Harrogate Life Magazine - April 2020

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Contents 08 Book Review

44 baking

12 CROSSWORD

48 History

16 GARDENING

50 PARENTING

The book nook

Windswept gardens

22 GARDENING Cont.

34 HEALTH

Rainy day ideas and sunny day ideas

59 Sudoku

38 special

60 Quiz Answers

Tips for social distancing

60 SPECIAL OFFERS

42 RECIPE

Perfectly paired wine with cheese?

56 Harrogate's Twin Towns

Snoring: It’s no laughing matter

Keeping children safe online

54 Things to do

Don’t be an April Fool

Easter origins

53 FOOD/DRINK

24 Technology

Rhubarb meringue pie

62 INDEX & Useful numbers

Creamy gnocchi bake

Welcome to the April issue of HarrogAte Life magazine.

We have our usual range of articles in the magazine including both a sweet recipe and a savoury recipe. You will also find a useful article on how to keep the kids safe online, which is even more important at the moment as they are at home more and instead of the What’s On guide on pages 38 & 54 ,we have ideas for occupying your time for those self isolating or social distancing. Let’s not forget that it is Easter time and we have an article on page 48 telling us the origins of Easter.

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his is an unusual version of the magazine as it is only to be found online and not being distributed as normal.

It goes without saying that these are horrendous times for us all and in line with the current Government guidelines as we write, we feel tht it would be highly irresponsible to be out delivering the magazine. We have been championing local independent businesses for the last 14 years so we hope that you will still take the time to browse through these online pages and take note of any of the local businesses that you might like to use once this situation is over so that together we can help get our local economy back on its feet again.

We would like to wish you all the very best and hope that you and your loved ones come out of this safe and well.

Best Wishes Paul & Fiona

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Books

The book nook

By Kate Duggan

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to gardening, there’s something to suit most readers this month…

and reading ‘just one more page’ long into the night.

Alice – Christina Henry

On the Up – Alice O’ Keeffe

If you enjoy twisted fairy tales, this book (and its sequel, Red Queen) needs to be on your reading list.

The story begins with Alice, who’s been locked up in an asylum for a decade after encountering the Rabbit.

She escapes with her neighbouring cellmate and they set off on a journey that sees them encountering various characters from the beloved children’s tale.

This is definitely not a story for children however; it’s horrifying, gruesome and as dark as they come.

Sylvia dreams of a better life, away from her council flat.

A home with wisteria around the door, a garden and no noisy neighbours. Meanwhile, her financial situation and the challenges of parenthood are putting a strain on her relationship with her partner, Obe. While Sylvia is desperate to leave her estate behind, when it’s threatened she finds herself ready to defend it. A warm humorous book about family, community and modern life.

Three Hours – Rosamund Lupton Masked gunmen attack a school in Somerset. They shoot the headmaster but make no demands. Who’s behind the attack; who’s safe; who’s the target? A heart-racingly tense thriller with characters you’ll be desperate to protect.

Three Hours will keep you on the edge of your seat

Peaky Blinders: The Real Story of Birmingham’s most notorious gangs – Carl Chinn If you love the TV series, you might enjoy reading about some of the real peaky blinders who lived, fought and evaded the law in Birmingham a century ago. Amongst them was the author’s own great-grandfather.

Unlike the show, the book doesn’t glamourise the men or the deeds. As Chinn states, the peaky blinders were often “unsavoury, unglamorous and

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unworthy of respect”. Instead, the book provides a wellresearched, fascinating insight into historical gang violence.

How to Plant a Garden – Matt James Itching to get back out in your garden now spring is here?

Or perhaps you’re somewhat reluctantly determined to tackle the weeds? Either way, this book might help to inspire you.

There’s advice on choosing the right plants for different situations and plenty of guidance on soil conditions, shady areas, plant combinations and more.

It’s not a new release, so you might even be able to order a copy from your local library.

The Mercies – Kiran Millwood Hargrave The tiny Norwegian community of Vardø is devastated when most of its men are killed at sea in one night. The women have to come together to survive. But this is the seventeenth century, and independent women are viewed with suspicion and distaste, particularly by new commissioner Absalom Cornet. Based on real events, The Mercies is a gripping, thought-provoking read.

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Gardening

Windswept gardening

by pippa Greenwood

perhaps even some field maple can be bought for planting bare root at a very reasonable price.

