Inside Magazine (Chigwell and Buckhurst Hill) - September/October 2015

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September & October 2015 Inside Magazine, Chigwell & Buckhurst Hill

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Inside Magazine Tel: 0845 519 4682

e: [email protected] w: www.insidemagazinelocal.co.uk E4 Publishing, PO Box 6450, Chingford, London, E4 0BG

E4 Publishing cannot be held responsible for any errors or omissions or endorse companies, products or services that appear in this magazine.

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prior written consent of the publisher.

Inside Magazine (Chigwell & Buckhurst Hill) is published bi-monthly by E4 Publishing. Our distribution covers most of Chigwell and Buckhurst Hill. We deliver to half of each area one month, and the other half of each area the following month (approximately 7,500 households per month, or around 15,000 households in a two month distribution).

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

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

H O M E & G A R D E N Beauty Feature: Shades of Autumn 16 Home and Interiors Feature: 22 Cake and Bake: 24 Garden Feature: Lovely Lawns 30

G E N E R A L William Harrison Ainsworth 8 Finance: What you need to know about NS&I Premium Bonds 10 Motoring Feature: BMW i8 28 Book review 36

C O M M U N I T Y Community Events 32 Local Useful Numbers 40

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

CONTENTS

NB. Copy deadline date for our next issue (November/December issue) is October 15.

W elcome to the September/October edition of Inside Magazine, the local magazine for Chigwell and Buckhurst Hill.

A lot of people have been saying that this Editor’s Letter is becoming somewhat flat. So, to improve my style, I’ve been on a course for creative writing. Quite good. 14 days residential in Hawaii. And so, as the sands of time pass inexorably through the ineluctable hourglass of life itself, I see that this letter, like a bud that unfurls in the flower bed of hope, must blossom too, opening its petals to the winds of change before falling into the fertile soil of posterity.

Also, the football is back on telly. It’s like a pink sapphire that gleams in the dusky mines of autumn…er…blow this for a game of soldiers...I’m phoning Hawaii for my money back.

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T his is another story of the quite-goods. Of the runners-up, the also rans and the ones that just ran

away. Of the flames that never flared too fiercely, or flickered for a while and then faded. We’re not all immortals. Some of us are quite good, though. And some of the quite-goods have their moments, when they flicker and fade. In the 1830s and ‘40s, William Harrison Ainsworth was feted as the sole rival to Dickens, the greatest novelist in the land. England’s own successor to Walter Scott. By the 1850s, he was going out of fashion. Nowadays, you won’t find his works in print. He’d flared fiercely, then faded. Now don’t get me wrong. I’ll defend Manchester against anyone. Everything that I know about bacteria, I learnt there. (Funnily enough, I was studying music- it’s just that our flat was dead dirty.) In the early part of the 19th century, well, one has to admit it, it wasn’t the loveliest place in the world. It wasn’t even the loveliest place in Lancashire. Nevertheless, that was where the young Ainsworth grew up. But Uncle William did not live in Manchester. Not for him that bleak city, that hotchpotch of dated architecture, Tudor and Gothic, dark and foreboding. Uncle William lived in leafy Cheshire, and, when summer holidays came round, his nephew, William Harrison Ainsworth, would visit.

There he heard thrilling tales - of the supernatural, of adventurers and highwaymen, of forests and haunted manors. His uncle’s stories triggered something in the young lad’s imagination, and, on his return to the Manchester home, Ainsworth took to the moors at the edge of the city, there to play out with his younger brother scenes that he remembered from his uncle’s house. Ghosts. Blood. Clanking suits of armour that chase you. Evil villains and fair maidens.

When he was 14, he was able to put on little dramas with family and friends on a stage at home. Imagination burned inside him. In 1826, when he was 21, he married the daughter of a publisher. Don’t get me wrong – I’ve got nothing against publishers – or their daughters – I’m just saying, is all. Anyhow, Ebers published Ainsworth’s first novel.

