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Give your feet a treat!

102 Watcombe Road, Southbourne, Bournemouth, BH6 5LP

Examples of how we can help: • Simple Nail Cutting & Nail care • Ingrowing Toe Nails and Surgery • Corns and Callus • Fungal Infections and Athlete’s Foot • Neurological and Vascular Assessment • Disabled Access

HOME and REST HOME VISITS AVAILABLE Telephone: 01202 246811 or 07775 911415 ALL TREATMENTS AVAILABLE AT REASONABLE RATES SPECIALIST TREATMENT for DIABETES and ARTHRITIS www.watcombefootclinic.co.uk Julie Anne Smith D.Pod.M., M.Ch.S. HCPC Registered Chiropodist/Podiatrist Email: enquiries@watcombefootclinic.co.uk

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Welcome...

The Southbourne Link Edition 76

Published by:

Stephen & Debbie Corney at Dorset Publications

Telephone:

01202 894397

Email:

info@southbournelink.co.uk

Copy deadline for the February 2016 edition: 14th January 2016

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.

The Southbourne Link does not officially endorse any advertising material included within the p u b l i cat i o n . N o p a r t o f t h i s publication may be reproduced, stored in any retrieval systems or transmitted in any form, without prior permission of the publisher.

Dear Southbourne, Tuckton & Hengsitbury Head!

Oh my goodness, it is nearly Christmas 2015! I for one am not at all ready this year and I must get myself into the Christmas swing of things. We are going to Oxford to Stephen’s parents for a few days, so we are actually creating two Christmases, one in Oxford and another on my Birthday, 22nd December, to celebrate with my parents. It’s a good excuse to let our hair down!

The Southbourne Link has some good little articles for you this month including... The Boscombe & Southbourne Probus Club as well as The Dorset Wildlife Trust. It’s All about Child’s Play: A Sense of Christmas on page 28.

Martin Lewis helps us with Christmas Finance. On your plot has scarves at the ready. There is a good old fashioned recipe - Granny’s Xmas Pud and there is information from the Southbourne Friendship Club, the Southbourne Guides and the Southbourne Civil Servants Retirement Fellowship. St. Katharine’s with St. Nicholas Christmas Services are featured for you. The Dorset Publications camper van took us to the Stanpit Recreation Ground to watch the fireworks and you can read all about that on pages 24 and 25. The prize wordsearch was very popular last month and was won by Dominic Owen.

Well done to you! This month you could win a meal for two at The Overcliff Pub in Bournemouth! Good luck with that one.

Stephen and I would like to sincerely thank you for the support you have given to the advertisers of our Southbourne Link this last year. We are very much a family run business and love to hear that all our work is worthwhile. If you have a business or a local club that you would like to promote please get in touch. We would love to hear from you.

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a Very Happy New Year!

Debbie & Stephen Corney

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St Katharine with St Nicholas Southbourne

Friendship Club Christmas Services The Southbourne Friendship Club commenced it’s 56th season on September 2nd.

We offer 33 weeks of musical entertainments, speakers and quizzes etc.

We meet each Wednesday at 2:15pm in the Immanuel Church Hall Southbourne.

Membership is open to all persons over 60yrs.

There is a joining fee of ÂŁ8 and ÂŁ1 per week to include tea and biscuits.

Sunday 20 December

4pm ‘Traditional Nine Lessons and Carols’ at St Katharine’s

Christmas Eve

4pm Blessing the Crib and Junior Church Nativity at St Katharine’s 11.30pm Midnight Mass at St Katharine’s

Christmas Day

9am Sung Eucharist at St Nicholas’ 10.30am Sung Eucharist at St Katharine’s

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Young sisters help women celebrate life at lunch event Megan and Leah Hastings were special guest speakers at Lewis-Manning Hospice’s third annual Celebrating Women Lunch which raised nearly £5,000 during Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

The sisters, aged 9 and 10 respectively, gave a short talk before the lunch about their Mum, Nikki, who died from cancer last year aged 40. Nikki was a patient at Lewis-Manning and chronicled her life following a terminal cancer diagnosis in the book A Life Turned Upside Down, which was published soon after her death. In the book Nikki talked about how Lewis-Manning helped her come out of a deep depression and helped give her the confidence to continue with the book. The girls also shared their own experiences about how they have been promoting the book at recent Race for Life events and in the local media before signing copies after the lunch.

