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Planning in the Water of Leith Communities Summer beauty tips plus local businesses, community information and more!

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We're delighted to add Ratho to the distribution of the konect Directory this month. If you live in Ratho and are reading konect for the first time...welcome to your new community magazine. We've been publishing this magazine in Balerno, Currie, Juniper Green and Baberton since 2010, and with the many links between the areas it only makes sense to include Ratho.

Message from the Editor

The spotlight is on the Development Plans this month, a subject which affects us all. The latest version is about to go the City of Edinburgh Planning Committee and there will be a period of consultation in the next 3-4 months. See the article on pages 8-9 for a summary of what the Development Plans are, why they are important to our area and where they are up to in the planning process.

Our Village People column this month is on a Ratho resident who is one of the local scout leaders, and all our usual columns are included - amongst all our local business advertisers... for any job you need done, please give local businesses a chance first by checking through the pages of this magazine!

We've pulled together hair and beauty tips, contributed by local people running hair and beauty salons, to help you get prepared for the summer – see the beauty feature on pages 14-21 and look out for all the special offers and ideas from the businesses in the feature.

Thank you for your support of local businesses and for reading konect!

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

Advertising enquiries

Contents

Jenny Thomson 07824 469266 jenny@konectdirectory.co.uk

Features

Charlene Gaffney 07772 941899 charlene@konectdirectory.co.uk

Regulars

Advert booking deadline: 15th of the month prior to print Artwork/copy deadline: 18th of the month prior to print www.facebook.com/KonectDirectory www.konectdirectory.co.uk The Konect Directory is delivered to homes in Balerno, Currie, Juniper Green, Baberton and Ratho.

Copies are also left at the library, community centres, convenience stores and various other locations within the area.

Front cover: Janey Kennedy see Village People, page 33.

Photography by Sean Bell.

Development Plans Summer beauty feature

8 14-21

Thought for the Month

24

Village People

33

Money Matters

38

Recipe 56 Technology 40 Competitions and Puzzles Crossword and sudoku

54

Community What's on

60

Useful Information

60

Clubs & Classes

63

Index of Advertisers 66

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Ratho Auto Services Servicing, Diagnostics, Tyres, Pre-Purchase Checks, Sales

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0131 333 5353 07784 537356

Free Collection & Delivery Service MOTs arranged

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Symington Elder Home Improvements of Baberton

Tel: 07914 048 274 or 07940 507 258 Email - sehi@orangehome.co.uk

We offer the following services: Kitchens Conversions Double Glazing Conservatories All Joinery Work All Trades Contractors

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Feature

Planning in the Water of Leith Communities Of all the issues handled by local authorities, land use planning is possibly the one which involves the greatest proportion of the population either as applicants for planning permission, objectors to specific developments or simply by commenting on proposed plans for development.

Living on the south west edge of Edinburgh, we are surrounded by much open land, a mixture of farmland, recreational land such as golf courses and open hill country. The main reason why this land is still undeveloped is its protection since 1948 by designations under the Town & Country Planning System, most importantly the Edinburgh Green Belt.

This has meant that when in the 1960s and since then large housing estates have been built at Baberton Mains, and in and around Currie and Balerno, significant areas of land have been left to connect existing green areas.

up the South West Communities Forum, whose main purpose is to defend the green areas adjacent to where we live. We have now been joined by representatives from Colinton, Ratho and Firrhill.

Following changes to the planning system in 2006, new Development Plans are being prepared for all parts of Scotland.

Two of these are relevant to Edinburgh - the South East Scotland Strategic Development Plan, known as SESplan, which covers Edinburgh, East Mid and West Lothian, Scottish Borders and the southern part of Fife, and the City of Edinburgh Local Development Plan, or LDP. Work on SESplan was started in 2010, and the final version has just been approved by Scottish Ministers.

This process took a considerable time, as there was a major disagreement about the number of new houses which will need to be built throughout South East Scotland in the next 10 years. Edinburgh’s Local Development Plan is still in preparation, with a further consultation draft due to be published in July 2014.

SESplan sets out overall policies on many key areas of planning, including transport, open spaces, industry, but housing is the issue which always creates the greatest interest.

It has certainly been the most contentious issue in both the SESplan and the Edinburgh LDP.

But Edinburgh has grown steadily in that time, its population increasing from about 446,000 in 1945 to some 492,000 in 2011, and it is projected to increase by a further 106,500 by 2032.

As a result of these concerns, the Community Councils in Juniper Green, Currie and Balerno last year set

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In the first draft of the LDP major housing developments are planned for two areas of Edinburgh, known as Strategic Development Areas - West Edinburgh between the Gyle and the Airport, and extending to Barnton, and South East Edinburgh, around the new Royal Infirmary. In these two areas there will be about 3000 new houses in the 10 year period till 2024.

However the revised LDP, now in preparation, is Edinburgh Bypass. These have been frequently raised expected to increase the number of houses planned in opposition to developments in SW Edinburgh, and in these areas by a further 2200, and also to find sites are quoted in the Reporter’s dismissal of the appeal for a further 2500 on areas of Edinburgh outwith the at Cockburn Crescent. SESplan also indicates that Strategic Development Areas. Some of these additional congestion on these roads and the A71 will in any housing sites are likely to event increase as a result be in SW Edinburgh, and of more traffic from West As a result of concerns of increasing population where these will go is the Lothian into Edinburgh. pressure on the green belt, the Community major dilemma facing Councils in Juniper Green, Currie and Balerno last the Council, as several The plan to build housing year set up the South West Communities Forum, speculative planning on Curriemuirend Park, first whose main purpose is to defend the green areas applications for sites in the put forward last year, is still Edinburgh Greenbelt have under consideration. This has adjacent to where we live. We have now been been submitted in the last been vigorously opposed by joined by representatives from Colinton, Ratho two years.

