Konect Balerno February 2016

FEBRUARY 2016

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Local history - The Ratho Poet Village People - Shona Johnson Upbeat - new column from local police officers

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Balerno, Currie, Juniper Green, Baberton & Ratho

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M essag e f ro m t h e e d ito r to the first Konect Welcome of 2016!

This issue is the usual eclectic mixture of all sorts of different articles that have one thing in common...the villages of Balerno, Currie, Ratho, Juniper Green and Baberton. Our cover-girl is a blacksmith from Ratho whom our writer Suzanne interviewed for the Village People column this month. And during January, when we’re preparing the February magazines for print, it’s always the season for Burns and poetry, so I decided to read up about local poets from the past – there are a few to chose from and came across the slightly-obscure Joseph Mitchell of Ratho.

Our local police officers are writing a new column for Konect starting this month- you’ll find their first one on page 19.

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REGULARS Village People Upbeat Walk Money Matter s Thought for the Month Interior s Technology Recipe

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COMMUNITY What’s on & Useful Information Clubs & Classes

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Front cover: Shona Johnson of Ratho Byers Forge.

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The Ratho Poet

by Helen-Jane Shearer

A time of political movement; big questions and strong feelings over Scotland and England’s relationship; plus ça change.

But a character from Ratho made the most of tumultuous times via a moderate talent for poetry and better talent for smooth-talking, to climb all the way up into the pocket and patronage of Sir Robert Walpole, the first Prime Minister of the new Great Britain.

Joseph Mitchell was born in Ratho around 1684 (exact date not established), so his lifetime spanned the “Glorious Revolution,” the union of the parliaments and the Jacobite risings.

His father was a stonemason in Ratho who worked for some of the titled nobility in the area (in particular the Earl of Lauderdale who owned the then-grand local Hatton estate) and through hard-work, ambition and possibly the patronage of these customers, managed to send his son to university. The intention was for Joseph to have a career in the church. Joseph, however, was more interested in literature and the arts, and headed to London to seek his fortune as a poet and playwright.

If heading to London as a poet sounds like a risky strategy for making a fortune, it was.

Joseph never got the recognition and fortune that he craved and spent most of his life poor.

He must have had some personal charm and qualities though that kept him afloat - many literary friends as well as members of the nobility helped him out financially. Once, a fellow writer even wrote a play (or by some accounts he wrote part of it) for Mitchell to publish in his own name during a particularly hard time. The play went reasonably well and Mitchell did afterwards publicly acknowledge the real author.

He was introduced to Sir Robert Walpole and moved in elevated circles considering his lowly birth. Confidence is everything though, and Joseph appears to have had it by the bucket-load. He addressed poems to Walpole with outrageous, tongue-in-cheek petitions for honour and positions in his government 8

– ranging from a place as Poet Laureate in Scotland, for the Office and Importance of Secretary of State for Scotland, to Superintendent of the next Public Lottery or the next General Assembly of the Kirk. And for the Government of Duck Island in St James’ Park.

Walpole appears to have been fond of Mitchell who appealed to his sense of humour, but never elevated him above what seems to have been a kind of court jester role. He paid him a moderate amount of money which Mitchell squandered through bad management and extravagance. He shrugged off criticism of his poems and plays, dived into literary criticism of his peers, and turned out a body of work which was generally considered to be of average merit.

What caught my eye though in researching Mitchell was that he published a work called “Ratho: A Poem to the King.” I went into the National Library of Scotland to read a beautifully bound copy of the poem published in 1728, hoping to find some nuggets of information about the village of Ratho itself at that time. I found however that rather than a work of history, the poem is one long appeal to the new King George II to cast his gracious eye on the village of Ratho – and in particular on one Joseph Mitchell – and to grant it “some mark of your Beneficence.”

Mitchell’s description of Ratho is very fanciful; (in its early days he imagines it as a city, where “Columns, and Spires, and Palaces appear’d/ Domes crowd on Domes, and Fanes with Temples Vye!/And Courts and Castles tire the wondering Eye!”) He bemoans that Ratho has sunk into poverty and obscurity, and showers the king with all manner of flattery to convince him that his native village and its inhabitants are worthy of royal favour to restore the village to its apparent former glory.

It’s hard to tell whether the lickspittling language of the poem is serious or Mitchell’s special vein of outrageous petition in an attempt to get the attention of the king himself. Mitchell impresses on the King that the people of Ratho were on the right side of every political question (where “right” is defined as Mitchell being in with a chance of recognition). He prefaces the KONECT

One of the most remarkable features in St Mary’s churchyard in Ratho is related to Joseph Mitchell’s family. The large gravestone carved in the shape of a panelled coffin, prominent near the front of the church, is said to have been carved by Joseph’s father, John Mitchell. The date 1729 is engraved on one end. There is some doubt as to whether John Mitchell is buried there or not. It must have been used as a gravestone for a descendant of the family 80 years later as one side is inscribed: “Here lyes the Remains of Mr William Mitchell Preacher of the Gospel who in the flour of his age suffered an instantaneous death by a strok from a thrashing machine on the farm of Grays Mill in the Parish of collins town the 4th December 1809 his worth endeared him to his friends and his talents rendered him the ornament of his family.” Joseph’s own burial site is unknown.

poem, on behalf of all the inhabitants of Ratho: “We are unanimously attach’d, without mental Equivocation or secret Reservation, to the Protestant Succession in your august Family,” referencing the “late unnatual Rebellion” the Jacobite risings. Mitchell begs for Ratho “a Charter, constituting us really what we now are only in Idea and Desire -- or a yearly Fair and weekly Market, to bring Money and Meat among us----or a Turnpike or Toll, for Reparation of our Street and Walls, which Alas! lie buried like those of Troy---or whatever else your Majesty in your great Goodness, Wisdom and Power, shall think fit.”

A moment of genuine reflection in the poem itself gives a flavour perhaps of the quality of work that kept him just within the attention of his literary colleagues:

Destroying Time and the devouring Grave Alike confound the Coward and the Brave!

Distinction’s lost! no Marks of State adorn!

And Ratho looks, like Troy, a field of corn!