This year’s sold-out event was held at The Sandbanks Hotel in Poole and hosted by the hospice’s celebrity patron, Debra Stephenson, who got to know Nikki and her family after they met at the inaugural Celebrating Women’s Lunch in 2013, where Nikki was Guest Speaker.

Nikki’s infectious optimistic attitude touched everyone who came into contact with her, including myself, and the fact that her family have continued to remain so close to Lewis-Manning is testament to the incredible work the hospice does and the care that they not only provide for those who are ill but also for their families.”

Debra added, “The ladies lunch is an unforgettable occasion. I felt privileged to be among such inspirational and warm-hearted people, entertaining and enlightening. It has become a very special occasion for the diary.”

Live entertainment during the afternoon was provided by Richard Sidaway, a West End performer who has appeared in Phantom of the Opera and all the money raised will go towards helping LewisManning provide free care and support to 700 local people each year with cancer and other life-limiting illnesses, including Parkinson’s and Motor Neurone Disease.

The hospice is currently phasing the opening of its bedrooms and has recently announced a recruitment drive as it looks to move to 24/7 care next year.

Debra, best known for her television roles on Bad Girls, Coronation Street and The Impressions Show, entertained the women with a selection of her infamous impressions. She said, “Seeing Leah and Megan talking about their Mum in such an uplifting and confident way really brought home how positive Nikki’s experience at Lewis-Manning was.

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It’s been a crazy few months for Cloudy2Clear Windows.

The company which specialises in repairing windows which are steamed up, broken or damaged by replacing the panes – not the frames has grown rapidly as homeowners take advantage of their services.

Manager Matt Stensel feels that it’s all about service. ‘Our product is simple. If your double glazing is misted up we can replace the glass at a fraction of the cost of a new window, in any type of frame, and with a new 5 year guarantee. But it’s not just about saving people money, although that obviously helps.

Many tradespeople have struggled since last year and I honestly feel that during the good times a minority perhaps didn’t focus on customer care as much as they should have done. We make sure we turn up when we say we will, do the job the customer requires and leave their house as clean as a whistle. I often get comments back from customers on how they really didn’t expect that sort of service which, in a way, is very sad for the service industry as a whole.’

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Wildlife News

Talking about Wildlife...

Be naturally creative this Xmas When the days grow shorter and the festive season is looming, it’s easy to turn on the heating, don some fluffy slippers and put your feet up, but at Dorset Wildlife Trust we believe there’s a great reason for dressing up warm, putting on the wellies and getting outside in the fresh air!

Before the advent of mass-produced Christmas decorations (often on sale from late August!) people gathered their own natural foliage, berries and cones to make table centrepieces and wreaths, and this was part of the annual ritual that made the run-up to Christmas such fun.

There’s a wealth of natural material out there just waiting to be used to wonderful effect inside your home, so why not rekindle the joy of using natural resources in your own family, and get some good healthy exercise at the same time?

Evergreens such as holly, ivy and conifers are fairly easy to find when you’re out on a winter walk, but make sure that you’re not taking anything from private property, and also that you only take a small amount from each bush or tree. You can also get creative with things like fir cones, acorns and nuts that have fallen onto the ground.

Once you’ve collected your raw materials, you don’t need to be a craft expert to create something lovely. Our fabulous festive workshop with Jules Hosford on 14 November will give you all the guidance you need in order to make your own stunning wreaths and table flowers, personalised just for you and your loved ones.

If art rather than sculpture is more your style, get inspired to design your own Christmas card with artist Julie Herring on 12 November. This is a chance to draw directly from nature in The Great Heath.

Don’t worry, though, if you can’t get outside either for materials or inspiration, because Carla Taylor will help you make your own gorgeous hand-made felt decorations for your tree and home, including robins, baubles and more, on 22 November.

For more information and details of how to book a place, see: www.dorsetwildlifetrust.org.uk/events

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LEWIS &KULVWPDV No we do not want Christmas songs, goods or fairy lights in September, or October, or even November. Christmas is on 25 December and that’s where it should stay. Yet, while it is far too early for celebration, it’s never too early for preparation.

