AUGUST 2022 GLENFIELD GAZETTE

August 2022

MONTHLY NEWS, INFORMATION & ENTERTAINMENT FOR GLENFIELD

The Glenfield Gardeners’ Association

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WE HAD a very enjoyable and informative meeting in June.

Neil Timms brought along lots of his unusual ferns from his nursery and gave us a brief history of ferns and tips on how to use them in our gardens. He demonstrated how versatile ferns are and a buying frenzy ensued for some of his more unusual ones.

Gardens are positively blooming now and there are lots of glorious gardens open to visitors. We enjoyed a group outing to White House Farm near Ingarsby. There were some lovely borders, water features and topiary to admire. All finished off with a delicious afternoon tea.

Countdown to the Annual Show!

Excitement is building for the annual show on Saturday 20th August.

Not long now and we hope everyone has been busy with their crafty creations.

We’re looking for a ‘vase of crafty flowers’ or a ‘decorated tin can’. Still time to snap your photos of a landscape or seascape. To commemorate 150 years since the first show in Glenfield, we are replicating the floral arch from that first show.

Members will show off their own garden blooms. We can’t wait to see and hang your gardening themed bunting too.

There will be a plant stall for those looking for a plant or two to refresh their borders and there will be a raffle and gorgeous cakes and tea accompanied by traditional vintage music. For those wanting to enter the competition classes, items can be brought down on Friday evening from 7pm. Experienced, friendly members will be there to help you set up. Everyone is welcome to enter and if anyone would like to help out, setting up or on the day, then please do get in touch. We appreciate any help from our local community.

• OUR MONTHLY MEETINGS will resume in September with a talk

by John Gibson on ‘Making The Most Of Your Bulbs’. All are welcome to come along to our meetings. You don’t have to be a member. We meet at 7.30pm on the fourth Tuesday of the month in St Peter’s Church Hall. Yearly membership is just £14 or you can come for the evening for £2.50, an absolute gardening bargain and there is always tea and biscuits. Check out our facebook page for more details: www. facebook.com/ggaglenfield/ or ring us on 07791 488784 or 0116 231 3732 or 0116 232 1120.

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The Brantings’ very first Yard Sale ON SATURDAY 2nd July The Brantings (the area around Glenfield Millennium Green) hosted their very first Yard Sale.

Unfortunately we couldn’t have picked a worse day for it. The event ran from 12-3pm and that’s when the rain decided to join us too!

However, the stall holders were still keen to sell their ‘junk’ and a few hardy folk came to find their ‘treasure’ so it wasn’t all a washout. Thank you so much to everyone that still took part and those who had a stroll round. I hope you didn’t get too wet.

It was lovely meeting everyone as I walked round and great to hear everyone being so positive about the event.

Most people suggested we should make this a regular event, so watch this space. I’ll make sure I book the sun for the day though next time!

Follow our Facebook page or check out our website for future events & news about The Glenfield Millennium Green. Just search ‘Glenfield Millennium Green’.

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Blaby District Council agrees to build hundreds more houses annually to meet unmet need in Leicester COUNCILLORS have agreed to proactively work with other Leicestershire districts, the City Council and County Council on the distribution of new homes and employment land from Leicester.

Like all other councils, Blaby District Council is required to identify land for new homes and employment sites. The Council is set targets by the Government based on various factors such as population growth.

Under national planning law, Blaby District is required to look at taking on a share of unmet housing from Leicester, which does not have enough land to meet its growth targets. The Council is legally obliged to cooperate with other districts to meet this need.

To fulfil this requirement, the

Leicester and Leicestershire Statement of Common Ground has been produced to distribute this unmet need of housing and employment land. At the Full Council meeting on 19 July, Councillors approved the intention to be the first council to sign the Statement of Common Ground.

The signed document increases Blaby District’s annual housing need for 20202036 from 346 homes to 687 homes per year, an increase in 341 homes annually. No additional employment land has been allocated to the area.

A comprehensive method to distribute the unmet need has been used to calculate the 346home figure. The Housing and Economic Needs Assessment (HENA) looks at each council’s relationship with Leicester City, the balance of jobs and homes

in each authority area and the ability for each area to deliver the additional allocation.

Signing the Statement of Common Ground will also help to protect the integrity of Blaby District Council’s Local Plan.

Not undertaking proactive work could see any Local Plan fail at examination which may make the Council more vulnerable to speculative and unwanted planning applications.

Councillor Terry Richardson, leader of Blaby District Council, said: “I want to reiterate that this is a significant challenge for all councils in Leicester and Leicestershire.

“This work needs to be undertaken proactively and in partnership with other councils.

If we don’t do it, Central Government will do it for us, and this way gives us a lot more say than the alternative.

Glenfield Country Market

THE GLENFIELD Country Market is a weekly event held in the centre of Glenfield.

Producers cook, craft and grow, displaying their wares at this popular market held each Friday in St Peter’s Church Centre, Glenfield (LE3 8DP) from 9am-11am.