It’ll take a few years for a small, new hedge to get established but once it has it should grow strongly and have the desired effect. In the meantime, erect a man-made barrier such as some hurdles.

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f your garden suffers the effect of winds, often pretty chilly ones at that, there’s no need to assume that you’re never going to be able to create yourself a garden. There are things you could do to improve the situation and make it easier for plants to survive, but there are also plants that are a lot tougher than you might think. So what should you do, and what should you grow?

Walls are rarely the answer as a solid windbreak can cause a form of turbulence and increase the problem of wind and cold on the garden side of the barrier. Instead, and if you don’t like the idea of a hedge, erect something like a fence, which allows some wind through.

If possible choose varieties of plants that are closer to the ground. These are more likely to enjoy a little protection from the prevailing winds and so have the chance to put on a decent show without getting their heads blown off! Go for miniature or dwarf forms where available.

There are bound to be some areas of your garden that are less exposed than others. Think carefully about what you plant in these prized positions, and don’t ‘waste’ them on tougher plants.

Creating a windbreak is a great idea, and if you can plant a hedge as a windbreak you will be amazed at the level of improvement you see within the garden. Native hedging plants including hawthorn, blackthorn, guelder rose, wild rose and

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Gardening If you want to do some planting for colour that will come back year after year, you need to sow seeds or buy plants of perennials. There are often some good bargains to be had at this time of year, when small pots of perennials are available from most garden centres for only a few pounds each. The stately hardier form of Yucca filiamentosa (related to the popular houseplant) adds structure and impact; also consider the New Zealand flax (Phormium), Sedum spectabile (the ice plants), Phlomis, Lavatera maritima, Kniphofia caulescens (a form of red-hot poker), Centranthus ruber, Japanese anemones, Eryngium, Agapanthus and Euphorbia characias.

…Continuted from page 16 (hardy forms only) or dwarf narcissus such as Tete-a-Tete and Peeping Tom. The side of a mountain or a very steep hillside is often windswept and exposed, so it is no wonder that a number of rock plants do well in exposed gardens.

Try Campanula portenschlagiana (a creeping form of the pretty bellflower), Sempervivum (the rosetteforming house leeks), low-growing hebes, Erigeron daisies, Helianthemum and Veronica spicata.

There are a good few annual flowers that are considerably tougher than you might think when you look at their delicate colourful blooms.

Many of these are easy to grow from seed so won’t cost much either, such as wallflowers, petunias, evening primrose, Echium, flax, calendulas, sweet William, clarkia, Californian poppies, Lavatera trimestris and candy tuft.

For a little more height and longer-term structure then a few shrubs are a welcome addition to a windy or exposed garden. Many of the delicate flowered Cistus do well: Fuchsia magellanica, Euonymus fortunei, Escallonia, Elaeagnus and the dwarf species of Cotoneaster such as Cotoneaster horizontalis should fit the bill.

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Technology

Don’t be an April fool The tech scams to watch out for this spring

didn’t get any compensation at all because the banks found they hadn’t taken ‘reasonable care’ to avoid being tricked.

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e all know the rules around April fools: once the clock strikes noon, the pranks stop. Unfortunately that isn’t the case for the online villains that try to fool us with fake emails, fake virus warnings and other issues – and some of those scams can leave the victims seriously out of pocket. So how can you keep yourself safe from the scammers?

Big tech firms offer two-step authentication to protect your logins

Whether it’s fake emails or fake invoices, it’s a good idea to assume that anything unsolicited that appears in your email inbox is a fraud: if in doubt, call your bank or tradesperson on the phone (and don’t use any numbers listed in the suspicious emails – they can be faked too).

Never, ever transfer money if there’s the slightest possibility that the recipient is a scammer.

Step one is to trust Scam advice from Action Fraud nobody.

One of the most common kinds of scams is called ‘phishing’, which is when fraudsters create a convincinglooking fake email purportedly from your bank, from PayPal, from eBay and so on. They’re traps: the sites they link to are also fake, and they’re designed to trick you into entering your username and password. If you do, the villains can use those details and start spending your money – and because so many people use the same details on multiple sites, the fraudsters can often access multiple sites too. Many security packages can detect phishing emails, but they’re not 100% reliable so it’s important to stay cynical.

Some of the oldest scams have been reborn on the internet too: snake oil salesmen selling dodgy products that promise to cure all ills; auction scammers who sell fake or broken items without disclosing their status; getrich-quick schemes, dodgy lotteries and other dubious supposed moneymakers. If something seems too good to be true, it usually is.