Many of the key Christmas must-dos to save money only work if you do them early enough. So now we’ve far fewer than 100 days to go, here’s my Christmas (or Chanucah or Eid) savers checklist.

Earn 5% cashback on your Christmas shopping If you’re going to be spending for Christmas, you might as well do it on a card that pays you every time you spend on it. The no annual fee AmericanExpress.com Amex Everyday credit card pays 5% cashback on your first three months’ spending (maximum £100) followed by up to 1.25% after.

Get it now and this falls during the high spend Christmas period.

The cashback won’t be paid until a year later, but, then again, that’s a bonus for next Christmas. Set up a direct debit to repay IN FULL each month to avoid the 22.9% rep APR. There’s a full list of options at www.mse.me/cashback, plus an eligibility checker that tells you your odds of getting each card.

Agree to not give unnecessary presents Far too many people do tit-for-tat giving, and using the end result is tat. So now’s the moment to agree with friends, family and colleagues to cut back on giving this year. Why not save it for just the immediate family?

Too many people end up with goods they’ll never use, so why waste our cash out of some peer-pressure filled obligation. And even those who want to be generous to those with less than them, remember by giving to someone that person often feel obligated to buy back which can do more harm than help. For my full ‘ban Christmas presents’ philosophy, go to www.mse.me/ banchristmas.

Not saved for it? Start now – then you can split the cost by four A typical family Christmas costs around £820 – a huge amount from one month’s salary alone. But if you haven’t started saving yet, there is still time.

For example, put £200 aside from your September, October and November’s income, and it’ll spread the cost. Save what you can, but if you really can’t afford to, I’m afraid you’ll need to cut your cloth accordingly.

Not used it since last Christmas? Flog it Walk around the house and examine everything – it’s time for your annual personal stock clearance. Many old items can be worth serious cash and if you’ve not used things for a year, whether kids’ toys, prams, coffee makers, mobile phones, gadgets, or even clothes, why not sell them?

Have a look on eBay to see if any of your bits are suitable for

sale. There are also lots of recycling sites that will pay you for old mobiles and gadgets – just make sure you do your research first to find the one that’ll give you the most.

Set up a Christmas cupboard, then POUNCE on the biggest discounts Become a tactical shopper. Work out now what you want to buy and then you can pounce on it when there’s a code, voucher or discount that’s cheaper (my weekly email includes the hot ones www.mse.me/tips).

Even better, as is part of many MoneySavers’ Christmas arsenal, once you by a present, bag it, wrap it, and pop it in a Christmas cupboard.

Don’t borrow for Christmas - but if you’ll do it anyway, ensure it’s at 0% Xmas borrowing’s a bad idea. Far better to go, er, cold turkey, and have a more austere time (Christmas is just one day, after all).

That said, if you’ll borrow anyway, at least do it right. The longest 0% spending credit card is Cbonline.co.uk at 26 months or PostOffice.co.uk at 25 months. Although these cards are over two years interest free, before they jump to 18.9% rep APR, aim to clear the card before next Christmas or you just perpetuate the misery.

Small cutbacks now can mean big savings Small cutbacks now can save large when there are 90 days, 66 working days and 13 weeks left until Christmas. So, if you give up a £2 coffee every day at work you’ll save £132, or cut back on an £8 pack of cigarettes every week and it’s £104. I’m not saying you must give up everything completely, but make an active choice: would you prefer the cash at Christmas or the daily treat?

Don’t use Tesco vouchers for festive food A £10 Tesco voucher is worth just £10 in-store. Yet you can double or triple its value on items in its www.tesco.com/clubcard/deals/ brochure (£10 becomes £30) on gift items such as Goldsmiths jewellery or Merlin annual theme park passes.

Plus every few months its ‘double-up’ scheme gives 2x value year-round on selected items in-store and on Tesco Direct, including fragrance, toys and electricals. Tesco won’t confirm for sure when it’ll next be on, but it’s likely to be around the beginning of November.

Warning! Don’t ignore your household enquiry form Every UK household is being sent a Household Enquiry Form from their local council to check the right people are registered to vote – and if you repeatedly fail to fill it in you can be fined up to £1,000.

