Moulsham Times August 2014

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This month we have another competition for you: see page 13 for details. There will also be another competition in The City Times mid-month.

We want your letters! Do you have a question for any of our writers? Write in to us we would love to hear from you.

Finally, the CAMRA Chelmsford Beer Festival had another record breaking year, well done to all involved (more from them in this month’s City Times).

We hope you are enjoying the summer!

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What a busy month it has been, not only for Blues in the City but also for Paul and I, having hosted two live music stages with the help of Chelmsford Community Radio who provided not only the stage but also live broadcasts throughout both the Fling festival and the Tour de France. I must say that all the acts that played for us were brilliant and such diversity from pirate folk to mayhem with Papa Shango to the brilliant Pieface and all the rest in between. Thank you all.

Next was my Blues in the City night at the Bassment and it can only be said to have been brilliant. Firstly we had Little Donkey, who have now added drums which has really projected the band forward. They are ones to watch out for in the future. Then we had Wille & the Bandits, voted the 6th most must see band at Glastonbury this year and for all those who were at the Bassment now know why. Pure brilliance, they played like they were playing to 100,000. Everyone was dumb struck at what they saw which was evident in the quantities of CDs sold afterwards.

Our next night Wed 13th August, is also going to be great with Julian Burdock of 24 Pesos. This man can play a guitar like almost no other, as well as writing brilliant music, having a great voice and being a great harmonica player. This is another night that will stun you. We also have the brilliant band Cold Norton, which consists of three members of Navacross. These guys play great blues and you will just feel you have to dance along to them.

In other music news we have Blues in the City 2014 getting close and if you want tickets, either contact myself or you can buy them from the Ale House, along with tickets for our first It’s Your Music gig with Eddie & the Hot Rods plus special guests The Roy Mette Band, at Jardins in Braintree on Friday 12th September. We are trying to organise a coach to and from Chelmsford for the night as well. Recently we had the wonderful Walthamstock, which looks to have raised in excess of £9,000 for charity. Well done all of you.

Just as we go to print it has been announced Asylum are re-opening on Friday 1st August. We wish them good luck! Shakey will be back there and will also now be holding a monthly night at Indigo in Victoria Road.

To find out more about this years Blues in the City visit the website at www.bluesinthecity.co.uk. To find out more about Asylum and all the other music going on search Facebook and like the different pages to be kept up to date.

Wet Wet Wet will play Hylands Park in September this year, so we asked bass player and songwriter Graeme Clark a few questions.

The Future for Wet Wet Wet…“Music has always been at the forefront of technologies and that hasn’t changed. We are now running with Facebook and Twitter, we try and embrace that side of it.

With Wet Wet Wet – I love playing with them – but people expect certain things. We can’t just do Twitter, we can’t just do what we did 30 years ago, we make music, we have to remember who we are.

We must move, grow and get new people. We actually are itching to get going and breathe new life into the group, because ultimately the lifeblood has to be new music.”

Touring with the Group…“We were gigging in December, then they said ‘look, do you want the summer tour of racecourses?’ So we thought we would take a flyer and do them.

We normally do arenas, but you can be offered things and think, ‘oh, that’ll never work’… but to our surprise and delight they are a brilliant night!”

His Solo Work…“Bass in a band is the place to play, a powerful part of the band, the heart of it… and the subtlety of a bass player affects the music, the whole group and what the other guys are playing…

But away from Wet Wet Wet playing requires a different set of skills. With my own music I am more nervous – it is out of my comfort zone. I didn’t know if I would enjoy it, so I started by dipping my toe in… now I realise I’m a show-off!

Your music has got to be excellent because there is so much out there – that is what I hope to do. I’m a blessed guy, I’ve lived my life writing songs – and even now, I am playing to people and it’s a pleasure to have that complicity with the audience.”

Advice for the aspiring musicians of Essex…“As one door shuts you must kick the next one open!”

Hylands Park will be the last show of the Wet Wet Wet summer tour. Talking with Graeme I get the feeling they will be a good fit with the people of Essex, so head on down because the night is likely to be an absolute blast. For more information see the advert on the opposite page.

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The last month has been wonderful, fascinating and an experience I’ll never forget.

My visa for Iran finally came through after two months of perseverance, but they only gave me 10 days to cross the country which wasn’t enough, so it was a rush with only

one rest day. the others were early starts to miss the afternoon heat with sightseeing in the evenings as it was too hot to venture out before then.

Other than similarities to Iraq, Iran is so different to any country I’ve visited before. June is the start of summer and riding through 2,500 km of desert is hard going. Add to this Ramadan, which started halfway through, and I could have been there at a better time! (April & May are the best months to visit the area). However, having said that, the desert is an amazing place to ride through with dry, arid mountains and vast, open deserts. The towns and cities are vibrant and don’t get going until after 8.30pm during Ramadan when people are out eating and shopping until way into the night. Iranian people are very friendly,

curious and the people want to help - everywhere I went people wanted to ask questions about my travels, or where I’m from or buy me food or assist me in any way they could. Iran really is a wonderful country to travel in.

And then there was Pakistan.

Pakistan has many problems and let’s just say I had to bend the truth about why I wanted to travel there. I have a 60 day visa and am currently in Islamabad and hoping to ride the KKH (Karakoram Highway) which is the highest paved road in the world.

The largest province of the four in Pakistan is Balochistan and there has been a conflict/war there for years. It’s the first place you enter from Iran in the west. The conflict extends to a section of eastern Iran and south-eastern Afghanistan - this means that 50km from the Pakistan border, the Iranian army/police escort you with armed guards to the border. I have been riding with a Canadian and a German guy and our party was added to by a Spanish man, his French wife and their golden retriever travelling in a car. Our convoy with guards and their AK47 rifles took 8 hours to travel the 50km to the border as we had to stop at so many checkpoints. At 4.30pm everyone at the Iranian border wished us safe travels in Balochistan as they locked the gates to Iran behind us.

As I heard the gates slam shut I looked out over the border town of Taftan, now in Pakistan and wondered what I was doing there: Iran had looked bad with the heat and the desert but Taftan looked even dryer and defiantly hostile. ‘Welcome, welcome’ said

the Pakistan officials and even though the passport control was in a hut that was about to fall down they were so pleased to see us and were efficient in processing our mass of paperwork for ourselves and vehicles.

By 5.30 we were safely tucked up in the Taftan Jail for our safety complete with armed guards! We had the luxury of an office floor to sleep on with the inmates behind bars across the 20 metre courtyard. For the next 6 days across Balocistan we had 24-hour armed guards, we had to sign in at police checkpoints with passport details at least 40 times and when we arrived in a town we were rushed into a secure car park and the gates were locked behind us as the police didn’t want anyone to know we were there! In Quetta we were locked in the hotel for three days and only allowed out to go to government offices to ask if we could continue our passage. It was about 110 degrees and I drank 6 - 8 litres of water daily whilst riding.

So few people travel here, we were the largest group this year and most weeks no-one crosses. I didn’t see any conflict but whilst we were there people had been killed and there was an attack which killed armed police travelling on the roads we had been on the day before. We would have commanded a high ransom should we have been kidnapped.

I travel to experience new cultures, people and worlds and boy am I doing this in Pakistan. I’ve had armed police guides for 90% of time here outside Balochistan too. My trip to the north may take me to the Chinese border where I will face more potential threats as this is Taliban land…

The Last Month Has Been Wonderful by Dan Skeates

The A12 is the main arterial road which leads from the M25 through Essex to the port at Felixstowe and up into Suffolk and Norfolk. Sadly this road is desperately in need of an upgrade as it can get notoriously congested especially during rush hour. Added to this, when more often than not there is a road traffic accident, the road generally grinds to a complete standstill, which in turn holds up traffic on other roads in the area such as the A120. These rush hour jams and accidents really do highlight the need for improvements to the roads infrastructure.

