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Welcome to the village directory Hi everyone, Welcome to the March Issue, with March comes the anticipation of crisp and sunny spring days and the onset of British Summer Time. Sunday 25th March is the date to remember, when the clocks will “spring” forward an hour. That is if “the powers that be” haven’t decided to change it after all these years! So don’t be caught out. Another important date this month is of course the 18th March - Mother’s Day, and I’m sure my 16 year old son will be showering me with flowers and bars of mint Aero, while he does the housework for me (I can but dream!). This is a very busy day for all our food and drink venues so be sure to book your table early, we don’t want to disappoint Mum do we? Unbelievably the Village Directory is seven years old this year, and“Wit & Wisdom”has proven during this time to be a popular feature. But after so many editions it’s becoming increasingly difficult to find good, clean and inoffensive content for this page. I do receive contributions from readers, but I often fear I’m beginning to scrape the bottom of the barrel. So please send me your jokes, if they are clean and funny and there’s no risk offending anyone (there’s a challenge!) why keep them to yourself! If we only raise a slight titter or even a “Doh”, it’s a welcome break from the doom and gloom we are so often bombarded with. Apparently laughing is good for your health! Have a great month

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re you ready for a little spring pruning? More to the point, are your plants? It’s the time of the year when itchy fingers start reaching for the secateurs (if they haven’t already – your roses should have been done back in the winter, by the way). The problem with pruning is that there are a few rules to follow. The rules are straightforward, but working out which rule applies to which plant is where it can easily fall apart. There are hundreds of books available on the subject of pruning, but that often makes it worse – real plants never look like the diagrams and all those little cut mark lines they draw on so helpfully, just seem to confuse things further. Some of us aren’t bothered by rules or books and just rush out there and have a good old hack, which always gives interesting results; others are more hesitant and timidly trim the edges off everything - tidy, but strangely unattractive, unless you like amorphous blobby hummocks. It helps if you know what you want from the plant and what it’s likely to do after you’ve pruned it (apart from die, that is). Growth will usually start again from near the point where you’ve made your cut. If it’s a flowering shrub, try not to cut off the developing flower buds. Shrubs that flower in the spring do so on old wood made the previous year (Forsythia, flowering currant) and are pruned after they’ve flowered. Deciduous shrubs that flower later on (Buddleia, Fuchsia) are pruned in early spring – their flowers grow on new wood made the same year as they flower. If it doesn’t flower, don’t worry (unless the reason it doesn’t flower is because it’s been pruned at the wrong time). Before getting stuck in make

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Cut out any dead or diseased wood first. Look at the plant’s overall shape and think about its natural habit – a graceful, arching specimen won’t look good reduced to a stubby lump. The harder you prune, the more vigorously the shrub will respond (in most cases, but of course there are exceptions that will drop dead at the sight of you approaching). Evergreens are more tender than deciduous shrubs and are usually pruned after the danger of frost has passed. If the poor thing is looking a total mess (before or indeed after the pruning session), what’s the worst that can happen? There is no RSPCP. A pruning disaster could just turn into a planting opportunity... Jo Arnell runs Gardening (and wreath making) workshops near Woodchurch 01233 861186 www.hornbrookmanor.co.uk

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Growing Peppers Growing your own peppers is not much more involved than growing tomatoes, so why not give it a try? Pepper plants can be unbelievably pretty too, with fruits in a range of shapes and colour, generally on compact plants and preceded by small and very pretty white ﬂowers. This is a plant with great ornamental as well as edible potential.

Both chilli and sweet - or bell - peppers can be grown in a greenhouse border, in a sunny spot in the garden in warmer parts of the country, or on a sunny, sheltered spot on the patio. The heavier, earlier crop will come if you grow the plants in a greenhouse or conservatory, but it is well worth growing them outside too. Sweet peppers, especially the red ones, are very high in vitamin A and both red and green peppers are also very high in vitamin C. Chilli peppers also have a good supply of vitamins C and A and in addition, contain both beta-carotene and something called capsaicin which is believed to have a useful effect on blood cholesterol levels. The seeds are readily obtainable from many catalogues or garden centres but make sure you take into account the level of heat that each type delivers. Most seed packets and catalogues do make it very clear.

