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Sheylla Brito DDS. (GDC 180017) After graduating in Dental Medicine in Portugal in 2007, Sheylla moved to the UK in 2010, working as an Associate in the South West, North West and Cambridge area. A post graduate in Implants and Oral Rehabilitation as well as Occlusion and Aesthetics. Trained Facial Aesthetics provider mentoring dentists who wish to offer more complex implants. Sheylla is married with a young daughter and son, and enjoys travelling, exercising and spending quality time with family and friends.

Joao Pedro Monteiro Borges LMD, PGDip (GDC 84286) Joao graduated from Universidade Pessoa, Portugal in 2004 and came to the UK in 2005. He has worked as an Associate in Wales and the South East prior to moving to the Cambridge area. Joao completed his diploma in Endodontics at Warwick University in 2015 and is a member of the British Endodontics Society. When not working, Joao enjoys travelling to exotic places, ﬁne cuisine, good books and is a cinema buff.

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Good news from our region

Refreshing Waters talks loving and giving through lockdown

Walking for health around Shotesham

Recycling - the beauty of smarter choices

Recipe for baked strawberry and raspberry cheesecake

Fashion - feel good prints to boost your mood

Skincare with Geraldine Walters

Smart Money Secrets family values

Falcon Meadow - Art Competition winners

On your plot - lovely and temperate this summer

Vegan recipe for chocolate orange cake

Bungay’s fantastic good neighbour scheme

WIN a Treasure Trails guided book

History - calling all Wrens!

Health - a guide to good immunity

WIN tickets to see Rick Astley at Newmarket Racecourse

Canine communication with Julia Collins

Six easy ways to cook broad beans

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Bungay Bitesize – A visit to the Benedictine Priory

Norfolk Wildlife Trust turtle doves, the sound of summer

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ell, what do you think of our shiny new look?! We thought it was about time that the region’s largest circulating magazine had a refresh to match its status…so here it is, in your hands! Do let us know what you think. And we have a vacancy to ﬁll here at Village People, so if you’re looking for a flexible part time job with us, take a look at the details on the advert inside. As usual we are packed full of local stories and features, recipes and walks, and of course competitions. This issue we have a £100 M&S voucher to give away, as well as tickets to see the fabulous Rick Astley at Newmarket Nights. This is sure to be popular with all you 80s music fans! And don’t

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GOOD NEWS FROM OUR REGION: Crafty Pint

couple with a passion for East Anglian beer have set up Twisted Hops, an online shop that showcases the exceptional craft beers being produced by local breweries. Sarah Giles and Lawrence Cooke moved to Harleston three years ago and have a healthy obsession with beer and how it’s made. “We love trying beers from diﬀerent breweries and the craft beer scene,” says Sarah. “Lawrence's job came to an end in December 2020 due to

Covid-19, so we decided to take the plunge and set up Twisted Hops. “East Anglian microbreweries are producing superb quality craft beers, with exciting styles and flavours, and we want to help them to become better known, and support them both locally and across the UK. Our aim is to also help people experience beer in new ways and think more about what they drink. In the future we'd love to have a physical shop where people could visit, have a brew while choosing their beers, or come to a tasting event. “We stock lots of diﬀerent craft beer styles, beer boxes, multipacks and there are gift options available too. For Father’s Day we have a special gift pack including local craft beers, a glass and a snack. Lawrence also brews commercially, and we stock his beers in our online shops as well.

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book about the fascinating flora and fauna around Bungay is proving a huge success and has so far raised over £1,700 for Suﬀolk Wildlife Trust. ‘Wild About Bungay’, produced in memory of Jasmine Lingwood, who re-established the Bungay branch of Suﬀolk Wildlife Trust, contains around 250 beautiful colour photographs of plants and wildlife in and around Bungay, many of them taken by local photographer Frances Crickmore. Chris Reeve, who with his brother Terry created the book in memory of their sister, Jasmine, said: “We are thrilled with the success of Wild About

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Copies of the book are available from The Chocolate Box and A Sweet for You in Bungay, Beccles Bookshop, Jarrolds of Norwich and Terry Reeve on 01986 896416 or email terry.reeve19@btinternet.com

