Discovering Wisbech issue 046, February 2022

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Welcome to your February issue...

February of course sees us celebrating Valentine’s Day, where we can shower our loved one with tokens of our affection. I once read that “Love” means nothing in tennis, but it’s everything in life. Songwriters have already been here many times before, and yes, it is indeed a “many splendored thing” and many would agree that “Love is all you need”. Some of you might even remember glam-rockers, Sweet, suggesting “Love is like oxygen” in 1978.

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This month, I just want to share with you this memorable line from Nat King Cole’s “Nature Boy” and hope that you all have a fabulous, funfilled February.

“The greatest thing you’ll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return.”

Claire x

Three months ago, I said goodbye to what I thought were good friends.

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We had been together for decades, sharing every work and leisure experience, the good and the bad, but frankly the relationship had become toxic and had come to an end. Yes, I’ve stopped smoking cigarettes.

After more years than I care to remember (decades) I seem to have managed to have quit the habit and since stopping I have to say that – aided by an occasional vape – I haven’t really missed anything about it except for fiddling with my old Zippo lighter.

My reasons for stopping were varied – health, cost and frankly the monotony of queuing up in shops to purchase them.

All my non-smoking friends said that I would be amazed by how much money I would save. But guess what? My bank account looks just as sad as before, I think the cash has gone up in smoke…

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There are several seeds you can sow under cover, in a greenhouse or on a warm windowsill but, before you do, make sure that pots and seed trays are washed out and sterilised to prevent the spread of disease. Also prepare cloches by cleaning the sides with warm soapy water and rinse off. For early crops, prepare and rake level the soil, before putting the cloche in place a few weeks before sowing which will help the soil warm up.

but three of the “chits” as it is believed that this produces larger potatoes.

If your rhubarb crowns show signs of activity, now is an excellent time to force an early sweet harvest by covering with a big bucket.

However, the crowns will not recover for at least two years.

Other jobs for February include: • Make sure winter cabbages, cauliflowers and broccoli are netted against hungry pigeons, whose food supply is a little short at this time of year.

• Remove dead leaves from cabbages and sprouts –if they start to rot, they can spread mould and mildew.

Seeds to sow in a heated greenhouse, • Prune autumn raspberry canes by heated propagator or warm windowsill cutting right down to the ground. include tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, • Feed and mulch fruit trees and bushes. aubergines, chillies, globe artichokes and • Winter prune currants, blackberries, sprouting broccoli. Onions and shallots hybrid berries, gooseberries. It really is could be started off in plugs, putting them the last call for pruning fruit trees as they almost on the surface of the compost. They will soon be making new growth. can then be put in the greenhouse or cold • If you know where you are planting your frame. Summer cabbage, broad beans, brassicas check the pH and if needs be, sprouts, leeks onions and spinach can also add some lime to bring it up to 6.5 or 7. be sown under cover for planting out later.

Also add some extra manure to the Your seed potatoes for the year should potato patch. have been purchased by the end of this • The compost heap might benefit from a month and spread out in egg boxes or bit of attention. Rake it through with a seed trays for “chitting.” Make sure they fork to aerate it, add water if it seems dry are in a cool dark room, as if they are in and then re-cover it to keep it warm. the dark they will produce long, translucent Happy gardening! shoots. It is recommended to remove all

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Interesting and Curious Facts of Yesteryear Unusual, fascinating and sometimes amusing, by the author of ‘Wisbech’s Secret Princess’, Chris Donald

THEY DIDN’T GIVE HER THE NOBEL PRIZE Priscilla Hannah Peckover

In 1996 a man from Wisbech was awarded the Nobel prize in Chemistry. Very few people in Wisbech know of him or even of his name. He was Sir Harold Kroto.

