Issue 53 / September 2022 and the surrounding villages INSIDE THIS ISSUE FENLAND TIMBER MORE THAN JUST FENCES AND SHEDS ACOLE FOR ALL YOURNEEDSPLUMBING WITHHYPNOTHERAPYLERAVALERIEROBINS Your favourite community lifestyle magazine –REALMSDARKPRICELESSNOWOPEN
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I thought this would be a relatively straightforward exercise. How wrong I was. For I found in numerous stores that in the unlikely event of there being a jacket I liked in my size there was little chance that there would also be a matching set of trousers. Now I’m not an unusual shape or size, so this was getting very frustrating. The lack of assistance available in said stores was also an issue. In the old days you would get mobbed by over enthusiastic staff like those that used to feature in TV’s Fast Show’s ‘Suits You’ sketches but now they seemed only there to deal with other customers’ collections.
I eventually did get fixed up – in shop number eight or nine – and was very pleased with my purchase and the cost, so much so that I decided to celebrate by buying a new pair of shoes. However, ‘computer said no’ as nowhere had the desired size elevens.... Account Manager Kirtland
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I recently had cause to purchase a new suit. An upcoming wedding led me to survey my current ones which unfortunately looked a bit tired and to be honest oldfashioned.
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DISCOVERING WisbechSEPTEMBER 2022 3 Discovering Wisbech is published by a local team and is not associated with any other business. Care is taken to ensure that the content and information is correct at the time of going to press; however, we cannot take any responsibility for loss, damage or omission caused by any errors. Permission must be granted to reproduce, copy or scan anything from this publication. For a copy of our contributors’ guidelines please email info@discoveringmagazines.co.uk. 4 Diamond Byte 6 ....... The Potting Shed 7 Fenland Timber 8 ....... Fenland Family History Society 11 Dark Realms 13 ..... Acole Plumbing Services Ltd 16 Lera Hypnotherapy 18 ..... March Podiatry 22 The Quiz Inquisition 24 .... Angles Theatre 26 .... Light Cinema 27 Directory/Local Clubs and Groups 28 Interesting and Curious Facts 29 .... Stephenson Smart 30 Whitings LLP With thanks to: Stephenson Smart, Diamond Byte, Whiting LLP, March Podiatry, Chris Donald, Bridget Hunter. Publisher and Sales Claire Saberton Ops Director Andy Armstrong Editor Andy Hurst: editor.march@discoveringmagazines.co.uk Accounts Sarah Brooks: 07564 accounts@discoveringmagazines.co.uk966452 Design Sarah Gumbley | Andy Beavis Graham Copestake | Rob Harradine Welcome to your September issue... Even as we enjoy/endure these steamy summer days, there are signs that the cooler, darker and wetter months aren’t too far away. Alongside the leaves changing colour and early morning mists appearing, a key indicator for many these days is hearing who this year’s contestants will be, as the annual Strictly Come Dancing sequin-fest once again sashays onto our screens! This month sees families facing up to the new academic year. Whether that involves seeing your little ones in their first primary school, your older ones embarking on a new secondary school regime, or your even older ones stepping out into higher education (presenting you with “empty nest syndrome” along the way!) we wish you all the very best for the months and years ahead. You do come through on the other side … believe me!
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The first tip is to use the tabs in Google Search. Just underneath the search bar are tabs such as All, Maps, Web, Images, News, Shopping and More. By using these tabs, you can help define what kind of search you want as well as cut search time dramatically. If you need images, use the Image tab. If you are looking for a recent news article, use the News tab.
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Search by date Google will deliver search results that it thinks are most relevant, however they may date from some time ago and therefore be out of date. It’s possible to search for results from just the current year or maybe from a specific period of time. For example, if you search for Windows 10, when you see the results, click ‘Search Tools’ at the top, then from the ‘Any time’ drop down menu, select ‘Custom range.' In the pop-up box enter a start and end date and Google will display only the results published within that timeframe. Limit results to the UK You may wish to search for places to visit in Washington. The most obvious results will suggest you take a tour of The White House or the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, USA. However, if you wish to look for places to take the kids in Washington, Tyne and Wear, click on Tools and select ‘Country: the UK’ from the Any country dropdown menu.
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Check the weather Again, simply type in Wisbech Weather or March Weather to see the temperature, rainfall and wind expected in the next seven days. Roll the dice Finally, for a bit of fun, if you can’t find your dice when wanting to play a board game, type ‘roll a die’ into Google search bar and it will roll a virtual dice for you on the screen. Click ‘roll it’ to throw it again.