His first real success came in 1834 with the novel Rookwood, a Gothic romance about the flight of Dick Turpin from London to York. It glorifies somewhat the highwayman’s crimes and lifestyle, but we cannot disapprove. These days true crime books fly off shelves in libraries (at least in the ones where they still do books), dwelling with questionable relish on their

WILLIAM HARRISON AINSWORTH or Moors, Manors and Magazines STORY: DAVID YOUNG

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misdeeds. More criminal romance followed, including Jack Shepherd, which featured a daring escape from Newgate. This Idiots’ Guide to jail-breaking, whilst doubtless popular with prisoners, was too much for many critics, and Ainsworth turned his attention to the historical romance.

Here too he was successful. It’s just that, to our modern senses, the research that has gone into these novels is a little too obvious. Endless pages describe the horrors of the plague. Elsewhere, the Tudor world is brought to life in microscopic detail. One wants to shout “Enough, already!” although one is not strictly speaking American.

Written in 1840, The Tower of London, the story of Lady Jane Grey, has the lot. It’s a cornucopia of

the bizarre. Dwarves, giants, and plenty of horrendous torture. Food. Beer. Vague Victorian hints at naughtiness. Dungeons. Passageways.

It all appealed to the Victorian public. They could ooh and aah, but they could also tisk and tut. The perfect reaction. Old Saint Paul’s and Windsor Castle followed. Between 1834 and 1854, he wrote 15 best-selling novels. But the public’s appetite was waning, and with it his fortune. By 1870, he was submitting Penny Dreadfuls to the Bow Bells magazine. A once celebrated author was reduced to – I can hardly bring myself to say it – to sending articles to

magazines.

He’d had his moment. He’d flickered and then faded.

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Solution on page 38 Across 1. Force after first crusade, smart (6) 4. Takes a false step when bus smelt awful (8) 9. Endlessly greeting change for whole number (7) 10. Other free way to say so? (9) 11. Goa life form finding leaves (7) 13. Crazy Latvian city before short student song (8) 14. Allude to, either way (5) 18. Argue over a straight line of things (3) 19. Another way of saying yea (3) 20. Girl from Nevada (3) 21. Sodium in front of the pigpen: that's unpleasant (5) 25. Top girl, let down, showed ire (8) 26. Tending to float round a bounty (7) 28. Hopeless twisted clue in bar (9) 29. Thing to change this evening (7) 30. Prey seen wandering about mountains (8) 31. Snakes that do sums? (6)

Down 1. Sam in outcry about what's conventional (9) 2. Soft quilt I wondered about (9) 3. Intestinal problem: I resent it badly! (9) 5. Transform if the robber appears (5) 6. Apiarist's hairstyle? (7)

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HAVE FUN LEARNING TO PLAY BRIDGE Ray Green invites you to join the East London Bridge Club. I decided to join one of Ray’s bridge courses to try it for myself. I know a few people who play bridge and find it a stimulating and sociable game. I had also interviewed Ray for the articles in The Chingford Directory for 2011, 2012 and 2013. The article also appeared in The West Essex Directory in 2012 and 2013.

There were about 12 new players when I joined and Ray started us off with games of mini bridge progressing to bridge. I found the lessons were well planned and challenging and Ray gave us lots of mate-rial to follow up each lesson. It was fun learning with others and there was always plenty of support and encouragement from Ray and the other players. This is what Ray said,

“Bridge is a trick taking game of skill and chance played by four players who form two partnerships; the partners sit opposite each other at the table.

Bridge can be a lifelong pursuit and a learning process that never ends. It can be exciting, challeng-ing, frustrating but never boring.

It is a social card game that includes strategy, trust and teamwork. You can develop friendships with others who are learning and already playing bridge. It is also a great way to sharpen your memory and exercise the brain.

Once you have learnt the basics of bridge you are able to practice with friends. The only cost is a cou-ple of packs of cards and the tea and biscuits.

