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The Big Top Roll up, roll up! June’s a time for carnivals, fetes and of course, the circus is coming to town. Whether these travelling entertainers bring joy or terror to the towns they visit, it’s all ‘fair’ game as far as we’re concerned, and it’s made for some great novels.

Water for Elephants - Sara Gruen Newly-orphaned scholar Jacob Jankowski decides to kiss his old life goodbye and skip town, hopping on a passing freight train. It turns out to be the travelling Benzini Brothers and their Flying Squadron, billed as ‘the most spectacular show on earth’.

Bedazzled by the glitz and glamour of the big top and the circus performers, Jacob falls head over heels in love with someone he definitely shouldn’t and he soon finds out that carrying on the affair could be the most risky of death-defying acts.

Something Wicked This Way Comes - Ray Bradbury Thirteen year olds James Nightshade and William Halloway find they have the unenviable task of saving the souls of everyone in their Midwestern town after a ‘dark carnival’ arrives. Can the best friends overcome the mysterious and evil ‘Mr Dark’ who is casting a spell over the local community, tempting them with their deepest, darkest secret desires? It’s a gripping novel that combines fantasy and horror. Should we fear what lurks in the shadows, or embrace it?

The Carnivorous Carnival - Lemony Snicket One for the Young Adult agegroup now and if you haven’t read any of Lemony Snicket’s offerings then you really must.

The Carnivorous Circus is the ninth novella in the series and follows the continuing exploits of the orphaned Baudelaire children who are trying to escape from the clutches of the evil Count Olaf. In this instalment, the intrepid and inventive children must disguise themselves as circus freaks to hide in amongst the acts of the Caligari Carnival.

Prepare for much craziness and mayhem…and baby Sunny in a beard.

A Son of the Circus - John Irving Not what you’d call ‘classic Irving’ but brilliant none the less, this tale of serial killings, twins separated at birth, class differences and even a dwarf chauffeur will have you wondering who on earth ‘dunnit’ in the bustling Indian city of Mumbai. It has a pretty intricate plot-line and a fantastic cast of colourful characters designed to cause confusion and intrigue in the mind of the reader. The Great Blue Nile circus features heavily but the story twists and turns like some great, rolling river and you’ll get totally washed away by it.

Full Tilt - Neal Shusteman If you thought carnivals were all merry-go-rounds and candy floss, think again. Sixteen year old Blake’s got himself in a right pickle: he’s chased his thrill-seeking brother Quinn into a carnival that’s free to get into, but could cost you your life to get out of. Blake finds he’s locked in a terrifying game where he must survive seven deadly sins before dawn.

Blake must face his own inner demons and deep-seated fears to save his and his brother’s souls. It’s a terrible notion but a tantalising read.

Carnival - Rawi Hage ‘Fly’ is a taxi-driver who was born in a circus and grew up surrounded by clowns, acrobats and all manner of performing folk who inhabit such worlds. As he drives his cab across the city he spends his life picking up and dropping of all of life’s curious creatures. From drug dealers to prostitutes, he comes across all manner of debauched and depraved characters, causing Fly to muse that ‘the world is a carnival’. How wonderful, freaky and colourful it is.

Keeping Healthy in the Sun

by Pippa Greenwood There is something lovely about this part of the summer. The veg plot tends to be in overdrive and there are some delicious fruits cropping too. But sometimes your beloved flower beds and borders, pots and planters can be looking ever-so-slightly sorry for themselves. There is often a distinct mid-summer-flop.

You planted up your flower beds and numerous pots and containers to make them look good but how can you keep them looking on top form for as long as possible?

Regular feeding is essential, particularly for anything growing in a container. Often crammed into a fairly small space and with compost whose fertiliser content is pretty well used up after a few weeks, by July plants in pots can be close to starving if you’ve not fed them regularly. At this time of year I would still feed herbaceous perennials and annuals growing in open ground too, but I suggest you resist the temptation to feed shrubs as these could be encouraged to put on new growth which will not be

toughened up enough by the time winter comes; this late growth is then very prone to frost damage. A tomato feed with a high potash level works well for anything that you grow primarily for the flowers so every time you feed your tomatoes make up a bit of extra feed and pop it onto flowering plants. I tend to buy concentrated tomato food by the mini-tanker full as this works out much more economical!

