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Dress your home for winter with layers of cosiness • Throw down a deep pile rug to add extra softness and a sense of warmth underfoot.

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• On sofas and armchairs, pile up cushions for a sense of cosy luxury and add a throw or two folded over the back: great for snuggling under. You could use a length of tweed edged with velvet ribbon, chunky knitting or crochet, fake fur or soft fleece.

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GLOS DIRECTORIES | GENERAL & COMMUNITY Congratulations to our competion winners for Aug/Sept issue:

Philip Davies (Gloucester vs Bath Rugby tickets); Jasmine Heasman (All Your Life Complete Makeover)

contents Spotlight on Lily de Beer

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Local History: All change for Cheltenham! 8 Buy Beauty for Less

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A Proverbial Life... A Star is Born

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Pictograms 17 Recipe: Cherry Fudge

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Codeword puzzle 19 Competitions 21 Motoring: Good first cars

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Gardening with Pippa Greenwood

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Design Tips: Garden Landscaping

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Quick Crossword 28 Working from home... liquid lunches

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Sudoku 37 Warm up for winter

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Puzzle Solutions 59 Cartoon 40 Wordsearch 40 Book reviews: Short stories

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GLOS DIRECTORIES | GENERAL & COMMUNITY

Is your Will up to date?

Do you even have a Will?

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• Do you have children?

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• Do you have a property?

• Are you concerned about inheritance tax?

• Do you have a business partnership?

• Do you own any possessions that you would like left to particular individuals?

• Do you wish to set up multiple trusts or give multiple gifts to individuals or charity?

• Do you have particular wishes over your funeral arrangements?

Noel Greaves offers a bespoke, detailed service to his clients and deals with straightforward through to very complex Wills, including large estates and business continuation.

Noel can visit you at your home or you can come in to his office in Tewkesbury to discuss your requirements.

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GLOS DIRECTORIES | GENERAL & COMMUNITY Lily de Beer is a premium, highly regarded mastectomy and wig parlour based in Berkeley Mews, Cheltenham, offering a comfortable and calm surrounding within easy walking distance from Cheltenham General Hospital.

With 28 years experience we offer confidential consultations and a one to one fitting service.

We offer unique services for breast cancer care. Exquisite wigs and mastectomy bras.

Lily de Beer takes appointments from Monday to Saturday, early to late, with shop premises open Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Private consultation room service available.

Owner, Denise, has a wealth of experience and training, and will work with you professionally and confidentially to help you choose the correct wig, breast form, and mastectomy bra of your choice.

Lily de Beer can provide selected wigs, styled to suit at NHS prices with no prescription needed for your convenience on a self referral system.

Tel: 01242 244 288 www.lilydebeer.co.uk

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Cheltenham’s Specialist Mastectomy & Wig Parlour Stockists of: Mastectomy bras, Breast forms, Beautiful wigs, Nearly New Clothing, Specialist lingerie, and the essential “Lily De Beer Chemo Wig Kit” We offer a range of services such as wig fitting and styling, post operative breast care and Macmillan support services.

We are also home to Cheltenham’s Bra & Wig Bank and are proud to offer Cheltenham Wig Services.

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GLOS DIRECTORIES | LOCAL HISTORY

All change for Cheltenham!

The Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Railway has recently launched an appeal for funds to repair the Chicken Curve embankment north of Winchcombe. This is the third embankment the steam railway has had to repair during its short life; all the result of shortcomings in the Great Western Railway's construction over a century ago.

This article follows on from my last article and tells the story behind the first trains to link Winchcombe with Bishop's Cleeve through Gretton and Gotherington.

So an act of parliament was passed in 1899 and building began in November 1902 from Honeybourne. Originally it had been planned to start from Cheltenham, but the council had objected to some of the proposals and this delayed the work there. The navvies who built the line lived in camps which followed the construction. At Gotherington the logbook for the school records twenty three railway children attending in November 1905, but by the time the school had been extended fifteen months later, only two navvy families remained!

By the end of the nineteenth century the Great Western Railway had the unenviable nickname of the 'Great Way Round' and a direct line between Birmingham and Bristol was seen as one of the essential routes to erase this unwanted label. Not only would it compete with the Midland Railway's route (which still exists) but would prevent other companies from building in the area; as far back as 1860 there had been a plan to link Winchcombe to Beckford.

Although a route for express trains, costs were kept down as much as possible. The original survey included a four mile tunnel under Cleeve Hill with the line passing between Winchcombe and Sudeley, giving the townspeople a much more convenient station than that at Greet.

