October 2015

October 2015

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USEFUL NUMBERS Fire Police Ambulance Coast Guard Kent Police 101 Alcoholics Anonymous 08457 697 555 Age Concern 01843 223881 Bethesda Medical Centre 209300 BT Faultline 0800 800 151 CCTV & Alarms 0800 689 9319 ChildLine 0800 1111 Citizens Advice 225973 DVLA Vehicle & Tax Enquiries 0300 790 6802 DVLA Drivers Enquiries 0300 790 6801 Electricity– Power Loss 0800 783 8866 Gas Emergency 0800 111 999 Island Hoppa Buses 588944 Craig Mackinlay MP 589266 Leakline 0800 820999 Learndirect 0800 100900

999 or 101 Margate Hospital National Express Coach National ExpressTimetables National Rail Enquires Northdown Surgery NHS Direct Passport advice Line Pension Service Red Cross Equipment Loan Roger Gale MP RSPCA Samaritans Southern Water Thanet Council Thanet Volunteer Bureau Westbrook Dental Practice

225544 08705 80 80 80 08717 818181 08457 48 49 50 01843 231661 0845 4647 0870 521 0410 0845 6060265 01843 223739

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Hello everybody and a warm welcome to issue number 117 of the MARGATE HANDBOOK. Thank you for all for all the letters, phone calls and e-mails, please keep them coming as they are always very welcome. We had 95 entries, for this month’s competition and very well done to the winner (This months competition is on Page 20) We have a recipe for you (See Page 34) Grandad is back up and running and gets invited to tea (See Page 30).

You will find the Tide Tables for Margate on (Page 36) If you don’t wish to be disturbed on Halloween, then use the poster (See Page 18) Also DO NOT FORGET TO ALTER YOUR CLOCKS. THEY GO BACK 1 HOUR ON OCTOBER 25th We love to hear from you each month and as always our contact details are:

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From a dripping tap to full renovations BPEC Registered / Qualified for Solar Thermal & Unvented Hot Water Storage Systems.

Leaks / Blockages Cleared Power Flushing Bathrooms & Tiling City & Guilds Qualified 23 Year Experience Fully Insured Free Estimates Competitive Rates Call Bill Chambers on

Tel: 01843 834112 or 07973 689295 www.copperconnect.co.uk email: copperconnect@aol.com

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October Crossword

Across 1. American city (3,4) 4. Italian holiday isle (5) 6. North African mountain range (5) 8. Capital of Kenya (7) 10. Vienna is the capital (7) 11. Japanese city (5) 12. Sea between Greece and Turkey (6) 14. Canada's smallest province, Prince ___Island (6) 18. Asian country (5) 20. Capital of Cyprus (7) 22. One of the Balearic islands (7) 23. South American mountain chain (5) 24. Colorado ski resort (5) 25. State capital of Georgia (7)

Down 1. Horseshoe Falls in Canada, ___ Falls in the US (7) 2. UK country (5) 3. Topeka is the state capital (6) 4. Capital of Egypt (5) 5. Spanish holiday isle (5) 7. Damascus is the capital (5) 9. Nebraskan city (5) 13. African country (5) 15. Capital of Bangladesh (5) 16. Saltwater lake between Israel andJordan (4,3) 17. Capital of Turkey (6) 18. Florida city (5) 19. Italian city (5) 21. Khartoum is the capital (5)

Use brown sauce to clean garden tools. Spread on, leave 24 hours, clean off with newspaper then rinse.

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Brickwork & Landscape Construction Driveways, Paths, Patios, in Concrete, Slab, Crazy or Block Paving Indian Sandstone Brick & Block Walls / Extensions Archways / Repointing Tree & Hedge Cutting Garden Clearance / Ponds Decking / Fencing & Turfing, Insurance Work Undertaken.

FREE ESTIMATES Russell

Daman

Tel: 01843 221643 • 01843 832003 Mob: 07885 869789 • 07505 484411

40 years Experience We offer a wide range of Carpentry & Joinery solutions.

We can supply & fit purpose made joinery to your requirements.

