability Insurance scheme. If they have to make a claim and use the new title they are unlikely to be recognised.

Many thanks BILL FARNHAM Chairman South Wales Neighbourhood Watch Association Cardiff

for now, we will find ourselves without a legacy that is fit for the title of European Capital of Sport. What do we tell our children then?

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Do you know what? I’ve been on the phone all day doing interviews.

But do you know what? I absolutely love it. I’m so, so lucky. Most people my age wouldn’t be doing what I’m doing.”

Brian Poole, founder and lead singer of The Tremeloes is speaking to us ahead of The Solid Silver 60s Show, which is coming to Cardiff in April.

“It was my Dad who first got me interested in music. He used to have this old piano but he used to play it like Uncle Albert did in Only Fools and Horses. He was pretty bad. But there were times of the year, like Christmas, when aunties and uncles used to come and visit. And although I couldn’t play myself, I just used to love listening to them. I was fascinated. My older brother, ten years my senior, used to play records on the radiogram too – people like Louis Jordan, Dinah Washington – I loved all those old records.”

A lot has been made of their rise to fame. Heavily influenced by their love of rock ‘n’ roll music, The Tremeloes auditioned for a recording contract with Decca Records on New Year’s Day, 1962.

On that same day an up-andcoming band from Liverpool also auditioned. The Tremeloes were signed. The other band wasn’t.

That band was The Beatles.

“I can’t remember the exact content of our audition but I do remember that it was excellent. It was stuff that we knew we could do. Because we’d been backing American stars like Tommy Steele, we knew that our rock ‘n’ roll stuff was good quality.

And Decca knew about this.

The Beatles weren’t what Decca were looking for at the time.

Of course, they were and still are, the best song-writers in the world but Decca didn’t do too badly out of us – we sold millions and millions of records for them.”

After their signing, Decca bosses insisted that the band be billed as ‘Brian Poole and the Tremeloes’ as such was the trend at the time. They would go on to have huge hits and charting in

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the top ten four times in just two years with some of the biggest hits of the decade including, Do You Love Me (1963), Twist and Shout (1963), I can Dance (1963), Candy Man (1964) and Someone Someone (1964).

Brian left the band in 1966 to begin a solo career and pursue other opportunities – one of which included starting his own record label. With a revised lineup, further hits would follow for The Tremeloes including Silence Is Golden (1967), Even the Bad Times Are Good (1967) and Suddenly You Love Me (1968).

“When I left the Tremeloes, we’d done everything we could have done as a band. We’d done four world tours and topped the charts. When you have a hit in those days, you were sent all over the world. We visited Singapore, South Africa and Canada among other places. We were constantly on tour. We released a single called ‘Good Lovin’ which went on to sell millions but we weren’t hitting the heights that we’d previously been hitting so we decided to go our separate ways.

“I set off doing my own thing.

I enjoyed being on my own and as anyone who’s been in that situation will tell you, there’s the added bonus of keeping all the royalties to myself and not having to split it five ways. But the Tremeloes carried on doing their own thing and did very well. We were all happy with it though. We’d all been friends since school. It wasn’t music that brought us together. It was

friendship. That’s something we still have to this day. If one of us is ill, we’re all on the phone to each other asking if the other one’s ok. We’re still going though – they build ‘em tough where we come from.”

Brian and the other stars will be visiting St. David’s Hall on Thursday 17th April. Now celebrating its 29th year, and commonly referred to as a British institution.

“I’m really looking forward to this tour. I love working with Chris Montez. In my whole career, I’ve never come across such a popular guy on stage.

We’re being backed by Vanity Fare, who sold millions of their own records back in the 60s. And of course, there’s Wayne Fontana.

He’s a very outspoken bloke – he’ll say it as it is – whether it’s good or bad!

“It’ll be great to have two frontmen on stage. Dave [Munden] has had a few problems with his knees but he’s told us that he’s good to go!”

Despite all his fame and success, Brian still has unfinished business.

“I do have one unfulfilled ambition in life.” he says thoughtfully.

Is it to travel the world? Is it to pen another top ten hit?

“No. I’m still wanting to see a real flying saucer.”

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Rhiwbina Recreational Club Centenary

by Brian Rowlands This year, 2014, sees the Centenary of Rhiwbina Recreation Club.

The Club was created to provide recreational activity for the newly arrived inhabitants of the Rhiwbina Garden Village.

A Rhiwbina Sports Club was granted a lease of 7.6 acres of land by the Rhiwbina Garden Village Society in the first two months of 1914. This land included the present site of the Club and land to the east, that is now occupied by the Primary School, Baptist Chapel and Memorial Hall.

In February 1914, the Sports Club convened a meeting attended by members of the Rhiwbina Garden Village – at which a committee was selected and agreement reached to provide pitches for cricket, football and hockey, a green for bowls and croquet and three lawn tennis courts. It also agreed to build a pavilion with a clubroom and changing facility.

