The Parkstone & Lilliput Directory - June/July 2015

June/July 2015

In this issue...

Local businesses Local News - Branksome Library Roald Dahl Event - Music & Fireworks to celebrate surviving cancer - Beer & Bluegrass Festival - Poole Park Bowls Club - Waggy Tails Rescue

Prize Wordsearch - Win a selection of eco-friendly products from greenlife.world

Regular Features

- Dorset Wildlife Trust: Marvellous Meadows - Martin Lewis: Overdrafts - Adventures of Nellie

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Introduction

The Poole Directory - Parkstone Edition Edition 53

Published by:

Stephen & Debbie Corney at Dorset Directories Ltd

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Copy deadline for the July 2015 edition: 20th June 2015

Disclaimer: Whilst every care has been taken to ensure that data in this publication is accurate, the publisher cannot accept any liability to any party to loss or damage caused by errors or omissions resulting from negligence, accident or any other cause.

Dorset Directories Ltd does not officially endorse any advertising material included within the publication. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in any retrieval systems or transmitted in any form, without prior permission of the publisher.

We have a full Directory for you this month with lots of good local data‌ There is the Beer & Bluegrass Festival coming up in July.

Branksome Library are holding a Roald Dahl Event. Dorset Wildlife Trust tells us all about meadows, whereas Martin Lewis tells us all about overdrafts. Karen Pitt is having a Music & Firework Festival in celebration of surviving cancer. Waggy Tails Rescue have a wonderful Husky X wanting a new home and Nellie, the Dorset Directories Campervan took us to The Wheels Festival in Bournemouth! What fun we had and what great photos Stephen took.

If you have any local news, then we can help you shout about it.

We also like to shout about our loyal, local advertisers. If you have a testimonial about one or two of them, then please do send it to us. We will publish it to let everyone know what a great job they did. The lucky winner of the picnic table donated by Reformed Plastics was Maxine Almond! She was picked from over 600 entries, so very well done to her. This month you could win an Eco-Friendly Box from www.greenlife.world. Good luck with that one!

Wishing you wonderful months of June and July,

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Music and fireworks festival to celebrate surviving cancer A breast cancer survivor is organising a music and fireworks event to raise money for three causes including Bournemouth Hospital Charity.

Karen Pitt, who is a member of Swing Unlimited Big Band, was diagnosed with breast cancer in November 2013.

After two operations and a course of chemotherapy, she was given the all clear in May 2014, and says it was her friends and family that got her through.

Karen said: “I found a lump before I was due on stage so I had to keep it to myself until after the gig. I was already booked to see my doctor for something else the next day so everything happened fairly swiftly for me.

evening’s entertainment. A hog roast and bar will also be open during the evening. Music will feature songs from Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald and some of Swing Unlimited Big Band’s favourite and more unusual numbers. The evening will finish with a spectacular firework display while the band continues to play.

Money raised from the event will be split between Bournemouth Hospital Charity - for the Jigsaw Building and medical equipment - Poole Hospital Radiotherapy and The Poole and District Children’s Cancer Fund

“My Swing Unlimited Big Band friends were amazing. They sent me flowers, texts and emails to cheer me up and this really helped me stay positive. I went to as many band practices as I could when I felt well enough and they always made me laugh.

“The treatment I received was fantastic – it’s the reason I’m here today. I wanted to give something back and help others and that’s why I’m organising the Swing Unlimited Big Band Fireworks Spectacular. ” The event will take place at 7pm on 25 July at St Peter’s School in Southbourne.

Tickets are available on the gate for £5 (under 10’s are free) and access to the field is from Broadway, Southbourne BH6 4EE and not via the school.

Guests are invited to bring a picnic, blanket and fold up chairs to enjoy the

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Wildlife News

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Marvellous Meadows Rolling meadows with their rainbow colours and sounds of wildlife bring out the romantics and poets in many of us. Few relaxation techniques can compete with a stroll along a meadow, in a light summer breeze, with the sounds of insects humming, birds singing and small mammals scampering away. Meadows are quintessentially British, and an essential part of our landscape, but sadly their numbers have been reduced greatly in the last half century.

