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Karols Korner

Have you finished your Christmas shopping? Or like me still got loads to do? Every year it gets harder and harder, and most of the gifts I have liked this year are memory makers rather than products. Food shopping, presents, the list is endless, and all for just 1 perfect day!

How about giving the gift of YOU this year, making a commitment to help a local charity like Beaumond House, that so desperately needs our help in providing such a vital service. Or offering to babysit for a stressed out mum, or spending extra time with family, each week or month. Make 2016 about giving time and love to those around us.

I’d like to thank our loyal readers for helping us to make and shape the magazine into your favorite local magazine. We wouldn’t be where we are without the support of the local businesses, so a big THANK YOU to both readers and businesses. Please make sure that you let businesses know that you saw them in the magazine.

Onward & upward as they say, would love to hear about your resolutions, and have a HAPPY NEW YEAR, See you in 2016!

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In this issue...

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New Year’s Revolution A fresh financial start in 2016 Recipe – Lamb & Spinach Curry Recipe – Fruit & Nut Granola Bars Health & Beauty – New Beginnings Totally Locally Travel – Botswana Competitions What’s On An adjustment to the wardrobe Weddings Tom and the boastful brother in law Make room for Roses New Year, New Style & 57 – Puzzles Best small cars Puzzles

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Minster Conservatories, Doors & Windows Our Brand New Premier Collection Minster Conservatories’ stunning garden room at Reg Taylor’s Garden Centre in Normanton showcases their beautiful new premier collection. A purpose built orangery or garden room can make a huge impact on the way you use your home, giving new life to outdated and under used parts of your home. Minster Conservatories carry a wide range of designs to suit a variety of budgets and tastes and promise to beat any genuine like-for-like quote.

The incredibly high level of workmanship and attention to detail make Minster Conservatories, Doors & Windows the perfect choice when choosing your dream garden room or conservatory.

The showroom enables prospective clients to visualise what the extra room will look like in their home. Even better, clients can now choose to have their orangery or conservatory painted in their personal favourite from the full range of Farrow and Ball paint colours – so, from day one, the new room will work perfectly to complement your individual home!

This local, trusted, family-run company has a wealth of experience and is proud to provide every customer with superior craftsmanship, a free design service, attention to detail and superb customer service. A full deck or patio service is also available to add the perfect finishing touch to your new conservatory or orangery.

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Edwardian (a rectangular base and pitched roof. The square shape makes very good use of available space allowing furniture to fit into the corners); Victorian (distinguished by a bay front and pitched roof, it blends suitably to most house styles) and Lean-to or sun-lounge (ideal for properties with a limited build space). A full design and planning service is available for bespoke conservatories such as P-shape, B-shape, or T-shape, and many other combinations.

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Minster Conservatories also specialise in a full range of replacement windows and composite doors including their fabulous vertical sliding replacement sash window. All Minster windows are manufactured to the highest standards possible. They offer a full range of PVCu options which reduce noise, add warmth and give extra security to your home, plus they are

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In addition, Minster Conservatories can supply and fit porches. Each is individually designed and made to measure to suit the character and style of the home and create the perfect stylish entrance! From base building to brickwork, every aspect of the work is undertaken so that you can rest assured that your porch will be manufactured to the highest standards.

Protect your home from water damage Minster Conservatories can also supply new soffits and fascias; their roof line products are strong, durable and attractive and will protect your home for years to come.

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An excellent local reputation, a long list of satisfied clients, clear communication, honesty and integrity – what more could you ask for? Contact Minster Conservatories on 01636 819477 or visit www.minsterconservatories.com for further information. Or why not pop down to their new orangery showroom at Reg Taylors Garden Centre and see how your home could be transformed!

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New Year’s Revolution Organise your life the electronic way and stick to those resolutions

In the 1980s, it was the Filofax; in the 1990s, the Personal Digital Assistant or PDA. Today, though, we’re more likely to stay on top of our lives using a mobile device. Whether you’re trying to get more organised or just want to stay on top of your New Year’s resolutions, gadgets can help.

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scales - from around £29 for stand-alone scales to £150 for scales that communicate with phones or PCs over Wi-Fi, enabling you to store your progress in an app or even share it with others online - can show you not just how much weight you’ve lost but also how your body is composed. So, for example, if you’re replacing fat with muscle - which is heavier than fat - you’ll be able to see that you’ve made great progress even if the actual weight displayed by the scales hasn’t changed. Then again, you’ll know that by the way your clothes feel, so maybe you don’t need smart scales after all.

