Cheltenham Magazine Nov14

CHELTENHAM MAGAZINE

Nov/Dec14

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Local History

An amazing story of water and stone Puzzles &Crosswords

Listings & Local Businesses & much more!

LOCAL EVENTS Martin Lewis - DON'T

FORGET YOUR HOLIDAYS!

The Legal Eagle

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Recipe - Roast Turkey with Leek, Apricot and Chestnut Stuffing

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to the Nov/Dec 2014 edition of Cheltenham Magazine Dear Reader, It seems so strange writing about Christmas when it was just a few weeks ago that we enjoyed a long family walk around Pittville Park, eating ice cream while dressed in shorts, trainers and T-shirts!

Now that the children have returned to school after the half term break and the clocks have gone back, it’s a different story weather-wise with dark nights and having to wrap up warm for Halloween and Bonfire Night. You can find lots of organised safe firework events on our events pages towards the back of this magazine.

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This year The Royal British Legion hope to raise £14m nationwide for its Poppy Appeal. Workers at GCQH, along with members of our Armed Forces, created a massive human poppy at the GCHQ doughnut. We've shared the amazing results on our Facebook page, so please visit us online and remember to like our page while you're there!

Packed with Community News

Cheltenham's Christmas Parade is on Sat November 22nd at 5.15pm. The Regent Arcade lights switch-on is at 5.15pm followed by The Beechwood Shopping Centre's at 5.30pm. Santa’s going to be busy in Cheltenham!

December in Cheltenham wouldn’t be the same without a mulled wine at the Promenade Christmas Market and Mince Pies at Carol services, a trip to see the Panto at the Everyman or Roses Theatre, and of course shedding a few tears watching our children at their school nativity play!

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Inside this issue

Local History

An amazing story of water and stone

Puzzles & Crosswords

Puzzles &Crosswords

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Consumer Protection Regulations 2014

Martin Lewis - DON'T

Recipe by Harts

FORGET YOUR HOLIDAYS!

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LOCAL EVENTS Martin Lewis - DON'T FORGET YOUR HOLIDAYS!

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Consumer Protection Regulations 2014

Recipe - Roast Turkey with Leek, Apricot and Chestnut Stuffing

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Greyholme Dental Suite get dirty to help end Dental Pain For Children Of Morocco Without access to dentistry the children of Morocco have to endure agonizing dental pain day in and day out. The team at Greyholme Dental Suite in Bishop‘s Cleeve thought they would put themselves through the Brutal Mud Run at Eastnor Castle on Sunday 19th October to raise money for a charity close to their hearts The Dental Mavericks, whose mission is to provide urgently needed dental care to the children of El Jebah in the foot hills of the Rif Mountains, North Africa. This is the most challenging thing the team have done so far, seven arduous miles running around the land rover test track through thick deep mud and deep muddy water pits. None of the team have ever embarked on any

running challenges before and they all had varying fitness levels.

Laura Watson, care nurse at the practice said “I knew it was going to be tough but it was worth it for the children or Morocco. I went out to Morocco in September this year with the Dental Mavericks, it was an extremely emotional experience, the children were very brave and inspirational I will never forget the trip and hope to go out again next year.”

Dr Warren Martin one of the pioneers of Pain Free dentistry the fear barriers around dentistry, said “I am extremely proud of the Greyholme Girls, they gave up their Sunday to take on this challenge, they all put so much effort in and pushed themselves to get round

and raise money for the Dental Mavericks. I would like to thank all the people that sponsored us friends, family and patients, we are already plotting our next challenge.”

Lydia Millar and Leanne Butler both said “We had so much fun falling over in the mud and sliding down muddy hills on our bottoms and we all worked together to get ourselves up the steep inclines that seemed to go on forever, before we started we were worried about not finishing but we managed to get round in 2 and half hours so we were extremely proud of ourselves!”

In total the team raised £555 and will be adding more throughout the year before they present it to the Dental Mavericks at their annual fundraiser ball in January 2015.

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LEWIS Don’t forget your holidays!

Don’t forget your holidays. No I’ve not got all romantic with a yearning for sun kissed memories, I’m still on-message about saving money.

putting it in your overseas wallet (yes, I'm that nerdy). If not, there are two tricks to changing it back for the best deal:

If you took a break over the summer, some simple checks could help you save money now and for future holidays (a nice thought to get over the back-to-work blues). So here’s my holiday hangover checklist.

- Use my the buyback comparison at www.travelmoneymax.com to find best rates - Find a friend/colleague who's going where you went, and offer to exchange with them. Use the spot FX rate at www.xe.com and you both win.

