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We hope you continue to enjoy most of our easy-to-read articles and find the advertising on offer particularly useful. Strong evidence proves that this journal is one of very few local magazines that people actually go ‘out of their way’ to obtain.

Take a look inside and you will find two competitions that may interest you. If not, then there are plenty of events on page 58 not forgetting that there’s ‘Euro 2016’ football and Wimbledon too!

This issues highlights . . .

Shaping Up:

Exercising! Some useful tips on avoiding bad habits . . .

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Another chance for those who want to outwit our resident quizmeister!

50 Years On:

A look back at an event that brought joy to a whole nation!

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Local History:

All about a mission that ended in the town centre . . .

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Are you are a newbie to exercise? Or maybe you are familiar with the whole fitness thing but are just not getting any results? Either way, whichever level or category you fall under, there are several habits you need to avoid in order to help you reach your goals.

1. Too much cardio and not enough strength.

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5. Doing too much too soon. When you first start exercising don’t try and do too much too soon. To avoid injury build up gradually to give your body time to adjust and choose an exercise session that is suitable for your fitness level. It’s also really important to schedule in rest days to allow you to recover from your workouts

2. Doing the same routine or exercise class every week. Our bodies are really clever and soon adapt to exercise. To get results its really important that you change your exercise routine regularly.

3. Not performing a proper warm up or cool down. Many injuries are caused by not warming up properly and soreness can be prevented by stretching after your workout. Before you start exercising the body needs to be prepared for the work that will follow, start with some gentle cardio which steadily raises the heart rate followed by imitating movements you will later do in your workout. At the end of each session perform static stretches holding each stretch for about 20 seconds.

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Down 2. Heavenly girl? (6) 3. Marksman. (6) 4. Throw out or overthrow. (4) 5. Aware of. (7) 6. He’s usually head of the family. (9) 7. Experimental condiment? (9) 10. Part of a spiders respitory system. (9) 12. Declaring or stating? (9) 13. Famous Irish town. (9) 16. A bandit (7) 18. Get. (6) 19. Coat from Kabul? (6) 22. Perhaps he’s from Copenhagen (4)

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Memories of July ‘66

called the White City! Overnight, a magic wand turned a greyhound track into a football stadium after Wembley’s owners insisted that a regular dog race night should take precedence! In the game, Roger Hunt was staking his claim for a permanent spot, ahead of the more dynamic Jimmy Greaves. Hunt netted both in a 2-0 win and Greavesie was consigned to the biggest disappointment of his career as an injury meant he’d now be one of Alf’s bench-boys.

Meanwhile, with the Germans enjoying an easy life in their group, one of the other favourites, Brazil were playing up north and getting the rough treatment! Over the years many a southern softy had suffered similar fates and likewise, they were soon on their way home.

Further north, in Teeside, the Italians suffered the ultimate embarrassment when a gent by the name of Pak Do Ik upset the pasta bowl when his 42nd minute strike sent North Korea through to the quarters. Before the finals, the Koreans and Australia ended up being the only teams taking part in an Asia/Oceania qualifying farce when the African nationals withdrew in protest at not being given a direct entry.

By the time the quarters came round, things were hotting up. Portugal were looking tasty with the ebullient Eusebio (pictured left in red) scoring for fun. While the Germans remained chilled, the Soviets weren’t exactly slacking and starved the Hungarians in a 2-1 win.

Argentina adopted a different approach, bullying their way through to the last eight. If it wasn’t the opposition, it was the officials who suffered intimidation. Unfortunately for them, when the Argies took on England they came up against two stubborn midgets! Firstly, wearing No. 6, Norbert Stiles usually kicked anything that moved! Secondly, German referee, Rudy Kreitlein looked totally disinterested with his appointment. At this time of the year he’d usually be sunning himself on a Spanish Costa but instead had to endure a constant barrage of complaints and moaning - word had it that he said it was just like being at home with the missus when the garden needed doing! records

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At the age of 12, I was a football mad kid, who like many others, only remembered big names and goalscorers. The ’66 World Cup was the first real showpiece event in my life. There had been Cup Finals on TV and a few jaunts to Fulham, Brentford or West Ham, but there was a real buzz about the fact that England were hosting the most prestigious tournament in the world.

