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Welcome to the village directory Hi everyone, Welcome to the December issue. Where on earth did that year go? It doesn’t seem long ago that we took the Christmas decorations down and now they are about to go back up again - that will make my husband happy (not)! Anyone reading this magazine over the years will know that I love Christmas. It’s an opportunity to be with the people you love and rekindle your inner youth. It can be stressful and expensive but, in my mind, the most enjoyable elements tend to be low cost, for example gathering together to share a laugh, play games and generally act like a kid again, add a little Dad dancing (as my son recently accused my husband of ) and we have a great Christmas. At least that’s what it’s like in my house, although I am prone to the odd thought of “Why do I do it?” when I see the perpetual pile of washing up. This year, thanks to one of our local pubs, my son is fully trained in the art of washing up and his best friend Ashley is a wiz at preparing vegetables - Happy Days! I don’t publish in January, this is the only time I have off throughout the year so it gives me the chance to clear my mind, re-charge my batteries and attempt to start the new year with a clean slate. I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas, eat, drink and be merry, I’ll be ready with the hangover cures, local exercise classes and dieting options in the new year!
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Fruit Planting The garden may be quieter than usual at this time of year, and certainly not likely to be yielding vast quantities of crops, but this near dormant time is perfect for planting fruit. by Pippa Greenwood
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You can grow fruit trees in surprisingly small spaces, training them to espaliers (so that they have several sets of horizontal arms), cordons (as single main stems grown at an angle), fans (with their branches trained in to a fan shape) or as step-overs, (trained so that they make a neat edging for a bed or border about 45cm or so above ground level). You could also use a fruit tree to create a decorative and later a wonderfully productive arch. At this time of year fruit trees are great value because they are sold ‘bare root’, lifted from a field and not container grown. I find these establish particularly well and because you usually obtain them from a specialist supplier or nursery, the range of varieties available is second to none. You can either buy one year old ‘maidens’ and train these yourself, or if you want to save time, you can often buy trained or part trained forms. When you are choosing fruit trees it’s essential to get them on the right rootstock as this determines the ultimate size and vigour of the tree. Apples are particularly complicated, but as a rule, for step-overs, cordons, dwarf bushes and trees in containers try the extremely
dwarfing but somewhat tricky M27 - but beware weak varieties or any tree grown on this rootstock in a poor soil as it may well fail. For bush, cordon, espaliers and half-standard try the easier to look after dwarfing rootstock M26 and for a cordon or espalier on a poor soil, for arches and for bush trees try the semi-dwarfing MM106. You will need to choose the varieties you grow so that they can pollinate each other (if there is no suitable pollinator in the vicinity you will not get fruit) and on the basis of the taste and texture of the fruit and how well it stores and so forth. If you have space, it is good to grow apples for cooking as well as eating, or look out for those described as ‘dual purpose’, meaning they make very passable cookers as well as dessert apples. As well as tree fruits such as apples, pears and maybe even a medlar or a plum or gorgeous gage, you could also consider some delicious bush fruits. The great thing about these is that they take up even less space and again can often be trained into wacky shapes such as fan-trained or standard bushes, making them all the more ornamental and easier
to fit into the smaller garden. Then there are raspberries on my rather heavy and very alkaline soil I tend to stick to the autumn fruiting varieties such as Autumn Bliss and Joan J, but on freer draining and acidic soils you can try some of the more numerous summer fruiters too. Bare root fruit trees, bushes and canes are generally available from about November through until early March, depending on the weather, so don’t delay, start ordering or better still, planting, today. Visit Pippa’s website www. pippagreenwood.com for a great range of gardeningrelated Christmas gifts and stocking-fillers, including stylish ‘Grow Your Own with Pippa Greenwood’ gift cards, handmade pottery herb planters, Pippa’s favourite weeding tool, signed books and lots of seriously useful garden items for your friends and family, or yourself.
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food & drink
Ginger Christmas Puddings Makes 6
Ready in 1 hour 30 minutes
These fruity mini puds flavoured with stem ginger are much lighter than a traditional rich Christmas pudding and don’t need to be made weeks in advance.
