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Taking the lead! At ﬁrst sight these two doggy pals look no different to any other pooches, but they have an amazing tale to tell. For one acts as a guide dog to the other – who is totally blind. The inseparable Border Collies, known as Bonnie and Clyde, were found abandoned on the streets of Norfolk. Clyde relies on his partner Bonnie to guide him everywhere. She stays inches from Clyde’s side while guiding him on walks or to food or water, and lets him rest his head on her haunches whenever he becomes disorientated. When the pair are together

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ON SEPTEMBER 2, 1968 Morecambe and Wise began their golden partnership with the Beeb. The series launched the famous routines we still remember with a smile – the bed sketches, Ernie’s plays, the jokes about Des O’Connor and, of course, the famous guests, from Glenda Jackson to André Previn. Eric and Ern became a national institution – so much so that nearly 28 million of us watched the 1977 Christmas special. But just nine years later, Eric’s fatal heart attack ended the magic partnership.

Follow me Clyde... Bonnie, left, acts as a guide dog for Clyde who’s totally blind

Clyde seems as capable as a fully-sighted dog, but he refuses to move unless Bonnie is nearby to guide him. The pair were initially taken to The Meadow Green Dog Rescue centre in Loddon, Norfolk but now they’ve been re-homed together with an owner who has a lovely big garden for them to play in. YEARS AGO... 30 ON SEPTEMBER 2, 1979, the BBC launches subtitles for the hard of hearing. By 2008, all main BBC channels had subtitles. YEARS AGO... ON AUGUST 28, 1994, Sunday trading is legalised, a boon for some but regretted by others as the end of the only uncommercialised day in the week. YEARS AGO... ON SEPTEMBER 5, 1997, Mother Teresa of Calcutta dies, but the world’s attention is still focused on the death of Diana, just six days earlier.

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We were appalled to hear that free bus passes could be under threat. A recent report by the Local Government Association suggests bringing in a bus pass ‘means test’ for pensioners, because we’re apparently taking advantage of LL UF ET AR G DL OWGW NI WG GROWING OROWING OLD OLD GRATEFULLY GRATEFULLY free travel! na t nnuany nAgony Aoguony aunt atuV unVatuand ai nntV idugrauthor ai uVth r or Virginia Virginia But if means testing were introduced, and Ironside celebrates the passing g n i s s a p e h t s e t a r b s s e l e c s e n d i n s n o I r o n s i d e c e l e b r a t e s t h e p a s s ing passes limited to those who are ofﬁcially considered r oop ded poor, poor years in her latest book, The Virginia i n i g r i V e h T , k o o b t s e s t a l r e s r h n r i s r a y e a r s i n h e r l a t e s t b o o k , T h e V irginia millions would see their passes taken away. While we Monologues: Twenty Reasons Why W s n o s a e R y t o n e o w u T o M : n u s o e n u o g l o g u e s : T w e n t y R e a s o n s W hy understand the ﬁnancial pressures facing local councils, Growing Old is Great. From sex to t x e s m o r F . t a e r G i s i d l i O g w n w i w G o r o w i n g O l d i s G r e a t . F r o m s e x t o why should pensioners be penalised? Let’s face it, there past pel ppssupplements, upplements, rresearching esearching tthe he p a st are precious few other perks for people who have t s a p eht g ni hcr aes er , st npe m It’s not fare! being bore, with g g ng ,an,tto og nb i e,eingea,aeb r toairi et ,hlasshe thli e ltttackles aitaktw ci ksleti swiittitaall tlill w ith worked hard all their lives and paid their taxes. Joan Bakewell wit and aplomb. The hardback is in i s i k c a b d r a h e h T . b n m n o l p a n a d a n a w t i t a n d a p l o m b . T h e h a r d b a c k i s i n Labour’s czar for older people, Dame Joan Bakewell, bookshops September 3r eb met pe S morf skpokhs k b oookshops ffrom ro m S eptgembegr 3i ((Fig F ig has told the Government: “I think it’s a big mistake. It Tree, RRP £12.99) 9 9 . 2 , , 1 £ , P R e R e , e T e r e e , R R P £ 1 2 . 9 9 ) is completely heading for disaster. You will get the backs of older people up tremendously, and they are the voters.” Good on you Joan. Bus passes BE MIGRAINE AWARE are a vital part of social interaction for millions. Here at Yours we say If you’re a sufferer, you’ll know enough is enough. Watch this space for more news on the issue. all about the misery of migraine uhohbatsh’ t– ta hand tnd that’s that ’s about ab ou t 15 per cent of us who know that it’s more than ‘just a headache’. Don’t suffer in silence, but arm yourself with help and practical advice during Migraine Awareness Week from September 6-12. Contact the Migraine Action support line on 0116 275 8317 for more information.

