Konect Colinton September 2017

September 2017

THE DELL DIRECTORY Your local community magazine & business directory.

LOCAL PEOPLE: PUPPETRY AND POETRY Community: Spotlight on Juniper Green RECIPE: CAKE AND BAKE Walk: A Spiced-up Hill Walk

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE Spotlight on Juniper Green............................. P8 Village People................................................ P17 Local Walk - Tubing at Hillend...................... P38 Recipe & Food Notes.................................... P41 Useful Information......................................... P42 What’s On...................................................... P44 Clubs & Classes............................................ P45 Index of Advertisers...................................... P46

P38 - ‘Tubing’ at Hillend

MESSAGE FROM THE EDITIOR

SOME INFO ABOUT US:

We’re just settling back into

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post-summer-holiday routines, after weeks of trying to make the most of the all-too-few dry days this summer!

We take a quick look at our

neighbouring village of Juniper Green this month,

facing many of the same challenges as Colinton in

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terms of providing an environment for independent

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visitors and looking after locals. The walk feature is

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local businesses to survive and thrive, attracting

not just about walking this month; Karen spiced it up with something a little different. And Suzanne

interviewed a Colinton resident who has a very unusual job this month, see page 17.

Thanks for reading The Dell Directory and

supporting local businesses and organisations.

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COVER IMAGE: Puppet State Theatre Company.

See page 17.

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COMMUNITY

Pubs, restaurants and takeaways keep local residents and visitors fed and watered.

To many people, Juniper Green is just a label on a stretch of road you pass through along the A70. But there is a lot more to Juniper Green than meets the eye. We take a quick look behind the street front…

There are many independent businesses throughout the local community.

Literally behind the shop fronts of course on one side is the Water of Leith walkway, which makes Juniper Green a great destination or stoppingoff point for walkers and cyclists. Three pubs, Al Borgo Restaurant, and two takeaways – Pentland Fry and the Lucky House Chinese takeaway - keep visitors and residents alike fed and watered. The village can expect more visitors in the future - it has been in the news recently as new research shows that Baberton Golf Club was the site of an historic meeting between poets Wilfred Owen, Siegfried Sassoon and Robert Graves – we’ll be covering that in more detail in an upcoming issue of Konect, but it really puts Juniper Green on the literary map. On Friday 13th October there will be a talk at 7.30pm at Baberton Golf Club, by Neil McLennan, entitled “The War Poets Meeting Holed (and Told) in One” (the first event in this year’s Pentlands Book Festival).

Neil uncovered the fact that the poets first met at Baberton Golf Club on 13th October 1917. He will talk about that meeting exactly a century before, the poetry that flowed from the encounter and some tales of golf between Baberton Golf Club and Craiglockhart War Hospital (now Napier University).

See www.napier.ac.uk/Wilfred-Owen-100 for details.

Local independent main street businesses include hairdressers, beauty salons, dentist, physiotherapist and an optician, and have recently been joined by Flowers by Porteous and Lillie. Opened three months ago by Anna from Currie, the shop is all about parties

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- besides flowers for all occasions, they sell cards, helium balloons, favours (for weddings, babies) as well as a range of gifts, candles and kitchenalia.

Anna was taught by her grandmother who was a florist and milliner, and after years working as a business manager Anna decided to make her hobby into a business. There will be open evenings coming up in the run up to Christmas and they will be selling real Christmas trees and wreaths. Anna also works closely with Porteous Funeral Directors.

For food, the fishmongers have been faithfully serving the village for a long time, and the new deli, Molly’s Delicatessen, is a welcome addition to ensure continuity of the local food shopping options. They supply cheeses from Mellis Cheesemongers, bread from local suppliers, meat, and fresh fruit and veg. They also have an espresso machine selling the same coffee as in Molly’s Cafe.

The cafe has been a great asset to the village since opening a couple of years ago; besides the fantastic range of baking that Sarah does herself (when I was in for coffee recently I think there were at least 10 baking options on the counter...) they do lunches every day and evening dining Thursday to Saturday.