Sow the seeds between now and early April. I use a multi-purpose or a seed compost, but for good germination you will need to provide a bit of extra warmth, ideally from a heated propagator positioned in a spot where it receives plenty of natural light. If you don’t have the time or facilities to raise your own from seed, you can always buy a few plants in a garden centre or send off for them. We offer two tasty varieties as part of my ‘Grow Your Own with Pippa Greenwood’ system (see www.pippagreenwood.com for details). Keep the plants a tiny bit drier than you would a tomato plant and feed regularly with a high-potash liquid feed (most readily available as a ‘tomato food’). This helps to keep the plants growing strongly and the potash will encourage plenty of flowers and so fruits to form. If you are going for plants in pots, choose a planter that has good drainage and is 30cm (12in) or more in diameter, adding broken pots for extra drainage. Once there is no danger of late frosts you can put them outside in a sheltered, sunny spot. If you’re after the hottest possible heat from your chilli peppers, then you’ll find this comes from fruits that are totally ripe and from peppers that are grown in warmer conditions. If you are growing sweet peppers in patio pots then you are likely to find that there are still some unripened fruits on the plants when temperatures start to fall at the end of summer and well into autumn. To increase the chances of these ripening and increasing to full size, move the pots to a warmer spot or, if possible, to a porch, conservatory or greenhouse where they’ll get extra warmth and also plenty of natural light. If you want chillies that look particularly good on the patio there are plenty to choose from. ‘Black Pearl’ is a hot chilli pepper with

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Mowgli Hello Everyone, Mowglii here here. I hope you all a enjoyed the snow and cold temperatures last month as much as we did. I spent a lot of time out in the cat run- birds and shrews show up so much better when everything is either snowy or frozen. However, my humans are as usual very silly as they clipped two patches out of my fur on my side just before the cold weather came, and these patches got very cold when I was outside. I don’t know why they had to pick right now to do it! Humans are almost as silly as goats!

I had my fur clipped because I had to have my heart scanned. Apparently sometimes I have a small heart murmur (I wouldn’t know. I think it is the humans fussing again) and Clive wanted to get a specialist to scan my heart to find out if they needed to do anything. Anyway, Clive took a day off and Ebony and I initially thought that he was just going to play with us all day but then Jane came home with Leah the nurse and a heart specialist came round to the house with his ultrasound. Initially I enjoyed jumping all over his ultrasound machine as it was on a trolley. This caused a mild panic as it is very expensive- good fun! But then, before I knew it, I was on my side with a patch clipped out of my beautiful Snow Spotted Serengeti fur, covered in cold ultrasound gel and having an ultrasound done. I kept telling them that there is nothing wrong with my heart but they didn’t listen. It was a great indignity to be ultrasounded on my own dining room table and I told them all about it. My regular miaow practice that I do in the hall really paid off and I had the specialist scared. I think he thought I was going to eat him (I wasn’t of course, I wouldn’t hurt anyone, I just wriggle and yell!). Ebony heard my yells and came rushing to help- she chirruped and tried to get between the specialist’s legs to trip him up. It all helped to make the ultrasound end rather sooner than it otherwise might have done. And my heart is perfectly good and normal

Anyway, even if my humans are a bit silly at least I have a home and am well looked after. The Clinic had a beautiful grey cat brought in last month. They tried very hard to find an owner but one couldn’t be found so after a stay at the Clinic he has gone to find a home with the Cats Protection League. I can’t imagine what it is like for cats with n no homes in this weather. It’s been cold at night here even when I have been under the duvet with m my head on the pillow!

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Slice each salmon fillet widthways into 2 strips and place the strips in a shallow dish. Mix together the teriyaki sauce and garlic and pour over the salmon. Cover and leave to marinate at room temperature for 30 minutes. Preheat the grill to medium. Thread the strips of salmon onto 8 wooden skewers. Grill the salmon skewers for 3-4 minutes on each side until just cooked through.

Fruit Apples Nuts Pears Rhubarb

Vegetables Cabbage Cauliflower Chicory Greens Kale Leeks Parsnips Shallots

Spring Onions Swede Turnips Spring Greens

Salad Lettuce

Fish Cockles Hake John Dory Lemon Sole Mussels Oysters Salmon Sea Trout

Meanwhile, cook the noodles according to the packet instructions. Drain well. Heat the sesame oil in a wok or large non-stick frying pan and add the ginger, spring onions, radishes and sesame seeds. Stir fry for 2-3 minutes then Add the noodles and toss well to mix. Just before serving, brush the salmon skewers with the warmed honey and grill for a further minutes. Divide the sesame noodles between four serving bowls and top with the salmon skewers.