In the latter part of the poem, Mitchell begs the monarch to pay a visit to Scotland, describing the delight his Scottish subjects would have: “Let every Tongue with Transport sound his Praise/And every Eye, as on an Angel, gaze/ Who, like a God, in glory deigns to move/The publick wonder and the publick Love!” Then acknowledging that the Hanoverian king was not necessarily guaranteed warm reception everywhere “But howe’er a Rebel-Race behave,

Of ancient Ratho rear’d with Cost and Pain,

Open, ye gates of Ratho, to receive

How few and wretched Monuments remain!

The British king, your Patron ever dear!

Sometimes the Plough, from fields adjacent, tears The Limbs of Men, and Armour, broke with Years; Sometimes a Medal all effac’d is found, And mouldering Urns are are gather’d from the ground: But who, ah! who can decent Honours pay, Or sep’rate Vulgar from Imperial Clay?

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There’s no evidence that the king took the slightest notice of Mitchell’s appeal. The poet died in 1737 or 1738 (exact date not established) in Islington having never received the patronage he craved. Ironically, in Mitchell’s vision of Ratho post-regal attention, “Bridges and Boats for pleasure crown the scene/And ne’er was Ratho known so sweet and clean!” - a picture that could describe Ratho today!

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village people

by Suzanne Green

“I can’t imagine doing any other job!

Ratho resident Shona Johnson is an artist blacksmith at Byres Forge.

Her husband Pete Hill is also a blacksmith and their children are Josh (15) and Eryn (11).

Am I the only one who thought that a blacksmith puts shoes on horses? “That’s the job of a farrier,” says Shona Johnson, master blacksmith and a partner at P. Johnson’s Byres Forge in Ratho. “I wouldn’t be allowed to shoe a horse!”

Shona began training as a blacksmith in 1989, when her dad Phil Johnson split his plant hire business in order to focus on blacksmithing too. Shona, who had studied agriculture in college, had previously worked on farms in Perthshire, the Borders and Australia.

But the change to her dad’s business sparked Shona’s interest and provided an avenue for her training. “It must be in my blood,” she says, “and from both sides of the family! My mum’s dad was a blacksmith at Henshaws in Edinburgh.”

The team at Byres Forge – five partners and five employees – provide a bespoke service for private clients, the Council and private companies. The “artist blacksmiths” create unique pieces of furniture, gateways, and sculptures. Current jobs include restoration of the spiral staircase to the University of Glasgow bell tower, and a garden screen for a couple from Ireland and Scotland which features shamrocks and thistles.

Shona explains that blacksmiths get together at events called “forge-ins” so that they can bounce ideas off one another and share information. “What we do is hard work,” she says, “so if someone has an idea about how to make something easier, we share it.”

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It’s obvious Shona loves her job. “There’s always a story behind whatever I’m asked to create,” she says. “For example, with the Irish/Scottish couple.

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“I enjoy talking with clients and finding out what they have in mind, then discussing how we can achieve it. This summer we have a job in Orkney, creating a spiral staircase for jeweller Sheila Fleet.

My work is always fresh and interesting.”

Shona at work

Will Josh or Eryn follow in their parents’ footsteps?

“Both forge a bit,” says Shona. “Josh worked at the forge last summer and recently he and Eryn and a friend made and sold 100 keyrings, raising £395 for Macmillan Cancer Support. But there’s no pressure. I want them to do whatever inspires them and will encourage them to follow their hearts.”

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This area of woodland trails covers both sides of the Water of Leith from Colinton to Slateford.

Steeped in history, it’s also home to a lot of wildife and flora, and with wellmaintained paths is ideal for either a brisk circular walk or an aimless meander.

There are many spots you can get into the Dell, but for this walk I chose to start from Bridge Road in Colinton and walk down the “Long Steps” - a very

Looking up the Long Steps from Dell Road 28

old stairway linking the main part of the village to the parish church in the Dell below. It’s the start point for a trail commemorating the association of the author Robert Louis Stevenson with the village of Colinton. Stevenson’s maternal grandfather, Lewis Balfour, was the parish minister here from around 1823 and Stevenson is known to have spent many childhood summers with his grandfather at Colinton Manse. There are some of his poems on plaques as you go down the steps.

At the bottom of the Long Steps, the road crosses the Water of Leith. You’ll see a fairly new bronze statue on your right of a young Robert Louis Stevenson with his Skye terrier; this was erected only a couple of years ago. Walk past Colinton graveyard and you’re into the Dell itself and right next to the river. Stay on the path near the river (rather than branching up left onto the old railway line walkway) which fairly soon takes you over the river at Colinton Weir, and you’re walking between the river and a mill chase that formerly fed Redhall Mill – just one of many mills that were on this stretch of the river in its industrial heydey. There were few signs of spring when I did this walk in January, but in the spring you’ll find the banks are covered with wild garlic and the Dell bursting with life. The next path junction is at Kates Mill. The path straight ahead was closed for maintenance, so I crossed the bridge here and carried on towards Slateford on the other side of the river. You pass through what appears to be a clearing in the wood, but is in fact the site of the former Bogs Mill. There was a mill on this site from as early as 1598, and in 1735 the first banknotes manufactured in Scotland were produced here - 20 shilling notes for the Bank of Scotland – apparently under the watchful eye of “a picquet of soldiers mounted guard in the cottage on the bank above.” The path of the mill lade is still visible in the grass.

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walled garden. This is Redhall Walled Garden, 18th century kitchen gardens for Redhall House and still used as gardens today – now run by the Scottish Association for Mental Health (www. samh.org.uk) who offer training here. Cross the river over the small wooden bridge that you come to, and turn left. You’ll shortly pass an odd little stone building, which is one of two “ladies grottos” in this area. It’s thought they were built about 1830 for the owner of Craiglockhart House to provide shelter for ladies whilst walking in the Dell. Around 300 metres further you arrive at the side of the Blue Goose Inn on the A70 - (http:// thebluegoosecountrypub.co.uk) a great place which is also dog-friendly to stop for a bite to eat before retracing your steps back through the Dell to Colinton.

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When the paths are fully open it’s possible to do this walk as a circular route going from Colinton to Slateford on one side of the river and back on the other side. You can vary it by taking some sections on the Balerno-Edinburgh old train line walkway which runs parallel for some of the way, and you can pop up and down from railway to riverside at various points.

