Abbey Link June 2013

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May 2013

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A bit about “Abbey“Abbey“Abbey“Abbey----Link”Link”Link”Link” Dear Neighbours,

Welcome to the ‘new look’ June edition of your Abbey-Link.

As you can see we have rebranded and gone for a new

fresh look, I hope you like it.

This ‘new look’ will follow through onto our webpage

as well, where all our directories will be uploaded on a

monthly basis, so should you ever misplace your copy,

you can always go online to

www.thelinkdirectories.co.uk and find copies of the

directories there.

The new look will also filter through onto our social

media sites, with our Facebook page,

www.facebook.com/TheLinkDirectories, also being

rebranded and regular updates posted weekly along

with copies of the directories available on our page too.

If you are ever hosting a local event and would like it to

be promoted on our social media sites, please just send

me an email at, [email protected] and we

would be happy to promote this for you.

To co-inside with our rebranding we are running a

promotion over the next couple of months on our Face-

book page, www.facebook.com/TheLinkDirectories -

just give us a ‘like’ and you will be entered into our free

prize draw for a family ticket for 4 to use at Cineworld,

this could be useful with the Summer holidays on the horizon, see our advert on page 26. Go

on, give us a ’like’ - we would love to connect with you.

Lets hope that the weather does start to improve this month (I had turned my heating off, then

on again, then off again!!) and we can all get outside and get those jobs done in preparation

for the Summer months. We have some great local businesses on board that can help with

improvements around your home and garden, see our index of businesses on page 42.

Why not try our new style Sudoku competitions on page 35 enter and you could be in with a

chance to win 2 tickets to the local Cineworld. Please feel free to email me

your Sudoku entries if you so wish: [email protected]

Have a great month

Sarah.

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ABBEYMEAD & ABBEYDALE ACCOUNTANCY AND TAXATION CENTREABBEYMEAD & ABBEYDALE ACCOUNTANCY AND TAXATION CENTREABBEYMEAD & ABBEYDALE ACCOUNTANCY AND TAXATION CENTREABBEYMEAD & ABBEYDALE ACCOUNTANCY AND TAXATION CENTRE Accountants for the Abbeymead and Abbeydale AreaAccountants for the Abbeymead and Abbeydale AreaAccountants for the Abbeymead and Abbeydale AreaAccountants for the Abbeymead and Abbeydale Area

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Design and prepare architectural drawings for extensions, conversions, alterations and improvements to your home

We also carry out custom designs for new homes with your needs in mind.

All plans are prepared and submitted on your behalf for Local Authority

Building Control and Planning Approvals.

For a prompt, private and professional service call:

01452 723439 or 07973 621078

and speak to Graham or Angela for a free

quote and friendly, helpful advice.

D2B designs

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Tel : CHELTENHAM MOWERS LIMITED

Tel: 01452 616169

Unit B3, Nexus, Hurricane Road, Gloucester Business Park, Glos. GL3 4AG

Visit and Buy On-Line at www.mowers-online.co.uk

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A.D.B ELECTRICAL SERVICES LTD

QUALIFIED ELECTRICIAN DOMESTIC, COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL

FAULT FINDING RE-WIRING & UPGRADES INTERNAL & EXTERNAL

LIGHTING & POWER POINTS ELECTRICITY TO SHEDS & OUTBUILDINGS

ELECTRIC SHOWERS NIC PART P REGISTERED ANDY BOUCHER

TEL: 01452 371981 MOBILE: 07967 721966 25 Minster Gardens, Abbeymead

No Job Too Small - Free Estimates. All work carried out to the highest standard

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MARK DUNKLEY

HANDYMAN GARDEN SERVICES PATIOS LAID

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CALL TODAY 01452 619883 OR 07817 337480

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DARREN MANN BUILDING

CONTRACTOR

Specialising in home extensions

Also Mini Digger with Driver for Hire

111 The Wheatridge East Abbeydale, Gloucester

GL4 5DW

Tel: 01452 612759 Mobile: 07778 818886

References available

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LINDEN TREELINDEN TREELINDEN TREELINDEN TREE GARDEN AND TREE GARDEN AND TREE GARDEN AND TREE GARDEN AND TREE MAINTENANCEMAINTENANCEMAINTENANCEMAINTENANCE

All kinds of trees and hedges

expertly felled, topped and pruned

GARDEN DESIGNED, MAKEOVERS AND RENOVATIONS

JUNGLE CLEARANCE

Friendly and reliable local company

For more info visit www.lindentreegardens.co.uk

Call Bob on 01452 535696 (24 hour answering service)