The actual line deviated from this route at the Chicken Curve embankment, the site of the present problem. Embankments were built largely from spoil from the cuttings, but their

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GLOS DIRECTORIES | LOCAL HISTORY foundations and drainage caused concerns for the Great Western Railway and British Railways until the line's closure in 1976.

In November 1903 a major disaster occurred when part of the Stanway viaduct collapsed, killing four navvies.

The line was opened in stages from Honeybourne; to Broadway in August 1904; to Toddington in December 1904; and to Winchcombe in February 1905.

The tunnel at Greet delayed the opening of the next stage and so passengers were carried by motor bus, starting from The George Hotel in the town to the station, then through Gretton, Gotherington and Bishop's Cleeve to Cheltenham. This journey took eighty minutes and the bus ran three return services each weekday and so for the first time people could travel between Winchcombe and Bishop's Cleeve by public transport. When the railway reached Bishop's Cleeve in June 1906, the bus started from there, but from 1 August the trains ran all the way into St James' station in Cheltenham. The timetable showed eight trains a day linking Winchcombe and Bishop's Cleeve - a far cry from today's three buses a week!

Incidentally, the expresses for which the line had been built, did not start for another two years, after another new line was built between Birmingham and Stratford on Avon. The remains of Cheltenham's new station then built at Malvern Road can still be seen along the Honeybourne cycle path.

- written by David Aldred

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GLOS DIRECTORIES | BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY

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GLOS DIRECTORIES | HEALTH & LIFESTYLE As the country well and truly feels the financial pinch of the recession, there’s a lot of pressure on us to be careful with our money, to spend it wisely and to adapt to a less indulgent lifestyle. So buying those designer labelled beauty products complete with very large price tags - can become difficult to justify for those of us on a weekly budget.

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We all have a tendency to think that if it’s designer and expensive, then it’s guaranteed to make our skin more youthful, our lips look fuller and our lashes appear longer. We reassure ourselves that the expense is, of course, worthwhile but in reality, are there other products that can transform us from plain to gorgeous, for half the cost?

Is a healthy glow, flawless skin, luscious lashes and perfect pout only available if you buy into expensive top brands or is there an effective value for money alternative?

Well, thanks to the new trend in budget beauty, a superb range of affordably priced buys are emerging. They might not be quite as exciting and glamorous as designer alternatives, but they do offer surprising results at pleasing prices.

The once uninteresting ‘value’ ranges have been overhauled and replaced with ones that are far more likely to grab our attention and make us realise that these products can stand up well against the competition. After all, what makes a beauty product great is what it can do for you, not the name on the container.

With supermarkets like Tesco leading the way with unbelievably cheap prices on cosmetics, these budget buys provide a great way for us to try out different or fashion-forward make-up looks, that we usually wouldn’t want to invest a lot of money in.

The cheap price tag makes experimenting fun, and a few pounds lost in an unsuitable lipstick is easy to live with, unlike the hefty credit card bill from the beauty counter of a top brand.

And it isn’t just cosmetics that are available at bargain prices. Everyday essentials are great value too. If you love relaxing with expensive bath and body products then you won’t be disappointed. The Body Shop - although slightly more expensive than some of the really

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GLOS DIRECTORIES | HEALTH & LIFESTYLE cheap budget buys - is always the best for sumptuous, sweet smelling ranges that are perfect for pampering, cater for all needs and rival any designer fragrance.

More than ever before value-formoney products can even be found in your favourite clothing store. Next have a fabulous range of items that are fashion inspired and affordably priced, so you can finish a trendy new look perfectly.

Their vast range of varnishes bring nails up-to-date, at a price that allows you to try out every colour in the range.

Although it is hard to deny that a lipstick clad with an iconic designer logo looks so much more sophisticated in any handbag than a budget alternative, when on the lips the two look equally effective. And of course, with what you save on a designer lipstick, you can invest in expanding your make-up bag, finding a new look that really suits you and a satisfaction in knowing that, even with all the new purchases, you are still saving money.

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GLOS DIRECTORIES | HEALTH & LIFESTYLE

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GLOS DIRECTORIES | HEALTH & LIFESTYLE

A Proverbial Life...

Nothing ventured, nothing gained

A Star Is Born I have decided that I’m going to be famous. I’m going to be a celeb!

I’ll be talked about in gossip columns, ‘papped’ on holiday in Marbella, employed to promote the latest ‘must have’ items, and generally adored by millions. I’ll wear my sunglasses indoors, carry a giant handbag and clutch a bottle of water wherever I go.

