Hucclecote Link - February 2023

Dear Neighbours,

Welcome to the February edition of your Hucclecote Link. Belated Happy New Year to you all!

Hope 2023 has started off well for you all. Although I know many of you will still be worried about the constant costs of heating your homes, especially with the cold spell that we are currently having again as I am writing this.

If this is something that is concerning you, please do head down to the Welcome Café who are also offering ’Warm Space’ at the Hucclecote Methodist Church, to see when they are open and for more details find them on page 20.

It’s that time of year when we can start to think about loosing a few pounds, and getting fit for the year ahead. If you are looking for somewhere to go, give Spirit Health Club, located in within the Holiday Inn, a try, more details are on page 14.

If it is a fitness class you are looking for, give Zumba with Wanda a try, read where her classes are on page 20.

Fun Liners, are a local line dancing group which as well as helping with your fitness, is a good fun activity. You can find out when local classes are on page 21. May be you are looking for an activity for your child, Ellie Wright Dance School are offering 2 Free taster sessions, read more about them on page 21.

Do you have a business that is thinking about advertising this new year? If so, get in touch this month as we are offering 3 months for the price of 2 for bookings made in February. Have a great month

Sarah.

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Dave’s top tips

Low level to close coupled cisterns

How can I change my old low-level toilet to a new close-coupled toilet without having a gap behind the cistern? Well there are two possible answers. You either move all of the outgoing pipework in your bathroom wall or floor, or you make a simple box that goes on the wall behind the new close-coupled cistern. The new cistern is then fixed to this box, which can then be tiled or painted depending on what you like. Even if the bathroom walls are tiled already, using strong construction adhesive you can stick the required timbers on the wall and then tack some plasterboard to them when the adhesive is dry. Make sure that you insert a timber cross member at the height of the screw holes which secure the cistern to the wall. The reason a low level toilet does not often exchange easily for a close coupled unit is because 99% of the time a low level unit has a waste outlet which goes down into the floor. If the low level unit you have has a waste outlet which goes directly through the wall or turns at a right angle out of the back of the toilet to go right or left away from the toilet, then you should have no problem replacing it with a close coupled toilet. If your low level unit goes into the floor, the floor outlet is too far away from the wall to allow an easy exchange with a close-coupled unit. You can either dig up the floor and install another pipe, or continue with the box method described above.

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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HUCCLECOTE TOWNSWOMENS GUILD

Having started 2023 with a New Year's Lunch at Bowden Hall,we are now looking ahead towhat else is coming up this year ... a wide range of speakers at our evening meetings; bi-monthly lunches at various local pubs and restaurants, and a Cheese & Wine evening in the Spring,as well as other events still at the planning stagewatchthis space!

The Guild meets at the Hucclecote Community Centre on the third Thursday each month, at 7.30pm. As wellas the speaker or demonstration, there is a raffle, the sales table, and the chance to socialise over tea, coffee and biscuits. Guests and visitors are always welcome at our evening meetings - please feel free to come along on the night, or phone Linda on 617701 if you'd like more information.

Hucclecote Garden Club

February although a relatively short month, is still a time of preparation and tidying up in the garden. Organic-based fertilizers can be applied, the planting of trees and shrubs can continue, weather permitting. Prune winter-flowering shrubs that have finished flowering and climbers such as jasmine and late-summer flowering clematis. As far as vegetables are concerned preparation of seedbeds for veg can be done in February, as well as planting of fruit trees and bushes. Still plenty to be getting on with.

Our February speaker, Venessa Berridge is the County Organiser for the National Garden Scheme, Gloucestershire. Venessa will be sharing with us a short history of the National Garden Scheme as well as emphasing the benefits of gardening and good health. The NGS raises many thousands of pounds for good causes every year and many members of our Garden Club and local residents have no doubt visited one of the beautiful NGS Gardens in Gloucestershire open to the public. Venessa is speaking on Thursday 23rd February, 7.30pm at Hucclecote Community Centre.

Please come and join us, we meet on the fourth Thursday of the month at the Hucclecote Community Centre, doors open 7.00pm for teas/coffees with a 7.30pm start. Contact either Joy on Gloucester 553185 or Sue on Gloucester 543573.

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HARTPURY DRAMA GROUP

presents a 50th anniversary panto MOTHER

GOOSE

at Hartpury Village Hall Theatre

March 30, 31 and April 1

7:30 + Sat 2:30

Tickets £10 adults

£5 children

Box Office – Sue Knox 07817 232276 or susanknox@btinternet.com

Brockworth Hedgehog Rescue needs YOU !!

Our local Hedehog Rescue opened 8 years ago, and is run entirely be volunteers. In 2022 alone, it rescued, rehailitated and released just over 500 hedgehogs.

The Rescue currently needs more volunteers, to spend one morning a week (2-3 hours) at the Rescue, helping to care for the hedgehogscleaning out, weighing, monitoring progress and record keeping.

If you are over 18, able to commit to one morning each week, and would like to be part of this fantastic local charity, contact Kim on 01452 610109 for more information

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Film Releases in February 2023

All film releases are subject to change and we advise customers to keep up to date with the Cineworld website and the Cineworld social media.

3rd February

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

Puss in Boots (Antonio Banderas) discovers that his passion for adventure has taken its toll: he has burnt through eight of his nine lives. Puss sets out on an epic journey to find the mythical Last Wish and restore his nine lives.

Knock at the Cabin

While vacationing at a remote cabin in the woods, a young girl and her parents are taken hostage by four armed strangers who demand they make an unthinkable choice to avert the apocalypse. Confused, scared and with limited access to the outside world, the family must decide what they believe before all is lost.

10th February

Magic Mike`s Last Dance

Mike Lane (Channing Tatum) takes to the stage once again when a business deal that went bust leaves him broke and bartending in Florida. Hoping for one last hurrah, Mike heads to London with a wealthy socialite (Salma Hayek) who lures him with an offer he can't refuse and an agenda all her own. With everything on the line, he soon finds himself trying to whip a hot new roster of talented dancers into shape.

Epic Tails

EPIC TAILS tells the story of super smart mouse Pattie and her feline friend Sam, as they embark upon an exciting adventure of paw-some proportions through Ancient Greece…

17th February

Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania

Ant-Man and the Wasp find themselves exploring the Quantum Realm, interacting with strange new creatures and embarking on an adventure that pushes them beyond the limits of what they thought was possible.

24th February

Cocaine Bear

After a 500-pound black bear consumes a significant amount of cocaine and embarks on a drug-fueled rampage, an eccentric gathering of cops, criminals, tourists, and teenagers assemble in a Georgia forest.

What`s Love Got To Do With It?

What's Love Got to Do with It? is a 2022 British romantic comedy-drama film directed by Shekhar Kapur, from a screenplay by Jemima Khan. The film stars Lily James, Shazad Latif, Shabana Azmi, Emma Thompson, Sajal Aly, Oliver Chris, Asim Chaudhry, and Jeff Mirza.

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