Meadows may look wild, but in fact these open areas of grassland are man-made havens for wildlife. Over hundreds of years meadows have been carefully managed with traditional means of alternating cattle grazing in the winter with hay cutting in the summer, when meadows are closed for cattle. They support a complex and intricate ecosystem with hundreds of species of flora and fauna, and are of great ecological importance. One of the most important functions of todays’ meadows is supporting pollinators; bees, butterflies, moths and hoverflies. Common pollinator species inhabiting and buzzing around meadows are orange-tip, common blue and skipper butterflies, and bumble bees. A great part of the ecosystem depends on pollinators, and many plants and crops rely on them for their reproduction. Following the intensification of farming and development that took place after the war, pollinators have also decreased in numbers due to increasing popularity of pesticides and loss of many natural habitats.

Meadows typically support dozens of species of various grasses and flowers, and the flora vary according to local climate and soil conditions.

The varieties of grasses include quaking, sweet vernal-grass and crested dog’s-tail, and the species of flowers vary from snake’shead fritillary, devil’s-bit scabious and pepper saxifrage to various orchids, and many more.

In damp meadows, cuckooflower, ragged-robin and yellow iris can also be found. The multitude of grasses and flowers provide the pollinators with the vital nectar and pollen, and the insects in turn end up on the menu for birds, frogs and bats. Badgers, hares and rare farmland birds such as skylark all inhabit meadows, making them one of the most fascinating landscapes we have.

Whilst meadows have been reduced drastically, there is good news as well; some have been protected as nature reserves, and meadow creation schemes such as ‘Coronation Meadows’ are creating new, “unimproved” meadows without the use of fertilisers. You can help us keep the magic of British of meadows intact for future generations and in ensuring that pollinators continue to thrive in this invaluable environment. Volunteering with your local Wildlife Trust and buying produce from local, traditionally managed farms are steps that take us closer to ensuring the future of our meadows.

Dorset Wildlife Trust supports meadows preservation and will run the Kingcombe Meadows Reserve Wildflower Week Event on Wednesday 27 May 2015 10:30. This includes a walk through the reserve, looking at the flowers, folklore & history. Donation £2 to Dorset Flora Group welcome.

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Addersplot meadow at Kingcombe nature reserve. Photo: Nick Tomlinson

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Let’s Play Bowls!

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Looking for something to do this summer, look no further!

At Poole Park we are looking for more young people to come along and play bowls.

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Could you be the next National Champion?

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It’s a game for all ages, where youngsters can compete equally with adults, and usually beat them!

You can just play socially, or really competitively. Some of our best plays represent their County and even play in National competitions.

So, if you are interested or even want to know a bit more, then why not

AN EVENING OF CLASSICAL FAVOURITES

The Orchestra of the Bournemouth Philharmonic Society is at St. Nicholas Church in Corfe Mullen, on Saturday 20th June at 7.30 p.m. and will be performing a concert of classical favourites.

The programme will include Walton’s popular overture: Crown Imperial, Holst’s memorable Suite in Eb, Khachaturian’s wonderful Masquerade Suite, which includes one of the most attractive waltzes in the orchestral repertoire and the thrilling Symphony No. 2 in D by Sibelius.

The orchestra’s leader is Janet Fortnum. The principal conductor is Sam Newgarth M.B.E. and the deputy conductor is Ian Evans.

Tickets are £10, concessions are £8. Available in advance by phoning 01258 473073, or at the door on the night.

Don’t miss out on AN EVENING TO REMEMBER.

The Orchestra of the Bournemouth Philharmonic Society Leader: Janet Fortnum

Conductor: Sam Newgarth M.B.E.

An evening of classical favourites March - Crown Imperial

Walton

Suite in E flat

Holst

Masquerade Suite

Khachaturian

Symphony No. 2 In D

Sibelius

Conducted by Ian Evans

at St.Nicholas Church Wareham Road, Corfe Mullen, BH21 3LE

Saturday 20th June at 7.30pm Tickets £10 concessions, £8 from the church or from 01258 473073 or at the door on the night

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How just 10 minutes on a Whole Body Vibration machine changed my life, disability and my size Shake and Tone Poole opened in August 2014, to offer people just a pinch of the health, fitness and wellbeing benefits that I experienced.