Use a hyphen to exclude words If you find yourself searching for a word with an ambiguous meaning, for example Mustang, you may get results for both the car and the horse. If you want information only on the horse, type in Mustang -cars. Using a hyphen tells the search engine to search for mustangs but to remove any results that have the word ‘car’ in it.
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September is a good time to plant several crops which are hardy enough to withstand the winter and they will provide a steady supply of fresh leaves through to next spring.
• Spinach.
• Lamb’s lettuce and oriental leaves.
• Onion sets and garlic.
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T o help reduce water evaporating in these hot conditions, firstly remove all weeds, as they will compete for moisture, then add a mulch of at least 3 inches depth and do not water during the heat of the day. The best time to water is early in the morning when water will soak into the ground, and if plant foliage gets wet, it will dry off, helping to avoid diseases.
Winter lettuces – “Valdor”, “Arctic King” or “Winter Density” are good varieties to choose.
• Earth-up or stake Brussels and remove any yellowing lower leaves or those that have fallen off as these are ideal homes for pests to shelter. Tall growing varieties may need staking against autumn winds.
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Potatoes, however, should be stored in hessian or paper sacks in a dark, dry, frost-free place, such as a garage or shed.
It’s time to lift onions and potatoes before the arrival of cold damp days. Onions should be kept in the light; you can string them and then hang in a cool frost-free place such as a shed.
• Clear the soil of spent crops; leaving them to rot on the soil may spread diseases. You could then rough dig and cover the ground for the winter or you could sow “green manures”, such as field beans, annual rye grass or phacelia. If you have a light soil, they can be left in over winter but those with clay soils benefit from digging them in when you do your autumn/winter dig.
• Prune blackberries when picking is over – cut out all the canes that carried this year’s fruit, leaving new canes unpruned.
• Ripen pumpkins and squashes by removing leaves to allow sunlight in.
composter as there is plenty of dead or dying material available. If you have one, add any material that isn’t diseased, turn it, water if it is dry and cover to keep warm. Don’t forget to add “brown” materials such as: autumn leaves, cardboard, egg boxes, eggshells, and sweetcorn husks, to name but a few. The proportion of “greens” to “browns” should be 50/50, with no dairy products, meat, fish, or non-degradable materials.
• Spring greens – seeds can be sown in modules for planting out in October.
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A few jobs that need doing this month include:
• Plant new strawberry plants and those propagated from runners.
• Cut down asparagus to 2.5cms (1in) above the ground.
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Turn the compost heap and water if it is dry.
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Sam said business has slowed down recently after the surge in trade due to the COVID-19 lockdown.
T he Wisbech St Mary-based company has been supplying domestic and commercial customers throughout Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Lincolnshire since 2016, and enjoys a fine reputation for the quality of its craftmanship.
Fenland Timber supplies high-quality design, build, and installations for sheds, fencing, decking and other bespoke timber based products to customers throughout the region.
Units 1-3, Sandbank Barns, Wisbech St Mary PE13 4SE
The 36-year-old said: “Sheds and fencing are our most popular types of work, but I would now like to build up the timber yard side of the business. We are really a timber yard and landscape merchants where people can get whatever they need to complete a job.”
Sam, who is helped in the business by his wife Maryann and has five permanent employees plus casual staff, said there is a wide variety of services and timber products to choose from, much of which is sourced locally, with new lines added all the time.
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“It was crazy during COVID, but work has died down a bit now because people have now had all the work done on their home gardens and are now worried about the current economic situation and are running short of money.”
Now owner Sam Frankham is keen to build on this success by developing trade through the company’s timber yard.
MONTHLY MEETINGS are held in Wisbech Library from 7pm-9pm on the fourth Thursday. There was no meeting in August and we restart our meetings on September 22nd (the month has five Thursdays, so remember it is NOT the last Thursday of the month!). Our September meeting will start with our AGM and then we can enjoy the main part of the evening. Our speaker will be Kevin RODGERS with an interesting talk on music. Our October speaker will be Discovering Wisbech contributor Chris DONALD with the subject ‘Unusual Historical Things - Wisbech & The Fens.’ Everyone is welcome to attend our meetings. Members free, visitors £2.
