The Vegan Winter 1976

ISSN 0307-481

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VEGAN Vol. 23

No. 4

Winter, 1976

CONTENTS " What of the Future ? "

J.

Sanderson

The Golden Age

K.

Jannaway

The Common Bond

D.

Thompson

Veganism and Ischaemic Heart Disease T. Sanders & F. R. Ellis Also Reports - Recipes - Reviews - Letters AND

More Vegan Products by Eva Batt

VEGAN SOCIETY FOUNDED

1944—REGISTERED

CHARITY

VEGANISM is a way of living on the products of the plant kingdom to the exclusion of flesh, fish, fowl, eggs, animal milk and its derivatives and honey. Lt encourages the study and use of alternatives for all commodities normally derived wholly or partly from animals.

The objects of The Vegan Society are to further knowledge of, and interest in, sound nutrition and in the vegan method of agriculture and food production as a means of increasing the potential of the earth to the physical, moral and economic advantage of mankind.

President: Dr. Frey Ellis.

Deputy President: Mr. J. Sanderson.

Vice-Presidents: Mrs. E. Batt, Mrs. S. Coles, Mr. J. Dinshah, Dr. C. Nimmo, Miss W. Simmons, Miss M. Simmons, Mrs. E. Shrigley.

Council: Mrs. E. Batt, Mr. K. Bryan, Mrs. S. Coles, Dr. F. Ellis, Mrs. K. Jannaway, Mr. J. Sanderson, Mrs. G. Smith, Mr. W. Wright.

Treasurer: Mrs. G. Smith, but all subscriptions, donations, etc., should be sent to the Secretary, 47 Highlands Road, Leatherhead, Surrey.

Hon. Secretary: Mrs. K. Jannaway, address as above.

Librarian: Mr. W. Wright, Hatton House, Church Lane, Cheshuni, Herts.

Subscriptions: £1.25 yearly. Additional members at same address not requiring an extra Journal, pensioners and juniors, 63p.

THE VEGAN Quarterly Journal £1 per annum. FREE TO MEMBERS. Single copies 25p, post free. From the Secretary, address as above.

Editors: Mr. J. Sanderson and Mrs. K. Jannaway.

Dr. F. Ellis.

Scientific Adviser:

Advertising Manager: Mrs. D.Hanson, 23a Cambridge Road, Colchester The Editorial Board does not necessarily agree with opinions expressed by contributors to this magazine, or endorse advertisements.

Published: March 21st, June 21st, September 21st, December 21st.

Copy daites: 1st of preceding months.

WHAT OF THE FUTURE ?

Young people of all ages approach the Christmas season with anticipation and joy. Apart from the giving of gifts, a family spirit of kindness and self-giving pervades so many homes as at no other time of the year. The challenge accepted by the true vegan is for this light to glow in his or her life throughout the whole year - continuously.

During this winter season, for many there will come a moment of reflection, a time, no matter how small, to pause and wonder. Another year gone; what have I done with it, or what did it do to me? And what of the future? For the Vegan Society, 1976 has been an outstanding year of accelerating growth and influence, and, as more and more people in all walks of life come to understand and appreciate the value of veganism and its power to affect and transform most aspects of life, then 1977 will see a further widening of the vegan principle into more lives human and otherwise.

Almost daily now, there is some reference in the media to veganism or to new ways In which plants can serve man. In one paper 1 have just looked at, the Sunday Express (21.11.76) referred in one article to a certain tree and in another to facial skin. In 1961, Prof. M. Colvin won the Nobel Prize for chemistry for his work on the method by which green plants use sunlight to manufacture carbohydrates - the process termed photosynthesis. In a recent lecture to the American Chemical Society, he discusses the possible use of the shrub euphorbia which grows in the tropical and warmer temperate regions and especially in dry, sunny areas that are not y6t .developed for food crops. This shrub produces a milky substance which can be tapped in the same way as a rubber tree and then by suitable chemical processing can be turned into usable fuel. (This substance is chemically similar to petroleum).

Prof. Colvin estimates a yield of 25 barrels per acre per year so that a.square mile of plantation would give 16,000 barrels (equals half a million gallons) per year. A euphorbia plantation 10 miles square would be required to supply Great Britain for one dayi The euphorbia should not, therefore, fill the car lover with euphoria. It may have a useful part to play in the gradual conversion of the Sahara and other areas from a desert condition to food production, and, at the same time, serve a useful purpose as underground petrol supplies run out and other forms of energy take their place. Development is going forward with electrically driven vehicles which do less harm to the atmosphere. Electrical energy supplies based on the energy of flowing water - small fast-flowing rivers or large slow-flowing ones - may have a long future and be supplemented by the harnessing of tidal energy and possible developments of solar and wind energies. (We hope to have an article on nuclear and other sources of energy in our next issue).

The second article was discussing the female human complexion which, in the summer, was exposed to a hot sun, a dry dusty atmosphere and probably salt water, sand and wind as well. Then it was exposed to lashings of rain and now is whipped by icy blasts. Whilst 1 was not concerned with the cosmetic details of the treatment recommended, 1 was pleased to observe that it was almost vegan.

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Instead of the usual cosmetic products involving a mixture of chemicals and mat^ erials derived from animal sources, a list of oils from the plant kingdom was recommended for both internal and external use, oils of the type vegetarians and vegans might use for salad dressings and general recipes. These include sunflower oil, sweet almond oil, olive oil, peanut oil (also called groundnut or arachis oil), castor oil, avocado oil, sesame oil, corn oil, vegetable oil and wheatgerm oil.

What was particularly refreshing was readers were encouraged to mix their own with a whisk or blender and to add a few drops of perfumed essence to complete, the result being used on the face or any other part of the body.

We may not have or want cars, or be concerned about our complexion but the twin virtues to use things that grow and to encourage self-help are tremendous influences that are growing in our time. The future is not with Irreplaceable materials that are dug, mined or extracted from the earth but with growing things, trees and plants that produce seeds and multiply. Now is the time to plan for our 1977 growing. Many "planted a tree in "73" and "planted more in '74" but many trees have died in '76 so, PLEASE PLANT MORE IN '77.

The future is with those who lock after their own health and choose (and if possible grow) their own food wisely. The New Age impulse to self-development and self-sharing in group ventures, has been illustrated at recent vegan annual general meetings in London, Bournemouth and Birmingham, whilst many enterprising members of our Society are involved in joint ventures up and down the country. The Leamington Festival In September,attended by thousands of people, was the memorable forerunner and pattern of similar events planned for the future.

The Vegan Society will be one of over 80 societies and organisations taking part in the First International Festival of Mind and Body at Olympla, London, from Tuesday to Sunday, 19th - 24th April, 1977.

"The festival is more than just an important public and commercial event; it is focussing practical attention on the vision of human and planetary potentials on a physical, mental and spiritual level. It will do this by showing the development of viable alternatives that can help make a better world. It will encourage the personal discovery of a better way to live as individuals, in groups and as one world family". (Further details from 159 George St., London Wl.).

We are also pleased to give news of "The August 1977 Youth Festival of Hope for Mankind", to be held at Haslemere, Surrey, at the end of August. The Vegan Society will take part in this opportunity for students from Sixth Form Colleges and Universities to come to hear eminent speakers on topics of national and international concern. The festival will be non-political, inter-faith and interracial, sited mainly in tented accommodation and lasting for ten days.

(Information from the Ockenden Venture, Kessolds, Haslemere).

These two major events will set the tone for and be a vital part of the Queen's Jubilee Year. They are worthy 째f your interest and support.

Jack Sanderson.

THE GOLDEN AGE The Golden Age - was it in the past or is it to come? Was there a period when man lived in harmony with Nature, in a garden shared with beasts and birds who had no need to fear him or is the Garden of Eden story and its counterparts in many ancient traditions just a poet's dream of the world as he would like it to be ? Certain it is that it has found expression in the writings of many poets from Genesis to Isaiah, from Hesiod and Pythagoras through Virgil and- Plutarch to the Elizabethans and Romantics. Surely, at different levels of the evolutionary spiral, The Golden Age is both of the past and the present. Coming from the distant past, the poets have kept it alive as a necessary condition of a viable future.

Human basic physiological structure is more nearly akin to that of frugivorous apes than to that of any other creature. This suggests that humans (or pre-humans) once lived on a diet of fruits and shoots as do certain groups of primates today and that therefore other creatures of their jungle home had no need to fear them.

Opponents of the idea of veganism as the natural diet of man make much of the argument that it was the need to capture and kill at a period when changing environmental conditions made it impossible to get enough food from the trees that developed human wits. Where other species died out, man adapted, flourished and spread through the earth. Lacking the claws and fangs of the typical carnivore, humans had to learn to co-operate and communicate with their fellows so as to out-wit together the animals that they needed for their food. They had to learn to make tools that expended their manual power, else they would have starved in a winter world where the harvests of summer were stored in the bodies of fellowmammals too strong to kill with primate hands. Man became a killer without the safeguard of the rituals that prevent carnivores from killing their own kind.

"War began when man stooped to kill for food". The effect on mental balance, on inner peace, as well as peace between men must have been disastrous. A Fall from grace accompanied the banishment from the Garden.

