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With the kids back at school, and hopefully a bit of time on your hands and the inspiration of the Olympics still buzzing in your mind, now’s a great time to get fit and healthy while enjoying the glorious colours and beautiful autumn sunshine. Why not have a flick through the magazine, as we have lots of ideas to get you started.

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swim, cycle & run for kids!

Triathlon & Duathlon

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swim, cycle & run for adults!

The Big Draw

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drawing here there & everywhere

Herts 10K 12 on your marks, get set

Remember... get in touch if you have an event you would like listed free of charge.

The Pirates of Penzance 14 broadway razzamatazz

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At the Public Halls 22

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Pumpkin and Apple Gala 25 pumpkins, squashes & gourds galore

Harpenden Film Society 30

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The Selecter 34

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Apple Days 34

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what’s on in October 42 & November 44

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local events for everyone

Index of Businesses 46 copy deadline: 10th October for next editions harpenden now & st albans now

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THE FLOWER SCHOOL “… love flowers but don’t know what to do with them…”

Let florist Anita Lindeman teach you how to make stunning arrangements with beautiful flowers and foliages, in a calm relaxed atmosphere. Delicious refreshments, lunch included on Childwickbury workshops.

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Christmas Flowers for Your Home Thurs 15th November 7.30 - 9.30pm Sat 17th November 10.30 - 3pm

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Make your own Christmas Door Wreath and Table Decoration Sat 15th December

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Tri-Force Juniors

Tri-Force Juniors is a non-profit making local Triathlon Club, unique in Hertfordshire as it is run by volunteers to enable children, whatever their sporting abilities, to take part in active sports.

In this the Olympic year we endeavour to encourage more children to take part in sport and get fit while having great fun.

Experienced qualified coaches and helpers provide their skills and time on a completely voluntary basis delivering training in swimming, cycling and running locally every Saturday afternoon. The ultimate aim is for the children to take part in triathlon events.

triathlon skills. I like this sport, as you are always training in a different way, working on all aspects of the three triathlon disciplines – Swimming, Cycling and Running – all this with the added bonus of experienced and skilled coaches”, and Matt “Tri-Force Juniors …… is fun for all children whether competing regularly or not. The Club has a real family feel to it, and whoever is competing, all the other athletes and parents give their support with lots of encouragement and cheering which makes me try even harder”.

For further details please visit www.tri-force.org/ junior-triathlon-club-hertfordshire/336/ or email simon.pritchard@dsl.pipex.com

In the words of our Club Captains, Hannah “Whether you turn up to keep fit or are a competitive triathlete, you can be certain you’ll have fun while improving your fitness and

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2012 Herts Charity Challenge Triathlon & Duathlon Sunday 14th October Nuffield Fitness and Wellbeing Centre, St Albans 01727 290111 Herts Charity Challenge not only has a new and improved Triathlon, but now offers competitors the chance to take part in a Duathlon. David James, the Event Organiser said that ‘this is a hugely popular event and suitable for novices and veterans alike but with just 350 places up for grabs, tickets sell fast so book your place today!’

Over the last ten years competitors have raised over £1.2 million for ‘Hope and Homes for Children’.

Triathlon The triathlon race consists of a 400m indoor swim, a 21km cycle ride and then a 5km run on country roads around St Albans.

Duathlon The duathlon race consists of a 5km run, a 21km cycle ride and then a further 5km run.

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Enter in a team of 4 or as an individual Registration Fee: £15 Fundraising target of £485 per person 350 places available

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Come and join in the fun activities organised by SAASH Arts as part of the national Big Draw Campaign, most are free drop-in sessions, under 12’s must be accompanied by an adult.

27th Big Draw Day in St Albans

Events will be taking place from 10.30 - 3.30pm Interactive Architecture Workshops Outside The Alban Arena. Recreate the map of St Albans using October 5th Museum of St Albans 9a Hatfield Rd 5 - 8pm building blocks.

Pop Up Drawing Lab In a gazebo in Civic Square Listen to the story of Magna Carta using the Japanese art style ‘Manga’. Artists will be giving tips add to this collaborative piece of mapping work about St Albans without taking your pencil off the on how to draw in this style and historians will tell paper! you more about the Magna Carta. Your art will form Wild at Art Take inspiration from the garden at part of a comic book being published in 2013.

