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Welcome to YOUR Village Voice from jenny@maldenmedia.co.uk I bought a new kettle recently and returned it after the first use. It heated the water just fine, but every time it reached boiling point, it beeped. I mean, I’ve managed to listen out for the click all of my adult life, why do I need reminding now? It’s just annoying.

Those beeps are everywhere though. The microwave, the washing machine, the tumble dryer and the car, oh my goodness, the car. I appreciate that if I’ve left the lights on, I want to know about that and the seat belt reminder has my best interests at heart. But - amongst other noises - mine merrily dings when I press the start button. I’m sat in it, I know I’ve started it!

Then our mobile phones. A collection of noises and interruptions to alert you to news, messages and updates. Thank goodness for the nighttime ‘mute all notifications’ setting without which I’d be dreaming in beeps. And if you haven’t discovered the nightime sleep mode then I highly recommend you do. Just need to sort my husband’s out!

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You can make a cup of tea (I found a kettle without a beep), curl up in a quiet corner, and just take a break – be entertained by the features and puzzles, be informed by community article and be inspired by the services offered by our advertisers.

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New Malden History Silver linings with a touch of gold by Robin Gill Forty-two years after the previous Silver Jubilee, Malden was ready foe another Jubilee celebration and this started in March 1977 when 26 children from Burlington Road School planted 10 rowan trees with the help of Mayor Frank Steptoe.

There was a Jubilee Beauty Queen contest held at the Royal Oak on June 6th with a first prize of £25 to the winner.

Special jubilee crowns had been minted and these soon ran out with the various High Street banks having to order 800 hundred more. The Rotary Club organised a fete on June 5th in Manor Park, and many of the local groups and organisations were invited to run stalls. The fete was opened by the mayor and the newly crowned Jubilee Beaty Queen (Fiona Sullivan) was present on the day and several thousand people attended despite miserable weather. The beginning of June also saw the start of the first street parties with 65 children being entertained in Glebe Gardens with bunting and flags a painting competition, and a fancy dress contest. The

celebrations carried on into the evening with a party serving Jubilee Fruit Cake. Egmont Road won the second prize in a contest to find the best dressed street in the borough.

Many small industries in Malden provided items for the Jubilee. In Chestnut Grove the moulding firm of Adrian Marchant produced coronets and coats of arms in fibreglass, and Rainbow Designs in the High Street made more than a million badges of the Queen and Prince Philip.

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July 16th was the day of the carnival which included a procession through the town, followed by a barbeque and disco at the New Searchlight Youth Club. The parade started at Wellington Crescent at 4pm, and by the time it reached the old council offices (then an adult education centre) the number of floats, cars, and bicycles had reached 60 bringing traffic to a halt.

They were reviewed by the mayor (Doris Tapping) watched by hundreds of spectators. Highlights of the procession included Beverley Boys in a horse drawn landau and the Jubilee Queen in another landau.

There were displays by the Coombe Gymnastics Club, the 1545 ATC Squadron, and the band of the Horse Rangers Association, together with static displays and demonstrations by the St John Ambulance Brigade.

On the sunday of the second week there was a dog show held in blagdon park with a prize for the bestlooking dog, and the malden and coombe horticultural society held their summer show.

The schools were not to be outdone, with Burlington pupils dressing in red white and blue or as queens, kings, princes, or princesses. At coombe hill the children again dressed in royal colours and had a special assembly where presentations of special medals were made, together with union jack ribbons this was followed by party games and a street party. At

the mount they had a red white and blue party with the younger children dressing as kings and queens and the older children in 1950s outfits. Christchurch junior children had a street party in the playground where the children made crowns.

The Brycbox Theatre gave a performance in St Georges Square, and the mayor was given tea at the institute along with other well-known local people including Lady Naire who was the borough organiser of the Women’s Royal Voluntary Service. Mention should be made of the people of King’s Avenue who cleaned the road like it was nobody’s business and were even on their hands and knees pulling grass out of the pavement for their street party.

