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WALKING WITH ANGELS Here at St John’s, we are busy preparing for our Advent and Christmas activities and church services. Advent is the four-week period before Christmas, when Christians all over the world reflect and prepare for Christmas and the birth of Jesus. This year we will be Walking with Angels around the parish in the first couple of weeks in December. You may see us, walking around the parish and pausing to pray for God’s blessings on the people who live and work here. We will be leaving small, colourful, knitted angels in public places along our prayer routes. Members of St John’s congregation have been busy knitting the small angels. We hope that you will find one and take it home as a reminder of the Joy of Christmas. Look out for the angels in the local parks, around the schools and near our local shopping areas. We hope they will make you smile! Continuing the festive theme, and following their very successful concert in the summer, the Brighton & Hove Arts Orchestra return on Saturday 8th December with a programme of seasonal music with audience carols and the
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A Visit from St. Nicholas by Clement Clarke Moore first published 23rd December 1823
‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all thro’ the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there; The children were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of sugar plums danced in their heads And Mama in her kerchief, and I in my cap, Had just settled our brains for a long winter’s nap— When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter, I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter. Away to the window I flew like a flash, Tore open the shutters, and threw up the sash. The moon on the breast of the new fallen snow, Gave the luster of mid-day to objects below; When, what to my wondering eyes should appear, But a miniature sleigh, and eight tiny reindeer, With a little old driver, so lively and quick, I knew in a moment it must be St. Nick. More rapid than eagles his coursers they came, And he whistled, and shouted, and call’d them by name: “Now! Dasher, now! Dancer, now! Prancer and Vixen, “On! Comet, on! Cupid, on! Donner and Blitzen; “To the top of the porch! To the top of the wall! “Now dash away! Dash away! Dash away all!” As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly, When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky; So up to the house-top the coursers they flew, With the sleigh full of toys—and St. Nicholas too: And then in a twinkling, I heard on the roof The prancing and pawing of each little hoof. As I drew in my head, and was turning around, Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound: He was dress’d all in fur, from his head to his foot, And his clothes were all tarnish’d with ashes and soot; A bundle of toys was flung on his back, And he look’d like a peddler just opening his pack: His eyes—how they twinkled! His dimples: how merry, His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry; His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow, 8
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And the beard of his chin was as white as the snow; The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth, And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath. He had a broad face, and a little round belly That shook when he laugh’d, like a bowl full of jelly: He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf, And I laugh’d when I saw him in spite of myself; A wink of his eye and a twist of his head Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread. He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work, And fill’d all the stockings; then turn’d with a jerk, And laying his finger aside of his nose And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose. He sprung to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle, And away they all flew, like the down of a thistle: But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight— Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night.
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CRANBERRY & ALMOND SHORTBREADS Makes 12 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 is a Christmas twist on the usual shortbread biscuits. The chopped almonds give a slight crunchiness and the cranberries give added texture. They make a nice gift when prettily packed and are useful when entertaining friends for coffee. You will need two baking trays and a fluted cutter 6cm (2 ins) diameter.
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CRANBERRY & ALMOND SHORTBREADS CONTINUED INGREDIENTS:
cranberries with the remaining flour.
• 110g (4oz) butter
Knead together and rest in the refrigerator for 15 minutes.
• 50g (2oz) caster sugar
Meanwhile heat the oven to Gas 3/170C.
• 175g (6oz) plain flour
Roll out the dough to about the thickness of a £1 coin and cut into rounds, re-rolling the trimmings.
• 25g (1oz) flaked almonds • 25g (1oz) dried cranberries
METHOD: Chop the flaked almonds. Grease the baking trays. Cream together the butter and sugar with a wooden spoon and work in 75g (3oz) of the flour, then the chopped almonds and the
Place on the baking trays, prick with a fork and bake for approximately 15-20 minutes or until pale golden. Dredge with caster sugar. Store in an airtight container until required. Note: for the best flavour use butter.
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Burning the Clocks Thursday 21st December Burning the Clocks is a free spectator event, a lively celebration at the turning of the year & a time to reflect.