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M FOR MURDER Amateur sleuth Jessica Fletcher, played by Angela Lansbury, is back for the 10th season of Murder She Wrote, one of the longest running crime drama series in TV history. Try out your own detective skills as feisty Jessica’s casebook takes her to a racetrack, backstage at a Broadway show based on one of her novels, investigating the ‘suicide’ of her editor or the disturbing disappearance of her own nephew. The ﬁve-DVD set is in shops from August 31 (Universal Playback, £34.99)

WE’LL MEET AGAIN June Whitfield hosts We’ll eW e Meet Again, A Musical Salute to the War Years, aS a  Poll results from www.yours.co.uk playing at five venues in p la aeearly a September. Those old you love will come ossongs o otto o life again with the help f of of Andrews’ Sisters tribute c act ac The Swingcats, ukulele Mark Walsh as George l player pl and special guest cr oll uf a sr ec na d y b omrFormby, Formby dancers, dancers a full full orchestra o rc singer Flt Lt Matt Little performing highlights such as si n Goodnight Sweetheart. Dates are: Sep 3, Birmingham G Looks like the classic 1980s sitcom Butterflies Hall; Sep 4, Nottingham Royal Concert y Symphony Sy could make a comeback. An idea is being Hall; H Sep 5, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall; Sep 6, worked on for the show – that starred Wendy Manchester Bridgewater Hall; Sep 12, London Royal M Craig as frustrated housewife Ria and Geoffrey Hall. Book direct with venue (ticket prices eFestival Fe Palmer as her husband Ben – that would avary) va or see www.raymondgubbay.co.uk allow us to see what’s happened to lthe family 25 l t s alinsetthe he last lsarstIr2 . s5r ayears. years. IIn n the original series, which ran from 1978 to 1983, Ria struggled with the demands of family life and often contemplated escaping it all to be Don’t forget the with her friend Leonard. There’s now hope that we might discover the next issue of… outcome as the show’s writer Carla Lane and Wendy have both signalled their approval for reviving the show.

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Camp ﬁres and doing our best (100 years of Guiding)

In September 1909, a group of girls gatecrashed the ﬁrst Boy Scout rally at Crystal Palace and demanded to be made Scouts, too By: Judy Hobson

n September 2009, thousands of Girl Guides will descend on Crystal Palace in London to commemorate 100 years of Guiding. It will be a much bigger gathering than the handful who gatecrashed Robert Baden-Powell’s ﬁrst Boy Scout rally in 1909, insisting they wanted to be Scouts too. Within months, he had set up the Girl Guides with his sister, Agnes, at its head. When the Chief Scout was later asked who started the Guides, he replied: “They started themselves.” Although some critics described the new movement, as “foolish and pernicious”, more than 6,000 girls proved them wrong by signing up instantly. Guides proved invaluable with the outbreak of the First World War, collecting salvage, turning halls into ﬁrst aid stations, working in Red Cross hospitals, knitting clothing for men at the front, giving concerts for soldiers, and collecting eggs to be sent to the wounded in France. Eighty were chosen by Marconi Wireless Telegraphs to courier

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conﬁdential messages to the Admiralty and other Government departments. There are currently more than half a million Girl Guides in the UK and 10 million worldwide. It has been said that almost half the women in the UK have been involved in Guiding at some stage. “Guiding is as relevant today as it was 100 years ago,” says GMTV presenter and former Brownie Lorraine Kelly, who is among the high achievers chosen as role models for today’s Guides. “The crucial quality girls and young women get from

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n June 9, 1937, the Ist Buckingham Palace Company of the Girl Guides had its initial meeting, with Princess Elizabeth elected second of the Kingfisher Patrol and Patricia Mountbatten chosen as patrol leader. A Brownie pack was also created for Princess Margaret. After the outbreak of war, the Princesses – pictured here with Elizabeth practising her first aid skills on Margaret – remained active in the Guide movement, first as members of the Balmoral Company and then later at Windsor, when Elizabeth became leader of Swallow Patrol. A year later, she had gained her boating permit and become a Sea Ranger, before rising to Chief Ranger of the British Empire in 1946.