Recently I had a meeting with the Secretary of State for Transport about the possibility of upgrading the A12 in Essex to three lanes, which would be hugely beneficial not just to the A12 but also to the roads in the surrounding area as it will ease congestion as a whole.

The Secretary of State told me that the government was investing heavily in the major road network, in

recognition of the fact that we need world-class infrastructure if we are to compete in the global markets. The government is investing over £3billion in major upgrades to the major road network and had set out spending plans that will see this budget treble, to around £3billion a year by 2020/21. Not only this but he also added that any money which is spent on the Highways Agency network will be informed by a programme of route based- strategies, which will be brought together to form a future Roads Investment Strategy for the whole road network.

The whole program is expected to be completed by spring 2015 and the A12 along with the A120 are going to be considered as part of the East of England route as it is a vital component to linking London, Essex, East Anglia and all the East Coast ports.

The Highways Agency have been working closely with local partners across Essex with the aim to gather evidence about the certain challenges on these routes so they can start looking into the options into addressing the main issues and so that the a plan can start to take shape in the coming months.

I find this news extremely encouraging and it shows that upgrading the A12 is not merely a dream but potentially could become a reality due to its importance as a major road route through Essex and I will be keeping a close eye on the developments of this programme. I will of course continue to press the government on this vital issue over the coming months.

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We are researching men with a connection to the Hylands Estate who served in World War One for an exhibition in Hylands House in September. We have been lucky enough to find descendants of some of them and we hope that we can find people in this area with a connection to two of the men who survived the War. We have already discovered a lot about these men, but as they both were born and died in the Chelmsford area, there may be family here still.

Frederick Edward Johnson lived in Widford and was awarded the Military Medal. He was a patient in Hylands Military Hospital during the war with diphtheria and went on to also serve in World War Two. He married and had two sons who both married in the Chelmsford registration district and they each went on to have a son. Frederick died on 12th April 1967 and was cremated in Chelmsford.

The other is Sidney Arthur Emery who lived in London Lodge in Hylands Park. His father was the head gamekeeper on the estate and before the war, Sidney was a gamekeeper. But after his return from France with gunshot wounds, he worked as a gardener. We haven’t found a marriage for him, but know he died in November 1971 and was buried in the cemetery in Writtle Road.

In this, the anniversary of the start of WW1, families are thinking of their men who served and searching for information about them.So there is chance that someone may know something about these men. If you know someone with the same surname, please ask them! They can make contact by email – [email protected]. Thank you.

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It’s hot at the moment and plants need special watering requirements which vary with their stage of growth.

Plants obtain the water they need from the growing medium, through their root systems or from the air. Many specialised plants such as those growing in tropical conditions have aerial roots or specialised leaves which absorb water from the surrounding air, storing it for use at a later date.

Before watering it is important to assess whether a plant requires irrigation to avoid wasting water and flushing plant pots of nutrients. Indicators include wilting, light coloured compost, a gap between the compost and the pot where the compost has shrunk as it has dried, and the pot being lightweight.

Water to the point of runoff and stop, allow water to soak in and re-water if necessary. Large plants need enough water to allow soil to become wet to a depth of 15cm. A thorough soaking which percolates deep into the soil will encourage plant roots to grow deeper making them more drought tolerant. Irrigating little and often does more harm than good.

Equipment for Watering PlantsThe type of equipment used for watering plants will depend on the number of plants requiring watering, the regularity of watering and cost of equipment.

Dipping PlantsUsed for watering individual dry container plants. Dip pot completely and leave until bubbles stop rising, remove and leave to drain.

Watering CansUsed for watering individual plants in the soil or container plants such as seed trays and pot plants. When watering plants in the soil the rose may be removed, however, you should make sure soil is not washed away from the root system. Stop once run off occurs and wait until water soaks in before continuing.

HosesHoses come in a wide range of sizes from 1.4cm - 2.5cm bores, with most nurseries using 2cm hosepipes. They may be made of rubber or plastic, the most robust have a nylon braiding. Lay flat hoses are frequently used to irrigate growing areas. Hoses can be permanently attached to taps using jubilee clips or be removable by using geyco or screw couplings.

SprinklersUsed to water large areas such as lawns. May be static, having to be moved periodically to a new area, or rotating when the head moves round, or from side to side. These cover wide areas but may still need to be moved if large areas are to be watered. The disadvantages of sprinkler systems are evaporation and overlapping spray patterns, leading to over watering within the overlapped areas.

Seep Hose/Porous PipeUsed for watering borders, beds, and within nursery areas for watering container plants. Seep hoses consist of a polythene tube with a sewn seam along its length, which allows water to slowly trickle out. This system is liable to blocking by calcium deposits, but causes less damage to soil media than many other systems.

Porous pipe is made from recycled rubber and allows water to slowly drip out onto the bed or border.

Both of these systems deliver water at soil level which avoids excessive evaporation. They may be covered with mulch or left on the top of the soil.

Oscillating spray linesConsists of long metal or plastic pipes that clip to each other with a series of holes along their length. Usually mounted on stands, water pressure causes them to rotate back and forth.

SafetyThe following points should be observed to avoid damage to plants and soil, and accidents to members of the public.

Never use sprinklers in hot sun, to avoid scorching foliageDo not over water plants - it wastes time and money and can cause disease problems.

Do not underwater – it causes checks in growth and poor quality plants.Do not use watering cans that have contained chemicalsNever water near electrical equipment, remember electricity killsAvoid leaving hoses and other irrigation equipment laying across walkways.

Outside taps should have an anti flow back device (to avoid contamination of water supply).

Good luck and happy gardening!

For any gardening tips why not contact Tom Cole, Head of Faculty for Land & Environment, Writtle College, Chelmsford, CM1 3RR by post (including a SAE) or by email at [email protected].

by Cllr Dick MaddenFROM COUNTY HALL


I have just got back from the hot weather of Spain and returned to our hot weather with some intervention of thunder and lightning. One such torrential downpour actually lifted manhole covers in Moulsham Street, however they are all safely back in place. Whilst sunning myself with Mrs Madden in sunny Spain, Pat Kennett, the chair of Moulsham Street Traders, I understand has stood down. From my perspective she was always approachable and informative in representing Moulsham Street Traders and engaging with Chelmsford City Council. I would like to thank her on behalf of local residents and our local Council. More monies have been provided to Essex County Highways and over the coming months and so more roads will be resurfaced in Old Moulsham, Moulsham Lodge and the city centre. This is on top of the ongoing work at the Army and Navy roundabout. Yes all this work tends to slow down traffic but as I have said in the past this actual investment will, in the long term be positive. Some further good news for the residents of Moulsham Lodge. A letter has been delivered to residents/businesses on Gloucester Avenue advising them of the continuation of highway maintenance footway works, which commenced a few years ago but was stopped when Essex and Suffolk water board descended onto the estate and spent nearly a year fitting new water apparatus. The works are scheduled to commence on Monday the 21 July 2014 with a target completion date of Friday 29 August 2014. Whilst on Moulsham Lodge, still a slight delay (a legal issue), on developing a community hub at the local police station building.

Be assured Cllr Mark Springett supported by me will continue to figuratively kick down doors to reach a positive conclusion for the community in the next few months. Just to keep you informed, I am attending a meeting with many church organisations and voluntary groups in the next few days to establish what further progress can be made in establishing a day centre in the city centre for homeless individuals. This matter has been on my agenda now for three years and I can tell you that, in my three years involved in local politics and being your local representative, when it comes to developing use of properties and buildings, the journey is slow. I will though continue to represent your views on this matter. Keep sunning yourselves and all have a wonderful summer. BE SAFE. Dick Madden

Editors Note: At the time of going to print, a Moulsham Traders meeting is scheduled. We will update you the outcome of this meeting in the next edition.