Back at Colinton, before you climb the Long Steps, pay a visit to the “Swing Cafe” at the Parish Church. It’s open Mon to Friday from 10am to 2pm. The name is a reference to Robert Louis Stevenson’s poem The Swing, said to have been inspired by the swing he played on as a child here, which hung from the yew tree you can see in front of the building. See www.colinton-parish.com /the-swing-cafe.html 29

MONEY MATTERS

The £1M Pension Trap

by Personal Money Management

What is the Lifetime Allowance? (LTA)

It is the maximum amount you can build up in a pension before being taxed at a rate that could be as high as 55%.

How much can I save before being taxed?

The current limit is £1.25m but is reducing to £1m in April 2016.

Will my pension exceed the LTA?

You may think that the limit will only be reached by wealthy bankers and chief executives but you would be wrong. For instance, many people with Defined Benefit pensions who are in their 40s and 50s will find they have breached the £1m limit, or certainly will do in the future.

How is the LTA calculated?

This depends on the type of pension you have.

1) With a personal pension plan it is simply the value of all the pension pots.

2) With a final salary pension you multiply your pension by 20. Many final salary schemes also pay a lump sum and this must be added in.

Additionally, any Group Life Cover provided by the employer will be included for the LTA should death occur. Very few employers are aware of this.

If you have started taking your pension the calculations are more complicated and advice should be sought.

What can I do?

If you think you might be affected by the lower allowance you can apply for protection against a potential lifetime allowance charge. However, this is not something that should be done without serious consideration as there are ramifications to taking protection.

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A Close Encounter of the wet furry kind Reader Brian Mason of Currie sent us this piece about an extraordinary encounter in his garden...

On the morning of Wednesday 25th November, I opened the back door to allow my dog access to the garden. I noticed movement in my small garden pond, closely followed by a wet furry head watching the dog, and me from the relative safety of the water.

I don’t know which of us got the biggest surprise, the dog, the European Otter or me! I called my dog back and rushed to grab my camera. Quickly changing the camera lens, I hoped to get back in time to take at least a single photo. My hurry proved unnecessary as the following two hours were a once in a lifetime experience for me. One after the other, the otter would discover another frog, carry it across the garden towards me, and take it behind my garden shed to devour it.

Then straight back to the pond to slide in and search for the next one.

An otter’s main diet is fish and eels but it will supplement this with amphibians, insects, birds, small mammals and crustaceans, so my garden frogs would be a tasty breakfast meal. A single otter will commonly range over a distance of 11 miles from their “holt” or den which can be a hole under the river bank or in a hollow tree with the entrance being under water, and I would expect their range to extend up and down the river, so to find this one in my garden at more than half a mile distance from the Water of Leith possibly quite unusual. It would require the crossing of Lanark Road and then to negotiate numerous other streets and gardens before ending up in mine.

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Now that the days are getting longer, we are often planning for new things for the house and garden or for holidays and special events. This all takes deliberate budgeting so that we don’t get into unmanageable debt. Before the end of the tax year, we may want to put some savings away in ISAs for ourselves, our children or grandchildren.

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At this time of year some of us are still paying for Christmas due to credit card bills coming in, so we need to be careful about our spending in the early months of the year.

The other things that can trip us up are paying our tax liability, due at the end of January, or annual subscriptions which we may have overlooked.

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If you are looking for help with money management then www.themoneycharity.org.uk has online tools to use at home. If you want to go on a short course the CAP Money course is being run at Balerno High School from 25th February, and it is free! If you have unmanageable debt then CABs can offer help as can CAP money centres in Wester Hailes and in town, and CHAI in Gorgie. A google search will give you contacts.

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If you’re a first time home owner who’s just moved in you’re no doubt going through a whole range of emotions.

You’re clearly excited but if it’s pre-owned it may not be, shall we say, exactly how you’d like it. In fact during the viewing you maybe had to put on your best fake smile and give your well-practised ‘it’s really lovely’ speech while inwardly thinking ‘good grief that wallpaper’s hideous!’ But budgets are tight and now you have to decide what needs changed right away and what can wait. So, here are some suggestions from Ekco to help you fall in love with your home as it is, warts and all, and prioritise any upgrades you’d like to make.

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Cover up as much of the main wall as you can with images that make you feel warm and fuzzy until such times as you can attack it with a steam scraper and get the look you really want.

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suburbia. You can even change over your cabinet doors while keeping the current worktops for next to nothing and you’ll be amazed at the difference this will make.

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SPOTLIGHT ON...

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A thoroughly local family business

“I like to do things my way” is how former Balerno High School pupil Gary Hogg describes the reason he set up Autocare Solutions in Camps Industrial Estate last year.

“I had been working for a large dealership, and had to take nine weeks off work sick. It was at this point I realised that it was going to be now or never to take that leap.”

Autocare Solutions opened its doors one year ago last month and has been extremely busy for most of its first year in business. It seems there is still a strong demand locally for good garage services and Gary, along with his wife Laura, are working hard to keep up with demand.

I get a hint at what might be behind this success: “We charge very competitive rates for excellent service,” is Gary’s summary. “And an honest service. I’ve been known to turn work away rather than take on a job that I didn’t think needed doing,” he adds. So with a good understanding of customer service, a lot of hard work and the family team pulling together - we have the ingredients that keep customers coming back, and recommending their friends.

When Gary and Laura took over the unit last year, they worked hard to get it the way they wanted.

Along with the help of Laura’s father they brought it up to scratch, equipped the workshop and created a welcoming reception area – and a warm waiting room with a free drinks machine. There is a friendly atmosphere about the place - you’ll be greeted by Laura when she is there most days, and likely along with the family dog Tigger who is a favourite with customers. The day I was there for this interview, their preschooler Libby was on the premises too – she is apparently showing an interest in mechanics, along with her big brother, Kyle.

With an increasing workload, Gary’s father will lend a helping hand in the evenings after his own demanding job. Without the help of their family and

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What does the future hold? “I’m hoping to get time to do some training this year to keep up with the ever-moving changes in the automotive industry.

Fleet work and trade customers are also welcome – no matter how big or small a business is – whether it be one man and a van or one company and ten vans!” And what does he do outside of work hours?

“I don’t have ‘outside of work’ hours yet!”