LOCAL MARKETS CHALLOCK Challock Memorial Hall, Blind Lane. 1st and 3rd Friday of each month From 1pm to 4pm Contact Pauline Hickson 01233 740979

THE BARN SHOP TRADITIONAL MARKET CHALLOCK 2nd & 4th Saturday of each month 10am – 2pm Contact 01233 740237

CHARING COUNTRY MARKET

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To save time buy a small jar of ready prepared ginger puree rather than buying fresh root ginger – once opened it will keep in the fridge for a few weeks and is great for adding an Oriental flavour to rice and stir fries.

Charing Church Barn 9.30 -11.00 every Thurs morning Teas & coffees available, Crafts, in season vegetables and baking. Contact 01233 740176

EGERTON Every Friday 2 - 4.30pm Millennium Hall

ROLVENDEN - 01580 240763 Every Thursday 10am -12 noon St Mary’s Church and the Village Hall

TENTERDEN COUNTRY MARKET

Real bread, buns and pastries

Open 8.30 to 5 on Tues, Thurs & Fri 9 to 1 on Saturdays 22 Church Street, Wye TN25 5BJ 01233 812218 wyebakery@yahoo.co.uk Meat & Game Beef Guinea fowl Mutton Pork Rabbit Veal Venison Wood Pogeon

Every Friday 9.30am -11.30am St Mildred’s Church Hall, Church road.

WAREHORNE Warehorne Village Hall 10am -1pm 4th Sunday of the month Tel: 01233 733718 or Mob: 07979 905600.

WITTERSHAM MARKET Every Tuesday Village Hall 9am. - 11am Tel: 01797 270757

WYE - 07804 652156 First and third Saturday of every month on the Village Green in Wye. Tel: 07804 652156 www.wyefarmersmarket.co.uk

Barbara-Ann Clark Fine Foods Coﬀee - Lunches - Cream Teas - Dinner

Barbara-Ann Clark’s

has now been established for 5 years on the Evegate site at Smeeth, serving freshly ground coffee, light lunches & cream teas amongst delicious homemade cakes & pastries, their sausage rolls, cheese & fruit scones are the talk of the town! Gluten free goods available. As from the 21st February you will be able to join her in the “Roundels Restaurant” for contemporary English cuisine, boasting an extensive wine list, including local Chapel Down wine.

Barbara-Ann Clark Fine Foods Coﬀee - Lunches - Cream Teas - Dinner

As from Tuesday 21st February Barbara-Ann will be opening the Roundels for Evening Dining Contemporary English Cuisine accompanied by a Fine Extensive Wine List. - Or just join us for a Glass of ice cold Beer or Wine to soak up the atmosphere. Menus will be on Display. We look forward to welcoming you. Please book to avoid disappointment. Opening Hours: 10am - 11pm Tuesday - Saturday The Courtyard, Evegate, Station Road, Smeeth, Ashford, Kent TN25 6SX www.barbara-annclark.co.uk Tel: 01303 813175

Barbara-Ann also has some great gift ideas on sale in her shop, laden with food, from pasta and sauces to local jams & ice cream. Hampers can be made up to suit your palate and budget, food can be ordered to take away for that special dinner party or event, vouchers can be purchased for that person who has everything! Roundels are available for private functions, including Breakfast Meetings and Business Lunches, menus are available to puruse inside and outside the shop and are changed regularly. Please feel welcome to come and enjoy a glass of wine or beer with a pot of olives, to soak up the atmosphere.

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Mon12th March Ashford Music Society - Chamber Ensemble Of London Directed by Peter Fisher. This concert will be the final one in our present series. The CEOL was founded in 1997 and draws its players from amongst the most distinguished musicians in Londonbased orchestras and chamber groups. The CEOL repertoire is wide ranging and on this occasion their programme will be a feast of British music for strings, from Purcell. Handel & Boyce to the present day, including Elgarâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op.20. Venue: The Norton Knatchbull School at 7.30 p.m. Tickets: ÂŁ12 (Adults); ÂŁ3 (Students) Contact: Brenda McCormack on 01233-622971 or Hilary Pittock on 01233-623700.

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month 7-9pm. ÂŁ1 per person including a raffle. Fund raising in aid of Diamond Jubilee Celebrations for the village.

Brabourne & Smeeth Horticultural Society next meeting will be on March 30 with the Spring Show followed by a Seed Swap and Quiz 7.15 for 7.30 pm. Visitors and new members will be made very welcome. For Further info contact Wendy Sanders on 01303 813 451.

