Clubhouse Newsletter 46

Clubhouse Network

Newsletter April 2022

Issue #46

Our Clubhouses are now re-opening in a gradual and safe way.

Access is by appointment only, so speak to your support worker or call 01782 835 220 to arrange a visiting time for the American or twentyfourSEVEN.

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Newsletter Issue #46 Hello everyone and welcome to this issue of the Newsletter. The Newsletter is back blending what you said you liked about EXTRA and the regular Newsletter.

If you read the Beano or Dandy as a child you should breeze through this month’s picture quiz.

There are the usual mindfulness colouring pictures and a dot-to-dot.

In local history, Howard stokes us up with the history of the bottle oven.

MusicMan selects a bag of one-hit-wonders with more coming next month.

The regular cookery article is back with a scrumptious vegetable soup recipe that makes for a healthy and cheap meal any time of year.

In this issue: Where It’s At with Brighter Futures p3 Picture Quiz: DC Thomson Comic Characters p4 Mind Services p5 Countries and Capitals Quiz p6 Stable Mates p7 Colouring and Dot-to-Dot p8 Clubhouse Access Times p11 Word Search p12 MusicMan, One Hit Wonders p13 Local History: Bottle Ovens p14 Quiz Answers p14 This Month’s Mindful Moments p15 Music: Blue sung by Toni Kalvans p15 I Do Like to be Beside the Seaside p15 Ten Facts: Some Like it Hot p16 Riddles p16 City Snap: Berry Hill, Jokes p17 Quick Quiz, Fantasy Football p18 twentyfourSEVEN Friendship Day p19 Port Vale Community Cupboard p20 Support and Services Information p21 Sudoku Solutions p21 Recipe: Vegetable Soup p22 Mindful Colouring p23 Newsletter is made by: Editor, Producer, Audio: Mark Gilbert Feature Writer: Howard Dexter Photographer: Charlotte Booth Contributor: Diane Goodstadt Braillist, Music: Toni Kalvans Approval: Sharon Fone Front Cover: Rob at the American during lockdown. Photo: Mark

Have fun with these Sudoku Puzzles!

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Where it’s at with Brighter Futures

Meir pop-up group on Monday Gurmet, Carrie, Julie, Claire, Hilary, Donna, Joy, Steven, Carl and Lee greatly enjoyed this session

Our new group: ‘Modern Board Games with Mark’ on Fridays at the American.

Carol, Natalie, Frank and Peter loved playing Carcassonne

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DC Thomson is a publishing company based in Dundee that has published kids’ comics over many years containing some fondly remembered characters. How many can you identify?

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Countries and Capitals Quiz 1 Copenhagen is the capital of which country? a) Finland c) Denmark b) Sweden d) Iceland 2 What is the capital of Switzerland? a) Bern c) Geneva b) Zurich d) Basel 3 What is the capital of Turkey? a) Istanbul c) Ayia Napa b) Ankara d) Constantinople 4 Budapest is the capital of which country? a) Bulgaria c) Hungary b) Romania d) Slovakia 5 What is the capital of Czechia? a) Prague c) Ostrava b) Gdansk d) Ljubljana

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Here are some pictures for you to colour in. Never tried colouring since you were a child?

Give it a go, you might find it calming and fulfilling.

If you would like a paper copy of this newsletter speak to your support worker and they can surface mail one to you.

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If you have enjoyed colouring these images then why not get yourself a colouring book aimed at adults. Some of the books are very beautiful in themselves being made from fine paper and using high quality printing. You will find books at most newsagents, supermarkets or at The Works and The Range. There are prices to suit most pockets. Other crafts you will find in the shops include 5D Diamond Art, Scraperfoil and Artful Etching. All of these arts and crafts and more take place in our Clubhouses. Go along and give it a go, you will be made very welcome.