We continue to welcome new customers having heard about us through the Glenfield Gazette. We are also trying to expand our appeal to further increase footfall and want to keep everyone up to date with our news.

Due to the holiday period, we are to close on Fridays 5th and 12th August then reopen 19th and 26th August. We will then need to close again for Hall refurbishments on 2nd and 9th September. Our normal weekly opening at St Peter’s Church Hall resumes on Friday 16th September. However, we are attending The Anstey Gala on Saturday 10th September and it will be nice to see you there!

Later this year we are to stage our 3rd Craft Fair to be held at the Groby Village Hall on Saturday 29th October, 10am-4pm. Please put this into your diaries and look out for the advert in The Glenfield Gazette with all the details. It is proving to be a popular event and many local crafters have already booked tables and it looks to be a perfect opportunity to browse and buy a variety of locally handmade and crafted goods. (Dare I mention Christmas present opportunities so early in the year?)

Why don’t you give us a try? It’s a friendly, informal and free event and we will be very happy to see you. There are refreshments available as well as a wide range of hand-crafted goods to buy. All of our crafts, bakes and plants are specially displayed each week so you will be spoiled for choice! We take card payments to make your shopping experience even better! Thank you.

Ruth Lane, Secretary for Glenfield Country Market When a man says he’s fine what he really means is he’s fine.

“I understand how people may feel when they see Blaby District taking the biggest number of homes from the unmet need, but significant technical work has been done to reach the initial distribution figure.

“It will also be important for the Government to recognise and support this joint working with the necessary funding of critical infrastructure, such as transport, schools and health provision to support the growth.

“We are a Council that is prepared and strategic in its thinking and committed to shaping and making great places for our residents in the future. I am confident that any additional homes will be properly planned for so that we continue to do what is best for our local communities.”

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Nominations officially open for Cllr Awards 2022

Who are your leading councillors?

THE ONLY NATIONAL awards ceremony celebrating the work of councillors across England and Wales has officially launched its call for nominations.

The Local Government Information Unit (LGIU) and CCLA are proud to host the 13th annual Cllr Awards honouring the achievements of individual councillors who go above and beyond for their communities.

This year’s categories showcase the vital work of councillors including the coveted Community Champion, Leader of the Year and Young Councillor of the Year awards.

Nominations can be made by anyone (members of the public, councillors and council officers) who would like to recognise a councillor who has made a real difference to their area over the last year.

The deadline for nominations is Wednesday 7 September with the shortlist due to be unveiled at the end of September.

The winners will be decided by a panel of judges made up of senior councillors and officers and leading stakeholders from across the sector. On Thursday 20 October the winner will be revealed at the annual awards ceremony taking place at the Roman Baths and Guildhall

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A GAZETTE READER has been in touch to recommend watching the GB News Channel, which you can tune into on Freeview 236, Sky HD 515, Virgin Media HD 626, YouView 236 and Freesat HD 216.

GB News offers an alternative to the usual tv news sources, and features Dan Wootton, Mark Steyn, Neil Oliver, Alistair Stewart, Eamonn Holmes, Anne Diamond, Michelle Dewberry, Mark Dolan and Nigel Farage among the team of presenters.

You can also watch a selection of GB NEWS programmes on YouTube.

with 2022 hosts Bath & North East Somerset Council. It will be held as a hybrid event with virtual link ups to the live ceremony.

This year’s Awards are made possible thanks to the generous support of founding partners, CCLA. Jonathan Carr-West, Chief Executive of LGIU, said: “From how our towns look to the home care we receive and the funding of much valued community projects, the work of councillors is felt across all of our lives on a daily basis.

Councillors and councils are key to keeping the machinery of everyday life going, ensuring the most vulnerable in the community are looked after and making sure the places where

we live and work are thriving, safe and inclusive.

Much of the work done by elected members is behind the scenes, which is why we created the Cllr Awards back in 2010. So that every year we can take time to recognise this work and celebrate their achievements.

The LGIU is proud to once again open nominations for the annual Cllr Awards to honour the commitment of our locally elected representatives.

Our local democracy and our local democratic structures are stronger because of our councillors. We look forward to seeing a record number of nominations this year and getting to know the many inspiring stories behind them.”

Two sleep better than one ADULTS SLEEP better together than they do alone. Of course, that may be hard to believe if your partner snores, sleepwalks or likes a different level of darkness and coolness in the bedroom.

But a recent study at the University of Arizona has found that workingage adults who sleep with a partner fall asleep faster and are less likely to experience insomnia and general fatigue. Whereas adults who sleep on their own are more likely to be tired, depressed, and anxious.

One researcher explained: “Sleeping with a romantic partner or spouse shows to have reduced sleep apnoea risk, less sleep insomnia, and overall improvement in sleep quality.”

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But meanwhile, the number of couples in the UK who choose to sleep separately has doubled in the past decade. According to the National Bed Federation, one in six couples now prefer to sleep alone at night. And the Sleep Charity advises that it is “quite sensible to sleep apart if your partner causes you disturbed sleep on a regular basis.”