Flight delayed by over 3hrs this summer (or any time since 2008)? EU reg 261/2004 means you're entitled to £100-£480 per person compensation, regardless of the cost of the trip, even for flights going back to 2008, if it: - Was an EU flight - ie, any from an EU airport or to one if an EU airline.

- Arrived over 3 hours late or was cancelled.

- Was the airline's fault, which covers pretty much anything barring extraordinary circumstances such as air-traffic strikes, bad weather and volcanoes.

Free templates, help and what to do about airline excuses (eg, "there's a court case") in my www.mse.me/flightdelays compensation guide. And the results can be large, as Pat contacted us, "Read your info and decided to contact Etihad about our 14.5hr delay from Heathrow to Sri Lanka in 2011.

We've received a total of £2,010 between four of us... great".

Shocked by bank/card currency charges on your statement?

Fight back. My dad called me outraged at the 'new' foreign exchange charges on his bank statement for using his card abroad - nearly £50 in total. Yet banks and credit card providers have always levied these (and I've always nagged him to sort it, but he's my father, he'll never listen to me, I hope you will).

The shock comes from the fact banks have now been forced to split charges out on statements, not hide them in the exchange rate. Most debit and credit cards add 3% loads, so £100-worth of euros costs you £100 plus a £3 charge.

Instead grab a specialist load-free credit card just for spending abroad as they give near-perfect, bureaux-beating rates every time, in every country.

Stung by hefty insurance when picking your car hire up? Let me guess, you booked cheap car hire, turned up and they fear-sold you into paying 10 euros a day extra for car hire excess insurance? It happens all the time.

The way round it is to get a standalone policy before you go (you can even get an annual policy to cover the whole year's hire). To find the cheapest, use www.moneymaxim.co.uk. Full help on cutting costs in www.mse.me/carhire.

Run up card debts on your holiday you can't pay off in full? It's never a good idea, but that doesn't mean it doesn't happen. If you can't clear the debt this month and you're paying hefty interest, then ensure you do a balance transfer to slash the cost, so your repayments clear the actual debt not just service the interest. Full help and best buys at www.mse.me/bts.

Check your passport and EHIC sell-by dates now. Thousands were hit by passport office delays this year, causing some to miss their breaks. If your passports nearly at renewal, do it now while you've plenty of time before you next go (you’ll get the extra months added on). It's one less thing to sort, and once it's done, you're good for the next ten years. While you're at it, check the 'valid by' date on your European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) - if it goes before your next holiday renew it now.

The big rule for renewing though is DONT GOOGLE - for both these, imposter sites unnecessarily charge you more than you should pay. Instead the official sites to use are www.gov.uk/ renew-adult-passport and www.nhs.uk/NHSEngland/ Healthcareabroad/EHIC.

Check the PAO number on your suncream before throwing it away. The period after opening (PAO) number will be on the bottle - many are safe to use up to 18 months later, provided they're stored right - so don’t chuck it unnecessarily.

Got Euros, dollars or even colón left over from the summer? Changing currency back is very expensive, especially for small amounts. So if it's a country you'll revisit even in a couple of years, it's likely best to hold onto it (worth

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Fine dine in aid of the Pip and Jim’s Big Appeal On Monday 17th November 2014 from 7.30pm, St Philip and St James’ Church in Leckhampton will be holding an evening of deliciousThai and Indian food at Spice Lodge on Montpellier Drive. The evening is being held

in order to raise vital funds towards the ‘Pip and Jims Big Appeal’ which has been launched to raise £160,000 to repair the church.

The appeal was set up following storm damage over the winter which resulted in the Grade II listed church no longer being wind and watertight.

English Heritage have been considering putting the very important and historic church on their national ‘at risk’ register. In addition to the storm damage, the church also needs to undertake urgent repairs which have been identified by the recent five-year building inspection.

Just £25 a ticket will include a drink upon arrival and a mouthwatering two course meal (starter and main).A splendid raffle will also be held with prizes including fizz, flowers, chocolates, vouchers and more!

A £10 donation from each dinner will go directly towards the church appeal. This is enough to buy one of the many shingles (oak wooden blocks) to be replaced at the top of the beautiful spire.

Councillor Tim Harman who is playing an instrumental role in organising the fundraising evening says: “I am delighted to support the Pip and Jim’s Big appeal and I hope that you can join us at Spice Lodge for an enjoyable and profitable

evening. The Church had been a part of my family in so many special ways. My parents were married there in 1941 and I was christened there some years later although I have little recollection of the occasion! Let’s do all we can to support the appeal.”

Mohammed Rahman, Owner of Spice Lodge is delighted about this very special fundraising evening and says: “Spice Lodge is proud to be involved with the Pip and Jim’s Big Appeal and it is an absolute honour to be able to contribute towards this vital project in order to restore the Church to fine working order.”

