The West Essex Directory - July/August 2014

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Chigwell & Buckhurst Hill edition

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วันอังคารที่ 17 มิถุนายน พ.ศ. 2014 ๑๔:๔๕ น.

July & August 2014 The West Essex Directory

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previous fitters of

UGLOWS of Chingford


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Contents PUZZLES

Sudoku 12

Fun Quiz 18

Crossword 24

HOME & GARDEN

Garden Feature: Mediterranean Magic 14

Beauty Feature: Perfect Nails 16

Home and Interiors: Double-Up Your Space 26

Health Feature: Have a Healthy Holiday 28

GENERAL

The real life of Pi 8

Finance: How to Deal Effectively with Debt 20

REVIEWS

Book Review 36

COMMUNITY

Community Events 32

Local Useful Numbers 40

INDEX OF ADVERTISERS 42

The West Essex Directory Tel: 0845 519 4682

e: [email protected] w: www.thewestessexdirectory.co.uk E4 Publishing, PO Box 64950, Chingford, London, E4 0BG

The West Essex Directory 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).

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Editor David Young

Features Editor Pauline Whitbread

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products or services that appear in this magazine.

Editors letter

David Young

W elcome to the July/August edition of The

West Essex Directory, your local community magazine and business Directory. I was thinking, just the other day. (Luckily, this didn't last too long.) But I

thought that it's a strange thing about my gen-eration - we sit somehow on the cusp of in-vention. It's happening all around us, like snow, and occasionally a flake of the stuff sticks to us.

I sit surrounded by shiny new gadgets, and, as my mental powers grow dimmer, so the gadgets seem to get smarter and smarter each day, as though they drain me of my intellectual powers to feed their shiny chrome, a sort of Dorian Grey in reverse if you will.

My days of imparting nuggets of wisdom

through these letters seem - oh bother - what was I about to say...?

I've clean forgotten what I was on about. But, on the plus side, my new fridge has prom-ised to write the next column. Anyway, it's so much cooler than me.

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visit: thewestessexdirectory.co.uk


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Sue Lavery

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 20th 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 £50 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.

Profile: East London Bridge Club

SPECIAL BEGINNER’S OFFER If you wish to pay in advance for the first five lessons of the course, you will be given the course book (retail price £25) free of charge on the first lesson. Payment to arrive before 10th October. If you wish to take advantage of this offer, please send your cheque for £50 to RAY GREEN 22 Horsley Road Chingford London E4 7HX

Ray Green


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W hen I was younger, and my younger brother younger still, we made a startling observation. There was a

stream that we crossed on our way to school. And there was a very similar stream near where Dad worked. It didn’t take Sherlock Holmes to figure out that the two must be linked.

So, one summer holiday in 1964, we set out together with nothing to help us on our way but a tube of Opal Fruits.

Sure enough, the streams were one and the same. We traced it from the bridge near school to the factory where Dad worked.

That evening, we told him of our discovery and wondered whether he might see fit to tell the whole world.

“You have done well, my sons,” he said. “But the truth is that mankind has long known of this stretch of water insofar as there is a road beside it. However,” and he turned to my brother, “I have great hopes that you will someday be a great explorer, possibly in the field of mathematics. And as for you, David… well… if you get lucky, and if they drop their standards a lot, you may get a year or two in a post in a library.”

The long summer passed slowly by in games of cricket and paddling pools. My young brother, who was 6, was just mastering logarithms. I was

more concerned with building a castle of mud in our garden as a possible defence against invading Apaches.

Looking back now, the murky mists of memory may muddle the recollection. In fact, I believe that we took Fruittellas with us that day and not Opal Fruits at all. Nevertheless, I clearly see my brother coming to Dad and saying “Father, I think that the total length of the river divided by its distance as the crow flies is about 3.14.”

“Young younger,” he said, “It is an amazing fact that all rivers obey this rule. And the ratio to which you refer is known by the Greek letter pi. And by the way, David, you seem to have spat-tered mud over your baby sister again.”

