The Benfleet Magazine July Edition 2020

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Hi there, Welcome to our July edition We’re all very pleased here to run our second edition after lockdown. Thankfully every day the world seems to be returning to a new form of normal and slowly but surerly we can all start doing the important things we missed so much.

June’s Quiz Winner was Frankie-jo Marden from Churchway in Benfleet who won a Jumanji 2 DVD. Well done to all those who got the correct answer despite our mistake! Congratulations!

One big thing to remember is we must all make sure we KEEP IT LOCAL. Shop local, eat local, visit local.

In the kids quiz this month your family has the chance to win a DVD copy of Jumanji The Next Level. Don’t forget you have to be in it to win it!

Try your utmost to give any work or any purchases you are looking to make to the small businesses that are just round the corner to you. They employ local people and spend their profits locally making our little towns all the better.

If you would like to advertise with us, the last day to get your advert in is 15th July. We can design your ad for Free and a Month’s Advertising to 20,000 homes costs from as little as £45. You can contact us on 01268 330271 or email at sales@eblmagazines.co.uk

As well as our amazing small businesses we also have some interesting articles and a lot more puzzles for you to enjoy. We have a real variety of puzzles as well as a kids page to keep the little ones entertained.

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LOCKDOWN MUSINGS Back in May garden centres became some of the first businesses allowed to reopen to the public.

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HANDY SONGS As lockdown eases, we should be even more vigilant about handwashing. You can’t catch coronavirus through your skin but if contaminated hands touch your face then all the belated social distancing in the world won’t help you.

I don’t know about you, but I am sick to death of the Happy Birthday song. I will never sing it again when this is over...we were surely due a new celebratory melody after almost 130 years anyway.

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The chorus to Dolly Parton’s hit single Jolene: Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, I’m begging of you please don’t take my man. Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene. Please don’t take him just because you can.

As a teen I was in love with Morten Harket from A-Ha so I was delighted to find that the chorus of Take On Me is 20 seconds providing you hold the last note properly...and who wouldn’t? Take on me (take on me), Take me on (take on me), I’ll be gone, In a day or two.

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WALK BACK TO HAPPINESS During lockdown I was furloughed, and my husband John had to work from home. We decided to use the time it usually took us to commute (an hour each way) to walk. We'd never really walked as a form of exercise before...we'd never really taken any form of exercise before, so this was something new.

We worked out a route and as we were used to getting up at 6am to travel to our respective jobs and we decided that staying in that routine seemed sensible so we wouldn't be too out of sync on our return to work. The mornings were gradually becoming lighter at the start of lockdown so although we were heading out early it wasn't dark. We have walked for just over an hour every day for ten weeks and this is what we've discovered.

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