I may even have my own website where, for a small subscription fee, my fans will be provided with an exclusive insight into my life, philosophy and forthcoming appearances.

I’ll definitely Twitter every aspect of my daily existence, and I’ll probably enter into Twitter wars with fellow celebs - I’m looking forward to this.

I will, of course, release a fitness DVD. I’m already practising my cover shot poses.

For the ‘Before’ I’ll be makeup free, sad faced, slouching and pale as dishwater. In the ‘After’ shot, I’ll be transformed into a smiling, tanned, toned, glamour puss. However, you may have to wait a couple of years for the DVD as I haven’t yet employed a personal trainer (and I still have Haagen Dazs ice cream and toffee cheesecake in the freezer).

I’m going to have a spot of Botox in the frown lines between my eyes, and just the teeniest bit of filler injected into my top lip. I’ve booked a spray tan and am considering waist length hair extensions. I may even have my belly button pierced...though this may also have to wait until after the

personal trainer has ‘finished’ with me.

However, I’m definitely going to have at least one tattoo. No anchors, skulls or loving tributes to my parents but something classy, mysterious, profound and uplifting. It has to be in Latin and fairly short as I’m not good with needles. I’m considering ‘Nosce te ipsum’ (Google it!) at the nape of my neck. Thus, when my hair extensions are swept atop my head the world will be able to see what a cultured, educated person I am; for there, hidden under my luscious locks, is the ‘real’ me.

Or perhaps I should have something in Greek?

If I’ve time I may write the first instalment of my autobiography. I’m not quite sure about this yet as there are some aspects of my life that I’d prefer to remain private (the drunken rendition of The Teddy Bear’s Picnic – the shame of it). Nonetheless, I’m willing to provide a frank, honest and open account of my life that will inspire, uplift and leave my fans awestruck at my fortitude in the face of life’s adversities (as long as I have full and final editorial control).

I’ll have an agent and a publicist to make bookings, deal with press enquiries and field intrusions into my private life. They will also advise on how best to maximise the opportunities that my celebrity status will present. Oh, and I’d just love to have a Personal Assistant. I’d be the nicest celebrity that they’d ever assisted. I’d make them cups of coffee, feed them cake, fuss over them and tell them to put their feet up if they looked tired... and it would be nice to have someone to chat to in the limo on airport runs.

I haven’t quite decided exactly how I’m going to become a celebrity but it will probably involve reality TV. Britain’s Got Talent is likely my best bet; I just have to work out what my particular talent is. I think I may send off for the application forms soon.

Don’t forget to vote for me – my celebrity depends on you!

by A. O’Brien

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GLOS DIRECTORIES | FOOD & DRINK

Halloween Treat...

This home-made fudge is a delicious sweet treat that kids will love and is great for a Hallowe’en treat. You can replace the cherries with raisins, chopped stem ginger or chopped nuts.

Mak app es 550 rox g (1 ¼lb )

Cherry Fudge 450g (1lb) granulated sugar 75g (3oz) butter 150ml (¼pt) milk 170g can evaporated milk 1 tsp pure vanilla extract 100g (4oz) glace cherries, chopped Place the sugar in a large heavy-based pan with the butter, milk and evaporated milk. Heat gently, stirring all the time with a wooden spoon until the sugar has dissolved.

Bring the mixture to the boil, without stirring, and continue to boil until the mixture reaches 116C/240F on a sugar thermometer (see tip). Stir the boiling mixture occasionally to prevent it from sticking.

Remove the pan from the heat and stir in the vanilla essence and chopped glace cherries.

Beat with a wooden spoon until the mixture is stiff, grainy and paler in colour.

Quickly pour the mixture into a greased 18cm (7in) square shallow cake tin. Leave until almost set then mark into squares. When completely cold, cut or break into the squares.

Store the fudge in an airtight container.

TOP TIP - If you don’t have a sugar thermometer, place a jug of very cold water by the hob.

After boiling the fudge mixture for about 5 minutes, drop a teaspoonful of the hot syrup into the water. If the syrup forms a ball which you can roll between your fingers then its ready – if not, boil for a further few minutes then test again.

More Halloween Treats... If you’re planning a Halloween party here’s a few more quick ideas to keep hungry trick or treaters happy...

EYEBALL CUPCAKES - top vanilla sponge cupcakes with a layer of glace icing. Using a tube of red writing icing, pipe lines to resemble veins and place a red cherry in the centre.

SPIDER’S WEB COOKIES - top plain digestive biscuits with a thin layer of black ready-to-roll sugar paste icing. Using a tube of white writing icing, pipe a spider’s web pattern on each topped biscuit.

