May 2013
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Dear Neighbours, Welcome to the April edition of your Abbey-Link. As I’m writing this today, it’s the first day of Spring - apparently! Just as it looked as though the weather was taking a turn for the better, as I look outside now it’s fairly dark and raining ….again!! Lets hope that the weather starts to take a turn for the better soon, as with the Easter bank holiday later this month, April is always a time when we like to start to venture back outside again. If your garden / outside area is looking as though it could do with some TLC after the winter months, we have some great gardeners and landscapers who can help bring your garden back to life. Whether it’s a one off job, or ongoing weekly / monthly maintenance, take a look in our index...we will have someone for everyone. As we start to think of the warmer months ahead and the change from our winter wardrobe to Spring / Summer wardrobe, perhaps now is time to think about loosing those few pounds before the Summer holidays. There is a new Slimming world centre opening in Abbeymead School, for more details see the advert on page 16. If you are yet to book your holiday this Summer, why not take a look at the Portugal Villa advertised inside the back cover, page 39, their rates are really reasonable. Remember our Sudoku competition on page 33, enter and you could be in with a chance to win 2 tickets to the new Cineworld at the Quays. Congratulations to Mrs N Clarke the winner of this months Cineworld tickets, they will be on their way to you shortly. Please feel free to email me your Sudoku entries if you so wish: sarah@thelinkdirectories.co.uk Have a great month and a happy Easter Sarah.
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ABBEYMEAD & ABBEYDALE ACCOUNTANCY AND TAXATION CENTRE
Accountants for the Abbeymead and Abbeydale Area SMALL PRACTISE FOR SMALL CLIENTS = SMALL FEES CHARGED BY US SELF ASSESSMENT TAX RETURNS IMMEDIATE SERVICE AVAILABLE * Fixed priced Accountancy/Taxation services. Accounts. Self Assessment. Tax Returns. PAYE. VAT. Bookkeeping etc. Annual Sales £ Annual Fee From Less Than 15,000 50—100 * Limited Company Accounts 15,000 100 * Limited Company Formation 30,000 150 * Partnership Accounts 40,000 180 * Self Employed Accounts 60,000 210 * Management Accounts 75,000 230 * Business Start Ups 90,000 240 Over 100,000 By Negotiation Self Assessment tax returns completion from £50 *Self Assessment tax returns, Accounts problems *Free accountancy/Taxation Surgery. *Home visits to suit you Ring Mike Jefferies MAAT ICPA FCPA 01452 863304 To advertise call 01452 890242
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LAWNMOWERS SERVICED – SHARPENED – REPAIRED ALSO: RIDE-ON MOWERS, CHAINSAWS, ROTAVATORS, STRIMMERS, HEDGETRIMMERS ETC.
FREE COLLECTION AND DELIVERY Tel : CHELTENHAM MOWERS LIMITED Tel: 01452 616169 Unit B3, Nexus, Hurricane Road, Gloucester Business Park, Glos. GL3 4AG Visit and Buy On-Line at www.mowers-online.co.uk
D2B designs Design and prepare architectural drawings for extensions, conversions, alterations and improvements to your home We also carry out custom designs for new homes with your needs in mind. All plans are prepared and submitted on your behalf for Local Authority Building Control and Planning Approvals. For a prompt, private and professional service call:
01452 723439 or 07973 621078 and speak to Graham or Angela for a free quote and friendly, helpful advice.
