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Lunch for two at Riccarton Garden Centre Coffee Shop FEATURE The Paradise Tree and Christmas Tree Baubles Technology The heat is on Local walk This town is coming like a ghost town A walk around Bangour

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Editor’s Message Our writer James Thomson has been looking into the story of Christmas trees, where locally you can get them and craft workshops for decorating them. Our feature pages highlight local businesses offering Christmasrelated services or other special seasonal offers.

Check the Clubs and Classes page at the back of the magazine for details of social, sport and support groups in the villages, and if you are involved in a club or activity locally that is not included, please do drop us a line and we will add it in for next month.

As a seasonal “thank you” to our readers, we have teamed up with Facelook Beauty who are offering a completely free treatment day on the 16th December – all Konect readers will receive one treatment completely free on the day, turn to page 19 for details. www.facebook.com/KonectDirectory

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The Riccarton Garden Centre Coffee Shop is newly refurbished, and they have a great offer for Konect readers of “two for the price of one” on their lunch combo of soup of the day and filled pannini, so pop down there for a perfect warm lunch as the days get colder. They are also offering the crossword competition prize this month of lunch for two up to the value of £15, so turn to the crossword on page 48.

Thanks for reading Konect, we hope you find it useful.

Helen-Jane, Editor hj@konectdirectory.co.uk 07854 492638

Money Matters Recipe and Food Notes Competitions and Puzzles Crossword Competition Sudoku Community What's on Useful Information Clubs & Classes Index of Advertisers

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The Konect Directory is delivered to homes in Balerno, Currie, Juniper Green and Baberton. Copies are also left at the library, community centres, convenience stores and various other locations within the area.

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Feature

The Paradise Tree and Christmas Tree baubles

By James Thomson

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As Christmas icons go the Christmas Tree is high on the list.

With contrasting red baubles and surrounded by gifts, few childhood memories are more powerful. You might be surprised by the reasons this tree made it into our homes alongside the more obvious nativity scenes and how its earliest medieval tradition was at one time banned as it became considered a focus of rowdy festive revelry that told the story of paradise and good and evil.

Before we explore this story in a little more detail here are some local contacts and events to help you embrace this part of the Christmas story. From early December you can select the perfect tree from the Riccarton Garden Centre, Riccarton Mains Road, between Currie and Heriot Watt park-and-ride; 0131 449 4004. At this family owned traditional garden centre you'll find 2 to 4 foot potted trees, trees from 4 to

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9 foot you can select before they are netted, or place special orders for trees up to 15 feet. These are "no needle drop" Nordman Firs and home delivery is available.

Another option is to buy a 'Caring Christmas Tree' (www.caringchristmastrees.com or 0845 111 8733) as with each tree a contribution goes to provide extra support for homeless people in the Lothian's over Christmas via The Bethany Christian Trust. Trees must be pre-ordered by 6th December and can then be chosen and collected from a variety of places in Edinburgh. Bethany also operate this Christmas charity tree initiative across most of Scotland.

Balerno also has its Christmas Tree Festival again this year on the weekend 14th/15th December in St Joseph's Centre, Balerno. You can view over 30

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trees that have been entered to win the best decorated tree competition.

Saturday 14th also coincides with the Balerno's Farmers Market and on the Saturday evening there will be a brass band concert by the Broxburn & Livingston Brass Band.

Christmas Tree baubles are a representation of apples as they depict, when coupled with the evergreen Christmas Tree fir, a rather strange "winterised" apple tree. This curious 'apples don't grow on Christmas trees' amalgam brings together ancient pagan traditions with the heart of Christian belief around Adam and Eve and the Garden of Paradise. Holly and other evergreen decorations are from pre-Christian winter celebrations, and Christmas decorations have drawn from this.

In medieval times a popular way to convey Christian stories was through different plays, first acted out by clergy but later becoming early amateur dramatic shows and so the Paradise Play was born featuring the Paradise Tree as its central prop. To use a leafless apple tree at winter just didn't look good so instead the evergreen fir tree was used.

Such was the popularity of Paradise Plays that they often became rowdy occasions and where then banned by the Church in Britain. It took our German royal connections, culminating with Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, to bring the winter tradition of our Paradise Play Christmas tree back from Europe.

Decorating the tree, especially for children, is the top of the list of our Christmas preparations and there are good local craft classes and children's workshops where baubles and other tree decorations can be painted, decorated or made from scratch. It's a great way to keep kids busy before Christmas and for them to show off their handywork.