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What’s the difference between the Bermuda Triangle and the Golden Triangle?

OST READERS will have heard of the Bermuda Triangle, but some may be less familiar with the term ‘Golden Triangle.’

At its simplest level there are two differences.

The first is that the Bermuda Triangle is in the Caribbean, but the Golden Triangle is in England. The second is that the Bermuda Triangle is associated with the mysterious disappearance of ships and aircraft, but the Golden Triangle is associated with the disappearance of open spaces and farmland.

“There is no official precise measurement of exactly what constitutes the Golden Triangle, but it pretty much covers Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Warwickshire, plus parts of Staffordshire and Derbyshire,” explains RCS Logistics, a specialist in warehousing and distribution services. “When you throw in Birmingham International Airport and East Midlands Airport (which itself contains a freight hub) plus the various rail links to the UK’s ports, the Midlands begins to look more and more like the natural home for nation’s supply chain.”

“As well as being in proximity to the huge distribution centres of supermarkets and high street stores, Midlands-based supply chain companies enjoy access to over 90% of the UK population within 4 hours drive.”

The company says that in addition to the giants of UK haulage, smaller independent logistics companies are also numerous in the Golden Triangle and are typically based in logistics centres. Proximity to major motorways, notably the M1 and M6, means that major cities such as London and Manchester are not difficult to reach.

With London’s huge demand and scarcity of property meaning rental for a typical premises is much more expensive than in the Heart of England, the result is that the Midlands has close to 150 million square feet of warehouse space. This is more than twice the combined warehousing activity of London, Scotland and Wales.

Brownfield sites, already developed, are not always available, and those who travel across the Triangle will be familiar with how these developments have accelerated in recent years, the disappearance of fields, and the appearance of massive new buildings. In 2015, the Golden Triangle was home to 13.4 million square metres of warehouse space, but in the next six years it is estimated to have increased to 18.5 million.

AND THERE’S MORE TO COME German logistics firm DHL, for example, is to expand in the UK in response to the growth in home deliveries, setting up new depots

and enlarging others. This amounts to an investment of £482m across its UK e-commerce operation, DHL Parcel UK, following a 40% rise in volumes since the start of 2020, when the coronavirus pandemic led to a surge in online shopping.

Ten new collection and delivery depots will be created across the UK, while 20 more existing sites will be expanded. It includes a new 25,000 sq. metre hub in a warehouse park south of Coventry airport, which will be able to handle more than 500,000 items a day. The hub will have a 48-door cross-dock facility so that products from a manufacturer are distributed directly to customers, with little or no storage required.

Industrial and logistics expansion has broken all records in recent years. “Activity in the UK industrial and logistics market went into overdrive during 2021, although insatiable demand is being challenged by rising costs and acute supply shortages,” says Lambert Smith Hampton, a leading UK commercial and residential real estate consultancy and agency. “Even against the backdrop of a stellar few years for the industrial and logistics market, 2021 will go down in history as the year in which just about every conceivable record was emphatically broken With over 50 million sq ft of active requirements across the UK, the main impediment to both occupier and investor activity is a critical lack of supply.”

Developers have responded with a record 20.7 million sq. ft pipeline of speculative space under construction, up 80% yearon-year.

Some critics dislike the speculative nature of some of the developments.

“They’ve been built to meet demand from investors in Europe, the Middle East and the United States to achieve returns on

their cash,” says Samir Dani, professor of operations management and deputy director of Keele Business School. Texasbased investment firm Hines is said to have bought at least five warehouses in the golden triangle in less than a year, while American pension investor Blackstone is also thought to be a big buyer.

THE GROBY CONTROVERSY When justifying the Anstey Lane development at Groby, less than a mile north of the Glenfield Turn on the A50, I M Properties referred to a study commissioned by councils across Leicestershire to look at the warehousing and logistics requirements across the county. “This identified the area west of the A46 as one of the ‘key areas of opportunity’ for road linked logistics sites.” said the company. “First and foremost, the site is well connected to key transport corridors (the A50, A46 and M1) which provide access across the East Midlands and to all parts of the country.”

IMP came to the conclusion that Groby is within one of these key areas. “Given the shortfall in land required to accommodate floorspace needed to 2041 identified in the land use forecasts section, we have identified general broad areas across Leicestershire where new strategic logistics sites should be located (Areas of Opportunity),” says the report. And it does identify six key areas which it shows on a plan, and acknowledges that the boundaries are not definitive and are shown for indicative purposes only. Groby is just outside the key areas identified and, even with the caveat concerning boundaries, it is legitimate to question their interpretation of the report.

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Leicestershire Machine Knitters are a group of ladies - and Bob who meet the 3rd Tuesday of the month 10 am to 1 pm at Lcil West End Neighbourhood Centre, Andrewes Street (off Hinckley Road) Leicester, LE3 5PA. We have a planned programme where tuition and support are given.