From Monday 26th October I shall be giving eve-ning lessons from 7.30 – 9.30 pm. These will be on every Monday except Christmas and bank holidays.

I am offering a 32-lesson course that will cover all aspects of this interesting game and help you to be ready to play in one of the many local bridge clubs.

Each 2-hour lesson including a tea/coffee and bis-cuit break is £10 per person. You only pay for the lessons you attend and will be given the opportunity to cover missed lessons on a later course. On these lessons you will be partnered with another member of the class. You are of course welcome to join with one or more friends and learn in a relaxing, comfort-able home environment.

Later in this course I also offer supervised bridge play. There is a 2 hour supervised play session on Thursday evenings 7.30-9.30pm for £5 per person.

For those who wish to improve their bridge play I organise intermediate evening lessons on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month from 7.30 – 9.30pm.”

If you are thinking of joining Ray’s course and would like to take advantage of the special beginner’s offer send your cheque for £25 with your name, address, home and mobile phone numbers to Ray at the address below. For more details contact Ray on 020 8281 8376 or go to www.eastlondonbridge.co.uk.

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(answers on page 38) Starts and Ends FUN QUIZ

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T he Dennyside Bowling Association is a national charity based organisation that helps local

bowling clubs raise monies for local charities and worthy causes. Woodford Bowling Club recently hosted ‘Dennyside’ for an afternoon of bowling and fundraising for a charity of their choice. The ‘Dennyside’ President, Brian Tarrel also a member of Woodford Bowling Club, chose Chigwell Riding Trust for Special Needs as his nominated charity. “This is a wonderful organisation with a dedicated team that has given an

immense amount of pleasure to those with special needs and it benefits the whole community.”

A short presentation by Deborah and one of the riders, Piers Bloomfield, who is an avid fan of the Trust touched the hearts of the Dennyside members and a cheque for £2,600 was presented to the charity.

Deborah Hall, Manager of the Trust said “I had a wonderful afternoon with Dennyside Bowling Club at Woodford Bowls. Following my presentation and a very moving speech from one of our riders ‘Piers Bloomfield’ I was presented with a cheque for £2,600 which was a phenomenal amount. I can’t thank them enough for their generosity.”

DENNYSIDE BOWLING ASSOCIATION RAISES £2,600 FOR CHIGWELL RIDING TRUST

PIERS BLOOMFIELD RECEIVING THE CHEQUE WITH HIS MOTHER, ANNA, (LEFT), BRIAN TARREL, PRESIDENT OF DENNYSIDE AND WOODFORD BOWLING CLUB AND

DEBORAH HALL, CHIGWELL RIDING TRUST

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E ssex Trading Standards is calling on residents in Essex to expose scams and help stop more people

from falling prey to clever cons that fleece them of thousands of pounds. Scams continue to flourish when people stay silent. Figures show that less than 5% of victims report scams to the authorities, and Trading Standards is encouraging residents to report suspicious activities, get advice if they think they've been conned, and to warn others to help stop scams from spreading. Scams come in every form, from doorstep double glazing sales to online investment offers. People may be targeted with “phishing” calls where a fraudster impersonates their bank to collect their bank detail or by bogus companies offering computer services over the phone. Online scams include dodgy job adverts and offers for goods and services, while mail scams may ask victims to pay a fee in order to claim their winnings from a prize draw they haven’t entered.

People should keep two things in mind when they receive an unsolicited approach or when they are looking for goods or services: don’t be rushed and don’t be hushed.

People should take their time to make a decision and get their facts together before parting with their money or personal information, and speak out when they think they’ve spotted a scam.

Cllr Roger Walters, Essex County Council lead member for Trading Standards, said: “Scams thrive on silence. Fraudsters know that victims are often too ashamed to share what happened to them, meaning that scams can continue to spread unchecked. We’re urging people to lift the lid on scams and start talking about suspicious email, junk mail, online ads or door-to-door sellers operating in their area.