His family had moved from Berlin in 1937 to Wisbech as refugees. Harold was born here in October 1939 and then a year later the family moved to Bolton never to return. But this article is not about him. It is about a lady who was born in Wisbech, lived her whole life in Wisbech and is buried in Wisbech. She was said to have great modesty and quiet dignity. She didn’t seek publicity and, sadly, she wasn’t awarded the Nobel prize. Her name was Priscilla Hannah Peckover.

She was the third of eight children of Algernon Peckover and his wife, also named Priscilla. Her brother Alexander married Eliza Sharples in 1858 and they had three children. A year after his wife gave birth to the third daughter she died, just four years after they had wed. Her brother did not re-marry and Priscilla gave up everything to look after her nieces.

When they were grown, Priscilla was then free to think about her own life. She had been brought up as a Quaker, as had all the Peckovers, and when she read in a Quaker publication, ‘Are you faithful in bearing your Christian testimony against all war?’ she realised that many men were in favour of finding ways to prevent war, but very few women were. In 1878 it was a time where women were considered the weaker sex. It wouldn’t be for another fifty years that women would be allowed to vote.

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things often big things grow, and soon men were also asking to join.

They pushed for peace by means of arbitration, mediation and disarmament.

This was a novel idea, as the world hadn’t yet experienced the horrors that two world wars could bring.

In the present day, we are used to remembering the dead every November, but they were already putting forth the idea that if war didn’t stop, we would continue to remember more and more people that died needlessly in wars. Because of her fine example, branches of the peace movement came into being all over Britain, and then the world, even as far as Japan and New Zealand. It seems incredible, but Priscilla learned sixteen different languages so that she could communicate with like-minded people all over the world.

To help the movement she started a quarterly magazine called Peace and Goodwill. For the rest of her life, nearly fifty years, she edited the magazine and paid for its production. Peace and Goodwill campaigned for the establishment of a court of nations and the reduction of all armed forces, with a view to their eventual abolition. The court of nations would finally be formed fourteen years after her death in 1945. It is known to us as the United Nations.

Soon, she was travelling Britain encouraging people to join the movement, resulting in her 1908 meeting with King Edward VII and his Queen. The King said: ‘I rejoice that your international organisation, in which are represented all the principal civilised nations of the world, is labouring in this same field, and I pray that the blessing of God may attend your labours.’

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To help the movement, she started a quarterly magazine called Peace and Goodwill. For the rest of her life, nearly fifty years, she edited the magazine and paid for its production.

Volunteering It’s good for you Volunteering goes both ways.

Sadly, Priscilla developed rheumatism at the beginning of the 20th century – an affliction that we would now perhaps call osteoarthritis. So, for the last thirty years of her life she did not travel much. She dedicated her time to the magazine and corresponding with people all over the world.

However, Priscilla still rose at 6am every morning as she had always done. When she did travel, she took her wheelchair with her. She was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1903, 1905, 1911 and 1913 and although being on the shortlist she never received this honour. * Priscilla was never a feminist, she was interested in one thing and one thing only… that all war is contrary to the mind of Christ, who said, "Love your enemies." She died peacefully in her sleep on September 8th, 1931, aged 97. She is buried in the small graveyard behind the Meeting House on North Brink, where the other Peckovers who died in Wisbech are buried. By the turn of the century, she had become known as one of the most prolific and highly respected women in the British peace movement. *Priscilla was in good company….

Mahatma Gandhi was nominated five times for the Nobel prize but never received the award….

And Sigmund Freud was nominated for the Nobel prize a total of thirteen times but never received it.

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to this, it has also announced additional economic support to help businesses most affected. Chris Goad, partner at Stephenson Smart’s Wisbech office, explains the support and how it can be accessed.

Local Authority Grants Firms in the hospitality, leisure and accommodation sectors, many of which have seen a decline in footfall and increased cancellations due to the Omicron variant, are able to apply for one-off grants of up to £6000 per premises, depending on rateable value, via their local authority.

Further funds are also being given to local councils to support other businesses impacted by Omicron, such as those that supply the hospitality and leisure sectors as well as personal care services, these will be administered as additional restrictions grants by local authorities.