Trying to fool people can be big business. In late 2019, Indian police shut down two call centres that were targeting UK residents by pretending to be Microsoft technical support staff. One victim, retired businessman Richard Varey, lost £4,000 – and City of London Police say they’re contacted by 2,000 people like Richard every month.

A new and worrying kind of scam centres around bank transfer payments. Fraudsters pose as genuine tradespeople or service providers and send a convincing-looking invoice with the bank details they want you to transfer money to. According to payment processing firm ShieldPay, in the UK alone such frauds cost UK bank customers a whopping £207.5 million in 2019 – and on average, victims were only able to get back 48% in compensation from their Fake tech support message on a Windows PC banks. 15%

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Groom, groom, groom Dogs and cats shed much more in the springtime, so help nature along by gently grooming them on a regular basis. It’ll boost

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It’s easy to miss the signs of potential ill health in your pet in the spring, as the main culprits are either minute in size or ingested before you realise it’s happened. So keep a watchful eye when you’re outdoors and you’ll be able to act quickly to stop any serious illnesses developing.

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Stand aside, standby. You aren’t needed Comedian Michael McIntyre made fun of us all by pointing out that we often shut down appliances before going on holiday for safety reasons.

When you unplug your mobile phone after charging it, the charger is still using tiny amounts.

When you multiply that by the number of people in the house, it’s not so tiny. So switch it off at the wall when you aren’t using it.

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xcept the fridge because “we trust the fridge”.

He has a point on the safety aspect, but we should also be considering the environmental one, and not just when we are on holiday.

Leaving your devices on standby means you are spending good money warming the planet.

Your router is something you want to have available pretty much all the time. But if you are going on two weeks holiday, a little holiday of its own won’t hurt.

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The Sofa As A Centrepiece The sofa is the centrepiece for your whole living space. This hardworking piece of furniture sees a lot of use, with the best examples combining style, comfort and durability.

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The Ultimate Sofa - Lewes Sofas & Stuff have recently re-introduced the Lewes sofa. The Lewes sofa is the favourite design of Sofa & Stuff’s founder Andrew Cussins, as it has so much to offer being big, deep and extra comfy, a classic sofa brought back from 1986.

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Health Snoring: It’s no laughing matter

By Dr Daisy Mae

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orget ‘unreasonable behaviour’ – snoring is now recognised to be a top reason for divorce – along with fishing and becoming vegetarian! (Daily Express, January 2018) 20 million Brits claim they are sleep deprived by their partner’s snoring, reported The Sun in 2017.

We may think snoring is funny, but this is hardly the case. Usually, the partner suffers the most.

Sleeping on the sofa every night takes its toll, with ruined relationships and broken marriages.

So what causes snoring? Is it bad for our health? What can be done about it?

What Causes Snoring?

Snoring is caused by something partially blocking your mouth and the back of your throat. While you are sleeping, and when you breathe in, this blockage causes that noise we all know so well – a snore.

or stopping drinking alcohol and losing weight are strongly recommended.

What can cause such a blockage? Excess mucus/ catarrh from smoking, alcohol, which causes the muscles and tissues of the palate to become floppy, and fat, in people who are overweight or obese, when pads of fatty tissue accumulate in these areas and literally wobble in the breeze!

Products for Snorers and Snoring Sufferers

Reduce the risk of allergy by regular vacuuming, damp dusting and keeping the bedroom pet-free. Use hypoallergenic bedding.

First step? A pair of foam rubber earplugs for your partner!

Allergies are also sometimes responsible.

House dust mite, animal dander, pollens, yeasts and moulds are common allergens.

Anti-snoring products are readily available.

For example, nasal strips to hold the airways open or a ‘Neti pot’, which uses salt water to flush the airways before bedtime.

Snoring is associated with sleeping flat on your back and breathing in through your mouth, not your nose. Lying on your side and nasal breathing helps reduce snoring.

Best results are likely with a mandibular device –a special type of gum shield that holds the tongue and jaw forward, keeping the airway open while you sleep.

Sleep Apnoea

The Antisnoor device is an adhesive patch you wear on your forehead that detects snoring and vibrates to prompt you to turn over.

Snoring is dangerous if it causes ‘sleep apnoea’.

In this condition, a severe blockage to airflow temporarily starves your brain of oxygen.