Aldington & Bonnington Gardening Society

Knatch Jazz 2 Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone

Friday 9th March 2012 7pm for 7.30pm

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next meeting is on Thursday the 8th March when we will have a Demonstration on Floral Arrangements by Mrs Margaret Gibbs. We meet at Aldington Village Hall 7.45pm for 8.00pm. Visitors welcome. For further information contact Colin Evans 01233720618.

CHARITY RACE NIGHT with spot prizes at the Village Hall on Saturday 10th March at 7.30 p.m in aid of the Village Hall Floor Fund. Bring your own Food and drink . Tickets on Sale at the Village Shop from 10th February ÂŁ2.00 p.p. Come and have a flutter and meet up with friends old and new.

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JIngles, WI, Short Mat Bowls, Keep Fit, Mothers and Babies, Street Dance, Dog Training, Over 60s Tickets ONLY available from Dept, Pilgrims Hospice Club etc. We also have our regular Boot Fairs on Tickets ONLY available fromFundraising Fundraising Dept, Pilgrims Hospice Ashford, Hythe Road, Ashford. 0NE.Telephone Telephone Sharon on Ashford, Hythe Road, Ashford. TN24 TN24 0NE. Sharon on 504111 or email sharon.burberry@pilgrimshospices.org 0123301233 504111 or email sharon.burberry@pilgrimshospices.org the first Sunday of every month except January, which have been running at Hamstreet Victory Hall for 26 years now. Check out our website http:// hamstreetvictoryhall.weebly.com Advertise FREE of charge email your events to: events@thevillagedirectory.co.uk Vegetarian option available Gallery seats without food ÂŁ7.50 each

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A cosy 16th Century pub in the heart of the village, with three bars, hop decked oak beams, stone floors and open fires.

Mothers Day March 18th Food Served From 12 until 4pm Please Book Early

Refurbished Restaurant with New Menu & Traditional Sunday Roasts Family Friendly Senior Citizen Specials on Tuesdays & Thursdays Regular Sunday Night Charity Quiz Car Park & Walled Garden at Rear Now Serving Food on Wednesdays Wednesday Evenings 6.30pm - 8.30pm Home-made Fish & Chips Take-Away Night

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Where you can enjoy freshly prepared food at reasonable prices. At the bar you will also find a fine selection of real ales, wines, lagers & spirits. We are not strangers, just friends yet to meet!

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Every Monday Our Famous Fish ‘n’ Chip Supper

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the woods. Go on give it a try it may be just the sport you are looking for. Interested, give Jim or Line Dancing Classes, Sellindge Village Janet a call on 01233 632102 Hall. Tues Eve 7.30 – 9.30 (Intermediate), Thurs afternoon 1-3pm (easy intermediate) Thurs eve Lympne Short Mat Bowling Monday and 7.30 9.30 (Intermediate) contact Maureen Lincoln Thursdays from 7.00 p.m. to 9.45p.m. in the Village Hall. Annual Subscription is £20.00 and 01303 813161 or 07989 210449. the green fees are £2.00 per evening. For more Brabourne & Smeeth Horticultural Society. information call Mick or Marian Hatton on We meet on the last Friday of the month at 01303 814274 Brabourne & Smeeth Village Hall, 7.15 for The Sellindge Get Together Club Meet in 7.30pm. Visitors and new members will be the Durling Hall at Sellindge, next to the main made very welcome. For further info contact hall, from 2.00pm to 4.00pm on the second Wendy Sanders on 01303 813 451 Wednesday in the month. If you would like to

Aldington & Bonnington Gardening come just come to our meetings or phone 01303 813528 for more details. Society We meet at Aldington Village Hall 7.45pm for 8.00pm. Visitors welcome. For Smeeth W.I. We meet on the second Monday further information 01233720618.

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Evans of the Month at 7.30 pm in the Brabourne & Smeeth

Aldington Short Mat Bowls Club We play 1940’s Dancing Lessons, Every Friday, twice a week on Monday and Thursday nights at Aldington village hall from 7.30pm to 10.00pm. No special equipment required you only need a pair of shoes with flat soles and we can supply

including Lindy Hop, Charleston, Balboa & Collegiate Shag. For beginners and improvers, at Warehorne Village Hall from 7pm – 9.30pm. Cost £6.00 Tel 01233 860564. No partner required.