Ingredients: 12
• 175g butter, softened, plus extra for greasing • 175g self-raising flour • ½ tsp baking powder • 175g light muscovado sugar • 1 tsp each ground mixed spice and ground ginger • 3 large eggs • 100g dried mixed fruit • 50g glace cherries, chopped • 50g stem ginger, finely chopped • 4 tbsp stem ginger syrup • Softly whipped cream or brandy butter, to serve
Tip For a boozy flavour, gently heat the stem ginger syrup with 1-2 tbsp of rum or brandy then pour over the hot puds just before serving.
Preheat the oven to 190C/375F/Gas Mark 5. Butter six small pudding basins (each about 200ml capacity) and line the bases with circles of baking parchment. Place the butter, flour, baking powder, sugar, spices and eggs in a large mixing bowl and beat together with an electric mixer for 1-2 minutes until pale and creamy. Fold in the dried mixed fruit and two-thirds of the cherries and stem ginger. Divide the mixture evenly between the prepared pudding basins then cover each basin with a circle of greased and pleated baking parchment and secure with string. Cover each basin with pleated foil. Stand the basins in a roasting tin and pour in enough boiling water to come halfway up the sides of the basins. Bake for 45-50 minutes, or until risen, firm to the touch and a skewer inserted into a pudding comes out clean. Leave the puddings to stand for 10 minutes then turn out onto serving plates. Mix the remaining cherries and ginger with the stem ginger syrup and spoon over the puddings. Serve with cream or brandy butter.
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Events December Live Mu s i c D e c / Ja n 1 4
Saturday December 7th - It’s Panto time again! Bethersden WI panto group present: GOLDILOCKS AND LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD In Bethersden Village Hall on Friday 6th Dec. 7.30pm 3pm and 8pm tickets £3.00 call 01233 822565
The Kennington Ulley Road, Kennington, Ashford TN24 9HX Tel: 01233 629 028 Thursday 19th December - SOLD OUT Friday 20th December - SOLD OUT Saturday 21st December - SOLD OUT Monday 23rd December - Tickets Available 70’s 80’s 90’s Floor Filling Friday 7:30pm to 1am. The Kennington Turn Back - Party Nights A chance to Boogie the night away - The Kennington turns back the clock every month.
T h e Wi n d m i l l I n n Hythe Rd, Ashford TN24 0QR Tel: 01233 647349 Fri 6th December
Saturday December 7th - 3-6pm Smarden Christmas Fair at Smarden Charter Hall. Stalls, mulled wine and mince pies, Santa’s Grotto, crafts and presents, carols and lots for the children. Please come along and enjoy the lovely Christmas atmosphere.
Saturday December 7th - Christmas Food Fair 9.00 am - 12 noon Appledore Parish Church (TN26 2DB) Homemade seasonal foods, preserves, gifts, books, decorations, planted bulbs, cakes etc. plus handbell ringers and a visit from Father Christmas. Refreshments available all morning. Free admission and parking. Details and forward orders 01233 758285
Saturday, December 7th - St Mary Magdalene Ruckinge - Warm Up For Christmas from 11.30 a.m. to 2.00 p.m. Hot homemade soup; Bread & Butter pudding; cakes, produce, tea and coffee.
The Grandads (Go on take a look - we dare you)
Saturday 7th Dec 2pm - 6pm - Crafty Christmas Cheer Festival - Free Entry The Red Lion (Barn),
Sat 7th December
Charing Heath, TN27 0AU Come and buy beautiful hand made gifts, cards and Christmas goodies. Meet Santa on his Sleigh, find out what the future holds for you, enjoy a glass of Christmas cheer & yummy home made festive foods.
Henrys Rock Band (Rock / Classic Rock / Indie) Thu 12th December - Otis Lifts Fri 13th December - Top Guns Sat 14th December
Aftershock (Rock duets !! (and some other stuff ))
Monday December 9th 2013 - Ashford Music Society- Piano Recital - JOHN PAUL EKINS John Paul
Fri 27th December
Ekins graduated in 2009 from the Royal College of Music with First Class Honours and is now in great demand as a recitalist, concerto soloist and chamber musician. He comes to Ashford as a Recommended Artist by ‘Making Music’. He will be playing compositions by Mozart, Schubert, Britten, Liszt and Beethoven. Venue: The Norton Knatchbull School, Hythe Road, Ashford, TN24 0QJ Time: 7.30 p.m.Tickets: £12 (Adults) and £3 (Students) Contact: Brenda McCormack on 01233 622971 or Hilary Pittock on 01233 623700.