Juniper Green Community and Firrhill.

Council and the Friends of However, none of these Curriemuirend Park, as this applications has been approved, and two, at Muir is one of the last significant areas of public open space Wood Field between Currie and Juniper Green, and in our area. Plans for improvement of this park, with Cockburn Crescent in Balerno, have been turned down facilities such as an open air gym, have been prepared at appeal. Nevertheless there are still several sites in but cannot be taken forward until we see what the West Edinburgh where developers appear keen to revised LDP contains. build, both in and around Currie and Balerno, and around Ratho, Kirkliston and South Queensferry.

The latest version of the LDP is now likely to go to the City of Edinburgh Planning Committee in June, after Transport is also an issue in this, and particularly which it will be published for a period of consultation the capacity of the A70 Lanark Road and the A720 ending in September.

Local life

Curriemuirend Park Curriemuirend Park is the only large open space hillside readily accessible to residents of Baberton Mains, Clovenstone, Juniper Green and Wester Hailes.

Transformed in the early 90s into a Community Woodland, under the Millennium Forest funded Urban Forest Strategy, it is well used all year round by walkers, runners and bird watchers. It is enjoyed by families particularly during summer and in winter it’s a favourite for sledging in the snow.

Recently a successful cross country race was held

between youngsters from two local running clubs.

The Friends of Curriemuirend Park was formed to protect the park, develop projects promoting health and well-being and encourage sporting and recreational use by all age groups. The Curriemuirend Park Allotments Association also hopes to use part of the park.

Planned initiatives include an outdoor gym, running and cycling tracks and information packs for school study trips. Working with the City Parks Department a change to grass cutting is planned to develop a wildlife park. Volunteers now regularly collect litter and bird boxes have been erected.

With many recreational uses it is hoped the City of Edinburgh Council can be encouraged to support these initiatives and protect this valuable green space.

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BEAUTY SPECIAL

Summer is nearly upon us at last.

Following on from the fitness feature in the last issue, this month we've been consulting with local hair and beauty salons to bring you their top tips for hair and beauty this season.

From styles and colours to sun-protection and water-proofing, read through their tips and check through the adverts for special offers to make sure you're ready for the season!

Summer beauty tips

by Hazel Gordon, The Beauty Box, Currie Summer is fast approaching so its time to think about your essential beauty treatments!

Try having your eyelashes and brows tinted or for a more glamorous look you could opt for eyelash extensions.

Eyelash tinting is a dye applied to your lashes which is ideal for sunbathing, swimming and waterparks!

You can achieve the look of mascara without worrying about smudged make-up. There are several colours available to get the look you want.

Eyebrow tinting is a dye applied to the brow hair to help highlight the area without having to put a pencil or powder through them and avoiding it coming off in hot temperatures!

Eyelash extensions are individual eyelashes applied

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to your own lashes with an adhesive. There are different lengths and thicknesses to choose from. No need to wear mascara your whole holiday! They can last up 3-4 weeks.

Nails/toenails - summertime is the perfect opportunity to be bold and adventurous! The most popular summer colours of the moment are lobster roll, tropix and sun bleached!

Available in vinylux a new flawless polish lasting up to a week and shellac which wears like a gel and lasts up two weeks on hands or longer on toes. Or stand out from the crowd and try minx which is a foil applied to the toes with heat.

Designs include cheetah print to polka dots plus lots more. Fantastic for flip flop weather!

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Celebrate national smile month with Balerno Dental Care!

19th May to 19th June is National Smile Month and we aim to promote oral health. Good oral health is vital for a healthy smile as well as a healthy body.

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BEAUTY SPECIAL

Medical Aesthetics For radiant-looking skin this summer

by Skin Elegance You will be amazed how much of a difference medical aesthetics can make to your appearance and boost your confidence.

In a free consultation your medical aesthetics practitioner will assess your skin and suggest a treatment to help you look refreshed, giving your skin that glow it deserves.

Various treatments are offered. The most common one is muscle relaxant (better known as Botox®), where injections are given with very small needles to reduce wrinkles. It takes about 2 weeks for the treatment to take effect.

With age, deeper lines around the nose and mouth can give your skin a drooping sagging look. Ever looked in the mirror and pulled your skin back to your ears, smoothing out those lines? Injecting

dermal fillers with hyaluronic acid can give your skin that lift. Hyaluronic acid is already present in your skin to hydrate your skin and give volume, but as skin ages it loses hyaluronic acid. The treatment gives immediate results.

Your lips are special and important to looking and feeling good. Injections with natural hyaluronic acid in the lips adds volume and definition.

It’s not only about skin rejuvenation. If you are troubled with acne, acne scars or stretch marks there are effective treatments available such as chemical peels or micro needling.

Skin peels remove surface skin cells and stimulate cell renewal (suitable for all skin types). Derma roller or microneedling helps by breaking up the scars and stimulating new cell formation.

The Manicure

by Caroline Cleland of Juniper Beauty Room Now the sun is shining here are a few tips to prepare our nails for the holiday season.

• Use an emery board and file the nails from the outer edge towards the middle.

When our nails look good we feel good and it gives us confidence whether it’s for a wedding, special event or holiday. A salon treatment is an opportunity for pampering and also gives lasting perfection with a manicure lasting 5-10 days and a Gel manicure lasting 14-21 days.

• Don’t make the nails too pointed as this weakens the nail tips. The best shape for your nails is to mirror the contour of your cuticles.

The benefits of a Gel manicure is its lasting power. It protects the natural nail by hardening like a coat of armour, doesn’t smudge or chip and has a lasting high gloss finish which is instantly dry and lasts up to 21 days.

• Apply 2-3 coats of polish and leave to dry before applying a top coat.

If your budget does not stretch to a salon treatment here are a few tips to make your home manicure last longer…

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• Always apply a basecoat which helps the polish to last and prevents staining of the natural nail.

