Tenterden February 2016 by The Village Directory

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February 2016

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Events Thursday 11th February Valentines Dinner & Dance

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01233 820800 / 820280 FULLY LICENSED BAR & RESTAURANT

Wednesday 16th March Double the entertainment, through the generations live music

Free Delivery (No Delivery Charge) “We try to cover as far as possible, 5, 6, 7, maybe 8 miles, just call and see”

Thursday 21st April Live Band “The Sleeves”

Special Occasions Catered for Parties, Birthdays, Weddings Function Room & Dance Floor

Thursday 19th May Chris Harding Close up magic

Opening Times:

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Monday – Saturday 12:00 / 14:30 & 17:30 / 23:00 Sunday – 12:00 / 22:00

The Royal Standard, Ashford Road, Bethersden, Ashford, Kent TN26 3LF

Sit-in Private Care Service

Be it companionship or just someone to sit with a relative, our Private Care Service carers can come to your house and help. Visits can be for as little as one hour or as long as 15 hours. This help can form part of a tailored package of care that could help you stay in your own home for longer, rather than going into a care home before its really needed. We can assist those who need help due to frailty, disability or illness to live as independently as possible, with comfort and dignity, in their own home.

www.townandcountryhomecare.co.uk

Domestic Care

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For a free assessment of your care needs or to receive your brochure Call us on 01580 762244

Town & Country Homecare Limited 102a High Street, Tenterden, Kent TN30 6HT

Welcome

The Sands grooming studio

Hi everyone, Welcome to our first edition for 2016, I hope you had a great Christmas. We’ve had a very wet beginning to the year, for the last week we’ve been fighting back flood water flowing off the fields to the back of us. It has come within an inch of flooding my home and, like a family of beavers, we’ve been building dams all over the place. It feels like I’m experiencing Groundhog Day, each day we do what we can and when the rain stops it all drains away, the next day it is exactly the same all over again. Having had only two or three uninterrupted days whilst attempting to prepare this month’s magazines I am amazed that this edition has finally come together in time for the print deadline. I consider myself extremely lucky though, considering the devastation in other parts of the country. I don’t know about you but I’ve given up on making New Year resolutions. My mum used to say “Don’t tell the devil what you’re thinking, it will all go wrong”, and so far she has been absolutely right. If I tell anyone what my plans for the day are you can pretty much guarantee it won’t happen, so I don’t stand a chance when it comes to an entire year. This year I will keep my thoughts to myself, and if anyone asks, I don’t plan to do any exercise and I’ll be carrying on with my chocolate and wine diet from Christmas. Maybe reverse psychology is the answer, I’ll let you know! Until next time, have a great month!

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We have direct access to Motability’s website where we can view cars offered to us. Typically Motability have over 1500 cars for sale, all one owner, main dealer serviced with low mileage. The cars we supply are prepared to the very highest standards. When you visit our showroom we are able to log on to the Motability website and using our customer friendly dual screen, show full details including pictures and service history. Each car is carefully inspected inside and out by experienced staff to ensure they are supplied in as perfect condition as possible. Here our customers are able to order the model and colour they want with an anticipated delivery time of 21 days. As you would expect from a family business established for 50 years, all dealer facilities are available, including part exchange and competitive finance. We encourage you to visit our showroom where Sales Manager Phil Cunningham looks forward to assisting you.

Sun Equipped Air Conditioning Service Centre “For a friendly service from a family business”

Rear of Hsbc Bank - High Street, Tenterden, Kent TN30 6BD

Telephone: (01580)

764444

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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!

