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News & Views
“Shop on your seat
and not on your feet”
Beat the Christmas rush, Christmas
catalogue is out now!
Earn some extra cash for Christmas
Have a girlie night in or a coffee morning, get lots
of free products and present ideas.
Cosmetics, skincare, jewellery and beautiful things
for your home.
Contact me for a chat and I will tell you
all about our super offers.
Leena Wisely 0118 972 4964 / 07941 162 441
or leena.wisely@virgin.net
What do you have to sell?
Want the best price for your items?
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Thames Valley West
Families mags proud
to be 20 years old
Today Families Thames Valley West is part of
a thriving group of franchised magazines across
the UK from the Solent to Fife, but twenty years
ago it was a much smaller operation. The first
issue in October 1990 was a cut and paste affair
in black and white – meaning scissors and glue,
not copy and paste!
The very first edition, Families® South West,
had a mere 4,000 print run, and colour wasn’t
to be seen until Oct 2000. How things have
changed – it would be unthinkable nowadays to
have a Families magazine in black & white.
Even when the experts said that “it would
never work in publishing,” Families started
franchising the magazine in 1995. There are
now 30 editions of Families in the UK and well
over 500,000 copies are printed across the
group.
But throughout it all, Families has remained
true to the original thinking, a hands-on
magazine for busy mums with useful
information, centred around the local
community.
Going on-line and interactive
When the World Wide Web beckoned in
the late 1990s, we were there.
Families has had a web presence
from 1997; with
www.familiesonline.co.uk
launched in 2000 and last
December saw a massive
re-launch of the website. The
Families website is a powerful
resource that currently reaches
into nearly all areas of the UK.
Local editors look after their own
local section filled with local articles,
listings, discussion forums and free
small ads. Register as a user and find at
the bottom of your chosen articles a list
of relevant companies local to you. No
more searching, the info comes to you.
This is simply unique.
An extensive range of treatments to help
busy mums look and feel their best:
Facials n Manicures n Pedicures n Acrylic/gel nails
Spray tanning n Waxing n Electrolysis
Anti-ageing n Anti-cellulite n Body wraps
Pregnancy/new mother n Make-up
Pamper days n Anti-stress massage
Aromatherapy n Hot stone therapy
Life coaching n Reflexology n Reiki
Acupuncture n Nutrition n Hypnotherapy
55 High Street, Twyford, Berkshire, RG10 9AJ
What’s next?
Families Online of course! Visit our own website
www.familiestvw.co.uk and find:
• Great competitions and offers including –
win £250 of Hamleys vouchers, tickets to
Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park, 15%
online discount at The Great Little Trading
Company.
• Download the current magazine and access
archived magazines.
• Local Directories full of parties, classes, whats
on, toddler groups.and lots more.
• Articles and news that we couldn’t fit in the
magazine.
Remember to log in: by doing so you allow all
articles you read to automatically show the
relevant local
companies at the
bottom. It also
means Families
TVW becomes
your default
Home Page
when you
visit us.
Helping You Look and Feel Your Best
To find out more, call: 0118 934 0355 or visit: www.halcyon-brw.co.uk
We also offer a range of grooming and relaxation treatments for
men and treatments for teenagers. Please contact us for details.
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