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The 2002 Golden Jubilee celebrations started with a festival at the Milaap Day Centre in Green Lane, with Indian music and American line dancing. The council had announced it was dropping all charges for road closure notices, signage and barriers. As the chief executive of the Council said “The council does not wish to stand in the way of residents having fun celebrating the Golden Jubilee” On the bank holiday Monday at the beginning of June there was a Community Fun Day at Grand Avenue Primary and Emmanuel Church, with entertainment from the Kingston School’s Band and an exhibition of crafts by locals. Christchurch Junior School received a visit a theatre group who presented a play looking back on the last 50 years which including contributions from around 40 pupils.

The Golden Jubilee was taken up as the theme for the Malden Fortnight that year, with the Grand Parade led by the Kingston and Malden Scout Band, on the first Saturday including around 22 floats and walkers dressed in appropriate costumes. The parade attracted about 2000 spectators waving Union flags and cheering. The float from Burlington Road Junior School won the school’s trophy, and the float from the Acacia playgroup won generous applause. The

Malden Centre was open for face painting and family splash and games, while the firefighters in Burlington Road opened their doors to the public and gave demonstrations on how to deal with blazes at home.

Other events included in the fortnight were a garden party at the offices of Pearson Maddin in Kingston Road, and a charity craft fair the following Saturday. All proceeds raised during the fortnight were donated to the Warren Park Centre in Kingston for children with physical disability.

As can be seen from the history of the various Jubilee celebrations in Malden from 1887-2002, children have always been at the forefront of the festivities, however the adults have not been slow in showing their affection and loyalty. The early inhabitants also felt a need to leave some sort of legacy either in a bricks and mortar form (St John’s Institute) or a service (Nursing Institute). This legacy became the planting of trees in later years. The children were also presented with a memento of the occasion (medal or later a mug) either by the council or another governing body. This together with a free tea, coupled with fun and games in the summertime have made these events special for the younger generation over the last 125 years.

Hopefully this year’s celebrations will not get snarled up by Covid, the present constant building work, or the fallout from the local elections in May.

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New Malden Rotary Looking back ….. Or forward?

It sometimes seems that Rotary is obsessed with its image. How do people see us? What do they think we do between January and November when we’re not asking for money at Christmas? The traditional idea that we are an elderly men’s dining club, out to grass with no drive or ambition has always been promoted by the media. In TV sitcoms through the years Rotarians have usually been portrayed as pompous, self-important windbags.

Captain Mainwaring of Dad’s Army was a Rotarian and reference to his membership was made when the script required a recognisable comic feature of his character. Those of us who have been in New Malden Rotary for a good number of years recognise the reference. We have always had such characters and, being the ones who talked the loudest, they sometimes came to epitomise the whole organisation. So the traditional perception of Rotary was, to some extent, quite true. But at the same time there was not a lot of good work being done behind the bluster and waffle. And the present New Malden members are putting in a lot of effort into changing this perception; we meet now on only two Mondays per month and with a lot less formality. And most of our work is done in smaller teams concentrating on specific projects or areas of focus.

New Malden Rotary has always prided itself in the connection we have had with our community and in the benefit we bring. Never more so than in the current economic and international climate. And it really is a time when we should all be looking forward rather than back.

There is nothing like a challenging slogan to promote discussion. The current strapline for Rotary’s promotion is that we are “People of Action”.

If the traditional perception of Rotary is correct that might be seen as a joke. But in the modern world it has become valid. New Malden Rotary is a “club” open to anyone who wants to be involved; based on making friendships through meeting and working together for the general good; a fully inclusive group, non-political and non-religious.

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The commitment is as much or as little as each member can manage. For more information go to our website below and click on Contact and then Membership Enquiries Interested in playing golf … and raising money for charity?

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Pets come in all sorts of shapes, sizes and variations of appeal, so there is no reason why spiders shouldn’t feature amongst the choices.

Most pet shops with an exotic section sell spider tanks, together with heating equipment for those that originate from warmer climates. The tanks allow observation of web-building, hunting, burrowing and many other activities.

Spiders are arachnids, from a family that also includes scorpion and ticks, and there are more than 45,000 different species worldwide.

Tarantulas are one of the best-known, and although they can deliver bites that result in pain and swelling, rather like a bee or wasp sting, these spiders are very popular. It is always important to handle them with great care, not only to avoid the risk of a bite, but also because they are delicate creatures that can easily be stressed and injured.