You briefly stop breathing altogether, but then your breathing starts up again.

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The Importance of Sleep

This causes a strain on your heart, makes you feel constantly tired and can have life-threatening consequences.

Getting adequate and good quality sleep is vital. Lack of sleep is associated with strokes, heart attacks, diabetes, cancer, and shortens our lifespan. Adults are recommended to sleep for seven to nine hours per night.

What Can Be Done to Reduce Snoring?

Making lifestyle changes is the best long-term treatment. Stopping smoking, moderating

Snoring it seems, is a serious business!

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Top 4 Myths about Ageing and Eating a Healthy Diet WeLcome To THe LATesT ediTion of senior sniPPeTs:

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3. eat more vegetables

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s we age, physical changes to our bodies occur which can affect the way we think and feel about food. As part of a new campaign called ‘Stay Nourished’ by Home Instead Senior Care Harrogate we dispel the top 4 myths about ageing and diet.

Nutrient-rich vegetables are essential in any diet but should be eaten as part of a balanced diet including protein, carbohydrates and fluids.

Protein is important as we age as it protects our muscles, immune system, body organs and brain.

1. You need to eat less when you get older

4. Malnutrition is a symptom of getting older

People often wrongly believe that as energy requirements reduce, we need to reduce our food intake. This isn’t the case. Metabolism may slow down when we age but eating good food is what protects and fuels our bodies and is key to ageing well.

Malnutrition can affect anyone at any age and is not a normal aspect of the ageing process.

Malnutrition can occur in bodies of any size, large or small, but older people are particularly at risk. Don’t dismiss the warning signs of malnutrition as being par for the course.

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Surviving social distancing The coronavirus pandemic is upending our way of life and health officials agree that to prevent its spread, social distancing has become essential.

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ere are a few ideas to get you through the quieter times.

to tackle for when this is all over. Use up some of those more obscure tins and packets in the back of the cupboard - just watch those ‘Use By’ dates.

Set up a virtual book club. Catch up on reading - you don’t need libraries as you can download some e-books or audiobooks. Include your friends and create a virtual book club and group FaceTime each other to discuss.

Enjoy the great outdoors. Getting out will improve your general health. The fresh air will clear your mind and help you notice things about the world around you that you didn’t see before. If you are really stuck at home, learn the names of plants and trees in your garden.

Be a culture vulture. Take a virtual museum tour. Google Arts & Culture has a collection of virtual walk-throughs for dozens of international museums, from Paris to New Delhi.

Get organised. Not quite so appealing but you could always sort out your paperwork, your Will and your taxes - all the stuff you’ve been putting off for years. Clear out your wardrobe; if you’ve not worn it for a year or two, will you really wear it again?

Be a film critic. Catch up with recent Oscar winners and maybe share your thoughts with some social interaction on Facebook or Twitter. Choose an actor and watch all their films in chronological order to see if their acting has improved or actually got worse.

Start birdwatching. Coronavirus doesn’t bother them. Dust off some binoculars if you’ve got some and find out what species nest near you, you may be surprised.

Learn a language. Probably something you think about doing every time you go on holiday. Learning a few phrases in another tongue keeps the mind active too.

Order in: Get all the takeaway food menus out of the drawer and order a takeout, because that way you are supporting local restaurants who need your help right now.

Tax the brain. There are loads of puzzles online and apps available to test you, even if it’s just to test your vocabulary. Start with Discover’s own puzzle page on pxx.

Meditate. Now is the time to slow down and empty your mind. Time to relax, have a nap.

Experiment in the kitchen. For foodies out there, make that recipe that’s been sitting in the drawer for years. Or read your cookbooks and find new recipes

Carry out property improvements: Clearly if you are on a compulsory self-isolation you can’t have anyone in the house. But you can still have stuff done outside – driveways, getting the gutters cleaned, garden maintenance and fencing. Obviously if you are just working from home, or spending less because you are not going out, you have hopefully freed a bit of budget for general property improvements.

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The Red Box Probably the best Post Office, gift shop & quality art/greetings card shop in the area

Come and browse through our 1200+ beautiful, individual designs of cards, not matched in the area.

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White Rose Sewing Established in 1979 White Rose Sewing Centre is a friendly, family run sewing machine business based in Harrogate.

