May 2013
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Dear Neighbours, Welcome to the July edition of your Abbey-Link. This month sees the start of the School Summer holidays and the count down for a lot of us to our Summer holiday. A time when we can take a break from the day to day routine and spend some quality family time together. Now ladies, whether you are going away or not, we all like to look our best at this time of year, and it’s a great time to treat yourself to a manicure or pedicure and Therapy by Sam Baggott offers some great treatments– more details on page 16. If you are just looking for a little ’you’ time away from the daily routine - Simply Tranquil on page 17 offer a variety of Relaxing, unwinding and refreshing complimentary therapies, with £10 off with your first appointment. With the Summer Holidays hopefully comes good weather (She says with her fingers crossed!), and so a time of year when we enjoy spending more time outdoors in our gardens. We have a variety of garden maintenance companies on board who can help get your garden into ship shape so you can enjoy the Summer and hold those BBQ parties with pride! We are proud to say that this month also sees the Tuffley Link Directory celebrate 3 years of publication. So to celebrate this we are offering businesses a birthday offer of ‘Buy 3 months advertising in July and get 3 months Free’ - this can be for a total of 6 months in one directory or 2 months but in all 3 directories (so a total of 6 adverts placed). See our advert on page 17 or email me for more details. When I spoke to one of our customers this month about seeing if they are happy to continue with their advertising in our directories - their response was…”Thanks for the reminder. We would most definitely like to renew for an other 6 months on all 3 links. We have found a great response from the Tuffley Link and wished we did it sooner!!!!!” The winner of this months Sudoku competition is Mr K Woodhouse, Cineworld tickets will be on their way to you. To be in with a chance to win Cineworld Tickets, see page 31. Please feel free to email me your Sudoku entries if you so wish: sarah@thelinkdirectories.co.uk Have a great month and enjoy your holiday if you are going away this month… Sarah. The Link Directories (Gloucester) Ltd cannot be held responsible for any errors or omissions or endorse companies, products or services that appear in this magazine. to adverts PrintedPlease by: Themention Color Company Tel: when 01242responding 226332 www.thecolorco.co.uk
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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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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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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
High Quality Timber Windows & Doors
Tel: 01452 612759 Mobile: 07778 818886 References available
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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 Please mention
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LINDEN TREE
LANDSCAPES ● ● ● ● ●
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 AND TREE MAINTENANCE All kinds of trees and hedges expertly felled, topped and pruned
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)
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3rd July Terminator: Genisys After finding himself in a new time-line, Kyle Reese (Jai Courtney) teams up with John Connor's mother Sarah (Emilia Clarke) and an aging terminator to try and stop the one thing that the future fears, "Judgement Day".
Magic Mike XXL The continuing story of male stripper, Magic Mike. Starring Channing Tatum, Amber Heard and Elizabeth Banks.
10th July Ted 2 Newlywed couple Ted (Seth Macfarlane)and Tami-Lynn want to have a baby, but in order to qualify to be a parent, Ted will have to prove he's a person in a court of law. Starring Liam Neeson, Mark Wahlberg and Amanda Seyfried
17th July Ant-Man Armed with a super-suit with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, con-man Scott Lang must embrace his inner hero and help his mentor, Dr. Hank Pym, plan and pull off a heist that will save the world. Starring Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly and Hayley Atwell
Pan The story of an orphan who is spirited away to the magical Neverland. There, he finds both fun and dangers, and ultimately discovers his destiny -- to become the hero who will be forever known as Peter Pan. Starring Hugh Jackman, Levi Miller and Jimmy Vee
Self/Less An extremely wealthy man, dying from cancer, undergoes a radical medical procedure that transfers his consciousness into the body of a healthy young man. But all is not as it seems when he starts to uncover the mystery of the body's origin and the organization that will kill to protect its cause. Starring Ryan Reynolds, Matthew Goode and Natalie Martinez
24th July Inside Out From the Disney Pixar Studios. After a girl moves to a new home, her emotions are plunged into chaos as they compete for control of her mind. Featuring the voice talents of Amy Poehler , Mindy Kaling , Bill Hader and Phyllis Smith
True Story When disgraced New York Times reporter Michael Finkel meets accused killer Christian Longo - who has taken on Finkel's identity - his investigation morphs into a game of cat-and-mouse. Starring James Franco, Jonah Hill and Felicity Jones
Southpaw A boxer fights his way to the top, only to find his life falling apart around him. Starring Rachel McAdams and Jake Gyllenhaal.
31st July Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation Ethan (Tom Cruise) and his team take on their most impossible mission yet, eradicating the Syndicate - an International rogueTo organization highly skilled as they are, committed to destroying advertise as call 01452 890242 the IMF. Also starring Jeremy Renner and Simon Pegg.
