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November 2018 Edition • Issue 143 • Royal Mail
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Welcome Hi everyone, welcome to the November edition. When I was a child, I remember November being a very cold month but as I write November is just two weeks away, the sun is shining and it’s still possible to sit comfortably in the garden. As we keep being told, the planet certainly seems to be warming up but I’m concerned we’ll pay the price when the rain comes. As a child my dad would organise the annual firework display in the garden and my brothers would both stand out there, wrapped up in their hats and gloves, making pictures in the air with their sparklers. I, on the other hand, preferred the warmth of the house and would watch from the window. Whoever would have thought I’d grow into an adult that enjoys skiing and sitting on a mountain top in temperatures of minus 40o. I have my husband to thank for that. He taught me that it was all about the layers and dressing for the occasion. The promise of a hot mulled cider back at the bottom helps enormously too! We are now at the beginning of the run up to Christmas, and it’s time to book tables for your Christmas parties and brain storm the gifts you’ll give this year. I can’t quite believe we are here again, it seems the older I get the faster time passes, scary! Oh to be like Doctor Who and be able to regenerate, wouldn’t that be great! Maybe not, I’ll leave you to ponder that one! Until next time, have a great month.
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Report of Parish Council Speed Indicator Device The Speed Indicator Device has now been delivered and installed. There are four different positions for the Indicator to be located in the Village and it will be rotated at random between them. This equipment not only reminds motorists of their speed but records the number of vehicles passing the unit in a time banded structure. This information will be very useful in monitoring the flow of vehicles through the village. Ashford Borough Council (ABC) Local Plan The Parish Council will have submitted its comments regarding the Main Modifications to the Local Plan by the deadline on the 26th October. After the Main Modifications have been reviewed by the Inspector the Borough Council will meet either late 2018 or early 2019 to adopt the Local Plan 2030. Battle’s Over On 11th November at 7pm the Beacon situated on Reynolds Playing Field will be lit to commemorate the ending of the First World War. Refreshments will be available in the Village Hall. Next meeting: Mon. 12 Nov., 7.30pm, at Aldington Eco Centre, Goldwell Lane. Full minutes of parish council meetings are available on the website: www.ald-bonnpc.kentparishes.gov.uk Parish Council Contact: Peter Setterfield, Clerk, 01233 721757, clerk@ald-bonnpc. kentparishes.gov.uk
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Aldington Ladies Gentle Exercise Club Wednesday afternoon 2-4.30pm at Aldington Village Hall. Fee £4 per session . Wear comfy clothes and non-slip socks if possible. Contact Anne Warrener 01303 812703. looking forward to seeing you! Aldington & Bonnington Gardening Society We meet on the 2nd Thursday of the month in the Aldington Village Hall at 7.45 pm for 8.00. We have a varied programme of talks, shows and social events. Visitors and new members always welcome. For further details please contact Jean Evans on 01233 720618 or colin.e123@btinternet.com Aldington Corner Quilters is a long established group of friendly ladies meeting on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month at Aldington Village Hall, 7.00pm - 9.00pm. We have a mix of beginners and experienced ladies who share their latest projects and ideas. We always welcome new members so if you are interested come along one evening and meet us. For more details contact Julie Coney - quirkyjules@gmail.com or 01303 813944 (eve). Aldington Tennis Club We are a social / family Tennis Club encouraging all ages and abilities to play. Flood lights and coaching enable us to play all year with our members from around the local villages. All the information is listed on our web site www.aldingtontennisclub.co.uk Aldington WI on 3rd Mon every month. All ladies welcome, 7 for 7.30 at The Walnut Tree, Aldington. Ashford Radio Aeromodellers, we have a field at Sellindge for flying seven days a week, and fly indoors in Ashford Market on various Thursday evenings during the Autumn, Winter, & Spring, please visit www.araclub.co.uk for more details, or phone Iain on 07956501510, or myself (Roger) 01233 627694. Arts Society Ashford (part of NADFAS). A great way to expand your knowledge of the arts, with inspiring monthly lectures given by some of the countries top experts, together with days of special interest and arts visits. All lectures are in Aldington Village Hall, usually on the third Tuesday of each month, from September to June. Membership open to all. www.ashforddfas.org.uk The Brabourne and Smeeth Branch of the Royal British Legion meet every first Tuesday in the month at the Brabourne Baptist Church at 7.30 pm. New Members area always welcome, please contact George Taylor 01303 812165 or Ron Cooper 01303 813330 Brabourne & Smeeth Gardeners’ Society We meet on the last Friday of the month at Brabourne & Smeeth Village Hall, 7.15 for 7.30pm. (No meeting in December) New members and visitors will be made very welcome. For further info call Wendy Sanders 01303 813451 brabournewendy@gmail.com. East Kent Morris Men Do you like dancing, beer, socialising, music, having fun? Why not try Morris Dancing? We are recruiting for new members. Weekly Wednesday dance practices at Mersham Village Hall, 8pm to 10pm; afterwards we practise drinking in the pub opposite! No experience required. Why not give it a try? Details from www.ekmm.org.uk or 01795 536 262