Evidence is now piling up that human physical health is best served by a plant diet. Before long it may be accepted that the harm done to our bodies is little compared with the derangement of mind and spirit caused by continuing to impose the habits of ruthless carnivores on beings that must learn to use immense power with sensitivity and compassion. The Freudian doctrine^ that suppressed sexual urges are the basic cause of mental disease,could well be a distortion of the wider truth that man, essentially a creator ("made in God's image", as the writer of Genesis puts it) should not base his life on murder.

Today, human Intellectual skills have developed to such an extent that time and space, banished by books, radio and television, no longer hinder communications and little in the physical world seems beyondtawaaanpower to manipulate. A new Golden Age can be realised - or the world destroyed. It all depends on whether man the killer or man the creator dominates; on whether the prophecy "the meek shall inherit the earth", can be realised.

This is the challenge of our age. If it is to be met, we must outgrow our 3.

Scraper board illustration by Valerie Collier of Schweitzer's words "Until he extends the circle of Ms compassion to ail living things, man will not himself find peace."

hunting behaviour patterns and learn to identify ourselves with all that lives and feels and can suffer pain. Each one of us must develop to the full sensitivity, compassion, awareness of the Whole. Such development is incompatible with dependence on the violence of the slaughterhouse, the degradations of the "factory farms", the treachery of all animal husbandry that rears and tends in order to kill.

There is much well motivated talk of "return to natural living"- but the nature of the Whole is not to go back but to go forward - forward to forms of ever greater complexity, sensitivity and conscious awareness. The nature of man is to be the spearhead of such evolution. He has reached his present pre-eminence at the cost of immeasurable suffering. Is such suffering to have been for nothing as he sinks back to the level of hunter-gatherer or primitive farmer? Is such ."sinking back" possible in the Nuclear Age? "PRACTICAL SELF-SUFFICIENCY'will be of little use in a nuclear waste land. It is not primitive technology that we need to learn but appropriate technology - appropriate, not to man's muddled, souldestroying greed as at present, but to his real needs as an evolving spiritual being.

Only through such, evolution will he be able to use his immense powers in the service of Life instead of death as at present: death In war, in the slaughter house, in the vivisection laboratory. All such horrors belong together because they are based on the assumption that man must kill to live.

Anthropologists may well have exaggerated the importance of the carnivorous path to dominance. Human intelligence must have been developed still more by the need of plant selection and preparation and by agriculture. Golden periods of harmony may well have existed in various human societies of the past. Echoes of them remain to inspire us with hope. Just as the adoption of the vegan diet is made easy for most people because it accords with basic frugivorous functioning, so the move to a world wide peaceful culture may not seem so strange once we wake from our present nightmare of carnivorous living.

Few of us would deny that we live in momentous times. There are many signs for those who have eyes to see and the courage to look that the birth of a New Age is at hand. Rightly used,man' s awesome powers can bring about a joyous delivery. Christmas is at hand when we celebrate the birth of a new type of man. Present observance reveals the basic contradiction that rends the old Adam. The love and compassion inspired by the child in the manger, surrounded by the gentle beasts from the fields, is in stark contrast to the preChristmas slaughter and the gorging on flesh of the feast of the winter solstice.

Let us celebrate Christmas in the spirit of the New Golden Age. "True it is the whole world groaneth - but as if in one mighty act of giving birth."

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7HÂŁ COMMON, &m The woman was lying pale and waxen as a white flower, her dark brown hair wet and snake-like over the crumpled pillow. She clutched at the sheets with a strength that made the knuckles stand our whitely in her thin hands.

"He won't be long now, Mary," came a voice from the shadows where the man stood monumental and unmoving in the corner of the room. The sun was setting behind the pines, painting the clouds with abandon, splashing them with red, purple and gold as the day waned.

The woman on the bed moaned and the man moved out of the shadow. "He won't be long now, Mary - and I'm here". The marble forehead was wet with crystal beads of pain and the dark eyes held a puzzled look as though they sought a purpose for the body's agony.

He turned to the window. He had forgotten the outside world. Voices rose up in the clear Spring evening, "She's in a bad way, is Maisie.We'll"have to call John. " John came back suddenly from his phantom world of fear and blustered angrily from the window. "What are you making that din for? Mary's in a bad way. Be quiet". "It's Maisie" said the cow-hand. "She's calving and it isnlt easy for her.

Can't you come to her?"

What could he do? Never before had he let a cow calve without his being near to help. He looked anxiously back at the white face of his wife on the pillow, saw her laboured breath and shouted "I can't come. Mary needs n>e. " "All right, we'll try and manage" - and the cowman moved off into the darkness towards the cowshed from which came a troubled lowing.

Hours seemed to pass. In torment of soul, John thought "O God! Why don't you help? What's the use of going to church on Sunday if you can't help. Oh forgive me,' Lord. I don't know what I am saying."

At last a car drew up and the doctor was in and up to the bedroom. "Wait downstairs, John. I'll call you."

John sat in the low settle in the kitchen corner, his huge frame throwing large shadows on the wall. "And he remembered. "Oh, let it be alright. Please God, let it be alright for Maiy," he prayed but the cold grip of fear froze his heart.

The doctor called. Weak with misgivings, John went upstairs. Towels were strewn everywhere and silence was there, too. "Is Mary alright?" he asked mechanically. "Yes, she'll be alright, John. But she'll need care. I'm sorry the baby - it was a little boy - sti ll-born.

"She knows?" asked John and looked at his wife as he said it. He saw stark grief in the brown eyes and needed no reply. He gazed at the carefully prepared cot; its prettlness mocked the place of death. The silence seemed like a living presence. "Sorry, John, but be thankful you've still got Mary."

The doctor's words roused him. "Yes, poor Mary It's awful to see her suffer so." He took her hand. "Maisie... . John," she whispered, "go to her.

She's calving. " She had heard and was worried for the cow, even in her suffering. "Alright, Mary. I'll be back soon."

As he came to the cowshed, he could see the light from the lamp under the doorway. The men were.still there. Maisy hadn't calved yet. He could hear the urgent lowing. He hurried in. The cow was lying in the corner, moaning and showing the whites of her eyes. John took off his coat and set to work.

Soon after, out of the dark and inexplicable mystery, where Nature, cell by cell, weaves the garment of life, came a new consciousness. The calf, the colour of a polished chestnut, stood wet and wobbly on slender legs, liquid and brown, Its eyes taking in the first glimpse of its objective world.

"A little beauty," said the cowman. "A bull calf."

John put it close to the cow which licked it with a feeble, loving tongue and tried to rise, obeying the instinct of its life to suckle its young. "She'll be alright now," said John, "I'll get back to Mary."

As he climbed the stair, he could hear her quietly crying into the pillow.

"Don't fret too much. There'll be others," said John, as he sat beside the bed.

She shook her head silently. He attended to his wife's needs with rough kindliness, made her some gruel and sat watching her with anxious eyes as she '. tried to eat to allay his fears.

After an hour, he said "I'll go and see if Maisy's alright - and lock up. " He went outside and walked towards the shed in the clear Spring night. Life and its urgency was whispering everywhere. The hawthorn bore its burden of whiteness in the waking woods and the green fingers of Spring were unfurling on every tree. He could feel them in the darkness. The nesting birds, now quiet In the night's stillness, had filled the day with labour, love and song. How full of joyous promise all nature seemed, while upstairs in the little lamp-lit room had lain a small thing whose eyes had never opened to the light. His mind took In the still beauty of the night and it deepened witb the sorrow in his heart.

He went into the barn where Maisy was contentedly suckling her calf. He went over and patted her smooth flank and then softly stroked her head.

"Good old Maisy," he said, "you'll be fine soon."

"We'll be off now" said the cowman. "That young bull calf will be off to market soon, I dare say. " Something clicked in John's brain. The cowman's voice became confused with Maisie's lowing and Mary's quiet sobbing for her lost child folded In the arms of grief. Anger seized him.

"You keep your hands off that calf - or God help you.' Let him bide with Maisie From the story by Dorothy Thompson.

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» Our lives should be prompted by love and informed by intelligence. " Bert rand Russell.

"BUT ANIMALS DON'T FEEL AS WE DO!" I, personally, can see no reason for conceding mind to my fellow men and denying it to animals. Mental functions rightly viewed are but the servants of the impulses and emotions by which we live and these are surely diencephalic in their neurological location. Since the diencephalon is well developed in animals and birds, I, at least, cannot doubt that the interests and activities of animals are correlated with awareness and feelingsfathe same way as my own and may be. for ought I know, just as vivid. Russell Brain. D. M. Former Pres. Royal Col. of Phys., of Brit, Asb. , of Ass. of Br. Neurologists & Swarthmore Lecturer.

BUT DESIRE FOR PROFIT MAKES MEN HARDEN THEIR HEARTS AS DID THE SLAVE TRADERS OF OLD. Meanwhile, thousands of very young calves are sent to the slaughterhouse, or, worse still, the veal units. In a radio programme recently, Mr. Paton, a well-known veal producer,admitted to keeping 6,000 calves tied in pens only two foot across and with no bedding. He also rears bull calves for beef - 240 in an enclosed pen. They are muzzled as otherwise they would seek- the food they crave by sucking at the navels and legs of other calves or gnawing the pens.

