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• Choose a good place to watch from for an hour from 27-29 January 2018. Which window gives you the best view? Make sure it's comfy and you have the essentials within easy reach - a nice, hot drink and your favourite biscuits - and somewhere to jot down what you see. On the website we've got a nifty counting tool to help you keep track of what you've seen.

• Come back to the Big Garden Birdwatch website and tell us what you’ve seen. Or use a paper form. It’s FREE to post back to us.

That’s it! By taking part and telling us what you see, you're helping us find out more about garden wildlife - so take a big pat on the back from us.

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Highcliffe Amateur Theatrical Society (HATS). Paint the Town Red Wow. What a success. We tried something very different this time.

We veered away from the traditional, at times alternative pantomimes, to bring you something new and exciting. Two of our cast worked hard to produce something that would capture your attention, whilst making you think about what might happen. The audience didn’t have the benefit of knowing the story, so could not predict what might happen.

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The innovative journey of taking you back in time to the cowboys and the saloon bar certainly kept your attention to the very end. As with all pantomimes there was a good deal of audience participation, and yes as predicted in our promotional article, this was something for the adults to relive from their childhoods. So, who was the loudest in the audience, the children? “Oh not it wasn’t”. The adults “Oh yes it was”. The gleam in the adults eyes as they saw the cowboys on stage, enjoying it to the full, whilst pretending they were there only there to accompany their children/grandchildren.

But hey, as predicted, lots of unexpected characters including, a nun, a Scottish family, an Indian squaw, medicine man, drunk, comedy couple, dame and the nasty cowboys. Booooooo. Not forgetting Santa, who was kidnapped, had the children’s presents stolen and got tied up in a cave.

But it all came good in the end, Santa was set free and the children had a good time. There was even some romance going on. As the saying goes “a good time was had by all”.

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“I thoroughly enjoyed the show. Lots of laughs the whole night through. Loved it” Gareth Watson “Good fun was had by all, special mention to the dynamic duo Geek and Gonk, they bounce off each other like a married couple” Joe William “All in all you have entertained us with a smashing performance” Helen Bauer So thank you all for supporting us, hopefully see you at our next production. Watch this space.

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THIS SPRING will see the return of the UK’s muddiest fundraising event for little ones – Peppa Pig’s Muddy Puddle Walk for Save the Children.

At Charnwood Museum, Loughborough, LE11 3DU Tel: 01509 233754

Last year saw 160,000 children across the UK take part, raising an incredible £243,000 for Save the Children’s vital work, and this year the charity hopes even more people will sign up, take part and donate.

Opening Times: Wednesday 17th January Thursday 12th April 2018.

Tuesday - Saturday 10am-3pm

Between 23 and 29 April 2018, nurseries, early years groups, families and children up and down the country are being encouraged to take part in a Muddy Puddle Walk to raise money for the international children’s charity. Organising a Muddy Puddle Walk is a great way for your little ones to explore the world around them and jump in muddy puddles, like Entertainment One’s Peppa Pig, for a worthy cause. Whether you splash in puddles along a trail at the park or get creative and make your own puddles indoors from paper and foil – your Muddy Puddle Walk will be a fun day to spend together that littles ones won’t forget.

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Raise funds in the way that suits you – help walkers get sponsored for their walk, ask for a donation to take part or even bake Muddy Puddle cupcakes to sell on the day! The money you raise will help Save the Children’s work to transform the lives of vulnerable children in the UK and around the world.

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While we know that prospective foster carers are motivated by the desire to help children and young people rather than money, we also recognise that fostering needs to be financially viable for people.

Councillor Ivan Ould, cabinet member for children and families said “We have set ourselves some tough recruitment targets in foster care recruitment this year, and in order to make sure we’re attracting the foster carers of tomorrow, we’re proposing to increase the rates that a first time foster carer receives, and make sure that our current carers at that level also receive an uplift in their fees.

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Helen Baxter Activities coordinator at the Foundation said ‘We are delighted to have been granted funding from Charnwood Borough Council to provide our taster workshops. The sessions will be FREE of charge and will take place on the third Monday of the month throughout 2018 from 10.00am – 12.00noon. Each activity will provide a wonderful opportunity to meet new people and enjoy trying out something with a difference! We would love to welcome you so why not come along, have a go….! The sessions are suitable for all ages and abilities, try out belly dancing , glass fusing, Nordic walking, calligraphy, pilates and more!’

Call to smokers: Be a quitter and get fitter!

Smokers set to benefit from range of healthy incentives to encourage them to give up Smokers in Leicestershire are set to benefit from a range of healthy incentives to encourage them to break the habit in the New Year.

The county council’s QuitReady stop smoking service has teamed up with borough and district councils to offer January quitters the opportunity to try out - for free - local leisure facilities and exercise classes . . . if they stay smoke free for four weeks or more.

Smokers who wish to take advantage of the New Year fitness offer should contact QuitReady, who also provide 12 weeks of free support, advice and stop smoking treatment by visiting www.quitready.co.uk, calling 0345 646 6666, or texting “ready” to 66777.