Marie Curie

Great Daffodil Appeal In Full Bloom Across Kent Every March, thousands of people take to the streets to collect donations for Marie Curie’s Great Daffodil Appeal. Marie Curie is calling for more volunteers to help them in 2016 by signing up to collect at one of the 100 collections across Kent. Most shifts are for 2 hours and it’s a great thing to do with a friend or family member as most places allow two people to collect at a time, dogs are also welcome! The money raised will go to Marie Curie’s Nursing Service, providing hands on care and emotional support to people with any terminal illness in the comfort and privacy of their own homes. Marie Curie provides this care free of charge, allowing people to spend their final days at home surrounded by the people and things they love the most. It comes at a cost of £20 per hour to the charity. If you can help with collections please get in touch with Georgia Paton on 01883 832626, email georgia.paton@mariecurie.org.uk or visit www.mariecurie.org.uk/daffodil

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Make Room for Roses by Pippa Greenwood

It’s the perfect time of year to plant roses, and there should be a good selection in any local garden centre - but better still, arm yourself with a few catalogues from the specialist rose nurseries and you can be guaranteed an unbelievable choice of extremely high-quality plants. Although roses look good in beds, borders and sometimes even in containers, why not take the plunge and create your own fantasy rose arch or rose-clad arbour? If you have an existing arch or pergola then transform it by planting roses now to ensure fabulous colour and perhaps some perfume for many summers to come. If you don’t have an arch, create your own using sturdy timber, or if you don’t feel up to too much DIY and carpentry then simply invest in a good quality wooden or metal arch or pergola kit. You need to start by deciding which type of rose you want: basically, either ramblers or climbers can be used to cover pergolas and arches. The advantage of ramblers is that they tend to have more flexible and pliable stems and so are easier to train over an arch or pergola, particularly one which

is relatively tight or narrow. They do, however, have one big disadvantage and that is that they only flower once a year, whereas many of the climbers have two flowering periods or even continue to flower intermittently for months. Choice of colour is down to personal preference, but when choosing a rose or roses to add to your garden bear in mind that many have quite strong colours, so ensure that these will look good with adjacent highly coloured trees and shrubs and will not look out of keeping with any nearby painted or treated surfaces such as window frames, doors, decking or garden furniture. Don’t forget perfume. This is a vital ingredient as far as I am concerned and certainly adds a wonderfully mystical and sensuous ingredient to any garden. Walking beneath an arch or pergola heavily laden with perfumed roses on a warm summer’s evening takes some beating! If you get your roses delivered, don’t be put off if they appear rather miserable, with somewhat lopsided roots, uninspiring woody stems and little else. This is normal for bare root roses as

they will have recently been lifted from the soil, but despite their forlorn appearance they usually establish extremely well. If you can’t get your new purchases into the ground immediately (do always try to plant them as soon as possible), then make sure that you keep the root systems moist by wrapping them in thoroughly moistened hessian or by burying the roots temporarily in garden soil. Make your planting hole close to but not immediately on top of the base of the arch or pergola. A distance of about 30 – 45 cm (12 – 18 in) works well, but it is essential that you do not make the planting hole too close to any concrete footings or other material located in the soil. Although roses quite like fairly heavy soil, if you soil is based on clay and really heavy and there is any risk of it becoming waterlogged, prepare a really good, large area thoroughly before starting to plant. Dig in well rotted manure, garden compost and grit to ensure good fertility and decrease the risk of waterlogging. This needs to be done over a sizeable area, not just a small planting hole - more of a planting pit!

With bare root roses, if the roots are really lopsided and all crammed together, then you do need to spread them out before planting. It may help if you soak the roots in water for a couple of hours (overnight at the very most) before prising them apart into a good open shape, pruning out any which have been damaged in any way and then getting the rose into the ground as speedily as possible. Always make sure that you plant at the correct depth: the swollen graft point slightly above where the roots start protruding should be just above soil level. This means that only the roots are beneath the soil and the rose will perform better, and with far less risk of growth appearing from the rootstock. Once in place, keep your rose well watered during dry conditions, paying particular care

to this over the next 18 months or so. In the spring it is sure to benefit from an application of a rose fertiliser and a topping up of the mulched area. Newly purchased roses are unlikely to have much in the way of top growth, but once they get going you will obviously need to train these stems into the arch or pergola, securing them at regular intervals with great care, so that they are not damaged by being buffeted against the arch or pergola during windy weather. I like to use the steel wire with a dense foam covering – strong but soft! Good varieties for planting over pergolas and arches:

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Albericbarbier ‘Golden Showers’, ‘Iceberg’ (climber), Malvern Hills ‘Super Fairy’, ‘Gloire de Dijon’, ‘Zéphirine Drouhin’. Make vegetable growing fun with Pippa’s unique ‘Grow Your Own with Pippa Greenwood’ system. Select the vegetables you’d like to grow at www.pippagreenwood. com and your garden-ready plants will be delivered in May, accompanied by weekly emails packed full of at-your-elbow advice and tips, ensuring great results. There’s a stylish gift card available too. It is great value and various pack sizes are available (e.g. up to 55 plants for just £29), plus that weekly advice.