Leave to set.

HUBBLE BUBBLE JELLIES – make up lime and orange flavoured jellies according to the packet instructions. Leave until just beginning to set and then divide the lime jelly between 6 clear plastic cups. Add a few bug-shaped jelly sweets then top with the orange jelly and a few more sweets.

Leave until set.

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If that sounds too challenging there are new insurance schemes that place a black box in your car to monitor your driving style and charge you accordingly – this can be a great way of cutting premiums.

But what cars make sensible buys? Here, we have scoured the classifieds to hunt down a few options you may want to consider.

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Cheap to buy, run and fix and there’s thousands on the road to choose from. Even models with air conditioning and CD players can be had for under a grand, but keep an eye out for rust under the sills, behind the bumpers and around the fuel filler cap. And buy the latest one you can afford.

Fiat Cinquecento – from £400

Made famous by TV show The Inbetweeners, this little city car wasn’t Simon’s motor of choice without good reason. It’s extremely cheap to run and insurance won’t be too painful either. Don’t expect much in the way of equipment and remember these Fiats can be a little unreliable, so budget for repairs.

Citroen C1 – from £2,700

This Citroen is the sister car of the Peugeot 107 and Toyota Aygo – not much changes apart from the badge. It’s good to drive and being relatively new it’s one of the safest options.

However, insurance will be a bit more expensive than others and you’ll be hard pressed to find one with air con. Fuel economy will make up for the lack of equipment, but they are still pricey.

Toyota Yaris – from £750

One of the most bulletproof models if you want to avoid running repairs, a Yaris is a sensible choice. They’re roomy inside and if you can stretch to a diesel variant, trips to fuel stations will be relatively infrequent. Insurance costs are surprisingly affordable and it’s a safe option, but prices can reflect that.

Peugeot 106 – from £300

They can be picked up for next to nothing and with a choice of engines and trims to suit most budgets, a 106 is a tempting option. Most are a bit basic, but they’re entertaining to drive and reasonably affordable to insure.

However, they’re not known for their reliability so try and buy one with service history and have it checked over before handing over your cash.

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Have the car checked over by a mechanic too – it’s often worth half an hour’s labour in a garage to save you big bills. And for more expensive cars fork out for an HPI check to ensure it’s not stolen (or ask your Gran to pay for it). Happy hunting!

by James Baggott, editor of Car Dealer Magazine (CarDealerMag.co.uk)

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Amazing Autumn Colour is just too tempting...

- Pippa Greenwood

Autumn colour has always had the ability to make me go weak at the knees. I love it….just as the temperatures are dropping and there’s too much potential for things to become dull, gloomy and miserable, your garden can develop a new potential – to be positively glowing with fantastic foliage colour. If you’re looking to add some glorious golds, passionfilled purples, ravaging reds, yummy yellows or perhaps some outrageous oranges to your garden, then now is a perfect time to buy those autumn colour plants. Not only is autumn a great time to plant trees and shrubs, but if you buy the plant when it is showing its beautiful autumn colours, you’ll know exactly what you’re getting.

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If you want to indulge in a little planting for autumn colour on vertical surfaces such as walls, fences or arbours, there are several plants I’d suggest you consider.

Vitis coignetiae – a rampant grower, the heart-shaped leaves may measure up to 25-30cm across and their splendid scarlet and crimson colours are un-missable. This vine can be grown through large trees and over sturdier supports. The colours tend to be especially good if the soil is miserable or the root run restricted.

Parthenocissus quinquefolia – more commonly known as the Virginia creeper, it’s another sizeable climber, and this also offers a good degree of self-clinging ability, so it can be used to clothe walls where you have not fixed up a support system. In autumn the leaves are numerous shades of scarlet, orange

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GLOS DIRECTORIES | HOMES & GARDENS Cont’d from page 24 and red. It can grow taller than you want, so will ultimately need trimming if, say you grow it on a house wall, or else it will move on to the roof.

Parthenocissus henryana – a relative of the Virginia creeper, but much more restrained. For much of the year its divided leaves are a dark green to bronzy colour with pretty silvery white veining. In autumn they turn rich shades of red.

If you are after a shrub or two then there is an even wider range to choose from.

Fothergilla major or Witch Alder is a gorgeous smallish to medium-sized shrub that is covered with scented creamy white spiky flower clusters early in the year, before the leaves appear. Pale green for much of the year the foliage turns shades of yellow and orange in the autumn. Fothergilla needs a lime-free soil.