My memory recalls there being little or no hype about England’s chances in the preceding months and the name ‘Alf Ramsey’ attracted little attention, even in newspapers.

The drab opening ceremony, which was reminiscent of some sort of military parade without the artillery, was in desperate need of a choreographer and its after-effects rubbed off on the teams. England & Uruguay played out a bore-draw where both sides were lucky to get nil. As usual the Germans opened with intent, spanking the Swiss 5-0 and notable winners in the other groups included Italy, the Soviets and of course, Brazil.

In the next game the hosts came up against a mob whose day time jobs probably included mowing lawns! After half an hour they were fancying their chances of a place in a possible lottery draw if teams were tied. Step up to the plate, one Bobby Charlton!

His blistering 35 yard strike shattered the Mexican plot and when Hunt added a second they threw in their poncho’s!

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History records the dismissal of Antonio Rattin at 35 minutes, but in reality it should have been much sooner! Geoff Hurst’s glancing header has remained long in my memory because when it came to a choice of viewing, there wasn’t one!

Both TV channels (yes, there were only two in those days) opted to screen the England game followed by highlights of the other games.

At Goodison Park, one wondered if the North Koreans had too many E numbers in their diets as they led Eusebio’s men 3-0, but a couple of cans of Red Bull roused the Portuguese and they became the hosts next hurdle. The Germans were still looking ominous after impressively flattening Uruguay 4-0 in a game that saw English ref, Jim Finney send off two South Americans in a 5 minute spell.

Arguably, England’s toughest test took place at Wembley on a balmy night but Bobby Charlton’s boot opened the scoring after half an hour. A second with only 10 minutes left sealed it despite Eusebio’s penalty sparking late panic. Alf’s boys held out to secure a date

with the Germans who probably condemned the Russian team to a long holiday in Siberia.

Not wanting to bore you further, but the rest is history. If you’re a sucker for a fairy tale ending and can stand the music, take a look at what unfolded on July 30th, 1966 on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mx3AecF3ImI

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She is not wrong, on my last visit to the nursery

I discovered their range of mixed coloured pots of ‘Million Bells’ and Verbena. What bright, beautiful colours they were.

Emily was keen to show me their range of ‘Pinks’, wow, what a delightful aroma they have.

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N6036 was also short of fuel and landed at Bircham Newton but overshot the landing strip and ran through a hedge, fortunately without injury and too much damage. Others landed safely at Waterbeach and Honington, although the latters tailwheel doors had been ripped off.

While all this was happening, Flight Sergeant B.K. Madgwick was gently nursing his aircraft, N6033, towards the safety of home. Due to flak damage, his navigation instruments and wireless had been rendered useless and the aircraft was icing up badly. Looking for Oakington seemed impossible but in actual fact, they had flown right over the airfield and were now heading towards Northampton. With Oakington unable to contact them and their fuel gauges reading zero, things were looking serious. The flight engineer, W.H. Robinson juggled the balance cocks trying to save small amounts of fuel that remained in the tanks.

Madgwick tried to get the aircraft on an even keel as early auto-pilot systems were unreliable.

When the fuel pressure lights started to glow red, he checked as well as he could that they were clear of any towns and gave the order to bail out. Unknown to them they were approximately east of Northampton, somewhere between Billing and Moulton.

While descending, Robinson saw the aircraft bank to the left then straighten up but it was slowly losing altitude. He finally lost sight of it as it merged with the dark background, then a few seconds later came a flash as the aircraft crashed and to his horror he saw it had come down in the town. Although it was said that he originated from the area, in truth, Robinson probably didn’t recognise it as Northampton.

Apparently, the plane came in over Jimmy’s End, dead in line with Gold Street, getting lower and lower until it hit Burtons, scraping its way past the Grand Hotel, the left wing demolishing buildings in College Street.

Nightmare on Gold Street Take a walk in town. Go up Gold Street towards All Saints’ Church and everything appears normal enough, just like any other main street around the town centre. There is nothing to make you suddenly stop and ask yourself ‘what is that and how did it happen?’ If you approach the Grand Hotel, take a look up at the window sills and the brickwork and you may notice slight damage and chipping. Was it caused by a careless builder or a clumsy scaffolder? . . . .