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December and January are great months for celebrating but think of your poor teeth and gums during the months of excess. Why not treat yourself to a clean-up and polish at our practice in Christchurch? We have a lovely team and a warm welcome for all of our patients, both existing and those thinking of joining us.

We also host the Air-Flow® polishing system used for a variety of preventative and restorative dental treatments - patients will be amazed at the sparkling results, removing plaque and bacteria silently and painlessly – it even comes in a variety of flavours to suit everyone, plus it is a great way to make those notoriously trickyto-clean braces sparkle too, so what better way

to start 2016 than with a visit to Hoburne Dental Practice. We can carry out everything from that dental hygienist appointment to dental implants, traditional and general dentistry and everything in between.

The Hoburne Dental team ensures the best possible protection and care for your dental hygiene needs.

So don’t forget to add a visit to Hoburne Dental Practice, Saffron Drive, Christchurch to your New Year’s resolutions and start 2016 as you mean to go on!

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The Adventures of Nellie The Dorset Publications Camper Van Poor Nellie has had some problems recently and we are thinking of getting better health insurance for her. I did tell the insurance man that she is famous and would need a separate policy for her “derrière” but he didn’t seem to take me seriously. I wonder why? Well, all fitted out with a new starter motor (I must admit I have the same problems myself getting out of bed in the mornings...) Nellie took us to the Stanpit Recreation Ground to watch the famous Christchurch Rotary fireworks!

Personally I love Bonfire night and for the last 5 years we have attended this great Christchurch show. Bonfire night to me is one of those nights where you wrap up warm, hat, scarves, gloves and wellies, not really caring how you look.

You can see that from the photo! Hayden took his fury lion hat off, once we were in the grounds...

What I love about this event here in Christchurch is the tremendous group

Christchurch Rotary manning the gate

Hayden all wrapped up in style atmosphere. It is all about family and fun and luckily we arrived just in time to see the huge bonfire being lit. Everyone counted down from 5 to 1 in unison and suddenly the blaze began to climb.

Once the fire really got going the flames reached high into the sky. It is amusing watching all the different shapes, one just look like an elephant which Nellie was rather proud of!

After gazing, spellbound at the dazzling flames for quite some time we wandered around the whole bonfire fence and then went into the ‘arena’ to buy chips and have a coffee. All of the clubs especially the Christchurch Scouts, Cubs and Guides do such a good job of providing exactly what is needed, hot drinks and hot food.

Oh yes and don’t forget the toffee apples!

Isn’t it interesting that some traditions are still with us? I love that.

One tradition I haven’t seen for a while is “Penny for the Guy”. Does anyone know what happened to that? Anyway,

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“The James Emmett’s Ragtime Revellers” kept us well entertained with their upbeat music and certainly put on a great performance for us all. If you were not already in a good mood, you certainly were now! Feet were tapping and heads were nodding. Perfect.

Ragtime Revellers entertaining the crowd Ending with a breathtaking finale there was an enormous cheer and lots of clapping.

The fi reworks once they started were spectacular! The gargantuan, sensational flashes in the sky, all set to music, are thrilling and certainly get the heart racing.

Or am I just showing my age? Mustn’t get too excited now... The fireworks were in fact continuous for a good 20 minutes, non stop. The Christchurch Rotary and Sponsors of this event really do need a Commendation for putting on such a stunning show. We were all standing in awe, amazed, with choruses of “Oooohs and Aaaahs” all expressed in unison. The atmosphere was electrifying! (Where was John Travolta?)

We had met friends when we arrived and two others were travelling up from Poole, but had arrived just as the fireworks started. Amazingly, despite hundreds and hundreds of people in attendance, when the fireworks finished they were literally standing right behind us! We were able to have a good old English cup of tea, a chat and a laugh before setting off for home.

A great night out with friends.

Feeling the heat of the fire

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Nellie was grinning from headlight to headlight all the way home.

Where will she take us next…?

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By Tim Barnes-Clay, www.carwriteups.co.uk Jeep is celebrating its most fruitful year in Britain ever. It is a vital market for the company because we Brits buy more Cherokees than anywhere else in Europe or Africa.

