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Early Summer 2015

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CONTENTS EARLy SuMMER 2015

Out & About

46 Collecting antique drinking glasses

10 Good news from our region

48 We review the best cars for dogs

17 Strictly stars come to Norwich Theatre Royal

53 Granny Grammar: Last in series

18 Village notice board

58 Diss Carnival

24 Take part in the local Bat Survey

61 Wymondham Carnival

27 What to expect at a horse riding lesson

63 WIN tickets to Tom Odell at Thetford Forest

28 A spectacular knitting and flower festival

64 Our favourite outdoor homeware for the summer

31 WIN tickets to Status Quo and Boyzone at Newmarket Races

67 Photos you’ve tagged us in on Instagram

54 History of education: Victorian era

33 Delicious cake recipe for sweet-toothed readers 35 Wymondham Music Festival

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35 Health & Beauty 71 In good health 73 Health Q&A: Stress 75 Thetford reverend rallies support for leprosy sufferers

Shopping 76 Join in with the festival look this season

Home & Garden 39 Garden jottings from Ken

79 All you need to know about gold

40 On your plot

80 Check out our regional book reviews

43 Great recommendations for local businesses

83 Wortham goes to the Chelsea Flower Show

45 Meet the author: Timothy Bentinck

Jobs, Money & Business 86 What do you know about credit unions?

89 Smart Money Secrets: Changing banks 92 Find a local business or service in our directory 94 Walk our circular route around Weavers’ Way

58 Are you looking for a particular product or service?

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Welcome

I think I can safely say we’re all going to be busy bees in June and July with so many village fetes, boot sales, festivals and carnivals taking place in our region. Our Village Notice Board pages are bursting with places to go and things to do, so make sure you keep your magazine handy.

The newest addition to the VP family is Queenie – our 1976 VW camper – in-keeping with our vintage/retro office theme. Give us a wave if you see us driving round the villages at the many events we already have in our diary. It’s going to be a busy summer!

We’re loving our latest Instagram tags and I’m pleased to print pics of one of our youngest, and one of our oldest (but young at heart) VP girls! A special mention also has to go to talented local photographer Ian Trice for his impressive local shots of all things Wymondham. mondham.

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If music is your thing you’ll be spoilt for choice this summer with huge artists rocking up at all the top venues in the area. We’ve got several pairs of tickets up for grabs so don’t miss the opportunity to be a winner and enter our fab competitions now!

I’m delighted to share several exclusive “Village People offers”, so whether it’s money off a local pub meal, cash back on a new car, £500 off estate agent fees, free wine at the Royal Norfolk Show, we have it in this issue! Be sure to read from cover to cover so you don’t miss anything.

We’re back at the end of July so for now, bring on the sun!

Feel free to get in touch with your comments and do follow us on Instagram – @vpmagazine – to get a sneak peak at life behind the scenes here at VP HQ. Lily Goulder editor@village-people.info 01284 788623

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The pathway provides safe access to the new church facilities, which have been part of a major fundraising project by the people of Swainsthorpe over the last five years – in particular for

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Thanks to the project the church can now also be used as a community centre, so Swainsthorpe is hosting a “The Sound of Musicals” evening on June 20, performed by The Upper Octave.

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at many televised darts and boxing events across the globe.

The event is in support of various local charities and will offer the chance to play a match against one of the former world champions and master darts players.

With VIP tickets already sold-out and over 350 standard entry tickets having gone, book now at www.ncfdarts.eventbrite.co.uk Image: Paul Booth & Eric Bristow

dEFIbRIllatOR IN FORNcEtt phONEbOx Forncett St Peter has joined the many rural villages to have a public-access defibrillator in place for the community.

It has taken eight months of planning and fundraising to get the life-saving equipment installed, and the site chosen is a redundant telephone box in the village – newly transformed with a lick of bright red paint.

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bIkE tOUR RaIsEs £4,000 aNd RIsING Wymondham Lions’s John Wilde and Rotarian Terry Hickman Smith have completed a 180-mile bike tour in support of East Anglia’s Children’s

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uttin’ On The Ritz wowed Norwich Theatre Royal audiences during its last visit with a mix of showbiz style and panache, celebrating the golden era of movie musicals. Now the show is getting a revamp and reboot ahead of a summer return to the city on July 21 to 25.

The show’s return brings with it a popular duo – well known to fans of Saturday night TV – Strictly Come Dancing’s Kristina Rihanoff and Robin Windsor.

“It features some great music which is fantastic to dance to,” said Kristina, who cannot wait to be a part of the production. “It is a show that Robin and I are looking forward to. There is a lot of style in the show and it will be great to perform in.”

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“Dancing is all part of my lifestyle and I am also very lucky because I really love what I do,” Kristina explains. “If it was just a job, you would get to five o’clock and not care but I really enjoy doing what I do, working on these projects, dancing, and I also do some work talking to people about their diet. It is fantastic.”

And, one of the great joys of Puttin’ On The Ritz for Kristina will be working with her Strictly co-star, Robin, once again.

“We have been dancing together now for about five years.

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Norfolk and Suffolk asked to go “batty” The Norfolk Bat Survey has returned for its third year running,

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he British Trust for Ornithology (BTO), who are running the survey in partnership with numerous local wildlife organisations, needs volunteers willing to put out detectors to help.

using automated bat detectors to

15% of Norfolk in total, and has received over 600,000 high-quality recordings of bats – making it one of the largest projects of its kind in the world.

record the presence and activity of bats.

The detectors will be left at selected sites overnight to record the echolocation calls of passing bats, which will enable specialists to create a record of activity for each site. The survey aims to give anyone in Norfolk and just over the border into Suffolk a unique opportunity to help collect new information about which bat species are present in the area.