You need to apply to Fenland District Council directly for these grants.

Statutory Sick Pay Rebate Scheme The Government has also reintroduced the Statutory Sick Pay Rebate Scheme for coronavirus-related absences for small and medium-sized employers.

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Employers will be able to reclaim the costs for up to two weeks of SSP for an employee who takes time off because of coronavirus, regardless of whether that employee was claimed for under the previous scheme.

Claims are able to be made retrospectively.

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ONLY 10 LEFT Thurs 10th February £65 ONLY 9 LEFT Thurs 10th February £83 Sat 12th March £71 ONLY 2 LEFT Weds 23rd March £70 ONLY 2 LEFT Thurs 24th March £77 ONLY 1 LEFT Fri 25th March £53 ONLY 12 LEFT Sat 9th April Adult £46 Senior £42 Child £40 Oxford Leisure Day Sun 10th April £26 The Drifters Girl (Afternoon Show) Weds 20th April £77 Bury St Edmunds Leisure Day Sat 23rd April £22 The Princess River Cruise Experience Sun 24th April £45 Cinderella the Musical (afternoon show) Weds 27th April £75 Highgate Cemetery Weds 4th May £43 Whitby Leisure Day Sat 7th May £29 Bridlington Leisure Day Sun 15th May £25 Bakewell Market & Judith Mary Canal Boat Mon 23rd May £53 Back to the Future: The Musical (afternoon show) Weds 25th May £85 Brick Lane Music Hall: 70 Glorious Years (afternoon show) Fri 27th May £69 Trentham Gardens & Shopping Village Sat 28th May £34 Coventry Leisure Day Sun 29th May £23 Thornton Le Dale (Mathewson’s – Bangers & Cash) & Ryedale Folk Museum Weds 1st June £33 The Cher Show (afternoon show) Weds 8th June £66 Wroxham & Norfolk Broads Tour Thurs 9th June £40 RHS Garden, Bridgewater Sat 11th June £37 Grease the Musical (afternoon show) Thurs 16th June £71 Romeo & Juliet at Tolethorpe Hall Fri 17th June Adult £37 Senior £36 Child £36 Superbloom at the Tower of London: Platinum Jubilee Celebrations Sat 25th June Adult £63 Senior £56 Child £47 The Emmerdale Village Tour Sun 26th June £58 Pretty Woman (Afternoon Show) Weds 29th June £75 Kew Gardens Sat 2nd July £48 Woburn Safari Park Sun 3rd July Adult £48 Child £42 An Evening on the Broads with the Norfolk Jazz Quintet Tues 5th July £45 My Fair Lady (afternoon show) Thurs 7th July £93 Stratford Upon Avon Leisure Day Sat 9th July £25 Woodhall Spa 40s Festival Sun 10th July £21 Windsor Castle – Platinum Jubilee: The Queen’s Coronation Thurs 14th July Adult £54 Young Person £46 Child £44 Ely Leisure Day Sat 16th July £21 The View from the Shard Sun 17th July £57 Heights of Abraham and Matlock Bath Thurs 28th July Adult £43 Child £39 York Leisure Day Sat 30th July £26 Frogmore House and the Savill Garden Fri 12th August £67 Suffolk Wool Villages with Gainsborough’s House Sat 13th August £49 Coronation Street The Tour Sun 14th August £60 Windsor Leisure Day Weds 17th August £29 Legoland Weds 17th August Adult £54 Child £49 Leeds Castle Sat 20th August Adult £44 Senior £43 Child £40 Buckingham Palace Royal Mews & State Rooms – Platinum Jubilee: The Queen’s Accession Sun 21st August Adult £70 Young Person £56 Child £53 Warner Bros Studio Tour – The Making of Harry Potter Sat 3rd September Adult £76 Child £66 Twycross Zoo Sun 4th September Adult £43 Child £39 Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical (Afternoon Show) Sun 4th September £89 Scarborough Leisure Day Sun 18th September £26 Skipton & Canal Trip Sat 24th September £59 Constable Country Tour Sun 25th September £34 Liverpool – 3 Days Sun 2nd October £188 Brooklands Museum, London Bus Museum & Mercedes-Benz World Sat 22nd October Adult £51 Senior £50 Child £41 HMS Belfast & Imperial War Museum Sun 23rd October Adult £52 Child £41 Bakewell Christmas Market Sun 20th November £24 White Christmas (Afternoon Show) Thurs 24th November £75 Christmas at Blenheim Palace Sat 26th November Adult £80 Child £60 Lincoln Christmas Market Sat 3rd December £24 York’s St Nicholas Fayre Sun 4th December £27 Thursford Christmas Spectacular Thurs 8th December £74 Stratford Upon Avon Victorian Christmas Market Sat 10th December £25 Thursford Christmas Spectacular Sun 11th December £77 Beverley Festival of Christmas Sun 11th December £24 Thursford Christmas Spectacular (Long Sutton departure) Weds 14th December £74 Thursford Christmas Spectacular (Long Sutton departure) Sat 17th December £77 Mamma Mia! (Afternoon show) Les Miserables Dirty Dancing (Afternoon Show) The Lion King (Afternoon show) Tina – The Tina Turner Musical (Afternoon Show) Sarah Millican: Bobby Dazzler Liverpool FC Stadium Tour & Museum

