May 2013
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Dear Neighbours, Welcome to the February edition of your Hucclecote Link. Hope 2019 is going well for you all so far - well done to those of you who managed ‘Dry January’ . I wonder how many of you are still managing to stick to you New Years Resolutions? If one of your New Years resolutions is about getting fit. Why not give Zumba with Jane a try, or join a local health club located in the Barnwood Holiday Inn, or even learn to Line Dance - all these classes can be found on pages 16 & 17 and having been to a few of them myself, I can confirm that they are great fun. If you would like to join a new club and make some new friends why not try the local WI, or Townswomen Guild, see an advert for joining them on page 35, or if gardening is your thing, there is a Hucclecote Garden Club, you can read more about these clubs and find out how to join them on pages 36 & 37. Don’t forget Valentines day this month - Bowden Hall Hotel are holding a special event with live music, so if you are looking to book something special, more details can be found on page 18. If you are thinking of what to buy for valentines, we have a range of beauty therapists advertising with us, who all offer various gift vouchers or packages. Touch of Beauty are an new salon based in Brockworth, they are running an offer on manicures this February, see page 15 for more info. Congratulations to Mrs McGowan, the winner of last months Sudoku competition, Cineworld tickets will be with you soon. Have a great month... Sarah.
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J.WILLIAMS - Unit 17, Innsworth Technology Park, Glos Office Tel No: (01242) 528878 or (01242) 210953 Mobile 07787 394452 Find us in Yellow Pages
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Accountants for the Hucclecote and District 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 £ Less Than 15,000 15,000 30,000 40,000 60,000 75,000 90,000 Over 100,000
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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:
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Dave’s top tips Replacing Damaged floor tiles
As hard as floor tiles appear to be, they can on occasion get damaged with either a chip or crack and need to be replaced. Whenever buying tiles we always recommend getting a few extra as in a short time you may find they soon become obsolete. The first stage to remove the damaged tile is to carefully knock out the old tile from the middle to the edges with a hammer and chisel. (not forgetting safety gloves and glasses) Then completely remove the adhesive residues and grout. Using an electric scraper is a quick and easy method of doing this but a manual scraper will do the job just as well. Once the surface is cleaned, new tile adhesive is applied using a small notched trowel. Now press the new tile into the adhesive bed and line it up. After the specified drying time, grout the joints and leave them to dry. Finally, remove the remaining grout with a damp sponge before it fully sets. Should you need to make the joints look "old", simply rub some dirt into the dry joints until they are roughly the same colour as the neighbouring joints. Regards Dave Stevens. If in doubt call me (see main advert for number) and I will do the investigating for you. Disclaimer. All advice above is given in goodwill with many years experience. We cannot guarantee however that your problems will be rectified so please, if in doubt call us before undertaking any works yourself
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Film Releases for February 2019 1st February 2019 Green Book Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Mahershela Ali, Linda Cardellini Set in America in 1962, Green Book tells the heart-warming true story of Tony Lip, a working-class Italian-American bouncer who takes on a job as a chauffeur for Dr. Don Shirley, a highly-educated African-American classical pianist. The mismatched pair embark on a two-month tour of concert venues in the racially charged deep south and discover they're on the road to a meaningful and unique friendship.
Can You Ever Forgive Me Starring: Mellisa McCarthy, Richard E. Grant, Ben Falcone The adaptation of the memoir CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME?, the true story of best-selling celebrity biographer (and friend to cats) Lee Israel who made her living in the 1970's and 80's profiling the likes of Katharine Hepburn, Tallulah Bankhead, Estee Lauder and journalist Dorothy Kilgallen. When Lee is no longer able to get published because she has fallen out of step with current tastes, she turns her art form to deception, abetted by her loyal friend Jack.
How To Train Your Dragon Starring: Jay Baruchel, America Ferrera, Cate Blanchett, Kit Harrington, F. Murray Abraham Welcome to the most astonishing chapter of one of the most beloved animated franchises in film history: How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World. Now chief and ruler of Berk alongside Astrid, Hiccup has created a gloriously chaotic dragon utopia. When the sudden appearance of female Light Fury coincides with the darkest threat their village has ever faced, Hiccup and Toothless must leave the only home they've known and journey to a hidden world thought only to exist in myth. As their true destinies are revealed, dragon and rider will fight together—to the very ends of the Earth—to protect everything they've grown to treasure.