The American auto maker aims to echo this success in 2016.

But how is it going to do it? Well, one way is to give the admired Cherokee line-up more ‘oomph’.

So, that’s why the good-looking Jeep is now obtainable with 185hp and 200hp outputs. It offers an appreciably wider spread of pulling power from low revs, giving greater bang for your buck. But it isn’t just about enriched performance, the 2.2 Cherokee oil-burner now offers better fuel economy than the departing two-litre 170hp automatic lump.

Available only with Jeep’s smooth changing nine-speed automatic gearbox, and paired to the company’s ActiveDrive four-wheel-drive systems, the all new Cherokee 2.2 versions are inundated with equipment.

The range now has more spec as standard, including an electrically adjustable driver’s seat, an automatic anti-dazzle rear-view mirror with built-in microphone and an electric tailgate. Perhaps more significantly, though, all Cherokees score highly with safety – achieving the maximum 5-stars in Euro NCAP’s tough tests.

But back to the new engine under the bonnet. It is assembled for our market in the Pratola Serra plant, near Avellino, Italy.

Armed with the 4x4 Jeep Active Drive I system, the Cherokee 2.2 MultiJet II 200hp reaches a maximum speed of 127mph.

It accelerates from zero to 62mph in 8.5 seconds, has a typical combined fuel consumption figure of 49.6mpg and CO2 emissions of 150g/km.

The Cherokee 2.2 MultiJet II 200hp with Active Drive II and

low-range has a top speed of 126mph, 0-62mph time of 8.7 seconds, and a combined fuel consumption of 46.3mpg, with 160g/km of CO2 emissions.

Behind the wheel of the quickest diesel – the 2.2 MultiJet II 200hp Limited 4WD automatic with Active Drive I - I found everything rapid enough. Certainly, the more commanding motor is a real step-up from the unit it supersedes. You no longer have to work the engine like a dog to make spirited progress. It is even quite soothing when you’re not pushing the pace.

Undeniably, one of the Cherokee’s fortes is its ride. For a midsized sport utility vehicle (SUV) with off-road know-how, the Cherokee handles adeptly. The only time you notice the Jeep get a little unsettled is if you throw it in to a bend. Then there is perceptible body roll.

The new 2.2 MultiJet II engine certainly places the Jeep Cherokee towards the crest of the mid-size SUV class for pace, poise and proper efficiency. It is no BMW X3 but it brings the fight to the likes of Honda’s CR-V – and is sure to put the fabled motor manufacturer on track for even more success in the United Kingdom next year.

The Jeep Cherokee range starts at £26,095 for the 2.0 MultiJet II 140hp Longitude FWD manual, rising to £37,995 for the 2.2 MultiJet II 200hp Limited 4WD automatic.

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I T’S ALL CHILDS P LAY A Sense of Christmas

Think of Christmas without its sights, sounds, smells and tastes and the magical festivities would certainly lack lustre. Christmas is all about the senses, from the spectacle of presents under a scented tree, the sound of ripping paper and carols playing in the background to the heady aromas of chocolate, spices and zesty fruit. All these sensations and more help give it its sense of occasion, which if repeated year on year, become treasured family traditions for generations to come. Think back to a childhood Christmas and try to put your finger on what made it so memorable?

Take stocking opening. As well as the thrill of receiving a yearned for present, I wonder if snuggling up in dressing gowns and slippers on a cold dark morning, delving in the stocking, exclamations of surprise and delight and the feast for the eyes of a present strewn bed helped imprint the memory?

Christmas does not have to be a time of excesses, in fact nearly forty years on I can still vividly recall my best ever present, a carrier bag of second hand Sindy clothes that would have had Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s wastebusters smiling. Even children too young to understand what Christmas is about can appreciate the anticipation of the occasion and be enthralled by the excitement of others.

If you feel that Christmas has become too focussed on presents with not enough memory-making traditions and fun, here’s some no and low cost sensory ideas to try.

