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Daisy – The Day’s Eye By Lucinda Warner
Common daisy is a plant we all know well. Often loved by children it is largely overlooked by adults, especially those who have lost their capacity for wonder, and is often considered a weed. Its common name comes from the Anglo Saxon ‘daeges eage’ meanings ‘day’s eye’ because it opens with the sun and closes at night or in gloomy weather. The Latin, Bellis perennis, means forever beautiful. A member of the Asteraceae family, daisies appear to be one small flower but are
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actually a composite head of lots of tiny flowers. Get out a magnifying glass and have a close look, you’ll never think of daisy in the same way again! The traditional pursuit of making a daisy chain sprang from folklore as it was said that no evil could pass when daisies were linked into a circle. Thus they protected children from being whisked off to fairyland, and their poor parents left with a changeling in their place. Daisy is also much overlooked as a medicinal herb, though
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Modern research has supported daisy’s traditional roles for wound healing and also shown it to be an antioxidant. Daisy leaves and flowers are edible and the flowers make a lovely garnish on salads, though make sure you gather away from areas where pesticides may have been used or dogs are likely to have sprayed. Daisy Bumps and Bruises Balm: To make a daisy balm, first infuse the flowers into oil by lightly packing them into a clean jam jar and covering with olive oil. Gently stir and press the flowers down then cover with a piece of muslin cloth or kitchen roll and a rubber band (instead of the lid) to allow
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Mmmm, yum! The recent WWF report by University of Newcastle in Australia, stating the average person now consumes 5g of plastic that has escaped to the environment per week (equivalent to a credit card), is certainly alarming. Almost incredibly a major source is Cotton Buds, the sixth most common litter item on our beaches. (Absurdly, we buy 1.8 billion of them a year in Britain, of which 10% are flushed). Quite apart from being careless with them, we shouldn’t be using them for cleaning our ears in any case- they are for taking care of babies…. The wax in our ears has a purpose: it protects against infection and quite naturally falls out. Trying to remove it with a cotton bud is more likely to compact the wax instead, can lead to tinnitus, and of course infection. Ear drops are recommended if you feel action is necessary.
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Fantasmorgorical COUNT THE WALKS! Playing sport is good for us and a great way of keeping active. Walking versions of all sorts of sports are now available and proving increasingly popular. Walking cricket is a slower form of the game we all love, where running is against the rules. It may seem strange in a game were running part of the terminology of the game - “taking a run” or “being run-out”, but it works. It is fun and sociable way of keeping mobile. The slower game levels the playing field and enables everyone to have a go regardless of age, experience or fitness. There are 3 FREE walking cricket sessions taking place across Brighton which everyone is welcome to come along to. Moulsecoomb Leisure Centre Every Thursday 1-2pm King Alfred Centre Every Thursday 1-2pm Portslade Leisure Centre Every Friday 2-3pm
Music and Lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman Music by Special Arrangement with Sony/ATV Publishing Adapted for the Stage by Jeremy Sams Based on the MGM Motion Picture Licensed Script Adapted by Ray Roderick This amateur production presented by arrangement with Music Theatre International (Europe). All authorised performance materials are also supplied by MTI Europe www.mtishows.co.uk
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PASTRY-LESS QUICHE Seasonal Recipe by Valerie Hedgethorne Valerie Hedgethorne taught cookery & cake decorating for many years in Brighton before becoming a Home Economist and writing for the national magazine CAKE for 20 years. Valerie is a past president of the British Sugarcraft Guild & is a member of the local Guild Branch, which meets monthly in Rottingdean for demonstrations of all types of cake decorating. Anyone with an interest in cake decorating is welcome – for more information phone Valerie on 01273 505223.
This lovely, quick recipe, similar to frittata, is particularly useful for anyone on a slimming diet, with wheat intolerance, or trying to cut down on carbohydrates. It is excellent for vegetarians too if the bacon is omitted. Have it as a lunch dish or for a picnic because it is good both warm and cold. You will need a 20cm/8in. shallow tin, preferably loose based, but it can also be cooked and served in a china flan dish.
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Grease the tin and line the base with baking parchment paper. Heat the oven to Gas 4/180C.