8th February 2019 The Lego Movie 2 Starring: Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett, Alison Brie, Stephanie Beatriz, Arturo Castro The LEGO Movie 2, reunites the heroes of Bricksburg in an all new action-packed adventure to save their beloved city. It's been five years since everything was awesome and the citizens are facing a huge new threat: LEGO DUPLO invaders from outer space, wrecking everything faster than they can rebuild. The battle to defeat them and restore harmony to the LEGO universe will take Emmet, Lucy, Batman and their friends to faraway, unexplored worlds, including a strange galaxy where everything is a musical. It will test their courage, creativity and Master Building skills, and reveal just how special they really are.
Alita: Battle Angel Starring: Rosa Salazar, Christoph Waltz, Jennifer Connelly, Mahershala Ali, Ed Skrein ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL, an epic adventure of hope and empowerment. When Alita awakens with no memory of who she is in a future world she does not recognize, she is taken in by Ido, a compassionate doctor who realizes that somewhere in this abandoned cyborg shell is the heart and soul of a young woman with an extraordinary past. As Alita learns to navigate her new life and the treacherous streets of Iron City, Ido tries to shield her from her mysterious history while her street-smart new friend Hugo offers instead to help trigger her memories. But it is only when the deadly and corrupt forces that run the city come after Alita that she discovers a clue to her past – she has unique fighting abilities that those in power will stop at nothing to control. If she can stay out of their grasp, she could be the key to saving her friends, her family and the world she's grown to love.
15th February 2019 The Kid Who Would Be King Starring: Tom Taylor, Rhianna Dorris, Patrick Stewart Old school magic meets the modern world in an epic adventure. Alex thinks he's just another nobody, until he stumbles upon the mythical Sword in the Stone, Excalibur. Now, he must unite his friends and enemies into a band of knights and, together with the legendary wizard Merlin, take on the wicked enchantress Morgana. With the future at stake, Alex must become the great leader he never dreamed he could be.
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Complete the puzzle by 15th February 2018 and return, with your name and address, to The Tuffley-Link, 30 Dancers Hill, Abbeymead, Gloucester, GL4 5TY or email sarah@thelinkdirectories.co.uk
to be in with a chance of winning 2 cinema tickets Sudoku puzzles are provided by www.sudokuoftheday.com – visit them and get a new Sudoku every day
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Hucclecote Scout News Details of Go Karting, Laser Tag, Climbing, Windsurfing and Kayaking for the Summer months have now been sent out. These are all extra to a Scout night and Scouts can do as few or as many as they like. The Scouts May Day camp may be at Falfield this year. It is a proper Scout camp just this side of Bristol. Activities will be planned, plus a tuck shop on site. The Group Founders day is on Sunday 3rd March, at 2.15 when Beavers Clubs and Scouts will all celebrate the start of the Scout movement. All units doing an item at the indoor camp fire ending with refreshments (please bring a little for the tables). All boys and girls are welcome to join the group - 6 to 8 for Beavers - 8 to 10 Cubs 10 to 14 Scouts - Phone Terry on 521664 for more details. ————————Hucclecote Scout Group are pleased to welcome Buttons Playgroup to our premises at Deer Park Road. The playgroup operates between 9am to 3pm weekdays during term times. Further information can be obtained by calling Terrie on 07484 731240. You can see some of the thing the children have been enjoying on her Facebook page - search for ‘Buttons Explorers’
Hucclecote Garden Club Now we are well into Spring with the snowdrops, hellebores and primroses evident in our gardens, we can look forward to green shoots appearing everywhere. This is the time when we have to rack our brains to remember where our prized and our newly planted specimens are in the garden, and make sure we dont clear them away in our haste to tidy up the borders. With inspiration from our January speaker, Duncan Coombs, who spoke on the Gardens of Japan, we look forward to the blossoms and scents of Spring. Later this month we have Nick Morgan from Coleford coming along to speak on The Great Glasshouse, RHS Wisley. Nick retired to Gloucestershire in 2016 after 23 years working in key roles within the Royal Horticultural Society, as RHS Horticultural Specialist and Superintendent of the RHS Garden Wisley glass and propagation departments. We are celebrating our 10th Anniversary this year and will be welcoming back Chris Evans from Dundry Nurseries and The Butterfly Garden, who spoke to the Club back in 2009. Please come along and join us on the fourth Thursday of the month at Hucclecote Community Centre, 7.30pm. For more details please ring Joy on Gloucester 553185 or Sue on 543573 . To advertise call 01452 617040
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During the year we have several people in to speak to us about all different sorts of subjects, and for our January meeting our guest speaker was Margaret Daniels, otherwise known as the Bard of Barnwood. Margaret kept us entertained and laughing with her look on life told in witty poems and prose. Following our talk we have a raffle and refreshments with time to socialise with old friends and new. We have many activities to look forward to during the year and we also have fundraising events for our chosen charity. If you feel you would like to come along and join us then please do, new members are always welcome. The Larkhay WI meets at the Hucclecote Community Centre on the 2nd Thursday of every month (except August) at 7.30pm. For more information phone Beverley on 01452 63208 or just pop in to see us.