The annual Pentlands Book Festival is coming up in November, with events this year taking place from Colinton to Balerno. More information at www.pentlandsbookfestival.org and in the October issue of the Dell Directory.

Juniper Green is one of two communities in the Edinburgh area taking part in the Scottish Government’s Resilient Community Project. The aim is to help communities become more self-reliant and to identify and protect vulnerable people.

As a start, defibrillators are now located at the parish church, Baberton Golf Club, Juniper Green Bowling Club, the primary school and village hall.

Juniper Green Community Council is also looking at winter-readiness: snow-clearing kit will be held in the village hall and training arranged before winter; Baberton Avenue to be designated as a priority street for gritting; first aid training to be considered; and possibly enlisting volunteers who can offer help in emergencies, for example who have chainsaws or 4-wheel-drive vehicles, or who can offer transport to those who cannot drive themselves, or can go shopping for someone.

The loss of the bank and its ATM is of major concern to all the village communities of the Upper Water of Leith, from Colinton to Balerno. A Steering Group of residents from Colinton,

Juniper Green on Broadway, New York Catherine Chisholm Cushing (1854-1952) was a playwright born in Ohio, USA, and there is no record of her having traveled to Scotland. So why does Juniper Green feature heavily in her musical comedy “Lassie”, appearing in New York Theatres in 1920? According to the blurb at the time “the heroine, having been brought up obscurely by poor people in Juniper Green, on the banks of the River Leith, is sent for by those who had abandoned her as a baby and taken up to London town...” We won’t spoil all the plot twists, but you can safely assume that after discovering her dashing love is her half brother, she returns broken-hearted to Juniper Green - only to discover he isn’t, after all. Acts I and III are set in Juniper Green.

Juniper Green and Currie are working with Juniper Green Community Council to pursue a plan to bring community banking to the area. It has successfully bid to the Scottish Land Fund for funding to research the options for the continuation of a face-to-face financial services. They are looking at acquire the land on the abandoned toilet site from the city council to potentially build what could be a community hub on the site; and determine if there is a business case for sustaining this space for community use.

“It’s important for people to support the facilities there are in the local area,” says Cliff Beevers, chair of the JGCC.“I know it’s a cliché, but it’s an accurate one … ‘use them or lose them.’”

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VILLAGE PEOPLE

Founder of Puppet State Theatre Company, Colinton’s Richard Medrington is perhaps best known for his multi-award-winning show The Man Who Planted Trees. He and his wife Elspeth, stage manager for the company, have been touring worldwide with this phenomenally successful production since 2006.

From Southport, near Liverpool, Richard Medrington moved to Edinburgh in 1991. “I thought Edinburgh was the nicest place I’d ever seen,” he says. “Where else would you want to live?” He was originally drawn to the capital by its rich arts culture. In 2003 at a “Poetry Slam”, a live-performance poetry competition, poet Elspeth Murray was a judge and Richard was the winner. That was the start of their romance, and they married in 2005.

Richard started doing puppetry in 1984, and has continued with it fairly consistently ever since. “I was always interested in drama and writing plays,” he explains, “and eventually this sort of morphed into puppetry – initially as a one-man outfit.”

When Puppet State Theatre Company first performed The Man Who Planted Trees, Richard never imagined it would still be running 11 years later. But the popular show has been embraced by audiences across the world. It has been performed by the original cast (Richard and American puppeteer, Rick Conte) over 1,550 times – from Australia, New Zealand, US and Canada, to Malaysia, Germany and beyond. One fan told Richard she had seen it 17 times!

“Because the story, written in 1953, is about reforestation, it’s now so much more relevant than it was then,” says Richard. “Its serious nature is balanced out by the humour of the dog character in the show. It appeals to both young and old. We believe in proper family theatre – not dumbed down for children, and enjoyable to all ages.”