Gary grew up in Kirknewton and went to Balerno High School; Laura is from East Calder, so they both have very local roots. It was a pleasure to meet this hard-working family. If you’re wondering where to take your car for its next service or repair job, do give them a call.

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It’s easy to get Valentine’s Day wrong: nothing says “I love you” less than uncomfortable pants in the wrong size, some wilting flowers or whatever chocolates were half price in Tesco.

But if your soul mate is a gadget fan, it’s very easy to get Valentine’s Day right.

One of the problems of buying presents for gadget fans is that they tend to have the big things already, so for example if they fancied an Apple Watch or a Samsung Galaxy S6 they’ve almost certainly bought it for themselves. But that’s an opportunity rather than a problem, because there are stacks of accessories and add-ons that can enhance what they’ve already got.

Take the Apple Watch, for example. There’s a huge range of straps including tanned and coloured leather, metal and fun coloured silicone that can completely transform its looks. Apple’s own ones are fairly nice and predictably expensive, but you don’t need to pay quite so much: metal straps from the likes of Hoco (£48) and leather ones from Nomad (around £70) look and feel fantastic, and having multiple straps means the Watch fits with any outfit from ultra-casual to seriously formal.

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Accessories aren’t just about fashion. If your beloved has a smartphone, tablet or laptop they might appreciate some Bluetooth accessories, such as Bluetooth wireless headphones - around £50 for a set of Jabra Move headphones, rising to around £200 for high-end sets from Bose - or wireless speakers, which are great for streaming music from the likes of Spotify or Apple Music at home, in the garden or on the beach when Summer finally returns. We’re big fans of the Bose Soundlink Mini (£169), but you needn’t spend that much to get great sound: Sony’s SRS-X2 is around £60, while JBL’s Flip 2 is about £50 and TDK’s tough Trek Flex is £55 - £69 depending on your choice of colours.

If you’d rather give a more traditional gift, technology can still help: the Lastminute.com, Laterooms.com, Expedia.co.uk, Kayak and SkyScanner apps can all help you find the perfect romantic getaway at the right price, while the 5pm and OpenTable apps make it easy to book a restaurant for a romantic night out - although if you’d rather impress by cooking something spectacular at home, celebrity chef apps from the likes of Jamie Oliver and Nigella Lawson can give you not just recipes but videos on how to prepare the perfect Valentine dinner.

Tech can even help if you don’t currently have someone to share Valentine’s day with: online matchmaking services such as Match.com have smartphone and tablet apps to help you find Miss or Mr Right, while famous apps such as Tinder (for everyone) and Grindr (for gay or bisexual men) use location awareness to help you find potential partners near you. If that sounds a little bit scary, apps such as Hitch enable friends to play matchmaker, limiting the pool of potential suitors to people your friends already know.

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CHARITY Their new home - basic with no water or electricity - but a home.

Think Big and Build Someone a House

by Feri Ross

How about volunteering at the foot of Kilimanjaro and helping to construct a basic small home for a marginalized Tanzanian family affected by AIDS/ HIV during your two weeks there?

Five of our local teenagers are doing that this summer! A charity called the Vine Trust, based at Leith Docks, organizes regular work parties of 2030 people. Over 10 days or so you dig foundations, make bricks, mix cement, paint etc alongside a family nominated by Vine Trust’s local Tanzanian partner charity. Work parties have also helped build larger homes for vulnerable children and orphans.

At the end, the group gets to go on a 3 day safari in the main safari area of the Ngorongoro crater.

There’s plenty of time to play with the children too – since all high school education is in English, it’s an advantage for younger kids to learn it early.

There’s a huge fund raising effort involved so please support the ambition of these characters if you know them…Sandy Buchan from Kirknewton,

Finlay Taylor of Currie, Murray Baxter, Ishbel Ross and Lyn Ross of Balerno, some of them as part of their Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award. They will make connections on this trip with people with quite different life expectations, which will likely impact both sides throughout their lives.

Vine Trust also operates two medical ships offering primary medical care – one on Lake Victoria, Tanzania to the islands there and one in Peru on the Amazon, likewise to remote communities.

Jubilee Hope, launched in 2014 by Princess Anne, will see 100,000 people a year who have no other access to fundamental healthcare. The project has inspired local Tanzanian companies to get involved to support the many communities around Lake Victoria. Both floating clinics are staffed by medics, dentists and other health professionals, mostly from the UK and US, who volunteer 2 weeks holiday time.

So first, please encourage these young people!

And if any of this strikes a chord with you, do google www.vinetrust.org/ for information including video clips. Or you’re welcome to contact me too at keithferi.ross@googlemail.com.

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Bread Recipe & Food Notes

by Anne Pinkerton

Your best gadget for bread making is a hand whisk with a dough hook. Even better might be a Kenwood mixer because it’s powerful, but all this can be (and has been since the beginning of baking) done by hand.

750g white flour 750g wholemeal flour 4 teaspoons salt 4 tablespoons oil (I prefer olive oil, but any will do except perhaps sesame which has too positive a flavour for daily bread.)

3 heaped teaspoons dry yeast, started in a mug of blood-warm water with a spoon of sugar. It’s ready to use when frothy and looking alive.

Warm water about 1 pint METHOD: It’s best to make bread in as warm a room as practical as this helps the yeast do its work.

However flour is best kept cool so that the natural oils don’t go rancid, so let the weighed flour warm up while everything else is gathered ready by putting the bowl near a radiator or cooker, if it’s on.

The bread most of us eat today is factory-made by a very sophisticated automatic process. Even “instore baked” bread is only cooked in the shop - all the dough is made in bulk, its contents controlled by price and technicians. There’s a growing movement to take bread back into the hands of the small artisan baker using local ingredients. However we can take it one step further by baking our own loaf.

This isn’t difficult. It’s a matter of selecting good flour and using some basic techniques. Bread machines are the answer for some as you can programme them to have a loaf ready for breakfast.

The most important thing is that YOU are in control of what goes in so you’re eating top quality fresh food that is to your family’s taste. If you have a bread machine lurking at the back of the cupboard, drag it out and use it!

BASIC BREAD: I make three loaves at a time. This is economical with the oven and bread freezes well.

At the moment I’m using flour from East Lothian, St Mungo’s Well. It’s organic, locally milled and14% protein. Supermarkets all sell good organic bread flour. Chose from whole wheat, white, spelt (an ancient grain), or rye. Or when you get confident mix them as you please.

