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CR5 Issue 160 Sept 2018

A local community magazine delivered free to 11,600 homes every month in the CR5 postcode. Contains local business advertising, interesting reads, What's on in the community and puzzles.

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<strong>Sept</strong>ember <strong>2018</strong><br />

London’s<br />

Looking<br />

for a property like yours!<br />

<br />

LONDON PROPERTY EXHIBITION<br />

<br />

Take advantage of our connection with<br />

London based buyers through our<br />

associated Mayfair office.<br />

Call our expert team on 020 8763 8060<br />

www.parkandbailey.co.uk


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Free<br />

valuation<br />

invitation<br />

If you are thinking of selling or renting your property,<br />

please call us today to arrange a free valuation.<br />

020 8763 8878<br />

sales@danieladamsestateagents.co.uk<br />

www.danieladamsestateagents.co.uk<br />

To advertise call Lucy on 01737 557888 or 07703 209292<br />

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Welcome to the <strong>Sept</strong>ember <strong>2018</strong> <strong>Issue</strong> of <strong>CR5</strong><br />

<strong>CR5</strong> is your local community magazine delivered FREE of charge every month<br />

to 11,600 homes in Coulsdon, Old Coulsdon, Netherne, Hooley & Chipstead.<br />

Welcome to the <strong>Sept</strong>ember <strong>2018</strong> issue of<br />

<strong>CR5</strong> Magazine.<br />

I hope you have all enjoyed your summer<br />

breaks - back to school in <strong>Sept</strong>ember and<br />

back to some sort of normality for most!<br />

<strong>CR5</strong> welcome some new advertisers again<br />

this month - why not scan through the<br />

pages to see if you can spot them, or use<br />

the handy index on page 98 to find the<br />

service you require.<br />

If you are planning any new projects in<br />

your home, please do take a look at the<br />

wealth of advertisers in the <strong>CR5</strong> Magazine,<br />

and don’t forget to mention where you saw<br />

their advert when calling - this will ensure<br />

the future of <strong>CR5</strong> popping through your<br />

letterbox each month.<br />

For a wealth of local ‘What’s On’ details,<br />

turn to the Community Pages (p90-97).<br />

If you are planning a local community<br />

event, please do make contact with <strong>CR5</strong> to<br />

advertise free of charge on the Community<br />

Pages.<br />

Dont forget to LIKE our Facebook page<br />

for regular updates. You can also find more<br />

information on our website<br />

www.<strong>CR5</strong>.co.uk<br />

Wishing you all a happy, and healthy<br />

<strong>Sept</strong>ember.<br />

Warm regards<br />

Lucy McAlpine<br />

Editor <strong>CR5</strong> Magazine<br />

Telephone: 01737 557888<br />

Mobile: 07703 209292<br />

email:<br />

lucy@cr5.co.uk<br />

Published by <strong>CR5</strong> Magazine,<br />

Hillside, Netherne Lane,<br />

Coulsdon, <strong>CR5</strong> 1NR<br />

Editor:<br />

Assistant:<br />

@<strong>CR5</strong> Magazine<br />

Lucy McAlpine<br />

Michelle Plant<br />

CONTENTS:<br />

A Moving Story 8<br />

<strong>CR5</strong> Recipe: Ham, Roasted Pepper & Feta Cheese Flan 20<br />

Oktoberryfest <strong>2018</strong> 21<br />

Furry Friends Animal Rescue 24<br />

Animal Protection Trust 24<br />

Finance: How to save and make money at university 32<br />

Quirky Britain: Why are we Brits so polite? 36-37<br />

<strong>CR5</strong> Technology: New Term Tech 40<br />

<strong>CR5</strong> Gardening: Wonderful Window Boxes 44<br />

Life Begins: Drowning in documents 48<br />

<strong>CR5</strong> Travel: Luxembourg 56<br />

<strong>CR5</strong> Health: Men, Mental Health & Suicide Prevention 60-61<br />

Into the routine 64<br />

The History of Suffrage 72<br />

<strong>CR5</strong> Motoring: History’s most famous hybrids 80-81<br />

Coulsdon Library 84<br />

<strong>CR5</strong> Quiz : Flying 85<br />

Meet your local Policing Team 85<br />

<strong>CR5</strong> Kids Page 86<br />

Old Coulsdon Camera Club 87<br />

RSPB : Bird’s Eye View 87<br />

<strong>CR5</strong> Just for Fun Crossword 88<br />

Trip Down Memory Lane 89<br />

I’m coming home 89<br />

<strong>CR5</strong> Community Pages 90-97<br />

Index of Advertisers 98<br />

We take the hassle out of advertising, giving<br />

you time to run your business.<br />

To advertise your business in the next issue, either<br />

call or email us for our <strong>CR5</strong> media pack<br />

Deadline for artwork for October <strong>2018</strong> issue:<br />

19th <strong>Sept</strong>ember <strong>2018</strong><br />

Please note: Advertising Space cannot be<br />

guaranteed in our deadline week: please make<br />

your booking in plenty of time<br />

DISCLAIMER<br />

Although every effort has been taken in compiling the contents,<br />

the publisher cannot be held responsible for errors, omissions or<br />

information supplied by its advertisers.<br />

<strong>CR5</strong> is COPYRIGHT protected. No part of this publication may be<br />

reproduced, stored in any retrieval systems or transmitted in any<br />

form, without prior permission of the publisher.


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weeks holiday ~ your dog becomes part<br />

of our family !<br />

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‘A’ Rated double glazed units<br />

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Double or single glazed repairs<br />

Broken or misted sealed units<br />

Broken hinges and handles<br />

Patio Doors<br />

Cat Flaps<br />

Conservatory Roofs<br />

Burglary Repairs<br />

**24hr Boarding Up Service**<br />

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email : atlasglass-croydon@hotmail.co.uk<br />

Web: www.atlasglass.co.uk<br />

To advertise call Lucy on 01737 557888 or 07703 209292<br />

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All aspects of modern arboriculture<br />

Insured and qualified<br />

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Tree Removal<br />

Stump Removal<br />

Woodland Management<br />

Hedge Cutting<br />

Site Clearance<br />

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A Moving Story<br />

We knew, when we moved into our two-bed<br />

Victorian cottage six and a half years ago,<br />

that it was too small. ‘Compact and bijou’<br />

in cod-estate agent speak, however<br />

delightful it was in other ways (a minute<br />

from the railway station, dedicated parking<br />

bay, trees shrouding you from the rest of<br />

the world, good neighbours and a sort of<br />

time-share on their dog, Muttley) it was<br />

always a case of squeezing a quart into a pint<br />

pot. We estimated we’d have to move on<br />

somewhere between three to five years after<br />

that first shift. But five and half years later we<br />

were still resolutely there. We’d finally got the<br />

house into pristine ‘Homes and Gardens’<br />

condition, or as close as we were ever going<br />

to get, mainly by shipping stuff out to our<br />

respective parents. Every flat surface<br />

uncluttered, just a tasteful hint of characterful<br />

décor. Then ‘Strong and Stable’ May delivered<br />

one of the worst electoral campaigns ever,<br />

and the housing market ran scared. We’d<br />

found where we wanted to go, but now we<br />

couldn’t shift our house. ‘Too close to the<br />

railway’ said one. ‘It’s called ‘Railway<br />

Cottages’ we replied, ‘What did you expect?’.<br />

‘I was really looking for a third bedroom’<br />

said another. ‘In a two bedroom house?’ we<br />

responded, barely civil by this point. Buyers<br />

tailed off, our would-be new home cut its<br />

price and went. Battered and bewildered,<br />

we gave up, and took the house off of the<br />

market. Returning to the fray early this year,<br />

we looked all around Coulsdon. And we saw<br />

wonders. An en-suite toilet designed with no<br />

door, a shower hidden in a fitted wardrobe.<br />

My daughter plunging into a bedroom to<br />

find a man in his boxer shorts cooking baked<br />

beans on a Primus stove. My wife discovering<br />

in idle conversation that she and the estate<br />

agent who was showing us round one house<br />

had attended the same junior school, only to<br />

find herself on the receiving end of a cathartic<br />

out-pouring of long pent-up anger at the<br />

‘horrible, horrible’ school (My wife had thoroughly<br />

enjoyed her years there). But finally<br />

we found the house we wanted. It was big<br />

but shabby, all the room we might need but a<br />

serious long term project to restore it back to<br />

something approaching its original Edwardian<br />

grandeur.<br />

We made an offer, it was declined.<br />

An alternative was taken but then they<br />

dropped out. Back on the market again we<br />

re-offered and this time, with our house<br />

having sold really quite quickly, we were<br />

accepted. Now the fun began. On the fixtures<br />

and fittings list, our vendor wrote that he<br />

was leaving all the white goods but taking<br />

the kitchen cupboards. Oh, and the garage.<br />

He meant of course the complete reverse.<br />

Further delays, negligent solicitors (not ours I<br />

hasten to add), incompetent banks…our 20th<br />

June completion date drifts past. Finally, we<br />

get our date. 10th August. Just three days<br />

after we get back from holiday. Unpack,<br />

repack. Cram everything in boxes and bags.<br />

We’re doing the move ourselves with<br />

considerable help from friends. We have two<br />

large vans, and five cars. At 1.30pm on the<br />

day, as the unscheduled torrential rain belts<br />

down, we acknowledge they’re not enough.<br />

‘Help!’ The call goes out, and another car<br />

and a van appears. With a few sacrifices, we<br />

throw the last bits in and a shade after 4pm,<br />

we hand over the keys to the new owner<br />

and drive slowly away, and head for our new<br />

home. It’s taken, off and on, over six months.<br />

We’re worn out, not just from the physical<br />

exertions of the day, as are our friends, but<br />

from the process. There really has to be a<br />

better, easier way. The last time the law<br />

relating to property sales was amended was<br />

in 1925, and that was an immense change,<br />

overturning centuries of precedence going<br />

back to feudal times. Another change is<br />

overdue….<br />

Paul M Ford writes for GrayDorian<br />

– The Writing Bureau<br />

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Christmas Day Lunch<br />

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Boxing Day Lunch £29.95<br />

New Year’s Eve £54.95<br />

Venues<br />

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Prices per person. Party nights subject to availability<br />

1st November <strong>2018</strong> – 31st January 2019.<br />

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To advertise call Lucy on 01737 557888 or 07703 209292<br />

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open evenings<br />

27th <strong>Sept</strong>ember,<br />

1st and 2nd October<br />

6.00 – 8.30pm for entry <strong>Sept</strong>ember 2019<br />

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• a ‘National Teaching School’<br />

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• one of the top Colleges<br />

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• state-of-the-art facilities<br />

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To advertise call Lucy on 01737 557888 or 07703 209292<br />

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Nurture Fostering are<br />

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Attend one of our local coffee mornings<br />

to find out more. Please call to<br />

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To advertise call Lucy on 01737 557888 or 07703 209292<br />

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Chipstead Valley Primary School<br />

Group is moving to:<br />

Smitham Primary School<br />

Portnalls Rd, Coulsdon <strong>CR5</strong> 3DE<br />

(Free On Site Parking)<br />

From Tuesday 18th <strong>Sept</strong>ember <strong>2018</strong><br />

Tuesdays 5:30pm and 7:30pm<br />

Your Consultants name is Marie<br />

Telephone 07786 265261<br />

be hot!<br />

with<br />

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Wednesdays 5:00pm and 7:00pm<br />

Your Consultants name is Marie<br />

Telephone 07786 265261<br />

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Woodmansterne Road<br />

Coulsdon, Surrey<br />

<strong>CR5</strong> 2DL<br />

Thursday at 7:30pm<br />

Your Consultants name is Nicola<br />

Telephone 07951 153824<br />

slimmingworld.co.uk<br />

0344 897 8000<br />

To advertise call Lucy on 01737 557888 or 07703 209292<br />

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IS AVAILABLE FROM<br />

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020 8645 0111 • www.beadles.co.uk/kia<br />