• 4 large eggs • 5 fl oz single cream • 275g (10 oz) frozen spinach • 5 spring onions • 175 g (6 oz) feta cheese • 4 slices of bacon (optional) • Salt and black pepper • 50g (2 oz) grated parmesan cheese
Put the spinach in a pan, cover with boiling water, and simmer for only 2 minutes. Drain well. Trim the spring onions removing the green tops and slice them. Cut the feta into small cubes. If using bacon cut it into small pieces. In a large bowl beat the eggs with the cream then add the other prepared ingredients except the parmesan cheese. Place the tin on a baking tray in the oven for 2 minutes then pour in the filling. Bake for 30-40 minutes or until it is firm in the centre. Five minutes before the end sprinkle on the parmesan cheese. Leave for a few minutes then run a broad-bladed knife around the edge for easy removal from the tin. Serve warm or cold with tomatoes.
Don’t forget you can see this and many of my other recipes on the magazine website
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Rare Earth Minerals They are a group of 17 metals that frequently occur together in the earth’s crust. They play a critical role in modern life: essential components in computer memory, rechargeable batteries, mobile phones/tablets, televisions, electric cars, and wind turbines. (Several pounds are required for electric and hybrid cars, several tonnes for wind turbines. Touch screen technologies depend on Indium, generally obtained as a by-product of refining other metals such as zinc – where it occurs at an astonishing 1g per 10,000 tonnes of zinc ore.)
scarcity arises because they occur at low concentrations and the extraction process is onerous and environmentally hazardous. Vast quantities of minerals must be crushed, before being separated and refined by the use of acid baths and leaching. The resulting ‘tailings’ – some of which is radioactive - cause immense pollution damage. At Baotou in Inner Mongolia
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Despite their name, Rare Earth Metals are not really especially rare, many are as abundant as copper or nickel in fact. Their perceived
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FULL STEAM AHEAD? Doble Steam Cars - Recollected & Appreciated By Alan Moxhay How to achieve clean transport is of great and immediate interest and I thought readers might like to share the story of another alternative form of automative excellence. quite acceptable in design, but they still suffered the inherent problems of slow generation rates of steam, objectionable levels of smoke exhaust, mediocre and inconsistent performance in terms of speed, acceleration and reliability etc. By contrast, the Doble overcome all these problems and many more besides.
Abner Doble – picture taken around 1920 Ask any random group of car enthusiasts which was the most expensive make of luxury car produced in the US during the late 1920’s and early 30’s and the answer will probably be Pierce Arrow, Cadillac, Duesenberg or maybe Lincoln. The answer is, Doble – ring any bells? I thought not. Another interesting departure from accepted automotive practice is that Doble cars were powered by …………..steam! As a prime mover of vehicles, steam power was nothing new in America. White and Stanley steamers had been around for many years and, in the days following the First World War, were becoming 20
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Doble cars was the brainchild of Abner Doble, born in 1895 in San Francisco. He was an engineering student at the renown Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) although there is no record of his graduation. He formed the Abner Doble Motor Vehicle Company of Waltham, Mass. and designed and built first prototype car in vehicle in 1914 while still a student.
This was followed by four more cars designated as model A’s along with ongoing rigorous road and workshop testing and numerous Patent applications. The genius of his design was based around the boiler which was of the flash-tube type. This meant that banks of tapered vertical steel tubes were welded to an overhead manifold through which water flowed. These tubes were fixed inside the circular boiler casing. Tapering these tubes, meant that heat dispersal was much more efficient and by adding a minute amount of mineral oil to the circulating boiler water to form an emulsion, the potentially serious problem of scale accumulation was avoided – brilliant!