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Body Conditioning Class at Smeeth Scout Hut, Mondays 7.00 p.m. Fun Fitness for all levels Call Michelle Sinclair ACE Personal Trainer for details 01233 820109

Hi/Low Aerobics at Sellindge Village Hall on Wednesdays 7.00 .p.m. Fun Fitness for all levels Call Michelle Sinclair ACE Personal Trainer for details 01233 820109

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Step at Sellindge Village Hall Sundays at 10.00 a.m. Fun fitness for all levels Call Michelle Sinclair ACE Personal Trainer for details 01233 820109

Zumba Fitness 7.15pm A latin inspired dance fitness class and Legs bums and Tums 8.15pm Every Wednesday Aldington village hall. Contact Leigh Little 01233 65075 3 M: 07756 726590

Yoga Thursday’s 10.00-11.30pm St Mary’s Oakroom, Smeeth. Classes are suitable for all. Please call Daniela for more info about this and other classes. 01233 860417 or 07939 870826 Yoga. Friendly classes suitable for all levels.

Mondays 7.30-9.00pm, Warehorne Village Hall & Thursdays 10.00-11.30am, St Mary’s Oak Room, Smeeth (off the A20). £7 per class. Please call Daniela 01233860417 or 07939870826

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The Drum Inn Mick and Suzi welcome you to their traditional, family friendly, 300 year old pub. Opening Hours from 12:00 til 11pm all week Food Served Mon to Saturday 12:00 to 2:30 & 6:00 to 9:00 Sunday’s 12:00 to 4:00 & 6:00 to 7:45

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10th March Live Music with the very popular New wave tribute band “Heroes”. Why not book your table in advance

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BRABOURNE BAPTIST CHURCH Pastor Tim Simpson Tel:01303 813257

Art and Camera Club The next meeting is on Tuesday March 13 from 10am -12md. We have a varied programme including still life, portrait painting, trips out to sketch and photograph local countryside and parks etc. If you have an interest in art or photography you will be made very welcome. For more details phone Mike on 01303 812484 Meeting Point We will meet at the church on March 28 at 12.30pm. For further details please call Tim 01303 813257 or Cathy 01303 814132 MPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S Surgery: Our MP Damian Collins, will be holding his monthly surgery at the church from 3.45pm to 4.30pm on Friday March 16. If you have any questions, complaints or comments, please book an appointment by e-mailing your name, post code, subject and message to: shepwayconservatives@ btconnect.com or telephone 01303 253 524 CafĂŠ Wednesday: Open every Wednesday from 10am to 11.30am. Drop in for coďŹ&#x20AC;ee, biscuits, company and a warm friendly atmosphere. Choice of books available. Everyone Welcome: children too! Graham Kingston, our Community Warden, will try to be there on the first Wednesday of every month, should anyone need to see him â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Swingtime Sweetheartsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Come to an early celebration of the Queenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jubilee! Take a trip down

memory lane with songs from the 1940â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s at Brabourne Baptist Church on March 16 at 7.30pm. Professional singers, Annie and Leâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;arna, will sing the songs of Vera Lynn, The Andrews Sisters, Vera Lynn, Ella Fitzgerald, and other favourites. More details and tickets at ÂŁ5 each (including refreshments) from Tim Simpson (01303 813257) or Mike Crisp 01303 812484. Book early to avoid disappointment. Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Full English Breakfast On Saturday April 28 from 8.15am. All men are warmly invited (church goers or not). The guest speaker will be Rick Woodward of Bessels Green Baptist Church in Sevenoaks, and his talk is entitled â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;My God is Realâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. Rick is actively involved in the Hospice Movement in Romania and all proceeds will be in aid of â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Hospices of Hopeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, an organisation which has established a network of hospices in that country and trained thousands of doctors and nurses in hospice techniques. Please phone Ian Ruck 01303 813743 or e-mail: barbarian.ruck@virgin.net asap to book your place, by April 26 latest . A contribution of ÂŁ3 per person is requested on the day.

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You’d be forgiven for thinking that opening an email from a family member, friend or colleague was perfectly safe. After all, you trust them all and they wouldn’t send you anything that would compromise your PC. Wrong!

