out&about Magazine Chiswick December - January 2019

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DECEMBER - JANUARY 2019

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Scrooge

Christmas THEATRE FOR CHILDREN

THE STREET DANCE VERSION

Enchanted gardens • Children’s theatre • Street Dance Scrooge • DIY Decorations Café Conversations • Christmas present suggestions • The Chiswick Collection Hen Corner • Better Mental Health Chiswick • De-clutter your home • Watermans Friday Nights Live

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Contents 16 GET IN TOUCH ADVERTISING DIRECTOR Gerry Devine gerry@fhwem.com Tel: 020 3940 1819 Mob: 07710 574 479

EDITOR Bridget Osborne

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INSIDE

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Regulars 4

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Letter from the Editor & Editor’s Tips Hen Corner Sara Ward

Features 6 Enchanted gardens

Syon Park, Chiswick & Kew 8-9 Children’s theatre

Lots of Christmas productions 10 Scrooge The Street Dance version 16-17 DIY Decorations

Make your own sessions 20 Café Conversations

The art of conversation is not dead 21 The Chiswick Collection Stylish homeware with a river theme 22 - 23 Christmas present suggestions Shop local and support your High Rd 26 Better Mental Health Chiswick A new mental health initiative 30 Watermans New Year’s Friday Night Live 32 The big clear up Time for the post-Christmas sort out

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EDITOR'S LETTER

Welcome Happy Christmas, Hanukkah, Divali or just plain happy holidays. Welcome to the December – January issue of Out & About.

Celebrations are all about light at this time of year – candles flickering, lasers cutting through the dark and murk, displays of colour and warmth. Syon Park, Chiswick House & Gardens and Kew Gardens all have night time shows for your delectation – page 6. Several of the big parks also have sessions organised to make decorations for the great festivals of light – page 16 – 17.

We are blessed with some great live theatre venues in west London and the range of theatre for children available this season is fantastic – pages 8 – 9. In addition to the usual suspects, this year St Albans Church in Chiswick is hosting the premiere of the Street Dance version of Scrooge, with dance crew IMD as seen on TV – page 10.

Sara Ward at Hen Corner has a recipe for her Chilli Chocolate treat – page 28 and we have some great present ideas. Interior designer Angela Corden has been working with a painter and three local photographers to produce The Chiswick Collection: stylish homeware decorated with images of the river – page 21. We all know that our high streets are in a state of crisis, with empty shops everywhere, so we’ve come up with a few suggestions of great gifts from

independent businesses. Do your Christmas shopping and support your local high street traders at the same time – pages 22 – 23.

All this is great if you have family around you and money to do all these lovely things, but Christmas can be very lonely or stressful and all of this has an impact on our mental health.

Two initiatives have started recently in this area to bring people together to support each other. Café Conversations is, as the name suggests, an opportunity to meet people you don’t know and talk about things outside your own personal silo – page 20. Better Mental Health Chiswick is more of a network looking to make suggestions for self-help – page 26.

When it’s all over for another year you’ll no doubt embark on the annual tidy up. Nicky the Finicky Friend may be able to help you there – page 32. Or you may find you are just looking forward to a good night out, in which case Watermans Friday Nights Live might be to your taste – page 30.

Enjoy the holiday season. Happy New Year.

Bridget

Editor Bridget Osborne

EDITOR’S TIPS

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Carol concerts If you don’t go to a local church but fancy joining in a few carols, Sunday 16th December has carol services at Christ Church on Turnham Green (which has just celebrated its 175th birthday) at 6.00pm and at St Michael & All Angels, by Turnham Green tube station, at 6.30pm.

Choral Christmas music If you prefer to listen rather than sing, the Hogarth Singers present Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, parts 1-3 on Saturday 15th December at St Michael & All Angels Church at 6,45pm. The Petros Singers present Hodie! - music written for Christmas day, including the opening of Bach’s Christmas Oratorio and Holst’s Christmas Day, also on 15th December at St Peter’s Church, Black Lion Lane, Hammersmith at 7.30pm.