‘Brown Owl would inspect our nails and look underneath the insteps of our shoes to check we had cleaned properly’

took wool from old jumpers and turned it into gloves or something else that could be sold. We were taught how to knit on four needles and made gloves and balaclavas for the airmen, sailors and soldiers.” Among her prized possessions is a certiﬁcate for “bringing comfort and contentment to the soldiers, sailors and airmen of the British Commonwealth”. Bessie was one of 44 Rangers (senior section) from East Lancashire chosen to march past Princess Elizabeth in Hyde Park in May 1946 in recognition of their war effort. “Before going, we had weeks of drill practice with an army sergeant who really put us through our paces. “We had to wear exactly the same uniform – a navy skirt, grey jumper and a blue and gold neckerchief, a belt and a navy beret, black shoes and stockings from guide headquarters. “On the parade morning, it poured with rain and our wool mix A proud berets started to shrink. Norma Rednall The ladies serving lunch poses in her stretched them around Guide uniform

dinner plates and put them on pipes to dry. At Hyde Park we marched 10 abreast, eyes right. Just before the parade began, the sun came out.” At 21, Bessie became captain of the 21st Darwen Guides and was division president for ten years from 1992. Norma Rednall (80), from Lee in south-east London, ﬁrst became involved with the movement when she stayed on her grandparents’ farm near Bury St Edmunds in 1942. She explains: “I was never a Brownie and joined the Guides in Suffolk under pressure. Our main activity was growing vegetables which we took to a camp for wounded solders.” Norma returned to London

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in 1944, joining the 9th Lee South Guides before founding and being captain of the 10th Lee South Guides in 1949. She says: “We met in the church hall, and in winter had to take coal or wood so we could have a ﬁre and keep warm.” Norma’s most exciting memory is being among a handful of guiders representing the Girl Guides Association at Princess Margaret’s wedding in Westminster Abbey. “I had a good view of her as she came in the Abbey. She looked beautiful. That evening, I arranged a ﬁsh and chips supper for my Guides so I could tell them all about it. I wanted them to feel part of the day, too.”

// Girl Guiding UK is compiling an ora l history of the movement and would like to hea r from readers with interesting stories about their time in the Guides. It is also launching a Friends Reunited-style website for former Gui des. Contact: Girl Guiding UK, 17-19 Buc kingham Palace Road, London SW1W 0PT or log on to www.girlguiding.org.uk /centenary R OF YRERVE/R / S R UY YOURS OURS //// E EVERY VERI TYIHFFORTNIGHT G O I RNTNIGHT

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Guiding is learning how to respect each other.” When Bessie Shorrock (83), from Darwen, Lancashire, joined the 5th Darwen Brownies in 1933, there was great emphasis on personal grooming. She says: “Brown Owl would inspect our nails and even look underneath the insteps of our shoes to check we had cleaned that area, too. “We were taught the National Anthem and Land of Hope and Glory, and had to learn to make our own beds and bring in a letter from our mothers saying we did this every day. “In Guides, we had lots of drill and marched up and down the schoolroom. We went tracking in parks and on moors, taking our supper with us – usually jam sandwiches. We played games, but there were never prizes. We just took pride in winning. “Throughout the Second World War, we collected newspapers on Saturdays and in the evening to raise money for the war effort. We

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As we reported in our last issue, the best way to avoid swine ﬂu is wash your hands with soap and hot water. But if you’re out and about with no sink in sight and need a quick handwash keep a bottle of Cuticura AntiBacterial Hand Hygiene Gel (£1.29/100ml) in your bag. Available from Boots.

Sick with envy? Keeping up with the Jones’s could be bad for your health, say US scientists. Being envious of your friends and neighbours makes you more prone to health problems such as heart disease, high blood pressure, ulcers and diabetes. So forget about everyone else and count your blessings instead.