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A.D.B ELECTRICAL SERVICES LTD QUALIFIED ELECTRICIAN DOMESTIC, COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
FAULT FINDING RE-WIRING & UPGRADES INTERNAL & EXTERNAL LIGHTING & POWER POINTS ELECTRICITY TO SHEDS & OUTBUILDINGS ELECTRIC SHOWERS NIC PART P REGISTERED
ANDY BOUCHER TEL: 01452 371981 MOBILE: 07967 721966 25 Minster Gardens, Abbeymead No Job Too Small - Free Estimates. All work carried out to the highest standard Please mention
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LINDEN TREE
LANDSCAPES ● ● ● ● ●
GARDEN AND TREE MAINTENANCE All kinds of trees and hedges expertly felled, topped and pruned
FENCING BLOCK PAVING PATIOS ● TURFING DECKING HEDGE CUTTING
ASPECTSOF OFLANDSCAPING LANDSCAPING ALLALL ASPECTS
All Interior & Exterior Work Undertaken
Free Quotations & Fully Guaranteed
Tel: 01452 614123 Mobile: 07787 182434
GARDEN DESIGNED, MAKEOVERS AND RENOVATIONS JUNGLE CLEARANCE Friendly and reliable local company For more info visit www.lindentreegardens.co.uk
Call Bob on 01452 535696 (24 hour answering service)
Mobile 07957545926
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Manufacturers & Installers of all Types of the Finest Quality of Windows, Doors & Conservatories 41 Kingsmead Abbeymead Gloucester GL4 5DY Telephone: 01452 618530 07961 199942 To advertise call 01452 890242
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Rob Walters For all your ceiling requirements:-
Plasterboarding Coving Skimming Texturing Also Painting & Decorating Service We now offer to skim textured ceilings to a flat finish or alternatively we provide a full range of high quality textured patterns Water damaged ceilings & Insurance work welcome
Domestic & Commercial enquiries welcome HOME: 01452 521878 MOBILE: 07850 968348
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April 2014 Film Releases FRIDAY 4TH APRIL RIO 2 Blu (voice of Jesse Eisenberg) and his family take flight for the Amazon after Jewel (voice of Anne Hathaway) decides their children should explore the world. Meanwhile, the overprotective father grows concerned that his family will leave him once they've experienced life in the wild. Tracy Morgan, Jamie Foxx, will.i.am, George Lopez, and Leslie Mann reprise their roles in this sequel
DIVERGENT In a future where the population is divided by personality types, one young woman classified as "divergent" uncovers a conspiracy to eliminate all who bear her misfit label, and attempts to find out what makes the powers-that-be so frightened of them before time runs out. Shailene Woodley (The Descendants) and Theo James (Underworld: Awakening) star in this action thriller adapted from the novel by Veronica Roth
NOAH Darren Aronofsky brings the story of Noah's Ark to the big screen with this Paramount/New Regency religious drama. Aronofsky directs from his own script co-written by Ari Handel and John Logan. Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Anthony Hopkins, and Emma Watson head up the starring cast.
FRIDAY 18TH APRIL THE AMAZING SPIDERMAN 2 The web-slingin' wall-crawler hits the screens once again in this follow-up to Marc Webb's 2012 reboot of the series. Andrew Garfield returns as Peter Parker, who squares off against the villainous Electro, played by Jamie Foxx. Emma Stone heads up the rest of the starring cast, which includes Paul Giamatti, Dane DeHaan, and Chris Cooper
FRIDAY 25TH APRIL TRANSCENDENCE Dr. Will Caster (Johnny Depp) is the foremost researcher in the field of Artificial Intelligence, working to create a sentient machine that combines the collective intelligence of everything ever known with the full range of human emotions. His highly controversial experiments have made him famous, but they have also made him the prime target of anti-technology extremists who will do whatever it takes to stop him. However, in their attempt to destroy Will, they inadvertently become the catalyst for him to succeed to be a participant in his own transcendence. For his wife Evelyn (Rebecca Hall) and best friend Max Waters (Paul Bettany), both fellow researchers, the question is not if they can, but if they should. Their worst fears are realized as Wills thirst for knowledge evolves into a seemingly omnipresent quest for power, to what end is unknown. The only thing that is becoming terrifyingly clear is there may be no way to stop him To advertise call 01452 890242
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C.D.L CHRIS LEE PLASTERING CONTRACTOR For all your plastering needs big or small For smoothing over artex, ceilings or walls, To garage conversions Just give me a call 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE INTERNAL & EXTERNAL DOMESTIC / COMMERCIAL LOCAL ABBEYDALE RESIDENT
Tel: 01452 538328 Mobile: 07879 410369
MARK DUNKLEY HANDYMAN GARDEN SERVICES PATIOS LAID FENCES ERECTED DECORATING NO JOB TOO BIG OR SMALL ALL WORK CONSIDERED ALL RUBBISH REMOVED FREE ESTIMATES GIVEN (WITH NO OBLIGATION) O.A.P RATES AVAILABLE FULL C.R.B CHECK OBTAINED (AVAILABLE ON REQUEST)
CALL TODAY 01452 619883 OR 07817 337480
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DARREN MANN BUILDING CONTRACTOR Specialising in home extensions
Also Mini Digger with Driver for Hire 111 The Wheatridge East Abbeydale, Gloucester GL4 5DW
Tel: 01452 612759 Mobile: 07778 818886 References available
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Your quick guide to everyone and everything in your Directory...