Talisman (Hard Rocking Trio)
Saturday 21st December- Ashford Choral Society
Sat 28th December
7.30pm (Doors open 6.30pm for refreshments). Ashford Parish Church, TN23 1QG. Ashford Choral Society presents its annual Carol Concert. Mark Deller conducts traditional and less well-known carols with the audience encouraged to join in with some of the more familiar carols. Accompanied by organist Matthew Raisbeck.
Thu 19th December
Bad side of 25 Fri 20th December
ELECTRIC TORTOISE (The Sounds of The British Invasion) Sat 21st December
Fat Badger (Rock covers band)
Rhythm Doctors Fri 3rd January 2014
UP ALL NIGHT (indie/rock covers) Sat 4th January
Kick-Backs (Six Piece Male and Female vocals Contemporary Cove)
Saturday 18th Jan to Saturday 25th Jan. Pantomime time! Woodchurch Players present Sleeping Beauty a funny,colourful family friendly
what’s on pantomime. Tickets available from Woodchurch Community Centre, or on 01233 861381. Book on line at woodchurchplayers.ticketsource.co.uk. Family ticket £20 (2 adultsx2 children) Adults £7.50, concessions £6.50. Check us out on www. woodchurchplayers.com
Wednesday 29th January to Saturday 1st February 2014 SHOUT! The Mod Musical, created by Phillip George and David Lowenstein, will be performed by the Tenterden Operatic and Dramatic Society from. SHOUT! is a toe-tapping, comedy musical packed full of classic 1960’s hits from the likes of Dusty, Lulu and Cilla. So, if you’re looking
for a feel good night out with lots of laughs during those dark winter evenings then come along to the Tenterden Town Hall at 7.30pm and join in with the fun (extra matinee performance on Saturday). For advance tickets, go to www.tods.me.uk
31st January and 1st February 2014 Kingswood players presents the pantomime Cinderella at the Challock memorial hall, 7.30pm start and 2pm matinee and 7.30pm on the 1st February. Tickets £6 adult and £4 children. Tickets availiable from Challock post office or call 01233 740313 all profits to Kent Air Ambulance.
The Kennington
www.thekenningtonevents.co.uk Ulley Road, Kennington, Ashford TN24 9HX
Come to The Kennington for all your party needs, all ticketed nights include a three course meal, live entertainment and dancing in beautifully decorated surroundings with a real party atmosphere. COMING SOON TO THE KENNINGTON TICKETS FROM £15...
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Cinnamon Spice Bollywood Dinner & Dance 2013 in aid of The Paula Carr Trust, diabetes charity, was attended by 250 guests on Sunday October 27th 2013, at The Ashford International Hotel. Managing director of Cinnamon Spice Ash Miah created a night to remember, with a delicious selection of Indian cuisine from Cinnamon Spice restaurant with world class entertainment from “Britain’s Got Talent” runner up and Michael Jackson Tribute act “Signature”, Sky One’s “Got To Dance runner up “Bollyflex”, the wonderful “Bollywood Vibes” dancers and the latest fresh faced heart throb to take the British Asian music scene by storm, singer “Junai Kaden”. The night was hosted by stand-up comedian Salman Malik and the event managed and run by Flex Fx Management team. The night was full of entertainment, glitz and glamour with the finest decoration and red carpet entry. There were 16 items for the raffle which were donated by a variety of companies plus four items for auction, including a bottle of “House of Commons” bubbly signed by the Prime Minister. In total £4870 was raised for The Paula Carr Trust. The event was attended by over 250 guests, including Mayor of Ashford: David Smith, also other well-known dignitaries.