Over the past two years the survey has covered about

“It is really exciting to improve our understanding of bats in Norfolk and in neighbouring parts of Suffolk,” said Dr Stuart Newson, Senior Research Ecologist at the BTO. “It combines a large-scale monitoring scheme with a novel way of engaging the public’s interest in the natural environment.”

Twenty-three Bat Monitoring Centres have been set up in Norfolk and Suffolk, where volunteers can go to borrow equipment for a few days to take part in the survey. To join in, reserve your 1km square by visiting www.batsurvey.org/sign-up and find your nearest centre.

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Horse Riding Lessons: What Can I ExpECt?

It is estimated that there are over one million horses in the UK and 4.3 million riders, making horse riding more popular than rugby, fishing or cricket in this country both as a hobby and as a serious competitive discipline.

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hen choosing a riding school there are a few important things to check. Firstly it must be licensed by the local council, which provides a yearly check on the horses, facilities and procedures to help ensure safety. Secondly, it should be approved by either the Association of British Riding Schools or the British Horse Society to ensure a good-quality establishment.

Riding schools generally offer group, private and joint-private lessons of varying lengths of time. Check on numbers in group lessons; it is fun to ride with others and make new friends but ensure you have room to work, especially as you get more experienced.

Consider visiting before your first lesson to get an idea of how things run and get a feel for the yard.

Prices do vary, but check what’s included, such as hats and other necessary equipment. An indoor arena is a real asset to a riding school as it allows you to ride comfortably no matter what the weather is like.

It is likely you will be able to untack your horse at the end of your lesson, which is an opportunity to get hands-on and learn some horse care skills if you wish to do so. Many schools also offer stable management classes, where you can learn even more about horse care.

Riding schools operate a rider weight-limit depending on the

horses it has to offer, so a few questions will be asked when booking your first lesson to ensure you are given a suitable horse, instruction and lesson level. As you progress, it is inevitable that you will find a favourite horse and, although it is important to try new ones, you should feel you can talk to the staff if you are not happy with a horse you are given.

Riding is an age-old sport which is fun for all abilities and ages. Schools are pleased to see both regular riders and “as and when� riders, so why not visit your local riding school to see what they can offer you?

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A spectacular knitting & f lower festival

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Six medieval village churches in rural Norfolk are getting colourful this July

he Blossom and Yarn Festival will be quite unlike anything you have experienced before.

Teams of knitters have been busy producing thousands of small, knitted squares which are being crafted together, along with hundreds of other knitted items, to create themed scenes in wool.

Each church will be immersed in its own theme – Christmas, Easter, wedding, christening, harvest or remembrance – and the displays will be enhanced with flowers. Visitors’senses will be aroused by a skilful blend of sights, sounds and smells.

The six churches are part of The Wayland Group of Parishes and their rector is The Rev. Bob Nichols. The congregations of the six villages worship together every Sunday, using each church building in rotation, and they are combining their fundraising efforts to put on the Blossom and Yarn Festival. All the villages are pretty and peaceful, and are nestled in beautiful Norfolk farmland.

The artistic director is Lois Gill, a celebrated craftswoman, gardener and floral artist. She is a NAFAS (National Association of Flower Arrangement Societies) qualified national demonstrator, speaker, teacher and judge. Lois’s talent has been recognised

A major community event, it will be the largest village festival ever staged in the Wayland area, so representatives from each parish have been meeting together regularly to organise all aspects of the spectacular long weekend.

Do not miss!

The Special Preview Evening

Thursday 9 July – limited availability 6.45pm: Starts at Caston Church, opened by the Bishop of Norwich The Rt. Rev. Graham James 7.15pm: Canapés, bucks fizz and live music – dress for a wedding reception!

8pm - All churches will open for a 9.30pm: special preview evening £15 per person including free entry throughout the festival weekend

Festival Songs of Praise

Sunday 12 July 7.30pm at St. Martin’s Church, Thompson

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with three medals at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show which, along with other RHS shows, she has also judged.

Blossom and Yarn Festival Details

Dates: Friday 10 July to Monday 13 July - 10am till 6pm

Places and themes: Breckles - Easter Caston - Wedding Griston - Baptism Great Hockham - Christmas Stow Bedon - Remembrance Thompson - Harvest

Activities and facilities in each village: • “Knit-ins”at various shops and venues • Activities for children • Themed, homemade refreshments • Themed merchandise • Toilets • Parking

Cost: £6 for admission to all venues, children under 16 free Tickets: 01953 488111 • blossomandyarnbooking@gmail.com For more information: Contact Mary Nichols on 01953 488159 or email drmarynichols@gmail.com

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Who are you racing to see at this summer’s newmarket nights?

newmarket nights tickets can be bought from www.newmarket.thejockeyclub.co.uk, subject to availability.

for the few readers that haven’t already experienced newmarket racecourse’s legendary concert evenings, it’s not just about incredible headline acts.

Boyzone are one of the uK’s biggest boybands, having sold over 25 million records worldwide and recently celebrated their 20th anniversary.

the action kicks off with six races earlier in the evening. and, as well as horseracing flutters and thrills, there is a delicious array of dining options at the venue.

COMPETITION

this summer status Quo, Boyzone, Kaiser chiefs, Kylie minogue, madness, sir tom Jones, spandau Ballet and mcBusted will be taking to the stage.

We have three pairs of tickets to see status Quo on July 17 and three pairs of tickets to see Boyzone on July 24 ready to giveaway.

status Quo, who have sold over 118 million records, will be returning to the racecourse on July 17 to perform their classic hits including Whatever You Want and Rockin’ All Over the World. they’ll also be performing tracks from their latest album, Aquostic, which reached the top five in the uK album charts last year.

if you’d like to be in with a chance of winning, simply email competition@ village-people.info with either status Quo or BoyZone as the subject by monday 29 June, and include your name, address and daytime telephone number.