• Make sure to apply all coats of polish over and under the free edge of the nail to seal and reapply your top coat every 2 days to maintain your manicure for longer.

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Wrinkles of the forehead and around the eyes (crow’s feet) are removed with muscle relaxant treatment • Lines below the nose and around the mouth and chin are reduced with dermal filler containing Hyaluronic acid, a natural substance • Chemical peels give you a fresher, younger look Lip enhancement with dermal fillers gives you fuller, more sensual lips

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All about hair reduction

by Soprano Ice Edinburgh If waxing is becoming a pain then laser hair removal is the answer. A course of six treatments will achieve long term results, saving you time, money and the inconvenience of waxing, shaving or painful IPL treatments.

5 facts about Soprano Ice laser hair removal 1 Laser technology is more effective than IPL (Intense Pulsed Light). 90% of patients experience a significant hair reduction after 3 – 5 sessions.

2 Lasers can selectively target dark or coarse hairs while leaving the surrounding skin undamaged.

3 Each laser takes a fraction of a second and can treat several hairs at one time.

4 Laser hair removal can be used to treat larger body areas.

5 Soprano Ice laser is safe for all skin colours, especially for those with dark or even tanned

skin, the laser settings can be adjusted to suit your skin tone.

At Soprano Ice Edinburgh we pride ourselves on offering the most flexible way to pay for your laser hair removal treatment.

Our pay as you go system allows you to pay for treatments as you have them, whilst still benefiting from applicable offers. Sessions are 6-8 weeks apart giving you a chance to save for your next treatment.

Book your course of laser hair removal today. (Please note a FREE consultation and test patch is essential 24 hours prior to any treatment to determine suitability for your skin type).

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BEAUTY SPECIAL

Hairtech's Summer Hair Your hair is an accessory you wear every day. Treat it right and wear it well it will make you look and feel amazing. Here are some of our top tips for perfect summer hair.

Condition, condition, condition! Hair feels dull, lifeless and lacking shine? It probably needs a good moisture hit. Invest in a good shampoo and conditioner like L’Oreal Professionels’ Serie Expert range and why not treat yourself to a monthly in-salon treatment to keep it looking and feeling its best.

Remember what you put inside is as important as what you put on the outside so drink plenty water and maintain a healthy diet.

Whether you are home or abroad your hair still gets zapped by those nasty UV rays in the same way your skin does, so protect it the same. Use a shampoo and conditioner which is designed to filter out the UV rays and remove any chlorine build up from the hair after swimming when you are on holiday.

We recommend L’Oreal Professionnel Solar Sublime range which also includes a spray protector for your hair which works the same way as your suntan lotion.

Inject some colour! Always fancied a change?... now is the time to go for it. Whether it’s a dramatic change or a few sun-kissed highlights, it is a brilliant way to freshen up your look and give you that all important summer glow. Book in with your colourist for a consultation and find out the perfect colour for you.

Have fun with your styling! L’Oreal Professionnels’ new range of ‘wild stylers’ makes it easy for you to create that ‘just off the beach’ look at home. Half dry your hair, spray with beach waves texturising salt spray and secure in small buns around the head, cover with a hair net and finish of drying.

Once dry remove the pins and shake out your hair with your fingers. Beautiful sexy hair really can be that easy - give it a go!

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Hairtech 0131 449 2991 17 Bryce Rd, Currie, EH14 5LT

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Tanning Tips

by Caroline Cleland of Juniper Beauty Room

With the knowledge we now have about the damage that sunbeds do to our skin the self tanning industry is booming.

The key to a good result, whether a salon treatment or applying a product at home, is the preparation of your skin prior. Exfoliating, especially around the knees, elbows and feet, will prevent your tan from being patchy.

Salon tanning treatments vary and you can have a full treatment which includes exfoliation or opt for an express treatment where you exfoliate yourself prior. Spray tanning is quick and easy but does also require exfoliating prior to your appointment. A salon tan should last about 5-7 days.

Always wear loose, preferably dark clothing and sandals to limit the product being rubbed off immediately after.

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Stress and Hypnotherapy

by Bernie Rowen Consulting Most of us know that stress can be debilitating.

Symptoms can include headaches, shaking, forgetfulness, sleeplessness, anger, frustration and a general feeling of discomfort.

Hypnotherapy seeks to inform the conscious mind through accessing the sub conscious mind while the client is in a very relaxed state. The hypnotherapist gives the subconscious mind trigger words to assist in relaxing the client and encourage them to maintain relaxation by training the mind.

A clinical hypnotherapist does not: make anyone do anything they do not want to. Stage and entertainment hypnotherapy is completely different - it is there to entertain. Clinical hypnotherapy is used to assist in healing various problems, from anxiety and stress to stopping smoking, weight loss and dealing with fears and phobias.

We assist young people in a positive attitude towards

exam anxiety as well. We treat people who suffer from a fear of flying and even arachnophobia, and agoraphobia. A session is 50mins long and the therapist should be registered with a controlling body, such as the National Council of Psychotherapists.

To learn more give Bernie a call to make an appointment on 07736 067227.

Bernie Rowen is a registered psychotherapist with many a modality under her belt. She brings a fresh idea to counseling and talking therapy by the inclusion of astrology data to develop the most individual treatment possible, so why not invest in yourself?

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Thought for the Month

Being a Carer

By Pat Banfill

Caring encompasses a vast field of human relationships. It may be caring for someone at home for twenty four hours a day, or struggling to help elderly relatives many miles away, involving much travelling and times of anxiety and uncertainty.

It may involve a lifetime’s commitment for a disabled child or an elderly parent who has ceased to recognise you, or a disabled partner. It can feel like our lives are full of the demands of others. For most carers, life is like an assault course with many obstacles.