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ENCHANTED GARDENS

Enchanted GARDENS

Christmas events in spectacular gardens We are lucky in west London to have some beautiful parks and gardens – the legacy of the country estates of the aristocracy which have been enveloped in the modern city. A visit to Syon Park, Chiswick House & Gardens or Kew Gardens is lovely in any season, but in winter you can enjoy the gardens at night as well as by day – at a price.

Chiswick House & Gardens – After Dark

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Syon Park – Winter Secret Garden

15 November – 30 December

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28 November – 22 December

This winter the gardens are transformed by light installations illuminating the 18th century architecture and gardens. You are invited to follow the trail of lights showing the grounds as you’ve never seen them before and see the selection of modern art along the way. The house itself will be the subject of a light show projected on to the exterior and set to music in what the organisers promise will be a ‘spectacular’ visual display.

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Now in its sixth year, Christmas at Kew has gained a reputation as a great spectacle. This year’s winter trail is bigger than ever before, with over a million twinkling pea-lights and thousands of laser beams. Watch the Palm House Pond finale springing to life with brightly criss-crossing colours, water screen projections and jumping light jets that dance to seasonal classics.

For children there are fairground rides and the opportunity to meet Father Christmas and his elves. There’s spiced cider, mulled wine and hot chocolate to keep you warm as you wander round with the aroma of roasting chestnuts and toasted marshmallows in the air.

As twilight falls, the magic begins …

Offered as an ‘experience’ by BestPartiesEver, Winter Secret Garden is an indoor event with canapé reception and four course dinner. They’ve created ‘an enchanted Winter Secret Garden’ decorated with birch and willow in silver and white and snow laden Christmas trees. ‘Woodland fairy folk’ circle and entertain while you eat and the entertainment also includes dodgems and a casino.

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Adults £16.50 / Children 4 – 16 £10

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Contact our dedicated Marketing Manager, Tim Owers on timo@wykegreengolfclub.co.uk or 0208 560 8777 (option 3) to arrange a visit to the club to see all we have to offer

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Having played host to numerous county matches and indeed the Middlesex PGA Championships on more than one occasion, Wyke Green is a hidden gem.

With a capacity of up to 150 guests our professional team of staff are on hand to ensure each and every visitor has a wonderful experience at Wyke Green.

With packages that start from £29 per player and a variety of catering options for your players before, during and after the golf.

Selected dates are now available on weekends too.

So, if it’s the office Christmas party, the young ones christening, perhaps even a Wedding reception our dedicated Marketing Manager Tim Owers will sit with you to design a bespoke package to suit all your needs whatever the nature of your function.

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CHILDREN'S THEATRE

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Amazing adventures, songs and sequins A Christmas outing to the theatre, what could be better? Hide the electronic devices for a couple of hours and get ready for some good old fashioned family fun.

Stig of the Dump, Tabard Theatre Wednesday 28 November Sunday 6 January When Barney, a day-dreaming eight year old, falls over the edge into a chalk pit he discovers Stig, a modern day caveman and together they embark on an original fantasy adventure. Thrills, excitement, danger and fun abound as their worlds collide. Barney saves Stig from poisoning, introducing a little ventilation by building a chimney (from tin cans) and windows (from jam jars) for his home in the dump.

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They fight off burglars who break into Barney’s grandmother’s house, go hunting, and Barney introduces Stig to the outside world. Richard Williams’ adaptation of the literary classic by Clive King is packed full of action and adventure.

This production ‘will appeal to anybody who was captivated by Clive King’s classic novel, or anyone who is still a child at heart’ The Guardian.

With its soaring musical score Stig of the Dump will enchant the whole family. Tickets £17. Tabard Theatre, 2 Bath Rd, Chiswick, London W4 1LW

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Raymond Briggs’ Father Christmas, Lyric Theatre Wednesday 21 November – Sunday 30 December Raymond Briggs’ grumpy Father Christmas makes a return to Little Lyric in Hammersmith. Join him as he awakes from a dream of sun, sea and sand to find it is the busiest day of the year: Christmas Eve. Back for another year, Christmas isn’t Christmas without this Lyric family favourite. Suitable for children under six. Tickets £10 - £18.