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Loving And Giving Through Lockdown Norfolk journalist, Sandie Shirley, spotlights the inspiring stories of men and women from the region and beyond that have seen them reach for victory. For more stories visit Facebook: Refreshing Waters Christian Media.

ockdown, personal loss and suffering have not thwarted the spirits of Bertie Emes-Ellis, who simply lives to give. Her smile is wide; her eyes gleam and there is an endless stream of hope and love pouring from her heart. Although Bertie has special needs and resides in supported living accommodation in Norwich, the challenges throughout her 31 years have been borne with inner strength and resource. It has given rise to joy on the outside and a childlike faith within. She has put her life on hold to comfort and encourage young and old, including three close friends who have died during or before the COVID-19 pandemic. Her mother, Sallie Wright, founder of a Norfolk children’s charity, takes up the story: “I have watched as Bertie interacts with people as a willing vessel of love. She laid down her life caring for dying friends, while feeling the full impact of lockdown for five months last year, unable to see family or interact with outside activities — although she still attended online church meetings. “Bertie was born with Down’s Syndrome, and although she has learning difficulties she is receptive, communicative and her spirit is not disabled, and we should not limit those like her because of what we see or think. "Bertie (short for Roberta after 12

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hen the Queen turned 95 on 21 April 2021, she served as a very public reminder of how much longer, as a society, we are living. In her own family, four generations are now all alive at the same time, from the Queen herself, down to her latest great-grandchild. An increasing number of families now find themselves in the same position, which has implications for financial planning. As a nonagenarian, Her Majesty is far from alone. The number of people over 90 rose by 44% between 2008 and 2018, according to the report ‘Estimates of the very old, including centenarians, UK: 2002 to 2018’, published online by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) in September 2019. We are now witnessing a phenomenon where baby boomers – those born in the post-war era and in retirement – represent the wealthiest generation in society. However, while they enjoy the fruits of their labour, they are sandwiched between elderly parents facing the challenges of old age and children struggling with the hangover of university debts and rising house prices. For those born after the Second World War and in the 1950s, the economy of their working years was benign and kind to them, but it was less so for those born in the 1980s and 1990s – the so-called ‘millennials’ – who are finding it harder to get jobs and onto the property ladder. While our children are struggling with their finances,

that people may need to start reassessing how they plan for the later stages of life. Traditionally, wealth has passed from one generation to the next upon death. However, intergenerational wealth management challenges that notion and looks at how families can use their wealth more collaboratively to support each other during their lifetimes. This offers legitimate estate planning and tax mitigation opportunities, while providing the much-needed assistance to help alleviate the financial burdens of everyday life. MD Wealth Management provides access to a range of family-oriented financial products and services, enabling families to work collaboratively to support each other across the generations. Financial support need not be in the form of a handout; it can become an integral part of generational financial planning. our parents are living longer. This has led to an increase in the need for long-term care, which is likely to be financed from accumulated savings, selling the family home, or with support from younger generations. A study into intergenerational wealth and retirement planning, which combined ONS data with an Opinion Research survey of 4,000 UK adults in April 2019, estimated that the number of families with multiple generations in retirement at the same time will exceed one million in the next 20 years. This means

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ur gardens have become a refuge over the past year; somewhere to be calm, safe, and reflect on nature in all its glory. As the trend for taking interior style outdoors continues to grow, garden mirrors are becoming a popular way to transform your garden; creating the illusion of more space and reflecting light into shady spots. Here are a few garden mirror dos and don’ts: n Do consider what will be reflecting – don’t place your mirror opposite a wall with drain pipes or air ducts

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hether your garden is big or small, there’s always something you can do to make your space greener and more appealing to wildlife. Here are some tips to get you started: Go native — Attract wildlife such as bees and butterflies to your garden by ﬁlling it with as many native plants as possible. Plant a tree — If you have the space, go for a native species. Gardens with trees are more attractive to wildlife than those without.

Do try to reflect the leafy interest in your garden

Do use full length mirrors to create the illusion of a garden beyond

Think wild — Allow nature to take its course by letting a section of your garden go completely wild. You will create a haven for so many creatures.