A discussion took place regarding the name of the Club and it was agreed that it would be known as the Rhiwbina Recreation Club. The enthusiasm was such that the Pavilion and playing areas were opened at a ceremony held in May 1914.

The advent of the Great War put a dampner on the team games (players joining the forces) but bowls, croquet and tennis played on regardless - wounded military personnel at Whitchurch Hospital were invited to use the Club’s playing facilities.

A pavilion committee worked tirelessly in arranging social activities and provided catering.

Outside organisations hired the Pavilion on a regular basis and the Club became the centre of the social life of the community.

Following the War, all the

sports were soon in full swing and the demand was such that a new Hall and a new bowling green were up and running in 1922. A new cricket pitch followed soon after.

The period between the two World Wars saw the Club flourishing and sports clubs from all over Cardiff leasing our pitches – 12 cricket clubs, 9 hockey clubs and a number of football clubs. It was during this period that the Club leased the present School Field and Parcy-Pentre, after suffering the loss of land due to the advent of the Primary School in 1928 and the Baptist Chapel in 1934.

This was also a time when a dozen or so local organisations leased the Hall – religious fellowships, drama and choral societies and kindergarten to name a few. The YMCA was linked to the Club from 1914 to 1926, whilst an annual fete and carnival was organised from 1919 to 1939.

In 1939, the War Department requisitioned the Hall and part of the Pavilion. This had a serious effect on the social activities.

Several grass courts were turned into allotments by the military.

Following the War, and with the loss of the now School Field, the activities of the Club centred on bowls, croquet, table tennis and tennis and was a period when the Club thrived and succeeded, by 1961, in paying off, for the first time, all its debts.

This enabled the Club in the early 1960s, 1970s and 1980s to embark upon a series of developments, in part due to the need for a larger car park and to replace the Pavilion. To achieve this a new access was necessary, which sadly meant the loss of the croquet lawn.

The new development consisted

of, initially, an extension to the Hall to provide for billiards, table tennis and changing facilities, a new tennis court on the old car park and a bowling green for the croquet ladies (their choice).

The next stage was a new bowls pavilion/lounge and squash court, quickly followed by a second court. Then came a third squash court and changing rooms and a new ladies’ bowls pavilion. The lounge bar, men’s bowls changing room and the permanent Indoor Bowling Green were the final elements of this major development.

This period between the 1960s and the 1980s also witnessed the introduction of ladies’ bowls, the ladies’ and men’s indoor

bowls and squash (soon to be the largest section of the club).

In 1970, the Rhiwbina Rugby Club became a section of the Club when it played on the Rhiwbeina Primary School Field.

Since 2005, it has returned to Caedelyn Park and can boast first class facilities. It has one of the largest playing memberships (including juniors) of any club in Wales.

The provision of floodlighting, on four tennis courts and a new tennis pavilion in the last few years, has completed the series of first class developments leaving the Club at the end of its first Century with a sound foundation for the future.

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had finished my training to become a State Registered Nurse at the Middlesex Hospital in London and had returned home to Rhiwbina to look after my father whilst my mother was in hospital in Cardiff.

After she returned home, I needed a job and decided to apply for the position advertised for an air hostess in the South Wales Echo.

It was snowing heavily when I went for my interview to become a hostess with Cambrian Airways at Rhoose Airport. I can still remember what I was wearing - a long black coat and a bright blue woollen hat covering most of my hair. It couldn’t have done much for my appearance! At least I was warm on what was a long journey from Rhiwbina. I had travelled on the bus to Cardiff, then on to Barry and another bus to Rhoose Airport. I was interviewed by the Managing Director, Wing Commander Elwin, who was very handsome

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and charming. I didn’t hold out much hope of being employed when told they had received three hundred applicants!

A little while later, I was thrilled to hear I had been accepted.

I am not sure of the date I actually started but before we became air hostesses, we were taken on board a Dakota aircraft and shown the escape hatches. We did not have a training programme as such but we were given a ‘manual’.

Pam Morris and I went to a tailor on Fenchurch Street to be measured for our uniforms and have further fittings. We thought they were very smart. I believe we went to a department store in Cardiff to choose light blue seersucker blouses, navy shoes, gloves and handbags to complete our uniform.

We had a few trips as passengers, supposedly to get used to flying although we couldn’t board one plane going to Jersey as the payload had reached maximum. We did eventually get to Jersey as passengers on a Dakota and I know I went on a Rapide, but am I dreaming that it landed on the beach?

I went to Le Bourget in a Dove and can remember listening to ‘Women’s Hour’, sitting in the cockpit crossing the Channel on the way to Southampton.

My log book shows I started flying as a hostess on the 3rd June 1955. The last date is 5th August 1955.