Sight The sense of sight is our most stimulated sense. If 80% of all input is visual just imagine what it’s like at Christmas time with sparkly lights, tinsel, baubles and beautifully wrapped presents? When it comes to decorations often less is more, so why not use holly and ivy to add cheer without bombarding the senses? Making wreaths and displays can be a great excuse for venturing outdoors in search of holly berries and vines. Christmas wreaths don’t come cheap but handmade ones are there for the picking. What better way of seeing young creators bristle with pride than their creation decorating the front door or mantelpiece? Go equipped with secateurs and a bin bag (for collecting the prickly branches in) then warm up inside with a lovely hot chocolate while having fun shaping them into cool decorations. And if you’re tree decorations have been nibbled by mice (as ours were) you can try your hand at simple homemade creations, from felt stocks to clay leaves, clove studded oranges to Lego sleighs, toilet roll Santas to cotton wool snowmen and wherever else your imagination takes you.

Smell For me Christmas would not be the same without the smell of pine needles, satsumas, mulled wine and brandy flamed

plum pudding. Why not limber up your nose with a spiced scented candle or better still the gentle aroma of whole dried oranges, great for getting in the mood? To add to the festive aromas and create gorgeous decorations, score the sides of whole oranges and dry them slowly in the oven – an Aga is perfect. Once dried they look amazing, and will release their zesty aromas infusing the air with the scent of Christmas.

Taste Children love the opportunity to get creative in the kitchen so why not make mince pies, Christmas cookies, sweets or sausage rolls together? As well as being cheaper and nicer than most shop bought options it gives children great satisfaction knowing they’ve made something as well as teaching them about food. Try this fun variation on the humble mince pie. Use readymade puff pastry to make mince pie bases and fill with mincemeat. Decorate with pastry stars, holly leaves, bells and trees (either free hand or cut with cookie cutters) to form the lids. Brush with beaten egg and bake. The puffed up creations will really wow visitors, and if my children are anything to go by, they’ll get great satisfaction from being hands-on. As well as being fun and a great way of saving money, you’ll be creating traditions and memories for the future. Our retro repertoire includes a Yuletide log, marzipan fruits and huge stocking shaped mince pie! Which recipe will you choose to become your family favourite?

Sound In our house Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without festive music. From Bing Crosby to choral pieces and popular carols, Christmassy music offers a change to the norm and makes the occasion all the more special. Not all traditions need to cost the earth. With a crackling open fire we always sort through the box of decorations (homemade and bought) and dress the freshly dug tree to the sound of White Christmas. But music doesn’t have to be traditional why not invite older children to create their own Christmas playlist and get ready for some embarrassing dad dancing!

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Food & Drink

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Tastes so good...

GRANNY’S XMAS PUDDING

The stout in this recipe will add the moisture to the pudding and the cocoa powder makes the pudding look lovely and dark.

Ingredients: 1oz mixed peel 1oz ground almonds 2 medium sized eggs ¼ teaspoon almond essence 2 teaspoons brandy 1 can of stout 2 teaspoons cocoa powder ¼ teaspoon nutmeg ¼ teaspoon baking powder ¼ teaspoon mixed spice 4oz plain flour 4oz breadcrumbs 4oz beef suet 4oz brown sugar 4oz raisins 4oz sultanas 4oz glace cherries 1 grated lemon rind ½ apple grated ½ carrot grated

Equipment: 2 pint pyrex bowl, pudding bowl, clean tea towel or pudding cloth.

Method: Place all the dry ingredients in a large bowl and mix together. Add the eggs and the brandy and mix then pour in the stout gradually and keep stirring until your mixture is the consistency of a loose cake mix. Grease your pudding bowl with a little butter and pour in the pudding mix. Cover with foil and then a tea towel or pudding cloth and tie it to the top of the bowl, this is to prevent any water getting in. Place in a large boiling pan and fill with water ¾ of the way up the side of the bowl. Boil on a moderate heat for 6 hours keep topping up the water with boiled kettle water if the level starts to drop. When the pudding is ready turn it out and leave to cool. These puddings can be stored wrapped in foil from now until Christmas, to reheat just place the pudding back in the bowl and boil for another 2 hours on Christmas day. Can be served with a sprinkling of icing sugar on the top or pour on ¼ brandy and light for a flaming Christmas pudding Lindsay Crozier & photographs by Nigel Maisey

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On Your Plot Scarves at the ready

December is perhaps the one month where, in the build up to Christmas with roaring fires and shorter days, even the hardiest of gardeners may struggle to get out there and do the necessary for their plots.