Perhaps you have a knitting machine in your ‘loft‘ and feel that it needs to be used again. This is an opportunity to dig it out and regain your skills from many years ago. Or perhaps it is a new hobby that you wish to explore; we can give advice about different types of machine and try the clubs machines before you buy.

For further information, please contact Club secretary Susan Marlow on 0116 2365789, or email: susanmarlow47@btinternet. com or visit our website www.leicestershiremk.org.uk Machine knitting saves a considerable amount of time but does require learning to operate the machines correctly. Most if not all hand knitting patterns can be worked up on a machine, either identically or in a similar design, but some are simpler to do by hand, whilst others are easier on a machine. Hand knitting patterns are designed to flip the fabric on every row so that the knitter consistently uses the dominant hand. However, machine knitting is consistently knit with the fabric facing the same way.

Flat bed machines knit back and forth and circular machines knit continuously in the round.

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Major green scheme plants more than 100,000 trees A HANDFUL of walnuts may help reduce your feelings of hunger.

Walnuts are unique among nuts in that they are mainly comprised of polyunsaturated fats, which help decrease ghrelin, a hormone that increases hunger. They also seem to increase peptide YY (PYY), a hormone that increases fullness or satiety.

As appetite hormones play an important part in regulating how much you eat, this could be good news. As one scientist says, walnuts “may favourably change appetite hormones so that we can feel fuller for longer.”

AMBITIOUS PLANS aiming to secure a greener future for Leicestershire have reached a major milestone – with more than 100,00 trees planted in the last year.

The landmark signals progress in Leicestershire County Council’s drive to plant one tree for every person in the county.

The authority supports the initiative by planting trees directly, applying for funding or giving away tree planting kits and is thanking residents for getting on board.

The tree planting season normally runs from mid-November to around early March, though this is dependent on location and type of tree. This allows for planting when the tree remains dormant, increasing the saplings’ chances of survival.

Leicestershire is one of the least wooded areas of the country with currently around 6% woodland – well below the national average of 10%.

Trees and woodlands play an important part in cleaning up the environment, providing clean air, improving soil quality, and reducing flooding.

The tree planting will also support the council’s pledge to become a net zero carbon neutral county by 2045.

Leicestershire County Council currently provides a free tree scheme for farmers and landowners and works closely with the Woodland Trust to offer tree packs for planting projects. https://www.leicestershire.gov.uk/environment-and-planning/conservation-and-sustainability/ apply-for-trees/trees-and-hedges-for-new-planting

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BLABY DISTRICT Councillors have approved plans for a 72-bed residential care home in Leicester Forest East at our Planning Committee meeting.

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Located on Hinckley Road in Leicester Forest East, the new development will sit on the site of the current Kathleen Rutland Home, which accommodates 42 older residents and a low vision clinic, operated by the charity Vista.

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In addition to 30 more spaces at the care home, the new development will replace the old structure, which is considered to be “outdated and of a visually poor design.”

The charity, which operates in Leicestershire and Rutland, worked with Blaby’s Planning Team throughout the application to help shape the proposal to ensure it was acceptable for the local area.

Other facilities on the site will include a new shop, physiotherapy centre and a gym which will benefit both residents and the wider community.

“I look forward to seeing the development progress in the coming months and years.”

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“Staff in the baby room place high priority on nurturing babies’ emotional wellbeing, hence settle in well.”

Councillor Nick Chapman, Vice Chair of Blaby District Council’s Planning Committee, said: “We are pleased to have approved this important development.

“Vista are a charity who make a hugely positive difference to the lives of many people, both in the district and across the county.

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A Can Of Worms by Roy Denney

HAVING TOUCHED on planning in the last edition I have now been asked by several residents about other planning issues that have led to disputes.

Innocently or otherwise many households breach planning rules and I don’t think Blaby’s enforcement team go around inspecting but if some other resident brings things to their attention, they will act.

Usually, a quiet word will get the matters either resolved or a retrospective application submitted.

Numerous disputes are not actually matters for either planning or building regulations but quite a few are.

To be fair it is a bit of a minefield when you get down to the nitty gritty. You hear people say “It’s nobody’s business what I do in my back yard” but I am afraid it often is. It is in my memory that somebody built a house inside a barn and another behind a wall of straw bales but they inevitably get found and had to be demolished.

More commonly though, it is much smaller things which raise most complaints: “My neighbour’s children up in the tree house look straight into my window”, “My neighbour’s hedge takes all the light of my garden” “he’s running a noisy business from that giant garden shed”. These may not be permitted but not all are matters for planning.

So, what do you need permission for?

TV PROGAMMES abound showing remarkable make-overs of gardens but I do not hear much if any of planning permission.

It is often needed when you come to hard landscaping. I am not an expert and have to ask the planners if in doubt but I think there are some fairly simple guidelines. Unfortunately, they are not well known as authorities are often inundated with complaints about gardens, sheds and boundaries.

