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Welcome to the March edition of you local magazine and to what is a busy month on the calendar with Mother’s Day followed by the lovely Easter break. More importantly though is that (astronomically speaking) the first day of Spring falls on 20th March although (so I’m told) meteorologically in the Northern hemisphere Spring begins on 1st March. All I know is that it’s a time most of us look forward to and when everything seems to wake up. If you feel in need of help with your Spring cleaning then we have lots of local services on offer inside this month’s magazine, window cleaners, house cleaners, carpet cleaners, help with plumbing, electrics, general household maintenance. You name it, it’s all here so let’s help support our wonderful businesses by making sure we use them!

Catherine

This Month

Accountancy/ Business/ 34-35 Education Beauty/Hairdressing/ 24-27 We Buy 1800-1970’s Therapies/fitness single items, collections or complete house contents including: Computer Services 34/37 Old leatherEvents suit cases, Postcards, Community 39 Dolls, Trains, Toys, Dinkys, Corgi, Dental Care Match Sporting items, Copper, Estate &Box, Letting Agents 21/40 Brass, China, Silver, Clocks, Watches, Funeral Directors/ 32 Boxes, Treen, Cutlery, Tapestries, memorials Ephemera, Fountain Pens, Gardening/Garden MainteMedals, Badges, Small furniture28.31 nance Vintage clothing, Hats, Home Also & Home Mainte04-15 Shoes & Handbags, nance/ Costume Jewellery, Lace, Legal Services/Mediation 32-33 Linen Etc Live-in Care & Rest Homes Please ask for detailed list of items we18/19 buy Telephone: 01452 770409 evenings20 Photography or Email 02 ross.milne2012@btinternet.com Pubs/Restaurants/Hotels 02/20 WATERLANE GL6 7PL Entertainment 23

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Education The Dursley, Cam & Uley Directory (DC&U) is now Beauty/Hairdressing/ 24-27 Therapies/fitness part of the Five Valleys Directory and we can offer Computer Services 34/37 current advertisers in the FVD great Community Events 39 Dental Care discounts when advertising in both magazines plus Estate & Letting Agents 21/40 competitive rates forFuneral new advertisers Directors/ 32 memorials

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Quotes Worth Quoting

Money is the seed of money, and the first guinea is sometimes more difficult to acquire than the second million. (Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 18th century philosopher) He who seeks problems will always find them, or, if not, invent them. (Chinese proverb) I don’t know if God exists, but it would be better for his reputation if he didn’t. (Jules Renard, French author). Opinion is that exercise of the human will which helps us to make a decision without information. (John Erskine, author) Insanity is doing the same thing while expecting a different result (Albert Einstein)

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I don’t believe in God, but I miss him. (Julian Barnes, writer) Email: catherine@fivevalleysdirectory.co.uk

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Great news for readers and advertisers! The Dursley, Cam & Uley Directory (DC&U) is now part of the Five Valleys Directory and we can offer current advertisers in the FVD great discounts when advertising in both magazines plus competitive rates for new advertisers

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Cloudy2Clear Windows – Service With A Smile! It’s been a crazy few months for Cloudy2Clear Windows. The company which specialises in repairing windows which are steamed up, broken or damaged by replacing the panes – not the frames has grown rapidly as homeowners take advantage of their services. Managing Director Paul Spiller feels that it’s all about service. ‘Our product is simple. If your double glazing is misted up we can replace the glass at a fraction of the cost of a new window, in any type of frame, and with a new 5 year guarantee. But it’s not just about saving people money, although

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                              

    

