Active8 issue 206 April 2020
EXTRAORDINARY times call for extraordinary action. The coronavirus pandemic has changed all of our lives, threatened the health and welfare of everyone, battered businesses both large and small and taken our children out of organised education for the forseeable future. Needless to say, the S8 community has rallied to help the needy and the vulnerable. From people running errands and checking on the welfare of neighbours, through to stirring doorstep rounds of applause for our health and welfare workers and children posting support through rainbow displays. Here at Active8, we’ve published your community magazine every month for the past 18 years and feel we should continue to serve you throughout these dark days. We can’t send our distributors to your letter-box right now, but we hope you enjoy reading this ‘virtual’ publication. Businesses have happily teamed up with Active8 down the years and this is an opportunity for us to support them in their hour of need. Therefore all advertisements booked into this April magazine appear here without charge. As ever, we urge everyone to support all local businesses as and when they can and look forward to launching a ‘ReActive8 S8’ campaign once we beat this virus. For now, it is vital that we take on board all the instructions and advice being given to us. Stay at home and stay safe. And you can do your bit to help local businesses by sharing this Active8 on line with your friends, family members and other contacts. Also check out the Active8 facebook page. Mike Firth, Editor
EXTRAORDINARY times call for extraordinary action.
The coronavirus pandemic has changed all of our lives, threatened the health and welfare of everyone, battered businesses both large and small and taken our children out of organised education for the forseeable future.
Needless to say, the S8 community has rallied to help the needy and the vulnerable. From people running errands and checking on the welfare of neighbours, through to stirring doorstep rounds of applause for our health and welfare workers and children posting support through rainbow displays.
Here at Active8, we’ve published your community magazine every month for the past 18 years and feel we should continue to serve you throughout these dark days. We can’t send our distributors to your letter-box right now, but we hope you enjoy reading this ‘virtual’ publication.
Businesses have happily teamed up with Active8 down the years and this is an opportunity for us to support them in their hour of need. Therefore all advertisements booked into this April magazine appear here without charge.
As ever, we urge everyone to support all local businesses as and when they can and look forward to launching a ‘ReActive8 S8’ campaign once we beat this virus.
For now, it is vital that we take on board all the instructions and advice being given to us. Stay at home and stay safe.
And you can do your bit to help local businesses by sharing this Active8 on line with your friends, family members and other contacts. Also check out the Active8 facebook page.
Mike Firth, Editor
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ACTIVE8<br />
Try this chocolate<br />
cupcake recipe<br />
Meadowhead Secondary<br />
School pupil, Grace<br />
Marsh, brings a little<br />
Easter cheer for <strong>Active8</strong><br />
readers with stories<br />
behind some of our<br />
traditions and an easy<br />
recipe for you to follow<br />
in your kitchen<br />
F<br />
OR this month’s feature, I thought it would be fun to do<br />
an article about Easter.<br />
When I think of Easter, the first thing that comes to mind is<br />
chocolate. The whole reason for celebrating and eating lots of<br />
chocolate is the Easter eggs. So I got thinking and decided to<br />
look into the meaning behind Easter eggs.<br />
I know the Easter eggs resembles new life. In Christianity, it’s<br />
said to represent Jesus emerging from the tomb, and the<br />
resurrection of him. The empty shell is his tomb.<br />
We also think about the Easter bunny, a story which was told by<br />
German immigrants who introduced Americans to the tale of an<br />
egg-laying hare.<br />
In this country we do Easter egg hunts, a tradition which also<br />
comes from Germany and dates back to the 16th century, when a<br />
Protestant reformer named Martin Luther organised an egg hunt<br />
for his congregation to find eggs.<br />
As a child, the future Queen Victoria made Easter egg hunts<br />
popular. Her mum was German born and brought the tradition to<br />
Buckingham Palace. After she was crowned, Queen Victoria<br />
continued this tradition with her own family.<br />
When I was five, a film called ‘Hop’ came out and the plot was<br />
set on Easter Island in the Pacific Ocean.<br />
The story is about a talking rabbit, ‘EB’, who lives on the island<br />
and is going to be the next Easter bunny.<br />
I was wondering why is Easter Island called that? Is it related<br />
to Easter? The island was discovered by a Dutch explorer Jacob<br />
Roggeveen on Easter Sunday, 5th <strong>April</strong>, 1722. He was searching<br />
for Davis Land and came across the island and named it Paasch-<br />
Eyland which means Easter Island in 18th Century Dutch.<br />
On the island there are almost 1,000 statues called Moai. These<br />
represent the Polynesian people’s ancestors. The statues face<br />
away from the sea, towards the old village to watch over their<br />
people.<br />
Finally I would just like to share an easy Easter cupcake recipe<br />
with you, I hope you enjoy making them. Happy Easter!<br />
Chocolate Cupcakes<br />
(Makes about 30 cupcakes)<br />
Gas Mark 6 for 22-25 minutes<br />
Ingredients:<br />
3 eggs;<br />
6oz margarine;<br />
6oz sugar;<br />
6oz self-raising flour;<br />
1 rounded tablespoon of cornflour;<br />
2 rounded tablespoons of drinking chocolate;<br />
Few drops of vanilla essence;<br />
3 tablespoons of warm water (part boiled).<br />
For the topping<br />
200g of milk chocolate;<br />
4 Shredded Wheat;<br />
A packet of mini eggs.<br />
Method:<br />
Using a mixer, cream together the margarine and sugar, then add<br />
the vanilla essence.<br />
To the mixture, add the eggs and beat again. Finally add the rest<br />
of the ingredients: cornflour, drinking chocolate, flour and water<br />
and beat until smooth.<br />
Using individual cupcake cases, divided the mix into the cases,<br />
place in the oven on gas mark 6 for 22-25 minutes, checking as<br />
every oven is different.<br />
When the cupcakes have cooled, they are ready for decorating.<br />
To make a nest for Easter, melt the milk chocolate using a double<br />
boiler or microwave.<br />
Crush the Shredded Wheat into the chocolate and stir until it’s<br />
covered in chocolate. Carefully make a nest on each cupcake,<br />
leaving a hole to place your mini eggs in.<br />
Leave to dry and enjoy.<br />
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