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Although we just have one full council meeting during August, the council work continued through the summer. I attended the Dedication by the Bishop of Tewkesbury of the new glass doors in St Mary’s, a beautiful addition to our lovely Church. On Saturday 5th October, there will be an all-day consultation at the Memorial Hall, 10am - 5pm. This is for everyone who lives and works in the Newent neighbourhood to give their views on any of a large number of themes including housing, environment, community facilities, spaces and places, traffic, transport, business, jobs and the Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal Trust plans for Newent.
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Good Times? No Story There. I always think that to start my magazine without an intro in the form of this editor’s letter seems a bit rude. Like launching into a conversation without a ‘hello’.
However, it can be a challenge each month to think of something to say. The natural default is a comment on either the weather or how quickly the year is going. So let’s get it out of the way: October already, wasn’t the weather in September lovely, I’m not looking forward to the darker nights! (On that note - remember the clocks go back by one hour on 27th October.) Do I comment on the contents of the magazine, when you can see for yourselves what’s inside? Or should I tell you about my month? I have a happy life, but I realise that doesn’t make for an interesting story.
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The cookery theatre will have cookery demonstrations from some of the area’s top chefs including meat-based, vegetarian and plant-based diets. Gareth Jenkins, head chef at The Speech House Hotel will be preparing a dish using a pig’s heart from Plump Hill Farm and Wye Valley gin. Yvette Farrell, owner of the Forest of Dean’s premier 8
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Henry harvests a good result
˜ A short story written by local writer Geraldine Faulkner ˜
Henry was pulling up beetroots in his vegetable patch and humming away happily to himself when he spotted his wife, Annie, coming down the garden with two mugs in her hands.
“Time for a break,” she said with a smile as she handed him a steaming cup of tea. They stood together in companionable silence sipping their hot drinks and admiring Henry’s pile of beetroots.
“Salad and a baked potato for tea tonight,” said Annie, wondering how they were going to get through so much beetroot in the next couple of weeks.
“I’ve just had a chat with Claire,” she added referring to their youngest daughter. “She was telling me how excited the children are about their half-term holiday.” Both Claire and her husband, Ian, worked full-time so Henry thought he knew what 10
Annie was going to say next.
“Can we have them for a couple of days?” he predicted.
“Well, not quite,” said Annie carefully. “Ian’s parents are suggesting they take the children away to an Airbnb holiday apartment in Devon.” “What!” barked Henry, spilling his tea all over the beetroots. “That means we won’t get to see them at all.”
Henry was a doting grandfather to all four of his grandchildren but he had a particularly soft spot for Claire’s daughter, six-yearold Rosie, who was the only one of the grandchildren who knew where he kept his secret stash of Hob Nobs in the greenhouse. Piling the beetroots into a trug, he stumped off towards the house.
Annie’s heart sank. Henry wasn’t going
to let this rest.
Sure enough, he was on the phone to Claire when Annie came into the kitchen.
“But Ian’s parents took the children away during the summer holidays,” he was saying. “We were looking forward to having a couple of days with them over half-term.”
Both Claire and her mother knew that Henry suffered from ‘granddad envy’. Jealously, he would monitor the time spent by the grandchildren with each set of grandparents. In fact, he kept a diary in his desk that he thought Annie knew nothing about, and would casually point out when Ian’s parents, a nice couple called Sue and Leslie, appeared to have enjoyed the lion’s share of the grandchildren’s company in any given school holiday.
Annie wondered how Claire was going to find a diplomatic solution to this latest eruption. There was a long pause as Henry listened to his daughter.
“That sounds a good idea,” he said finally. “Let’s give it a go and see how we get on.” He put the phone down and turned to Annie with a big smile on his face.
“Claire has suggested that we have the children after their judo club every Thursday afternoon. We collect them from school, take them to the club and then bring them home for tea before we drive them home or Claire collects them.” He rubbed his hands gleefully. “In the long run that counts for more than a week in an Airbnb apartment.”
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Panto: the UK’s quirkiest tradition? Oh, yes it is!
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Christmas may seem a long way off, but such is the popularity of pantomime, the best seats could have already disappeared in a puff of fairy dust.