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Sticky Greek walnut cake with cinnamon syrup The Gamekeeper, Old Buckenham, is a family-run pub located on East Anglia’s largest village green. Here’s a recipe especially for sweet-toothed Village People readers from the head chef, Matthew Derges.

Ingredients:

Method:

Cake ingredients:

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Whisk egg yolks, vanilla and 120g of sugar until pale and stiff

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In another bowl, whisk egg whites until peaking and stir in remaining 200g of sugar

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Fold the two egg mixes together

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Line a 20cm spring form cheesecake tin with baking parchment, pour in mix and bake at 180°C for 40 to 45 minutes

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Returning for the 20th year from Saturday 20 June to Saturday 4 July The Wymondham Music Festival Fortnight kicks off with two new events: a Community Choirs Concert for those new to choral singing, and an evening Ceilidh featuring Klezmerized! Both events are at Robert Kett School.

The festival’s largest event, the Midsummer Jazz Picnic, returns with Simon Nelson’s Dixie Mix (June 22) along with the popular Teddy Bear’s Picnic (June 28).

June 27:

Baroque cellist Richard Tunnicliffe

July 1:

The Wymondham Young Musicians event, featuring Norfolk Young Musician 2015 Alexander Little, plus BJ Cole and Emily Burridge playing the cello and steel guitar – BJ Cole has been rated “the best pedal steel player in the world” by international musician Sting.

Folk fans have a real treat in store with two concerts: singer/songwriter Kathryn Williams will be at Central Hall, supported by Wymondham’s own Johnny Steinberg on June 26, followed by Glasgow’s Trembling Bells with Mike Heron (of Incredible String Band fame). They will be bringing their The Circle is Broken tour to town on July 2.

The Abbey has a busy programme of concerts and recitals including the following: June 24:

Rob Goodrich, Director of Music at the Abbey

June 25:

Jazz with the Sue Richardson Quintet, who will be celebrating the life and music of Chet Baker

Competition!

Two pairs of tickets are up for grabs to see Trembling Bells with Mike Heron at Wymondham Music Festival on Thursday 2 July.

To be in with a chance of being one of the lucky

The annual Music Lecture & Recital features Dan Tidhar – the measured and the unmeasured in harpsichord music – on June 23, and a special concert is being staged at the Abbey in memory of Leonie Woolhouse on July 2. The concert, arranged by her son Matthew, features music from Monteverdi’s Vespers, Debussy and Matthew Woolhouse.

The Festival Finale on July 4 will bring the fortnight to a resounding crescendo, with an all-day programme of open-air music in the Market Place from 11am till 6pm. This is followed at 7.30pm by Wymondham Symphony Orchestra’s Summer Concert in the Abbey. winners, simply email your name, address and daytime telephone number to competition@village-people.info with FESTIVAL as the subject by Monday 22 June.

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Garden Jottings from Ken C

lose your eyes and think of an English garden, go on, try it… wrong, think again… sorry, still not right!

Our gardens are created from a wide range of plants from around the globe so there’s not really such a thing as an ‘English garden’, the nearest to it would be a native wildflower meadow or indigenous woodland.

I reckon though that the majority of you will have conjured up an image of a country ‘cottage garden’ in mid-summer, with bees buzzing amongst a rich tapestry of flowers. At its entrance maybe a rustic arch overgrown with sweetly-scented honeysuckle or a blousy clematis, stone pathways flanked by neatly clipped box or soft drifts of lavender leading towards a doorway or an old weathered bench. Was I right? Well I’m sure you’ve got that image now!

This kind of garden can contain a wide mix of plant types, utilizing evergreen and deciduous shrubs for structure, climbers on walls, fences and obelisks, and even herbs, vegetables and fruit can join the mix of carefully ordered chaos – but it’s the flowering herbaceous perennials that will have caught your mind’s eye.

Whatever the site or soil type, this collection of plants has something to offer. Tall and stately; hollyhocks, delphiniums and verbascum all like their heads in the sun, or for more shady areas try acanthus, thalictrum and foxgloves. Low ground cover; spring-flowering aubretia, dianthus for summer colour, or the grass-like Liriope muscari for autumn blooms.

If your soil is wet, some really bold plants are at your disposal; the mighty Gunnera manicata with its enormous leaves,

rodgersias, ligularias and Telekia speciosa with tall yellow daisy flowers, and then to more diminutive choices such as Astilbe chinensis, hostas (watch out for slugs!) and a whole host of primulas.

Generally most plants classed as herbaceous perennials die back to the ground at the end of the year, but there are some which give year-round interest; beautiful hellebores, many euphorbias, bergenias (elephant’s ears), plus heuchera and heucherella which have undergone a breeding bonanza resulting in a magnificent number of enticing names and exciting foliage colours.

Perennials require little maintenance other than a good annual feed, possible staking of taller varieties, water (especially in year one), deadheading and a tidy-up in Autumn (or Spring, since many have attractive seed-heads).

It’s also a good idea to lift, divide and replant many types every three to five years to maintain their vigour.

There are so many great choices for any garden style and any position, call in for planting suggestions and advice!

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Meet the author: Timothy Bentinck He’s an actor, an IT-whiz and now a children’s book author.

From BBC Radio 4’s The Archers, to his book, Colin the Campervan, Timothy Bentinck has proved he has a way with words.

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t’s no wonder Timothy Bentinck’s voice precedes him. He’s spent some 30 years lending his vocal cords to David Archer in the iconic radio soap opera series The Archers, all the while voicing audio books and adverts too. Bentinck’s face is also familiar to many – he’s been acting since his twenties, appearing both on screen and on stage.

With computer-programming and home-renovation skills also under his belt, the multifaceted creative is now turning his career in an even more colourful direction. He’s written a children’s book called Colin the Campervan.

“It came as a complete accident actually,” said Timothy. “I wrote it not as a book, but as a story for my children.