Amelanchier lamarckii, also known as the snowy mespilus or serviceberry, is a large shrub or small tree and produces lovely whitish blossom in spring (that is much longer lasting than the flowering cherries!) In spring the new leaves are a coppery colour, changing to bright green and then come the autumn it is one huge mass of fiery colours.

Acers or maples are generally reliable autumn show stoppers, and for smaller gardens you find it hard to beat one of the Japanese maples with their stunning divided leaves turning rich purples, reds, oranges and yellows depending on exactly which one you have planted. The Japanese maples also do well in large tubs, perfect for a sheltered back yard.

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Planting at this time of year works well, but if your garden soil is waterlogged now, then wait a week or more until it is in better condition. If the soil is on the dry side, it will still need watering well, and the soil around the roots will need to be kept moist.

Always check the ultimate or potential height and spread of trees or shrubs you’re considering…..there’s no use planting something that will out-grow its space in a couple of years time. Then sit back and enjoy your own bit of autumnal magic!

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Working from home Liquid Lunches When I started out as a reporter back in the mid1970s, journalists were heroic boozers. Epic, even. The stories I was told!

But on the local weekly in the Midlands where I did my training they were just that – stories. The older staffers span yarns of the liquid lunches of yore that had lasted for hours if not days; the lunches over which these tales were told tended to be a sandwich eaten at the desk. Very, very occasionally I would venture, normally alone, sometimes with the sports editor, to the pub next door for a pint of cold, gassy keg beer and a dried-up cheese roll with a copy of the Sun or the Mirror (because in those days the red-tops were comparatively new and all journalists, whatever they told you, secretly admired their braggadocio) and the Stranglers on the juke-box (turned right down so as not to upset the granddads). All very demure.

Then I joined the brewing trade press and life changed dramatically, especially life after one o’ clock. On my induction day the News Editor and Chief Reporter dragged me to the nearest pub. By 2.30pm I was anxious. By 3pm I was terrified.

“Err... shouldn’t we be getting back?”

I said nervously. The News Editor gestured expansively in the general direction of a party of pixillated worthies a few tables away. “That’s the Editor, that’s the Deputy Editor, that’s the Production Editor,” he said. “When they go, we go.”

They didn’t rise until 4 o’clock; by then I could scarcely rise at all.

But these lunches were, if not the norm, certainly nothing unusual, especially if one were being entertained. I remember, vaguely,

a press officer from Grand Met taking me to a restaurant to “explain” why the company was screwing its pub tenants so heartily. A couple of scotches (doubles) at the bar were followed by a bottle of white wine (between us) with the fish, another bottle of white (for him) with the veal and a bottle of red (for me) with the beef, a half bottle (again, between us) of rather good Sauternes with pudding, a glass of port each with the cheese, and a large Calvados (for me) and a Cognac (for him) with the cigars. By the end of it all I agreed with him wholeheartedly, which I suppose was the point of the exercise.

If you could stand any more of my boastfulness I could easily reel off a dozen more lunches like that. But the everyday pub lunches were scarcely less gargantuan – in my favourite Fuller’s pub around the corner from the office I would routinely demolish three pints of ESB, each with an accompanying scotch, in an hour. No wonder I’m so fat.

All this came to an abrupt end the day the paper was relocated from the City to Slough, over an hour’s drive from home. Lunch went back to being a sandwich at the desk. Then I was made redundant – or “went freelance”, in the jargon of the trade – and started Working From Home.

Could I resist the temptation to revisit the fabled lunches of erstwhile? I could not! The wife was at work. The kids were at the childminders. A trip to the butcher’s netted a big sirloin and a punnet of mushrooms (no chips – I was on a diet), while the offie next door yielded a bottle of wellpriced but extremely strong Côtes du Rhône. What a feast!

And how did I feel when I’d demolished all this? Terrible!

In the intervening years my system’s resistance to this magnitude of assault had completely evaporated; and one of the more macho elements of the office liquid lunch was one’s capacity to put in a full afternoon’s work afterwards.

That had gone. All I could manage was sleep. Worse, so had the pleasure. A liquid lunch has to be convivial; sneaked alone, it’s no pleasure unless you have a thing for guilt.