They are sent abroad for slaughter.

Reported by J. Boyes.

HOMES

FOR

ELDERLY

VEGANS.

At the beginning of this year, I visited several houses that were for sale; prices ranged from £30,000 - £35,000 and extra money would be needed to meet the demands of the fire regulations. They would have accommodated about eight people.

So far, eight members have written to say that they are interested in living in a vegan Home. We have about £ 600 in our fund so you will realise the difficulties we are facing.

I was given much valuable information by the local Secretary of the Abbeyfield Homes and was allowed to visit one of them in my own district.

Following unofficial visits to their meetings last year, I was co-opted on to the Committee for Homes for Elderly Vegetarians. I have learned much from the experienced members of this Committee which has been functioning for about twelve years. They have shown themselves to be extremely sympathetic to our cause and mentioned that, in the event of another Home being opened by them, it might be possible to run it entirely on vegan principles. The Vegan Council would be responsible for providing a management committee. In July, an informal exploratory discussion took place between them and three Vegan Council members, including the Treasurer.

Recently, I visited a home about four miles from Stirling (not Bsrth as given in the last "Vegan"). It might well be possible to make it available for about four members (and a warden) if there were sufficient interest in living in that area. Please write to Serena Coles, 3 Riddlesdown Ave., Purley, Surrey, (tel. 01 660 7518) about this or any other matter to do with elderly vegans.

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VEGAN DIETS AND ISCHAEMIC HEART DISEASE: by T. A. B. Sanders,BSc. Nutrition. & E. R. Ellis M. D., F. R. C. Path.

Ischaemic heart disease .(IHD), also known as coronary heart disease, is the main cause of death in this country. The disease Is more common in men than in women and accounts for about half of all male deaths between 35 and 54 years of age. The disease develops very slowly without any symptoms until it is quite advanced; the bore of the arteries that supply blood to the heart muscle (the coronary arteries) gradually narrows due to the deposition of a fatty substance, called atheroma, on the arterial wall. In some patients the first symptoms are a very severe chest pain (angina.pectoris). However, in many patients a fatal heart attack occurs without any warning whatsoever. Heart attack, occurs when the blood supply to the heart muscle is cut off, usually by the formation of a blood clot (thrombosis), and.the heart muscle goes into a state of rigor-similar to cramp.

A number of factors are probably involved in the development of IHD and these Include diet, stress, smoking habits, a low level of physical activity and heredity. Several dietary factors are probably involved; high intakes of saturated fat, sugar, cholesterol and animal protein and low intakes of vegetable . fibre and polyunsaturated fat have all been implicated. We have assessed several clinical risk factors associated with the development of IHD in vegans compared with omnivores and vegetarians and found that vegans but not vegetarians were less prone to IHD than omnivores. Recently., we treated four patients with angina pectoris with a vegan diet and after several months on the diet their symptoms disappeared. Although the results are encouraging, further work is necessary before any pronouncements can be made, The typical vegan diet contains no animal protein, no cholesterol, a low proportion of saturated fat and high proportions of vegetable fibre, unrefined carbohydrates and polyunsaturated fat; all factors that have been recommended for the prevention of IHD. A recent report by the Royal College of Physicians,on the prevention of fhis disease, advocated the use of polyunsaturated oils and margarines. However, we would not advise vegans to consume more polyunsaturated fats but would suggest that sugar (including molasses, syrup and jam) be used sparingly. It is possible that a vegan diet may be the one of choice in treating and preventing ischaemic heart disease.

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OPEN-DOOR

The above was written in answer to a request for an authoritative statement to help the many inquirers (1,132 so far ) who have written as a result of the paragraph giving the Society's address in a Sunday Times article on heart disease. Many of the letters made distressing reading with their accounts of struggles to carry on under the burden of crippling disease. They brought hope for the future too,because many told of having been put on an animal product free diet by orthodox doctors for a variety of disorders - not only heart disease.

The tide is certainly on the turn. Once denounced as " a killer diet " after a very old lady had died on being transferred to hospital and hospital diet, veganism is now being recognised as "a healing diet".

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Every Inquirer has had a pack of leaflets giving the vegan case from considerations of economy, ecology, compassion and ethics as well as health.

Appreciative letters are now coming back revealing that people a r e ready to respond once they know the facts. leaflets read ?

A r e you doing all you can to get our

Have you approached your library yet to ask to have the

"Vegan" displayed ? Very few refuse. We supply free of charge.

K.J.

I* * *N*E *W* * *Y* E* A *R * * * *P *A*R*T* Y* * * $ Members and friends are invited to the home of Eva Batt on Sunday, January 9th at 2.30 p. m.

Middlesex is 5 minutes walk from Enfield Town Station. Turn left out of station and right at the traffic lights into Silver Street which runs into Baker Street. *

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MEETINGS MANCHESTER - a highly succesful meeting was held recently in Withingtonabout 150 people - standing- room only - for a showing of the "Open Door"film a talk by Kathleen Jannaway and a truly remarkable vegan "taste - in".

The

meeting had been well publicised and organised by a local meditation group who "had felt moved to more truly non-violent living. 'See B. Howes, News Page, for local branch.

LIVERPOOL members too are getting organised after a talk by Kathleen Jannaway during an Animal Welfare Year gathering. For details please write to Mrs Deen, , Stoneycroft, Liverpool.

BOURNEMOUTH Regular monthly meetings are being well supported. You will be very welcome on first Thursdays at 7.30 pjn in the Church Parlour of the Richmond Hill Church, Bourne Avenue.

EAST LONDON AND DISTRICT BRANCH now formed- write Arthur Pay, Leytonstone, London E l l SURREY AND DISTRICT BRANCH Members and friends once more enjoyed the hospitality of Serena Coles at her home in Purley. After a very enjoyable oboe and piano recital by Robin & Liz Canter a wonderful buffet tea and very much appreciated social time - but we badly need a new secretary to help organise more activities.

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ANNUAL

GENERAL MEETING 1976

Birmingham,

September 11th

Fifty-six members attended the first A. G. M. to be held in the Midlands.

Jack Sanderson in welcoming them from the Chair described the past year as one of great progress for the Vegan Society and reminded members of the great changes that can be brought about by individuals.

The Annual Report with Its news of greatly increased membership and the Account Sheet, revealing a most favourable balance, were well received.

The 1976 Council and Editors of the Vegan were re-elected for another year, reports were read - (for Plantmilk Ltd. by Arthur Ling, for the Elderly Vegan Fund by Serena Coles and for the Newsletter and Cafe Group by Malcolm Horne) and the business meeting ended promptly so as to have time for the tea generously provided by "Oats", the Birmingham Whole Food Group, before the public meeting in the evening.

There were about 100 people present for the public meeting on the Saturday evening. They were able to visit stalls provided by "Oats", the Birmingham Peace Centre, the Animal Welfare Year Committee for Birmingham, the League Against Cruel Sports, Friends of the Earth, Frieden Howard for Vegfam, Eileen Scott for Homoeopathy, Elaine Scherperel for Compassion in World Farming; Harold Wood for Raw Eating, the. Hunt Saboteurs and Animal Activists, Jack Sanderson for the Research Section of the Vegetarian Society and the .Vegan Society which gave free tastes of vegan food as well as selling over ÂŁ54; 95 worth of literature. There was a Beauty Without Cruelty Fashion Show and make-up demonstration kindly provided by Eva Batt and Beryl Romano.

The Vegan Society's Qpen Door Film 'A Better Future for All Life': was shown preceded by a 15 minute extract from Compassion in World Farming's film 'Don't Look Now, Here Comes Your Dinner' which showed some of the appalling treatment of animals being supported.by "normal" eating habits.. A panel consisting of participants in the film - Eva Batt, Harold Bland, Harry Bonnie, Serena Coles, Erica Cook, Kathleen Jannaway and Jack Sanderson - answered questions from the audience.

Colin Howlett was in the Chair.

Music. The evening ended with a very enjoyable programme of songs and guitar playing by Ros Kane and John Alford.

The Sunday afternoon session at the Autumn Meetings was given over to contributions from members on how to spread the vegan way of life.

F E S T I V A L S & E X H I B I T I O N S - MARK & AUDRE Y THOMPSON said It was very easy to give wrong impressions. One must concentrate on basics and keep personal inclinations in the background, know the answers to the questions that come up time and time again (Secretary's note - collect "Problems" page from the "Vegan" and study the Society's leaflets).

It was important to make a stall attractive with bright banners and posters and to offer really good food of a type likely to be accepted by visitors.

L E C T U R I N G - EVA BATT said that lecturing to groups of aU kinds concerned to fill their autumn programme was a good way of spreading veganism.

Background knowledge can be gained from Vegan Society publications and practice would make delivery effective. ( See Book Review.)

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F O R M I N G A L O C A L G R O U P - ARTHUR PAY, who had become a vegan after seeing the Open Door programme, expressed Ms conviction that veganism would become a mass movement because it had the logical, pragmatic and practical answer to the problems confronting mankind.

The movement must lose the 'cranky' image and go out to the ordinary people.

There were signs that they were ready for the message. Arthur, with the help of the Leatherhead office, from the local newspaper, by posters and leaflets, by a notice of local radio, had held a successful meeting in the local library.