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Dick Whittington, Lyric Theatre Saturday 17 November Sunday 06 January The Lyric celebrates 10 years of pantomime with Dick Whittington this season. You can expect the usual mix of live music, crazy characters, awesome adventure, singing, dancing, villainous baddies and heroic goodies, and of course the star of the show – the cat. Tickets from £15. Lyric Theatre, King St, Hammersmith, London W6 0QL

The Big, Enormous Present, Watermans Sunday 2 December, 3pm A mysterious present has appeared in the school playground. Who is it for?

What’s inside the box? Find out in this 50 minute play for the age range 3-8.

Pied Piper Theatre presents this lovely piece on happiness and how giving can sometimes feel as good as receiving.

Tickets £10. Watermans, 40 High St, Brentford TW8 0DS

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Heart of Winter, Watermans Saturday 8 December – Sunday 30 December Watermans’ Christmas show is Heart of Winter, a magical new musical show which warmly celebrates family, friendship and the good fortune of finding the winter we really need and want…with the precious festive offering of lots of fluffy snow! Suitable for 3 – 8 years. Tickets £10. Watermans, 40 High St, Brentford TW8 0DS

A Magic Lantern Christmas, Gunnersbury Park Museum Friday 28 December, 11.30am – 12pm Magic Lantern Entertainment for families. Experience burning ships, exploding volcanoes, spectacular fireworks and the Man who eats Rats in the magnificent Drawing Room of Gunnersbury Park House!

Presented by Jeremy and Carolyn Brooker. Tickets £7 adults, £5 children. Gunnersbury Park Museum, Gunnersbury Park, Acton, W3 8LQ

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A Grand Gothic Magic Lantern Christmas, Gunnersbury Park Museum Friday 28 December, 2pm – 2.45pm ‘A seasonal celebration of goblins, ghosts and the downright weird’.

Suitable for all ages.

Presented by Jeremy and Carolyn Brooker. Tickets £8 adults, £6 children. Gunnersbury Park Museum, Gunnersbury Park, Acton, W3 8LQ

Peter Pan, Richmond Theatre Saturday 8 December – Sunday 6 January Robert Lindsay plays Captain Hook, the leader of the evil pirates who are the arch opponents of Peter Pan and his boys. Join Tinkerbell and Wendy and the Darlings for this classic Christmas favourite.

Tickets £12.00 - £52.50.

Richmond Theatre, Little Green, Richmond TW9 1QJ

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SCROOGE Photographs - Danny Fitzpatrick

Scrooge

THE STREET DANCE VERSION

This Christmas Chiswick will be hosting a show unlike any that has gone before. I.M.D, the street dance company who became household names after appearances on TV shows Britain’s Got Talent and Got to Dance, will be performing here in the premiere of a street dance version of Scrooge.

The tale follows Ebony Scrooge, a young woman from a difficult background who is now the CEO of a major Fortune 100 corporation. Ebony is wealthy, famous and very successful, but is feared and loathed by everyone, as she does whatever it takes to get what she wants no matter who it hurts. Ebony has one secret, she is terrified of Christmas!

Tickets £22.50 available from Eventbrite.

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James Narh – the Simon Cowell of Street Dance The street dance version of Dickens’ tale A Christmas Carol is the brainchild of James Narh, who is best described as the Simon Cowell of street dance. He set up a dance company when he was 19 and doing a bit of modelling, found himself hanging out with dancers, watching them muck about in rehearsals.

His crew, GWI (Get With It) quickly became popular.

He then set up dance competitions and the whole thing mushroomed, from the first small competition in a school hall in Battersea to shows at Wembley Arena and the O2 with the Street Dance XXL Championships. There was a film Street Dance 3D and TV shows until over a period of 20 years street dance had gone from the street to mainstream popular culture in Britain.

James took a step back from the multi million pound business it had become two years ago and now raises funds for the refurbishment of St Alban’s Church in Chiswick. Scrooge will be the first production on the church’s new stage.

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WINTER IN THE GARDEN ‘Now that the winter months are upon us and there is little that we can usefully do in our gardens it is a good time to go for a walk and visit other gardens to see how they look at this season and to admire their structure.