So, no more liquid lunches for me. They belong to the 1980s. And, perhaps, to a rather wistful chapter in my memoirs.

by Ted Bruning

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GLOS DIRECTORIES | HOMES & GARDENS When long nights and frosty mornings make it feel as if winter is never going to end, it’s time to cosy up with a blazing fire, warm radiators or a welcoming stove. Katherine Sorrell’s ideas for overhauling your heating will help you make it through till next summer‌

Warm up for winter There’s no doubt that we’re all going to be thinking carefully about how we heat our homes this coming winter – and sensible measures such as good insulation, draught excluders and thermostats will help keep both costs and CO2 emissions down. But no matter how many extra jumpers we put on, there’s bound to come a time when we can’t do without some form of home heating.

And since we’ve got to pay for it, we might as well make sure that it’s as efficient and attractive as possible.

First: the traditional fireplace. Many of us have one and it’s usually a focal point of a living room – despite the fact that open fires are shockingly poor heat producers, operating at around just 15-20% energy efficiency. If your fireplace as a whole is unappealing (whether or not you want to use the fire as a form of heating), you can usually update it relatively easily just by changing the surround, hearth and/or mantelpiece: altering the colours, materials and proportions really does make a world of difference.

If you haven’t got a chimney, though, the good news is that you can still have a fire.

Balanced flue gas fires require a gas supply and an outside wall on which to mount the fire, while powerflue (or fan flue) gas fires have the same requirements, and also need mains electricity. No outside wall?

No problem. Electric fires can be used regardless of chimneys, flues and outside walls, and can look surprisingly attractive compared to the ghastly models of old. And some gas fires use a catalytic converter to turn combustion gases into harmless carbon dioxide, so no flue is required.

Because no energy is lost through the flue, they are also 100% heat-efficient.

The big news in heating at the moment, however, is the wood-burning stove.

In looks alone, they’re huge attentiongrabbers: traditional styles have timeless appeal, while hole-in-the-wall or

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centrepiece versions fit wonderfully into a modern setting. And by burning wood from sustainable, local sources you’re not increasing your carbon emissions (for more information, go to www.nef.org.uk/ logpile).

Last, but not least, if you’ve got central heating, don’t forget your radiators. Are they giving off enough heat for the room?

You can help prevent heat loss – especially on an outside wall – by fitting tin foil (or special radiator reflectors) behind them to reflect the heat back in. But if they’re simply not effective enough then consider replacing them with a more powerful version, perhaps in a dramatic modern style or in a classic column shape. They’re not cheap, but they are both practical and good-looking, and will last you many long winters yet to come.

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Think Autumn. Think Chimney.

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Contact Rachel Bucknall & Sons The Studio, 104, Droitwich Road Fernhill Heath, Worcester WR3 8RA T/F 01905 756 048 E gwbchimneys@tiscali.co.uk

www.gwbchimneys.co.uk Dress your home for winter with layers of cosiness • Throw down a deep pile rug to add extra softness and a sense of warmth underfoot.

• Swap sheer, pale, lightweight curtains or blinds for something heavier – wool, tweed, velvet, even felt, denim or mohair.

• On sofas and armchairs, pile up cushions for a sense of cosy luxury and add a throw or two folded over the back: great for snuggling under. You could use a length of tweed edged with velvet ribbon, chunky knitting or crochet, fake fur or soft fleece.

• Replace pale bed linen with sheets or a duvet cover in a deeper shade. Add quilts, eiderdowns, bedcovers, throws and blankets.

• Feature walls may no longer be cutting edge, but they’re still good looking: paint one wall of a living room or bedroom in warm, boldly coloured emulsion – it’s easy enough to paint over again if you get bored with it.

Image on right: Osaka Red Nest of Tables £249 (set of 2); Boujis Table Lamp £49.50; Large Hammered Bowl £55; Navajo Stripe Bed Set £49.50; Navajo Block Bed Set £49.50; Rope Stripe Cushion £29.50; Zig Zag Bed Cover £199; Navajo Panelled Rug £199.

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Some of the best

Short stories Want to read more but never seem able to find the time? Our collection of fantastic short story books features something for everyone – the perfect way to become involved in a highimpact or touching tale, when all you have is twenty minutes.

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The Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

A complete collection of dark, twisted and fantastically written short stories, this is perfect for teenagers and adults. With over fifty lingering tales, this book contains favourites such as ‘Lamb to the Slaughter’, where a guilty wife attempts to conceal the murder of her husband by feeding the only evidence to the police. Genius!

Although this is more of a novella, it is one of the greatest short stories: dark, captivating and with a torrent of hidden meaning flowing beneath the surface. Beautifully written and darkly magical, it’s a must-read.

Sleep by Roddy Doyle For an introduction to this charming Irish writer, Sleep is a lovely text, in which a husband admires his sleeping wife and reflects upon his life with her. Despite the brevity of the tale, Doyle develops strong characters, combining context with emotion to create a softness and affection which is incredible touching.