July 14th & 15th, 1941, R.A.F. Oakington in Cambridgeshire: Six crews of No.7 squadron, flying Short Stirling Mk 1 bombers were briefed to bomb Hannover in Germany. Their bomb load counted over 100 including about forty incendiaries. After take-off they were briefed to rendezvous with a main force of 67 Wellington’s, 33 Hampden’s and 30 Halifax’s.

At the time, Hannover was heavily defended and several of the Stirlings were damaged by flak. The return journey became a nightmare with storms and strong headwinds causing the aircraft to use more fuel than had been anticipated. The Stirlings were being penalised for an Air Ministry ruling that their wing span should not exceed 100 feet, so that they could fit into existing hangars. As a result, the aircraft struggled to exceed 16,000 feet so were unable to climb above the bad weather conditions.

Stirling N6022 had two engines shot out and with its third engine misfiring, planned to ditch in the sea but managed to make the coast, south east of Norwich. The aircraft eventually crashed at 03.40 hours near Newton Flotman.

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The rest of the aircraft, or what was left of it, finally came to rest alongside All Saints’ Church in Mercer’s Row (pictured right). Amongst the wreckage lay two unexploded 500 pound bombs that were later removed by R.A.F. disposal experts.

Robinson came down safely in Abington Park and was picked up by police, who wanted to take him to hospital. He assured them that he was fine and requested they take him to the crash site. He was concerned about the damage it might have caused and on arrival he was shocked to see many bodies strewn around Gold Street! Thankfully, they turned out to be tailors’ dummies from Burtons. It was extremely fortunate that the crash happened at 04.15 hours in the morning when there was hardly anyone about.

Operational Records taken from No.7 Squadron say that the Chief Constable of Northampton, John Williamson, phoned Oakington in complaint saying “I can’t have this!” In reality, only one civilian was injured, a Mr. E. Gross who fell off his bicycle as he was returning from

work and suffered a broken leg plus a badly gashed head.

Tragically, when Madgwick, the pilot bailed out, he somehow slipped out of his harness. As was habit with many pilots, it is thought that he may have loosened his straps to become more comfortable when sitting at the controls and forgot to readjust them prior to jumping. He fell to his death, coming down on Kingsthorpe recreation ground. His parachute was found one and a half miles away.

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6. What was your proudest moment in professional sport?

It would definitely be winning the T20 with the Steelbacks in 2013.

We were massive underdogs but played some incredible cricket and it was the first trophy Northants had won in 21 years. I’m really proud to have been part of that team.

7. I hear you’re a bit of a musician. Pray tell . . .

I love music and spend a lot of my down time playing the guitar and singing. Back in 2007, I started jamming with a couple of local musicians and eventually we started a band called Juliet The Sun. We had a great time and in 2009 we released a single, Time For Heroes, that did okay and we did a UK tour - it was some of the best days of my life. Although we disbanded, I still love to play.

8. In your view, is there any special talent currently coming through at the county?

This year we have some very talented young players in our squad but one of our Academy lads, Harry Adair, has really impressed me. I’ve only seen him play on a couple of occasions but he’s definitely one to look out for in the future.

9. How do you see the new season shaping up?

Can the county be a force?

I genuinely believe we can be. We’re looking to be competitive in all competitions but I definitely see us being strong in the shorter formats again.

We have a team full of match winners and that’s what’s required in white ball cricket. The challenge will be keeping everyone fit but we have a great backroom staff to help us with that.

10. Have you any plans for life after cricket?

Good question! I do as much as I can off the field to give myself the experience and skills I’ll need when I finish playing the game. I am involved with a digital media agency, Mau Media, which is very exciting. We’re lucky to work with some very cool, and very big clients. I love trying to help businesses build their brand and connect on a deeper, emotional level with their customers - it’s great to be a part of.

Steven Crook . . . the Northants all-rounder . . .

1. Tell us about your path into professional cricket?

Playing in England happened by chance really. I grew up in South Australia and was part of the youth and academy system there. I came to play league cricket in Huddersfield and was approached

by Lancashire for a trial. It went well and I was offered a contract straight away. It was a dream come true to be a professional cricketer.

2. You must have an all-time cricketing hero?

I love Shoaib Akhtar because he was box office.