“When they were young we had a campervan which was old and didn’t have a heater. We froze to death in it and it kept breaking down. So I wrote it into a

‘supervan’as a sort of wish-fulfilment. I read the story to my boys and then it sat as a Word file on my computer for 20 years until Kindle came out. Then, because I’m a bit of a computerprogrammer, I turned it into Kindle format and uploaded it onto there, not really thinking any more of it.”

But soon after that publishers were expressing interest.

The storybook, illustrated by Owen Claxton, has a yesteryear charm now a rare find on the high street.

“It’s the same as the storybooks from when I was younger,” he explained. “It’s timeless. There’s enough brashness and computerised stuff around, whereas this is slightly wistful. Everybody has a relationship with their car in some way – particularly back then with the older cars which often didn’t work properly.

Modern cars have less character because they’re more reliable.”

Bentinck is already writing the next instalment of Colin the Campervan.

“I can sort of imagine writing a whole series, with Colin guesting on the next Pixar Cars film,” he said.

“Then I could put my feet up and not have to work so hard!”

Colin the Campervan is out now, through FBS Publishing, £5.99

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Collecting antique drinking glasses

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he eighteenth century saw the beginning of one of the greatest periods of British history in terms of creativity. Georgians liked to drink and to show off their wealth. Beautiful drinking glasses allowed them to do both.

Georgian glass is heavily collected – always handmade using crude implements, and the simple elegance of the glassware has arguably not been transcended in any period since. For nearly a hundred years, English glass dominated and was in demand around the world.

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The earliest drinking Th glasses made in lead crystal were the heavy balusters. and Th Thick-walled heavily-striated, hea this type of glass dominat until dominated about 1725 when the balusters became lighter, then declined ev eventually int no more than into a plain stem with a sw swelling.

Plain stem wine glasses were made throughout the eighteenth century and featured many different bowl types. Feet were folded and conical, or domed, or conical without a fold, or were thickened to make a firing foot.

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Stems were made in various ways. Drawn stems are so called because they were pulled from the same piece as the bowl of the glass, and the foot was made from a separate piece of glass and fused on afterwards.

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Around 1740, glass-makers realised that the air-bubble in baluster glass could be manipulated to form a decorative feature/twist in the stem. This was quickly followed by the introduction of Georgian baluster glass white enamel rods resulting in an opaque white enamel twist. Coloured rods were then introduced – most commonly in reds, greens and blues. Today, brown and turquoise twist stems are considered very rare and are highly collectable.

The bowls of Georgian glasses were frequently decorated with engraved images. This was achieved by using a diamond point or engraving wheel. Wine glasses were engraved with vines and grapes, cider glasses with apples and ale glasses with barley and hops.

The Antiques Fair at Dunston Hall, Norwich, has several specialist glass dealers offering glass from the Georgian, Victorian and Art Deco period. They will be happy to advise you on your purchase or help you source what you are looking for.

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Honda CR-V

This SUV is perfectly suited to many dog lovers’ way of life. It behaves and drives like a “normal” car, yet has the space of an estate, 4x4 safety, plus enough grunt to tow a trailer, caravan or horsebox. The boot capacity is a spacious 589 litres, and this extends to 1669 litres when the seats are down, so your hound(s) will have heaps of space.

Peugeot 3008

The 3008 is a medium-size car, so it is versatile and roomy, but not so big it’s intimidating. It benefits from a user-friendly load area and access is made easy by a split tailgate of which the lower part can become a seat or be used to support a weight of 200kg. This makes it ideal for your canine companion to bounce in and out of.

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ExamplE 1

Cute, obedient, and cuddly, my friend Alison chose well with her new puppy.

What has happened here is that the sentence started with no indication of who was being described; only that he/she/it was cute, obedient, and cuddly. The clause is simply dying to attach itself to the very next thing that is mentioned – in this case it’s Alison.

The writer’s intention was to describe the puppy as “cute, obedient, and cuddly” and Alison as the person who chose the puppy. Alison may be cute, but that’s another story.

The reader will get the message in the end, but only after a moment of concern about the nature of my friend.

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Dangling modifiers ExamplE 4

After hanging there for weeks on end, Beryl decided to remove the cobweb.

Poor Beryl. Put her out of her misery and try this: Beryl decided to remove the cobweb which had been hanging there for weeks on end.

And so, to get back to my mother, she received many official letters containing dangling modifiers. Take a look at the following which she received: Dear Headmistress, As the local nit-nurse, you will be pleased to hear that the recent infestation is under control.

Dear Parishioner, Being February, I decided to contact you about your plans for celebrating Easter.

There are several ways of putting this right:

Dear Policyholder As your insurer, you should appreciate the pitfalls of underinsurance.

Cute, obedient, and cuddly; Coco, my friend Alison’s new puppy, was a good choice.

Dear W.I. member Being Thursday, you may find our meetings difficult to attend.

My friend Alison chose well with her new cute, obedient, and cuddly puppy.

Dear Customer At a cost of £6 each, your pupils should really enjoy their day out.

My friend Alison chose well with her new puppy; Coco is so cute, obedient, and cuddly.

ExamplE 2

After going to seed, Ellen would meticulously dead-head the chrysanthemums.

My mother was called Ellen, but I have no memory of her going to seed. Her chrysanthemums would if she didn’t keep an eye on them… You can start the sentence the same way, but be careful to put the flowers next to the “going to seed” to ensure that the correct attribution is made from the start.

Either of these would be acceptable:

a quick word about hyphEns

After going to seed, the chrysanthemums would be meticulously dead-headed by Ellen.

Walk in wet rooms. Sounds like something you might do after a flood had receded, but actually it is from an advert for wet-rooms; more specifically, walk-in wet-rooms.

Ellen would meticulously dead-head the chrysanthemums, after they went to seed.