Since the appeal began in April a fantastic total of over £82,000 has been raised thanks to the support of so many.

Places are limited and payment must be made in advance of the evening in the Parish Office, St Philip and St James’ Church, Grafton Road, Cheltenham GL50 2ER no later than Wednesday 12th November.

Cash or Cheque – made payable to:‘St Philip and St. James PCC’. Please call 01242 573 508 for further information and to request a registration form.

If you would like to support the urgent ‘Pip and Jims Big Appeal’ please call 01 242 573 508 or email appeal@pipandjims.org.uk . You can also text donate SPSJ14 to 70070. Tweet #pipandjimsbigappeal or visit www.pipandjims.org.uk For further information about the St Philip and St James’ appeal please contact Natalie Norman, Appeal Administrator on 07824 323 803 or email natalienorman2014@gmail.com

St Philip & St James’ Church St Philip and St James’ Church (known to many as Pip and Jims) is based on Grafton Road in Leckhampton, Cheltenham.

Since 1838, St Philip and St James has been an important part of the local, vibrant community along the Bath Road.

Many of the congregation are involved in and volunteer for local organisations, and the church seeks to work closely together for the flourishing of the parish community.

There are churches of many different traditions from formal Anglo-Catholic to Evangelical prayer and praise in Cheltenham and Pip and Jims is somewhere in the middle, drawing people from across differing traditions.

The church aims to be inclusive and family-friendly and has a cross section of ages including toddlers, young families, teenagers and upwards. Their singing encompasses the best of old and some of the new and is often led by their choir and worship group. Their worship is liturgical but not stuffy and follows the seasons of the church year. Their preaching aims to be biblical, challenging and addressing contemporary social and political issues.

Pip and Jims is a congregation that has a strong sense of gathering as the body of Christ to be transformed by his word and fed by his sacrament. Their desire is both to see Christ in the world and to be Christ in the world; sharing his love and working for the coming of his Kingdom. To this end they are involved with many local community and voluntary organisations.

The church works together with their fellow Anglican Churches across south Cheltenham to help enable a more effective ministry to the whole community. This includes their joint Youth Work initiative, shared Lent Groups, annual prayer visiting week, shared services and promotion of one another’s events and opportunities.

It also offers support to many including: Gloucestershire Action for Refugees and Asylum Seekers, Cheltenham Street Pastors, it runs a mums and toddlers group, works with the elderly in local residential and care homes and supports Chinese Students.

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local history

supplies of Portland stone were limited and so Sir George set up his own company to look for alternative supplies. Unlikely as it now seems, he decided to use Cotswold limestone choosing a quarry near Guiting Power and setting up a factory in the adjoining field. Samuel and Richard Hill, bankers from London, became partners and the new company became known as Hills‘ company.

As summer becomes a distant memory I have been reflecting on one of my Tally Ho quarry lies near the Cheltenham to Stow Road and is still marked on Ordnance Survey highlights; a talk given by Professor HughTorrens of Keele University in June maps. Here the partners found stone which could be cut into pipes up to two feet across and in Guiting PowerVillage Hall. Here he fifteen feet long. As demand was outstripping told the two hundred year old story of a supply, the quarrying expanded and in 1810 two company which used local stone to make fourteen horse power Boulton and Watt steam water pipes. It‘s a story so fascinating it engines were delivered from Birmingham.These needs sharing with a wider audience. enabled eight pipes to be cut at the same time. By early 1812 thirty tons of pipes were daily being The story begins many miles away in the carried along the local roads; either westwards expanding cities of London and Manchester to the Cheltenham and Gloucester tramroad where rapid industrial growth was creating horrifically unhygienic conditions. At that time at Leckhampton, for Gloucester docks and the responsibility of providing adequate water Manchester, or eastwards, probably to Radcot on the Thames, for London. At the same time, coal supplies fell to private companies, but they needed to run the engines was being delivered and had a problem. Pipes made from traditional we can only imagine the state of the local tracks! elm soon rotted and iron pipes tainted the Plans for a canal in 1810 and a tramroad in 1811 water and were expensive and difficult to showed the partners were very aware of these make. Step forward Sir George Wright from transport problems, but they were never built.

Essex, who in 1805 obtained a patent to cut pillars and tubes from stone, which could For some lucky local people, the works provided then be turned into pipes to carry water. He alternative employment to agriculture, but it first experimented with Portland stone and could be dangerous work. Guiting Power‘s burial small-scale trials proved successful. However, register records two fatalities in ‘Messrs Hills works‘. In May 1811 nine-year-old Mark Waller was killed by a fall and nine months later William Cook fell through a trapdoor‚ which had been carelessly left open onto one of the steam engines. No one could have guessed that the works would close abruptly only a year later.