FROM COUNTY HALL Dating back to the 18th century, the historic Hylands House, which was fully restored in 2005, looks out over the extensive landscape of Hylands Park.

Since it’s full restoration it has proved a popular venue for outdoor events including the highly successful V Festival, who have been using the grounds since 1996.

UK Events will bring two days of live music set within the grounds and a promise of something truly unique.

Last Night of the Proms– Sunday 7th SeptemberA Sunday night extravaganza within the confines of Hylands Park.

It will be presented by Aled Jones, who will also be performing alongside the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra with conductor Timothy Redmond, and featuring a special guest soon to be announced!

Gates open at 6:00pm and music from 7:00pm until 9:00pm.

Flashback Festival Hylands Park – Saturday 13th SeptemberFlashback Festival will be a party event taking people back to the 80s with a line-up incorporating some of the greatest artists from that era.

What better way is there to spend a long summer evening than listening to your favorite performers in the charming location of Hylands House?

Featuring headliner Billy Ocean as well as performances from Heather Small, Marc Almond, ABC, Hue and Cry, Go West, From the Jam and The Doctor (Dr & The Medics.)

For 80s enthusiasts this is a must, but the show caters for everyone so whether you want to sit back and relax, or dance the night away Flashback is the event for you!

Gates open at 4:00pm and music from 5:00pm until 11:00pm.

Wet Wet Wet - Sunday 14th September Helping to top off the summer will be one of Britain’s best-loved and most successful groups, Wet Wet Wet, who have been making people smile, swoon and dance for over 25 years. Set within these alluring surroundings will be the promise of something truly unique.

With their most recent release “Step By Step - The Greatest Hits” they will be pulling out all the stops and as Marti Pellow from the group has said “it is special for us. I hope it’s special for the fans to. We just want to go and entertain people with these songs. That’s all we’ve ever wanted to do, put a smile on people’s faces for a couple of hours.”

The band are sure to play an array of hits including “Sweet Little Mystery”, “Love Is All Around” and “Goodnight Girl” for a spectacle which is set to be a momentous occasion!

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Here at The Moulsham Times we love to give things away! We have a pair of tickets to Last Night of the Proms.

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Now the summer internationals are completed, with some very good results and some indifferent, it is time to look forward to the start of the new season at the beginning of September. For Harlequins it starts with being part of the double header with Wasps, Saracens, and London Irish (Mick’s Inc), at Twickenham. It’s going to be a very exciting year for English rugby leading up to the 2015 Rugby World Cup…

With the summer in full swing, enjoy the local produce that is available. You can also find good quality fresh seafood locally in town at the weekends. All these dishes work well with ciders, perrys and a nice crisp white wine or spicy reds…

Pan Fried Scallops, Chorizo and Pomegranate Salad - Serves 4

Ingredients:splash of rapeseed oil8 large queen scallops 1 chorizo spicy sausage (around 16 slices, diagonal into 3mm pieces)pomegranate seeds good quality mixed salad leaves fresh watercress chives finely chopped

Dressing:1 small red chilli finely chopped a small piece of root ginger 20-30g gratedjuice of 2 limes2tbsp of rapeseed oil3tbsp of vegetable oilsalt and ground black pepper

Method

Whisk together all of the ingredients for the dressing.

Preheat a griddle pan on the stove and cook the chorizo on a medium heat for about 5 mins, remove from the heat and keep warm.

Cut the scallops in half and cook for 20-30 seconds on each side.

To serve, arrange the coriander and parsley on a serving plate with the scallops and chorizo, scatter over the pomegranate seeds and add two or three spoonfuls of the dressing. Nice with a drop of Gavi…

This recipe shouts summer….

Steamed Mussels with Cider - Serves 4

Ingredients: For the red onion mix350g of finely diced red onion2 bay leaves small bunch of thyme8 cloves of garlic finely chopped300ml of a good quality cider or perry of your choice

For the mussels:2kg of prepared mussels200ml of good quality cider50g of cold butter diced small bunch of parsleyground black pepper

Method

Place the red onion mix into a pan and reduce to nothing so the mix is almost dry. Remove thyme and discard.

Place the mussels into a hot wok then add the cider and the red onion mix. Cover with a lid, steam for 4 mins or until mussels open and then stir in the butter and parsley. Stir the mussels until they are all covered then add the chopped parsley and serve in large bowls. To accompany this dish, chunks of crusty bread and a cold glass of cider.

Smoked Salmon Quiche - Serves 6

Ingredients:225g/8oz plain flour50g/2oz unsalted butter 50g/2oz lard or all unsalted butter2tsp rapeseed oil 225g/8oz potato peeled and diced124g/4oz cheddar cheese grated 75g/3oz smoked salmon trimmings5 medium eggs beaten300ml1/2 pint of milk (whatever you like)salt and ground black pepper1 tbsp freshly chopped flat leaf parsley or dill

Method

Pre-heat the oven to 200c/400f/gas mark 6.

Blend the flour, butter, lard & salt until it looks like breadcrumbs. Blend again adding sufficient chilled water to make a firm but pliable dough. Roll out and line an 8” flan dish, then put in fridge to chill for 30 mins. Prick the base with a fork cut out a round piece of parchment paper to fit the pastry case lay in the base, put baking beans or cooked rice on top of paper and bake blind for 20-25 mins. Leave to cool and remove the paper and beans.

Heat the oil in a small frying pan on a medium heat, add the diced potato and cook for 4-5 mins until lightly browned. Reduced the heat and cook for a further 2-3 mins, or until tender.

Put the cheese evenly over the base of the pastry case, then arrange the potato on top, arrange the smoked salmon in an even layer. Beat the eggs and the milk together and season with salt and pepper to taste. Whisk in the parsley or dill and pour the mixture carefully over the cheese, potato and salmon, reduce the oven temperature to 180c/350f/gas mark 4 and bake for about 35-40 mins, until the filling is set and golden.

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Chelmsford Phoenix Rotary club won the district golf competition in June and now go on to the national finals. This is the fun part of Rotary, well, a small part of the fun part. There are many other sports competitions, outings, theatre visits, speaker evenings and general get-togethers. It’s about fellowship within the local club but not forgetting that Rotary is a worldwide organisation of over 1.2 million members all raising money for charity and very importantly, also providing hands-on help for literally millions of people. Sometimes the smallest act of kindness or consideration can totally change someone’s life.

The golf final was held at Braintree Golf Course in Stisted and proved a very close encounter. All square after 18 holes, it was decided on the sudden death nineteenth hole (not the 19th holes in the clubhouse where you all retire for a drink). Due to an injury to one of Phoenix’s star players, substitute Sheila Keller was brought in to make up numbers and proved an inspired choice. Together with partner Malcolm Shead, who apparently played out of his skin; they just hung on to claim victory and so go down in the annals of this relatively new Rotary club.

In Chelmsford there are 5 Rotary clubs to join, depending whether you want a breakfast club, lunchtime, twilight or evening, so there is a club convenient for you. If you think you would like to help and get so much friendship and satisfaction by putting something back into the community, there are many opportunities within Chelmsford. As the Rotary year begins in July, now is the perfect time to look at getting involved.

Visit www.chelmsfordrotary1240.org or phone me on 01245 260349 (office hours). You will be made most welcome.

