April 2015 - Loughborough Community Eye

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ISSUE 18 - APRIL 2015

COMMUNITY EYE THE GAS SUPERSTORE Opens New Showroom

IN THE GARDEN WITH BEL

Colourful Patio Pots

MODEL MAKER WANTED! Carillon Tower & War Memorial Museum

URGENT NEED FOR NEW VOLUNTEERS Leicestershire, Derbyshire & Rutland Air Ambulance

LOUGHBOROUGH LOCAL STUDIES GROUP Do You Have Any Information To Add To The Exhibition?

BEAUMANOR HALL & ENIGMA

A Talk By Dr Mark Baldwin For The Friends Of Charnwood Forest

LOUGHBOROUGH RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB Latest Match Update

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WELCOME TO YOUR APRIL COMMUNITY EYE MAGAZINE It’s hard to believe spring is here as it seems to have arrived very suddenly, however it’s very welcome and I’m enjoying seeing the Bluebells start to flower as they have to be my favourite flower of all. Maybe it’s because my mother was walking in the Bluebells in Loughborough’s Outwoods just before I was born.

Bel has a lovely spring article and it’s certainly inspired me to go and visit my local garden centre and have a look at the amazing array of plants for my summer pots and hanging baskets.

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Once the garden is looking neat and beautiful it’s time to tackle the spring clean inside. This month we’ve some handy tips for getting your house sparkling clean without having to go out and buy expensive cleaning products.

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SKY DIVING WISH WARRIORS RAISE £13,500 FOR ALEX’S WISH A team of 17 took to the skies to take part in a Tandem Sky Dive on Sunday, 8th March in aid of Alex’s Wish at Langar Airfield, British Parachute School in Nottingham.

With poor weather conditions, it was looking unlikely to go ahead but after many hours waiting leading to anticipation and excitement, weather conditions picked up and the divers started their thrill ride at 3pm.

At a height of 13,000 feet – free falling to start with for 30 seconds reaching speeds of up to 120 mph! This was not for the faint hearted. Some of our divers hated heights and flying so this was a massive challenge for them.

It all started when one of Alex’s teachers from Rothley C of E Primary School decided to do the challenge for her 30th birthday. Alex’s Wish, organisers of the event, decided to ask around to see if anyone else fancied doing it too, and was completely astounded to find so many people up for the challenge and urged Emma Hallam, mum to Alex to take the challenge on too.

All 17 divers completed their Sky Dive that day raising an incredible £13,500 for research into Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy to bring about new treatments for all boys living with the condition.

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Emma Hallam says “It was one of the most exciting and nervewracking experiences you could possibly do, to see the plane doors opening and people jumping out just felt hideous.

But once you had jumped the free fall was exhilarating almost like an out of body experience, you just can’t put it into words.

But I would definitely like to do it again.”

“We would like to thank them individually for their amazing efforts they are true Wish Warriors – so well done to Katie Hoskins, Donna Brenchley, Dave Allen, Annalee Toon, Tanya Hogan, Neil Moonaghan, Craig Robson, Sarah Hyde, Angela Roberts, Stephanie Monks, Daniel Brookes, Kimberley Sallis, Jennifer Nursiash, Will Watts, Nicola Adams and Wayne Harrold.”

Alex’s Wish is organising more Sky Dives in the future, so if you would like to take part (£50 deposit plus £500 minimum sponsored required), please get in touch with Emma at emma@ alexswish.co.uk or visit their website at www.alexswish.co.uk

You may have seen our distinctive helicopters in the skies above, flying critically wounded patients to hospital in record time in order to save their lives. As the Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Rutland Air Ambulance, indeed, all of the Charity`s aircraft and Staff have no Government funding, we on the ground have to raise sufficient funds to keep our highly-trained medics and fast helicopters in the air.

The Charnwood Supporters Group is in urgent need of new Volunteers to help out in raising money locally – we do bucket collections at events, attend shows in the area (and have fun!).

If you could spare a few hours of you time to swell our numbers, we would welcome you at our monthly meetings on the last Tuesday of the month at 7pm at the Thorpe Acre Scout Hut Loughborough LE11 4LF, or find out more by calling Head Office on: 0845130999 or by emailing Enquiries@theairambulance service.org.uk

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LOCAL NEWS

Beaumanor Hall And Enigma A talk by Dr Mark Baldwin For the Friends of Charnwood Forest At Woodhouse Eaves Village Hall on Monday 27th April at 7.30 p.m.