Many miles of Cotswold limestone pipes had been laid out in both London and Manchester, based on the success of the Portland stone trials.

Only once networks had been created could the Guiting pipes be properly tested. The big day came Only humps and bumps in the ground remain to indicate the site of the Guiting stone pipe factory. in July 1812 in London.

An amazing story of water and stone

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The water company tested four miles of pipes, part of a proposed forty mile network costing £34,000; possibly about £2 million in today‘s money.

The test was a disaster!

Water leaked out of the porous limestone in 135 places. The pipes were useless.

The Stone Pipe Company was forced to repay the company £23,000, and it got worse! The water company in Manchester had already laid a staggering sixty three miles of pipes - all also now useless.The Stone Pipe Company was sued for a total of £81,500, but it could not pay. Its bankers were declared bankrupt; the partners fled abroad; the steam engines were sold off; the works were demolished and rural peace descended again onto this little-known corner of the Cotswolds.

Few people realise that this is an industrial scene from the early nineteenth century.The house in the foreground was built as the company’s offices and that in the background was built for the workers.

Evidence of the venture can still be seen around G uiting Power as unused piping provided a ready source of material for Cotswold stone walls.

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Student leads bid to create wildlife haven at Pittville Park A corner of Pittville Park is being turned into a mini wildlife sanctuary thanks to a University of Gloucestershire biosciences student.

Charlie Powell is leading an initiative to turn Cheltenham’s Pittville Park Island into a flourishing haven for bees, bats, birds and native woodland plants.

She is also looking to house bees there after founding The Bee Project, a social enterprise supported by the Students’ Union Green Fund.This project focuses on marketing hive products and the search for new homes for the bees led Charlie to consider Pittville Island as a perfect location.

Charlie has teamed up with Janice Peacey, Cheltenham Borough Council’s community ranger, Brian Durk, a project manager for the charity, Bees Abroad, and the Friends of Pittville Park for the project, which aims to attract fundraising and support to launch by summer 2015.

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“Conservation isn’t just about the Amazon and elephants – there’s so much biodiversity on our doorsteps even here in the UK.” Charlie, who hopes the project will inspire further habitat developments in Cheltenham, said: “I grew up in an area of Ruislip in Middlesex, surrounded by woodlands, farmlands and common ground. A lot of the area is now a nature reserve which I look forward to visiting and getting involved with events when I go back to visit family and friends.

“Getting involved with projects such as this in Cheltenham while I am studying is a nice reminder of my childhood.”

“It will be exciting to get local organisations and the general public involved with this as there is the chance to learn so much. Hopefully by sharing the different knowledge that is available in the area, people will feel inspired.”

Janice said: ‘“It’s a fantastic idea to utilise the island for the Bee Project and environmental conservation and it will be great to be working in partnership with the University of Gloucestershire.”

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Winners announced for ‘Top of the Plots’ Cheltenham Borough Council has announced the winners of its annual allotment competition in a prize-giving ceremony held in the council chamber.

30 certificates and 11 trophies were awarded overall, with the Mayor presenting the awards.

Phil Roberts won the newcomers trophy for his ‘no dig’ allotment at Hayden Road site. Mr and Mrs Sadowska, also at Hayden Road site,

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Fiona Warin, allotment officer for Cheltenham Borough Council was impressed with the overall appearance of the sites and plots during judging this year, saying: “We’ve had a great growing season and it was fantastic to see so many excellent plots and so many entrants in the competition.The standards were higher than ever.”

Councillor Chris Coleman, cabinet member for clean and green environment, added: “A big thank you must go to all our competition entrants and congratulations to the winners.

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‘Our place’ gets £33k funding boost Cheltenham is one of only 120 areas around the country to be awarded funding to help transform services for vulnerable families.

Cheltenham is set to receive around £33k from the government to help local families have more power over local services and budgets in their area.

Cheltenham will also receive 8.5 days of consultancy support and four days support to develop the ideas and create an operational plan.

Tracy Brown, partnerships team leader for Cheltenham Borough Council, says: “We are delighted to have received funding to start this project work – it really will make a huge difference to the way our families who need some extra help receive services.

“The Inspiring Families Project put in a bid on behalf of the Cheltenham Partnerships to develop peer support groups which will help give local people ownership over the support they receive.This approach will see members of these peer support groups being trained as leaders, mentors and trusted individuals.”

A steering group made up of key organisations has been set up to develop the plan and includes: Cheltenham Borough Council, Cheltenham West End Partnership, Cheltenham Borough Homes, Oakwood and Gardners Lane Federation, County Community Projects, Gloucestershire Constabulary, Gloucestershire County Council and People and Places.