I pretended to get on with the castle, but eavesdropped as Dad explained to my brother.

Defined as the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter, pi crops up in the strangest ways in the natural world. Rivers have a property called the ‘meandering ratio’ – that is, the ratio of its actual length to its distance as the crow flies. This amazed Einstein, who explained, by using fluid dynamics, that rivers have a tendency to bend. But then a curve causes the outside of the curve to run faster and cause erosion, thereby forming a sharper bend. This makes the river loop back in the opposite direction. Because the shapes of loops are defined by pi, the meandering ratio of all rivers averages out at pi.

Pi, or π, is an irrational number. That is to say, it is a seemingly random series of numbers going

Measuring pi

The real life of Pi or fathers, factories and fruittellas

Pi


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on forever. It has been calculated to over a trillion decimal places. You can listen to it being read out, but I wouldn’t recommend it.

Humans have always been intrigued by the maths of circles. A tablet from Baby-lon in about 1800B.C. shows an early attempt at the calculation of pi. In 250B.C. the Greek mathe-matician Archimedes used hexagons inside circles in a more scientific approach. In 1424, the Persian astrono-mer Jamshid al-Kashi used a more complex shape and calculated pi to 16 places, a standard that was used for the next 2 centuries. The Greek letter π was first used in 1706. But the advent of the computer has lead to closer and closer calculations of its exact value. Why do we need to do this? Well, between you and me, and please don’t tell my brother this, we kinda don’t. But knowing the rough value of pi is

vital in all sorts of fields, from thermodynamics to aviation. But a trillion digits? Really?

Well, the factory has closed down and the river become quite dry, but pi hasn’t changed. And as to the rest of the story – my brother went on to fulfil his goal as a mathematician, but I never com-pleted that castle of mud.

David Young

Meandering river


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A 90-year-old woman is warning people not to become victims of a prize draw scam after she reported one to Essex Trading

Standards. The Essex woman received a letter claiming she

had won one of 6,000 cash prizes, ranging from £25 to £20,000. All she had to do was to ring a pre-mium-rate number and listen out for her ID code to find out how much she had won and how to claim it.

Although she suspected the letter was a scam, she rang the claim number, only to find that her “winning” ID code was not listed. She then rang Essex Trading Standards to report the scam.

“I knew it was a scam, but I wanted to sort it out for my peace of mind. The claim line went through a long rigmarole – and I was paying for their spiel – only to be told that I was unsuccessful,” said the woman.

“I rang Trading Standards to warn them about the scam. They were very helpful and said if it sounds too good to be true then it probably is.”

Since reporting the scam, she has received an-other letter from the same company, but she tore it up and threw it away straightaway.

“I want to warn other people not to fall victim to these scams. There are so many about and some people end up losing so much money. You’ve got to be so wary of everything.”

Trading Standards deals with many similar scams all year round, including fraudsters trying to pass themselves off as the National Lottery.

Cllr Roger Walters, Essex County Council Cabi-net Member for Waste, Recycling and Trading Stan-dards, said: “Residents should never respond to mailings relating to prize draws, lotteries, or other products or services which requests personal infor-mation, or money for administration fees.

“Unfortunately we have dealt with cases where elderly people have lost money by repeatedly reply-ing to such scams. I would ask neighbours, friends and families to watch out for neighbours or rela-tives who are receiving large amounts of this scam mail.”

Warning: don’t become a scam victim

If any resident is concerned that they may have responded to a scam or is worried about a friend or relative they can call the Citizens Advice Consumer Helpline on 08454 040 506.


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How to Play Fill in the grid so that every row, every column, and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 through , with no repetition! That's all there is to it. You solve the puzzle with reasoning and logic - there’s no maths involved and no adding up. It's fun. It's challenging. It's addictive!