An early and beautifully preserved Model E roadster
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Model E chassis – every Doble steam car was indiscernible from any other automobile Fuel for the boiler heating was provided from low-grade kerosene (paraffin). This was more widely available than gasoline in those days and with a typical consumption of 15 miles per gallon, it was far more economic. Water consumption was quoted as miserly at around 120 mpg but this is now disputed by most owners. Ignition of the atomised kerosene was from a single spark plug fixed inversely to the base of the boiler which fired as atomised fuel mixture passed through a venturi tube. By the time of production of the first Doble models, around 1915 onwards, steam production, sufficient for full powered movement of the car, was available inside 3 minutes with the boiler raising superheated steam at 750 lb/sq.in. This short time was gradually improved on even further on later models. It soon became possible to fire the boiler and generate full steam pressure inside 22
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60 seconds. Use of kerosene was so efficient that the car produced no exhaust. Boiler pressures of 5,000 lb/sq.in. were adopted for test purposes and in all the years of production, I could find no case of boiler failure. These days, a commuter with modern electrical devices would use his preprogrammed smart phone to fire the boiler before taking a morning shower! Doble quickly built a reputation for reliability and quality. Steam engines are self-starting
under load and have nearly the same value of torque from standstill to maximum r.p.m. This led to a low engine power value of 150 hp but extraordinary torque of 1000 ft/lbs. There is no idling condition – when a steam engine stops, so does its engine. This lack of wear allowed Doble to issue every car sold after 1923,with a guarantee of 100,000 troublefree miles. Controls of the car were remarkably simple and a single foot pedal or column
Doble model F 30 - the last production car made by Abner Doble and his brothers in 1930
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lever could move the car from 0 – 75 mph in 15 secs. and in complete silence. Remember, this was 1915 and with a car that weighed over 2 ton. Drive to the road wheels was via a triple bank of pistons located horizontally over the cars rear axle along with a dynamo to power lights, windshield wipers, electric relays etc. These pistons converted the steam power into motive energy similar in a way to a steam train. This meant that things like starter motor, gearbox, clutch, prop shaft, silencer, exhaust pipes and flywheel were all unnecessary. Water was stored in its own tank with the traditional frontend radiator now acting as a condenser for unused steam which was force-fed to the base of the boiler via electric solenoid switches. This meant that the car had no need for any piped water cooling, so things like thermostats, fan belts and water hoses were also not required as instead of trying to keep the engine block cool, steam engines required heat. The engine and power plant had only 11
Under the bonnet of model F 30 – showing the boiler and steam condenser disguised as a conventional radiator movable parts – compare that to an internal combustion powered car! Changing forward drive into reverse was also easy, as operation of a foot pedal immediately reversed the motion of the crankshaft allowing the car full rearwards speed if required! Brakes were the normal cable/drum type fitted to the rear wheels only. In those days traffic congestion was unheard of, so few considered that more elaborate braking systems were necessary.
However, Doble thought that improvements were required, so he fitted 16½ x 4½ inch drums complete with a simple but reliable air intake system to keep the brake assembly cool. As with a steam locomotive, use of a foot pedal in an emergency, would instantly reverse the engine and bring the car to more-or-less, an instant stop at any speed. Car production started in earnest in 1915 with new premises in California and
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and cruise all day at 55 – 60 mph all day if necessary, was a fantastic achievement. This was because at all stages of acceleration, the boiler always produced more steam than required. If sustained heavy pulling was encountered, like when climbing long gradients, Doble fitted an auxillary fan system to provide the boiler with additional fuel. This acted like a supercharger. Henshel-Doble steam bus – built in Germany around 1936 a re-branding to Doble Steam Cars. During the next few years models changed as improvements were introduced. Abner Doble and his three brothers were the ultimate perfectionists only using the very top class materials and parts. Modifications were frequent, often previously-installed parts would be removed and replaced as a car was being assembled. Therefore, no two Dobles were the same, but not all improvements were for the customer’s benefit. The connection between the fuel filler cap and fuel tank consisted of a 60mm dia. flange incorporating a sealing gasket. Most production-line cars found that 5 – 6 bolts were sufficient to clamp this flange whereas high-end cars preferred 8 – 9 bolts. Rolls Royce always used 12, whilst Doble ……… opted for 13! As can be appreciated, this slavish desire for improvement and high quality would be responsible for their ultimate downfall. Abner Doble and his brothers had no interest 26