*All Thursford Shows are afternoon performances and deluxe seating

Coaches depart from Spalding Bus Station, unless stated otherwise. New excursions added weekly.

Visit www.hallamtravel.co.uk or contact Lorraine Hallam on 01406 493198. Online booking is now available.

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Join our Service User Participation Group Let us know how we can improve the services we provide for you The group meets virtually every six weeks to share feedback and ideas from all of our service users, and their family and friends. You’ll receive a warm welcome.

For more information: email: thorpehall.reception@sueryder.org visit: sueryder.org/thorpehall call: 01733 225900 /SueRyderThorpeHallHospice @SRthorpehall Sue Ryder is a charity registered in England and Wales (1052076) and in Scotland (SCO39578).

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Mindfulness

Finding Peace in a Fast-Paced World [ by Lucy Briggs ]

Instead of walking to our destination, we can simply get in a car.

Instead of searching through books, we can instantly Google our answer. Instead of writing to a distant friend, we can tap on our phones and see their face on a video call.

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espite boundless developments in technology, our brains have remained the same. Is our grey matter capable of dealing with how fast our world has become?

First, and foremost, we are animals; we crave safety and security. Constant streams of news can feel like an attack on our bodies. How can we shield ourselves?

Slow It Down!

‘Mindfulness’ is the process of appreciating the little things, noticing our senses, and clearing our mind. Certainly, much easier said than done, and I understand it can sound a little wacky, but here are some simple things you could try this month…

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Mindful eating - Take a small piece of food, perhaps some chocolate or a grape.

Eat it slowly, paying attention to how it feels. What is the texture like? Is it sweet or savoury? Is it hot or cold? Does it have an aroma? Does it make a crunching sound?

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Try different variations of this – different counts and different speeds. It can help to make a noise on exhaling too. Try a humming sound, or a whooshing of air, no matter how silly it feels!

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Notice an animal - For those of us blessed to have pets, stroking an animal can be incredibly soothing. We can notice their breathing patterns, the way their tail moves, or patterns in their fur. For those of us without, there are plenty of birds around as spring approaches. Watch the way they hop, peck at the ground, or soar above us.

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Get outside - I walk in nature every day and relish the opportunity to ignore my phone for a while. Walk without headphones. What can you hear? Touch things! What does the tree’s bark feel like?