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ORDER YOURS NOW AT BEADLES KIA<br />

to Surprise!<br />

To advertise call Lucy on 01737 557888 or 07703 209292<br />

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LALEHAM LEA<br />

LALEHAM LEA<br />

Catholic Independent Primary School for boys and girls aged 3-11 years<br />

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Catholic Independent<br />

29<br />

29<br />

Peaks<br />

Peaks Primary<br />

Hill, Purley,<br />

Hill, School<br />

CR8<br />

Purley. for<br />

3JJ.<br />

boys<br />

0208<br />

CR8 and<br />

660<br />

girls 3JJ<br />

3351<br />

aged 3-11 years<br />

www.lalehamlea.co.uk<br />

29 Peaks Hill, Purley,<br />

email:<br />

CR8<br />

secretary@lalehamlea.co.uk<br />

3JJ. 0208 660 3351<br />

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of children in<br />

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At Laleham Lea we firmly believe in putting the child at the<br />

centre of everything we do. From the warm welcome as you walk<br />

through the door in the morning to the playground where all<br />

ages play, run and socialise together as one happy family.<br />

Bright, light filled classrooms and enthusiastic, experienced<br />

teachers engage young minds’ thirst for knowledge, helping<br />

each developing individual to reach their full potential and<br />

ultimately move on to the school of their choice.<br />

Our pupils become happy, confident, fulfilled young people<br />

through both academic and extra-curricular activities. Every<br />

child takes part in team sports and every child is involved in<br />

school productions and concerts. Our greatest pleasure is to<br />

watch a once shy child blossom into the confident soloist, take<br />

a leading role in school assembly or simply help a fellow pupil<br />

through a challenging moment.<br />

Our outstanding pastoral care provides for a happy, caring<br />

community for all and we invite you to come and visit<br />

Laleham Lea; we can assure you of a very warm welcome.<br />

We look forward to welcoming you to our school<br />

To advertise call Lucy on 01737 557888 or 07703 209292<br />

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<strong>CR5</strong> Recipe<br />

HAM, ROASTED PEPPER AND FETA CHEESE FLAN<br />

Serves 4<br />

Ready in 50 minutes<br />

Using a ready-rolled sheet of<br />

puff pastry makes this summer<br />

flan a doddle to make.<br />

Serve warm or cold with a<br />

peppery watercress and<br />

rocket salad and some boiled<br />

new potatoes for a lovely late<br />

summer lunch or supper.<br />

Ingredients<br />

• 1 large red pepper,<br />

deseeded and thickly<br />

sliced<br />

• 1 large yellow pepper,<br />

deseeded and thickly<br />

sliced<br />

• 1 garlic clove, peeled and<br />

crushed<br />

• 2 tbsp olive oil<br />

• 320g packet ready-rolled<br />

puff pastry sheet<br />

• 2 large tomatoes, thinly<br />

sliced<br />

• 1 tsp fresh thyme leaves,<br />

plus extra to garnish<br />

• 75g feta cheese, crumbled<br />

• 6 slices Parma ham<br />

• Freshly ground black<br />

pepper<br />

• Beaten egg, to glaze<br />

TIPS<br />

Preheat the oven to 220°C/200°C fan/gas 7. Place the<br />

peppers and garlic in a shallow roasting tin and drizzle<br />

over half the olive oil. Roast in the preheated oven for<br />

10-12 minutes until just tender.<br />

Unroll the pastry sheet onto a large baking sheet<br />

lined with baking paper. Arrange the tomatoes over<br />

the pastry, leaving a 2cm border, and scatter over the<br />

thyme leaves. Top with the crumbled feta and ruffles<br />

of Parma ham. Season with freshly ground black<br />

pepper. Drizzle over the rest of the olive oil.<br />

Gently fold in the pastry edges a little to give a raised<br />

border. Brush the pastry border with beaten egg.<br />

Bake the flan for 15-20 minutes until the pastry is crisp<br />

and golden and the peppers are lightly charred in<br />

places. Serve warm or cold garnished with the extra<br />

thyme leaves.<br />

• You can use any other variety of continental<br />

ham for this flan, or try thin slices of salami or<br />

pastrami instead.<br />

• Remove the packet of pastry from the fridge<br />

about 20 minutes before unrolling to allow it to<br />

soften a little.<br />

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WARWICK PROPERTY<br />

MAINTENANCE<br />

147 Brighton Road, Coulsdon,<br />

Surrey, <strong>CR5</strong> 2NJ.<br />

T: 020 8660 1072<br />

M: 07947 343271<br />

E: amoore@warwickestates.org.uk<br />

Garden Clearance • Waste Removal • Painting and Decorating<br />

Gutter Cleaning • Window Cleaning Carpet Cleaning • Pressure Washing<br />

Graffiti Removal • House Clearances • Drain Unblocking • House Cleaning<br />

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WES<br />

WATT ELECTRICAL SERVICES Ltd<br />

FOR ALL OF YOUR ELECTRICAL REQUIREMENTS<br />

WES Electrical Fuse Board Offers are Back!<br />

Does your fuseboard look like this?<br />

Do you still have fusewire?<br />

If YES then you could replace<br />

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MCB/RCD Consumer Unit<br />

Car Charging<br />

Points at Home<br />

Electric Car<br />

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Your fuseboard is the fi rst line of defence to protect<br />

your wiring system and prevent the chance of<br />

electric shock- how safe is yours?<br />

Replacement Consumer Unit<br />

£495+VAT<br />

Earth Bonding & certificate<br />

Multi Room Audio/Music Systems<br />

Sky/Multi Room Visual Systems<br />

Home Automation & Energy Saving Systems<br />

Central Heating & Wiring of Central Heating Systems<br />

Periodic Inspections/Testing & Issuing of Certificates<br />

Cooker Circuits/Kitchen Circuits/ Bathroom Circuits<br />

Hamilton<br />

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Lighting<br />

Fire Alarm Installations/Smoke detectors<br />

System<br />

Changing of consumer units<br />

plus Music Control<br />

Full re-wires/ part re-wire<br />

Changing Sockets<br />

of your Speakers<br />

Outbuildings<br />

Andrew Young<br />

Garden Electrics<br />

Fault Finding<br />

07767 423261 Mobile<br />

CAT 6 Internet Points<br />

01737 555300 Offi ce<br />

BT Points<br />

Aerial Points<br />

75 Tollers Lane, Old Coulsdon, <strong>CR5</strong> 1BF<br />

Full Public Liability Insurance<br />

info@wattelectricalservicesltd.co.uk<br />

www. wattelectricalservicesltd.co.uk<br />

Professional Indemnity Insurance<br />

To advertise call Lucy on 01737 557888 or 07703 209292<br />

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Finance By Ann Haldon<br />

How to Save and Make Money at University<br />

One of the trickiest but most<br />

important parts of university<br />

life is managing your money.<br />

Budgeting for food, clothes,<br />

nights out, books and study<br />

materials can be overwhelming<br />

at first, but there are ways you<br />

can help yourself.<br />

Here are a few tips to help you<br />

spend less, save more, and earn<br />

money at university, so you can<br />

stop worrying about finances<br />

and make the most of this<br />

precious time in your life.<br />

WAYS TO SAVE MONEY AT<br />

UNIVERSITY<br />

Make use of technology<br />

All you need is your mobile<br />

phone to save money as a<br />

university student. There are<br />

apps to help you save on food,<br />

that show you how to budget,<br />

and that keep an eye on your<br />

data usage.<br />

Keep your food costs down by<br />

making a list of your favourite<br />

ingredients, and an app will let<br />

you know the cheapest places<br />

to buy them locally. You can<br />

also track your expenses with a<br />

budgeting app.<br />

Just type in how much you<br />

spend each day, and what<br />

you’ve bought – at the end of<br />

the month, a report gives<br />

you a round-up of where<br />

your money is going,<br />

so you can adjust your<br />

spending if necessary.<br />

Learn how to cook<br />

Learning how to cook<br />

from scratch is a valuable<br />

skill for life, but as food<br />

is one of the highest<br />

student expenditures,<br />

it’s also a vital part of saving<br />

money. Apart from the extra<br />

cash in your pocket, you can still<br />

be sociable without the expense<br />

of eating out, impressing your<br />

friends with a few gastronomic<br />

delights.<br />

It’s a good idea to plan your<br />

meals ahead and only buy what<br />

you need each week, avoiding<br />

ready meals if possible, as<br />

although they’re convenient,<br />

they’re generally bad for your<br />

health. Also, stick to buying<br />

own-brand products that can<br />

usually be found on the lower<br />

shelves in supermarkets, where<br />

you might not normally look.<br />

WAYS TO MAKE MONEY AT<br />

UNIVERSITY<br />

Get a part-time job<br />

Retail, catering, and hospitality<br />

are just three areas where you<br />

could pick up a part-time job<br />

with fixed hours that fits in with<br />

your studies. Although you may<br />

need to forsake some evenings<br />

and weekends, payday could<br />

make it worthwhile to miss out<br />

on a few social occasions.<br />

Another idea for part-time work,<br />

and one that’s a little more<br />

flexible, is mystery shopping.<br />

You sign up with a mystery<br />

shopping agency, or directly<br />

with an independent company,<br />

and get paid for checking the<br />

level of service provided in their<br />

outlets.<br />

Promotion work and flyers<br />

Handing out flyers around<br />

campus and promoting club<br />

nights or events on the streets<br />

of your university town can earn<br />

you some extra money, but be<br />

sure to find out whether you’re<br />

working on a commission or a<br />

‘per hour’ basis.<br />

If you’re sociable and good at<br />

marketing, you could even apply<br />

to become an on-campus ‘brand<br />

ambassador’ for a household<br />

brand name. You might be<br />

able to organise your own<br />

promotions and events for the<br />

brand, and make a name for<br />

yourself in marketing.<br />

www.blackbullion.com/studentblog/<strong>2018</strong>/05/08/5-tips-to-makeyour-loan-last-longer/<br />

www.blackbullion.com/studentblog/2017/11/30/how-to-makemoney-while-at-university/<br />

www.blackbullion.com/<br />

student-blog/2017/09/28/<br />

how-technology-can-help-youbudget-and-save/<br />

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Quirky Britain<br />

Um, sorry, but<br />

why are we Brits<br />

so polite?<br />

by Kate McLelland<br />

“Err … excuse me, sorry, but …<br />

um, I’m afraid you’re standing on<br />

my foot.”<br />

The British have politeness<br />

written into their DNA.<br />

Nowhere else in the world will<br />

you find people so ready to put<br />

up with discomfort rather than<br />

be considered pushy or rude.<br />

We love nothing better than<br />

to doggedly suffer in silence if<br />

that spares us from having to<br />

speak to a stranger, particularly<br />

if there’s a chance that the<br />

stranger will be offended, or –<br />

even worse – might make us feel<br />

embarrassed.<br />

How did it all start? It’s rather a<br />

mystery. The British, as we all<br />

know, are a pretty pugnacious<br />

lot. We value forthright leaders<br />

such as Sir Winston Churchill<br />

and Margaret Thatcher and<br />

count the ruthless King Henry<br />

VIII and buccaneering sailor<br />

Sir Francis Drake amongst the<br />

nation’s favourite historical<br />

figures. Nowadays the likes of<br />

Jeremy Clarkson, JK Rowling,<br />

Boris Johnson and Lily Allen are<br />

celebrated for their outspoken<br />

views, and yet we average<br />

Brits are apparently so fearful<br />

of causing offence that we<br />

remain tight-lipped even when<br />

we are subjected to discomfort<br />

or inconvenience. If someone<br />

is thoughtlessly blocking our<br />

way, we say “excuse me” as if it<br />

were our fault, and if we receive<br />

grudging service in a restaurant,<br />

we’ll not only say “thank you”,<br />

we’ll probably even leave a tip.<br />

Another classic British trait is<br />

our talent for understatement.<br />

It’s all part of the same<br />

cultural mindset that tells us<br />

its bad form to make a fuss.<br />

This tendency to underplay<br />

everything was famously<br />

demonstrated during the Korean<br />

War, when embattled British<br />

soldier Brigadier Tom Brodie<br />

of the Gloucester Regiment<br />

reported to an American<br />

superior officer, General Robert<br />

H Soule, with the fatal words:<br />

“Things are a bit sticky, sir.”<br />

What Brigadier Brodie wanted<br />

to convey was that his men<br />

were vastly outnumbered and<br />

facing a terrible defeat; what<br />

General Soule assumed was<br />

that the Gloucesters were<br />

successfully holding the line,<br />

even though things were a<br />

bit tough. Unsurprisingly, this<br />

miscommunication resulted in<br />

huge numbers of British soldiers<br />

being killed, wounded and<br />

captured.<br />

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a view to visiting the UK are<br />