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No-one is a perfect carer. We all make mistakes, but there is a sense of achievement and fulfilment along the way, as well as at the end. Just as an athlete takes advantage of training and encouragement, carers can do this too.

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Suzanne Green meets Janey Kennedy Twenty-four-year-old Ratho resident Janey Kennedy says she leads Scouts because it’s good fun, and also because it gives young people opportunities to spend time outdoors, go on camps and learn new skills, regardless of their family’s economic situation.

Currently there are 14 in her troop, but she expects that number to increase to 18 (maximum capacity) in August, at which time her partner Keith will join her as Assistant Scout Leader.

A keen mountain biker herself, in May last year Janey took third place in the POC King/Queen of the Hill mountain biking race in Peebles. She was recently appointed Mountain Biking Assessor for Scotland by the Scout Association. In this role, she checks qualifications, assesses Scout Leaders and issues permits so that they can take their troops mountain biking.

Clearly Janey delights in the great outdoors. “I grew up in Dubai,” she said, “where I was always doing something outdoors.” As well as mountain biking and hill walking, Janey is a keen climber and is especially fond of winter climbing. She also enjoys skiing, kayaking and wake boarding. It’s no surprise that her business, as well as her volunteer work, focuses on what she loves doing.

Janey graduated from Heriot Watt University with a first-class Honours degree in Mathematics. Less than a year later her business, Get Out Adventures, is up and running. “We offer Adventure Tours,” Janey explained, “which are open to tourists and residents.

It’s a door-to-door service, so we collect tourists at their hotel and take them hill walking or mountain biking in the Highlands. We offer general instruction in rock climbing, abseiling and navigation. And we are preparing to launch a non-residential kids’ camp.”

Under Janey’s guidance, the 10- to 14-year-olds took part in a weekend sponsored expedition in the Pentlands in March. Their goal was to see how many summits they could achieve in 24 hours. They carried expedition rucsacs and tent camped. The money they raised will cover expenses for a trip to the Cairngorms 20-22 June, where they will wild camp and “bag” two Munros.

Another weekend Janey took her troop mountain biking at Glentress in the Borders. “It was great to watch them as they progressed,” she said, “and to see how much they were enjoying themselves.”

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I am impressed by this young woman’s initiative.

The Scottish Institute for Enterprise was too. Janey made the finals in the recent New Business Ventures competition, which was open to current students and those who had graduated within the past two years.

Wanting to relate to Janey in some way, I told her that my husband had recently completed all of his Munros. ‘I’ve not done them all yet,” she said, “but I think I have done over 150 so far. My Westie, Lilly, is also a Munro bagger. I’m not sure how many she’s done.”

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Money Matters

New Individual Saving Accounts (NISA)

By Personal Money Matters What Are They?

Individual Saving Accounts (ISA) and their predecessors PEPS were announced by Nigel Lawson in the Budget of 1986. They are tax advantaged savings and investment products which by definition belong to the individual. Contributions into ISAs are currently restricted to £11,880. There are two types, a Cash ISA and a Stocks and Shares ISA. The advantage of the cash ISA is the interest earned is paid gross even if you are a higher tax payer. The advantage of the investment ISA is there is no Capital Gains Tax to be paid and hence they do not need to be put in your tax return. You could split the £11880 between the Cash ISA and the investment ISA.

What Has Changed?

In George Osborne’s budget in April 2014 he introduced New Individual Savings Account (NISAs).

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The annual limit will be £15,000 and you can put all of it into cash or all into investments, or any combination of the two.

Other Benefits

You can move money from cash to investments or from investments to cash. With the old ISAs you could only move money from cash to investments.

Disadvantages ?

As mentioned previously, they belong to an individual so when the individual dies the value of the NISA will be added to their estate and could be taxed at 40%.

The good news is the government now permits AIM shares to be put into a NISA. The benefit of AIM shares is they are exempt from IHT after being held for 2 years. AIM shares are considered riskier than ordinary shares and hence professional advice should be sought.

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Recipe and Food Notes

Tomatoes

By Anne Pinkerton June is an easy time to eat in more healthily. When it's warm you don't feel so hungry, exercising outdoors is more enticing and the start of the harvest of delicious fruit and vegetables encourages us to eat in a better way.

Tomatoes are the epitome of summer food. They are colourful, good to eat raw or cooked and are enjoyable in almost every different style of cooking.

They are treated as a vegetable in almost every dish I can think of except the remarkably good, however unlikely, Campbell’s Tomato Soup Spice cake. More of that later.

There used to be acres of glass houses in Ayrshire and the Channel Islands from whence we received the glowing red addition to our salad from April till end of October. However cheap gas and clever marketing by Dutch growers in the last 25 years - and the processed food industry giving us baked beans, tomato ketchup, concentrated soup and tinned tomatoes - have made tomatoes available all year and a staple in the shopping basket by which the cost of living index is calculated.

There are many varieties ranging hugely in shape and colour. Each has a different use in the kitchen.

Don't shun the Italian tinned tomato - it is often better-flavoured than the over- plump taste-free, fresh object sold in our shops. Tomatoes need hot sun to develop their full flavour, so southern grown ones are often better.

If you're lucky enough to have access to home grown fruit straight from the plant these are the ones to eat in the simplest way: sliced with black pepper, a little good oil a pinch of salt and sugar, as a salad. (If you were to add sliced avocado and real buffalo mozzarella fanned out on a blue plate then you have a feast for eyes and stomach).

When tomatoes were not so commonplace they were made into mousse or jelly and offered at smart dinners as elegant starters with prawns or crab.

Tomato juice is the main ingredient of the cocktail Bloody Mary and all there is in a Virgin Mary except Worcester sauce or a stick of celery to stir it with!

The classic tomato/carbohydrate combination is Pasta Napolitana. For this the sauce needs to be well-reduced to concentrate the flavours. Own brand tetrapak chopped ungraded tomatoes are perfect and cost about 40p for 500g.