Stop and literally smell the flowers! I like to walk with ‘a photographer’s eye’, looking for beautiful shots, even if I don’t have my camera on me. Seeing the sun beaming through the trees on a frosty winter’s morning is enough to make anyone forget the cares of this fast world, if even for just a moment.

Take care of yourself!

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my left leg and pain in my knees. The healing was almost instantaneous. I also received emotional healing.

I am now free from pain and am much more peaceful.”

The Healing Rooms team also pray daily for those who send prayer requests to them via their website (www.healingrooms.org. uk/bourne-the-healingrooms-bourne), or by text or on social media.

For more information or to ask for prayer, please call 07538 934367.

“…. they will lay hands on the sick and they will recover.” Mark 16 v 18.

Their focus is on the presence and power of the Holy Spirit to work through the ministry team to heal the sick, and they have seen him do many amazing miracles. The following testimony from Jane bears this out: “I received healing from back pain, sciatica in

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ast year’s “Men United in Song” was such a big hit that the popular pop-up singing project is back again... only six months later.

Launching in March 2022, and once again supporting long-term charity partner, Prostate Cancer UK, “Men United in Song” aims to give another fortyplus local men the opportunity to get involved, try something new, and give something back to the community... and YOU could be one of them!

Working over nine weeks towards a fantastic live charity event at Peterborough Cathedral on May 7th, you’ll learn to sing, meet new people, challenge yourself, perform live on stage AND raise money for a much-loved and very important charity. No previous experience is necessary, just a willingness to step outside your comfort zone, get stuck in and give it a go... everyone’s in the same boat, and it’s all about the journey!

Thursday March 3rd (7pm-10pm) and Friday March 4th (7pm-10pm) when you can meet the team and some of the other men who’ll be taking part. This is NOT an audition, just an opportunity to find out more and get involved. So... if you’re looking for a fresh challenge and you’d like to know more, get in touch NOW and start YOUR “Men United in Song” journey!

“Men United in Song” rehearsals will be at the John Mansfield Campus, PE 4HX, from 7.45pm on Thursday evenings, starting on Thursday March 10th. For further information, or to register for one of the introduction sessions, please visit www.peterboroughsings.org.uk, e-mail menunited@peterboroughsings.org.uk or call 01733 425194.

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Makes about 15 truffles 2 double chocolate chip muffins 2 tablespoons of chocolate hazelnut spread 1 handful of raisins or sultanas A few drops of water Coloured sugar sprinkles or your preferred choice of decoration

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• Crumble the chocolate muffins (about 125g/4oz) into a large bowl, then stir in the chocolate hazelnut spread.

• Add the raisins or sultanas and a few drops of water to create a crumbly mixture.

• Squeeze teaspoonfuls of the mixture into balls and then roll the balls in the coloured sugar sprinkles.

These will keep for about five days in an airtight container, if kept at room temperature.

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News

BROADBAND BOOST WILL BRING BENEFITS

By Steve Barclay MP

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’m delighted that CityFibre has chosen March as its next location to roll out full fibre – following Peterborough and Cambridge.

The £5 million investment in the town to install a state-of-the-art broadband network that will allow residents and businesses to access gigabit speeds from a range of internet service providers is a huge boost. It will make March one of the best digitally connected places in the UK, drive economic benefit and complement existing improvements planned for the town including the Government’s multi-million-pound high street funding.

Good broadband is an essential service that we rely on more and more. The pandemic has shown how important digital connectivity is for working from home, home-schooling and simply keeping in touch with friends and family. As the rise in smart devices continues, our requirements for greater speed and improved reliability of connectivity will also increase. I hope March is just the start and that this will be rolled out throughout the constituency, and I will continue to make this case so we quickly cover as many areas as possible.

I’m also very pleased to see the new, tougher measures to tackle hare coursing, which I have called for over a number of years. The current legislation dates back to the early 1800s so these proposals to simplify and strengthen the law are very welcome. We know this barbaric activity does take place in our constituency, causing damage to crops and farm property as well as being very cruel to animals. There is also a close association with other criminal activities such as theft, violence and intimidation.