Pantomime is a British tradition that’s guaranteed to mystify anyone who is unfamiliar with our culture. The name itself creates confusion: when US-based Baywatch actor Pamela Anderson received her first offer to appear in pantomime in Liverpool in 2010, she was convinced she would be “miming in a box” (bizarrely, she agreed to do it anyway). Like most traditions, pantomime has grown from customs and practices that have been transformed over time by changing tastes and fashions.
There’s nothing like a Dame
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foolish woman, determined to get a husband at any price. But, with the possible exception of the villainous Ugly Sisters in Cinderella, the Dame never fails to gain the audience’s affection. It seems that we Brits simply love the idea of a man acting out a female role.
Maybe that’s because the practice of men appearing as women on stage is deeply embedded in British culture. Until the law was changed in the early 1660s, it was illegal for women to act in theatres, so audiences were used to seeing men performing in female attire.
Copying Commedia
Commedia dell’arte was a broad type of comic performance popular in Italy between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries, which is said to be the forerunner of our traditional pantomime. Based on ‘stock’ characters, the plots generally featured a pair of lovers, a mischievous servant, a clown or pierrot character and a money-grabbing old man. While pantomime’s young lovers have changed little from Commedia dell’arte days, some of the other characters have been reworked to fit different plots. The clown is still with us in the shape of daft but lovable Simple Simon
or Wishee Washee, while Cinderella’s footman Buttons is a pale reflection of the Commedia’s high-spirited servants. Finally, the stock character of the old man appears variously as the foolish Baron Hardup (Cinderella), the villainous Fleshcreep (Jack and the Beanstalk) and the power-hungry Abanazar (Aladdin).
less popular parts of the Harlequinade but kept the transformation scene, where Harlequin waved his magic baton (nowadays a fairy wand) to show fairytale characters and scenes dramatically changing before the audience’s eyes. By the Victorian era the Harlequinade had become the two-act pantomime we would recognise today.
In the seventeenth century, British theatre borrowed some of Commedia’s characters to create an early type of pantomime known as a ‘Harlequinade’. But pantomime as we know it today was created when audiences began to demand more and more spectacle. Canny theatre producers discarded the
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The Rock Garden Is Alive… If you have ever dreamed of Sound of Music landscapes, then create your own! A garden mountain range might not be possible, but you may have space for your very own rock garden. So what do you need to do? You’ll need to choose a fairly sunny spot, ideally away from overhanging deciduous trees – most alpine plants like a fair bit of light and detest becoming clogged up with deteriorating leaves.
Even if space is limited, make the rock garden on as large a scale as possible, for more impact and planting opportunities, and a more realistic feel. If possible include gullies running down the rock garden, perhaps ending in a pond or pool, by arranging rocks so that water can run over or between them. Where the water runs beneath rocks (rather the over them) you should use guttering or drainage pipes that are 22
hidden by soil or rock outcrops.
Get yourself a good selection of rock from local or mail-order suppliers and don’t be tempted to use old chunks of concrete – the end result will look like a rubble pile with plants!
Use a pile of rubble or broken bricks to create the classic mound shape – this will be hidden by the good-looking rocks. The rubble pile also ensures good drainage; alpines typically hate being too wet. Use upturned turves on top of the mound, laid grassy side down. Then add a layer of sandy soil, to a depth of about 30cm (12in), over the top of the turves; these prevent the soil from slipping down amongst the rocks. Then, using string and pegs, mark out where you want each outcrop of rock.
Once the soil is well-firmed, use a spade or a trowel to dig out a hole for each
rock; this keeps the rocks securely embedded so they won’t shift even in heavy rain.
Use smaller bits of stone beneath the rocks to wedge them firmly. Add more soil over these bits of stone and then more soil between the rocks when they are in position. Water well to settle the soil, topping up if necessary.
to make a planting hole, then remove the pot, pop the plant in the hole, and fill in around it with some compost. When you have finished planting you can topdress the soil surface with good-looking horticultural grit or gravel.