Tomato Sauce

They can be preserved by drying in the sun, sieving and concentrating into passata or canning whole or chopped, or concentrated as a puree. They are low in fat and sugars and high in anti-oxidants, vitamins and have fibre. They also combine with fish, chicken, other vegetables, pulses, spices, eggs and carbohydrates.

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1 large onion, chopped fine 3 or 4 cloves of garlic pressed 1 large carrot grated 1 stick celery grated or chopped fine 500g tinned or tetrapak chopped tomatoes - If you do not use all of the tin/jar pour in oil to cover and make an airtight seal and keep it in the fridge Tablespoon tomato puree.

Few basil leaves and/or parsley, thyme or other herb you like Salt, pepper, sugar and dash wine vinegar.

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Heat the oil in a saucepan, fry the onion till just starting to brown add the garlic and other veg.

Fry for a moment getting it all hot, add the tomatoes bring to boil.

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Add all the flavourings except the fresh herbs and cook together and reduce to a thick rich looking sauce.

Add the herbs at the last and just cook through.

This will keep in the fridge. Use with pasta, as a cooking sauce for chicken or on pizza with other toppings. It can enrich beef stew or with some black olives added act as a base upon which to bake any white fish.

Stuffed Tomatoes

All around the Mediterranean each area has its own local version of this dish.

In Greece they use cooked rice as the filler, in Italy polenta or small pasta, in France bread crumbs or cous cous, so this is a recipe to start you thinking. It is also good for using leftovers.

4 large tomatoes, lid cut off and the inside removed but reserved

1 onion, chopped 2 or so cloves garlic, crushed 100g minced meat, raw - lamb, beef, ham or chicken 4 tablespoons cooked rice Marjoram, oregano, chives or parsley chopped fine Little oil for cooking Salt, pepper, sugar, dash of vinegar, teaspoon tomato puree; all to taste 1 2 3 4 5 6

Heat the oven to 180oc.

Fry the onions add the meat and brown add the tomato flesh, garlic and the rice cook all together.

Then add the flavourings to taste.

Cook for a minute and then pile all the filling into the hollowed out tomatoes.

Bake for about 30 minutes till brown and bubbling.

Serve with a salad for lunch or supper.

Unlikely as it may sound - Tomato Soup Cake Like its cousins the carrot, courgette and beetroot cakes, this came from America. It is moist and good; tomatoes have an affinity with spices, dried fruit and sugar. Original recipe makes 10” square cakes.

1 can condensed tomato soup 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 cup white sugar 1 egg 1/3 cup butter ½ teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon ½ teaspoon ground cloves 1.5 cups self raising flour 1 cup raisins 1 Combine the tomato soup and the soda in a bowl, and let it stand.

2 Cream sugar, egg, butter, salt, cinnamon, and cloves. Mix in tomato soup and soda mixture, and then flour. Stir in the raisins, and pour the batter in a greased baking dish.

3 Bake at 160oc for 1 hour, or until done.

4 Cool the cake, and top with cream cheese icing.

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The Return of the Currie Fair!

Currie Community Council is resurrecting the Currie Fair which will be held this year on 6th September, 12.30-4pm at Pentland View Park.

The Currie Fair is an event for everyone in our Community so please save the date and let’s hope the weather is kind to us.

We will be having a funfair stalls, table sales, refreshments, singers, dancers etc. There will be gokarting for children in the Youth Club.

If you wish to have a stall or table please contact patricialumsden@yahoo.co.uk for further details.

This year we will also be hosting "The Great Currie Bake Off" competition in our search for the finest amateur bakers in the area.

This theme is The Commonwealth Games so use your imagination to create a winning showstopper!

There will be prizes for the best caked baked by the Under 10’s, 10-16 and adults.

Entry to the competition costs £1 and application forms are available in the Corner Café and Currie Library. Cakes will be anonymously judged by the public who will then be allowed to taste!

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FOR HEALTHY, HAPPY KID

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'Fitsteps' Get fit 'Strictly style!'

NEW Ballroom and Latin dance fitness class No partner required

HIP HOP ACADEMY FOR P1 - 7

TUESDAYS AT JUNIPER GREEN VILLAGE HALL 4 - 4.45PM

Book Online stepitupdance.co.uk/booking

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Thursday 7.30 to 8.15pm Currie Community High School £4.50

Move it Dance & Fitness 07737927463 Email: moveitdanceandfitness@gmail.com Like us on facebook www.facebook.com/moveitdanceandfitness

Honey Pot - Arts & Crafts Studio Where you can drop in anytime to:

Open 7 days 10am - 5pm

Paint your own pottery or throw clay on a pottery wheel Make: Clay hand & foot or silver imprints, soaps, bath bombs and other cosmetics, jewellery, glass fusing & decopatch

We are also available for Birthdays & Hen parties, Group Bookings as well as Corporate Team events.

NEW Candle Making Make your own chunk candles with your choice of fragrance

We have an exciting range of

Holiday Activities available

0131 333 6348

EICA Ratho, EH28 8AA

for booking now, for details: www.honeypotceramics.com Honey Pot Ceramics

Jane Goulding

School Of Dance Registered Teacher with

Come and Join the Fun! The award winning movement to music, dance and singing programme for boys and girls from 6 months upwards run within a fun, safe and caring environment.