The owner, Phil Pearson, moved to new premises in 2014. The new premises are bigger and brighter giving Phil more room to display

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Recipe

Creamy gnocchi bake

method

Serves: 4 Ready in: 45 minutes

1. Preheat the oven to 200C, 180C fan, Gas Mark 6. Bring a large pan of lightly salted water to the boil. Add the gnocchi and boil for 3-4 minutes until they rise to the surface. Drain well and transfer to a large ovenproof dish.

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his quick-to-make supper will be on the table in under an hour – simply serve with a crisp green salad. You’ll find packs of potato gnocchi near the fresh pasta in the supermarket.

2. Heat the oil in a frying pan over a medium heat. Add the onion and fry for 4-5 minutes until tender. Stir in the garlic and spinach and cook for a 2-3 minutes, stirring, until the spinach has wilted. Spoon over the gnocchi and stir gently to mix. Spoon over the cheese sauce. Top with the mozzarella cheese.

ingredients • 2 x 500g packs fresh gnocchi • 1 tbsp olive oil • 1 onion, finely chopped

3. Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes until golden and bubbling. Top with the tomatoes and serve garnished with lemon slices and baby spinach leaves.

• 1 garlic clove, peeled and crushed • 100g baby spinach leaves • 2 x 350g tubs fresh cheese sauce • 150g mozzarella cheese ball, drained and sliced

TIP: For a lighter dish replace the cheese sauce with 2 x 350g tubs fresh tomato pasta sauce and top with grated reduced fat Cheddar and Parmesan.

• 8 cherry tomatoes, halved • Lemon slices and baby spinach leaves, to garnish

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Baking

Rhubarb meringue pie

makes: 8 Ready in: 1 hour 15 minutes, plus chilling and cooling

round loose-based fluted flan tin. Prick the base all over with a fork. Chill for 30 minutes. Preheat the oven to 200C, 180C fan, Gas Mark 6.

2. For the filling, spread the rhubarb in a large shallow roasting tin and sprinkle with 50g of the sugar and the orange zest and juice. Cover with foil and bake for 20-25 minutes until tender.

Transfer to a heatproof bowl and leave to cool.

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delicious variation on the classic, this will be a perfect dessert for a special family meal or Sunday roast. Serve with single cream or a spoonful of crème fraiche.

PASTRY CASE AND FILLING ingredients

3. Line the chilled pastry case with baking paper and fill with ceramic baking beans (see Tip). Bake for 10 minutes then remove the lining and beans and bake for a further 5-10 minutes until the pastry is crisp and golden. Remove from the oven and set aside.

• 350g shortcrust pastry • Flour, for dusting • 400g rhubarb, trimmed and cut into short lengths • 150g caster sugar • Zest and juice of ½ orange • 2 medium egg yolks • 2 tbsp cornflour • 20g unsalted butter

4. Place the rhubarb in a large non-stick pan with the rest of the caster sugar, egg yolks, cornflour and butter. Heat gently, stirring all the time, until the mixture comes to the boil. Simmer for 2-3 minutes, stirring, until thickened.

Leave to cool then spread in the pastry case.

5. To make the meringue, whisk the egg whites in a clean, grease-free bowl until stiffly peaking.

Gradually whisk in the caster sugar, a spoonful at a time, to form a firm, glossy meringue. Spoon over the rhubarb filling and swirl with the back of a spoon. Bake for 12-15 minutes until the meringue is golden. Serve warm or cold.

MERINGUE ingredients

• 4 medium egg whites • 225g caster sugar

method

TIP: If you don’t have ceramic baking beans then use dried beans or lentils instead.

1. For the pastry case, roll out the pastry on a lightly floured surface and use to line a 23cm

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History

Easter origins

By Catherine Rose

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aster is the celebration of Christ’s Resurrection but its annual tradition of a rabbit leaving chocolate eggs for children seems to be an idea out of the imagination of Lewis Carroll. So how did it come about?

Although eggs have featured symbolically in ceremonies throughout the world for hundreds of years, the tradition of eggs given at Easter seems to have been born in Europe as long ago as the twelfth century.

The origin of the Easter egg is not certain.

Some see it as a symbol of new birth and therefore the Resurrection.

During the Middle Ages, eggs were forbidden to be eaten during Lent, which could also be why they became central to Easter celebrations.

The Easter Bunny in particular is said to originate in Germany where it was the mystical hare, not a rabbit, who was the giver. This hare was mentioned as early as 1682 in George Franck von Frankenau’s German book About Easter Eggs.