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(www.honeypotceramics.com 0131 333 6348) have a wide range of Christmas related workshops teaching decorating techniques, tree decorations and making complete nativity scenes from scratch in clay amongst many other things. Potter Around, a pottery painting studio (www.potteraround.co.uk 01506 238961) in Kirknewton, also have a very wide range of gift and decorating classes and activities. They also have Mrs Claus dropping by to help late morning on Saturday 14th December.

Ladywell, Livingston on the 14th and 21st December www.thelarder.org or 01506 437065. They also offer Gift Vouchers and have a new cook school opening for Easter 2014.

So back to deciphering the Christmas tree; well it's really just an Adam, Apple and Eve tree.

Sending your children or grandchildren on a gift or decoration course, or even a cup cake decoration session while you head off to the shops, can help busy parents prepare as Christmas gets closer. The Larder Cook School are running Christmas Cup Cake Fun classes for children aged 5 and over on Saturday's (morning or afternoons) in the run up to Christmas. They are held at the Inveralmond High School,

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Thought for the Month

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Bereavement is perceived by many people as a kind of journey.

Most people would agree that in the beginning you are in a state of great shock. You might be feeling numb and totally unbelieving of what has happened.

You have been catapulted unwillingly into this new place and you are without a route map. Events then take over and there are a lot of arrangements to make, people to see and talk with. After the funeral it can seem like a black hole has opened up and you are left with the rest of your life spreading out in front of you. What to do?

It’s important for people who are grieving to keep control of their lives. So if someone invites you out, you could say, ’I’d love to come, but if I can’t face it, could I let you know on the day that I’m not coming?’ If you are asked how you are, you could say ‘I’m not feeling too good today, but thank you so much for asking’.

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Facing bereavement

By Pat Banfill

Grieving is taking time to work out who you are now that this person has gone. It’s about being sad and allowing your feelings, your thoughts and your emotions to come over you in waves and to accept that you will have good days and sad days. It takes time and is tiring……

What can others do?

• Help to open envelopes , pay bills and make phone calls • Do the ironing • Help with menu planning, shopping, cooking • Offer lifts to appointments or other difficult events • Help with babysitting It takes time, but giving time shows that you care.

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Local walk

This town is coming like a ghost town…

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village. This design idea was taken from the Alt Scherbitz Asylum in Germany, the premise being the patients would be living in a community not just a hospital – fitting then that when it closed it was because of the concept of care in the community being the best way to care for psychiatric patients.

As many of you will know I like to find destinations for walking with the general proviso that they may be incorporated into whatever else I am doing in my day.

Now as part of my job I am very often heading to Bathgate on the back road via Dechmont along the A89 and I always notice the old Bangour Village Hospital and see several cars parked in the small car park in front of the entrance. After several drive-bys I came to the conclusion that it must be a dog walker’s destination and was a little surprised as I had assumed it was closed to the public.

So one day when passing with some time to spare I thought I’d check it out.

I parked my car with the others and headed past the entrance gateway expecting some sort of security personnel to come and stop me at any moment. Noone did although I did feel a little under dressed without a pooch in tow.

It transpires that unless you believe the place is haunted, which many do, it is the perfect place for a mid afternoon stroll, albeit a bit of an alternative stroll.

Built as the Edinburgh district asylum and opened in 1906, today it is a little like walking through a ghost town as it was designed on the colony system, creating a wholly self contained village with its own farm, bakery, workshops, recreational hall, church, water supply, drainage and even its own railway. There is something a bit eerie about walking through a completely abandoned and deserted

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The hospital was requisitioned by the government War Office during both wars when it became The Edinburgh War Hospital and The Scottish Emergency Medical Hospital, reverting back to a psychiatric hospital between and after the wars. It was also the local maternity hospital for a while – maybe some of you were born there?

The site extends to some 220 acres and many of the buildings are listed.

The ‘villas’ were set within landscaped grounds, and built in a 17th century Scottish Renaissance style, so they are really rather attractive to look at. It is tempting to peek inside them but they are of course boarded up now – too many vandals having attacked them in the past. As you wander this ghost town and its grounds you will come across the Edwardian Baroque hall and a Romanesque style church, designed by HO Tarbolton and built between 1924 and 1930. They are buildings worth a look at in their own right if you are even p26 a little interested in architecture.