The Vegan Society "Open Door" film (borrowed from Concord Film Ltd,Nacton, Ipswich, Suffolk) had been followed by a panel of the participants answering questions. He was now busy approaching local people by every means possible to him and was planning regular branch meetings in East London.

R U N N I N G A L O C A L G R O U P - WILFRED CRONE said that every committed member is an ambassador of veganism and must act as such. He advised getting the use of a room for regular meetings even if only a few can attend regularly and use every known means to put ideas before the public. (See Arthur Pay's contribution). The organisation of public meetings took time and money. Running an auction was a good way of raising money. (Details of how to run an auction will be sent on request).

L E A M I N G T O N H E A L T H F E S T I V A L - JACK SANDERSON maintained that the key notes of the New Age that is dawning are self-development, the conscious taking control of one's own life and health and tne desire to cooperate with others. These are also the key notes for spreading veganism. They were much in evidence at the very successful Health Festival held at Leamington at the beginning of September • F O O D F O R T H O U G H T P R O J E C T - JEAN MAGU1RE said that concern over the problem of feeding the rapidly increasing population of the world was growing and, with it, the realisation that we must change our own feeding patterns. Co-operation with the many groups involved with the problem was a good way to make known the relevance of veganism In particular, the "Food for Thought" study programme worked out by Christian Aid, Oxfam, C. A. F. O. D. with kit of booklets and posters emphasised the waste involved in the present use of animal products. ( See Book Review.)

B E I N G G E N E R A L L Y A C T I V E - LIS WITT said that, having shed the burden of being directly involved in animal exploitation, one must help others to a like freedom. One must show by example the health and joy of the vegan way.

The 10,000 responses to the Open Door programme was only the'tip of the iceberg1 of people interested and ready to be interested. Every vegan must go full out to reach the others in the way that seemed best-to them. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

Have you bought a copy of "FOOD FOR A FUTURE "yet, now in a paper back - ÂŁ1.08 ,post free from the Vegan Society, an excellent exposition of the case for complete vegetarianism, by Jon Wynne Tyson.

Facts, Figures, Charts, Arguments . We will gladly accept book tokens. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

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CHEDDAR VEGANIC GARDENING TRAINING SITE Being a vegan and a professional gardener, I of course paid a visit to the Dalziel O'Brien site in Cheddar. There, amidst the strawberry growers who have mono-cropped their land for generations, a unique system is being practised.

For about 37 years, the Dalziel O'Briens have been practising a no-digging, no animal and no chemical way of gardening. From the time they almost had their land taken away from them (for not practising 'good land husbandry', i, e. dumping tons of animal by-products and artificials on the land and digging) to now at their present site, the Dalziel O'Briens have spent a lot of time and money, produced a book 'Intensive Gardening' and started a newsletter to keep informed the many gardeners now following their methods.

Their two-acre site is situated in a beautiful Cheddar area with a gentle slope to south-south west. Considering they could only begin in April of this year, the site looked as though it had seen application and endeavour. About ÂŁ acre was actually under cultivation and had been split into beds tended by students. The applicants for training had to be enthusiastic, willing to learn and, at this stage, put learning techniques before the actual crop results. Students come from far and wide, including Austria, and tend to their own beds as well as communal ones.

Due to the late start, there was no compost available so a moistening of seaweed solution on a rough soil surface was the sowing medium though the tomatoes did manage to receive some compost at planting time. The main crops sown were French beans, sweet corn, Fiskeby 'V' soya beans, runner beans, onions (sets) and tomatoes. I arrived well into the season in August for an afternoon's visit and crash course on the techniques. I had read a lot but there's nothing like actual practice. Considering the dry summer, everything was looking well: the tomatoes were of good size and colour, the sweet corns were very large and the 'greens' were surprisingly green.

The veganic system (derived from Vegetable Organic) as practised by the Dalziel O'Briens is a precise art, no 'abouts' in their calculations. The beds are exactly 4'6" wide: this, they found, was the best size to incorporate the most rows of average spacing distances for most crops and also for reaching from either side without treading on the actual bed thus avoiding compaction. The paths are 15" wide and are never allowed to go to 'weed1. First, a sprinkling of soot (to deter slugs), then a layer of straw is laid down thus giving a very clean and tidy appearance.

The compost, of course, is most Important and one of the distinguishing features of veganic gardening from ordinary organic gardening. Only vegetable waste is used and they have it down to such a fine art they can produce a good, friable compost in two weeks in a conducive atmosphere.

Their future plans include 'glassing-up' part of the site with Dutch Lights to produce melons, cucumbers, out-of-season lettuce and other salad produce.

They hope also to include soft fruits such as raspberries and blackcurrants,, a herb section and possibly an area devoted to grain to provide straw for paths, etc.

They may try to rent out 2 acre as a vineyard and, if there is room to spare, make a play-cum-picnic area where families can relax while Dad (or Mum) learns the veganic techniques. The Dalziel O'Briens stress one thing: no animal material whatsoever may enter the site, whether to go on the land or in products. If you'd like to know more or even visit the site next year, please look under the classified

PLANTMILK LTD. From the report read by Arthur Ling to the A. G. M. The year has been a most active one in which we have seen encouraging increase in sales but in which also we tave had to absorb a series of increasing costs in raw materials and in everthing we handle - e. g. our main ingredient, soya protein, has risen by over ÂŁ100 a ton in less than 12 months.

A report on the bringing up of children on Soya Plantmilk instead of dairy milk was printed in the Summer issue of the National Assn. of Health Stores' Journal.

Reference was made to the number of parents who have completed our Infant Feeding Questionnaire; we would be grateful if more parents would thus contribute to a very useful piece of research.

We have been experimenting with a cheese-like product based on the Vegan Society's recipe. We are concentrating on reducing the pH content in order to ensure shelf life. We hope to market a plantmilk rice and sultana pudding fairly soon.

Plantmilk Ltd. would like to thank vegans for their loyal support in being regular purchasers of the company's products. There may be other ways in which they could help a company which produces only vegan fare and whose Articles of Association ensure that this will be always so. Help from persons with professional or trading qualifications (e. g. with a machinery business) would be especially welcome. Please contact Arthur Ling, Plamil House, Bowles Well Gdns., Dover Rd.., Folkestone, Kent.

In conclusion, the Company is delighted to extend an invitation to any member to visit the factory in Folkestone at any time.

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NEWS Dilys (nee Cluer) Wood, who was one of the babies in our "Vegan Mothers and Children" booklet, has now a baby son of her own - Jonathan Philip, born on September 21st. All joy to Dilys and David Wood who have been very active in the Young Vegetarian Movement.

Brian fe Sharon Graff, our members in New Jersey, have a baby daughter, Heidi.

Brian & Margaret Gunn King were prize winners in a competition organised by "Garden News" and sponsored by the Woolworth & Cuthberts Seed organisation.

Their fruit and vegetables were produced with veganic compost and by a 'no digging' method in a garden created out of a disused basalt stone quarry. (We hope to give a longer report of this in a later issue).

Margaret has just passed her final Montessori Diploma exams and has great plans for developing her Montessori School in N. Ireland. Brian is busy planning the 24th World Vegetarian Congress, 18th Nov..-8th Dec. 1977, in Calcutta, Madras, Bombay and possibly Sri Lanka. Please send to him at 3roughshane, nr. Ballymena, Co. Antrim, N. Ireland for further details.

Holidays in Cliftonville. Louise Davies, former Secretary, writes in praise of the self-catering accommodation provided by the Emptages. Linda & Barry, active members of the Vegan Society, would like to welcome other vegans next summer.

(See Advertisement page 32 ) Liz and Robin Canter gave a much appreciated piano and oboe recital at the home of Serena Coles in Purley. Proceeds went to the Fund for Elderly Vegans.

Now gaining recognition as highly gifted artists, they are off to work in Paris for a year. May France learn from their veganism too I Bob Howes hopes to have regular vegan meetings and to run a vegan shop on his newly acquired premises - The Hut, Richmond Street,, A shton-under-Iyne.

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OBITUARY. A staunch member of the Vegan Society died on 19th September, aged 96.

He was Francis William White of Deganwy, N.Wales, a man of integrity and high ideals who had been a vegetarian for 79 years and vegan for the past 20 years.

In the early 1900's, Mr. White started one of the first Health Food Shops.

This was in Altrincham, Cheshire and later he had branches in Sale, Manchester and Chorlton-cum-Hardy. He was always keen to propagate humanitarian ideals but the greatest inspiration to others was his own quiet practical example.

As an Associate of Mazdaznan and a lover of all things beautiful, Mr. White had many friends. He had many original ideas and was a keen gardener.

His son died in 1943 following war service. He is survived by his wife, Mabel, his daughter by his first wife, Mabel Cluer, two grandchildren and a great-grandson, Jonathan Wood.

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RECIPES BANANA & RICE SALAD WITH CURRY DRESSING. 2-3 ozs. red or green peppers very 1 level teaspfl. brown sugar thinly sliced or chopped. \ " " salt 1 small onion finely chopped 1 " " curry powder or paste 1 large banana sliced 1 tblspfl. lemon juice 4 heaped tblspfls. cold cooked brown rice. 2 tblspfls. safflower oil 1 " " dessicated coconut.