Quilting Group held in the Oak Room, Smeeth TN25 6SA. If you are interested in quilting or patchwork why not come along and learn new skills and share your expertise with like minded people. Beginners and advanced levels are welcome. Bi-monthly meetings, for further information contact Marion on 01233 750319 Sellindge Gardening Association With effect from January 2019 meetings will take place on the 3rd Friday of each month. The change will begin on Friday 18th January 2019 1.45 for 2 pm in The Durling Room at Sellindge Village Hall. Our programme includes speakers, a Summer Show, Social Events, Day Trips and an Annual Summer Holiday. For further details please contact Chris on 01303 813875. Sellindge Table Top Sale the 1st Saturday of each month in the village hall Sellindge. Tables booked in advance are £5. 00 Each and on the day (If available) £8. 00. Telephone for more information 01303 813475. Refreshments are available and home made cakes. Smeeth W.I. We meet on the second Monday of the Month at 7.30 pm in the Brabourne & Smeeth village hall for further information do contact Joy Taylor 01303 813932 or Margaret Garret 01303 813932. Stanford & Postling WI meet in the committee room at the rear of Lympne Village Hall on the 3rd monday of every month. we are a small but friendly group who would love to wlecome new members. For any further information please contact Elaine on 01303 863096 or
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Iona on 01303 238390. The Get Together Club meet second Wednesday of the month in the Durling Hall, Sellindge from 2pm to 4pm. new members welcome. Lympne Short Mat Bowling Club meets every Mon & Thurs 7 00 pm to 9 30 pm September to May in Lympne Village Hall. It is a small, friendly, sociable club. Do come along and try your hand at an enjoyable, skilful game. Do come along you will be made most welcome. For further details call Joyce Groom - Match Secretary on 01303 230983/0750 652 5971 trevor_groom@sky.com Sellindge Linedancing Club We are your local line dance club. We meet every Tuesday & Thursday. Are you interested in joining us? You don’t need a partner to line dance! We are starting a NEW BEGINNERS CLASS on 5th September 6.00pm until 7.00pm Entry fee is only £2.50. If you need to know more or even to reserve your place, please ring Maureen for further details. 07989 210449 Ashford Model Railway Club - We meet on Wednesday evenings at the barn café at Willesborough Windmill. between 7.00pm and 9.00pm, and the club would welcome new members. Club members are currently building a model of Rye in 00 gauge in the SR period. Contact John White on 01233 733416 for more details. Pop in Centre, for the over 60s, open every Weds. 1.45. pm & Table Top Sale 1st Sunday every month. Lower Road, Woodchurch.
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By Katherine Sorrell care for, while solid wooden boards or parquet simply require regular polishing or waxing. Linoleum or vinyl can look impressive but carpet is more problematic. Choose a colour or pattern that won’t show the dirt, and make sure it’s suitable for a hallway: an 80:20 twist classified for heavy domestic use is often the best.
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DURABLE FLOORS Flooring should be non-slip, durable, dirtresistant and easily maintained. Darker colours are generally better than pale, especially if you have pets and children. Stone, ceramic or quarry tiles, or Victorian encaustic tiles, are all easy to
LOVELY LIGHTING Light in the hallway should illuminate steps, stairs and thresholds clearly and help provide an even flow of light. With a high ceiling, a beautiful chandelier, or a series of pendants, looks great; otherwise, a row of downlights set into the ceiling is better. Avoid protruding wall lights in a narrow hall where they become obstacles. SENSIBLE STORAGE Built-in storage makes the most of available space. Shallow, floor-to-ceiling cupboards with doors painted the same colour as the walls, or mirrored, are discreet but hold masses. Alternatively, use free-standing cupboards, sideboards, tables, benches, hooks or racks that suit your layout and style. Somewhere to keep post and keys is useful: perhaps a bowl and rack on a console table, radiator cover or shelf, or a small, wall-mounted cupboard and hooks. FINISHING TOUCHES Windows will benefit from shutters, blinds or curtains, with fabric co-ordinated with cushions or upholstery. A long, thin floor runner works beautifully on hard flooring. Fit shelving above doorways or above head height along the hall’s length for books and delicate items. And, finally, add a personal touch with paintings, photographs or other artworks.