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in economics or modern industrial practices like unitary construction or conveyor belt assembly, which other manufactures like Henry Ford had already feverishly incorporated. By 1931 Doble produced their popular model E and finally F which were the ultimate in design and steam car development. Doble had redesigned the boiler putting a single coiled tapered tube 576 ft. long inside the boiler shell whilst also reducing the overall size of the boiler to 22 in. diameter and 13 in. high. The triple bank of engine pistons was enlarged to four, with two low pressure and two high pressure, giving a total displacement of 3,490 cc. In those days, high-end cars were produced as two separate forms with Doble making the chassis, engine and all moving parts while specialist coachbuilders provided a range of four auto bodies. It was not unusual for completed cars to weigh over two tons and for a Doble to run at a top speed of 95 mph,
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By the time of production of the model E in 1923, prices for complete cars ranged around $18,000 to $25,000, depending on body style. This was clearly serious money compared to a model T Ford which sold for just over $200. Purchasers of Doble cars were obviously the elite of the day with rich Bankers, financiers, and successful businessmen the principle interested parties. Being aware of his clientele, Doble included, in the car handbook, a list of regular maintenance items to be carried out by ‘your man’! Socialite heiress to the Woolworth store empire, Betty Hutton bought a Doble as did millionaire industrialist, Howard Hughes. Being something of an engineering fanatic, Hughes wrote to the factory after a short time, with a list of suggested improvements and re-designs. He then bought a second Doble, model E18 in 1925 complete with a roadster body, and carried out installation of his own modifications, notifying Doble that he had increased the top speed of his model E to a
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Henschel-Doble 5 ton steam lorry – built in Germany in 1937 staggering 125mph. Probably the strangest purchase was for two E25 and E26 in 1928 by staff officers of the Soviet Government. The cars were crated and shipped to Russia and never heard of again. Now, there is the ultimate in holiday- based searches! A well-known steam enthusiast Charles Briar, bought a preowned model E from the elderly wife of a rich financier in 1931. Although the car had stood for two years maintained but unused, it was only necessary to top-up the fluids, pump the tyres and switch-on. The car was mobile in less than a minute and quickly reached optimum steam pressure. Mr Briar spent the next 20 years adding 146,000 miles to the cars milometer. Apart from normal maintenance, the car never broke down or required any attention. Reports of another model (E-14) showed it to have travelled 600,000 miles without any major repair. It could be construed, from the few details now provided, 28
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that Doble cars were very simple in construction. This was far from true as all Dobles were extremely complex but Abner Doble believed this complexity was essential for the creation and management of a steam engine sufficiently powerful to provide motive force but to do so in safety and with total reliability. Again, the painstaking choice of materials and specialist parts together with absolute perfection in construction and assembly and a design where every single detail was calculated and questioned many times before being adopted, led to a faultless end product. Sadly only a few F-types were completed and sold before the inevitable happened and Doble were forced to close in 1931. Later that year Abner Doble left for Europe to see if he could stimulate sales of his steam machine. On the way he supervised the fitting of a steam plant into a Boeing light aircraft. In 1933, the plane flew – successfully and in complete