Glevum Probus Club We are a friendly, non-political club which meets at St Lawrence Parish Centre, on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month Future talks are on the following subjects; Jan. 9th The Blue Lamp – My Time in the Met. – R. Dickinson Jan. 23rd Crossing the River – Ted Wilson Feb. 13th Gloucester Air Ambulance – Steve Mould Visitors and potential members are welcome Please contact Terry 01452 612432 For more information visit: glevum-probus.org.uk
HUCCLECOTE TOWNSWOMENS GUILD The Guild meets at Hucclecote Community Centre on the third Thursday each month, at 7.30pm. At each meeting, we have a speaker or demonstration which cover a wide range of topics and interests; a raffle; the bring-and-buy sales table, refreshments and the chance to chat and socialise. We start 2019 with our New Year's Lunch at Hatton Court, and have a full programme of speakers arranged for the rest of the year. Speakers at the beginning of year include Sue Smith on "Wild Flowers of the Cotswolds - Myth and Magic" and Sandy Osborne on life as a "Girl Cop". We will also be arranging regular lunches at local pubs and restaurants, rambles with the Walking Group, and theatre trips. Visitors and guests are always welcome at our meetings. Phone Linda on 617701 for more information, or just come along on the night! Please mention
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Your quick guide to everyone and everything in your Directory… ACCOUNTANT
LANDSCAPING
COMPUTER MAINTENANCE
Accountancy & Taxation Centre 5 iLex Accountancy 20 Radford Financial & Business Solutions Ltd 8
Cotswold Computer Medic 7 Hop 2 It 9 Jemtek Solutions 9
ARCHITECT
CONSERVATORY ROOFS
D2B Design
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BATHROOMS Severn Vale Bathrooms 39
BEAUTY THERAPY
CURTAINS Interior Needs
FITNESS
BLINDS Interior Needs UK Blinds
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BUILDERS
CAR AIR CON AC Automotive
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Fun Liners Spirit Health Club Zumba with Jane
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FLOORING 5
GARDENING Colour Fence Gloucester 11 Garden Care Services 32 Heritage Landscapes 8 Lawn Man 26 Interior Needs
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CLEANERS
Cornerstone Design & Planning 7
HOTELS Bowden Hall
COMMUNITY CENTRE
KITCHEN & BATHROOMS
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OVEN CLEANERS Oven Busters
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PATIO CLEANING Als Window Cleaning 21
PLUMBING Capper Plumbing & Heating
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PROPERTY MAINTENANCE Budget property maintenance Dave Stevens NJ Services
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ROOFING Home Care Roofing & Building JHD Roofing Davey Law Dee and Griffin Tayntons
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TRANSPORT Stagecoach
Beaven Installations 4 PJB Carpentry 5
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TAXI / CHAUFFEURS A & L Taxis
Fisher Cleaning Services 37 Time 4 You 12 Hucclecote Community Centre 2 Robinswood Hill Social Club 31 Saintbridge Sports Centre 27
Dynamic Sales Solutions
SOLICITORS 23
HOME EXTENSIONS
CARPETS Sapphire Carpets
The Property Centre 1
HOME DÉCOR
CARPENTRY PJB Carpentry
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ESTATE AGENTS
PJB Carpentry
Ian Hancocks Construction, Renovation & Maintenance 25
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DRIVEWAYS
BEDROOM FITTING
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MARKETING
Green Space UK Ltd 13
Safeway Tarmac
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LOCAL CLUBS Townswomen Guild
Bodyflair 16 The Beauty Spot 14 Therapy by Sam Baggott 16 Touch of Beauty 15 PJB Carpentry
Abbeydale Landscapes 12 PCF Landscapes 26
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TREE SERVICES Woodlands Tree Services 32
WINDOW CLEANING Al’s Window Cleaning 21
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