Some of the most poisonous spiders include the Brazilian wandering spider, also known as the banana spider. The Australian redback spider and the funnel-web are highly toxic, as are the various widow spiders, including black, brown and red widow.

The advice for those wanting to keep a spider as a pet is to avoid highly venomous species!

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Preparation time: 15 minutes Marinate: 1 hour or overnight Cooking time: 50 minutes Serves: 4 Ingredients • 500g lamb fillet • 1 garlic clove, crushed • Grated zest of 1 lemon • 1 tsp cumin powder • 1 tbsp olive oil plus a little extra for frying • 150g green beans or sprouting broccoli, trimmed • 250g mixed green leaves, baby spinach or rocket leaves • 150g cherry tomatoes, halved • ½ red onion, finely diced Dressing • 1 bulb of garlic • Drizzle of olive oil • 200g Greek yoghurt • Handful of mint leaves • 1 tsp honey or maple syrup • 2 tbsp balsamic vinegar • Pinch of cumin • ½ tsp Dijon mustard

Spring is the perfect time to enjoy lamb. This is a light flavoursome dish that is delicious served warm or cold. Ideally, marinate the lamb the night before to enhance the flavour.

Method 1. For the lamb, mix together the garlic, lemon zest, cumin and olive oil and rub over the lamb. Leave to marinate in the fridge for at least 1 hour or overnight.

2. For the dressing, place the garlic bulb in a piece of foil and drizzle over a little oil. Bake in the oven for about 30 minutes.

Cool slightly then squeeze out the garlic pulp into a blender.

Add the remaining ingredients for the dressing and blend together. Season to taste.

3. Preheat the oven to 220C/200C fan/gas mark 7. Sear the lamb in a frying pan with a little olive oil so that it is brown all over.

Place in the oven and roast for 15-20 minutes. Allow to rest for 5-10 minutes. Slice thinly.

4. Blanch the beans or broccoli in boiling water until al dente, drain and refresh under cold water. Pile the green leaves on a platter and top with the beans, tomatoes and onion. Arrange the lamb on top and drizzle over the dressing to serve.

Nutrition per serving: 437kcal, fat 33g (of which saturates 15g), carbohydrates 6.7g (of which sugars 5.7g), protein 28g, fibre 1.9g

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In the film Notting Hill, Hugh Grant’s character owns a shop that sells what?

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Which well known retailer has a logo that features a yellow arrow going from the first letter in its name to the fourth to represent the wide variety of products it sells?

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In January 2021, which online retailer bought the Debenhams brand and website for 55 million pounds?

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Specialising in home shopping, the letters in the name of the company QVC stand for what three words?

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In the Harry Potter novels, Ollivanders is a shop that sells what?

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Which of the following retailers started life as a “penny bazaar” in 1884, using the slogan “don’t ask the price, it’s a penny”?... a) John Lewis; b) Marks and Spencer; or c) Sainsbury’s?

10. In 2019, who launched an online shop called Gross Domestic Product, with a disclaimer saying it “may prove to be a disappointing retail experience - especially if you’re successful in making a purchase”?

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Health Is sitting the new smoking?

The dangers of ultra-processed foods More than half the calories we eat in the UK now come from ultra-processed foods, but how are these foods affecting our health and what can we do to cut back?

Generally, most of the food we eat has been processed in one way or another. Milk is pasteurised to make it safe to drink, beans are dried to extend their shelf life and seeds are pressed to produce oils. However, this doesn’t necessarily make these foods unhealthy.

Ultra-processed foods, on the other hand, contain ingredients you wouldn’t typically find in your kitchen cupboard.

Some of the foods that fall into this category are unsurprising. Crisps, fizzy drinks, biscuits and ice cream are all highly processed, but did you know that breakfast cereals and ready meals are too?

Created to be convenient, cheap and tasty, ultraprocessed foods are typically high in sugars, refined grains, fats and salt. They have very little nutritional value, are highly addictive and have also been linked to heart disease, diabetes, obesity and even some cancers. So, how can we cut back?