Repairs & Maintenance For all Enquiries OFFICE AND WORKSHOP Unit C1 East Northdown Farm Margate CT9 3TS

Phone/Fax: 01843 579641 Mobile: 07973 197455 Email: gary@gmmurphycarpentry.co.uk

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Tel: 01843 299662 Omega House 121 Canterbury Rd. Westbrook, Margate Kent CT9

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Sorry No trick or treat

Please respect other people’s property and privacy

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OCTOBER COMPETITION The prize this month is a metal wall sign To win this prize just tell us: which of our advertisers has the Phone number 07771 553035 Then either e-mail us at : info@margatehandbook.co.uk or send in your entry to Competition.

Margate Handbook.

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Margate. CT9 3DR Please DO NOT FORGET to tell us your name and address. All entries must be received on or before 3.00pm on Monday 19th October all correct entries will be placed together and the winner will be drawn out.

GOOD LUCK This Months winners is C Sweeney St James Park Road Thanks to Michelle from Cooke & Co for picking the winner To Advertise in The Margate Handbook please Phone 01843 571145

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Philip Gambrill & Company Limited ♦

LIMITED COMPANY ACCOUNTS AND AUDITS

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VAT RETURNS

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PAYROLL BUREAU

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OPEN MONDAY-FRIDAY 9am - 5.30pm (OUT OF HOURS APPOINTMENTS AVAILABLE)

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FRIENDLY AND APPROACHABLE

56 STATION ROAD WESTGATE-ON-SEA KENT CT8 8QY

TEL: 01843 834155

01843 834596

FAX: 01843 834653

October Sudoku

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Black Bags You will be Amazed at the Quality Qty

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All Domestic Appliances Serviced and Repaired Established over 20 years Phone John on 01843 587815 or Mobile 07802 196193 Email: worth.servicing@hotmail.co.uk

25th Oct Don’t Forget to change your clock 25

Sunday, 25th October at 02:00:00 clocks are turned backward 1 hour to 01:00:00 GMT

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Tel: 01843 290980 or 07889 615158 www.landscapegardenerinthanet.com

ARTIFICIAL TURF • CRAZY PAVING DECKING • FENCING • HEDGE TRIMMING BLOCK PAVING • CONCRETING PONDS/WATER FEATURES • SLABBING NATURAL PAVING • TURFING • PERGOLAS GARDEN CLEARANCES • BRICKWORK SHED BASES • GREEN HOUSES POLY TUNNELS • TERRACING PLANTING • ROCKERY Please mention The Margate Handbook when responding to adverts

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GRANDAD GETS INVITED FOR TEA Grandad has eight Grandchildren and three Great Grandchildren, but he also has, what everyone calls, his "adopted Granddaughter" called Abi. Abi is great friends with Hannah, one of his Granddaughters. Over the years Grandad had got to know and like Abi and her brother Dan, plus their parents and they had got to like him too. So one day Grandad was invited for tea at their house, which Abi had volunteered to make. He turned up and was invited in, "Is there anything I can do to help" asked Grandad. "Yes" said Abi, as a matter of fact there is, "can you pop along to the shops and pick up a two litre carton of milk and, if they have got Avocado's get six". So off Grandad goes and after 10 minutes he arrives back with 6 two litre cartons of milk. "Here you are all done" said Grandad. "Why have you brought back 6 lots of milk" said Abi looking puzzled. "Well you said get a carton of milk but if they had Avocados get 6 of them, well they had avocados so I bought the 6 cartons of milk" Abi was gobsmacked. "No, I meant if they had avocados buy 6 of them, not 6 lots of milk because they had avocados". "Well you should have said that" said Grandad. "Don't worry" said Abi "we'll manage. Tea was made and the table was overloaded with all sorts of nice things so they all sat down to eat. Soon they were all eating and having a great time. "What sort of food did you have when you were a little boy Grandad" asked Abi. "Well in the 1940's and 50's there wasn't much around as lots of things were still on ration" said Grandad "so we had to make do with what was in the larder at the time". "Well couldn't you have sent out for a Take Away, if you didn't have anything in" said Dan, Abi's younger brother. "In them days there was no such thing, in fact a Take Away was a problem you had in maths at school" replied Grandad "plus Pasta was unknown, Curry was a surname, a Pizza was a leaning tower, all Crisps were plain and the choice was to put the salt, in the little blue bag, on or not, Rice was a Milk Pudding and never part of your dinner, a Big Mac was something we wore when it was raining, Oil was for lubricating and Fat was for cooking, Tea was made in a Tea Pot and was never Green, Coffee was called Camp and it came in bottles, only Heinz made beans, eating raw fish was called poverty and not sushi, none of us had ever heard of Yoghurt, healthy food was anything that was edible. Kebab was not even a word never mind a food, Muesli was around, but in them days it was called Cattle Feed, Pineapples came in chunks in tins and we only ever saw a picture of a real one and Water came out of a tap and, if someone had suggested putting it in a bottle and charging more than Petrol for it, they would have been locked up. Anyway" said Grandad, "Abi, I've bought you a present for going to all this trouble for me, well actually I called your mum and she said that a thing you really wanted was something called an I-Pad, but they were all well over a ÂŁ100, so to get you something else, well I got a bargain. After asking around everyone kept telling me to go to Boots the chemist, so I did and I picked one up for you". As he handed the package over to Abi, Grandad said "I didn't know you had a problem with your eye". Just then Abi got the wrapping paper off the package to reveal an EYE PAD."I know I shouldn't really tell you what it cost, but I only paid ÂŁ6.99 for it". You could hear a pin drop in the room.

