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Welcome to November Lockdown has highlighted how important local businesses are to our community, so please ‘think local' when looking through the magazine to see who can help with those long awaited jobs. As always we’ve got lots of local businesses, with everything from Accountants to Windows & Doors and all sorts in between.

November is a month for reflection, and this year, as well as local businesses the Poppy Appeal needs your help too, see page 22 on how you can get involved.

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Time to Get Festive

The Maltings Theatre On Behalf of a Madman 3rd - 7th Nov When footage from a West Wing staff party is leaked to a major news channel, the president is on the warpath looking for a culprit. This is the musical catharsis you’ve been waiting for.

A Room of One’s Own 10th - 14th Nov Take an amusing and incisive trip through the history of literature, feminism and gender. Virginia Woolf’s 1928 exploration of the impact of poverty and sexual inequality on intellectual freedom and creativity.

Trestle 17th - 21st Nov Harry feels like life is beginning to tick down, his autumn years spent quietly caring for the community he loves. Denise thinks life begins in retirement and she’s dancing like she’s still at high school. When their paths cross at the village hall, their understanding of the time they have left changes irrevocably. What do community, growing old, and falling in love really mean?

Express G&S 24th - 28th Nov Get ready to be swept away from Penzance to Titipu, from Venice to the Tower of London and from Portsmouth to Fairyland, as Charles Court Opera takes on the ill advisable challenge of performing the complete works of Gilbert & Sullivan in one night (or afternoon). www.maltingstheatre.co.uk

Christmas at Waddesdon 14th Nov - 20th Dec An enchanting outdoor extravaganza with over 80 stalls housed in wooden chalets, surrounded by twinkling trees. www.waddesdon.org.uk Frost Fair 20th & 22nd Nov Gifts, original crafts, fine foods and more.

Herts County Showground AL3 7PT www.battenburgevents.co.uk Vintage 1940s Christmas Grotto 21st Nov - 23rd Dec Enjoy a magical meeting with Father Christmas, please book www.bletchleypark.org.uk Hertford Castle Christmas Market 27th - 29th Nov Stalls offering homeware, crafts, jewellery and more. www.hertford.gov.uk

Abbey Theatre Relatively Speaking 6th - 14th Nov A rib-tickling comedy, it’s summer 1963 and Greg and Ginny have been co-habiting for about a month and things are getting edgy.

Classic comedy is just what we need in these challenging times. Streamed live from the Main Stage, and with limited auditorium seating. www.abbeytheatre.org.uk

Barn Theatre Class 19th - 22nd Nov An award winning play by David Horan streamed live to you at home. www.barntheatre.co.uk

The Sandpit Theatre Uncle Vanya 27th Oct - 1st Nov 7pm Filmed at the Harold Pinter Theatre.

As a conflicted family are forced to confront their despair, loneliness and each other, can the beauty of life help them find new hope? www.sandpittheatre.co.uk

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Wear Your Poppy With Pride The Poppy Appeal is the Royal British Legion’s biggest fundraising campaign, volunteers who usually distribute 40 million poppies are unable to do so this year, so here are some new ways you can support the Appeal.

Poppies in the Post - Request 20 free poppies online, give them to friends, family and neighbours, and ask for a donation.

My Poppy Run until 30th Nov - Run, walk or jog any distance, wherever it suits you, and raise sponsorship to support the Appeal during these difficult times.

Free registration www.britishlegion.org.uk St Albans Cathedral Remembrance Services 8th Nov Traditional Requiem service in the Nave 11th Nov 11am The Last Post will be played from the tower to signal the start of 2 minutes silence

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Index of Businesses

Accountants Hicks Bakery Zuckermaus Artisan Bakery

Computer Repairs 10 Ken Hodson

Healthcare 30 Spire Harpenden Hospital 16 & 17

Conservatory Roof Solutions Hearing Services 9 Hearing Healthcare Practice 6 Nu-Look

Dance & Drama Bathing Mobility Bathing Mobility Advisory Service 2 Penny Waterman School of Dance 5 Beauty Stagecoach 5 Lavender & Stone Beauty Rooms Front Cover Domestic Appliance Repairs Spin Doctor 25 Blinds Harpenden Blinds 28 Electricians Anderton Electrics 31 Building / Refurbishment AJR Building Services 25 Finance Complete Refurbishment AMR Financial Management 10 & Roofing 7 Continuum 8 Kingsholme Back Cover Fireplaces & Heating Open Plan Solutions 24 Fireplaces & Heating Ltd 29 Car Body Repairs Garage Doors Prestige Paint Shop 18 Garolla 19 Car Servicing / Repairs M Chapman Auto Services 18 Garden Nursery / Centre 3 RTI Auto Services Ltd 19 Bridge Valley Townsend Nursery 14 Charities Vanstone Park Harpenden Trust 10 Garden Centre 12 Traid 4 Gardening / Landscaping Chiropodist AR Landscapes Ltd 14 Kathy Witchard 21 Detail Gardening & Maintenance 13 Cleaning A&R Exterior Cleaning Services Ltd Domestique Merrivac Mobile Maid Services Molly Maid

Gas Engineer 13 Be Heated 23 23 Hairdresser 23 Image Mobile Hairdressing 22

Locksmiths Lock Around the Clock Locksmith Services

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Loft Ladders Home Counties Loft Ladders

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Oven Cleaners Oven Gleamers

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Painters & Decorators CB Decorators M & M Decorators

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Roofing GJ Smith Roofing

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Security Maximum Security

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Singing Club Clover Singing Club

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Solicitors Rayden Solicitors

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Tree Surgeons Fircroft Tree Surgery Ltd

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Venue Hire Harpenden Trust

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Windows & Doors Cloud 9 3 Kings Windows

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