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Welcome to the September issue of Look Local Magazine. And just like that the summer holidays are over and it’s back to school. I hope that you have all enjoyed your summer and have created some lovely memories with your children, friends and family.Thismonth represents a huge milestone for Look Local as I celebrate the publication’s 10th Birthday! I can hardly believe it’s been a whole decade since this photo of me with the legend that is Raymond Blanc was taken. It was for my launch issue and I was privileged enough to interview him at the Thame Food Festival that year - it was a surreal but exciting moment for me.
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04 CONTENTS07.Home&Garden Loft Ladders you can trust from Home County Loft Ladders. 08. INTERIORS Timeless Fireplace Design by Coulon Stone. 12. health & wellbeing The importance of making a Will by Guardianship Wills 14. health & wellbeing The benefits of Baby Sensory with Yasmin 15. Competition WIN Thame Players Theatre tickets. 16/17. News & Events Whats On in our local area. 26. home & Garden Mimosa Garden Design’s ‘Plant of the Month’. BOOKING DEADLINE for October 2022 issue: Monday 19th September
My little business wouldn’t be what it is today though without the support of others so I’d like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has worked alongside me over the years from my family and friends to my team of cheerful deliverers, my wonderful readers and loyal advertisers. I have been working with many of the businesses in the magazine on their advertising, marketing, distribution and printing campaigns since launch day, back in 2012, which is a great testament to how successful the magazine has been for them. It makes me feel very proud that I have helped promote many local businesses to the masses and that they are seeing real results. It’s great that together we are all supporting our local economy by continuing to shop locally! And with the cost of living as it currently is its even more important that we continue to shop local.
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Limestone is another natural stone that has been used to create fireplaces for centuries. It’s softer and has a more neutral tone than marbles and granites which means using limestone makes a room feel rich and warm. A limestone fireplace works perfectly with a room filled with varying textures and shapes, and both neutral and richer colour palettes.
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Classic Marble Perhaps the material many think of when discussing timeless fireplace designs, marbles like Carrara have been used for centuries because of their durability, beauty and ability to adapt to changing interior styles. Even the most ornate marble fireplaces have a timelessness to them. In fact, an ornate marble fireplace surround, in a room styled with a mix of modern and traditional pieces can look particularly impressive.
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*There are five Thame Payers’ productions a year. See website for details.
Tickets £15 from Thame Town Hall, tel: 01844 212833, or online at thameplayers.co.uk Exclusive Competition For a chance to win complimentary tickets for a family of four to a Thame Players’ production * answer the following question: Who travels from England to Monte Carlo? Email your answer with your name and contact details to info@look localmagazine.co.uk by 31st August *There are five Thame Players’ productions a year. See website for details.
WHAT’S ON at the PLAYERS THEATRE in THAME Tuesday 6th September to Saturday 10th September
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Thame Players present Lucky Stiff Book and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens music by Stephen Flaherty A madcap, hilarious romp of a musical that follows Harry Witherspoon’s journey from England to Monte Carlo, based on Michael Butterworth’s novel "The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo". Tickets £8 to £10 from Thame Town Hall, tel: 01844 212833, or online at thameplayers.co.uk Sunday 25th September at 7.45pm
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The New Foxtrot Serenaders return with The Fabulous 40s
For a chance to WIN complimentary tickets for a family of four to a Thame Players’ production* answer the following question: Q: Who will be singing songs from Adele and Amy Winehouse? Email your answer with your name and address to info@look-localmagazine.co.uk by 30th September.
The show is a celebration of the swing era featuring the music of the greatest swing bands and crooners of the 1940s. Featuring the music of Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, Duke Ellington, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, and Dean Martin. Tickets £15 from Thame Town Hall, tel: 01844 212833, or online at thameplayers.co.uk Friday 30th September at 7.45pm Giles Shenton Productions present Lou Fowkes Spend an evening with the amazing voice of Lou Fowkes singing classics from the likes of Billie Holiday, Etta James, Adele, Aretha Franklin, Roberta Flack, Beth Hart and Amy Winehouse......plus a few surprises!
WHAT’S ON at the PLAYERS THEATRE in THAME Sunday 25th September at 7.45pm The New Foxtrot Serenaders return with The Fabulous 40s
The show is a celebration of the swing era featuring the music of the greatest swing bands and crooners of the 1940s including Glenn Miller, Duke Ellington, Frank Sinatra and many more. Tickets £15 from Thame Town Hall, tel: 01844 212833, or online at thameplayers.co.uk Friday 30th September at 7.45pm Lou Fowkes Spend an evening with the amazing voice of Lou Fowkes singing classics from the likes of Billie Holiday, Etta James, Adele, Aretha Franklin, Roberta Flack, and Amy Winehouse......plus many more Tickets £15 from Thame Town Hall, tel: 01844 212833, or online at thameplayers.co.uk Saturday 1st October at 7.45pm Floyd In The Flesh Floyd in the Flesh are deeply passionate about the music of Pink Floyd, and deliver an authentic Pink Floyd sound and show. The show really is a complete experience for all the senses. Tickets £18 (concessions £16) from Thame Town Hall, tel: 01844 212833, or online at thameplayers.co.uk Sunday 9th October at 7.15pm Moon Age – the Best of David Bowie Moon Age are one of the top David Bowie Tribute Bands playing in the UK. Hear all the hits from the many ages of David Bowie including Space Oddity, Life on Mars, and many more. Tickets £18 from Thame Town Hall, tel: 01844 212833, or online at thameplayers.co.uk Exclusive Competition For a chance to win complimentary tickets for a family of four to a Thame Players’ production * answer the following question: Who will be singing songs from Adele and Amy Winehouse? Email your answer with your name and contact details to info@look localmagazine.co.uk by 30th September *There are five Thame Players’ productions a year. See website for details.