Solution on page 30

Puzzles

Sudoku


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(answers on page 38) Numbers

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(Solution on page 38)

Across 8. Group of words Sherpa

articulated (6)

9. Last lion to become another animal (8)

10. Nautical speed unit to tangle (4)

11. Things mites get upset about (5)

12. Care about the brain (4)

13. To overcharge for sheep's wool (6)

15. Mauls tie badly to feign (8)

17. Tame recipe for flesh (4)

18. Give instruction to a twisted cheat (5)

20. Short note seen in home movie (4)

22. Two donkeys at home for a killer (8)

25. Impassive lots back with little identification (6)

26. Insect seen in sign at last (4)

28. Snow leopard's weight? (5)

30. City in which to wash? (4)

31. Smartest place to sleep (8)

32. Region development to disregard (6)

Down 1. Hellenic type of yarn (8)

2. Set about a compass point (4)

3. Dregs formed when time ends badly (8)

4. Lies about a little piece of land (4)

5. Horse-drawn carriage that sounds good-looking (6)

6. Fruit grown out of a lump (4)

7. Poem sent on differently (6)

14. Additional film performer (5)

15. Country to take pains over (5)

16. Arm with nothing for a West Indian dance (5)

19. Uncontrollable emotion is hearty in a way (8)

21. Wetness produced from Euro mist (8)

23. Ice-cream dish to eat at the weekend? (6)

24. Point to crude dwelling for a digger (6)

27. Thank you, thank you and goodbye (2-2)

29. Bird's home sent the wrong way (4)

30. Book initially beside a single rib, for example (4)

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FORTHCOMING

SWEC’S 50TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT South West Essex Choir will be celebrating 50 successful years with a special anniver-sary concert at Walthamstow Assembly Hall on Saturday July 5 at 7.30pm. The guest of honour will be the world-famous pianist John Lill, who is SWEC’s president. He has been giving a series of con-certs to celebrate his 70th birthday this year and will be returning to his home area to play Beethoven’s Piano Con-certo No 5 (The Emperor). The choir will sing Mozart’s Req-uiem accompanied by Forest Philharmonic Orchestra. The conductor will be SWEC’s musical director James Sher-lock and there will be profes-sional soloists. Tickets are: balcony £18 (£20 on the day), stalls £15 (£17 on the day) and under 18s £5. They are avail-able from www.southwestessexchoir.org.uk or 020 8554 2830 (on the day only telephone 07895 090706). SWEC, which meets on Tues-day evenings from 7.45pm-10pm at Loughton Methodist Church, welcomes new mem-bers. No audition is necessary, but you must be able to sing and an ability to read music would be an advantage. Please contact the member-ship secretary Mary McElarney on 01992 812606 or [email protected] SWEC’s 50TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON will culminate with a grand Jubilee concert at Walthams-tow Assembly Hall on July 5, when the world-famous pianist John Lill will be playing Bee-thoven’s Piano Concerto No 5 (The Emperor) and the choir will sing Mozart’s Requiem.

SWEC, which meets on Tues-day evenings from 7.45pm-10pm at Loughton Methodist Church, would welcome new members to sing in the July concert. No audition is neces-sary, but you must be able to sing and an ability to read music would be an advantage. Rehearsals start on April 29. For more information about singing with SWEC please contact the membership secre-tary Mary McElarney on 01992 812606 or [email protected] WEST ESSEX RAMBLERS This friendly rambling group has 4 walks every week, Wed., Thurs., Sat. and Sun. We have walks of varying lengths, both in the countryside and in London. For a sample pro-gramme telephone 020 8502 1628, www.westessexramblers.org.uk. 5 July, Sat., 10.30 For this circular 7 m. walk meet the group outside Mile End under-ground station. The walks takes you along various water-ways and includes parts of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. There will be a cafe stop. 30th July, 10.30 Meet in car park opposite Miller & Carter pub, Lambourne End for this 5.5 m. circular walk via Haver-ing-atte-Bower. LEA VALLEY FRIENDS WALK-ING GROUP Sunday 6th July Meet 10am (note earlier time to get back for Wimbledon tennis finals!) Stratford Station (top of the escalator) where we will get the DLR to Greenwich and later see, arguably the best view of London not from a structure (very intriguing!) Coffee & toilet stop. Saturday 9th August Meet 10.30 am and park in the car