Mark Baldwin has been involved in talks, publications and shows on various subjects related to Bletchley Park and the codebreakers there, including the Enigma machine, for many years. Beaumanor Hall was a listening post for Bletchley Park.

His most recent publication is The Enigma Machine,The Battle of the Atlantic and Bletchley Park. He also organizes tours and shows on related subjects including The Secret War. All are welcome.

Members attend free. Visitors pay £3 including refreshments.

Further information - Peter Bertram 01162100572 or www.focf.org.uk

LOUGHBOROUGH LOCAL STUDIES GROUP

The Local Studies Group is based at the Library Granby Street, we are a small group of volunteers.

Whilst the headlines of the 20142015 season will be made by the Loughborough Senior Men’s XV’s loss of Level 7 status in the RFU League structure for the first time in fifteen years with relegation from Midlands Division 2 East (North) elsewhere in the club the positive signs of a bright future are there to see.

At our last meeting it was decided that the group would look at providing an Exhibition to acknowledge the contribution made to local history by Thomas Alfred Warbis through his sketches.

The sketches were featured in the Loughborough Echo 1950s to 70s. Alfred Warbis produced in excess of a 1000s sketches in Loughborough, Charnwood and the surrounding areas.

Following on from their runners up position in the RFU Championship the Loughborough Ladies Senior XV’s talent has been recognised with Captain Jess Robinson and Full Back Nina Vistien being chosen for the RFU Academy XV to face England Ladies Under 20’s.

As a group we are looking for any information that would add to the exhibition and also to advertise the exhibition which will available to view at the Library Granby Street June/July 2015.

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Loughborough Library Local Studies Volunteer Group Granby Street Loughborough LE11 3DZ Email: lllsvs@outlook.com Telephone: 0116 305 2420

For the Juniors the LRFC Under 13’s narrowly lost to Syston in the Leicestershire RFU County Cup Final.

Looking ahead to the future the Under 15’s have engaged opposition five leagues above their own senior XV’s status as National 1 League Darlington Mowden Park and champions elect Ealing Trailfinders on their visit to Loughborough to face the Loughborough Students RFC in league action have brought their Under 15 squads as support and faced the local youngsters prior to the main National League fixture, giving the Derby Road boys an indication of the standard of opposition these high flying clubs can provide.

In the Minis section success was forthcoming for a number in their own Loughborough Minis Tournament in March and they look forward to success in the Leicestershire RFU County Cup tournament in April.

At the other end of the age spectrum the Loughborough Vets XV are seeking success in their inaugural own ‘Beer Tap Charity’ tournament being staged at Derby Road in April.

But, in closing the last word has to go to the Loughborough RFC Under 12’s who on May 30th will be representing the Leicester Tigers in the ‘Parade of Champions’ before 82,000 spectators at Twickenham Stadium during half time of the Aviva Premiership Final. The trip being the prize for winning the Land Rover Premiership Cup at Oakham RFC in March. Defeating Tamworth RFC, Kesteven RFC and Lutterworth RFC in the group stages the youngsters showed the skills as they swept away local rivals South Leicester RFC in the Semi Finals and trounced Hinckley RFC by three tries to nil in the Final to set up the visit to Twickenham and have team member Ben Jones saying…

“We’re going to Twickenham now which feels amazing. I’ve been before but never on the pitch so it will be an incredible experience, the stadium will be full so the atmosphere should be brilliant, and I’m so proud of everyone for coming through”.

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WHAT IS LOUGHBOROUGH LOCAL STUDIES AND WHAT SERVICES DOES IT PROVIDE? Loughborough Local Studies is a collection of local and family history material. It contains over 5,000 books, as well as journals, maps, photographs, newspapers and local records. The collection is user-friendly and housed in its own reading room on the ground floor of the Public Library on Granby Street. Volunteers are available weekdays between 10 – 12am and 2 – 4pm. At other times Library staff will help visitors.

LOCAL NEWS

CARILLON TOWER & WAR MEMORIAL MUSEUM 1pm - 4.30pm Every day, except Monday - 01509 263370 - carillonmuseum@gmail.com - www.loughborough-rollofhonour.com UPDATE - WAS LOUGHBOROUGH BOMBED IN WW2?