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If you have a niggling health problem keep a diary of your symptoms for a few weeks. Note when the ﬂare-ups happen and your diet and activities that day. It could help both you and your doctor to work out if your lifestyle is contributing to your problem.

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Mr Lumsden will have to forgive us, because new research has found that a little bit of swearing could actually help to ease pain. The scientists think that swearing helps to trigger your ﬁght or ﬂight response and helps to dull pain and ease your fear of it.

To give your memory a boost, get some sunshine. European scientists have found that getting enough Vitamin D from sunlight could help you to think faster. Aim to spend 10-15 minutes outside everyday to absorb as much Vitamin D as you can. But wear sunscreen if you’re out any longer than that.

Going up EXERCISE It helps weight loss, improves your memory and may aid recovery if you suffer a stroke say scientists from Florida.

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I beat varicose veins now I can go sleeveless Painful and unsightly varicose veins on Stella Papaphilippou’s hands undermined her conﬁdence and left her in agony but simple laser surgery transformed her life

tella Papaphilippou gazed longingly at the glamorous strappy evening dresses before turning on her heels and picking out a skirt and blouse to try on. At 53, Stella had always taken pride in her appearance and felt good about herself. There was just one thing stopping her buying the glamorous silky sleeveless evening dress – the unsightly varicose veins on her hands! “I always felt my hands and arms were letting me down,” she admits. “I hated them and tried to hide them with long sleeved tops that I would pull down over my hands. No matter how hot it was I always wore long sleeves. I always dreaded formal parties because I could never find anything glamorous to wear that would hide my arms.” Stella first began to suffer with aching swollen hands in her late forties, but she had no idea that she was suffering the first effects of varicose veins. “I didn’t realise you could get varicose veins on your hands. I just thought that I had over done it when my hands were aching. I thought it would go away but I kept suffering from awful swelling. They could balloon to double or three times their size. It was awful.” On bad days, Stella was left unable to bend her fingers and even the simplest task became an almighty challenge. She loved to cook for her husband Nicholas (60) but there were weeks when she couldn’t even manage to cook the simplest meal. “Nicholas is Greek and so I would make traditional Greek dishes. But when my hands were swollen it would be agony to bend my fingers and so I couldn’t chop things up.” Stella was forced to rely on her

daughter Andree (31) to visit and cook their meals. “It made me feel so old. I was only in my early 50s. It frustrated me that my varicose veins were interfering with my life. Andree was so good helping, but I was upset I had to rely on her.” It was two years before Stella visited her GP who told her about laser treatment for varicose veins and she immediately booked an appointment with a specialist at the British Varicose Vein Centre. “I couldn’t believe it when my consultant told me I could have my varicose veins treated under local anaesthetic using new laser techniques.” Stella, a director for an accountancy firm, didn’t want to have to take time off work but people thought. Now I don’t worry about with the laser treatment, the procedure what they are thinking and the best thing was over in an hour and 45 minutes and is I don’t have to swelter in long sleeves she was bandaged up and sent home. “I during the hot summer months.” took the bandages off the next day and Stella has treated herself to a new other than a little bruising, the varicose wardrobe full of strappy tops and short veins were gone. It was amazing.” sleeve blouses and is delighted with The laser treatment treats the vein directly, without the need to remove it, by her new look. “I now enjoy shopping using a very narrow optical fibre, which is for clothes and I am looking forward introduced under local anaesthetic. Laser to buying an evening dress for our Christmas work do this year. All those energy is delivered in short pulses to seal dresses that I daren’t wear before are now the faulty vein and eliminates unsightly definitely on my shopping list!” bulging that causes discomfort. // If you have varicose veins your GP “I was like a changed woman will be able to advise you about the most afterwards,” Stella says. “It’s amazing suitable form of treatment for you. The how your confidence can be affected. British Varicose Vein Centre offers private In my work, I meet a lot of people and treatment. For more information call the first thing you do when you greet 0207 078 3822. someone is shake their hands. I know you shouldn’t but I always MORE HEALTH, DIET AND WELL-BEING NEWS worried about what

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3 2 1.4km/ ⁄4mile Follow main track zigzagging uphill, with wonderful views L, for 1.4km, passing through wall gaps until you reach one, beyond which, are remains of a stone sheepfold. Here walk R to go over ladder-stile. Descend, quite steeply, to stile in wall corner, and beyond, go down to delectable High Sweden Bridge over Scandale Beck, a true packhorse bridge, with no parapets to hinder the panniers on laden horses.