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The parade leaves from New Road at 6.30pm and arrives at Madeira Drive at approximately 7.15pm, when lanterns are passed onto the bonfire and the fireshow begins. The event finishes at around 8pm. The parade makes its way through North Street, Ship Street, East Street, onto the seafront and along to Madeira Drive for the finale. (Please do not wait in New Road to watch the parade as this is our assembly zone for 1,500 participants and there is no space for audience.) The fireshow will take place on the beach with viewing from Madeira Drive and the Upper Terrace on Marine Parade. The finale will contain loud music and pyrotechnics.
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Friends of Withdean Park Annual General Meeting - 6th December 2018 We are having this year’s Annual General Meeting from 7.30pm at St. Thomas More’s Church Hall, Braybon Avenue, Patcham BN1 8HG. We try not to make it too formal and we are continuing the tradition of having a talk by a specialist at the start of the meeting. Mark Nelson is a well-known local professional photographer and he will be talking about his work and giving some tips on how to get the best results from your own efforts. Mark is also the judge of our very first Photographic Competition and the results and award of prizes will take place at the end of the meeting, with the entries shown on our big screen!
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Soothing Herbs For Stressful Times By Lucinda Warner There is no doubt that modern life can be very stressful. Balancing work, family, life admin and more without the support of a strong community can feel at times overwhelming. Thankfully our plant friends are here to help and can work wonders to restore, calm and regenerate an overworked nervous system. Integrating them into our habits and making them part of our daily life will reap many benefits for both mind and body as our physical and mental health can never really be separated, each being part of an intricate whole. Proper nourishment is vital for our nervous system. Calcium, magnesium, potassium and B vitamins are especially important, though many micronutrients play a key role in ensuring our nerves are able to function optimally. Vitamin E,
found in almonds, olives, sunflower seeds and leafy greens and Vitamin C, which is in many fruits and veggies, are also essential. Though good nutrition and adequate rest are the foundations for a healthy nervous system, healing herbs can be of great help in times of need. (If you are taking any prescription medications then please see a qualified herbalist before taking any of these remedies.) Oats (Avena sativa) are one of the very best remedies for nourishing the nervous system. Milky oat seed and oat straw are both wonderful herbal allies when taken everyday in teas or as tincture and the tea is also gentle enough for children who are undergoing stressful times Linden blossom (Tilia spp.) Is another wonderful soothing and relaxing herb that is gentle enough for children and breastfeeding mothers. It is great if nervous tension results in high blood pressure, as it also has a relaxing and steadying effect on the heart and circulation. It gently lifts the mood and can be taken as a tea an hour or so before bed to promote restful sleep. German Chamomile (Matricaria recutita) is one of the best known of all the relaxing herbs and is suitable for all ages. A few people are allergic to the plant family to which chamomile belongs but generally it is a safe and pleasant tasting remedy for all. Chamomile relaxes tense muscles which can help prevent cramps and tension headaches. It is also soothing
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and anti-spasmodic to the digestive system which makes it a great herb to turn to when stress causes digestive pain, gas or IBS type symptoms. Lemon balm (Melissa officinalis) is another wonderful remedy to have on hand as it both relaxes and uplifts, making it particularly helpful for anxiety and low moods. Like chamomile it can also soothe the digestion being high in essential oils which have a relaxing and anti-spasmodic effect in the gut. Rose (Rosa spp.) is one of the true delights of herbal medicine. Cooling and uplifting it eases sorrow, calms irritability and opens the heart. Here are a couple of my favourite herbal tea blends for the nerves which are easy to make and try at home:
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Mrs Beeton’s Christmas By Jayne Shrimpton
The first collections of recipes and hints for good kitchen practice were published in the late-1700s, followed by improved volumes in the early-1800s. However it was not until the mid-nineteenth century that the most famous of all domestic handbooks was published, the Victorian classic: Mrs Beeton’s Book of Household Management, also published as Mrs Beeton’s Cookery Book. When Isabella Mary Beeton (1836-1865) launched her comprehensive manual in 1861 it was the first book edition of what had originally appeared in parts - one of a series of guidebooks
Title page of original edition of Mrs Beeton’s Book of Household Management, 1861
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Photograph of Isabella Mary Beeton, aged 21 in 1857 published by her husband, London publisher Samuel Beeton. Unlike earlier cookery and domestic books, the recipes were highly organised and the pages generously illustrated, raising it high above other titles. Although, sadly, Isabella died in 1865, aged only 28, her popular book remained a best-seller: indeed, after her death it was continually revised, reprinted and extended until it reached over 2000 pages in 1907! For decades it was the most frequently consulted cookery book, earning Mrs Beeton a reputation akin to that of more recent cooks Delia Smith and Mary Berry. Mrs Beeton’s Book of Household Management was intended
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Household Management was continually revised & reprinted, this edition dated 1915
A late-Victorian version, this had new coloured illustrations
Opening chapter from Household Management, 1861
home and meet the needs and comforts of the entire family. A young wife herself, Isabella particularly aimed to help the inexperienced new mistress of her own household to fulfil the many bewildering social and domestic responsibilities that came with marriage.