Long run up, sprinting into the crease and launching the ball down the wicket as fast as he could. I love anyone who either smashes the ball miles or bowls quick. I find that really entertaining!

3. You’ve had your fair share of injuries. Is this down to being an all rounder?

I think it’s just the nature of playing sport as you put your body through so much force and so many unnatural movements. Injuries are hard to accept, particularly when you’ve done everything you can to prevent it. Dealing with the ups and downs of sport is a massive mental battle at times.

4. How did the move back to Northampton come about?

I was in and out of the Lancashire first team and getting pretty frustrated because I felt ready for a run in the team but we had a great squad so it was proving difficult. I got a phone call out of the blue from Kepler Wessels, who was manager at the time, asking if I wanted to be a Steelback.

That was in the middle of 2005 and I jumped at the chance. Since then, I’ve loved every minute playing for Northamptonshire.

5. I hear you get involved with charities. Can you tell us why and who they are?

In 2015, I started a fundraising initiative called Runs4Funds. The aim is to use cricket to raise money to help local, Northamptonshire people, to improve their lives. This year we’re supporting a local charity called Thomas’s Fund - who provide music therapy for terminally ill children - and all the money we raise will go straight to them. All the details of how you can get involved are on runs4funds.org and any support people might be able to give would be incredible.

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Drain the pasta well and add it to the pan. Add the lemon zest and juice, capers and rocket, then season and toss well before cooking for another 1-2 minutes. Ladle into shallow bowls, crumble over the feta and serve with extra lemon zest for sprinkling over.

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“Creamy Nutmeg” and “Ardwick Cinnamon” for those foodies amongst you, although you cannot eat them they will make your taste buds water from their scents alone.

Mix in your scented leaf Pelargoniums with some flowering summer bedding, planting the scented leaf round the edge of the pot, so when you brush past them they release their scents for you. Place these pots either side of your front door so as you come home after work each day & brush past them they welcome you home with their delicious aroma.

Coloured leaf (variegated) plants can enhance your pots display. Coordinate the colour of the leaves with the colour of your flowering plants or chose contrasting colours to really lift your display.

Here at Cramden Nursery we grow a selection of coloured leaf Pelargoniums. You’ll find “Frank Hedley” that has white and green leaves and single salmon flowers & “Mrs Pollock” showing off her tri-coloured leaves of red, green and yellow under single orange flowers. Not forgetting “Vancouver” with its lime green edged leaves that boasts bronze centres and single orange-red spiky flowers. last but by no means least we offer “Retahs Crystal” with her cream and green leaves and soft baby pink semi double flowers, match her up with pinks or purples and she looks stunning.

The colour combinations between flowers and foliage are wonderfully endless.

Have fun choosing your colour schemes this summer for your pots. If you have any questions or would like some advice on planting up your pots then drop into the nursery, we are here to help.

Your pots can be so much more than just “Flower Power”, don’t get me wrong here at Cramden Nursery we are well known for our love of flowers.

In fact we grow over 55,000 beautiful flowering Pelargoniums (aka Geraniums) every year. And I ‘m not suggesting to ditch the flowers but to add to them and enhance them with great foliage colours, shapes and scents this summer.

Plant pots are an effective way of brightening up any patio. Or, when placed either side of your front door, they can welcome you home at the end of the day. Fill them with summer flowering bedding plants such as Pelargoniums (aka Geraniums) or try Verbenna or Calibracoha (Million Bells) and they will bring that summer feel to any home.

When planning your pots don’t just think about the colour combination, how about adding height, scent and foliage colour to your pots?

A tall specimen plant in the centre or towards the rear of the pot will make a great feature. Here at Cramden Nursery we grow Antik Pelargoniums (aka climbing Geraniums), these tall growing varieties make up into impressive plants very quickly. They will need garden canes for support and will make a great focal point for your pot.

Why not plant Ivy Leaf trailing Pelargoniums around the edge of the pot or Calibrachoa. Both will tumble over the sides and soften the look of your planter.

How about adding some scented leaf Pelargoniums to your pots to add another dimension to your planting scheme. There are a wonderful selection of scents to choose from. How about a zesty “Orange Fizz” or a fresh citrus scent of “Citronella”.