In March 2009, due to a trivial accident where the seat came away from the base. I twisted to the side and back, landing on an out stretched arm, causing a whiplash injury, damaging the muscles in the back of my shoulder. My spine was slightly out of alignment, affecting my Sacroiliac joint, causing pain and stiffness to my hips. I also had sciatica down the back of my right leg. The bottom right side of my leg was completely numb.

I lived in constant pain, which intensified to an unbelievable levels. I was diagnosed with a chronic pain condition and eventually Fibromyalgia?

In spring 2013 after Aqua fit, a friend noticed my pain and suggested I went with her to “Flabs”?

As soon as she told me they were vibration machines, I said “NO. I can’t use those. They set my pain off immediately.

My friend explained that even though they are vibration plates, they move completely different to the gyms plates. These plates oscillate (not linear) and are a passive form of exercise. They are not as intense as the ones in the gym and she believed they would do me some good. I still said no! I didn’t want to take the chance and irritate the nerves more and go through that level of pain and discomfort again. The thought of vibration when you’re in pain, is far from appealing. In the end my friend pestered me for so long, that I agreed to go.

Was it all worth it? Yes!

When we got back to the car, she asked how I felt. I realised I didn’t hurt. I was amazed that after just 10 minutes, my pain had gone. I said, “Oh, I’m in the least pain I have been in for years.

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Adventures of Nellie

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The Adventures of Nellie The Dorset Directories Camper Van Nellie loves this time of year…the time of Shows! We have so many different types of exhibitions, festivals and fairs that we really are very spoiled. From the Great Dorset Steam Fair and the Dorset Show in September, the Bournemouth Air Festival in August and the wonderful New Forest Show in July, to name but a few.

Well this one was totally up Nellie’s street…

The Wheels Festival in Bournemouth!

Nellie was rather excited to be going out.

She had had ‘bronchitis’ and had been suffering for weeks, making a rather loud growling sound as she spluttered along.

We were waiting for her new part to arrive all the way from Japan, so if anyone heard her, and to be honest she would have given the Formula One Racers a run for their money with all the noise she was making… we do apologise!

So now with a new tube and a revived Nellie, off we went to the Wheels Festival.

It was “Mayhem” in Zone 3! What a truck that was. This was a chance to have a ride on a huge truck, be thrown around and bounce up and down on the sand at speed. What fun.

Moving along to zone 2 there were Monster Trucks. OMG as the youngsters would say.

Big Pete is massive. Nellie looks decidedly slim, yes slim, next to this beast of a machine. In fact Big Pete Ltd is the UK’s No1 most successful Monster Truck Team and has the ONLY female monster truck driver in Europe! Nellie was very impressed with her. You can check out their website at www.bigpete.org. Big Pete and Grim Reaper pulled a car apart in a tug of war, as if it was made of paper! They also climbed over a hill of sand, with two very squashed cars on top, as if kicking a plastic bottle out of the way. Easy. We also learned that ONE

Mayhem in action in Zone 3

Grim Reaper driven by Karen Shutler

Big Pete tries to jump to the Isle of Wight

29 new tyre costs £3000 and an extra £750 for the wheel, so we are rather pleased that Nellie doesn’t need shoes quite so big or expensive!

Then, further along the populated promenade, well… oh… was Nellie’s dream. A red Lotus Esprit. Oh how she would love to look like a red Lotus Esprit.

I am sure when she looks in the mirror, instead of seeing huge thighs and a big grin, she sees sleek, smooth, elegant lines. Probable much like I see Claudia Schiffer in the early 1990’s! Or is that Steve? Anyway… gorgeous, glistening and glamorous cars lined the street looking into the sunshine. Mmmmm…

Nellie dreams in the mirror...

Walking back up to the top, to the Overcliff were the famous Formula One Racers.