Make sure that everything is deadheaded regularly, both the faded flowers and if necessary remove the flower stem too. On soft stemmed plants you may be able to make to do it using your thumb nail, but a pair of sharp scissors or similar often makes for the quickest, neatest and least messy job. Do this as soon as the flower starts to deteriorate so that no energy whatsoever is used to form seed heads and it will make a huge difference to the performance you see the plants put on over the next few weeks. I am a great believer in the ‘hair cut’ approach where perennials are given a trim

using scissors or shears as soon as their flowering period is over. Do this promptly and follow it with a good feed and you can often encourage a second, later flush of flowers too.

If plants have become a little too tall or there has been a lot of rainfall they can literally flop over, clogging up the lawn on borders next to the grass, and generally looking a real mess. This is easily solved if you check that stakes and other supports are still doing their job and re-position them if necessary, taking care not to snap any flower stems in the process.

You may even find that you need to add a bit of extra support or tie in a few of the taller or more wayward stems – the foam-covered wire works really well for this.

At this time of year many flowers succumb to common diseases. This is how to deal with them: Powdery mildew: keep the plant well watered at the base but avoid wetting the leaves and spray with a suitable fungicide if necessary Continued on Page 10 …..

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Aphids: remove with a strong jet of water, introduce ladybirds or spray with an insecticide Leaf spots: just pick off the worst affected leaves Rusts: pick off the worst affected leaves, try to keep the foliage dry and spray with a suitable insecticide Caterpillars: pick off by hand or spray with a suitable biological or chemical control Keeping on top of these small problems is essential - regular checks should allow you to take prompt action, so avoiding too much damage occurring and often meaning that you do not even need to spray.

Weeds tend to be growing rapidly too, so try to remove

these as they make for a lot of competition for water, food and even light. Pulling them out or hoeing them off when they are still fairly small is a much easier and more efficient way to deal with them than trying to pull out a massive, long-rooted triffid that has already done a lot of damage.

If the weather is dry, regular watering will also help to keep your flower beds and containers looking their best. To minimise water wastage and the risk of those delicate petals becoming scorched, I suggest that you should only water in the evening or, if this is not possible, very early in the morning.

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Home & Interiors The Kings of Bling

The French kings of the 17th and 18th centuries had enormous influence on aristocratic interiors.

For elegance, luxury and splendour, look no further than the styles of Louis XIV, XV and XVI, writes Katherine Sorrell The year: 1681. The place: the royal court in France. And, according to King Louis XIV, known as the Sun King, who had assumed power two years earlier: ‘There is nothing that indicates more clearly the magnificence of great princes than their superb palaces

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and their precious furniture.’

The king was inspired to adapt a small hunting lodge just outside Paris, extend it, and fill it with jaw-droppingly splendid decoration and furnishings, all in order to glorify his monarchy. Its style was, of course, the most up-to-date possible, a new fashion known as Baroque - dramatically dazzling and opulent, epitomised by jewellike colours, large furniture in bulbous shapes, trompe l’oeil paintwork and glittering silver, gold and crystal to surprise and impress. The new palace was called Versailles.

The interior of Versailles, designed by Charles Lebrun, was filled with furniture made in specialist workshops by the finest native and foreign artisans. Proportioned for enormous rooms, pieces were carved and gilded in heavy, scrolling shapes, upholstered with velvet and brocade, and inlaid with exotic materials such as marble, silver, ivory, lapis lazuli and agate. There were fabrics woven with silver

or gold thread, lavish rugs and walls hung with tapestries or covered in marble or mirror.

Perhaps most extreme of all was the specially commissioned furniture and lighting made of silver. Every tiny detail of this grand, formal and ornate design had been considered. It was utterly magnificent, and immediately became the envy of every other court in Europe.