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You may imagine that researching your family tree is about looking online these days. Whilst the internet makes it easier to get started, there is a wealth of information available locally.

Tucked away in an unassuming building at Wootton Hall Park, Northampton, the Northamptonshire Records Office is home to thousands of documents going back up to 800 years. That’s a lot of information about the county and its residents – and the public can access the original documents for themselves.

For family historians, the Record Office can flesh out the stories that a simple family tree cannot show. So let’s look at some of the records that might help you trace the stories of your ancestors.

Wills The Record Office has the wills and probate records of local people going back as far as the 15th century.

Wills can help you confirm family connections – who left what goods to whom, for example. They can also give an insight into how the families were living because of the items and amounts of money listed in the will. It is so much richer to see this than to just have a date of death on a family tree!

Poor Law Records The poor had an official “home” parish, and from 1697 needed a Settlement Certificate to move to a different parish and receive relief there. A Removal Order could be issued to send them back to their home parish. Both of these can add detail to the story of your ancestors.

From 1834, workhouses became key to the way the poor were helped. Different Poor Law Unions kept records of those coming into and leaving the workhouses up to their abolition in 1930, so these records are rich with names.

Other Interesting Records Is there a story in your family that Great Uncle Tom avoided going to fight in World War One? The records of all the appeals about conscription are here, including any supporting paperwork such as letters from employers or neighbours.

Does nobody talk about what happened to your Grandmother’s sister? Perhaps the big secret is that she was committed to the County Lunatic Asylum. You can consult the admissions registers or case books for dates between 1876 and 1911. Perhaps a relative of yours is amongst the thousands of admissions recorded by Northampton General Hospital in the 19th century.

The Record Office has papers and photographs relating to locations all over the county. Might there be an old photograph of where you or your parents grew up or worked? Would you recognise the high street as it looked 60 or more years ago?

What about old images of the school that your children attend, or the church Sunday School?

A Helping Hand The Record Office is a fascinating resource, but it can be hard to know where to begin. Staff are on hand to help guide you through how to find the documents you are looking for, and even to help you make some sense of what you find in them. For more in depth questions, there’s a very reasonably priced research service that can take your family history to a deeper level, or provide the key to the next stage for you.

Of course, not every record still exists, and not every person in Northamptonshire will have had their name written down in a document. But when you hold in your hand a piece of paper from 150 years ago that tells you something you did not know about your family, it beats any bit of online research hands down.

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“Absolutely,” I said. The cafe was intimidating, with well over forty employees in line for their lunch, most engaging in geeky chatter. Since they were already familiar with the protocol, they moved around the cafe with ease while I stood in the queue, holding an empty tray. Stacy pointed to the different foods that were on offer there.

A few weeks ago, I went for a job interview at Google in London. I sat in the waiting room with one other applicant. He was about ten years older than me and judging by our clothes, it was clear that we were taking different approaches to this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

“Everything is always tasty and nutritious,” she said, more or less reciting everything I had heard about Google’s cafe verbatim. I decided to go for the Chinese cuisine and took a helping of General Tso’s Chicken with boiled rice. A chef asked me if I’d like some orange slices to go with it and I said “Yes please!” Once we’d finished lunch, Stacy and I took the lift to the fifth floor where the meeting with the entire team would take place. I followed her around a corner and through some large wooden doors.

He dressed professionally. Black suit, white shirt, striped tie. His shoes were polished and shone like the buckle on his belt whereas I dressed casually. Smart blue jeans, matching suede shoes, a brown collared sweater that hid the geeky maroon “Computer Wizard” t-shirt that I was using as an undershirt. I was trying to dress the part by wearing what I would if I got the job but sitting across from ‘Mr. Business Suit,’ I started wondering if I’d made a huge mistake.

For whatever reason, Mr. Business Suit hadn’t acknowledged my presence since I arrived. He sat cross-legged with a magazine in his lap, halfheartedly thumbing through it without looking up. He kept this up until the Resource Manager opened the door to the adjacent office and called his name. “Good luck,” I said. He nodded at me and followed the Resources Manager out of the room. I took pleasure noticing that the manager was wearing a sweater and jeans.