Now if Nellie raced along at that speed (if only she could…) I am sure she would have been severely reprimanded - if they could have caught her of course! Today was a special day and the Overcliff had become an exhilarating race track. I do hope there

was noone staying in one of the hotels, hoping for a quiet romantic weekend, as they would have been rudely disappointed.

The noise was amazing. The roars and the revving, incredibly powerful engines were invigorating. What a sight and sound.

These cars are something else and driving one, so close to the ground at that speed, and let’s face it, this was probably slow in comparison to what they can do, must be a total trip. Incredible.

There were lots of other events on different days at different times. Bournemouth was alive with go-go-go, roaring machines, yells of excitement, family and fun. Well done Bournemouth! Nellie had great fun and is definitely looking forward to more Shows. Where will Nellie go next…?

By Debbie Corney

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Looking for a forever home Hi, I‛m Clyde, a 7 year old very affectionate Husky X. The nice people at Waggy Tails Rescue took me in when my owner due to personal circumstance could no longer look after me.

I am very good with other dogs and have plenty of energy so I will need an active home where the children are of secondary school age. I am a good boy in the house who loves to cuddle up and will quite happily have a conversation with my human and keep them company when they are feeling low. So if you feel you can give me a forever home please call the number below.

For more information on Clyde or any of the other animals in our care please contact us on 01202 875000, email: admin@waggytails.org.uk or visit our website www.waggytails.org.uk It is that time again when hopefully the weather is getting warmer and we are getting ready for our Annual Dog Show to be held on Saturday the 20th June at West Parley Memorial Hall starting at 12.00 o‛clock as well as the classes there are many wonderful stalls, games and refreshments for you to enjoy. We look forward to seeing you there.

Waggy Tails Rescue is a registered charity based in Dorset, we rescue and rehome dogs that have been abandoned, neglected or otherwise in need of a new home.

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FRIDAY 24th JULY 6.00pm - 11.30pm The highlight on Friday night is the wonderful Lindsay Lou and the Flatbellys from Michigan USA for their first UK tour. Expect lush harmonies with a great Bluegrass resonating drive that typifies their unique sound. They are fresh from releasing Iona recorded using vintage equipment from which the standout track “The River Jordan“ is a masterpiece on which Lindsay’s vocal soars, against the dark mahogany accompaniment of the Flatbellys...magnificent.

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Red Rooster Moving Co from Portland Oregon USA. Their recent travels have taken them to Italy where they have created a large following for their juke joint Americana style. They draw from the Guthrie songbook of hobos, boxcars and ballads from a pre-war America, all stamped with the Red Rooster imprint. Their music is infectious and contagious.

Medicine Bend - Formed in the early 70s, Medicine Bend had a short but illustrious career. Signed by major label Neon in 1974, an album of English country rock classics were recorded but never released, when the label went under. Disillusioned the band spilt, the members going various ways. So here for one night only, the sole surviving members showcase a few of those never released songs.

Bow Legged Skeeters

Bow Legged Skeeters - Local Bluegrass favourites, they play authentic bluegrass with sweeping four part harmonies backed with some of the best picking you will see locally. Recently returned from a very successful Scandinavian tour they kick off both Friday and Saturday.

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SATURDAY 25th JULY Noon - 11.30pm For such a young band, Flats and Sharps cut an experienced swagger, they quote the Delmore Brothers, the Louvin Brothers and of course Flats and Scruggs as major influences and it’s not hard to see why. Authentic four part harmonies combined with strong individual instrumental skills and buckets of charm, these lads will be huge, every time I have seen this band they have brought the house down and this will be no different!

Flats & Sharps

Hill Folk Noir are Travis and Alison Ward with Mike Waite from Boise, Idaho, USA. Their rollicking roadhouse, good time stomp is deeply infectious. They draw from a sepia toned Grapes of Wrath America with half forgotten dustbowl songs depicting gamblers, gangsters, whisky stills and loose women, all very fine topics. It’s a music that is just made for dancing and drinking beer, two very good reasons why we are very pleased to have them with us.