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In past articles I have referred to what is now Moulsham Street as being the Roman road between London and Colchester. The southern end of the Roman defences ran from mid-way between that road and what is now New London Road across to Mildmay Road, with the southern gate halfway between Moulsham Street’s present junction with Grove Road, inside Roman Caesaromagus’ perimeter, and Hamlet Road, outside the Roman settlement. When the building of the pensioners’ sheltered housing on the corner of Queen Street and Moulsham Street, slightly further south than the Roman defence perimeter was taking place in 1987, traces of short-lived occupation of the site dating back to the 1st and 2nd centuries CE, and hence during the time of Roman occupation were discovered and investigated by archaeologists. The site included what was thought to be a ritual horse sacrifice site. During the 1st and 2nd centuries, Christianity had not become as firmly embedded in Roman culture as it was to become and as natives and occupying forces were both still pagans, amongst their practices was a widespread horse cult which had been adopted from the Celtic cult of goddess Epona, or Rhiannon in Welsh myth, that would account for a horse sacrifice at this site. The local Celtic tribe were the Trinovantes. Before Boudicca’s revolt (60 CE) they enjoyed some level of co-operation with the occupying forces and rather like Native Americans who camped outside US forts for trade and protection before the Indian Wars and reservation system, it seems likely that there were Celtic settlements alongside some Roman towns, such as Caesaromagus. Cremations, a Celtic form of dealing with the bodies of the dead, pottery of the period and other signs of occupation, were also found on the corner of St. Johns Road and Moulsham Street when there was a petrol station that received archaeological investigation during excavations for underground tanks in 1965. This is opposite the Queen Street, site, and at neither site was there evidence of Roman occupation. 1st century pottery and other material was identified as native British. Charcoal and burnt clay led archaeologists to believe they had found post holes, suggesting a building on the Queen St. site. The latest pottery was from the 2nd century, suggesting that the building fell into disuse before the end of that century. Associated with the building were two pits and an ‘L’ shaped pit containing the skeleton of a

young horse aligned north to south with the head in the south and lying on its right side. The left foreleg was slightly foreward of the right and broken at the knee. The front hooves had been removed before the burial. Pottery in the trench dated it to late 1st or early 2nd century. The other pits contained little and may have been dug to extract clay. There were also signs of ditches including a roadside one. Later use of other parts of the site revealed 3rd to 4th century pottery, nine Roman coins and nine brooches and it was thought that afterwards it had become a rubbish tip. On maps it remained vacant of use up to the end of the 16th century. The large house that was incorporated into the 1987 sheltered housing development was on a map of 1843 and had gardens attached. To the north-west of the site the Industrial Revolution brought the Anchor Ironworks, then Colonel Crompton’s Arc Works and associated tram sheds. Since the turn of the millenium the site has become occupied by new housing and a beauty salon on the corner of Anchor Street.

The horse skeleton was complete except for the front hooves and showed no signs of disease or butchery. It was aged 3 to 4 years when it died. There was no damage to the skull that would be found if it had been poleaxed. Had disease been the cause of death it would have been disposed of away from human habitation and probably burned. If death had been due to organ failure the rest of the carcas could still have been used for meat. Archaeologists felt that the breakage to the leg was probably caused manhandling the corpse into the pit and not while the animal was alive. All of these considerations led them to believe that it was a ritual sacrifice (ie intended to make it sacred in accordance with Celtic belief)and they drew comparisons to a dig site in Danebury in Hampshire in 1984 where horse skulls, skeletons and limbs had been found in a ritual context.

The Celtic tribe local to Essex was the Trinovantes, but the importance of horses to the Celts was international and can clearly be seen in Uffington in Oxfordshire for example, where a totemic carving on the chalk hill was created to distinguish the territory of the local tribe there. Epona, from which the word ‘pony’ is derived, was the horse goddess whose worship came to Britain from Gaul and beyond from the Steppes during Celtic migrations. Horse races were the focus of seasonal festivities and fayres well into pre-history and the horse’s importance to the Roman

cavalry and charioteers led to Epona being adopted into the pre-Christian Roman pagan pantheon and being given a feast day on 18th December when the Sun was in the constellation on Sagittarius. In Wales she became associated with Rhiannon, wife of Pwyll, Chieftan of Dyfed, recorded in the collection of Celtic legends called the Mabinogion. Pwyll first saw Rhiannan riding a great white stallion. Her problems with early infertility and temporary loss of eventual children caused her to be associated with fertility and gave the goddess a more human form. In Ireland the horse goddess was Edain Echraidhe and also associated with the fertility of the land. A new king was expected to ritually mate with a mare(!) who was then slaughtered and made into a ritual broth for consumption by celebrants. The king’s position was quite precarious in relation to fertility and he could find himself sacrificed to the gods in times of famine, as corpses preserved in bog soil testify. Where earth and water - the ingredients of fertile soil - met were sites where such sacrifices took place. Since the Celtic and Druid revivals of the late 19th century many with Celtic ancestry have been pleased to identify with such romantic notions. In so doing they tend to gloss over practices of animal and human sacrifice. But these have been proven to be widespread. Although animal sacrifice could be said to be elevated above mere butchery in intent it rails against 21st century sensibilities. It seems that with the connection to fertility that was held for Epona, either by Celts or Romans who had adopted her into their pantheon, the little horse that met its end and was buried near the corner of Queen Street did so with the intention of maintaining a fertile connection with the land. It would be fair to assume that the front hooves that were removed were used to make some form of amulets associated with the fertility ritual and that they could be the forerunners of the lucky horseshoe. Not so lucky for that poor little beastie!

Celts in MoulshamStreet by John Power

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Carrying on from last month, the next series of articles will be looking at theories and approaches to addiction. The first theory is called Addictive Thinking and was put forward by Abraham J Twerski in his book “Addictive Thinking”. There are many components to this, but this approach centres on the fact that as a society we are taught addictive thinking by things like advertising and an instant gratification mindset. This is because addictive thinking has a superficial logic that can be very seductive and misleading, for example convincing yourself you need something using a reason that makes superficial sense at the time but in reality you don’t really need what you are encouraging yourself to believe you do: “I need a new pair of shoes because I have a party to go to and don’t want to look stupid wearing something I already own” – in reality you probably have a perfectly good pair of shoes you could wear to the party, the second part of the quote referring to “looking stupid” describes another component of addictive thinking, distorted thinking. Why on earth would you look stupid wearing a pair of shoes you already own? This is something we have been taught by the media, if a celebrity recycles a piece of clothing they’re berated for it by the media. Distorted thinking doesn’t necessarily indicate an addict but it is a component of addictive thinking depending on intensity and regularity. Our culture embraces addictive thinking because of the instant gratification – this can be clearly seen with things like social media. I see it A LOT in my therapy room: “it takes two minutes to send a text!” “He hasn’t replied to my Facebook message!” “She hasn’t tweeted me in 2 days!” and my personal favourite and bane of my life… Whats App - “I can see they’re online, why haven’t they sent me a message? They can see I’m online too!”. Young people can be taken in by promises of euphoria, be that through drugs or through attention, but they ignore the negatives (addiction to drugs, possible poisoning or bad reaction, being stalked by a weirdo on social media) because of society’s embrace of addictive thinking.

Addictive thinking is self-deceptive but can also mislead others, these other people are called co-dependents. This is especially common in the early stages of addiction when an addict’s perspective and account of what is happening may look reasonable on the surface. Addictive thinking is different from logical thinking because it doesn’t reach a conclusion based on the evidence or the facts of a situation – it’s the reverse. The addict begins with the conclusion: “I need a drink/drug/to gamble etc…” and then they build a case for that conclusion whether it’s logical or not and whether the facts support it: “…because I’ve had a bad day/I feel down/I need to have fun with my friends in the pub/drug den/casino etc”. Everyone gets taken in by addictive thinking but the person most affected is the person doing the deceptive thinking (the addict or the co-dependent).