For a start what is a shed? They are often actually a workshop or, of late, offices. Is a shed still shed if it is up a tree or is it a tree ‘house’? If you are planning to build a fairly large tree house for your children, you do need permission.

Generally, if more than two metres inside your property and no higher than four metres you are probably OK but it would pay to ask.

Planning legislation is by no means black and white but for

what it is worth I think a shed has to be moveable and permitted development rights do allow owners to have sheds, including those used as outdoor offices so long as they comply with laid down size limits.

This also applies to drives, walls and fences, ornamental ponds, large areas of paving and even raised beds may well need listed permission. I have encountered instances where planners have had animated discussions among themselves as to what permissions are needed, so it is no wonder that Joe and Jane Public’s perceptions can be hazy.

If you have developed something without permission, you can be made to remove it unless you have had 10 years of unbroken use.

Permitted heights for constructions for garden boundaries are fairly clear in planning law. You can make a boundary wall or fence 2m high unless it is adjacent to a highway; then 1m is your limit.

There are at least two cases in Glenfield recently where fences have had to be reduced to comply.

It is rare that any appeal against the local authority succeeds as the circumstance allowing anything higher are very limited. Hedges and ‘pleached’ trees are outside these rulings.

Swimming pools need permission but although planners encourage porous surfaces, I don’t think you need permission to create hard surfaces for games or even tennis courts within your garden area.

Front gardens are often turned into parking areas. If you are intending to pave your front garden the rules are a bit tighter. If your plans are for more than five square metres you may well need permission especially if the rain run-off cannot be absorbed in the garden. Basically, we don’t want water going into storm drains if it can be avoided.

Garden sheds workshops and garden offices are usually within permitted development rights as long as they are not larger than 15 square metres and do not take up more than half of the garden.

They must not be used for sleeping in.

Garden ponds depend on size; larger ones involve ‘engineering’; it is about scale and the amount of earth to be moved. As ever, ask a planning officer first.

There is though some sort of rule, a sort of statute of limitations, which means after a number of years not complying any breach has been accepted. Just as well as my wall is too high.

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Railway Stories

BY TED COOK

AT MY FIRST Signal Box at Amberley on the Mid Sussex Line you would be the man in charge.

In other words, in the same room as the signal box was the booking office.

So you not only did the signalling you sold tickets and did train enquiries, etc. There was one local who always wound me up and I was caught out each time he called. He would come in and I knew he was going to Littlehampton but he would just come in and say “Return.” As I said I fell for it every time I would reply “Yes Sir return to where?” He would reply “Back here of course you fool!”

The other time we had a “Whiz Kid” came down from Head Office. It was after the fares were deregulated and we could charge what we liked for fares. So he told me to put up our biggest issue which was a day return to Littlehampton from 3 shillings to 3s/6d. I told him it would not work, but he said it had brought extra revenue elsewhere.

He came back after a month and as I said it had not worked. We would expect to sell 400-odd in that month but we had sold just 6! He put the price back to 3 shillings and after a month we were back to normal sales. He was devastated but he never knew the truth! Littlehampton tickets were routed via Ford on a triangle so Ford tickets were routed via Littlehampton. So for that month we sold 400 Ford tickets who told the passengers to do this I never knew! If our friend had checked the accounts for each month he would have seen the money taken had not moved at all!

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What’s in a name? by Eric Godley Wally put his tools away in the van and then went back into the house to collect the bag of off-cuts and rubbish. Some carpet fitters would have left it for the householder to deal with, but that was not his way. The lady paid him by cheque for the work, saying how pleased she was with the fine job he had done.

As he climbed back into his van, he remembered again that tomorrow was his 66th birthday and the day on which he would be retiring. All the way home, thoughts of his long and active working life filled his mind.

He remembered that he had first watched a carpet being fitted when he was only ten years old and had marvelled at what he saw.

He decided there and then to take up that profession when he left school.

Having achieved only average grades at school, he was extremely pleased to secure a job with a carpet company at the age of 16 in a local firm.

Starting as a general assistant, within a few years Wally had graduated to being a fully-fledged fitter.

He had stayed with that outfit for four more years before starting his own company.

He had always thoroughly enjoyed the job; the process of first cutting and fixing the edging strips, fitting the underlay and finally putting down the carpet itself, stretching and trimming it to be a perfect fit. The sense of achievement when he stood back and eyed up a finished job

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Arriving home, he completely unloaded the van, all his tools and everything to do with the carpet business, and put them away in the garden shed. The empty van reversed into the garage and the offcuts he’d collected earlier were put to one side to taken to the dump in due course.

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“Don’t suppose I’ll need you again. Wonder if I can sell you and make a few quid”, Wally said aloud as he patted the bonnet of his old red Ford Transit.

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He went indoors, exchanged greetings with his wife Mary, who put the kettle on to make a cup of tea. When the tea was made he sat down in the kitchen to drink it. He patted Mary’s hand and asked, “are we all packed then, sweetheart?” She, with a mouthful of tea and biscuits, merely nodded and smiled. They would be taking a long flight to South Africa in a couple of days to visit their son and his family. It would be their first flight anywhere and they were both a bit apprehensive.