The new powers will see unlimited fines, up to six months in prison and a ban on offenders keeping dogs, as well as two new criminal offences. I’m sure farmers, wildlife campaigners, police and

residents will back these measures, which should have a significant impact on a crime that in particular impacts rural communities.

The Fenland Stations Regeneration project is close to completion in March and Manea. The £1.66 million March station facilities involving the redesign of the building on Platform 1 with a new open plan ticket office, waiting area, toilets and shop, plus car park extension are on track. Similarly, the Manea improvements to create a new one hundred-space car park are in their final stages. Investment in our transport infrastructure is vital and I will continue to push for more funding on projects like this in the constituency.

The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee is this year and I hope residents across the constituency will get involved in one of the numerous events and initiatives taking place to celebrate. I was delighted to plant a tree in Wimblington as part of the Queen’s Green Canopy. The birch tree, organised by Wimblington Parish Council, is just one of many that will be planted across the constituency as people are invited to ‘Plant a Tree for the Jubilee’ and learn more about the best ways to plant trees so they survive and flourish.

Finally, I couldn’t let an opportunity pass to encourage as many people as possible to get a booster jab if not already the case, and for those who haven’t had the first or second dose to sign up or head along to a walk-in centre. It’s an essential part of our fight against coronavirus and we’re all safer when more people are vaccinated. The incredible efforts of our pharmacists, hospital hubs, GPs, large scale vaccination centres, teams vaccinating our housebound patients, local authorities, CCG and volunteers are appreciated. To book your jab please go to www.nhs.uk/conditions/ coronavirus-covid-19/coronavirus-vaccination or call 119.

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Marry Me

Death On The Nile

The Duke

Romeo and Juliet

Fantastic February Films Top Picks Save the date for romantic comedy Marry Me which hits our screens on February 11th, starring Jennifer Lopez and Owen Wilson. Kat Valdes, one half of the sexiest celebrity power couple, discovers that her husband-to-be has cheated on her, and decides to marry divorced teacher Charlie instead and what begins as an impulsive reaction evolves into an unexpected romance. Can these two people from such different worlds bridge the gulf between them and build a place where they both belong?

Also coming to our screens on the 11th is the longawaited Death On The Nile as Kenneth Branagh brings back Poirot, this time swapping train carriage for cruise liner in the star-studded sequel to Murder On The Orient Express. This modern version breathes new life into one of Agatha Christie’s most celebrated whodunnits, seamlessly merging practical sets and CGI effects to sweep audiences away to a periodaccurate 1930s’ Cairo. Everyone is a suspect once more as Poirot quickly learns there’s no such thing as a holiday for the world’s greatest detective.

Showing from February 25th we have charming comedy heist tale The Duke starring Jim Broadbent.

Based on a true story, Broadbent plays a humble taxi driver from Newcastle who, not content with letting his fellow elders continue to be overlooked by the government system, one day decides to rob the prized Duke of Wellington portrait from London’s National Gallery. His plan? Hold it ransom until those in power dedicate better investment for the elderly in care.

Event Cinema Join us for a special screening of Romeo and Juliet this Valentine’s Day as the Royal Ballet performs the classic tale of the doomed lovers as they attempt to find their way through the colour and action of Renaissance Verona, where a busy market all too quickly bursts into sword fighting and a family feud leads to tragedy for both the Montagues and the Capulets.

On February 17th we delve into Phillp Pullman’s parallel universe, showing a production from the National Theatre of The Book of Dust – La Belle Sauvage. Set twelve years before the epic Dark Materials trilogy, this gripping adaption revisits the fantastical world in which waters are rising and storms are brewing and two young people find themselves at the centre of a terrifying manhunt.