Over the coming months the group will be asked to support the Our Place projects through giving direct support to the peer support groups, identifying families who may benefit, supporting the writing of the operational plan, supporting the collection of data for the cost benefit analysis and attending workshops run by consultants from Our Place.

BerniceThomson from Cheltenham west end partnership who is co-managing the project, adds: “This is a great opportunity for families to take some control in dealing with the huge range of issues that affect family life and family members. It offers them more independence in addition to any help they may receive from public services.”

Cllr Rowena Hay, cabinet member for healthy lifestyles, continues: “This funding boost really is excellent news.

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The Christmas Truce

by Alison Runham German soldiers of the 134th Saxon Regiment and British soldiers of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment meet in no man’s land, December 26

Christmas Eve 1914. The Western Front. Weeks of rain have ended and mud is becoming ice. Despite calls for a Christmas ceasefire, fighting has continued throughout December, although today it seems half-hearted in many places.

Staff Sergeant Clement Barker is in his trench with his comrades. Across No Man’s Land, the Germans are decorating tiny trees sent from home with candles as they sing Stille Nacht (Silent Night).

“The trenches were a blaze of Christmas trees,” one Tommy recalled, “and our sentries were regaled for hours with traditional Christmas songs.”

In some places, English troops decide that they “ought to retaliate in some way.” “So we sang The First Noël... they all began clapping; and then they struck up another favourite of theirs, O Tannenbaum.”

At Barker’s trench, a German soldier appears. “He said that if (we) did not fire, they wouldn’t in the morning,” Barker wrote later. Next morning, Barker’s men cautiously venture out to retrieve and bury their dead.

No shots are fired. Soon they’re shaking hands with the Germans and exchanging gifts, and then “a football is kicked out of our trenches, and Germans and English play

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Henry Williamson, who later wrote Tarka the Otter, also recalled football matches, but behind German lines; if British and German troops played together, he made no mention of it. However, despite the myths surrounding Truce matches between both sides, some are well-documented in letters. Two soldiers of the 6th Cheshires described a huge, free-for-all match in Wulverghem, Belgium, where No Man’s Land was less damaged by shell fire.

Williamson recalled the Germans singing Silent Night, too, before inviting the English closer. His unit suspected a trap. “We crept out... expecting any moment to fall flat with the machine guns opening up.

And nothing happened.” Both sides were soon exchanging gifts and greetings, and similar scenes were occurring at many points along the Front.

Cigarettes, rations, uniform buttons and even addresses were exchanged. One English trench received a German chocolate cake, together with a ceasefire request and an invitation to an impromptu concert. “Just think,” wrote one soldier to his family, “while you were eating turkey I was talking and shaking hands with the very men I had been trying to

kill a few hours before!”

The truce at Williamson’s position held for four days before orders arrived to end fraternisation, while the Germans were warned to expect visits from senior officers; they sent a message across, explaining that they would have to fire their machine guns, but would fire high to avoid hitting anyone.

For Barker, peace lasted a little longer too. “Night came and still no shots. Boxing day the same, and has remained so up to now,” he wrote a few days later. But gradually fighting resumed. Captain J.C. Dunn’s account of resuming hostilities is poignant: “I fired three shots in the air and put up a flag with “Merry Christmas” on it, and I climbed on the parapet...[the Germans] put up a sheet with “Thank you” on it, and the German Captain appeared...

We both bowed and saluted... he fired two shots in the air, and the War was on again.”

Both truces (and football games) had occurred in earlier wars. So what makes the 1914 Christmas Truce especially memorable? Perhaps because in a war that cost over 10 million lives, it was, as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle said, “one human episode amid all the atrocities.”

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Roasting the turkey in a ’tent’ of buttered foil will keep it moist and succulent. Always allow time for the cooked bird to rest in a warm place before carving.

Heat half the butter and the olive oil in a frying pan and fry the leek and shallots for 6-7 minutes until softened. Remove from the heat and stir in the apricots, breadcrumbs, chestnuts and half the thyme leaves. Season well with salt and freshly ground black pepper and leave to cool.

Ingredients: • 100g butter • 1 tbsp olive oil

Preheat the oven to 190°C/170°C fan/gas 5. Line a large roasting tin with buttered foil. Use about one third of the stuffing mix to stuff the neck end of the turkey (press the rest of the stuffing in a shallow ovenproof dish to cook separately). Weigh the stuffed turkey and calculate the cooking time - allow 20 minutes per 450g plus 20 minutes. Place the turkey in the lined roasting tin and smear all over the skin with the remaining butter. Sprinkle over the rest of the thyme leaves and season.