Here at Osterley we have a Winter Garden that I designed and planted five years ago in an area that used to be a Pinetum (conifer collection) during the 19thC. and was in a little visited part of the formal gardens. Although we have decided to restore our gardens to their 18thC. splendour this seemed the ideal place to grow trees, plants and shrubs that would look at their best during the colder months and when light levels are low.

I based my design on circles with a central circular lawn following the shape of a mature cherry tree that was the dominant feature in this area, this has large beds surrounding it in which we have planted a lovely selection of shrubs, such as hollies with evergreen and variegated leaves and also cornus – dogwoods – such as ‘Midwinter Fire’ with, as its name suggests, brilliant, glowing stems that light up the space on even the dullest of days.

Under these there are thousands of winter flowering bulbs such as snowdrops and the beautiful little dwarf irises such as the purple variety ‘George’. Along with these are many herbaceous plants that have evergreen leaves and/or berries or fruits that show up at this time of the year.

Of course last winter when the ‘Beast from the East’ brought us so much snow this new feature really came into its own as it sparkled in the sunshine with the bright stems and flowers glowing in the reflected light.

The gardens at Osterley are open every day of the year apart from Christmas Day and are particularly good for a walk to blow away the cobwebs or even to work off all those extra calories that we can’t help but consume during the Christmas period!'

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DIY DECORATIONS

DIY

Decorations Need a little help with making?

Diwali, Hanukkah and Christmas are all festivals of light and candles play a major part in all three. The Hindu festival of Diwali involves lighting small clay lamps for five days and nights to signify the triumph of good over evil. During the Jewish celebration of Hanukkah candles are lit to commemorate a miracle. The story goes that there was only enough oil to light the menorah in the Temple in Jerusalem for one day, but it remained lit for eight days, hence the nine-branched candelabrum – the candle in the middle is used to light the other candles during the eight day festival. Christmas is also a festival of light because Christians believe Jesus is the light of the world and Christmas celebrates his birth. Christingle services at many churches are celebrated with a Christingle – an orange with a candle stuck into it, with sweets or dried fruits and a ribbon – given to children to symbolise Christ’s light.

Make & Take sessions, Gunnersbury Park Museum

Bauble decorating session, Osterley Park

Saturdays 1, 8, 15 & 22 December, 10.30am – 12pm

Saturday 15 December

Gunnersbury Park Museum is running free creative workshops celebrating festivals of light. Children of all ages are welcome but must be accompanied by an adult.

Osterley Park is running a Christmas bauble decorating session for people aged 4 and upward, price £5.

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Winter foliage workshop: Table centrepieces, Osterley Park Thursday 13 December, 2pm – 4pm Saturday 15 December, 10am – 12pm Osterley Park also has sessions on how to make a centrepiece for the table with greenery cut fresh from the Osterley estate. Suitable for people aged 14 and up. Price £26.

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DIY DECORATIONS

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MAKING SESSIONS Christmas wreaths now decorate front doors to mark Advent but the history of the wreath predates Christianity. The Greeks and the Romans wore garlands for their festivals and wreaths were hung on ancient pagan altars to deter evil spirits and welcome benevolent ones. The winter solstice, which takes place on 21st December this year, has been celebrated by pagans for thousands of years. The traditional Celtic fire festival of Yule marks the return of the light after the longest night of the year. Evergreens such as pine branches represent the continuation of life during those darkest days of winter.

Wreath making sessions don’t come cheap. These sessions range from £25 to £85.

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Learn to make a traditional Christmas wreath with greenery cut fresh from the Osterley estate. With step-by-step instructions given by their expert gardeners and a variety of decorations, it's easy to create the perfect festive wreath for your door. Suitable for people aged 14 and up. Price £25.

Sunday 9 December, 11am – 1pm / 1.30pm – 3.30pm

Gunnersbury Park Museum is running a half day workshop for adults led by experienced florists which costs £50.

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Luxury floral designer Larry Walshe is conducting festive floristry in the Conservatory at Chiswick House. His sessions cost £85.

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CAFÉ CONVERSATIONS

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Conversations Louise Kaye

The art of conversation is not dead Louise Kaye does not do things by halves. When she puts on concerts to raise money for research into Parkinson's disease she hires the Queen Elizabeth Hall or the Wigmore Hall and fills them, making many thousands of pounds for charity.