Check your labels One of the easiest ways to check whether a food product is highly processed is to read the ingredients list. A label full of long words you can’t pronounce is one sign that a food is highly processed. You can also check the Nutrition Information Panel to identify foods with high amounts of saturated fat, sugar and sodium (salt).

Be wary of false advertising Don’t be fooled by phrases like ‘fat-free’, ‘natural’, ‘no added sugar’ and ‘sugar-free’. Foods that are advertised as healthy often contain artificial ingredients or other chemical additives, such as artificial sweetener, which make them significantly more processed – and unhealthy – than they might first appear.

Keep healthy snacks on hand If you’re in a rush, grabbing a packet of crisps and a cereal bar on your way out the door is tempting.

However, keeping your kitchen stocked with portable, nutritious snacks can make it much easier to make healthy choices on the go. Fresh fruit, unsalted nuts and hard boiled eggs are simple, tasty snacks that’ll keep you energised throughout the day.

Take it slow If ultra-processed foods constitute a large portion of your diet, reduce your intake slowly to begin with. Going cold turkey increases your likelihood of craving the high-fat, high-sugar foods your body has become accustomed to, so start by trying to enjoy one unprocessed or minimally processed meal a day, and gradually increase as you see fit.

Find substitutes There are plenty of substitutes to ultra-processed foods on the market. Instead of crisps try low-fat popcorn, which is wholegrain and a good source of fibre. Swap sugary cereals for unsweetened oatmeal, and replace white bread with a homemade or granary loaf.

Cook more meals from scratch When you prepare a meal from scratch, you have more control over the ingredients you’re consuming.

Start compiling a list of quick and easy meal ideas to prepare when you’re feeling lazy. Salads, omelettes and stir-fries require little effort, and are super tasty too.

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Folk Law from Pearson Hards Over recent years the leaders of the major Western nations have made efforts to frustrate the flow of money representing the proceeds of crime, such as drug smuggling or fraud, or which might be used to fund terrorist activities. Often criminals or terrorists seek to “launder” the suspect funds through financial transactions which result in the true ownership of the money being obscured so that it appears to come from an impeccable source. The EU has drawn up a number of Anti-Money Laundering Directives to which the UK were party. The UK has agreed to adhere to the underlying principles of these, even after Brexit.

One aspect of seeking to clamp down on dirty money is greater transparency generally. Many readers will be familiar with the need to produce ID documents and proof of address before embarking on a financial transaction. The rationale is that the main participants in the transaction have been identified and found to be genuine actors in the arrangement.

The requirement for transparency is now extended to the underlying ownership or control of companies and trusts. The EU’s 5th Anti-Money Laundering Directive has led to the obligation to register almost all UK trusts with the Trust Registration Service by 1 September this year.

“But how would this affect me”, you may wonder. “Why would I be worrying about trusts?” Well, many people have trusts but do not realise that they do. In particular, prior to a change in the law around 2007/2008, many married couples used to set up Nil Rate Band trusts in their wills in order to make full use of their Inheritance Tax (IHT) allowances.

Everybody had (and still has) a Nil Rate Band tax-free allowance - £300,000 at the time (now £325,000). But gifts to spouses were free of IHT, so if you left your estate to your other half, you would potentially be doubling the size of their estate, but without increasing their IHT allowances, often substantially increasing the IHT that would be payable.

With the introduction of the Transferable Nil Rate Band in October 2007, people who don’t use their IHT allowance (e.g. because they gift everything to their surviving spouse) can now pass it to their spouse, who can then benefit from up to two full Nil Rate Band allowances (£650,000 at present) when the time comes for their estate to be administered.

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Before then, however, in order not to waste NRBs, the standard ploy was a Nil Rate Band Trust. This worked by gifting the value of the NRB (e.g. £300,000) to a trust instead of to the surviving spouse. This used the NRB for the first person to die. In fact, the spouse could often benefit from the trust, but this was not automatic. This meant that the spouse could say the money didn’t belong to them and did not therefore have to be declared as part of their taxable property on their death.