1. Combine pepper with onion, banana, rice and coconut in salad bowl.

2. Put In screw-top jar: sugar, salt, curry powder, lemon juice & oil.

Shake well. Pour over salad and mix well.

This recipe looks most attractive served in a glass dish.

V. E. Bromley.

QUICK PIZZAS (Raw food is best: home-grown food better but some feel need of hot, filling dishes. Amounts for very small family).

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2 ozs. self-raising flour (81%) pinch of salt vegetable oil water Add salt to flour and mix in 1 desertsp. of oil and enough water to make a soft dough.

Roll out on a floured board to fit pan and fry in heated oil on one side for 5-6 mins.

Turn over and, while second side is cooking, spread with prepared topping.

The filling can be cooked any time in advance. A very good one is a mixture of vegetarian mince, tomato, onion and a little brown gravy (made in the pan in'which the vegetables were cooked for flavour). Other suitable toppings would include mushrooms or peas. A tasty way of using left-overs.

Truly delicous. Serve with any green vegetable in season, preferably dark green (and home-grown if at all possible).

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A similar dish can be made with a scone base.

2 ozs. self-raising flour (81%) pinch of salt 2 oz. margarine " mixed herbs Plamil vegetable milk Add salt to flour and rub in fat as for short pastry. Add herbs and enough diluted Plamil (Granogen or water could be used) to make a softish dough.

Roll out to fit a well-greased sandwich tin (about 7") and bake at Mk7 (425 ) for 15 mins. Turn out, cover with prepared hot filling and crisp under grill.

Eva Batt

CHESTNUT BALLS 1 lb. chestnuts i lb. wholemeal breadcrumbs.

1 oz. margarine Seasoning.

Wholemeal sauce Put chestnuts into boiling water, remove skins, boil until cooked, mash or press through sieve, add breadcrumbs, seasoning, margarine grated, bind with wholemeal sauce. Form into small balls, roll in breadcrumbs, bake in hot oven until golden brown (about 15 mine.).

Wholemeal Sauce (good for binding) 1 oz. wholemeal flour h pint good stock 1 oz. margarine Seasoning.

Melt margarine, mix in flour., gradually stir in stock and seasoning, bring to the boil, simmer for 5 mlns.

Mabel Simmons - one of our older, vice-chairmen who pioneered many vegan recipes.

NUT STUFFED ROLL | lb, milled nuts h lb. wholemeal breadcrumbs 2 ozs. margarine 1 large onion lb.)

Seasoning 4 teasp. sage (powdered).

Wholemeal sauce Mix nuts, breadcrumbs and seasoning together. Cut onion finely, fry golden brown. Mix in powdered sage. Place onion on top of mixture, pour over about 6 tablespoonfuls wholemeal sauce, make into pliable dough. Flour board, roll out mixture oblong, spread parsley stuffing on, roll up, cover with greased paper, bake in hot oven \ hour. (for wholemeal sauce see above).

Mabel Simmons again.

FILLING PUDDING - savoury or sweet.

Prepare and lightly cook TVP, any kind, vegetables, herbs and plenty of gravy.

Keep hot. Meanwhile, rub 2 ozs. grated Natter into 3 ozs. lightly salted SR 81% flour. Mix to fairly soft dough with water and roll out to fit saucepan. Cover the * T.V.P, vegetables and gravy with the dough, cover the pan with greaseproof paper and replace lid. Cook gently for 20 mins.

The same method can be used for a fruit pudding.

Eva Batf *T. V. P. - texturised vegetable protein obtainable from Health Stores.

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MADAM! THE REAL OWNER OF THAT COAT WAS MURDERED IN FT!

Cruelty to animals will continue while there is profit in it. Many people who do not mean to be cruel support vile practices by buying the product of cruelty.

By making them aware of the implications of their purchases, we can make them free to choose humane alternatives and thus encourage the production of such alternatives and the phasing out of animal exploitation. But how to create that awareness?

Members of the Animal Activists have been doing great work publicising the facts behind the fur trade. On October 2nd, they stood outside every fur selling shop in Oxford Street displaying placards with pictures and slogans to bring home to people the appalling cruelty involved in the production of those prestigious 'real furs'. Harrods had advertised a special sale of ÂŁ2 million of furs so the activists marched there. They carried their banners inside the store, encircled a large display in the centre of the ground floor and stood up their placards.

They chanted anti-fur slogans and attracted the attention of many shoppers who clapped them and took their leaflets before Harrods 'security men' rushed in and cleared the public from the hall. The managers arrived and were engaged by the Activists in a lengthy discussion. They made no concessions; they even refused to put on a large display of simulated furs but sales had been prevented during the peak shopping hours.

The following Saturday, when the Activists again assembled outside Harrods with their placards, the managers ordered the fur department to be closed. The demonstrators received much support from passers-by who accepted their leaflets, expressed their disgust at the cruelty exposed and congratulated them on their efforts. They were also much encouraged by the efforts of the manager and his 'heavies' to get them to move off, especially by the argument that, while normally he would sell hundreds of pounds wcrthof furs on a Saturday afternoon, he couldn't sell one while they were outside! They kept up their position until 5.30 closing time. (From report sent in by Animal Activists, P. 0. Box 6, Crowborough, East Sussex).

DO UNTO OTTERS AS YOU WOULD HAVE OTTERS DO UNTO YOU! Hunt Saboteurs are busy ^wakening hunters and their supporters to the mean cruelty of their 'sport'. On Sunday, September 26th, they set themselves a special task - to awaken the conscience of the Rev. Robin Ray, who is Master of the Courtenay Tracy Otter Hunt. Sixty-five of them assembled outside the church near Salisbury where he was due to preach. They displayed banners and placards expressing the demonstrators feelings that it was not a Christian thing to do to terrify otters on Saturday and preach God's word on Sunday. One demonstrator was dressed as St. Francis and carried a cross bearing a crucified otter. Although the Rev. Ray said he would talk to the demonstrators after the service, no useful exchange of views was achieved, so the Hunt Saboteurs handed in a petition to his Bishop asking him to use his influence to persuade the reverend to cease his otter hunting activities. (From report sent in by Hunt Saboteurs Assn. , P. O. Boxl9 Tonbridge, Kent).

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URBAN CO-OPERATIVE FOOD PRODUCTION: The "NEW DIGGERS" Gardens Scheme, Coventry.

It is estimated that in the 'Dig for Victory' Campaign during the last war some 10% of all food produced in this country came from gardens and allotments, the latter comprising 140,000 acres. The present area of allotments is reckoned to be only about 66,000 acres of land. The area of private gardens at present is about 620,000 acres of land - more than 9 times the amount available as allotments. A survey in 1951 found that 66% of the average house plot was cultivatable and that 14% was actually used for growing fruit and vegetables. Productivity in private gardens is very high - a housing density of 12 dwellings per acre allows for vegetable self-sufficiency (1). In 1970, it is reckoned that some ÂŁ18m worth of food was produced from British back gardens (2).

The New Diggers was formed in October, 1975, and began operations in the • Earlsdon area of Coventry. The essence of the scheme is an attempt to bring to- > gether people wanting to grow vegetables and fruit but having no (or small) gardens with people who have gardens they cannot manage - particularly pensioners and invalids. The scheme operates at two levels: (a) a number of individual tie-ups have been made as in the Friends of the Earth "Gardens Exchange" scheme: (b) co-operative groups have been set up where everything is shared - we dig, plant, care for and harvest crops together. An important further advantage is better morale in tackling gardens which are often very overgrown! In both ways of working, the produce is shared with the garden owners though they pay nothing - all seeds, manure, tools, etc. are bought by the New Diggers.

Since October, 1975, the local newspaper has carried six articles about our activities and we have produced four leaflets, h response, we have received nearly 100 requests for help. At the time of writing, some 35 gardens have been cultivated by 15 Diggers throughout the city. We have received encouragement and assistance from a large number of sources. The City Council gave us a grant to buy a rotovator and other equipment and we have the express support of the Conservation Society, the Soil Association and Audrey Wise, M. P. Despite the drought, we have harvested good crops and will continue to enjoy the fruits of our labours during the winter. We feel it has been very worthwhile, not least because of the friendships that have grown between ourselves and often lonely old people.

Looking to the future, there are' still many more gardens to do while more and more people are waiting for allotments; we hope that through further publicity a large number of Diggers will come forward for next year.

If you are interested in starting such a scheme, the Friends of the Earth have produced a useful manual called "Crops and Shares" (30p); otherwise, I will be glad to answer queries ( Earlsdon, Coventry).

GRAHAM PARTRIDGE (Secretary).

References: (1) "A Self-Sufficient City?" H. Liddell, Architects' Journal 14.7.76 (2) "All Hands to the Spade" P. Pringle, Undercurrents 9, Jan-Feb. 1975.

(3) "The Complete Urban Farmer" David Wickers (J. Friedmann, L976).

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"STAND AND DELIVER!" by Kenneth Brown, published by the author, obtainable from the Vegan Society (price 85p) is not, as one might imagine, a demand for our trinkets, but it does command our attention and, given this, will reward the reader with much valuable as well as light-hearted information, its sub- title being :-A Manual for Speakers, Chairmen and Committee Members.