park of the Bricklayers Arms, Stondon Massey. Take A128 through Chipping Ongar. Turn right at roundabout onto A414. Take 3rd turning on right to-wards Nine Ashes and Ston-don Massey, Take first right and Bricklayers Arms is on the corner of the third turning on the right, with pond and green opposite. Leader has permis-sion to park in the pub car park, toilets available before walk and we will pre-order our lunches before the walk. (You may also turn right from A128 for Fox’s Hatch and follow Blackmore Road, turning left for Stondon Massey). This is a charming country walk, which passes a whipping post (Dave’s) and the former resi-dence of a famous 16th Cen-tury musician and a former World Snooker champion. Grid Ref. TL 586 004 Landranger 167 Postcode CM15 0EQ Saturday 16th August Meet at 10.30 am in Hadleigh Coun-try Park car park, Chapel Lane, Hadleigh (charge £2.30 & there are toilets) for 4½ mile walk with spectacular views over Thames Estuary, taking in the ruins of Hadleigh Castle, and skirting the Olympic BMX track. Good coffee shop, and lunch at nearby Harvester. I would happily give up to 3 people a lift from Newbury Park tube station (meet 9.15 am: mobile 07855 199275) and would suggest car shar-ing. (Please phone me on my mobile on the day if you are running late etc) Grid ref: TQ 801 869 Postcode SS7 2PP Saturday, 23rd August 10.30 am Meet Gospel Oak Station for a walk around Hampstead Heath visiting the recently reopened Kenwood House after its massive restoration. Regular trains on the North London line from Barking and

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Stratford. Coffee stop and toilets Saturday 30th August Meet 10 am (note earlier time) in Ongar Long Stay car park opposite Budworth Hall, On-gar, which is beside the Li-brary. (free at weekends). Toilets in car park opposite. We will visit Greensted Church – 11th Century log church - and also pass the cottage where two of the Tolpuddle Martyrs lived on their return home from Australia. Grid TL 552 032 Map 167 SUMMER FLOWER SHOW Buckhurst Hill Horticultural Society. Saturday 12th July 2pm – 5pm. The Centenary Hall, St. John’s Church, High Road, Buckhurst Hill, Essex IG9 5RX. Includes floral art, photography, cookery and junior entries. Plus there will be sale of plants, garden sun-dries, teas and delicious homemade cakes. Entry: Non members £1, children free (Tel: 020 8257 8996) or e-mail:[email protected] EXHIBITION AT THE VIEW Saturday 12 July to Sunday 28 September - Summer art show 2014. A collection of artwork submitted by local artists who have been inspired by Epping Forest. The View is situated between the Royal Forest pub and Queen Eliza-beth’s Hunting Lodge, Rangers Road, Chingford E4. City of London Corporation WORKSHOP Saturday 19 July 10am–12pm. Workshop: Macro pho-tography on a budget. The View. A workshop for those with SLR camera with lenses having 52, 55 and 58mm filter threads. Free/booking re-quired. The View is situated between the Royal Forest pub

and Queen Elizabeth’s Hunting Lodge, Rangers Road, Ching-ford E4. City of London Corporation VOLUNTEER TASK Saturday 19 July 10am–2pm. Volunteer task: Goldings Hill Pond. Goldings Hill Pond car park. Help clear the scrub, trees and overhanging branches from around the pond. Free/no booking re-quired. City of London Corporation BIKE RIDE Sunday 20 July 10.45am–4pm. Bike ride: Discovering Epping Forest by bike. Queen Elizabeth’s Hunting Lodge. All participants must wear a hel-met and have a competent level of cycling. Free/booking required. City of London Corporation WALK Friday 25 July 2pm-4pm. Walk: Iron Age family walk & talk. Jack’s Hill car park, Cop-pice Row. Cost: £10.00 per family group (up to four peo-ple). Booking required. City of London Corporation CADOS presents The Local War, a cabaret style show specially written to com-memorate the centenary of WW1 from 31st July to Au-gust 2nd including Saturday matinee. With a live band and featuring songs from the era the script weaves monologues and sketches with verbatim letters from the past to create a show with comedy as well as a serious side. A cold buffet will be served at your table in the interval. At Mornington Hall, The Green Walk, N Chingford, E4 7EN. Licensed bar each evening. Tickets £9.50. Seniors £8 on Thursday and at the matinee when con-cessions for under 16s are