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he next problem was with a carpet. A beautiful carpet that is still classified as new (although it’s been here a few years). If Ebony or I ever do a stretch on the carpet and use our claws we get a severe look. Ebony just pointed out that it is me that does this and not her, but I am sure I have seen her do this at least once….. Anyway, Jane moved the sofas that are on the carpet. And underneath the sofas are 8 patches where something has eaten the carpet, surrounded by hundreds of
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wing cases! Carpet moths! Shame there were no lives ones as they would have been fun to chase. I had a great time jumping around on all the furniture that had been moved while the humans looked at the carpet in horror. It looks like the moths are long gone but a can of Indorex flea spray has made sure they won’t come back!
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There is a lot to be said for some variation in the height of the plants in your garden. Any garden, whatever its size or location, will look more interesting with ‘ups and down’ in the planting, so by all means include some tall plants as well as those which are just a bit closer to the soil. Don’t forget how attractive and useful ground-cover planting can be, covering the soil with goodlooking foliage which, in some cases, is decorated with a fair smattering of flowers or berries. Some ground-cover plants are available as ‘bare root’ plants, lifted from a field and ready for putting in to the ground whilst they are dormant, so now is a great time to get ordering and buying ready to plant during suitable weather over the next few months. Look at what is available in local nurseries and garden centres but also visit a
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few websites. Ground-cover plants are also often available in potted form, especially if it is some of the smaller, less woody plants which appeal to you. These can be planted now too, but as their roots come well-encased in compost, they can be planted at any time of the year. For best results avoid extremely cold and wet weather, and the very hottest and driest period in summer. Ground-cover planting is an excellent way to reduce the amount of work you need to do – perfect if your garden is too big for the time or energy you have to spare. Rather than having a flower bed full of herbaceous plants or summer bedding, a ground-cover bed, once planted, needs little maintenance and pretty well looks after itself. It will need watering during the first year or two, especially in dry
Gardens on slopes or indeed windswept spots can suffer quite serious and irritating soil-slippage or erosion if left unplanted. But once planted up, the roots of your ground-cover planting will help to secure the soil and the stems and foliage will help to protect the soil surface. Weeds just love open spaces, but cover spare bits of ground with ground-cover planting and the weeds will often be swamped out: literally starved of light and suffering such competition from your chosen planting that they cannot thrive. For best effect choose plants which are evergreen and so hold their leaves throughout the year. Evergreens just shed their leaves little and often, rather than their deciduous relatives which drop them all in one go in the autumn, which means you won’t suffer from the bare, twiggy effect that deciduous plants would give. If you choose a ground-cover plant such as Cotoneaster horizontalis you will be able to
The Garden enjoy really attractive berries as well as the neat foliage. Ground-cover planting like this will often offer a useful source of shelter to local wildlife and food for berry eaters too. Sometimes it can be difficult to spot suitable ground-cover plants unless the nursery or garden centre has a designated area for them, so, when searching out plants for ground cover, always read the information given about each plant thoroughly. Ideally you want those where the stated height is smaller than the stated spread – it is outwards not upwards you are after! Look for clues in the plants’ Latin names too – those with words suggesting spread out or horizontal are good indicators e.g. prostrata (prostrate), horizontalis (horizontal), repens (creeping). Visit Pippa’s website www.pippagreenwood. com and you’ll find some great gardening items and perfect Christmas gifts for gardeners: a ‘Grow Your Own with Pippa Greenwood’ gift card (great vegetable plants and weekly advice from Pippa), stylish cloches, the fantastic SpeedHoe, raised bed kits, gardening tools, Grower Frames, signed books and more! Or why not book Pippa for a gardening talk at your gardening club?