There are lots of different varieties suitable, but some of my favourites include: Veilchenblau ‘Paul’s Scarlet’ (climber), Excelsa ‘Crimson Shower’, Albertine

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Located in Kennington, Leigh Mower Services offer competitive rates for the repair of all leading makes of petrol garden machinery.

Leigh 07514 720526 Mower Services We also offer: Servicing Sales

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Give a Dog a Comb

Mobile Dog Grooming

t: 07871 640443 Bringing the salon to your doorstep! Stress free 1-2-1 bespoke personal service for dogs up to Labrador size. Insured & City and Guilds Qualified www.giveadogacomb.net

Give a Dog a Comb mobile dog grooming operates throughout Tenterden and the surrounding areas, offering a convenient, mess free and 1-2-1 bespoke personal service for dogs. We bring the salon to you! In the fully equipped mobile grooming salon, complete with hydrobath & shower, providing a range of services to suit your dog grooming needs. Perfect for dogs that find the traditional grooming salon stressful ( or the journey there) or those just want the VIP ( Very important Pooch) treatment. Owner Jennifer is Level 3 City & Guilds qualified and undertook her training at The Pet Spa in London Chelsea and Kent’s Hadlow college.

the heart of grooming. Training techniques such as positive reinforcement are used and an understanding in canine body language helps ensure a comfortable and low stress experience for your friend. For further information and ‘pawtraits’ please visit us at the website www.giveadogacomb. net or alternately find us on facebook.com/ mobilecomb

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Tel: 01797 367171

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dark, mysterious side,’ says Rebecca Williamson, Dulux’s senior colour design and content manager. Another of Dulux’s over-riding themes for 2016 is ‘Heritage & Future’, in other words, the idea that one has to take inspiration from the past in order to design for the future. So, vintage and antique references support those of the modern-day in a palette that includes chocolate, sand, a deep, pinkish red, muted orange and spicy browns. Ideal for an overhaul in any style of property. More easy updates You may not be in the market for buying new furniture, but there are still ways to update your old pieces for a fabulous new look. Ikea has identified a key trend this year for personalisation – just look at what can be done with an inexpensive chest of drawers, spray paint and some imagination. On a subtler note, a change of paint colour, or even a wood stain, combined with new knobs or pulls will give wooden furniture a new lease of life, while for really on-trend attitude you could have a table top covered in marble, slate or zinc. The latter is the metal du jour, and keen DIYers can order a sheet of zinc online, then

get how-to instructions from YouTube. Keep going around the house. Another way to add interest to dull walls would be with an eye-catching, stick-on-peel-off design, a metal-framed mirror or an oversized print. Boring floor? Time for a new rug – or there is always the option of either sanding back or painting old wooden boards. Looking for something simpler? Adding a sheepskin to an old sofa or chair will give instant uplift, as will a change of bed linen, towels or small accessories such as cushions, storage baskets or vases. And how about lights? A sassy lampshade can alter the look of an entire room, while popping in some filament bulbs will give your lighting a vibe that’s absolutely hot right now. How about a cool coat hook or new door knobs? Some kitchen canisters or a bathroom soap dispenser? The smallest things can make a surprisingly big difference. The high-street chains are brilliant at tapping into new trends and getting affordable products out there fast – so get browsing in your nearest department store. What other trends should I be keeping an eye on? While a striking monochrome palette of black, white and grey is going to be big in 2016, opulent metallic accents are also catching on fast, and work well with both modern and traditional decors. The look can

felt. If you prefer something with more colour, go for a folk-inspired style with brighter tones of red, orange and teal, combined with intricate florals, handicraft and woodlandinspired images. Last but not least, Graham & Brown have predicted four trends based around the catwalks at London Fashion Week: meadow prints, statement reds, intricate lace detailing and – you heard it here first – a throwback to the Eighties. You have been warned…