also available. Box office 02085244380 or www.ticketsource.co.uk/cadoschingford WALK Friday 1 August 6.30pm–9pm. Walk: Forest at dusk. Lodge Road car park. A dusk walk through the Forest and Buffer Lands. Free/booking required. City of London Corporation CHILDREN’S ACTIVITY Saturday 2 August 10am–2pm. Children’s activity: Junior angling day, Theydon Bois Pond. A fun introduction to angling. Children must be accompanied by an adult. £5 per child/booking required. City of London Corporation OPEN AIR THEATRE Sunday 3 August Gates open at 2pm Performance at 3pm. Open air theatre: Gilbert & Sullivan’s Pirates of Pen-zance. The Temple Enclosure, Wanstead Park. Cost: Adults £14.95, under 16’s £8.95 and under 3’s £3.95. Booking re-quired. Booking web address: www.illyria.uk/com City of London Corporation OPEN AIR THEATRE Wednesday 13 August (gates open at 2pm, perform-ance 3pm). Open air theatre: Roald Dahl’s ‘George’s Mar-vellous Medicine’. The Temple, Wanstead Park. Cost adults £14.95, under 16’s £8.95 and under 3’s £3.95/booking re-quired. Booking web address: www.illyria.uk/com City of London Corporation EVENT: WINE TASTING Friday 15 August 7pm–10pm. The View. The View is situated between the Royal Forest pub and Queen Eliza-beth’s Hunting Lodge, Rangers


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Road, Chingford E4. Sample some of Europe’s finest wines supplied by Woodford Wine Room. Friendly, fun and infor-mative session, suited for both novices and fully fledged wine connoisseurs. Cost £10 per person includes glass of Prosecco/booking required. Over 18’s only. City of London Corporation WORKSHOP Saturday 16 August 10am–12pm. Macro photography on a budget. The View. The View is situated between the Royal Forest pub and Queen Eliza-beth’s Hunting Lodge, Rangers Road, Chingford E4. A work-shop for those with SLR cam-era with lenses having 52, 55 and 58mm filter threads. Free/booking required. City of London Corporation WALK: FOREST AT DUSK Friday 22 August 6.30pm–9pm. Lodge Road car park. A guided walk through the Forest and Buffer Lands at dusk. Free/booking required. City of London Corporation CHILDREN’S ACTIVITY: PLAY IN THE FOREST Friday 29 August 10am–12pm. Epping Forest Visitor Centre, High Beach. Discover, explore and enjoy the Forest through wild play, arts and crafts activities. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Cost £2 per child/no booking required. Joint City of London/Epping Forest District Council BIKE RIDE Sunday 31 August 10.45am–4pm, Discovering Epping For-est by bike, Queen Elizabeth’s Hunting Lodge. All participants must wear a helmet and have a competent level of cycling.

Free/booking required. City of London Corporation RICHMOND HOUSE SCHOOL REUNION Former pupils of Chingford's Richmond House School are preparing for a Reunion Lunch on Friday, September 5. If you attended the school, please contact Edna Hobbs (nee Redcliffe) 020 8508 6217 or Rosemary Smith (nee Lethbridge) [email protected] for further details. AUTUMN FLOWER SHOW BUCKHURST HILL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY Saturday 13th September, 2pm – 5pm. The Centenary Hall, St. John’s Church, High Road, Buckhurst Hill, Essex IG9 5RX, includes: Cut flow-ers, Fruit & Vegetables, floral art, cookery and junior entries. Plus there will be sale of plants, garden sundries, teas and delicious homemade cakes. Entry: Non members £1, children free (Tel: 020 8257 8996) or e-mail:[email protected] LONDON and OVERSEAS AREA of NAFAS PRESENT Area Show “Far Pavilion’s” - Amazing Floral Artistry. Sep-tember 24th – September 25th, Chigwell Hall, High Road, Chigwell, Essex IG7 6BD. Admission to show £7.00 Wednesday 24th September 11.30am – 5.00pm. Demon-stration by Michael Bowyer at 1.30pm £8.50. Gala Reception 6pm – 9pm to include wine, canapés and “A Floral Experi-ence” with Charles Barnard, Graham Harper and Kathy Stangaard £15 Combined ticket for entry to the show and Gala Reception £20 Thursday 25th September