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T h e Fo l k e s t o n e J a z z C l u b At T h e To we r To B o o k C a l l : 0 1 3 0 3 2 7 7 1 7 5 All gigs start at 8pm ~ All gigs £12 admission Seat Bookings: 01303 277175 Email: twinklewood49@gmail.com Website: www.towertheatrefolkestone.co.uk
Nov 1st The swinging music of The American Jazz Giant Dave Pell Nov 6th Direct from Ronnie Scotts - The return of this exciting quartet Artie Zaitz Quartet Nov 15th The Battle of The Baritones is a Must See Mick Foster & Karen Sharp Quintet Nov 22nd From The USA ~ The professor of The Jazz Piano Phil DeGreg with the Alan Barnes Quintet Nov 29th The Best of British Jazz The Jazz All Star Quintet Dec 6th It’s almost Christmas, This is an early treat!!! The Matt Wates Quintet Dec 13th The Famed FJC Christmas Party with Kents own Number One Party Band The Colrose 7 Jan 3rd Derek Nash “ PICANTE’ “ Latin Jazz Jan 10th Scott Hamilton Quartet.. Jan 17th Liane Carrol Trio Jan 24th
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Nov e m b e r November 3rd Hamstreet & District Branch of The Royal British Legion Annual Coffee Morning from 10am - 12pm in the Victory Hall, Hamstreet. Please come along to support this noble cause, to enjoy a cup of tea/coffee, a cake, a chat and to buy your poppies & Royal British Legion promotional items. There will be a small raffle. Any donations of raffle prizes and/or cakes would be most welcome. We look forward to seeing you. Peter Gostling 01233 732318 November 3rd Hamstreet Bowling Club Craft Fair at Bilsington Village Hall 12.00 to 16.00. Refreshments and Raffle, Crafts including cards, coasters, cushions, furniture, jewellery, knitted/crocheted items, needlecraft, paintings, pottery, stained glass, wooden plaques. To book a table/stall call Gwen 01303 872603 or Denise 01233 733340 November 3rd Sellindge Table Top Sale On the 1st Saturday of each month at the Sellindge Village Hall. Tables can be pre-booked for £5.00 please contact Maureen on 01303 813250. If any tables are available on the day a charge of £10.00 will be made, so please book early to avoid disappointment. Refreshments are available. November 5th Sellindge Village Hall Coffee ‘n’ Chat is the new name of what was known as “the pop in” Everyone is welcome to come and have a coffee and a chat (other beverages available). Monday mornings 9am - 12pm, Tuesday mornings 9am - 1pm there are health walks one gentle walk which lasts around an hour and one longer walk which lasts around 1.5 hours, which if you want you can join in as well as Coffee ‘n’ Chat afterwards. Tuesday afternoon there is Bingo 2 - 4 pm. Everyday people having a bit of fun and company November 10th Royal British Legion Annual Coffee Morning will be held in the Parish Hall. 10.00am-12.00 noon. There will be a short service with the laying of wreaths in the Memorial Porch. Raffle, cake stall and white elephant. Donations most welcome. For more info please call, 01233 714277/714068/712659 November 11th Smeeth W.I. will hold their Annual Meeting at Brabourne and Smeeth Village Hall at 7.30pm. This will be followed by Social time when there will be an opportunity to catch up with latest news and look back in our most interesting Scrapbooks to refresh our memories of previous happy social events. Come along and see what an interesting ongoing Programme we have. For further information please do contact Joy Taylor 01303 812165 or Margaret Garrett 01303 813932. November 20th Ashford Flower Club will be hosting a Christmas flower demonstration by Annette Urquhart entitled ‘pickle My Walnuts’. It will take place at Hothfield Village Hall, Park Drive, Hothfield TN26 1EQ. Really open at 6.30 pm for a 7.30 pm start. Sales table,