My first flight on the 3rd June 1955, I flew to Jersey in Dakota GAMSW and the pilot was Captain Perrott and First Officer Penrose. We left at 1915 arriving in Jersey at

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2015. We then left Jersey at 2030 and arrived in Cardiff at 2130. So quite a quick turnaround!

There is a piece in T.G. Staddon’s History of Cambrian Airways where Captain Perrott tells of an incident when he had to make an emergency landing in an Auster in August, flying to Bristol with First Officer McKendrick and a stewardess.

I had a similar experience on my second day of flying (4th June) when Captain Carson had a forced landing coming into Bristol Airport.

He landed some way from the airport but we could see the buildings. I was cramped in the back and was told to get out and push. I said “You are joking?” but no - First Officer McKendrick took one wing and I the other, and we pushed. Then the plane flew off, leaving us stranded. My high heels sank in the grass and I was grateful when an ambulance came and took us to the airport.

My story changes as the years go by but I reckon that day I went in two private cars, two taxis, two airplanes, one ambulance and a fire engine.

We left Bristol in GAMSW at 1236 for Jersey arriving 1357.

Jersey 1451-Bristol 1550.

Bristol 1635-Jersey 1749.

Jersey 1840-Cardiff 1945.

It was a long day and I still had to get home to Rhiwbina.

11th June 1955 I flew with Wing Commander

Elwin and First Officer Keeble.

Cardiff 0627-Jersey 0737.

Jersey 0818-Liverpool 1011.

We liked going to Speke Airport, especially when we had time for a meal, usually a super fry-up.

Speke 1140-Cardiff 1247.

Cardiff 1258-Jersey 1406.

Jersey 1434-Cardiff 1543.

The 20th June 1955 was a very exciting day as it was the inaugural flight to Nice. Wing Commander Elwin and Captain Carson were the pilots and Pam Morris and I were the hostesses.

We welcomed on board VIPs from Cardiff and Alun Williams (who recorded the event for the BBC). We left Cardiff 0820 arrived Bristol 0840.

Bristol 0900-Eastleigh 0930.

Eastleigh 1015-Nice 1445.

The weather was not good when we arrived but the photographer took us to the Promenade des Anglais and took a few photographs.

In Staddon’s book, it says that the Nice service was popular as there was there was plenty of time to spend on the beach. I left Nice at 10.25 and 10.30 on the two dates logged. No time on the beach for me!

21st June 1955 Nice 1025-Eastleigh 1510.

Eastleigh 1525-Bristol 1600.

Bristol 1615-Cardiff 1640.

24th June 1955 I flew with Captain Carson (no mention of First Officer).

Cardiff 1425-Liverpool 1525.

Liverpool 1605-Cardiff 1705.

Cardiff 1715-Jersey 1825.

We were unable to take off for Cardiff as there was trouble with the engine and then the fog rolled in making visibility ‘on the deck’. I thought we would be spending the night in Jersey but we were able to fly out at 0030 arriving at Cardiff at 0140 hrs.

Here I must mention George Handy as he was a great character and used to pick me up in the company car at my home in Rhiwbina if I had an early start or was late getting into Cardiff.

If I had an afternoon flight, then I had the tedious ride on the bus into Cardiff on to Barry then to Rhoose.

The next morning the 25th

June, I was on the early flight to Jersey so he must have picked me up from home. I couldn’t have had much sleep as I left Cardiff at 0650 for Jersey. The pilot was Captain Perrot and again, there is no mention of the First Officer in my log book. We flew from Jersey to Liverpool, Liverpool to Jersey then Jersey to Cardiff arriving at 1540.

Although I have given the take-off and landing times I must mention that some time was also spent making sure the aircraft was ready to receive passengers.

We had a supply of magazines and sweets to hand around and there was a locked container for cigarettes. We couldn’t sell cigarettes until we were three miles out. On the 21st August for instance, there is a slip of paper showing an opening stock of 1375 and closing stock of 850. The Customs Officer was quite strict but we smuggled in cigarettes and whiskey for him.

Once the ground staff had closed the door and it was checked, the most important duty was to take the ship’s papers and log book stowed in the valise to the pilot in the cockpit. You had to make sure there were ‘five locks and two pins’ put on board and duly reported this to the Captain before we could take off.

1st July 1955 I flew with Captain Gibson (no mention of First Officer).

We left Cardiff at 0825 but were unable to land at Jersey (log book says clamped at Jersey). We landed instead in Dinard at 1030 and we had a delicious lunch (the Camembert was superb.)

We were able to leave at 1230 arriving at Jersey 1320.

Jersey 1425-Guernsey 1450.

Guernsey 1500 - Cardiff 1605.

23rd July 1955 George Handy called for me very early that day for a takeoff at Cardiff for 0555hrs. I can remember we saw some magpies in a field on the way and being very superstitious, we said that’s

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OK no worries - there’s more than one. “One for sorrow, two for joy.”