December often means hard frosts and you need to harvest your winter cabbages, celery and cauliflowers this month. Parsnips and swedes are pretty hardy so if you are a bit overrun with your crop you can keep these in the ground until you need them. If bad weather is forecast then keep some straw handy to cover them over and stop the ground from freezing thema in. Make sure that you check your stored crops for any sign of disease and remove any that look problematic.

If the ground isn’t too sticky then this is also a great time to get out your hoe and work between your vegetable crops. Look out for any plants which might have been lifted by frost and press them gently back into the ground.

Keep an eye on your Brussels too - these should be starting now so try cooking them in different ways in your meals before the ‘big day’ (adding a spot of garlic can make all the difference) until you find something suitable to go with the bird. You don’t just have to eat them on Christmas Day you know!

Be mindful of any snowfall this month or in future weeks and help out your plants and shrubs as best you can by brushing off any settled snow. This helps to prevent any damage with branches breaking under the weight. Just make sure you if you have small children they don’t take this as an opportunity to flick snow everywhere otherwise your quiet gardening time could suddenly turn into an impromptu snowball fight!

Birds at this time of the year need all the help they can get too. There are some great plants that you can introduce to help them as well as popping out the traditional feeders. These

include hawthorn, holly, beriberi and indeed your holly can double up as a craft project for indoor decorations over the festive season.

If you are planting these types of shrubs for our feathered friends then do try and put them somewhere quiet in the garden where the birds won’t be frightened off.

Sit back at your window and watch them feed contentedly whilst you enjoy the view. Why not get out a few gardening books, grab a cup of tea and imagine how you’d like your garden to look next summer? More or less vegetables? Bigger shrubs, more colour?

Whatever you choose, pat yourself on the back for all the hard work you’ve done this year and think how green your fingers really could be!

Jobs for December:-

• Continue collecting falling leaves and put them in a leaf mould cage ready for next year.

• Take hardwood cuttings of soft fruit.

• Cover your compost bins • Pop some more manure into your digging efforts.

• Keep an eye on any slugs trying to get at your potatoes • Keep your bird feeders topped up, especially if there is ground frost or snowfall.

• Keep mice away from your harvested produce.

• Cut back any creepers that have become a bit excitable during the year

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Civil Service Retirement Fellowship Community News

Boscombe & Southbourne The CSRF is a registered charity that is dedicated to helping former civil servants, their partners, widows/widowers and dependants make the most of their retirement.

Your local group is the Boscombe and Southbourne group. We hold coffee mornings at 10.00am on the first Wednesday of every month (except January), at St Katharine’s Church Hall, Church Road, Southbourne. Admission is £1.50 (there is no annual membership fee).

We welcome anyone with a link of any sort to the Civil service, their friends and indeed everyone who has an interest in coming along and joining in.

We have a speaker most months, though we also run an occasional quiz or other event. We are a friendly crowd and will make you very welcome.

If you would like more details, ring John Hill on 01202 431456.

Boscombe & Southbourne Probus Club

Thursday 8th January is the date for the next meeting of the Boscombe and Southbourne Probus Club when the talk will be by Hilary Warner.

There is a visit to a pantomime on the 23rd.

Outings are normally organised once a month and most are open to wife’s and partners.

Our meetings are held at The Liston Hotel, 5 Wollstonecraft Road, Boscombe.

If you are interested in joining, please contact our Honorary Secretary Chris Freeman by phone on 01202 430265 or by email at chrisnfreeman@gmail.com. www.boscombeandsouthbourneprobusclub.co.uk

Contact the Elderly Once a month, on a Sunday afternoon, volunteer car drivers take the elderly out for a little car ride before going to the homes of volunteer host and hostesses for Sunday afternoon tea.

We only ask our volunteers just to provide tea once or twice a year in their homes.

Reserve car drivers are required when the regulars can’t come, perhaps two or three times a year.