Mobile 07957545926

LANDSCAPES

ALL ASPECTS OF LANDSCAPING All Interior & Exterior Work Undertaken

Free Quotations & Fully Guaranteed

Tel: 01452 614123

Mobile: 07787 182434

● FENCING

● BLOCK PAVING

● PATIOS ● TURFING

● DECKING

● HEDGE CUTTING

ALL ASPECTS OF LANDSCAPING

FENCING & LANDSCAPING SPECIALISTSFENCING & LANDSCAPING SPECIALISTSFENCING & LANDSCAPING SPECIALISTSFENCING & LANDSCAPING SPECIALISTS

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• PERGOLAS PERGOLAS PERGOLAS PERGOLAS GARDEN CLEARINGGARDEN CLEARINGGARDEN CLEARINGGARDEN CLEARING

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• CONCRETINGCONCRETINGCONCRETINGCONCRETING

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WE WILL BEAT ANY REASONABLE QUOTE

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ALSO SUPPLIER OF SAND, GRAVEL & ORNAMENTAL GRAVEL

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ABBCARE Installations

• Conservatories • P.V.C Doors

• P.V.C Windows

• Fascias & Gutters

• Brickwork Alterations

• Extensions • Home Improvements

• Misted Sealed Unit

Replacement

All P.V.C work includes 10 year

Manufactures guarantee

Grahame Wright

Tel: 01452 546349

Mob: 07765 902002

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Master Sheds Unit D, Sudmeadow Road

Hempsted, Gloucester, GL2 5HG

Tel: 01452 314011

www.mastersheds.co.uk

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www.saintbridgesportscentre.co.uk

Tel: 01452 303768

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Manufacturers & Installers of all Types of the Finest Quality

of Windows, Doors & Conservatories

41 Kingsmead Abbeymead Gloucester GL4 5DY

Telephone: 01452 618530 07961 199942

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Gardening Tips for June from Gardening Delight..

Flowers, Tubs and Borders Continue to plant out summer bedding, plant up hanging baskets and tubs. Remember

to rake a good quality general fertilizer such as blood fish and bone into the borders

before planting. In tubs and baskets use a good quality compost containing water stor-

age granules and a slow release fertilizer.

If the weather warms up you will need to water more often. Always water either first

thing in the morning or in the evening when the sun is not so bright ensuring all the

water goes to the plants and is not wasted.

As we move into the month you should start to feed containers and baskets once every

10 days or so, use a liquid fertilizer as per the instructions on the packet, this will go

straight to the plants and help produce a wonder summer display.

In the borders to prune back those spring flowering shrubs this prevents them becom-

ing over crowded and will keep the bushes compact and encourage new growth for

flowering next spring.

Lawns The grass should be growing well and will need mowing more regularly, dropping the

blades of the mower to give a nice neat cut but not too low in case we get a very dry

spell, the grass will deal with the dry weather if its cut to a medium height rather than

too short.

It’s not too late to use a granular feed and weed which will boost the lawn and help

reduce the weed growth but make sure the brand you use is suitable for use during the

summer months.

Fruit and Vegetables Potatoes will now need earthing up, this means bringing the soil up around the new

shoots as they come out of the ground, this helps prevent the tubers going green if they

become exposed to the light and increases the crop. Water well if the weather gets dry.

Thin out seedlings of beetroot, carrots etc..This allows the remaining plants to grow on

to full size. Carrots are best thinned in the evening when they are less likely to attract

carrot fly. Beetroot ‘thinnings’ can be used in salads to add an extra flavour..

Put straw or matting under strawberries to protect the crop from slugs.

Tie out and separate any new canes from Raspberries and Blackberries these will carry

next years fruit.

Check out our web site for our tip of the day.. www.gardendelight.co.uk

Disclaimer – these tips are the result of many years experience in gardening however no

guarantees can be given. Remember there are principles to successful gardening but no

formulas.

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June 2013 Release’s Friday 7th June

AFTER EARTH

One thousand years after cataclysmic events forced humanity's escape from Earth, Nova Prime has become mankind's new

home. Legendary General Cypher Raige (Will Smith) returns

from an extended tour of duty to his estranged family, ready to be a father to his 13-year-old son, Kitai (Jaden Smith). When an

asteroid storm damages Cypher and Kitai's craft, they crash-

land on a now unfamiliar and dangerous Earth. As his father lies

dying in the cockpit, Kitai must trek across the hostile terrain to

recover their rescue beacon. His whole life, Kitai has wanted

nothing more than to be a soldier like his father. Today, he gets his chance.

Friday 14th June

MAN OF STEEL (3D)

A young boy learns that he has extraordinary powers and is not

of this Earth. As a young man he journeys to discover where he came from and what he was sent here to do. But the hero in

him must emerge if he is to save the world from annihilation

and become the symbol of hope for all mankind.

