Welcome to YOUR Village Voice from jenny@maldenmedia.co.uk
May We’ve just enjoyed the most fabulous Easter weekend and I managed to persuade the girls during the holidays to get those garden spring cleaning jobs done that we usually leave until the morning our guests arrive. As our patios have very poor drainage cleaning the winter muck off them really is a 3 person job - one pressure washing, and the other 2 trying to sweep filthy water off the patches of clean that slowly appear. If anyone out there can offer advice to make the job easier and quicker please, please. drop me a line. Is it really time to buy a water vacuum? Isn’t it fantastic that so many shops do actually still close on Easter Sunday giving their staff a welldeserved day off (and in the baking sunshine this year!) It did mean that we had to have mint sauce instead of mint jelly with our roast lamb... yet another first world problem… I had a nostalgic chat with a lovely delivery driver over the weekend about the days that 24 our shopping was unimaginable. When did pubs start
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staying open all day? Remember when they closed at 2.30pm for the afternoon break (I was working in one, not visiting (!) and the break was most welcome when you were doing an ‘all dayer’.) And banks. My chatty driver was forced to open an account when he started with a new company because they’d had security issues and were no longer keeping cash on site. How did you open an account back without taking time off work, and more importantly when could you actually visit the bank to take your money out? Thank goodness (he said) for the good old TSB who had extended opening hours one night a week - although with the help of my good friend Google I have just learnt that it is widely accepted that the first cash machine was put into use by Barclays Bank in its Enfield Town branch in North London, on 27 June 1967 - so maybe times weren’t so tough! :-) I hope you enjoy a good read please make sure you see what our local businesses and advertisers have to offer. If you’ve any feedback on how they’re doing, or have any ideas for future editions, news or views to share then please get in touch. Remember, we deliver to most homes every second month so if you’re not able to pick up a magazine on the months it’s not delivered to you, you can read it on your phone, tablet or PC. There are a limited number of copies available from Waitrose, New Malden library, Tudor Williams and the Malden Centre. The copy dates for the next couple of editions are below. If you’d like to advertise or have a local story to tell, please call or email.
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