depending on the size and nature of her establishment. Ever sensible and practical, she advocated the highest standards for both the lady and her staff and when it came to kitchen matters, she set out in no uncertain terms some basic rules:
Most of Mrs Beeton’s genteel readers employed one or more domestic servants and her book was directed at both the mistress of the house and the housekeeper, cook or general maids to whom she delegated household chores,
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Do not go about slipshod - provide yourself with well-fitting boots Provide yourself with at least a dozen good-sized cooking aprons made with bibs When in the midst of cooking operations dress sensibly – the modern crinoline is dangerous, out of place and absurd ‘The Goose Club’, Illustrated London News, 24th December 1853, illustrates ordinary Victorian families collecting the Christmas goose from the savings club that they had paid into all year
Never waste or throw away anything that can be used for other dishes or servants’ food Attend your larder well and scrub it out completely twice a week If you have a spare kitchen cupboard keep baked pastry in it. This will preserve it better than in the larder Do not be afraid to use hot water in washing up dishes
Facsimile of Mrs Beeton’s recipe for Christmas cake
Facsimile for Mrs Beeton’s recipe for Christmas plum pudding
This colour plate from a cookery book illustrates a festive midlate Victorian feast, the centrepiece a Christmas plum pudding
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‘The Grocer’s Shop at Christmas’, 1850, shows local customers queuing up to buy fresh fruits and seasonal dried fruits for their cakes and puddings
Some seasonal dishes were already centuries old, such as Christmas pudding, while others were more recent innovations and Mrs Beeton published a number of dedicated recipes for enjoyment at Christmas: Christmas Cake; Sugar Icing for Cakes; Almond Icing for Cakes; Christmas Pudding, without suet – fruitarian Plum Pudding; Plum Pudding; Sauce for Plum Pudding; Chestnut Farce – Stuffing for Roast Turkey; Sausage Farce – for Stuffing Turkey; Bread Sauce; Giblet Soup; Turkey Soup; Parsnip Soup; Pickled Walnuts; Piccalilli; Spiced Vinegar; Mixed Pickles. Mrs Beeton wrote of turkey, popular at Christmas since the 16th century: ‘A noble dish is a turkey, roast or boiled. A Christmas dinner, with the middle classes of this empire, would scarcely be a Christmas dinner without its turkey; and 30
‘Presenting the Plum Pudding’ by John Absolon is one of many Victorian artistic scenes celebrating this Christmas ritual
we can scarcely imagine an object of greater envy than is presented by a respected portly pater-familias carving, at the season devoted to good cheer and genial charity, his own fat turkey, and carving it well. The only art consists, as in the carving of a goose, in getting from the breast as many fine slices as possible…. The breast is the only part which is looked on as fine in a turkey, the legs being very seldom cut off and eaten at table; they are usually removed to the kitchen, where they are taken off, to appear only in a form which seems to have a special attraction at a bachelor’s supper-table, - we mean devilled: served in this way, they are especially liked and relished.’ Mrs Beeton’s recipe for Christmas plum pudding - a rich seasonal dish originating in the middle ages - used 15 ingredients: moist sugar; finely-chopped suet; sultanas