Richard’s more recent show, Leaf by Niggle

premièred at Edinburgh’s Festival Theatre last year and just finished a run at the Fringe Festival.

It was adapted from a story by J.R.R. Tolkien (author of The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings). “It’s a great story,” says Richard, “but when I originally approached the Tolkien Society to see if they would grant permission for the adaptation, I was turned down. Twenty years later I tried again, and they agreed! We’re delighted to be doing one performance in Colinton on 28 October, with all proceeds going to Christian Aid.” Richard and Elspeth have lately spent about five months a year touring. “In 2018 we will have a bit of a break,” says Richard. “It will be nice to be home for awhile. My next project will be our garden.

“Not that I’m a gardener yet … but it’s that time in life.”

Visit www.puppetstate.com See Leaf by Niggle at 7:30pm on Saturday, 28th October at Dreghorn Loan Hall, 22 Dreghorn Loan, Colinton EH13 0DE. Tickets available from Colinton Library, or phone 0131 455 8650 / 0131 441 1184.

Richard’s novel, Sea Above, Sky Below, was released 6th Aug. Go to www.richardmedrington.com for details.

The Village People column is contributed by Suzanne Green. Suzannne is a local freelance writer/editor and writes regularly for Konect. She is married to Andy and they have two adult daughters.

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WALK

DIFFERENCE KAREN MURRAY SPICES UP A HILL WALK WITH SOME TUBING FUN! They say women are good at multi-tasking – I am actually not entirely convinced about that but I do like to try so when a friend suggested a walk in the hills ending in some tubing fun, I was up for the challenge.

The venue is the Hillend Snowports Centre on the outskirts of Edinburgh and a place I have begun several walks from in the past, but it is also home to not only the dry ski slope for skiing but a relatively new ‘tubing’ area. So this was our destination.

We parked at the bottom car park just off the A701 and headed off up the path clearly marked going up diagonally from the car park. There is an information board showing a variety of different routes but the Capital View circuit it quite a good option, which means turning left before you reach a set of steps.

The path is steep and quite narrow but not too difficult for most to manage. You will find a lot of dog walkers in the area so you might need to negotiate a few of those. If you stop every now and then and look back you will very quickly begin to get great views over Edinburgh.

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remains of an iron-age fort – of which there are several in ‘these there hills’!

A signpost and gate is the next landmark, at which point you could head straight up the hill and do some major hill conquering, but the easier option is to turn right – signed Capital View. You pass above the back the of ski slopes taking in more excellent view over the Firth of Forth. The city is laid out before you and you can see the Bass Rock on a good day as well as the Ochill Hills and beyond.

The waymarked route then descends on the other side of the skiing area and eventually ends up at the quaint little hamlet of Swanston. However, we climbed the stile over to the top of the highest ski slope and made our way down the side of the dry ski area to the café and ticket office, where we purchased our tubing ticket.

An hour of tubing fun was bought and we headed over to the dedicated area where there are four slides that reminded me a little of a water park abroad – minus the water and the scorching temperatures!

Grab an inner tube (hence the tubing moniker) – larger for bottoms like mine, or mini sized for small people. Take the travellator – a moving pathway that aids your ascent to the top of the slides – and pick the one you fancy. Straight and steep for speed or curvy for more giggles and a chance to end up going backwards.

I can vouch for how much fun this is – whatever your age. Just ignore the people there who are wondering where you kids are, or indeed take the kids as a treat for walking up the hill.

After a reviving beverage in the café, you can either walk down the road back to the car park, or cross over the bottom of

TUBING: Ticket purchased, ready to go!

I can vouch for how much fun this is – whatever your age. Just ignore the people there who are wondering where you kids are.

the ski slopes to pick up the path you walked up. The walking part of this is not very long but it is uphill – so a good work out, followed by fun and exertion at the tubing and a stroll back. All in all a good fun couple of hours.

THE VENUE Midlothian Snowsports Centre, Pentland Hills Regional Park, EH10 7DU. Tubing sessions are Friday 1pm-5pm, Saturday and Sunday 10am – 5pm with sessions lasting an hour.