On this day I flew with Wing Commander Elwin and First Officer Twomey.

We flew from Cardiff at 0555 to Jersey. Jersey to Liverpool and Liverpool to Jersey then Jersey to Cardiff arriving back at 1505.

We heard during this time that one of our planes had crashed but we didn’t know the details.

We were worried all day and finally when we got into Cardiff we were told that Captain Carson had crashed in the New Forest and he had brought his plane down in such a way that although injured no one was killed except him. I was very upset. I had flown seven times with him and he was such a wonderful personality. I was told he was a bomber ace during the war.

Someone told me to have a cigarette. I didn’t smoke at that time but I accepted and I became a smoker. Cigarettes were duty free in Jersey so I was hooked.

I have recorded thirty-nine days of flying time in my log book. I am not sure of the dates of my employment, it certainly wasn’t very long. It was an experience I have never forgotten. I believe I was emotionally and physically drained by the time I gave in my notice. Some days were very long and I felt like a glorified waitress!

I know that my parents were very worried. Even today, my sister recalls them talking and worrying when I was late home.

I eventually returned to England to take a post-graduate course in Casualty Nursing.

My apologies for any mistakes or discrepancies in my little tale.

It was a very long time ago!

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A short story by Whitchurch novelist Rhys Thomas

When it comes to gardening, it doesn’t all have to be a chore. Llandaff North gardener Eirlys Rhiannon reminds us that tasty treats can make the hard work worthwhile

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I can’t stand gardening,” my friend said, cheerfully.

It was a tad surprising, since at that very moment, he was up to his wrists in soil, covered in muddy smears, weeding, on his had-it-for-three-years Llandaff North allotment. So if he ‘can’t stand’ it, what’s the attraction?

“Flavour,” he answered promptly, standing up to address the question with the full level of enthusiasm he felt it deserved.

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“There’s nothing like the taste worthwhile. Think of it this way: of a raspberry fresh off the edible plants are your garden cane in the sunshine, knowing saying ‘thank you’ for giving it you’ve grown it. Makes it all some love. worthwhile.”

So if you’d like to grow some Now, don’t go thinking that you edibles, here are some easy have to have an allotment - in suggestions for making a start fact, given the recent popularity this spring: of grow-your-own, getting any 1. Evergreen herbs further than a waiting list might Year-on-year joy, good for be pretty hard. Nor do you containers if you don’t have have to dig out your garden to much garden, and great in the replicate an allotment, because kitchen. Rosemary, sage and while many folks think that thyme can be bought as small ‘growing edibles = veg patch’, the plants for just a few quid, and truth is that edible plants there are some really interesting can fit very well into any colours of foliage available ornamental garden. They try purple and yellow sage, it’s don’t march themselves stunning. Get them in over into rows just ‘cos you can March and April so that they’ve eat them. No, really, trust grown healthy roots by the time me. the weather gets dry (yup, I’ve And here’s the best got my fingers crossed too). If bit: tasting your garden you know someone with plants makes maintaining it already, ask them for cuttings even more of a joy. Or, if they take longer to get going, but you’re anything like my will reward your patience with friend, it makes the work flavour and flowers.

Top photograph courtesy of Eirlys Rhiannon

2. Easy seeders Rocket is the taste sensation for those who like to grow from seed. Sow in clumps in sunny patches between your other plants, any time from February onwards. You get a tasty salad, plus pretty flowers. When the plants die back after flowering you can either collect the seed or bend the stalks over to save yourself the hassle of sowing the next batch. Tidy.

Calendula (also known as English Marigold) is another fab one to sow, and March is the perfect time. Pick a bright orange variety - the petals look stunning scattered on a salad. They also self-seed, but very sparingly - they’re like a polite, friendly visitor that won’t outstay their

welcome. And they’re loved by beneficial insects, so they bring other great visitors along too.

3. Fruit bushes As with herbs, early spring is a good time to get these in the ground. (As a rule of thumb, if it feels like the winter has been here forever and will never ever leave, you’re allowed to call it early spring. The gardening books don’t say this, but I’m sure it’s true.)

So which fruit to start with?

As my friend testifies, raspberry canes are fabulous, but they’re also enthusiastic (that’s a technical gardening term for ‘messy’), so they need a little bit of care - tying in so they don’t flop over, which means getting good supports in or planting them near something you can tie to, e.g. a sturdy fence.

They also send out runners (underground shoots which send up new plants). The runners can be a bonus (yay! I was hoping for a raspberry patch in the middle of the lawn!), or a weed - or even a combination of the two: dig them up from the spot where you

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didn’t want them, and pass them on to a friend, feeling just a little bit proud of your offspring.