The problem is that although many wills contained these provisions people, who perhaps didn’t take professional advice following the first death of a couple, didn’t always realise that they did have such a trust. They often assumed that everything just passed to the surviving spouse and that if they didn’t take steps to “set up” the trust, it wouldn’t exist.

If all the family were happy for everything to pass to the surviving spouse, did it matter if there were complicated trust provisions in the will that people didn’t really understand fully?

The trouble was (and is) that active steps weren’t needed to “set up” the trust. The trust was set up automatically by virtue of the death of the first spouse.

What was often needed at that time were pro-active steps immediately to close down the trust. If no such steps were taken, the trust would still be in existence.

Often such trusts lay dormant for years or decades – but the issue would then come to a head on the second death when the estate needed to be declared to the taxman. It might have also cropped up when the former matrimonial home had to be sold, for example to provide funds for care fees.

But now the issue comes to a head sooner because such trusts are legally required to be registered. This is the case whether or not the trust property is currently generating any income or gains and has no IHT consequences.

The registration clock is ticking and it is time to check the records to see if you are involved in a trust and then ask for some professional guidance. We at Pearson Hards are able to advise on all aspects of these types of trusts and can assist in the registration process. Please call us today on 0208 949 9500 and ask to speak with Paul Denza, who will be able to help you.

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Friday Night Cocktail Club A pot of gold by Ali Warner February has departed in a blink and here we are in March.

As an ex pat of the Emerald Isle, March for me is all about St Patrick’s Day. I mean what’s not to like about a saint who chucked all the snakes out of Ireland.

In my childhood home the Saint’s Day was also an excuse to break lent for the day - apparently it’s allowed.

For the rest of the world it remains an excuse to drink beer, turn rivers green and sing maudlin songs about potatoes.

Thinking about a cocktail to celebrate this great saint and my son’s name sake took a bit of thought.

Should I go for that uni favourite - the Snakebite? But just the thought of the hangovers I had on the lager, cider, blackcurrant combo was enough to put me off.

Green beer? No I’m not an animal.

A Guinness cocktail? Acquired taste.

Bailey’s? Over creamy, a bit too Christmas.

You see I do think about these things - it’s not just an excuse for me to clear out my drinks cupboard and experiment on my mates by dropping odd concoctions on their doorsteps.

Instead I decide to get a bit sophisticated.

Tap into folklore and re-create a Pot of Gold.

According to legend - Irish fairies known as leprechauns hid a pot gold at the end of the rainbow and if you ever caught one, he’d take you there and the treasure was yours.

Here’s what you need to make 1 serving • 5 cucumber slices • 8 fresh mint leaves • 2 oz of vodka • 1/2 oz elderflower liqueur or syrup • 1 oz of ginger beer • Mint sprig, for garnish - Prep your cucumber slices and mint leaves.

Apparently if you slap the mint into your palms before adding to the cocktail shaker it wakes up their taste a bit. Who knew?

- Add both to the bottom of a shaker and muddle - you can use a pestle to do this or the end of a wooden spoon - it just means mush the two ingredients up a bit to release their flavour.

- Add some ice, the vodka and elderflower liqueur to your shaker, given it a good shake.

- Strain the drink into a coupe cocktail glass.

- Add 1oz of a strong flavoured ginger beer.

- Add your final fifth cucumber slice to the side of glass and garnish with fresh mint.

Exciting possibilities - except the cheeky wee tricksters knew you can’t get to the end of a rainbow - much like the National Lottery know you’ve got a snowball’s chance in hell of winning the lottery.

But this Pot of Gold is very possible to achieve, it’s got Serve and Enjoy. a lovely freshness that will leave you with a spring in your step and potentially seeing fairies after a few.

Happy St Patrick’s day and Slainte - which in Irish is our There are a few varieties of this recipe but the one I way of saying ’to your very good health’. favour is fresh, fun and doesn’t contain whiskey.

Its key ingredient fittingly is a drink made of potatoes and it’s colour is every so slightly green. But in a good way that doesn’t involve creme de menthe, melon liqueur or absinthe.