“Scams are run by professional con artists and it can be very hard to know what to look out for. Our advice is that if an offer sounds too good to be true, it probably is. If you’re contacted out of the blue be on your guard, and never give your bank details out unless you are certain you know who the person is, and that you can trust them. If you think you have been scammed, contact the Citizens Advice Consumer Helpline for advice on 03454 040 506.”

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Don’t suffer in silence – speak out about scams. Anyone who thinks they may have responded to a scam or is worried about a friend or relative can call the Citizens Advice Consumer Helpline on 03454 040 506.

pension scams. The initial approach is often an out-of-the-blue phone call, text or email or even sometimes a doorstep caller. Or it could be via an imitation website. Scammers may offer early access to pension pots for people aged under 55 even though this is only possible in exceptional circumstances.

Online shopping and auction scams – internet shoppers get lured into buying phantom cars, mobile phones, pets or anything else you can buy online. Scammers use a range of tricks including bogus websites, spoofed payment services and “second chance offers” tempting losing bidders with bogus opportunities. Online property market places are also infiltrated by scammers harvesting legitimate property details and posing as landlords.

Investment fraud – also called “boiler room” scams because of the high pressure sales technique employed. Shares remain the most common product offered, but they also ask for investment in carbon credits, land, and rare earth metals.

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Software scams – fraudsters often use the names of well-known companies to commit their crime as it gives a mask of legitimacy to their cruel schemes. Methods include asking for credit card details to “validate” copies of operating systems, stealing personal information, and installing malware before charging to remove it.

Courier scams (a form of phishing) – where people receive unsolicited telephone calls from scammers posing as police or their bank warning of a fraudulent payment on their card or that their card is due to expire. The fraudster will then attend the person’s address or send an innocent courier company driver to collect the card and sometimes provide them with a “replacement” fake card.

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LEA VALLEY FRIENDS WALKING GROUP SHORT WALKS (Four Miles ). Full details www.leavalleyfriends.org.uk Email [email protected] 020 8529 1602 SATURDAY 5th SEPTEMBER Meet 10.30am at Lea Valley Ice Centre car park in Lea Bridge Road a walk around Leyton and Walthamstow Marshes Toilets and coffee break Grid Ref TQ 355867 WEDNESDAY 9th SEPTMBER Meet 10.30am Waterloo Station (by the ticket office ) Special Royal Walk celebrating The Queen’s record breaking reign. SUNDAY 13th SEPTEMBER Annual Epping Forest Centenary Walk Meet 10am Highams Park Station (9.55am train from Chingford Station to Highams Park Station) Coffee at start then walk to Royal Forest Hotel. Grid Ref TQ385917. SUNDAY 20th SEPTEMBER Meet 10.30am Northaw Great Wood near Cuffley. Meet in car park at visitors centre Grid Ref TL 282040 SATURDAY 26th Winsor and Eaton College, for full details of travel and ticket options see our programme or ring above number.

QUIZ NIGHT Saturday night stuck in front of the TV watching endless repeats? Why not make a change and come and join us for a bit of exercise, no, not physical, more a chance to get the Brain cells working

overtime in a friendly and welcoming atmosphere and take part in our next St. Edmund’s Quiz Night. No need to be a Mastermind contender, questions suitable for one and all. The date is September the 5th at the usual venue, the Ryan Hall at St. Edmund Chingford, Junction of Larkswood Road and Chingford Mount Road, E4 9DS. Time: 7:00 for 7:30pm start. Entry £5 per person. Maximum of 8 per table. Bring your own food and drink and there will also be a Raffle to help support the Parish Magazine. To reserve a table please ring 020 8524 8729 or email: [email protected]

AUTUMN FLOWER SHOW Buckhurst Hill Horticultural Society – Saturday, 12th September, 2.00 p.m. – 4.30 - p.m. The Centenary Hall, St. John’s Church, High Road, Buckhurst Hill, Essex IG9 5RX, Includes: Flower Arranging, Cookery section, junior entries, Plants for sale and garden sundries, teas and delicious homemade cakes. Admission free for members (£1 for non-members) for more information contact Show Secretary, Jill Jones – email: [email protected] or ring 0208 257 8996

MUSIC RECITAL Saturday September 12th, 7.30pm. Chingford Parish Church, The Green, Chingford Parish Church, The Green, Chingford E4 7EN.A Recital of Music for flute and piano, with Charlotte Eves & Paul Ellis-Howe. Admission free. Collection in aid of Hall on the Green.