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warned about our habit of not<br />

saying what we mean. A few<br />

years ago a “Translation Table”<br />

– which offered to decode our<br />

speech habits – was published<br />

online and quickly went viral.<br />

The table included headings<br />

such as “What the British say”,<br />

“What they mean” and “What<br />

foreigners understand.” So a Brit<br />

will say: “That’s very interesting”<br />

(meaning “You’re talking<br />

nonsense”) but the unfortunate<br />

overseas listener will take it as:<br />

“They’re very impressed with my<br />

idea”.<br />

Inevitably, British politeness<br />

has become a hot topic online.<br />

YouTube Vlogger Hannah<br />

Trigwell says she finds herself<br />

being polite in order to<br />

make people happy: “At the<br />

hairdressers there are times<br />

when I’ve thought: ‘What the<br />

hell has happened to my hair?’<br />

and I’ve said ‘Yeah, it’s great!’<br />

because they look so happy<br />

that you’re happy.” Catherine<br />

Webb, writing on the website<br />

Quora, argues that our habit of<br />

saying “I’m sorry”, “excuse me”<br />

and “thank you” is almost like<br />

a verbal form of punctuation,<br />

and “we’re not really sorry or<br />

thankful.” She adds: “Most Brits<br />

will not complain about someone<br />

to their face, because they


expect the person to pick up on<br />

subtle cues and don’t want to<br />

have an outright conversation/<br />

confrontation about it.”<br />

Media personality Stephen Fry<br />

has been dubbed ‘the most<br />

polite man in Britain’, but when<br />

he was interviewed a few<br />

years ago, he admitted to BBC<br />

presenter Mark Lawson that he<br />

feels slightly ambivalent about<br />

that title. “Being over-polite is<br />

not attractive, necessarily … I<br />

can’t watch someone not saying<br />

thank you, and I can’t not say it<br />

myself. If I noticed I hadn’t said<br />

it, I’d have to come back in the<br />

room and say ‘thank you’. It’s<br />

feeble!”<br />

So if Stephen Fry – an icon of<br />

good manners – feels that being<br />

too polite is a problem, what will<br />

become of the rest of us? Is there<br />

a chance that we’ll eventually<br />

reject this quintessentially<br />

British behaviour in favour of<br />

a more direct (some would<br />

say more honest) approach? It<br />

doesn’t look as though this will<br />

happen any time soon. A recent<br />

report published by research<br />

company Childwise looked at<br />

the way children interact with<br />

the artificial intelligence bots<br />

in devices such as phones and<br />

tablets, and the findings have<br />

caused concern for many British<br />

parents.<br />

Researchers found that children<br />

were barking commands at their<br />

robotic helpers without using<br />

“please” and “thank you”, and<br />

concluded that such behaviour<br />

might encourage these children<br />

to become aggressive and<br />

impolite when they reach<br />

adulthood.<br />

In response to Childwise’s<br />

findings, Amazon has now<br />

included a politeness feature<br />

(known as ‘Magic Word’) in its<br />

Echo Dot software and it’s likely<br />

that other tech companies will<br />

soon follow Amazon’s lead.<br />

So with robots getting in on the<br />

act, it’s unlikely that we’ll forget<br />

our “pleases” and “thank yous”<br />

in future.<br />

In fact, as the technology<br />

develops, it may even become<br />

easier to tell a stranger that he’s<br />

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Technology<br />

From clothes to computers, the cost of sending your<br />

offspring to school, college or university seems to<br />

increase every day. So how can you be sure you’re<br />

not spending more on technology than you need to?<br />

The trick is to get the maximum bang for<br />

every buck – and sometimes that means<br />

avoiding false economies. A cheap<br />

laptop may save you a few pounds<br />

now, but it might not be able to cope<br />

with everything your child needs it<br />

to do; for example, a Chromebook<br />

laptop may be ultracheap<br />

but if your<br />

child’s going to be<br />

using it instead of a TV<br />

its small screen isn’t going to<br />

be a lot of fun.<br />

The sweet spot for budget laptops is around the<br />

£300 mark, and if you go much below that you’ll<br />

be cutting corners. It’s often a better idea to shop<br />

around for a second hand laptop on Gumtree or<br />

eBay (if you’re careful: stick to reputable sellers and<br />

make sure you follow the buyer protection policy<br />

so you’re protected against any shenanigans) – a<br />

powerful laptop that’s been well looked after for a<br />

year or two may be a better buy than a brand new,<br />

super-cheap laptop.<br />

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NEW TERM TECH<br />

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That’s particularly true of Apple laptops.<br />

The cheapest Apple laptop, the MacBook<br />

Air, is currently £949 and isn’t particularly<br />

powerful. If you’re considering any<br />

Apple device, the first thing to do is to<br />

investigate whether your child qualifies<br />

for an education discount (www.apple.<br />

com/uk-edu/shop/go/education). If you<br />

or your child qualify, the discounts can be<br />

significant.<br />

Another option is to consider a refurbished Mac.<br />

Refurbished computers are computers that have<br />

been sold and then returned. Sometimes that’s<br />

because of a fault that has since been corrected or<br />

because a customer simply changed their<br />

mind; sometimes it’s because the laptop<br />

was leased to a company and returned<br />

after the lease period is up. Whatever the<br />

reason, it can’t be sold as new. That can<br />

mean good discounts even on fairly new<br />

computers.<br />

It’s important to understand the key<br />

differences between new and refurbished<br />

computers. They ship without faults but<br />

may have damaged or missing packaging,<br />

and they may have light cosmetic damage on<br />

their case. The warranty is much shorter, and any<br />

AppleCare insurance you take out will run out on the<br />

anniversary of the date the Mac was first sold, not<br />

the date you acquired it – so for example you won’t<br />

be able to buy AppleCare for a refurbished Mac<br />

that’s three years old.<br />

As you’d expect, the older the Mac the bigger the<br />

discount – and if you’re a confident eBay buyer<br />

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of writing a reputable eBay seller is offering a<br />

refurbished late 2014 MacBook Pro with 13” Retina<br />

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Gardening<br />

Wonderful Window Boxes by Pippa Greenwood<br />

As late summer fades<br />

imperceptibly into early autumn,<br />

it can be sad to see much-loved<br />

and once fantastic-looking beds,<br />

borders, pots and planters<br />

start to look a little worse for<br />

wear. It may be all part of the<br />

natural part of gardening, but<br />

it certainly makes me feel a bit<br />

gloomy. If it is having the same<br />

effect on you, why not treat<br />

yourself to some late summer<br />

and early autumn colour in a<br />

pot, planter or, better still, a<br />

window box? That protected<br />

spot close to the house should<br />

help to ensure that everything<br />

keeps on and on performing for<br />

as long as possible…<br />

There are many different sizes<br />

and styles to choose from,<br />

from woven willow to classic<br />

hardwood and urban chic<br />

aluminium, and in just about<br />

every conceivable colour too.<br />

But whatever you go for make<br />

sure it’ll fit easily on to the<br />

window sill and won’t be too<br />

heavy! Take time to choose one<br />

that will suit the style of your<br />

house, fit all the plants you’d<br />

like to include, not weigh too<br />

much and is within budget.<br />

There are lots of plants that’ll<br />

work – some of my favourites<br />

are hardy Gerberas (these do<br />

need a good warm, sunny spot),<br />

variegated ivies and the wacky,<br />

compact Crassula with fleshy<br />

foliage and stems studded with<br />

dusky pink flowers. But take<br />

time perusing the local garden<br />

centres or nurseries for<br />

the combination that<br />

makes YOUR heart sing.<br />

Some window boxes have<br />

impermeable liners, so<br />

if this is the case add an<br />

inch or so of horticultural<br />

grit or gravel to provide<br />

drainage – then if you do<br />

overwater (or it rains too<br />

much) the excess water will be<br />

less likely to sit around the roots<br />

and cause the plants to suffer<br />

or even die off completely. If<br />

you’re trying to keep weight<br />

to a minimum then use broken<br />

up polystyrene from bedding<br />

plants or the packaging around<br />

household appliances – this<br />

lightweight recycled material is<br />

a good alternative to the grit or<br />

gravel.<br />

A good quality multi-purpose<br />

compost is perfect for a<br />

temporary planting like this,<br />

but if you intend to remove<br />

any shorter lived or non-hardy<br />

plants such as the gerberas<br />

and replace them with other<br />

hardy, seasonal stunners later<br />

in the year then you may be<br />

better off using a 50:50 mixture<br />

of a loam-based compost and<br />

a multi-purpose one. I find<br />

that this 50:50 mix allows<br />

for better stability from the<br />

weight and texture of the loam,<br />

combined with better aeration<br />

and drainage from the multipurpose<br />

compost. Just fill the<br />

window box about half full with<br />

compost, gently firming it, but<br />

make sure you don’t compact<br />

it or else the plants won’t get<br />

their roots down so well.<br />

Next it’s the fun and inventive<br />

bit as you get the plants into<br />

position. If you are including<br />

trailing plants like variegated<br />

ivies, place them where you<br />

can enjoy their full glory by<br />

cascading them over the edges<br />

of the window box – this looks<br />

fantastic and adds to the<br />

apparent size of the display<br />

without adding significantly to<br />

the weight of the container. A<br />

larger plant like the Crassula<br />

gives a good focal point, and<br />

then why not add some dizzy<br />

colour like the ever-smiling<br />

gerberas to flank the central<br />

plant? Gently move the plants<br />

about until you’re happy with<br />

how they look, then fill in gaps<br />

between the root balls with<br />

more compost, firming gently<br />

with your fingers to ensure<br />

there’s no subsidence later on.<br />

Once you’re totally happy, water<br />

the box well using a watering<br />

can with the rose in place, so<br />

imitating rainfall.<br />

A stunning window box along<br />

these lines can be created in<br />

well under half an hour. Make<br />

sure it is secured properly on<br />

the window sill – and remember<br />

that you’ll need to be able to<br />

open the window (or access<br />

the box from outside) in order<br />

to keep it adequately watered<br />

during drier weather. As well as<br />

regular watering (often all the<br />

more necessary due to the ‘rain<br />

shadow’ effect from the roof<br />

or eaves), the window box will<br />

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course will need to be regularly<br />

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Life Begins<br />

By Kate McLelland<br />

Drowning in documents? It’s time to free up your files<br />

Overstuffed filing drawers, bulging<br />

boxes of payslips, tax records,<br />

bank statements and invoices that<br />

go back years. Sounds familiar?<br />

We’re all guilty of hoarding<br />

personal documents, many of<br />

them kept just in case we need<br />

to refer to them again in future.<br />

However, in many cases the<br />

paperwork we hold is probably<br />

so outdated that it’s not worth<br />

keeping.<br />

It’s hard to know exactly how<br />

long we’re supposed to keep<br />

our documents, and – when<br />

they are out of date – how to<br />

dispose of them safely. Here are<br />

some essential tips for handling<br />

and processing your personal<br />

documentation.<br />

Which documents should I keep,<br />

and for how long?<br />

The tips below are based on<br />

guidance provided by trusted<br />

organisations such as the Citizen’s<br />

Advice Bureau and HMRC, but<br />

there are no hard and fast rules.<br />

For instance, if you are selfemployed<br />

and claiming expenses,<br />

you might need to keep some<br />

of your documents for a longer<br />

period.<br />

Bank, credit card and loan<br />

statements: according to moneysaving<br />

guru Martin Lewis, these<br />

should be retained for at least six<br />

years. However, he recommends<br />

keeping them as long as possible<br />

just in case there’s another misselling<br />

scandal, like the recent PPI<br />

affair.<br />

Utility bills: it’s probably worth<br />

holding on to these for 12 months,<br />

as this allows you to keep track of<br />

what you actually use.<br />

Receipts and warranties: you<br />

should keep hold of important<br />

receipts for six years, but<br />

warranties can be disposed of<br />

after the date they expire.<br />

Insurance documents: don’t<br />

throw old policy documents away<br />

if there’s a chance someone may<br />

make a retrospective claim against<br />

you. Alternatively, if your policy<br />

insured you against injury at work,<br />

you may be able to claim after<br />

the policy has elapsed, provided<br />

you can prove your medical issue<br />

relates to the time in question.<br />

P45s and payslips: HMRC<br />

recommends that individuals<br />

keep tax-related paperwork such<br />

as payslips and P45s for at least<br />

twenty-two months from the end<br />

of the relevant tax year.<br />

Medical records: any documents<br />

you hold relating to your<br />

medical history should be kept<br />

indefinitely. Your GP will also hold<br />

this information but there may<br />

be times (for example, if you’re<br />

applying for travel insurance)<br />

when you’ll need dates and details<br />

of medical treatments.<br />

Personal documents: these<br />

include birth and marriage<br />

certificates, National Insurance<br />

certificates, court orders and<br />

decrees, deeds, copies of wills,<br />

share certificates, motor vehicle<br />

documents and mortgage papers.<br />

Such documents should be stored<br />

securely and kept forever.<br />

Don’t throw your identity out<br />

with the rubbish<br />

Earlier this year a concerned<br />

neighbour on the Doddington<br />

Estate in Wandsworth, London,<br />

stopped to film three people<br />

rifling through a refuse bin that<br />

contained letters and other<br />

paperwork. She reported this<br />

activity anonymously to the Daily<br />

Mail, warning: “I’ve seen people<br />

of all kinds going through the bins<br />

before, so I’ve become more and<br />

more concerned about this... I<br />

want my friends and neighbours<br />

to be aware that this goes on<br />

and take the time to destroy any<br />

personal information from the<br />

letters they are throwing away.”<br />

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Many criminals are prepared to<br />