Grebe House, Verulamium Park with ‘Herts and 6th Museum of St Albans 9a Hatfield Rd 1- 5pm Middlesex Wildlife Trust’, and add your drawings to Meet a Tudor wise woman and find out about the their ‘mural’ to create something unique. cures she makes using food and herbs. Make a Bug Hotel! Inn on the Park Cafe, Verulamium Park. plague posie and a Tudor roundel. £1 Join the RPSB and help build a luxury hotel for 7th Trestle Arts Base Russet Drive 1 - 5pm creepy crawlies.

Be inspired by Trestle’s history, theatrical Bringing Lines to Life Inn on the Park Cafe, surroundings and iconic masks as you let your Verulamium Park. Lines can be anything, imagination run as free as the stroke of a brush. everywhere you look you see a line. Join students Artist Elaine Johnson will help you to draw and from Marlborough School to make outlines and take part in audience-led continual line drawing. figures with lines.

Bushcraft Inn on the Park Cafe, Verulamium Park.

11th Museum of St Albans 9a Hatfield Rd 6pm Join Luca Parrella, bushcraft expert, to use My Giant Colouring Book - who said drawing is for traditional skills and natural materials to create your kids? Be inspired by the artwork of Jake and Dinos Chapman and transform a traditional colouring book own kazoo! page into something entirely different, over 18’s only. Tracing the Lines of our Past Meet at the CMS marquee, by the Inn on the Park. Join the 13th Hilldyke Community Centre Hilldyke Road, ‘Countryside Management Service’ for a guided walk Wheathampstead 1 - 3.30pm of Verulamium Park looking at lines in the Design a ‘pants and vest’ set inspired by the book ‘The Queen’s Knickers’ to hang on our washing line! landscape, both natural and man-made, and how they have influenced over 2000 years of history.

20th The Weston Auditorium De Havilland The Large 2012 Labyrinth Verulamium Park, by Campus, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield the Splash Park. Help create a labyrinth made of 11am - Tony Ross will show you how he took a willow, wool and string which will be weaved in line for a walk to create characters including; Little a series of lines to make the numbers 2012.

Princess and Horrid Henry. 5yrs+ 1pm - Join The Etherington Brothers, creators of 30th Redbourn Library Lamb Lane 2.30 - 5pm Monkey Nuts and Baggage for an action-packed Contribute to an informal map style series of hour. 9yrs+. one session: child £5, adult £2 / both sessions: child illustrations of St Albans. £7, adult £4 Big Draw activities are included in the November price of both events, to book call 01727 281127.

1st Marshalswick Community Centre 20th Verulamium Museum St Michaels Street The Ridgeway, St Albans 10 - 12 noon 1pm - 2.15pm & 2.30pm - 3.45pm Make a piece Design a ‘pants and vest’ set inspired by the book of art using willow inspired by the Museums ‘The Queen’s Knickers’ to hang on our washing line! collection. Book in advance 01727 827667.

St Albans Cathedral 10.30am - 3pm 25th Harpenden Library Vaughan Road ‘Taking a Line for a Walk’ explore the Cathedral 1.30 - 3pm - for adults and create your very own masterpiece.

3.30 - 5pm - for families Contribute to a local Mural Project, mapping out www.campaignfordrawing.org what Harpenden means to you, using your body to press into clay tiles to make impressions to form personalised maps. Book in advance 01727 827667.

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freedom to shine at Abbot’s Hill School

Abbot’s Hill School is an independent day school for girls aged 3-16 and boys aged 3-5 situated in seventy acres of parkland on the outskirts of Hemel Hempstead. The school aims to educate, challenge and develop confident and independent girls and is proud to be celebrating its centenary this year.

The School has excellent facilities including a new performing arts and sports centre and offers a wide range of extra-curricular activities so that pupils can develop their talents outside the classroom. This year’s bold drama “the quality of production, ‘The pupils’ personal Tempest’, involved pupils from across the development is Senior School in outstanding” This year’s GCSE results continue a strong performing, stage record of academic success. The School’s management, set recent Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) design and composing original music. Other report (January 2012) noted that “small classes, highlights include Year 9 pupils creating a live in which pupils feel well known and news broadcast for BBC News School Report, a supported, enable them to fulfil their Science Extravaganza in the Junior department potential.” At Abbot’s Hill great importance is and a French Exchange to Chambéry. also given to developing the individual and giving each pupil the opportunity to shine. The The school offers transport from a number of ISI report stated that “the quality of pupils’ locations including St Albans and Harpenden. personal development is outstanding” To find out more visit: and also commented on the extra-curricular www.abbotshill.herts.sch.uk. programme which “offers opportunity and choice for all”.

