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Welcome A very warm welcome to the May 2013 edition of the Castle Point Local Business Guide. As we head into Spring, why not spend a day at one of the many glorious historic buildings and gardens in Essex. We feature 4 great potential days out in Essex for you to enjoy (page 6). We also feature the annual Wildlife Day at West Canvey Marsh (page 20) to be held on 25th May with the BBC’s wildlife expert Mike Dilger in attendance. We also have our regular ‘What’s on in Castle Point’ feature on page 18 to get you out and about in the local area.

Advertisers Index GARDEN SERVICES, HOME IMPROVEMENT & CONSTRUCTION BUILDER / GROUNDWORKS / pAVING 33 BUILDING SUPPLIES

CARPETS / FLOORING

DECORATOR 35 DRIVEWAY CLEANING

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We also have our regular local community feature on the Acres Way Kennels, based in Castle Point. One of the dogs we featured last time, Archie the Jack Russell Cross has been re-homed successfully, however we are re-featuring Dexter the Doberman, who has yet to find a nice home. We are also listing a new dog, Coco the Cross breed, in the hope that we can find more loving homes for the dogs we feature in this month’s edition (pages 12-13).

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In our other Community features this month we feature Business Opportunities for the Physically Handicapped or BOPH (page 28), a registered charity which provides the physically handicapped and those with learning difficulties with a normal working environment and in our article on the History of Castle Point we feature St James the Less Church in Hadleigh (page 26).

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REMOVALS 27 ROOFING 15 WINDOWS 25, 36 FINANCIAL, LEGAL & PROPERTY SERVICES FINANCIAL ADVISOR

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LEGAL 23 LETTINGS 31 HOUSEHOLD & LIFESTYLE ANIMAL SHELTER / RESCUE CENTRE

We also have a feature on the Southend Maritime Festival which is to be launched by the tall ship Atlantis which sails into Southend at midday on Friday 24th May (page 32).

ART COURSES / MOSAIC GALLERY

In our regular recipe corner (page 34) we feature a traditional recipe for Chocolate Brownies and there is also our regular financial column from our financial expert Martin Lamb from Joseph R Lamb Independent Financial Advisors (see centre pages).

CAR SALES / REPAIRS / MOT

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 Have a great May!

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Houses & Gardens In Essex As we head into Spring, why not spend a day at one of the many glorious historic buildings and gardens in Essex. Audley End House and Gardens in Saffron Walden is one of England’s grandest stately homes. Audley End House was built to entertain royalty and includes a Victorian Service Wing complete with kitchen, laundries and a dairy. With beautiful grounds to explore, including an impressive formal garden and the working Organic Kitchen Garden, there’s so much to see and do. For opening times and prices visit www.english-heritage.org.uk or call 01799 522842. Bardﬁeld Vineyard in Great Bardfield, Braintree was once owned by Anne of Cleves. You can tour the vineyard and the walled garden, taste the wines and eat in the beautiful 17th century farmhouse. There is also a magnificent Grade I listed brick and tile barn built by Anne of Cleves in 1541. For more details call 01371 810776

layer Marney tower is a magnificent red brick Tudor house in Layer Marney near Colchester. It is the tallest gatehouse in the country, built to rival that of Hampton Court. It has stunning views from the top of the tower across rolling Essex countryside. There are lovely gardens, a medieval barn, children’s play area, animals and a one and a half mile circular, country walk. The church has three fine effigy tombs. visit www.layermarneytower.co.uk Hyde Hall is a 360 acre estate near Chelmsford. This inspirational garden has a great diversity of plants and planting styles where you can watch the changing seasons and get closer to nature. It’s a garden to be enjoyed by people of all ages Facilities include a licensed restaurant, plant centre, shop, information centre and library.For more details visit www.rhs.org.uk/hydehall 6

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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 Name:Once Archie Breed: Jack Russell cross Age: 2 days of your visit and take about half an hour. the home check is complete, you’ll be able toGood collect your with children: Unknown dog. You will need to bring with you someGood identification Re-Homing Update with dogs: No showing your current address, and the £130 adoption Additional information: Can be nervous on initial meet fee. Brilliant news – Archie, the 2 year old Jack Russell Cross that we featured in our last issue has been successfully re-homed Their staff will be on hand if you have any questions, with a new loving family. sadly Dexter is still yet to find a and will be able to guide you through the adoption loving family and so we are featuring him again this month in process. All the staff and dogs at Acres Way look the hope that we can find him a suitable home. forward to seeing you