The walk feature is written

by Karen Murray. Karen lives in West Lothian and is passionate about walking in the great outdoors having been brought up to love walking by her Father (still hillwalking in his 80s).

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Preheat the oven to 150°C, fan 130°C, gas 2.

Use a little of the softened butter to thoroughly Use a little of the softened butter to thoroughly grease a 1.2-litre shallow ovenproof dish. grease a 1.2-litre shallow ovenproof dish.

Tip the pudding rice into the buttered dish and Tip the pudding rice into the buttered dish and stir in the milk and coconut milk. Add the caster stir in the milk and coconut milk. Add the caster sugar and stir again. Bake in the oven for 45 sugar and stir again. Bake in the oven for 45 minutes. Carefully remove the dish and give the minutes. Carefully remove the dish and give the pudding a good stir, then stir in the honey and dot pudding a good stir, then stir in the honey and dot with a little more of the butter. Return to the oven with a little more of the butter. Return to the oven for a further 1 hour 30 minutes or until a golden for a further 1 hour 30 minutes or until a golden skin has formed and most of the milk has been skin has formed and most of the milk has been absorbed by the rice. absorbed by the rice.

About 10 minutes before the rice pudding is About 10 minutes before the rice pudding is ready, melt the rest of the butter in a heavy– ready, melt the rest of the butter in a heavy– based frying pan over a medium heat. Add the based frying pan over a medium heat. Add the apple slices and fry for 1-2 minutes, turning once. apple slices and fry for 1-2 minutes, turning once.

Sprinkle over the demerara sugar and cook Sprinkle over the demerara sugar and cook gently, without stirring, until the sugar dissolves. gently, without stirring, until the sugar dissolves.

Stir in the cinnamon and apple juice and simmer Stir in the cinnamon and apple juice and simmer for a further few minutes until syrupy. for a further few minutes until syrupy.

Stir the rice pudding (remove the skin first, if Stir the rice pudding (remove the skin first, if preferred) and spoon into bowls. Top with the preferred) and spoon into bowls. Top with the apples and syrup and serve. apples and syrup and serve.

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USEFUL INFORMATION

POST OFFICES & LIBRARIES Colinton Post Office - 0131 441 1003 - www.postoffice.co.uk Opening Times: Mon-Fri 9am - 5.30pm, Sat 9am - 12.30pm Colinton Mains Post Office - 0131 441 2657 - www.postoffice.co.uk Opening Times: Mon-Fri 9am - 5.30pm, Sat 9am - 12.30pm Colinton Library - 14 Thorburn Road, Edinburgh, EH13 0BQ - Tel: 0131 529 5603 Email: colinton.library@ edinburgh.gov.uk - Opening Times: Mon & Weds 1pm to 8pm, Tues & Fri 10am to 5pm, Sat 10am to 2pm - Facilities: Free wifi, disabled access, car park, exhibition space, induction loop, Library Link (Fridays at 1pm) Oxgangs Library - 343 Oxgangs Road North, Edinburgh EH13 9LY - Tel: 0131 529 5549 Email: oxgangs.library@edinburgh.gov.uk - Opening Times: Mon-Weds 10am to 8pm, Thurs – Sat 10am to 5pm. Sun – 1-5pm - Facilities: Free Wifi, self service, disabled access, car park, community room for hire, display/exhibition space for public use, toilets incl disabled, baby changing facilities & induction loop

COMMUNITY REPRESENTATION Local Councillors (Colinton/Fairmilehead Ward): Scott Arthur - Labour - -0131 529 4014 - scott.arthur@edinburgh.gov.uk Phil Doggart - Con - 0131 529 4255 - phil.doggart@edinburgh.gov.uk Jason Rust - Con - 0131 529 4953 - jason.rust@edinburgh.gov.uk Colinton Amenity Association: www.colinton-amentity.org.uk Colinton Community Council: www.colintoncc.org.uk Firrhill Community Council: www.firrhillcommunitycouncil.btck.co.uk Longstone Community Council: www.longstonecc.org.uk Pentland Community Centre: 0131 445 287