be either industrial (more on this next month) or retro-glam – as per Bemz’s ‘Deco Glam’ look, described as ‘cosy glamour with a Seventies twist’. ‘Many people who think back to the Seventies think of corduroy, brown, orange and wood panelling. Instead, we want to create a more glamorous Seventies style in our homes: think Charlie’s Angels, Studio 54, and Bianca Jagger,’ says Lesley Pennington, CEO and founder of Bemz. She recommends mixing plain fabrics in rose, steel, mineral blue and straw with geometric accents, plus dark wood, shiny brass, fluffy cushions, small tables and statement floor lamps. At the opposite end of the spectrum is the Scandi look that is all natural, textural, tonal and pared-back, including sheepskin, leather, wood and

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Ready in 55 minutes This mildly spiced curry thickened with red lentils and spinach will make a refreshing change for a family meal after all the traditional food over the festive season. Serve with a cooling cucumber and mint yoghurt and some warmed naan bread for a really filling mid-week supper.

Ingredients: • 2 tbsp oil • 600g lean lamb steaks, cut into chunks • 1 garlic clove, peeled and crushed • 1 large onion, peeled and chopped • 6 tbsp balti curry paste • 75g red split lentils • 400g can chopped tomatoes • 200g baby spinach leaves • 2 tbsp chopped fresh coriander • Boiled basmati rice and lemon wedges to serve

TIP For a spicier flavour replace the balti curry paste with one that has a little more heat such as Madras. Adding some finely chopped red chilli when frying the onion will also boost the heat factor!

Heat half the oil in a large heavy-based pan over a medium-high heat. Add half the lamb pieces and fry for 3-4 minutes, turning occasionally until browned and sealed all over. Remove the lamb with a slotted spoon and set aside. Add the rest of the oil and fry the rest of the lamb pieces in the same way. Add the onion and garlic (and a splash more oil, if needed) and fry over a medium heat, stirring occasionally for 3-4 minutes, then stir in the curry paste and fry for a further minute until fragrant. Return the meat to the pan and stir to coat in the curry paste. Stir in the chopped tomatoes, 300ml cold water and the lentils. Reduce the heat then cover and simmer for about 30 minutes, or until the lentils are soft and the meat is tender. Season to taste with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Stir in the spinach and coriander. Cover and cook for a further 2-3 minutes until the spinach has just wilted. Serve with the boiled basmati rice and lemon wedges.

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1. Unroll the puff pastry sheet and trim the edges to a neat rectangle, if necessary. Sprinkle over 2 tbsp of the caster sugar and half the cinnamon (if using). Using a rolling pin, gently roll over the sugar to lightly press it into the pastry.

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Tenterden Active Retirement Association (TenARA) Nicky Tredway T: 01580 762112 nickytredway@msn.com Teri Witcher 01580 763892 teriwtent@btinternet.com Tenterden & District Assn. Angling & Preservation Paul Locks: 01580 292201 e:plocks578@btinternet.com Ashford Ramblers www.ashford-ramblers.org.uk T: 01233 668762 Homewood & District Astronomical Assoc. (Hadas) www.hadastro.org.uk Meets 2nd Thurs of each month, 7.30pm, Homewood School. Martin Frey: 01233 758222 Homewood Badminton Club Tuesday Evenings At Tenterden Leisure Centre. Contact Doreen Mackey 01580 762965 Tenterden Badminton Club T: 01233 633488 Benenden Players www.benendenplayers.co.uk Bowls Club T: 01580 766659 Tenterden Bowls Club Recreation Ground Road. Come join our 100 yr old outdoor club in Tenterden. Fresh air, gentle exercise, good company, new friends, good fun for 8 to 80+ year olds. Tenterden Cricket Club T: Mr. J.r. Gillett, 01580 762087 Tenterden Cycling Club For Tenterden & St Michaels & surrounding areas. Suitable for all abilities. Contact Ian McCormick by email or text, email preferred TN30CC - Cycling Club. Email: tn30cc@sky.com, T/ txt, 07724 141115. Check us out here: www.tn30cc. blogspot.co.uk Tenterden Day Centre, Church Road, Tenterden. Contact Sally Pettengell 01580 762882

Deep South Line Dancing Club every Tues evening 7.30pm until 9.30pm at St Michaels Village Hall, St. Michaels, Tenterden. We are a small friendly club and welcome new members of all ages though not suitable for beginners. Great music and good exercise with a qualified teacher. Contact Pam on 01580 241389 for further details. Tenterden Duplicate Bridge Club. Contact Sue Rolles 01797 252753.