CARILLON VANDALISED

In the March Edition I asked, “Was Loughborough bombed in WW2”, I understood that two bombs had dropped in Tuckers brick yard alongside Park Road but there appeared to be no evidence to support this. (There is no photo of Tuckers Pit on the internet?)

Unfortunately someone thought it acceptable to desecrate the memorial to those men of the town who fell in the two World Wars and other conflicts by ‘tagging’ the tower.

However Marigold Cleeve came to my rescue and supplied the following information, then went one better to list the aircraft losses in the area.

‘On 13 August 1941 four (not two) high-explosive bombs fell between Parklands Drive and Beacon Road at 12.55 am, causing slight damage to nine houses.

Casualties: 1 minor injury.’

She added, in addition another four high-explosive bombs also fell due south of Thorpe Acre between the village and what is now the New Ashby Road (date and damage not specified, so they probably fell on what was then still farmland and not, in those days regarded as part of Loughborough town).

However Ms Judy Ong directed me to two bomb craters one in Gorse Covert Wood and another in a small copse alongside Pear Tree Lane, she said there was another on the De Lisle estate but that it had been filled in and then my son pointed out that there is a fourth crater in the large field to the left of the road as you approach Kegworth. Are these the same Thorpe Acre bombs that Marigold is talking about?

Wartime reporting restrictions may have confused the matter and of course all the sites are close to Thorpe Acre.

The picture is of the large crater, you can see the size of it compared with my granddaughter, in the copse alongside Pear Tree Lane, the crater in the ploughed field is far less distinct as over the years it has been levelled out but can be seen on Google Earth.

On the same theme Mr Clarke of Quorn contacted me about a number of bombs the fell close to Quorn around the Woodhouse Road area. One thing this as highlighted is that there seemed to be a lot of indiscriminate dropping of bombs in WW2.

Shepshed was the unlucky recipient of 11 high-explosive bombs and a cluster of incendiary bombs (date not specified).

The source of this information was: Cartwright, Terence C. Birds Eye wartime Leicestershire 1939-1945.

Wigston: T.C.C. Publications, 2002.

(Loughborough Local Studies Library 942.54).

The booklet also contains details of aircraft crashes in the Leicestershire area in WW2 and the list includes the following for the Loughborough area:

17/11/39 Hawker Hart near Loughborough; no casualties 16/10/40 Tiger Moth Walton-on-the-Wolds; no casualties 14/11/40 Dornier DO17Z-3 near School, Burton-on-the-Wolds; 4 killed 23/02/41 Defiant near Walton-on-the-Wolds; no casualties 16/11/41 Oxford near Shepshed; no casualties 07/10/42 Wellington near Woodhouse Eaves; 5 killed 08/09/43 Lancaster near Wymeswold; 9 killed 03/10/43 Spitfire near Wymeswold; 1 killed, 1 injured 19/02/44 Boston Dishley Bridge, Derby Road, Loughborough; no casualties 23/04/44 Allied Aircraft Field opposite Prestwold wood yard; no casualties 25/09/43 Wellington near Walton-on-the-Wolds; 5 killed 28/10/44 Thunderbolt near Shepshed; 1 killed 17/01/45 Wellington near Walton-on-the-Wolds; 6 killed Do you have a souvenir taken from the crashed Dornier, know of any records of the bombing or any anecdotes of the incident involving the aircraft?

The incident was posted on our Facebook page and in just 24 hours it had been shared and seen by over 20,000 people. I just hope someone who recognises the ‘tag’ and knows the perpetrator points out the error of their ways, desecrating war memorials provokes a deep loathing in the vast majority of the

VOLUNTEERING Do you enjoy meeting and engaging with people? Do you have time on your hands? We are always looking for help with the museum, the public cannot access the upper rooms unless a volunteer is present so the volunteer Museum Guide’s role is vital.

public. Is it worth the shame that they will bring on their family?

Fortunately this is a very rare incident and let us hope that it is the last. The police have been informed.

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Do not worry that you know little about military memorabilia you will be amazed how quickly you begin to sound like expert on the subject and to start you will be paired up with an experience guide. Even if you cannot commit to a regular slot you might be able to help us out covering absences, holidays, sickness etc. Email us!