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This month’s featured dogs Dexter - Doberman  Male / Age 3 - 5

Good with other dogs: Yes but would be need to meet and greet other dog Good with children: Unknown but would be best suited with older children Name: Dexter

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Spring Fete Saturday 11th May 2013 10.30am - 4.00pm Northwick Park Junior School, Canvey Island

There will have a variety of stalls and also pyschic readings on the day. Entrance fee of £1.00 for over 16s All proceeds will go to local charities - Cuddle Cots and Haven’s Hospice

The Real Essex Craft Fayre Saturday 18th May 2013 11.00am - 4.00pm The Paddocks Community Centre, Long Road Canvey Island, SS8 0JA Have a browse of a variety of purely handmade, handcrafted items to purchase. Following our strict policy of no mass produced or manufactured goods, you can be assured all items are made with love and care. Kids can enjoy the ‘Clever Crafters’ childrens workshop and face painting is available.

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Money Guidance

by Martin Lamb Dip. PFS Certs C11 (MP & ER) , Pensions, Unit Trusts, ‘OEICS’, I SAs Bonds………… The world of investments can

be very confusing, and even intimidating. Each ‘vehicle’ has it’s own taxation rules, which may be more or less beneficial to you dependent on your own circumstances. It is vital that you seek advice to make sure that your savings and investments are in the most tax efficient vehicles for you, and equally important to ensure that the investments within each vehicle are suitable. An ISA for example can be a ‘cash’ ISA which simply puts your money on deposit, or a ‘stocks and shares’ ISA. The term ‘stocks and shares’ ISA is misleading, as there are many investments that you can place in one these that are not stocks and shares such as Property funds, Government and Corporate Bond funds, Overseas bonds funds and Commodity funds. You can, with advice, build a balanced portfolio of investments inside a Stocks and Shares ISA, or indeed a personal pension. Whist it feels sensible to take little or no risk with the underlying investments, it is very important to understand how the world is changing and that taking little ‘risk’ with your savings could end up costing you dearly. At Joseph Lamb’s we believe that inflation will continue to increase, and don’t forget that the governments new ‘CPI’ inflation measure misleads. Have you filled your car up or a shopping trolley lately? We are all experiencing inflation running much higher than the official figure. In the meantime interest rates are now almost certain to remain at or around these alltime lows for years to come as the Government has to keep borrowing costs down, or we are all doomed! So whilst it may appear that leaving money in 20

‘safe havens’ such as cash or Government Bonds is the right thing to do, inflation will almost certainly erode it’s value very significantly. We have lost track of how many clients we have who retired ten or more years ago and are now feeling the pinch. If you want your money to deliver an income, then inflation is an even bigger problem as if you spend your interest the remaining capital balance becomes worth less and less very quickly. Only by investing some of your money in ‘real assets’ do you stand any chance of beating inflation going forwards. It may appear that ‘Investments’ are not delivering, but that is simply not the case, the returns since 2004 in our Medium risk portfolios are up to 8.13% pa, including the impact of the 2008 crisis, and have been performing more strongly than that recently. The world is changing, and still growing, but the relative importance of ‘The West’ is declining and any investment portfolio should reflect this. You can only invest in this growth by using a diverse portfolio not by leaving your money on deposit or in Cash ISAs, which can be transferred to Stocks and Shares ISAs. Inflation doesn’t stop when you retire! It must be allowed for in your retirement planning and you must look further down the road than age 65. Many of us will live longer in retirement than we earned a good living for……….this means we will all need more savings behind us than we imagine. Start now, tomorrow will be too late! And seek proper advice from acknowledge advisers with a long term track record! Martin Lamb, Managing Director of Joseph R Lamb Independent Financial Advisers Ltd. Investments may go down as well as up, Past performance is no guarantee of future performance. This article does not constitute investment advice, readers should seek an assessment of their needs and requirements before making any decisions based on the content of this article

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anvey Island Town Council is working in partnership with the RSPB to hold their annual Wildlife Day at West Canvey Marsh, Canvey Road, Canvey Island on Saturday, 25th May 11am to 4pm. Wildlife celebrity guest Mike Dilger from the BBC’s The One Show will be providing walk and talk trails around the marsh to include some of the fascinating insects, wild plants and birds that can be found on Canvey Island.