flower raffle, and Christmas charity raffle in aid of the Ashford branch of the International Glaucoma Association.Tickets £8 in advance - contact 01233 628278 or 01233 820585. November 22nd Coffee Morning & Jumble Sale 10am – 2pm. There will be shoes, French clothing and accessories, leatherware, Christmas wreath-making demonstrations from top flower arranger, plus many other goodies. Wye Village Hall; with raffle raising money for Holding Little Hands – a new charity at the William Harvey Hospital November 24th New Romney Amateur Dramatics Youth Group will be doing two performances at 3pm and 7pm of Children of West End Musicals. November 24th Lady Joanna Thornhill School Christmas Market. Join us from 2-4pm to stock up on Christmas presents, enjoy a hot drink and a mince pie, visit Santa’s Grotto and enter the Christmas hamper raffle. Festive fun for all the family, £1 entry per adult (children free). Sunday 25 November Autumn Concert. Sutton Valence Choral Society have chosen a very special programme with which to commemorate the Armistice in their concert on Sunday 25 November. Conductor Bryan Gipps said “with just under one hundred singing in the choir and a large orchestra as well as three soloists, this is certain to be a memorable concert”. The concert at All Saints’ Church, Mill Street, Maidstone, ME15 6YE starts at 7pm. N.B. Earlier start! Tickets, priced £13, are available from choir members, by email at pamela.hipkins@btinternet.com or via the website at www.suttonvalencechoral.com November 30th The Charing Christmas Lights “Magical Evening” Christmas Fayre will be held 6pm-8pm in the Church Barn. Lots of lovely Christmas goodies for sale, along with The Grand Draw, huge Tombola, Tipple Basket, Rosemary’s Christmas cake, Children’s Marquee and Roundabout. Hot food and drinks available. New this year, Charing’s first “Light Parade”, lead by Father Christmas”. Come along in fancy dress. Light up your costume with battery lights or glo sticks. Decorate you bicycles, pushchairs, mobility aids. Prizes for best entries. The following day a Coffee Morning will be held in the Church Barn, 10.30am-12.30pm when the prize draws will take place. For more detail call, 01233 714068/ 713439 or 07929 041749. To enter the “Light Parade”please call 07928 313578 or pick up an entry form at Charing Post Office
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ASHFORD CHORAL SOCIETY J. S. Bach Christmas Oratorio Susan Legg mezzo-soprano Paul Young tenor Thomas Humphreys baritone Mark Deller conductor
Saturday 17 November 2018 at 7.30pm Colyer-Fergusson Hall, University of Kent, Canterbury Tickets: £20, £16, £12 (under 16s half price) Gulbenkian Theatre Box Office Tel: 01227 769075 or www.thegulbenkian.co.uk www.ashfordchoral.org.uk Reg. Charity no. 1041943
December 30th Betherdsen WI Pantomime Group Presents Alice in Wonderland at Bethersden Village Hall at 7.30 pm and Saturday 1st December 3pm and 8pm. Tickets £4.00 each available from the Bethersden post office or by calling 01233 820650.
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Sweet Recipe Makes 6 Ready in 1 hour, plus cooling and chilling time
Salted Caramel, Chocolate and Chilli Tartlets
It may sound like an unusual combination but a hint of fiery chilli complements a rich chocolate dessert perfectly. Serve with a spoonful of thick cream or Greek yogurt for a really indulgent dessert.
Ingredients: • Flour, for dusting • 250g ready-made sweet shortcrust pastry • 260g jar salted caramel sauce • 25g unsalted butter • 100g dark chocolate, broken into pieces • 1 small red chilli, deseeded and chopped (see Tip) • Shredded fresh basil leaves, to decorate (optional) • Icing sugar, for dusting
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1. Lightly dust a work surface with flour and roll out the pastry to about 3mm thickness. Use to line six 10cm tartlet tins. Prick the bases with a fork and chill in the fridge for 30 minutes. Preheat the oven to 200°C/fan 180°C/gas mark 6.
2. Line each tartlet tin with a circle of baking paper and fill with baking beans. Bake blind in the preheated oven for 7-8 minutes. Remove the beans and paper and bake the tarts for a further 4-5 minutes until the pastry is crisp and pale golden. Leave to cool completely, then remove the pastry cases from the tins and place on a board.
3. Divide the salted caramel sauce between the cold
tartlet pastry cases, smoothing the surfaces level with the back of a teaspoon. Chill in the fridge for 30 minutes.
4. Place the butter and chocolate in a heatproof bowl
set over a pan of simmering water and leave until melted. Remove the bowl from the heat and stir the mixture until smooth. Cool for 20 minutes then spread over the salted caramel filling. Chill for 1 hour or until set.
5. To serve, sprinkle the chopped chilli pepper over the
set chocolate topping and scatter over the shredded basil (if using). Dust with icing sugar.