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T h e Fo l k e s t o n e J a z z C l u b T: 0 1 3 0 3 2 6 0 3 3 0 December 12th THE ONE & ONLY Miss Sophistication of The Jazz World ELAINE DELMAR On her previous visit to The FJC we made her promise to come back - This is vocal perfection . PLUS THE BRIAN DEE TRIO Brian Dee piano - - Simon Thorpe double bass -- Rod Brown drums December 19th The Folkestone Jazz Club Christmas Event With The Colrose 7
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January 9th - THE BEST OF BRITISH JAZZ From Londons West End BENNY- -DUKE -& PEGGY The songs of PEGGY LEE & DUKE ELLINGTON in the style of THE BENNY GOODMAN QUINTET An All Star Quintet Lead By ETE LONG & GEORGINA JACKSON clarinet/ sax tpt / vocals with ANTHONY KERR vibes. BBC Big Band NICK DAWSON piano MD West End DAVE CHAMBERLAIN double bass - None better RICHARD PITE drums Outrageous with the sticks January 16th - THE BEST OF BRITISH JAZZ FROM THE USA --- HE IS BACK WITH US THE ONE & ONLY SCOTT HAMILTON With His Own Fantastic Rhythm Section of Award Winners JOHN PEARCE Piano DAVE GREEN Double Bass STEVE BROWN Drums January 23rd - The Best Of British Jazz Welcome Back To The World Renowned Multi Award Winner The One & Only Liane Carroll Trio Roger Carey Bass Mark Fletcher Drums January 30th - The Best Of British Jazz The Derek Nash Acoustic Quartet With Special Guest Martin Shaw Derek Nash -Multi Saxophonist & Leader of the Jools Holland Rhythm & Blues Orch is the front man of this fantastic outfit. MARTIN SHAW World renowned Jazz Trumpeter is the Special Guest. DAVE NEWTON In the top bracket of UK Jazz Pianists GEOFF GASCOYNE Double Bass - The most sought after SEBASTIAAN DE KROM -Drums -One of Europes finest The Folkestone Jazz Club is non profit making & is run by & for those with a like minded interest in our kind of music. DERICK WOODLAND 01303 260330
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Some suggest that expensive film and video cameras will produce captivating films but the real skill is in how you use the equipment you own, to create an informative or interesting film. Even camera phones and small consumer video camcorders can produce impressive results if you work within their limitations. Your aim should be to obtain a video camera and start practicing.
Basics Let’s leap ahead to the final result, and the most common sin: making your film too long. If you shoot a five-minute video and make your friends wait for the ‘good bit’ at four minutes in, you will have lost your audience after minute one. So, above all other rules, cut out the superfluous footage and ensure your film is just a collection of those ‘good bits’ and nothing else.
Story Your holiday video or home movie might have a simple goal - to show granddad putting up the Christmas decorations – but you should think ahead about the story you wish to put across. Consider that old classic: the beginning, middle and end. Perhaps granddad could be
approaching the house with a big carrier bag (the beginning); then see him at work decorating the tree with the contents of the bag (the middle); and finally, a shot of him standing proudly beside the decorated tree (the end). The addition of a simple storyline will encourage more interest from your audience than a series of abstract shots.
Composition The great thing about working with video is that many of the principles of stills photography apply. So pick up any book on the subject and think about framing and composition. Keep the horizon level, try not to cut people’s heads off in the frame, keep distracting details (‘clutter’) out of the shot if possible, and keep the camera at eye level.
Light Harsh light is a videographer’s nightmare, so shooting at midday with the sun bearing down from directly above will cast unflattering shadows under the eyes of your subjects. Try to move people into softer light, perhaps in a leafy area or under some other shade. Similarly inside, be sure that people’s faces are gently lit, but also be careful that they are not silhouetted by strong backlight, such as standing against a window.
Audio Many wonderful videos are ruined by unintelligible audio; the Best Man’s speech that’s inaudible because the cameraman was seated next to a child rustling sweet papers. The answer to this is to move closer to the subject, or even buy an external microphone that can be positioned very near to the subject with a cable back to the camera.
Editing Editing the footage is a great way to eliminate all of those boring shots that we mentioned before. Some cameras provide an editing facility, but this can be rather fiddly, so you might want to load the footage onto a computer and edit it with a program such as Movie Maker. Try to keep it simple - rely on simple titles, a great story with straight ‘cuts’ (rather than swirling patterns and fancy graphics), and finish off with ‘THE END’ to wind things up. Remember, follow these simple rules and practice as much as possible, and you’ll be surprised by how impressed your audience will be.