Last year’s event was a huge success with hundreds of people attending including the Castle Point Mayor Cllr Peter Burch and Rebecca Harris MP. Local wildlife and conservation groups including Canvey Island and Castle Point Wildlife Groups, Essex Wildlife Trust, Buglife, Groundwork as well as bat, badger groups and other local conservation groups were well represented In the lead up to the event, the RSPB is organising a free entry photography competition with the theme of ‘Wildlife of Canvey Island’. The competition is divided into three categories, under 12 years old, 12-18 years old and over 18 years old. There are prizes in each of the categories. Deadline for submitting entries is Saturday, 18th May to the RSPB South Essex Marshes office (details on the competition information). A short list of entries will be judged by The One Show’s Wildlife presenter, Mike Dilger at the Wildlife Day on Saturday, 25th May at the RSPB West Canvey Marsh, Canvey Island and the winners will then be presented with their prizes. For more information about the competition contact the RSPB on 01268

498620 or email SE.Education@rspb.org.uk or download the entry form from the Town Council website www. canveyisland-tc.gov.uk. Cllr Peter Greig, Chairman of the Town Council said: “This is the fourth year that the Town Council has organised this event in partnership with the RSPB. The Wildlife Day is a wonderful educational event during the half term holidays for all the family. We are pleased to have Mike Dilger back with us again this year. Everyone is invited to bring their picnics and join in with the activities on offer.” Local wildlife, conservation and arts and craft group stalls and activities for the children including pond dipping and bug hunting. The event is free entry including free face painting. Limited car parking and refreshments will be available. For more information, please contact the Town Clerk on 01268 683965 or clerk@canveyisland-tc.gov.uk

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he Parish church of St James The Less has been the spiritual and geographical centre of Hadleigh since approximately 1140. You may be surprised to learn that the church building is actually older than Hadleigh Castle by some 100 years or so! The church, built in a semi-circle shape at the East side is very typical of Norman design and it has remained pretty much unaltered over the last 800 years. This has been mainly due to the fact that until the start of this century, the population of the village remained small so there was no real need to make the building any bigger Defence against attack The way the church was constructed, with thick walls and narrow windows suggests that in Norman times, it

was built not only as a place of worship but also as a means of defence against coastal attacks. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t forget, the church was built well before the castle in the second half of the 12th century. Some alterations have been made over the years such as the renovation or addition of some of the nave windows between the 13th and 15th century. The porch and belfry were also added later. Major restoration work was also carried out in 1949 following extensive damage caused by enemy attacks during the Second World War. On the whole though, the church remains largely unchanged and remains one of the best examples of this type of Norman architecture in the country. Discovery Inside the church, several items of note can be seen. Back in the 1850â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, some plaster was removed from the inside walls and a number of wall paintings were discovered behind. The pictures included Jacobean texts, the Lordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Prayer and the Ten Commandments, St George and the dragon, some angels and a picture of St. Thomas of Canterbury. Unfortunately, once exposed to the open air most of the work did not survive apart from an angel and the picture of St Thomas. Other items of interest inside the church include the Royal Arms of Queen Anne, some 19th century stained glass windows and the font which has been altered over the years but still shows evidence of its Norman origins