Man of Steel is directed by Zack Snyder, from a script by David

S. Goyer and screen story by Goyer and Christopher Nolan. It stars Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon, Antje Traue,

Diane Lane, Kevin Costner, Laurence Fishburne, Russell Crowe,

Ayelet Zurer, Christopher Meloni, Harry Lennix and Michael Kelly.

Friday 21st June

WORLD WAR Z (3D)

United Nations employee Gerry Lane (Brad Pitt) traverses the

world in a race against time to stop the Zombie pandemic that is

toppling armies and governments, and threatening to decimate

humanity itself.

Friday 28th June

DESPICABLE ME 2 (3D)

Gru (Steve Carrell) is recruited by the Anti-Villain League to

help deal with a powerful new super criminal.

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Sudoku Complete the puzzle

by 20th June 2013

and return, with your

name and address,

to Abbey-Link,

30 Dancers Hill,

Abbeymead,

Gloucester, GL4 5TY

to be in with a chance

of winning 2 cinema

tickets

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Rob WaltersRob WaltersRob WaltersRob Walters For all your ceiling requirements:-

Plasterboarding Coving Skimming Texturing

We now offer to skim textured ceilings to a flat finish or alternatively we provide a full range of high quality

textured patterns Water damaged ceilings & Insurance work

welcome

Domestic & Commercial enquiries welcome

HOME: 01452 521878 MOBILE: 07850 968348 Visit website at www.robwalters.co.uk

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C.D.L CHRIS LEE PLASTERING

CONTRACTOR

For all your plastering needs big or small

For smoothing over artex, ceilings or walls,

To garage conversions Just give me a call

20 YEARS EXPERIENCE INTERNAL & EXTERNAL

DOMESTIC / COMMERCIAL

Tel: 01452 538328 Mobile: 07879 410369

LOCAL ABBEYDALE

RESIDENT

- FULL HEATING SYSTEMS

- BOILER REPLACEMENTS

- POWER FLUSHING

- COOKERS AND FIRES

INSTALLED

- ANNUAL SERVICING

- LANDLORDS SAFETY CHECKS

- BATHROOMS & EN SUITES

- GENERAL PLUMBING

ALL WORK GUARANTEED

FREE QUOTATIONS

CALL ADAM ON: 07890 390220

OR VISIT

www.a-m-nelmesheating.co.uk

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POWER FLUSH HEATING SYSTEM

LOCAL ABBEYDALE RESIDENT

R. H. NELMES PLUMBING AND HEATING

Gas Safe Registered

CONTACT:

01452 384905 OR MOBILE:

07806 549041

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Nearly New Sale Christchurch Abbeydale

(opposite Morrsions)

Saturday 22nd June from 1pm - 4pm.

Browse for bargains without the threat of

rain!

If you wish to have a table, please call Louise on (01452) 522530

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FLOWER FESTIVAL

Friday12th

– Sunday14th

July 2013.

ST LAWRENCE’S CHURCH – CHURCH LANE – BARNWOOD - GLOUCESTER GL4 3JB

The theme of the Festival will be Wedding Anniversaries, and there will be Flower

arrangements and wedding dresses to match different decades.

Thursday 11th

July will be a preview evening, tickets £6 to include Cheese and Wine, and the Festival

will be opened by Chris Evans of Dundry Nurseries, Churchdown, Gloucester. There will also be a

photography exhibition by Mike Barnes entitled ’ Down the Severn ’. Tickets can be purchased from

the Church office (01452 372731).

There will be a’ Tea Shop’, open on Friday and Saturday, 10.30 -5pm and Sunday 12.00 - 4.30pm

selling Teas, Coffees and Home Made Cakes, and Soup and Ploughmans at lunch time.

The Festival will conclude on Sunday evening with Choral Evensong in the Church at 6pm.

The Church will be open from 10:30 on Friday and Saturday and 12:00 on Sunday.

Should you wish any more information on this very special event, please contact the Church Office

on 01452 372731 ([email protected]) or Joanna Paisley ([email protected]).

We hope that we will be able to welcome you to our Flower Festival week-end and look forward to

meeting you in July.

LOCAL GROUP HELPS GLOUCESTER PARENTS FIND FRIENDSHIP

NCT Gloucester branch is holding a regular ‘Bumps and Babies’ group for new

and expectant mums and dads, whether it’s their first, second or fifth baby! The

group runs every Tuesday, 10:30 am to 12:00 at Salvation Army Hall, Gloucester

and all parents are welcome you do not have to be an NCT member to join our

Bumps and Babies group.