MEDICAL Colinton Pharmacy - 0131 441 2352 - Opening Times: Mon-Fri: 9-1pm & 2-5.45pm, Sat: 9am to 1pm Colinton Mains Pharmacy - 0131 441 3388 - Opening Times: Mon- Fri: 9am – 6pm, Sat: 9am- 1pm - Closed daily between 1pm and 2pm Colinton Surgery - 0131 441 4555 - www.colintonsurgery.co.uk - Opening Times: Mon- Fri: 8am- 6pm Firrhill Medical Centre - 0131 441 3119. Mon- Fri 8am- 6pm Royal Infirmary - 0131 536 1000 - www.nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk Sick Kids Hospital - 0131 536 0000 - www.nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk NHS 24 - 08454 24 24 24 - www.nhs24.com

SCHOOLS Bonaly Primary School - 0131 441 7211 - www.bonaly.edin.sch.uk Colinton Primary School - 0131 441 1946 - www.colintonprimaryschool.wordpress.com Firrhill High School - 0131 441 4501 - www.firrhillhighschool.org.uk Merchiston Castle School - 0131 312 2200 - www.merchiston.co.uk Oxgangs Primary School - 0131 441 3649 - www.oxgangs.edin.sch.uk St Marks RC Primary School - Tel 0131 441 2948 - www.st-marks.edin.sch.uk

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WHAT’S ON

FRIDAY 15TH SEPTEMBER Bingo Night at Oxgangs Neighbourhood Centre 7:00pm until 9:00pm. Entry £1 and then cost of bingo books. Refreshments will be served. Come along and have fun and meet people. 71 Firhill Drive, EH13 9EU. SUNDAY 17TH SEPTEMBER Myths and Legends’ Hunting Adventure Water of Leith Conservation Trust, 24 Lanark Rd, Edinburgh EH14 1TQ . Scottish mythology is dominated by goddesses, mythic creatures, fairies and fantastical legends. Join the hunt with our Water of Leith Goddess to seek out the mythical creatures and local legends inhabiting our river. Adventurous family event suitable for all. Booking essential, contact 0131 455 7367 or admin@waterofleith.org.uk. £5, or £15 for family of 4, children under 2 go free..Call / email and you will be allocated a start time to suit 1:00, 1:30, 2:00, 2:30, 3:00.

FLU CLINICS AT COLINTON SURGERY Drop-in clinics for flu vaccinations for those entitled will take place 12pm – 2pm on the following dates: Surnames beginning with: • • • • •

Thur 5th Oct Tues 10th Oct Thurs 12th Oct Tues 24th Oct Thurs 26th Oct

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These clinics are for all patients over 65 years of age, all 2-5 year olds not yet at school and anyone deemed to be in an at risk clinical group.

Where possible please come on your allocated day (see above). If you are unable to attend during your allocated day please attend any of the other dates except for 6th October clinic which is particularly busy. Thank you. Please do not arrive before 12:00 and you are likely to be processed quicker if you arrive later.

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CLUBS & CLASSES

SPORTS, HOBBIES, LEARNING, SUPPORT GROUPS & MORE COLINTON BADMINTON CLUB St. Cuthberts Church Hall, Westgarth Ave

EDINBURGH GUILD OF WEAVERS, SPINNERS AND DYERS Craiglockhart Church, Craiglockhart Drive North Meet at monthly usually the third Saturday of the month.

Our aims are to further the crafts of weaving, spinning and dyeing, to learn from each other as well as from experienced craft tutors, and to create opportunities to display and pass on our skills. See http://ewsd.org.uk

STABLE ROOM PLAYGROUPS Colinton Parish Ch0urch, Dell Road

WEDNESDAY WALKING GROUP Meet every Wednesday for walks in the Lothians, Fife, the Borders and further afield. Transport from Currie Library car park, walks of various grades and distances (usually 6 to 8 miles). Just turn up and go. Contact: M. Timmins T: 0131 449 4525 or A Blythe T:0131 629 3644 (Balerno and District Ramblers) for details and a programme.