Consider:

ExamplE 3

Having read the leaflet, my cat will not be eating raw pork ever again.

My cat can’t read. Can yours?

A Violent Weather Emergency Committee is not the same as a Violent-Weather Emergency Committee A small scale operator is not the same as a small-scale operator

This is better:

A long range weapon is not the same as a long-range weapon

Having read the leaflet, I decided that my cat will not be eating raw pork again.

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Schools for

“children of the labouring poor” In the fourth of her series of articles about education in our region over the centuries, Sarah Doig looks at the rapid expansion of education for the working classes in the Victorian era.

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n rural areas of East Anglia in the early 1800s, education for working-class children was patchy. The highlysuccessful Sunday school movement offered young children the opportunity to learn basic reading and writing skills, and in some villages, charitable endowments from wealthy residents allowed the opening up of small schools.

However, in 1811, the National Society was founded and started offering grants to help build more local schools – kick-starting the emergence of national schools. Local committees were set up, often headed by the rector or another influential resident, who raised money from local inhabitants and applied for grants from both the National Society and the government.

Committees had to demonstrate that “this school is intended for the instruction of the children of the labouring poor”.

Rickinghall National School

for pupils. In the latter part of the nineteenth century, government grants also depended on attendance levels and examination results, so any local happenings which impacted on attendance levels can also be found.

Extracts from the Rickinghall National School logbooks:

Some of the most fascinating and revealing documents from these Victorian village schools are the logbooks kept by the head teachers. They offer us a window into the history of the teachers, pupils and even how “goings-on” in the wider community impacted on the school.

1863 Wedding of Prince of Wales, all children four to fourteen given a good dinner. Next day several sick – the effects of yesterday’s feasting

They often contain school inspectors’ reports, records on the appointment of teachers, academic success in examinations and both prizes and punishments

1882 Smallpox in village. Whooping Cough and Scarlet Fever in village

1864 Small pox epidemic. School closed for four weeks.

1875 Feb – only 54 present – Whooping Cough

1891 Children away with chilblains, colds and measles

These rural village schools had, inevitably, to also fit in with the pattern of the agricultural year. When the harvest started, schools closed to allow children to help their parents bring in the crops and there are frequent absences recorded for boys in particular, who were helping with stone-picking, field work and gathering herbs and other useful wild flowers.

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Taking place on Sunday 14 June, Diss Carnival will present a street procession through the town and will host a Fun Day at Diss Town Football Club.

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The procession theme is “Pot Luck” – giving participants the freedom to choose their own theme. The floats and walking groups are sure to be colourful, spontaneous and certainly not something to be missed!

The Fun Day starts, as usual, at Diss Town Football Club in Brewers Green Lane at 2pm. New attractions for this year’s event will include children’s entertainer Adam Strange, a bouncy castle and spider-web mountain, and a Spitfire fly-past.

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Bizarre are all coming to the event once again and there will even be a guest appearance from Dinsdale the Duck – Diss Carnival’s much-loved mascot.

There will also be the usual assortment of stalls, provided by local groups and businesses, as well as refreshments including a BBQ, hog roast and cake stalls.

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Wymondham Carnival 2015 After the resounding success of last year’s “Wymondham-on-sea” event, the Wymondham Business Group have been busy planning 2015’s carnival.

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he event, which last time saw over 6,000 people line the streets of Wymondham, is to be held on Saturday 25 July. It promises to be an even bigger and more exciting spectacle this year, as the town gets set for all the fun and frolics of “Wymondham-on-the-farm”.

“The team have been working away behind the scenes since the day after last year’s event,” said Tony Holden, Chair of the Events Committee. “The buzz we all felt when it worked so well encouraged us to put on a bigger and better show in 2015.”

Carnival day itself is just the culmination of a number of events that will be going on in the run-up to the event.

Auditions for Wymondham’s Got Talent are underway, where local, budding superstars showcase their talents.

The prize-fund has increased this year, from £500 for the winning act to £700! Second place will win £200 and third place will win £100. To find out when the live shows are, look at the carnival’s Facebook page – see below for full details.

Mark Cole, a Wymondham High teacher who is organising the competition, said: “This year we are expecting an even greater number of entries. We want the widest possible range of talented local people to come and audition.

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Wymondham Carnival 2015 will also include a separate, special event to crown this year’s Carnival Queen on Friday 26 June. Event details and an application form can be found on the Facebook page listed below.

For more details about the carnival: Visit - www.facebook.com/wymondhamcarnival Contact - Tony Holden from JPs at tony@jpslunch.co.uk For groups and businesses wanting to join in the parade: Contact - Fran Young at franyoung@talktalk.net For general carnival 2015 publicity: Contact - Kevin Smith from KSD Associates Ltd at info@kadassociates.co.uk / www.ksdassociates.co.uk

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to see tom Odell at Thetford Forest!

Forest Live, organised by the Forestry Commission, takes place every summer in June and July and has been running for 14 years. An eclectic mix of acts perform in seven spectacular forest locations across the country, with Thetford Forest being our region’s local venue.

Income generated from ticket sales is spent on protecting, improving and expanding England’s forests and woodlands and increasing their value to people and wildlife.

This summer, the following acts will be performing at Thetford Forest, near Brandon in Suffolk: The Script (July 2), Sam Smith (July 3), Paloma Faith (July 4) and Tom Odell (July 5).

This issue, our fantastic Village People competition prize is a pair of tickets to see Tom Odell live at Thetford Forest on Saturday 5 July, with special guest Rae Morris!

for which Odell added his spine-tingling vocals to a cover of the John Lennon’s classic, Real Love, generated millions of YouTube views.

