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Welcome Welcome to the March 2014 edition of the Castle Point Local Business Guide. If you are looking for a cultural day out this month, our feature on local Art Galleries on page 6 will give you some good ideas. We also have our regular ‘What’s on in Castle Point’ on page 14 where we feature the Mayors Last Night of The Proms Concert, a Big Breakfast event with stalls and an afternoon of Local History. In our regular local community feature on the Acres Way Kennels, based in Castle Point, (pages 10 & 11), we feature 4 new lovely dogs that need your help. We also feature an article about the history of Mother’s Day (page 26). In our Community feature this month we have an article on the history of The Monico on Canvey Island (page 30). We also have our regular column from our financial expert Martin Lamb from Joseph R Lamb Financial Advisers (see centre pages). If you have any interesting stories about Castle Point or if you are a local team, association or charity that would like to be featured in any future editions of the Local Business Guide then please drop us a line at: info@thelocalbusinessguide.co.uk If you would like to advertise in any of our Guides please contact Ricky on 01375 402546 and with prices starting from as little as £45 it is a really cost effective way of promoting and generating business from your local community.
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Art Galleries in Essex Essex has a number of Art Galleries that you can visit. Firstsite is a visual arts organisation based in Colchester. Their mission is “to make contemporary art relevant to everyone.” Firstsite has a varied programme of exhibitions, commissions, residencies and screenings in a range of art forms by nationally and internationally acclaimed artists. Firstsite also offers a wide range of creative events and activities for the whole family. For more details visit www.firstsite.uk.net or call 01206 577067. Entrance is free. A little closer to home is the Beecroft Art Gallery in Southend. The gallery includes a fine collection of local views including paintings by Alfred Herbert, one of Southend’s best artists whose beautiful and often dramatic works are quite collectible.Special exhibitions are held througout the year. The gallery is open all year round from Tuesday to Saturday except public holidays and entrance is free. For full details visit www.southendmuseums.co.uk or call 01702 347418. Focal Point Gallery is located in The Forum, Southendon-Sea, which is a hundred yards from Southend Central Station. The gallery specialises in contemporary visual art, promoting and commissioning ambitious solo exhibitions, group shows, thematic projects and a programme of public events including performances, film screenings and talks. Entry is free and opening hours are Monday to Saturday 10am - 6pm. For more details visit www. focalpoint.org.uk In the heart of Old Leigh, Richard Baxter’s studio is an ideal place to see the latest ceramics and pottery from this prolific potter. Spacious and well lit the gallery welcomes a constant stream of visitors. All pieces of pottery are totally unique and handthrown in the workshop which adjoins the studio For more information visit www.richardbaxter.co.uk/gallery or call 01702 470 490. Opening times are Tuesday to Sunday 11am to 5pm. 6
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We are a family run business with over 30 years experience close to the Rayleigh Weir, giving excellent advice, choice and service. Telephone 01268 775778 e-mail framing@phoenixframes.co.uk
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Working for the Community
Can you help Re-Home a Dog from Acres Way Kennels? Adopting a Dog
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f you think you can offer a dog a good home, the first thing you need to do is to go down to the kennels, select a suitable dog you like, take it for a walk and see how you get on. Some people and dogs just don’t get along, so before reserving a dog, the Acres Way staff would need to see if you suit each other. If you have children, or another dog, they recommend that you bring them with you, to make sure that everyone will get on. Once you have visited the dogs, and hopefully found one that matches your lifestyle and expectations, a member of staff will arrange a convenient time for a home check. These are usually carried out within 2
or 3 days of your visit and take about half an hour. Once the home check is complete, you’ll be able to collect your dog. You will need to bring with you some identification showing your current address, and the £130 adoption fee. Their staff will be on hand if you have any questions, and will be able to guide you through the adoption process. All the staff and dogs at Acres Way look forward to seeing you Re-Homing Update We are thrilled that Thomas, the 3 - 5 year old Lurcher and Annie, the 1 -2 year old German Shepherd type that we featured in our last issue have been successfully re-homed. They are both settleing in well and are happy in their new homes.
This month’s featured dogs Fifi - Staffie
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Good with other dogs: Yes Good with children: Unknown Additional Information: Very friendly, can suffer with separation anxiety
Roxy - Mastiff q Female / Age 4
Good with other dogs: She will need a meet and greet as she is very picky about who she likes Good with children: 10 plus Additional Information: Would be best with an experienced owner
How to contact them Acres Way Kennels, Great Burches Road Thundersley, Essex SS7 3NE They are open 10am-3pm 7 days a week. Visitors are welcome at any time during these hours - no appointment is necessary.