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He breathed out, sat back, relaxed and, as he did so, reflected for the umpteenth time that his parents may well have been under some psychic influence when he was born. At the age of eight months, they had had him christened in the local church and thus he had become, would you believe, Walter Wall!

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Edinburgh Festival - 5th – 28th August THIS YEAR marks 75 years of the Edinburgh International Festival.

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It was in 1947 that the first Edinburgh Festival was held. It was the idea of the then General Manager of Glyndebourne Opera, Henry Harvey Wood, as well as the Head of the British Council in Scotland and leaders from the City of Edinburgh.

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RECENTLY SUBMITTED GLENFIELD PLANNING APPLICATIONS Demolition of existing garage, two storey side extension, single storey rear extension. External garden room - at 16 Dorset Avenue, Glenfield, Leicester LE3 8BB Two storey front and side extensions and single storey rear extension - at 28 Glenfield Frith Drive, Glenfield, Leicester LE3 8PQ Outbuilding to rear - at 10 Faire Road, Glenfield, Leicester LE3 8EA Two storey side extension - at 59 Glen Park Avenue, Glenfield, Leicester LE3 8GH Single and two storey front, side and rear extensions and loft conversion with dormer window to rear and associated alterations - at 79 Gynsill Lane, Glenfield, Leicester LE7 7AJ Remove the two Ash trees (Ash 1 & Ash 2 on the diagram), Sycamores (Numbers 169,170 & 171 on the Area TPO of 1981) crown lift to 5/6 metres and a crown thin by 25% along with severing the ivy removing all of the deadwood - at 11 Stelle Way Glenfield Leicestershire LE3 8HN T1 Juniper - Fell as close to ground level as possible; T2 AcerSection fell as close to ground level as possible; T3 Leylandi Reduce by approximately 3.0-4.0 metres and trim tightly all round - at 19 Church Road Glenfield Leicestershire LE3 8DP

Anstey & Glenfield Cricket Club News From Phil Vose, Vice Chairman

ANSTEY AND GLENFIELD Cricket Club have started the 2022 season and had a fantastic start to the Summer.

The first team play in Division 4 West with the second team participating in Division 6 West.

Both teams are looking to have successful seasons and push for promotion.

The first team have had an excellent first half of the season and at the time of writing are sitting in 2nd place within their division. Victories so far have been gained against Kegworth 2, Kirby Muxloe 2, Leicester Ivanhoe 3, Shepshed 2, Cropston 2, Burbage, Narborough & Littlethorpe and Long Whatton. Just leading run scorers to date are captain, Sunny Singh and Viral Patel. The outstanding individual batting performance of the season so far was by Viral Patel at Leicester Ivanhoe when he scored a fantastic 107. Half centuries have been scored by Shehan Perera, Stu Wiles, Sunny Singh, Viral Patel and Nuwan Dharshana.

The bowlers have also been performing very well with Nilesh Patel leading the wicket takers to date.

Other bowlers who have made a great contribution include Charlie Wilkes, Naveen Ponduri and Joe Harris. 5 wicket hauls have been achieved by Naveen Ponduri and Nilesh Patel which helped the team in victories against Long Whatton and Shepshed 2 respectively. It should be an exciting end to the season with the team battling with teams such as Narborough & Littlethorpe and City Cricketers to try and grab one of the top 2 positions in the division in order to gain promotion to Division 3.

Its been a fantastic season so far for the second XI. They are currently top of the table with 9 wins from 12 matches. The team have been led by Ranjeeva Fernando. Victories have been gained against Loughborough Carillion 2, County Officers, Barwell 2, Quorn 2, Burbage & Stoke Golding 2, Hathern, Maher 2 and Sapcote.

The top run scorers so far this season are Nuwan Dharsana and Hanuman Kundakarla with the top batting performance to date coming from Ishan Fernando who scored a wonderful 103 in the victory against Sapcote. Other batters to have scored more than 50 runs in a match are Nuwan Dharsana, Sunny Singh, James Ogle, Hanuman Kundakarla, Ranjeeva Fernando and Pasindu Wannipura. The bowlers have been playing their part too with Dileepa Rodrigo and Nuwan Dharsana leading the way, this included Dileepa taking 5 wickets during the victory against Burbage & Stoke Golding 2. They will be hoping to maintain the winning results over the next few weeks to maintain their pole position.

In addition to the club’s league encounters, Anstey and Glenfield CC have been playing in some of the county cup competitions. They made it through to the 2nd round of the Challenge Cup where they very narrowly lost by 4 runs against Blaby CC. The club also fielded a team in the T20 bowl where they lost to local rivals, Cropston.

There has also been a couple of Sunday friendly matches including a match against Loughborough Carillion so giving all members a chance to play.