Pam Posnett, county councillor - “It’s great that we have been able to link up with district and borough councils and their leisure facilities as the New Year is the most popular time of year for people to quit smoking. It’s a chance to make those New Year resolutions stick as the support offers people the best chance of quitting smoking for good and developing healthy habits which last a lifetime

Details of the sessions will be available to view at www.shuttlewood-clarke.org in the New Year.

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One of the works to be performed will be ‘Eternal Light’, which is a Requiem composed in 2008 by Howard Goodall.. He has stated that his aim in composing this lovely piece of music aim was to provide solace for the grieving. In addition to winning plaudits for his classical compositions Howard Goodall has also won many awards for music that he has composed for TV and radio, including The Vicar of Dibley, Blackadder, and Mr Bean!

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Welcome to Leicester Comedy Festival – the official comedy party for the UK! Our 2018 Festival will take place from 7-25 February and the programme features over 830 shows in 69 venues across Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland.

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Team Anstey Amblers and Runners – Junior Section 2018 Why not kick start your fitness in 2018 by coming along to our Juniors Sessions!

If you are 8 years old and above, and would enjoy regular fitness, come and join our lovely sessions.

We have a great group of kids who all enjoy getting involved in the activities, but we’d like some more!

The sessions include: • Circuit training • Relay races • Strength and conditioning exercises • Fitness tests to measure improvements What to look forward to in 2018 We are affiliated by England Athletics, and as a fairly new juniors club, we concentrate on improving your fitness, and having fun and for those who would like to, we are hoping to start entering some events, whether that be fun-runs or athletics events with other clubs we will just wait and see what everyone enjoys.

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The year 2017 has been tinged with sadness since the loss of some of our longstanding members, but new ladies have joined over the year and we move on positively, having enjoyed a full programme, with interesting speakers and pleasant social events.

GONE WITH THE WIND; the lost Windmills of Leicestershire

On Monday 11th December, members and their guests gathered at Birstall Golf Club for our annual Christmas lunch. Our meal was of the high standard we have come to expect from the catering staff at Birstall Golf Club and was appreciated by all.

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In January, for the first meeting of the year, we had been entertained very well by Felicity Austin with her rousing “Story of the Music Hall”, so decided to invite her back to provide some after lunch entertainment in December. Aptly on this occasion, we heard about “An Old Fashioned Christmas”, an atmospheric mix of fact, poems, games with audience participation, songs and stories about Christmas past and the traditions that have developed over many years, including the major influence of the Victorians.

MONDAY 19th February 2018 WOODHOUSE EAVES VILLAGE HALL at 7.30pm

At one time every family’s diet included bread which relied on a constant supply of fresh flour.

So virtually every village had a mill of some sort, a watermill if there was a suitable stream, or if not, We now look forward to 2018 with a new programme of speakers and events, as follows: a windmill was placed on an elevated position January 8th Speaker: Graham Jackson – “The Cottage Garden Year” where its sails could catch the wind. At their peak At one time every family’s diet included bread which relied February 12th Annual General Meeting & in-house entertainment in 1835 there were believed to be 152 mills in March 12th Speaker: Sandra Moore Leicestershire, and many were locally such as f “Living Memories – Characters from Belgrave Cemetery” Woodhouse Eaves, Markfield, Mountsorrel, Shepshed etc. Mark has tried to gather together April 9th Speaker: Roy Wood – “How to Enjoy a Healthy & Wealthy Retirement” all the photographic images that have survived May 14th Outing to be arranged and has also made a collection of milling stories.

June 11th Speaker: Gwyneth Milner – “Holidays Home & Abroad for the Blind” He knows of the existence of many mills but as far as he knows their images have been lost.

July 9th Strawberry tea to be arranged August 13th

Speaker: Anne Halsey – “Egypt – the Ancient Land of the Pharaohs”

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Speaker: Adele Fricker – “Indian Head Massage & Demonstration” Plus, sale of Harvest produce

October 8th

Speaker: Kathy Layfield – “My work as a Ladybird Books’ Illustrator”

November 12th

Speaker: Cathy Stephens – “A Jeweller from Start to Finish”

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Christmas lunch to be arranged

Meetings are held on the 2nd Monday of the month (unless otherwise notified) at Monday 19t Annual Cropston Evangelical Free Church, Station Road, Cropston, from 2.15pm to 4.15pm. subscriptions remain at £12 for 2018; the monthly entrance fee for members is £2 per person and visitors are welcome at £3 per meeting.

New members and visitors will be assured of a warm welcome.

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FUTURE EVENTS Monday 19th March 2018 brief AGM followed by a 1970 film “Leicestershire a Heritage at Risk”, at Woodhouse Eaves Village Hall at 7.30pm. You will not be surprised that most of the issues raised are still the same today. It is a delightful film as it brings back memories of familiar sights 48 years ago of rural Leicestershire and Charnwood Forest. The meeting will conclude with a brief discussion of the issues raised led by the CPRE. For further information contact Dick Howard or look at our website www.focf.org.uk Visitors welcome £3 on the door.

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