MODEL MAKER WANTED In the March Edition of the Carillon Chimes newsletter I asked if anyone could make 1:144 scale models of houses, Rows of terraced houses preferred. They are for a display to commemorate the Zeppelin raid to be held at the Charnwood Museum during January 2015.

We already have a 1:144 model Zeppelin and some figures, just need the buildings to give a sense of size.

Absolutely no response! So I am asking again. 1:144 is (I believe) the equivalent to ‘N’ gauge in the model railway world, no model railwayers out there?

German Helmet A Pickelhaube was a spiked helmet worn in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries by the German military, firefighters, and the police. Although typically associated with the Prussian army, the helmet was widely imitated by other armies during this period. Made of hardened (boiled) leather, given a glossy-black finish, and reinforced with metal trim.

During WW1 the Germans were the last of the belligerents to adopt a steel helmet, Beginning in 1916, the Pickelhaube was slowly replaced by a new German steel helmet (the Stahlhelm) intended to offer greater head protection from shell fragments. The German steel helmet decreased German head wound fatalities by 70%.

We have 3 in the collection.

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COLOURFUL PATIO POTS

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pring has well and truly sprung and summer is fast approaching. I’m busy helping clients with planting schemes, gardening advice and border rejuvenation all helped by the warm sunny weather we’ve been having. The nurseries and garden centres are brimming with lots of fresh plants to tempt us, but which ones are best for brightening up the patio in summer?

Nemesia

There are several ways to bring colour to areas around the house or patio and it doesn’t have to be all about deadheading high maintenance annuals! I love a pelargonium or two and I’m rather partial to trailing plants like Verbena so I create a few pots which are purely about the fresh vibrancy these bring and then the rest of my pots have a more long lasting planting to give colour all year.

ANNUALS FOR SUMMER POTS

Surfinias

If you’re looking for plants to give a blast of colour from June to September and you don’t mind a bit of maintenance then combinations which include Pelargoniums (Geraniums by another name), Fuchsias, Begonias, Nemesia and Busy Lizzies will fulfil your needs. These will generally give upright height in a pot which can be surrounded by trailers such as Verbena, Surfinias, Bacopa.

Given a good quality moisture retentive compost with a measure of Swell Gell and slow release fertiliser these will see you well in to

Autumn. These plants are generally tender annuals so once they get frosted they will need to be discarded and placed with autumn/ winter bedding plants.

PERENNIALS & GRASSES FOR SUMMER POTS

Perennials offer a more long-term solution, often looking good for several years before they need revamping or moving on into the garden. I have several pots which contain a mixture of perennials to give colour on and off all through the year. My favourites are the Hardy Gerberas and Hardy Osteospermum like O. ‘Tresco Purple’which will reliably flower from June onwards, rest during the winter and then start again the following spring.

With these I plant grasses like Carex ‘Evergold’, Ophiopogon nigrescens (the black grass) and Festuca ‘Elijah Blue’. These all give evergreen colour and texture. For the trailers I use Thyme or Ajuga (Bugle) for evergreen foliage and colourful flowers – usually available in the alpine section at the garden centre/nursery.

SHRUBS FOR SUMMER POTS

The perennial Wallflower – Erysimum is a fab plant for colour and it flowers for such a long time with no need for tricky deadheading. E. ‘Bowles Mauve’ is rightly a firm favourite amongst gardeners with its bright mauve flower spikes and glaucous evergreen foliage. One trim after it has finished flowering and that’s it. Erysimum come in lots of

colours so there’s yellow, orange, deep red and pinky-apricot versions to try too.

Lavender is a must for any garden and it survives very well in pots.

Many gardeners struggle to grow it in our region due to our heavy soil, but in a pot with free-draining compost it will thrive (use John Innes no.2 available from garden centres/nurseries). Good varieties for pots include ‘Munstead’ and ‘Hidcote’ which are both traditional English varieties, or you could try French lavender varieties with their flirtatious butterfly tops.

Phormiums are back in fashion and rightly so with their striking foliage and grand stature. Used on their own in a pot or surrounded by smaller grasses they will provide colour all year round. Or combine them with bold annuals like begonias for a tropical look.

For my tips on how to plant up pots and hanging baskets take a look at the article from June 2014 on my website www.belgrierson.co.uk/ publications. I’m busy creating a wildlife friendly garden for clients at the moment, so next month I’ll be looking at the best ways to attract bees, butterflies, insects and birds.