Saturday morning has been a busy time down at the ground with the club hosting All Stars Cricket sessions. It has been great to see youngsters aged between 5 and 8 learning some of the basics of the game and taking part in some excellent sessions. The club would like to thank some of its members who have given up some of their valuable time by volunteering their services to supervise the lively youngsters.

If you are interested in joining the club, please email our secretary Amanda Wilkes. Amanda’s email address is amandaandcharlie@btinternet. com. We are hosting weekly training sessions at the Gynsill Lane ground on Thursdays from 5.30pm, so if you’re interested in playing for the club, why not come down and practice. Please also visit our website at http://ansteyandglenfield.play-cricket. com and Facebook page for regular updates, results and news throughout the season.

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Glenwatch Bulletin and has removed over 83,000 scams and 153,000 malicious websites. The most impersonated organisations in phishing emails reported last year were the NHS, HMRC and GOV.UK. OVER THE last few months there have been a significant number of reports of both online and text scams reported on our facebook page (commonly known as phishing). So what is phishing and how does it work?

You wouldn’t let a thief enter your home, but what if the thief was masquerading as someone familiar, such as a postman, and tricked you into opening the door? Phishing works in a similar way criminals impersonate trusted organisations by creating legitimate-looking messages and websites in order to trick people into opening the doors to their personal information.

Once criminals have this information, it can be used to perpetrate fraud and cyber against you, or in your name.

How big is the problem?

Phishing attacks are a common problem faced by both individuals and businesses on a daily basis.

As of 31st May 2022, the National Cyber Security Centre’s Suspicious Email Reporting Service (SERS) has received over 12million reports from the public,

Most phone providers are part of a scheme that allows customers to report suspicious text messages for free by forwarding it to 7726. When a text is reported to 7726, the provider can investigate the origin of the text and arrange to block or ban the sender, if it’s found to be malicious. As of May 2022, 13,000 scams have been removed as a result of suspicious text messages reported using the 7726 service.

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Most of the phishing scams reported to us have one thing in common, they started with an unexpected email or text message.

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2 - If you think an email could be a scam, you can report it by forwarding the email to: report@phishing.gov.uk. Send any emails that feel suspicious, even if you‘re not certain they‘re a scam – they can be checked.

3 - Most phone providers are part of a scheme that allows customers to report suspicious text messages for free by forwarding it to 7726. If you forward a text to 7726, your provider can investigate the origin of the text and arrange to block or ban the sender, if it’s found to be malicious.

4 - If you’ve lost money or provided personal information as a result of a phishing scam, notify your bank immediately and report it to Action Fraud: www.actionfraud.police.uk For more advice on how to protect yourself online, visit: cyberaware.gov.uk You can contact Glenwatch by email at contact@glenwatch. org.uk and on our website glenwatch.org.uk and our facebook page

Mike Salisbury

Glenwatch Administrator

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How many hours of sleep do you really need at night?

MARGARET THATCHER famously thrived on four hours a night. These days, 40 per cent of us struggle to nod off at all, while the hoped for ‘ideal’ is eight hours a night. But how much do we really need?

Recent research at the University of Cambridge and Shanghai’s Fudan University looked in depth at sleeping patterns, mental health and wellbeing, cognitive tests, brain-imaging and genetic data.

The scientists concluded that the ideal is to aim for exactly seven hours’ sleep a night, from our thirties to old age. Getting too much more sleep than that, as well as too much less, may cause mental health problems and worse cognitive performance.

The study also found that consistency mattered – so it’s no good getting nine hours one night then six the next.

100 ways to slightly improve your life without really trying THIS IS the title of an article in the Guardian on 1st January 2022. It‘s easy to find online and is well worth printing out.

Here are a few samples: • Plant spring bulbs, even if they’re just in a pot.

• Start a Saturday morning with some classical music – it sets the tone for a calm weekend.

• Send postcards from your holidays. Send them even if you’re not on holiday.

• If you find an item of clothing you love and are certain you will wear for ever, buy three.

• Always bring something – wine, flowers – to a dinner/birthday party, even if they say not to.

I’m taking anti-barn dance pills. I’m not allowed to exceed the stated dosey-dosage.

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AUGUST 2022 GLENFIELD GAZETTE • Tel: 0116 287 3122 • Email: info@glenfieldgazette.com

Do you feel peace within you?

REGARDLESS of your answer, we‘re all certainly capable of it.

In fact, we, YOU, are the source of peace.

You are, ultimately, the source of all your feelings, and, when you have the ability of anger, confusion and sadness - you also hold the possibility for calm, clarity and contentment.

Every single day we make choices.

Every single day we sow seeds for our future.

Are you truly aware of these gifts, and are you fulfilling them?

This means living in the moment and taking accountability.

Yesterday is history and tomorrow‘s a mystery - how you think and behave today, right now, toward yourself and toward others, this is what matters.

We are all both good and bad. We have things we don‘t like about ourselves as well as beautiful qualities.

Sometimes we benefit from a reminder that we are in charge of nurturing hope and gratitude; rather than feeding into our disappointments and bitterness.