However, as spring is the time of new birth in nature generally, it is likely that the idea of giving decorated eggs at this time of year began as a pagan one with the custom of serving painted or dyed hard-boiled eggs for breakfast on Easter morning.

Further afield, in the USA, Dutch immigrants to Pennsylvania in the 18th century were telling their children about Osterhase or the Easter Hare. But by the time it was mentioned in the San Francisco Call, the hare had become a rabbit: “From Germany – rich in weird traditions – comes the quaint conceit that the week before Easter rabbits are endowed with the power to lay eggs.”

So how did Easter eggs come to be made of chocolate? The Victorians popularised giving a decorated cardboard egg filled with sweets and chocolates at Easter. At the beginning of the twentieth century, chocolate manufacturers such as Fry’s and Cadbury began cashing in on the idea of marrying the two, the former having produced the first commercially available chocolate Easter egg in 1873.

But why a hare originally? The hare was once a symbol of the sixteenth century German Lutheran Church because it was believed – perhaps due to its solitary nature – that it could reproduce itself without a mate and was therefore likened to the Virgin Birth.

There does not seem to be much in the way of records to show how the Easter egg hunt itself began but there is no doubt that they provide a lot of fun for children. Even Queen Victoria was partial to an Easter egg hunt, writing in her diary when she was fourteen: “Mama did some pretty painted and ornamented eggs, and we looked for them [in Kensington Palace gardens].”

There is another possibility that the idea of an Easter hare came from the pagan worship of Eostre, the Saxon goddess of spring, who was said to have the altered shape of a hare.

There will be many hunts taking place this Easter, thanks to the generosity of the Easter Bunny.

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At the end of the day the old adage that happy customers lead to more happy customers is true and we work hard to make that happen for every installation we carry out!’

So, if you want to make use of your loft space, however big or small, call Aaron on 0800 612 8359 and he’ll be happy to pop round and give you a no obligation quote so you too can make use of your loft!

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Parenting Keeping children safe online

By Kate Duggan

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hile children and teenagers are often far more tech savvy than us parents, their lack of life experience makes them vulnerable. One in eight 12-15 year olds experiences cyber bullying, and a growing number are being groomed online.

Check parental controls Digital devices usually come with parental controls that you can enable. Popular children’s online games, such as Roblox, also tend to give parents a choice of settings. You can prevent your child from accessing certain features, for example.

You may want to adjust the settings so that your child can’t chat to strangers, and regularly check your child’s list of friends to make sure they haven’t added people they don’t know in real life.

Talk to your child Ask your child to show you what they do when they’re playing their favourite digital games. You might also want to set up your own account, so you can explore a game to see whether there’s anything that concerns you.

Make sure your child understands that they should never send photos to people they meet online, or give out personal details, such as their real name, email address or school name. Talk to your child about how easy it is for people to lie when they’re online.

Above all, make sure your child knows that they can come to you if they experience anything that makes them feel uncomfortable, without you getting cross.

Social media Most social media sites only allow accounts to be set up by people aged 13 and up. However, they don’t require proof of age, so it’s down to parents to enforce the rules. Messaging apps and social media are useful for keeping in touch with friends but can be exploited by bullies and predators. Again, talk to your child about how to stay safe.

You might want to help your teen set up their privacy controls and discuss what they should do if they’re trolled or contacted by someone they don’t know.

Setting limits Most tablets allow you to set a limit for how many hours they can be used for each day. It’s more difficult to set time limits for older children, however,

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who may need to use laptops or tablets to do their homework.

At the very least, you may want to agree times that your child isn’t allowed to use devices, such as meal times, the hour before bedtime and so on. Try to lead by example. If you’re constantly scrolling through social media feeds, it’s going to be hard to convince your child not to do the same.

Further info For guidance on keeping children safe online, check out www.net-aware.org.uk and www.saferinternet.org.uk. www.internetmatters.org also has a wealth of useful information, including what to do if your child is bullied online.

If you’re not sure how to set up parental controls, or want advice on privacy settings or social media, call the O2/ NSPCC’s online safety advice line on 0808 8005002.

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Make a Will Month Make or amend your will this April, and participating solicitors will waive the fee so you can make a donation to Saint Michael’s, and help people living with terminal illness and bereavement across the Harrogate District.