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The Clubhouse Network Temporary reduced opening times – walk in service

Times

Access by appointment only

Monday Meir group

09.30-12.30 Angela Henshall

Monday The American

9.30-12.30 Ange Gamble Craft Group

13.00-16.00 Chris Morgan

Tuesday Hillcrest 24/7

09.30-12.30 Jacqui Parker

13.00-16.00 Jacqui Parker

Wednesday The American

09.30-12.30 Maggie Hunter

Art/modelling The American

09.30-13.00 Chris Oldham

13.00-16.00 Chris Morgan

Thursday Hillcrest 24/7

09.30-12.30 Jacqui Parker

13.00-16.00 Jacqui Parker

09.30-12.30 Angela Henshall

13.00-16.00 Maggie Hunter

10.30-12.00 Modern Board Games with Mark

13:30 – 15:00 Modern Board Games with Mark

Friday The American

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Word Search Computer Words

MOTHERBOARD FACEBOOK USB INTERNET GAMES SCANDISK MOUSE NOTES CPU KEYBOARD SPEAKER ICONS DVD FOLDERS KEYS SCREEN MONITOR REBOOT HARDWARE SOFTWARE

Types of Drink MILK PEPSI SOUR DR PEPPER COCOA ICED LEMONADE STRAWBERRY CHERRY COFFEE WATER SODA HERBAL TEA TASTY SEVEN-UP COLA HOT VANILLA DIET

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Clubhouse Cookbook online There is now a way to access online all the recipes that have featured in the Newsletter. To get access to the Clubhouse Cookbook Online just send an email with Cookbook as the subject to:

One Hit Wonders

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omedian Jason Manford once told a story about seeing Chesney Hawkes in concert. He started with The One and Only which got a round of applause.

Then, pausing before saying 'For my next song', Jason said people were muttering, saying, 'He has another one?'

Audrey Hepburn film to a new generation.

In 1980 The Buggles had a massive hit with Video Killed the Radio Star. Lead singer Trevor Horn is now a top record producer and I think that the song still sounds great.

The Knack (1979) had a big hit with My Sharona, a song built around a very good jerky guitar riff. Lead singer Doug Fieger wrote this for his girlfriend Sharona Alperin.

The band Weatus scored a number one hit with Teenage Dirtbag in 2000. Sadly they have never been able to replicate this achievement.

Norman Greenbaum certainly doesn't sound like a pop star but his song, Spirit in the Sky (1969) still gets played on the radio.

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For my next song I’m going with Breakfast at Tiffany's by Deep Blue Something (1995) a very good pop song and maybe brought the classic

Four Non-Blondes were from San Francisco and in 1993 released a song called What's Up. A great tune and none of the four girls were blonde.

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In 1985 Mike Scott from the Waterboys penned the superb Whole of the Moon. A song that features the great line, 'I saw the crescent but you saw the whole of the moon.

My next choice is Birdhouse in Your Soul (1989) by They Might Be Giants. The video didn't make any sense and the lyrics had lines like, Say I’m the only Bee in Your Bonnet.

However the tune was great so that's good enough for me.

My final song is Brimful of Asha (1997) by Cornershop.

Initially the song wasn't played on the radio until DJ and producer Norman Cook heard it. He gave the song a great remix and the rest is history.

MusicMan

Local History Bottle Ovens Experts calculate that in the heyday of the pottery industry there were up to four thousand bottle kilns and as many as two thousand still standing in the 1950s.

The clean air act sounded the death-knell for the smoky, coal fired ovens as the factories turned to gas and electricity.

There are forty seven bottle ovens still standing and they are all listed buildings.

No two bottle ovens are exactly alike. They were all built according to the whim of the builder or the potbank owner.

Some small factories had only one oven, larger ones had as many as twenty five.

The outer part of an oven is known as the 'hovel'. This

of elderly men who still possessed the skills required, together with a massive team of younger volunteers set about the last firing.

shape with its wide base and narrow neck evolved to accommodate the firing chamber together with room for men, materials and equipment.

The tapering chimney was better for creating draught which aided the firing process and helped to take away the smoke. The smoke however, was thick and black, local bylaws, passed in 1877 stated that hovels should be not less than sixty feet high. However there are many photographs showing an almost permanent fog over the potteries caused by the kilns.

On August 26th 1978 the last ever firing of a potteries bottle kiln took place. David Sekers, director of Gladstone Pottery Museum and a driving force behind the event said, ‘The first time in twenty years and the last time in history'.

Twelve tons of coal was used from Florence pit and a group

The fired burned in the kiln for around two days, then after cooling for several hours the historic fired samples were removed and are now on display in Gladstone museum.

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What is Mindfulness?

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indfulness is the aware, balanced acceptance of the

present experience. It isn’t more complicated than that. It is opening to or receiving the present moment, pleasant or unpleasant, just as it is, without either clinging to it or rejecting it.

Sylvia Boorstein

This Month’s Mindful Moments When we get too caught up in the busyness of the world, we lose connection with one another - and ourselves.

Jack Kornfield As soon as we wish to be happier, we are no longer happy.