Now she's decided Chiswick would benefit from a place to chat and within about half an hour of deciding that she'd signed up two venues – Avanti at Bedford Corner and the Grove Café in Grove Park, catering for conversational needs both north and south of the A4.

The idea came from her listening to a Radio 4 documentary on loneliness; how easy it is for people particularly in retirement, to sit within their own four walls and not socialise. Before you know it you find that days have passed without talking to anyone.

She’s set up Café Conversations, which have been taking place in Chiswick since October. Being Louise, she's aiming higher than a cursory comment or two about the weather. Two 'conversation starters' have a list of prepared questions (nothing too personal and no politics) which they discuss in groups of three and four over a period of two hours. People just turn up to sit and talk and they’ve had up to 13 turn up for a session.

“It’s taken off surprisingly quickly and although there are new people coming along every week there are some who are becoming regulars and new friendships are being formed” she says.

She’s now set up a website explaining how to set up your own Café Conversations group at www.cafe-conversations.co.uk

Café Conversations will continue in Chiswick on Mondays and Wednesdays: At Avanti, Bedford Corner, South Parade W4 1LD, on Mondays from 3-5pm.

January 14th, 21st and 28th.

At Grove Cafe, 7 Grove Park Rd W4 3RS, on Wednesdays from 2.45-4.45pm.

January 16th, 23rd & 30th.

The sessions are not suitable for children and it's important to be there from the start, says Louise.

The events are free and there's no obligation to spend money in either café.

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THE CHISWICK COLLECTION

THE CHISWICK

Collection

Beautiful homeware celebrating W4 Interior designer Angela Corden has lived in Chiswick for 20 years. Chatting with friends one day she had the idea of taking the landscape of the River Thames at Chiswick and representing it on a range of products people will want to have in their homes. Working with local artists, a painter and three photographers whose pictures catch the River Thames in its many moods and phases as it runs through Chiswick, she has created The Chiswick Collection.

In the past Angela worked for big corporations such as British Airways, in collaboration with some very stylish brands including Le Caprice, Anya Hindmarsh and Kelly Hoppen and she brings that experience, an attention to detail and insistence on quality, to The Chiswick Collection.

Voilà The Chiswick Collection was born!

Placemats and Coasters Three sets of high quality placemats and coasters by the three artists with picturesque images of the Georgian riverside houses at Strand on the Green and views of the river and foreshore.

Those who know the area well will recognise the Bull’s Head pub and the converted barge Resourceful moored by Chiswick Eyot. Placemats 23 x 19cm. Price £35 for set of four.

Coasters 9 x 9cm. Price £15 for a set of four. Both are made of slimline board with gloss laminated print that are both heat & scratch resistant.

Lampshades Three beautiful panoramic images of the river – one taken from an oil painting by Arabella Harcourt-Cooze, one from a photograph of Strand on the Green by Jon Perry and one of the railway bridge at Strand on the Green by Anna Kuntz, reproduced on large pendant lampshades. 45 cm diameter, approximately 25 cm deep. Price £120.

Cards Photo-journalist Barbara Chandler has joined the others to contribute to a beautifully presented boxed set of cards capturing wintry scenes along the river, Chiswick House and around Chiswick High Rd. Twelve A5 greeting cards and envelopes, cunningly designed with no wording so they’d be great as Christmas cards or notelets throughout the year.

Price £16.

Presented with style and flair, wrapped in tissue and ribbons, in thick black cardboard boxes, The Chiswick Collection would make lovely presents for anyone who knows and loves the area.

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SHOP FEATURE LOCAL THIS CHRISTMAS

SHOP LOCAL THIS

Christmas

A few ideas from some of the best businesses in Chiswick

Much has been made recently of the plight of the High Rd. The Chancellor announced a cut in business rates this autumn because so many high street businesses are going bust due to rent and rate hikes. So when you’re doing your Christmas shopping you can kill two birds with one stone and do your bit to support your local high street as well. Here are some Christmas present ideas from some of the best independent businesses in Chiswick.