scavenge through bins and even<br />

landfill sites to obtain personal<br />

data. Identity theft and incidents<br />

involving stolen bank details<br />

have become big business for<br />

fraudsters, and just one document<br />

with one person’s financial<br />

information can earn them<br />

thousands of pounds.<br />

So what’s the best way to dispose<br />

of financial documents such as<br />

bank statements?<br />

Shredding: if you tear up a<br />

document by hand, the chances<br />

are that a criminal could still put it<br />

together like a jigsaw. Shredding<br />

is a much safer option and you<br />

can buy a cheap, hand-operated<br />

shredder from around £10.99<br />

upwards. The safest types of<br />

shredder are the ‘cross-cut’ or<br />

‘micro-cut’ varieties, which cut in<br />

two directions rather than one,<br />

but they are more expensive. If<br />

you have literally hundreds of<br />

documents to destroy, you could<br />

consider using a commercial<br />

shredding service, but be aware<br />

that most charge a minimum fee<br />

of around £80.<br />

Burning: incinerating your<br />

documents is a simple solution,<br />

but do bear in mind any local<br />

authority restrictions if you<br />

are planning to light a bonfire.<br />

Consider the fire risk and make<br />

sure your smoke doesn’t cause<br />

nuisance to neighbours.<br />

Soaking: you can destroy paper by<br />

mulching it in a bucket of water.<br />

When it dissolves it should be easy<br />

to tear it up, but make sure it’s<br />

reduced to an unreadable pulp<br />

before throwing it away.<br />

It’s ironic that in this digital age,<br />

when the ‘paperfree office’<br />

should be a reality, we’re actually<br />

using more paper than ever, so<br />

by recycling your paper waste<br />

you are ultimately helping the<br />

environment. Tackling those piles<br />

of outdated paperwork will also<br />

create more space in your home,<br />

as well as ticking off another task<br />

on your ‘to do’ list. So what are<br />

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Travel<br />

Luxembourg<br />

By Solange Hando<br />

‘Expect the unexpected,’<br />

they say, and compact as it is,<br />

this is a truly surprising city,<br />

looping around its natural and<br />

man-made wonders on many<br />

different levels. Carved by the<br />

deep gorges of the Pétrusse<br />

and Alzette rivers, it teeters on<br />

the edge of precipitous cliffs,<br />

spanned by myriad bridges<br />

and viaducts.<br />

In this dramatic setting a good<br />

place to start is Constitution<br />

Square, where above the<br />

valley of the Pétrusse the<br />

iconic statue of the ‘Golden<br />

Lady’ holds out a crown of<br />

laurel leaves as a national<br />

emblem for pride and peace.<br />

Just steps away the mighty<br />

Aldolphe bridge towers<br />

above the ravine, where the<br />

tiny rivulet meanders among<br />

flowering trees, pocket-sized<br />

allotments, dainty footbridges<br />

and deserted trails.<br />

Wandering through this lush<br />

country-like oasis you can<br />

hardly believe you are in the<br />

city centre, but back on the<br />

top the cathedral beckons, a<br />

three-spired pilgrimage site<br />

in flamboyant Gothic style<br />

with a touch of Renaissance,<br />

guarding the tombs of the<br />

Grand Ducal family. It’s only a<br />

stroll to the Parliament House,<br />

the Grand Ducal Palace and<br />

the bourgeois dwellings and<br />

picturesque lanes of the Old<br />

Town, listed by Unesco.<br />

There are spacious parks and<br />

pleasant town squares, most<br />

popular the Place d’Armes<br />

surrounded by pedestrian<br />

shopping lanes. Named after<br />

military parades held under<br />

the Sun King, the locals call<br />

it ‘the city’s living room’, a<br />

place to meet friends on a café<br />

terrace, relax under the trees,<br />

browse the market stalls or<br />

dance on festival days. Along<br />

Holy Spirit Street, the square<br />

by the same name has some<br />

stunning views across the<br />

lower town, close to Quirinus,<br />

the 11th century chapel with<br />

a miraculous spring, and the<br />

hidden confluence of the<br />

Pétrusse and the lovely Alzette<br />

which curls around the eastern<br />

edge of the city.<br />

There, above the Alzette, the<br />

Chemin de la Corniche was<br />

described by a local writer as<br />

‘the most beautiful balcony<br />

in Europe’ lined with some<br />

of the finest aristocratic<br />

buildings, following the old<br />

ramparts all the way to the<br />

Bock, the rocky outcrop where<br />

history began in 963. Towers,<br />

citadel, gates, fortified bridge,<br />

casemates with 23 km of<br />

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today, on the banks of the<br />

Alzette, the Lower Grund is<br />

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its quiet lanes, half-timbered<br />

houses and at the heart of it<br />

all the striking Neumünster<br />

Abbey, now turned into a<br />

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whisper below the garden<br />

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Health By<br />

Alison Runham www.alison.runham.co.uk<br />

Men, Mental Health and Suicide Prevention<br />

Suicide is on the rise worldwide.<br />

According to the World Health<br />

Organization, it’s the second<br />

leading cause of death among<br />

15-29-year-olds and nearly 800,000<br />

people die due to suicide every<br />

year; that’s one suicide every 40<br />

seconds. There are also around 20<br />

times as many failed attempts.<br />

These worrying statistics make<br />

World Suicide Prevention Day on<br />

<strong>Sept</strong>ember 10th more important<br />

than ever – but there are steps we<br />

can take to tackle the problem.<br />

Suicide Risk Factors<br />

Men are at significantly higher<br />

risk than women and suicide is<br />

the leading cause of death among<br />

men under 50. Statistics from The<br />

British Psychological Society show<br />

that men aged 20-29 and 40-49 are<br />

most at risk.<br />

The Movember Foundation, which<br />

works to raise awareness of men’s<br />

health issues, has concluded that<br />

men’s reluctance to openly discuss<br />

their health and feelings or take<br />

action when they’re unwell,<br />

coupled with the stigmas still<br />

surrounding mental health, are<br />

two of the chief reasons why<br />

men’s life expectancy remains<br />

significantly lower than women’s.<br />

The damaging stereotype of the<br />

physically and mentally ‘tough’<br />

‘real man’ is to blame for much of<br />

men’s reluctance to express their<br />

feelings and seek help, as they fear<br />

being labelled weak.<br />

The biggest risk factor for suicide<br />

is a previous suicide attempt, but<br />

what drives people to attempt it?<br />

The WHO points out that while<br />

there are clear links between<br />

suicide and mental disorders<br />

(including alcohol use disorders),<br />

many suicides happen impulsively<br />

in moments of crisis.<br />

A trauma, relationship break-up,<br />

financial problems or chronic pain<br />

and<br />

illness can cause high levels of<br />

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Experiencing conflict, disaster,<br />

violence, abuse, or loss and a<br />

sense of isolation are also strongly<br />

associated with suicidal behaviour,<br />

and suicide rates are also high<br />

amongst groups who experience<br />

discrimination, such as refugees,<br />

migrants, indigenous peoples,<br />

prisoners and lesbian, gay,<br />

bisexual, transgender and intersex<br />

people.<br />

So, what can we do to prevent<br />

suicide on a personal level and as<br />

a society?<br />

Suicide Prevention<br />

• We need to tackle discrimination<br />

and damaging stereotypes.<br />

The boy who is brought up to<br />

believe he mustn’t cry or admit<br />

he’s stressed; the girl who hides<br />

her true sexual orientation<br />

because she’s grown up hearing<br />

gay people ridiculed; the migrant<br />

shunned by work colleagues<br />

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isolation and depression, and so<br />

at higher risk of suicide. It can<br />

be tough to tackle this kind of<br />

discrimination among family,<br />

friends and colleagues, but it’s<br />

important we do so.<br />

• We need to tackle the stigmas<br />

surrounding mental health.<br />

We can do this by challenging<br />

negative attitudes and ensuring<br />

that in our words and actions,<br />

we treat mental illness as just as<br />

valid and important as physical<br />

illness, acknowledging how<br />

closely they are related.<br />

Maggie Warrell, founder of<br />

Global Courage, recently wrote<br />

for Forbes about losing her<br />

brother to suicide and the role<br />

we must all play in tackling it.


“If people felt as comfortable<br />

talking about their PTSD, bipolar<br />

or anxiety as they did talking<br />

about their eczema or tennis<br />

elbow, it would markedly reduce<br />

the suffering of those with<br />

mental illness and the ability of<br />

those around them to support<br />

them.”<br />

• We need to encourage people,<br />

especially men, to express their<br />

feelings, seek help with mental<br />

health issues and be more aware<br />

of the dangers of alcohol and its<br />

misuse.<br />

Depression and alcohol-related<br />

disorders need to be identified<br />

and treated as early as<br />

possible. “The tragedy of suicide<br />

is preventable,” states The<br />

British Psychological Society.<br />

“Early identification and effective<br />

action can get people the care<br />

they need.”<br />

• We need to pay closer attention<br />

to those around us.<br />

Many suicide victims were<br />

reportedly ‘fine’ just days or<br />

even hours before ending their<br />

lives, so we should look out for<br />

warning signs. If we fear<br />

someone we know may be<br />

contemplating suicide, we need<br />

to get help on their behalf – and<br />

take the horribly practical but<br />

essential measure of removing,<br />

as much as possible, any<br />

potential means for suicide, be<br />

that a stockpile of pills or<br />

a means to fatally injure<br />

themselves.<br />

If you are struggling with a crisis<br />

or a mental health issue, do get<br />

help. It may feel like your pain<br />

will never end, but things can get<br />

better, as bestselling author and<br />

depression sufferer Matt Haig<br />

reminds us in Reasons to Stay<br />

Alive.<br />

“Smaller than you.<br />

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when it feels vast. It operates<br />

within you; you do not operate<br />

within it. It may be a dark cloud<br />

passing across the sky, but… you<br />

are the sky.<br />

You were there before it. And the<br />

cloud can’t exist without the sky,<br />

but the sky can exist without the<br />

cloud.”<br />

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Into the Routine<br />

I am a creature of habit: often far more than I<br />

realise. Life is easier when you know roughly<br />

what’s coming up next. Not so much that is<br />

is regimentally mapped out, but that at any<br />

given point there are a range of well-tested<br />

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I enjoy holidays and the opportunity to break<br />

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on my return.<br />

I think the principle still stands - so much of<br />

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the fear that our future needs may not be<br />