Put all the ingredients in the bowl and mix. If it seems too dry add more water little by little. You’re aiming at a stiff dough, not a sloppy mess. Kneed until you see stringy structures showing up in the stretched dough. 5 to 7 minutes should get there.

Let the dough rest in a warm place till it has doubled in volume. This could take up to 2 hours depending on the yeast and the temperature of the room.

Knock the dough down and turn it onto a floured surface. Use either of the bread flours, not cake flour.

Kneed the dough into a long sausage shape and cut into 3 equal lumps. It should not stick to the work surface - if it does it needs more mixing till it comes away cleanly from the surface.

Have ready 3 similar sized tins. The traditional loaf tin is nice but any cake tin will work. Brush the whole surface with oil to prevent sticking. If you feel brave you can bake the bread as cobs - round shaped lumps on a baking sheet. They will spread.

One for each shelf in the oven will be fine.

Set the oven to 220c or 9 for gas. The bread needs to double in size, by then it will be ready to cook.

Bake for 35 minutes. Test by listening. If it’s silent and drops from the tin easily the bread is cooked.

Cool on a wire rack.

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H o w t h e L OO P s P h o n e l i n e P r o j e c t h e l p s people 65+ to ‘Get Oot The Hoose’ LOOPs (Local Opportunities for Older People) is dedicated phone line to help improve the quality of life of over 65s in Edinburgh.

If you are over 65, or a health worker or family member of someone who is, call us free of charge to speak to a friendly advisor for information about activities and clubs in your area. We provide a unique service tailored to the individual needs and interests of our clients.

How do we help? We had a call from a 77 year old lady who lives with her son in Balerno and has a diagnosis of dementia. Although her daughter visits her daily, she is often left alone while everyone is working and is unable to go out unaccompanied.

How she be less socially isolated? LOOPs had the answer. We contacted a number of services for adults with diagnosed dementia that would provide the care and enjoyable companionship that our client needed. We offered information on clubs including The Palm Café’s Tuesday arts and crafts session for those with dementia, and the Currie Senior Citizens’ Monday Club as these would allow our client to get out and enjoy the company of others in a safe and caring environment.

A man with a passion for fishing is hindered by his wheelchair so calls the LOOPs phoneline for assistance. He explains that he needs help returning his wheelchair to his house when leaving for fishing trips and assistance on his return. How could LOOPs help him? With our client’s specific needs, this was complicated but the friendly LOOPs team worked tirelessly to find the solution. We contacted LCiL, Community Connecting and others.

Lengthy conversations were had and organisations visited to better understand the situation and spoke with the Occupational Therapist. Eventually, our conversations led to the discovery of a volunteer who, coincidently, is also a keen fisherman and now happily assists him twice a week! Result.

One happy LOOPs client. Another recent caller stated: “I was pleased with how the LOOPs Phoneline answered my enquiry and felt it was helpful and friendly. I would certainly recommend this to anyone in my area.”

Speak to a LOOPs advisor today on 0131 603 8311.

Alternatively, email us for information: loops@ volunteeredinburgh.org.uk. Find us on Facebook: LOOPs NWSE www.nwse.org.uk

Boogie Beat music & movement classes are great fun for preschool children! The classes are based on traditional nursery rhymes and classical fairy tales combined with a lively and active dance twist.

Your nearest class is Ratho EICA on Thursdays. Boogie Beat is also available for workshops in nurseries & private parties.

BALERNO VILLAGE NURSERY Balerno Community Centre 7-11 Main Street, Balerno

TEL: 0131 451 5756

Full class timetable at www.boogiebeat.co.uk Contact zoe@boogiebeat.co.uk or tel 07841 109730 to book!

Phone/Txt 07722 499513.

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Back by popular demand: PLAY ZONE for 2-3 year olds Available Mon-Fri 8.45am - 11.15 am Providers of Quality Afforable Childcare for children from 6 weeks to P2, graded “very Good” by The Care Inspectorate.

Please telephone, email or call in to view the nursery, No appointment necessary.

Fall in L ve with West Lothian We’ve made it! The January blues are over and now it’s time to fall in love with West Lothian this month.

With the exciting new national tourism theme of 2016 being ‘Innovation, Architecture and Design’, it’s time to start looking at new and fresh ways of celebrating your Valentine’s Day with loved ones.

West Lothian provides one of the best shopping experiences in Scotland. Therefore, if you’re struggling for a gift idea this Valentines, there are plenty of options to choose from, including designer products from the Livingston Designer Outlet or a fresh, new fragrance from one of the department stores. If it’s a romantic meal you are looking for, then West Lothian can offer many high quality restaurants which cater for all tastes. Also, for those who like a couple of drinks afterwards there is the added attraction

of having a number of welcoming and stylish bars and clubs within the area.

For those looking to do something different this Valentine’s Day, why not explore the outdoors and visit some of West Lothian’s scenic and historic landscapes. Get wrapped up warm and enjoy a romantic day with your loved one at Linlithgow Palace or take a stroll through one of our country parks with the family.

We all have something we love doing on Valentine’s Day so let’s reminisce on past experiences. Why don’t you share a description of your perfect Valentine’s Day on our social media pages?

For the latest on all the great things to see and do in West Lothian please visit www.visitwestlothian.co.uk,facebook. com/VisitWestLothian or twitter.com/ teamwestlothian

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Wing and a Prayer Rescue is a small Balerno-based charity rehoming excommercial hens.

We have collection points in Edinburgh, Fife, Hawick, Dunbar, Inverness, Turriff, Dumfries, Coupar Angus.

Our next rehoming will be at the end of February To reserve hens please visit www.wingandaprayerrescue.co.uk or call Jackie Balfour on 0131 449 7901 We ask for a donation of ÂŁ3.50/hen.

The hens are around 18 months old when they would go to slaughter. We do our best to secure good homes for as many as possible so they get the chance to live a good life in a garden as pets.

They still lay eggs but maybe not an egg every day.

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WHAT’S ON Balerno Village Screen

and Useful Information Juniper Green Parish Church February events Tue 2nd Feb: “Open door café” mother and toddler group in Hall 1, 10am -12 noon.