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Visit Pippa’s website www.pippa greenwood.com and you’ll find some Alpine plants are available in nurseries great gardening items: Nemaslug and and garden centres now, but just choose controls to sort out lawn infestations a few – buying more throughout next and other great natural pest controls, spring and summer will give you an stylish cloches, practical and pretty array of alpines to provide flowers and plant supports, the fantastic SpeedHoe, interest throughout most of the year. gardening tools, planters, Grower Frames, signed books and more! Arrange your plants, still in their pots, on the surface of the soil. When you are Or why not book Pippa for a gardening talk at your gardening club? happy with how they look, use a trowel
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Spiced pumpkin cheesecake Rich, creamy and spiced with cinnamon, this autumnal cheesecake is best baked the day before serving.
Ready in 2 hours, plus cooling and chilling | Serves 8
Ingredients
200g digestive biscuits, finely crushed 85g unsalted butter, melted 500g full-fat soft cheese, at room temperature 100g caster sugar
75g light soft brown sugar 3 large eggs, beaten
425g can pumpkin puree 2 tsp vanilla extract
1½ tsp ground cinnamon
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Grease a 20cm round spring-form tin and line the base with baking paper. Mix together the crushed biscuits and melted butter and press into the base of the tin. Chill in the fridge whilst making the filling. Preheat the oven to 160C/140C fan/gas mark 2.
Beat the soft cheese, caster sugar and 55g of the light soft brown sugar together in a large bowl until creamy. Gradually beat in the eggs. Place the pumpkin puree in a separate bowl and beat with the vanilla extract and ground cinnamon until smooth. Fold into the cheesecake mixture until thoroughly combined. Spoon the mixture over the biscuit base and gently level the surface. Sprinkle over the rest of the brown sugar. Bake the cheesecake on a baking sheet in the preheated oven for 1¼ -1½ hours until the filling is just set. Turn off the oven and leave the cheesecake inside until cold, then chill in the fridge for 2 hours or overnight. Serve sliced drizzled with raspberry sauce.
For a quick raspberry sauce, push 200g fresh raspberries through a fine-holed sieve (discarding the pulp left in the sieve). Stir in 25g icing sugar and a squeeze of lemon juice.
Remember, Remember - Firework Season Bonfire night draws near and for our sensitive furry friends, this can be an extremely stressful time of year with unexpected bangs and flashes ruining nights or even days for them. How to prepare:
● Provide a covered den for your pet to hide away in ● Keep doors, windows and cat flaps closed after dusk ● Take your dog for a walk well before fireworks are likely to begin ● Have the curtains drawn and lights on – this will help to mask the flashes ● Have the television or radio on slightly louder than normal – this will help to block out the bangs ● Thundershirts or Anxiety Wraps may make some dogs feel more reassured ● For dogs, we recommend plug-in diffusers such as Adaptil or Pet Remedy. They will need to be applied at least a few days before the start of firework season. For cats, a very effective pheromone de-stress aid is Feliway diffuser which comes as a plug-in or spray. Cats also respond well to Pet Remedy.
● We also have numerous calming agents such as Zylkene and Calmex and in severe cases, some sedation or antianxiety medications may be indicated but this is usually a last resort.
Also, a quick reminder - if you are having a bonfire, don't forget to check for hedgehogs!
While on the topic of wildlife, pictured here is a Manx Shearwater who appeared a couple of weeks ago in our carpark, presumably blown off course on his way from the coast to South America! This little fellow has gone to Vale Wildlife in Beckford to recuperate, thanks Vale!