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abandoned since 2004 and since then it has been identified by successive local plans as a redevelopment opportunity largely focussed on the residential conversion of the existing buildings. I guess that is what will eventually happen and perhaps it is only right and proper but part of me thinks what a shame to lose this interesting and historic unusual walking location, particularly as I have only recently discovered it. I mean to make the most of this place for afternoon walks, despite not owning a dog. Who said you needed a dog to go for a brisk and energising walk?

I will definitely be going back to explore further while I can. Maybe the site will become a film set – a year after it closed, it was the main filming location for ‘The Jacket’ starring Keira Knightley and Adrien Brody and produced by George Clooney. Shame I missed him! However there have been no more films, just a location for police riot training.

You can walk around the old hospital in any direction and wander at will but there is a real feeling that you should follow the village route – you enter the site and walk a path with houses either side. Straight ahead is what was the shop and café and the urge is to stop for refreshment. If you go left there is a long walk round several wards or villas and to the right it is similar walk but in a circuit, bringing you back to the start.

Then of course there are the green areas and all the paths and winding lanes; so many that you could never hope to fully explore the place. It is really quite magical with the overgrown bowling green now sprouting a myriad wild flowers and lampposts covered in moss, the original road lost to the greenery.

What’s more, despite being set just off a busy main road and pretty close to the M8, when you are in the middle of this strange place, it is eerily silent.

Perhaps I have been slow to realise that Bangour had all this walking potential, but I am happy to have found somewhere that encompasses several things – a place to stop and walk when I am and about for work; a really intriguing site with history and architecture and of course somewhere with a choice of walking routes all there for the exploring.

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Technology The heat is on

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Every year, heating our homes becomes ever more expensive, and as a result we do all kinds of things to cut our bills: we make sure our homes are properly insulated, turn the thermostat down a notch and do our best to save energy. But no matter what kind of heating system you have, there's a very good chance you're heating your entire home rather than the room you're using.

Wouldn't it be great if you could heat just the bit you're in - and do it quickly so you don't have to sit shivering?

That's the thinking behind Dyson's fan heaters, which use the firm's "air multiplier" technology to send a steady stream of hot air without the buffeting you get from normal fan heaters. They aren't cheap expect to pay £249 for a heater, or £349 for one that can cool air in the summer - but they're safe, effective and extremely efficient.

If you'd rather not spend quite so much on a heater, halogen heaters are worth considering: instead of heating the air, they heat whatever you point them at and they do so instantly, which is a real boon if you've just come home from a typically cold November day. Prices start at around £15 for a basic model, and you can also buy models designed for heating outside areas. For larger rooms, it's worth looking for heaters that can rotate: that enables them to heat a wider area than immobile heaters can reach. Make sure they have anti-tilt shut-offs too, so that they automatically switch themselves off if they're accidentally toppled.

The cheapest heaters around are fan heaters, which as the name suggests use a fan to blow air over a heating element.

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Cool gadgets to keep you warm this winter

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aren't less efficient than other kinds of heating, but the less powerful the fan the longer it'll take them to heat a room: we wouldn't recommend trying to heat a high-ceilinged room with an £8 fan heater from the local supermarket.

If you spend a lot of time using a computer you'll know that your fingers are often the first things to feel the cold. Technology has the answer to that too: V8 Tools' heated computer keyboard is exactly what it sounds like, although for the time being you'll need to import one from the US. Avoid USB-powered heating devices: products such as USB-powered Monkey Hand Warmers are novelty gifts, not practical products.

If you often suffer from frozen feet there's a gadget for that too: the AccuLux foot warming mat, a flexible heating mat that's designed to make your tootsies toasty.

Expect to pay £39.99.

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Money Matters

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They are a fixed term contract e.g. five years.

The provider pays you a regular guaranteed fixed income for the term of your plan. At the end of your plan they pay you a pre-determined guaranteed maturity value.

When you reach retirement age you have hopefully accumulated a lump sum from which you can take 25% as a tax free lump sum. The problem is what do you do with the remaining 75%?

The simplest thing is to buy an annuity. You give a provider the lump sum and they give you a monthly pension for the rest of your life. Unfortunately, present annuity rates are at an all-time low and any death benefits are expensive.

The alternative is to go into Capped Drawdown, which means the lump sum stays invested and you draw an income every month.