Specials Our monthly quizzes continue at 6.30pm on February 13th with some fantastic prizes to be won. Why not try your luck and test your knowledge with this month’s theme of romantic comedies? Entry costs just £1 per person and all proceeds are donated to East Anglian Air Ambulance.

More blockbuster films coming your way including The Batman, Downton Abbey: A New Era, The Railway Children Return and Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore. Sign up to myLight for FREE on our website to get the best ticket prices, showtimes, news and special offers straight to your inbox Keep an eye on our full film listings at wisbech.lightcinemas.co.uk

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2022 New Year – Fresh Start?

Keith Day So, you’ve finally made it to 2022 and as those celebratory hangovers dissipated some fresh ideas emerged. Covid-driven working-from-home was not perhaps a natural choice for many but judging by the adverts for ‘home-office-pods’, many existing business clients are considering their options.

Entering a new year prompts many to consider starting up their own venture. Statistics show that, in the past, at least in their early days, many of these were likely to be home-based.

Those ‘stats’ face being rewritten because so many have been encouraged to work from home for nearly two years and if that’s the plan for 2022 then you need to address a number of topics. I’m not going to tackle funding and tax positions around home offices, that’s for next month.

Market research goes without saying but remember planning permission as well as health and safety.

Although planning permission is not normally required it may be necessary if your venture increases traffic or disturbs neighbours. If in any doubt, talk to your local authority. Business rates could apply if you employ others to work at your home or if you convert it for business purposes. If you are liable, check if you are eligible for the Small Business Rate Relief Scheme.

If your accommodation is rented, your landlord’s permission will be necessary. At the moment, landlords cannot deny permission without ‘reasonable’ grounds. However, if you have a mortgage your provider should be aware of how your home is being used.

Amend your existing insurance policy to include business cover and at the same time think about whether you need Public Liability and/or Professional Indemnity Insurance. Health and safety are a concern for all small businesses.

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FENLAND FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY

By Bridget Hunter As I write this report, family historians everywhere are excited as the 1921 census was made available at midnight on January 6th.

It will further the knowledge of our family ancestors. I have a list of my family I am looking forward to finding so I will be able to extend the knowledge I have of them. I will be able to find where they lived and the names of other members of the family living with them, plus their occupations etc.

COMPUTER RESEARCH SESSIONS They are held twice a month by our team of experienced researchers, they offer help and advice to anyone interested in researching their family history. Our first one each month is held on the first Tuesday in Wisbech Library from 10am12noon. The next dates are Tuesday, February 1st and Tuesday, March 1st. We will help you with your research and show you how to use all the facilities available in the library.

The second session is held on the second Monday of each month in Baytree Garden Centre in Hilgay, near Downham Market, where we will be in the Barn restaurant from 11am-2.30pm. The next dates are Monday, February 14th and Monday, March 14th. Just drop by and come and speak to us. In addition, our researchers are willing to attend other events with displays of our work etc to match the event offered. If there is Wi-Fi available, we can offer family research.

MONTHLY MEETINGS These are held in Wisbech Library from 7pm9pm. We start with social chat, exchange of news plus refreshments, followed by a speaker or demonstration. At our January meeting we welcomed as our speaker Steve MANNING, and his talk on how to research through newspapers was excellent.

The stories found in them really do put the flesh on the bones of our ancestors, making them come alive for us. FEBRUARY’S meeting will be a talk by Kevin RODGERS about the history of The Octagon Church, once a prominent place in Wisbech.

MARCH’S meeting will focus on contributions from members, with childhood memories and the games that were played when there were no play stations or computers. We will have a go at playing on various games as well and exchanging our news and family history stories.

Everyone is welcome to our meetings. Members’ free; visitors’ a £2 donation fee. OUR SPEAKERS have started to get busy, with bookings coming in to attend meetings in various local areas, recently attending the U3A in Wisbech, and a group in Terrington St Clements, among others.