PILATES. Tenterden Mondays 9.30am, Wednesdays 9.00am. Mixed ability classes. Body Control Qualified Instructor. Contact Liz 07958 708874 or email: lizsims.pilates@gmail.com Rotary Club Of Tenterden Chris Northen 01233 851020 www.rotary1120.org/tenterden Tenterden & District Residents Association - looking after the

Free Lipreading Tuition for the hearing impaired; Friday afternoons, Tenterden. Contact Susan 01233 613198 (5 - 7pm) Tenterden Golf Club T: 01580 763987 enquiries@ tenterdengolfclub.co.uk Tenterden & District Local History Society T: 01233 770082 Tenterden & District Horticultural Soc. T: 01580 764505 Lions Club Of Tenterden David Walshe T: 01580 766162 Tenterden & District Museum Assoc. Tenterden Museum T: 01580 764310

Sinden Theatre Contact Homewood School 01580 764222 Ext 284 www.sindentheatre.com Tenterden Singers T: Martin Bailey 01233 820322 Rehearsals on Tuesday evenings 8pm in the Music Block of Homewood School. Musical Director: Stephen Pusey St. Michaels Short Mat Bowls Club Tel. 01580 762037 Friday Evenings 7.15pm St. Michaels Village Hall. St Michaels Village Community Group Meet once a month, please check our website for event information and details of our next meeting www. stmichaelsvillage.com Tenterden Spiritualist Centre Highbury Hall. Highbury Lane. TN30 6LE, every Sat evening, from 6.30pm all are welcomed. Contact David Burgess 01233 756127 davidburgess127@ btinternet.com Tenterden Tennis Club T: 01580 762580 The Tenterden Club Church Road, Tenterden T: 01580 762888 Tenterden and District Twinning Association, (twinned with Avallon, France) Contact Suzanne Tiltman 01233 770777

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Tenterden Over Fifties Singing Every Wednesday afternoon 2pm - 3.30pm term time St. Andrews Church Hall, Ashford Rd. Tenterden...just at top of Turners Ave. Just FUN singing for all. First visit is free to see how you enjoy it. Contact us on 01233 750585 Email: celia@livinglively.org.uk Tenterden Operatic & Dramatic Society Mrs. A. Patrick 01580 241966 www.tods.me.uk Parkinsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s UK, Ashford Branch. Meets 1st Wednesday of every month at Godinton Village Hall, Loudon Way, Ashford. For information call Mike Wharrad â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 01233 623530

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Tenterden U3A If you are not in work with time to spare, the U3A offers you leisure activities and an opportunity to meet like-minded people in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere Contact Doreen Healey 01580 765064 E: doreenhealey@hotmail.co.uk Yoga Wed eve 8.00pm -9.15 pm. in the Dance studio at Homewood School (block d). All abilities welcome £6.00 per session. contact Sue Wainwright 01622 890746 mob. 07958606939. Tenterden Youth Club Alan Sugden Tel: 01580 765531 TheWarblers Tony Singleton T: 01580 753431 www.tonysing.me.uk/mw/ Weald Of Kent Art Group Alison Prall Tel: 01580 240417 Weald U3A - For the dynamic over-50s, there are a wide choice of interest groups. Please see our website www.u3asites.org.uk/weald or contact Roger Berman, 01233 850859, email: rogroger@ tiscali.co.uk Tenterden Writers’Group We meet every other Monday from 10.30- 12.30 at the London Beach Hotel. We are a friendly bunch and new members, whether experienced writers or complete novices, would be made more than welcome. For details see our website (just google Tenterden Writers) or phone Ken on 01580 201184. Women’s Institute: Tenterden: Mrs S.Dalgarno. 01580 76498 St. Michaels: Mrs B. Watkins 01580 765085 Tenterden Glebe: Ann Hathaway 01580 761525 (Sec) Young Wives: St. Michaels Mrs. J. Coombs 01580 763733