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Your local EVENTS GUIDE FOREST OF DEAN CAMERA CLUB STORIES FROM THE ROAD. 7 Oct, Doors open 7pm for 7.30pm start, Viney Hill Sports Club, GL15 4NF. Local Photojournalist Chris Fairweather presents different aspects of his working life. £5 at the door (membership rates apply). www.fodcc.co.uk
NEWENT AND DISTRICT CAMERA CLUB 7.30pm, Newent Library 8 Oct: Permajet talk on Printing. 15 Oct: Talk by Tony Germis: “Vision of America”. 22 Oct: Talk by Aleks Gjika: "In search of je ne sais quoi". 29 Oct: Judging of Open Print Competition. New members welcome. info@newentdcc.com ART LECTURE 10 Oct, 2pm, Highnam Community Centre (Gambier Parry Hall), GL2 8DG. Thomas Gainsborough transformed British art and remains one of its most beloved figures. Visitors welcome. T: 01684 833701 THURSDAY AFTERNOON GROUP. 10 Oct, 2pm, St Marys Church Room For the older generation; usually includes speaker followed by tea and cake. T: 01531821641 office@stmarysnewent.org MAY HILL PLAYERS OPEN EVENING 10 Oct, 7 - 9pm, May Hill Village Hall, All 26
Saints Rd, May Hill, GL17 0NL A relaxed evening with cheese, wine and nibbles. Come and meet us and see what we do. Male actors and other roles needed. mayhillplayers.co.uk RHS BIG SOUP SHARE 12 October, 10.30am - 12pm, under the Market House Produce to make the soup delivered to Chillout Zone before 10th October.
MATHERN MILL APPLE DAY 12 Oct, 2 - 5pm, Mathern Mill, 2 miles from Chepstow, NP16 6LG. Grade 2* listed watermill with a long history of cider making. Last opening of the year. Apple pressing: Bring about a dozen apples and a container for your juice. Lots to see and discover about the mill, its history and millers. Activities for children. Free entry. T: 01291 622282
QUIZ EVENING FOR CHARITY. 12 Oct, 7- 7.30pm, Pauntley Village Hall/. In aid of Motor Neurone Disease (Research). Tables of up to 6 max. £5 per head, to incl. coffee and cakes in the interval. BYO wine/beer. Raffle. To book a table call Chris on 01531 828454 or email pauntleyvillagehall@gmail.com. TABLE TOP & ACCESSIBLE GARDENING/SOCIAL CLUB 14 Oct, 1 - 3pm, Newent Library. Open to all who struggle to access and enjoy gardening (incl. carer if appropriate).
Run by Haygrove Community Gardens. Sarah Davies: 07772 060272 or Sarah. Davies@publicagroup.uk. U3A MEETING 15 Oct, 9.45am - 12pm, Newent Memorial Hall "Radio stations under fire in Liberia" by Brian Barber. www.u3asites.org.uk.
MEETINGS ABOUT PRAYER 15 Oct, 7.30pm & 21 Oct, 2pm, St Mary's Church Rooms, Newent. Find out about different ways to pray and learn from each other. Everyone welcome. T: 01531821641 office@stmarysnewent.org NEWENT LAKESIDE WI 15 Oct, 7.30pm, Sheppard House, Newent, GL18 1TL. Patchwork Basket by Mags Smith. For details: Hilary Stubbles - 01531 822289.
FLICKS IN THE STICKS: BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (CERT. 12A). 17 Oct, Doors open from 7pm, Film starts 7.30pm, Gorsley Village Hall Admission (at the door): Adults £5, Children (under 18) £3. Discounted tickets (Adults £4.50, Children £2.50) from Gorsley Community Shop or Tony Beckwith (01989 720358 or mtonybeckwith@gmail. com). Tea, coffee and biscuits available. Bring your own drinks (glasses provided) if you like.
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Memorial Hall. “Pest and Disease Control without Chemicals” by Roger Umpelby. Visitors welcome. T: 01531 820761
PICK AND MIX 18 October, 7.30pm, Clifford’s Mesne Village Hall Back by popular demand: 60s’ folk music and singalong. Entry by donation. NEWCOMERS’ TEA 2019 19 Oct, 3.30pm, St Mary's Church Rooms, Newent Come along and find out more about life at St Mary’s and how you can get involved. T: 01531 821641, office@stmarysnewent.org
COMMUNITY CINEMA 19 Oct, Doors 6pm for 6.30pm start, Newent Community Centre, Ross Rd Family film & refreshments. Free admission; children must be accompanied by adults. For further details: Andrea Cox acox27@btinternet.com. NEWENT AND GORSLEY BRANCH MOTHERS’ UNION. 22 Oct, 2pm, St Marys Church. “Poetry” with Pat Lamb. For details: Annee Barwell - 01531 820932.