Walter Landor You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment. Fools stand on their island of opportunities and look toward another land.

There is no other land; there is no other life but this.

Henry David Thoreau

This month in the audio edition: Leanne Rimes’ Blue sung by Toni Kalvans.

Recorded by Nomis Industria

I Do Like To Be Besides The Seaside Back in the sixties our annual holiday would normally be to Colwyn Bay in north Wales. As we lived near to Stoke station we were able to walk the short distance with our cases.

The resort had a sandy beach and most days if the weather was good would be spent sunbathing, making sand castles, and a quick paddle if we could brave the cold sea.

There were a few amusement arcades and sometimes our dad would take me and my sis in to an arcade to spend a few pennies.

I used to like the roll-a-penny, to win, the coin had to land between the two black lines.

The other one we always headed for was the coinpusher. They normally had a large pile of pennies at the front, right on the edge about to drop but of course they never did.

I remember one time our dad getting really frustrated as he had put a large quantity of pennies in and had hardly won anything, so he took matters into his own hands and gave the machine a shove. Sure enough a number dropped.

He then tried a second time only to be tapped on the shoulder by the arcade owner who asked us to leave.

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As we left dad said to the guy he wouldn't be coming back as all his machines were fixed

anyway. My sis and I found it all highly amusing and it still makes us both smile when we think of it.

The mountains above Colwyn had a zoo with a wide variety of animals and most years we would visit.

Rhos-on-Sea is close to Colwyn Bay and is still famous for the Harlequin Puppet Theatre. As a child I always loved marionettes and so for me a visit was always a highlight of my holidays.

Llandudno is only five miles from Colwyn and taking a tram ride to the top of the Great Orme is another happy memory I have.

Finally, on the last day of our hols our parents would take us to the small fun fair. There was a child sized Ferris wheel, dodgem cars, a merry-goround and some stalls. I loved the dodgems, though it could be a bit hairy if older boys were riding as they would take

great delight in crashing into me at great speed.

Those were great times

Ten Facts Some Like It Hot 1. The original curry predates the British presence in India by about 4,000 years.

2. The first curry recipe in the UK appeared in Hannah Glasse's the art of cookery 1747.

3. The dish really became popular when members of the British army got a taste for it in India.

4. A survey for National Curry Week found that tikka masala was our favourite, followed by korma and jalfezi.

5. The origins of tikka masala are disputed but one claim is that it was invented in the 1970s by a chef in Glasgow who added a tomato cream sauce to please a customer.

6. On average we spend £30,000 on curry in a lifetime according to research by J. Sainsbury.

7. Celebrity fans include Tom Cruise who says chicken tikka is his favourite.

8. Britain's first Indian restaurant opened in London in 1810.

9. 'Balti' is named after the bowl like dish in which the food is both cooked and served.

10. Finally, there are claimed health benefits from eating curry. Turmeric has been linked with having anti-cancer properties while capsaicin, the hot stuff found in chillies has been linked to lowering blood pressure.

Questions 1. How many bananas can you eat if your stomach is empty?

2. A cowboy rode into town on Tuesday and left two days later on Tuesday.

How so?

3. What does a dog do that a man steps into?

4. What's the difference between a jailer and a jeweller?

5. A man and a dog were going down the street.

The man rode, yet walked.

What was the dog’s name?

6. Why can't we take a picture of a man with a wooden leg?

7. Lovely and round, I'm shimmery white, grown in the darkness, a lady's delight. What am I? 8. What is seen in the middle of March and April that can't be seen at the beginning or end of each month?

9. I come from a mine and get surrounded by wood.

Many people use me.

What am I? 10. A woman shoots her husband, then holds him underwater for five minutes. Next she hangs him.

Right after they enjoy a lovely meal.

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Answers 1. Just one. After that your stomach is no longer empty.

2. Tuesday was the horse's name.

3. Pants 4. A jailer watches cells and a jeweller sells watches.

5. Yet 6. A wooden leg is not a camera.

7. A Pearl 8. The letter R 9. Pencil lead 10. She took a picture of him and developed it in her darkroom.

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City Snap Berry Hill marl hole and coal mine in 1937.

Jokes Picasso was burgled and did a drawing of the robbers. Police arrested a horse and two sardines.

No matter how kind you are,

German children are always kinder.

Did you hear about the tiny biscuit left crying? His mum was a wafer too long.

My favourite teacher at school was Mrs. Turtle.