• 1 leek, trimmed and chopped • 2 shallots, peeled and finely chopped • 75g ready to eat dried apricots, finely chopped

Cover the turkey with a tent of buttered foil and roast in the preheated oven for the calculated cooking time, basting occasionally. Uncover the turkey for the last 45 minutes until the skin is golden and the juices run clear when a skewer is inserted into the thickest part of one thigh. If the juices still run slightly pink return the turkey to the oven for a further 1520 minutes then check again.

• 150g fresh white breadcrumbs • 100g cooked chestnuts, finely chopped

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• 2 tbsp fresh thyme leaves • 5.4kg oven-ready turkey, giblets removed • 16 cocktail sausages

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Whilst this practice is lawful, Cheltenham Borough Council is concerned that it may pose a risk to public safety in the town as it cannot give assurances about the suitability or fitness of drivers that it doesn’t license. Also, due to it not being the licensing authority, its enforcement officers have limited powers to investigate and act on complaints or concerns.

Cllr Andrew McKinlay, cabinet member for development and safety, says: “This is about public protection and making sure the people of Cheltenham have confidence that the licensed vehicles they are travelling in are safe and the drivers are suitable to work in Cheltenham.

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Food waste recycling just got easier Recycling food waste is now even easier as caddies can be lined with surplus plastic carrier bags.

Food waste recycling has become increasingly popular since it was introduced in Cheltenham during 2011. Residents were asked to use newspaper or biodegradable bags to line their caddies but now, they can use plastic bags instead.

Due to changes in the way the food waste is recycled, the bags will be separated from the food as part of the treatment process.

Councillor Chris Coleman, cabinet member for clean and green environment said: “Recycling food waste offers huge environmental benefits and I am pleased that the process has become even simpler. Residents can now use carrier bags, pedal bin liners, sandwich bags or even plastic bread bags in their caddies.’’

Residents can still line their food caddies with compostable corn-starch bags and newspaper if they wish.

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For the past five years, a network of volunteer flood wardens have helped to prevent localised flooding in the borough, by using their local knowledge to report concerns and changes to water courses, and helping to share information with their communities. On October 22, the Cheltenham Borough Council Community Engagement Team and The Environment Agency hosted a meeting to thank and to hear from those who have provided this voluntary support over the past few years, and also to welcome and brief people interested in becoming new flood wardens.

The role of a flood warden is not onerous and does not involve any physical activity. We ask that volunteers watch their section of a river or flood risk area, and inform us when there are changes of concern to its condition or when repairs are needed. They also act as a point of contact in their neighbourhood for authorities, should flooding occur.

Hannah Wright, strategy and engagement assistant, said: “The wardens offer a valuable resource to the council and local communities in the fight against flooding. During severe storm events, flooding can occur at numerous locations simultaneously and monitoring every potential flood risk area is extremely difficult.This is why the wardens are so essential to us, because they are contacting us with the most up to date information which would otherwise go unrecorded.�

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What's On in Nov/Dec Ahead of the Curve Exhibition running up to Sunday 30 Nov TheWilson and Cheltenham Tourist Information Centre, Clarence Street, Cheltenham, GL50 3JT A collection of contemporary ceramics and glass from emerging and established Chinese artists.

From 9.30am - 5.15pm every day, free admission. Tel: 01242 237431 Matisse Exhibition running up to Saturday 15 November, Barnbury, 14 North Street, Winchcombe, Cheltenham, GL54 5LH Coming from the Tate Modern to Barnbury in Winchcombe: More than 40 lithographs by Henri Matisse on exhibit and for sale.

From 10am to 5pm Tuesday to Saturday, free admission.

Tel: 01242 300330 CACSSA firework display in Cheltenham Sunday 2 November, 6.15pm Cheltenham Area Civil Sports Club,Tewkesbury Road, Uckington, Cheltenham, GL51 9SL The Cheltenham Area Civil Service Sports Association will once again be putting on a fantastic fireworks display in 2014 – including a licensed bar, burger van and a fire engine for well-behaved little ones to play on. Tickets cost £6, £1 for under 16s. Tel: 01242 680424 Bishops Cleeve Primary School bonfire and fireworks Friday 7 November Bishop’s Cleeve Primary School,Tobyfield Road, Bishop’s Cleeve, GL52 8NN The bonfire is expected to be lit at 7.15pm. Admission to be confirmed.Tel: 01242 673814

Cheltenham Racecourse fireworks display Saturday 8 November, 5pm Evesham Road, Cheltenham, GL50 4SH One of the biggest firework displays in the South-West of England, funfair, street performers, hot food, drinks and more. All profits raised will be donated to worthy local causes Admission to be confirmed.Tel: 01242 513014 St Edwards Junior School bonfire Saturday 8 November, 5.30pm London Road, Charlton Kings, Cheltenham, GL52 6NR St Edward’s School’s PTA will be organising an impressive fireworks display and bonfire for the families of Charlton Kings and beyond.