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usiness Opportunities for the Physically Handicapped or B.O.P.H is a registered charity which provides the physically handicapped and those with learning difficulties with a normal working environment, giving them a life comparable to their able bodied peers. B.O.P.H was founded in 1995 by Joan Lythgoe and her late husband. Their granddaughter, Joanne, suffered from vaccine damage at the age of 9 months that left her disabled and as she grew older and left school, the family found that all the support that was available during her school years was no longer available. There appeared to be a huge gap in the support system and a complete lack of work opportunities for young adults with disabilities. Joan and her husband made the life changing decision to set up a centre that would offer basic work opportunities in a safe and caring environment. There are currently 23 disabled people attending B.O.P.H ranging in age from 17 to 55. They carry out small but important tasks such as packing small items or cards and receive a small wage as well as care throughout the day. They feel a great sense of self worth and are able to maximise their full potential. The work also gives them stability in

their lives and the chance to enhance their personal development and maximise their potential whilst affording their carers with much needed respite. The B.O.P.H charity shop was opened in July 2010 and has proved invaluable in raising funds for the centre which has yearly overheads of ÂŁ52,000. With no help from the state, this amount has to be raised solely via fundraising. The charity shop can be found in the Knightswick Centre on Canvey Island and your unwanted items are always welcome. B.O.P.H is located at Units 6 & 7 Charfleets Close, Charfleets Industrial Estate, Canvey Island, SS8 0PW and is open Monday to Friday between 10am and 4pm. Visitors are always welcome. For more information call 01268 515794, e mail b.o.p.h@hotmail.co.uk or visit the website at

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Classic tall ship launches Southend Maritime Festival A

thrilling two-week maritime festival celebrating all things seafaring is set to make waves in Southend! It all begins with the visit of the much-loved tall ship, the Atlantis which sails into Southend at midday on Friday 24th May. Visitors will be able to step aboard this spectacular vessel while it is moored at the end of Southend Pier, and will also be able to book tickets to set sail on her too. Details are as follows:

Atlantis is a hugely popular attraction in Southend. We hope as many people as possible come along to see this magnificent vessel from the Netherlands which is a real thrill for people to step aboard - or to set sail on too. “The arrival of the majestic Atlantis is a very fitting way to help Southend embark on its new Maritime Festival - a most exciting prospect.

Friday 24th May: • open ship from 12.30pm until 6pm. Saturday 25th May: • sailing trip from 9am until 12noon • open ship from 12.30pm until 4.30pm, • sailing trip from 5pm until 8pm. Sunday 26th May: • sailing trip from 9am until 12noon • open ship from 12.30pm until 6pm. Monday 27th May: • open ship times to be confirmed Sailing trip tickets must be booked in advance from Southend Pier Visitor Information Centre or by calling 01702 618747. Tickets cost £35 for adults and £20 for children aged from 12-15. Family tickets (two adults + two children) are £85, but please note, the sailing trips may not be suitable for some younger children. It costs just £1 per person to visit the open ship sessions. • Residents and visitors are invited to enter a free prize draw to win a pair of tickets to sail on the Atlantis. Just send your name and email address to vic@southend.gov.uk with the answer to the following question: Which country is the Atlantis from? • This competition will close at 5pm on Friday 17th May Southend-on-Sea Borough Council’s Executive Councillor for Culture and Tourism, Councillor Derek Jarvis said: “The 32

“Full details of the rest of the festival are now being finalised, but among the other events on offer are: • Saturday 25th May Southend Marine Activities Open Day with the chance to try taster sessions of waterborne activities like sailing, windsurfing and paddle sports to powerboat driving and jet skiing, • Saturday 1st June Maritime Heritage Fair at Southend Pier Cultural Centre • Saturday 1st June and Sunday 2nd June RNLI Open Weekend where visitors can meet the crew and watch lifeboat demonstrations • Saturday 9th June - Junior Fishing Trials on Southend Pier • And lots more

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Ingredients 175g Dark Chocoate such as Bournvillekikk, broken up 175g unsalted butter, diced 3 medium eggs 250g caster sugar 75g plain flour 40g Cocoa Powder 50g chopped walnuts (optional)

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Whisk the eggs and sugar until thick and creamy, pour over the chocolate mixture and fold in. Sift in the flour and cocoa and fold in the nuts. Pour into the prepared tin, making sure it goes right into the corners and bake for 25-30 minutes. The top should be crusty with a slight wobble underneath. 5. Cool completely in the tin (can refrigerate overnight which aids cutting) and then cut into squares or triangles.

Preheat oven to 180C, gas mark 4. Grease and line the base and sides of a 20cm square cake tin with baking parchment. Melt the chocolate and butter in a bowl over a pan of simmering water. Cool slightly.

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