Strange name but she tortoise well.

I once got a friend angry as he thought the World was flat. He stormed off saying he would walk to the edge of the world to prove me wrong... ... He'll come round eventually.

It's weird, in all the Spiderman movies no villain has thought to put a giant glass on him.

My son, a dentist just won the Dentist of the Year award, but all he got was a little plaque.

My wife kept calling me Shirley this morning. Then I realised I had left my phone in Airplane mode.

People call me self-centred, but that's enough about them.

Is the opposite of a croissant a happy uncle?

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How to contact the Newsletter team You can contact the Newsletter team with content or ideas using this email address: mark.gilbertvle@brighter-futures.org.uk

Quick Quiz 1 Which scientist is best known for his theory of evolution by natural selection, which is the foundation of modern evolutionary science? a. Gregor Mendel b. Charles Darwin c. Louis Pasteur d. Ivan Pavlov 2 Which of the following words refers to a baby shark? a. A sharkling b. A fry c. A pup d. A Calf 3 Which is the most common element that accounts for more than 60 per cent of the human body?

a. Oxygen b. Hydrogen c. Carbon d. Nitrogen 4 Cell walls can be found in animal cells, plant cells, or both? a. Plant cells b. Animal cells c. Both d. Viruses 5 Which of the following terms refers to a DNA change that leads to a new characteristic? a. A revolution b. A defection c. A mutation d. A transmogrification 6 The Dutch scientist Antonie van Leeuwenhoek was the first person to observe which microorganism? a. Viruses b. Bacteria c. Fungi d. Spores 7 Photosynthesis mostly occurs in which part of plants? a. Roots b. Bark c. Leaves

d. Flowers 8 Mycology is the branch of biology that studies what? a. Fungi b. Animals c. Cells d. Plants

9 Which of the following terms refer to animals that eat both animals and plants? a. Herbivores b. Omnivores c. Carnivores d. Pescatarians 10 What is a deciduous plant? a. A plant that loses all its leaves each year b. A plant that can bear fruits c. A plant that can keep all its leaves during the year d. A plant that tastes bitter Answers in the next issue of Newsletter.

STOP PRESS STOP PRESS Results Just In 1920/1921 Season D2 Stoke 2-0 West Ham D2 Port Vale 5-2 Bury D3N Barrow 1-2 Crewe A

Baby Shark (Not that one!)

twentyfourSEVEN – Friendship Day

Meeting up with friends on twentyfourSEVEN Friendship Day decorating cookies and book folding art.

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Support and Services Contact Information Groceries Freshview foods 01782 717806 Delivery within 10 miles of Wolstanton.

Walkers Farm Shop (near Whittle Court) 01782 274075 Order and pay over the phone, then collect outside the shop. www.heinztohome.co.uk 16 tins of beans, spaghetti hoops and soups. £14 plus £3.50 Hermes delivery. Delivered within 3 days.

Support Changeshere4u.org.uk - Zoom meetings or can phone in.

CALM Campaign Against Living Miserably - Hardship and Suicide Prevention to all, especially older males.

0800 58 58 58 5pm to midnight Samaritans 116 123 Bereavement Helpline 0800 2600 400 8am to 8pm.

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Recipe – Vegetable Soup A warming and simple to make vegetable soup that is super delish. Serves 3-5 INGREDIENTS 1 small onion chopped 1 medium sweet potato peeled and cubed 1 clove garlic crushed ½ tsp hot chilli powder (optional) ½ tsp ground coriander (optional) 1 large carrot peeled and sliced ½ a small cauliflower cut into florets ½ a small broccoli cut into florets 800ml vegetable stock Salt and pepper 75ml double cream METHOD In a large pan gently fry the onion until it is softened. Add the sweet potato and gently fry for three minutes. Now add the garlic and spices (if using) and fry for a further minute. Add the carrot, cauliflower and broccoli to the pan. Now add the vegetable stock. Bring to the boil and then simmer for twenty minutes. Take the pan off the heat. Next using either a food processor or stick blender, whizz the soup until it is smooth. You may find you need to do this in a couple of batches. Return the soup to the pan, season with salt and pepper and reheat until just boiling. Take the pan off the heat. When slightly cooled add the cream and give the soup a good stir. Have a go at making this recipe, it really is delicious.

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Mindful Colouring Express yourself in colour with this mindfulness colouring picture.

Colour this in and we will publish the ones we like in the Newsletter.

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