WEST ESSEX RAMBLERS This friendly rambling group has 4 led walks a week, every Wed., Thurs., Sat. & Sun., London and country, long and short and of varying paces - sorry, no dogs. For a sample programme tel. 020 8502 1628 www.westessexramblers.org.uk 12 Sept., Sat., 9.30 Meet outside Chingford railway station for this 5/6 mile circular walk via fields and forest. 19 Sept., Sat., 10.30 Meet at car park opposite Chigwell Row Church (No. 150 bus) for 7 mile linear walk via Hainault Forest, Havering Park and Bedfords Park to Romford - return by the 150 bus. 15 Oct., Thurs., 10.30 This 5 mile circular walk starts from outside Epping Underground Station and goes via Copped Hall. 29 Oct., Thurs., 10.30 To explore Wanstead Park and its surroundings, meet the group outside Wanstead Tube Station for this 5 mile circular walk.

MORRIS DANCING Wednesday 16th September. Blackhorse and Standard Women's Morris Dancers are holding a 'beginners evening' . Come along and have a go at traditional English Morris dancing, no experience necessary and full instruction given. See www.blackhorseandstandard.org.uk or ring 020 8527 2926 or 020 8514 8771 for further information.

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THE JIVE ACES IN CONCERT The fabulous Jive Aces – the UK’s No. 1 jive and swing band – play a fundraising concert for the National Jazz Archive on Friday 18 September at Chingford Assembly Hall, starting at 19:30. The Jive Aces are renowned for their high energy Jump Jive music and spectacular stage show. They combine fresh arrangements of swing/jive/R&B classics with superb swinging originals. Also appearing are Swing Museum, playing a delightfully authentic version of the music from the 1930s and 1940s inspired by the ‘Hot Club of France’. Tickets cost £17 and are available via www.nationaljazzarchive.org.uk/events or on 020 8502 4701.

INDOOR ART & CRAFT FAIR at Chigwell Riding Trust for Special Needs. Sunday 4th October 10.30-4.30. Quality arts & crafts from local people. Free parking and entry. Light refreshments on sale. Great atmosphere, everyone welcome! Grange Farm, High Road, Chigwell, Essex IG7 6DP. www.chigride.org.uk. 020 8500 6051 (office hours)

MUSIC CONCERT Saturday October 10th, 4.00pm Chingford Parish Church, The Green, Chingford E4 7EN. Instrumental music by THE KIRCKMAN ENSEMBLE. Admission free. Collection in aid of Hall on the Green.

Saturday November 28th, 7.30pm Chingford Parish Church, The Green, Chingford E4 7EN. The London Forest Choir, Jonathan Rathbone, conductor. Programme and details to be announced Saturday December 19th, 7.30pm Chingford Parish Church, The Green, Chingford E4 7EN. The 33rd Annual Grand Christmas Concert. Popular seasonal music for Choirs, orchestra and audience. Chingford Parish Church Choirs; The Chingford Singers; Chingford Sinfonia. Tickets on sale from September 1st. £16 & £14.50 (concessions £14.50 & £13) – available at the door if not sold out, but advance booking is advised to reserve seats. Programme available separately on the night. Advance booking strongly recommended – for more details contact 020 8529 6092

CADOS presents the hilarious comedy, The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen's Guild Dramatic Society's Production of "Macbeth". David McGillivray and Walter Zerlin Jnr's script uses relatively little of Shakespeare's words as we watch this fictitious am-dram group struggle to perform the Scottish play. Come along and enjoy the mayhem at Mornington Hall, The Green Walk, E4 7EN. Performances from Wednesday 21st to Saturday 24th October at 7.45pm plus a Saturday matinee at 2.30pm. Tickets £10 (£9 for Seniors/Under 16s on Wednesday and at the matinee) from www.cados.biz or 020 8524 4380.