Much of the denial experienced in addictive thinking is due to the intense resistance to change. When the alcoholic says “I wouldn’t have to drink the way I do if my partner were more considerate” they are really saying “I don’t need to change. Make my partner change, I’ll be fine then.” This is reminiscent of the theory put forward by Eric Berne MD – author of Games People Play – he suggested that we all play games in life and one of these is “If it Weren’t For You”. He also put forward a game called “Alcoholic” and a game called “Addict” – both of these I’ll discuss next time as I’m running out of space!

The self deceptive features of addictive thinking and co-dependency have much in common:

• Denial, Rationalisation, Projection• Contradictory ideas co-exist• Fierce resistance to change oneself, desire to change others• Delusion of control (“I can stop whenever I want”)

Low Self EsteemMost emotional problems in terms of addiction probably stem from low self esteem (unless there’s a physical problem) but a large part

of the addiction is the immediacy of the high. Again demonstrating the instant gratification we have all come to expect from life.

Abraham Twerski quotes Dr David Sedlak MD and I think this will be a good note to end on as I want to reiterate that addicts are not bad people. We have to bear in mind that there are many levels of addiction and Sedlak says that addictive thinking comes from an inability to reason with oneself. This is not a moral failure of a person’s willpower but rather a disease of the will and an inability to use the will. This thinking disorder does not affect other kinds of reasoning so an addict can be intelligent, intuitive, persuasive and capable of valid philosophical and scientific reasoning. In my opinion, and in Twerski’s opinion, using this approach with an addict would mean helping them to become aware of and then changing the pattern of their addictive thinking.

Next time I’ll discuss Eric Berne MD’s approach to addiction and alcoholism. If anyone has any questions or comments please get in touch!

MT Therapy by Jenny Hartill It has been another busy month for the New City Girls WI. We are now officially the county and country’s largest Women’s Institute group with 315 members and an ever growing waiting list.

Our main monthly meetings continue to be very well attended and our July meeting ‘The Good Life’ at River Farm at the Green Man in Howe Green, was an excellent evening! James and Gerrie Gardner were excellent hosts, with James giving a speech about his ideas for River Farm. We also heard our very own New City Girls Choir perform for the first time and they were amazing! Their debut can be viewed on YouTube.

Our craft clubs continue to teach our members new skills and we are currently in the process of putting those skills to good use in the designing and producing our very own WI banner. The banner will be used in the High Street procession to celebrate 100 years of the Women’s Institue but more on that later in the year!

New subgroups are being formed every month and more recent additions include a wine club, yoga classes and a ukulele band! Our members are also enjoying outings together and a recent trip to the Victoria & Albert Musuem to see the Glamour of Italian Fashion exhibition was enjoyed by members ranging from 27 years to 86 years!

As the New City Girls is becoming more

established, our focus turns to another one of our aims; becoming more active in our local community. Community Involvement is a key aim and core value of New City Girls WI. WIs have traditionally been among the most engaged volunteer forces in the country and we at New City Girls WI are keen to promote this by supporting events and projects which bring together our local community and also by campaigning on issues that are of importance to them.

With such large numbers we have a unique opportunity to become to encourage our members to get involved with local events and we have certainly been busy!

The Cathedral School held an Inflatable Day recently and WI volunteers ran a cake stall, providing freshly baked cakes and tea (from our newly purchased tea urn!). The stall raised a total profit of £106.10 for the Cathedral School and everybody loved the cakes. Volunteers were also out in force to assist Chelmsford Cathedral with the cafe for the Festival of Flowers.

We also ran a tea tent a the Walthamstock Music Festival. The tea tent was stacked

high with lots of cakes and scones all kindly baked and donated by our WI members. We raised £300 for the Walthamstock charities which this year were Mencap, The Colombus School and Dance 21 which supports young people with down syndrome and their siblings in doing dance and drama activities together.

Our next meeting in September will be a charity event in aid of the Anthony Nolan Trust, our adopted charity for the year. All of our subgroups are currently planning their homegrown/made/baked stalls to

raise money. If you would like to help, our subgroups are currently looking for donations of fabric, buttons, ribbons, trimmings, and unwanted DVD’s and books to help raise money on their stalls. Or perhaps you would like to donate a prize for our raffle for the evening? If you think you can help please contact us on [email protected]. You can also join our waiting list by emailing us

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We would like to thank everyone who has supported us for ‘The Pretty Muddy Race for Life’ and ‘Race For Life’ in aid of Cancer Research UK. Together, we all raised £1560!! We are overwhelmed by your support for the team. Thank you all and well done to all.

We are holding a charity fundraiser on 24th August in aid of Southampton Hospital Charity. The hospital are trying to raise £250,000 to purchase a portable CT scanner, which will mean they do not have to move patients away from the ward and across the hospital for the vital CT scans they have during their time on the ward. This is very time consuming for the hospital, and removes not only the patient, but three members of staff away from the vital care they need to give patients at all times.

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Well here we are again, the start of another month. I have just got back from my holiday in Germany, with several stops over three and half weeks, often with wine in mind.

The first stop was near Koblenz, at a place called Lahnstein. We stayed up on top of a hill (locally called a mountain) overlooking the Rhine. The Rhine is about 800 miles long and this stretch is a Unesco world heritage site. It was fantastic, it was like looking down on a model village and the frequent trains looked like Hornby toys! The south facing banks of the river are covered in vineyards and there seemed to be castles on every river bend. The famous Riesling whites are produced here, and possibly, like me, when you think of German whites, you are thinking of some of the sweeter, low alcohol wines like Liebfraumilch. However, these Riesling wines are delicious, very nice to drink with food or without. The reds from the area are excellent, Dornfelder and Spatburgunder (Pinot Noir) especially tasty. I mentioned the cost of wines last month, and we managed to find a locally produced Dornfelder in a supermarket at less than £1.50 per bottle. Very good it was too.

We then went south to Bad Durkheim, which is a village right in the heart of the vineyards and famous for its wine festivals - said to be the biggest in the world - which are mainly held in September. It is right in the centre of the German wine road. The village itself is quite small. It’s a nice place, with the usual market square and restaurants. The local wine is Riesling, but the reds were good too. Wine tastings were frequent, again with the local produce.

Driving in Germany is interesting. Firstly, going through villages; vehicles joining the road from the right sometimes have priority. That gets some getting used to! On some motorways there is no speed limit. It’s quite scary to look in your mirror and see a little dot in the distance, then as you pull out to overtake, you get passed by two cars about six inches apart doing about 150 mph.

Just a couple of thoughts. If black boxes in aeroplanes are indestructible, why don’t they make the whole plane out of the same material? Am I the only person who wonders about these things? Another thing, supermarkets spend millions designing shopping trolleys that are meant to be pushed along using the special ergonomically designed handle. Why is it then that people like to pull them behind them from the front, taking out anyone within a two metre circle, pull them from the side, lean right over them so that they go along really slowly, sit children in them and then carry some of the shopping.......?

View across the Rhine at Rudesheim

We followed the Rhine north again and reached Rudesheim. This is an absolutely fabulous town on the banks of the river. The wine area is called Rheingau and it produces some of the best quality wines

in Germany. The local vineyards sweep down to the town on the steep banks of the river. Some these slopes are nearly 45 degrees and therefore the vines have be tended by hand. 75% of the grapes are Riesling, with just 20% red and a little Pinot Gris. I joined a wine walk and spent a very nice 90 minutes exploring the vines and learning about the methods and history of the area. The guide struggled a bit with English and seemed to be saying lots to the German people, with just a few words to me. He did a great job, but I sometimes wondered if some stuff had been lost in the translation. It is part of the fun though, and I realise that we should not go to other countries and expect them to speak our language, so I really appreciated his efforts. The Germans are friendly people and always seemed ready to put themselves out to help. (Don’t mention the football though, I had to keep a very low profile whilst there!)