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pumpkins, squashes and gourds galore!

bringing all kinds of bugs and creepy crawlies; There’ll be Bedfordshire bats on show and Annabelle the model dairy cow will be making an appearance at the NFU’s “Let’s Talk Farming” road show van. There will also be demonstrations by quilters, weavers, lace makers and bee keepers.

The 2012 Pumpkin and Apple Gala, the sixth to be held at the historic Luton Hoo Walled Garden, takes place on Saturday 13th October from 10 - 4pm and promises to be the most exciting yet, with lots of new activities to keep the whole family entertained.

The main feature of the Gala is the wild and wonderful display of hundreds of pumpkins, squashes and gourds that have been turned into all kinds of wonders by children from local primary and secondary schools, as well as cubs, brownies and a group from Keech Hospice Care.

Other highlights include the breath taking falconry display; working Clydesdale horses; chainsaw carving; a fun dog show; pumpkin and apple games and crafts; wandering pirate fairies and Morris dancers; farmers market and craft stalls.

Free entry into the ‘fun dog show’ is included with each entrance ticket. All profits go to the restoration of the Luton Hoo Walled Garden adult £7, child £3, concs £5 For more information see the centre pages. www.lhwg.org.uk www.facebook/lutonHooWalledGarden

This is the country’s biggest exhibition of decorated pumpkins and a sight not to be missed!

Apple fans will also be able to bring their apples along for identification by experts from the East of England Apples and Orchards Project; and get advice on growing apples. You can also taste some delicious apple juices, ciders and food made with apples, including the infamous Bedfordshire Clanger, and find out about local orchards past and present.

This year all the action will be centred around the Walled Garden with more than ever to keep everyone occupied. Butterfly World will be

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on your marks, get set for the HERTS 10K

‘the 2012 HERTS 10K’ will take place on Sunday 14th October at 10am at Rothamsted Research, Harpenden.

Firmly established in the race calendar, the event attracts around 3,000 runners from all around the county.

The run has been praised by participants for its fabulous scenery, friendly atmosphere and great organisation, making it the perfect event for first time runners.

Created by Lawrence Levy of Levy Associates ‘The HERTS 10K’ is the single largest fundraiser for Iain Rennie Grove House Hospice Care.

Since its beginning in 2006 the event has raised over £600,000 for the St Albans based hospice.

The race will see trophies awarded to the first three men and women who cross the finishing line with all runners and walkers who complete the course receiving a medal and a t shirt.

Gillian Barnett, Fundraising Director at the hospice said, “The HERTS 10K attracts many first time runners who have trained over the summer months for the event. On the day it is fantastic to

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share in the achievement of runners as they cross the finishing line. Many participants tell us that running alongside 3,000 people with the knowledge they are all running for a great cause adds to the sense of pride and achievement they feel at the end of the run.”

She went on to add, “It is thanks to the support of the local community who each year dig deep and raise money for the hospice that we can continue to offer the services that ensure people living with cancer and other life limiting illnesses get the care and support they deserve.”

The success of fund raising events like the HERTS 10K is instrumental in the hospice achieving its annual fundraising target of £6m.

Runners are encouraged to raise sponsorship and anyone who raises over £50 will be entered into a prize draw to win some fantastic prizes.

Entry cost is just £17 and includes a t shirt and a medal. For more information visit www.herts10k.com

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Broadway Version 8th - 13th October Harpenden Light Operatic Society (HLOS) is prolonging the Jubilee celebrations into October by setting their next ‘wonderfully British’ production in the present day. The Broadway version of the Gilbert and Sullivan classic operetta, The Pirates of Penzance by Joseph Papp, has a brilliantly fresh approach and has won rapturous approval all round the world for its humorous plot and excellent musical score.

This modern day adventure features a band of soft-hearted plundering pirates, a force of well-meaning bungling policemen, a gaggle of husband-hungry daughters and a hopelessly duty-bound hero, all set adrift on the high seas with a dose of Broadway razzamatazz for good measure.

Director John Hebden makes every last bit of humour shine through in this production with Graham Thomson as Musical Director doing great justice to Broadway score.