Fashions are forever changing, however, and, inevitably, there was a reaction against the monumental style of Baroque. By the turn of the 18th century Louis XIV was urging a ‘graceful and airy’ style on his granddaughter-inlaw. After his death in 1715 the court moved to Paris, where a less ceremonial lifestyle developed, with smaller rooms and lighter furniture. Known as Rococo (because shells and rocks – rocailles – featured so frequently), it was frivolous and exuberant, all delicate curves and asymmetrical lines while, overall, homes were arranged so as to be comfortable rather than impressive, colours soft and feminine, and patterns delicate. The typical Rococo home featured elaborate plasterwork and carved, painted and gilded wooden panels, walls hung with silk or hand-painted wallpapers imported from China, all reflected in ornamental mirrors.

Furniture often had a curving front and – most typically of all – cabriole legs.

Also known as Louis Quinze style, Rococo was at its height in France in the 1740s. Within a decade or so, however, Continued on Page 14 …..

a move towards simplicity, combined with a revival of classical forms (the latter due to recent archaeological discoveries in Pompeii and Herculaneum), gave rise to another new look. In England, it was known as neo-classical; in France, Louis Seize. By the time Louis XVI ascended the throne in 1774 this style was dominant, and he and his wife Marie Antoinette were keen patrons.

While luxury and elegance were still key â&#x20AC;&#x201C; this was, after all, the style of royalty and aristocrats â&#x20AC;&#x201C; somewhat plainer, even geometric designs replaced elaborate decorations, while straight lines and symmetry took over from curves and arabesques.

Key pieces included chairs with horseshoe-shaped backs and tapering, column-shaped legs, striped fabrics and wallpapers, and elaborate

window treatments featuring swags and tails. Furniture was grouped sociably rather than placed around the edges of the room, and even featured comfortable, sprung-cushioned upholstery. Although they were still often gilded or lacquered, pieces were less visibly adorned, partly because the most fashionable makers had started to use mahogany, a new (and expensive) import.

Louise Seize style could be summed up by two words: expensive simplicity â&#x20AC;&#x201C; in many ways rather like Marie Antoinetteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s affectation of peasant dress. And, like the royal couple, it was not to last.

In 1793 Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette were guillotined.

Two years later, the French revolutionary government was established, the Directory, lending its name to the final phase of neo-classicism: Directoire style, sparse,

simple and notable for its lack of ornamentation. It was the end of the Louis era, but these remarkable styles have influenced and inspired us ever since.

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Summer Solstice Summer Solstice (sometimes also referred to as Midsummer) falls between June 21st22nd, and celebrates the longest day and shortest night of the year, the sun reaching its highest point in the northern hemisphere, and the very pinnacle of summer-time.

Midsummer is celebrated with a variety of different traditions and celebrations around the world â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and indeed around our own country, with parties commonly held from the Highlands and Islands of Scotland to the Cornish coast, and in particular at Stonehenge, where tens of thousands gather every year for an all-day festival, watching the sun rise early on 21st June and celebrating the longest day with everything from quiet observations to full-on festivities.

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Cake and Bake Strawberry Shortcake Tarts Make the most of sweet and juicy British strawberries with these divine fruit tarts. If you don’t have time to make the pastry cream then use fresh readymade custard or just top with sweetened whipped cream.

Ingredients: • 225g self-raising flour • 1tsp baking powder • 75g butter, chilled and diced

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1. Preheat the oven to 190C, fan 170C, Gas 5. Place a baking sheet in the oven to heat up. Lightly butter 6 x 8cm loose-based fluted tartlet tins (measured across the base).

2. Sift the flour, baking powder and a pinch of salt into a large mixing bowl. Add the butter and rub into the flour to make fine breadcrumbs. Stir in the sugar, egg and enough milk to make a soft dough.

3. Divide the dough into six equal pieces and, using floured hands, press each piece of dough into the base and up the sides of a tartlet tin. Place the tins on the hot baking sheet and bake for 10-12 minutes until risen and golden brown. Cool in the tins for 15 minutes then turn out and leave to cool completely.

