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Dear Neighbours, Welcome to the November edition of your Abbey-Link. When you receive this directory, the clocks will have just gone back - a sign that Winter is now on its way. With the darker mornings and evenings creeping up on us, I wonder how many of you have already put your heating on? If you need to get your boiler checked before the Winter kicks in, we have plenty of plumbers with some great offers, see our index on page 38. It can be hard to know what to do with the children after school when the Winter months are here, why not try Birds of a Feather Youth Theatre who are based at Abbeydale Community Centre, more details on page 26. I do also need to mention the ‘C’ word. Yes it’s not long now until our thoughts start turning towards Christmas. Many of our advertisers are holding Christmas promotions or offer venues to hold Christmas parties; such as Coney Hill Rugby club on the front cover, have a look through the directory and take advantage of them now. 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 Ken Holt on winning last months competition, tickets are on their way to you. Please feel free to email me your Sudoku entries if you so wish: sarah@thelinkdirectories.co.uk Have a great 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 To advertise call 01452 890242
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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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Manufacturers & Installers of all Types of the Finest Quality of Windows, Doors & Conservatories 41 Kingsmead Abbeymead Gloucester GL4 5DY Telephone: 01452 618530 07961 199942
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7th November
Interstellar
A group of explorers make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage. Starring Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain
The Skeleton Twins After ten years of estrangement, twins Maggie and Milo coincidentally cheat death on the same day, prompting them to reunite and confront how their lives went so wrong. As the twins' reunion reinvigorates them both, they realize that the key to fixing their lives just may lie in fixing their relationship with each other. Featuring Kristen Wiig, Ty Burrell and Bill Hader
14th November The Drop Bob Saginowski finds himself at the centre of a robbery gone awry and entwined in an investigation that digs deep into the neighbourhood’s past where friends, families, and foes all work together to make a living - no matter the cost. Starring Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace and James Gandolfini
Nativity 3: Dude Where’s My Donkey Starring Adam Garcia, Martin Clunes, Catherine Tate and Celia Imrie
The Imitation Game English mathematician and logician, Alan Turing, helps crack the Enigma code during World War II. Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley and Mark Strong
21st November The Hunger Games- Mockingjay Part 1 Following on from the last Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen reluctantly becomes the symbol of a mass rebellion against the autocratic Capitol. Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth
No Good Deed Terri (Taraji P. Henson) is a devoted wife and mother of two, living an ideal suburban life in Atlanta when Colin (Idris Elba), a charming but dangerous escaped convict, shows up at her door claiming car trouble. Terri offers her phone to help him but soon learns that no good deed goes unpunished as she finds herself fighting for survival when he invades her home and terrorizes her family.
What We Do In The Shadows Follow the lives of Viago (Taika Waititi), Deacon (Jonathan Brugh), and Vladislav (Jemaine Clement) - three flatmates who are just trying to get by and overcome life's obstacles-like being immortal vampires who must feast on human blood. Hundreds of years old, the vampires are finding that beyond sunlight catastrophes, hitting the main artery, and not being able to get a sense of their wardrobe without a reflection-modern society has them struggling with the mundane like paying rent, keeping up with the chore wheel, trying to get into nightclubs, and overcoming flatmate conflicts.
Get On Up A chronicle of James Brown's rise from extreme poverty to become one of the most influential musicians in history. Starring Chadwick Boseman, Nelsan Ellis and Dan Aykroyd
28th November Horrible Bosses 2 Dave (Kevin Spacey), Kurt (Jason Bateman) and Nick (Jason Sudeikis) decide to start their own business but things don't go as planned because of a slick investor, prompting the trio to pull off a harebrained and misguided kidnapping scheme.
Paddington A young Peruvian bear with a passion for all things British travels to London in search of a home. Finding himself lost and alone at Paddington Station, he begins to realize that city life is not all he had imagined - until he meets the kindly Brown family, who read the label around his neck ('Please look after this bear. Thank you.') and offer a temporary haven. It890242 looks as though his luck has changed To him advertise call 01452 until this rarest of bears catches the eye of a museum taxidermist... Starring Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins, Julie Walters, Jim Broadbent and Nicole Kidman.