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Conifer Charm

by Caroline Knight

If there’s one particular group of plants that people love to despise, it tends to be conifers. Could it be that many of us dismiss the huge variety among conifers with just one word – leylandii? The Leyland cypress, Cupressocyparis leylandii, seems to fire up a lot of hatred. It is believed that there could be around 55 million of these trees within the UK – that’s more than one for every adult. The problem is all about size. The trees can grow up to 90cm per year and people have a habit of planting them inappropriately, then failing to keep them under control.

The citrus-scented foliage of leylandii actually makes a magnificent, dense hedge, which acts as a perfect screen or windbreak. It also provides noise reduction, which can be very valuable for those living next to a main road. When clipped regularly, it’s a perfect garden friend. But nobody knows exactly how tall the tree can grow because there are no ancient leylandii, though estimates suggest they could reach heights of 61 metres (200ft) or even more. These are relatively new plants that originated from a cross created in the late nineteenth century in Wales. The parent species are the Monterey cypress and the Nootka cypress, both from the USA. One parent brings its hardiness to the mix, whilst the other provides a pretty amazing growth rate.

The tree is unable to reproduce without human help and all existing leylandii therefore come from cuttings.

Whilst legal disputes involving neighbours and leylandii run into thousands, others celebrate the beauty and grandeur of a rather spectacular tree, which can take pride of place in a suitable setting. It grows into an impressive specimen and also plays host to many birds and other wildlife. Indeed, the National Pinetum in Bedgebury, Kent, is rightly proud of what is believed to be the tallest and oldest leylandii hedge in Britain, measuring over 40 metres.

At the other end of the scale, many miniature conifers will not reach even 100cm tall at maturity. Pinus mugo is the dwarf mountain pine and it sits comfortably within a mixed border or can even be grown in a large pot. There are hundreds of different shapes, colours, contrasting textures and forms of conifers that can provide colour and interest throughout the year. The pencil-slim Italian cypress is widely used in Mediterranean-style gardens here in the UK, creating vertical impact and drama all year round. In contrast, prostrate, spreading junipers, such as Juniperus horizontalis, provide excellent ground cover and colour-changing foliage from summer through to winter.

Juniperus is known for its dark berry-like cones, which can be used in food dishes such as casseroles and stuffing. They are also the main flavouring for gin.

However, the red, fleshy berries produced by Taxus baccata, the English yew, are highly toxic.

Some conifers, such as yew, respond extremely well to clipping, whilst others, including leylandii, go brown and won’t re-grow if you cut back into old wood.

Conifers possess many charms that should never be overlooked. These cone-bearing trees are hugely diverse and they hold impressive carbon-capturing statistics. The largest tree in the world, measured by volume, is a giant sequoia, Sequoiadendron giganteum, in California, measuring 83m tall with a diameter of 11m at the base. It is considered to be middle-aged, being around 2,000 years old. The magnificent cedar of Lebanon, Cedrus libani, can easily grow to 35m high and almost as wide. This is the oldest cedar of all and there are some situated on the slopes of Mount Lebanon that are said to be 2,500 years old.

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fashion during the late 1980s, although there are still examples to be found in public parks and larger estate gardens. Conifers are, however, back! They can be used with spectacular success as specimens and can be blended within planting schemes to bring year-round colour and interest. Never underestimate this amazing family of trees – there is something suitable to lend a touch of unique magic to any outdoor space.

Not all conifers are evergreen. The beautiful, native larch tree loses its soft, needle-shaped leaves in winter. Others change colour throughout the seasons, including Cryptomeria japonica which is coloured blue-green in spring, turns green during summer and rusty-red in winter. This conifer has soft, tactile foliage, whereas the monkey puzzle tree, Araucaria araucana, has sharp foliage that can cut like a razor blade.

The dwarf conifer beds of the 1970s era have now been largely usurped by more naturalistic planting.

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In your home, you’ll realise when maintenance jobs need doing and rooms need cleaning.

But particularly during the winter months, any deterioration to the outside of your property is likely to go unnoticed until the brighter spring days.

The roof If any part of your roof is north facing, near trees or both, you are very likely to see a build-up of moss. This is not only unsightly, it’s not good for your roof and the moss is likely to block your gutters too.