Unfortunately, if the growth is less than the amount you draw out then the lump sum starts to decrease in value.

Fixed Term Annuities to the Rescue.

They are basically a clever product which gives you the guarantee of a straightforward annuity but takes away the risk associated with Capped Drawdown.

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What happens at the end of the term?

Provided you are still alive at the end of the term you will have the guaranteed maturity amount to buy the most appropriate pension product for your particular circumstances and income needs at that time.

What happens if I die before the plan ends?

The original investment less any income paid goes to your beneficiaries.

Fixed Term Annuities will not be suitable for everybody but they certainly fill a need if a person wishes a guaranteed income and a guaranteed maturity value at the end.

Written by: Peter M Marshall PhD, DipPFS, AFPC Personal Money Management 0131 538 7390

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B EDWARDS TILING SPECIALIST LOCAL WALL AND FLOOR TILER

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Spotlight on:

An interview with Andy Russer, The Paint Shed Hutchison Terrace Store Manager

What's your background in the paint and decorating business?

to achieve the best results. I get a sense of pride and satisfaction when customers come back in to tell me how they got on.

The Paint Shed

I was in the army for 22 years repairing weapons! before changing direction seven years ago to start work in the paint and decorating industry. I have always been keen on decorating as a hobby, I have worked extensively on my own home and have assisted lots of friends and family with their decorating projects over the years.

What would you like to change or improve on for the future?

How is The Paint Shed different from other paint and decoration suppliers?

Everyday we have a great mix of both trade and retail customers, also our new extended opening hours over the weekends are very popular. I would like to encourage more trade customers to pop in. We are a one stop shop for all your painting and decorating needs.

What I love most about working in The Paint Shed is the people, it has a relaxed and friendly atmosphere to work in and I have a great range of products to offer my customers. I particularly enjoy helping give customers the confidence to take on the projects they are planning, by giving them advice on products and techniques

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I provide expert advice on all building projects with a free consultation to determine viability.

We printed an article on local Juniper Green artist Edwin G Lucas (1911-1990) in a recent issue of Konect. Five of his paintings are included in the New Acquisitions exhibition that has just opened at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh. This is the first time Edwin has been represented in the National Collection.

The exhibition runs until 18th May 2014.

The innovative nature of Edwin's work that has attracted the attention of the National Gallery. Here's an extract from the biographical notes at the exhibition: "Because he was an amateur, with no great need to exhibit or sell, Lucas could develop in a completely free and idiosyncratic direction, marking him out as one of the most unusual Scottish artists of the twentieth century."

His watercolour and landscape work are not represented in this exhibition, but many of his mature landscape oil paintings contain elements that evolved from his interest in Surrealism.

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Gerry Aitken Painter and Decorator Juniper Green

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The Edinburgh Pony Club is looking for new members under the age of 21, with their horses or ponies to join the branch. It is a small and friendly branch of The Pony Club UK, with a very active membership taking part in varied disciplines both mounted and dismounted.

“Our members are dedicated young riders of varied abilities, who are keen to have fun while they train and compete, safely and successfully. With a recentlyappointed new head riding instructor Robert Howden BHSAI, and the backing of a fresh committee team, our rallies and events have been injected with new energy and excitement,” says Shirley McGee, District Commissioner of the Branch. “Our program of rallies have been enhanced with additional monthly coaching sessions from Robert at local jump training nights and fun fundraiser events such as a Halloween themed Gymkhana Games Rally in October”.

As members, all riders have the opportunity to attend a variety of fortnightly rallies covering show jumping, dressage, showing, cross country, games with an annual highlight … the residential camp! A fun filled week of horsey activities with evening fun such as abseiling, archery and climbing - a chance to be with like-minded people and make forever friends and escape their parents for a week!

With our small training groups, all members get a huge amount of support and are given the opportunity to participate in team events and gain qualifications in horsemanship. It doesn’t matter if the children are pottering about on little ponies or show jumping at a competitive

All tacked up and ready to go! level - all standards are catered for.

Olympian gold medal winner Scott Brash was a pony club member in his youth as were the recent European medal winners in Dressage. There’s no better way to start a career in Equestrian pursuits.

So if you are interested in joining the Edinburgh Pony Club contact edinburghponyclub@gmail.com or contact us at http://branches.pcuk.org/edinburgh The Pony Club UK is an international voluntary organisation for youngsters interested in ponies and riding.