LOUGHTON AMATEUR DRAMATIC SOCIETY (LADS) presents: Anne Boleyn by Howard Brenton Thursday 29, Friday 30, Saturday 31 October, Lopping Hall, High Road, Loughton, Essex IG10 4LF. Tickets (£10) from 07552 736110 or visit www.lads.org.uk Traditionally seen as either the pawn of an ambitious family manoeuvered into the King's bed or as a predator manipulating her way to power, Anne—and her ghost—are seen in a very different light in Howard Brenton's epic play. Upon coming to the throne in 1603, King James I finds alarming evidence that Anne was a religious conspirator, in love with Henry VIII but also with the most dangerous ideas of her day. She comes alive for him, a brilliant but reckless young woman, whose marriage and death transformed England forever.

CHILDREN'S HALLOWEEN PARTY/DISCO, FANCY DRESS at Chingford Assembly Hall, The Green, Station Rd, E4 7EN. on Friday 30th October. 5.00 pm - 8.00pm. Disco, Party Games, Sally Squiggle Kid's entertainer. On sale, face painting, sweets, sand art, refreshments. Licensed bar for over 18's. The safe, fun way to celebrate Halloween. Primarily for 4- 11 yr olds. Younger children may

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attend but will need a ticket. Children £6.00 Adults £4.50. To avoid disappointment book your tickets in advance. For more info, to book tickets, book stalls etc. contact: Irene Bull Tel: 020 8559 4500. Email: [email protected]

CHAPEL END SAVOY PLAYERS present ‘Tunes from Toons’ with songs from your favourite animated films. Come, dress up as your favourite characters (optional), and sing-along at St. Mary's Church, Church Hill, Walthamstow, London E17 9RJ on Friday 20th November at 7.30 pm or Saturday 21st November at 3pm. Advance booking £8 (£4 child) available from Marjorie on [email protected] or 020 8529 3143 or £10 (£5 child) on the door including refreshments and an activity sheet.

CRAFT FAIR Buckhurst Hill Community Association will be holding a Craft Fair at Bedford House,

Westbury Road, IG9 5NW on SUNDAY 29TH NOVEMBER, 11.00 – 4.00. A wide range of craft and art works from local artists will be for sale – an ideal opportunity to find that special Xmas present!. There will also be bric-a-brac and book stalls, and tea and cakes, with all proceeds going to BHCA (regd. charity 301268) For further details contact the BHCA Office on 020 8504 6668 or email: [email protected]

THE CHINGFORD VILLAGE CHRISTMAS FAYRE Sunday 6th December, 10.00 am - 6.00 pm. Following the success The Chingford Village Festival, this year sees the 1st ever Chingford Village Christmas Fayre. Taking place at Motorpoint, 1 Lea Valley Road, Chingford, LONDON. E4 7PX. FREE ENTRY. Featuring an Ice Skating Rink, where the public can skate for free. Also FREE will be live music in the style of choirs, carols etc. On sale will be Food, Mulled Wine, A Myriad of Craft & Christmas Type Stalls, a visit to Father Xmas and lots more. The whole site is on hard standing and has floodlighting. For more info or

to book a stall etc. Please contact: Irene Bull 020 8559 4500. Email: [email protected]

MUSIC CONCERT Chingford Parish Church, The Green, Chingford E4 7EN. Saturday January 23rd 2016, 2.30pm. Music for 4, 6, 8 & 12 hands on Two Pianos. Popular annual charity concert in aid of East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices. Tickets available at the door: £11, concessions £9, under 15s £4.

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