Tom Odell’s debut album, Long Way Down, shot straight to number one and singles from the album include the hits Can’t Pretend, Hold Me and the gargantuan Another Love. Critics claim Odell illustrates a song-writing maturity beyond his years, which has resulted in his achieving the ultimate industry accolade of Songwriter of the Year at the 2014 Ivor Novello Awards.

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Odell also won the BRITs Critics’ Choice Award for 2013 and was chosen to perform the soundtrack to the highly-anticipated 2014 Christmas advert for the department store John Lewis. The advert,

Send your answer (a, b or c) to competition@villagepeople.info, along with your name, address and daytime telephone number by Monday 22 June.

Usual Village People rules apply.

The 24-year-old singer/songwriter is currently in the studio recording his new album.

To be in with a chance of winning a pair of tickets to see Tom Odell live at Thetford Forest on July 5, simply answer the following question: What was Tom Odell’s debut album called? a) Long Way Up b) Long Way Through c) Long Way Down

For more info about Forestry Live events and to buy tickets, visit www.forestry.gov.uk/music or contact 03000 680400.

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In good hEalth Nothing Improves Without Change Sticking at a good training programme and doing it well for six weeks is good and should reap some reward. Anything, if you work hard at it, will reap some reward. But if it hasn’t happened in six weeks, then it’s never going to happen.

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The same can be said about food. If you have found yourself in a position where you have more around your middle than you would like then it’s your consistent food choices that have put it there. Rubbish is still rubbish no matter how big or small the portion size, so do your body a favour and change your nutrition. Consistently eating a better range of food will impact fat loss, not to mention your health and wellbeing.

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In our modern society, it is difficult to avoid the increased demands of a busy life. You may feel that you are going to buckle under the pressure, however if you can find a coping strategy there is no reason why this should happen.

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It is important to learn some quick-fix stress-management techniques to help you get through a particularly difficult day or moment:

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talking to someone who is funny or sharing a joke with someone you get on with. Humour helps relieve the symptoms of stress by producing “feel-good”chemicals in the brain.

• Deep breathing - learn a few breathing techniques to help you relax. Simply counting to 10 before responding to a stressful situation is often all that is required.

• Take a walk - get away from it all and clear your head by

taking a brisk walk outside. Sometimes a change of scenery and some fresh air can help you forget the stress you’re under.

• Speak to a friend or a colleague - if you have a work problem, a colleague may be able to help you by taking responsibility for a few of the tasks you have not got round to.

• Make a cup of tea - herbal is best. Try peppermint tea to calm any digestive symptoms or chamomile tea to help you relax.

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Love’s mission in the darkest suffering Norfolk journalist, Sandie Shirley, spotlights the inspiring stories of men and women from the region and beyond that have seen them reach for victory. For more stories visit: www.refreshingwaters.co.uk

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esperate lives destroyed by disease, poverty and prejudice are being transformed as people work together to end leprosy. That’s the message highlighted by Mike Griffin from Thetford as he rallies support for leprosy.

“We aim to stop leprosy destroying lives and cure patients,” says Mike who works for the Leprosy Mission.

With a heart for broken, suffering outcasts, the regional manager for SE England, Wales and the Channel Islands is a continual driving force for change, acceptance and support. His job takes him to the front-line of suffering where sacrificial love brings healing and revolution to some of the poorest, marginalised people across the globe.

He has visited India and Bangladesh and returned from his second trip to Nepal last November with wife and long-standing volunteer, Linda.

The Leprosy Mission provides health care and training at hospitals and satellite clinics and is dedicated to reversing the hatred and anger that breeds stigma.

“The darkest places of suffering are alive with God’s presence. They are unique, special places and the tangible sense of God at the leprosy hospital is very healing for the patients, whatever their faith,” says Mike who has worked for the Mission for 11 years after leaving church ministry.

“The disease can be cured within six months with multi-drug therapy but tragically we also see those who are thrown out by their families – they may lose their homes, jobs and access to their children and be denied health care. e.”

In Nepal self-help groups help beat the challenges of the marginalised and those affected by general disability. Struggling widows and those disabled by leprosy and general disability receive support and grants to rebuild their lives with new skills and jobs so they cease to be a burden on the community.

“The groups bring dignity and empowerment which is inspirational. People are given a second chance which they are quick to grab as they stand united to become farmers, shop keepers, dressmakers or other income-generating opportunities of their choice,” says Mike.

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“The initiative is Fundraising Manager encouraged where there is a high level of stigma but once the groups are registered the door opens to further support that benefits the whole community which helps to reduce the stigma.”

Last autumn Mike and Linda visited Nepal with a group of Leprosy Mission volunteers who, on their return, were further enabled to tell out a message of hope and on-going need to local churches after they saw the work in action.

Linda Griffin with a leprosy sufferer

“We took 14 volunteer vo speakers with us for the first time; they the were completely overwhelmed by the love they saw and felt from the staff whose heart and desire is to follow Jesus,” says Mike.

For further information about the Leprosy Mission, visit www.leprosymission.org.uk, www.awakenme.org or contact mikeg@tlmew.org.uk

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Gold: then & now Love it or hate it, we are all touched in some way by its shiny resilience, its overpowering strength and versatility, and its ability to look good even if it has not been worn for years.

Gold has had a varied history of uses. Apart from adornments, it has been used as both currency and held as gold reserves by nearly all the major countries of the world. It is the only truly safe commodity that governments trust our money to, and in these large quantities it has a power that has been trusted for decades.

In recent years, gold has found another highlyvalued use in the technology industry. It is used as a conductor for electronics and has therefore seen a huge surge in value due to the insatiable and growing demand of the mobile phone and tablet market.

Gold has seen such a steady rise in value over the last few years, it has prompted the public to dig deep into their drawers and jewellery boxes in order to find some forgotten, long-discarded or broken gold to sell or part-exchange while the price is high.