I stepped onto the boat and felt disoriented. I suddenly found myself on a sailboat with my father, in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, rocking violently in a horrendous thunderstorm. My dad was signaling for me to grab the lines near the bow, but before I could grab a hold of them a giant wave crashed into the broad side of the boat and knocked me overboard. Just before I hit the surface of the water, I woke up . . . . . . . I’m actually jobless! For the past month, I’ve been relentlessly applying to and interviewing for various local jobs with next to no success. As of last night, the job hunting process has permeated my subconscious mind to the point where I’m literally dreaming about it.

Now that I was the only applicant left in the room, I started reviewing the Portfolio I’d brought with me to the interview and imagined that I had at least ten minutes until it was my turn. I was therefore surprised when a petite woman entered the room and called my name: “Shaun?” “Hello “I replied. “I’m Stacy,” she said, extending her arm.

I stood up, tucked the Portfolio under my arm, and shook her hand. “Shaun Boyle. How do you do?”

“Just fine, thanks. I have good news for you.” She replied. “Oh? What’s that?” “Your application has been fast-tracked to a second stage interview. I’ll be giving you a quick tour of our facility, and then I’ll introduce you to the team that’s interested in your background.” “Oh my, that is good news,” I said through a huge smile. “How exciting!”

What I experienced in my dream was so vivid that I felt compelled to share it. No, it never happened.

No, it’s not an accurate representation of the application and interview process at Google. It is, however, more interesting than my recent experiences in the real world!

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The largest number of convicts ever to escape simultaneously from a maximum security prison is 124 and the proud record holder of this amazing feat is the Alcoente Prison near Lisbon.

During the weeks leading up to the escape, the prison warders had noticed that attendances had fallen at film shows which oddly enough, included ‘The Great Escape’ and also that 220 knives and a huge quantity of electric cable had disappeared. One guard conceded that they were planning to look for the missing items but never got round to it! The warders hadn’t even noticed some gaping holes in the wall because they were covered with posters. Nor did they detect the large quantities of spades, chisels, water hoses and electric drills that had been amassed by the inmates.

The night before the breakout one guard had noticed that of the 36 prisoners in his block only 13 were present. He later claimed this was ‘normal’ because inmates sometimes missed roll-call or hid, but usually turned up for

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Apparently, recent studies prove that exposure to sci-fi films and TV programmes have made older adults less sceptical of the ever increasing volume of robots being employed in todays world. Portrayals of robots like R2D2, RoboCop and my favourite, the T-800 (Terminator) in popular films have softened our attitudes towards adoption of these artificial workhorses.

One such invention that would be an instant asset to our overstretched hospitals is currently zooming around the hallways of the new University of California, San Francisco hospital situated in Mission Bay. The Ethon TUG robot looks a bit like R2D2 and drags a platform around behind it. The hospital employs a team of 27 of them! Instead of drones, think of them more as little flatbed trucks, ferrying carts of stuff around the vast hospital complex - food, linens, medications, medical waste and garbage . . . . and they do it more efficiently than humans!

At the helm of these mechanised marvels is Dan Henroid, who is also director of nutrition and food services for the UCSF Medical Centre.

On average, each ‘Tug’ travels about 35 miles a day and over the past year, they have made more than 157,000 trips through the hospital.

Although it was claimed that no one in the hospital had lost their job to a robot, the UCSF did admit that the Tugs allowed them to hire about 30 fewer workers over the year including extra staff usually needed for holiday cover.

Mr. Henroid’s view came from a slightly different angle as he claimed that the robots were simply carting things from one point to another, which is something most humans would not find particularly rewarding. In years to come this will almost certainly become a norm in all of our hospitals. I for one would welcome it, but then I could never resist the Tugs cousin, R2D2 in the 1983 classic ‘Return of the Jedi’.

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Local Football Update

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There was dancing in the street at Billing Road as ON Chenecks celebrated promotion to the top flight of UCL football for the first time in their history.

Promotion was secured with a game to spare as Chenecks sealed second place in Division One with a comfortable 5-0 win over basement hosts Burton PW, in difficult conditions at Latimer Park.

Top scorer Ben Lewington gave them a 25th minute lead and two quick-fire goals late in the half wrapped up the win. Adam Spalding scored on 41 minutes, with Lewington making it three a minute later. Lewington completed his hat trick after 58 minutes and was joined on the scoresheet by his brother, Joe two minutes from time when the Chenecks skipper netted from the penalty spot.