Tickets cost £5. Tel: 01242 538900 There’s Room for You - Concert for Remembrance Day Saturday 8 November, 6pm St Philip and St James’ Church, Grafton Road, Leckhampton St Philip and St James’ Church will be holding an evening of readings alongside sacred and secular music to mark the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War. It will be given by the Choir of St Philip and St James’, followed by a hot buffet supper and wine in support of the Pip and Jim’s Big Appeal.Tickets are now available from the St Philip and St James’ Church Parish Office at a suggested donation of £12.50 each.To purchase tickets please email: info@pipandjims. org.uk or phone: 01242 573 508.

Choral performance at Cheltenham Town Hall Saturday 8 November, 7.30pm Cheltenham Town Hall The Cheltenham Bach Choir will be teaming up with the Göttingen Stadtkantorei to perform Beethoven’s masterpiece, The Missa Solemnis at Cheltenham Town Hall. Ticket prices start from £8. Tel: 0844 576 2210 Stereosonics tribute Saturday 8 November, 8pm Sound MusicVenue Due to popular demand, Stereosonics will be returning to Sound Music Venue to rock the Cheltenham venue with a night of pure, classic, old and new Stereophonics hits. Tickets: £6.

Tel: 01242 515494

Jessie Ann Richardson and Clare Hammond Thursday 13 November, 8pm Pittville Pump Room Jessie Ann Richardson on the cello and Clare Hammond on the piano will recite works by Shubert and Rachmaninov for an evening of virtuoso and sensitiv e musicianship at the iconic Pittville Pump Room.

Tickets cost £19, free of charge for under 25s.Tel: 0844 567 2210

The Open - 3 Days of Racing Magic 14 - 16 November Cheltenham Racecourse, Evesham Road, Prestbury, Cheltenham, GL50 4SH A major highlight of the British Racing Calendar, with three days of racing magic, 80 trade stands in The Open Shopping Village, a great atmosphere in the grandstands, bars and restaurants and an historic race - The Paddy Power Gold Cup. Under 18’s are admitted free on all three days. For more information and ticket prices visit: www. cheltenham.co.uk/fixtures/the-open.

Dine in aid of the Pip and Jim’s Big Appeal Monday November 17, 7.30pm Montpellier Dr, Cheltenham, GL50 1TY St Philip and St James’ Church will be holding an evening of delicious Thai and Indian food at the Spice Lodge to raise vital funds for urgent works that need to be carried out at St Philip and St James’ Church in Leckhampton.

For just £25 per person, guests will be able to enjoy a glass of wine or juice, followed by a mouth-watering two course meal (starter and main).

There will also be a warm welcome from Reverend Nick Davies and a splendid raffle to take part in! A £10 donation from each dinner will go directly towards the church appeal.

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...events cont'd from p59 The Great British Busk-Off Tuesday 18 November, 7.30pm The Frog and Fiddle Cheltenham’s best buskers will be performing at The Frog and Fiddle on Tuesday 18 November 2014 to raise money for Cancer Research.

Whichever busker raises the most money on the night will be crowned the Great British Busker.

Tickets cost £2. Tel: 07411 59193 The Brewery’s Christmas Lights Switch On Saturday 22 November, 4-8pm Henrietta Street, Cheltenham, GL50 4FA Guaranteed snow, live music and festive family fun at The Brewery: A host of local talent will be performing live at The Brewery before Santa steps up to switch on the Christmas lights. Start at 4pm, with a line-up including live performances from local musicians, dancers and singers, not forgetting festive carols and a rousing set of rock and pop covers. The event will run in conjunction with Regent Arcade’s Christmas light switch on, so the whole of Cheltenham will be lit up in one beautiful moment. Free of charge. Tel: 01242 574378

Meet Father Christmas Saturday 29 November - Sunday 21 December, 11am-3.30pm Adam Henson’s Cotswold Farm Park, Bemborough Farm, Kineton, Cheltenham, Guiting Power, Glos GL54 5UG Every Saturday and Sunday from Saturday 29 November to Sunday 21 December 2014, Father Christmas will set up his grotto at the Cotswold Farm Park and listen to all the children’s Christmas wishes.With a sack full of presents, each child, naughty or nice, will receive an early Christmas gift and will be able to hand deliver their Christmas list to the man himself.The visit is included in normal admission price, with events such as biscuit and chocolate decorating, festive crafts and nativity productions also taking place throughout the Christmas period.Tel: 01451 850307 Cheltenham Christmas Market Thursday 4- Saturday 20 Dec Cheltenham Promenade Monday - Wednesday: 10am-5pm Thursday - Saturday: 10am-8pm Sundays: 11am-5pm. Now in it’s twelfth year, 2014 offers an excellent opportunity for those with an eye for quality to experience one of the best Christmas Markets in the UK. Model Railway Exhibition Saturday 6 December, 10am-4.30pm, The Tithe Barn 15 layouts steam & diesel demonstrations, model road vehicles, trade stands and refreshments. Adults: £4, children: £2, family tickets (2 adults & 2 children under 14): £11

Oxjam gig in Up Hatherley Sat 22 November, 7.30-11pm Hillview Community Centre, Up Hatherley, Cheltenham, GL51 3FZ Hillview Community Centre will be the setting for an Oxjam gig as part of the national fundraising event, with bands such as Velvet Love and The Memphis One, LA Lights and Freehold Classic.

