Inside Magazine (Chingford and Highams Park) - January/February 2016

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วันอาทิตยที่ 6 ธันวาคม พ.ศ. 2015 ๑๒:๑๘ น.

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CONTENTS

W elcome to the January/February edition of Inside Magazine, the local magazine for

Chingford and Highams Park, and a Happy New Year to our readers.

As another year begins, it’s time to start another diary. A sad business. You see, there was a time in my adolescence when I had to buy some enormous book in which to record my agonised observations on the cruelty of the world, brilliant poetic thoughts, and how I fancied Sharon. Years passed. I got a job. I went down to A4. Then, that symbol of middle age, a week to a view. I settled down. Married. Got a house. A4 became A5. Then one year there wasn’t enough to fill even that. Now I carry a small sheet of paper in my pocket, just in case something happens one day.

Looking back over 2015, I see that I noted in July that we needed milk. Let’s hope that 2016 is less traumatic. I’ve got a blank sheet of paper at the ready, though. And the moral? As we get older, life moves slower. It becomes, if anything, Stationery.

P U Z Z L E S Sudoku 12 Crossword 14 Fun Quiz 18

H O M E & G A R D E N Beauty Feature: New Beginnings 20 Home and Interiors Feature: 22 Garden Feature: Make Room for Roses 28 Cake and Bake: Fruit & Nut Granola Bars 32

G E N E R A L Jersey 8 Driving - Top Tyre Care Tips 26 Book Review 36 Technology Feature: New Year’s Revolution 38

C O M M U N I T Y Community Events 30 Local Useful Numbers 40

I N D E X O F A DV E R T I S E R S 42

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Inside Magazine (Chingford and Highams Park) is published bi-monthly by E4 Publishing. Our distribution covers most of Chingford and Highams Park. We deliver to half of each area one month, and the other half of each area the following month (approximately 10,000 households per month, or around 20,000 households in a two month distribution). Copies are also available in the libraries in Station Road and in Highams Park.

Editor: David Young Features Editor: James McGowan Sales Manager: Lauren Ford Proprietor & Publisher: Peter Atkinson, E4 Publishing

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KEEPING IT IN THE FAMILY – PASSING YOUR PENSION ON

T he new pension freedom that came into force in April 2015 brought with it welcome

changes, allowing pensions to be passed to beneficiaries in a tax-efficient way. If you die before age 75 and before taking anything from your defined contribution pension, it will usually be paid to your beneficiaries as a tax-free lump sum.

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A vid readers will notice that I like to holiday in places named after

knitwear. We recently had a lovely time in Cardigan. One day, I’ll venture to Arran. The stay in the little known town of Tank-Top – well, the less said about that the better.

But Jersey is nice, mind. The largest of the Channel Islands, a little lump of rock that drifted away from France. France gave up its claim to the Channel Islands in the 13th century, and, in return, England gave up their claim over Normandy. Skirmishes and claims came and went over the centuries but the islands remained largely unconquered until the Second World War, when they were held by German forces for 5 years. Some architecture – if you can call it that – remains from the occupation. Most place names remind the visitor of the French origins of Jersey.

The island’s jagged northern coast faces the sea, while its softer, curvier southern coast looks back at the mainland whence it came, sculpted by sandy coves and bays. To the east a vast long straight beach is home to some seabirds and some very odd leisure activities. The west coast is dotted with remote harbour towns that the local buses seem to approach down windy green lanes with a great sense of reluctance.

The capital is Saint Helier, a big bustling brash town, where bars and bistros vie for space with banks and businesses. History is strewn amongst the modernity like clues on a treasure hunt. Out to sea, Elizabeth Castle sits beyond a tidal causeway, across sand and mud, like a recluse that would keep its distance. Disdainful, almost. An odd amphibious vehicle waddles over occasionally.

Follow the south coast westwards from Saint Helier by bus or by foot or by the cheap car hires and you trace a fractal pattern round little bays and bigger bays, along sand and over cliffs, the villas and palms giving way here and there to incongruous German watchtowers and gun emplacements. The terrifying reminders of Nazi occupation are all the more morbid for their lush surroundings. The south coast comes to an abrupt end at Corbiere, where a lighthouse on the rocks juts bravely out at sea.