Sloping vineyards on the Rhine

I have come away from the country with lovely memories of the views and wines. The whites were better than I had expected and the Spatburgunder is a lovely Pinot Noir, often higher in alcohol than the French ones from Burgundy. I definitely recommend that you try some if you get the chance. Bin end chuckles:

A man walks in the doctor’s, the doctor said “I haven’t seen you for a while” The man replied “I know, I’ve been ill”.

Police arrested two youths yesterday, one was drinking battery acid and the other was eating fireworks. They charged one and let the other one off.

Keep calm and carry on drinking, in moderation.

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Calling All GolfersIf like me, you’re a keen golfer but struggle to fit a round into your busy life, or find it difficult to find playing partners; how would you fancy joining me in forming an Old Moulsham golfing network?

Before I move on, some background on me. I’m 37, married with a young family and live in Old Moulsham where we’ve been for 8 years. I love the game of golf and the camaraderie it brings, but with having a young family I just can’t commit to joining a golf club and playing weekly. Often when an opportunity does come around to play I have to let it pass due to lack of playing partners.

So what is a golfing network? Well, what I’m looking to do is build a community of golfers who are willing to share their availability amongst the group, preferably by email, so that hopefully someone will always be available to make up a two-ball, three-ball etc. I’ve read articles where this has worked successfully and some long standing golfing societies have been formed by this approach; it just needs some coordination to get it off the ground… and that’s where I come in! So if you’re interested in this idea and would like to be involved then drop me an email – [email protected] and we’ll get started.

Cheers, Ian

Lovely hot weather: doors and windows left open – open invitation to opportunist thieves and burglars. Lovely hot weather: light clothes – exposed wallets and purses – open invitation to pickpockets and purse-dippers. Enjoy the hot weather (or not maybe!) – and be aware of these possibilities. Always secure doors and windows – even if you’re just popping down the garden! Car theft by breaking in and stealing car keys is happening again: always keep keys and wallets/purses out of sight – and at night put them away next to you.

So, let’s enjoy the summer – long may it last! Let’s enjoy it reassured that our premises are as safe and secure as they can be, and wallets and purses are not easy pickings in crowds.There continues many spam emails – very dangerous and many are very convincing. Be very cautious if you see a link in an email to another website: hover your mouse/cursor over the sender’s email address and confirm that it is from who it claims to be from. One of the latest scams is supposedly from BT asking you to click on a link to activate your mail transfer from Yahoo to BT: mail transfer is actually happening, so someone is being clever trying to fool us in to opening a nasty web link.

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ecdp offer a range of support services, including support planning, payroll and account management and personal health budgets. We also have a team specialising in capturing the individual and collective experiences and voices of disabled people, who represent those voices to decision makers.

Robin’s StoryWhen Robin Steer first moved to Essex, he struggled to find employment. Robin told us that ‘when companies learnt I had a mental health condition involving auditory

hallucinations they often turned me away’.

Robin says ‘I was made aware of ecdp and their non-discriminatory policies, and have been a working member of the Insight Team ever since’.

When Robin first applied to volunteer with ecdp, he was concerned that nothing could be found for somebody with a police record. However, ‘after a few weeks I was told that I could join ecdp as a mentor. The hours were flexible and I could work at my own pace. This was fantastic as I have a household and a family which can be a handful at times. I was also offered training and support all the way’.

‘My role as a mentor involved working with several people with a wide variety of conditions. I would slowly support each person, considering their specific needs. At times this role can be challenging but seeing people achieve their goals when they thought they couldn’t gives a warm feeling you can’t get anywhere else...There is one particular member who had not left his house in around seven years. Owing to paranoia he had not even been into his own garden for five years. I spent a long time working with this person, exploring why he felt the way he did and sharing stories about when I felt similar. Over time, this member built up the confidence to go into his garden. When I last contacted him, he was going out on a daily basis and enjoying it. He had even rented a car and gone to visit his sister’.

Hearing how much help he has offered others as an ecdp mentor, it is easy to forget that Robin had troubles of his own. He says: ‘throughout my childhood I have been abused, addicted, and homeless to name just a few. This, combined with my condition, leads to my feeling very self-conscious. I often felt lonely and alone’.

Robin’s work for ecdp has provided him with a major ego-boost.

‘ecdp’s warm atmosphere, friendly staff and openness makes me feel appreciated and wanted’.

Robin is currently studying a degree in law with the intention of becoming a barrister; he expressed his concern over the strong stigma that still exists about mental health within the legal profession stating that ‘I will always have to prove myself to be taken seriously. However, working with ecdp has helped to prove my ability. It has helped to overcome my inhibitions and build confidence... the supportive staff, friendly atmosphere and flexible hours make ecdp a wonderful place to work’.

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Volunteers might also support people to share an old hobby or discover new interests. These are great ways to meet new people, access the community and build confidence.

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“Volatile Retribution” (Part 5) – A Detective Carter Mystery Written by JR BlakeLast time we saw DS Carter realise what had blown up her victim. Now she must find the true identity of her killer so she can arrest the person that could crack her case wide open…

DS Carter and Dr Diane Looker walked carefully along a dingy alleyway, the street was old and the dark cobbles glistened in the moonlight. This wasn’t their usual watering hole that they were on their way to but Carter needed to do some research and the fact this provided ample excuse to have a drink with her friend at the same time only added a positive angle. Eventually they reached a dimly lit pub, the sound of folk music and laughing poured out into the street as an elderly gentleman stepped out to light a cigarette, balancing precariously on his walking stick. Diane sighed and tutted to herself.“What?” Carter asked, intrigued as to what her friend had noticed about the elderly gentleman. This was Diane’s speciality, what Carter would notice about a crime scene Diane would notice about a body. Alive or dead.“Dehydrated skin looking dull and tired, spidery red thread veins, rosacea on his nose and psoriasis on his neck indicates long term alcohol abuse, lip lines, age spots, damaged teeth, stained fingers indicates a long term smoker, various cuts on his hands that don’t look to have healed properly and the fact he was stretching his fingers as though he couldn’t feel them could indicate type 2 diabetes” replied Diane.“And what is your prognosis doctor?” Carter asked sarcastically.“Dead in the next couple of years by the looks of him”. “Talking about alcohol abuse, would the good doctor like a glass of Pinot?”“The good doctor would like the entire bottle, but she’s got to start somewhere!” Diane replied. She couldn’t help noticing what she did, sometimes it bothered her how much humanity seemed determined to give itself a long, slow painful death. At least Carter had a knack of making her feel better. And the wine. Wine did a pretty good job of that too.The ladies entered the pub and Carter ordered the bottle of wine with two glasses. Once they were sat down Diane asked“So, who are we looking for?”“An old friend. This is an Irish pub, I know he drinks in here as it’s his local. I’m hoping he can shed some light on my suspect for me.”“By friend do you mean “contact”?”“No, he’s not a snitch. He knows my Uncle Mike. They worked together briefly years ago, started off hating each other and then ended up being friends. It’s all a bit murky. Uncle Mike doesn’t like talking about work”“What did he do, your Uncle Mike?” Diane asked knowing she wouldn’t get an answer, or at best she’d get a cryptic one.“If I told you that I’d have to kill you and Uncle Mike would have to kill me”.Just then a tall well built man in his early seventies, looking excellent for his age and whisky consumption, arrived at their table.“Erin!” The man exclaimed, referring to DS Carter by her first name “how the devil are you girlie?”Holy cow he called her girlie Diane thought, fully ready for Carter to throw her wine over the man. But instead she got up and gave him a hug. This guy must be a really good friend of her Uncle Mike’s if she allowed that sort of language towards her! “Hiya Pads, how’s you?” Diane was assuming “Pads” was short for Paddy, he was definitely Irish anyway.“Yeah, yeah you know, and who is this lovely lady?” Pads said referring to Diane.“This is my friend Diane. We’ve just come out for a drink after work, and I was hoping you could help me with something” Carter replied.“Well hello there Diane” Diane replied with a “hello” back before Pads carried on with “how do ya think I can help ya then love?”“I have a case at the moment with Irish connections. I was hoping you may be able to do a little translating for me and perhaps you may know who my suspect is or a connection to her family.” Pads sat down, he looked intrigued.“What do ya need translating then? Me Celtic isn’t all that anymore you know. I’d probably be better at Russian!” Pads let out an enormous belly laugh and then said “just kidding, just kidding. Go on then love”.