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faithful and trustworthy - and daily trust is the<br />

antidote to fear and insecurity.<br />

I imagine some of you reading this will be<br />

nodding in quiet understanding while others<br />

will wonder why on earth I would enjoy living<br />

primarily such a predictable existence. I guess<br />

we are all wired differently though to some<br />

extent we all value the security of familiarity.<br />

To what extent we embrace the unknown<br />

affects how we view the world. At present<br />

it is hard to escape the uncertainty around<br />

the mechanics of Brexit - and regardless of<br />

your view on the subject, such an unknown<br />

outcome is to some extent daunting.<br />

The avoidance of insecurity is why we pay<br />

into pensions and save for old age. It’s why<br />

insurance companies are able to make money.<br />

It’s part of our society and part of us.<br />

When God is guiding his people through the<br />

desert, in the Old Testament in the Bible, for<br />

a time he provides them with a miracle-food<br />

each day called Manna. Each morning they<br />

find it in the ground and it supplies their<br />

needs. However they are instructed not to<br />

store it. Being human that’s exactly what they<br />

do, and it goes bad. You wonder why it seems<br />

important to God that they collect and eat it<br />

daily (it is the source of the reference in the<br />

Lord’s prayer about ‘daily bread’). It seems<br />

that God wants to supply their needs each day<br />

so that they trust him.<br />

There maybe areas of your own life that feel<br />

out of control or where the outcome is far<br />

from certain. Where you are feeling anxious<br />

or concerned I would encourage you to ask<br />

God to provide what you need each day and I<br />

hope that you might find some freedom and<br />

peace.<br />

Have a great month.<br />

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History<br />

The History of Suffrage<br />

This year marks the centenary of<br />

the first Representation of the<br />

People Act. We all know something<br />

about Emmeline Pankhurst<br />

and her suffragettes who chained<br />

themselves to railings and endured<br />

force-feeding in prison, but how<br />

did a movement that changed the<br />

course of history begin?<br />

In 1918, after years of battle by the<br />

suffragette movement in which<br />

women were routinely arrested,<br />

assaulted and even lost their lives,<br />

legislation was passed giving certain<br />

women the right to vote in public<br />

elections. The legislation allowed<br />

home-owning women aged over 30<br />

to have a say at the ballot box.<br />

This meant that for the first time<br />

8.4 million women could vote,<br />

but many working class women<br />

continued to be excluded.<br />

It wasn’t until 1928, with the second<br />

Representation of the People Act,<br />

that this right was extended to all<br />

women over 21. Sadly, Emmeline<br />

Pankhurst, founder of the Women’s<br />

Social and Political Union (WSPU),<br />

did not live long enough to see this<br />

historic day but Emmeline wasn’t<br />

the first to argue for women’s right<br />

to vote.<br />

In 1865, The Kensington Society was<br />

founded, which campaigned for the<br />

higher education of women who,<br />

at that time, were excluded from<br />

many academic institutions. The<br />

society also formed a committee to<br />

head a petition for the enfranchisement<br />

of women, which MP John<br />

Stuart Mill agreed to present to<br />

Parliament. Mill was a champion of<br />

women’s rights who campaigned in<br />

vain for an amendment to the 1867<br />

Reform Act that would have given<br />

equal rights to women, and in 1869<br />

presented an essay to Parliament<br />

entitled The Subjection of Women.<br />

By 1866 there were nearly 1,500<br />

signatures on the petition, including<br />

that of Florence Nightingale, but<br />

although presented to Parliament<br />

on three separate occasions, each<br />

time it was out-voted and the whole<br />

notion scorned and ridiculed, as<br />

many men believed women were<br />

physically and mentally inferior and<br />

did not possess the intelligence to<br />

vote.<br />

In 1868, the first public meeting<br />

to discuss women’s suffrage took<br />

place in Manchester. Two of the<br />

speakers were Lydia Becker, who<br />

had been inspired by the Kensington<br />

Society petition, and Dr Richard<br />

Pankhurst. Among those in the<br />

audience was Emmeline Goulder<br />

who was then 15 years old. She<br />

went on to marry Dr Pankhurst and<br />

become the woman who would<br />

take suffrage to the next level.<br />

By 1903, women had been<br />

campaigning peacefully but<br />

unsuccessfully for the right to vote<br />

in England for 50 years, while other<br />

countries such as New Zealand,<br />

South Australia and some states in<br />

the US had already enfranchised<br />

women over 21 before the end of<br />

the 19th century. It was in this year<br />

that political activist Emmeline<br />

Pankhurst founded the militant<br />

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A breakaway group from the<br />

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By Catherine Rose<br />

Words’, which reflected their<br />

decision to turn to direct physical<br />

confrontation, even if that broke<br />

the law, to get their message<br />

across. Emmeline encouraged<br />

suffragettes to learn jiu jitsu to<br />

defend themselves in the inevitable<br />

skirmishes that occurred with<br />

the police and public.<br />

Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence,<br />

co-editor of the suffrage magazine<br />

Votes for Women, came up with<br />

the three colours that went on<br />

to define the movement: violet<br />

representing loyalty, white purity<br />

and green hope.<br />

One of the first confrontations<br />

was in 1905 between Christabel<br />

Pankhurst (Emmeline’s eldest<br />

daughter) and Annie Kenney with<br />

young Liberal politicians Winston<br />

Churchill and Sir Edward Grey. The<br />

women went to prison.<br />

In prison, women who went on<br />

hunger strike were force-fed.<br />

After a public outcry, Prime<br />

Minister Herbert Asquith<br />

introduced what became known<br />

as the ‘Cat and Mouse Act’.<br />

Force-feeding was stopped but<br />

at the point when it looked as<br />

though the women might die in<br />

prison, they were released – with<br />

the ‘bonus’ that they were too ill<br />

to take part in campaigning and<br />

demonstrations.<br />

In 1914, the year after suffragette<br />

Emily Davison was killed by the<br />

King’s horse at the Epsom Derby,<br />

World War One broke out.<br />

Emmeline decreed that there was<br />

to be no more militant activism<br />

while women helped with the war<br />

effort.<br />

The suffragettes had many<br />

supporters, including men. 5.4<br />

million working class men also<br />

benefitted from the 1918<br />

Representation of the People Act.<br />

Before this, men who did not own<br />

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Motoring<br />

By James Baggott<br />

History’s Most Famous Hybrids<br />

Hybrids have been around<br />

since just after the Big Bang,<br />

and since then matter has been<br />

mingling, bonding, binding and<br />

fusing into hybrids – at first to<br />

form atoms, then elements<br />

and compounds and the<br />

building blocks of life as we<br />

know it. Hybrids are therefore<br />

as old as time itself.<br />

When you think of hybrids<br />

today you’re more likely to<br />

picture a car than a chemical<br />

reaction, but the principle<br />

is the same. Sometimes,<br />

two things simply work<br />

better together – petrol and<br />

electricity, for example, or gin<br />

and tonic.<br />

Hybrids are all around us, and<br />

even inside us – humans are<br />

60 per cent water, itself a<br />

hybrid. Hybrids are found from<br />

farmer’s fields to far-flung<br />

forests, from test tubes to test<br />

tracks. And some have even<br />

changed the world…<br />

CENTAUR<br />

Possibly the most famous of<br />

mythological beasts, these<br />

half-human, half-horse hybrids<br />

were said to worship the God<br />

of Wine. They were dreamed<br />

up by the Ancient Greeks,<br />

probably as a reaction to their<br />

first encounters with nomads<br />

on horseback.<br />

PIZZLY BEAR<br />

Found in zoos since the<br />

Eighties, polar bears and<br />

grizzlies rarely meet in the wild,<br />

let alone produce crossbreed<br />

cubs. Few believed that pizzly<br />

bears existed at all outside of<br />

captivity until one was shot<br />

in 2006. DNA tests confirmed<br />

it was a hybrid: white like a<br />

polar bear but with a grizzly’s<br />

face, along with brown paws<br />

and big claws. One theory is<br />

that climate change is causing<br />

their habitats to overlap.<br />

TOYOTA PRIUS<br />

Believe it or not it’s over 20<br />

years since Toyota launched<br />

the Prius, the world’s first<br />

mass-produced hybrid<br />

vehicle and one of the most<br />

important cars of all time, up<br />

there with the Ford Model<br />

T, the original Mini and the<br />

McLaren F1. When it first<br />

came along, even the iPhone<br />

was still ten years away,<br />

and few thought that – one<br />

day – even supercars would<br />

be fuelled by a mixture of<br />

petrol and batteries. Today, a<br />

world without hybrids seems<br />

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unthinkable, and the Prius,<br />

now in its fourth generation,<br />

has sold over four million units.<br />

BLOODHOUND SSC<br />

Hybrid cars are as much about<br />

performance as efficiency, but<br />

even so, Bloodhound SSC, the<br />

1,000mph car, takes things to a<br />

whole new level by combining<br />

a jet engine – the sort you’d<br />

find in a Eurofighter Typhoon<br />

– with a cluster of rockets. In<br />

all, it has about 135,000 thrust<br />

horsepower, which is more<br />

than eight times the power<br />

of all the cars on the F1 grid<br />

combined. Even the fuel is<br />

pumped by a supercharged,<br />

550bhp V8. Just as well when<br />

you consider it’ll need 40 litres<br />

of rocket oxidiser for every<br />

second of its top speed run in<br />

South Africa next year.<br />

WATER<br />

Compounds (chemical hybrids<br />

of two or more elements)<br />

are all around us, and water<br />

is the most abundant. The<br />

world contains around 1,260<br />

trillion million litres of the<br />

stuff, which if spread evenly<br />

over the Earth’s surface<br />

would have a depth of 2,800<br />

metres. Only 2.5% of this<br />

water is fresh water, and in<br />

a 100-year period, a single<br />

water molecule spends 98<br />

years in the sea, 20 months<br />

locked away as ice, about<br />

two weeks in lakes and rivers,<br />

and less than a week in the<br />

atmosphere.<br />

CHIMERA EMBRYO<br />

In genetics, a chimera is a<br />

hybrid organism with cells<br />

from two different species.<br />

In this case those species


are pigs and people, after<br />

scientists injected human cells<br />

into an animal embryo. It’s<br />

controversial, but by editing<br />

animal embryos you could use<br />

them to host human organs<br />

for vital transplant operations.<br />

So rather than waiting for a<br />

donor, you instead grow a<br />

custom organ inside an animal.<br />

PUGGLE<br />

Humans have been<br />

matchmaking dogs for<br />

centuries. But while some are<br />

bred for useful reasons like<br />

fetching pheasants or sniffing<br />

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designed to fit in a handbag.<br />

Take the Puggle, for example,<br />

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a Beagle and a Pug. The<br />

list of top designer dogs<br />

includes labradoodles, horgis,<br />

cockapoos and schnoodles.<br />

TREE OF 40 FRUIT<br />

The Tree of 40 Fruit is an<br />

arboreal artwork created by<br />

American art professor Sam<br />

Van Aken, who grafts buds<br />

from various fruit trees onto a<br />

single ‘stock’ tree. Over several<br />

years the stock tree eventually<br />

grows branches from its<br />

different donors, each bearing<br />

a unique fruit, including<br />

peaches, plums, apricots,<br />

nectarines and cherries. So far<br />

he’s planted 16 of these hybrid<br />

trees in seven US states, which<br />

in springtime blossom pink,<br />

crimson and white.<br />

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electric technology. Already<br />

however, carmakers such<br />

as Lexus and Toyota have<br />

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almost every model in their<br />

showroom. In fact, 99 per<br />

cent of Lexus’s UK sales are<br />

petrol-electric hybrids, such as<br />

the new LS500h, an executive<br />

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A welcome home –<br />

Rated ‘Good’ by the<br />

Care Quality<br />

Commission<br />

Elizabeth Court care<br />

home in Caterham was<br />

rated ‘Good’ in all five<br />

categories by the Care<br />

Quality Commission<br />

(CQC) in August <strong>2018</strong>.<br />

The CQC described ‘the<br />

atmosphere in the home<br />

as relaxed and inclusive’<br />

and went on to credit<br />

Sue Guyon, the home<br />

manager, and her team<br />

with ‘making significant<br />

improvements to the<br />

service’.<br />

The manager Sue said<br />

“the staff and residents<br />

are thrilled that the<br />

achievements and the<br />

sense of community we<br />

have fostered have been<br />

recognised and rewarded<br />

by the CQC.”<br />

She continued, “at<br />

Elizabeth Court we<br />

believe in supporting<br />

each of our residents as<br />

individuals, appreciating<br />

their own unique<br />

personality, their own<br />

likes and dislikes and their<br />

own character, skills and<br />

abilities. It is through this<br />

approach of<br />

understanding and<br />

caring for our residents<br />

that we enable them to<br />

retain their identity and<br />

their dignity, to express<br />

themselves and to live a<br />

rich and meaningful life.”<br />

The CQC report also<br />

stated that Elizabeth<br />

Court offered residents<br />

‘a wide range of group<br />

and person centred<br />

activities’ and that<br />

‘the environment is<br />

brighter and there is a<br />

buzz about the place’.<br />

Danae Bird, the activities<br />

co-ordinator, said “I am<br />

particularly gratified with<br />

these comments as the<br />

frequency of activities<br />

that are made available<br />

to our residents, both<br />

within the home and<br />

on trips out, is crucial to<br />

maintaining aspirations in<br />

later life and this is where<br />

we really excel.”<br />

The home is also an<br />

integral part of the<br />

community and plays<br />

host to regular toddler<br />

groups, coffee mornings<br />

and the local residents<br />

association, as well as<br />

taking residents out into<br />

the local community.<br />

Elizabeth Court is also a<br />

pet friendly home.<br />

One aspect of Elizabeth<br />

Court that has made<br />

a real and tangible<br />

difference to the lives of<br />

residents is the Wish Tree.<br />

The Wish Tree, which<br />

comes complete with<br />

real Wish Tree Fairy, is a<br />

unique project that gives<br />

all of the residents the<br />

opportunity to make a<br />

wish and fulfil an<br />

aspiration that has<br />

meaning to them.<br />

By enabling residents to<br />

have these experiences,<br />

such as singing with the<br />

Croydon Male Voice<br />

Choir and seeing the<br />

flowers at Wisley, they<br />

are able to build more<br />

self-esteem, maintain<br />

more of their<br />

independence and live<br />

a more varied and<br />

rewarding life.<br />

Visit<br />

Anchor.org.uk/Elizabeth-<br />

Court to find out more.<br />

Below: Staff and residents at<br />

Elizabeth Court celebrating the<br />

CQC report.<br />

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At Elizabeth Court<br />

everyone is involved<br />

Our beautiful, warm and friendly care home is set in a quiet village location within its<br />