FILM EVENING: GREEN BOOK (12) 26 Oct, 7pm for 7.30pm start, Pauntley Village Hall Tickets: £5.50 to incl. tea/ coffee & cake. BYO wine/ beer. Raffle. Advance booking please. Call 01531 822315 or email pauntleyvillage hall@gmail.com.
DYMOCK & DISTRICT LATE CHRYSANTHEMUM & AUTUMN SHOW 27 Oct, Open to the public 1.30 - 4.30pm, Dymock Parish Hall, GL18 2AG. Classes for chrysanthemums of all types, some shown by national champions. Entries on morning of the show before 10.30am. Enquiries: Nigel Thick - 01531 890453 or jenniferthick@aol. com. Schedules available from Dymock Parish Hall website. NEWENT IN BLOOM FAMILY SESSION. 30 Oct, 2 - 3pm, Newent Library Carving pumpkin lanterns for Halloween. Bring a pumpkin, a spoon and a sharp knife (adults only!) and we'll provide the rest. Accompanied children welcome. Free, but donations to NinB appreciated.
CARDS FOR GOOD CAUSES 1 Nov - 14 Dec, Tues - Fri: 10am - 4pm; Sat: 10am - 1pm, United Reformed Church, Broad Street, Newent Christmas cards from over 25 charities for sale. www.cardsforcharity.org.uk
70TH ANNIVERSARY 9 Nov, 7pm for 7.30pm start, Pauntley Village Hall A celebration of all things '70s to mark the hall's 70th birthday. Dig out those '70s clothes (optional), enjoy a '70s-style chicken and chips supper (vegetarian option avail. if pre-booked), and dance to great '70s music. Prize for best outfit. BYO wine/ beer. Raffle. Tickets: £8 from Lesley on 07549 539307 or pauntleyvillagehall@gmail.com. Booking required by 5 Nov.
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MEND & REPAIR CAFÉ 19 Oct, 10am - 1pm, Community Cafe, 36 Broad St, GL18 1AJ. Bring your broken, damaged and worn out items for our expert volunteer repairers to fix. Small donation only. Cake & drinks for sale. T: 01531 890 609 MUSICAL THEATRE EXPERIENCE SESSIONS Wednesdays, 9.15 - 11am, Newent Memorial Hall Songs from the Shows. Entry: £5 on the door. All ages and abilities. For more information: Jo Roach - 07376 032818 or Joanna.roach76@talktalk.net. NEWENT & AREA PRAYER FOCUS 1st Wed/month, 8.30am, St Mary's Church Rooms, Newent. Come along and pray for our area with members of all the churches. PARKINSON’S SUPPORT GROUP 2nd Mon/month, except May, July & Dec, 10.30am, Sheppard House, Onslow Road, Newent, GL18 1TL. All affected by Parkinson’s welcome. For details call Diane: 01452 790628. WALKING FOR HEALTH Every Thurs, 10 - 11am, Meet at Chillout Zone,
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KEMPLEY PRODUCE MARKET 12 Oct, 9.30am - 11.30am, Kempley Village Hall. Local seasonal produce at good prices. Roy Stirzaker: 07590 625953, kempleyproducemarket@gmail.com or www.kempleymarket.com. NEWENT COUNTRY MARKET Fridays, 8.30 - 11am, Memorial Hall Local fresh food, incl. including cakes, savouries, jams and chutneys. Seasonal vegetables, eggs, cut flowers, plants, meat, etc.
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And I can see why Laura would lend her name to this door-opening method: last year a survey of 2,000 cyclists found that over 60% either had personal experience of a car door being opened in their path or knew someone who had. Just over half of those surveyed had sustained an injury as a result, some requiring hospital attention.
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First introduced in the Netherlands, where it is now part of their driving test, road safety bodies in the UK are promoting the technique of using your LEFT hand to open the driver’s door. This action means you will naturally turn your head to the right and thus look back over your shoulder for oncoming, or passing, cyclists.
The Dutch Reach, as it’s called, has been endorsed by a major UK private-hire firm, who now incorporate it into their driver training, and Olympic cycling gold-medallist Laura Kenny.
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In the meantime, incorporating the Dutch Reach into your driving might just save a cyclist? By Iain Betson
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