Kiipix smart phone picture printer

Champagne ‘Saucers’ from Greige

Decorexi present ideas

2 1 This year’s must have from the Chiswick Camera Centre is a smart phone picture printer. The Tomy Kiipix is a nifty little box; you put your phone on top, load a pack of Fujifilm and press print. Instant pictures from your phone. £39.99 from Chiswick Camera Centre, 4 Chiswick Terrace, Acton Lane, W4 5LY. chiswickcameras.co.uk

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These beautiful, fine crystal champagne saucers from Greige at Bedford Corner in Chiswick are hand-blown and hand-engraved and make a perfect gift (available in boxed pairs for £26 or singularly). With over 800 products available online, including candles, lanterns, table linen, chopping boards, lamps, carafes, ceramics, throws and jewellery, Greige is a great place to go if you’re looking for inspiration.

1 Bedford Corner, South Parade, W4 1LD. greige.co.uk

3 Decorexi on Chiswick High Rd is also an Aladdin’s cave of inspiring ideas for presents. Browse their selection of coasters, fairy light boxes, drinking glasses, scented candles, diffusers and much more, available in store now or online and all at incredible prices.

Decorexi, 58 Chiswick High Rd, W4 1SY. decorexi.co.uk

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SHOP LOCAL THIS CHRISTMAS Hammonds hamper

Wheelers Christmas decorations

Felicity Gail necklace

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Hammonds Butcher & Delicatessen has lovely hampers full of goodies – wine, handmade chocolates, local honey and other delicious treats. Large Hampers - £50, Small Hampers - £16.

They also make up bespoke hampers if you go into the shop and pick your selection.

Hammonds Butcher & Delicatessen, 8 Kew Bridge Road, Brentford, TW8. hammonds.uk.net

Paddleboarding on the Thames at Kew Bridge

7 Active presents are very popular – something to do rather than something to own. A gift voucher for Paddle boarding is £65 for one person or £110 for two for a three hour lesson redeemable until October 2019.

Buy online at www.active360.co.uk Email: info@active360.co.uk Ring 0208 825 5360

Buy your Christmas tree from a garden centre or green grocer who’s there all year round, not a ‘pop up’ who just set up on a patch of ground for a few weeks to make a killing, without any overheads to pay.

Wheelers Garden Centre alongside Turnham Green tube station has a fantastic choice of Christmas decorations, trees and wreaths as well as plants for sale as Christmas presents. Find them at Cato’s Yard, Turnham Green Terrace, W4. wheelersgardens.com Neil Brown, blacksmith

Wedding bands upcycled by Shelley Thomas

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Try a blacksmithing course. Neil Brown is the blacksmith at the London Museum of Water and Steam at Kew Bridge, the oldest forge in London which has remained in continuous use for 180 years. He teaches eight basic blacksmithing skills over the course of a day and you leave with two items to take home with you. Courses £170.

Email: neil@hotmetalworks.co.uk Ring: 07784 284250 hotmetalworks.co.uk

Annie’s restaurant, Strand on the Green

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Felicity Gail make contemporary jewellery with strong modern designs, using a variety of unusual materials.

The necklace shown is made from piano wire and ceramic discs. Their striking jewellery, unique designs from the highly dramatic to fine delicate pieces are all hand made in their Chiswick studio.

Email: felicity_gail@yahoo.co.uk felicitygail.com

Make a Piece of Silver Jewellery in a day. Originally started for couples to make their own wedding bands, jeweller Shelley Thomas runs one day courses for anyone who would like to make their own silver jewellery. She only takes two people at a time, which makes for an intense and exciting day. Price £170 per day or £150 each for two people.

Contact Shelley at the Old Pay Office at the Museum of Water and Steam by Kew Bridge. Tel: 07947 032286. shelleythomas.co.uk

A voucher for a meal at Annie’s at Strand on the Green would please most people.

Any amount from £20 - £300 available. Redeemable by the end of May 2019.

Enjoy a lovely meal and go for a walk along the river after.

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Calendar THE CHISWICK

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Subscribe to the weekly newsletter and get a free club card, giving you access to deals and discounts from quality local businesses.