Clubs & Societies Invicta Ukulele Club meet on the second and forth Monday evening at 19.30 in the Queens Head, Ashford Road, Kingsnorth, TN23 3ED where you can learn to play the ukulele, develop your playing and performing skills or just come along for a sing song. Admission £2. Contact John on 07729 999276 or visit www.invictaukuleleclub.co.uk for more details. Ashford Flower Club meets in Furley Hall, Ashford, on the third Tuesday of each month.For any details or further information about Ashford Flower Club, please contact: Sue Speed (Chairman) 01233 820585 or Mary Wiggins (Secretary) 01233 628278 Tai Chi For Health classes at William Harvey Hospital Every Wednesday 5.30pm enter from the external entrance to the Elizabeth Brown Unit Gym. First session only £3 then £6 pay as you go. Beginners always welcome For details www.taichiforyou.co.uk Ashford (Kent) Art Society would love to welcome new members. All ages and standards. A friendly group with a wide variety of events and meetings. Please call 01233 623139 or 01233 620455 for details. Ashford Photographic Society meets at Givaudan Sports Centre every Friday from September to May. Check www.ashfordps.org.uk for full details.
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The Weighty Issue with Chemical Calories If God creates it, eat it. If it’s man made, leave it alone!
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Now I am a huge fan of the above statement, and after a recent discussion with a patient of mine I’ve been inspired to write this column as I want to expose the very real dangers of so called ‘diet drinks’, & low calorie/no sugar foods - the ones replacing sugar with artificial sweeteners. ‘Diet’ drinkers & eaters, do you consume these products because you think artificial sweeteners are better for you than sugar, or because you think they contain fewer calories and these products will help you lose weight, or because it’s a bit of both? It surely can’t be for the taste, can it? Artificial sweeteners taste, well, artificial. For the record THERE IS NOTHING GOOD ABOUT ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS. Next time you buy any food or drink claiming to be sugar free, check the label, either phenylalanine or aspartame will be on the label (aspartame is 50% phenylalanine). Aspartame is a known neurotoxin (toxic to the nervous system) – mercury is also a neurotoxin, would you knowingly ingest that? What’s more aspartame accounts for over 75 percent of the adverse reactions to food
additives reported to the US FDA (Food & Drug Administration). Among these reactions (and these just a few of them) are headaches/migraines, dizziness, seizures, nausea, numbness, muscle spasms, rashes, depression, fatigue, irritability, tachycardia, insomnia, vision problems, hearing loss, heart palpitations, breathing difficulties, anxiety attacks, slurred speech, loss of taste, tinnitus, vertigo, memory loss, and joint pain. The following chronic illnesses can be triggered or worsened by ingesting aspartame; brain tumors, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, chronic fatigue syndrome, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s, mental retardation, lymphoma, birth defects, fibromyalgia, and diabetes. Consider this; aspartame actually contributes to WEIGHT GAIN. The companies that market and peddle aspartame as a replacement for sugar lead you to believe that artificial sweeteners are the smart choice when considering weight loss options. Our bodies’ natural ability to maintain a healthy weight is compromised by being overloaded with ingested, applied (cosmetics, soaps etc) and environmental poisons and toxins. A system overloaded with toxins becomes unable to eliminate them and instead stores them in fat cells and manifests in the body as cellulite. The book "Prescription for Nutritional Healing," by James and Phyllis Balch, lists aspartame under the category of "chemical poison." Our nation is getting fatter and sicker, despite being ‘educated’ with well intention that we should all reduce/eliminate fat, consume less sugar and follow low calorie diets. There is definitely something clearly not working here, and one has to examine the validity of past advice about what creates health. Following on from that, the most recently marketed sweetener that will ‘save’ you from the scourges of sugar and which definitely should come with a ‘buyer beware’ warning is Splenda (sucralose). This one makes aspartame look like a health food. Parents, if your children drink diet fizzy drinks, cordials, flavored water or eat sweets, chewing gum and candies containing artificial sweeteners (and most of them do), consider
health & Lifestyle the damage being done. There are other healthier choices to make, make them for the sake of your kids’ future health. Sugar, by the way, (and I’m not talking about the ‘refined to within an inch of its existence’ white sugar which is also hazardous to health), is by far the healthier food choice. Look for pure unrefined raw dark cane sugar on your supermarket shelves or health food shop – fantastic mixed with rice flour and full fat goats butter as a fabulous topping for organic apple and pear crumble. Yum! David Wilkes Chiropractor, Wellness Educator and Father to be! Family Chiropractic 280 Hythe Road, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0QP 01233 640 047 www.ashfordfamilychiropractic.co.uk P.S. If there are any health related topics you’d like to see appear in this column or subjects you would like to know more about then I welcome your suggestions.
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