Register your interest to receive your pack and list of participating solicitors: Tel: (01423) 878 628 Email: supportercare@saintmichaelshospice.org Web: www.saintmichaelshospice.org

Giving you the opportunity to protect the things you care about Harrogate District Hospice Care is a registered charity in England and Wales (518905) with a family of services operating as Herriot Hospice Homecare, Just ‘B’, Saint Michael’s Hospice and Talking Spaces. Harrogate District Hospice Care is a company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales (2121179). Registered address Crimple House, Hornbeam Park Avenue, 5 2 Harrogate, HG2 8QL. Tel 01423 771200

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Dear lovers of wine & cheese

By Jesper Callisen, Manager & Sommelier of Bacchus Wine Bar oes it get better than the mouthD watering combination of a perfectly paired wine with cheese?

From a soft-ripe running Brie with an aged Chardonnay from Burgundy to the classic British pairing of Stilton and Port wine.

The answer, my dear friends is yes. By serving the right chutney, nuts, chocolate etc. an additional layer of magic and delight will be added to your wine and cheese experience.

your cheese shop if they have one of these available when pairing with a Barbera d’Asti or Pinot noir.

A great starter cheeseboard includes:

Light, crisp and refreshing

• 2-3 cheeses (the more the merrier, but 3 is a good start) • Nuts (depending on the wine, specific nuts might work better than others, but use those you like) • Various crackers (crackers can complement flavours in wines and cheese. Sometimes, however it is also nice to simply have a water-biscuit and let the cheese and other accompaniments speak for themselves).

• Fresh or dried fruit (fruit brings colour to your board and can highlight flavours in the wine and cheese) • Honey (a great pairing with most cheeses) • Chutney (try to match the chutney flavours with the supposed flavours in the wine, if in doubt you can usually find the winemakers notes on the back of the bottle or online).

A good New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc with goats cheese • Accompanied by gooseberry or passionfruit chutney and grated grapefruit zest. Served on a water cracker or biscuit of your choice.

• Sauvignon Blanc and goats cheese is a classic pairing that works really well. Gooseberry, passionfruit and grapefruit enhances the natural flavours in the wine, the combination is like fireworks in your mouth.

Perfect for date night dessert- a great twist on chocolate covered strawberries Malbec, vintage Champagne or Sparkling Moscato d’Asti with a Gorgonzola and chocolate dip, served with fresh fruits. This pairing is very versatile and caters to your wine mood. Isn’t that just nice…

Pro tip: When serving a cheeseboard, assemble a couple of your cheeses with accompaniments on crackers so that your guests can see how they are meant to assemble theirs.

• Melt the chocolate in a water bath (dark or milk chocolate depending on your preference), add Stilton to the chocolate dip and melt it bit by bit until you get the flavours of the blue cheese shining through the chocolate.

Serve warm in a heat proof bowl.

• Serve with ripe fruit such as raspberries, pears, and mango.

• The sweetness of Moscato d’Asti pairs perfectly with this dessert.

• Vintage Champagne is also a beautiful pairing and a great twist on chocolate covered strawberries.

• If paired with an Argentinean Malbec consider using blackberries, raspberries and cherries as your fresh fruit.

For those who want to go the extra mile, below are a few fun and easy pairings to try on your cheeseboard when you fancy something new this springtime: Sophisticated and great as a predinner wine and cheese pairing Barbera d’Asti or European Pinot Noir paired with a good quality slightly aged Brie (not too old).

• Accompanied by sautéing mushrooms in black or white truffle oil with garlic, thyme, salt and pepper. The truffle oil works especially well with the Barbera d’Asti, and mushrooms are always a delight with Pinot Noir. If you do not have truffle oil, butter is a good substitute.

• Pinot Noir and Barbera d’asti are perfect in the spring and summer as they are fresh and with good levels of acidity they cut through the fattiness of the cheese.

With these pairings you will surely be a hit, the next time you are serving wine and cheese. For more assistance feel free to contact Bacchus Wine Bar, as we are always happy to provide advise and wine delivery for your next wine and cheese evening.