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Article & Photographs By - Paul Taylor & Sarah Taylor Situated just 2 miles from East Midlands Airport, Donington Park is unique. Probably best known in recent years for music festivals and motor cycle racing, its’ car racing heritage lives on.

Spring sees the start of Donington’s motor racing season, and we went along to the official launch of the 2015 MSA Dunlop British Touring Car Championship. Over the past couple of years many of you may have seen the cut-and-thrust close competition of the Touring Cars on ITV 4, but there is nothing to match seeing the cars in action and up-close, driven to the limit around the hilly and winding Donington Park circuit.

Part of the appeal is seeing the cars we drive every day (such as VW, Audi, BMW, Toyota, Honda and Ford), battle it out on-track. OK, these particular cars are race prepared, but they look pretty much the same, but emblazoned with the names of well-known sponsors. One new manufacturer to grace the tracks this year is luxury brand Infiniti- it will be interesting to see how they fare against the likes of top-end marques Mercedes and BMW, and “budget” manufacturers Proton and MG.

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Like any other sport it has heroes and villains- amongst them are defending champion Colin Turkington, Midlander and 2013 Champion Andrew Jordan, stalwart Jason Plato, and “Flash” Gordon Sedden. Whilst Colin, Andrew and Gordon are known for their smooth, clean style of driving, Jason is notorious for his relentless and sometimes hard-hitting antics.

Amongst the 32 drivers signed up for the 2015 series are 5 previous champions, and no less than 7 “rookies” competing in Touring Cars for the first time.

These include Nic Hamilton, brother of reigning F1 World Champion Lewis. He is the first disabled driver to drive in the series, but has got here through ability, after successful seasons in club formulas such as the Renault Clio Cup. At the press conference he told us that just 5 years ago he was restricted to a wheelchair, but now able to walk again he wants to inspire people to overcome all kinds of disabilityhe sees himself as the first motor sport para-olympian! Although he will line up in just 5 rounds this year, a full season of competition is planned for 2016.

After the press conference we ventured outside to see the cars unveiled one by one, as the press entourage moved down the pit lane to photograph the dazzling machinery. All 32 cars then moved to the track for a promotional photograph. An awesome roar filled the air as their engines burst into life for the obligatory few laps of the circuit, the cars following closely behind a 4x4 that had a film crew dangling precariously from the open tailgate! The sound was fantastic, guaranteed to set the spine tingling of anyone with just a passing interest in motoring or motorsport.

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This season, there are 3 motor racing constructor teams battling against 6 manufacturer backed outfits, and several smaller independent teams. With racing budgets running into hundreds of thousands of pounds it is important to get your car (and sponsor) noticed, so eye-catching paintwork is vital, adding to the racing spectacle.

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The race-track events (which even include truck racing) are interspersed with other attractions, such as the previously mentioned music festivals, and regular Sunday markets. There is also Tom’s ever growing Grand Prix Exhibition of historic racing cars.

Further details can be found on the website www.donington-park.co.uk and for Touring Cars www.btcc.net

A BRIEF HISTORY OF DONINGTON PARK

Donington Park started life as a motorsport venue in 1931.

In 1971 it was purchased by local businessman Tom Wheatcroft, and it has played host to the British Motorcycle Grand Prix (1987), and the Formula 1 European Grand Prix (1993), with racing legends Barry Sheene and Ayrton Senna gracing the track. His investment programme continues, ensuring world-class standards are maintained.

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Later, the afternoon testing session was an opportunity to see the cars in action, hitting full speed along the straight, before bouncing over the curb as they found the tightest of lines around Redgate Curve. The growing enthusiasm for Touring Cars was confirmed by the hundreds of fans who had come along on a cold March afternoon to witness the birth of another season of racing.

The Team BMR VW Passats driven by Plato and Turkington set the fastest lap times of the day, followed closely by second season racer Aiden Moffat in a Mercedes A Class. To prove the championship is unlikely to be dominated by one team or make of car, the 10th fastest lap was under a second slower than Jason’s quickest time. No processional races in Touring Car land!

The 30-40,000 die-hard BTCC fans go racing in all weathers, but I hope the weather gods smile on Donington this year.

Only 20 minutes’ drive from Coalville, it is a convenient and enjoyable way to spend a Sunday or complete weekend.

Racing starts late March, with the Superbikes here Easter weekend, and the Touring Cars returning 18 and 19 April.