By email: contact@acresway.co.uk By phone: 01268 770402
Dinky - Cross breed ď ˝ Male / Age 2
Good with other dogs: Yes Good with children: Ages 10+ Additional Information: Can be very boisterous
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What’s On In Castle Point Mayor’s Last Night of the Proms Concert Saturday 15th Mar 2014 Doors Open: 6.30pm Starts: 7pm Salvation Army Hadleigh Temple, 146-148 London Road, Hadleigh SS8 0JA Castle Point Mayor, Councillor Maryse Iles is holding her charity concert, Last Night of the Proms at the Salvation Army Hadleigh Temple. The event features The Hadleigh Temple Salvation Army Band playing all your Prom favourites and the spirit of the night will be maintained by everyone waving flags, wearing patriotic hats and making lots of noise with hooters!!! Tickets are £8 each and are available from Kellie Jeffery in the Mayor’s Office on 01268 882334 or direct from Hadleigh Temple on 01702 558913.
Big Breakfast Saturday 15th March 2014 Starts: 10.30am Ends: 12.30pm Canvey Island Methodist Church, Waaren Road, Canvey Island Big Breakfast - the works. Items individually priced. There will also be stalls at this event. Free admission - only pay for food ordered.
An Afternoon Of Local History Wednesday 26th March 2014 Starts: 2pm Hadleigh Old Fire Station, High Street, Hadleigh, SS7 2PA As part of the Essex Book Festival (see page 28), explore the banks of the Thames estuary with Nick Ardley and delight in the charismatic men of Essex’s history with Karen Bowman. Uncover the history of Hadleigh through Robert Nichols’s personal collection of postcards charting the development of Hadleigh, and share stories from the children of Hadleigh’s Victorian School with Chris WorpoleTickets £5/£4. For more information visit www.essexbookfestival.org.uk or pick up a brochure in your local library. To book call 01206 573948
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Castle Point Denture Clinic Come to the Denture Professionals All Aspects of Denture work From a Simple Repair to a Complete Denture Cosmetic Makeover Denture Repairs in 30 Minutes (approx) New Patients Welcome Ground Floor - No Stairs! Home Visits Available For those Who Can’t Visit Us AREAS COVERED: LEIGH, HADLEIGH, RAYLEIGH THUNDERSLEY, BENFLEET & CANVEY ISLAND
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Money Guidance O
ver the next few months I am going to outline the services we offer at Joseph Lamb, this month I am going to be looking at ‘Equity Release’. At Joseph Lamb Equity Release is one of the areas that we continue to offer full Independent advice in, as each solution is carefuly researched and tailored for each specific client. Terminology can be very confusing in our industry as the adviser community, HMRC and the regulators can use differing names for what are essentially the same products or services. The term Equity Release is now accepted to be any form of service or product that enables you to extract some monetary value from your home, whilst you are still living in it. The target market for these products is the ever growing number of retirees, especially those who find that at some point they are starting to struggle financially as their pensions are not keeping pace with inflation. There are two main types of Equity release, the first are now known as Lifetime Mortgages. These are essentially mortgages in reverse and can be arranged on most homes when the owners are over 55. The amount you can borrow is generally dependent on your age, the older you are the more you can borrow. If there is sufficient equity in your home you can repay other existing loans or mortgages and use any surplus for nearly any purpose; to improve your standard of living, increase your income, home improvements, make modifications to your home to improve your mobility or even to move to a larger home. The majority of Lifetime mortgages are set up on an ‘interest roll up’ basis. This means you do not have to pay the interest payments, instead they are charged to your mortgage account (usually at Fixed Rate), and the loan, plus the accumulated interest is paid off in the future when the last occupant has gone into long term care, or upon their death. This means that the some of the value in your home has been enjoyed by you, for whatever purpose, and the ultimate net value of your home is reduced by the amount of the final balance. This will not be a suitable situation if your primary concern is protecting the value of your estate for your children or beneficiaries, but if this is not a concern to you then this may well be suitable. There are Lifetime Mortgages available that operate exactly as above, but that also give you the option to make all or some of the interest payments, to prevent the final balance rolling up too much. These may be of interest if you have a reasonable income and want to protect your beneficiaries interests, and to help them through life, for example you could raise capital to gift to your children or grandchildren for a deposit for house purchase and make some payments of interest in order to protect the final value of your estate for their benefit. You can also limit the amount of interest accruing by setting
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your Lifetime Mortgage up as a facility, drawing down portions of the agreed loan only as you need them. An example may be that you could borrow £50,000 but only draw down £15,000 to improve your home, you will only be charged interest on the £15,000 with a further £35,000 in reserve to draw down at some point in the future.You retain the right to live in your property and the products we recommend mean that you can never owe more than the property value. The other main type of Equity Release product is a Home Reversion, in these you do not borrow, but rather you sell a percentage of your home to the provider, who provides you with a secure tenancy for a nominal annual rent. The amount you will receive is generally a lot less than it’s market value as it could be many years before the provider recoups their cash when the home is sold, again on vacating the property to enter long term care, or death. If