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silence – of course! Doble then visited the UK spending time at the Sentinel steam lorry factory in Shrewsbury. Although interested enough to commission a prototype, the days of the coal-fired steam lorry were coming to an end and Sentinal were doing everything possible to hang-on to their market share. Doble had more luck in Germany, where steam power units were installed into speed boats, trucks, busses and rail cars to the great admiration and enthusiasm of local Engineers, right up to the outbreak of WW2. Thereafter everything changed. Strangely, Doble met with even more success in post-war New Zealand where he developed steam plants to power the city buses of Auckland. They were apparently used satisfactorily for many years but history fails to record details of their final demise. My own research whilst visiting NZ also drew a complete blank. Doble returned to the US and was invited to explore two possible new steam car ventures during the 1950’s. Although one idea sponsored by the Paxton Motor Corp. led to a prototype, neither were to form the basis of future development. The total output of Doble cars is speculative. Some sources give it as around 200, but others suggest it was much less. Today, there are about 15 Dobles left in working condition. Not surprisingly, most are to be found in the
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Doble model E 14 built in 1923 - roadster version weighing, 5,500 lb (2495 kg) with 150 inch, (3.8m) wheelbase US but there is also one in New Zealand and I believe we have three, E12 and F22 owned by two enthusiasts in Yorkshire and a Doble chassis with a Daimler body, based in Buckinghamshire . Of those in America, most are to be found in major automobile collections like the Harrah and the Ford institute. One stood in the Smithsonian for many years but has since been relocated. The Nethercutt museum in Los Angeles had Hughes’s Model E 18 and another complete chassis but recently these have been sold to the well known US entertainer and car fanatic, Jay Leno, based elsewhere in California. Having already owned a Doble for some years, he set about a full restoration of E 18 - this was fabulously successful. The car has never looked better and is now in regular use. With only a small number of working examples and only a very slim chance of finding another, Dobles only rarely come-up for sale. Todays commercial price of 30
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a complete restored model would be speculative, but it seems certain that it would be measured in millions of dollars. Abner Doble died in July 1961 and the world was robbed of one of its true engineering giants. It is sad beyond words that he should have ended his life in relative obscurity and that the full genius of his knowledge and design is still only appreciated by a few. When I was learning to fire and operate a full-size steam locomotive, my tutor told me that a steam engine is the closest thing man ever invented to his own kind. The engine knows what you require of it. All you have to do is pull the right levers! That was certainly true of all the steam trains I drove but I also think it is so with the Doble car. Abner Doble knew how to get the most out of a basic energy source and developed it into a thing of engineering excellence and beauty. We may perhaps allow ourselves
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Going like Clockwork… The next Toy and Model Train Show at the Knoyle Hall on July 20 promises a unique experience. Clockwork trains will run with their electric counterparts on five layouts. One will be this splendid example from about 1905 when most toys were clockwork. An import made by Bing of Nuremberg, it’s a freelance toy, not a model of any real locomotive, but with its brightly lithographed tinplate bodywork and shiny brass, it has great charm. The colours are those of the old London and South Western Railway. The track gauge is gauge 1, (1 ¾”) large by today’s standards, and better suited to the floor than a table top. It wasn’t cheap at 12 shillings (equivalent to £71 today). (Figure 2) The second example, also tinplate, is a gauge 0 Hornby locomotive (track gauge 1 ¼”) made by Meccano Ltd in the 1930s. It’s a good model of a real locomotive with serious appeal to adult enthusiast as well as children in its day, and with mains electricity
spreading fast there were both clockwork and electric versions. Frank Hornby gave a train set with a locomotive like this to the young Princess Elizabeth, and she was actually playing with it when introduced to Prince Philip for the first time. After World War 2, Meccano Ltd mainly concentrated their model train production on 00 gauge Hornby Dublo (track gauge 5/8”), a table top system using electric power only. Their 0 gauge trains contracted to a small range of freelance toys, now all clockwork again, like this no 20, circa
1960, (left), pictured with a contemporary by Brimtoy (Figure 3). It was advertised as “ideal for younger boys” implying that older boys and adults would go for Hornby Dublo. The 60s virtually saw out the traditional 0 gauge clockwork train. Tinplate as material for toys was on the way out, too. However, seeing a no 20 running does still appeal to children, sometimes astonishingly so, and to nostalgic adults - toy collectors as well. At this famously family and child friendly show, there will be another popular children’s “I spy” and wooden trains again, too. Do take the family to enjoy the fun. Summer Toy and Model Train Show by the Sussex Vintage Model Railway Collectors, Knoyle Hall, Knoyle Road, Saturday, July 20, 10 am to 4.30 pm. Adults £4, accompanied children free.