“Ok, her name is Samantha Galvin. Is there an old Irish translation for that name?” Pads sat back in his chair and then replied“The old Irish version of Galvin is O’Gealghain. I heard on the grape vine a while ago some young lads were plotting something out of town but your lot got to ‘em before anything happened. One of ‘em’s name was O’Gealghain, didn’t have the sense to change his name or hide what they were doing. Going around bragging about it they were! Silly young boys messing around with explosives. They don’t know they’re born half the time!” That was the second time Carter had heard the story about the young men and the explosives, and now there was a shared name with her killer. This had to be her connection.“What about this lad’s first name?” Carter asked.“Conall was his first name. Came in here one night drunk as a skunk going on about “vengence”. He was just an angry young fella hanging around other angry young fellas until they all snapped”.“And is there an Irish version of “Samantha”?” Carter asked, hoping her luck hadn’t run out.“The closest you’ll get there is Saoirse. It’s only been used since last century, and it’s about as patriotic as you can get.”“Thanks Pads! Sorry I need to make a phone call, Diane keep our Pads company for a bit will you?” Carter rushed out of the pub mobile phone already out and dialling DC Reid’s number. He picked up.“Reid, on your phone records do you see a Conall O’Gealghain?” Carter asked, praying she was right about her lead.“Yeah, I spotted that before but thought it was Scottish” Reid replied.“It’s Irish, I think this is the guy who provided Samantha with the Semtex. Call Interpol, have them search his name and then Saoirse O’Gealghain – I think that’s Samantha’s original name. Do your thing Reid, pull up family trees, phone records, addresses, call our counterparts in Ireland if you have to but find the connection. And then arrest Conall O’Gealghain, tomorrow morning if you can” Carter said quickly. She had her break and her wine was getting warm.“Will do detective, I’ll call you with any developments”. Carter was excited, she finally had a connection. There was nothing like good old fashioned police work to break a case and Carter was ready to celebrate with a few glasses of wine before she interrogated Conall O’Gealghain tomorrow. The poor boy wouldn’t know what had hit him.

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Oaklands Infant School in Old Moulsham has always been highly regarded as a small school where the individual child is cherished and inspired. Jacky Langley, one of the many teachers who have continued this long tradition, has just retired after more than 25 years at the school.

Jacky’s interest in books and teaching appeared in her childhood. She played with dolls’ houses and make-believe and became an avid reader, especially through the inspiration of a teacher at Purley County High. After school she took a teaching degree majoring in History, taught in a number of schools, ending up at Oaklands Infants in Old Moulsham where she has worked under three headteachers. For the past 6 years she has been the deputy headteacher and Ofsted has always rated her as an outstanding teacher.

As a classroom teacher and as deputy head, she has been renowned for her supportive attitude to children, parents and staff. An education worker describes her as ‘the most committed teacher I’ve ever known’. She has always been at the heart of new ideas

for the children. Cathedral and mosque visits, Enterprise Week and pond-dipping in the school’s renovated wildlife pond are a few of her many projects. In her role as SENCO (Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator) at Oaklands she has worked very hard to arrange support for countless children, many of them with particularly challenging conditions. She brought her interest in all religions into the school, helping to create a rich cultural ethos for the children. Her beliefs as a committed Christian have helped her understand the role of faith in families from other cultures at the school, and she has built close links with many different ethnic groups.

Following the loss of her baby son in 1986, Jacky became involved in the activities of St. John’s Church in Moulsham. She is a leading member of the flower team, sings in the choir that links St. John’s with Christchurch, and has now become a churchwarden. Away from school and church she loves the countryside and weekends away in her VW Campervan. She has also taken up watercolours and hopes to pursue this interest once she retires. Jacky takes a very active role in her large and ever-expanding family, and has a very close relationship with her nieces’ and nephew’s children, who think of her as their other nanny.

Jacky plans to stay involved with the school, helping with the ‘Forest Schools’ programme. She will be much missed at Oaklands, but the school will continue her example in its tradition of high-quality teaching and individual care.

Retirement from Oaklands Infant School

I took part in Race for Life at Hylands Park to raise money for Cancer Research UK. It was great fun so I might do the 10k run next year.

I really enjoyed performing as Beaky in HONK! at the Brentwood Theatre with Chelmsford Theatretrain and then in my school production of A Midsummer Night’s

Dream. I played Francis Flute, the bellows mender, who is forced to play the female role of Thisbe.

I then went to Paris with the Great Baddow High School Rock Choir, where we performed at Disneyland. It was an amazing experience and there were lots of people watching and clapping us.

I am excited to finally get to watch The Boy with a Camera for a Face which is a short film I acted in two years ago. It was written and directed by Spencer Brown and it is narrated by a famous actor called Steven Berkoff. It’s won lots of awards all over the world, so it is going

to be shown on TV.

I am off to guide camp for a week which I love, as we do rafting and abseiling and loads of other great activities. When I get back, I am having my agency portfolio photographs updated as my hair has grown a lot and the Christmas commercials castings are starting to come through. Two years ago, I modelled for a photographer and was the face of the marketing materials for a ‘Cute Kids’ competition. She wants to photograph me and my dog George again, so I am waiting for the brief to come through which will tell me the theme of the shoot.

I will be away on holiday when the Muppets Most Wanted film comes out on DVD, so I will have to wait until I get back to watch me in it.

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Local students from the Kumon Chelmsford South Kumon Study Centre were recognised at an Advanced Student Honour Roll awards ceremony at Moulsham Lodge Methodist Church, Lime Walk, Chelmsford on 7 July, for their success and continued development studying on the Kumon Maths and English programmes.

Many students and their parents attended the awards ceremony, with the students presented with their certificates for their achievement of reaching the Kumon International Standard, and in some cases, surpassing it, meaning they are studying advanced work in comparison to their peers world-wide. The ceremony also encouraged and motivated students who have yet to reach ASHR status.

Established for over 50 years, the Kumon programmes enable children to develop their independent study skills and confidently tackle advanced work beyond the international standard for their age. Daily study of the Kumon programmes requires dedication

and perseverance from both the student and their parents. This ceremony is a chance to not only reward and celebrate the students’ achievements but to also thank parents for their ongoing commitment to their child’s Kumon studies.

On the day Mr Brian Carline, ex-assistant head-teacher and now author/speaker, came to hand out the awards to the young students to a packed audience of proud parents and siblings. He highlighted the importance of perseverance and determination and mentioned that employers today want a workforce that has transferable skills. In addition to this, he stated that all students will be required to write a personal statement, which details the students’ hobbies and other activities and this will be beneficial to those who want to go on to higher education. Mr Carline commented on how motivated the students at the centre looked and how he was impressed with the level of work they had achieved.

The Instructor at the study centre, Mangala Lele, said: “I was so proud to see the children’s faces, particularly as it was their first award for some of them. I know that they achieved their true potential on higher levels maths and English through a regular study plan. The event was motivational for those who achieved the awards and those who will go on to achieve them in the future”.

The Kumon Chelmsford South Study Centre is located at Moulsham Lodge Methodist Church, Lime Walk, CM2 9NJ, with classes running on Mondays and Thursdays from 4pm – 6pm.