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Enthralled by Richard Durrant’s presentation, ‘The Number 26 Bus to Paraguy’ at The Zion Baptist Church, High Street, Tenterden. Non members are welcome to attend the lecture for £3. The U3A is for the dynamic over-50s, there is a wide choice of interest groups. These groups aim to provide leisure, creative and educational opportunities in friendly sociable surroundings. You don’t have to be retired to join us! Please see our website www.u3asites.org.uk/ weald or contact Richard Sargent, tel; 01580 764239, email: r.sargent@btinternet.com

Monday 8th February - Smeeth W.I are looking forward to a very interesting time when they meet for their February meeting at the Brabourne and Smeeth Village Hall at 7.30. Their speaker is Roger Free who will recount Life in the Kalahari. There will be the usual trading table, with Members goods, books and hand-made cards. Any lady interested or anyone who needs transport should contact Joy Taylor of 01303 812165 or Margaret Garrett on 01303 813932.

March 10th THE BEST OF BRITISH JAZZ ALEX & WILLIE GARNETT QUINTET £10 March 17th THE BEST OF BRITISH JAZZ THE JIM MULLEN TRIO + + DAVE LEWIS £10 March 24th THE BEST OF BRITISH JAZZ STEVE WATERMAN & HIS ALL STAR SEPTET £12 March 29th THE BEST OF BRITISH JAZZ THE ROGER BEAUJOLAIS QUARTET £10

The Folkestone Jazz Club is a non profit making jazz club. Run by & for people with a like minded interest in OUR KIND OF MUSIC Derick Woodland 01303 260330

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La Boheme at Tenterden St Mildred’s Church Sunday 6th March 7:00 pm

Once again the Merry Opera Company starts the Friends of St Mildred’s events season with an opera that will entertain, amuse and move the audience. This year they are bringing Puccini’s La Boheme to Tenterden. La Boheme is considered by many Puccini’s finest score, and since the opera is laid in the Parisian Latin Quarter, home of student gaity and pathos, it laughs as well as weeps. The Merry Opera Company has always given us an approachable and entertaining production, and their La Boheme has a light touch of comedy which sparkles with merriment, then offers the depth and eloquence of love.

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Tickets are sold in the High Street at The Three Bears, formerly Smiths’s Florist, and we have been given the following thoughts: “Goildilocks tried sitting through Daddy Bear’s favourite opera – but Siegfried was way too long’ So she tried Mummy Bear’s favourite, Cavelleria rusticana – but to be honest, it was just a bit on the short side. Then Goildilocks tried Baby Bear’s favourite, La Boheme __ and it was just right.”

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Hobbies Has the Great Pottery Throwdown fired you up? By Kate McLelland

The BBC’s Great Pottery Throwdown finished in December after its first series of six programmes. Made by the team that produced The Great British Bake Off, it aimed to find Britain’s hottest pottery stars and, like Bake Off, it has helped the British public to understand more about the creation of artisan products, whether that’s a sourdough loaf or a set of stackable breakfast bowls. Learning about the intricacies of pottery making has been a revelation to viewers who had previously not given much thought to the process, and since the series ended many have been eager to try it for themselves. So if you’re thinking of joining a pottery class, what are the basic things that you should know before you start?

It’s messy!

Think of two toddlers playing in a muddy field and multiply that image by ten to understand how you’ll look after your first go on the potter’s wheel. The essential ingredients when making pottery are clay and

water – combine that with a wheel that spins your wet clay object around, and you get the picture. Be prepared to wear old clothes and shoes, cut your nails, tie back your hair and bring an apron that covers from the chest down!