own luxurious landscaped gardens. Our wide range of activities and personally tailored<br />

care plans, combined with spacious en-suite rooms, allow our residents to live a rich<br />

and meaningful life in safe and comfortable surroundings.<br />

Elizabeth Court, Grenadier Place, Caterham, CR3 5YJ<br />

If you would like to come and visit us call 0808 102 6262<br />

or visit www.anchor.org.uk/ElizabethCourt<br />

Proudly not-for-profit<br />

Rated Aug <strong>2018</strong><br />

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COULSDON LIBRARY<br />

It’s free to join the library and nearly everything is free to borrow.<br />

Adults and teens can borrow up to 25 items, children up to 15.<br />

We have free wifi, free use of PCs and access to the internet for<br />

up to two hours per day.<br />

Library services are available 24/7, with a digital library of audio<br />

and e-books to download.<br />

https://www.croydon.gov.uk/leisure/libraries/online-library<br />

For Children<br />

This year’s Summer Reading Challenge is Mischief Makers, celebrating the 80th anniversary of<br />

the much-loved comic Beano. It’s local and it’s free. Come and join in the fun! Until Saturday<br />

15th <strong>Sept</strong>ember.<br />

Rhymetime. Tuesdays 10-10.30am. Babies, toddlers and their adults.<br />

Wiggle and Jiggle. Thursdays 11-11.30am. Babies, toddlers and their adults.<br />

Craftytime. Fridays 3.45-4.30pm. 3-7 year olds and their adults.<br />

Rock & Rhyme. Saturdays 10-10.30am. Babies, toddlers and their adults.<br />

Storytime. Saturdays 3-4pm. 3-7 year olds and their adults.<br />

7-12 year olds use the fun and interactive LEGO Education programmes, WeDo or StoryStarter.<br />

WeDo shows how to make models which can be programmed to move; creative stories can<br />

be inspired with StoryStrarter. £1.50 library members/£3.00 non-library members per session.<br />

Both in cash. Advanced booking required. Monday 10th & 24th and Tuesday 4th & 18th. 4-5pm<br />

For Adults<br />

Adult crafts - Colouring & dot-to-dot and knit, stitch & crochet group.<br />

Every Monday 10.30am-12pm.<br />

Macmillan Coffee Morning. Join us for a cuppa and cake and raise money for Macmillan cancer<br />

support. Friday 28th <strong>Sept</strong>ember 10.30-11.30am. Free but booking required.<br />

Adult reading group. On the 2nd Thursday of the month from 2-3pm.<br />

On Thursday 13th <strong>Sept</strong>ember the group will discuss A Song for Issy Bradley by Carys Bray.<br />

We now have a Live Well Adviser to support people who want help to access the JustBe<br />

website or to have a chat about their lifestyle. Tuesday Mornings 10-11.30 am.<br />

Do your Health MOT on the JustBe Croydon website -https://www.justbecroydon.org/<br />

Free one-to-one Ancestry computer sessions. On the 3rd Monday of each month.<br />

Monday 17th <strong>Sept</strong>ember 2-3pm and 3-4pm. Please contact Coulsdon Library to book.<br />

Free one hour one-to-one IT help sessions on Saturdays between 11am and 2pm. Please contact<br />

Coulsdon Library to book.<br />

Opening Hours<br />

Mon 9am-6pm, Tues 9am-6pm, Thurs 9.30am-6pm, Fri 9am-7pm and Sat 9am-5pm.<br />

Coulsdon Library at 167 Brighton Road, Coulsdon, <strong>CR5</strong> 2NH,<br />

Tel 020 3700 1007 email: coulsdonlibrary@croydon.gov.uk<br />

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<strong>CR5</strong> Flying Quiz<br />

1. What were the first names of the Wright brothers, who are generally<br />

regarded as having invented the world's first successful aeroplane?<br />

2. What three consecutive letters in the alphabet give the name of the flag<br />

carrier airline of the Netherlands?<br />

3. What was the intended destination in the 1982 film Airplane 2: The Sequel?<br />

4. On a plane he nicknamed Glamorous Glennis, who was the first pilot confirmed<br />

to have exceeded the speed of sound in level flight?<br />

5. What is the air traffic control call sign held by any United States Air Force aircraft<br />

carrying the US Vice President, but not the US President?<br />

6. In 1927, Charles Lindbergh made the first non-stop trans-Atlantic flight on a<br />

plane called the Spirit of St. Louis. In which city did he take-off and in which city<br />

did he land?<br />

7. Making its only flight on November 2nd 1947, what was the two-word rhyming<br />

nickname of the Hughes H-4 Hercules, which was the largest flying boat ever<br />

built and has the largest wingspan of any aircraft in history?<br />

8. If you flew due east from Edinburgh airport, what would be the first country<br />

you would fly over after leaving Scotland?<br />

9. Is the airline Cathay Pacific the flag carrier of… a) Hong Kong; b) Singapore; or<br />

c) Malaysia?<br />

10. In which 1960s film does the title character fly to a fictional European region<br />

called Vulgaria?<br />

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Meet your local policing team in Coulsdon Town.<br />

Every Friday at Art & Craft Valley - 19 Chipstead Valley Road,<br />

Coulsdon at 13:00<br />

Come and see us for a catch up with your local officers,<br />

report crime and chat to a local officer.<br />

To report non-emergency crime call 101.<br />

In an emergency call 999<br />

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Looking to improve your photography in a friendly<br />

environment? Our new club year is about to begin<br />

offering a mixture of talks, competitions and<br />

outings. Competitions are split into two groups<br />

allowing for both novice and experienced<br />

photographers. Why not come along to one of<br />

our informal Pub evenings and/or the welcome<br />

evening and see what we have to offer?<br />

Mike says “I got in close and focused my macro<br />

lens on the leading edge of the front petal allowing<br />

the rest of the flower to go out of focus. This gave<br />

me the impression of a set of blue wings."<br />

DIARY<br />

4th, 11th Pub evening<br />

18th Welcome evening<br />

25th "Sport Photography" talk by Ady Kerry QEP<br />

We meet each Tuesday evening at 8pm in Cameron Hall,<br />

Canons Hill, Old Coulsdon. Visitors £5<br />

(refunded on joining).<br />

Visit oldcoulsdoncameraclub.org. uk, see us on<br />

facebook<br />

or contact lynda@oldcoulsdoncameraclub.org.uk<br />

Bird’s Eye View- <strong>Sept</strong>ember<br />

By John Birkett, RSPB Croydon Local Group<br />

<strong>Sept</strong>ember is a month when migration should<br />

be in full swing. Woodlands and areas of scrub<br />

(as well as your garden) are good places to<br />

check for small birds passing through on their<br />

way south. Various species of warbler should<br />

turn up. Most willow warblers will have<br />

already departed in August, but some will<br />

still be around and care will be needed to<br />

separate them from their close cousins the<br />

chiffchaff numbers of which peak in<br />

<strong>Sept</strong>ember. Others to look out for are blackcap,<br />

whitethroat and lesser whitethroat.<br />

With a bit of luck you might find a redstart<br />

or spotted flycatcher feeding up. Keep your<br />

eyes open for a small bird flying out from<br />

a perch, catching a fly and returning to the<br />

same perch. Wheatears and whinchats could<br />

add to the mix and another red-backed shrike<br />

or wryneck is long overdue. Also keep looking<br />

skywards for passing flocks of swallows and<br />

house martins. Birds of prey are also on the<br />

move and an osprey would make a day<br />

complete; you may find one over a body of<br />

water, but they could fly overhead anywhere<br />

(I have seen one over Sanderstead<br />

Plantation).<br />

If you can get to an area of water there might<br />

be a wader such as common or green sandpiper<br />

around the margins. These could even<br />

turn up in a small stream anywhere.<br />

If you see anything interesting you can add<br />

it to the Croydon Birders website, which<br />

contains information about recent sightings<br />

in Croydon: www/croydon-birders.wikia.com/<br />

wiki/Latest_News or you could contact me by<br />

email on johnbirkett@hotmail.co.uk Better<br />

still, come along to one of our meetings and<br />

tell us directly.<br />

Details of the meetings are on our website:<br />

www.rspb.org.uk/groups/croydon<br />

Spotted flycatcher<br />

by John Birkett<br />

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<strong>CR5</strong> Just for Fun Crossword<br />

Answers can be found on page 98 - no peeking!<br />

Across<br />

7. Absorb (6)<br />

8. Worn away (6)<br />

9. Wooden shoe (4)<br />

10. Sailing (8)<br />

11. Stealing (7)<br />

13. Evil spirit (5)<br />

15. Take away (5)<br />

16. Ask for (7)<br />

18. UK minimum voting age (8)<br />

19. Chilled (4)<br />

21. Well known (6)<br />

22. Decorated (6)<br />

Down<br />

1. Herb (4)<br />

2. Locale (13)<br />

3. Remaining (7)<br />

4. Compassion (5)<br />

5. Donations (13)<br />

6. Fragments (8)<br />

12. Authentic (8)<br />

14. Reconciliation (7)<br />

17. Stop (5)<br />

20. Consumes (4)<br />

<strong>Sept</strong> Quiz Answers: from page 85<br />

1. Orville and Wilbur, 2. KLM, 3. The Moon,<br />

4. Chuck Yeagar, 5. Air Force Two, 6. New York<br />

City and Paris, 7. Spruce Goose, 8. Denmark<br />

9. Hong Kong, 10. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang<br />

Kids Answers from page 86<br />

The route to take over the lava is.... 18, 36, 120,<br />

78, 84, 126, 30, 72, 132, 6, 60, 140, 46, 114, 66,<br />

90, 42, 96, 12, 102, 54, 108, 14, 24 & 152.<br />

The number to add is '8'.<br />

The hidden word is 'volcano'.<br />

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<strong>CR5</strong> Trip Down Memory Lane<br />

Mr Croll, the Coulsdon stationer, published this postcard of the Memorial at the Memorial Ground,<br />

Marlpit Lane in about 1930. The Memorial is dedicated to the Men of Coulsdon who Fell in the Great War<br />

1914-1919 and it is included in a recently published book by the Bourne Society on the First World War<br />

Memorials of Coulsdon & Purley.<br />

Are you interested in local history? Then why not join the Bourne Society.<br />

Apply to : J Hurrion, 7 The Towers, Hayes Lane, Kenley, CR8 5YL www.bourne-society.org.uk<br />