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Toss the chicken chunks in the yogurt, curry paste and lemon juice, then spread them on a baking sheet lined with foil. Cook under a medium-hot grill for 12-15 minutes, turning frequently, until the chicken is cooked through and lightly charred in places. Meanwhile, heat the oil in a large non-stick frying pan. Add the onion and fry for 2 minutes. Pick the cauliflower out of the frozen vegetables. Add to the pan and cook for a further 2-3 minutes until browned in places. Stir in the remaining vegetables, the rice and 90ml water or vegetable stock. Cover and cook over a low heat for 4-5 minutes, stirring once or twice until piping hot all the way through. Toss the hot cooked chicken tikka chunks into the rice. Garnish with sprigs of mint and serve with chutney and poppadoms. To make a cooling cucumber and mint yogurt to accompany the biryani, mix ¼ of a grated TIP onion and ¼ of a grated cucumber with 300ml natural yogurt, 2 tbsp freshly chopped mint and ½ tsp ground cumin.
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PARENTING Making Christmas Extra Special ELF ON A SHELF The original idea behind Elf on a Shelf was that an elf would arrive at the start of Christmas to watch over children and report back to Father Christmas. However, the trend has changed in recent years to become a bit more fun (and a bit less creepy). Now the craze is for the elf to get up to mischief overnight, whether it’s making snow angels in flour, tying the children’s shoelaces together or wrapping the loo in Christmas paper. (Search Pinterest for inspiration.) KINDNESS ELVES Not keen on the idea of a pint-sized prankster? Kindness elves have become a popular alternative. They still move each night but rather than tricks, they leave notes praising the child for a good deed or suggesting a kind act the child could do, such as visiting an elderly neighbour or making a card for a relative. ADVENT CALENDARS
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this calendar just as much as the kids.) See www.jacquielawson. com. If your child loves crafts, the Mini Makes Christmas papercraft book by Half Pint Home will provide hours of entertainment. There’s an activity for each day leading up to Christmas, including mini-bunting, finger puppets, decorations and more. Mini Makes Christmas costs £12.99 from www.etsy.co.uk. Early Learning Centre Advent Calendar, £25
with trinkets and second-hand small toys. A bundle of Shopkins characters, for example, can be picked up relatively cheaply on eBay. The calendar can then be brought out again each year, so becoming part of your family’s festive traditions. If you don’t have the time (or energy) to find 24 gifts, the advent calendars from Lego, Smiggle, Playmobil and the Early Learning Centre offer a decent selection of goodies for £20-£30. You can also sometimes find a previous year’s calendar for £10 or less on eBay. Digital calendars have different activities, images, videos or other features to unlock each day. The best one I’ve found is by Jacquie Lawson. It costs just £3 and will work on most computers, smartphones and tablets. Activities include making a snowflake, decorating a Christmas tree and solving puzzles. Each activity can be played as many times as you like. (Grown-ups tend to enjoy
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Great Health, Wellbeing and Fitness Gifts Williams and Danny Penman, an NHS ‘Book on Prescription’, teaches Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT). Just a few minutes’ practice a day can bring great benefits, not just for those struggling with mental health issues but for anyone wanting to improve their wellbeing in today’s hectic world. Available as a book, eBook, audio CD and CD-ROM from various retailers including Amazon and WHSmith. Stuck for gift ideas for your nearest and dearest? Here are some presents that could bring them a happier, healthier new year. WEIGHT LOSS GIFTS Warning: Only buy these for someone who has stated they need, want and plan to lose weight! • Slimming World offer 6-week and 12-week gift cards for new members (£34.75 and £59.50 respectively). Prices are lower for existing members or those over 60. Available at www. slimmingworld.co.uk/ downloads/gift_vouchers.pdf. • Weight Watchers don’t offer gift subscriptions but do sell cookbooks, magazine subscriptions (starting from £8.25) and handy SmartPoints Kitchen Scales (£39.95), which automatically calculate the SmartPoints in food.
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“From the moment I walked into this nursing home, I knew it would be one of the best because of the kindness, consideration and care I was shown and that was just as a visitor. A friendly and responsive home. Extremely high levels of outstanding professional trained nursing care for my friend along with compassion, gentleness and care from ALL the staff. Exceptionally welcoming environment. Highest levels of cleanliness. An extremely calm and gentle atmosphere. Exceeded expectations for 4 weeks for care, professionalism, food and the price cleanliness. Lovely gardens. Thank of You” - Friend of Resident 3 wee
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