4. To make the pastry cream, beat together the eggs, flour, caster sugar and vanilla extract. Pour the milk into a small pan and heat the milk to almost boiling point then whisk into the egg mixture.

Return the mixture to the pan and cook for 5 minutes, stirring all the time, until thickened. Cover the surface with greaseproof paper and leave to cool completely.

5. Whip the cream until softly peaking and fold into the pastry cream.

Puree half the strawberries by pushing through a fine-holed sieve. Stir in the lemon juice and icing sugar. Slice the rest of the strawberries.

6. Spoon the pastry cream on top of the shortcakes. Top with the sliced strawberries and spoon over the puree. Serve within 2-3 hours of assembling.

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This section is FREE for schools, churches, charities and non-profit making organisations and is space-dependent. Please send details to be included in the next issue by 10th July to info@compasswilmslow.co.uk. Any queries, please ring the Editor on 01625 265551.

WOWSingers

Established almost four years ago, WOWSingers began life as a mixed Community Choir known as Wilmslow On Wednesdays, or WOW! As time moved on, our member ship became entirely female, so we made a subtle name change and are now a ladies choir of 18 20 members known collectively as Women On Wednesdays, still WOW! We meet on Wednesday mornings at Chapel Court on Hawthorn Street from 10.30am â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 12noon, when we sing for 90 minutes followed a cup of tea and a sociable chat.

Our repertoire is very varied and we cover a range of music from traditional songs right through to modern musicals and â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;popâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; numbers.

Our aim is to enjoy the benefits of singing together in a relaxed and non threatening environment. Many of our ladies are new to choral singing and every week there is something new to be gained from singing as a group.

Added to that we have a lot of laughs along the way!

WOWSingers form part of the successful Cantata Choirs group run throughout East Cheshire by Catherine Silman and Anne Mitchell. They have four other choirs based in Poynton, Knutsford and Macclesfield and also run an adult orchestra for players who have taken up an instrument later in life or returned to an instrument they played many years ago. Please get in touch if you would like to know more about any of our choirs or orchestra.

In the meantime, do come along to our concert, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Desert Island Discsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; at St Bartâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Church, Wilmslow at 7.15pm on Thursday 30th July when we will entertain you with an eclectic mix of songs. Tickets ÂŁ9 (under 18s ÂŁ6) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; see contact details below.

New members are always welcome. Come and try us out.

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Landâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s End to John Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Groats in Aid of Wilmslow Wells On May 5th, in blustery weather, an artist from Wilmslow put her best foot forward to set off on a 11 week hike from Land's End to John O'Groats, an amazing 1200 miles.

Alex Jabore, 27, of Lacey Green, has decided to under take this challenge in order to raise money for local char ity Wilmslow Wells for Africa, which supplies clean water to struggling communities in Africa.

Alex commented "Women in these areas often have to walk more than a mile to reach a fresh water supply; even then many die of water borne diseases. My hope is that through my walk I will assist Wells for Africa lessen theirs." During the expedition Alex is carrying her own equipment and camping most nights.

For further information on the charity, as well as how to sponsor Alex and follow her progress, visit the Wilmslow Wells for Africa website: www.wilmslowwells.org In addition on the website, read about

Wilmslow Wells for Africa Garden Day 27th June 10.30am 4.30pm 17 Beautiful English gardens Adults ÂŁ10 (ÂŁ9 in advance) Registered Charity No 328330

In brief â&#x20AC;Ś. donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t forget 5th 7th June Wilmslow Art Trail

40 artists 22 venues www.getintowilmslow.co.uk for full programme

20th June 4th July Wilmslow Scarecrow Festival with parade on 27th June

20th June Cinema on the Carrs showing â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mama Miaâ&#x20AC;?

6.45pm 9.45pm, gates open at 6.00pm

21st June Party on the Carrs all day event 27th June 7th Annual Alderley Edge Micro Beer Festival 5th July Wilmslow Show 1st August Handforth Paddock Fair

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