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Sudoku Complete the puzzle by 7 4 5 20th November 2014 and 1 9 return, with your name and 7 2 9 3 address, to The Abbey-Link, 30 Dancers Hill, 7 4 Abbeymead, 5 1 6 4 9 Gloucester, GL4 5TY 7 3 9 6 or email sarah@thelinkdirectories.co.uk 8 9 2 4 to be in with a chance 7 2 of winning 2 cinema tickets 2 6 5 1
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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
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Hucclecote Townswomen Guild 46 members and two visitors attended the September meeting, when our speaker was Rotary Club representative Dave Fennick, who spoke about "Shelter Box" disaster relief. Shelter Box originated in Cornwall in 2000, and was initiated by the Royal Navy Search and Rescue Team there to add to the range of food/water/medicine already provided by other agencies and charities to areas devastated by natual disasters. A "Shelter Box" contains (nearly) everything a whole family would need when they have been left with nothing following floods, typhoons, hurricanes, a tsunami, and includes a family-sized tent, water filtration system, tools, mosquito net, blankets, cooking vessels, plates - even a stove. The number of such boxes provided increases every year, rising from 2,600 sent during the first four years, to 22,000 sent following the Boxing Day tsunami. Areas provided with Shelter Boxes include Haiti, the Philippines, Pakistan and Mexico, and in Haiti, some of the tents are still in use. The Met Office is a major sponsor of Shelter Box, and Young Shelter Box has links with the Scouts, and the Head Teachers' Association. Hucclecote Townswomens Guild meets at Hucclecote Community Centre on the third Thursday of each month at 7.30pm. You are welcome to join us for speakers covering a wide range of interests and topics, tea and coffee, outings and social events. Phone Linda on 617701 for more information - or just come along!
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Your quick guide to everyone and everything in your Directory...
ACCOUNTANTS Abbeymead Accountancy and Taxation Centre
COMPUTER MAINTENANCE 6
AIRCONDITIONING Charmont
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ARCHITECT D2B Designs Paul Karlsson
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BATHROOM INSTALLATION Severn Vale Bathrooms TBS Bathrooms
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BEAUTICIAN Therapy by Sam Baggott
CONSERVATORIES Gloucester Conservatory & Window Warehouse 35
COVING SPECIALIST Rob Walters
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A D B Electrical Services DMXpressions JRB Electrical
BLINDS
ESTATE AGENTS
Lindas Blinds UK Blinds
30 24 BUILDING CONTRACTORS Darren Mann 11
Michael Tuck The Property Centre
BUSINESS
FLOORING
Dynamic Sales Solutions
Ermin Plant Hire 7 26 30 33
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ELECTRICIAN
BEDROOMS PJB Carpentry
Cotswold Computer Medic Hex Web Hop-2-it Jemtek
PLANT HIRE
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FITTED WARDROBES Space Master PJB Carpentry
CARPETS Sapphire Carpets
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CHILDRENS ACTIVITIES Jo Jingles 26 Birds of a Feather Youth Theatre 26
CHIMNEY SWEEP Clean Sweep
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CLEANER Time for You
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Abbeydale Landscapes LMS
LAWNMOWERS
Abbeydale Sports & Community Centre
LOFT LADDERS
COMPLIMENTARY THERAPY Chiropractic Wellness Centre 15 Foot Care Clinic 26 Physio Kinesis 15 Remedial Sports 15
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Cheltenham Mowers Elite Loft Ladders
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PAINTER & DECORATOR Fresh Finishes
Elite Maintenance 5 Forthright Services 13 Grand C Property Services 24 Help @ Home 18 Homecare Property Maintenance 31 Swift Removals C & G Cladding
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ROOFING SERVICE Homecall
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SOLICITORS Dee & Griffin Treasures
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SPORTS & SOCIAL CENTRE Coney Hill RFC Saintbridge Sports Centre
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TREE SERVICES 12
UPHOLSTERER Colin Pattenden
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WINDOW INSTALLATION
OVEN CLEANERS Oven Busters
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PROPERTY MAINTENANCE
DW Tree Services
LANDSCAPING
COMMUNITY CENTRE 14
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KITCHEN & BATHROOM FITTING M C Kitchen & Bathrooms PJB Carpentry TBS Kitchens
Beaven Installations Charmont Glevum Heating Ignition TJ Robins The Gasman SK Modern Heating
ROOFING INSTALLATION
GL Caravan Care
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PLUMBING & HEATING
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Garden Busters Garden Delight Linden Tree Mark Dunkley
P J B Carpentry
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REMOVALS FIRM
GARDEN MAINTENANCE
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Chris Lee DDM Plastering
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CARAVAN SERVICING CARPENTRY
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PLASTERER
A & A Double Glazing C & G Cladding Warmseal Windows
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WINDOW REPAIR Cloudy 2 Clear 13 Longlevens Window Repairs 11
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