Twinkle’s Tots 6 - 18mths Tiny Toes 18mths - 3yrs Mini Movers 3 - 5yrs Mini Groovers 5-7 yrs

The Royal Academy Of Dance President - Darcey Bussell CBE RAD Ballet ISTD Modern & Tap

Est. 33yrs

2.5yrs - Adult Classes In Balerno and Biggar

New Classes at Currie High School

01506 883093 / 07854 373173

www.janegouldingschoolofdance.co.uk

Exciting classes available in

West Edinburgh

Contact Miss Claire on

07731 466 147 Westedinburgh@babyballet.co.uk Babyballet West Edinburgh bbWestEdinburgh

www.babyballet.co.uk

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What’s On and Useful Information Saturday 7th June Ratho Gala Sunday 8th June Ravelrig Riding for the Disabled Summer Fair and Open Day 11am – 3pm. Tombola, Birds of Prey, Home baking, BBQ, stalls

the Edinburgh region of the Regional Park, and one of the few remaining colonies in the East of Scotland; the small colony only occupies a two hectare area. Booking essential, bring sturdy footwear and waterproofs. For more information and booking please contact the Pentland Hills Regional Park Service on 0131 447 944.

Saturday 14th April

Sunday 15th June Blooming Tea Party Balerno & Currie Marie Curie Fundraising Group. Please join us for our Blooming Tea Party. 2pm-4pm.

Balerno Bowling Club. Tickets £4 at door (or contact 449 2814) Monday 16th June Small Pearl Bordered Fritillary Survey At Threipmuir Car Park, 13:30 – 15:30.

Help survey for this beautiful but locally rare butterfly. Found only in

Balerno Farmers Market Main Street (pedestrianised), Balerno, 9am – 1pm.

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

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

Balerno Library 1 Main Street, Balerno, EH14 7EQ 0131 529 5500 e. balerno.library@edinburgh.gov.uk

Opening times Mon & Wed: Tues & Fri: Saturday:

1.00pm - 8.00pm 10.00am - 5.00pm 10.00am - 2.00pm

Currie Library 210 Lanark Road West, Currie EH14 5NX 0131 529 5609 e. currie.library@edinburgh.gov.uk

Opening times Mon & Wed: Tues, Thurs & Fri: Saturday:

1.00pm - 8.00pm 10.00am - 5.00pm 10.00am - 5.00pm

Ratho Library 6 School Wynd, Ratho EH28 8TT 0131 333 5297 e: ratho.library@edinburgh.gov.uk Find us on Facebook, Ratho library.

Opening times

Mon & Wed 1-8pm Tues, Thurs & Fri 10am-5pm Sat 10am-5pm

Friday 13th June Big River Man Cert 15 7.30pm Ogston Hall Saturday 14th June Finding Nemo Cert U 2.00 pm Ogston Hall Saturday 14th June

Saturday 28th June

Library Information

Balerno Village Screen

Captain Phillips Cert 12A 7.30 pm Ogston Hall Tickets available at www.balernovillagescreen.com, The Mill Cafe and Balerno Post Office Balerno Village Screen will return in September 2014

Regular events at Ratho Library (for fortnightly and monthly events please contact the library for this month's dates) : Mon: Knit and Natter, weekly 2 to 4pm

Chatter Books, for 8 to 12 year olds 3.45 to 4.45pm

(first Monday of the month) Wed: Glitz Lit Girls, P6 to S2 weekly 6 to 6.45pm

Duke of Edinburgh, weekly 14+ 6.45 to 7.30pm Thur: Book and a Blether, adults. Book chat and coffee.

Fortnightly Bookbug, weekly 0 to 4 years, 10.15 to 11am Fri: Library Link, fortnightly, 10.30 to 12.00

Tiger Tales, crafts and stories 4 to 8 years + parents.

Fortnightly Sat: Children's Craft Club, fortnightly 2 to 2.45pm.

Craft and Chat Adults Club, bring your own project.

Fortnightly 3 to 4.30pm Bookbugs Bookbug delivers free story, song and rhyme sessions for babies, toddlers and pre-school children in local libraries, working in partnership with the Scottish Book Trust.

Useful Numbers The Pentlands Medical Centre 44 Pentland View, Currie, EH14 5QB 0131 449 2142

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Art44 Open Studios Day 9th August 2014 ART44 is a collective of practising artists whose individual studios are linked by the nearby Water of Leith and the 44 bus route connecting the three villages – Juniper Green, Currie and Balerno.

The group is hosting an Open Studio Day on Saturday 9th August 2014. There are six artists in this group, within five studio locations, practising across a wide range of media and craft disciplines.

Each of the artists’ studios will be open between 10 am and 4 pm. A visit will allow a unique chance to see their work and also talk to the artist and gain an understanding of their thinking and process.

There is also an opportunity to purchase their artwork at affordable studio prices.

The ART44 artists are: In Juniper Green Ron Burnett Graphic Designer & Itinerant Draughtsman Jacqueline Watt Painter, 1 Belmont Road, Juniper Green, EH14 5DZ In Balerno Janet Dyer Botanical Artist, 499 Lanark Road West, Balerno EH14 7AL Trisha Gow Tapestry Weaver & Fungi Dye Artist, 6 Highlea Grove, Balerno EH14 7HQ Elizabeth H H Cull Glass Artist, The Studio, The Lade, Balerno EH14 7LB Chris Edgar Mixed Media Painter, Cockburn Farm, Cockburn Hill Road, Balerno EH14 4JB

Gordon Macdonald MSP Member of the Scottish Parliament for Edinburgh Pentlands Constituency

ADVICE SURGERIES Wester Hailes Library

1st Monday of the Month at 6.30pm

Carrickvale Community Centre

2nd Monday of the Month at 6.30pm

Currie Library

3rd Monday of the Month at 6.30pm

Pentland Community Centre

4th Monday of the Month at 6.30pm

Ratho Community Centre

5th Monday of the Month at 6.30pm

How to contact Gordon Macdonald MSP: 1. By email:

Gordon.Macdonald.msp@scottish.parliament.uk

2. By phone:

Local office: 0131 466 5810 or Parliamentary office: 0131 348 5741

3. By letter:

Gordon Macdonald MSP, The Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh EH99 1SP

4. By appointment: These are held in the local office see www.gordonmacdonaldmsp.info 5. Home visits are available for those people who cannot travel.