If you’re wanting something a little tidier in the fruit department, my top suggestion would be a currant bush; redcurrants are particularly good and don’t mind a not-so-sunny spot. And guess what? You can get cuttings of these too.

As you might guess by now, plenty of edible plants can be grown easily from existing plants, so if you’re reading this, and thinking to yourself “I’ve got a rosemary, and some spare space,” then why not pop some cuttings into the ground now?

They may have grown roots by this time next year, and then you can pot them on for sale at next year’s Spring Fairs or community events.

While the rest of us are waiting, we can pop along to a local garden centre and start our own collection. One day, we’ll be raising cuttings just like you.

If we can stop ourselves from eating the whole lot, of course.

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He recalls his first day in grammar school in 1948

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“I doan wanna go, Dad.” “You’re bloody going and that’s an end to it!”

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Our lives with makeup

SEVEN LADIES FROM SOUTH WALES HAVE RECENTLY COLLABORATED ON A PROJECT DESIGNED TO ADDRESS ISSUES OF BODY IMAGE IN TODAY’S SOCIETY. MAKEUP ARTIST BETHAN JAMES APPROACHED SIX DIFFERENT AND GLAMOROUS LADIES FROM VARIOUS BACKGROUNDS TO WRITE A BLOG POST AROUND THE THEME OF ‘WHAT’S IN MY MAKEUP BAG’. THE BLOG WAS RECENTLY PUBLISHED, THROWING UP VERY DISTINCT TWISTS TOWARDS HOW WE ALL FEEL ABOUT OURSELVES, OUR HANG UPS, OUR ATTITUDES. “In this day and age, we all like to look our best, but it shouldn’t be at the expense of our attitudes towards our bodies.” says Bethan James, Make Up Artist at Betty Red. “We need to be comfortable in our natural form in addition to utilising the mental and physical benefits of looking after ourselves.”

The end product of the project is a collection of very different perspectives - on beauty and its drawbacks and hang ups. It’s designed to show ladies that we all have our issues, but we’re all lovely.

The blog is published at www.bettyredmakeupartist. blogspot.com.

Trials, Tribulations and Triumph with Michelle I currently work as a makeup artist in Cardiff city centre. I also work for a charity called Look Good Feel Better which visits Whitchurch’s Velindre Hospital every few months. I’ve been with this charity for nearly 20 years and in the last two years, I became the regional coordinator.

The charity helps women living with cancer deal with the after effects of chemotherapy (loss of hair, eyebrows etc).

I love both my jobs but for very different reasons; I enjoy the interaction I have with customers in my day job, while I love the 24

way makeup puts a smile back on women’s faces during one of the most difficult times of their lives with my charity work.

I’ve been through a lot of highs and lows in my life myself, but I know I’ve now come out on top.

When I was 19, my brother died, and in the same year I was raped by a man I knew. I started being very withdrawn, hated looking in the mirror and thought that what had happened was my fault.

I started making myself sick, I finally felt like I was in control, but how wrong I was. I put my family through hell which I’m now deeply sorry for. My confidence had gone, my parents were my rock. I was absolutely devastated when the only man I would ever trust - my dad - was diagnosed with cancer and after battling with this disease for two years slipped away, it made myself, mum and sister a lot stronger as a family.

So as you can see makeup for me was like a mask, it hid the person I was behind it. I went through a stage of wearing really gothic makeup, my makeup these days is a lot more reserved. I love experimenting with colour for going out normally making my eyes my main focus, but I do love a bit of red lippy .

Defining What Beauty Is With Lizzy Why do I wear makeup? This is something I’ve debated with myself and I more often than

not, tell myself that I wear cosmetics because it’s motivated by creativity and self expression; that it’s a reflection of my mood and most importantly myself.

Let me be completely honest - this is actually a big fib. I use makeup as a way of disguising my own insecurities stemmed from the belief that I don’t look good enough without it.

You only have to read a magazine or watch TV to understand what world we live in. Do I look at these beautiful women and wish that I could have their bodies or their perfectly airbrushed faces?

I would be lying if I said no.

However! I feel no more jealous of these women than I do when I see Stephen Fry and wish that I had his intelligence, or wish that I had Christina Aguilera’s voice or Jessica Ennis’ sporting ability.

We as a population will always want what we can’t have but it will never stop us from trying.

Of course the beauty industry is flawed but there will never be equality between those blessed with natural beauty and those who are crippled with insecurity whilst we always villainise the opposing side.

I have many insecurities but do I blame gorgeous women for this? Do I look at top models and hold them accountable for my own anxieties?

No I don’t.

I reflect on my own (what I consider) inadequacies and do what I can to improve them.