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As one of our speakers, I attended the Gedney Hill WI to give a talk to the lovely welcoming ladies of the group. What a fascinating meeting place; the hall was named ‘Fabric, Paper, Scissors.’ Full of every craft you could think of, and surrounding it I was fascinated to see, among other animals, alpacas and baby goats etc. I thought about the name of the village, Gedney Hill – where was the hill?
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EVENTS The event at St Augustine's Church included a dedication service of the processional cross honouring the life of Captain Harold Rex NORTON. Our team created a display showing information and photographs about the local young man showing his early life at Wisbech Grammar School, his enlisting and initial training and swift promotion to captain as a glider pilot. Including a display outlining the operations Captain Rex NORTON took part in including his last operation and his death in 1945. We also were able to research his family and illustrate his family tree, which was much admired by his nephew who came from Oxford to attend the dedication and service in honour of ‘Rex’ Harold Martin NORTON.
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A little research gave me my answer. The word HILL is a corruption of the word HEEL, meaning a sharp bend in the main road like the turn of a heel. As I drove home, I did indeed see the sharp ‘heel’ bend in the road. Recently when visiting a supermarket, I found shelves either empty or almost empty which reminded me of the rationing of food etc during the Second World War caused by the then shortages. Many think rationing ended at the end of the war, but that is very wrong. Some items were not put on rationing until after the war ended, including BREAD which was rationed from July 1946 until July 1948. JAM, including marmalade, treacle and syrup was rationed from March 1941 to December 1948. TEA rationed from July 1940-October 1952; coffee was not available. SWEETS from July 1942-February 1953. EGGS from June 1941-March 1953. Dried Egg Powder was introduced. CREAM from November 1941-April 1953. Other items rationed from January 1940-September 1953 included SUGAR, BUTTER, CHEESE, and MARGARINE & COOKING FATS. Even MILK was limited and dried milk introduced. And MEAT including bacon and ham was rationed from 1940-June 1954. In addition, PETROL was rationed until the early 1950s as was CLOTHING including household items like sheets and towels which did not come off rationing until about 1953/4. In addition, there were no fruits or vegetables imported from overseas, like oranges, lemons and bananas etc. Only home-grown fruit and vegetables were available.
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We move onto the 1960s in psychological thriller Don’t Worry Darling on September 23rd. Harry Styles plays the role of Jack alongside Florence Pugh as the film’s protagonist and Jack’s wife Alice. The film is directed by, and also stars, Styles’ off-screen partner Olivia Wilde. Everything in their experimental utopian community is not what it seems, and Pugh’s character soon starts to question the secrets that her husband’s company may be hiding. We head back to the 1950s for the release of Mrs Harris Goes To Paris on September 30th. The feel-good comedy of a humble, hardworking housekeeper and war widow who dreams of one day owning a Dior dress. When she discovers she is entitled to a significant sum of money, she jumps at the opportunity to put the days on her hands and knees behind her and plans a grand adventure to Paris to purchase the Dior dress she’s always dreamed of. There are highs and lows as we follow Mrs Harris on her grand European adventure with plenty of fish-out-of-water fun, heaps of emotion, and an eclectic cast of characters.
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Top Picks A serial killer is on the loose in London’s West End and Sam Rockwell and Saoirse Ronan are on the case in star-studded murder mystery See How They Run, showing from September 9th. It’s a terrifically long list of talent and an imposing list of suspects for our detectives, but every one of them is also a potential victim in this creative take on the classic Agatha Christie-esque whodunnit that promises plenty of twists and turns.
Much Ado About Nothing – Shakespeare’s muchloved comedy of new beginnings comes to the big screen on September 8th. Watch an epic stage production filmed over three ground-breaking nights at the world-famous Royal Festival Hall on September 22nd. Tubular Bells 50th Anniversary Tour reinvents the album with an incredible cinematic score, live musicians and performers with dance and acrobatic feats that create not only a visual spectacular, but also a musical tour-de-force. With so many films to choose from why not sign up to our Infinity membership and watch all the 2D and 3D films you can handle for just £15.99 per month? Our members also receive 25 percent off favourite cinema treats, all day, every day (excluding alcohol), discounted Event Cinema tickets, and invites to member only screenings. To find out more head to our website or ask a team member for details. More blockbuster films coming your way include Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Lyle Lyle Crocodile and Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical Keep an eye on our full film listings at wisbech.lightcinemas.co.uk
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• If you had a boil, or breast infection or cradle cap you needed to cover it with cow dung!