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Easy Easter Cup Cakes

Simple to make and children love them. Why not let them join in with the decorating? Ingredients For the cakes 150 g butter, softened 150 g sugar 3 eggs, beaten 150 g self-raising flour, sifted 1 tsp vanilla extract 1 tbsp milk For the icing 75 g butter, at room temperature 150 g icing sugar 1 tbsp milk 1 tsp vanilla extract a selection of pretty food colourings. To decorate A selection of Sweets - mini eggs look particularly nice Sugar flowers Sprinkles

cake tin and divide the mixture between them. Bake for 15-20 minutes until golden and springy to the touch. Remove from the oven and cool on a wire rack. For the icing In a mixing bowl beat the butter with a wooden spoon or in a mixer until smooth, then sift in the icing sugar, beating regularly. Add the vanilla extract and milk and beat for five minutes. The frosting should be really light and fluffy. Mix your chosen food colouring colours into the icing to give an even colour. You can use one colour or split the icing and use several. When the cupcakes are totally cool, spoon or pipe the icing on top. Finish with your chosen decorations..

Method For the cakes Preheat the oven to 180C/ 160C fan/ gas 4. Cream together the butter and sugar until light, fluffy and pale. Gradually beat in the egg, adding a little flour if the mixture looks like it might curdle. Beat in the vanilla extract and milk. Place 12 paper cupcake cases into a

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Last secure place for over 550 animals and birds rescued from abuse, neglect, slaughter and abandonment. Please donate or sponsor to keep them safe. The Farm Animal Sanctuary, Manor Orchard Farm, School Lane, Middle Littleton Evesham, Worcestershire, WR11 8LN jantaylor.sanc@tiscali.co.uk www.thefarmanimalsanctuary.co.uk

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17 We offer the best quality veterinary care for your pet, without compromise. Ask a member of staff about our new Paws and Claws discount scheme

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18 Our live-in care agency, based in Gloucestershire, specialises in live-in carers for elderly people who can no longer manage alone but wish to stay in their own home. Their quality of life is enhanced when they have the right person alongside them providing support, dignity and peace of mind. All our carers benefit from Corinium Care’s award-winning training programme, an important part of which is training in dementia care. To request a brochure or speak to a member of our team, please call 01453 839290 or visit our website www.coriniumcare.com

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A family run home providing nursing, residential and dementia care for up to 48 residents. Please call to arrange a viewing

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STINCHCOMBE MANOR

‘Our home is your home’

We are a small family run Home set in the heart of the Cotswold’s. The Home is a grade 2 listed Manor house built 1836 .We have an excellent reputation for supporting individuals with dementia and enduring mental health needs. The proprietors have over 25 years’ experience working in this field. We make a commitment to provide a home for life for people from diverse and often challenging backgrounds.

We are a 36 bedded nursing / residential home, with a popular “sunflower” cafe designed tea room, a drawing room overlooking the paddock and a dementia friendly garden room leading out to the sensory garden following through to the mature gardens. You can also take a stroll through the reminiscence shopping area, following through to promenade along the beach and then rest in the orangery, or have a new look in the hairdressers /barbers area. The home accepts each person as an individual with a holistic view of their care, with their needs upmost in all we aim to achieve. We operate a rigorous staff selection process to ensure that you or your family member feel safe and secure when moving in to the home. We aim to ensure that their own feelings and memories are paramount in the mood of the home ensuring that a person feels stress free, happy and settled in their new surroundings. Areas of the home have been designed to promote continuous opportunities for stimulation, reminiscence and dementia friendly activities for all encouraging integration, participation and socialisation.

Person centred The Manor goes the extra mile to make it homely, from personalising individuals bedrooms to the soft furnishings you will find in our drawing room and garden room. We are forefront in enabling residents to lead fulfilling lives. Staff have achieved exceptional results both in dealing effectively with physical illness and with reducing and managing aggressive and abusive outbursts. Facilities • Stinchcombe Manor offers a homely, stimulating environment, over two floors. • Wet rooms throughout the home • Parker bathroom for those relaxing times • Sensory garden • Garden room where we bring the outside to the inside for those rainy days • Sunflower tea room for that family / friends time • Drawing room for relaxation and entertaining • We offer deluxe single or double rooms • With An environment to meet your needs