If your roof is at a low level or can be accessed from an upper window, gently brush the surface to loosen the build-up. Generally though, unless you happen to own the specialist equipment to ensure you are safe on a roof, this really is a job for the professionals.

The gutters Some debris in your gutters will get washed away and will mulch down, but more often it’ll just build up.

If your gutters are overflowing every time it rains, you are going to need a long ladder and a pair of thick rubber gloves to clear the slimy mess.

A professional will have a camera on a pole to see where the worst spots are and to help them clear out all the winter debris. Ask about having gutter guards fitted, too to help prevent future build-ups.

Facias and soffits There are two options if your facias and soffits look tatty and the paint is peeling: repainting is lower cost but it won’t last that long and is fiddly to do;

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replacement facias and soffits are made of uPVC and will last for years. It’s well worth considering replacing the guttering at the same time.

Pathways The inexpensive way to clean your path is a bucket of water and a stiff brush. Alternatively, a jet washer is very thorough and reasonably affordable, although you only need to use it once or twice a year.

This is a job you can do yourself, but it’s blooming hard work! You will get quite a workout controlling the pressure washer hose or sweeping a brush.

Windows This is another one of those jobs that is hard work and while it’s easy to access the inside of your windows, the upper floor of the outside is much more difficult.

Furthermore, a one-off clean is not enough – you are looking at your windows all the time so you’ll notice them getting dirty again within a month or two. It’s better to have a regular arrangement with a cleaning company who will usually have a pole system to reach the heights.

They normally use purified water, meaning that the windows dry sparkling clean.

In summary There are many jobs around the home that you are probably capable of doing yourself to save the pennies. But these external tasks don’t need to be done very often and a specialist will have the equipment, the safety training and the insurance to do the job efficiently and quickly.

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This no-bake ‘cake’-like dessert is naturally sweet with the addition of apple and dried fruit. Easy to make, you can also press the mixture into individual ramekins or rings for serving. Maca and lucuma powder are readily available from large supermarkets or health shops.

Preparation: 20 minutes plus 2-3 hours chilling time Storage: Will keep in the fridge for 2-3 days Makes: 12 portions Ingredients • 2 carrots, peeled and finely grated (about 200g) • 2 apples, peeled, cored and finely grated • 115g pecans, finely ground (use a food processor) • 85g desiccated coconut • 2 tbsp lucuma or maca powder • 2 tbsp cacao powder • ½ tsp ground cinnamon • Pinch of salt • 150g raisins • 60g dried apple, soaked for 15 minutes • 60g pitted dates, soaked for 15 minutes • 1 whole orange, peeled

Method 1. Grease and line a 20cm (8 inch) springform cake tin. Alternatively, you can place the mixture into individual ramekins or rings.

2. Place the apple and carrots in a large bowl with the pecan nuts, coconut, lucuma or maca, cacao, cinnamon, salt and raisins.

3. Drain the dried apple and dates and place in a blender or food processor with the orange. Process to form a smooth paste – this will help bind the mixture together. Add the paste to the nut mixture and combine thoroughly.

4. Place the mixture (you may need to do this in batches) in a food processor and pulse to form a wet dough. Do not over-mix – you still want some texture.

5. Press the mixture into the cake tin or ramekins or rings and chill for 2-3 hours to firm up before serving.

6. Cut into slices and top with yoghurt if wished.

Nutrition per serving: 203kcal, fat 11g (of which saturates 4.3g), carbohydrates 21g (of which sugars 19g), protein 2.2g, fibre 3.6g

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A Photographer Dreams...

by Hugh Griffiths www.creativelight.org.uk Last month, I showed you some of my photos of the London Underground – taken on the first of John’s and my trips. As the pandemic started, we all went into lockdown in late March of 2020, so we only had one more trip.

And during March of 2021 we were (well, at least I was) still locked down so there weren’t all that many photos taken that month.

My first picture can only be from Canary Wharf! Almost everything about this place is photographable – the architecture is grand and varied, the plazas are interesting, and the underground and the DLR stations are pretty stunning too. I thought I’d get the best of both worlds with this picture, taken at the entrance to the Canary Wharf tube station.