The west coast comes next, long and straight and littered with bizarre hobbies. Having mastered the wheel some time back, humankind seems to seek stranger and stranger ways to move. That whole wheel business is so last millennium. I cobbled together a sand raft from milk crates but it didn’t move an inch and I might have looked silly were I any place other than Saint Ouen’s Bay on Jersey.

At the north-west tip of the island, 14th century Grosnez Castle sits on a headland, surrounded by German concrete bunkers and boxes like a limousine at a stock car rally.

The north coast is the rugged one, scenery reminiscent of Pembrokeshire or Cornwall, gaunt cliffs and coves giving way to timid villages that nestle in the dips. I don’t know if it’s something in the air, but they were up to all sorts here too; specifically, falling down a muddy

STORY: DAVID YOUNG IMAGES: DAVID YOUNG

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vertical hillside to the sea on tiny motorbikes. I got the milk crate out again but they said I was in their way.

We complete our circumnavigation with the east coast, where miles of ragged rocks stretch out to the horizon from fishing villages and castles. It’s said that the island doubles in size at low tide as these rocks become part of the land.

It’s 40 or 50 miles, depending on your route. Milk crates may take considerably longer, like forever. For all its ordinary townlike qualities, Saint Helier affords all the creature comforts. One can be as rugged as one wishes during the day, high on coast paths or sitting stationary on an unpromising milk crate, scared by German guns or charmed by Jersey cows. By

night, one cleans up and dines well and is ready for another day of exploration. Maybe this time we use the car.

So where now can we go on our knitwear trail? I know. Kashmir. I’ll just go and book my Annual Sleeve.

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S easonal affective disorder (SAD) is a form of depression that comes and goes in a seasonal

pattern. It maybe known as winter depression; the symptoms often begin in the autumn as the days start getting shorter. SAD often improves and may disappear in the spring and summer, however it may return each autumn and winter. The common symptoms are: low mood loss of interest in usual activities lethargy requiring more sleep

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Solution on page 34 Across 1. Time in grammar

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to hold up a roof (4) 10. Bidding occasion when

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A re you thinking of adding a four-legged bundle of fun to your home this spring? Animals aren’t gifts that

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F O R T H C O M I N G

EPPING FOREST & DISTRICT STAMP CLUB All meetings are held at the Dining Hall, Roding Valley High School, Loughton. IG10 3JA. Use the car park entrance in Brook Road (off Alderton Hill) with parking in the Main Playground and not in the approach road. Tuesday evening meetings 7:45pm for 8pm start, meetings end about 9:45pm Saturday auctions viewing from 1:30pm, auction starts 2:45pm. Yearly membership £8 adults, £3 junior. For more information contact Eric Hutton 01992 654001, or web www.eppingforeststampclub.uk MEETINGS 2016 Saturday 16th January Grand Auction. Tuesday 9th Feburary Speaker Nick Kerridge, subject The Chinese Port of Wei Hai Wei. Stamps, covers and postcards Tuesday 12th March Speaker Derek Connell, subject London Life. Tuesday 8th April All members, combined competition evening.

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BUCKHURST HILL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY WINTER TALK Monday 7th March. Marks Hall – Then and Now. Venue: St. James’ United Reformed Church, Palmerston Road, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5NG. Admission £1. Time: 7.30 – 9.30 p.m. For more info please contact the Chairman: Mrs. Maureen Briggs – email: [email protected] or ring 0208 504 8436.

QUIZ NIGHT Saturday 12th March 2016. Doors open 7:00 for 7:30 start, £10.00 incl. Fish & Chip supper, bring your own drinks & nibbles, concessions for children. Contact: Richard on 020 8529 1591 at St Edmunds Church Hall, Chingford Mount Road, E4 8JL

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AIR CADET SQUADRON 241 (Wanstead & Woodford) ATC, based in Finchingfield Ave., Woodford Green, IG8 7JR, open to all 12 - 19 year olds, is a vibrant Air Cadet squadron with a wide choice of activities, e.g. flying, shooting, sport, drill, adventure training, first aid and the opportunity to achieve Duke of Edinburgh Awards. There is evidence that the pursuit of outside interests substantially improves performance in school. Contact [email protected]

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Inside Magazine (Chingford and Highams Park) - January/February 2016

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