On the final day a comfortable success at Rushden & Higham saw Chenecks sign off their time in Division One with a 3-0 victory.

Sam Watkins gave Chenecks the lead seven minutes in, with Ben Lewington’s 24th goal of the season doubling the visiting advantage five minutes before the break.

The scoring was completed by Simon Underwood nine minutes into the second half. Graham Cottle’s men finished the season in second place, 6 points ahead of third placed Stewarts & Lloyds Corby, but a massive 21 points behind run away champions, Peterborough Sports, who completed their campaign just one point shy of 100 points.

There was also joy at Northampton Sileby Rangers, who secured a third season in the top flight after a strong run in, which saw the Fernie Fields club win five and draw one of their last eight games to pull clear of the relegation zone. Sileby, who finished in 19th place, 6 points clear of Wellingborough Town, and 12 clear of the bottom two sides, completed their campaign with a 3-2 home success over Peterborough Northern Star after a second half comeback. Brian Farrell’s 22nd goal of the season gave Rangers a great start but they were pegged back by a Jezz Goldson-Williams reply after 10 minutes and then Craig Smith put the visitors ahead 5 minutes before the break. A 65th minute

Action from Harborough v Spencer by Paul Kingston

Dominic Okanu goal levelled the scores and the home side turned one point into three with Ife Ogunbayo’s effort a quarter of an hour from time.

On the other side of Town there was very sad news as one of the town’s most established clubs Northampton Spencer signed off 80 years of history with a final day 4-0 defeat at much improved Harborough Town. This wasn’t the way Spencer wanted 38 years of UCL football to end, but they were swept aside by the Bees in their successful pursuit of a top half finish. Alex McMillan gave Harborough the lead after 22 minutes. Barnes Gladman and a Jordan Crawford brace completed the scoring. The Millers’ final home match in UCL football, was the local derby with Sileby Rangers.

Sileby’s need to preserve their top flight status gave them added incentive and a 73rd minute goal from Ife Ogunbayo sealed a vital victory in their battle to beat the drop. In the first period Spencer’s Matt Long shot over after Corey McGovern spilled an Alex Lowery header and Sean McBride was inches wide with a volley. Sileby missed a chance to double their lead late on when Brian Farrell was brought down by Liam Tuck, but Farrell’s spot kick was saved by Aaron Lee in the home goal.

Despite the disappointment of the clubs’ demise, manager, Ben Stone can be proud of his excellent work that helped secure a mid-table finish in the Premier Division. With several key committee men relinquishing their roles after over 30 years service, the club was left in a precarious position.

Various pleas for assistance fell on death ears resulting in the club having no alternative than to lock its gates for the final time.

Northampton Spencer Football Club is another shining example of individuals not wanting to give up their spare time for grass roots football.

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The centre will be open on Friday evenings for social get-togethers, once again open to all. Come along for a drink, a chat or to play some games.

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Their 400 metre track is one of the largest indoor karting centres in the country and has average lap times of around 30 seconds. There are sweeping bends, tight hairpins and the new hammer head.

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We have been extremely busy on Bradlaugh Fields over the past couple of months.

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Young people aged between 14-18 years plus and their leaders did a fantastic job on the park. Michael Ellis MP for the Northampton North came too.

Barclaycard also made a visit to the park and did a fantastic job of clearing out the Caddy Pond and lining it, so we can give a home back to the wildlife

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Royal Pubs, Pumps & Bells . . . . . . . . . in Kingsthorpe make interesting discoveries.

The public house along the Harborough Road, now known as the Frog & Fiddler, was formerly The Old Five Bells but how and why that original name ?

nearby Hall (still standing), were responsible for the construction of the King William IV pub in it’s present form, prior to which Mrs Rebecca Parbery was paying rent of £3 & 3 shillings for a cottage (lnn) and other premises, in addition to £16 for a dwelling, orchard and other land in what is known as Green End. Rebecca is shown in the 1871 census as the Beer House Keeper, living at the King William IV pub (pictured below). A long succession of landlords have followed but today visitors can still sit down, or prop up the bar, to enjoy fine ales and good food.