Why can’t women just support and empower other women?

petspage

Pet problems CHRIS TROUGHTON OF HEATH VETS ANSWERS YOUR PET-RELATED QUESTIONS

IF YOU HAVE ANY PET-RELATED QUESTIONS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE CHRIS TO ANSWER, PLEASE EMAIL US AT EDITOR@LIVINGMAGS.CO.UK AND WE’LL PASS THEM ON. I’m allergic to many things but I’m wondering whether animals can be allergic to things too?

Can they be allergic to foods for instance?

My cat always has always had water but my mother tells me that she should be drinking milk. As a dairy-free person myself, I’m wondering who’s right!

Cats can certainly become allergic to many things among them food (including dairy), pollens, dust, washing powder, carpet cleaners, fleas, etc. There is a widely-held belief that cats should not have milk; this is because many cats are lactose-intolerant and milk causes diarrhoea. However, if your cat does not get diarrhoea when she has milk, give her some if you (and she) like. Having said that, if she is on a balanced commercial cat food diet, she has no nutritional need for milk. (But then saying that, I have no nutritional need for a glass of wine...)

Myself and my family are considering getting a small pet for our house but I’m unclear how pet insurance works. Is it a simple payyour-premiums-and-claim-when-necessary process?

The main purpose of pet insurance is to meet the cost of treating your pet if he/she is ill. There is nothing worse than having to compromise on the optimum treatment or even having to chose euthanasia, for financial reasons. Modern veterinary treatment is becoming more and more sophisticated, but this comes at a price and if you want the best treatment, insurance is well worthwhile. Some insurance policies also include ancillary insurance, such as refund of purchase price if your pet dies, offer of reward if they are lost, or third-party liability insurance.

A monthly premium is paid to the insurer, and if your pet needs treatment, you settle the bill with the vet and reclaim the cost from the company. There is always an ‘Excess’ for you to pay, usually between £50-£100 (though it can be a percentage of the cost - say 20% - especially for older patients), which will be deducted from the claim before you are paid.

Occasionally, with large bills, the vet can make a claim directly from the insurer, which avoids you having to pay and then wait for reimbursement.

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cheaper policies last for one year only, and this means that when you renew the insurance at the end of the year, any conditions that were treated previously will not be covered. This pitfall is not always obvious, so you must read the small print carefully to avoid buying one of these policies if you want comprehensive cover. There are other exclusions which may apply to some policies, and you should consider the merits of each before you choose.

At Heath Vets, we have a different kind of insurance scheme, called VetProtect Total Care, which provides lifelong cover for treatment given at our surgeries, as well as specialist treatment given at a referral centre. It also, uniquely, covers the cost of routine preventative care (vaccinations, regular check-ups, parasite control). Most people find that it’s a very good deal, because we’ve largely cut out the insurance underwriter and that keeps the price down. If you’re interested, call in to one of our surgeries and have a chat, or look on our website (www.heathvets.co.uk). Sorry about the plug – I don’t usually do that in this column, but this is so unique that I think it’s justified!

We have a one year old cavachon who, on the whole, behaves very well. The only problem we seem to have is when I come home from work – he jumps up and nips and gets very excited.

This is the total opposite to when my husband comes home from work – they both ignore each other and there is no nipping. What am I doing wrong?

All behaviour is learned behaviour, and your little dog has learned if he jumps up and gets excited when you come in, he is rewarded by attention from you. The attention was originally a big fuss and greeting, though that may have changed to you shouting at him now as you are fed up with it, but it’s still attention! The nipping is just a part of his excitement. Conversely, he has also learned that there’s no point getting excited when your husband comes home as he is not rewarded – you point out that they ignore each other.

So the key to changing the behaviour is to stop rewarding it, and find a more controlled way of greeting each other. Stop reacting to him in any way when you come in – turn your back, don’t speak, don’t touch him. Ideally someone else should get him to sit quietly, perhaps in his bed, and when he is doing this, you go to him and give him a restrained greeting. The minute he starts jumping up, you stop the greeting and turn your back. This takes patience and time but retraining should be quite possible at his young age.

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SIAN JENKINS IS CURRENTLY STUDYING GENERAL ILLUSTRATION AT SWANSEA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY. SHE DESIGNED THE FRONT COVER OF THIS ISSUE OF WHITCHURCH AND LLANDAFF LIVING

How did you get into illustrating?

I took an art foundation course at Glamorgan University. I knew that I wanted to do something to do with art and design, but I wasn’t sure what. The foundation course allowed me to try out all aspects of art and design, and while in classes such as photography and fine art, I realised how much I missed simply drawing. I knew then that illustration was the right route for me.

Where do you start with an illustration?

With a lot of thumbnail sketches!

Illustrating a piece of text is relatively easy; I get a visual image of the text quite quickly.

The difficult part is leaving that idea behind and trying out new options before deciding on the final one. I am always attached to my first idea, but more often than not, the ideas that come later are the ones I choose.

Are your illustrations handdrawn or made on a computer?