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NEED A GARDENER LOOK NO FURTHER! No Garden Too Big or Small All you have to do is give Kris a call.

Get your garden ready for winter

07837 246886 01843 836972 LONG GRASS CUTTING HEDGE TRIMMING PATIO CLEANING WEEDING PHONE SMITHYS GARDENING FOR A FREE ESTIMATE Follow Smithy’s Gardening on Facebook

Mark Michaels Valet Service 5 New Street Margate Established Circa 1906

Celebrating over 100 years of excellence We offer the following services on garments and household good Hand Finished Dry Cleaning Alterations Repairs Laundry Curtain cleaning We also sell: Suit/Dress/Coat Bags Defluffing Rolls Refill Rolls We collect and deliver if required Call Us Now On

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● NO CALL OUT CHARGE ● 24 / 7 EMERGENCIES ● CENTRAL HEATING SPECIALISTS

COVERING THE THANET AREA Tel: 01843 880 081 Mob: 07939 635357

Email: plumbitservices@yahoo.co.uk www.plumbitservices.co.uk

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Clubs & Associations

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Let us know about yours.

Archaeological Society

07906 360725

M argate M useum

Tel: 231213

Boys & Girls Brigade 1st W estgate-on-Sea

T el: 290903

M argate Task Force

Tel: 577536

C liftonville Retirem ent Association

T el: 226821

M argate Yacht Club

07943 936869

C liftonville Residents Assoc

T el: 226033

Ram sgate M odel Boat Club

Tel: 228639

D ecorative & Fine Arts Society

T el: 862330

Ram sgate O ld M otor & M otorcycle Club

07779 422780

Fibrom yalgia Support Group

0844 887 2471

Rotary Thanet Sunrise

Tel: 292337

Foreness W aterski Club

T el: 582951

Retirem ent Association

Tel: 293428

Girls & Boys Brigade 1st M argate

T el: 225910

Royal British Legion ( M argate)