It‘s possibly a lot easier, considering the way a majority of society is arranged, to focus on the bad. But we‘re all blessed with an inner-strength - check right now, it‘s there waiting inside of you to be called upon - and we can always keep choosing another way.

Are you prepared to better understand yourself?

I recently took part in the Prem Rawat Foundation‘s Peace Education Program Collection, which has been designed

Lindzi Mayann for that exact purpose. And I‘m now working closely with Kamla, founder of Celebrate Our Similarities, to bring this opportunity to the Glenfield Community, because I feel it to be so very beneficial.

Plus the PEP is free! (Fee dependent on venue hire) This „education“ experience differed from any approach I‘ve encountered so far, with each of the ten topics consisting of a variety of video clips including animated stories, interviews with and international talks by the great Prem Rawat. There is no right or wrong answer and there is no test. Instead the PEP Collection, and delivery, provides a space for free and deep thinking, and if you feel like it, sharing of your thoughts and reflections.

No matter your starting-point, prior learning, or position in your journey, the PEP allows for outcomes that benefit every individual uniquely.

I have gained so much from taking part and feel incredibly grateful to have been part of the pilot at De Montfort University.

By next month I‘ll aim to announce the latest date and venue.

Wise Words

I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.

THOMAS EDISON We all die. The goal isn’t to live forever. The goal is to create something that will.

Chuck Palahniuk

Interest-free loans for new and existing business owners THE SIR THOMAS WHITE Loan Charity, based in the heart of Leicester city centre, provides new and existing businesses across Leicestershire and Rutland with unique interest-free loans of up to £20,000.

Founded in 1542, the charity’s funding is delivered by a trust established when a wealthy benefactor, Sir Thomas White, left a sum of money to be delivered as interest-free loans. His figure features on the Clock Tower in Leicester! Over the years, that trust fund has grown – with a substantial sum today available to business owners in the county.

Across the nine-year term of any loan the charity awards, not a penny is required to be paid back in interest, and borrowers can enjoy three years before equal monthly repayments commence!

That gives successful applicants three whole years to put the funding into action and to reap the rewards.

It’s a truly unique opportunity, open to people aged over 18 and under the age of 45 within Blaby and across the county.

Application forms are available via the charity’s website and must be submitted alongside a business plan, for which a template is provided. Guarantors are required, although a small sum is allocated for exceptional applications and business plans where guarantors aren’t available.

For more information and to access an application pack, please visit their website via this link: https://www.stwcharity.co.uk/ business-loans/

Eat your porridge

A DAILY SERVING of wholegrains can help slow down your middle-aged spread.

Recent research has found that the wholegrains found in oats, as well as brown bread and brown rice, are the key to midlife weight control and loss. Wholegrains are usually low in fat, rich in fibre and starchy carbohydrate and often have a low glycaemic index.

They also provide a range of nutrients, vitamins, and fats.

One scientist explained that “the data suggests that people who eat more wholegrains are better able to maintain their blood sugar and blood pressure over time. Managing these risk factors as we age may help to protect against heart disease.”

So, eating porridge for breakfast could be an easy way to improve your health.

My favourite overweight 70s band were the Obesity Rollers.

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World’s Most Populous

CITIES

WordSearch

Dreaming Ahead of Time: Experiences with Precognitive Dreams, Synchronicity and Coincidence

By Gary Lachman

RENOWNED esoteric writer Gary Lachman has been recording his own precognitive dreams for forty years.

In this unique and intriguing book, Lachman recounts the discovery that he dreams ‘ahead of time’, and argues convincingly that this extraordinary ability is, in fact, shared by all of us.

IF YOU can find THE WORLD’S 20 MOST POPULOUS CITIES in the Wordsearch grid above, you could win yourself a meal for two and a bottle of house wine at The Stamford Arms in Groby.

All you have to do to go into the draw is find - and mark a line through - the 20 most populous cities in the world. These can run vertically, horizontally or diagonally (and backwards!).

Send your marked entry forms to: STANDING ROOM ONLY, Glenfield Gazette, PO Box 8, Markfield, Leics. LE67 9ZT to arrive

by MONDAY 22ND AUGUST 2022. Please remember to fill in your name and address. (Some people don’t!)

The sender of the first correct entry drawn out of the hat will win the voucher for a Meal for Two and a Bottle of House Wine at The Stamford Arms, Groby.

Here are the 20 cities you have to find:

TOKYO • DELHI • SHANGHAI • DHAKA • SAO PAULO

Dreaming Ahead of Time is a personal exploration of precognition, synchronicity and coincidence drawing on the work of thinkers including J.W. Dunne, J.B. Priestly and C.G. Jung. Lachman’s description and analysis of his own experience introduces readers to the uncanny power of our dreaming minds, and reveals the illusion of our careful distinctions between past, present and future.

We hope you enjoyed reading this issue. If so, please pass it on to a friend or relative. It‘s good to share!

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