They’re a mixture of both. I start with a pencil sketch, which I then go over it with a fine liner to create a simple line drawing.

I scan this in, and create each section of the illustration individually on Photoshop, giving each piece a different pattern or texture, and then add them all together like a jigsaw.

achievement was winning an illustration competition last year, in which my illustration will be published in a children’s poetry book called Over The Hills and Far Away. I was able to travel up to London and visit the publishing company, which was a brilliant experience! The book will be published in October this year and I can’t wait.

What do you hope to achieve in your illustrating career?

I would love to have to the opportunity to illustrate an entire picture book.

In an ideal world, I would like to have enough experience in publishing to have gained peoples trust and have more creative freedom.

What’s your proudest achievement to date?

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News in the Community NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH With Bill Farnham Since my article in the last issue of the Whitchurch and Llandaff Living magazine, I have been criticised for mentioning other areas of the city in a ‘local magazine’. I do this for two reasons :- (a) I know for a fact that these magazines are read in many parts of Cardiff and (b) I am trying to promote Neighbourhood Watch where ever I can.

Our last year, November 2012 to November 2013, was a very busy one indeed. We launched 25 new watches around the city which included two in Whitchurch, Kelston Place/Camborne Avenue and Ffordd Morgannwg; we attended 6 Operation Perception exercises in conjunction with South Wales Police (this is where SWP select a certain area and carry out a door to door survey asking residents if they know their local Policing Team, have they had any cause to contact SWP etc, and I accompany the Police Officers and try to promote Neighbourhood Watch, often with great success).

We attended several Fun Day events organised by SWP and attended the SWP Open Day at Cardiff Castle. We also attended 14 events during National Neighbourhood Watch week.

Since the last issue I have launched three new watches, one in Riverside, one in Fairwater and one in Whitchurch (The Avenue) and have another one in Whitchurch due to launch very soon. I have another in the pipeline. Small Business Saturday in Whitchurch on 7th December was a great success.

I worked very closely with

SWP and carried out another Operation Perception in Church Road, Bishops Road and Blandon Way, whilst the SWP staff who manned the Mobile Police Station engaged with approximately 400 members of the public.

On January 15th this year, I took part in another Operation Perception with SWP, this time in Tremorfa, and the feedback was very encouraging indeed with 77 residents stating that they were interested in joining a Neighbourhood Watch scheme.

30 stated that they would be interested in setting up a Neighbourhood Watch group so I am expecting a meeting with these residents very soon. I also took part in an other Operation Perception at Asda, Cardiff Bay on Saturday 25th January and that was very interesting indeed, meeting people from all parts of the city including Whitchurch and Danescourt to name but two areas. Again interest was expressed in setting up Neighbourhood Watch groups so I will wait and see what happens with this.

Our next General Meeting will take place before this issue is published and our guest speaker is Mr Alun Michael, Police and Crime Commissioner for South Wales who will be talking about his first year in office.

If anyone is interested in setting up a Neighbourhood Watch group please contact your local Neighbourhood Policing Team or contact our office on 02920 527301.

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The Oaks is not your average garden nursery. It was started in 1997, by local charity Vision 21, with the aim of providing realistic work based learning opportunities and practical work experience for people with learning needs in a social enterprise setting. The training is flexible and can be tailored to the individual needs of the learners.

The project is run with the full involvement of 6 or 7 trainees a day. Trainees have the opportunity to learn about all the aspects of running the enterprise including plant care and preparing the filled containers. They also have the opportunity to build their social confidence, to use the till at point of sale and to see to the needs of customers. They are encouraged to work towards nationally recognised ‘Agored Cymru’ credit based learning certificates and to progress towards further opportunities, including employment, when ready.

The Oaks is well known for the friendly and welcoming service of its staff, trainees and between 3 and 5 volunteers. Opening times are 9 to 5 Monday to Friday as well as Saturdays during April May and June.

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recipes

Very Veggie Vegetarian food doesn’t have to be the predictable stuffed peppers and vegetarian lasagne. Clare Morgan stocks up on nutritious vegetables, cracks open the spices and cooks up some delicious vegetarian dishes.

Vegetarian Chili

175g/6oz green lentils 2 tbsp sunflower oil 1 large onion, chopped 1-2 cloves garlic, crushed 1-2 tsp chilli powder 1 tsp cumin seeds 1 red and 1 green pepper, stalk and seeds removed, and chopped 2 carrots, peeled and chopped 2 x 400g/14oz cans chopped tomatoes 1 heaped tbsp tomato purée 300ml/½ pint vegetable stock 100g/4oz frozen peas 175g/6oz mushrooms, wiped and quartered 1 courgette, chopped salt and freshly ground black pepper 1 can kidney beans, drained 1. Place the green lentils in a large bowl and pour boiling water over them. Leave to soak for 30 minutes. (Alternatively, buy a tin of pre soaked lentils.) Drain.