There can be surely no-one who has not, at some time, felt a burning desire to speak up about some injustice, correct misinformation or just share with others a new and exciting experience (such as becoming a vegan) but who lack the know-how and confidence to do so. For them and those with some experience, Stand and Deliver! was written and, in the light hand of Kenneth Brown, it instructs painlessly, advises humorously and guides the reader smoothly through what could be the traumatic experience of a first public engagement. I know I could have avoided a few embarrassing moments had this book been published years ago.

Stand and Deliver! is a joy to read, whether or not one is interested in public speaking at the moment, and Kenneth Brown has done a great service in giving us the benefit of his experience in this informative book.

E. B. THE NATURAL GARDEN by Roger Grounds, Davis-Poynter, London. ÂŁ3.95.

- a very good introduction to gardening without chemicals. Roger Grounds achieves a very clear and lively exposition of plant and soil functions that should prove invaluable to beginners. In addition, he gives much practical advice in growing healthy fruit and vegetables,and flowers, too. Although it falls short of veganic gardening and is at fault in some particular as regards this aspect, this book deserves to be widely bought and read and acted upon. It should make a real contribution to a sustainable society which must be based on a healthy soil.

AGRICULTURE:, a working paper published by the Alternative Society, 9 Morton

House, Kidlington, Oxford.

- a clear survey of agriculture in this country, its history, connection with the E. E. C. and future prospects that should be very useful to anyone wishing to acquire a basic understanding of the subject without reading more than 24 foolscap pages. While by no means advocating veganism, it quotes facts and figures that underline our case, especially with regard to the economical use of land and the folly of dependence on artificial fertilisers and pesticides. It makes a plea for the recreation of productive, rural communities and gives a useful list of books and organisations.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT KIT produced by Christian Aid, Oxfam, C. A. F. O. D. Many people are taking steps towards veganism as a result of the growing awareness of its relevance to the world food situation. Participat ion in a group using this Kit, especially if there were a concerned (and tactful) vegan member, could help their progress considerably. The Kit comprises teachers' notes, members' notes, background papers, wall charts, a slide set, a recipe sheet and even a board game for a group of 8-10 people meeting weekly or fortnightly for 8 sessions of 2 hours each. Write to Oxfam, 274 Banbury Rd., Oxford (or to one of the other producers) if you think you can help form a group in your K J neighbourhood.

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A SURVEY OF THE TRANSPORT AND MARKETING CONDITIONS OF SLAUGHTER CATTLE, SHEEP AND PIGS in the U. K. by J. F. D. Dow. Published by Animal Health Trust, 24 Portland Place, London WIN 4HN. Price 20p postage.

Vegans, while working ior an end to all animal exploitation must surely wish to do what they can to alleviate the suffering of the animals meanwhile. To do this they need to be well informed so that they can support usefully the individuals and groups working for such ends. This clearly written, factual booklet which Is a summary of a full technical report made to the Animal Health Trust in May, '76, should help them greatly. We are much more likely to Influence people If we can give reliable facts. This booklet spares us the stress of collecting them ourselves and puts them in a form most likely to influence those that have power to effect improvements. It bases its recommendations realistically on the assumption that they will only be acceptable "if they make economic sense to producers and distributors" and gives convincing evidence that "market efficiency and animal welfare are synonymous".

K j A HANDFULL OF HERBS - Gathered by Gordon Taylor, with an introduction by Allen Paterson, Curator of Chelsea Physic Garden and illustrated with woodcut prints from John Gerard's "The Herball", 1597. This small, well designed, book gives a page for each of the 41 herbs mentioned with interesting information, advice for planting and quotations from many unusual sources. Gordon Taylor shows he has read widely in the literature of herbal uses and Folk Lore and his experience as a herb farmer gives an added interest. It is well worth buying for those who wish to grow their own herbs or who just like herb books with a touch of poetry (95p UK only). Publisher: Blond & Briggs Ltd., London and Tiptree, Essex. :.s.

VEGAN NEWSLETTER AND CAFE GROUP At the time of writing we are about to produce the tenth edition of our VEGAN NEWSLETTER, the circulation of which we have now built up to almost three hundred. One topic which, in the last two issues, has aroused special Interest has been that of vaccination and immunisation - the latest Newsletter contains a further discussion on this subject. We'll be glad to send a free copy of the Newsletter to anyone sending a large SAE (or stamp)to 12 Wray Crescent, London N4 3LP. At the VEGAN CAFE (87 Highgate Road, London NW5: 01 267 6223)we are continuing to serve good and nourishing food six evenings a week (Monday Saturday 5pm to 9pm); please come and see us If you can, but remember that we will probably be closed for a fortnight or so over Christmas.

It was very nice to see so many people (almost fifty)at our social gathering at Wray Crescent in October, some coming from as far away as Wimborne, Southampton, Leicester etc. Events such as these seem to be very popular If you have the room why not try something similar?

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THE SOCIETY'S WORK. "I am disappointed to note in the description of veganism (see front cover) that nowhere - start, middle or end is there any mention of, surely one of the fundamental reasons for being a vegan, and that is a profound compassion for the exploited animal, in fact for the whole of the Animal Kingdom.

The descriptive words mentioned make veganism a very selfish reason for being one!" (a troubled) Mrs. B. Shaill.

Editor's Comment. Compassion for suffering animals,far more than any other motives unites vegans. Though omitted from the definition, it is expressed consistently in all our literature. The majority of people regard cruelty to animals as wrong; some manage to convince themselves that there is no cruelty in rearing and slaughtering animals for food, others manage to remain amazingly ignorant of the facts, others admit the cruelty but consider it necessary.

We are convinced that the cruelty will go on until it is demonstrated to be com1pletely unnecessary and,in fact,contrary to the well being of man. He'nce the declared object of our Society and our constant emphasis on the need to encourage as many people as possible to live the vegan way and to join the Vegan Society so that we can tell the world that they are doing so. The vast majority of people still do not know that veganism is possible, that it is n to the physical, moral and economic advantage of mankind". When they learn that it is, a surprising number respond - though many need help to change deeply ingrained habits.

Please demonstrate, join, help!

PILGRIMS' PROGRESS. "(En route to Utopia). In 1952/53, I was a young cook housekeeper to the late Prof. Joad, many people may remember, of the Brains' Trust. It was at his hobby-farm near Midhurst. I had never been an animal lover nor come into contact with animals but soon conceived the idea that it was cruel to kill them to eat and changed my Ration book for a vegetarian one.

This didn't go down at all well as Prof. Joad, well-known for living to eat rather than eating to live, complained that he could no longer have my meat ration. To keep the peace, I changed back again. Afterwards, I stuck to the customary meat diet, never giving it much thought.

About five years ago, on New Year's Day, we had duck for lunch. I suddenly looked at this meat on my plate and saw it as a beautiful feathered creature. I pushed my plate away. For three years after that, I was a lacto-vegetarian.

Then I had another lapse, feeling that I might as well eat what the rest of the family were eating, especially fish. My husband being a fisherman, it seemed ridiculous not to eat it. Then, this year, I re-cycled my thoughts again. I just had to be a vegetarian. First, I thought it was alright to eat both battery and fertile eggs. Then I decided to eat neither. Butter was fattening so I gave that up to help keep my size 12 figure. I realised that if I gave up cottage cheese and milk, I could be a vegan. It was hard at first, but I did it. Until joining the Society and reading the leaflets, I had no idea what was going on in the animal world. Who does? It should be more widely advertised.

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What can we do to spread the word? Advertise* Distribute leaflets. Don't be afraid to tell people about it and be ready to display our vitality. There is nothing to be ashamed about. If we lose friends, it proves they're not friends.

I wear a large iron-on "V" motif on the seat of my blue jeans. It stands for a Holy Trinity: Vegetarian, Vegan and Victory - in that order. Has anyone any other ideas? I'm more than willing to try them out*1.

Zena Kendall.

AND ON THE SAME TOPIC. "As a child, I was blessed with an innate distaste for meat which perplexed not only my parents but myself as well. The heightened intelligence, reasoning power and increased independence that comes with maturity, brought an awareness of what had previously lain at the subconscious level and a strict vegetarian.diet became inevitable.

The 25th May, 1974, saw the turning point in my life, since when devouring flesh has become history to me: an eschewed habit, already as faint in my memory as recollections of sucking my thumb - a mere glimmer in the mind's eye - and so it will become to mankind as a whole in the distant - but not too distant - future.

The nearest that I have come to eating a non-vegetarian food, since that most glorious day when I determined to adopt the vegetarian diet proper, was when visiting an old lady. I must have been in a sort of daydream for when she offered me a biscuit I gratefully accepted and it was not until the very moment that the biscuit was poised at my parted lips, awaiting the fatal bite, that I snapped out of it! My precise feelings in that second would be impossible to describe but it is sufficient to say that the shock, relief and embarrassment all intertwined in that single moment of realization, produced on my face such an expression that the poor lady was quite perturbed! However, veganism has now sunk in real deep."