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COMFORT CARE AT HOME (You’re in SAFE hands)

We oﬀer aﬀordable and reliable care in your home. Permanent and temporary live-in care at your service. For more information contact Joan Richards

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Rotary Club of Cheltenham North presents

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Open Day Ridgeway Playgroup is a small, friendly playgroup based at Bussage Village Hall welcoming children from 2 ½ years. Come along to an open day to find out more:

Tuesday 15 March & Thursday 17 March 9.45am – 12.30pm For more details contact: Call: 07780 258555 Email: info@ridgewayplaygroup.co.uk Visit: ridgewayplaygroup.co.uk

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St. Patrick’s Day Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig oraibh! mission was to convert the pagan Irish to Christianity. First though, he resumed his studies in France and was eventually made a bishop, whereupon he finally returned to Ireland.

Which, roughly translated, is ‘St Patrick’s Day blessings upon you all.” March 17th is St. Patrick’s Day. Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland (both Northern Ireland and Eire). You may be surprised to learn though that he wasn’t Irish at all. He was English! So how did an Englishman become the symbol of all things Irish? Patrick’s early life was the stuff of a boy’s own adventure. He was kidnapped as a teenager and sold as a slave in Ireland. There he worked as a shepherd, in harsh conditions, for six years. Then one night, so the story goes, he heard God speak to him and tell him it was time to escape. This he did and he travelled back to Britain by boat. Once there though he was recaptured and returned to slavery. But Patrick didn’t give up. He escaped again, this time successfully, and journeyed through Europe before he finally settled in a French monastery, where he trained to be a priest. Then he returned to Britain. One night he heard voices calling him back to Ireland. He decided that his

The High King of Tara was the most powerful man in Ireland and was initially angered by Patrick’s arrival, but the bishop’s quiet confidence in his faith won him over and the King gave Patrick permission to preach Christianity around the land. St. Patrick is famous for having used the shamrock to explain the Holy Trinity, “There is one stem but there are three leaves on it. So it is with the Blessed Trinity. There is one God but three persons stemming from the same divinity.” He’s also famous for having banished snakes from Ireland though in fact this story is symbolic. The snake was a symbol of paganism and was therefore ‘banished’ only by way of being replaced with the Christian cross. Patrick died on March 17th, 461AD and is believed to buried in Downpatrick, Northern Ireland. Today St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated enthusiastically even by people who’ve never set foot on the Emerald Isle. It’s a chance for everyone to celebrate their love of Ireland and all things Irish. Why not join in the celebrations. Order a green beer, a Guinness or an Irish Whiskey in your local Irish pub, then raise your glass and shout Sláinte...that’s ‘cheers’ to you and me!

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A User’s Guide to a Healthy Mind Dealing with Insomnia for National Bed Month The whole month of March marks National Bed Month, the annual awareness event started in 1990 by ‘The Sleep Council’ that aims to highlight the importance of a great night’s sleep for our physical and mental health, relationships and overall well-being. Sadly, only twothirds of the population are able to regularly enjoy a good night’s sleep. That’s because, according to the BBC, about a third of the population in the UK suffer from insomnia, a sleep disorder in which the sufferer regularly has difficulty getting to sleep or staying asleep for long enough to feel refreshed the next morning, despite having ample opportunities to do so. The nation’s health is suffering as a result of insomnia, suggests the Great British Sleep Survey (commissioned by Sleepio), and it is becoming a serious medical issue that should be taken seriously by the NHS.