This glorious walk leads on to the lower fell slopes, just above Ambleside. It takes in two delightful ancient bridges and the magniﬁcent Stock Ghyll Force. Complete your walk before you yield to the temptation to visit some of the many outdoor shops to be found in Ambleside. Once the small market town rang to the sound of clogged feet as workers trudged to the mills – these drew their power from the becks that tumbled between the houses. Today the becks still ﬂow noisily on their way to Windermere but the other noise is that of visitors, many of whom are walkers. By Mary Welsh.

The view from the walk up ‘The Struggle’ to Red Screes

High Sweden Bridge PLAN YOUR WALK

ROUTE Is it for me? Easy walking underfoot, well-signposted, well-graded paths, one short steepish descent Stiles: 2 Suitable for: Everyone

START/PARKING Main pay-and-display car park at the northern end of Ambleside, grid ref NY376047 Nearest town: Ambleside Refreshments: Spoilt for choice in Ambleside Public toilets: In car park and at the foot of the steep hill on returning to the town Public transport: Wellsupplied with buses from all directions, for info call Traveline 0871 200 2233

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side (through sparse woodland) through another gate and up to old gateway in tumbledown wall at end of woodland. Carry straight on along track climbing steeply up alongside low wall, L, then, where wall ends, continue up to gap in tumbledown wall. Continue straight on up along track through another gap in a tumbledown wall, after which continue up along track curving up to L (waymarker) to signpost beside wall, R. Follow path bending L across middle of pasture (path levels out) to wall on opposite side of ﬁeld (waymarker) where you head up to R alongside wall to signpost at path junction below limestone outcrops.

Buckden was once a forest village within the Norman hunting forest of Langstrothdale Chase, as the upper reaches of Wharfedale are still known. By Mark Reid.

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Upper Wharfedale PLAN YOUR WALK

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ROUTE Is it for me? Stony and grassy tracks, steep ascent and descent, riverside path, some boggy underfoot. Suitable for: reasonably ﬁt walkers Stiles: 4

START/PARKING Pay & display car park at Buckden, Upper Wharfedale, grid ref SD943 773 Nearest town: Skipton Refreshments: Pub and café, Buckden; pub, Starbotton Public toilets: Buckden Public transport: Buckden is served by a regular bus service from Skipton and Grassington

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Leave Buckden along track at top end of car park (signpost ‘Buckden Pike & Cray High Bridge’). Few paces after gate turn R along footpath (‘Starbotton, Buckden Lead Mine’) up to join a wall, R, which you follow up to stile by gate in fence. After gate, follow path straight on alongside wall, R, to track above Buckden Beck. Turn R down to stepping-stones and footbridge, then follow track heading back upstream for 50m, then follow track bending 5 up to R out of conﬁnes hssharply h oof Buckden Beck to join wall, R. Gradient eases and track leads G sstraight through gate, then ggently rises up across valley

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// This fortnight’s questions came from: David Trueman, Lancashire; Edythe Boonwell, Gloucester; Rose Sawkins, Brentwood; Timothy White, Shropshire and Eileen Philips, Kent.

Yours says: Many councils run a low-cost community mr alarm alarm scheme (look in your phone book for contact details) or you yrdt could dol uld try tr y Aid Call, Age Concern’s personal alarm system, available from t . st Boots. Booots. You choose who should be contacted in case of emergency and help is summoned at the touch of a button. The system stions. Write to offers 24-hour monitoring and on-site maintenance. Costs // We’d love to help to answer your que ine, Media House, £49 to set up if it’s self-installed, plus a quarterly fee. us at: Ask Us Anything, Yours magaz // To ﬁnd your nearest Boots stockist call 0845 0708 orough PE2 6EA . Peterborough Business Park, Peterb 090 or visit www.boots.com. For more details on the bauermedia.co.uk alarm scheme, call Age Concern on 0800 77 22 66. Or email your query to us at yours@

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A professional can charge as much as £760 to redecorate a 4m by 4m sitting room. Get some reference books from the library and check DIY advice sites. Ask a friend to help! You could save yourself more than £650 by buying the materials and doing it yourself says which.co.uk

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