Another common use of spoofing is for ‘phishing’ (so called because they attempt to ‘hook’ you in) emails. These are the emails that appear to be from your bank or other institution that typically warns you of irregular activity on your account and asks you to click on a link and enter your account details to reactivate your account. These types of emails are becoming more and more sophisticated and convincing. Just remember that no legitimate organisation would ever request this procedure, so NEVER follow any links of this sort, no matter how genuine they appear. If in doubt phone your bank. So remember to be careful with your emails. Nothing is necessarily as it appears, and don’t click on anything in an email unless you are 100% certain of its origin. Sometimes it seems even your friends are out to get you!

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FREE LEGAL ADVICE FOR FAMILIES WITH UNDER 5 YEAR OLDS In another of our regular series on legal matters, this month Laura Hails, Legal Executive at Pengelly & Rylands Solicitors, talks about a new free legal advice service in Tenterden. Following the success of our free family law clinic, we are pleased to announce that we will be running a free drop in service at the Sure Start Centre, based at the Little Explorers Children Centre, Recreation Ground Road, Tenterden. This is specifically for families with children aged under 5 years of age. We will be available at the centre every Wednesday from February, to discuss topics including divorce, cohabitation disputes, financial settlement after divorce and children issues. If any families have a legal issue or concern about their family, we will be available to talk things through, so that we can advise you of the best way forward in your situation, so that you can make an informed choice as to how you wish to proceed. It is a sad fact that we meet a number of families, often with young children, who are separating or in troubled relationships. There are a number of facilities available in the local area to provide families with additional support, and we are proud to work in partnership with Sure Start to assist families with under 5’s. We understand that costs are a factor in family matters, and people are concerned about instructing solicitors. We are aware that there is a need in the local area, particularly with families with under 5’s, to meet with a lawyer to discuss their concerns and to receive some initial free advice.

Laura Hails, Legal Executive at Pengelly & Rylands added benefit of being located at the Sure Start Centre, which has other facilities available for families with under 5’s, and we will be able to advise them whether any additional services, which are available through the Sure Start Centre, would be beneficial to them. Laura Hails will be pleased to meet with you at the Centre and will be available on a weekly basis.

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that operate on electricity. But she’s right. We didn’t have the green thing back then.

Checking out at Tesco, the young cashier suggested to the older woman that she should bring her own grocery bags because plastic bags weren’t good for the environment.

When we were thirsty we drank from a tap instead of drinking from a plastic bottle of water shipped from the other side of the world. We refilled writing pens with ink instead of buying a new pen, and we replaced the razor blades in a razor instead of throwing away the whole razor just because the blade got dull. But we didn’t have the green thing back then.

The woman apologised and explained, “We didn’t have this green thing back in my earlier days.” The clerk responded, “That’s our problem today. Your generation did not care enough to save our environment for future generations.” She was right -- our generation didn’t have the green thing in its day. Back then, we returned milk bottles, pop bottles and beer bottles to the shop. The shop sent them back to the plant to be washed and sterilized and refilled, so it could use the same bottles over and over. So they really were re cycled. But we didn’t have the green thing back in our day. We walked up stairs, because we didn’t have an escalator in every store and office building. We walked to the grocers and didn’t climb into a 200-horsepower machine every time we had to go two blocks. But she was right. We didn’t have the green thing in our day. Back then, we washed the baby’s nappies because we didn’t have the throw-away kind. We dried clothes on a line, not in an energy gobbling machine burning up 2000 watts -- wind and solar power really did dry our clothes back in our early days. Kids got hand-me-down clothes from their brothers or sisters, not always brand-new clothing. But that young lady is right. We didn’t have the green thing back in our day. Back then, we had one TV, or radio, in the house -- not a TV in every room. And the TV had a small screen the size of a handkerchief (remember them?), not a screen the size of Yorkshire. In the kitchen, we blended and stirred by hand because we didn’t have electric machines to do everything for us. When we packaged a fragile item to send in the post, we used wadded up old newspapers to cushion it, not Styrofoam or plastic bubble wrap. Back then, we didn’t fire up an engine and burn petrol just to cut the lawn. We used a push mower that ran on human power. We exercised by working so we didn’t need to go to a health club to run on treadmills

Back then, people took the bus and kids rode their bikes to school or walked instead of turning their mums into a 24-hour taxi service. We had one electrical socket in a room, not an entire bank of sockets to power a dozen appliances. And we didn’t need a computerized gadget to receive a signal beamed from satellites 2,000 miles out in space in order to find the nearest fish and chip shop. But isn’t it sad the current generation laments how wasteful we old folks were just because we didn’t have the green thing back then?

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Don’t make old people mad, we may not like being old in the first place, so it doesn’t take much to wind us up!

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