the property value increases then the amount to the provider will increase similarly. However, care must be taken when considering any form of Equity Release. You should always consider other options, could you sell and downsize? Take in a lodger? Equity Release should always be considered as the last resort but the products are now much more competitive than in the past (a range of APRs from 6.2 to around 7% for most Lifetime Mortgages), are much better regulated, all providers of advice need to be regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority, and operate in a much more professional market. Always seek professional advice, Joseph Lamb are members of the Equity Release Council, an organisation set up to promote awareness of and confidence in the Equity Release Market. Member firms have to meet the ERC membership criteria whether they are advisers or lenders. Very few adviser firms have joined the ERC so are delighted to be one of the few members in the South East of England. Full details regarding the ERC can be found at www.equityreleasecouncil.com. If you need any further information then please visit our website or request one of our FREE Equity Release guides by calling, visiting our website or via e mail at info@ josephlamb.co.uk. Should you need advice or to just discuss the options available to you then we can visit you at home or arrange a meeting in our offices. The initial meeting is always FREE. Martin Lamb, Dip.PFS Certs CII (MP & ER) This article is not intended to provide advice, nor does it imply that ant Equity Release service or product is suitable for you. Always seek independent legal and financial advice and check carefully the terms and conditions of any product if you want your family or others to inherit the full value of your home. Lifetime Mortgages are secured against the value of your home, Home Reversions involve an actual sale of part of the value of your home.
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Mother’s Day If you thought that Mother’s Day was just another commercially-motivated holiday, designed more to line the pockets of the card makers than to celebrate motherhood, think again! In an age when every other weekend seems to bring one “special” day or another, Mother’s Day is one of the few genuine traditions still left. official celebration of mothers and motherhood. President Woodrow Wilson finally obliged in 1914, naming the second Sunday in May a national holiday - Mother’s Day. Although many other countries have followed the US’s example by celebrating Mother’s Day on the second Sunday in May, it’s far from a universal date. Mother’s Day is celebrated as early as February in Norway, and as late as December in Iran, with a smattering of other dates in between. Here in the UK, we always celebrate Mother’s Day on the fourth Sunday of Lent.
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irst celebrated by the ancient Greeks, in honour It’s not just the date of Mother’s Day which depends on where you happen to be in the world, though: the of Rhea, the mother of the Gods, Mother’s day has been around in some shape or form ever since. manner in which it’s celebrated varies from culture to culture, too. India’s Mother’s Day celebration is perhaps the longest. It lasts for ten days in October, It was in seventeenth-century England, however, in a celebration known as “Durga Puja”, with that Mothering Sunday first started to take on the form that we now recognise. Those were the days “Durga” being a goddess said to protect the people of servants and landed gentry, when children would from evil. In the former Yugoslavia, meanwhile, the Western tradition is reversed, with mother’s go into “service” at a relatively young age, often moving far from home to live with their employers. expected to give gifts to their children, rather than the other way around! This follows a tradition On Mother’s day, though, those children were whereby children sneak into their mother’s room given the day off, and would head back home to early in the morning, and tie her up. The mother be with their mothers - often bringing with them flowers plucked from the hedgerows, and a special must reveal where she has hidden the presents in order to be untied. “Mothering Cake” (or “Simnel cake”) as gifts. Mother’s Day didn’t reach America until 1872, when Julia Ward Howe organised a special day for mothers. Anna M. Jarvis picked up on the tradition in 1907, when she started to campaign for an
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In a survey carried out by Hallmark Cards, the most popular gifts on Mother’s Day in the UK are still flowers and chocolates.
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History of Castle Point Hotel Monico - Canvey Island
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he Hotel Monico was opened on the 6th April 1938 as a luxury hotel for British holiday-makers. It was the brainchild of local entrepreneur, Mr A.H Beaumont. Alexander Harold Beaumont was an enterprising gasworks painter and contractor who recognised potential on the rapidly developing Island for better catering and entertainment facilities. He acquired the land on the Seafront in 1932 and erected The Casino. The Casino featured ballroom space for about 700 people and an amusement fair. In 1938, the Hotel Monico opened on the adjoining land and was claimed, at the time, to be one of the finest hotels in Essex. The building was described by Mr Beaumont as “The Luxurious Hotel Monico.” The building itself took only ten months to build and as far as was possible, Mr Beaumont used local labour and locally sourced materials. Interestingly, a total of 25,000 bricks were used along with almost 230 tons of steel and thousands of oak blocks for the flooring. Local press described the building as “an outstanding architectural achievement with an air of continental smartness.” The original hotel had 25 bedrooms and featured large public rooms, a sun balcony overlooking the estuary, a 125ft by 85ft roof garden, a special children’s room and a forecourt serving refreshments in the summer.
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