It was founded in England in 1929 and is now represented in 18 countries. A majority of the most successful riders in all disciplines of British equestrian competition have been Members of The Pony Club.

The Pony Club is a Registered Charity No: 1050146.

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Nuts are a highly nutritious and healthy source of vital minerals and fats.

Except in baking,there is not a big tradition of cooking with nuts in British food but now that food from all over the world is available to us we are learning to use them in more interesting ways. Cashews go with chicken in eastern and Chinese cooking; pine-nuts and chestnuts are much used in Italian food and coconut is found in curries from India, Indonesia and in Caribbean dishes.

Nuts are found in many sweets and chewy bars, think of the purple Quality Sweet - it has a brazil at it core. And what is Nutella if not creamed hazels in chocolate. All the muesli and high energy chew bars are packed with nuts because of their high food value and healthy image.

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Macaroons • 110gm ground almonds • 179gm caster sugar • 1 teaspoon plain flour • 2 egg whites lightly whisked to a froth • 2 drops almond oil • rice paper for baking • split almonds for decoration Method Pre heat the oven 180°C Mix the almonds, sugar and flour together; add the egg whites and oil and beat very well together. Spoon out into mounds on the rice paper, space apart because they will spread.

Top with a split almond. Bake for 20 minutes till pale brown but still soft inside. Non-stick baking paper is fine for macaroons but the traditional ricepaper has become part of the finished article.

In sweet food nuts combine well with chocolate, coffee and orange and are found in ice-cream, cakes and breads. They make some of the world's classic confections such as praline and almonds are also part of many celebrations in the form of marzipan at Christmas and in Simnal cake at Easter.

Macaroons are, for me, the nicest sweet nut confection and are easy to make if you take care. It is claimed that the best macaroons come from Nancy in France where they are made by an order of nuns. The business started, if the legend is to be believed, because the nuns needed to support themselves in the mid 16th century when church reform took away their lands and left them only an almond grove. Necessity was the mother of a particularly tasty invention : 60

Peanut butter need not only be used on toast or bread and butter. It can serve to make a very good spicy sauce in the style of Indonesian Sate Sauce.

This accompaniment to quick grilled meat kebabs such as chicken or pork is also excellent for Gardo Gardo a vegetarian dish which is good for a quick supper :

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Gardo Gardo Make the sauce first, even days before - it keeps well if stored in a jar in the fridge.

thin sauce. Cook, very slowly, for 20 minutes or until thick and creamy. The consistency can always be corrected by adding more water.

• Half a jar of either smooth or chunky peanut butter, which ever you prefer.

• Very finely chopped onion a little oil to fry it • large clove of garlic crushed • Cayenne pepper, Black pepper, salt to taste • The juice and zest of 1 Lime or ½ lemon

Eat this hot with your selection of steamed or stir fried finely sliced vegetables. Traditionally the major ingredients are white cabbage, carrots, celery, spring onions, bean sprouts and cucumber, but vary them to suite your taste or what you have to hand.

Method Fry the onion till transparent,add the peanut butter, mix well and add the seasonings. Cook for a minute or so (do not let it burn). Add the juice and zest and enough water to make a

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Whilst every care is taken to ensure accuracy, the publisher cannot accept responsibility for loss, damage or omission caused by error in the printing of an advertisement. The Konect Directory does not endorse any advertising material that appears in this publication. Adverts are accepted on the understanding that descriptions of goods and services are fair and accurate. All material is accepted for publication on the understanding that it is copyright free. The Konect Directory accepts no liability for any subsequent copyright issues. No part of this publication may be reproduced without the prior consent of the publisher.

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What’s On & Useful Info Balerno Library

1 Main Street, Balerno, EH14 7EQ. 0131 529 5500 balerno.library@edinburgh.gov.uk Opening times Mon & Wed: 1.00pm - 8.00pm 10.00am - 5.00pm Tues & Fri: Saturday: 10.00am - 2.00pm Bookgroup - Last Monday of the month, 6.30-7.30pm Bookbug (rhymes and songs for babies and toddlers) – every Friday 10.30am – 11am Storytime for under fives every Tues at 10.30am

Currie Library

210 Lanark Road West, Currie, EH14 5NX 0131 529 5609 currie.library@edinburgh.gov.uk Opening times 1.00pm - 8.00pm Mon & Wed: Tues, Thurs & Fri: 10.00am - 5.00pm Saturday: 10.00am - 5.00pm Bookbug (rhymes and songs for babies and toddlers) – every Thurs & Fri 10.30am – 11am Bookgroup - 1st Wednesday of the month, 7-8pm Arts and Crafts every Thurs 3.30pm The Pentlands Medical Centre 44 Pentland View, Currie, EH14 5QB 0131 449 2142 Chat’n Chill for S1-S6 Teenage Café Church, Gibson Craig Hall, Lanark Road West Currie Games, Café, Chat. Every second Friday 4-6 pm.