Immediately in front of where I was standing are the steps and escalators down to the Ticket Hall – and these are imposing enough in their own right – while behind me is one of the central plazas, with parts of the original dock waterways about 20 metres away.

It is always a good thing, when taking photographs in an urban environment, to look up. Especially in a city business district, where most buildings are taller than the average semi! Very often you’ll find interesting features on these buildings (please ignore, for boredom’s sake, any buildings put up in the 1970’s), and these are often worth taking the time to enjoy and/ or to photograph. In this case, the interest for me was seeing the canopy over the Underground entrance sort of framing the buildings surrounding it.

I used a wide-angle lens so that I could get more in – these lenses can have the effect of making everything look like it is falling in on you – and I rather like the effect it has created. I have converted it to black and white so that the shapes and patterns are emphasised – there is a lot of colour in the original photo but the colours seem to take more attention than the patterns – so I had to get rid of it.

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have looked a bit bare and taken your attention away from the picture. In last month’s article I talked a bit about symmetry, and this is almost a symmetrical picture – in essence it is, but in detail it misses out! For me, the point was that I saw a possibility and was able to take the photo – always worth keeping your eyes open for them!

And symmetry is almost there in this picture – also taken at Canary Wharf.

Here, I am in one of the shopping centres on the estate, fairly close to both the Underground and DLR stations. At this point there is a large rotunda with escalators going between the floors – I am standing in the bottom centre of that rotunda and looking up.

One of the things I have said quite often here, is the value in looking around you, to see your surroundings and to think what photographs you could make from them. In this case, I suspect that tens of thousands of people walk through here each day, and many do so several times, but very few will notice their environment. I remember many days looking through the food shops at this level when I was working there.

The thing about symmetry is that it’s got to be, well, symmetric. And this photo isn’t – not quite. Which makes it slightly uneasy looking as if there’s something not quite right with it (which is true!). But the patterns and colours in the picture are very satisfying and they give (to me at any rate) a sense of a futuristic spaceship or building filled with beautiful people who know what they’re doing. Oh well – you can’t get it right every time.

This picture is taken at Gants Hill station, way out on the Central Line towards Essex. According to Wikipedia it is “the easternmost station to be below ground on the London Underground network”. It was opened in 1947 – with a design that was modelled on the Moscow Underground. What I hadn’t known was that

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I really enjoyed the colour, the use of lights (those uplighters that you can see in the centre were pretty powerful), and the feeling of space, of room to move and to enjoy just being there. The design meant that any photos had to be really symmetrical in order to convey something of the building. I can imagine that, at rush hour, people are just coming in or out, getting on or off the trains and probably not even noticing the design. I’m sure that I do this far too often when walking through the City, or in Kingston – and that means that I will be missing some great photo opportunities. A photographer must keep her or his eyes open! the London Transport Passenger Board had provided advice on the building of the Moscow Metro during the 1930’s and had decided that the styles used there would fit in well in London.

So, the new station was built – and, truly, it looks magnificent. The concourse in this picture is between the two platforms and below the ticketing hall – it is a totally different experience to, say, Westminster or any of the other Jubilee line stations. The escalators down from the ticketing Hall are behind me in this photo, and they look perfectly normal.

The Malden Camera Club has re-started having ‘in person’ meetings, but we do still have some virtual meetings using Zoom. We hope to stream all our physical meetings on Zoom for members (some of whom are not yet comfortable with being back in meetings) to see.

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Royal British Legion Malden & Coombe Branch It was with sadness that some of the members of Malden and Coombe Royal British Legion had to say a final goodbye to one of our longest supporters, Tom MacKenzie. He joined in 1970 and it was thanks to him that our branch continued. Attendance was so low at the time that it was in fear of folding. Tom became Chairman and later Standard Bearer and also collected and counted for our Poppy Appeal. For his dedication to the Legion he was awarded the much sort after Gold Badge. Thank you Tom. We will miss you.

We are happy to announce that our Branch meetings held on 2nd Wednesday of each month at 10.30am have returned face to face at The Grafton Club. We will be discussing in following months how to raise more funds, recruit more members and commemorate The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. If you fancy joining us please come along to the meeting or contact Membership team at britishlegion.org.uk or phone0800 307 7773

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