The Mountain Firework Company with front man Gareth McGahan, have already a built up an impressive following both here in the UK and also the US. Their reputation has rapidly grown since their release of their second album The Lonesome Losing Blues, which is full of strong and memorable songs. They have been called ‘Folkgrass’ and comparisons and with the Waterboys and Ronnie Lane’s Slim Chance are inevitable, but spot on. It all makes ideal music for long lazy summer days.

Hillfolk Noir

New Hawleans Jug Band - a Surrey collective who major on the Jug Band sounds of Beale Street and in particular the Memphis Jug Band, who sang on street corners for nickels and dimes but had a thriving record career until the Great Depression hit the race records market.

They dress in period style and have a rollicking good time.

DISCOVER Over 35 REAL ALES & LOCAL CIDERS ...with our Real Ale partners Yeovil Ales and Vibrant Forest and also our good friends at East Dorset Camra and Paul at the Firkin Shed.

With their helpful guidance we have carefully selected a range of Ales and Ciders to delight and excite. They come from just down the road and lovingly brewed by the proverbial one man and his dog to the more established and respected names on the block.

Both Yeovil Ales (Mandolin Wind) and Vibrant Forest (Lighting Express) have specially brewed an Ale for the Festival.

There is a revolution in micro Cider making and we hope to showcase this with the very best of Ciders from Dorset and Devon. We hope with some surprises along the way!

The Mountain Firework Company

New Hawleans Jug Band

Tickets 023 8071 1818 Friday 24th July 6pm - 11.30pm £12.00 Saturday 25th July Noon - 11.30pm £18.00

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Money Saving Tips

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LEWIS Overdrafts Overdrafts are a debt like any other, if you don’t manage it, it will spiral out of control. While there are methods to cut the cost, they’re often far less talked about than the common techniques for cutting credit card bills – but are just as important. In a nutshell your aim should be to cut the cost and repay what you owe. Here’s my tips on how…

Organise incoming cash and move it into bill pots at the start of the month so you're not tempted to spend unnecessarily, it’s called piggybanking. Use this technique to make payments - eg, £100 a month - to your overdraft, treating it like any other bill. Use my free automated budget planner to help at www.budgetbrain.com.

Get paid £100 to take a free overdraft. There are two big players who offer decent deals for those with overdrafts who switch account. Though you’ll need to pass their credit score.

Move to www.firstdirect.com, which is the no. 1 rated bank for customer service (92% of my web users rated it ‘great’) and you get an ongoing £250 overdraft. Crucially it also gives you £100 sign up bonus, which you should put straight towards your debt. To get it you’ll need to pay in your salary or income, which must be at least £1,000 a month.

Alternatively for a potentially larger 0% overdraft there’s the www.nationwide.co.uk FlexDirect account. Yet it only gives you this overdraft for the first year, so ensure you use that time to clear the debt or afterwards it’s 50p a day.

Use savings (if you've any). Having overdrafts and savings isn't sensible. Think about it: a £1,000 overdraft at £20 a month equals £240 a year, but the same in easy access savings, after tax, earns a paltry £13 at best. So repay debt with savings and you're £229 per £1,000 up each year. Once the overdraft's paid off, you can save more freely. You may think: "But I'll have no savings if the boiler packs up or the roof falls in." True, but in an emergency, access the overdraft you’ve paid off again and you'll be no worse off. To beat the fear of being without savings, read www.mse.me/repaydebts.

Shift your overdraft to a 31 month 0% card. While you may have heard of credit card debt shifting deals called balance transfers, a few cards also offer a ‘money transfer’ where it simply pays cash into your bank account, so you can then pay off your overdraft, meaning you then owe it instead. This is a good option if you’ve a bigger overdraft and will need more than a year to repay it. My top pick card right now is www.mbna.co.uk, which lets accepted customers do it at 0% for 31 months for a one-off 4% fee (it’s just 2.88% for normal balance transfers). However, it’s credit score dependent, so use the www.mse.me/eligibility tool which will show you which money transfer cards you’ve the best chance of getting.