Set up by parent charity NCT, Bumps and Babies groups provide relaxed and

informal get-togethers, in community venues with enough room for buggies, ba-

bies and a close circle of parents. It is a great place for parents and parents-to-be

to make new friends, share tips and chat with those going through the same

things.

Tina Gibbs, NCT Gloucester Branch Coordinator said:

“Having a baby is an amazing experience but it can also be quite isolating. Com-

ing to this group gives you a reason to get out of the house and socialise with

people in your local area who can understand what you’re going through. We’re

open to everybody and are always looking for new mums and dads to join.”

The branch offers a range of services and activities for local parents including

Antenatal Classes in Gloucester, Quedgeley and Churchdown.

For more information on NCT Gloucester branch’s Bumps and Babies group,

contact Karen on [email protected] or join us on facebook: https://

www.facebook.com/groups/glosbumps/

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Your quick guide to everyone and everything in your Directory...

ACCOUNTANTS Abbeymead Accountancy

and Taxation Centre 6

Add this Limited 10

Charterwoods 36

ADVERTISING The Best of Gloucester 21

AIRCONDITIONING Charmont 9

ARCHITECT D2B Designs 8

Paul Karlsson 7

BATHROOM INSTALLATION Severn Vale Bathrooms 29

TBS Bathrooms 16

BEAUTICIANS Body Flair 40

Total Rejuvenation 25

Therapy by Sam Baggott 24

Tranquility Mobile Beauty 40

BEDROOMS PJB Carpentry 38

BLINDS Lindas Blinds 13

BRASS BAND Local Brass Band 18

BRIDAL BOUTIQUE Mystia 43

BUILDING CONTRACTORS Darren Mann 11

CAKE BAKING Patacake 33

CANDY CART HIRE Truly Scrumptious 26

CARAVAN SERVICING Caravan Care 10

CARPENTRY P J B Carpentry 38

Richleigh Carpentry 5

CARPETS Sapphire Carpets 5

CHARITY Sue Ryder 32

CHILDRENS PARTIES Bohemian Beads 24

COMMUNITY CENTRE Abbeydale Sports &

Community Centre 27

COMPLIMENTARY

THERAPY Chiropractic Wellness Centre 25

Remedial Sports 25

COMPUTER

MAINTENANCE Cotswold Computer Medic 7

Gamlin Software 33

Hop-2-it 10

Jemtek 35

CONSERVATORIES Gloucester Conservatory &

Window Warehouse 38

J C Conservatories 29

Taylors Conservatories 39

Thomas Tonks Installations 22

COVING SPECIALIST Rob Walters 36

DRIVEWAYS Planet Earth Groundworks 39

ELECTRICIAN A D B Electrical Services 9

Glevum Electrical 23

Halford Electrical 20

Hammond Electrics 28

ESTATE AGENTS Michael Tuck 44

FITTED WARDROBES Space Master 18

FLOORING PJB Carpentry 38

GARDEN MAINTENANCE Garden Delight 30,31

Lawn Man 30

Linden Tree 12

Mark Dunkley 10

HAIRDRESSER Haircare by Leonie 4

HOLIDAYS Portugal Villa 32

HOTELS Hatton Court Hotel 1

KITCHEN & BATHROOM

FITTING M C Kitchen & Bathrooms 37

PJB Carpentry 38

TBS Kitchens 28

LANDSCAPING Abbeydale Landscapes 12

Grants Landscaping 12

LMS 11

LAWNMOWERS Cheltenham Mowers 8

OVEN CLEANERS Oven Busters 33

PET CARE Nails and Tails 33

PLASTERER Chris Lee 37

PLUMBING & HEATING A M Nelmes 37

Beaven Installations 4

Charmont 9

Glevum Heating 23

Ignition plumbing & heating 17

N Boothroyd 15

R H Nelmes 39

The Gasman 16

PROPERTY MAINTENANCE Bright Sparks 17

Total Property Maintenance 13

ROOFING INSTALLATION Britannia Roofline 14

C & G Cladding 11

SHEDS Master Sheds 15

SOCIAL CLUB

Saintbridge Sports Centre 19

SOLICITORS Dee & Griffin 24

Treasures 6

TREE SURGEON Acorn Treecare 20

WINDOW INSTALLATION A & A Double Glazing 28

Abbcare 13

C & G Cladding 11

Elements 16

Glass Fix Glazing 15

WINDOW REPAIR Cloudy 2 Clear 15

Longlevens Window Repairs 11

Contact AbbeyAbbeyAbbeyAbbey----Link: Link: Link: Link: 30 Dancers Hill, Abbeymead Gloucester, GL4 5TY

Tel: 01452 617040 Email: [email protected] www.thelink-directories.co.uk

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