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MENTAL HEALTH INITIATIVES

Mental Health INITIATIVES

Ruth Cadbury MP and Labour activist Sally Malin at the launch of Better Mental Health Chiswick in October

Responses to a crisis in mental health

Better Mental Health Chiswick

There has been a lot of talk during the year about mental health issues, with the Chancellor Philip Hammond announcing in the autumn Budget that up to £250 million a year would be invested in new “crisis services”, including 24-hour support through the NHS 111 telephone helpline; children and young people’s crisis teams; mental health support in every major A&E; specialist mental health support ambulances; and more community services, such as “crisis cafes.”

The Labour group in Chiswick have started a group called Better Mental Health Chiswick. During the 2018 local election campaign it was noticeable on the doorstep that concerns about mental health were common, so some of the prospective Labour councillors in Chiswick (who were not elected) decided to take action.

While welcoming any extra spending in this area, the reaction from Brentford & Isleworth MP Ruth Cadbury MP was “Why wait for a crisis? What help is that crisis service to the young person with autism in my constituency who’s had to wait years to even get a referral, then waited 15 months for their first CAMHS assessment that was then cancelled by text with no follow-up. That child and their parents shouldn’t have to be grateful for a crisis service – by then too much damage has been done to their development, their education and their mental health”.

Talking about the impact on local authority services from the years of austerity she said “Schools have had to cut specialists that provide early interventions and the NHS has cut school nurses. Between them they identify children at risk and families in crisis and support them”.

You can contact Better Mental Health Chiswick by email at: bettermentalhealthinchiswick@gmail.com and through Facebook at www.facebook.com/ bettermentalhealthinchiswick

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One initiative is to publish a list of suggestions for January to encourage people to go out and meet others on gloomy winter days – Dungeons and Dragons at the library, coffee mornings, tea afternoons – drawing people’s attention to the variety of practical activities and local events on offer, many of them free, which you can also find on The Chiswick Calendar website.

Better Mental Health Chiswick is organising its own event on 21st January with an art workshop and yoga.

You can also use the QR code to take part in their survey of mental health needs in the area.

For a full list of cultural and social activities in the Chiswick area go to The Chiswick Calendar website: www.thechiswickcalendar.co.uk

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HEN CORNER

Hen CORNER

Sara Ward offers up a favourite Christmas recipe I love celebrations, be that birthdays, weddings or special anniversaries, and I especially love Christmas, but I do struggle a bit with New Year.

I suppose if you see the calendar year as a brand new start each January followed by a steady marathon through to the finale on New Year's Eve at the end of December, then it fits tidily with kitchen calendars and desk diaries, but I see the year as a journey across a valley between two mountain tops, with New Year behind and Christmas ahead. The bottom of the valley is a summer sun trap and autumn marks the steady climb towards the high point of our festivities. Begone you who pack away decorations on Boxing Day, there are 12

days of Christmas, and I shall continue to celebrate until 6th January! Traditionally, we can keep the tree up until Epiphany, remembering the Wise Men from the East that visited baby Jesus in Bethlehem, not that you could have made that journey by camel in just twelve days‌ A treat that we bake a lot throughout the year comes into its own this time of year, we cut it into cubes and pack it up in pretty bags as gifts, we frost it with sugar or gold leaf and serve in triangles with coffee, we bake as a round cake and share with friends at supper time. It’s a regular favourite at the bakery each week as well.

Chocolate Chilli Cake Ingredients:

Method:

100g Dark Chocolate 275g Caster Sugar 165g Margarine 1 Tbsp Cocoa Powder 1 tsp Chilli Flakes Pinch salt 5 eggs 2 Tbsp ground almonds

1. Preheat the oven to 180c and line a baking tin (round 20cm or square 22cm) with baking parchment.

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2. In a heatproof bowl, place all the ingredients except the eggs & almonds and gently melt over a saucepan of hot water, stirring occasionally.

3. In a separate bowl, whisk together the eggs & ground almonds.

4. Remove the chocolate mixture from the heat and stir in the egg mixture, folding with a spoon to combine well, pour into the prepared tin.