Our talks include the following: ‘The Fun of Family History’, about a long journey by land, air and sea to find her roots, ‘My Naughty Great Aunt Eliza’, unravelling a story of lies and deceit, ’The Ups & Downs of Being a Magistrate’, a real-life experience, and ‘The Sad Tale of The Blacksmiths Family’, the story of a great great grandfather.

Others will be available later in the year.

For further information on any of the above, please call me on (01945) 587723.

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Bridget’s working life was varied, including running a sheltered accommodation for the elderly and being secretary of the Veteran Car Club of Great Britain.

Her family started with four children and has extended over the years to include grandchildren and great grandchildren. She was widowed in her mid-forties and remarried four years later, adding a step-family to the numbers.

Bridget’s interests are also varied, from craft work to researching family history. She has enjoyed dancing and performed on stage in her younger years in many amateur productions.

She joined the Girl Guide movement as a Brownie moving through the movement into Girl Guides and then Ranger Guides. It is there she learnt to be a leader. As a teenager, Bridget joined the Scouting Movement, where she became a leader, then a commissioner in the county of Hertfordshire, running many big events. She served scouting for more than fifty years and was awarded several honours/medals.

Bridget served as an active magistrate in Hertfordshire for twenty-five years but has now retired. She has been researching family history since 1980 and founded Fenland Family History Society in 2001.

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match the event being run, and gives talks to local groups.

Where were you born and what is your favourite memory of your childhood?

I was born in the village of Stevenage before it became a New Town. One of my childhood memories is as a child dancing on a stage made up of crates which started to move as we danced.

Who has had the greatest influence on your life?

My grandfather who was born in Orkney.

Which two characters, alive or not, would you most enjoy sharing a meal with?

Robert Baden Powell and Bear Grylls. Lord Robert Baden Powell was the founder of the Scout movement intending it to move with the times. Bear is the present Chief Scout and it would be interesting to learn what BP thinks of how scouting has developed since he founded it.

How would you describe yourself in only five words?

I enjoy connecting with people.

If there was one thing which you could change about Wisbech, what would it be?

Seeing the lovely period buildings restored.

What advice would you give to a ‘sixteen-year-old you?’

Be yourself, enjoy each day.

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If you have a new Windows 10 or 11 computer, there are several settings you can change to get it set up exactly the way you want. System Restore is one of these settings and since it is a relatively important one, we are dedicating a whole article to provide instructions on how to go about turning it on.

So, what is system restore? Whilst using your PC, Windows 10/11 periodically takes a snapshot of your system (apps, data, and the OS itself) which it saves onto your hard drive. If you develop a problem, for example, installing a third-party software or a new app which makes things go awry, system restore will restore your Windows system to a previous instance, before the troubles began. This means that your data (documents, images, etc) remain intact, whereas any apps you’ve installed after that point in time are removed.

DISCOVERING SYSTEM RESTORE But you need to turn the feature on in the first place, otherwise Windows will have no saved versions of your system to restore.

To enable the system restore feature, search for it in the Windows 10/11 search box. You’ll be taken to the system protection tab of the system properties window. Click the configure button.

Choose turn on system protection and then use the max usage slider to determine how much of your hard drive to use to store Restore Points — five-ten percent is usually enough — and click OK. Windows 10 will now automatically start to create system restore points. If, however, you need to create a restore point manually (just before you start playing around with any system settings, for example), return to this dialog box and click the create… button.

If you do run into a problem when

installing a new app, update or software and you want to return to a restore point, open the system properties dialog box again, click the system protection tab and then click the system restore… button. You will have the option of choosing a recommended restore or choose a different restore point.

If you choose the latter, you’ll be taken to a list of all the system restore points you have on your machine. Select the one that you want, click the scan for affected programs option if you want to check which apps will be removed, then click next > finish and confirm that you want to restore this backup.

Windows will now complete the process, reboot, and should be good to go.

DO REMEMBER when attempting any kind of restore or general system fix, it’s very important to BACK UP YOUR DATA FIRST

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