It is often a shock to find out that unwanted jewellery is worth so much. Many pieces can be renovated and resold, giving the customer a chance to buy a unique pre-loved piece of jewellery with genuine history and in styles that are no longer produced.

Perhaps you dream of winning the lottery so you can own a vintage car or a Georgian mansion, but you don’t have to win the lottery to have your own small slice of the past when you purchase a second-hand piece of jewellery.

As well as the history behind pre-owned jewellery, it is also fantastic value for money and will be loved for generations to come.

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this month we love Threads – The Delicate Life of John Craske Julia Blackburn

Jonathan Cape

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Once Upon a Tide Godfrey Sayers

Godfrey Sayers

ISBN 9780992808761 Hardback with many photographs and illustrations £19.99 Godfrey Sayers has lived most of his life on the north-Norfolk coast and the sea has been a significant part of that life: sailing on it, swimming in it and perhaps most importantly of all, painting it in all its bleak and fragile beauty. For many summers Godfrey could be found in a wagon on Blakeney’s Carnser car park, selling his paintings and looking out over the mudflats. Now he’s written the story of his life and a hugely entertaining and sometimes moving story it is. For anyone who loves this restless coastline and wants to know more about it, I recommend this fine book unhesitatingly.

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ohn Craske was a Norfolk seaman and later a self-taught artist, both as a painter and maker of tapestries.

His reputation has never equalled that of Alfred Wallis, the other great self-taught artist of seafaring scenes, but Julia Blackburn’s fascinating new biography may help to redress this. Many of Craske’s beautiful creations are illustrated in the book, as Blackburn teases out the facts of his obscure life. This is as much a book about the author and her search for Craske as it is for the shadowy subject himself and this moving story is likely to find itself up for literary prizes later in the year.

The Shepherd’s Life – A Tale of the Lake District James Rebanks

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ISBN 9781846148545 Hardback £16.99

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ost of the books reviewed here have regional connections; this one doesn’t, but I expect many people of our region will enjoy it and it is so well written. James Rebanks is indeed a shepherd. His family have farmed in the Lake District for hundreds of years and he’s part of a traditional way of life that clings on in odd corners of these islands. He is less than effusive about the tourist hordes – you and me – who descend on the Lake District every year, contending that they generally don’t notice and certainly don’t understand the working lives of those who live in the place. He writes clearly, fascinatingly, unsentimentally about work on the fells in all extremes of weather and the dangers of the place.

View our region from a different perspective with this fascinating selection of local titles from Chris Rushby of Jarrolds’ Book Department Wild Guide – Southern and Eastern England Daniel Start, Lucy Grewcock & Elsa Hammond

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he Wild Guides started as a single book about finding places for wild swimming, but the series has grown and this new “compendium of adventures” features the best wild places to visit in southern and eastern England – including East Anglia in this volume. It contains ideas for slow food and the more bohemian kinds of accommodation. From swimming rivers, secret beaches and lost ruins to ancient woods, meadows and orchards. It makes a useful alternative to the conventional tourist guide and will help the visitor – and the local – find some off-thebeaten-track places they may not otherwise have discovered.

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ake no mistake, this isn’t a read for the faint-hearted: the narrative is gripping and gruesome. The narrator, we soon discover, is a serial killer who appears to have been getting away with murder for many years – in fact, he has turned it into a chilling and well-organised hobby. Finally, though, he comes across someone who stirs feelings of affection in him that might just bring him back towards the fold of humanity if it’s not too late. Author Graeme Cameron lives and works in Norfolk, therefore many of the places featured in the novel are recognisably local ones. I defy you not to be drawn into this pageturning read – but only if you can cope with pretty high levels of violence in your crime-thriller reading.

Coastlines – The Story of our Shore Patrick Barkham

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ISBN 9781847088970 Hardback with line illustrations £20 Patrick Barkham is a features writer for Guardian and is one of the best of the current generation of nature writers. His previous books, Butterfly Isle and Badgerlands have won him both critical praise and literary awards.

His new book tells the story of the British coastline, a tale told in a series of walks made by the author along some of the most picturesque and fascinating stretches of the coasts of the four home nations. Being a Norfolk man, Patrick’s travels inevitably take him more than once to this region, including a return to Scolt Head Island, where he spent some happy childhood holidays.

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Sarah spent the last decade searching for the Irises originally cultivated by Suffolk artist Sir Cedric Morris, who ran the East Anglian Art School from his

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Many credit unions offer a wide range of services, such as:

• Secure savings • Affordable loans • Online account access • Same-day bank transfers • Debit-card facilities via a prepaid VISA card • Paypoint cards which can be used to pay in money at Post Offices and some shops

In our region, Eastern Savings & Loans Credit Union (ESLCU) offers membership to anyone who lives or works in Norfolk, Suffolk or Cambridgeshire. It is registered under Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies, and is a member of the Association of British Credit Unions.

ESLCU was created in January 2014 from the merger of two of the region’s largest credit unions, Norfolk Credit Union and Ipswich and Suffolk Credit Union. It now has more than 7,000 members across Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire, with over £2.5million in assets.

Members pay a £2 joining fee, deposit an initial minimum of £5 into their savings account, and pay a small membership fee of 25p per week. Anyone over 18 can join as a full member, and there are junior accounts for under18s which can be opened free of charge and offer 2% interest on the balance.

Eastern Savings and Loans Credit Union is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and registered under the Credit Unions Act 2010. Deposits are protected by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme.

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oes it annoy you that your bank doesn’t pay you interest when you’re in the black or that it charges the earth if you go slightly overdrawn? If the answer is “yes”, maybe it’s time to switch to a better bank account.

With the new Current Account Switch Service it is so much quicker and easier to take your custom elsewhere – just choose your new bank and they’ll look after the rest.

The process will take a maximum of seven working days and there’s also a guarantee that you won’t incur any charges during the switch over.