Tickets: £5. Tel: 07821 206569

Traditional Victorian Christmas Saturday 6 December, 10am-6pm The Holst Birthplace Museum Drop into the Holst Birthplace Museum for a cosy, traditional Victorian Christmas. There will be children’s activities such as card making, stirring the Christmas pudding, making peppermint creams and pinecone robins and some carol singing around the piano. Tickets cost £5, £4.50 for concessions. Tel: 01242 524846

Santa Specials from Cheltenham 29-30 November Racecourse. Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway.

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The International 2014 Friday 12 - Saturday 13 Dec, gates open at 10am,Cheltenham Racecourse, Evesham Road, Cheltenham, GL50 4SH

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Wrap up warm and get your last racing fix for 2014, when Cheltenham Racecourse hosts The International this December, including a Brightwells Bloodstock Sale.Ticket prices range between £9 and £22 per day in advance, and £12 and £27 on the day, with packages and group discounts available.Tel: 0844 579 3003

Santa and his live reindeer in Cheltenham Sat 6 - Sat 13 December, 12-4pm The Brewery, off St Margarets Road, Cheltenham, Gl50 4FA Santa and two reindeer are coming to town for two days this December.

Children are being invited to come and give the reindeer a cuddle, have their photograph taken with them and whisper their Christmas wishes into their ears. Then they can hop up onto Santa’s sleigh and tell the jolly man in red what they want for Christmas before he flies back to the North Pole to get working on all those presents. This year The Brewery is supporting Macmillan Cancer Care, with visitors being invited to leave at least a £1 donation with Santa and his reindeer for the worthy cause. Tel: 01242 574373 Festive Family Film Wednesday 17 December, 4pm Bacon Theatre Santa Claus will be surprising children with gifts before settling down to watch Disney’s mammoth hit, Frozen, at Bacon Theatre.

Tickets cost £7 and include a gift from Santa. Tel: 01242 258002

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Charity Christmas Carols Friday 19 December, 18.30pm Sudeley Castle The spectacular ruins at Sudeley will be lit up for a magical evening of Christmas Carols on the evening of 19th December. There will be a Nativity scene on display, and refreshments (including mulled wine and mince pies) will be available. Tickets: £5 per person (under 5’s free), available on the door and Wychwood Trading in Bull Lane, Winchcombe. All proceeds from the evening will be donated to the Winchcombe Day Care Centre and Sue Ryder Leckhampton Court Hospice.

Sandford Parks Lido Christmas Swim Thursday 25 December, gates open from 10.30am Sandford Parks Lido The very brave will have the chance to take a dip in Sandford Parks Lido’s chilly waters in Cheltenham on Christmas Day 2014.This freezing cold adults-only event has been going for more than 50 years. It’s not for the

New Year’s racing Thursday 1 January, gates open at 10.30am, Cheltenham Racecourse, Evesham Road, GL50 4SH Toast to 2015 at Cheltenham Racecourse, where no less than seven races and a chance to continue the New Year celebrations with family and friends awaits this New Year’s Day. There’s seven compelling contests lined up on the track from 12.10pm. Pony Club members and their families will have the chance to get an exclusive peek behind the scenes in a series of special racecourse tours. There’s usually also children’s entertainment. Ticket prices range between £12 and £25 in advance, or £15 and £30 on the day, with packages and group discounts also available. Tel: 0844 579 3003

Cheltenham Festival Trials Day Sat 24 January, gates open at 10.30am, Cheltenham Racecourse Find your future winner at the Festival Trials Day 2015 in Cheltenham. Canny punters hoping to pick up a clue or two on who to back atThe Festival and Gold Cup will be heading to Cheltenham Racecourse for the annual FestivalTrials Day. A grand total of seven races will be taking place from 12.40pm.The races will be followed by a Brightwells Bloodstock Sale, which is expected to include a limited number of quality horses in training, point to pointers and bumper horses.Ticket prices range between £12 and £25 per day in advance, or £15 and £30 on the day, with packages and group discounts available.Tel: 0844 579 3003

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