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t’s the time of year where the sun starts shining through the windows highlighting how much grime has built up over winter! If you’re anything like me you’ll have a bucket of various cleaning products all promising great results but I’ve been doing a little research and apparently I only need 3 things to bring my house back from the winter blues!

BICARBONATE OF SODA • Bicarb on a damp sponge removes grease easily from stove, back splash etc.

• Also works great for carpet deodorising, just sprinkle onto carpet before going to bed and vacuum in the morning.

• Better than any cleaner for cleaning baths and sinks.

• Also for keeping pipes clean under the sink - pour about one quarter cup of baking soda down the drain with about 1 cup of vinegar, this makes a chemical reaction, then pour some hot water down the drain.

• To minimise odours in your fridge, remove top from box of baking soda and place it on one of the shelves. From time to time stir contents.

• To clean a scummy showerhead, pour 1/2 cup baking soda and 1 cup white distilled vinegar into a sandwich bag and tie it around the showerhead. Let this set for an hour after the bubbling has stopped. Remove the bag and then turn on the water.

WHITE VINEGAR (do not use on Marble and check on a small area out of sight first) • Clean the microwave by mixing 1/2 cup white distilled vinegar and 1/2 cup water in a microwavesafe bowl.

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Baked-on food will be loosened, and odors will disappear. Wipe clean.

• To clean a grease splattered oven door window, saturate it with full-strength white distilled vinegar. Keep the door open for 10 to 15 minutes before wiping with a sponge.

• Get rid of lime deposits in a kettle by adding 1/2 cup white distilled vinegar to the water and letting it sit overnight. If more drastic action is needed, boil full-strength white distilled vinegar in the kettle a few minutes, let cool and rinse with plain water.

• Remove stains from coffee and teacups by scrubbing them gently with equal parts of salt (or baking soda) and white distilled vinegar.

Rinse clean.

• To make the toilet bowl sparkle, pour in a cup or more of diluted white distilled vinegar and let it sit several hours or overnight. Scrub well with the toilet brush and flush.

stain fades. Can be left overnight, then rinsed well and dried.

• Create your own window cleaning solution by combining 1 cup white distilled vinegar in a gallon of water and clean using newspaper. The ink from the print will give your windows a fantastic shine.

• Clean your microwave and remove odours. Place a cup 3/4 full of water with a couple tablespoons of lemon juice in the microwave.

Heat to boiling. Don’t open the door for another 10 minutes. Then just wipe away food particles with a clean cloth and dry.

• To clean and disinfect baby toys add a good-sized splash of white distilled vinegar to soapy water.

• To clean tarnished brass, copper, and pewter, use a paste with equal amounts of white distilled vinegar and table salt.

• Clean scissors that have become sticky (after cutting tape, for instance) with a cloth dipped in undiluted white distilled vinegar.

• Discourage ants by spraying undiluted white distilled vinegar outside doorways and windowsills, around appliances and wherever you find the pests coming in.

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• Clean the wheel of a can opener using white distilled vinegar and an old toothbrush.

• To remove a label, or price tag, cover with a cloth soaked in white distilled vinegar. Leave the cloth on overnight and the label should slide off.

• Get rid of limescale deposits on taps/shower heads by soaking a cloth or paper towel in white distilled vinegar and wrapping the area tightly. Let this sit for a couple of hours or overnight. (I find lemon juice work just as well and makes the bathroom smell great too!)

• Spray shower doors with fullstrength white distilled vinegar after you’ve squeegeed the glass, or before you step in and turn on the water. It will help release the hard water deposits so they don’t remain on the glass.

When cleaning with lemons always rinse with warm soapy water and dry with a clean cloth afterward.

One of the very few things you can’t clean with lemon juice is anything that is brass plated as the juice will damage the item. Aside from that, here is a list of items that can be cleaned with lemons.

• Use a half lemon and salt to clean even the most heavily discoloured brass (real brass, not brass plated).

Be careful with antiques. Always test a small spot before scrubbing away.

• The same method can be used for copper items such has copper bottoms of pots.

• You can also shine up your chrome taps or the chrome on older model cars with lemon and salt.

• Diluted lemon juice not only cleans stains from chopping boards, but helps kill germs as well. Rub the juice full strength onto the stain and let sit until the

• Use lemon juice and an old toothbrush to scrub grout.