ACCOUNTANTS
COMMUNITY CENTRE
LANDSCAPING
Abbeymead Accountancy and Taxation Centre Charterwoods
Abbeydale Sports & Community Centre
Abbeydale Landscapes Grants Landscaping LMS
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ADVERTISING The Best of Gloucester
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PET CARE
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COMPUTER MAINTENANCE
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Cotswold Computer Medic Hop-2-it Jemtek
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ARCHITECT D2B Designs Paul Karlsson
CONSERVATORIES
Bright Bathrooms Severn Vale Bathrooms TBS Bathrooms
Gloucester Conservatory & Window Warehouse 11 Thomas Tonks 20,21
BEDROOMS PJB Carpentry
COVING SPECIALIST 11
BLINDS Lindas Blinds
Rob Walters
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Slimming World
BUILDING CONTRACTORS
ELECTRICIAN
Darren Mann
A D B Electrical Services DMXpressions Hammond Electrical
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CAKE BAKING Patacake
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CARAVAN SERVICING
ESTATE AGENTS
GL Caravan Care
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Michael Tuck The Property Centre
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FITTED WARDROBES
CARPENTRY GL Carpentry P J B Carpentry Richleigh Carpentry
ROOFING INSTALLATION SOLICITORS
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SPORTS CENTRE
Dee & Griffin Treasures Saintbridge Sports Centre
Portugal Villa
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Hatton Court Hotel
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UPHOLSTERER
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Elite Property Maintenance 28 Help @ Home 26 Total Property Maintenance 30 C & G Cladding
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PROPERTY MAINTENANCE
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CLUBS Bowls Club
Beaven Installations Charmont Glevum Heating Ignition N Boothroyd The Gasman TJ Robins
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FLOORING
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PLUMBING & HEATING
A & A Double Glazing C & G Cladding Glass Fix Glazing
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CLEANER Time for You
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Chris Lee
Colin Pattenden
CHIMNEY SWEEP Clean Sweep
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PLASTERER
Garden Delight Lawn Man Linden Tree Mark Dunkley
CHILD CARE Into Play
Oven Busters
GARDEN MAINTENANCE
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CHILDRENS ACTIVITIES Jo Jingles
Space Master PJB Carpentry
CARPETS Sapphire Carpets
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DIET CLUB
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OVEN CLEANERS Nails and Tails
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BATHROOM INSTALLATION 25 22 24
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LAWNMOWERS Cheltenham Mowers
APPLIANCE INSTALLATIONS SW1
COMPLIMENTARY THERAPY Chiropractic Wellness Centre 17 Reconnecting Therapy 17 Remedial Sports 17
AIRCONDITIONING Charmont
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WINDOW INSTALLATION 16 35 25
WINDOW REPAIR
HOLIDAY VILLA 39
HOTELS
Cloudy 2 Clear 12 Longlevens Window Repairs 35
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KITCHEN & BATHROOM FITTING M C Kitchen & Bathrooms PJB Carpentry TBS Kitchens
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