Happy and stimulating playgroups from 2-5 years old.

Mon, Weds & Fri 9.15am to 12.00pm. (term time).

Contact 0131 477 9494 or email stableroom@hotmail.co.uk

COLINTON LITERARY SOCIETY Dreghorn Loan Hall

Monday 8pm-10pm from Sept to March. Contact: Archie Clark on 0131 449 4703

STABLE ROOM BAY & TODDLER GROUPS Colinton Parish Church, Dell Road Thurs 9.30am - 11.30am (term time). Contact: Morag on 07846 891527. Please phone first before coming as we operate a waiting list.

Meets every Wednesday at 8pm from 11 October. Keep up to date with latest news about the Lit, on Church website www.colinton-parish.com SISTERS WITH SPIRIT Swing Café at Colinton Parish Church

PROGRESS FITNESS Classes in Colinton & Juniper Green. Classes include: Zumba, Zumba Step, Zumba

A new women’s group that meet on the first Thursday every month at 7.30pm. For more details on the themes for our meetings, and to book tickets, please visit www.facebook.com/sisterswithspirit or call 0131 441 2232.

Gold, Total Body Conditioning, Yoga & Fitness Yoga. £5 per class or 10 for only £40.00! For full details go to www.progressfitness.co.uk

GO GET FITNESS Insanity Live classes

COMPLIMENTARY FITNESS CLASSES All level classes Tues: Fitness Pilates 7.30pm in Craiglockhart Church Hall & Classes in Dreghorn Loan Church Hall, Colinton, on Weds: Fitness Toning 9.30am Thurs: Fitness Yoga 6.35pm & Fitness Pilates 7.30pm. Fri: Fitness Yoga 9.30am info & details www.complementaryfitness.co.uk COLINTON GARDEN CLUB Dreghorn Loan Hall Meets 4th Monday of every month at 8.00pm. September to April.

Email: membership@colintongardens.org.uk www.colintongardens.org.uk BIDE & BLETHER LUNCH CLUB Oxgangs Neighbourhood Centre, 71 Firrhill Drive, Edinburgh EH13 9EU Every Wednesday from 1.30pm to 3pm, starting from 7th June. Call us today to book your place on 0131 466 0678.

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Max Interval Training for all fitness levels. Mon 8pm Campbell Park, Colinton. Tues 8.15pm Pentland Community Centre. Thurs 1pm, Fri 9.30am North Merchiston Club (parents welcome to bring children to watch!) £5 per class or block of 10 classes for £40 For bookings and further details: emma@go-get.co.uk www.go-get.co.uk or www.facebook.com/gogetinsanitylive 7TH EDINBURGH BOYS BRIGADE Co. We welcome boys of all school ages, from Primary 1 to S6.

For a real variety of fun, games, activities, outings & competitions. Most Friday evenings during school term at Dreghorn Loan Hall, Dreghorn Loan. Alastair Merrill (Company Captain); ajsmerrill@gmail.com; 0131 477 3982; 07766 246880. Martin Shand (P1 – P6); martinshand74@gmail.com; 0131 441 9149; 07860 368285.

COLINTON LITERARY SOCIETY Dreghorn Loan Hall - Meets every Wednesday at 8pm from 11 October. Keep up to date with latest news about the Lit, on Church website www.colinton-parish.com CRAIGLOCKHART LADIES GROUP Craiglockhart Parish Church - This local community group meets at 8pm on the second and fourth Mondays, September to March, to hear a variety of speakers on diverse subjects and to meet up for tea/coffee and a chat. £20 membership. 1st meeting 11th September: ‘Sweetie Night’ All welcome.

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