T. M. Coverley.

"After a year, I really enjoy my way of life and have never felt fitter. The sad part is so many lorries go through our village carrying their sad loads taking their last pathetic look at the green fields. I often feel like shouting from the roof tops what fools they are that say they cannot live without their meat.

I am so glad to be a tiny part in your organization ".

A,Head.

ALL AT THE COST OF ALL? "More real for me than those I sometimes see in the flesh and blood or on the television is the tiger of the poem "The Tiger"

by William Blake "Tiger, tiger, burning bright In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry?'

The last tiger 1 saw was at Palma at the circus and it grieved me to see it act, majestically, yes, but,through tjeing so corpulent, more like a hippopotamus.

This is what happens with the animals that fall into the hands of man. What has man done to the once noble and powerful animals that were, for example, the present pigs, cows and sheep? They are now merely things to eat or, almost worse, to give milk in unnatural quantities for the consumption of us human beings, adults and all, as if we were all either newly born babies or senile ancients without teeth.

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The tiger kills to eat but by its own doing and always in accordance with the spirit of the implicit agreement between all beings that participate in the cosmic adventure - to live all at the cost of all within the framework of the cosmic love which we all share with the Unique Being itself.

Albert Brown (Spain).

KARMA "Our past is catching up on us. We will have to face unspeakable memories and miseries in the terrible upheavals that are gradually becoming stronger In our individual, national and global lives. We can make it easier though by facing up to ourselves now and doing all we can to recreate peace and love, not only in our . own lives but in all the life around us, and, as we are shown so often in our lives, the more we give peace and love the more we shall receive in the form of peace and love. The burden of our actions can be lifted from our shoulders when we work with life and not against it.

As in the Cosmos, so in the individual: as in the individual so in the Cosmos.

Man has caused untold suffering to himself and the other forms of life on this planet for ages. Hi. wrongs are there for him to see - they have been always but they are becoming more and more urgent. Just as the body can only tolerate so much pain from a tooth'til it must be taken out and discarded, so the Cosmos can only tolerate so much pain from its member,. the earth, before it must face annihilation and its atoms be rearranged to form new forms.and vehicles for life. What a terrible tragedy that would be after so much struggling on the part of the Cosmos to save us and after life.has taken such a long step on the path to perfection on this planet. As Swami Vivekenanda says; 'Remember you are alive so long as there is life on the Cosmos. "' Mark Thompson.

If anyone would like some help with cooking and feels they live near enough, I would be willing to show how I make vegan meals by having them to stay for a few days or a weekend. I think it would be most helpful if they actually prepared the meals, made bread, etc., with help and guidance rather than just watching a kind of demonstration. I have' room for one or two people and a child.

Perhaps there are others who feel they could make a similar offer and then we could decide on an amount to charge to save awkwardness about money on both sides. I Imagine the charge would be to cover the cost of food, electricity, etc.

Please write to me if you are interested either as a 'host' or a 'guest'.

Audrey Thompson,

Gt. Bromley, Colchester, Essex.

VEGANS IN HOSPITAL "Dieticians and food administrators in hospitals should know the kind of food a vegan needs. I have been able to manage in this situation creating interest without causing any of the hospital staff extra trouble or work".

Violet Mitchell.

Editor's Note - If you know of any vegans in hospital and can make a personal approach to the authorities cn their behalf, this could be a valuable means of helping and of spreading knowledge of our way of life. We sill gladly supply literature. Similarly, if you know of any mothers wanting to bring up their babies in the vegan way, please let us have their names and addresses.

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IS VEGANISM ENOUGH? The fundamental reasons underlying frultarianism.

"The main reason for the existence of veganism is undoubtedly that many people realise that it is wrong to exploit animals in any way that has an element of cruelty. In the conditions of modern 'civilised' life, this can be considered to mean refraining entirely from all use of animal foods.

Most readers probably know that there has been laboratory evidence that vegetable life in its active state, besides being sensitive to the love of humanity, is also capable of being hurt by our thoughts and actions. Taking this to its logical conclusion, it means that the commandment "Thou shalt not kill" should to some extent at least be extended to include the vegetable kingdom.

It is important to keep clear in our minds the difference between active life and its dormant state - as found in both the animal and the vegetable kingdoms in the form of eggs, fruit, seeds, pollen etc. It cannot be regarded as intrinsically wrong to destroy these things for they are, in a general way, both insensitive and produced in great excess. Man can thus feel fully at liberty to gather and eat the dormant forms of life and his body was, In fact, designed to get its nourishment in this way.

The extent to which the considerations of the last two paragraphs should be put into practice depends entirely on the individual. The experience of the writer over thefest.few years has clearly indicated to him that trying to advance too fast is as big a mistake as advancing too slowly. The world of man as a whole is ready for vegetarianism, and veganism should follow fairly soon after. However, the number of people who are today ready to adopt 100% fruitarianism is extremely limited. Yet fruitarian food has its value for those engaged on work of a spiritual nature; for the eating and digesting of food,the product of which involved the taking of active life, can disturb the sometimes precarious contact between the material mind of a semi-advanced human being and any part of the spiritual world Including his spiritual self. The writer has not reached the stage of becoming a full fruitarian, but he does find it undesirable to eat any but fruitarian food until he has finished his work for the day.

J G.B. Comment :- I am constantly being confronted with this matter of "plant sensitivity." Many people use it as a means of evading the challenge of the slaughter^ house; others are genuinely worried by the thought that even by turning vegan they cannot avoid causing pain. There is no reason to interpret the plant reactions referred to above as evidence of their feeling as animals do. In the absence of a central nervous system they cannot "feel" anything that justifies the use of the word "pain". Moreover pain is associated in animals with the muscular ability to remove from the source of pain : it would have no purpose In the life of a higher, rooted plant and therefore no part in their evolution. Plant sensitivity is of a very different nature in accordance with their very different contribution to the Whole. Our animal intellects are quite incapable of guaging its mystery. We can only humbly wonder, and accept with gratitude the plant's unique ability to render the elements of air and earth and water into forms capable of supporting animal life. We can draw from the beauty of plant life inspiration to make our own peculiar contribution to Life.

"Our meddling intellect misshapes the beauteous forms of things, We murder to dissect. " W. Wordsworth.

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TtiE ENFIELD BBUTI0I3E 123 Baker St. Enfield EN1 3HA.' (01 363 2982) YOUR OWN STORE FOR VEGAN PRODUCTS where you will find ECONOMICALLY PRICED, NON-LEATHER, COMFORTABLE, WATERPROOF, BRITISH-MADE FOOTWEAR - BOOKS & Leaflets - Nylon Artists' BRUSHES - CLEANING MATERIALS,.including all purpose PLUS CHAMMY, SPONGES,TEA TOWELS & DUSTERS,WASHING-UP LIQUID & HOUSEHOLD SOAP. - TOILET SOAPS, SHAMPOOS & COSMETICS of all(vegan) kinds from ALO, B. W. C., CHARLES PERRY JABLEY,VEGECOS,WELEDA, YIN-YANG,etc. - VEGAN HEALTH FOODS. Pay us a visit, try the Creams, Lipsticks & Perfumes without obligation.

Try on shoes. Select vegan & vegetarian Journals and free literature. Browsers welcome at the Vegan Boutique, 6 mins. walk from the centre of Enfield Town and station. W8'buses pass the door. We are over Enfield Tyre Co. where a wide range of Motor Accessories acceptable to vegans are available including Motor Oil & Simulated Leather Seat Covers, plus 100 other useful items.

The Store is OPEN on Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays fe Saturdays from 9.15-5 pm.

(CLOSED ON TUE. &WED.) If you cannot call, send 15p(stamps will do) + large SAE for our Brochure, illustrated footwear leaflets & new comprehensive Price List.

DO YOUR SHOPPING AT HOME, IN COMFORT. Support Vegan Enterprises and further veganism. One item from our postbag:"I am very pleased with the shoes and delighted to be able to get vegan footwear after trying for years to get shoes like this".

JUST ARRIVED from friends in America: attractive yet compelling self-adhesive signs "NO SMOKING, Please. People are Breathing". Approx. 9"x2|". Ideal for use in offices, shops, waiting-rooms etc. - 3 for 25p + 6|p stamp or add to your next Boutique order.

ALSO! Just arrived at the Enfield Boutique in time for the bad weather: Ladies zipped, knee-high boots in rich, dark mahogany shade. Foam lined, broad fitting, sizes 3 - 8 . ÂŁ9.95 plus 75p postage. Order now for quick delivery.

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MORE VEGAN PRODUCTS - a further selection of items that you can buy with confidence - and some useful information.

FAT SPHEADSMAPLETON'S PEANUT BUTTER & PEANUT MUNCHY " CREAMED CASHEW & CREAMED COCONUT. SA V O U R I E S KESP CURRY S. Daniels & Co. Ltd. 82-100 City Rd. London.

IT ON A T. V. P. Itona Products Ltd. Itona Works, Leyland Mill Lane, Wigan.

MAPLETON'S SAVORMIX, LUNCHEON ROLL, RISSOLES IN TOMATO, RISSOLES IN BROWN GRAVY. HEINZ BAKED BEANS IN TOMATO SAUCE, CURRIED BEANS, SPAGHETTI HOOPS WITH TOMATO SAUCE. H. J. Heinz Co. Ltd. Hayes Pk.,Hayes, Mddx.