If you are doing a money transfer do follow these golden rules: a) Don’t assume all cards do this, most charge a fortune. b) Always repay the monthly minimum or you'll lose the 0% deal. c) Plan to clear by the end of the 0% period or it jumps to the full rate - with MBNA that's 22.9% rep APR. d) If you’re unsure of what you’re doing use the step-by-step help in www.mse.me/moneytransfers.

Manage your way back into credit. Cutting the cost of your overdraft isn’t the end game, you should aim to always be in credit (or at least always within your overdraft when there’s no cost). To help do ask companies you pay to shift direct debits to near the end of your working month. If paid on the 25th, aim for the 20th. This artificially boosts your balance so you're in the red less - but don't spend the cash. Moving bill dates cuts fees, but won't tackle the overdraft. So sit down and do a budget to find out where you can cut back.

Poor credit? Get 0% respite from bank charges. The options above won't help if your score's poor, but there is one card that offers 0% on spending until October even for those with a poor credit history. The www.luma.co.uk card accepts some with CCJs or defaults over a year old to get it. Now as this isn’t a debt shifting card, you have to play clever and be disciplined to take advantage of it for reducing overdrafts.

The technique is you do your normal, budgeted, day-to-day spending on the card up to the credit limit, instead of from your bank account. This builds up the debt on the card, but allows your overdraft to be repaid by your income. Do ensure you can make monthly repayments to clear the card before the 0% ends though or the rate jumps to 34.9% representative APR. "I got £1,560 in unfair bank charges back." If you have an overdraft the nightmare scenario is exceeding your limits and getting stung with bank charges – these transaction fees can be £6 per day or up to £25 per transaction. Get it wrong and they can add up to £100s or £1,000s a year. Do everything you can to avoid them and communicate with the bank if there’s no solution. However, if you are or have been hit, do remember reports of the death of unfair bank charges reclaiming have been exaggerated. Admittedly now it's mainly for those where charges put you into financial hardship, yet some do get money back, Alice emailed me to say: "I sent your template... a day later the bank refunded £1,560. Thanks." For full help and template letters on how to reclaim bank charges for free see www.mse.me/bankcharges.

In dire straits? If the debts are all too much for you, it’s worth considering non-profit debt help from agencies like www.stepchange.org, www.citizensadvice.org.uk, and www.nationaldebtline.org. Don’t be scared to speak them, they’re there to help not to judge.

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Local consultant celebrating 5 year anniversary A dedicated slimming consultant, and mum of two, is celebrating 5 years in a role that helps people change their lives.

Local Slimming World Consultant, Caroline Crane, who runs groups in Lilliput and Commercial Road, first joined a group herself as a member.

“It was after being mistaken for five months pregnant in the school playground, when I wasn’t, that let me to seek out and join my local group,” she confides.

“I received such a warm, friendly, welcome and the food was amazing, roast dinners, curry, homemade burgers with chips, and I could still enjoy a glass of rosé - I was hooked!” Caroline continues, “I couldn’t believe I could decide what I wanted to weigh, nobody told me, nobody judged me. It flew in the face of everything I thought about weight loss groups.”

“Quite quickly I lost two stone and when I achieved three, I decided it was time to give something back” says Caroline “I’d received great support on my own journey and in 2010 I was lucky enough to be offered the role of Consultant, with training, running my own group, helping people lose weight and live their dreams.”

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The fifth generation Mondeo is now available with Ford’s range of economical EcoBoost engines and, for the first time in the UK, a hybrid petrol-electric option.

Introduced in 1992 to replace the Ford Sierra, the Mondeo went on to become a piece of popular culture in 1996 when Tony Blair used the phrase ‘Mondeo Man’ in his Labour Party Conference address.

What a shame there’s so much badge snobbery around these days though. The reaction I got from premium-badge car lovers when I mentioned I was attending the Ford Mondeo press launch wasn’t exactly upbeat.

This just goes to show how marketing and image affects people’s preconceptions.

Don’t get me wrong; Ford is no stranger to spin either, but I’ve got to tell you this latest Mondeo is the real deal.

At launch, I tested the Mondeo Titanium Estate 2.0 Duratorq TDCI. With 148bhp and 258 lb.ft of max torque, the Ford is able to dig deep at low revs, resulting in proper pulling power.

