Corstorphine Heritage Centre

‘Poppies’ by Anne Henderson

Our Building and Renovation team here at Maximize are highly skilled with an eye for detail. We strive into getting the best out of every job with a dedicated squad with over 25 years in the construction industry. To get jobs completed in the correct timeframe we maximize all our resources for the best outcome.

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By Katherine Sorrell

The aim is to create both functional and ambient light, using ‘layers’ of different types of fitting at different heights and spread out in the relevant areas. Think about switch positioning, and whether timers or waterproof plug sockets might be useful.

Enjoy long summer evenings with a beautiful lighting scheme for your outdoor space.

A well thought-out lighting scheme will help extend the use of your outside space from lazy summer days into the night. Great lighting adds atmosphere and illumination, highlights interesting features, helps guide you and provides additional security.

If you are considering landscaping work, try to include a permanent outdoor lighting circuit, allowing your scheme to be more flexible and effective. Draw this up early, as it will need to be connected by a qualified person according to Building Regulations, and trenches may be needed for armoured cabling. Discuss with your electrician considerations such as wildlife that might nibble cables or the effect of lighting on your neighbours.

Think about what elements of your garden would benefit from illumination, then think about the positioning of seating, walkways and any features to which you wish to draw attention.

murrayfield carpets & interiors

We have a mixture of 80/20 wool and manmade carpets (Polypropylene) most of the manmade carpets are Stain Resistant and bleach cleanable.

We offer Full fitting service Carpets & LVT Uplift and dispose of old carpets or flooring

Underlays Gripper Bars

And all accessories

We are currently the only shop in Edinburgh with a stand for Coretec LVT click system. Its 100% water proof and is guaranteed for life.

3-4 Western Corner, Edinburgh, EH12 5PY

Opening Times

Mon Tue Thr Fri 9.30am to 5pm Wed & Sat 9.30am to 1.00pm www.murrayfieldcarpets.co.uk

Add enough general lighting to allow you to enjoy the garden once the sun has set. Floodlights or spotlights, wall washers, downlights, uplights, deck-mounted lights and post lights could each have a place. Wall lights are a good choice for passageways and either side of an entrance, and PIR (passive infrared) sensors that switch on when they detect movement nearby are useful, being a great security feature and brilliant when your hands are full.

Next, decide what ‘feature’ lighting you want, such as a row of pendants over a dining table in a pergola. String lights bring a party vibe whether garlanded along a boring fence, around a tree or over the top of a gazebo, for example. If permanent outdoor lighting is impossible, consider good-quality solar or battery-operated LEDs. They are relatively inexpensive, easy to install and available in a range of styles. Options include stake lights, festoon lights, lanterns and fairy lights. Portable LED lamps can be used anywhere, such as on tables, beside the barbecue or in the porch. Add more warmth and vitality with candles and night lights.

Carpets: 0131 346 1838

Interiors: 0131 313 1881 sales@murrayfieldcarpets.co.uk

Alpine paving offers the complete garden services, with over 15 years experience we cover all paving. Landscaping, fencing, turfing, grass cutting, tree work & general tidy ups in Edinburgh, the Lothian and Fife. All rubbish is removed. All staff are uniformed and friendly and knowledgeable. We are fully insured.

We also offer a power washing service to clean and restore all driveways, patios and paths. Ask about our sealing and weed removal options.

Call now for a FREE quotation on 0131 450 7157

Moving Forward

One step at a time Get out of the house

Tea Dance

A supportive group for widowed men

Chat with men in a similar situation

Outings, quizes, conversation guest speakers & lots more

For more info & to register Contact Fiona : development@ccchub.online

Group runs on Wednesdays from 10.30am-12.00 noon at CCC, 5 Kirk Loan in collaboration with W.T Dunbar & Co-op

Saturday's 27th May & 24th June 2pm - 4pm

The Corstorphine Astoria Centre

18 Kirk Loan

Tickets on Sale £6 from our Charity shop

COME AND TRY CROQUET !

Balgreen Croquet and Bowling Club (behind Balgreen Primary School) welcomes:

• Beginners

• Corporate groups

• Social groups

It’s a great way to spend an afternoon. All equipment and tuition provided. For more details visit www.balgreencroquet.club

Please buy tickets in advance from Corstorphine Community Centre, 5 Kirk Loan Mon - Fri 10am to 3pm Includes Light Afternoon Tea Solution on Page 56

Corstorphine

GAS & PLUMBING

SCOTT LENNEN

Heating Engineer

3/3 Manse Street

Corstorphine

Edinburgh EH12 7TR 07884 017577

Central Heating and Gas Appliances

Repairs, Servicing and Installations

Landlord’s Certificates

Power Flushing, All Plumbing Work

24 Hour Emergency Call Out

Repair . Maintain . Install

All work carried out by Ex-Scottish Gas Service Technician

Father’s Day is a celebration that honours the role of fathers and forefathers. It is a modern holiday, though the ancient Romans did have a tradition of honouring fathers in February, but only those who were deceased.

The first unofficial Father’s Day was held in Fairmont, West Virginia, on 5th July 1908, as a memorial service for more than 200 men recently killed in the Monongah Mining Disaster, leaving 1,000 fatherless children.

The idea belonged to Sonora Smart Dodd whose father William, a Civil War veteran, had raised six children on his own after his wife died in childbirth. This was at a time when motherhood was becoming increasingly sentimentalised, and Mothering Sunday (the fourth Sunday in Lent) was being more and more widely celebrated. Dodd felt that men deserved equal recognition. She won the support of the local YMCA and churches and, on the appointed Sunday, YMCA members all went to church wearing roses in their lapels to honour their dads.

Breast Feeding Support Group

Meet Tuesdays 11.15am -12.15pm Rannoch Centre

6 Rannoch Terrace

Edinburgh EH4 7ES - just behind Drumbrae Hub

This is a group for mums and babies experiencing breastfeeding challenges.

Please do come!

We are very excited to be back and would love to see you and your baby

For more information call 0131 286 5023

(Stewart Team)

In what seems to have been a case of simultaneous invention, the town of Spokane, Washington, held another Father’s Day service two years later.

Spokane’s church service attracted much wider attention than Fairmont’s and became an annual event. President Wilson was a speaker at the 1916 event, and eight years later President Coolidge backed one of several failed bids in Congress to recognise it as a national holiday – an ambition only finally realised by President Nixon in 1972

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