It’s not all about the wheel

There are two very different ways of making objects out of clay. Hand building, as the term suggests, doesn’t require a potter’s wheel: you will either make long, thin rolls of clay and build them up into a single shape (known as a pinch pot) or roll the clay out into slabs and join the pieces together with liquid clay to create a square or rectangular shape (slab pot). The expression ‘throwing’ comes from the way the clay is thrown onto the centre of a flat, spinning tray (the potter’s wheel) and squeezed into shape as it revolves at speed. You’ll need quite a lot of strength in your hands to do this, as well as patience. Inevitably the first few times you try, the clay will either slide

off the wheel or you’ll make a perfect, cylindrical shape only to see it twist and warp at the very last minute.

It’s slow

If you’re one of those people who likes to see instant results, pottery making may not be right for you, as the production of finished objects takes time. When a piece is first made the clay is loaded with water and must be thoroughly and evenly dried out before it can be fired. That’s a minimum of a week for freshly made (or ‘green’) objects.

It’s a science as well as a craft

Making the initial clay shape is just part of a process that ends with a hard material that in some cases is almost as durable as stone. A pottery oven (kiln) is not the same as a domestic oven and an apprentice potter will need to learn how clay and glazes react when heated to high temperatures. The process of heating clay and glazes to reach their optimal point of melting is usually achieved over two

health & Lifestyle steps. Bisque firing is the first stage, where unglazed pots are heated just enough for them to be able to take the glaze that will give them their final, glossy finish. Once glazes have been applied the pots go back into the kiln for the glaze firing. At this stage pots must be kept completely apart or the glazes will melt on to each other and bond the pots together.

It needs space and investment

You may be happy to continue working with others as you learn your craft at a local pottery class, but eventually you might decide to go it alone. If so, you will need to find additional space for your hobby. A large shed or a garage with electrics connected would

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still keen to have a go, the Hotcourses website (www. hotcourses.com) has a list of over 1,000 courses available in the UK. Once again, the BBC has opened our eyes to a craft that has been largely overlooked in recent years. The Great Pottery Throwdown may not eventually prove as successful as The Great British Bake-Off, but at least it has helped us to understand the skill, passion and commitment required to make a simple pottery object that can be used and enjoyed for years.

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One Million Lovely Letters – Jodi Ann Bickley A serious brain infection at 22 left Jodi Ann Bickley so depressed she was close to ending her own life. While relearning to walk and do basic everyday tasks, Jodi decided to bring hope to other people’s lives by writing letters to strangers. She ended up writing thousands, and now has a team of volunteers, who handwrite letters to people who request them, all over the globe. The Year Without a Purchase – Scott Dannemiller Tired of the relentless drive for more ‘stuff’, Scott and Gaby Dannemiller decided to take a step away from consumerism and commit to a year without buying anything other than food and other essentials. This book records their experience and what they learned along the way. The couple are Christian and their religious beliefs played a big part in their decision, as did the desire to spend more meaningful time together as a family. Far from being a self-righteous lecture, it’s laugh out loud funny, and manages to make you think about your own spending habits, without a hint of nagging.

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business Can divorce really be non-confrontational? In another of our regular series on legal matters, Laura Hails, Chartered Legal Executive at Pengelly & Rylands Solicitors, talks about Collaborative Law. Collaborative Law is a legal process which enables couples who have decided to separate, or to end their marriage, to work collectively with their lawyers. Rather than you each taking independent advice from a family lawyer and the solicitors then conducting negotiations on your behalf, the Collaborative Law process involves you, your partner and your lawyers sitting down together to work things out at face-to-face meetings, known as ‘fourway meetings’.

It is a non-confrontational process for separating couples who wish to avoid the disputes which might only be resolved by the intervention of Court proceedings. It requires the two parties to share a desire to reach an agreement that is fair to the whole family, being open and honest with each other, rather than arguing about what each person wants. It requires each party to be able to see the other person’s point of view. Couples each instruct their own lawyer, who has been trained in the collaborative process. You will sign an agreement to work together and an important part of the process is that if you fail to reach an agreement, you have to instruct alternative solicitors to take the matter to Court. Laura Hails is a member of ‘Resolution’, a national organisation of family lawyers committed to non-confrontational divorce, separation and other family problems. She would always be happy to explain the benefits of Collaborative Law in greater detail at an appointment.

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