Come along on Friday 1 Nov, 15 Nov, 29 Nov, 13 Dec. Contact Viola on 07806 806920 for more info.

Wednesday 6th November Contemporary Wood and Glass Sculpture and Jewellery Organised by Balerno Church Guild. Local artist and craftsman Scott Irvine will talk about and demonstrate his work. 7.30pm in the Ogston Hall, Balerno Parish Church. All very welcome.

November 2013 Saturday 9th November Balerno Farmers Market Main Street (pedestrianised), Balerno, 9am – 1pm.

Tuesday 12th November Art in the Library Organised by Colinton Village Events. 6.30pm to 9.00pm at the newly refurbished Colinton Library, 14 Thorburn Road. We aim to present a selection of high quality work from original art to handmade crafts, as well as promoting use of the library as an important community resource. Please join to us mingle, chat, reduce your Christmas shopping list, whilst enjoying complementary mulled wine and mince pies.

This event is organised in close collaboration with Colinton Library and the City of Edinburgh Council.

Wednesday 20th November Comfort Rwanda Organised by Balerno Church Guild. Emma and Mark Galloway give a talk on our project for this year. 7.30pm in the Ogston Hall, Balerno Parish Church. All very welcome.

Saturday 23rd November Juniper Green Community Market The Dental Surgery Car Park, 577 Lanark Road, opposite Juniper Avenue, Juniper Green. 9am – 1pm.

To include your event here, please email editor@konectdirectory.co.uk or call 07854 492638

Saturday 9th November The Winter Picnic To celebrate Balerno achieving Fairtrade Village status everyone is invited to come along and bring a picnic lunch. Tea, coffee and juice are provided free (no alcohol). There will be musical entertainment, stalls and competitions. The Fairtrade Village certificate will be presented by the Lord Provost. The Concourse, Balerno Community High School. 12noon until 2pm.

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Balerno Fairtrade Village Picnic

Saturday 9th November 12noon until 2.00pm

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There will be stalls selling baking and Fair Trade goods. In addition for those wanting to find out more about Fairtrade, there will be an information stand.

Everyone is invited to the Concourse, Balerno Community High School to celebrate Balerno becoming a Fairtrade Village. Bring along your picnic lunch and enjoy free Fairtrade tea, coffee and juice. The Lord Provost, Donald Wilson, will present the Fairtrade Certificate to two of the founder members of the Fairtrade Village Group.

It is 10 years since Balerno first became involved in the Fairtrade Campaign.

Entertainment will be provided by local musicians. They include the choirs from both Dean Park School and Balerno Parish Church as well as fiddler, Claire Murdoch, with Muckle Flugga. Balerno High School dance group will perform.

On the day you can enter the 'Great Fairtrade Bake Off'. There is a junior and senior section. Juniors will make flapjacks and seniors a tea loaf. It will be judged not only on the quality of the bake but also on the number of Fairtrade ingredients used. Entry forms are available at Dean Park and Balerno High Schools, the Post Office, Library and the Mill at St Joseph's.

We look forward to seeing you on the day.

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Clubs & Classes BABERTON 172nd Pentland Scouts (Baberton)

BALERNO Balerno Girls' Brigade Ogston Hall in Balerno Parish Church Tuesdays 6.30 – 7.30pm Contact Marion Milne, 0131 449 4441 or email marion724@talktalk.net Village Playgroup, Wraparound and Afterschool Club Balerno Community Centre.

Available 8am – 6pm 5 days a week. Preschool play from age 2 years, Breakfast/Afterschool Club up to 8 years. Full or part time childcare. Call 0131 451 5756.