• Put a dilute solution of lemon juice in a spray bottle to clean laminate counter tops. Rinse with water and dry afterward.

• Scrub grills and grates with lemon juice and salt.

• Soak plastic food storage containers in dilute lemon juice to remove stains and odours. Add baking soda and scrub, rinse and dry.

• Remove odours from your refrigerator with a half lemon on a saucer. Change once a week.

• Clean food preparation smells from your hands with a dilute solution of water and lemon juice.

• Clean hard water stains on glass shower doors with half a lemon.

• A dilute lemon juice rinse for your hair cuts soap residue and leaves hair softer and shinier.

• Lastly, apparently you can make a facial scrub of sugar and lemon juice for cleaner, softer skin! I haven’t tried this one!

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CLEVER DANIEL AND THE SUNFLOWER SEEDS Bethany was a bird, and her favourite things in the world to eat were sun flower seeds! She had a big pile of them that she used to nibble on as a treat. Occasionally she would share them with her friends Christie Cat and Daniel Dog. Bethany loves them so much that for her birthday last year Christie Cat baked her a sun flower seed birthday cake and it was the most wonderful thing she had ever tasted!

‘When they grow each seed will grow in to a beautiful yellow flower’.

‘I’ve tried eating sun flowers and they taste very, very, nasty!’ said Bethany grumpily.

‘No’ laughed Daniel Dog, ‘you can’t eat the flowers! After the flowers die they turn in to seed heads and each head has hundreds of seeds on’ ‘Oh I like the sound of that’ replied Bethany So Bethany Bird gave Daniel Dog 5 of her seeds, keeping a few for her to eat whilst she waited for the seeds to grow. All through the summer Bethany waited sometimes, not very patiently but Daniel reassured her it would be worth the wait.

One day, just like every day before, Bethany went to get some sunflower seeds to nibble on, but when she looked she saw she only had a few left.

She watered them and looked after them and soon enough they each had a huge yellow flower on them. Whilst everyone else was enjoying looking at the flowers she was waiting for them to die so she could have the seeds.

So she went to Daniel Dog to see if he had any in his garden.

‘Hello Bethany’ said Daniel Dog, ‘Hello Daniel, I’m wondering if you have any sunflower seeds in your garden as I’ve almost run out?’

‘I’m afraid I haven’t Bethany but I may know how to turn the few you have got in to lots more?’ Said Daniel.

‘Turn a few in to more? How can you possibly do that?’ asked a confused Bethany.

At the end of the summer she went out with Daniel and just as he’d said, each head had hundreds of seeds on it. Bethany and Daniel harvested the seeds. Bethany took most of them home to eat over the next year but Daniel kept some in his pocket so he could plant more in the spring as a surprise for Bethany.

What a clever Dog Daniel was!

‘We will plant them in my garden.’ Said Daniel.

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An English Garden The magic of that dull, brown earth is very clear.

Spring will work yearly miracle, never fear.

Fresh green shoots give way to summer blooms.

Gather your rose buds, brighten up your rooms.

As one with the earth, I think that’s what they say.

My favourite month? I suppose that must be May Apple blossom, pink confetti decks the trees.

Swirling through the air on every gentle breeze.

Fuchsia’s ruby droplets fill our hearts with gladness.

Pinks with their gentle fragrance will dispel all sadness.

Delphiniums, tall and stately, every shade of blue.

Queen of the herbaceous border, yes that’s very true.

Bumble bees, all pollen dusted, droning past.

They tell us that high summer must be here at last.

Butterflies like flying jewels they set the scene.

Sweet pea, clematis yes and even runner bean.

Their garden, like an orchestra that’s well in harmony.

So gardener, take your baton maestro, let there beauty be.

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Anyone with diabetes should avoid walking barefoot as stepping on sharp objects may go undetected.

Hot water bottles and radiators can cause injuries that the person is unaware of. Shoes need to fit well and be checked inside regularly for bumps or rough areas, and socks and slippers checked for seams that could rub and cause sores.

The GP and diabetes specialist nurses can assist in maintaining normal blood glucose levels. A diabetic check with the GP surgery is recommended at least yearly and any signs of neuropathy should be discussed earlier if symptoms are noticed.

Problems such as athlete’s foot, hard skin and nail problems need treating promptly and washing and drying the feet well, and moisturising dry skin are important.

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