Local Kumon Students Honoured at Awards Ceremony

This is the first in a series of articles that I will write about meditation.

I am going to start by looking at the interesting fact that although most people know that meditation is very beneficial, only a few meditate regularly. When I ask people why this is, the most common responses I get is “I tried but I find my mind is too busy to meditate”.

To help understand why this is, we need to look at how the brain is wired. Obviously a major part of the brain is

focused on thinking/thought. But there is a whole section that deals with movement and another specialised for speech.

The most popular styles of meditation only focus on one of these aspects. Mindfulness meditation teaches you to focus your attention (thought) on one thing, for example your breath. With Transcendental Meditation you focus on a mantra (speech). This means that the other two aspects of the brain, have nothing to do. It is like having two young children sitting in the back of the car. You tell them to sit up straight and be quiet. This will only last a short while before they get bored and start talking and fidgeting.

So you are sitting there trying to meditate and suddenly you become aware that the seat is uncomfortable, or you start thinking what you are going to have dinner tonight. Some people have a natural ability to overcome this; but for the majority it is a real struggle so they stop.

This is exactly what happened to me. I was a driving instructor in Chelmsford and wanted to use meditation to deal with the stresses of work. I tried various meditation practices, but because I had a very busy mind and found it difficult to relax, meditating was always a frustrating experience. So much so, that I became convinced that I couldn’t meditate.

Then in 2006, I met a Buddhist Master who taught me a system that uses the combination of Mudra (hand position), Mantra (chanted silently throughout the meditation) and visualisation; to connect the mind, body, speech aspects of the brain. The first time I tried this I was able to enter the meditative state within just 15 minutes of practice.

Because I could feel real benefits it gave me the incentive to meditate everyday which has had a very beneficial effect on my life. So much so that I have since become an Abbot and have taught these methods to hundreds of people over the last 4 years with over a 95% success rate in getting people to experience the meditative state within just 15 minutes.

So the good news is you can meditate if you want to, you just need to find the right system.

Next month I will look at how modern research is helping to explain why meditation can improve your health.

Paul King is Abbot of the Dari Rulai Fa Yin Temple based at the Marconi Club in Chelmsford.

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You can contact him by email: [email protected]

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In 2006 Paul met Buddhist Master, Dechan Jueren. who taught him meditation techniques that changed his life. Paul first brought Dechan Jueren to give a talk at the Cramphorn Theatre in Chelmsford in 2007 and organised his subsequent visits in 2008 including a series of 6 talks for Essex County Council’s Jiangsu Festival.

From 2008-11 Paul was taught directly by Dechan Jueren in England, Ireland America and most recently in China where he spent 100 days in intensive study including time at the world renowned Shaolin Temple.

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Richard M Wilson, a musician from new Chelmsford group, Sound Mirrors, gives Moulsham Times the inside story on how he convinced the world that he could be the lead singer in a band.

“Hi I’m Richard, I write songs, they’re really good. No, I can’t really play an instrument, I have no proof that I’m any good. You want to be in a band with me?”

You’re right. The above statement doesn’t sound like an attractive proposition at all. But honestly, I’m not completely without experience. I used to be a face around town. I was in a moderately popular, if somewhat ramshackle, indie band in the early 90s. When I say popular I mean in Chelmsford, not like an actual band, which toured and made records and got written about in the NME. No, I mean a band who could fill the Army & Navy, support Radiohead at the YMCA and release a self-financed, four track seven inch vinyl EP. Just when every record label in the UK was binning their record decks. But now, I’m just some guy, a proud dad, a happy husband, a hard working teacher and occasional side-kick to some other more established musicians in town, who can all sing and play and write songs. But I want to be the lead singer!

So, if you’re filled with self-belief, if you have a brace of songs burning a hole in your head for years, if you really think you’ve got what it takes but know that the world doesn’t give a monkey’s, how does one go about starting a rock ‘n’ roll band? Well, when all else fails, when you know that trying to talk the people you know into playing second fiddle to some bloke who used to be big in Chelmsford (before Brit Pop,) you do the only thing left open to every other desperate optimist: turn to the internet.

Joinmyband.co.uk is like blind-dating for musicians. I posted my first advert about three years ago. Something along the lines of, “experienced singer and lyricist seeks guitarist or pianist.” I had a bunch of ropey demos from the last band I was in, which I posted online, in the vain hope that some brilliant musician would look past the ineptitude of the recordings and see that a really great songwriter lay at the core. The first chap I met was a nice enough bloke. Salt of the earth type, loved my songs, really keen to work with me. We met, arranged a

couple of tracks and soldiered on for a few weeks. But things started to turn sour when he began to object to my lyrics. “They’re too obscure,” he said, “nobody will get it.” Then he started to suggest re-writes. Finally, we set up a practice with another guitarist and a bass player. It wasn’t a success and I had to give him the brush-off. Remember when you were fifteen and had to dump someone? It was like that.

As that relationship ended, another began. The guitarist who turned up to that ill-fated practice was actually rather nifty. He had messaged me the next day to say that while he liked my voice and songs he wasn’t into playing with the other two. I responded by saying, ok, I’ll ditch the other two and play with you. He was rather taken aback by that reply but went for the idea. This felt better. He appreciated my innate musicality and liked the fact that I wrote songs with a-typical time signatures, something the last chap couldn’t get his head around. We even played a gig together. But, like so many relationships which start so well, we grew apart. He got into jazz, I wanted to form a group. So it fizzled out.

The turning point came when one of those talented mates intervened to give me a leg up. James Carroll, known locally as Guide Dogs for the Dead, sat me in front of a microphone, in his front room, and recorded some demos of my songs. Suddenly I had recordings of my material that I was proud of. These raw files were dispatched to my long-time collaborator, Duncan Hendy, in the Czech Republic, who added strings, keys and other musical fairy dust and, all of a sudden, I had a record. I decided not to repeat my previous mistake of pressing an LP and instead released them on iTunes, Amazon and Spotify under the title, Electronic Memory [A Demonstration Recording].

Suddenly I had something concrete and genuinely impressive as a selling point. Local promoter Terry Crouch, who knew me from having previously played with my other talented mate, The Lemoncurd Kid, offered me a slot on the acoustic stage at Fling Festival. All I had to do was reproduce what I had recorded. I just needed to put a band together. Crikey, that’s what I’d been trying and failing to do for two years! As it turns out, musicians are like buses; you wait two years for one and then seven turn up at once. In

the first week I acquired a guitarist and a bass player. A week later a drummer turned up. Next up a Hammond organist and, one night, I looked around the room, and noticed that after all this time waiting and hoping and failing I had a real band around me. Two weeks later I had two backing singers. Sound Mirrors had arrived.

Sound Mirrors is the real deal. It’s the band I’ve wanted to form since I was 19 and it feels great. I get it now. I’m never going to be signed or appear on Top of the Pops. I’m not in it for the girls any more - one of those backing singers is my lovely wife, Chloe! What I get out of this is the unrivalled joy of doing my songs with a bunch of terrific musicians who love the material and love being in a room with each other and, even better, being on stage with each other. The gig at Fling was a blast. Some thanks have to go to Terry for letting us play his acoustic stage, even though we aren’t acoustic any more. People came, they watched, they smiled, they even had a jig at the end to our strategically placed cover of Give a Little Love from Bugsy Malone. “Look!” says everyone, “That guy is the lead singer in a rock ‘n’ roll band.” Yes I know, I’ve always been that, it’s just taken a few years to show you.

(Sound Mirrors’ next appearance will be with Ekko Ekko at Smiths Bar, Moulsham Street. Friday 22 August. Find out more at facebook.com/SoundMirrors).

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