Pilates Classes Balerno Parish Church Mondays 6.35 - 7.35pm - Post Beginners 7.35 - 8.35pm - Intermediate 8.35 - 9.35pm - Beginners Contact Judi on 07716 830905 or judithrintoulpilates@hotmail.com Balerno Footsteps 4 Fitness Mondays 10am Balerno High School Riverside Café Alternate Thursdays 10am Balerno High School Riverside Café Alternate Fridays 10am Balerno Parish Church Hall Contact 0131 477 7733 www.bf4f.org.uk

Sports, Hobbies, Learning, Support Groups & more...

Balerno Folk Club Held on the last Tuesday of each month in Balerno Bowling Club. Doors open 8pm; Evening begins 8.20pm; Guest artist on stage at 8.30pm. Members and guests welcome. For further info contact Morag Dunbar on 0131 449 5014 or John Stirling on 0131 449 3456.

Compass Playgroup Dean Park Primary Pre-School Centre. 2-5 years, wide variety of activities. Mon to Thurs (school term time only) 9:00am-11.45am. Lunch Club and Transfer Service to Dean Park Nursery. Call 0131 449 4530 (during opening hours) for more information or email info@compassplaygroup.com Balerno SWRI Balerno Community Centre First Tuesday of every month (ex Jul & Aug) 7 30pm in. We usually have a speaker but we also have “in house” evenings. There is usually some business to be discussed and we enjoy a “cuppa” whilst chatting.

New members or visitors welcome, just come along.

Children’s swim scheme Balerno High School Tues, Wed and Fri pm, Sat and Sun am Contact Balerno Community Education Office 0131 477 7733 for more info Minis @St Mungo’s Group for babies and toddlers with their carers on term time Tuesdays and Wednesdays 10am to 11.30am in St Mungo’s church building, Ladycroft, Balerno. All welcome. For more information visit www.stmungos.org

Pentland Caledonia Pipes and Drums Balerno Community Centre every Friday 7pm-9.30pm. New members welcome.

Tuition free on pipes or drums. Phone 0131 4495133

Pentland Flower Club Drama Studio, Balerno High School First Friday of the month at 7.15pm (excluding January, February, July and August). Visitors and new members are always welcome. Contact Lis Daly on 0131 442 2146.

51st Pentland Scouts (Balerno) Beavers, Cubs, Scouts Various evenings, Balerno Scout Hall Contact Lawrence Mitchell on 0131 449 4680

Balerno Baby and Toddler Group Balerno Parish Church Hall, 3 Johnsburn Road, Balerno, EH14 7DN. For children 0-5 years and their carers. Term-time Thurs 9.30am-11.30am

Adult daytime swim club Balerno High School. Contact Balerno Community Education Office 0131 477 7733 for more info

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Currie Rugby Football Club Malleny Park Minis (P1-7) Sundays 10.30am - 12pm Contact 0131 449 2432 www.currierugby.org

Chat’n Chill for S1-S6 - NEW! Teenage Café Church, Gibson Craig Hall, Lanark Road West Currie Games, Café, Chat. Every second Friday 4-6 pm.

Contact Viola on 07806 806920 for more info

Pentland Art Club Meet at Balerno High School Art Room every Thursday 7.30 – 9.30pm. Demonstrations, speakers, work evenings. All mediums. New members welcome, please contact Denise Cunningham on 0131 449 3468

Currie Youth Club Various activities and facilities available including Gym Teds for childern, Sound and Music room, Youth club facilities Sports hall Playgroup Lunch club and Football teams. See http://cyc.smartchange.org/

Balerno Parish Church Guild Balerno Parish Church New Hall First and third Wednesdays (commencing October) at 7.30pm.Varied syllabus with many interesting speakers.

Tea/coffee is served at the end of the meeting. New members or visitors warmly welcomed.

Coffee and Craft Currie High School, Sun Room Monday 7pm -9pm. Bring your own craft and share your knowledge and experience with other crafters and perhaps learn something new. All welcome. £2.00 per night refreshments are included.

Currie Playgroup Currie Baptist Church Hall Mon-Fri, 8.45am-11.45am (term time). Preschool play from age 3 years. £6.50 per child per morning.

Wraparound and Lunch Club for children attending Currie Nursery. Wrap around £5.00, lunch club £2.00.

See www.currieplaygroup.co.uk Bridge Club Meetings in Gibson Craig Hall on Mondays at 1:30pm, September to June. For more information contact the Secretary on 0131 449 3527.