SOYOLK SOYA FLOUR has been treated and requires no cooking. Can be used to make vegan 'cheese'.

RAKUSEN'S CHESTNUT STUFFING (No suet in this one).

SAVOURY SPREA DMAPLETON'S YEASTREL. For those interested in working out their vit. B12 intake: MAPLETON'S BARMENE contains 0. 5 microgms. per gm. of cyanocobalamin (vegetable based B12). 1,000 microgms. = 1 gram. So a small teaspnfl. daily should meet normal requirements.

BISCUITSMRS. HORSFIELD'S BRAN, OATMEAL & GINGER BISCUITS (Only the Diabetic biscuits contain butter & eggs). Voelas Water Mill, Pentrevoelas, N.Wales.

SCOTT'S GINGERNUTS, COUNTRY COOKIES, VITA LIT Y(with added wheatgerm) CHARCOAL(to aid digestion),DIABISC(starch reduced) & HUSKY(extra bran) Scott of Ipswich, Tower St., Ipswich, Suffolk.

SOU P S HEINZ FARMHOUSE ONION SOUP, VEGETABLE SOUP. ' S W E E T S ' , I C E S , D R I N K S etc. SNOWCREST TABLE JELLIES, CHOCOLATE PUDDING MIX, CARAMEL PUDDING, PUFF PASTRY, JUS-ROL SHORT PASTRY (purple wrapper only).

MAPLETON'S FRUTARIAN & MINI BARS (other than those containing honey) WALL'S WATER ICES & SORBETS The Friary, Acton, London W3 6AD. PAREV KOSHER ICE & SORBETS. CADBURY'S DRINKING CHOCOLATE,CHOCOLATE SPREAD. Cadbury's Plain Chocolates contain butter.

P LA MIL CHOCOLATE (Demerara sugar).

TERRY'S • BITTRA CHOCOLATE & AFTER EIGHT THIN MINTS (Peppermint creams are mistakenly entered as vegan in the current Vegetarian Handbook.

Please correct your copy).

LOCKWOOD'S DELILAH RANGE OF DRINKS (unsweetened).

LEISURE DRINKS (Vegan in content & processing).

(ERRATA',"." - please note that "Velactin" in the last issue should have been listed as containing B12 and Miso Cream should have been included under Baby Foods,'noTSavouries; "Green Archer" should read "Golden Archer";' Soups should read Bergene Tomato Soup Blocks).

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T O I L E T R I E S - Note (L) There are some toiletries which are vegan in content but which are not acceptable because they have been tested on laboratory animals. It Is advisable to patronise only those companies which cater for vegetarians and therefore do no animal testing - and do not have their testing done for them by other companies which specialise in this. (2) Not all soaps & cosmetics in the Health Food Shops are vegan- or even vegetarian. (3) 'Pure' really means nothing.The.article can be made with 'pure'.taatural' fats from slaughterhouses. (4) Distrust 'Made with Vegetable Oils'. This does not necessarily mean that the product does not also contain animal fats. Stay with the manufacturers you know and trust. It is high time that manufacturers were compelled to mark all cosmetics, soaps & toiletries with the ingredients used. What a shock some of us would get!

TOILET SOAP - We know of none other than B. W. C„ INNOCENCE, VELM, COLLEEN, BARILLA,DR. BRONNER'S LIQUID SOAP & BRIDGE XX85 which are vegan. All B. W. C. products are either vegan or lacto-vegetarian (See Enfield Boutique folder which lists vegan and lacto-vegetarian products separately), These include ALO, CHARLES PERRY, JABLEY, VEGECOS.& YIN YANG products as well as some household items. YIN YANG are all vegan & will remain so.

JOHNSON'S BABY POWDER - SHADLER'S DANNEX DANDRUFF TREATMENT - OLD SPICE AFTER SHAVE Shulton Ltd. Trevor Ho. 100 Brompton Rd. SW3.

HARMONY FOODS DENTIE TOOTHPOWDER (made from egg plant which has been roasted to fine charcoal). 1 Earl Cotts. Earl Rd., SE London.

DR. MADAUS CO. PARADONTAX TOOTHPASTE Intermedics, Pioneer Ho. Portmill Lane, Hitchin, Herts.

ADDIS: Nylon TOOTHBRUSHES are WISDOM, TEK & ADDIS. 'Wisdom' are made in varying degrees from soft to extra hard.

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Gibb's Fluoride, Signal & Pepsodent toothpastes (no assurances given).

Tide, Daz, Flash, Dreft & Fairy Liquid. Proctor & Gamble products.

In an article in the last "Vegan" - not the Commodities page - Flora was described as being better than most non-vegan margarines but it contains 16% milk solids i. e. more than most "vegetable oil margarines".

There will be further "Vegan Commodities" pages in the next issue. All will be incorporated in a leaflet that should be a useful guide though lack of space means that we must omit many items.

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TO HELP YOU WHEN YOU'RE COOKING C U R I B A - T a b l e Sea Saltproduced by evaporation of sea water by the sun's rays, and contains rriany.natural minerals important to health.

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Mixed Vegetables, Garden Peas, Sliced Onions, Sliced Green Beans, Apple Flake.

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CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS. (Please send to the Secretary, 47 Highlands Rd., Leatherhead, Surrey by Februarylst for next issue. Rate 4p a word).

QUALIFIED PRIMARY TEACHER to assist at Montessori School. Full board.

Interested in Montessori methods: Veganic gardening; L V. U. work. Details of qualifications/experience t o 120 Knockan Rd. Broughshane BT43 7LS Antrim, N. L VEGANS OR ASSOCIATES Interested In becoming part owners in country estate retreat for residents and non-residents with library, steam bath, weekend lectures, seminars etc., eventually producing own food - should write initially in the strictest confidence to Box No. 104.

ETHICAL VEGAN seeks accommodation for self or share with other(s).

Please write Box No. 105.

ANIMAL ACTIVISTS. Fights all animal abuse. Full membership reserved for vegans & vegetarians. Further details PO Box6 , Crowborough, Sx. VEGFAM feeds the hungry via plant-based foodstuffs, leaf protein, seeds, irrigation etc. Trustees: The Sanctuary, Lydford, Okehampton, Devon. Visitors welcome. Tel. Lydford 203.

SPIRITUAL HEALING helps all known disorders through God's love. Absent healing on request. Contact healing by appointment. Complete confidence assured.

Why not send details (SAE appreciated) for one of our Healing Squares? No charge.

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VEGANIC DEMONSTRATION CENTRES. An interesting career is offered to a young vegan who has proven experience in outdoor work: enjoys gardening with emphasis on vegetable and fruit growing. Some office experience an advantage.

Write (SAE) "Veganic" 73 Crispin Rd., Bradville 1, Milton Keynes, Bucks.

VEGANIC FARMING PROJECT developing as basis for small group dedicated to realisation of full human potential; open to those for whom total inner revolution is imperative. Box no. 107.

AHIMSA - bi-monthly magazine - veganism, natural living, non-violence.

Organ of the American Vegan Society. Annual sub. $3 or £1. 25, Write for free sample booklist, information. P. O. Box H. Malaga, New Jersey 08328 U. S. A. "EAT WELL AND LOSE WEIGHT" is a book about nutrition. It contains a wealth of information and practical advice that reaches from the soil to the table and beyond - it is written for any reader and tries to do for meat eaters what Mark Anthony did to Caesar - i. e. change their minds. Not vegan but could help that way. Send £3.80 to 60 High St., Hastings, East Sussex.

UNIVERSAL CHARTER OF SURVIVAL - We regret that page 24 of the Autumn Journal asking for signatures to the above did not have a forwarding address Charles Santora, , Ventnor, New Jersey 08406 U. S-A. 31.

ACCOMMODATION. CLIFTONVELLE, MARGATE, Kent. Holiday flatlets to let very near sea.

Send SAE for details to or 'phone (0873)20535, Linda Emptage.

DEVON, Ilfracombe -"Fairwynds" Vegetarian Guest House offers healthful holidays with natural, whole foods, compost grown produce and home baking.

Vegans are welcome. Elizabeth Burton, (V. C. A. member) Tel. 62085.

DUBROVNK. Animal lover offers hospitality in return for help in house and garden. Paying guests welcome also. Lowne V., Bukovca, Dubrovnik.

FOLKESTONE. Holiday flatlet for two. Self-catering. Comfortably furnished.

Mrs. R.Allen, Tel. 0303 56327.

PERTHSHIRE. Brook Linn, Callander. Vegetarian and vegan meals carefully prepared and attractively served. Comfortable Guest House - near Trossachs and West Highlands. Mrs. M.Choffin. Tel. Callander 30103 (STD 0877). *************

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The Heavy Horse Preservation Society begs for donations for a rescue fund to buy and care for a few of the survivors v Gifts of jewellery, old coins, used stamps or anything hj'-' else for sale in the Society's shop are also most welcome.

So far, the Society has bought eighteen horses. This is the final hour of need for animals that have served us all so faithfully and so well. Help is now urgently needed and deeply appreciated. R. G. Hooper, Treasurer, Heavy Horse Preservati< Society, Old Rectory, Whitchurch Salop.

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