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Bedrooms Flair Interiors............................13

Estate Planning & Will Writing Estate Planning Consultancy....15

Beds The Bed Store........................... 3

Financial Services Bournemouth Investments.......16

Blinds, Curtains & Shutters Ashley Blinds............................. 5 Hurst Blinds..............................20 Tuscany Blinds.......................... 6

Garage Services Hughes Workshop.................... 7 M.T.S. Motors............................43

Books Dianetics...................................44 Carpets & Flooring Carpet Barn.............................. 3 Marsden Flooring.....................19 Peter Newman Flooring............11 Cleaning Services - Domestic My Home Cleaning...................25

Garden Services

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Bees Landscape........................... 12 David Burgess Garden Design.... 6 Jon Stokes Garden Services.......34 TD Landscaping & Fencing.......11 Health & Fitness Shake & Tone............................27 Slimming World........................41

Painters & Decorators Chris the Decorator..................24 RGW Decorating Services.........37 Pet Services Four Paws Poole....................... 5 Plumbing & Heating Bournemouth Plumbing Solutions....37 Gas Tec Heating & Plumbing.... 2 J C Gas......................................23 More Than Gas......................... 6 P L H Heating............................12 Pressure Washing Services All Surface Care........................37 Property Maintenance Shoreline Property Services......40 Puzzles & Competitions Prize Wordsearch......................35 Removals Pitmans Removals & Storage.... 2 Rogers Removals......................24

Interior Designers Coral Interiors...........................31

Renewable Energy Solutions Nick Good Property Services.....45

Jobs Distributors Wanted.................34

Residential Care Homes Royal Bay Homes......................21

Kitchens Dream Doors............................39 Flair Interiors............................13

Sports Clubs Poole Park Bowls Club..............22

Community News Adventures of Nellie.................28 Beer & Bluegrass Festival.........32 Branksome Library Dahl Event....18 Dorset Wildlife Trust.................14 Martin Lewis: Overdrafts..........36 Motoring: Ford Mondeo............42 Music & Firework Festival.........10 Waggy Tails Rescue..................30 Computer Services PCs Made Simple......................17

Locksmiths Poole Key..................................23

Drainage Services All Drains Cleared.....................23

Lofts Loft Services..............................37

Eco-Friendly Products Green Life World.......................38

Meal Deliveries Collins Community Catering.....34

Electricians 1st Class Electrical....................44 Dorset Electrical & Fire Alarms.... 40 Lytchett Bay Electricals.............15 TestInspect................................ 8

Motoring & Cycling Accessories Motabitz...................................47 Oven Cleaners Oven King.................................40

Stained Glass Specialists Aquarius Stained Glass............. 5 Trading Standards Borough of Poole...................... 8 Tree Surgeons RHV...........................................44 Waste Services P & B Rubbish Clearance..........44 Windows, Doors & Conservatories Dorset Windows.......................12 Iris Windows.............................24

Power to the Pedal

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709 Christchurch Rd,

491 Ringwood Rd,

311 Wimborne Rd,

471 Wimborne Rd,

25-27 Brown Street,

BH7 6AF

BH22 9AG

Oakdale, BH15 3DH

BH9 2AN

SP1 2AS

Tel: 01202 395579

Tel: 01202 894888

Tel: 01202 675526

Tel: 01202 533578

Tel: 01722 328601

Open: Mon-Fri: 9am-6pm Sat: 9am-5pm Sun & Bank Hols: 10am -4pm (Salisbury 1pm) sales@motabitz.com www.on-wheelz.co.uk

30 years of Good Old Fashioned Service. We’re Local and Independently owned Motabitz Accessories Ltd is registered in England and Wales 02161524.

Registered office: Hillview Business Centre, 2 Leybourne Avenue, Bournemouth, BH10 6HF. Motabitz acts as a credit broker and only offers credit products from Secure Trust Bank PLC trading as V12 Retail Finance. Motabitz is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Our registration number is 652731. Credit provided subject to status.