Tickets £9 - £14 The show is set to be another resounding hit so ensure you book your tickets early, available at www.hlos.ticketsource.co.uk from hlostickets@live.co.uk or 07817 331150.

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join us for a walk and a natter! enjoy the autumn colours on the Healthwalks Enjoy the countryside on your doorstep with the popular St Albans, Harpenden & Villages Health Walks. Led by trained volunteers the walks take place whatever the weather, cater for all ages and abilities and are a fantastic way to get more active, have a good natter and improve your general wellbeing. Best of all they are completely free!

Every Tuesday in Wheathampstead.

Meet at the public car park behind The Bull Pub, East Lane at 10.30am.

For those just starting out there is a first steps walk, and also a 3 - 4 mile brisk walk.

Every Thursday in Hatching Green Meet at The White Horse Pub, Redbourn Lane, Harpenden at 10am for a gentle 2-3 mile walk.

Saturdays at 2pm 6th Oct, 3rd Nov, 1st Dec Sundays at 10.30am 21st Oct, 16th Dec Meet in Heartwood Forest car park, Sandridge for 4-5 mile brisk walk.

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irrational theatre a new, young, profit-share professional theatre group presents a new, young Romeo and Juliet cut down to 21st century size and set in a school near you!

The performances will happen in and around the Maltings Arts Theatre, St Albans. Visit the website for further details.

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at the public halls

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Romeo and Juliet Wednesday 3rd October 7.30pm “Violent delights have violent ends...”

In defiance of their families and in secrecy from their closest friends, hopeful young lives burn amidst a celestial and cataclysmic backdrop. £12, concs £10 Best of British Drama Offer: Buy 2 full priced tickets and get 2 half priced tickets for the November production of Hard Times.

Andi Osho Thursday 25th October 8pm Award winning comic Andi Osho (Live At The Apollo / Mock the Week) is back on tour with her second stand-up show. Andi presents a brutally honest dissection of the perils and pitfalls of dating, reporting her findings to the audience in this hilarious and heart-warming show. £15, concs £13

Off The Ball Thursday 18th October 8pm Football-mad comedians Bob Mills and Ian Stone, stars of BBC Five Lives award-winning Fighting Talk programme, will line up on stage alongside show host Will Buckley to sift through every goal, transfer, manager sacking and training ground shooting incident. We’ll also have a local player or football personality on stage to complete the panel. The show is based on the weekly ESPN TV format that ran through the 2011/2012 season. £18.50, concs £16.50

The Selfish Crocodile Tuesday 30th October 11am & 2pm The funny tale of a brave little mouse and a very snappy crocodile. Deep in the forest, by the banks of a great river, lived a large crocodile. He was a very selfish crocodile and he wouldn’t share the river with any other creature. He thought it was his river! So, the animals stayed away.

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Pumpkin Trail and Treats Knebworth House 29th - 31st October

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There's plenty of pumpkin fun in Knebworth Gardens this Halloween. Come in costume for our annual pumpkin treat trail (goody bag prize on completion). Why not complete your afternoon with a children's disco and party in the Lodge Barn?

Numbers for this event are limited, please book in advance. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Pumpkin Trail 12 noon - 4.30pm adult £3.50, child £5.50 under 2's free.

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Tuesday 16th October Jane Eyre cert PG Stunning new gothic adaptation of classic novel, staring Mia Wasikowska, Michael Fassbender, Judi Dench and Jamie Bell.

Saturday 27th October Half term matinee - The AristoCats cert U Nostalgia fest for parents, bring your kids to see Disney's jazzy classic!

Tuesday 30th October A Separation cert PG Fantastic award winning Iranian subtitled film about marriage, divorce and Iranian society.

Wednesday 7th November Sarah's Key cert 12 English/French language movie starring Kristin Scott Thomas. Adapted from explosive, best selling French novel about the true story of what happened in France during World War Two. Wednesday 21st November Romauld et Juliette cert PG A fantastic French subtitled comedy about love across the class and racial divide. A white company president gets framed with a food-poisoning scandal and the only person who can help him is his black cleaning-lady, who always seems to be in the right place at the right time.

Helen of Troy

All films at 8pm, except matinee Harpenden Public Halls Members £3.50, non members £5, annual membership just £10

Helen of Troy, we all know the story “The face that launched a thousand ships” – a war that lasted ten years – the wooden horse – the final destruction of the city and its people.