PLEASE NOTE THERE ARE NO SURGERIES DURING PUBLIC AND BANK HOLIDAYS

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Established just over 5 years, Edinburgh Ballet has grown into one of the city’s highest achieving dance schools. It is run by Sara Wood of Currie.

a free ‘scholars’ class for high achieving and hard working NEW pupils. Adult classes- in ballet and PilatesLeisure are VENUE Craiglockhart also on offer.

In our most recent examination session with the Royal Academy of Dance, 73% of our students entering for Royal Academy of Dance Examinations in Ballet, achieved Distinction (Gold), and 27% Merit (Silver) medals.

Performances are Community offered each year, and are open to Ratho Centre all of our pupils to take part, even the youngest!

We pride ourselves on being a happy and welcoming environment for all ages and abilities of children from 2 years old, boys and girls alike, and care greatly about the development of each individual pupil.

Classes are taught in both Classical Ballet and Modern Jazz dance techniques, and we also offer

Edinburgh College - Sighthill Campus

Treasure Island Performance - Howd

Theatre visits are also arranged periodically to encourage our dancers to gain a more rounded knowledge of dance.

Come and see us perform at Howden Park Centre on Sunday 22nd June!

Contact us now to book your place info@edinburgh-ballet.co.uk 07723-589-280 www.edinburgh-ballet.co.uk

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Lessons for age 2 years and above Adult ballet & pilates

Studio Locations: NEW VENUE - Craiglockhart Leisure Centre Edinburgh College - Sighthill Campus Ratho Community Centre Treasure Island Performance - Howden Park Centre - 22nd June

07723 589 280

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BABERTON 172nd Pentland Scouts (Baberton)

BALERNO Monkey Music St Josephs Centre, 2 Main Street, Balerno, EH14 7EH Monday (during term time) 9.50am - Jiggety-Jig (2+) 10.30am - Heigh-Ho (1 - 2 years) 11.10am - Rock ‘n’ Roll (3months - 1 year) Tel - 0131 441 4581

Balerno Girls' Brigade Ogston Hall in Balerno Parish Church Tuesdays 6.30 - 7.30pm Contact Marion Milne on 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/Intermediate 1 7.35 - 8.35pm - Intermediate 2/Advanced 8.35 - 9.35pm - Beginners Contact Judi on 07716 830905 or judithrintoulpilates@hotmail.com

Balerno Footsteps 4 Fitness Mondays 10am at Balerno High School Riverside Café Alternative Thursdays 10am at Balerno High School Riverside Café Alternative Fridays 10am at Balerno Parish Church Hall Contact 0131 477 7733 www.bf4f.org.uk

Pentland Caledonia Pipes and Drums Balerno Community Centre Every Friday 7pm-9.30pm New members welcome Free tuition on pipes or drums Phone 0131 4495133

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

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

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

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

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 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 and visitors warmly welcomed

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

Pyjama Drama Balerno Scout Hall, Ladycroft.

Creative and imaginative play sessions for children aged 2-5 years Tuesdays, beginning 8th April (Classes during term and out of term) 9.30am – Raindrops (22mths – 2.5 years) 10.15am – Rainbows (2.5 – 5 years) Contact Louise on 0131 516 3099 or louisek@ pyjamadrama.com

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

Balerno SWRI Balerno Community Centre 7.30pm First Tuesday of every month (except July & August) 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

Minis @St Mungo’s Group for babies and toddlers with their carers on term time Tuesdays and Wednesdays 10 - 11.30am in St Mungo’s church building, Ladycroft, Balerno; All welcome; For more information see www.stmungos.org

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

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 Thursdays 9.30 - 11.30am

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CURRIE Fitsteps - Get fit 'Strictly style!'

Ballroom and Latin dance fitness class - no partner required Wed 6.15 - 7.00pm Inveralmond Community High School - £4.00 Wed 7.30-8.15pm St Mary's Hall, Bathgate - £4.00 Thurs 7.30-8.15pm Currie Community High School - £4.50 Classes start week beginning 6th Jan 2014 For more info contact Lianne on 07737 927463 Email: moveitdanceandfitness@gmail.com Like us on facebook

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

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 Contact Viola on 07806 806920 for more info

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

Coffee and Craft Currie High School, Sun Room Mon 7 - 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 Preschool play from age 3 years Mon-Fri, 8.45 - 11.45am (term time) £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

42nd Pentland Scout Group Currie Forth View Crescent, Currie Beavers: Tuesdays 18.15 - 19.30pm call Martin Elliot 07752 182793 Cubs: Mondays 18.15 - 19.45pm call Wendy McEwan 07773 446694 Scouts: Mondays 19.45 - 21.45pm call Ross Brown 07729 714445

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Air Cadets 2463 (Currie & Balerno) Squadron Forthview Crescent Mon and Thu 7-9.30pm 0131 449 7449 for more info

The Octagon Club For Adults with Special Needs and Learning Difficulties Meets in Gibson Craig Hall, Lanark Road West, Currie, 7 - 9pm on Wednesday Evenings from mid September until June for table tennis, snooker, badminton, table games, “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 - 7pm Juniors (Boys P4, P5 & P6) Thursday 7 - 8.30pm Company/Seniors (Boys P7 - S6) Friday 7 - 9.15pm For further info contact Jim Webber on 0131 451 5112

Currie & District Local History Society Meetings Mondays at 7.30 in the GibsonCraig Hall in Currie Visitors welcome; For further information contact Douglas N Lowe on 0131 449 4349 or douglaslowe51@btinternet.com

Currie SWRI Meet in the Gibson Craig Hall, Lanark Road West, Currie, on the second Tuesday of each month (except July and August) at 7.15pm New members and visitors welcome

Balerno and District Ramblers Midweek Group meets on a Wednesday at Currie Library Car Park, 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