Do consider using a hardy framed indoor mirror outdoors – specially designed garden mirrors are often made of plastic or polished metal and won’t achieve the right look

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s we move into a summer of (hopefully) more freedom, we will be spending more time outdoors, and possibly hosting a few garden gatherings with family and friends! We want our green spaces to look their fabulous best and, according to the experts, the hot trend for gardens in 2021 is colour…the brighter the better! The idea is to create a colourful vision with plants, a celebration of vibrancy, with sunshine shades of apricot orange and tropical greenery to create a garden getaway. So, embrace bold colour, and let your garden reflect you ur personal taste, just like your home does. This sum mmer is set to see the return of bold blooms full of rio otous colour, so pick shades that complement one an nother and group complementary colours together: red ds, yellows and oranges, whites and blues, and purples an nd pinks. To keep the vibrancy without creating chaos, consider keeping the colour to set areas.

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Grateful resident, Pat Blakeburn, said: “I was oﬀered this superb service last year and took advantage of it. I telephoned to ask if someone could do my shopping and within an hour or two a friendly volunteer turned up and collected my shopping list, money and shopping bags. My shopping arrived a little later.” The group has now been renamed Bungay Community Support, and will continue to provide the same vital service for locals, but also befriending and linking people with other organisations in Bungay. To contact Bungay Community Support, call 0300 365 2995.

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Treasure Time Outside

Village People is giving away 4 guided Treasure Trail booklets (worth £9.99 each), so you can join a friend on a fun Norfolk adventure

ith our lives ﬁnally opening up, Treasure Trails are the perfect way to reconnect and have fun together while discovering the secret history of your local area. Fancy going on a spy mission in the Norwich Lanes, hunting down treasure along Great Yarmouth’s Golden Mile, or tracking down clues like a real detective in Heacham?! Treasure Trails are a fantastic way to get outside, get your steps up, and keep entertained locally. Anyone of any age can enjoy them – they’re not just for kids! These themed self-guided walking trail booklets take explorers on a circular outdoor route of approximately two miles.

En route, you have the added challenge of working together to hunt down clues and solve a puzzling Detective Mystery, Treasure Hunt, or Spy Mission. While you catch crooks and track down spies or hidden treasure, Treasure Trails showcase your local surroundings in a fun and adventurous new light. Each puzzle incorporates clues on local landmarks, signs, statues, monuments, images, engravings, and other eye-catching features. There are more than 1,200

Treasure Trails across the UK and 48 to choose from across Norfolk.

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Dauntless Divisional Photos is a nationwide project, in collaboration with the Association of Wrens, to gather divisional photographs and memories from those training days, and also to reunite women with old friends, share anecdotes and relive exciting moments. The Women’s Royal Naval Service was formed in 1917 and early recruits served in WWI. Disbanded in 1919, it was revived

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20 years later as the world was once more plunged into conflict. In 1993, the service branch became part of the Royal Navy.

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Nighty night Sleep allows your immune system to repair and recuperate. Try keeping a notepad by your bed to empty your mind of thoughts before you doze oﬀ. A herbal helper such as Dormeasan, which contains a combination of Valerian and Hops, can help bring sounder sleep.

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Rock with Rick !

Village People has four pairs of tickets to give away to see Rick Astley at Newmarket Racecourse on 13 August 2021.

ick Astley is enjoying a major career resurgence. He had already sold more than 40 million albums fuelled by chart-topping hits like Never Gonna Give You Up, Whenever You Need Somebody, Together Forever, When I Fall in Love, She Wants To Dance With Me and Cry For Help. In 2016 he returned with new music and released wholly self-penned platinum album ’50’, which has sold more than 400,000 copies. In 2018 he followed it up with another self-penned and produced top ten album, Beautiful Life, and in 2019 released a career spanning top 5 album The Best of Me, with eleven additional reimagined tracks and new single

Every One Of Us. 2019 also saw Rick complete a gargantuan 38date stadium tour as special guest to Take That, during which he played to over 500,000 people. Rick has been anything but quiet during the pandemic, and has from his home studio amassed nearly two million Youtube followers with a series of Lockdown Covers, become a major force on TikTok with 1.7 million followers and selected as one of Louder’s top 10 must follow artists on the platform. To be in with a chance of winning, visit www.village-people.info and follow the links to the competition page. Closing date is 25 July 2021 and the usual Village People rules apply.