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CPC - Old Boat Corner Community Centre Carden Hill, BN1 6NL 01273 540779. Patcham Community Centre (Patcham CC), Ladies Mile Rd, BN1 8TA - 508376 Patcham Companions -.John 07528 472231 Patcham Flower Arrangement Society -Christine 01273 556079 Patcham Table Tennis Club – Jill 01273
Patcham Methodist Rev Dermot Thornberry - 01273 508704. Hall bookings: 07849 409183 Little Pebbles - Jan - 07963486635 30th Brighton Scout Group: Beavers - Jill on 07756 261241; Cubs - Elsie 01273 603295; Scouts - Neil 01273 888072 Creative Embroidery Tricia 501394 Ascension Church Westdene: Minister Rev
MONDAYS Scout group (Boys & Girls 101/2 - 14 yrs). Scout hut, Vale Avenue Jumping Gym CPC for under 5’s 10-1pm Bridge Duplicate (Pairs) - Patcham CC. - 1.30pm Table Tennis – Patcham CC 7-10pm £1 Young Embroiderers. Patcham CC. 10-12am (1st Sat) Songbirds Choir 7.30 - 9pm, (term time) Patcham Memorial Hall, Old London Road, BN1 8XR - Helen: 07557997696 Patcham Papercrafters Patcham C.C.18:30-20:30 Lady's Circle - Patachm Methodist Hall. Wkly at 7.30 pm. Mackie Avenue Tennis Club from 6pm ‘til dark.
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Memorial Hall, Old London Rd Carden Tots CPC - under 5’s 9-1pm Patcham Methodist Hall Toddler Group. 9 - 11.15 term time. £1 adult, 30p child 0-5yrs.Incls Tea/Coffee/Juice Beaver section - ( aged 5 3/4 - 8 yrs), 6.10-7.10pm. Scout hut Vale Avenue - Jill 07756261241 Friendly over 60’s exersise group 2.30 pm Patcham Methodist Church
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Novice Bridge - Patcham CC. - Friendly non-competitive 1.30pm -5 pm. £2.50 Aerobics CPC 9:30-10:30am £3 Carden Tots - CPC - drop in for Under 5s. 9-1pm Bridge for Beginners Patcham CC – 1.30pm till 4.45pm Duplicate (Pairs) - Patcham CC. 7pm for 7.15pm Morning Women’s Institute - Patcham Memorial Hall - 4th Wednesday – 10am CAMEO (Come And Meet Each Other) 1st & 3rd Weds, 2.45pm in All Saints Church Lounge Horticultural Soc Patcham CC 7.30pm Last Weds of Month
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Cubs 6-8pm (8-101/2 yrs). 6-8pm Scout hut, Vale Avenue Friendship Lunch - Ascension Church Hall - 4th Thursday of the month 1pm (Olive 502943) Carden Tots CPC under 5’s 9-1pm Friendship Lunches 1pm 4th Thursdays Ascension Hall (Olive 502943) Knitting Group 3rd Thursdays10-12pm. Patcham Community Centre . All welcome. Free.
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Patcham Companions - Patcham CC – Are you 50+ & free on a Friday, 2.30pm? Carden Tots CPC under 5’s 9-1pm Patcham Table Tennis Club - Patcham CC- 2pm till 5pm £1.00. Turn up. Local Councillors’ Surgery - 2nd Friday 4-5 pm Patcham Library Patcham Library 1st Friday 11 am Patcham Reading Group. Patcham Silver Band - Patcham Junior School, 7pm Junior Band practice. 8pm Senior Band practice Bridge Duplicate (Pairs) - Patcham CC. - 1.30pm Last Friday. 8pm Big Band Open Rehearsal PCC Scottish dance 7:30-10pm term-time, Patcham Memorial Hall, Old London Rd. Rod on 01903 783053
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Embroiderers’ Guild meets 1st Saturday of the Month 2-4.30pm in rooms 3 & 4 Patcham Community Centre. New members welcome. Phone 724856 St Thomas More’s Catholic Church:First Mass 6pm Patcham Local History Group 1st Sat at Patcham Library, 10.30-12.30 1st Sat Lion Book Fair: Lions Dene, The Deneway, 10 - Noon.
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All Saints Church. 08.00 - Holy Communion (said). 10.15 - Morning Worship, 18.00 - Evening Worship (informal), Thursday 10.30 - Holy Communion (said) Patcham Methodist Church 10.30 Morning Worship, including crèche. Evening Worship, contact the minister. The Ascension Church Westdene 10.30 Sunday Morning Family Service (with children’s groups) St Thomas More’s Catholic Church: . Mass 10am. Good Shepherd Dyke Road. 10.15- Communion, also 10.15 Informal “Time for God” in hall. 3rd Sunday All together Family Service in Church.
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