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Ideas for kids during lockdown Ideas for sunny days • Put a white flower in coloured water • Sound safari (listen to the sounds outside) • Nature collage (collect items, glue them to paper) • Outdoor movies (lap top, movie, popcorn, picnic blankets, fairy lights) • Pet rock (stick on eyes, give it a name) • Balloons - tennis, keeping it up in the air • Outdoor chalk • Get up close with a magnifying glass • Water painting on the path • Gardening • Make a bird feeder • Fly a kite • Tie dying • Star gazing • Water play - bucket, bowls, float/sink • Thumbprint painting - ink/ thumb/marker to make animals • Treasure hunt (treasure map) • Paper planes • Hopscotch • Exercise/kids yoga • Reading • Hide and seek • Grow your own beanstalk (clear glass, cotton ball, bean) • Daisy chains • I spy • Outdoor den (sheet over chairs/tree branch) • 4 Leaf clover hunt

• Watch the sun set and spot the first star • Make your own perfume (press flower gently to extract scent, place in water!)

Ideas for rainy days • Build an indoor den (chairs, sheets, cushions inside, fairy lights) • Pretend holiday (make a passport, airplane tickets, play airport/ watch a movie on the sofa/plane, take photos!)

• Puddle jumping • Teddy bear party • Get creative with cardboard • Indoor bowling (use recycled bottles and soft ball) • Dress up (get old shirts/ purses/glasses/hats in a special chest for them to wear) • Musical jars (collect jars, fill with various amounts of water, give them a spoon and hear the different sounds. Add food dye to add colour for younger kids) • Homemade jewellery (uncooked pasta on string) • Make a crown • Teddy bear hospital • Make your own puzzles (use a picture or your child’s drawings, stick to cardboard and cut into pieces) • Put on a puppet show (soft toys or sock puppets)

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• Paper chains (cut junk mail into thin strips, use glue on the ends and loop them through) • Flower pressing (choose flowers, place between 2 sheets of paper and weigh them down under a heavy book for 3 days) • Potato press (cut a potato in half, use a knife or cookie cutter to make a shape, use your potato as a stamp!)

• Bubble wrap dancing (tape it to the floor) • Egg carton caterpillar (cut the bottom of a carton in half, draw/stick on eyes and add pipe cleaners for anetennae) • Play shop (use food from your pantry) • Pasta art (few different types of pasta and glue - macaroni/penne/pasta shells - make flowers) • Indoor golf (add obstacles and ice cream container as the hole) • Musical chairs • Musical statues • Butterfly feet (paint the soles of their feet and press each foot on paper - draw the body) • Homemade play dough (2 cups of flour, 1 cup of water, 1 cup of salt, tbp cooking oil, few drops of food colouring) • Cook something together • Finger puppets (cut the fingers off a rubber glove and draw faces on) • Indoor picnic • Visit a museum or art gallery online • Window drawing (sit by the window and encourage them to draw what they see outside)

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HARROGATE INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS (TOWN TWINNING AS WE KNEW IT)

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he recently formed HIP is a natural successor to the former Harrogate Twinning Committee, based on Harrogate’s long standing twinning link with Bagnères de Luchon in the Southern French Pyrenees.

In place since 1953, the Harrogate Luchon link was created by two visionary Mayors in the aftermath of the Second World War. Not for one minute did I ever imagine I would be writing about our organisation against the background of another grave national and international crisis.

In recent years came the discovery that Harrogate also has a longstanding partnership with the beautiful town of Montecatini Terme in Italy.

Some five or six years ago, Sir Thomas Ingilby then drew to our attention that one of the family’s ancestors, Admiral Sir Robert Barrie, is buried in the family vault in Ripley Church.

Robert Barrie was the founder of modern Canada and the town of Barrie, a 90 minute drive from Toronto is named after him.

A formal twinning link between Harrogate and Barrie was put in

place in 2014. In recent months we have become aware that in the past, Harrogate has also enjoyed links with Wellington in New Zealand (as evidenced by the New Zealand Garden within the Valley Garden complex). Exploratory talks regarding future links are underway with the lovely towns of Ronda in Spain and Baden Baden in Germany. Our avowed aim can best be described as the promotion of educational and cultural visits for the mutual benefit of our partnership towns.

We can also add to this, the need to remind this generation, and generations to come, of some of our past history. Many Canadian

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and New Zealand Air Force pilots are buried in the Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery at Stonefall.

More recently we have become aware that Luchon was a key crossing point for French Resistance guides taking stranded RAF pilots across the Pyrenees to safety in Spain. We believe there is a greater need for international understanding and partnership than ever before.

If you wish to know more, or to join us, please contact mail@ harrogatetwinning.org Dennis Richards OBE (Chair Harrogate International Partnerships)

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