But what if it had all been completely pointless?

This is the basic idea behind ‘Helen’; a new, vibrant and accessible reworking of Euripides’ play by Frank McGuiness. In this, Helen was whisked away to Egypt by the Gods whilst a godcreated doppelganger was taken to Troy in her place! Seven years after the sack of Troy, her husband Menelaus stumbles on shore in Egypt following a shipwreck, only to find a woman who looks remarkably like the wife he thought he had just left hidden in a cave!

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gatekeeper and finding a way to save her husband’s life!

This new version of ‘Helen’ was first presented at Shakespeare’s Globe to glowing reviews in 2009.

‘Helen’ will be at the Memorial Hall, Wheathampstead on the 18th, 19th and 20th October Tickets £8 from Manor Pharmacy, Wheathampstead or by calling 01582 629594

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The Selecter

formed in 1979 and once described as “conspiring to make dancing the only way to walk", The Selecter led the ska revival movement, along with 2-tone labelmates, The Specials and Madness. Mixing punk, ska and reggae, their debut album 'Too Much Pressure' successfully reflected the social and political issues of the early Thatcher years and gave a voice to disaffected youth across the racial divide.

2012 sees their return, reuniting the original singing duo, the female icon of the 2-tone era Pauline Black and the stylishly charismatic Gaps 'De Killa' Hendrickson, who assuredly deliver stunning performances of classic hits like 'On My Radio', 'Three Minute Hero', 'Missing Words' & 'Too Much Pressure' alongside cuts from their new album Made in Britain, for both old and new ska fans.

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This month the band land in Luton as part of their “Live In Britain” tour, supported by local ska heroes Semi Skinned.

The show is being put on by Pad Presents who noticed that big touring artists don’t seem to play in Luton anymore, so decided to go ahead and start with ‘The Selecter’ on Friday 5th October. And next month, original bassist Bruce Foxton's from the Jam will be playing on 17th November with his current band ‘From The Jam'.

The UK Centre For Carnival Arts St Mary's Road, Luton www.seetickets.com / www.wegottickets.com

apple days Celebrate English Apples at the Highfield Park Apple Day Sunday 7th October 2 - 4pm Highfield Park, St Albans has two old orchards, with new trees that have been planted to replace those lost over the years. Each year the apples are picked, pressed and turned into delicious juice, both apples and juice will be available to buy. There will be apple pressing demonstrations, craft stalls and refreshments, together with many varieties of apple not often seen in supermarkets.

Apple Day was launched by Common Ground in 1990 and has grown significantly in popularity, with many apple days now being held all over the country. The idea is to celebrate the variety of apples still being grown in Britain.

Apple Day at Shenley Park Walled Garden Sunday 21st October 12 - 5pm There will be many unusual varieties of apples to try and buy, apple juice, apple games, homemade refreshments and a bouncy castle for the kids! Enter the cookery competition to win top prizes.

A great family day out! adult £2, child free Shenley Park, Radlett Lane, Shenley 01923 859644

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Autumn is a time to use all the wonderful orchard fruits that grow in this country. There are many ways to do this but the most traditional English way is to make a pie or tart. The basic short crust pastry recipe for these uses half fat to flour combination for any quantity you want.

basic short crust pastry 8oz / 200g self raising flour 2oz / 50g butter or margarine cold & cubed 2oz / 50g lard or white vegetable fat cold & cubed

pinch of salt cold water to mix

Mix together the salt and flour, rub in the fat until mix resembles breadcrumbs.

Gradually add the water until the mix combines into a soft ball and chill for ½ hour.

traditional apple pie 6oz / 175g short crust pastry 1½ -2lb / 600g-1kg cooking apples, peeled & cored 4oz / 100g soft brown sugar

½ a lemon zest & juice 1tsp ground cinnamon 1 egg

Flour the work surface and roll out the chilled pastry to about 1/4 inch thick, and wide enough to cover a 1½ pint pie dish. Cut to size and use the remaining pastry to roll out a thin strip to fit the outside edge of the pie dish. Quarter the apples and place half in the pie dish, cover with the sugar, lemon and cinnamon. Add the remaining apples. Brush the edge of the dish with beaten egg and place the thin strip of pastry around this and cover the dish with the rest of the pastry. Brush the top with the beaten egg. Bake for 20 minutes at 200C / 400F / gas 6, then reduce the heat to 180C / 350F / gas 4 for a further 20 minutes or until the pastry is set.