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Ground displays will include arena demonstrations by Hawkwalk Falconry, the Solent Stars Motorcycle Display Team, the Oxford Pipes and Drums and, in their separate arena, the Wallingford Dog Display Team. Also, in the showground we will have Husky dogs, miniature steam engines, classic and ex-Military vehicles, WWII re-enactors, five cockpit sections for you to sit in, a craft marquee, live music tent, various trade stalls, amusements, food outlets and a bar, and much more! Covid is still with us so please be mindful when entering a closed or partially closed space or being present alongside someone who may still be taking precautions for personal reasons. Tickets online only at www.abingdonairandcountry.co.uk, please note there are no retail sales outlets this year and the event is currently ALL TICKET. Only excess tickets will be sold on the day. The Car Parks will open at 8am, entry into the showground is from 10am.
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The 22nd Abingdon Air & Country Show returns with attractions for the whole family..... Saturday 10th September | Abingdon Airfield (Dalton Barracks)
This year’s three-hour Flying Display is set to include the Blades Aerobatic Display Team (4 Extra 300s flown by ex-RAF Red Arrows pilots), Europe’s only airworthy B17 Flying Fortress ‘Sally B’, a BBMF Spitfire, Hawker Hurricane Mk I R4119, the Gazelle Squadron (helicopter 4-ship display), Yak 3 and Yak 52, Wasp and Scout helicopters, an Auster and, of course, Richard Goodwin in his Muscle Pitts. All except the B17 and Spitfire will join others on the ground as part of the ‘static’ display. Among the fantastic line-up of static aircraft will be one of only two airworthy ex-Army Lynx AH7s. The appearance of any aircraft or display team is down to serviceability and the weather of course! Classic Jets radio-controlled models will perform two displays. An exciting first for us will be the premier display of the RAF Falcons Parachute Display team who originated at Abingdon in the early sixties but who are now based at RAF Brize Norton. Hopefully they will be able to do a high display so keep your fingers crossed for good weather!
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September’s plant in focus is Grasses... Molinia caerulea, Stipa tenuissima, Calamagrostis brachytricha, Anemanthele lessoniana are poetic in their titles and in their grace in the border.
I recommend the stalwarts of Calamagrostis × acutiflora ‘Karl Foerster’ for upright and compact performance, Stipa tenuissima for a natural flow and breeze reflective rhythm, for structure and seasonal colour Panicum virgatum ‘Heavy Metal’ and Carex elata ‘Aurea’ for block planting and edging. There is so much to be loved about grasses not least because they are land securing pioneers. So think frondly! of our tufty friends and nurture grasses at home and afield. For more plant facts and information visit my Facebook page @mimosagardendesign and our community group @ilovemynewgarden. Email: info.mimosadesign@gmail.com | Call: 07737 286784 Giselle
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All grasses are wind pollinated and amazingly and no doubt in part due to this fact they are on all continents even the polar regions. They are so adaptable they colonize spaces other plant life can’t. With shallow roots and bulletproof durability grasses can survive even though they crisp to a brown, a form of dormancy. We see this with our lawns lying latent waiting for rain or sat in a boggy mire during winter and then when they tap into that sweet spot for growth they are up and off again and away we mow!
I know not all are fond of the fronds of these swordlike perennials. We don’t all need to follow the fashionable at the Chelsea flower show or even the generic in municipal plantings on council borders. Yet even our lawns are under threat with synthetic alternatives that need no water, mowing or re-sowing! But grasses are more than meets the eye. Though I will wax lyrical about how wonderful they are when filtering low sunlight or how in a light breeze they form waves in the wind. They are September’s plant in focus because now as the summer wains and the season creeps steadily on we will see them golden and glow standing where other perennials fall. So if you are interested in bringing them into your garden I would like to share how to use them and how to maintain them. They really need to be repeated and in clumps to create impact. They have fabulous companions with Salvia nemorosa and Allium ‘Purple Sensation’. which will light up different seasons and will stand with them the winter long too. As a sward leaved perennial their growth from the basal plate is continuous throughout the season so maintenance with secateurs should be limited to the first spring cut down and then leave them to their devices. Not all grasses are the same. Some are deciduous and some are evergreen and the latter does not respond well to being cut to the base. Stipa tenuissima, for example, is best combed through with a gloved hand (as they are a little sharp ) or a leaf rake as they get clogged up with their seed cases.
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