It seems that before 1911, the parish church of St. John the Baptist had a ring of five bells, the sounds of which could be heard for miles around, every Sunday thus inspiring the brewery to reflect the fact in selecting the pub’s title.

Kingsthorpe village traces it’s origins back to early medieval times, with a parish church and a collection of small farmsteads. Alehouses and taverns were important premises and used not just for refreshment, mostly brewed on the premises but as meeting places for the transaction of local commerce and other community needs. During the l8th and 19th centuries, the village expanded considerably. The Thornton family, who lived in the 55

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Tony Horner, a local historian who has kindly allowed me to quote from his researches, can trace his family links to the pub when his own father married into the Parbery family in 1929.

Situated at the junction of Knight’s Lane with Manor Road, sits the 18th century Queen Adelaide (pictured above).

This pub is certainly one of the oldest pubs for miles around, with many of the original fittings (don’t get alarmed, the loos are modern!). A curiosity on display is a row of beer pumps that probably date back to the Victorian era, complete with tap connections. It is not known if these originated in this pub.

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So where does King William and his wife, Adelaide come into the picture? As Tony Horner explained, the 1830 Beer Act, enacted during the King’s reign, rebated the tax on that beverage and thus it was that up and down the country, publicans celebrated this Act of Parliament by honouring the names of Good King Billy and his wife but it was probably just as well that they didn’t mention Mrs Jordan, the long suffering mistress of the King and mother of his many children!!

Pub landlord, Paul Barton, very helpfully showed me some illustrations of the pub’s known history during a recent visit. Today, the pub is the proud winner of the Pub Of The Year award, 2015 and deservedly so for a fine array of guest beers which are highly thought of by the Campaign For Real Ale. The Queen Adelaide is a welcoming place

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News of Eastfield Park

In the February-March edition of this magazine I wrote about possible new all-season pathways for Eastfield Park and the survey being conducted by the Friends of Eastfield Park (FoEP) to discover public attitudes towards the various possibilities. That survey is now closed and I am busy collating results prior to writing a report for the Park’s Management Committee.

Altogether, 133 responses were received: 73 online via SurveyMonkey and 60 as paper copies or email attachments. An overwhelming 74% of those responding thought that it was a good idea to create additional paths, more or less as shown on the map accompanying the survey; 6% thought that no paths should be constructed while another 6% considered that the proposals did not go far enough and that even more paths should be provided. The remaining responses favoured only some of the suggested pathways or else suggested alternative routes.

Although there is substantial support for additional pathways in general, and each of the suggested routes in particular, all comments will be taken into account when producing the report.

The concerns of those who object to pathways, or who suggested alternative routes, will be discussed and, as far as possible, addressed.

For example, one respondent who supported the general idea of new pathways requested a loop off Mallard Walk, by-passing the lake, because she felt intimidated by men hanging around the lake area. The Park Ranger and FoEP had already identified the path area by the lake as a ‘hot spot’ for vandalism and antisocial activity but it unlikely that we would be able to secure funds for a pathway that duplicated

by Vic Smith (FoEP)

an existing route. Instead, the vandalised seat by the lake will not be replaced and dog and litter bins will be relocated elsewhere in the Park. More significantly, we have agreed that bushes, scrub and low branches on the trees on the slope leading away from the lake can be removed, opening up the area to wider view and, hopefully, making it safer. This work will, however, require voluntary effort to see it accomplished and anybody willing to give a few hours to this work is invited to contact me via the FoEP website or Facebook page.

Work on the new Eastfield Park Junior Play Area should have started before the publication of this article. Since the NBC/FoEP joint bid for additional funding from the Veolia Environmental Trust was unsuccessful we have had to opt for the cheaper version of the play area. The size of this play area will be the same as for the more expensive option but it will container fewer and smaller pieces of apparatus. Space will be left for three more items and we are currently working on a Tesco Community Grant application to fund these items. We intend surrounding the play area with a garden and a group of volunteers from Business & Industry have already expressed interest in helping. As always, volunteers from the local community are also welcome to help out.

My own personal project of photographing animals and plants in the Park continues. I was particularly pleased with my picture of a tree bumblebee (Bombus hypnorum) taken at the end of March. This species was not recorded in Britain until 2001 but is now widespread.

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