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SOUTHBOURNE & CHRISTCHURCH     Services of Christchurch Angels are offered to isolated, The kind of things a volunteer  Angel can help with are: 

 vulnerable patients registered in all the GP Surgeries in  Christchurch and more recently in Southbourne. Given  the high number of isolated older people in the area, we  are always looking to recruit more Angel volunteers.  As this is a short term service to enable people to become  more independent, the role would suit retired volunteers who need to be flexible and have other commitments  in their lives, e.g. looking after grandchildren, enjoying holidays.

However, we do also have younger volunteers  who have free time during the day and evenings.   friends You will get the chance to meet new people, make and gain confidence; the chance to use your individual  talents andskills  to  benefit your local community; an    enhancedCV;  attend training sessions in the knowledge   that you have made a difference to someone’s life – a  real feel good factor! 

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• Helping and supporting people to use local facilities, activities and resources  • Helping with practical tasks, e.g. paperwork, getting prescriptions, mowing the lawn, walking the dog on   a short term basis  • Shopping & excursions via Dial a Bus or Age Concern  • Regular visiting  If you are interested in becoming a volunteer please  contact Linda Green on 07443 476798 or e-mail:  christchurchangels@gmail.com.  As part of the  project there is a list of organisations which may also be able to offer support. A hard   copy of the Directory is now available  in Libraries, GP Surgeries and other community venues.  www.christchurchangels.org.uk 

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Bedrooms Flair Interiors............................37

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Kitchens Dream Doors............................39

Blinds & Shutters Ashley Blinds............................. 3 Broadview Blinds......................13 Just Shutters............................. 5 Tuscany Blinds..........................15

Dancewear Dancing Daisy........................... 5

Meal Deliveries Collins Catering.........................35

Dentists Hoburne Dental Practice..........20

Oven Cleaners Oven King................................. 6

Builders & Carpenters Ian Jones...................................16 Love to Build.............................29

Denture Services Dorset Denture Clinic................16

Parks & Outdoor Activites Hengistbury Head Visitor Centre.... 9

Cameras Rocky Rock Cameras.................31

Domestic Cleaning Services Time for You..............................17

Pet Services “Muddy”ford Mutts..................16 Vida T.......................................23

Cards & Gifts Southbourne Cards...................35

Drainage Services All Drains Cleared..................... 6

Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning Cleaning Doctor........................23

Electricians D Lowrey...................................15 Dorset Electrical & Fire Alarms....27 Savage Electrical......................23

Chimney Sweeps Oliver Chimney Sweeps.............37 Chiropodists Karen Lewis-Fry........................17 Watcombe Foot Clinic............... 3 Chiropractors Paul Harris................................23 Community News Adventures of Nellie.................24 Boscombe & S’bourne Probus....36 Contact the Elderly...................36 Dorset Wildlife Trust.................14 It’s All Child’s Play: A Sense of Christmas..............28 Martin Lewis: Christmas...........18 Motoring: Jeep Cherokee Diesel....26 On your plot: Scarves at the ready..............34 Recipe: Granny’s Xmas Pud......30 Southbourne Friendship Club.... 6 Souhtbourne Guides.................12 Souhtbourne Civil Servants Retirement Fellowship...........36 St. Katharine’s with St. Nicholas Christmas Services................. 6

Entertainment ASDS - Aladdin.......................... 1 Estate Agents Powis........................................19 Richard Godsell.........................21 Garage Services Kimberley Garage.....................27 Garden Services David Burgess Garden Design....31 Health, Fitness & Care Body Therapy............................29 Hearing Aids Clarity Hearing Solutions..........17 Hotels & Restaurants Cliff House Hotel.......................32 Hot Tub Hire Party Tub Hire...........................27

Plumbing & Heating Services Bournemouth Plumbing Solutions....16 First Choice Plumbing...............40 Gas BoilerCare.......................... 9 J C Gas......................................19 Property Maintenance Ian Jones Property Maintenance....16 Love to Build.............................29 Phil’s Handyman Services.........37 Puzzles & Competitions Crossword.................................22 Kids Page..................................10 Prize Wordsearch......................33 Sudoku......................................22 Record Shops Rose Red Records......................31 Roofing PR Smith Roofing...................... 5 Solicitors Robert Wrynne......................... 2 Volunteers Wanted Christchurch Angels..................37 Windows, Doors & Conservatories Allglaze.....................................13 Cloudy2Clear Windows.............11

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