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Insomnia is essentially a by-product of the unhelpful thought patterns and behaviours such as negative thinking (e.g. worrying about an exam or presentation that’s coming up, or ruminating over something that has happened in the past) which creates anxiety and accumulates into the stress in our lives. Whether the problem is real or imagined, it activates the stress response just the same, because the mind does not differentiate between the two. The methods employed by local Hypnotherapy Practice ‘Changes Welcome’ have a great track record for helping people with insomnia. Utilising Solution Focused Hypnotherapy, people can learn to function, think and feel in a much calmer and more relaxed way. By going in for the kind of positive thoughts, interactions and activities that promote the production of feel good brain chemicals like serotonin, we can build positive patterns of thought and healthy habits that allow us to cope with those aspects of life, which can keep us awake at night. Both directly and indirectly Changes Welcome has already helped to improve the lives of thousands of people. This is achieved through proven therapeutic strategies, designed to cultivate effective habits, so people can better deal with all of the challenges that do exist, which were probably the cause of the insomnia in the first place.

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There is probably only a very small majority that can honestly say that they have no clutter in their house. Clutter does not always have to be on show, overcrowded drawers and cupboards add to the clutter too. So one of the first steps is to focus on the clutter and have a good clear out of everything you no longer like in your house.

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We all know the benefits plenty of fresh air and sunshine have on our health, but both fresh air and natural light are two essential elements that make up the good feng shui energy that all homes should not be without. In the spring and summer opening the windows is not a habit we have to be reminded to do, but when the colder weather comes round it is less tempting to do so. Open your windows and curtains and let in air and light and why not introduce some air-purifying plants.

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Have you ever walked into a room and instantly felt the energy drain out of you? That might be due to the negative energies being projected from both the occupants and the room. So if you walk into a room in your home and the feeling is not one that portrays healthy and happy take a look around and see if you can spot the cause. These are only the first few steps towards a Feng Shui home.

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38 MARCH 2016 FRI 4TH - Vintage & Collectors‘ Fayre runs 10am -3pm in Town Hall, Nailsworth with free entry and charity donation. FRI 4TH - Women’s World Day of Prayer Service starts 2pm at the Church of the Holy Spirit, Paganhill with all welcome. The Service is followed by refreshments in the Maypole Hall. SAT 5TH - Cheltenham & District Orchid Society will hold their Annual Show at Churchdown Community Centre, GL3 2JH from 10.30am -4pm with plants for sale (including alpines), potting demonstrations, refreshments, etc. Details Jan 01452 616387. SAT 5TH - Coffee Morning runs 10.30am -12 noon in the John Wesley Room, Randwick with all welcome. SUN 6TH - Mothering Sunday - Choral Evensong takes place 4pm at All Saints’ Church, Uplands with all welcome. SUN 6TH - Churchdown Book Fair runs in Churchdown Community Centre, Parton Road, Churchdown GL3 2JH from 10am - 3.30pm with admission at 50p and home made refreshments. More details from Terry Sims on 01452 546879. MON 7TH - ME Support Group starts 11am at The Canteen with more information from Richard on 07814 223567. MON 7TH - Antique & Collectables Fair runs 8am -4pm in St. Laurence Church Hall, The Shambles Stroud with free entry. TUES 8TH Brimscombe & Thrupp WI meet again at 7.30pm in Brimscombe & Thrupp Social Centre with visitors welcome. WED 9TH - Stroud Shambles WI meet in the Congregational Church Rooms, Bedford Street from 10.30am -12.30pm with visitors/new members welcome and more details available from 01453 751686. THURS 10TH - Mother’s Union Meeting starts 2.30pm in the John Wesley Room, Randwick. SAT 12TH - A new Exhibition ‘Birds’ Eggs Effect’ opens at Ruskin Mill, Nailsworth at 10am. More details 01453 837537. TUES 15TH - SAT 19TH - The Cotswold Players present ‘The 39 Steps’ by John Buchan at Cotswold Playhouse. Performances start 7.30pm and more details available from cotswoldplayhouse.co.uk or call the Box Office on 0333 6663366 for ticket availability. WED 16TH - Stroud Gardening Club will meet at 7.30pm in The Congregational Church Rooms, Bedford Street for their Spring Bulb Show. Visitors welcome, refreshments and raffle. WED 16TH - Stonehouse WI meet at 7.30pm at Stonehouse Community Centre. More details from Jai Carr 01453 765656. THURS 17TH - Your Musical Memories Club meets again at 2.30pm in Stroud’s Subscription Rooms with a lovely afternoon’s entertainment of music from yesteryear. Tickets £6 to include tea and biscuits and more details available from 01453 760900. THURS 17TH - Stroud Local History Society will meet at 7.30pm in St. Laurence Church Hall, The Shambles for ‘John Canton - Stroud’s First Scientist’ by Mr Barry Harrison.Visitors always welcome. FRI 18TH - Shambles Open Air & Indoors Market runs from 8am -4pm with many stalls of food, arts & crafts, collectables etc. FRI 18TH - Music will be played at Ruskin Mill, starting at 8pm, by The Furrow Collective. A new take on traditional songs by a quietly classy young folk band. Tickets £15/£12 from 01453 837537. SAT 19TH - Shambles Markets runs again from 8am -4pm. SAT 19TH - Fiona Eadie will be telling more Enchanting