10.00am – 5.00pm. Demon-stration by Michael Bowyer at 11.30am £8.50. Trading, mini demonstrations, workshops. For tickets contact Joyce Jones: 020 8657 7632. email: [email protected] BUCKHURST HILL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY Monday – 6th October talk by Mr. Russell T. Bowes. Sub-ject: Say It with Poison, at St. James’ United Reformed Church, Palmerston Road, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5NG. Ad-mission £1 . Time: 7.00 – 9.30 p.m. For more informa-tion please contact the Chair-man: Maureen Briggs – email: [email protected] or ring 0208 504 8364. All welcome. BUCKHURST HILL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY Monday – 3rd November, talk by Mr. Richard Gant. Subject: Plant Heritage and its National Plant Collections, at St. James’ United Reformed Church, Palmerston Road, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5NG. Admission £1 . Time: 7.00 – 9.30 p.m. For more information please con-tact the Chairman: Maureen Briggs – email: [email protected] or ring 0208 504 8364. All welcome.


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Accountants

Peter Angel & Co 30

Aerial & Satellite Installations

Mediacoms 31

Architect

Nic Antony Architects Ltd 7

Blinds

Blind Gallery 13

Building Services

CP Building Contractors 41

Dendale Construction Ltd 40

Woodville Building Services 43

Care Home

Woodland Grove 5

Carpet, Curtain, & Upholstery

Cleaning

M&K Cleaning Services 3

Ceramic Painting Studio

Ceramic Magic 7

Chimney Services

FAF Chimney Services Ltd back cover

Cleaning Services

Angels 29

Regal Cleaning Services 17

Community Event

City of London Corporation 19

Community Facilities for Hire

Caterham High School 13

Community Service

Buckhurst Hill Community Association 18

Dance Studio

Redbridge Classical Dance

Studios Ltd 22

Decorating Services

D Mulqueen 41

Sullivan and Co 38

Domestic Appliance Repairs

Standard Appliances 38

Driveways

Southwell Drives 35

Electrical Services

GB Electrical Contractors 27

Ultra Electrics 43

Estate Agents

Petty Son & Prestwich 23

Fencing

JMG Property Services 10

Flooring Services

T&C Floorcoverings 2

Function Hall

Chigwell Victory Hall 39

The Woodford Wells Club 24

Garage Conversions

West Essex Garage Conversions 11

Gardening Services

MG Gardening Services 21

Glass & Glazing

Eco 27

Graphic Design Service

Moo-Creative 15

Kitchens

Granite Transformations 2

Leisure Centre

Sylvestrian Leisure Centre 12

Motor Car - Services

Andrew H Young 37

Attention Detail 10

Belgrave Motor Services 35

Oven Cleaning Services

Oven Wizards Franchising Ltd 17

Personal Training

Matt Green 29

Pet Services

Cosy Catz 9

Funky Dogs 17

Hugs and Tails 17

Plumbing/Heating Services

Heatwiz Plumbing & Heating 11

London & Essex Heating Ltd 3

Removal Services

J&M Shipping 39

Replacement Windows & Doors

Eco Trade 25

Roofing Services

Clarkes Roofing 37

Diamond Roofing & Guttering

Contractors 41

Security

Mediacoms 31

Therapeutic Massage

Serenite 9

Upholsterery

Collards Upholstery Limited 37

Leadale Upholstery 30

Waste Disposal

Arbis 7

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