Too many of us have put up with sub-standard products and poor service for too long, but now it’s much less hassle to vote with your feet and switch to an account that mirrors the way you manage your money.

Although each bank and building society has its own tariff and rate details clearly displayed in marketing literature, working out which account is best can be a big headache. There is not one account that works out as the top choice for everybody, it’s more about weighing up the individual elements of an account that are most important to you.

For some, a low-cost overdraft will be the priority, while interest on credit balances or a debit card offering low-cost transactions abroad will be key for others.

I’ve carried out some research to try and establish which accounts are strongest in each of the different areas: it’s a cheap overdraft that’s most • Ifimportant, then take a look at First Direct (first £250 interest-free), M&S Bank (first £100 interestfree) or the FlexAccount from Nationwide Building Society.

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(Picking the wrong bank when it comes to debit card costs abroad can cost far more than you’d imagine. A two-week summer holiday could easily see you shelling out an extra £50 or more in charges – a saving that will more than outweigh the total interest many of us earn on our bank account in a whole year.) some of us mostly • Meanwhile, value a consistently good level of service and the ability to talk to a human being at a UK call centre 24/7. Current top-performers for customer service continue to be First Direct and The Co-operative Bank.

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Village wanderings East Ruston and Honing

This circular walk begins at East Ruston and sets out across tracks and grazing marshes. The path crosses the North Walsham & Dilham Canal at Tonnage Bridge and then follows the bank of this quiet waterway through fields and woodland. Re-crossing the canal at a disused lock, the path joins the Weavers’ Way that leads back to the starting point.

Distance: approximately 3.5 miles.

Using OS Explorer Map OL40. Start grid ref: TG 346272.

1 The grazing marshes on the north side of the river are full of the ‘Yellow flag’ iris. It is one of two iris species native to the UK and thrives in marshy areas.

Other early spring flowers already in evidence included primroses, blackthorn and goat willow.

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4 The name of the Weavers’ Way comes from the weaving industry based around North Walsham during the Middle Ages. This section of the 56-mile Way follows the track bed of the former Midland & Great Northern Railway.

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3 3 Honing was one of six locks on the nine-mile North Walsham & Dilham Canal. This is said to be the only canal in Norfolk and was opened in 1826. It was used for transport of goods, including a weekly ‘cabbage’ wherry to Great Yarmouth! It fell into disrepair in the early 1900s.

It is now managed by the North Walsham and Dilham Canal Trust.

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We loved the quiet ‘wildness’ of the formerly busy rail and water ways. With Spring struggling to make headway in this cold start to 2015, the wonderful icingsugar blossom sprinkled on the blackthorn was a harbinger of things to come.

Walked, written and designed by Kevin Parker (keeper.kev@btinternet.com) and Kaarin Wall (kaarin@wizgraphics.co.uk) © 2015.

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Tonnage Bridge 2 Every vessel using the canal had to pay a toll, collected at Tonnage Bridge. The bridge collapsed in 1980 and was rebuilt shortly afterwards to allow the crossing of farm machinery.

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Netherton Dental Practice Fizzy/Fruit drinks cause major damage What is acid damage?

‘Acid damage’ or ‘acid erosion’ – the gradual dissolving of the tooth enamel (Enamel is the hard, protective coating of the tooth, which protects the sensitive dentine underneath)

What causes the damage?

• Carbonated drinks. All soft drinks (even dietary varieties) contain a lot of acid and can dissolve enamel on your teeth especially if you hold the drink in your mouth until the bubbles disappear!

• Fruit juice and wine. Juice and wine have similar effects on your teeth because of the acid.

• Fruit, pickles, yogurt and honey. These foods are acidic; don’t let them linger in your mouth. Swallow them as soon as you’ve chewed them enough.

How will I know if my teeth are damaged?

Thinning and chipping of the tips of the front teeth. (However, significant damage has already taken place!)

You may experience pain and sensitivity when eating hot, cold or sweet foods and drinks.

Teeth may become darker (this is due to the enamel showing darker dentine through and teeth appear darker faster).

How can I reduce/avoid acid damage?

• Keep fizzy drinks as a treat and not an everyday event.

• Rinse the mouth with water after a fizzy drink.

• Do NOT use a toothbrush immediately this brushes off the surface of the weakened enamel.

• Wait for at least half an hour before cleaning teeth and the enamel will have slightly hardened off.

• Clean your teeth before breakfast.

• Always use a fluoride toothpaste.

• Finish your meal with a glass of milk or a piece of cheese to cancel out the acid.

What shall I do if I am concerned?

If after reading this article you have any questions or cause for concern you should consult your dentist as soon as possible.

Remember: It is easier to prevent acid damage than it is to repair it.

Try this at home: Place a brown coin in a fizzy drink – particularly cola – watch how effective the acid is in stripping the surface off the coin.

The same happens in the mouth!

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The Plain, Long Stratton, Norfolk, NR15 2XG

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4 SITES ACROSS THE SOUTH EAST

Aquarium

Ponds

Marine

Pet Supplies

COFFE SHOP E

NOW O PE Reptiles BrandsN

KOI CARP & PONDS

WE STOCK A WIDE SELECTION OF KOI KARP & GOLD FISH

MARINE FISH & INVERTS WE STOCK A LARGE SELECTION OF COLOURFUL FISH

FILTERS & PUMPS

WE STOCK EVERY PUMP & FILTER YOUR POND WILL NEED

REPTILES & PETS BABY TORTOISES now in stock LARGE SELECTION OF REPTILES & PETS/PRODUCTS

Harling Road, East Harling, Norfolk NR16 2QW

Tel: 01953 718184

www.swallowaquatics.co.uk

2-FOR-1 MEALS

1 voucher per customer. Cheapest meal free. End date 31July 2015.

We reserve the right to withdraw this promotion at any time.

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