Currie Baby and Toddler Group Gibson Craig Hall Friday 9.30 - 11.30am (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 or coffee and chat with other parents and babies 50p per week

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

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

Book Group Currie Library First Wednesday of each month at 7.00pm

JUNIPER GREEN Pilates Classes Juniper Green Parish Church - Thursdays 6.45 - 7.45pm - Beginners 7.45 - 8.45pm - Beginners/Post Beginners 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 (Village Hall) 1 Juniper Park Road EH14 5DX Contact 07948 554889 or see website at www.junipergreenplaygroup.vpweb.co.uk

RATHO Ratho Scouts, Cubs & Beavers Ratho Community Centre Beavers: Tuesdays 6.30pm - 7.30pm (age 6-8) Cubs: Fridays 7pm - 8.30pm (age 8- 10.5) Scouts: 7pm - 8.45pm. (age 10.5 - 14)

Ratho Ravers

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Ratho Community Centre Mon 10am-12pm. Exercising body and mind for the over fifties. £3 per class. For more information call the Community Centre on 0131 333 1055

Susan Douglas Pilates

All meet at the Community Centre, meeting times are as follows: Beavers: Tuesdays 6.30pm - 7.30pm (age 6-8) Cubs: Fridays 7pm - 8.30pm (age 8- 10.5) Scouts: 7pm - 8.45pm. (age 10.5 - 14)

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Ratho Community Centre Mon 5.55pm – 6.55pm. See www. douglaspilates.co.uk

Daytime Pilates Classes

Community Centre Tues and Thurs10am-12noon. Under 3s.

Members 50p, non members £1. For more information call the Community Centre on 0131 333 1055

Art Club Ratho Community Centre Tues 7-9pm. Adult Multimedia Club.

Members 50p, non members £1. For more information call the Community Centre on 0131 333 1055

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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

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Potter Around

Varied programme of activities/outings.

New members welcome – meet fortnightly at Ratho Community Centre. Members 50p, non-members £1. For more information call the Community Centre on 0131 333 1055

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Kirknewton Village Hall Thursdays 9.10am to 10.00am Whether you just want to move more and improve your muscle tone, or whether you want to enhance another sport you enjoy… create length, strength and balance with Pilates.

Spaces are limited so to find out more, book a taster session or learn about other classes contact me on elise@ekpilates.co.uk. You’ll also find me onfacebook.com/ekpilates.

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Index of Advertisers Aerials Aerial Man 37 Appliance Repairs Appliances of Edinburgh 10 Bathrooms & Kitchens Ken Dunton 52 Splash Bathrooms 6 Beauty Beauty Box 15 Beauty by Joanne 21 Juniper Beauty Room 17 Lilac Rooms 18 Skin Elegance 17 Soprano Ice 19 TLC Nail and Beauty 18 Building Services Almond Building Company 41 Dean Jones Building Services 12 EH1 Contracts Ltd 55 Four Seasons 27 MacKenzie Contracts 46 Building Surveyor David Hastings 51 Car and Van Rental JP Vehicle Rentals 29 Car Sales Hermiston Motor Co 48 Car Service/Repair Chips Away 46 DSL Auto Repair 49 Finishing Touch 49 Hermiston Motors Co 48 Ratho Auto Services 5 Smart Tech Vehicle Solutions 47 The Wheel Specialist 47 Car Valeting RD Car Care - Mobile Valeting 6 Carpet Cleaning C & W Cleaning Services 30 Hydro Kleen Scotland 42 Carpets James Erskine Interiors 30 Murrayfield Carpets & Interiors 37 Pentland Carpets 36 Steven Sher Carpets 4 Cattery Claylands Cottage Cattery 53 Ceramics Honey Pot Ceramics 59 Children's Activities Baby Ballet 59 Edinburgh Ballet 62 Jane Goulding School of Dance 59 Pyjama Drama 5 Village Playgroup 59 Chiropody and Podiatry Pentland Footcare 15 Cleaning Services Cleanleeness 42 Daily Poppins 43 Complementary Therapies Gardenacre Therapy 22 Computer Repairs Sort My PC 10 Craft Fair KCDT Craft Fair 61

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Dentist Balerno Dental Care 15 No 9 Dental Practice 21 Double Glazing Double Glazing Doctor 13 Double Glazing Repairs 50 Four Seasons 26 Red Hot Windows 12 Electrician A&A Electrical Solutions 11 A.F.A Electrical 34 D Sykes Electrical Contractors 13 Financial Services PMM 38 Fitness KM Fitness 23 Move It Dance & Fitness 58 Sarah's Fitness 58 Slimming World 22 Step It Up Dance 58 Florist Flowers by Jak 23 Vicky's flowers 22 Funeral Directors Porteous Funeral Directors 24 Furniture Grove Bedding 31 Garage Doors Max's Garage Doors 5 Garden & Landscaping Capital Gardening Services 44 CS Gardening & Landscaping 28 D Greaves 41 Evergreen Balerno 28 Garden Building 6 GW Horticulture and Landscaping 41 Taurus Gardening 44 Woodford Timber Products 45 Golf Club Baberton Golf Club 55 Hairdresser Hairtech 20 Tony Harper's Hair Studio 15 Home Improvements Double Glazing Doctor 13 Ian Merriman Ltd 51 Ken Dunton 52 Kitchen Doctor 30 S & S Home Improvements 2 Scott Building Contracts 7 Symington Elder 6 Hypnotherapy Bernie Rowen Consulting 22 Ironing Services Ironing Aid 43 Joiner Central Scotland Joinery 40 Dean Jones Building Services 12 GK Wilson Joinery 11 Jack Watson Joinery 12 Locksmith 1st Call Locksmith 11 Caledonian Locksmiths 36 Mobility Med -Ecosse 25 MSP Gordon Macdonald MSP 61

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