The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka This wonderful story tells the tale of Gregor Samsa, who one day wakes up to find that he has turned into an insect.

Exploring the themes of man and the natural world, alienation and morality, this tale is darkly funny and brilliantly written.

The Bottle Imp by Robert Louis Stevenson The Bottle Imp can grant any wish, but with a chill-

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When Keawe finds himself in desperate need of the bottle, he discovers it only to realise it has a sinister value of just one cent. This is suspense story-telling at its best.

The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman This is the brilliantly written account of postnatal depression in the Victorian era, recounting the decline of a young woman’s mental health and the lack of understanding from her family as she is imprisoned in a room of her house.

Both sinister and desperately sad, this will grip any reader until the very last line.

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Oscar Wilde’s Stories for all Ages

by Oscar Wilde and Stephen Fry This wonderful collection combines some of the best tales of Oscar Wilde, presented in a beautifully illustrated book, featuring a foreword and introduction to each story by his biggest fan, Stephen Fry. For first time visitors to Wilde’s work, ‘The Selfish Giant’ is a must-read, telling the enchanting story of a giant who lives perpetually in Winter, until he allows children into his castle and his heart.

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GLOS DIRECTORIES | LISTINGS Emergency Numbers

Ambulance 999 EMERGENCY ONLY Fire 999 EMERGENCY ONLY Police 999 EMERGENCY ONLY Police non emergency 0845 090 1234 Crimestoppers 0800 555 111 National Missing Persons 0500 700700 RSPCA 01242 521 958 NSPCC 0800 500 500

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Electricity 0800 3281111 Gas Emergency 0800 111 999 Water Severn Trent 0800 783 4444 NHS Direct 08 45 46 47 Cheltenham General Hospital 08454 222 222

Chemist Numbers Rowlands Pharmacy

5 High Street, Prestbury Cheltenham GL52 3AR Tel: 01242 244318 Open Monday-Friday 9am - 1pm & 2pm - 6pm Saturday 9am - 1pm

Badham Chemists

256 London Road, Charlton Kings Cheltenham GL52 6HS Tel: 01242 515143 Open Monday-Friday 9am - 6.30pm Saturday 9am - 5.30pm

Badham Pharmacy

62 Hewlett Road Cheltenham GL52 6AH Tel: 01242 260165 Open Monday-Friday 9am - 1pm & 1.30pm - 6pm Saturday 9am - 1pm

Boots The Chemist

High Street, Cheltenham Tel: 01242 527084 Open Monday-Saturday 8am - 6pm Wednesday 9am - 6pm Sunday 11am - 5pm

Lloyds Pharmacy

St. Pauls Medical Centre, Swindon Rd, Cheltenham, GL50 4DP Tel: 01242 571 590 Open Monday-Saturday 8am - 10.30pm Sundays 9am - 10pm

Badham Pharmacy Emergency prescriptions If you have a prescription marked “URGENT” by your doctor outside normal opening hours, please call 01242 516779 for assistance.

In the event of an Emergency when no pharmacy is open, please contact Cheltenham or Bishop’s Cleeve Police on 0845 090 1234 who will contact a Pharmacist to dispense your prescription.

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GP Out of Hours Service

08454 220220 covers all patients registered with a doctor’s surgery in Gloucestershire.

Run by dedicated out of hours staff including doctors, specialist nurses and other health and social care workers.

Recycling

Swindon Road recycling centre

Opening hours Monday to Friday - 7.30am-7.30pm (summer time) and 7.30am-6.30pm (winter time) Saturdays - 7.30am-4.00pm Sundays and bank holidays - 9.00am-1.00pm

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Half mile west of Bishop’s Cleeve on the road to Stoke Orchard.

Open 7 days a week (except Christmas Day and New Year’s Day) Opening hours: 9am – 6:15pm all year round Household Recycling Centre Helpline on 01242 680 010

Useful Numbers Cheltenham Borough Council 01242 262626 Citizens Advice Bureau 01242 522491 Gloucestershire County Council 01452 425000 Local M.P. Martin Horwood 01242 224889 National Rail Enquiries 08457 484950 Bacon Theatre 01242 258002 Everyman Theatre Cheltenham 01242 572573 Town Hall & Pump Rooms Box Office 0844 5762210 Cineworld Cinemas 0871 200 2000 Cheltenham Borough Community Transport 01242 515388