Tel: 224591

Isle of Thanet Geographical Association

T el: 296136

RSPCA

03001 234999

Isle of Thanet Philatelic Society

T el: 228415

Thanet Astronom y G roup

01843 228904

Isle of Thanet Photographic Sociiety

T el: 842729

T hanet D og O bedience G roup

01843 225801

M acular D isease Society

T el: 299093

Thanet C om m unity Support

Tel: 597115

M argate Adult Education Centre

03000 414018

Thanet F estival Choir

Tel: 602332

M argate Am bulance Corps,

01843 603174

Thanet M ale Voice C hoir,

Tel: 865819

M argate Diving Club

07788 447282

Thanet Lions C lub

Tel: 596857

M argate Bowling Club

T el: 228858

Thanet Prem ier Business Group

07968 473265

M argate Civic Society

T el: 221838

Thanet Stom a Buddies Group

01843 579035

M argate Fishing Club

07793 592073

The Isle Of T hanet Bird Club

01227 363578

M argate Flow er Club

T el: 226227

W alpole Bay Bowls C lub

Tel: 225039

M argate Historical Society

T el: 223300

W estgate DogT raining G roup

01843 228925

M argate Ladies Probus

T el: 221052

W om en’s Institutes

Tel: 290824

H ilderstone Am ateur Radio and Electronics C lub

e-m ail:hilderstoneclub@ gm ail.com

Frozen Banana Ghosts Ingredients 200g bar white chocolate broken into chunks 4 medium-large, ripe bananas 85g desiccated coconut (you won’t use it all) handful dark chocolate drops Method In a small bowl, gently melt the chocolate either in the microwave – in short bursts on high or over a pan of simmering water (make sure the bowl isn’t touching the water). Set aside for a moment while you get the bananas ready.

Peel the bananas, cut in half, and push a lolly stick into the middle of each piece. Spread the coconut out in a shallow bowl. Line a large baking tray with baking parchment, and make sure there is room for the tray in the freezer.

Using a pastry brush, coat a banana half in chocolate, letting excess drip away. Sprinkle with plenty of the coconut until coated, then set it on the prepared sheet. Now add two chocolate eyes and a mouth, and if you like, cut a few little eyebrows from the chocolate drops too. Freeze the lollies for at least 4 hrs, and up to a week.

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Your quick guide to everyone and everything in your Handbook Accountants Philip Gambrill Accountancy Brydens Antiques

Estate Agents 22 Cooke & Co 24 Flatpack Furniture Joe Bradley 3 Flooring Valuation Roadshow Airport Transfer Timberstone Kevin's Airport Transfer 4 Food & Drink Bin Bags Nazar Fish Bar M.S. Products 27 Café G Bookkeeping Cinnamon Spice Stephen Palmer 12 Salmestone Grange Building & Maintenance Foot Care DSM 36 Podiatry St. James 7 Sonia Van Woodthorpe 12 Furniture Carpenters & Joiners Farleys Gary Murphy 13 Garages 9 Jim's Garage W Gibson Car Bodywork Repairs Garage Doors Chips Away 14 Garage Door Restore CD Transfer Gardening EVS Transfer 14 P&Sees Charity Shops Kentish Gardeners 35 Smithys Gardening Florentinas Cleaning Supplies Margate lawn / hedge Total Supplies 17 Gas Engineer Community Support Steve Spackman Silver Sunday Front Gifts Computer Repairs & Services Terry's Gifts Centaur Systems 36 Hair Dressers Computer Tuition Mobile Hair Design Jackie Raines 9 Health Care Conservatories Flu Vaccination JAS Conservatories 21 Home Care Dentures Caremark The Denture Shop 7 Home Improvments Dog Walking My Home Mentor Fiona The Dog Walker 16 Ironing Domestic Appliance Repairs Alexandra's Worth Servicing 28 Kitchens Drains Thanet Kitchen Centre Clear Flow Drainage 27 Locksmiths Dry Cleaners DJB Locksmiths Mark Michael’s 31 Mobility Electricians First Choice Mobility P&P Electrical 19 Mortgage Advicers Urban Wire 37 Need A Mortgage Localleccy 7

Osteopaths 23 Hawley Health Centre Oven Cleaning 37 Ovengleam Painters & Decorators 35 M&B Painters Butterfly 38 Bob's Home Décor 19 Personalised Clothing 16 Edwards Embroidery 16 Physiotherapy JAS 27 Plastering 19 Brackenborough Plastering Plumbing & Heating 32 Copper Connect Plumbit 4 CHD Plumbing Plumbwings 12 Millchris J. Brackenborough & Son 29 Flow 13 Printers 31 SPS 10 Rotary Clubs Riotary Thanet 13 Roofing M Findon Roofing 31 Monarch Builders S.N. Roofing 37 Shutters SBI Solar Shutters 26 Solicitors Robinson Allfree 15 Surveyors Arthur Bryant 22 Tyres Richard’s Trade Tyres 9 Van Hire Bill's Man & Van Self Drive 6 Water softeners Sapphire Water Softeners 33 Wills Martin Isaac 19 Windows Omega 10

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