5. Bake at 180c for 35 mins, cool in tin, dust with icing sugar before serving.

A demonstration of this recipe can be found on YouTube.com/HenCorner HenCorner.com

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Erica Weston invites you to experiment New Year, new you? If you’re looking to inject a little pizzazz into life this year – and who isn’t?! – take a look at Watermans’ Friday Night Live Programme.

It’s designed to give you an entertaining, thought-provoking or just plain hilarious end to every week, with shows starting at 8.30pm, giving you plenty of time to catch up with friends or your hot date first!

So ditch the pub, and give it a go!

Friday 1st February K.O.G and The Zongo Machine Afrobeats band for a funky night, brought to Watermans by world music aficionados Continental Drifts.

Friday 8th February Dusty Limits & Michael Roulston: Heaven and Hell (and Highgate) Songs of wit and passion, black humour and bawdy hilarity, with a dashing backing trio.

Friday 15th February Watermans With Words: an evening book festival In past events, we’ve heard about Bletchley code breakers and Bowie, and this one promises to be just as fascinating. See website.

Friday 22nd February AOE: Whist A fascinating, critically-acclaimed VR experience that reveals your own psychology. We’ve had it here once before, and it’s not to be missed!

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Friday 1st March Jantti & Venna: Yabluchkov Candle Enter the musical velvet world of cabaret in the 1920s for an evening of poetic jazz and aerial performance.

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MEET NICKY THE FINICKY FRIEND

Spare bedroom before

Nicky ‘the Finicky Friend’

New stuff for Christmas? Need to get rid of some of the old to make way for it? The combination of having new possessions given to you at Christmas and having a few days off before going back to work after New Year usually produces the urge for a good throw out.

Sorting out your possessions and re-establishing order over your personal space can be very satisfying, cathartic even, but if you’ve left it a while and let things get a bit out of hand it can also be a bit daunting. Enter Nicky the de-clutterer.

“It's not about getting rid of everything”

“It’s just like having a personal trainer really” says Nicky. “You just need someone to be objective about the task and to keep up your motivation”. Her job is not to tell you what to do, she says. On that she is quite clear. She is not judgemental. If the cherished collection of key rings or bottle tops you lovingly put together as a child is something you still value and want to keep she is not there to try and persuade you otherwise.

Spare bedroom after

“It's not about getting rid of everything” she says. Her job is to enable you to store your possessions in a logical way so your space is not depressingly cluttered and you can lay hands on things when you want to and so you’re not going out and buying duplicates of things you know you have somewhere but can’t find. “Typically people are unsure how long to hold on to old bank statements and things like that”.

Nicky has always enjoyed being organised. Her own decor is not minimalist, far from it, she says. But she can find things.

Her first career was as a graphic designer. She launched her de-cluttering business at the beginning of 2018 having spent years helping friends and family organise their space, because she enjoys doing it.

“It’s important to be logical in how you keep things” she says, “but not everyone’s logic is the same”. “Trust”, she says, “is all important”. She meets her clients first and gets to know them a bit to understand what they want to achieve and what kind of system would best suit them. Once that rapport is established she can help you see the wood for the trees.

Happy de-cluttering

You can contact Nicky, ‘The Finicky Friend’ at: nicky@thefinickyfriend.co.uk / 07841 583224 / thefinickyfriend.co.uk

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HARE & HOUNDS

A COUNTRY PUB IN THE

'Burbs

Good steak, decent beer, nice peaceful green surroundings, safe play area for the kids. Sounds like a country pub. Tastes like a country pub. The Hare & Hounds pub in Osterley is a country pub transported to the middle of the London suburbs.

Opposite the beautifully landscaped gardens of the National Trust’s Osterley Park, the pub offers fresh food daily from the grill. The Christmas season offers a two course menu for £27.95 or three courses for £33.95 or a tapas style pick and mix of four dishes for £20 – great for office celebrations.

It can also cater for private dining for up to 30 people and functions for up to 300.

Eat before Christmas and enjoy a discount when you come back in January. Having a dry January? No problem. The Hare & Hounds is offering a new menu of non-alcoholic cocktails and you can try the Real Kombucha, a recipe based on tea that is thousands of years old.

General Manager Chris Bosse and his staff are looking forward to welcoming you – and your kids and your dogs.

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