I’m Coming Home<br />

“…hope does not disappoint.”<br />

Romans 5:5 (NKJV)<br />

Being an England football supporter is a<br />

painful business. So often the England team<br />

only ‘flatters to deceive’. In the 1970 World<br />

Cup England were knocked out by West<br />

Germany after leading 2-0 and seemingly<br />

cruising to victory. In 1986 England were<br />

knocked out by Maradona’s infamous ‘hand<br />

of God’. In 1990 and the1996 European<br />

Championship England were beaten in the<br />

semi-final by Germany on penalties.<br />

The <strong>2018</strong> World Cup was no different.<br />

Some good performances and results led the<br />

country to believe that football is ‘coming<br />

home’ only to have our hope taken away again<br />

by another semi-final defeat. Thirty years of<br />

hurt has turned into over 50 years of pain<br />

for the wearied England fan. Our hopes are<br />

always being raised and then before you know<br />

it they are dashed.<br />

That’s why I’m glad that in the bible the<br />

Apostle Paul tells us that we have a hope that<br />

does not disappoint, that will never let us<br />

down, never flatters to deceive and won’t be<br />

dashed.<br />

He outlines the glorious hope of eternal life<br />

(Romans 5:21) that is secured for us in Jesus<br />

Christ (verse 1) and confirmed in us by the<br />

Holy Spirit (verse 5). The good news is that<br />

because of what Jesus has done for me I have<br />

been reconciled with God (verse 10), am now<br />

at peace with him (verse 1), and I am coming<br />

home.<br />

But this hope is not for me alone—all of<br />

humanity is included in Jesus’ life, death, resurrection<br />

and ascension (verses 18-19).<br />

All can come home because of Jesus. There<br />

will be no more years of hurt (Revelation 21:4);<br />

our victory has already been won. Now that’s<br />

something worth celebrating.<br />

Prayer: Father, thank you that our hope is<br />

assured in Jesus, that you welcome us home<br />

with open arms, and that we can have a wonderful<br />

future with you for all eternity. Amen.<br />

GCI Coulsdon Community Church meets at 11.00am<br />

on Sundays In Coulsdon Community Centre Upper<br />

Hall. For further information please contact Pastor<br />

Brian Smith coulsdon@gracecom.church or<br />

01798 813133. To receive daily e-mail messages<br />

like this one please go to www.daybyday.org.uk<br />

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What’s On in the Community<br />

FREE page for local charities and non-profit making organisations<br />

Here to help you<br />

The South East Cancer Help Centre is a local charity that over the last 30<br />

years has helped thousands of people affected by cancer.<br />

Talk to us and explore the ways we may be able to help you, whether it be<br />

through information, counselling or the wide range of complementary<br />

therapies we offer.<br />

We have local NHS recognition and provide a friendly, supportive environment<br />

with only one purpose – to help you cope<br />

Visit www.sechc.org.uk or call 020 8668 0974 for more information<br />

South East Cancer<br />

Help Centre,<br />

2 Purley Road,<br />

(Tesco Development)<br />

Purley, CR8 2HA<br />

Registered Charity No. 1011509<br />

Talk to us – we’re here to help<br />

Coulsdon & District<br />

Horticultural Association<br />

Founded 1937 now in its 81st year.<br />

AUTUMN SHOW<br />

Saturday – 8th <strong>Sept</strong>ember, 2017.<br />

OASIS ACADEMY, COULSDON, Homefield Road, Old Coulsdon.<br />

All exhibits to be staged by 11.30am.<br />

Members only to exhibit at the show.<br />

Show will open at 2.30pm. Admission Adults £1.00<br />

Main awards presented 4.45pm.<br />

Schedules are available at the Garden Shop.<br />

Come along and see what can be grown in your garden.<br />

The Garden Shop 28-30 Waddington Avenue, Old Coulsdon, is open every<br />

Sunday 10.00 - 12 noon (February – October) Garden products are available -<br />

to MEMBERS ONLY – reasonable prices.<br />

Membership fee is £3.00 per year.<br />

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What’s On in the Community<br />

FREE page for local charities and non-profit making organisations<br />

2 nd Tuesday of every month<br />

2pm – 4pm<br />

In the Church Hall<br />

fun quizzes and<br />

entertainment for a<br />

modest donation<br />

Holy Communion at 1.30pm<br />

Hall to Rent<br />

Spacious, well appointed<br />

kitchen and servery,<br />

cutlery, dishes, furniture<br />

and some parking,<br />

competitive rates<br />

Email: hall.lettings@standrews.coulsdon.net<br />

ST ANDREW’S CHURCH<br />

COULSDON<br />

Email: standrewsoffice@yahoo.com<br />

Sunday Worship<br />

starts at 9.45am<br />

Holy Communion, music<br />

led by a versatile robed choir<br />

and talented organists,<br />

Junior Church for our<br />

younger members.<br />

Angel Festival at Michaelmas<br />

& Autumn Fair<br />

<strong>Sept</strong>ember 29 th 10 – 3pm<br />

in Church & Hall<br />

Snow White in<br />

Coulsdon – Panto <strong>2018</strong><br />

November 24 th at 7pm<br />

November 25 th at 3pm<br />

Next Renew All Age Eucharist<br />

Sunday 16 th <strong>Sept</strong>ember &<br />

every 3 rd Sunday at 9.45am<br />

with lively music and<br />

dramatized readings<br />

BANSTEAD COMBINED<br />

CHRISTMAS CHARITIES EVENT<br />

THE ARTS SOCIETY CROYDON AREA<br />

Formerly Croydon Decorative & Fine<br />

Arts Society<br />

Meet Monthly (2nd Thursday) at 10.15<br />

All Saints Church Hall, Sanderstead<br />

We are looking for like minded people<br />

that are interested in Art.<br />

We have expert lecturers to do the talks.<br />

13th <strong>Sept</strong>ember Marie-Antoinette<br />

11th October Royal Academy<br />

250th Anniversary<br />

For further details phone 0208 657 2496 or<br />

email janice.brunger@outlook.com<br />

Saturday 6th October <strong>2018</strong><br />

9.30am till 2.00pm<br />

Community Hall, Park Road,<br />

Banstead<br />

Over 20 charities, both<br />

national and local, have stalls<br />

where they sell Christmas<br />

cards, calendars and other items<br />

to raise money for their causes.<br />

Last year around £4000 was<br />

raised. It is also a chance to<br />

find out more about the<br />

charities which operate in the<br />

region. Refreshments are<br />

provided by the Diamond<br />

Centre for Disabled Riders.<br />

There is a generous raffle.<br />

The event will be opened by Crispin Blunt MP.<br />

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What’s On in the Community<br />

FREE page for local charities and non-profit making organisations<br />

Royal Scottish Country Dancing -<br />

Croydon Branch<br />

KENLEY ART GROUP<br />

Every Friday from 14th <strong>Sept</strong> <strong>2018</strong><br />

8pm - 10pm<br />

St Andrews Church Hall<br />

Woodmansterne Road, Coulsdon<br />

Join and learn a different way of keeping fit by<br />

dancing. All welcome please wear soft shoes/<br />

trainers.Cost of the class £6.00<br />

Further information from Dorothy<br />

01737 551724 www.rscdscroydon.org<br />

Charity ref: 1063364<br />

Vocal Dimension Chorus<br />

an International award-winning, four part harmony<br />

women's a cappella chorus based in Redhill, Surrey<br />

are looking for new members<br />

Love to sing? Love to learn?<br />

Love the idea of being part of something<br />

inspiring, rewarding and exciting?<br />

Then come along to our<br />

Open Evening<br />

TUESDAY 11 TH SEPTEMBER<br />

7.30PM TO 10.00PM<br />

Warwick School, Noke Drive,<br />

Redhill, Surrey, RH1 4AD<br />

Just 5 minutes walk from Redhill Station<br />

For more info visit www.vocaldimension.co.uk<br />

Wednesdays 10am - 12 noon<br />

Starting 26th <strong>Sept</strong>ember <strong>2018</strong><br />

Kenley Memorial Hall, Godstone Road<br />

All abilities welcome and we are a very<br />

friendly group so why not come and join us<br />

£17 for 10 sessions - coffee & biscuits incl.<br />

For Details, Call Audrey<br />

01737 555025<br />

Clockhouse Singers<br />

Think you can’t sing?<br />

Want to sing better?<br />

Just want to sing?<br />

Come and find your true voice with<br />

your local Community Choir<br />

The atmosphere is very relaxed, and<br />

beginners are welcome.<br />

Saturday mornings<br />

10:30 a.m. to 12 noon<br />

Whitethorn Avenue Methodist Church,<br />

<strong>CR5</strong> 2PP<br />

(Opposite Beechwood Avenue)<br />

Young people welcome from age 7<br />

with Safeguarding policies and<br />

Certificated helpers<br />

Call: Anna Crowther on 020 8668 3769<br />

or annapac@uwclub.net<br />

or just turn up!<br />

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What’s On in the Community<br />

FREE page for local charities and non-profit making organisations<br />

BANSTEAD FLOWER CLUB<br />

We give an opportunity to<br />

youngsters aged 9-18's to<br />

appear on the professional<br />

stage at reasonable fees<br />

Auditions and rehearsals are<br />

held in Purley on Sunday<br />

afternoons at<br />

St.Marks Church Hall,<br />

Church Road,<br />

Purley<br />

CR8 3QQ<br />

www.youngergeneration.co.uk<br />

Registered Charity No. 802819<br />

Presents<br />

DAVID THOMPSON<br />

demonstrating<br />

Playing with Nature<br />

Wednesday 26th <strong>Sept</strong> at 2pm<br />

We’re a friendly local flower club<br />

affiliated to NAFAS. New Members and<br />

visitors (£6) always welcome.<br />

Monthly meeting and demonstration<br />

at 2pm on the 4th Wednesday of every<br />

month.<br />

Banstead Community Hall ,<br />

Park Road SM7 3AJ<br />

You really would be most welcome<br />

If you like getting out into the countryside, and<br />

visiting interesting places, with friendly people.<br />

COME AND JOIN US !<br />

We are a Rambling Club , who do :--<br />

SUNDAY RAMBLES<br />

( 8 to 12 Miles) every Sunday<br />

MIDWEEK WALKS<br />

(4 to 8 Miles) two per month<br />

INTEREST VISITS & AMBLES in and around<br />

London (1 to 4 Miles) two per month<br />

We also have a COFFEE MORNING, 11am<br />

on the 2nd Monday of every month at the<br />

Croydon Clockhouse Cafe in Croydon Central<br />

Library. Come and have a coffee and a chat,<br />

and find out all about us !!<br />

OR Pick up a Programme in your local<br />

Library.<br />

For further information, visit our Website<br />

www.croydonhf-ramblingclub.org<br />

To advertise call Lucy on 01737 557888 or 07703 209292<br />

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What’s On in the Community<br />

FREE page for local charities and non-profit making organisations<br />

The RSPB Croydon<br />

Local Group<br />

Monthly Illustrated Wildlife Talks in<br />

South Croydon<br />

Whitgift Sports Club, Croham Manor Road -<br />

off Croham Road, South Croydon, CR2 7BG<br />

Second Monday of each month, 2pm and again at 8pm.<br />

Admission £4.00. Everyone is welcome, not just RSPB<br />

members.<br />

Free refreshments. A selection of RSPB goods, nuts &<br />

seeds are on sale.<br />

Parking limited on site but free in adjacent roads.<br />

64 & 433 buses stop nearby in Croham Road.<br />

Monday <strong>Sept</strong> 10th <strong>2018</strong>: “Around the World<br />

in 80 Minutes”. Chris Collins will take us round<br />

the world visiting some amazing wildlife destinations<br />

including locations as diverse as Antarctica, Papua New<br />

Guinea, New Caledonia, Pitcairn Island and Guyana<br />

with some stunning shots of the incredible birdlife which<br />

inhabit these remote locations.<br />

For more information contact John Davis<br />

on 020-8640 4578<br />

or see www.rspb.org.uk/groups/croydon<br />

Note: on request we give illustrated bird talks to local<br />

organisations.<br />

Old Coulsdon Congregational Church<br />

Diamond Anniversary<br />

Flower Festival<br />

22nd - 25th <strong>Sept</strong>ember<br />

Saturday 10.30 am - 4.00 pm<br />

Sunday 2.00 pm - 4.00 pm<br />

Monday 10.30 am - 12.30 pm<br />

Admission Free<br />

Refreshments available<br />

Coulsdon Road, Old, Coulsdon <strong>CR5</strong> 1EH<br />

Friends of Marlpit Lane Bowling Green<br />

Also Putting<br />

<strong>2018</strong> Now Open Until <strong>Sept</strong>ember<br />

Membership not required.<br />

We are open to the public<br />

Fees : Bowling and Putting<br />

£3.00 Adult<br />

£10 00 Family<br />

£2.00 Under 16<br />

Includes equipment.<br />

(All Players must have flat shoes).<br />

Marlpit Lane Memorial Ground<br />

Coulsdon<br />

More volunteer help is needed for<br />

next season. Contact Gill : 07532 233159<br />

Marlpit Lane Bowling Green<br />

@FMBG<br />

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CRAFT & GIFT<br />

FAYRE<br />

Start your Christmas shopping with<br />

us, we have some fabulous gift ideas<br />

FREE: BRIDGE TASTER<br />

!<br />

!<br />

Like to learn bridge or want to improve<br />

your game? We are running a Taster session<br />

on Thursday 20th <strong>Sept</strong>ember <strong>2018</strong> at<br />

2.00pm aimed at non players and novices.<br />

After the free taster session future lessons<br />

for beginners and improvers will be<br />

available at the Club.<br />

Email southcroydonbridge@gmail.com<br />

to find out more information and to book<br />

a place on the taster session without any<br />

obligation to proceed further if you feel<br />

bridge is not for you.<br />

South Croydon Bridge Club is part of the<br />

South Croydon Sports Club and has its own<br />

bridge room within the Club.<br />

South Croydon Sports Club<br />

(Bridge Section)<br />

Beech Copse,Birdhurst Rise<br />

South Croydon CR2 7ES<br />

Woodcote Medical Patient Participation Group<br />

OPEN MEETING: ALL WELCOME<br />

DIABETES &<br />

PREDIABETES:<br />

PREVENTION AND CURE<br />

Tuesday 18 th <strong>Sept</strong>ember <strong>2018</strong><br />

19.00 to 20.00<br />

FREE REFRESHMENTS FROM 18.30<br />

PURLEY SURGERY: 32 Foxley Lane, CR8 3EE<br />

Speaker: Dr Asim Farooq, Woodcote Medical.<br />

Dr Farooq has made many TV and Radio appearances as a<br />

GP specialising in diabetes.<br />

To advertise call Lucy on 01737 557888 or 07703 209292<br />

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What’s On in the Community<br />