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Service - St Matthias 10am Stretch and Relax 50+, 12-1.30pm, 29-31 Prestonville Rd,720603 Holy Communion – 11am 2nd & 4th Wednesday in month at Stanford Avenue Methodist Church Caterpillars Toddler Group @ Calvary Hall (Preston Circus-next to Fire Station)1012pm (Term Time) Community Lunch Club 12.30 at Stanford Avenue Methodist Church Brighton Orpheus Choir Varndean High School in term time 7.30-9.30 Girls Brigades from 6pm Stanford Avenue Methodist Church Meditation/Music. 7.30pm 3rd Wednesday in month at Stanford Avenue Methodist Church Little Lambs toddler & baby , 1.30-3pm, Church of the Good Shepherd, Preston Coffee Pot 10.45am at St John’s Church Knoyle Road Parent and Toddler Group Calvary C. Hall, Viaduct Rd, 10-12 (term time) Preston Croquet Club 0945 to 12.30. BeginnersOK Friendly Sussex walking group. Walks average 8 to 10 miles. Visit brightonhframblingclub.co.uk or 01903 877939
Mondays Preston Croquet Club 0945 to 12.30. BeginnersOK Badminton Club 7.30-9.30 pm, Brighton and Hove High School Sports Centre off Montpelier Road. Toe Tappers Line Dance for 50+. 2-4pm. Salvation Army, Park Crescent. 01273 607095
Tuesdays Bell ringing, Church of the Good Shepherd, weekly practice 555954 Stroke Club 10.30am 3rd Tuesday at Stanford Avenue Methodist Church Fellowship 2.45pm. Stanford Avenue Methodist Church. (Fortnightly) Feminine Focus 8pm, Stanford Avenue Methodist Church Scouts, Cubs & Beavers from 5pm at Stanford Avenue Methodist Church Knitting Group 2-3.30pm, 29-31 Prestonville Rd,720603 38
Thursdays Prayer Break, 10-11 Stanford Avenue Methodist Church Brighton Chess Club 6.30-11pm C/O Avenue Bridge Club. 15 Third Avenue Tai Chi 50+ 11.45am-12.45pm, Age Concern. Prestonville Road Women’s Institute Meet 4th Thursday each month, 7.30pm City Gate at The Dip, Hollingdean Terrace Downland Quilters - Patcham CC. - 1st Thursday of the month. 7.30pm. Marie 624878. Craft and Chat Group 2 – 4pm (fortnightly) at Stanford Avenue Methodist Church Dragonflies playgroup, 10am12pm, Knoyle Hall, term time only.
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dragonfliesbrighton@gmail.com Age concern Yoga 10.30 - 12. 30
Fridays Tai Chi 50+ (beginners), Friday 11am12pm Age Concern Prestonville Rd Coffee Morning at 9.30 – 10.30am , Stanford Avenue Methodist Church Music Group Practice. 7pm Stanford Avenue Methodist Church. 1st Fri in month Art of Living Group - 7pm 07723 089 676 Friday Club, (Social Snr Cits) 2.00pm in the Knoyle Hall
Saturdays 10am Eucharist (1st Sat- healing service anointing with oils) Service, 7pm, St Matthias Church Lions Book Fair+ cds, videos etc. the deneway, from 10am - 12 1st of the month www.brightonlions.org.uk (1st of the month) Brighton Cougars City All Stars 9.30-10.45 am basketball coaching for girls & boys in school years 3-6 at Dorothy Stringer Gym, Loder Rd. Inclusion Play Club 9.30 -12.30 Term time. Fiveways Nursery, Florence Road. Contact: Naomi 07843867626 Preston Croquet Club 0945 to 12.30. BeginnersOK
Sundays 9.30am Eucharist St Peter’s One Church Brighton Sunday Services at Florence Road 10.30a.m. Stanford Avenue Methodist Church, serving the community. Sunday Services: 10.30 (weekly) & 6.30 (monthly - check website or Notice Board for dates). Calvary Church Viaduct Road, 11.00am and 6.30, Rev. Philip Wells 687721 St Matthias Church. Family Eucharist Service 9.45pm Baha’i Centre, 19 Stanford Avenue. 505895. 5.30 to 6.30. ‘Open to all’ St John’s Parish Church Knoyle Road Sung Communion 10.00 am Friendly Sussex walking group. Walks average 8 to 10 miles. Visitbrightonhframblingclub.co.uk or 01903 877939
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Brighton and Hove Calendar 2019
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