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Sudoku Complete the puzzle by 20th July 2015 and return, with your name and address, to The Abbey-Link, 30 Dancers Hill, Abbeymead, Gloucester, GL4 5TY or email sarah@thelinkdirectories.co.uk
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HUCCLECOTE TOWNSWOMEN GUILD
The most recent speakers at our Guild were Eugene and Margaret Schellenberg, who founded the Ifakara Bakery Project in Tanzania. Having retired from working with industrial food preparation equipment, and teaching, Eugene and Margaret were visiting one of their sons who was living and working in Tanzania. They were made very welcome by the local comunity, and were asked if it were possible for them to help obtain a bread oven for the community to buy, so they could bake and sell their own "daily bread". This they did, and from very small beginnings, have seen how the Ifakara Bakery now supplies freshly-baked bread not only to local people, but to the childrens' hospital, the orphanage and the leprosy centre. Eugene was an enthralling speaker, and very entertaining. Details were given of forthcoming events - the Ramblers' Group, a trip to the Everyman Theatre, a coffee morning, a coach trip to the Bristol Blue Glass Factory, and the annual Quiz and Skittles competitions. Tickets are now on sale for the Fashion Show on Thursday 20 August, priced at ÂŁ6.00. This promises to be a fantastic evening, with refreshments and a raffle, as well as the opportunity to buy clothes at a discounted price. Please phone Linda on Gloucester 617701 for more details, or to buy your tickets. The Guild meets at the Hucclecote Community Centre on the 3rd Thursday of every month, at 7.30pm. There is always a speaker, refreshments and the chance to chat and socialise. Phone Linda on Gloucester 617701 for more information, or just come along - you would be made very welcome.
Hearts and Hurricanes WI We are a young, informal and friendly WI group who meet on the second Wednesday of every month at 7.30pm in the Community Room at Coopers Edge School. We've had several new members recently, and would still love to welcome more. If you fancy it, feel free to come along to our next meeting. You can contact us first if you prefer (details below). At our June meeting we had a vintage tea party to celebrate 100 years of the WI, and a member's husband, a history enthusiast, gave us a talk on WW1 and the foundations of the WI. For our July meeting (Weds 8) we're having a go at the very practical skill of car maintenance, and in August (Weds 12) we're being slightly more feminine and trying flower arranging. In September (Weds 9) we're hoping to have a chocolate tasting - how could you resist?! In between the monthly meetings we also hold other monthly clubs for WI members: book club, craft club, a dining club, as well as regular social events such as cinema and theatre trips. We always include time during our meetings for tea (or wine!) and cake and a chance to chat with other members. It's a great way of making new friends. For more information, please see www.heartsandhurricaneswi.weebly.com. You can also contact us on 07934 170304 or heartsandhurricaneswi@hotmail.co.uk. To advertise call 01452 890242
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Your quick guide to everyone and everything in your Directory...
ACCOUNTANTS Abbeymead Accountancy and Taxation Centre
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AIRCONDITIONING Charmont
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CONSERVATORIES
ARCHITECT D2B Designs Paul Karlsson
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BATHROOM INSTALLATION TBS Bathrooms
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BEDROOMS PJB Carpentry
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BUSINESS Dynamic Sales Solutions
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CARAVAN SERVICING GL Caravan Care
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CARPENTRY P J B Carpentry
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CARPETS Sapphire Carpets
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CHILDRENS ACTIVITIES Jo Jingles
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CHIMNEY SWEEP Clean Sweep
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COMMUNITY CENTRE Abbeydale Sports & Community Centre
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COMPLIMENTARY THERAPY
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PLASTERER
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PLUMBING & HEATING
ELECTRICIAN A D B Electrical Services DMXpressions
ESTATE AGENTS Michael Tuck The Property Centre
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FLOORING PJB Carpentry
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GARDEN MAINTENANCE Lawn Man Linden Tree Mark Dunkley
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GUTTER CLEANING Al’s Gutter Cleaning
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HOUSING Gloucester City Council
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KITCHEN & BATHROOM FITTING M C Kitchen & Bathrooms PJB Carpentry TBS Kitchens
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LANDSCAPING
Chiropractic Wellness Centre 16 Remedial Sports 16 Simple Beginnings 33 Simply Tranquil Therapy 17
COMPUTER MAINTENANCE Cotswold Computer Medic Hop-2-it Jemtek
COVING SPECIALIST Rob Walters
BEAUTY Therapy by Sam Baggott
Gloucester Conservatory & Window Warehouse 29 Thomas Tonks Installations 19
Abbeydale Landscapes LMS
LAWNMOWERS Cheltenham Mowers
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MARKETING Gerken Creative
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OVEN CLEANERS Oven Busters
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PAINTER & DECORATOR Bright Sparks
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Chris Lee Beaven Installations Charmont Glevum Heating Ignition TJ Robins The Gasman
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PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CB Home Improvements Elite Property Maintenance HandyLink
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REMOVALS FIRM Swift Removals
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ROOFING INSTALLATION C & G Cladding
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SOCIAL CLUB Saintbridge Sports Centre
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SOLICITORS Dee & Griffin Tayntons Treasures
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TREE SERVICES Help @ Home
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UPHOLSTERER Colin Pattenden
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WINDOW CLEANER Al’s Window Cleaning
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WINDOW INSTALLATION A & A Double Glazing BMR Windows C & G Cladding Not Just Glazing
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WINDOW REPAIR Cloudy 2 Clear 13 Longlevens Window Repairs 11
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