Wed 3rd Feb: ‘Church Wednesday’. Prayer time in Hall 3, 7pm – 7.30pm, Kirk Session 7.30pm in Hall 2.

Sat 6th Feb: Messy Church - church for families with afternoon tea, activities, worship, in Hall 1, 3.30pm to 5pm.

Sun 7 Feb: Morning Service 10.30am including crèche and kids’ church and youth group followed by an informal communion service.

Tue 9th Feb: “Open door café” mother and toddler group in Hall 1, 10am -12 noon.

Thu 11 Feb: Guild of Friendship in Hall 2, 2pm – 3.30pm with Shonagh and Ali Croal - singer and accompanist.

Sun 14 Feb: Morning Service 10.30am including crèche and kids’ church and youth group.

Sun 21 Feb: Morning Service 10.30am including crèche and kids’ church and youth group followed by prayers for healing.

Tue 23 Feb:“Open door café” mother and toddler group in Hall 1, 10am -12 noon.

Wed 24 Feb: ‘Church Wednesday’. Prayer time in Hall 3, 7pm – 7.30pm, Bible study: Exodus 12-14, 7.30pm in Hall 2.

Thu 25 Feb: The Thursday Service in St Margaret’s Court Hall, 525 Lanark Road, 10.30am. Guild of Friendship in Hall 2, 2pm – 3.30pm with a talk by Scott Irvine - stained glass artist.

Sun 28 Feb: Morning Service 10.30am including crèche and kids’ church and youth group.

Saturday 27th February Big Hero 6 (Cert PG) 2.30 pm The Martian (Cert 12A) 7.30pm Venues: St Joseph’s Church Hall; Ogston Hall, Balerno Tickets available at www.balernovillagescreen.com and at The Mill, St Joseph’s Cafe, Balerno. Please note Balerno Post Office are no longer holding BVS tickets.

Programme and timings subject to change. Please check website for details.

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

library information Balerno Library 1 Main Street, Balerno, EH14 7EQ T: 0131 529 5500 E: balerno.library@edinburgh.gov.uk Opening times: Mon & Wed: 1- 8pm | Tues & Fri: 10am -5pm | Saturday: 10am-2pm.

Saturday 13th February

Currie Library

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

210 Lanark Road West, Currie EH14 5NX T: 0131 529 5609 E: currie.library@edinburgh.gov.uk

Saturday 27th February Juniper Green Farmer’s Market Juniper Green Village Hall, Juniper Park Road at the end of Baberton Avenue. 9am – 1pm.

Saturday 28th February Currie High School’s 50th Birthday Party 1pm to 4pm. Share memories, laugh at old photographs, tour the school, reminisce with old friends and teachers while listening to the best music and sampling some of the culinary delights from each decade. They are also looking for volunteers to help on the day - things like helping with tea/coffee or manning an area for a period of time so please contact the school (449 2165) or email lindaj0605@gmail.com if you want to help.

Saturday 5th March You eat, they eat - help make the world a fairer place this Fairtrade Fortnight: join in 2016’s national Big Fairtrade Breakfast! Sat 5 March, 10 am - 12 noon, Balerno Parish Church Halls; homebaking, FT craft and food stalls, children’s activities and art prizegiving, raffle, refreshments with a difference. See Balerno Fairtrade Village Group Facebook page for more. All welcome.’

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FEBRUARY: Friday 26th February : The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (Cert 12A) 7.30pm

Opening times: Mon & Wed: 1- 8pm | Tues, Thurs & Fri: 10am-5pm | Saturday: 10am-5pm.

Ratho Library 6 School Wynd, Ratho EH28 8TT T: 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.

Regular events at Ratho Library (for fortnightly and monthly events please contact the library for this month’s dates): Knit and Natter every Mon 2-4pm Book Group every second Wed 2-3.30. Glitzlit Girls’ Group every Wed 5.45-6.30. Book Bug -rhymes and songs for parents and under 5s every Thursday10.15-10.45. Stories and crafts for 5-7 year olds every Thursday 3.30-4.30.

Adult colouring group alternative Friday 10.30-12.00pm We are happy to arrange computer courses for beginners and learning how to use E-Books on demand.

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BALERNO Wildfire Explorer Scouts

Pentland Art Club

Meet in Balerno High School. Fridays 7.15 - 9.15pm. 14 – 18yrs.

Contact: Gordon Simpson 0131 477 3116.

Email leaders@wildfire-explorers.org.uk

Meet at Balerno High School Art Room Every Thursday 7.30 - 9.30pm Demonstrations, speakers, work evenings; All mediums; New members welcome. Please contact E Thomson on 0131 333 4662.

DadZone

Pentland Flower Club

At St Mungo’s Church, Ladycroft. Saturdays 9 -10.30am for Dads and male carers and their 0-4 year olds. Toys crafts, refreshments.

Dates for 2015: 29th August, 12th September, 17th October, 31st October, 28th November and 12th December. All welcome. For more info email balernodadzone@gmail.com or search Facebook for the online group.

Drama Studio, Balerno High School First Friday of the month at 7pm (excluding January, February, July and August); Visitors and new members are always welcome.

Contact Lis Daly on 0131 442 2146.

Balerno Monday Club

Balerno High School Tues, Wed and Fri pm; Sat and Sun am. Contact Balerno Community Education Office 0131 477 7733 for more info.

Non-denominational club for over 55s. Our meetings are held in St Joseph’s Centre at Balerno Parish Church at 2pm on the first and third Mondays of the month from September to May. Different speakers, activities and outings each session, please contact the Club for syllabus details.

Beginners Yoga Classes No experience needed (18+) - £6 per class Monday 8.30pm at Balerno Scout Hall Tuesday 8pm at Gibson Craig Hall, Lanark Road, Currie Wednesday 7.45pm at Forth View Crescent Scout Hall, Currie Monday 6pm at Juniper Green Village Hall Any questions please contact Monica on karmayoga@btinternet.com Tel: 07986 600432.

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

Children’s swim scheme

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 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.

Balerno Parish Church Guild

Beavers, Cubs, Scouts Various evenings, Balerno Scout Hall. Contact John Henderson on 07941 637262

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

Currie Rugby Football Club

Balerno Folk Club

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

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.

51st Pentland Scouts (Balerno)

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.