42nd Pentland Scout Group Currie Forth View Crescent, Currie Beavers Tuesdays 18.15 - 19.30 call Martin Elliot 07752 182793 Cubs Mondays 18.15 - 19.45 call Wendy McEwan 07773 446694 Scouts Mondays 19.45 - 21.45 call Ross Brown 07729 714445 Air Cadets 2463 (Currie & Balerno) Squadron Forthview Crescent Mon and Thu 7-9.30pm. 0131 449 7449 for more info Book Group Currie Library. First Wednesday of each month 7.00pm The Octagon Club for Adults with Special Needs and Learning Difficulties.

Meets in the Gibson Craig Hall, Lanark Road West, Currie, 7 - 9pm on Wednesday Evenings from mid September until June for table tennis, snooker, badminton, table games and “tuck shop” etc.

Contact Alastair Hardie on 0131 453 3556.

Boys Brigade - 65th Edinburgh (Currie) Company Gibson Craig Hall, Lanark Road West Currie Anchors (Boys P2 & P3) – Thursday 6.00-7.00 pm Juniors (Boys P4, P5 & P6) – Thursday 7.00-8.30 pm Company/Seniors (Boys P7 – S6) – Friday 7.00 – 9.15 pm For further info contact Jim Webber on 451 5112.

Currie & District Local History Society Meetings Mondays at 7.30 in the Gibson-Craig Hall in Currie. Visitors welcome. For further information contact Mr P.D. Cowlishaw on 0131 449 2520 or pdcowlishaw@hotmail.com Currie SWRI Meet in the Masonic Hall, 3 Riccarton Mains Road, Currie, on the second Tuesday of each month (except July and August) at 7.15pm. New members and visitors welcome.

Karate Currie High School Mondays 7.30 - 9pm. Adults and Children over 6 years. Please contact 0131 449 3510 or 0131 445 2945 for more info or email patricia.shearer@edinburgh.gov.uk Currie Baby and Toddler Group Gibson Craig Hall Friday 9.30 am - 11.30 am (term time only). Adults £2.00, kids go free. Parents/Grandparents/Carers/ Childminders are all very welcome. Snack provided for the kids and tea and coffee for the adults. Loads of space to play.

Baby Group Currie Library Thursdays 2.00 - 3.30pm.

Come along for an informal tea.coffee and chat with other parents and babies. 50p/week.

Topic for 19th August - Baby resuscitation Messy Church at Currie Kirk Usually the last Friday of the month, 2-3.30pm for children from Pram to Primary Age, accompanied by an adult. Crafts, stories, games and fun. Please register through www.curriekirk.org or currie_kirk@btconnect.com or tel 0131 451 5141 Balerno and District Ramblers Midweek Group meets on a Wednesday at Currie Library Carpark, Lanark Rd West, at 9.15am for 9.30am start. Contact K. Gordon 0131 449 2534 or A Blyth 0131 449 5020 Saturday and Sunday Group meets at Pentland View Carpark, Currie, at 8.45am for 9am start. Contact E Scroggie on 0131 441 1666.

JUNIPER GREEN Pilates Classes Juniper Green Parish Church Thursdays new class 6.45 - 7.45pm - Beginners/Post Beginners 7.45 - 8.45pm - Intermediate Contact Judi on 07716 830905 or judithrintoulpilates@hotmail.com 31st Pentland Scouts (Juniper Green) 45 Lanark Road West, Currie Beavers Wednesdays 6.30pm Cubs Mondays 7.00pm Cubs Tuesdays 6.30pm Scouts Fridays 7.00pm Contact: Mary Dick on 0131 449 7043 Juniper Green SWRI Juniper Green Community Centre (Village Hall) 1 Juniper Park Road, EH14 5DX Contact 0131 539 9886 Juniper Green Nursery Playgroup Juniper Green Community Centre, 1 Juniper Park Road, EH14 5DX. Contact 07948 554889 or see website at www.junipergreenplaygroup.vpweb.co.uk

OTHER AREAS Potter Around Studio at Overton Farm, Kirknewton, EH27 8DD Clubs including oil painting for both children and adults, jewellery workshops, fused glass, candle making, knitting, scrapbooking, kids craft club, Warhammer club. Craft shop, beads, children’s parties, baby prints and more. Plus drop in any time for pottery painting.

For all class times, bookings and more information call 01506 238961 or email chat@potteraround.co.uk. www.potteraround.co.uk To include your club or class, email details to editor@konectdirectory.co.uk. Charity and not-for-profit groups are free, there is a small charge for other listings.

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