We’ve mentioned phones a few times now, and that’s because pound for pound they’re the most useful resolution trackers and life organisers: the reason standalone electronic organisers are a rare sight these days is because smartphones do a better job for less money. A really good Android phone can be as little as £40, and for that you’re getting a smartphone with built-in calendars and reminders and the opportunity to use apps such as the superb MyFitnessPal, which can track your exercise and can use your phone’s camera to scan barcodes and work out

nutritional information from them automatically. More expensive devices such as Apple’s iPhones include motion processors that can track \RXU VWHSV à LJKWV FOLPEHG and distance travelled without UHTXLULQJ D GHGLFDWHG ÀWQHVV tracker, and Apple’s own Health app can record that data plus anything else you’d like to monitor. If you’d rather do most of that automatically, MyFitnessPal is available for Apple devices too.

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Lamb L amb & Spinach Spinach C Curry urry Serves 4

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New Beginnings

by Kate Duggan www.kateduggan.co.uk

January is the perfect time to give your beauty routine a shake up and try something a little bit different…

Stuck in a make-up rut?

You might want to consider booking yourself in for a make-up lesson. Some of the big brands offer mini makeovers, as it’s a chance for them to show off their products, but if you really want to get out of that rut, try a M.A.C. Full Make Up Lesson (£50), which lasts for 90 minutes and will give you bags of inspiration. Not quite ready to take the plunge? A new nail polish is a great baby step. Nails Inc have added four new colours to their NailKale range, each priced at £14.

The NailKale polishes are designed to give your nails a vitamin and mineral boost, as well as colour, to leave them harder, stronger and healthier. The new colours include Regents Mews, a rich crushed damson, as sported by Alexa Chung, pictured above right.

Fancy trying a different shampoo and conditioner? I’m loving the SuperFruit Complex 10-in-1 Renewal Shampoo (£10) and Conditioner (£10.99), by SheaMoisture. SheaMoisture has been going for over 100 years in the States, but has only recently made it across to the UK. The 10-in-1 system is incredibly nourishing, so is perfect for this time of year, when our hair has to cope with the demands of icy winds and central heating.

A complex blend of Shea butter, marula oil and fruit extracts works to hydrate, support elasticity and make hair more manageable.

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Morris had insisted that the e young man wait there. It was too risky to have him brazenly walking through the t park, and besides, Morris didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want a naked man in n thy. the house disturbing Dorot Dorothy.

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Tom and the boastful brother in law

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My Dearly Belovedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s glance at the clock did not bode well. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tom, isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t it time you were in bed?â&#x20AC;? ´&DQ , Ă&#x20AC;QLVK P\ KRW FKRFRODWH Ă&#x20AC;UVW SOHDVH Mother?â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Well Tom, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nearly ten.

You have to be at the DLUSRUW DW Ă&#x20AC;YH Âľ â&#x20AC;&#x153;Yes I know and then weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to endure a whole week of it.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;A whole week of what?â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Your Kevinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s boasting.â&#x20AC;?

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7KH GULYH KRPH DSDUW IURP some quite severe boasting DERXW KLV WULS WR 'XEDL ZDV fairly uneventful. Sarah greeted her brother warmly and once safely ensconced LQ WKH NLWFKHQ KH Ă&#x20AC;QDOO\ WR HYHU\RQH¡V UHOLHI VWRSSHG boasting about Dubai but started boasting about his house. ´, VHH \RX¡YH XSJUDGHG \RXU kitchen, Sis.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Yes, we changed it last year, didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t we Tom?â&#x20AC;?

6DUDK ZDV P\ Ă&#x20AC;UVW ZDUQLQJ of the day. Then it was time for lunch. Back in the Mondeo we headed into town as Kevin thankfully left KLV LVODQG SDUDGLVH EHKLQG and moved neatly onto his next subject - Kevin Juniorâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Now that my boy is at Yale doing law, we have so many adjustments to make.

OK $40,000 a year isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t FKHDS EXW ZKHQ \RX KDYH a gifted child, what can you do? Howâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s your Evan doing, Tommy?â&#x20AC;?

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(YDQ GLVDSSHDUHG WKHQ returned with our order as I waited for the inquisition. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tom, I thought you saidâ&#x20AC;Śâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;What? Oh Evan? Yeah. +H¡V TXDOLĂ&#x20AC;HG QRZ +H¡V D Barista.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;A barrister? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Yeah, like I say, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s taken his bar exam and now heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

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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 highquality 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.

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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!

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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.

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Once in place, keep your 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.

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There are lots of different varieties suitable, but some of my favourites include: Veilchenblau ‘Paul’s Scarlet’ (climber), Excelsa ‘Crimson Shower’, Albertine Albericbarbier ‘Golden Showers’, ‘Iceberg’ (climber), Malvern Hills ‘Super Fairy’, ‘Gloire de Dijon’, ‘Zéphirine Drouhin’.

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Home & Interiors New Year, New Style?

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