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PUBS & RESTAURANTS The Shutter Inn Shutter Lane, Gotherington Cheltenham GL52 9EZ Tel: 01242 673122 Malvern View Restaurant & Hotel Cleeve Hill, Cheltenham GL52 3PR Tel: 01242 672017 The Apple Tree Inn Stockwell Lane Woodmancote GL52 9QG Tel: 01242 673277 Bottelino’s St James Street Cheltenham GL52 2SH Tel: 01242 224761 Charlton Kings Hotel London Road Cheltenham GL52 6UU Tel: 01242 231061

Everest Balti House 3 Portland Street Cheltenham GL52 2NZ Tel: 01242 221334 The Farmers Evesham Road Bishop’s Cleeve GL52 8SA Tel: 01242 679277 Golden Mountain 63 Winchcombe Street Cheltenham GL52 2NE Tel: 01242 672664 The Langton 191 London Road Cheltenham GL52 6HT Tel: 01242 233022 Taj Mahal Balti 11 Church Road Bishop’s Cleeve GL52 8LR Tel: 01242 676006

TAKE-AWAYS All The Raj 27 Prestbury Road Cheltenham GL52 2PP Tel: 01242 242474 Chicken Inn 1 Portland Street Cheltenham GL52 2NZ Tel: 01242 527971 China House 176 London Road Cheltenham GL52 6HJ Tel: 01242 523687 Everest Balti House 3 Portland Street Cheltenham GL52 2NZ Tel: 01242 221334 Golden Mountain 63 Winchcombe Street Cheltenham GL52 2NE Tel: 01242 672664

Perfect Pizza 32 - 34 St James Street Cheltenham GL52 2SH Tel: 01242 235440 Pitville Fish & Chips 27 Prestbury Road Cheltenham GL52 2PP Tel: 01242 242474 Simpsons Fish & Chips 73 - 75 Priors Road Cheltenham GL52 5AL Tel: 01242 521964 Turkish Delight 6 Portland Street Cheltenham GL52 2PB Tel: 01242 282111 Wokswagon 77 Priors Road Cheltenham GL52 5AL Tel: 01242 575995

Please email info@glosdirectories.co.uk if you find any information in the directory to be out of date or would like to add new establishments.

Masala Bites 22-24 Albion Street Cheltenham GL52 2LP Tel: 01242 530531 Rising Sun Cleeve Hill Cheltenham GL52 3PX Tel: 01242 676281 The Curry Corner 133 Fairview Road Cheltenham GL52 2EX Tel: 01242 528449

TAXIS Airport Plus Tel: 01242 808090 Airport Priority Cars Tel: 01242 572224 A2B Private Hire Tel: 01242 580580 Bishop’s Cleeve Private Hire Tel: 01242 696676 Prestbury Independent Taxi Tel: 01242 07860 434421 The 727 Car Company Tel: 01242 523523

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Index of Advertisers Beauty, Health, Fitness & Skincare Beauty Beyond Harriet Cook hair & make-up Mobile Hair Design with Dee Must be Natural

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Building & DIY Staverton Building Supplies

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Building Services CPLC Associates Ltd Paul S Karlsson Architects

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Building Maintenance, Repair, Carpentry & Handyman Services Dave Dowell Handyman 26 LCM Flat Roofing 45 Children, Classes & Tuition Jo Jingles Kumon Maths and English Monkey Music Tick Tocks drop off childcare

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Chimneys & Stoves GWB Chimney Services Ltd

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Computer Services Call Rich

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Garden Services & Maintenance Edward Price Tree & Garden 25 L.M.S. Landscape Contracting 26 Home Care Bramble Home Care

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Kitchens & Bathrooms Severn Vale Bathrooms Nicholas Joiner Kitchens Worktops Cheltenham

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Mastectomy & Wig Parlour Lily de Beer

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Meals / Fruit & Veg Deliveries Ireley Farm Christmas Turkeys 21 Wiltshire Farm Foods 19

Photography & Weddings Fez Photography Harriet Cook hair & make-up

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Plumbing, Heating, Boilers & Electrical Services Glevum Heating Richard Holland P&H

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Restaurants, Pubs, Shops & Cafe’s The Shutter Inn 20 Zebra’s Den SA shop 21 Recycling Bags 4 Caddies

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Funeral Directors Alexander Burn Ltd

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Motoring, MOT’s & Vehicle Sales Cotswold Cheltenham Mini 23

Counselling and Therapies Advance Practice 17 Julie Wales Counselling 7 Pauline Yardley hypno/therapy 7 Positive Exchange Hypnotherapy 15 Tui Na Chinese Massage 17

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