Balerno Village Nursery 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 7.30 - 8.30pm - Intermediate/Advanced 8.30 - 9.30pm - Beginners/Post 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

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

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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

Sarah’s Fitness Currie High School Cardio Dance Mix Mondays 6.30-7.15pm £4 per class.

Kettle Class Mondays 7.15-8pm. £4.50 per class. Sarah’s fitness.

Tel 07540 894287 or email sarahhardie@hotmail.co.uk

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.

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CURRIE 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

Arts & Crafts Group Art Room 1, Currie Community High School Thursdays 7.15 - 9pm - from 18th September to 27th November (except 16th October). We are a small, friendly group (of all ages) and new members will be made very welcome. £35 for the 10-week term or £5 per session, if paid on the night. Fee covers all materials, equipment and refreshments. For more information please email: phoenixarts@hotmail.com or tel: 07934 495488.

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 Tel 0131 451 5141.

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

Balerno and District Ramblers

Meetings in Gibson Craig Hall on Mondays at 1:30pm, September to June. For more information contact the Secretary on 0131 449 3527.

Midweek Group meets on a Wednesday at Currie Library Car Park, Lanark Rd West 9.15am for 9.30am start. Contact M Timmins 0131 449 4525 or A Blyth 0131 629 3644. Saturday and Sunday Group meets at Pentland View Carpark, Currie, at 8.45am for 9am start. Contact E Scroggie on 0131 441 1666.

Coffee and Craft

Book Group

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.

Beginners Yoga Classes

Bridge Club

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

Currie Playgroup Currie Baptist Church Hall Preschool play from age 2 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 Cubs Monday 6.15 – 7.45pm. Call Andrew 07876567552.

Scouts Monday 7.45 – 9.15pm. Call Ross 07729714445.

Beavers Friday 6.30 – 7.30pm. Call Sharon 07810 201680. www.42ndpentland.scoutsites.org.uk

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

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

Currie & District Local History Society Meetings Mondays at 7.30 in the Gibson-Craig 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

Boys Brigade - 65th Edinburgh (Currie) Company Gibson Craig Hall, Lanark Road West Currie Anchors (Boys P2 & P3) - Thursday 6 - 7pm

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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 Library First Wednesday of each month at 7.00pm.

No experience needed (18+) - £6 per class Tuesday 8pm at Gibson Craig Hall, Lanark Road, Currie Wednesday 7.45pm at Forth View Crescent Scout Hall, Currie Monday 6pm at Juniper Green Village Hall Monday 8.30pm at Balerno Scout Hall Any questions please contact Monica, email: karmayoga@btinternet. com Tel: 07986 600432

Corner Cafe Book Club At the Corner Cafe, 120 Lanark Road West, Currie Meet 27th of every month at 7.45. Informal friendly group, all welcome, we read a mixture of classics and popular books. £3 per session.

Fitsteps Fun and effective dance fitness class inspired and created by Strictly Come Dancing stars Natalie Lowe and Ian Waite. Learn the steps from Tango, Jive, Viennese Waltz, Samba and many more, without the need of a partner. Thursday 7.30-8.15pm, Currie High School, Edinburgh, £5 per person. For more info call Lianne on 07737 927463 www.facebook.com/moveitdanceandfitsteps

Angela’s Fitness Currie High School METAFIT: Thursdays 6:15pm-6:45pm. A 30 min full body workout.

Great for weight loss, toning, improving strength and power. Burn fat in your sleep with Metafit. ABS BLAST: Thursdays: 6:45pm–7:15pm.

30 min core workout to strengthen your abs and lower back. £4 per class or £15 for 5 classes, mix&match. Both classes are suitable for any fitness levels & ages as options of exercises are given. For more info please contact Angela on: angelasfitness@live. co.uk; tel: 07845705819; www.facebook.com/angelassfitnesscurrie

Macular Society, Pentland Group Group for visually impaired people, 2nd Friday of every month in Currie Library at 2pm. Audio Book Group meets 1st Monday of every month in Currie Library at 2.15 pm. I-Pad tuition group for visually impaired people all other Mondays in Currie Library at 2.15pm

JUNIPER GREEN Pilates Classes Juniper Green Parish Church - Thursdays 7.30 - 8.30pm - Post Beginners/Intermediate 8.30 - 9.30pm - Beginners class Contact Judi on 07716 830905 or judithrintoulpilates@hotmail.com

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

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Daytime Pilates Classes

45 Lanark Road West, Currie Beavers - Wed 6.30pm Cubs - Mon 7.00pm Cubs - Tues 6.30pm Scouts - Fri 7.00pm Contact - Mary Dick on 0131 449 7043

Thursdays in Kirknewton Village Hall: 9.10am to 10.00am 10.10am to 11.00am for beginners For more details contact elise@ekpilates.co.uk. You’ll also find me on facebook.com/ekpilates.

Juniper Green SWRI Juniper Green Community Centre (Village Hall) 1 Juniper Park Road EH14 5DX. Contact 0131 539 9886.

RATHO Susan Douglas Pilates Ratho Community Centre Mon 5.55pm – 6.55pm. See www.douglaspilates.co.uk

Ratho WRI Meet in Ratho Community Centre on second Wednesday of each month (except July & August) from 7pm to 9pm. New members and visitors welcome. Contact 0131 333 4862 for information.

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 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.

NUstArt West Art Group WHALE Arts Agency, 30 Westburn Grove, EH14 2SA Fridays 10.30am – 1.30pm. Friendly and very supportive self-led art group would welcome new members, both male & female, to join them on Friday mornings. Bring your own paints & brushes, or make use of class materials. £4 per session, but note that weekly fees are due to help pay room rental costs even for a missed class.

For further details phone 0131 453 5294, or join us one morning for coffee and a chat.

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. See our website for details. www.konectdirectory.co.uk

Solution to December Crossword Across: 1 Easy, 3 Phantoms, 9 Execute, 10 Visor, 11 Contemporary, 14 Ski, 16 Match, 17 Ear, 18 Overwhelming, 21 Pulse, 22 Easiest, 23 Treasure, 24 Plan.

Down: 1 Exercise, 2 Stern, 4 Hoe, 5 Nevertheless, 6 Observe, 7 Sure, 8 Supermarkets, 12 Pitch, 13 Frighten, 15 Involve, 19 Ideal, 20 Spot, 22 Err.