Sprinkle with caster sugar and serve hot or cold with custard, cream or ice-cream.

pear and ginger meringue tarts 6oz /175g short crust pastry 1½lb / 600g pears peeled, cored & diced 4oz /100g soft brown sugar 2 pieces of stemmed preserved ginger, chopped 1 tbsp / 50ml of the juice from the stemmed ginger ½ lemon zest & juice

For the meringue: 2 eggs separated, reserve some of the yolk for brushing the pastry 3oz / 75g caster sugar

Place the pears, lemon and ginger juice in a small pan, heat gently and simmer until the fruit is soft, stir in the ginger pieces and set aside to cool.

Roll out the pastry and cut out 12 tart bases, line a 12 tart baking tin with these placing a small square of greaseproof paper in each with a few baking beans.

Blind bake the tarts at 180C / 350F / gas 4, for 10 minutes, remove the beans and paper and cook until the pastry is just lightly coloured. Remove from the oven and brush with a little of the separated egg yolk. While the pastry cases and pear mix cool, make the meringue; whisk the egg whites until stiff peaks are formed and gradually stir in the sugar whisking slowly until the meringue is glossy in appearance.

Spoon enough of the pear mix to fill the tarts ¾ full, cover the top of each with the meringue. Bake at 200C / 400F / gas 6 for 5 - 8 minutes until the meringue is golden on top. Serve with clotted cream.

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Abbots Kitchen Cathedral & Abbey Church of St Alban Mon - Sat 10 - 4.30pm / Sun 12.30 - 4.30pm www.abbotskitchen.org

Fun, informal, hands-on classes designed to make you feel at home with Asian cooking

Just ÂŁ40 per 3 hour session Includes: Lunch Copies of recipes A package of spices / unusual ingredients

Contact Nosheen Yunis 07722 253972 info@apinchofspice.co.uk www.apinchofspice.co.uk

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life’s a puzzle! number cruncher 17. 28 Across multiplied by five (4) 18. 2 Down minus 7 Down (2) 20. 27 Down minus 7 Down (2) 21. One third of 12 Across (2) 22. One third of 28 Across (3) 24. One twelfth of 28 Across (2)26.

22 Across multiplied by 21 Down (5) 28. Inches in nine yards (3) 29. 9 Across plus 11 Across plus two (3)

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1. 5 Down plus 27 Down (3) 2. One quarter of 28 Across (2) 3. 20 cubed (4) 4. 2 Down plus two (2) 5. 9 cubed plus 11 squared (3) 7. One third of 23 Down (2) 8. 12 Across plus 27 Down (2) 10. 5 Down multiplied by 27 Down (5) 12. 185 squared minus square root of 169 (5) 14. 12 Across plus 22 Across plus 25 Down (3) 15. 24 squared minus 26 Down (3) 19. 9 Across squared plus 212 (4) 21. 12 Across plus 22 Across plus five (3) 22. 30 per cent of 50 (2) 23. 8 Down plus one third of 22 Down (2) 25. 21 Down multiplied by five (3) 26. Pounds in one stone (2) 27. Seven squared (2) answers on page 46

Harpenden UN Association

The ‘United Nations’ was created in the hope that nations would resolve potential conflicts peacefully, to alleviate hunger and the ravages of disease and ensure that every man, woman and child in the world enjoys basic human rights and the protection of international law. Having officially come into existence on 24th October 1945 with 51 countries, membership today includes 193 states and during its 67 years, this forum - in which sovereign nations work together to resolve their international and transnational problems - has seen both great success and occasional failure. However, it has proved itself to be an effective and influential agency of global cooperation.

The United Nations Association of the UK (UNAUK) is the leading independent authority on the UN in the UK which campaigns and educates in support of the UN and its agencies around the world. The ‘Harpenden UNA’ was formed in 1947 and is one of the largest and most active.

Each year it organises public meetings on aspects of international affairs and encourages local schools to take an interest and has helped schools organise model UN events. Each year

the raising of the UN flag takes place in the presence of the Mayor, Deputy Mayor and Councillors at the rear of the Town Hall to commemorate UN Day on 24th October at 10.30am. People of every age and nationality are encouraged to the success of this become members Branch is due to the and supporters of UNA-UK and are community spirit made welcome at which is alive in local meetings. Last Harpenden July they welcomed the former Rector of Harpenden, Rt Rev Richard Llewellin to speak about his experiences as an ecumenical observer in Israel/Palestine.