FREE page for local charities and non-profit making organisations<br />

Join us for a variety of live music<br />

and song at<br />

Coulsdon Methodist Church,<br />

Brighton Road<br />

On Saturday 29 th <strong>Sept</strong>ember<br />

<strong>2018</strong> at 7p.m.<br />

Tickets £10 for adults,<br />

£3 for children<br />

To includes tea,coffee or<br />

a soft drink and cake.<br />

Tickets in advance from<br />

sue.shortman@methodist.org.uk<br />

or 020 840 63869<br />

Apparently, Chekhov didn’t like plays<br />

- except short ones.<br />

So, we present a selection of his short plays (and<br />

sketches based on his short stories), freely adapted<br />

and translated by Michael Frayn.<br />

Perhaps best known for Noises Off, Michael Frayn’s<br />

lively translations bring out all the wit and dry<br />

humour of Chekhov at his funniest.<br />

The plays are set in late 19 th Century Russia, but the<br />

emotions that drive the comedy are universal -<br />

anger, embarrassment, self-importance, disappointment,<br />

boredom, vanity, outrage, xenophobia - as a<br />

parade of larger-than-life characters find themselves<br />

in a series of ridiculous situations.<br />

Performances at 8pm on<br />

Tues 4th to Sat 8th <strong>Sept</strong>ember <strong>2018</strong>,<br />

with a matinée on Sat 8th at 2.15pm.<br />

Tickets £10<br />

www.chipsteadplayers.org<br />

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Bat walk on Coulsdon<br />

Common<br />

14 <strong>Sept</strong>ember <strong>2018</strong><br />

19:15 – 21:15<br />

T H E<br />

C R A F T &<br />

G I F T F A Y R E<br />

Join the rangers for a guided night time walk<br />

around Coulsdon Common in search of bats!<br />

Please wear suitable outdoor clothes and<br />

don’t forget a torch!<br />

Suggested minimum donation £3 per person<br />

Please note, in case of a bad weather forecast<br />

we will re-schedule the event and will contact<br />

you prior to the event.<br />

To book for this event, please visit the<br />

City Commons City of London Facebook page<br />

Start your Christmas shopping with us, we<br />

have some fabulous gifts<br />

Plus we are raising money for Friends of<br />

Grange Park<br />

THE ARC, 39 WESTON DRIVE,<br />

CATERHAM. CR3 5XY<br />

Coulsdon and Purley Debating Society<br />

‘Enduring power of friendship? ’<br />

Donald Trump has provided both the UK<br />

and the EU with controversial, not always<br />

welcome insights into our ‘special<br />

relationship’.<br />

Should we be worried?<br />

Suhan Srinivasan vs. Michael Swadling<br />

‘Whoever its President, the USA will always be<br />

Europe’s strongest ally’<br />

COMPUTER TRAINING<br />

PC, Laptop, Tablet, iPad & Android Tablets<br />

Advice Services Croydon (ASC)<br />

& Age UK Croydon (Free)<br />

Legal & Will Advice (Free)<br />

(Streeter Marshall)<br />

Nail Cutting<br />

(Age UK Croydon)<br />

Citizens Advice Croydon<br />

By appointment<br />

(tailored to your specific needs)<br />

Tuesdays (By appointment)<br />

10.00 am – 12.00 noon<br />

Wednesdays (By appointment)<br />

1.00 pm – 2.00 pm<br />

Wednesday 12 th , 19 th , 26 th<br />

10.15 am – 12.45 pm (By appointment)<br />

& every Thursday (By appointment)<br />

10.30 am – 12.30 pm<br />

Referral Service<br />

Monday, <strong>Sept</strong>ember 3rd. at 7:30 p.m:<br />

OOld Coulsdon Day Centre, Grange Park,<br />

Old Coulsdon.<br />

Visitors welcome; for further details, contact<br />

Angela Applin 020 8668 8558.<br />

Purley Counselling Service<br />

Tax Help for Older People (Free)<br />

Staying Put Reablement Service<br />

Practical help to live or stay in own<br />

home (Croydon Council)<br />

Daytime or Evening appointments<br />

Mondays (By appointment )<br />

10.30 am – 12:00 noon<br />

By Appointment<br />

For more help and information please drop in or contact us on the number below<br />

Centre Opens Monday to Friday 10.00 am – 2.00 pm<br />

………………………………………………………………..………………………………………………………………………………………………<br />

Open Mondays - Fridays …….. 10am - 2pm<br />

24 High Street, Purley, Surrey, CR8 2AA<br />

020 8668 4189<br />

info@purleycrosscentre.org<br />

www.purleycrosscentre.org<br />

Provided by<br />

To advertise call Lucy on 01737 557888 or 07703 209292<br />

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INDEX OF ADVERTISERS<br />

•Accountancy/Finance<br />

LJ Accounting 66<br />

One Financial Solutions 39<br />

Tax Data 52<br />

•Aerials / Satellite<br />

Communitech 81<br />

•Architectural Services<br />

Jameson Architectural Services 74<br />

•Blinds/Curtains<br />

JT Blinds 51<br />

Mobile Curtain Studio 33<br />

Surrey Blinds 54<br />

•Building Services<br />

Exclusive Extensions 66<br />

MJ Building Services 35<br />

SN Building Services 62<br />

STL Building Services 68<br />

Taylors Building Services 79<br />

•Butchers<br />

JWCC Family Butchers 78<br />

•Care Services<br />

Anchor Trust 82-83<br />

Right Care For You 50<br />

•Carpentry<br />

Ben Saunders Carpentry 75<br />

•Carpets/Flooring<br />

Carpets 4U 46<br />

Janes Flooring 26<br />

Keith Harris Carpets 65<br />

•Cleaning<br />

Brite N Breezy 31<br />

Surrey Carpet Care 74<br />

•Computer Services<br />

Computer Solutions 59<br />

Fahy Consultancy 26<br />

•DVD<br />

Carlton Video 69<br />

•Education & Tuition<br />

KUMON Caterham 76<br />

Cuisine by Nadine 10<br />

Laleham Lea School 18-19<br />

Oasis Academy Coulsdon 43<br />

Reigate College 11<br />

•Electrical/Electrician/Supplies<br />

Michael Steele Electrician 26<br />

Surrey Electrical Services 47<br />

Watt Electrical Services 23<br />

•Estate Agents/New Homes<br />

Daniel Adams 2<br />

John Brown 100<br />

Optivo - Cane Hill 12<br />

Park & Bailey 1<br />

•Fostering<br />

Nurture Fostering 13<br />

•Gardening Services<br />

Absolute Gardens 75<br />

Aralia Tree Services 31<br />

CJ Gardening 53<br />

Daisy Garden 27<br />

Emsworth Tree Care 54<br />

Expertrees 28<br />

Gaskells Gardens 35<br />

Little Oak Treecare 13<br />

Manor Gardens 6<br />

Mario Bonfante Gardening Serv. 62<br />

Surrey Decking Specialists 50<br />

•Health, Hair & Beauty<br />

Coulsdon Opticians 55<br />

Foot Health Centre 58<br />

Hair by Rachel 31<br />

Hypnotherapy & Reiki by Ayesha 77<br />

Jane Naylor-Maury Osteopath 73<br />

Old Coulsdon Osteopathic Clinic 30<br />

Slimming World 15<br />

•Hotel<br />

Coulsdon Manor Hotel 34/77<br />

•Kitchens/Bathrooms/Bedrooms<br />

Dream Doors 14<br />

•Locksmith<br />

Alpine Lock Services 61<br />

•LOGS<br />

Alsted Farm -ES Harverson & Son 79<br />

•Man & Van Services<br />

Palm Tree Removals 71<br />

•Motoring<br />

Beadles KIA Coulsdon 16-17<br />

Car Body Solutions 42<br />

Coulsdon Auto Parts 69<br />

Jemca Toyota 2<br />

Lexus Croydon 99<br />

Robe & Hitchen 6<br />

Top Marks Tyres 67<br />

Wallace Automotive 53<br />

•Painter/Decorator/Supplies<br />

AMD Decor 67<br />

Paintsmart 33<br />

Pro-Paint Refinishing 25<br />

Southern Decorator Supplies 45<br />

•Party Planning<br />

Vaud et Ville 21<br />

•Pest Control<br />

BEE OFF Pest Solutions 37<br />

Pest Contol South London 76<br />

•Pets<br />

Anwells Veterinary Practice 62<br />

Little 4 Paws 75<br />

Sitting Purrfect 42<br />

Whoof Whoof Doggie Day Care 67<br />

•Photographer<br />

Andrew Franklin Photography 7<br />

•Plastering/Brickwork/Tiling<br />

KWS Plastering Services 66<br />

SWS Plastering 45<br />

•Plumbing & Heating<br />

Dapson Heating & Plumbing Serv. 58<br />

DV Services-Plumbing/Install 29<br />

Jonathan Davidson Heating 51<br />

MPM Plumbing 54<br />

SE Services-Heating & Plumbing 70<br />

•Printing<br />

Advanced Print 63<br />

•Property Maint/Handyman Services<br />

1st Fix Maintenance 13<br />

Dave Tuppen Handyman 50<br />

Maiden Maintenance 59<br />

Newhill Handyman 47<br />

RCB Maintenance 42<br />

Warwick Property Maintenance 22<br />

Removals/Storage<br />

Palm Tree Removals 71<br />

•Restaurants/Café<br />

Chez Vous 27<br />

Coulsdon Manor Hotel 34/77<br />

Curry Leaf 10<br />

•Roofing<br />

Atlas Roofing Construction 57<br />

BB Roofing 70<br />

EB Roofing 29<br />

SG Roofing 73<br />

Tacey Roofing 42<br />

•Solicitor<br />

Rowe Radcliffe 71<br />

Streeter Marshall 38<br />

•Sports & Recreation<br />

Caterham Dance School 37<br />

Cuisine by Nadine 10<br />

•Weddings & Event Services<br />

Coulsdon Manor Hotel 34/77<br />

Surrey National Golf Club 9<br />

•Windows & Doors<br />

Atlas Glass 3<br />

Selsdon Windows 49<br />

•Wine Shop<br />

The Grape Variety 41<br />

<strong>Sept</strong>ember Crossword Answers<br />

from page 88<br />

Across: 7 Digest, 8 Eroded,<br />

9 Clog, 10 Yachting, 11 Robbing,<br />

13 Fiend, 15 Minus, 16 Request,<br />

18 Eighteen, 19 Iced, 21 Famous,<br />

22 Ornate.<br />

Down: 1 Dill, 2 Neighbourhood,<br />

3 Staying, 4 Mercy, 5 Contributions,<br />

6 Remnants, 12 Original, 14 Reunion,<br />

17 Cease, 20 Eats.


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