Parent & Toddlers Group Community Centre Tues and Thurs 10am-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.

50 Plus Group 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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Scouts 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)

OTHER AREAS Potter Around Art and craft studio at Overton Farm, Kirknewton EH27 8DD Drop in anytime for ceramic painting and decopatch or have fun playing with clay. Book both adults and children’s parties in a wide range of arts and crafts. Open the first Tuesday of each month for those who prefer evening. Book into one of our many workshops including candle making, potter’s wheel, felting, jewellery and glass fusion. Regular classes include oil painting for both adults and children and our Kids Art Club on a Friday afternoon as well as the Warhammer Club on a Saturday afternoon. We take commission for painted pottery and artwork and we have a gift shop selling hand made items from jewellery through to art. Look out for our summer workshops running for children through the holidays. For more information call 01506 238961, email chat@potteraround.co.uk. www. potteraround.co.uk www.facebook.com/PotterAround

Irish Dancing St. Nicholas Church, Calder Road, Sighthill New children’s class for ages 4 and upwards on Wednesdays from 5.30pm to 6.30pm. First class is FREE then £4 per class. Contact Audrey on 07952 159227 to register. Children’s classes also in Leith and Wynchburgh. Adults classes in Edinburgh and Broxburn.

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INDEX OF ADVERTISERS Aerials Kinnear Aerials 59 Appliance Repair Appliances of Edinburgh 10 Bathrooms 1st Choice Living 60 Duffy Mclean 53 Ekco 45 Ken Dunton 34 Splash Bathrooms 14 Beauty Beauty Box Juniper Beauty Room 24 Nails Mastered by Laura 22 Blacksmith D & I Blacksmiths 46 Builder Almond Building Company 60 Dean Jones Building Services 33 Building Surveyor David Hastings 32 Cafe/Tearoom Molly’s 67 Cake Maker Molly’s 67 Car Bodywork Bodyshop Edinburgh 57 Car Sales Hermiston Motors 41 Hope Scott Garage 55 Juniper Green Garage 54 Car Service & Repair Autocare Solutions 57 Balerno Garage 54 Chips Away 55 Hermiston Motors 41 Hope Scott Garage 55 Ratho Auto Services 54 Caravan Service & Repair Auto Fitness 4 Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning Aquatec 10 C and W Cleaning Services 31 Hydro Kleen Scotland 37 James Burnett Carpet Cleaning 31 CARPETS & FLOORING Pentland Carpets 63 Charity British Heart Foundation 65 CHILDREN’S ACTIVITIES/ENTERTAINMENT Boogie Beat Music & Movement 71 Children’s Nursery Balerno Village Nursery 71 Chiropody/Podiatry Pentland Footcare 20 Chiropractor ABC Chiropractic 17 Cleaning Services Cleaning and Maintenance 49 Cleaning Doctor 63 Cleanleeness 62 Strata Cleaning Limited 48 Complementary Therapies Access 2 Balance 20 Youyen Thai Massage 27 Computer Services Simply Fix It 43 Sort My PC 37 Council Services Edinburgh City Council Fostering 65 Craft Shop & Classes Coo Creations 5 Dentist Balerno Dental Care 20 Currie Dental Care 24 No 9 Dental 23 Riccarton Dental Practice 27 Double Glazing Repair Double Glazing Doctor 31 Double Glazing Repairs 32

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Dressmaking/Alterations Coo Creations Electrician A&A Electrical Altech Electrical MT Electrical Simply Electrical Spark Electrical Solutions Sykes Electrical Fencing/Gates S & D Fences Financial Services Personal Money Management Florist Flowers by Jak Vicky’s Flowers Williamsons Funeral Director Porteous Funeral Directors Furniture & Furnishings Shapes Garage Doors Max’s Garage Doors Ltd Garden & Landscaping AA Landscapes Capital Garden Services CS Gardening D Greaves Greenhart Landscaping Ladies Who Garden TruGreen Glazier R McNeill Joiner & Glazer Golf Club Baberton Golf Club Gym/Health Club Marriott Dalmahoy Hairdresser Hairtech J & J Hair Tony Harper Hairdressers Health/Fitness KM Fitness Healthcare ABC Hearing Heating Services L & S Heating Homes for Sale CALA Homes Insurance Glenavon Insurance Ltd Ironing Services Ironing Aid Joiner Adriatik Sula GK Wilson Joiner Jack Watson Joiner R McNeill Joiner & Glazer Kitchens Duffy Mclean Ekco Ian Merriman Ltd Ken Dunton S & S Home Improvements Lighting Optical Lighting Locksmith 1st Call Locksmith Caledonian Locksmith Mobility Ableworld Med -Ecosse MSP/MP Gordon Macdonald MSP Optician Clear Vue Optical Oven Cleaner The Clean Team

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Painter/Decorator Alistair McLellan Brushstrokes Gerry Aitken Paving Alpine Paving Edinburgh Paving Company Edinburgh Paving Solutions Pet Services Claylands Cattery Currie Dog Grooming Happy Scampers Milrig Kennels Walks with Lauren Picture Framing Colinton Arts Plastering Alexander Aitken Plastering Plumbing Services Bill Reid & Son Currievale Plumbing Jim Gladstone Shandon Plumbing Weir Plumbing Premises to Rent Gilchrist Property Private Investigation Lothian Private Investigation Property Maintenance Cleaning and Maintenance Restaurant Al Borgo Marriott Dalmahoy Roofing Dell Roofing Fairmile Roofing Thomson Roofing Services School Merchiston Castle School Security Services GLD Security i Fire - Fire & Security Soft Furnishings Blind Design Forth Fabrics James Erskine Interiors Storage Unit Storedge Takeaway Pentland Fry Telecoms Services John McGraw Tiling Mark Hay Tiling Service with a Tile Tree Surgery Maxwell Tree Care Tuition Cochrane Maths Upholsterer James Erskine Interiors Venue Edinburgh Corn Exchange Vet ICR Vets Pentland Veterinary Clinic Thistle Vets Wedding Services Edinburgh Corn Exchange Flowers by Jak Vicky’s Flowers Window Cleaning Tag Cleaning Windows 1st Choice Living Double Glazing Repairs Four Seasons Red Hot Windows

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