COMMUNITY NEWS Stories, enthralling tales and elaborate lies at 10.30am at Ruskin Mill, Nailsworth at a cost of £4 adults/£3 children/£10 families. SUN 20TH - A Pop-Up Print Workshop: Mad March MarkMaking will run from 11am - 4pm(drop-in) at The Museum in the Park for ages 5+. This is a free event, with donations. Contact 01453 763394. TUES 22ND - Cheltenham & District Orchid Society will meet again at 7 for 7.30pm at St. John’s Church Hall, Churchdown for Members’ Evening, although visitors will be most welcome. FRI 25TH - Good Friday- Tortworth Court Four Pillars Hotel will host a Tribute Night to the Bee Gees. Meet and greet from 7.30pm with dinner served at 8pm. £27.95 per person. Contact 01454 263000. SAT 26TH - There will be a Spring Flowers in Watercolour Workshop taking place at Stroud Subscription Rooms with Rita Dee. Times are 10am -4pm and more details available from 01453 760900. SAT 26TH - MON 28TH - Drop in Family Fun: Easter Bunny Museum Trail at Museum in the Park. Another free event. 01453 763394. SUN 27TH - British Summertime Begins. SUN 27TH - Easter Day with Services around the area churches. MON 28TH - Easter Monday. There will be a Plant Fair and Flower Show taking place at Maisemore Village Hall, Church Road, Maisemore GL2 8JE. Opening times are 10am (plant sales) and 12 noon -4pm general public. Admission is £3 for adults, with AGS Members and accompanied children entry free. There will be refreshments, plant sales and an all day tombola. www. alpinegardensociety.net/groups/Cotswold-and-Malvern. SUN 3RD - Churchdown Book Fair runs again in Churchdown Community Centre, GL3 2JH from 10am -3.30pm. Entry 50p. MON 4TH APRIL - Antique & Collectables Fair runs 8am -4pm in St.Laurence Church Hall, The Shambles, Stroud with free entry. For bookings and further details telephone 01452 812166 or 01453 755788. TUES 5TH - Cainscross WI will meet again in St.Matthew’s Church Hall, Cainscross at 7.15pm for a Members’ Cheese & Wine Evening. More details on this, and forthcoming meetings, available from Mary Jarrett on 01453 762812. WED 6TH - Nailsworth & District Flower Arrangement Society will hold their Special Open Day at Wycliffe College with Mr Bob Brown of Cotswold Garden Flowers in the morning and National Demonstrator Nick Grounds in the afternoon with his demonstration called ’Palimpsest’. Tickets to include a two-course lunch are £32 each and available now from 01453 758496/01453 835752. This is a special day and the Club will meet as usual in the Town Hall, Nailsworth on Wednesday 13th April at 7.30pm for a Demonstration by Sharon Dower ‘In the mood for’. Details may change, so please check before setting out. To list your events/activities for April, please contact Mary on 01453 762812 as soon as possible, thanks.

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