The committee members of Harpenden UNA think that the success of this Branch is due to the community spirit which is alive in Harpenden and the interest shown in international as well as national affairs by the residents, encouraged and supported by the Town Council, and is hopeful that membership and interest will continue to grow.

For further details contact Trevor Evans on 01582 713895 or Sonia Ayres on 01582 768104. www.un.org

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what’s on in october 42

until 7th St Albans Food & Drink Festival various venues in St Albans www.stalbansfoodanddrink.com 1st - 31st Family Autumn Trail Ashridge Estate Visitor Centre www.nationaltrust.org.uk/ashridge 4th Keech Cottage Shop Rothamsted Manor in aid of Keech Hospice Care 21, 10 -3.30pm 5th Deirdre Adamson Townsend School, High Oaks, St Albans, 01727 822143, Scottish solo accordionist in concert with Herts Accordion & Fiddle Club, 8pm, £6 5th Oct - 1st Nov Big Draw Events see page 6 6th Open Day Abbots Hill School see page 9 Harpenden Art, Craft & Antiques Market High Street Methodist Church, 10 - 4pm Hertfordshire Philharmonic Sea Theme Concert St Pauls Church, Blandford Road, St Albans, 7.30pm, adult £14, child £1 Creative Writing Autumn Workshop Luton Hoo Walled Garden, 07976 374206 6th - 7th Hertfordshire Country Fair Herts County Showground, 10 - 6pm www.livingheritagecountryshows.co.uk 7th Willow 10K Run Hatfield House, www.willowfoundation.org.uk Steam in the Park Stockwood Discovery Centre, steam vehicles & stationary engines working in all their noisy glory, 11-3pm, free 8th - 13th The Pirates of Penzance see page 14 9th Talk: Mathew Biggs ‘Work & History of Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew’ Harpenden Horticultural Society Meeting, Roundwood Park School, all welcome, 8pm 13th Pumpkin & Apple Gala see pages 10 & 25 Feed the Birds Dunstable Downs, 01582 500920, make a bird feeder, 11 - 3pm 14th Triathlon & Duathlon see page 4 Dog Olympics Hatfield House, Animal Care Trust present Olympics for your dog! 11am www.rvc.ac.uk/act Herts 10K see page 12

17th - 21st The Moscow State Circus Harpenden Common www.moscowstatecircus.com 18th - 20th Helen see page 30 20th 70’s Night! St Stephens Church Hall, Watling Street, St Albans, 07944 725226, Soroptimist fundraiser, 7.30pm, £25 includes supper 21st Lanwarne Landscapes at Burston page 33 24th Raising The UN Flag see page 41 25th & 26th Trial by Jury & Oberons Birthday Maltings Arts Theatre, 01727 858307, short opera by Gilbert & Sullivan, 8pm 27th - 30th Samhain Winter Celebrations Celtic Harmony Camp, Brickendon, nr Hertford, 10 - 4pm 27th Oct - 4th Nov Willows Farm Village Pumpkin Festival 10 - 5.30pm, free pumpkin with entry 28th Harpenden Farmers Market 10 - 2pm 29th - 31st Pumpkin Trail & Treats see page 24 29th Oct - 2nd Nov Play in the Parks free activities for 5 - 12 years in local parks www.stalbans.gov.uk/playintheparks 31st Halloween Happenings! see page 24

Butterfly World Miriam Lane, St Albans 01727 869203 www.butterflyworldproject.com

27th Oct Pumpkin Carving 29th Oct Bee Zone lots of fun and education about bees 31st Oct Big Draw art session 1st Nov Interactive Theatre Drama 3rd Nov Have your Caricature Painted 4th Nov Firework Display with music synchronised for a perfect evening's entertainment, £5, gates 5pm, display 6.30pm Butterfly World craft sessions throughout the week including insect handling and face-painting every day.