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to ask people to refrain from touching your dog without asking ﬁrst. If you are no longer working from home, the day-long company and hustle and bustle your dog has become accustomed to will change, so introduce as many aspects of this new routine as soon as possible. It’s not diﬃcult to understand how upsetting it could be for your dog to be catapulted from long lazy breakfast time and leisurely walks, to a snatched whizz round the block, followed by total silence as they are left in an empty house. If you do leave your dog at home while you go to work, it’s essential that they are not left for more than three hours at a stretch before someone comes to at least let them into the garden

and provide company for a while, preferably taking them for a walk or play. A young dog or puppy shouldn’t be left for long at all. It’s entirely wrong and very unkind to leave them alone. A gradual and careful build up to being left must be carried out as they mature, something I can only hope some ‘lockdown owners’ took on board. Quite honestly, if a dog is to be left day after day, proper ‘day-care’ must be organised. With the latter in place, start practising by leaving the dog on its own while you go upstairs or work in a separate room, having ﬁrst taken it for a good walk to drain energy and ensuring that it’s ready for a snooze. * See Parlez Vous POOCH?! – The Reunion – Canine Behaviour August/September 2020 Issue. See also blog posts Separation Anxiety, parts 1 and 2.

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t. Mary’s Church and the Priory buildings have recently been covered with the most extensive scaﬀolding we’ve ever seen in Bungay, while renovations are carried out. Trenches dug on the south side of the churchyard have revealed foundations which, it’s conjectured, may be the remains of the Benedictine Priory cloisters. They provided a walkway from the Priory dwellings to a door in the south wall of the church, through which the nuns processed to attend special services and Saints’ Days celebrations. Bungay people rarely saw the Prioress and nuns, as they remained hidden away behind the high flint and rubble walls which still partially survive in St. Mary’s Street and Trinity Street. The more ancient parish church of Holy Trinity was the town’s regular place of worship. So the town

residents were particularly eager to attend some of the ‘red-letter day’ services, great excitement prevailing as they watched the black cloaked and veiled ladies slowly and silently enter into the nave, and assemble in the sanctuary area. In the mediaeval period, all aspects of the church were believed to be sacred and vested with supernatural powers, and superstitious townsfolk sometimes stole water from the holy water stoups, or font, believing it had healing powers to cure an ailing relative or sick pig. Even to be in close proximity to the nuns conferred a blessing, and if a flowing robe happened to brush against you in the aisle, it was viewed as a ‘Godsend’, to boast of to all your kindred. The Benedictine sisters conferred many charitable beneﬁts for the local needy. The

Artist's impression of the Nun's Chapel in the 16th century

Entrance doorway to the Nuns' Chapel of the Benedictine Priory

Priory buildings included an inﬁrmary for tending the sick, education was provided for both boys and girls, scraps from the sisters’ meals were doled out to the poor from a wall-door in St. Mary’s Street, and cast-oﬀ clothing was also given away. So when eventually the nuns were obliged to vacate their premises, during the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1536, there was much anguish, not just because of their charities, but because they had exerted a protective spiritual presence over the whole community. It’s hoped that, if archaeological excavations are planned, they may provide precise evidence of the location and extent of the cloisters, in this most hallowed area of our town. 57

NATURE

Turtle Doves – the dwindling sound of summer By Robert Morgan, Norfolk Wildlife Trust Reserves Oﬃcer

or many people, the gentle rolling purr of the turtle dove is evocative of the splendour of high summer, but this once familiar sound of the sunlit country lanes of rural Norfolk is rapidly being lost. Once common around every village in Eastern England, the turtle dove’s last surviving heartlands is the south of Norfolk. In much of the countryside, this migratory bird has been replaced by the slightly larger, and resident, collared dove. But the turtle dove’s disappearance has little to do with its fawn coloured cousin and is more about the destructive nature of humanity. Despite this, you may be lucky enough to see a turtle dove this summer, although centuries of hunting across continental Europe has led it into secretive habits and it’s quick to take flight if you approach. A small, slim dove with a thin neck and protruding round head, its wings are neatly patterned with light orange-

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brown and black, and it has a blue-grey panel that’s visible in flight. The head and breast is a soft subtle pink, with adults bearing black bars on their necks. The turtle dove feeds almost exclusively on weed seeds and, although associated with arable parts of the county, it prefers varied and mixed habitats. One of the many reasons for its reduced breeding success is that everywhere is just too

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