2. Heat the oil in a large saucepan and fry the onion and garlic together with the chilli and cumin, about ten minutes or until the onions are soft.

3. Add the peppers, carrots and drained green lentils and cook for five minutes, stirring all the time. Add the tomatoes, purée, stock and peas, bring to the boil and simmer until the lentils are tender (about 30 minutes). Add the mushrooms and courgettes and simmer for five minutes more.

Season to taste.

4. Add the cooked kidney beans and simmer for five more minutes. Serve with cooked rice.

Lentil & Sweet Potato Soup 2 tsp medium curry powder 3 tbsp olive oil 2 onions, grated 1 eating apple, peeled, cored and grated 3 garlic cloves, crushed 20g pack coriander, stalks chopped thumb-size piece fresh root ginger, grated 800g sweet potatoes 1.2l vegetable stock 100g red lentils 300ml milk juice 1 lime

1. Put the curry powder into a large saucepan, then toast over a medium heat for 2 mins. Add the olive oil, stirring as the spice sizzles in the pan. Tip in the onions, apple, garlic, coriander stalks and ginger, season, then gently cook for 5 mins, stirring every so often.

2. Meanwhile, peel, then grate the sweet potatoes.

Tip into the pan with the stock, lentils, milk and seasoning, then simmer, covered, for 20 mins. Blend until smooth using a stick blender. Stir in the lime juice, check the seasoning and serve, topped with roughly-chopped coriander leaves.

Guest Columnist ALICE MORGAN

THE GREY CLOUDS HAVE LIFTED. IT MUST BE SPRING.

T

he spring brings with it new beginnings. It is the calm after the storm. The madness of Christmas has died down and there is a slight serenity in the way we return to our everyday routines. A slight depression in the reoccurrence of normal life. But nevertheless, a fresh start. Nothing really changes in the space of twenty four hours between the end of one year and the beginning of another. Yet time changes us all. This year, I intended to change myself a little.

Instead of the usual New Year’s resolutions such as ‘I’m going to lose weight’ or ‘I’m going to put more effort into my work’, I made only two this year that I think I might just stick to. One was to appreciate every moment of the year ahead and the other was to not be happy all the time. Sound strange? I’ll explain.

Last year was a very difficult one for me and my family. We lost my father in the middle of the summer when the sun still cast its beautiful rays over us and we battled our way through the darkness of the winter months without him, always keeping in mind that he was still looking after us from a faraway place.

Emerging into the spring with its fresh colours and fragrant blooms, the grey clouds that had crowded the skies finally began to clear.

I’m lucky to be surrounded by wonderful family and friends. I usually have a smile on my face because I have many reasons to be happy. But I sometimes forget that I’m allowed to grieve. The comfort of ‘he’d want you to be happy’ doesn’t always compare to the overwhelming absence of a loving

father. So I will allow myself moments to miss him this year.

I will not be happy all the time because I simply cannot be happy all the time.

On the other hand, there is a lot to be grateful for. This is where my first resolution comes in. ‘I will appreciate every moment of the year ahead.’ Whether I am crying or laughing, I am living. That is something to appreciate in itself.

I’ve created a list of the beautiful places I want to see in the world but while I’m saving money to get myself there, I’ve started to take in the beauty of things around me every day. In Richard Curtis’ 2013 film ‘About Time’, the main character Tim has the ability to travel through time. Following his father’s advice, he lives a day as he normally would; rushing around and stressing. Then, using his time travelling skills, he relives the same day but instead of noticing every day worries, he sees the bigger picture. I took on the challenge of living every day like Tim’s second day.

Through the absence of an iPod (which is admittedly broken) I have noticed the birds singing on my way home. I usually take lots of photos to capture memories but sometimes, just a couple of photos are enough. You need time to actually live the memory that you are capturing! If I need to cry,

I will wallow in my grief for a while before taking a deep breath and carrying on. Going out in the rain is fine because I have somewhere warm to come back to. Going to the beach in the rain is an experience I would recommend to anyone! I intend to spend lots of time with my nieces and nephews before they become teenagers and prefer to be with their friends instead. Of course, the occasional viewing of trash TV may occur (it’s too addictive!) but I will also broaden the range of books I read. And not just because it is required reading for university. I will eat good food and won’t deny myself that chocolate bar or that cake. I will travel on a budget. I will appreciate life in its entirety.

The difficulty of making resolutions is keeping them.

Sticking to these two abstract goals isn’t hard. Whenever I’m in a stressful situation, I compare it with the grand scheme of things.

We are, after all, a tiny speck in the universe. So when that deadline is putting pressure on you, keep that thought with you. It’ll either calm you down or completely terrify you.

Either way, it’s taken your mind off the deadline.

Read more of Alice’s work at www. alicemariarose.wordpress.com

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