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what’s on in nov

3rd Fireworks Display Hatfield House, gates 5pm, bonfire 6.30pm, adult £6, child £3 St Albans Fireworks Display Verulamium Park, 01727 844488, gates 6pm, display 7.30pm 4th Butterfly World Fireworks see page 42 10th The Hardynge Seasons High Street Methodist Church, 0845 475 1664, Hardynge Choir, 7.30pm, adult £12, child £6 Christmas Market Hatfield House Opera Highlights Rothamsted Manor, Harpenden, 01727 858307, 8pm 12th Dino Dig Stockwood Discovery Centre, fun & creative toddler activities, £3 www.stockwooddiscoverycentre.com 15th Harpenden Arts Club Harpenden Public Halls, 7 - 8.30pm 16th - 18th Harpenden Arts Club Annual Exhibition Harpenden Public Halls, Fri & Sat: 10 - 6pm, Sun: 10 - 4pm Knebworth Christmas Fair Knebworth House, 01438 812661, adult £5, child £3

17th Open Day Abbots Hill School see page 9 Charity Wine Tasting Quiz Harpenden Mayors event www.harpenden.gov.uk 18th Lanwarne Landscapes at Burston page 33 Town Mayor's Christmas Charity Event Harpenden House Hotel, 01582 463662, entertainment, fashion show & raffle, £19.50 Tree Planting Heartwood Forest, Sandridge, 10 - 3pm Christmas Lights Switch On St Peters Street, St Albans, market 10am, lights 5.30pm 20th - 25th Romeo & Juliet see page 20 23rd & 24th Harpenden Ladies Circle Gift Fair 9.30 - 4.30pm, Harpenden Public Halls, £2 23rd - 25th Frost Fair Hatfield House, 01707 357117, 10 - 5pm, adult £4, child free 25th Christmas Carnival & Lights Switch On Harpenden Town Centre, market & carnival 12 noon - 6pm, lights 5pm 30th Southdown Christmas Lights 6pm

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index of businesses Accountants Hicks TaxAssist Accountants

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Aerial Installations Concorde Aerials Harpenden Digital Services

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Appliance Repairs / Sales Appliance Refrigeration Leigh Hibon Architects / Surveyors Survite Beauty Harpenden Skin Clinic Nails by Dee Bicycle Repairs Cycletech Hertfordshire Blinds Harpenden Blinds

Counselling / Sex Therapy Michael Stock Dance Penny Waterman School of Dance Education Little Linguists

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Builders / Refurbishment Inside Out S J Pedder Building & Carpentry Cabinet Makers Sequoia Bespoke Car Body Repairs Prestige Paint Shop Ltd Car Servicing / Repairs M Chapman Auto Services Ltd Pan Auto Services

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Chiropodist Julia Reading

Flooring Creative Wood Flooring

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Osteopaths Harpenden Osteopaths

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Oven Cleaning Ovenmaster

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Painters & Decorators CB Decorators M & M Decorating

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Personal Trainer Alice Harvey

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Pest Control The Verminator

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Pet Care Personal Petcare

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Picture Framing Bloom

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Furniture Restoration Brendon Burns

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Garage Conversions StAlbans Garage Conversions 18 Gardening / Landscaping AR Landscapes Ltd Garden Life Landscapes Lanwarne Landscapes Garden Nursery / Centre Bridge Valley Nursery Burston Garden Centre

Computer Repairs Ken Hodson

Health & Fitness 27 Harpenden Holistic Health 26 Rosemary Conley Diet & Fitness Classes 26 27 Hearing Services The Hearing Healthcare Practice 22

Conservatory Cleaning Albright

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Cookery Classes A Pinch of Spice

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Cleaning Big Yellow Cleaning Company Harpenden Power Wash Merrivac Murray’s Cleaning Services

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Flower Arranging Classes 23 The Flower School 19 Funeral Directors LC Weston Funeral Directors 23

Children’s Development Classes Gymboree Play & Music 7 Children’s Shop Jo Jo Maman Bébé

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Bouncy Castle Hire St Albans Bouncy Castles

Home Help Extra Help

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Pond Maintenance Women With Waders

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Print & Design Print Shop Harpenden

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Property Maintenance Mr Handyman Nick The Handyman Simply Jobs

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School 32 Abbot’s Hill School 32 Security 33 Maximum Security Systems Tree Surgeons 2 Fircroft Tree Services.co.uk 33 Tyre Fitting Big D’s Tyres 14 Upholstery 5 Traditional & Modern Upholstery by Ralph Martin 15

Window Cleaner Harpenden Window Cleaning

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