If you broke a bone there were people who could set bones. It was a treatment that had been used for hundreds of years.In the Fens in the early 1800s, John Mason moved from Coningsby to Wisbech where he set up a surgery for anybody needing his services as a bone setter. He mostly worked from the surgery, but he did do some house visits. It was after one of these visits to Newton that he was returning home on horseback late at night. Suddenly, a robber came up to him and pulled him off the horse. John got up, and getting to his senses, quickly grabbed the man and with his powerful strength that he needed for bone setting he grabbed the man’s arms and dislocated not one, but both his shoulder joints. The robber ran away screaming in agony. Surprisingly, the following morning a man turned up at Mr Mason’s surgery in great pain. He had both arms dislocated! John was very kind to him and put both shoulders back in place. The robber went off rather sore but was unaware that he had been cured by the same man who did it in the first place. Whether this tale is true or slightly exaggerated, I wouldn’t like to say but it makes a good story.
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He had both shoulders dislocated!
• Mothers would benefit from baked hedgehog just after giving birth and the fat could be used by men to stop them going bald.
• And if you think that was horrible, people suffering from chilblains were told to put their feet in a chamber pot full of you know what!
Here are just some of the most revolting (I do hope you are not having your lunch while reading this): -
He had both his shoulders dislocated. It sounds very painful; he would need to go to A & E immediately. Only this was in the 1800s and there was no A & E. Read on and you will find out what happened. So, this month we are going to look at what happened if you were ill years ago.
Unusual, fascinating and sometimes amusing, by the author of ‘Wisbech’s Secret Princess’, Chris Donald
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If you couldn’t afford to see a doctor, and there were no NHS doctors then, you could always see the old lady in the village who would know many cures for common ailments and there wouldn’t be a waiting list to see Someher. of these you might well have tried and some you haven’t tried but have heard about.
One that is used a lot now is honey and lemon to soothe an annoying cough or sore throat, and one you may have heard of was the curing of a wart by rubbing it with raw meat, and then burying the meat in the garden. As the meat decayed, the wart went away. Then, there was Camphor with its distinct smell that was used for coughs and colds. But some of the medicines were revolting and the more revolting, the better they were thought to work.
• Mice which could be fried, baked or boiled would be given to patients suffering from whooping cough.
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Embarking on a new business venture is both an exciting and a challenging task, which carries with it an element of risk.
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Getting a grant is also an option. There are many different small business and start-up grants available depending on where your business is based, how large it is and what you do.
A significant task for a new business owner is ensuring that the business complies with the extensive tax, legislation and insurance requirements that are imposed by various authorities. To avoid problems, penalties and – in some cases – legal action, it is important to understand your obligations.
Business Plan A business plan is an essential document that will guide you in establishing and growing your new venture; helping you focus your thoughts, providing you with targets and goals as well as giving you an indication of your cash requirements.
• The exact amount of extra costs incurred above the weekly amount and you will need evidence such as receipts, bills or contracts. You cannot claim for things that you use for both business and privately e.g. - broadband access. You should check the information HMRC holds relating to employments and update if necessary. Again, repeating our previous message, verify your PAYE codes to ensure they are reasonable and prevent any unexpected over or underpayments.
If you need help then do not hesitate to get in touch.
In April HM Revenue & Customs issued fresh guidelines relating to getting tax relief on household costs associated with WFH. Now is a good time to revisit those regulations because HMRC appears to have been slow to recognise changes in all cases. As a result, we are commonly seeing 2022/23 PAYE codes still including an old allowance.
• Your contract lets you work from home some or all of the time.
• £6 a week from April 6, 2020 and you will not need to keep evidence of your extra costs.
Information on which this article is based is correct at the time of publishing. Any updates are available on our website: whitingsllp.co.uk Still Working from Home? Keith Day
If you are eligible to work from home, you can either claim tax relief on:
Over the last couple of years, since the first Covid-19 related lockdown, we have regularly updated readers about tax relief around ‘working from home’.
If working from home is your personal choice then tax relief can no longer be claimed but there are other reasons:
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Throughout the pandemic, employees were able to claim expenses for the full tax year, even if they were at home for just one day. It was widely reported that the cost to the government totalled nearly £500M.
As a result, you can now only claim tax relief if your job requires you to live far away from your office or your employer does not have an office.
• You are working from home due to COVID-19.
• Your employer has an office but you cannot go there sometimes because it’s full.
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